The conversation between Natalie and the aurors is in English as I don't know French and Google translate may make some mistakes.
And yes the Triwizard tournament will be there, the reason would be sufficient for your explanation I think as the ministry would certainly like to show the rest of the wizarding world that they still have control over England and what better way to do it other than organizing an international event .
Bellatrix and Narcissa have some talk among them.
An insight into Lord Voldemort life according to mine. Also some may say that I may be making it up but hey! what we saw was from Dumbledore and Harry's POV so we know it from their perspective.
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I woke up the next day and casted a wandless tempus when I woke up. It was still 5:30 in the morning. I went to the shower and cleaned myself and changed into fresh clothes. I went downstairs and found the breakfast being served. It was a relief that I had house elves otherwise it would be a pain to make breakfast everyday after waking up.
I ate the sandwiches and went to the living room to think on my plans for today. I had decided to tour Paris today for sightseeing as well as to gather the various items for the plan. I grinned at my plan, it will be total chaos in market when I will start my plan.
I stood up and walked outside of the house, the house looked nice from outside too. I walked towards the road and saw that there were many people on the streets. A taxi driver stopped his taxi in front of me, he asked me " où voulez-vous aller, monsieur " . I sighed " in English please " I asked him.
He spoke " where do want to go sir ? " he asked. His English had the French accent otherwise his English was perfect. " I want to go for a tour of Paris " I stated. He nodded " get inside the taxi sir " he said. I nodded and entered inside.
The driver started to show me the various tourist places in Paris. I visited the Eiffel tower and the various other tourist attractions. I had changed my British Pounds into Euros in a pawn shop which the driver recommended. I had changed 5000 Pounds into Francs as Euro was yet to be introduced, and the remaining 3000 Pounds I had kept for future use in England. For now the Francs will do the job.
The tour ended by afternoon and the man dropped me back where he picked me. I paid him for the tour and went back to the house. The tour was necessary as now I could apparate to the visited places as I had seen them.
I arrived at the house and ate the lunch. Dobby had gone to the market and bought the groceries for us. I ate the lunch and decided to visit the shops.
I entered a household store and bought two normal kitchen knives. I had decided to not use a pin but instead use a knife coated with the poison to kill Natalie's father as I don't want to risk chances of failure so a knife directly into the heart will do the job. I had decided to not use the killing curse because even with my plan the bright green light of the killing curse could bring attention to me in a crowded market and decided on only using poison.
I apparated to my next destination, the military school which was in Paris. I disillusioned myself and applied a powerful notice me not charm on myself by my Blackthorn wand. With the use of point me charm I found the armory and quickly entered inside it. The armory was empty now as the drills were going on outside. I looked around and found what I was searching. I took the box containing grenades and inspected it, they were real and were sealed. I called Riley to which he popped in the room to carry on the order.
" take these boxes and place them in home and don't let anyone open it " I ordered him. He took the boxes containing smoke grenades and hand grenades with him. I looked at the guns and quickly selected some pistols and took their magzines with me. I lifted the silencing charm from the room and apparated back to our house.
I had apparated directly into my bedroom and placed the pistols with magazines in my bag. These were going to be very helpful for my future experimentations. I arrived downstairs and saw that Riley was guarding the box. He saw me and left as I took the box and started inspecting it. The smoke bombs were going to be used tomorrow in the market and as for the hand grenades I wanted to make magical grenades, so I will study them, so that I can replicate them.
I took out the kitchen knife and applied an unbreakable charm on it and made the edges sharper by use of the sharpening spell which could commonly be found in a charms book for housewives. The knife will be coated tomorrow with poison, for now only sharp edges will suffice.
The next item which I brought were some magical crackers I had bought from Knockturn Alley before arriving in France. Borgin had guaranteed that the magical crackers were very loud and flashy and will continue to duplicate for ten minutes if a flash hit another person. He also told that if a person is hit with the flashes of the cracker then he would experience a stinging hex or some boils as the crackers were heavily charmed. It costed 100 galleons for me to buy five crackers but they were worth the price as a single cracker would be enough. The time period will be more than enough as the poison will only need ten to twelve seconds to works and kill someone. I had originally bought the crackers for using during Abraxas assassination to create distracted but decided against it as Borgin would recognise me as the killer.
I sat on the couch lost on my thoughts, I have decided to visit the Wizarding Market during night today so that I can find the perfect place to hide, observe and take action. Natalie had told that her father visited the Gringotts branch of France every Monday and discuss the accounts as he didn't trusted the goblins too much which frankly I thought was right .
I placed the knife on the shelf and took the box of smoke grenades and grenades and placed them in my bedroom. It was still two in the afternoon so I have very much time. I decided to spend the rest of the time teaching Dobby and Riley some new spells which they could do and drill them so that there could be no failure in our tomorrows plan afterall I will take their memories after the task was completed.
I called " Riley ", " Dobby " to which both of them appeared with a pop and bowed slightly. I spoke " Both of you get ready for some practise in magic, I am going to train you to to be the best elf out there and you both better not be lax " I said to which both of them looked determined. At that moment I felt like I was an Army Sergeant and Dobby and Riley appeared to be my soldiers who would obey my every order.
Orion Black was in his study going through some papers. From outside he was calm but inside he was very frustrated. His eldest son Sirius had left the home and decided to stay with his blood traitor friend James Potter. Oh how Walburga had screeched and blasted his name from the family tree. Orion had finally decided and disinherited him from the family and banning him from the accounts too and now Regulus was the Heir to the family.
Oh he loved his eldest son but his eldest son was becoming more and more difficult to handle this years. He had somehow gotten the idea that the Black family was totally evil and decided to stand against everything which the family stood for. He had hoped that his eldest son would lose his mischievous side and would grow up to be responsible and be ready to take the mantle of next Lord Black but all of his hopes were for not. Oh how a child like Sirius could have ever been produced by his loins, Orion thought. Could he not see the threat proposed by muggles and how the ministry is slowly banning their traditions and magic all because Albus Dumbledore thought they were dark and unnecessary.
His mind was also occupied by two other things. His wife's brother Alphard was probably on his deathbed but then again Alphard had always been sickly since childhood. Orion knew that Alphard probably would give away most of his money to Sirius as Alphard too was slightly rogue in heart and this will certainly not help Sirius's attitude. Another shocking matter was of Abraxas Malfoy's death. The dark mark was found in the sky, but Orion was confused as Abraxas had never stood against his lord's goals or opposed him, offcourse Abraxas had been hesitant to join but his death still was shocking. Speaking of which he was expecting his cousin Cygnus to be here any moment now for the same matter.
His hopes were answered as Kreacher popped into his study and bowed low and said " Master Cygnus has arrived Master, he asks for you " in his usual croaky voice. Orion nodded " send him to my study " He ordered and the elf popped back. A minute later the door to his study opened and a middle aged man with handsome features appeared into the room, he had a haughty air around him and the family resemblance was present between the two males in the room.
Orion looked at his cousin Cygus who was also his brother in law " Cygnus take a seat, to what do I owe this visit " Orion asked Cygnus.
Cygnus looked at his cousin " You may have heard of Abraxas death, I am slightly shocked by the news as he was never against the cause ".
Orion nodded " I have and to say it was shocking would be an understatement, Abraxas was not a weak wizard and to be killed by the killing curse with the dark mark in the sky is certainly difficult to accept but I think this matter would surely be addressed in the next meeting by our lord ".
Cygnus nodded as he too thought the same " Before his death he was talking about a marriage contract between Lucius and Narcissa, what will happen to the contract as it was still in negotiations and not signed yet " he asked curiously.
Orion sighed " this is yet to be clear as Abraxas son would be the new Lord and it would be upto him to decide about the contract but I have doubts that he will cancel the contract as it is highly rumoured that our family is in league with the dark lord and I don't think he will like to marry someone who is a part of his father's killers. " he spoke.
Cygnus nodded as he too thought the same and had doubts that the boy will cancel the contract. Bellatrix was already contracted with the Lestrange Heir and will marry him the next summer, Narcissa was yet to be contracted and his oldest Andromeda had shamed his family and had carted off with a mudblood.
Orion spoke " it seems that there is a silver lining in this situation. Yesterday I was in the Ministry and found that the Triwizard Tournament which our Ministry has worked off hard to bring back has been accepted by other Wizarding schools. The Ministry wants to show that the Dark lord is no danger to anyone and that they still have the control of masses and what better way than an international tournament. Both the schools have agreed and will arrive this year, they will be accompanied by some healers and aurors from their respective countries which was the proposition of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons as they wanted to be assured of their safety. A mockery to ours but it also poses a challenge to our aurors as the others believe them to be inferior which will only lead them to work hard to show that they are not inferior ".
Cygnus was shocked " The tournament will also be filled by various students of influential families, perhaps we can find some suitors for both Narcissa and Regulus " he said amusedly.
Orion laughed " yes it is a good idea and I dearly hope Regulus shows everyone that the Black charm still is superior to everyone " he said to which both of them laughed.
Orion spoke " let's have a drink Cygnus thinking of the old times " he said and took out a Firewhisky bottle. Cygnus nodded and both cousins spent the rest of the afternoon sharing old tales.
Narcissa Black was sitting on her chair in her bedroom. She had blonde hair, grey eyes with aristocratic Black features. From all of her sisters, she looked the most different due to her hair and she was also the most indifferent among the three sisters.
She was currently reading the newspaper and had already read about the death of Abraxas Malfoy in the first page and was reading the third page now but her mind was still focused on the death of Abraxas Malfoy. Oh she knew her father and uncle were in talks with Abraxas Malfoy about a marriage contract between her and Lucius Malfoy, but now reading about the death she sincerely hoped that Lucius would reject the contract.
His father was killed by the Dark Lord orders so it would seem logical that he would decline the contract as it was no secret among Pureblood families that her family had already aligned themselves with the Dark Lord.
It was not that she hated Lucius Malfoy, she didn't even knew him fully to hate him. From what she had seen he was handsome which was no doubt by the number of admirers he had in Slytherin and even other Houses. He also was intelligent and coordial to others as Prefect and it was no secret in Slytherin that he aspired for the position of the Head Boy. He was rejected by Dumbledore who appointed a Gryffindor that year.
The only people who were brave enough to go to him during that starting of the term were some of his classmates and his patron Severus Snape. Lucius had taken him under his wing which gave the boy a slight protection in the house, oh she had heard that the boy was very intelligent and was skilled with a wand with ability to create spells. Though his downside was that he was poor and he never cared for his appearance. His friendship with the Gryffindor mudblood didn't helped the matters either. She had heard of her cousin's actions with the boy at the lakeside and how he had called the girl a mudblood and their friendship had ended.
Speaking of her cousin, she sighed at the idiot for being so brash and fool. He was clearly a lost cause with a big ego and thought himself Merlin reincarnation. He might deny the world that he was not his mother's son but they both had the most similarities among themselves.
She was in her thoughts when her door opened and her elder sister Bellatrix entered the room. She sighed " Bella can't you knock the door before you enter " she asked pleadingly but deep down she knew it was futile.
Bella laughed " c'mon Cissy there's no fun in that " she said. Narcissa sighed " what do you want Bella ? " she asked .
Bellatrix pouted " can't I come and check over my baby sister " she asked jovially. Narcissa huffed " for Merlin's sake Bella, I am not your baby sister, I am only three years smaller than you ".
Bellatrix frowned " exactly you are three years smaller than me so that makes you my baby sister " she said excitedly as if she has figured a hard puzzle.
" Bella I am serious " Narcissa said. Bellatrix dropped her playful demeanor and seriously said " you have read the news I think ". Narcissa nodded to Bellatrix's question.
" I wanted to check on you so that I can see whether you are crying over your broken marriage contract " Bellatrix playfully said. Narcissa huffed " please Bella I am no weakling to cry over that " she said.
" Good because it means that after some time you will be set up for a new marriage contract with someone Cissa, it is sad but is expected for us. Rodolphus is a moron but I hope that you may get a good match unlike me " Bella said seriously.
Narcissa smiled, Bella was very protective and possessive " Thank you for your best wishes Bellatrix but I have long adjusted to this idea " Narcissa said.
Bellatrix sighed " you know I hate Andy for running off with a mudblood, but I envy her sometimes that she could marry for love unlike us " she said in a wistful tone. Narcissa was slightly shocked as Andromeda was a taboo subject in home but then again Bella only talked about her secrets only with her, though she won't admit it but she too envied Andromeda sometimes.
It had always been her goal to open a clothing line up of her own, though it was not something her family would approve but it was her secret dream which she had dreamed as a teen.
" Speaking of which this is your last year at Hogwarts and I hope that you can ensnare someone who our family would approve off so that you can escape the contract but it is all upto you " Bella said playfully and Narcissa sighed mentally cursing Bella.
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, The Defeater Of Grindelwald, Supreme Mugwump Of International Confederation Of Wizards, Chief Warlock Of Wizengamot, Headmaster Of Hogwarts was currently sitting on his office going through the school papers.
His fireplace turned green and a middle aged man with scars on his face flooed into his office. Albus looked up from the papers only to greet his old friend " Alastor, what a surprise, care for a lemon drop my friend ? " he asked cheerfully.
Alastar Moody scowled " no thanks Albus, I believe you know what happened last night in Knockturn Alley ", Albus sighed and nodded, always trust Alastor to jump into the heart of the matter. " I have and it still confuses me why Voldemort did it " Albus said and looked at Alastor who shuddered at the name.
Alastor said " yes, I had sent Proudfoot to inform Abraxas son and to gather some information. His son told that he had been offered many times to join his cause but Abraxas always declined as he was still not sure, I personally believe he did it to make an example of Abraxas ".
Albus nodded " that is a very good theory which have merit but still Abraxas Malfoy was a very important wizard in terms of both money and influence. He could have pressurized him into agreeing but perhaps decided to make an example out of him so that the other old families may either join him or know the consequences of refusing " Albus said stroking his beard thoughtfully.
Alastor nodded " yes the old families are at a dangerous point, if they don't agree then they know they too will be killed like Abraxas after all his wealth and influence didn't save him from being killed but still it signifies that the war is coming more closer now ".
Albus Dumbledore nodded and sighed " yes the war is indeed coming closer and I fear that this time there will be more casualties as the war will be mainly in England ".
Alastor nodded " yes it will be as his members are increasing day by day and not to mention the magical creatures he had somehow managed to gather, will you fight him Albus " Alastor asked pointedly.
Albus sighed " I am no longer that young Alastor but if Voldemort comes in the battlefield, then I will probably duel him " Alastor nodded as he wanted to duel Albus.
Alastor said " how is your resistance group forming ? " he asked. Albus spoke after a moment " it is coming along good, the Prewett twins, Edward McKinnon and the Edgar Bones had joined and for now we are laying low so that we can observe until the war starts ".
Alastor nodded " skilled aurors these lot are but brash too in their actions, hope you can reign them ", Albus nodded " yes that they are but I believe that thay have grown responsible, speaking of responsibility I have to go and attend Abraxas Malfoy's funeral and offer my condolences ".
Alastor nodded " why do I have the feeling that you are going to try to influence the boy towards our side " he mused. Albus smiled wistfully " is it wrong to guide someone to light, Alastor " he said and gave a short laugh.
Alastor nodded " if you succeed then the order would gain a very valuable member as the Malfoy influence is vast and the order could use some of it " he said.
Albus nodded and Alastor stood up and went to the fireplace and flooed back. Albus sat on his chair and thought about the actions of Voldmort or who was once known as Tom Riddle, the orphan genius boy who broke Albus own records in most of the subjects. Oh how he wished to know where he had failed with the boy and the Slytherin house. The other previous Headmasters and Headmistress looked at the great wizard sitting and thinking.
He remembered as if it was yesterday when he went to deliver the Hogwarts letter to the young boy. Oh he was afraid about the boy when he heard about his actions from the orphanage matron. He had visited the boy and found the toys he had stolen from other boys and had warned him that Hogwarts didn't allowed thievery. His mind stopped when the boy had told him that he could talk to snakes but he had assured the boy that it.was a rare skill to possess.
He was lost in his thoughts and pondered over his student Tom Riddle and his actions so that he can get any insight about the war.
I woke the morning of Monday at my usual time in the morning. I arrived downstairs after an hour completely refreshed. The breakfast was being served and Dobby and Riley were waiting for me . I took a chair and sat on it, Dobby and Riley were standing stiffly and doing the best impression of a butler.
Yesterday night I had decided to visit a hotel and eat outside so that I can experience the French cuisine. I had let Dobby and Riley accompany me and after seeing a butler they had decided to make him their idol. They observed him and his mannerisms and by the time we returned home, both of them were trying to do their best impression of a butler. We had also visited the French Market in the night and I had found some spots for hiding. There was the French version of the Knockturn Alley which I visited and found some books on dark arts which I had not read previously and bought them. I mentally remarked to visit another time with more money so that I can buy more interesting books from here.
I ate the breakfast while thinking about the plans. I had drilled both Dobby and Riley to do some more spells, they could now perform the smoke shield charm and a shield charm that was more powerful than a ' protego ' using there elf magic. They both were incredibly happy that they were being trained and blindly followed my orders as I looked after them and never punished them.
Dobby's praises of kind and great Master Severus filled me with pride, you can call me narcissistic but it felt really good to be complimented. We had drilled on the executions of the plan and Riley could now efficiently throw the smoke bomb. Speaking of the smoke bomb, I had indefinitely borrowed ( or stolen in other words ) some containers of Nitrous Oxide so that I can release it in the market after the magical crackers. The French Wizarding Market was constantly patrolled by aurors after Grindelwald's action in Paris and I needed to create a major distraction.
Dobby will be with me and freeze Louis Wilson ( Natalie's father ) so I can kill him without much struggle for him. I looked at the time and saw there was still five hours left. Natalie's father left for Gringotts usually at eleven o clock and returned by half past twelve in the afternoon so I have to wait in the market by eleven o clock.
I asked to both Riley and Dobby " you two know what you both have to do ? ". They both replied " we are ready Master Severus, we will not be disappointing you " they said and bowed their heads. I nodded at their answer and started to read a book on the dark arts which I had bought yesterday. I told Riley and Dobby to alert me when it was fifteen minutes to eleven so that I can ready myself.
The book was interesting and I found some new spells. Speaking of spells I found another idea for spell creation this time I thought of a sonic bomb spell which would eliminate anything in its path or sonic bombs which would cause disorientation in the enemy by the compressed sound and vibrations. It will be a really important tool in my arsenal .
Another important idea which I thought on was about creating shockwaves in the ground so that I can make the enemy's motion hard as he will also have to work for his footwork if there were shockwaves on the ground. It would be good to research about them and develop them in spells but first I must research if there were some spells in elemental magic which could create earthquakes as the shockwaves will do the same.
I continued reading the book on dark arts and was intrigued by the effects of some of the spells. It was after that I had finsihed the book and looked at the time that I realised that there was still half an hour left to be Eleven. I decided to get ready and changed.
I went upstairs to the bedroom and changed into wizarding robes. I changed into a blue robe same as the French aurors and looked myself in the mirror. I took out the Polyjuice potion batch and took four vials which would be enough for four hours and pocketed them. I took the two vials which was filled with poison and placed them in my other pocket.
I arrived downstairs and took the knife which I had sharpened yesterday and took the vial of poison and opened a vial and coated the knife with a layer of poison and quickly stored the vial as poison was still very much left in the vial. I wrapped the knife carefully in a white cloth which I had conjured and placed it in my other pocket with the poison vials, the vials were unbreakable so I had no risk of leaking poisons.
I saw Dobby and Riley appear before me as it was fifteen minutes to Eleven. I had decided to wait until Natalie's father will return from Gringotts which usually took hour and a half before killing him.
I looked at both of them " Riley, Dobby are you perfectly clear on the execution of your part of the plan ? " I asked for the final time to both of them. They both nodded and replied " yes Master Severus ".
" Good Riley take the shrunken box which contained the smoke bombs and the magical crackers and remember to use them as I had instructed you, the box will easily fit in your pocket, enlarge the box before you use it and wait for the signal and then release it, use your elf magic so that you are visible only to me understood " I ordered him and he nodded to my instructions. " come here let me place the masking spell on you " I said and placed my masking spell on both Riley and Dobby, the spell will held for about three to four hours unless someone applies the countercharm which could be me or a very powerful ' finite incantatem ' on them.
I said " c'mon my friends let's unleash some chaos on Paris " I cheerfully said to both of them to which both of them brightened as I had called them friends and they were happy to be part of the prank offcourse they didn't knew that in between the prank a cold blooded murder will take place.
I drank the Polyjuice potion and checked all the items needed and apparated to ' Place Cachée .
Lucius Malfoy was very busy right now at the moment. He was making the final preparations for the funeral for his father right now. He knew that many important personality will attend the funeral as his father was a very influential person.
The people were arriving for the funeral, the Malfoys buried their ancestors behind the manor in the cemetery. Every Malfoy has been buried there since they came to England. He motioned for the funeral to start and the organiser started the funeral.
He looked around and saw many important personalities The Minister Of Magic Millicent Bagnold was here with some official members of the ministry, Albus Dumbledore, Pureblood Families, Lords and Ladies, Horace Slughorn.
The next hour was spent in daze as the funeral ended. The guests started to offer condolences to him and he nodded acting as the dutiful and grieving son. He was approached by various Lords and Ladies as they offered their condolences.
By the time everyone left he was bored out of his mind. Dumbledore in his usual barmy attitude had told something about finding light in darkness. He went to the living room and poured a small sip of wine into the glass and drank it.
He looked around the house and now understood what Severus was saying. It indeed seemed awkward to live alone in such a big Manor. Perhaps he could ask Severus to stay with him in the Manor since he too lived alone. Maybe lure him into the offer with the promise of reading from Malfoy library which contained various books. Even he himself had brought many interesting books and placed them in the library which he found during his journeys or visits.
It was certainly a thought moreover it would also help in the early stages of the business as he could use the potions lab here to experiment to make something new.
He sighed there were still three months before the traditional mourning time ends. He was dreading about going to talk to Evelyn's father so that he can ask for Evelyn's hand for marriage, perhaps he can ask Severus to accompany him to Mr Nelson.
Speaking of that little bugger he was in his property in France. Oh he was waiting for tomorrow's newspaper so that he can get update about what happened. Lucius was still in daze about Severus, on how he had killed Abraxas using Death Eaters robes and had casted their mark in the sky. Everyone suspected that it was the Dark Lord's bidding but only he and Severus knew the truth and both had sealed that knowledge by the use of vows.
He sighed and started to fill the application for a shop's license and mentally remarked to go to the Ministry tomorrow for it. Perhaps he can say that this shop was in his Father's memory and can gain sympathy and increase the shop's customers by this way.
I have been waiting for Natalie's father to come out from the French Gringotts Branch for over an hour. The Polyjuice Potion had ran out and I had discreetly taken the second dosage to still maintain the face of the muggle from whom I had taken the hair, Polyjuice really tasted gross. Dobby and Riley had seen Natalie's father as I had taken a recent memory from Natalie about her father and viewed it in pensieve with Dobby and Riley.
Besides we have already seen him during his entry to Gringotts and I had recognised him from the memory. Offcourse Dobby and Riley were hiding near Gringotts so they can alert me when he will come out of Gringotts. Dobby will pop to me when Natalie's father will exit and will relay back my message to Riley to start the plan.
It was ten minutes later in the alley where I was leaning on a wall with a powerful notice me not charm on me, was when Dobby appeared with pop. " Master Severus the target has exited ". I nodded and immediately readied myself for some action. " when he will reach near the cloth store, tell Riley to start the plan and pop back to me quickly after that " I said hurriedly and he popped back. Elf magic was really cool, I thought. The little buggers couldn't really be seen by anyone.
I looked around, there were five aurors patrolling in the alley. Natalie's father was just at ten yards distance when I started to place the Anti Apparition jinx and Anti Portkey jinx.
By the time I had finished none of the people around had noticed that there was an Anti Portkey and Anti Apparition jinx placed on the market, I looked around and saw that my notice me not charm was still holding on. Louis Wilson was infront of the clothing shop now and was walking towards where I was standing. I snorted mentally he had no idea that he was walking towards his own death.
Just as Louis reached in front of the cloth shop, I saw the first flash after the cracker burst from the next shop infront of Gringotts. I had ordered Riley to use three crackers so the chaos will be maximum and then travel through the roofs of the shop and throw the cylinders of the nitrous oxide on the ground. Soon within two seconds there were sounds of loud bangs and people all around looked at the crackers, aurors started to run towards the area and soon within five seconds the entire wizarding Market was filled with the flashes of the cracker and people when hit by the flash yelped in pain and there were boils on some of the faces of the people. Dobby had also popped back to me with an excited look on his face clearly thinking and enjoying as if it was a prank.
The smoke grenades had also started to work and the area near Gringotts was filled with heavy smoke, slowly the smoke was increasing and I saw grenades were being thrown in front of the different shops . I saw that many people were trying to apparate but were failing, I saw Natalie's father was walking hurriedly towards us and was atleast thirty yards infront of me. " Dobby, freeze the target with your magic as he will come closer within ten yards and pop back to Riley and then guide the flashes with your magic to hit more people and so that the flashes would be doubled each time and there will be more sounds, let the prank be a superhit " I said and he bobbed his head cheerfully.
Just as Louis came back within ten yards I said " Dobby now " and walked to Louis. I heard Dobby pop back and saw that Natalie's father was rigid and freezed and was going to fall. With a wave of my wand he remained standing but still freezed as I didn't wanted him to resist me physically. I looked around and saw that the market was in chaos and the aurors were trying to avoid the flashes as well as prevent them from hitting people at the same time with no visibility due to smoke. The people were also acting funny and some of them were crying and looking angry.
I went to Natalie's father and could see that he could saw me as the notice me not charm was cancelled now. I took out the knife and saw fear in his eyes, I looked around people were not paying attention but instead were running around and our area was starting to fill with smoke. I hugged him as he was freezed and whispered in his year mockingly and playfully " Dear father in law, please accept this heartful gift from your future son in law " and with that stabbed the knife in his chest in the slightly left area. I took out the vial and using some strength opened his mouth and poured the vial with poison into his mouth and closed it with a wave of my wand. I could see that his body was trying to jerk as Dobby's magic was starting to break.
I pocketed the vial and saw that my gloves were covered with blood as the blood had leaked when I stabbed him and made him drank the poison. Within some seconds I saw his eyes become lifeless, I stopped holding his body and he fell on his back to the ground with the knife in his chest and looked around. The smoke was fully there now, the visibility was very low and I could sense that the nitrous oxide was starting to work in my body. I called " Dobby " to which the elf popped and eagerly asked " what must Dobby do now Master Severus ? " he eagerly asked. " go to Riley and tell him to start the final part I will call you back two minutes later and don't be seen or caught by other people ". He nodded and popped back.
With a wave of my wand I lifted the Anti Apparition and Anti Portkey jinx and apparated back to our house in which we were staying. It was a good thing that the laughing gas took some time to work otherwise I too could have been affected. I took some minutes to think about if anything has been left behind or left some clues. I casted a wandless ' tempus ' and saw that there were still ten minutes for Polyjuice to wear out. I had used gloves so fingerprint was out of options not that I thought that the aurors would ever search that, I had used Polyjuice so my real face was out of option, masking spell was in the place so magical traces was out, witnesses were difficult as I had only stabbed him, when the smoke was fully in our area and the visibility was very low.
I waited for two minutes and called both of my elves " Dobby ", " Riley " . Both of them appeared with a pop and were acting funny, clearly the nitrous oxide had worked on them. I waited for some minutes before they started to act normal. " Give me reports, Riley you first " I said
Riley nodded " I did as what Master ordered, nobody saw me Master Severus, they were busy with the crackers and smoke, the final part also was executed perfectly " he said. I nodded, the final part was that Dobby and Riley will use their elf magic and with that guide the flashes to hit all the people so that the flashes could continue to multiply and there will be sounds of bangs all over the market and the people could experience the stinging hexes as well as boils, moreover the empty smoke bombs and the containers of Nitrous oxide will also be vanished by both Riley and Dobby so that no-one could find the source of the smoke and the gas . Dobby spoke " I did what Master told me, the final part was too done perfectly Master ".
I nodded and said " this couldn't be known to anyone so I am sorry but I would like to take away both of your memory so that aurors can't arrest me if they ever force you " I finished sadly to which both of them gasped and eagerly said " we will be giving our memory to save Master Severus, Master is very kind, the aurors must not touch Master Severus " they told.
I nodded and started taking out their memories and placed them in vials. I said " could you remember anything about the afternoon " to which both of them denied. I said " don't worry, go and prepare Lunch for all of us, I am feeling hungry " to which both of them nodded and left to kitchen.
I went over my thoughts the market was in chaos by my plans and I knew that I was not seen by anyone due to smoke and the crackers. Using three crackers really made the task easy, perhaps buy some more from Borgin and release it in Hogwarts Great Hall during the dinner and blame the marauders, a idea worth executing I thought. I remembered Petyr Baelish words from Game Of Thrones " chaos is a ladder ", indeed he was right chaos was a ladder and I certainly had plans to climb it.
I sighed, I really hoped Natalie could act her part, she was already silenced by a vow and had drank the serum. I had decided to not go to funeral but directly go to England tomorrow morning, as I had decided to start my work on the shop products and make some new flavours as well. A branch here would also be very profitable, a thought to ponder on later and talk to Lucius about it. Another visit to the shady areas of this market to buy some books was also in order for tonight, after all Knowledge is power.
Natalie Wilson was currently sitting in the Wilson Manor dining room eating the Lunch. It was currently 1 PM in the afternoon and she was thinking whether Severus had succeeded or not. She was scared that Severus had failed and was arrested by the aurors. She finished her lunch and went to the living room to sit on the sofa.
She was terrified which was shown as her hands were slightly trembling. She was startled by sudden appearance of her elf Blinky. " Mistress, aurors are on the gates and want entrance to talk to you " Blinky worriedly said. Natalie was overjoyed if the aurors were here then it clearly meant that Severus had succeeded and they were here to inform her about her father's death.
She looked at Blinky " escort them inside to here " she said to Blinky. Blinky nodded and popped back to carry on her order. Natalie was overjoyed but schooled her expressions as there was still time to celebrate later she donned her Pureblood mask and sat on the chair elegantly as she was taught.
Soon enough five aurors arrived with Blinky wearing blue robes. With a quick nod from Natalie, Blinky popped back outside the room waiting for more instructions. Natalie looked at the aurors three of them she recognised from her time at Beauxbatons.
She controlled her allure to the amount which she could control as it was difficult to control the allure as it was always released subconsciously. She turned to them " Father is not home, I would like you to sit down if you have work with him " she said with authority and using the plan which she had agreed with Severus previously as Natalie's father was the head of the family he used to deal with this type of matters.
The aurors looked suddenly discomforted and looked among one another. The only female auror spoke " We are sorry to inform you Miss Wilson but your father has been found dead in Place Cachée ". Natalie quickly schooled her blank emotion into that of a shocked one for some moment before she quickly but the blank mask once again.
She asked " how and has the killer been found ? " she asked in a cold voice and a tone that promised vengeance. The female auror spoke as the males where getting affected by the allure as she had stopped holding back her allure. " He was found with a knife stabbed on his chest in the market, we believe that the knife was coated with poison but we are still searching for the cause and had taken the body for a complete checkup, we have not found the killer as there were no witnesses, do you have suspicions upon anyone who might have done this " she informed as well as asked for any person who may have the reason to do this.
Natalie took a moment and said in a blank tone " our family is an old as well as very influential family, I don't know much about father as I live in England managing my shop but I would guess he had many enemies as he was a very influential person and you may know one doesn't reach that type of position without enemies " She said. The aurors nodded and the female auror spoke " we would send your father's body within two to three hours after our inspection, we may disturb you for further investigation, thank you Miss Wilson for your help " she said and then with a stinging hex awoke the four aurors from their dozed like state and furiously told them to go back. Blinky escorted them back to the gate.
Once they were out of the gate, Natalie sighed and was inwardly filled with joy as Severus had succeeded in his work and now her father was dead. She inwardly felt like a little girl who was overjoyed as she was free from the contract and could be with Severus now without much problems. Moreover she would be now Lady Wilson and Severus could be the Lord consort of her.
She sighed the accounts have to be managed by her now and she would have to look after their businesses and manage them but she decided that it was not that bad, she had been trained slightly by her father who hoped that her son would be next Lord Wilson and had planned to groom him. She decided to go back to England by the end of the week, after the funeral tomorrow and spending five or six days in the Manor she would leave for England.
Perhaps she could ask Severus so that they both could go back together England but rejected the idea quickly as she would only bring suspicions on Severus. She will meet Severus in England on Sunday when she will go back to England after finishing the work here.
She took out a quill and started to write a letter which she decided to send to her sister with a house elf and call her back to Manor for funeral. She can go back to her friend's house after the funeral as she didn't wanted Apolline to spend time on the Manor alone. She finished the letter and started to call the elves, she really had much work to do but it will all be worth it and mentally decided to reward Severus later in England for his actions.
Tom Marvolo Riddle or Lord Voldemort which he was known nowadays was sitting in a rocking chair twirling his beloved yew wand and pondering over the articles of The Daily Prophet.
He was concerned over one article in a particular the death of Abraxas Malfoy in Knockturn Alley with the Dark Mark floating in the sky. He was confused as he hadn't ordered the murder of Abraxas Malfoy so how do the Dark Mark was present in the sky, had any member of his inner circle members gone against his back and killed Abraxas.
The thought was interesting, as it meant that he didn't had the complete obedience of his inner circle which was not good moreover if it was not a member of his inner circle then how was the Dark Mark present there as only inner circle knew the spell to conjure the mark, perhaps there was a leak in his inner circle. The thought was dangerous and needed to be examined.
He decided to check his followers loyalties in the next meeting. Abraxas Malfoy's death though still was a nuisance as well as a blessing. Many old families will be now more hesitant because if Abraxas Malfoy can be killed then they too could be killed but it was quickly dwarfed by the positive outcomes. People now will either choose to remain neutral or join him as it will strengthen their belief that they will die if they stand against him.
The Malfoy boy could not be persuaded as he will be under the impression that his father's death was caused by me but still he was just a single boy. Moreover if he dares to oppose me now then I will surely kill him, the boy will most likely to remain neutral in future, a loss for him but not that big one as he already had many old Pureblood families pledged to him.
He sighed and looked at the locket of his ancestor. He knew from the start that he was different from the rest of his Hogwarts peers. He was more powerful and skilled than them, they didn't see magic as him. He with his hard work had managed to break most of Dumbledore records during his Hogwarts years. His peers started to value him when they knew that he was the Heir to Slytherin.
Still he could sense their disgust at him during his Hogwarts years but quickly won them by his skills so that his blood status was overlooked. He then decided that he would make the Wizarding world bow to him and be superior to everyone. Offcourse the path wasn't easy and he had made many sacrifices in his path, some greater than others.
Never in his life he had been that angry when he learnt that his muggle father was alive and when he confronted him. His father had enough nerve then to say that he didn't wanted him and that he was bewitched by his mother. He was very angry at that moment and without remorse killed both his father and grandparents. He was little sad at that time to lose his last member of the family after all which orphan wouldn't want to know his parents, but he never regretted his actions.
He took the Gaunt family ring from his uncle and then framed him for his paternal family's murder. Regardless of what people may believe that he never had a heart he was still human and in his entire life he had no one who had cared for him genuinely. So he took his loneliness and buried it deep inside him. Oh people wanted to know and talk to the handsome, charismatic and intelligent Tom Riddle but none had ever wanted to talk with the scared and lonely boy who was different from other orphanage children, whose only comfort was his power which he didn't knew was magic but he rejoiced in that. He was called freak, abomination of nature and was despised after his sorting in Slytherin, hexed and jinxed by his housemates but he determined to never fall but only to be more powerful than them.
When his request for spending his summer in Hogwarts was rebuffed by Headmaster Dippet since Dumbledore thought that it will be good for him to spend his time with muggle children. Didn't they knew how was it outside in the muggle world, in a poor orphanage with little supplies, when the next bomb could be dropped on your area and you would be dead. It lead him to the fear of death for which he researched and found the ' Hocrux method by Herpo the foul ', oh he could have gone for a philosopher's stone but he didn't had that much time nor resources to spend so he decided to took the shortcut approach.
It was also the year in which he finally found the ' Chamber Of Secrets ' and unleashed the Basilisk to fulfil his ancestors work. Myrtle's death was a hindrance but he managed to frame that oaf Hagrid and his acromantula pet. Offcourse Dumbledore suspected him and started to keep a closer eye on him. His hate for his father made him hate the muggles but he still was wary of them as he knew their capabilities firsthand during world war 2.
He sighed, he genuinely believed that the restrictions on magic should be eased and using the treatment of magical creatures as a point he had managed to gather large number of magical creatures in his growing army. He had managed to create three hocruxes till now, the diary was safe with him, the Gaunt family ring was safely warded in the shack and the Diadem was in Hogwarts. Oh he knew that he was being affected by the creation of hocruxes but he dearly wanted to create seven hocruxes so that they could be stable as seven denoted stability and was most powerful magical number.
He looked at the calendar, the next Death Eater meeting is two days later, oh he had many things to discuss with his followers.