Hey all of you! So, I guess you want to scroll down and read the next chapter, what?
But I decided to say thank you and answer your questions before you can do that. There are two good reasons for me to do that:
1. Most of the questions will be answered in this chapter and I want to tease you a
bit before. (I know I'm mean, but, hey, everyone needs a hobby, right?
2. It seems that there was a misunderstanding at the end of the last chapter. (Which
was probably just caused because stupid me had to rip the chapter into two parts
and I decided this scene to be the best one)
Lucius did NOT take the child with him. The child was placed on the floor by
him and then he disappeared. Alone. Without the child. He bet Draco for
forgiveness for his inability to be a good father to him.
Okay, so:
MysticalRing, DracoMalfoy, porcelain-starfish, PassionPolice237, TriGemini, Dark_Dragon, riley ravens, Firefly's Locket, Calm Serene, mozartrox05, Arafel, Irony, rosie, Japanese Goth, Erilyn Rose, Serpena, lilmichie, and Girl-named-Belle thank you for your reviews.
Calm Serene: 1. should be answered now.
2. No, the cat was Moonlight. The kitten, Hermione get on her birthday from Remus and Sirius.
3. Believe me you'll see Vox very soon! *Grins a grin that say I know more than anyone of you!*
4. Sean is an old wizard that lives
at the castle Vipèreblanc. He works there
like Thora and is like a grandfather for Hermione and Damon. And he already
appeared in some chapters!
5. Well, it's not Voldemort who's keeping the dead child but Ginny herself and she can't be talked into giving it away.
What? People wanting the album for NOTHING????? Don't they know how hard it is to get these pictures???
Hey, btw, I found another one this morning on my windowsill: It's been taken after a Quidditch match and Draco has already started changing and is only in his pants. This chest…this muscles…all sweaty…his hair is hanging so cute over his eyes…*sigh*
The song fits for Lucius in this chapter.
Chapter 17
Ich blicke auf meine Narben
I'm looking at my scars
Zeichen von vergangenen Tagen
Signs of past days
Schnitte so tief und wahr
Cuts, so deep and true
Geschichten von dem der ich mal war
Stories of whom I once was
Wunden der Zeit
Wounds of time
Für immer mein Kleid
Forever my clothing
Schwer abzulegen
Hard to take off
Sind sie – ein Fluch oder ein Segen?
Are they – a curse or a blessing?
Ich weiß was mich erwartet
I now what's waiting for me
Ich kenne dieses Bild
I know this picture
Ich kenne meine Wege
I know my ways
Und ich weiß – dass ich sie nicht mehr gehen will
And I know – that I don't want to walk upon them any longer
Ein Buch in Haut geschrieben
A book written in skin
Ein lebenslanger Spiegel
A livelong mirror
Begraben in der Zeit
Buried in time
Im Nebel der Vergangenheit
In the fog of the past
Die Narben auf unseren Seelen
The scars on our souls
Bestimmen den Gang des Lebens
Are fixing the way of life
Hand aufs Herz
Put your hand to your heart
Fühlst du den Schmerz?
Do you feel the pain?
Ich weiß was mich erwartet
I now what's waiting for me
Ich kenne dieses Bild
I know this picture
Ich kenne meine Wege
I know my ways
Und ich weiß – dass ich sie nicht mehr gehen will
And I know – that I don't want to walk upon them any longer
Schon alles bereist
Already been every where
Schon alles erlebt
Already experienced everything
Alles lange her
Everything long ago
Von der Zeit verweht
Gone with the time
"Narben" – Böhse Onkelz
"Forgive me…" He placed the baby carefully on the floor before he took the small ball out of his pocket that transported him back to Voldemort's immediately.
Madam Pomfrey took the child off of the floor and walked over to the bed where she handed Draco the baby.
"What was going on here?" She asked still confused. She looked up to see Damon standing in the door an equally shocked look on his face.
"Mya?" The eyes of the other two persons fell on Hermione just in the moment she closed her eyes and fell back into the pillows.
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"Vox?" Hermione looked at the tall dragon in front of her. She hadn't seen him for some weeks now. But where were they? Surrounded by the same fog she knew from her dreams so well.
"You have to see what is happening here." Vox said and nodded behind Hermione.
When she turned around she saw the same scene she had seen in her dream. In the door she saw Snape, Sirius, Remus and Dumbledore, all ready with their wands pointing into the darkness. But different to her dream she could hear what was going on this time.
She heard someone laughing, the cruellest laugh she had ever heard. The voice was sending shivers down her spine and Hermione knew without further questions who this voice belonged to.
"What do we have here? Albus Dumbledore and his excuse of wizards. Do you think you can stop me now?" The voice came out of the dark.
"I don't think so. And before you can even come close to me, you will have to fight against these four. And I'm sure you wouldn't want to hurt your dear students, would you Albus?"
There was a flash like light and she could see them. Just like it had been in her dreams. Ginny was holding her dead baby like it was still alive, lovingly in her arms.
And the side of that baby together with Voldemort made it more than hard for Hermione not to vomit. And it went on. Just like it had in her dream. Another flash and in front of Voldemort was a man kneeing on the floor. Blond hair.
"So, Lucius, where is the child? Why didn't you bring it here?"
Lucius looked up at Voldemort and arose, his head held high.
"Never! I will never bring him to you!" Voldemort looked furious at his follower.
"WHAT?!? SHALL THIS MEAN YOU WON'T FOLLOW MY ORDERS???"
"Exactly. I followed them long enough. But you won't get my grandson! In fact, you won't be able to get anyone anymore." And with that Lucius raised his wand.
"You think you have the power to kill me? That's ridiculous! What makes you think you will be bale to kill me just like that, hu?" Voldemort had this ugly grin on his face while he faced the man in front of him. But that grin slowly faded when he looked into Lucius eyes.
"No…" he whispered. His eyes were wide and he tried to back away in his chair.
"That's impossible! You … you can't…"
"All those years and you still didn't succeed in killing it. That scares you, right? You don't have the whole power. You may have the power over my mind. Or at least you had it. But you never had the power to control my heart. And I'm not willing to go on like this. The world has to be freed from you! For once and for all!" Voldemort gave a crazy laugh, while all of the other people, including Hermione herself, were unable to move. Everyone just stood there and waited what was to happen.
"Avada Kedavra!" Lucius shouted bringing all the emotions he had hold so long into the curse.
"Oh no, I'm not going alone!" Voldemort was able to shout and sent something towards Lucius what let him fall backwards.
Now, everything seemed to happen in slow motion as well as more than fast at the same time. Voldemort fell backwards and stayed there in his chair, dead. Harry, Ron and Lavender sank down on their knees and began to cough heavily. Hermione was sure she saw Lavender also vomit. Ginny stood there, shocked, still holding the baby when Dumbledore walked towards her.
Hermione felt a hand on her shoulder. But…Vox doesn't have any hands… Her eyes were wide with fear and she turned around slowly. Behind her stood the ghost of a man, although to her he didn't seem like a ghost, but that had to do with the fact, that she was herself not real in this room.
"Who…who are you?" She whispered while she stared at the tall man. He smiled down at her and Hermione saw intense green eyes looking down at her. A dark green ribbon held his black hair and Hermione now recognised him. He was the man on the painting in her room at her home.
The man bent his head down and lifted her hand to kiss it.
"My name is Slytherin." Hermione gasped at the name. Slytherin? That wasn't possible! Why should the picture of Slytherin be in her room? And what had Gwendolyn to do with him.
"Salvator Slytherin." The man finished and looked waiting at her.
"Salvator? But…"
"Salazar Slytherin is my older brother. We used
to have not more problems than any siblings have with each other until the day
that we both fell in love with the same woman…"
"Gwendolyn?" Salvator nodded.
"Yes, Gwendolyn Gryffindor. When my brother noticed that Gwendolyn choose me over him he became furious. He wanted revenge and tried to kill me. But he didn't succeed in it. That way I changed into a dragon. But Salazar didn't know that Gwendolyn and I had married and that she was pregnant with our child." Hermione needed some time to understand all that. Slytherin…Gryffindor…Vox…
"I wanted to make sure that Gwen and our son were save when I couldn't be around. I was watching her sleep when I spoke that wish and, much as I dislike admitting it, I cried. The tear is the one in the necklace. When Salazar found out where Gwen was hiding, she brought Gabriel to me, so that I could bring him to a safe place far away from my brother. When I returned to England, Gwendolyn had killed herself. Since that day I was waiting for your birth. Knowing, that you would bring us back together, although it will be in death. We will be able to stay together for eternity." Now, it made all sense to Hermione. That was the reason why her tear had melted into the necklace. That was the reason why the necklace was warm sometimes.
When she looked at Salvator again he was on his way over to Lucius and Hermione followed slowly. She wondered how it was possible for him to be still alive.
Snape was kneeing next to him and tried to talk to Lucius but when the two came to stand on his other side, Lucius turned his head towards them. And Hermione knew now, that he could see them.
He smiled weakly at her and reached his hand out for her. Hermione saw his lips moving as if he wanted to say something. She took his hand and kneed down next to him.
"Tell…Draco…and Narcissa…that…I love…them…and take good care of …my grandson…" Lucius whispered and Hermione saw blood coming out of his mouth in a thin line. She nodded silently, tears coming to her eyes. Lucius turned his head towards Salvator.
"We have to go now. There is this beautiful woman waiting for me." Salvator said and Lucius nodded weakly. Snape sat next to him and wondered silently whom he was talking about. Then he saw Lucius nod his head and his breathing stopped. Snape waited for some seconds before he closed the eyes of the dead man in front of him.
Hermione arose and turned around to the two men. And while she looked behind them, she found out who the ghost behind the other four had been. A man with grey hair walked towards them and Salvator turned towards him, following Hermione's gaze.
"Ambros. It is also time for you to go. Let our family live in peace." The three men turned around and two of them disappeared in the fog but Salvator turned around one last time and walked towards Hermione.
"I have another present for you Mya!" He whispered and kissed her forehead. Sudden warmth overcame her and the necklace began to glow before the tear melted. It melted into her chest. And everything went black.
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"I'd never guessed it to end like this." Sirius shook his head. He held Harry's body in his arms. After some time of coughing the three had fainted. Ginny had been put under a sleeping spell. No, it was time for them to return to Hogwarts. Time to tell Narcissa and Draco what Lucius had done. That he had found the right way in the end. That he had freed the world from Voldemort. But also, that he had to pay a big price for that.
"Nobody said that this was already the end." Dumbledore whispered. His gaze was on the youngest of the four fainted teenagers. Something wasn't right at all here.
And he feared, that Voldemort may be defeated for good, but that wasn't a guarantee that the evil itself was defeated. And he didn't need long to think who could be the next one to put the wizarding world into fear.
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Narcissa Malfoy stood at the window of the living room in Malfoy manner. She just stood there and looked out of the window. Tears were running down her cheeks and fell onto the windowsill.
"I love you Lucius. I always will…" She whispered while she broke down and cried.
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Wow, That was really hard. I really had tears in my eyes while I wrote this chapter.
I know, It's not long, but there is still an Epilogue, so don't worry I will answer what Questions you might have now.