Chapter 21:
Normal Pov
Bella awoke in a dimly lit room. She scowled deeply. "What the, is anybody there?" She screamed aloud. There was nothing but a dim echo of her own voice. But then a scurry of movement featured from her vision. "Hello? Where am I?" She glared, aware that she was in the presence of a creeper.
"It's me, Ms. Malfoy. Wormtail." Peter said, stepping into view. Bella's face softened, but only slightly.
"Hello Wormtail. Where am I?"
"In the Dungeon of the Dark Lord's house. His daughter requested you be brought here and reside in here until you wake." Peter said, and Bella climbed off the bed.
"Really, and why is that?" Bella asked him. She sat down at the end of her bed to face him. She could see him clearly now. He was cowering over at the staircase of the dungeon.
"There was an accident, you see. Miss Bella." Wormtail said. And Bella folded her hands on her lap.
"Really? What happened?"
"The Potter boy," Wormtail started, reciting the speech he had been forced to copy down and say until he knew it word for word. Even better then his way around the house. "He hit you with a jinx that sent you asleep for a full week." He said slowly. Bella sneered and glared at the floor.
"Grrr.. I hate that Potter boy." She snarled, standing up. "He is such an imbecile. Anyway, I will have my revenge. Why was I sent to this dungeon instead of a hospital though, if you don't mind telling me." Bella said. She stood up and walked over to Wormtail. Then they started to descend up the stairs together.
"It was Madame Riddle's wishes. I believe that the Slytherins that jinxed Potter back would have been expelled. Besides, their would have been raised questions about the spell Madame Riddle had used in her defense against the Potter boy. You were safer here." Peter said, trying to remember what Juliunna had told him.
"I think she wants me to owl her and get her permission before you are to be sent back to Hogwarts." Peter said. Bella nodded.
"Yes. I do suppose we will have to go about this carefully. A week I was out, you said. Right?" She asked. Bella and Peter rounded the corner and walked into the kitchen. Peter pulled her chair out for her and Bella took a seat.
"Yes. Please excuse me, I have to owl Madame Riddle. One second." Peter said, exiting the room. Bella nodded to him and crossed her arms over the table. She gritted her teeth as she thought. That Potter… He was going to pay for this. A week's worth of school work missed. Who knows what she missed?
The door opened and Bella looked up. The Dark Lord was staring at her.
"Your… What are you doing here? You're the Malfoy's daughter. Aren't you supposed to be at Hogwarts?" The Dark Lord said. He reached for an apple on the nearby counter and raised it to his lips. He slowly took a bite of the apple.
"I've been unconscious in your Dungeon for the past week." Bella said simply. The Dark Lord frowned at her.
"What? That's impossible. I've been down there… Wait, no I haven't. But how have you been here without me seeing you around this castle?" He asked her.
"Oh, you see, what happened was Juliunna arranged for my unconscious body to rest here until I awoke. Potter had sent a jinx at me that sent me into a temporary coma." Bella said. The Dark Lord nodded in thought.
"Yes, of course. One second. Wormtail!" Voldemort.
At that moment, Peter entered the room. "Yes, my Lord?" Peter asked.
"Did you know about her being in my dungeon?" Voldemort asked, taking the wand slowly out of his cloak. Peter froze, and Bella grimaced with fear.
"Ye-yes sir. But you see, your daughter told me not to tell you."
"What?! Wormtail what have I told you about this? You treat my daughter with the exact same respect you treat me with, but when my daughter's word goes against mine, you pick mine. Meaning if she tells you not to tell me, you tell me. Do you get that Wormtail?" Voldemort said, pointing his wand straight at Peter. He squeaked.
"Yes,. Yes my lord." Peter said, backpedaling. Bella looked away out of pity, keeping her eyes trained on the door.
"Really? Because we have had the exact same talk more then once now. I don't want to have this talk with you again."
"Yes, my merciful Lord. Of course. Never again-!"
"Crucio!"
Bella ignored the cries of pain coming from Peter. She tried her best to block them off. When it was over, almost a full minute later, the Dark Lord turned to Bella.
"There is Floo Powder in the parlor room. Right out this door and to the left. Go to Hogwarts from the fireplace. And when you see my daughter, tell her she's grounded." Voldemort said. She nodded and got up quickly. Silently she took off for the parlor room. Ignoring the cackles of Lord Voldemort, and the sobbing cries of Peter Pettigrew on the cold floor.
…
Harry leaned against the smooth wooden door, watching her in the library.
"Harry, why won't you tell me why we're watching her?" Hermione asked.
"I'm trying to think. She did something. Something bad. I heard her and Malfoy arguing about it yesterday. I have no idea what she did, but I just know its bad." He said.
"Hmm." Hermione hummed. "Harry! Your late for your meeting with Dumbledore." Hermione said. Harry frowned. "Man…"
…
"Sorry I'm late Dumbledore." Harry said as he entered the Headmaster's office. Dumbledore was standing there, holding the pensive close to him.
"Hello Harry. I believe that we should dive more into Juliunna's past life. I don't know if you knew this, but she was raised by the Malfoy's."
"What?" Harry asked curiously. He dropped his bag next to Dumbledore's desk and peered into the cauldron.
"Well, from birth to ten, she lived with her mother. But from eleven to fourteen, she lived with the Malfoys. But basically yes, she was raised by them. Lucius had made an oath to take care of the child in case that the Dark Lord couldn't. He's the one that arranged training sessions. Bought the supplies and supported her. The Malfoy's treated her as if they were her own. I haven't seen this yet, nor do I think it will benefit me to look at. To be honest Harry, while Juliunna is very skilled in magic, I believe that Tom won't allow her to participate in the upcoming battle. I think that it would benefit you Harry, if you saw this." Dumbledore said. And Harry nodded.
He leaned forward over the pensive and touched the glowing and shiny pensive. He then went flying forward and fell into the memory.
He was in a room. A small but oddly big enough room. "So let me get this straight." He heard. He opened the door and walked into the hallway. He saw Juliunna. Noticed her from the first sight. She was looking down the staircase emotionlessly. He couldn't tell what she was thinking. He leaned down next to her and watched.
"My daughter is a witch? I just, can't believe it." The woman downstairs said. Juliunna wrinkled her nose and then rolled her eyes.
"Yes, she is a witch. And a very powerful one at that." Harry looked downstairs to see a younger Lucius Malfoy. He was at least in his late twenties.
"How would you know?" The women at the door said. She was obviously Juliunna's mother.
"Because her father was the greatest sorcerer of all time. Lord Voldemort." Lucius said.
"Her father is Tom Riddle."
"I don't know who that is, but its not her father." Lucius said. He looked pass the women and to the stairs. Harry nodded. Of course, its common knowledge that none of the death eaters knew that Tom Riddle is actually the Dark Lord, in the early stage of course. Juliunna clutched the top of the staircase tightly, jumping up high to get a better view of the gasped.
"I don't know who you think you are, telling me that my little girl is a witch-!"
Harry reached out and tried to grab her on impulse, Juliunna slipped and fell and with a loud gasp, slipped over the side. Harry screamed out and tried to grab her. But she was but a memory, and so his hand went straight through her. Lucius and Juliunna's mother turned around to see her fall over the stair side.
"Ahhh!" Both mother and daughter screamed, but Harry witnessed Juliunna's first act of accidental magic. She stopped inches from the floor, levitated in mid air for seconds, and then fell softly onto the floor. She giggled.
"What-! What was that?!" Juliunna's mother screamed at Lucius. She proceeded to hurry over to Juliunna's side. She lifted her up and into a big hug. "Mwah! Mwah!" Harry proceeded down the stairs as Juliunna's mother planted loud kisses on Juliunna's face. Juliunna scowled with embarrassment and sullen attitude.
"You see what I'm telling you? Magic. Its magic what she just did, and she'll do it again, many more times throughout her early childhood. I'm here to ask you if I can arrange meetings, and training sessions." Lucius said.
"Training sessions? If she's got magic why would she need to be trained?" The mother said. Harry stood beside her as she set Juliunna down behind her.
Lucius scowled.
"She is talented. But like all magical children, they need to learn how to control their magic. This isn't offered to wizarding children her age. It's an opportunity of a lifetime-!"
"What?! What makes my daughter so special? If children aren't supposed to be trained at such a young age, why does she get to-!" The mother started, suspicion on her mind.
"Because, and I'm only going to say this once, muggle, so pay attention." Lucius drawled out slowly. He walked forward and pushed Juliunna's mother lightly out of the way. He leaned down on his knees and brushed the bangs of Juliunna's forehead.
"I have come many miles just to see you sweetie. You are the daughter of my former boss. You are a witch, and a very powerful one at that. Your mother, disappointedly, is a filthy muggle. She is non magical, nothing like us. As you grow up sweetheart, I'll have you trained and help that tiny little brain of yours grow big." Lucius said, tapping her softly on the forehead. Juliunna smiled.
"When the time comes, I will come to retrieve you. You won't live here anymore-!"
"Excuse me?!" Juliunna's mother sneered. "She isn't going anywhere-!"
"Your father died four years ago. Sort of." Lucius said. Juliunna tilted her head to the side curiously.
"Hmm? What do you mean by sort of?" She asked him.
"He disssapeaed after he tried to kill the young boy named Harry Potter-!"
"Excuse me. I don't want you telling my daughter this. You know what, I don't want you anywhere near her-!"
Lucius took out his wand and lifted Juliunna up and into his arms.
"We have much to do. Juliunna will be back soon. When the time fits, look in your parlor room." Lucius said. Juliunna didn't look back at her mother. She just clinged onto Lucius's shoulder tightly.
"Put her down-!"
Juliunna's mother launched at Lucius with her hands outstretched like claws. Lucius spun around and Juliunna's mother fell through thin air. When she hit the floor, she let out a constricted and anger filled scream. Harry's surroundings melted into black air as the atmosphere changed. Suddenly, he was standing in what must have been the Malfoy's Manor. Next to him, Juliunna and Lucius apperated into the Living Room. "Wow, you could fit the Weasley's house in the living room alone." Harry said to himself.
Lucius placed Juliunna on the floor. "Hmm, I need a few minutes. I'm going to go have a quick talk with my wife, call over Severus, and make a plan. If you go up the stairs, Draco, my son, is sitting in his room. The first door on the left. I want you to go make friends with him. You'll be seeing him a lot now." Lucius said. Juliunna nodded.
"Alright." She said quietly. Harry followed her up the grand stairs. She walked up quickly and with confidence. Harry had to hurry to catch up. To be honest, he was very interested in seeing how Juliunna and Draco had met each other. He wondered if it was love at first sight or something cute like that. Juliunna raised her tiny fist and knocked on the wooden door. Harry smiled slightly.
"Yes-!" As Draco opened the door, his yawn died in his throat. "Wow. You're the Dark Lord's daughter. I overheard Mother and Father talking about you, come in." Draco said, grabbing Juliunna's wrist tight. He pulled her in fast and shut the door before Harry could step it. Harry laughed. Sixteen year old Malfoy's personality and five year old Malfoy's personality had no other difference then their height.
"Sit down, Miss." Draco drawled out slowly. Harry walked through the door just in time to see Draco lure Juliunna over to the large play set table by his window.
"I'll pour you a spot of tea. It's not real tea of course, its just this thing called coffee I snuck from the kitchen's. I don't know what its for. But I thought that this would be a special occasion." Draco murmured. He pulled out the small chair for Juliunna, just like he had seen his father do for his mother many times.
"Is this my seat?" She spoke, and Harry raised an eyebrow at the tone she was speaking in. Her voice sounded adorable… Like a high pitched baby chipmunk.
"Of course… Darling." Draco added on. Juliunna laughed lightly as she sat down in the chair.
"How am I doing on the manners part, sweet face? Snape's said that my manners could use some work."
"Your doing fine. Your acting exactly like the elegant adult males on the television. It's pretty impressive, actually." Juliunna said to him. Harry sat down in the chair next to Juliunna. Draco sat in the one directly across from her. He crossed his arms on the table and smiled at her.
"Thank you. But what is a television?" Draco asked her. Juliunna frowned lightly at him. "You don't know what a television is?" She asked him. He shook his head no.
"Oh… Well, it's like a box that shows moving pictures. Theirs a program guide, and you get to pick what you want to watch with a remote with a bunch of buttons. You can adjust the volume, the color, the brightness settings, and the works. You can even change the channel with just the tv too. But the remote is for when you being lazy and you just don't want to walk over to the TV to change the channel. It's an entertainment device, of course. You can watch anything." Juliunna said. Draco smiled excitedly.
"Anything? Like what?" He said, and Harry chuckled at the way they were both getting caught up in this conversation.
"Well, you can see funny programs, aka shows. You can see scary, pee your pants show. Romantic shows. Kid shows. Blah blah blah boring shows. You can catch live news shows. Past news shows. And also, There are REALLY boring shows that my mother watches. If you were to ask me, I think it's the type of show where desperate woman can watch to make themselves feel better about their own lives." Juliunna said darkly. Draco smirked with a small chuckle.
"What? Explain more about them."
"Well, there's this one show called Maury. And then there are a whole bunch of other shows styled after his. Its where they take lost cases onto the show and humiliate them on live TV. For instance, they do lie detectors tests and paternity tests. They bring women in and have them bring their deadbeat husbands in. Or the other way around. And then they take their blood and see if it matches the child. If it doesn't, Maury says, You are not the father, and then the mother freaks out. And I mean really, freaks out. They always start screaming at the top of their lungs and stomping off camera and going backstage. Its stupid. But seriously, if anything, I prefer watching the show, Jerry Springer. I don't like the show, but its better then the others. They fight a lot on the show. It gets so rough its funny! Sometimes the woman fight each other so bad, they rip each other's clothes off and the makers of the show have to bleep it out. Make the dirty area's all blurry!" Juliunna said.
"Ha!" Draco laughed. "where do you get a television? I've never heard about it."
"Any store, basically. Like Best Buy. The candy store. The grocery store. Some man was even selling one out of the back of his van when I went to the park, once!" Juliunna smiled. Draco snorted.
"Even the Quidditch store?" Draco asked, raising a thin eyebrow at her. He pushed a small cup filled with coffee towards Juliunna, and she laughed. "Quidditch? What's Quidditch?" She asked him. Draco frowned.
"You've never heard of Quidditch before? I feel terribly sorry for you." Draco said. Juliunna frowned.
"No… Is it a magic thingy? Because I haven't heard anything about the magic world yet. You get TV's in the muggle world." Juliunna said. Draco scowled.
"Ew."
"You were all happy about it a second ago." She scowled at him.
"Yes. But then I found out you were talking about the muggle world."
"What's wrong with the muggle world-!"
"Are you a muggle borne? A half-blood? Because both of them are gross and filthy." Draco scowled at her. Juliunna gasped.
"And neither of them belong in the Wizarding world, so what is it. What are you?"
"I'm a witch!" She snapped at him. Draco scowled at her. "Obviously. Are you an idiot too!"
"Hey! I'm the daughter of the Dark Lord and you can't talk to me like that!" Juliunna snapped at him.
"Ha! Fat lot of good that'll do you, your father's dead now!"
"There are ways for him to come back! Snape's right. You do need to work on your manners." Juliunna snapped. Harry's jaw had dropped from the second Draco had called her an idiot. He watched Draco lean forward and smack the tea out of Juliunna's hands. It smashed onto the floor. She gasped at him.
"You-!"
She pushed both of her hands forward, palms up. As her hands moved towards him, Draco went flying back and up in the air. He slammed into the wall. "Let me down this instant!" He snapped at her. She concentrated effortlessly. He stayed put against the wall, but then she dropped her arms. He fell ten feet to the ground, slipped and fell on his back.
"Ow. You stupid little half blood!" He shouted at her. She strode around the table and grabbed his wrist, pulling him to a stand.
"Don't even think about it-!"
She leaned forward and pressed her lips to his, surprising both Harry and Draco. Draco was still for a mere second, but then he gripped her arm tight and kissed her back. Juliunna gripped his short hair hard as he stuck his tongue inside her mouth. Behind him, footsteps stomped up the stairs.
"Draco. What did you do-!"
Juliunna took her lips off of Draco, him speechless and shocked. "Now you kissed a half-blood." She said to him, a smirk on her face. Draco smirked.
The door opened and Lucius and Narcissa came running it. "Draco, did you just call her a-!"
"My girlfriend." Draco said. He threw an arm around her shoulder. Lucius and Narcissa stared. "What?"
"She's my girlfriend. We hit it off well. Had some tea and a chat, and I think she's pretty interesting. She's my girlfriend." Draco said. Harry laughed.
"You didn't ask me." Juliunna laughed.
"Well I don't hear you complaining." Draco laughed, rubbing her upper back. Lucius and Narcissa smiled at the two.
"Oh, that's adorable." Narcissa cooed. Juliunna laughed.
Harry was instantly twisted up and around and was sitting in Dumbledore's office.
"That… Was adorable."