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Chapter 3

...Jem Lynn Riddle," The child, Jem, let out a squeal of excitement.

"Jem Jem Jem Jem Jem Jem," she sang. The adults chuckled again.

"You will be named Jem because you will be the Gem of Darkness, as I am the Dark Lord. When we announce you to our people they will call you Darkness for short.¨

Jem could care less about the future, she was running around the great room singing her name over and over and over.

"I have a gift," At her father's words, she stopped in her tracks and ran back to him. Her father gave her a bag. Inside, there was a beautiful set of knives. "You will begin training with them tomorrow."

"What will I be doing today?" Jem inquired.

¨Today, you will be going undercover to Diagon Alley," her father told her. Jem had never been outside the castle grounds. She had been hidden away whenever the Death Eaters had a meeting, so she knew very little about the wizarding world. Today would be a chance for her to familiarize herself with it, before it was made known to the world who she was.

"This is going to be the best birthday ever!" she squealed.

"Go to your room with Bella and she will help you pick out something to wear," her father said.

One hour later they were standing at the fireplace ready to go. Bellatrix and the Dark Lord would be staying home as they were wanted fugitives. Bella waved goodbye as Jem through a handful of powder into the fireplace.

"Diagon Alley!" she shouted. With a whoosh she found herself standing, well laying, in a small shop. Behind her Lucius and Narcissa stepped out of the fireplace dusting themselves off. "How did you do that so gracefully?" she asked incredulously.

"Practice," they answered together. With that the trio set out on their journey. First they went to the bank and got money for shopping. The goblins stared with narrowed eyes at Jem, as if sensing that something wasn't quite right. Outside the bank, Jem pulled Narcissa close and whispered, "I don't think they like me much."

Narcissa chuckled nervously and said, "Don't worry, they're like that to everyone." Jem was quite an observant child and wanted to retort that she didn't see them staring at anybody else, but she held her tongue. As they continued down the alley, they saw a group of redheads exiting the wand shop.

"Let me see it."

"No, let me!"

"That's so cool!"

"Mum, when can I get one?" whined one a little redhead with freckles. It appeared that the oldest had just gotten his first wand.

"Charlie, you make sure to keep that safe," the man reminded the boy, Charlie.

"I know Dad," Charlie sighed exasperatedly. He then ran, with all of his younger siblings, to stare at a display in the window of the quidditch shop.

"Wow, the newest model," a younger boy breathed in amazement.

"Come on children, let's go get ice cream," The children squealed in delight.

Jem realized that while she had been watching this exchange, she had lost the Malfoys. She weaved between people to find the nearest bench. She stood up on the bench and searched the crowd for her chaperones. When she finally spotted them, she groaned. They were at the other side of the alley, looking around frantically, as they discovered she was missing.

She hopped off the bench when a hand grabbed her arm.

"Looks like you're lost, young lady," a friendly voice said. "Where are your parents?"

"I'm not here with them," Jem corrected. As she looked around to the man, he gasped as he saw her bright green eyes. The man had blue eyes and there was a mischievous look in them.

"Th-then who are you here with?" he managed to get out.

"There you are!" a familiar voice exclaimed. The man straightened up and his eyes grew cold as he took in who was approaching.

"Black, what are you doing to her?" Lucius asked with narrowed eyes.

"He was helping me look for you," Jem interrupted.

"Thank you," Lucius said as if it were paining him.

"You're welcome, Malfoy," Black said in equal distaste.

"Come along now," Narcissa beckoned to Jem. The rest of the day passed quickly. First stopping at a bookstore, and then going the apothecary. When they were in the apothecary, they ran into a tall man with greasy black hair.

"Lucius," the man greeted with a nod, "Why are you here? I don't recall you having a liking for potions."

"Not my business, Severus, running errands for someone else," said Lucius, giving the other man a look. Understanding washed over Severus' face.
"I see, I'll leave you be."

They left the shop with the ingredients that Lucius had purchased. Next they went to the pet shop, where Jem begged for a snake, and Narcissa assured her that she would get one in a few years. Finally they ended with a trip to Knockturn Alley, where Lucius conversed with a man hidden in the shadows, named Fenrir. Jem couldn't care less about what they were saying and left to chase a rat. When she finally caught the rat, she was back in Diagon Alley.

"Hey! Give me that!" a familiar voice said. Black was standing behind her glaring at the rat in her hand. He also looked strangely cheerful. Jem handed it over as the rat began to squeal in protest. Black put him in a cage and took his wand out. He muttered a few enchantments and sent out a silvery mist like dog. "Thank you so much, young lady," he smiled and muttered something like, "Bet your guardians won't be too happy with you later." Jem frowned and puzzled over what that could possibly mean, as she wandered back to Knockturn Alley.

They returned to Borgin & Burkes, to use the fireplace and went to the Malfoy Manner first, for safety purposes. They were about to continue when a little boy ran down the grand staircase.

"Mother, Father, you will never believe what just happened!" the little blonde boy with grey eyes shouted.

"Drac-" Lucius started.

"So I was chasing a house elf, and then it stopped to look at me, and then the clothes that it was carrying fell, and I messed them up and-" the boy rambled on.

"DRACO," Lucius bellowed.

"Yes?" Draco replied meekly.

"Would you like to introduce yourself to our guest?" Narcissa asked, although by the tone of her voice, Draco knew that he really didn't really had a choice.

"Hello, I'm Draco Malfoy and you are?" he stated pompously, acting if he didn't really care what the answer to his question was.

"Jem Lynn Riddle," She answered back sassily.

"Alright, want to come play?" Draco asked, ignorant of the attitude of the young lady.

"I'd rather not," she turned to the elder Malfoys and said "I shall be on my way now," She turned on her heel and grabbed some floo powder.

She stumbled into the dining hall of the Dark Palace. Bellatrix was waiting for her and laughed when she saw Jem's face.

"I take it you've met my nephew?" She chuckled.

"He is a pompous brat!" Jem exclaimed.

"Only sometimes," Bellatrix tried to defend him.

"Jem, you need to go to bed earlier today, the potions will be taking effect soon and it will hurt." the Dark Lord commanded. Jem sighed. She was not looking forward to the restless night ahead. At the same time she was excited to see how much clearer her world would be tomorrow.

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