"Hold on, I thought you were dead?"
"I have friends who actually love me." He placed his hands on her shoulders. "Did Mr. Potter miss me?"
"So, you're saying that people rose you from the dead?" Nikole asked, clutching her stake tightly in her hands behind her back. She stepped away from him.
"Why, your just the smartest thing on earth, aren't you?" he laughed.
"Maybe," she cut her eyes at him. "Why are you here?"
"To make your lives a living hell, dear." He stepped closer and said, "Nikole Piper."
Nikole's fear came back. "How do you know my name?" Nikole swung a punch at him, but he caught her arm.
He took the stake from her and snapped it in half. "I've been watching you."
"You've been watching me?" Nikole tried to wrench her way out of his grasp but he was too strong.
He pulled her closer to him so that his face was only three inches away from hers. "Yes. Remember the shark?"
Nikole stared at him. "You? You were that Great White that tried to kill me?"
He pushed her against the wall. "I should've killed you."
Nikole landed on her hands and knees, he robes already torn. She stumbled onto her feet. "Should've? Then why didn't you?"
"Because that stupid little rock of yours crashed into my face, little missy!" he yelled and spat. "In case you forgot."
Nikole was breathing heavily now. Her teeth were clenched and she wanted to run far. "So kill me now then, Riddle! Kill me now!"
He took a step closer. "I'd do that, Piper, but I can't."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
He smiled a sly and wicked smile. "Well, Piper, I was supposed to kill you when you met Mr. Potter, cause that was your day to die in my book."
"When I met Mr. Potter?" Nikole gulped.
"Yes, mistress," he impersonated Bo.
Nikole gasped. "You-you're Bo? You were my friend for three years just so you could kill me at the end?"
"Not at all, dear. I was friend with you so I could learn all your weaknesses and strengths. Maybe a few secrets here and there, but no harm done."
"No harm done-" she was cut off.
"Exactly. But Mr. Potter had to come and save the day like he always does."
"And the sharks?"
He laughed. "I took over the leader of the pack when it was your turn to swim." He laughed once more. "I even tried to kill you with rain! Thought the flu would kill you." She remembered. She remembered when it rained when she came into Harry's home. "But Mr. Potter just had to save your little rear again."
"Vampires?" she asked.
"Very simple dear. All the ones that had attacked you all this time, worked for me. It was my debonair plan to lure you in here. I knew you'd want to save the world again, Piper. I knew it." He cleared his throat and looked outside. "Isn't that right, Daisy?" he called.
"Daisy?" Nikole whispered as the tears started to fall.
Daisy appeared at the mouth of the cave, her head bowed. "Yes, Master." Her voice was shaky as she said those two words.
"Right," he smugly smiled. "Now run along then!" he ordered, and Daisy trotted back to where she had come from. "Wasn't that nice of her, Piper? To bring you here into my wonderful establishment of death?"
"Why the hell did you want me killed?" Nikole asked her voice muffled.
"Because, Piper, when I had killed your parents, they made sure you were hidden."
"You killed my parents?"
"That's right, Lady Kathryn."
"I have friends who actually love me." He placed his hands on her shoulders. "Did Mr. Potter miss me?"
"So, you're saying that people rose you from the dead?" Nikole asked, clutching her stake tightly in her hands behind her back. She stepped away from him.
"Why, your just the smartest thing on earth, aren't you?" he laughed.
"Maybe," she cut her eyes at him. "Why are you here?"
"To make your lives a living hell, dear." He stepped closer and said, "Nikole Piper."
Nikole's fear came back. "How do you know my name?" Nikole swung a punch at him, but he caught her arm.
He took the stake from her and snapped it in half. "I've been watching you."
"You've been watching me?" Nikole tried to wrench her way out of his grasp but he was too strong.
He pulled her closer to him so that his face was only three inches away from hers. "Yes. Remember the shark?"
Nikole stared at him. "You? You were that Great White that tried to kill me?"
He pushed her against the wall. "I should've killed you."
Nikole landed on her hands and knees, he robes already torn. She stumbled onto her feet. "Should've? Then why didn't you?"
"Because that stupid little rock of yours crashed into my face, little missy!" he yelled and spat. "In case you forgot."
Nikole was breathing heavily now. Her teeth were clenched and she wanted to run far. "So kill me now then, Riddle! Kill me now!"
He took a step closer. "I'd do that, Piper, but I can't."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
He smiled a sly and wicked smile. "Well, Piper, I was supposed to kill you when you met Mr. Potter, cause that was your day to die in my book."
"When I met Mr. Potter?" Nikole gulped.
"Yes, mistress," he impersonated Bo.
Nikole gasped. "You-you're Bo? You were my friend for three years just so you could kill me at the end?"
"Not at all, dear. I was friend with you so I could learn all your weaknesses and strengths. Maybe a few secrets here and there, but no harm done."
"No harm done-" she was cut off.
"Exactly. But Mr. Potter had to come and save the day like he always does."
"And the sharks?"
He laughed. "I took over the leader of the pack when it was your turn to swim." He laughed once more. "I even tried to kill you with rain! Thought the flu would kill you." She remembered. She remembered when it rained when she came into Harry's home. "But Mr. Potter just had to save your little rear again."
"Vampires?" she asked.
"Very simple dear. All the ones that had attacked you all this time, worked for me. It was my debonair plan to lure you in here. I knew you'd want to save the world again, Piper. I knew it." He cleared his throat and looked outside. "Isn't that right, Daisy?" he called.
"Daisy?" Nikole whispered as the tears started to fall.
Daisy appeared at the mouth of the cave, her head bowed. "Yes, Master." Her voice was shaky as she said those two words.
"Right," he smugly smiled. "Now run along then!" he ordered, and Daisy trotted back to where she had come from. "Wasn't that nice of her, Piper? To bring you here into my wonderful establishment of death?"
"Why the hell did you want me killed?" Nikole asked her voice muffled.
"Because, Piper, when I had killed your parents, they made sure you were hidden."
"You killed my parents?"
"That's right, Lady Kathryn."