Chapter Four: Bargaining for a Sailor Scout
Serena struggled to escape the grasp of the cloaked figure. He began to drag her down the hallway, towards an empty classroom. She struggled further, and bit down hard on his gloved palm. He flinched, but kept on dragging her. He muttered a spell and she went limp and blacked out.
When he reached the empty classroom, he gently lifted her up and set her on the row of empty desks.
"Is this her, Severus?" asked one of the figures, pulling down the hood of his cloak.
"Yeah," muttered Snape. "Why does it have to be the most brilliant person in the school?" he thought to himself.
"You look like you know her, Severus," said a cold voice, coming from the doorway. It was Lord Voldemort.
"She looks familiar," nodded Snape.
"Lucius, fetch your son. Maybe he can tell us who she is."
Malfoy nodded and rushed out the door to find Draco. He entered the Great Hall, whispered something in Draco's ear, and the two of them hurried out the door.
"That was weird," said Ron.
"Yeah," agreed Ginny.
"I wonder where Serena is?" said Ron.
"Even with transforming, she should have been back by now."
"You don't think that Volde- You-Know-Who got her, do you?"
"Nah, why would he be interested in her?" A light bulb suddenly appeared above Ginny's head. "Ron, I have to…um…go to the bathroom! Be right back!" she said and hurried away.
She rushed up to Gryffindor Tower and hurried into the dormitory where Ron, Harry, Seamus, and Neville slept. She rushed to Harry's trunk and rummaged through it, past old socks and a sneakascope and pulled out the invisibility cloak and the Marauder's Map.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good," she said, and writing appeared on the map.
"Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs here," read the writing.
"Sirius, it's Ginny. I need your help!"
"What with?" asked Padfoot.
"It's Harry and Hermione. They've been kidnapped by You-Know-Who!" she quickly wrote.
"Ginny, calm down," said Prongs. "Harry's been in worse trouble than this, and he's managed to find a way out."
"Yeah, but now Serena's missing too. She has the crystal and the locket and everything. It's all You-Know-Who needs to take over the world."
"Slow down," said Moony. "She'll be fine."
Ginny heard angry footsteps coming up the stairs. "I have to go, bye!" she quickly wrote, and said "Mischief Managed," and wiped the map clear. She threw the invisibility cloak over her and crept out the door.
Ron came into the room and looked at the contents of Harry's trunk all over the floor. "Ginny," he muttered.
"Ginny what?" asked Neville, entering the room too.
"Ginny was here. She has the cloak!"
Ginny hurried down the hall and stood outside the door of the transfiguration room.
"Draco, who is this? Do you know her?" asked Voldemort.
"She looks familiar," he replied. "But first," he said, reaching for her locket. He got a firm grasp on it and pulled. A flash of light sent him flying backwards, but he sat up and triumphantly held up the locket, grinning.
Serena's sailor uniform disappeared, leaving her in her regular school clothes.
"I knew it!" growled Lucius Malfoy. "It was that blonde-haired little-"
"I can't believe it! She's really that cute little fighter who runs around in a short skirt?" muttered Draco to himself.
"Do you know her?" Voldemort asked again.
"Yes," replied Draco. "Her name is Serena Tsukino. She's Harry Potter's older sister and she's in double potions with me," he said, his eyes running over her fainted body, imagining her in her tight sailor uniform. "If only she looked like this every day," he thought, grinning. "What am I thinking?" he asked, popping back into reality. "She hangs out with the Dream Team and is engaged. Plus, my father would never let me near her, nor would her friends." His eyes searched her, looking for the ring. He couldn't find it. "Hmm," he thought. "Strange, I could have sworn it was here yesterday…"
"Wormtail," said Voldemort, interrupting his thoughts. "Take Miss Tsukino to my manor and lock her in one of my many rooms. I'll deal with Miss Love and Justice later," he said, grinning.
"Where are the other two?" asked Macnair.
"At Malfoy Manor. I am meaning to have them transferred to mine, but I have to wait until nightfall."
"Lord Voldemort," began Draco. "What do I get for my services to you?" he asked, bargaining.
"What do you want? Gold, Jewels…"
"I want out of my betrothal," he said, glaring at his father. "And I want the blonde girl as my slave."
"You're asking a bit too much here, boy," said Voldemort.
"Fine, you can have out of your stupid engagement with that Parkinson girl, but you have to break it to her," said his father.
"Fine. But I want that Sailor Scout," whined Draco.
"Hmm, how about…when I'm through with her, you can have her," argued Voldemort.
"That's fine. But she'd better still be in good condition. I don't want her mangled."
"Fine, deal, whatever," sighed Voldemort. "Now leave us. We have business to attend to.
Draco left the room, allowing the door to be opened just enough for Ginny to sneak in.
"I've got to warn Dumbledore," she whispered, before settling down in the corner and falling asleep.
Two hours later, Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, and Professor Lupin were all gathered in Dumbledore's office.
"Neither Serena, Harry, nor Hermione have been seen or heard from in three hours. I want you four to split up and try and find them if they are in the building.
"Albus, Ginny Weasley hasn't been seen in two hours, since she left the Gryffindor table. Severus, do you know where any of these children are?" she asked, pointing at Snape accusingly.
"Minerva, I don't know where they are!" he defended himself.
"Seveus, it's common knowledge that you're a Death Eater and that you had a Death Eater Party last night. That's when they first went missing. Miss Granger alerted Albus to it. That's when he came.
"I don't know where they are, honestly!"
"Fine, be that way, I'm going to look," said McGonagall, leaving the room. The other professors followed.
Serena awoke in a gray, drab room with nothing in it but a bed. She looked around, but didn't notice anything. She saw a small, hooded figure standing by the door, guarding it.
"Who's there?" she called, her voice raspy from not being used. The door slid open, and the figure strolled out, and a taller, thinner one came in.
"It's only I, my Dear," said the figure, turning on the lights. "Your new Master."
He then pulled down the hood and pulled her locket from his pocket. "I have almost everything that I want: your transformation brooch, a Sailor Scout, the Imperium Silver Crystal, but one thing is missing, my wand. Where is it?" he demanded.
"Like I'd ever tell you," she muttered.
"I heard that," he said, and walked over and sat down on the bed. He took her cheek in his hand and began to move his long, bony fingers up and down it, sending shivers to her spine.
"Let me go," she said through clenched teeth, and struggled to get away from her. He muttered a curse and her body was flung back against the headboard, leaving her moaning in pain.
He adjusted her body so that she was lying straight out on the bed and moved closer to her. "Now where were we?" he mumbled to himself.
Serena tried to move away, but couldn't, and reluctantly stopped struggling.
Voldemort flashed black and green and appeared as twenty-seven year old Tom Riddle, an actually halfway decent looking man. Serena's eyes opened wide as she saw how adorable he could look.
"Is that a spell?" she asked, absentmindedly.
"No. It's my true form, although you're the first person to see it in years," he admitted. He muttered the counter curse and she sat up and leaned back into the pillows.
"Why did you kidnap me?" she asked.
"Because. One: You're beautiful,"
Serena rolled her eyes at this comment. How many times had she been kidnapped before and heard this.
"Two, you have the power to control the universe, and I need this power, and three, you're the key to Dumbledore's undoing."
"What do you mean?" she asked, curiously.
"He'll give up anything for you, even if it means the school. Plus, McGonagall is your aunt."
"She's my WHAT?" shrieked Serena.
"Didn't you know that?"
Serena shook her head.
"Oops," Tom blushed. "I probably shouldn't have told you that."
He transformed back into his usual self. "Remember, no one is to know about this, got it? Or else it will be your life and your friends' too."
"Yeah, whatever," said Serena, laying down again and falling into a deep sleep.
Serena struggled to escape the grasp of the cloaked figure. He began to drag her down the hallway, towards an empty classroom. She struggled further, and bit down hard on his gloved palm. He flinched, but kept on dragging her. He muttered a spell and she went limp and blacked out.
When he reached the empty classroom, he gently lifted her up and set her on the row of empty desks.
"Is this her, Severus?" asked one of the figures, pulling down the hood of his cloak.
"Yeah," muttered Snape. "Why does it have to be the most brilliant person in the school?" he thought to himself.
"You look like you know her, Severus," said a cold voice, coming from the doorway. It was Lord Voldemort.
"She looks familiar," nodded Snape.
"Lucius, fetch your son. Maybe he can tell us who she is."
Malfoy nodded and rushed out the door to find Draco. He entered the Great Hall, whispered something in Draco's ear, and the two of them hurried out the door.
"That was weird," said Ron.
"Yeah," agreed Ginny.
"I wonder where Serena is?" said Ron.
"Even with transforming, she should have been back by now."
"You don't think that Volde- You-Know-Who got her, do you?"
"Nah, why would he be interested in her?" A light bulb suddenly appeared above Ginny's head. "Ron, I have to…um…go to the bathroom! Be right back!" she said and hurried away.
She rushed up to Gryffindor Tower and hurried into the dormitory where Ron, Harry, Seamus, and Neville slept. She rushed to Harry's trunk and rummaged through it, past old socks and a sneakascope and pulled out the invisibility cloak and the Marauder's Map.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good," she said, and writing appeared on the map.
"Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs here," read the writing.
"Sirius, it's Ginny. I need your help!"
"What with?" asked Padfoot.
"It's Harry and Hermione. They've been kidnapped by You-Know-Who!" she quickly wrote.
"Ginny, calm down," said Prongs. "Harry's been in worse trouble than this, and he's managed to find a way out."
"Yeah, but now Serena's missing too. She has the crystal and the locket and everything. It's all You-Know-Who needs to take over the world."
"Slow down," said Moony. "She'll be fine."
Ginny heard angry footsteps coming up the stairs. "I have to go, bye!" she quickly wrote, and said "Mischief Managed," and wiped the map clear. She threw the invisibility cloak over her and crept out the door.
Ron came into the room and looked at the contents of Harry's trunk all over the floor. "Ginny," he muttered.
"Ginny what?" asked Neville, entering the room too.
"Ginny was here. She has the cloak!"
Ginny hurried down the hall and stood outside the door of the transfiguration room.
"Draco, who is this? Do you know her?" asked Voldemort.
"She looks familiar," he replied. "But first," he said, reaching for her locket. He got a firm grasp on it and pulled. A flash of light sent him flying backwards, but he sat up and triumphantly held up the locket, grinning.
Serena's sailor uniform disappeared, leaving her in her regular school clothes.
"I knew it!" growled Lucius Malfoy. "It was that blonde-haired little-"
"I can't believe it! She's really that cute little fighter who runs around in a short skirt?" muttered Draco to himself.
"Do you know her?" Voldemort asked again.
"Yes," replied Draco. "Her name is Serena Tsukino. She's Harry Potter's older sister and she's in double potions with me," he said, his eyes running over her fainted body, imagining her in her tight sailor uniform. "If only she looked like this every day," he thought, grinning. "What am I thinking?" he asked, popping back into reality. "She hangs out with the Dream Team and is engaged. Plus, my father would never let me near her, nor would her friends." His eyes searched her, looking for the ring. He couldn't find it. "Hmm," he thought. "Strange, I could have sworn it was here yesterday…"
"Wormtail," said Voldemort, interrupting his thoughts. "Take Miss Tsukino to my manor and lock her in one of my many rooms. I'll deal with Miss Love and Justice later," he said, grinning.
"Where are the other two?" asked Macnair.
"At Malfoy Manor. I am meaning to have them transferred to mine, but I have to wait until nightfall."
"Lord Voldemort," began Draco. "What do I get for my services to you?" he asked, bargaining.
"What do you want? Gold, Jewels…"
"I want out of my betrothal," he said, glaring at his father. "And I want the blonde girl as my slave."
"You're asking a bit too much here, boy," said Voldemort.
"Fine, you can have out of your stupid engagement with that Parkinson girl, but you have to break it to her," said his father.
"Fine. But I want that Sailor Scout," whined Draco.
"Hmm, how about…when I'm through with her, you can have her," argued Voldemort.
"That's fine. But she'd better still be in good condition. I don't want her mangled."
"Fine, deal, whatever," sighed Voldemort. "Now leave us. We have business to attend to.
Draco left the room, allowing the door to be opened just enough for Ginny to sneak in.
"I've got to warn Dumbledore," she whispered, before settling down in the corner and falling asleep.
Two hours later, Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, and Professor Lupin were all gathered in Dumbledore's office.
"Neither Serena, Harry, nor Hermione have been seen or heard from in three hours. I want you four to split up and try and find them if they are in the building.
"Albus, Ginny Weasley hasn't been seen in two hours, since she left the Gryffindor table. Severus, do you know where any of these children are?" she asked, pointing at Snape accusingly.
"Minerva, I don't know where they are!" he defended himself.
"Seveus, it's common knowledge that you're a Death Eater and that you had a Death Eater Party last night. That's when they first went missing. Miss Granger alerted Albus to it. That's when he came.
"I don't know where they are, honestly!"
"Fine, be that way, I'm going to look," said McGonagall, leaving the room. The other professors followed.
Serena awoke in a gray, drab room with nothing in it but a bed. She looked around, but didn't notice anything. She saw a small, hooded figure standing by the door, guarding it.
"Who's there?" she called, her voice raspy from not being used. The door slid open, and the figure strolled out, and a taller, thinner one came in.
"It's only I, my Dear," said the figure, turning on the lights. "Your new Master."
He then pulled down the hood and pulled her locket from his pocket. "I have almost everything that I want: your transformation brooch, a Sailor Scout, the Imperium Silver Crystal, but one thing is missing, my wand. Where is it?" he demanded.
"Like I'd ever tell you," she muttered.
"I heard that," he said, and walked over and sat down on the bed. He took her cheek in his hand and began to move his long, bony fingers up and down it, sending shivers to her spine.
"Let me go," she said through clenched teeth, and struggled to get away from her. He muttered a curse and her body was flung back against the headboard, leaving her moaning in pain.
He adjusted her body so that she was lying straight out on the bed and moved closer to her. "Now where were we?" he mumbled to himself.
Serena tried to move away, but couldn't, and reluctantly stopped struggling.
Voldemort flashed black and green and appeared as twenty-seven year old Tom Riddle, an actually halfway decent looking man. Serena's eyes opened wide as she saw how adorable he could look.
"Is that a spell?" she asked, absentmindedly.
"No. It's my true form, although you're the first person to see it in years," he admitted. He muttered the counter curse and she sat up and leaned back into the pillows.
"Why did you kidnap me?" she asked.
"Because. One: You're beautiful,"
Serena rolled her eyes at this comment. How many times had she been kidnapped before and heard this.
"Two, you have the power to control the universe, and I need this power, and three, you're the key to Dumbledore's undoing."
"What do you mean?" she asked, curiously.
"He'll give up anything for you, even if it means the school. Plus, McGonagall is your aunt."
"She's my WHAT?" shrieked Serena.
"Didn't you know that?"
Serena shook her head.
"Oops," Tom blushed. "I probably shouldn't have told you that."
He transformed back into his usual self. "Remember, no one is to know about this, got it? Or else it will be your life and your friends' too."
"Yeah, whatever," said Serena, laying down again and falling into a deep sleep.
