A/N: Since I'm typing all of this ahead of time, there won't get to be any thank-you's until the end…I'm going to have a *little* prologue at the end. But, I may have a "What happened to…?" chapter! And that, my dear readers, will surely have a thank-you section! Please ignore any typos.
Disclaimer: As usual, I own it if it's new to you.
"Torture, control and Netrina"
"Yes"
"What do you wish to know?" she asked, getting straight to business.
"Well, why was I chosen?" asked Karni.
"You, yourself, were not chosen. One Death Eater helped chose his…wife, your mother. The Death Eater was tired of the Dark Lord and wanted him gone. He also knew of the prophecy."
"What prophecy?" asked Karni.
"The dark lord, will be defeated by his own" said Madridieanna.
"So, he will be defeated by his own? As in Death Eaters, or his own flesh and blood?" asked Draco.
"Yes to both. A prophecy is never word-for-word. It's really just a summary of what's to come" said Madridieanna. "But, since it's now about to come true, I can tell you the answers you need to know"
"How can I kill him then?" asked Karni, almost eager.
"It's a but confusing. But I can't tell too much, as mortals should not know too much about what's to come. I can only tell you what was known then" said Madridieanna, trying to make it understandable. "You can use his true love, your mother"
"Well, who is my mother?" asked Karni. "I mean, who is she, as in, about her."
"A Gryffindor at heart, mind, blood and body. But not in house. Child of the cat."
"So…my mother was a Slytherin…" said Karni, thoughtfully. "Well, old 'father' dear wouldn't have known she was more fit for Gryfindor…as he's *so* old…They could have easily gave her to him."
"One more question, my child."
"Where is she?" Karni whispered, on the edge of her seat.
"She's dead…I'm sorry."
Karni stifled a sob, as Madridieanna continued. "For a year now, she's buried in the Azkaban cemetery. My time is up now, I hope I've helped, and I wish you all of the luck in the world" said Madridieanna, smiling, as she vanished.
"NNNNNOOOOO!" screamed Draco. "How the hell did you screw up that simple spell?" he yelled, jumping up.
"Follow me" said Karni, going up the stairs, quietly
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In her library, they found the book they needed, to get Hermione back. Karni took Spells Gone Wrong to a table and sat down, with Draco, Ron and Narcissus behind her.
"I'm looking for what to do when a re-incarnation spell goes wrong" she told the book.
Not enough to go by, whisper the incantation, appeared on a page.
Karni recited it.
What went wrong?, asked the book.
"She disappeared, instead of changing back" said Karni.
Go to the place of death
Karni closed the book and said "Accio Famous Witches!"
Ron ducked as a book when flying over his head, to land in Karni's hands.
"Madridieanna" she told the book. The pages flipped by, as if fierce wind was blowing them. It stopped on page 131.
"Place of death, please" Karni asked the book.
Salazar Slytherin's Estate, now He-who-must-not-be-named's hide-away.
"How and why did she die?" whispered Karni, afraid of the answer.
She would not see into the future for Salazar, to tell him how to Dark Arts would be doing. She would not tell them, to help evil, even though she had seen herself being killed for it. Madridieanna was beheaded by her lover, Luki Malfoy, who performed it under Salazar's control by the Imperius Cuse.
"Thank you, that's all" Karni told the book, as it shut and flew back to the shelf, causing Draco to duck this time.
"I'll do it" said Draco. "I'll go get her, for I fear what they will do to her" and then, he was gone.
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"Hello Father" said Draco, taking over his cloak, using his slow, hateful drawl.
"Glad you came" said Lucius.
"What's the agenda for today?" he asked, fearing the answer.
"Mudblood torturing" said Lucius, smirking.
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Ron turned to Karni. "So, you want your old man dead, eh?"
"Yes"
"Welcome to the 'Die, Voldie, Die' club!" he said, extending his hand.
Karni shook it.
Ron turned to Narcissus and held out his hand to him as well. Sighing, Narcissus shook it.
"Let's go see Dumbledore!" said Karni, giggling, eager to see Hogwarts again.
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"The…victim should be…familiar to you" said Lucius, as he lead Draco down a dark hall, to the end. He opened the door, and there was Hermione, tied to a bed. Her wrists and ankles were chained to separate bed posts. She was wearing nothing but a sheet, and t was wrapped around her like a towel would be, if she had just stepped out of the shower.
"What have you done to her?" asked Draco, slipping.
"Nothing…yet" said Lucius, turning to him, breaking his stare at Hermione. "Why? You don't still…have feelings for her, do you?" he asked, mocking Draco earlier that year.
"I…I was just making sure that I would be…first" he said. I'm sorry Hermione, he thought.
"Good man, son" said Lucius, showing a rare sign of affection, by patting Draco on the back. "Yes, you are. Except for…one man. He couldn't resist. But don't worry, all he did was…tease her" he said. Continuing, Lucius said "Since your our youngest Death Eater, you get her first."
He turned to Hermione. "Don't get…to attached to him, he'll be gone in an hour. If you're lucky, you'll have me to compare him to, as I shall hopefully be next" he said, then he disapperrated.
"Oh my gods! All you alright?" asked Draco, rushing to her side. "Did that bastard touch you? If he did, I'll rip his fucking limbs out, starting with the middle one" he said, unchaining her.
"What are you doing?" asked a Death Eater, walking past the door.
"I'm un-chaining her" said Draco.
"Why?"
"Because…I…I like to be in control…" said Draco. "And so she'll…know not to try to go against my wishes, as she would be…experiencing my…strength."
"Oh…ok" said the man, leaving.
"That was close" said Draco.
"You'd like to control me, eh?" asked Hermione.
"You know it" he said, kissing her roughly. "But not here," he said, picking her up. They then apperated to DePrue Estate.
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They apperated, landing on a bed, in a spare bedroom. But there was a problem.
They had lost their clothes while apperating.
"Draco…" said Hermione. "You're not very good at disapperating, are you?"
"No" he answered. "But, what do you expect? My father taught me"
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They apperated in Hogsmeade.
"You're getting better" said Hermione. "I'm only missing my shoes and socks. While your only missing your shoes"
"And my boxers" said Draco, laughing.
"Really?"
"Really."
Hermione had magicked herself and Draco into new clothes. Draco didn't know how, for he *had* all the clothes he wanted and never had to use a spell.
"Well," said Hermione. "Looks like you're going to have to carry me piggy-back style to Hogwarts" she said, laughing.
Luckily, it was Saturday, and they didn't get too many stares, travelling to Hogwarts, then to Dumbledore's office.
When they got their, Karni, Narcissus, Ron, McGonnagal and Snape were all there as well.
"Welcome, Mr. Malfoy and Ms. Granger" said Dumbledore. "How are you?"
"Well, I got her, as you can see. She just had a few scratches" said Draco, putting her down. Since there was only one more chair, and no room for another, Hermione had to sit in Draco's lap.
"Ms. DePrue, Mr. Weasley and Mr. O'Neal have explained everything to us, including what you need to be successful in defeating Voldemort" said Dumbledore. No one flinched at the name, for Dumbledore had been saying it at least 50 times a day, to get everyone used to it.
"His love is…was Ivy" said Snape. "But…she's dead, so we'll make a polyjuice potion. I happen to have enough for about two hours. Mr. O'Neal will assist us by going and getting her body."
At that, Narcissus stepped into the fire, and yelled "DePrue Estate" to apperate to Azkaban from there.
Snape left, to go get the potion, leaving them alone, with Dumbledore.
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"I only brought some of her hair" said Narcissus, stepping out of the fireplace, some odd minutes later. "I thought bringing the body would be…painful, if you saw her" he said to Karni.
"Thank you" she whispered to him.
At that, Snape added a piece of hair to each of the viles of potion, each turning the same shade of purple, a royal shade.
"Her eyes!" whispered Karni.
"That should last you about two hours and a half, a little more than Professor Snape estimated" Dumbledore told her. "Drink one now, and then you all shall be off to your estate to travel to Voldemort's lair from there. Take the other with you, of course, for when the time is up."
Karni took the potion like a real woman. Never made a face, never gagged, never stopped.
She suddenly changed into a woman, about six inches taller, black haired, with brown streaks and those royal purple eyes. As everyone stared at her, no one noticed a black bat fly out of the open window, from behind the curtains.
"Netrina!" gasped McGonnagal.
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A/N: So where is the bat going? Who is the bat? Who is Netrina? Will they be successful in defeating Voldemort? Will any unnecessary deaths take place? You'll just have to wait and find out! Thank you to everyone who has reviewed for the last chapter, down to the first!