Zelda, Then and Now

Disclaimers - See Chapter 1

Hermione had been sifting through pages and pages of periodicals for hours. She felt sure that if any records of Death Eaters were to be found, that was the place. she was searching through the two decade-old records of the Daily Prophet when she finally came across something.

She paused at a small article on the front page of an otherwise not-so-speciel evening edition. What she read sent shivers down her spine. she turned to see if anyone was watching her and managed to catch Ron and Harry walking down the aisle toward her. As they approached her they realized that she not only had found something, but that it was not doubt shocking.



All right, I am going to try once more. Concentrate on me. Try to see my thoughts. then try to put yourself inside my thoughts. I am going to begin the spell. Severus was trying, for the third time, to join his mind with Zelda's. The goal was to find common ground between Zelda's repressed memories and Severus's. After Zelda left the night before Severus had gone straight to his books to find the spell. But they were both having a hard time concentrating between Zelda's Vulcan mind meld jokes and Severus's desire to be doing anything with Zelda but this.

But, finally, they both got serious and the spell began to work. Al l they could feel at first was a wave of dizziness. Then there appeared a blurry patch, and as the image began to sharpen Zelda and Severus recognized their surroundings. They were in the middle of a Death Eater camp. They then spotted the Severus from the memory, and, judging from his youthful appearance the memory was from quite some time ago. They then saw a little girl run from a crowd of Death Eaters. following her was Voldemort himself. But neither the girl nor Voldemort look happy. The little girl was clutching her forearm and crying. She ran into the woods. Severus then realized that the little girl WAS Zelda. Voldemort then spoke, and with his words Zelda's world came crashing down.

After my daughter! Do not let her escape!

Zelda's sudden strong emotions kicked both of them out of the spell. when Severus regained control of his eyes he looked around the room. Zelda had slid from the chair. She was slouched on the floor and breathing extremely heavily. She was not trying to control the tears that were freely flowing down her cheeks. Severus could find nothing to say. He just sat down on the floor beside her and hugged her fiercely.


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Sorry it's a short chapter guys. I just couldn't wait to put this up.