Title: Back to the Future
Chapter Seven: The Beginning of the End
Author: Kitty Malfoy
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"Well turn around, girl!" Lucius ordered. Serenity did as ordered and spun around once in a complete circle. The deep navy silk clung to her like a second metallic skin, and hugged her curves tightly and fanned out at the bottom to form a slight train behind her. Silver silk encased her chest in a tight halter shape, and split below her breasts and hung down her sides to the floor.
Lucius' cold eyes roamed up and down her length several times before he made a contented sound in the back of his throat. "You look as a Malfoy should. Good." he said. Serenity's eyes darkened and she hissed, but said nothing. She turned away from the mirror and stalked back towards the dressing room.
In a moment she returned wearing her robes of forest green. She buttoned up her cloak and pulled the hood over her head. Knowing that her father followed her without even looking she stepped out into the brisk morning air.
After a moment she stopped outside a small shop. "I have personal shopping to do Father." she said simply. "You may come in with me if you like, or you can wait out here if you'd rather." Lucius looked sharply at the sign above the store that swayed in the wind and paled. "I have shopping to do at Flourish & Blotts, I shall return within half an hour. I trust you will have finished your, er, shopping by then?"
Serenity just quirked an eyebrow and stepped inside. Instantly hot, perfumed air swept over her and filled her senses. Though quickly becoming swelteringly hot, she kept her hood up and her cloak, tightly fastened. She quickly brushed past the racks of undergarments and lingerie, and settled into the darkened corner at the back of the shop.
She browsed idly through a rack of black, satin lingerie while constantly keeping an eye on the entrance. Five minutes passed, and no one else entered the store. Slipping back into the shadows, Serenity moved stealthily along the wall until she came to the back exit. She opened it quietly and slid outside into the alleyway behind the lingerie store.
Taking off she wove her way throughout the back alleyways of London, and skidded to a stop in front of a shabby wooden door that hung slightly askew, as if it had been there for quite a while. She paused a moment , to check around her, and then opened the door and slid inside. Small, thin, rectangular boxes lined the walls in no particular order, and Serenity took no notice of the chaos of the store as she made her way to the front of the store.
A very old man stood, hunched over a large warped desk, scribbling with a slightly bent quill. He mumbled slightly to himself as he shuffled through strewn papers and jotted down figures and letters. Serenity strode quickly towards the man and pressed her palms onto the desk and leaned down. "Hello" she whispered.
The man jumped back in surprise, 'Oh, oh..oh my.You gave me a fright my dear." He pulled a wrinkled handkerchief from his pants pocket and moped his brow. "What may I do for you?"
Serenity cleared her throat. "I need a wand, Mr. Ollivander." The corner of his mouth twitched slightly in a rather crazy grin. " Just a moment miss, I believe I have your wand right here." He shuffled over to a ladder that leaned against the walls of wands and pushed it along on its wheels towards the back. Climbing up it , almost to the top, his fingers wiggled absently as they skimmed over the edges of boxes.
It took him a moment to find what he was looking for, and by then, Serenity was anxiously looking at the clock hung above the door. She had but five minutes. As the shuffling of his feet got closer she turned her hawk like eyes back towards the desk as Ollivander appeared from around a large stack of wand boxes. "Ah, yes. Willow, 9 ½ inches, with the core of a dragon heartstring."
Serenity grabbed the wand quickly in her left hand, and waved the wand in a spiral. Everything froze. Her hair was billowed out with the wind that had been coming in through the window, and her arms, along with everything else, was frozen in time. A trail of darkness spiraled out of the tip of her wand - widening until only Ollivander and herself were visible in the black.
Then as abruptly as it had come it was gone. The darkness disappeared and her hair floated down and settled on her shoulders momentarily before being blown around again. Ollivander stared at her aghast. "How much is it?" she asked breaking through the silence that had followed the spell. "Oh, that will be 7 gold galleons." he said in a distracted way.
Serenity pulled a purse out of her cloak, and dropped the required coins onto the desk, and ran to the window. Across the street was Flourish & Blotts. The door swung open and her father stepped out into the street and strode briskly down in the direction she had come. Grabbing her wand she hurried to the back and out into the alleys once again. She ran quickly for her father already had a head start. As she ran she slid her slender, willow wand into the front of her robe's tight bodice.
She was running so fast that she almost missed the store door. She skidded to a stop and slid in. She pulled several garments off racks that she passed she paid for them at the counter, and opened the door to step out just as her father started to open the door.
"I'm ready." Serenity said in a rush. He gave her a strange, penetrating look, and Serenity tightened her cloak around her. She quickly regained her composure and deposited her bags on a house elf with a Malfoy sneer. "Are we quite done here?"
Lucius sneered back at her, and started off down the street. Serenity made a rude gesture behind his back, and let him get several feet ahead of her before following.
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There was a knock on her door, and a small head poked through the opening. It was Cassandra. Serenity looked at her with large black eyes, and Cassandra's heart was torn. "It's time." She said quietly. Serenity nodded as if she had just been asked to brush her teeth rather than been told that she was going to become a Death Eater.
"Help me change, Cas." Serenity asked, in the same manner. Cassandra held back tears and nodded sadly. Cassandra shuffled over to the large wardrobe opposite of Serenity's bed, and returned with the garments that had been purchased that morning.
Serenity slipped the gown on gracefully, and stood stock-still and stiff as Cassandra zipped up the back. Mentally she ran over her plan again and again, checking for loopholes or errors, and slightly pleased that she could find none. Except for the fact that for her to get close enough to kill Voldemort she would have to take the mark. A small price to pay for a reward so great.
She allowed Cassandra to lead her to her vanity, and seat her in front of the large oval mirror. Serenity let her thoughts drift to nothingness as Cassandra's spindly fingers worked through her hair. Picking up a facial brush, Serenity began to lightly dust glitter on her cheeks and shoulders. She smudged bluish-silver eye shadow above her eyes, and cranberry colored lipstick over her mouth. For a finishing touch she clasped her lightening bolt necklace around her throat.
She finished at about the same time as Cassandra, and surveyed the elf's handiwork. The front part of her hair was pulled up in a complex series of twists and spiraled curls atop her head like a crown. The remainder of her hair was set in painfully tight, spiral curls.
Her bedroom door swung open, and Cassandra jumped slightly as it slammed against the wall. Lucius strode in darkly, dressed as always in robes of black. Serenity stood up as he neared her, with her cloak in hand. He reached out and roughly grabbed her wrist. In an instant he apparated them both away.
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They reappeared on a dark path leading up from a cobblestone street. Lucius pointed down the path, and then disappeared. Serenity pulled her cloak tightly around her, and began to walk in the direction Lucius had indicated. Feeling the watchful eyes of the night creatures on her back she felt for the reassuring shape of her wand tucked inside her cloak. Taking a deep breath she continued on. Soon she saw lights appear in front of her, and whispered voices reached her ears. Time for the plan to begin.
"I do. I do. I do." She chanted in the monotone voice, she had used before the darkness had claimed her. The lights ahead got very dim, and the talking ceased. She stepped around a large tombstone, and into the clearing.
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Kitty Malfoy (^ ^)
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"Well turn around, girl!" Lucius ordered. Serenity did as ordered and spun around once in a complete circle. The deep navy silk clung to her like a second metallic skin, and hugged her curves tightly and fanned out at the bottom to form a slight train behind her. Silver silk encased her chest in a tight halter shape, and split below her breasts and hung down her sides to the floor.
Lucius' cold eyes roamed up and down her length several times before he made a contented sound in the back of his throat. "You look as a Malfoy should. Good." he said. Serenity's eyes darkened and she hissed, but said nothing. She turned away from the mirror and stalked back towards the dressing room.
In a moment she returned wearing her robes of forest green. She buttoned up her cloak and pulled the hood over her head. Knowing that her father followed her without even looking she stepped out into the brisk morning air.
After a moment she stopped outside a small shop. "I have personal shopping to do Father." she said simply. "You may come in with me if you like, or you can wait out here if you'd rather." Lucius looked sharply at the sign above the store that swayed in the wind and paled. "I have shopping to do at Flourish & Blotts, I shall return within half an hour. I trust you will have finished your, er, shopping by then?"
Serenity just quirked an eyebrow and stepped inside. Instantly hot, perfumed air swept over her and filled her senses. Though quickly becoming swelteringly hot, she kept her hood up and her cloak, tightly fastened. She quickly brushed past the racks of undergarments and lingerie, and settled into the darkened corner at the back of the shop.
She browsed idly through a rack of black, satin lingerie while constantly keeping an eye on the entrance. Five minutes passed, and no one else entered the store. Slipping back into the shadows, Serenity moved stealthily along the wall until she came to the back exit. She opened it quietly and slid outside into the alleyway behind the lingerie store.
Taking off she wove her way throughout the back alleyways of London, and skidded to a stop in front of a shabby wooden door that hung slightly askew, as if it had been there for quite a while. She paused a moment , to check around her, and then opened the door and slid inside. Small, thin, rectangular boxes lined the walls in no particular order, and Serenity took no notice of the chaos of the store as she made her way to the front of the store.
A very old man stood, hunched over a large warped desk, scribbling with a slightly bent quill. He mumbled slightly to himself as he shuffled through strewn papers and jotted down figures and letters. Serenity strode quickly towards the man and pressed her palms onto the desk and leaned down. "Hello" she whispered.
The man jumped back in surprise, 'Oh, oh..oh my.You gave me a fright my dear." He pulled a wrinkled handkerchief from his pants pocket and moped his brow. "What may I do for you?"
Serenity cleared her throat. "I need a wand, Mr. Ollivander." The corner of his mouth twitched slightly in a rather crazy grin. " Just a moment miss, I believe I have your wand right here." He shuffled over to a ladder that leaned against the walls of wands and pushed it along on its wheels towards the back. Climbing up it , almost to the top, his fingers wiggled absently as they skimmed over the edges of boxes.
It took him a moment to find what he was looking for, and by then, Serenity was anxiously looking at the clock hung above the door. She had but five minutes. As the shuffling of his feet got closer she turned her hawk like eyes back towards the desk as Ollivander appeared from around a large stack of wand boxes. "Ah, yes. Willow, 9 ½ inches, with the core of a dragon heartstring."
Serenity grabbed the wand quickly in her left hand, and waved the wand in a spiral. Everything froze. Her hair was billowed out with the wind that had been coming in through the window, and her arms, along with everything else, was frozen in time. A trail of darkness spiraled out of the tip of her wand - widening until only Ollivander and herself were visible in the black.
Then as abruptly as it had come it was gone. The darkness disappeared and her hair floated down and settled on her shoulders momentarily before being blown around again. Ollivander stared at her aghast. "How much is it?" she asked breaking through the silence that had followed the spell. "Oh, that will be 7 gold galleons." he said in a distracted way.
Serenity pulled a purse out of her cloak, and dropped the required coins onto the desk, and ran to the window. Across the street was Flourish & Blotts. The door swung open and her father stepped out into the street and strode briskly down in the direction she had come. Grabbing her wand she hurried to the back and out into the alleys once again. She ran quickly for her father already had a head start. As she ran she slid her slender, willow wand into the front of her robe's tight bodice.
She was running so fast that she almost missed the store door. She skidded to a stop and slid in. She pulled several garments off racks that she passed she paid for them at the counter, and opened the door to step out just as her father started to open the door.
"I'm ready." Serenity said in a rush. He gave her a strange, penetrating look, and Serenity tightened her cloak around her. She quickly regained her composure and deposited her bags on a house elf with a Malfoy sneer. "Are we quite done here?"
Lucius sneered back at her, and started off down the street. Serenity made a rude gesture behind his back, and let him get several feet ahead of her before following.
~*~
There was a knock on her door, and a small head poked through the opening. It was Cassandra. Serenity looked at her with large black eyes, and Cassandra's heart was torn. "It's time." She said quietly. Serenity nodded as if she had just been asked to brush her teeth rather than been told that she was going to become a Death Eater.
"Help me change, Cas." Serenity asked, in the same manner. Cassandra held back tears and nodded sadly. Cassandra shuffled over to the large wardrobe opposite of Serenity's bed, and returned with the garments that had been purchased that morning.
Serenity slipped the gown on gracefully, and stood stock-still and stiff as Cassandra zipped up the back. Mentally she ran over her plan again and again, checking for loopholes or errors, and slightly pleased that she could find none. Except for the fact that for her to get close enough to kill Voldemort she would have to take the mark. A small price to pay for a reward so great.
She allowed Cassandra to lead her to her vanity, and seat her in front of the large oval mirror. Serenity let her thoughts drift to nothingness as Cassandra's spindly fingers worked through her hair. Picking up a facial brush, Serenity began to lightly dust glitter on her cheeks and shoulders. She smudged bluish-silver eye shadow above her eyes, and cranberry colored lipstick over her mouth. For a finishing touch she clasped her lightening bolt necklace around her throat.
She finished at about the same time as Cassandra, and surveyed the elf's handiwork. The front part of her hair was pulled up in a complex series of twists and spiraled curls atop her head like a crown. The remainder of her hair was set in painfully tight, spiral curls.
Her bedroom door swung open, and Cassandra jumped slightly as it slammed against the wall. Lucius strode in darkly, dressed as always in robes of black. Serenity stood up as he neared her, with her cloak in hand. He reached out and roughly grabbed her wrist. In an instant he apparated them both away.
~*~
They reappeared on a dark path leading up from a cobblestone street. Lucius pointed down the path, and then disappeared. Serenity pulled her cloak tightly around her, and began to walk in the direction Lucius had indicated. Feeling the watchful eyes of the night creatures on her back she felt for the reassuring shape of her wand tucked inside her cloak. Taking a deep breath she continued on. Soon she saw lights appear in front of her, and whispered voices reached her ears. Time for the plan to begin.
"I do. I do. I do." She chanted in the monotone voice, she had used before the darkness had claimed her. The lights ahead got very dim, and the talking ceased. She stepped around a large tombstone, and into the clearing.
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Kitty Malfoy (^ ^)
