Uncle Harry/Voldemort had walked out in to the streets to be the bait and draw Delphi with us. I would be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to getting a little (or a lot of) payback. I would also be lying if I said there wasn't a small sigh of relief when he left the church.

We waited for what seemed like hours, but really couldn't have been more than ten or fifteen minutes passed.

Finally Uncle Harry/Voldemort reentered the church. He walks a few paces and then he turned. "Whichever witch or wizard is following me, I assure you, you will regret it."

Delphi emerged behind him. She was compelled to him. This is her father and this is the moment she had waited for her entire life. "Lord Voldemort. It is me. I am following you."

Uncle Harry/Voldemort's voice was ice cold. Emotionless. Terrifying. "I do not know you. Leave me."

She breathed deeply. "I am your daughter."

Uncle Harry/Voldemort sounded almost bored. "If you were my daughter, I'd know of you."

Delphi looked at him imploringly. "I am from the future. The child of Bellatrix Lestrange and you. I was born in Malfoy Manor before the Battle of Hogwarts. A battle you are going to lose. I have come to save you."

Uncle Harry/Voldemort turned. She met his eyes. "It was Rodolphus Lestrange, Bellatrix's loyal husband, who on return from Azkaban told me who I was and revealed the prophecy he thought I was destined to fulfill. I am your daughter, sir."

Uncle Harry/Voldemort looked her over. "I am familiar with Bellatrix and there are certain similarities in your face though you haven't inherited the best of her. But without proof . . ." Delphi spoke intently in Parseltongue. Uncle Harry/Voldemort laughed viciously. "That's your proof?"

Delphi effortlessly rose into the air. Uncle Harry/Voldemort stepped back amazed. I think that look was genuine. It had amazed and horrified us as well. "I am the Augurey to your Dark Lord, and I am ready to give all that I have to serve you."

Uncle Harry/Voldemort tried not to show his shock. "You learnt flight from me?"

Delphi seemed pleased, as though he had praised her. "I have tried to follow the path you set."

"I have never met a witch or a wizard who's attempted to be my equal before." It sounded like a test.

Delphi looked down humbly. "Do not mistake I would not claim to be worthy of you, Lord. But I have devoted my life to being a child you could be proud of."

Uncle Harry/Voldemort interrupted her. "I see what you are, and I see what you could be. Daughter."

She looked at him, desperately moved. "Father?"

Uncle Harry/Voldemort walked forward a bit. "Together, the power we could wield."

Delphi choked and stepped forward. "Father . . ."

"Come here, in the light, so I may examine what my blood made." Uncle Harry/Voldemort commanded.

"Your mission is a mistake. Attacking Uncle Harry Potter is a mistake. He will destroy you." Delphi explained her reason for being here. Or one of them.

Uncle Harry/Voldemort's hand turned into Uncle Harry's hand. He looks at it, astonished and dismayed, and then quickly pulled it inside his sleeve. "He is a baby."

Delphi shook her head emphatically. "He has his mother's love. Your spell will rebound, destroying you and making him too powerful and you too weak. You will recover to spend the next seventeen years consumed in a battle with him a battle you will lose."

Uncle Harry/Voldemort's hair began to sprout, we could it, he attempted to cover it. He pulled his hood over his head.

Uncle Harry/Voldemort tried to speed this up. "Then I won't attack him. You are right."

Delphi looked at him shocked by the slow transformation. "Father?"

Uncle Harry/Voldemort shrank down he is now more Uncle Harry than Voldemort. He turned his back to Delphi. He needed to hurry this up!

"Father?" Did she sound suspicious?

Uncle Harry still trying desperately to still sound like Voldemort. "Your plan is a good one. The fight is off. You have served me well, now come here into the light so I may examine you."

I couldn't help it, my leg cramped and I accidentally bumped the door. Delphi must have seen the door slightly sway open and then be pulled shut. She frowns at it, thinking rapidly, I could see her suspicion growing. "Father . . ." She tried to get a glimpse of his face again there is almost a dance happening here. "You are not Lord Voldemort."

The violence was sudden and brutal. Delphi unleashed a bolt from her hand. Uncle Harry matches her. "Incendio!"

Uncle Harry called at the same time. "Incendio!" Merlin they were dueling to KILL! I hadn't thought of that. The bolts met in a beautiful explosion in the middle of the room.

Delphi raged. "Potter. Colloportus!" And with her other hand Delphi sent bolts to both doors as we try to open them. We were locked in!

We couldn't see them but we could hear. "What? Thought your friends were going to join you, did you?"

Aunt Hermione called desperately. "Harry . . . Harry . . .!"

Aunt Ginny also cried out. "She's sealed the doors from your side."

Uncle Harry sounded resolute. Strong. This was the Auror and the man who took down Voldemort. "Fine. I'll deal with you alone."

We heard the clatter of what could only be a wand hit the floor. "How did you . . . ? What are you?"

Delphi's harsh laugh sounded. "I've watched you for a long time, Uncle Harry Potter. I know you better than my father did."

Uncle Harry sounded stunned. "You think you've learnt my weaknesses?"

"I've studied to be worthy of him! Yes, even though he is the supreme wizard of all time, he will be proud of me. Expulso!" And I thought Albus had daddy issues!

We could hear Uncle Harry hit the floor as the sound of the floor exploded behind him. We could also hear as he crawled frantically for cover. He must have been trying to work out how he could fight her.

At the same time I saw Albus scrambling towards a grate. I moved to block view of him so no one would stop him. Uncle Harry needed help and he needed it now!

"Are you crawling away from me? Harry Potter." Delphi's sing song voice called. "Hero of the wizarding world. Crawling away like a rat. Wingardium Leviosa! The question is whether it's worth my time to kill you knowing that as soon as I stop my father your destruction will be assured. How to decide? Oh, I'm bored, I'll kill you."

Something loud smashed on the floor. A pew? Was she hurling the pews at him?!

Albus slipped through the grate and was now in the room with them.

"Avada…" Delphi started only to be interrupted by Albus.

Albus called out terrified. "Dad . . ."

The fear in Uncle Harry's voice made my heart clench. "Albus! No!"

Delphi laughed with joy. "Two of you? Choices, choices. I think I'll kill the boy first. Avada Kedavra!"

"NO! Albus!" I shrieked. The others were doing the same.

Was he dead? Had she killed him? We heard Delphi's growl. "You think you're stronger than me?"

Uncle Harry confessed without arrogance. "No. I'm not."

They fired bolts mercilessly at each other we could hear them, but where was Albus? We heard spells slam into one door and then another. "Alohomora! Alohomora!" Albus opened both doors with his wand.

"But we are." Uncle Harry finished looking at us relieved. "I've never fought alone, you see. And I never will."

"NEVER Uncle Harry!" I called out, adrenaline fueling my courage.

And Aunt Hermione, Uncle Ron, Aunt Ginny, and Uncle Draco emerge from the doors, and fired up their spells at Delphi, who screamed out in exasperation. Scorpius and I ran to make sure Albus was OK. This is titanic. But she can't fight us all. There were a series of bangs and then, overwhelmed, Delphi tumbled to the floor.

Delphi wept. "No . . . No . . ."

Aunt Hermione tied her up. "Brachiabindo!" She's bound.

Uncle Harry advanced towards Delphi, not taking his eyes off her. "Albus, are you okay?" He called over.

We had wrapped ourselves around Albus. "Yes, Dad, I'm okay."

Uncle Harry still didn't take his eyes off Delphi. He looked scared of her. I was too.

Uncle Harry called over to his wife. "Ginny, has he been injured? I need to know he's safe . . ."

Aunt Ginny sounded apologetic. "He insisted. He was the only one small enough to crawl through the grate. I tried to stop him." I hadn't realized they knew what he was going to do.

Uncle Harry pleaded. "Just tell me he's okay."

Albus also tried to reassure him. "I'm fine, Dad. I promise."

"We have him Uncle Harry!" I called over. "That bitch won't get near him again!"

Uncle Harry kept advancing towards Delphi. "A lot of people have tried to hurt me, but my son! You dare hurt my son!"

Delphi was weeping. "I only wanted to know my father."

These words seemed to take Uncle Harry by surprise. "You can't remake your life. You'll always be an orphan. That never leaves you."

Delphi begged. "Just let me see him."

Uncle Harry stood firm. "I can't and I won't."

Delphi sounded truly pitiful. "Then kill me."

Uncle Harry seemed to think a moment. "I can't do that either."

Albus was surprised. "What? Dad? She's dangerous."

"I think we should kill her." I agreed with Albus. "Since we can't throw her to the Dementors.

Uncle Harry looked at us horrified. "No, Albus . . . and definitely no Dementors, Lilliana!"

Albus protested. "But she's a murderer I've seen her murder."

I looked for the only person who might agree with me. Finally my eyes landed on Uncle Draco. "Please… Uncle Draco, she NEEDS to die. She killed Craig and I promised to save him. I PROMISED!"

Uncle Draco looked at me with compassion but said nothing. Scorpius wrapped his arms around me from behind. "Shhhh…." He murmured. "It will be OK."

Uncle Harry turns and looks at his son and then at Aunt Ginny. "Yes. Albus, she's a murderer, and we're not."

Aunt Hermione tried to explain. "We have to be better than them."

Uncle Ron patted my shoulder. "Yeah, it's annoying but it's what we learnt."

"I don't want to be better than her." I argued. "I want revenge."

Delphi was ignoring us to continue to plead with Uncle harry. "Take my mind. Take my memory. Make me forget who I am."

Uncle Ron said firmly. "No. We'll take you back to our time."

Aunt Hermione looked down at her. "And you'll go to Azkaban. Same as your mother." Her mother… I started to get an idea for revenge.

Uncle Draco stroked my hair. "Where you'll rot." He promised.

Uncle Harry looked up as we all heard a noise. A hissing noise. And then there was a noise like death a noise like nothing else we've heard before. "Haaarry Pottttter . . ."

Scorpius trembled behind me. Or maybe it was me trembling. "What's that?"

Uncle Harry looked afraid, truly, truly afraid. "No. No. Not yet."

Albus looked around frantically. "What?"

Uncle Ron looked pale his freckles standing out in stark relief. "Voldemort."

Delphi looked excited and hopeful. "Father?"

Aunt Hermione sounded ill. "Now? Here?"

Uncle Draco was quick when she started to open her mouth to scream. "Silencio!" And Delphi was gagged. "Wingardium Leviosa!" He sent her upwards and away.

Uncle Harry looked petrified. "He's coming. He's coming right now."

We could see him out the window. Voldemort comes through the streets, and across it, and walks down into the peaceful little town. He brought death with him. And everyone knew it.

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