The house on the hill. Riddle Manor. This was the place that Lord Voldemort and his faithful death eaters used as a head quarters. It was a vast, looming building that was overflowing with ivy, boarded up windows and damp, mossy walls. It was easily the grandest house for miles, but every muggle in the village it overlooked were terrified for entering the place as it was the crime scene of a horrific, multiple murder of the Riddle family and often strange noises, shouting and screaming were heard form the place. Bright lights too shone from between the wooden panels of the ancient house. They believed it to be haunted and never went anywhere near the place.
However, they could never anyways as there were many wards around the place, wards with a twist caused by dark magic that would torture anyone who tried to enter. Set them on fire, blind them with excruciating pain or just kill them on the spot. However, it was on this very night, the night before all hallows eve, just as the sun began to rise, signifying the start of Halloween that Sirius and Rosalie Black apparated just outside of the wards. Rosalie frowned and raised her hand in front of her.
Nothing happened. The wards were down. She turned to Sirius who had a stern look, grabbing her hand he apparated them inside the house. When they opened their eyes, they were standing in a corridor bathed in shadow. Many door lined the walls, all of them seemed wrong as the couple walked the length. They were undoubtedly unoccupied as silence was all that they gave off. Every door except the end one. It was slightly ajar and gave off beams off warm light. Rosalie muttered,
"Dreams really do come true" and Sirius whispered back,
"What?"
"This happened in the dream I had when I woke up before. The Dark Lord was using occulmancy on me" and he gripped her hand tighter. She strengthened the barriers of her mind, as did he. There was no telling what they would see on the other side of that door. They were now stood facing it. Rosalie and Sirius turned to each other, tears in Rosalie's eyes. They brushed each other's cheeks before moving away quickly. They couldn't bear to do anything more because they knew what and mainly who was past that wooden door.
They couldn't say goodbye, because they already knew how much they loved each other. Raising their wands, they pushed the door open and walked in. The sight was like in her dream. The room was huge; two tall candles were the only sources of light from the other end of the room. An ancient study desk, a full length meeting table and a unique four poster bed, dressed in black satin sheets were all the furniture the room possessed, as well as a huge, beautiful fireplace. The two parents stood in the door way, hand in hand, wands raised, waiting for the Dark Lord to turn around. He was dressed like the dream also. His white, placid skin, his snake like features and his long black robes with a hooded cloak. He had his back to them and Rosalie tensed when she realised that was where the crib had been in her dream.
He turned and she felt Sirius tense and felt like she was holding him back. She tensed herself when they saw that he held their daughter in his arms, she was looking at them with big, grey eyes. She smiled when she saw them. Rosalie's eyes narrowed,
"What did you do to her?" she spat and Lord Voldemort laughter a dark, cold laugh. It made their blood chill but their daughter looked at him, intrigued and seemed to watch him, fascinated,
"My child, I have done nothing to her" he said in a calm voice. Sirius replied,
"We're here, now give her back" he demanded, not at all scared of the powerful warlock in front of him. Lord Voldemort looked at the strange man, tilting his head and replied in a curious manner,
"Sirius, it's been a while since I saw you. Yet, you seem a completely different man" and then he turned his head to Rosalie sharply, "I imagine that is your doing" he continued and both parents didn't react to his words. Willow was watching the events like the child she was.
"My lord, I have come as I was told. Dawn. And there is the sun. My daughter" and she pulled from Sirius's hand and walked towards the Dark Lord, lowering her wand and opening her arms to take her daughter. Willow squealed happily and held out a hand to her mother. Voldemort watched the reaction between mother and daughter curiously.
"You would willingly die for this child?" he asked and Rosalie froze. Willow silenced when he spoke also. It was as if she could understand everything.
"I would" replied Rosalie and she held out her arms, "I would die for my family, if to ensure their safety". The Dark Lord smiled a dark, cunning smile. The smile that shattered through all Rosalie's defences.
"My child, you are a mother and a wife now. You have betrayed me. Not only as a death eater. When I killed your mother after her betrayal and your father fell into the same darkness trying to protect her, I took you under my wing. I think of you as a daughter. And yet, as a daughter, you deliberately disobeyed everything I am against" he said in a deadly tone. It made Rosalie tremble but she didn't lower her hands that were outstretched to him, just feet away. She frowned in disgust,
"Your daughter? I would not bear the shame of that title" she spat and the Dark Lord still didn't falter. He blinked at her before letting his eyes flick around him. Everyone of the death eaters melted out of the shadows, dressed in the same long black cloaks as the dark lord. Among them were a hissing Bellatrix, an emotionless Snape and a terrified Regulus.
Sirius's eye flared when he caught his brother's eye, who looked away sharply. The circled the family of three and their master, forcing Sirius to move to Rosalie's side, metres from his dear brother and loving cousin. She spat at him when she was close enough. Rosalie did not take her eyes off the Dark Lord and Willow. He said in a calm voice,
"Rosalie, you will pay for your mistakes" and with a blink of his eye commanded, "Kill them, the child is mine" to which everyone of the death eaters reacted, wands raised and aimed at either or both of the two of them. Reacting quickly, Rosalie cast a shield charm around both her and her husband, while Sirius fired killing charms at their opponents.
He seemed to be aiming mainly at the ones he was related too. With a huge blast of green flame, and the sound of dozens of whip cracks, the member's of the order of the phoenix arrived and the death eaters were equalled. Almost everyone split off into single duels, including Sirius with his brother. Rosalie ran around everyone, rushing for her master.
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