Author's Note: This story begins during the Second year at Hogwarts, during the Chamber of Secrets and will continue as time goes on. This is my first Harry Potter fanfic and along with my friend, ElfFlame, we are writing a series of four stories, which begins with ElfFlame's story- True Revenge. All four of these stories are interrelated and for the best understanding of the characters as we see them, they should be read in conjunction to each other. As always, I own none of this wonderful world that JK Rowling has created.
Author's Note: At this point in time I would just like to say that in telling events of this story from Lucius Malfoy's point of view, I am merely showing his frame of mind. I do not in any way condone or promote the things he does.
Spoiler Warning: This story contains spoilers, both minor and major from all five Harry Potter books.
Wicked Lee: I'm glad you're looking forward to seeing the baby being born, which is coming up right after this chapter! This chapter is a bit difficult to read, it was tough to write, so let me know what you think, ok? Thanks!
TavingtonRose: I can assure you that Lucius and Adriana will get back together, but not for a while yet, so please bear with me! Like I said to Wicked, this is a hard chapter to read and write, so let me know what you think! Thanks!
Punishment
Note: This chapter contains some elements of blood and torture that have not really been a part of this story up to this point. Be warned that it is a very dark chapter.
Special Author's Note: Some of the events in this chapter parallel the events in the story True Revenge, the first story of this series. My friend ElfFlame wrote it, it tells Narcissa's story, and it's really very good. There is a fourth part to this series, told from Draco's point of view, that ElfFlame is writing and threatening not to post until she gets at least one more review of True Revenge. So, if you have the time, please pop on over to True Revenge by ElfFlame, and give it a review, so that she'll post the fourth part of this series! Thanks a bunch!
Time passed with a speed Lucius enjoyed. The next couple of months flew by, the time being filled with Death Eater meetings and plotting. An Azkaban breakout was planned, and soon the Death Eater ranks would be swelled with some of the Dark Lord's most powerful followers. Since the dementors were there, it wouldn't be too much of a problem to stage it all.
But plans on the breakout disappeared from Lucius' mind, when one evening, as Lucius and Narcissa were eating dinner, a house-elf Lucius had never seen before called at the manor. It was one of the Black family house-elves who'd come to bring an important piece of information to Narcissa. He questioned the house-elf, Kreacher, to find out what he knew. Kreacher told him that Harry Potter was indeed connected to Sirius Black, he was his godson. And as his godson, he was very close to Sirius, so close in fact, that he'd try to save his godfather if there was ever a time that he was in danger.
Draco had returned for the Christmas holidays, and Lucius had made sure he kept all of his business away from his son. He had a difficult time, for many things were happening at once. The break out was taking place shortly and that would create quite a stir in the Magical world. He knew his son resented not being allowed to be a part of all this, but he didn't care. It was for Draco's own good that he kept this out of his sight. He hoped he could keep it up, for the Dark Lord had been asking after Draco lately, wondering when he'd join his side.
This caused Lucius' mood to soar. He'd been extremely upset ever since Broderick Bode had attempted to take the prophecy and had lost his mind when he'd touched it. Bode was now sitting in a room at St. Mungo's, completely insane. Potter was named in the prophecy, so in theory, he'd be able to retrieve it and not lose his mind. An idea began to form in his mind, and Lucius left the house quickly in order to work out his plan.
By the time Draco returned to Hogwarts after the holiday ended, the plan was all worked out to lure Harry to the Ministry in order to retrieve the prophecy. The New Year's Masque took place, as it had every year before that, as though nothing important was happening. Lucius had told Fudge several times how important it was for him to make it seem like all was status quo, it made it easier for the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters to do their work with less opposition. This way, most of the Dark Lord's rise to power and take over would be over and done with before any of the greater public knew what was happening and could protest.
Lucius and Narcissa had attended the Masque together. Narcissa had worn a dress Lucius had never seen before. It was a huge hoop dress, with a span of about five feet in all directions, made of dark blue silk. He had no idea what possessed her to wear such an outfit. He kept an eye out for Adriana the entire night, partly hoping she'd be there, partly hoping she wouldn't, and found himself very disappointed that she wasn't there. He hadn't seen her for seven months now, the longest he'd gone without seeing her since he'd met her. He was still trying his hardest to not care about Adriana, but as his thoughts and dreams always returned to her, he was beginning to see that this was not possible.
His thoughts of Adriana were quickly shoved out of his mind during the break out of Azkaban. His colleagues were being freed and Lucius was very excited, for it meant that more could be done to facilitate the Dark Lord's take over. The escaped prisoners would have to be housed by the other Death Eaters, and Lucius had been assigned to take care of Bellatrix Lestrange, his sister-in-law. It had been a long time since he'd seen her last. She'd been quite beautiful when he'd known her. They'd gone to school together and she'd been the first girl he'd ever slept with. He was looking forward to seeing her again, and reminiscing over their earlier Death Eater days. He thought he could rekindle a little of what they'd had in their school days.
The escaped Death Eaters were with the Dark Lord, so Lucius went to him to get Bella. He'd been so disappointed when he saw her after such a long time. She looked old, and dirty. He was not about to start anything with her. She looked nothing like he remembered her, she'd always looked so much like...but he wouldn't let himself finish that thought. He brought her back to the Manor late one night. He thought the best way to tell Narcissa about this, to get her horrified reaction, would be to spring it on her out of the blue. He couldn't wait to see the look on her face when she saw Bella. She'd never exactly been close to her sister, and now that she was coming to stay, Narcissa would be in misery! He smiled to himself as he walked Bella to Narcissa's bedroom.
He hadn't been in this room for a few years, he hadn't tried to "visit" her since that one day when he'd met Adriana at Hogwarts. The memory of that night brought a feeling of warmth flooding over his entire body. He'd used Narcissa because she was there, but he'd really wanted to hurt Adriana. He felt his blood beginning to rush from his head to his midsection at the thought. This brought on a sudden sense of shame that he hadn't been expecting, and he covered it up by speaking roughly to Narcissa. He told her he'd brought somebody home with him to stay for a while and that she needed to be a gracious hostess. Opening the bedroom door, he revealed Bellatrix to her sister.
Narcissa was less than thrilled to see her sister in her house. Bella was insane, she didn't want her here. But she'd been ordered to be nice to her, and she would do her best. Bella looked worse for wear after such a long stint in Azkaban. She'd always been quite a beautiful woman, but now looked haggard and older than she really was. Her long black hair, normally so voluptuous and smooth, was stringy and greasy. She was thin and pale, a shadow of her former self. Lucius left the two sisters to catch up with their lives and went to his own bedroom, carefully putting a locking charm on his door to keep any unwanted visitors out.
The next morning, he, Narcissa, and Bella ate breakfast together in stony silence. Afterwards, he and Bella went to his den to discuss Death Eater plans. He had to fill her in on the plan to retrieve the prophecy, since the Dark Lord wanted her to help. He saw the gleam in her eye as he told her the plan that would include her cousin, Sirius. When he was finished, he sent Bella back to Narcissa to spend the afternoon with. He had more important things to do with his time than baby sit his sister-in-law.
Lucius could hear Bella screaming at Narcissa and the house-elves from two floors away. It didn't take long for him to grow thoroughly sick of her. Lucius never knew where he stood with Bella. At one moment she could be almost nice, and the next she'd be trying to tear your throat out. It always made him feel off-balance, a feeling that Lucius hated.
After one particularly bad screaming match with Bella a few weeks into her stay, Lucius had retreated to his quiet den. He just needed to get away from her for a while. Picking up a book and lying down on his sofa, he tried to read, but found himself drifting off to sleep.
As usual, he dreamed of Adriana. She smiled at him as she massaged his shoulders. He leaned his head back against her breasts and closed his eyes blissfully. Adriana took him by the shoulders and gently leaned him back against the ground under the olive tree, where they sat. Moving in front of him, she seductively took her clothes off, while he watched and smiled at her. She leaned over him and took his clothes off as well. Adriana ran her hands all over Lucius' body, he felt his blood rushing down below his waist. He sighed happily as she closed her hand over him and began stroking him. After a couple of minutes, Adriana leaned down further and brought her mouth to him. Lucius breathed rapidly and his heart pounded as she ran her tongue across his Prince Albert. After a while, Adriana began to get rough with him, biting him, raking her fingernails across his skin, drawing blood. Lucius didn't like this. She was never this rough with him. Why was she doing this? "Ah, Adriana, you're hurting me," He said to her.
"Who's Adriana?" A rough, husky voice asked him as the pain increased. It felt like she had him in a vice and was squeezing until he was about to pass out.
Lucius froze, what the hell was going on? Gasping, he slowly opened his eyes to see a black-haired woman, sitting on top of him, glaring. Unfortunately, it was not the black-haired woman he wanted to see. "Bella! Get off me!" Lucius cried out, pushing the woman off of him so roughly she fell onto the floor.
"Who's Adriana?" Bella growled, standing up and brushing herself off, lunging at Lucius. Lucius fended her off by throwing his arms out and pushing her away once again.
"What the hell is wrong with you, you psychotic bitch?!" He yelled at her. Lucius quickly stood up from the couch and began to put his clothes back on.
"So, you've been cheating on my sister, have you?" Bella screamed at Lucius. Suddenly her voice grew calm and seductive, "Is she a sweet young thing? What does she look like? Is it another blonde? Or a red-head this time, or maybe a brunette?" Bella smiled, stroked her dark hair, and took a step towards him. "Is she prettier than me?"
I've seen dementors that are prettier than you, Lucius thought to himself, though wisely staying silent. "She's nobody, just forget about her," Lucius snarled at Bella. He tried to close his mind off from her, but she was a very powerful Legilimens. He wasn't fast enough for her to find out what Adriana looked like and a few of the things she was capable of doing.
Bella raised her eyebrows at Lucius. "My, my, she does bear a striking resemblance to a certain somebody I know. Now who could it be...oh that's right, me! I always knew you still had feelings for me. Although, I never knew you had it in you to fall for a Mudblood...she's so beneath you!" Bella purred, reaching out to grab Lucius' hand and pulling him towards her.
Lucius tried to remain calm while he felt the gorge rising in his throat. "I can assure you Bella, whatever we had in the past, is still there, in the past," Lucius spoke quietly, narrowing his eyes at her and pulling himself out of her grasp.
Bella looked at him for a few seconds with wide eyes, then cackled, and flew out the door. Running down the stairs to the front door, Bella made her way out of the Manor. Lucius ran after her, hoping to stop her and put a memory charm on her, but she'd made her way to the edge of the property and apparated out of his sight before he was able to.
Lucius apparated to his master after Bella, but was too late. By the time he reached her, she'd informed the Dark Lord everything she'd found out about Adriana. The Dark Lord looked carefully at Lucius before speaking. "So, you've been holding out on me, have you? What's so special about this girl that you didn't want me to know about her?" Before Lucius could respond, he felt pain course through his entire body. Bending over and crying out in agony, Lucius tried to keep his mind shut. He had to protect Adriana.
"It's nothing," Lucius gasped. The pain increased, and he was afraid he might lose consciousness. If he did so, it would be all over, there'd be nothing he could do to keep his master out of his mind.
Suddenly the pain stopped and Lucius was able to catch his breath again. "Now, let's start this from the beginning," The Dark Lord said, taking his wand and tracing Lucius' cheek with it. Moving the tip of the wand to underneath Lucius' chin, the Dark Lord kept his eyes on Lucius'. "Who is this girl?"
"Adriana...Orendes, my Lord" Lucius said, resignedly. There was no other way than to tell his master the truth from here on out.
"And she has some rather unusual powers, doesn't she?" The Dark Lord asked, continuing to stare at Lucius.
"Nothing too extraordinary, I'd say. She doesn't use a wand, that's about it," Lucius said slowly.
"Then why did you never say anything about her? Maybe she would have done will under my tutelage. I could use powerful people like her on my side," The Dark Lord asked, almost kindly.
"It was not until right before the end of our relationship that she revealed to me she was a Mudblood. I was horrified and left her immediately. That's why I never told you about her, I didn't want to suffer such humiliation over having had feelings for such a person. Besides, she didn't seem too interested when I suggested joining with you, which I did several times," Lucius answered him. Lucius felt he had no choice but to reveal such an embarrassing detail to hopefully deflect the Dark Lord from Adriana.
"Ah, I see, a Mudblood. Of course you didn't want such a thing to be found out. What would your colleagues have thought? I understand completely," The Dark Lord said sympathetically. "And she wasn't interested in working for me? Perhaps if I speak directly with this Adriana girl, she'd have a change of heart. Do you think she'd be responsive to me?" he asked Lucius, his eyebrows raised.
"Well, you could always try," Lucius said. "Although, she is quite stubborn, and it would take quite a bit of persuasion on your part to make any headway. But if anybody could bring her to your side, my Lord, it would be you."
"Yes, I suppose I might be able to persuade her. She is a pretty little thing too, I wouldn't mind having her on my side," The Dark Lord enjoyed torturing his subjects in any way he could. "But the Mudblood issue, how to deal with that? Perhaps there is a way to purify her blood. That might work. Heat is good at killing unwanted poisons in the body...maybe that would work for her. Or maybe if she had the blood of somebody pure in her, that might be a way of clearing out all that dirty blood running through her veins. How many purebloods do you think it would take?"
What sort of sick ritual did the Dark Lord have in mind? Lucius wondered to himself, while never taking his eyes off his Lord. "You would have to find her first, my Lord. Adriana isn't easy to find if she doesn't want to be found. She can be very...elusive," Lucius said carefully.
"Well then, why don't you find her and bring her to me yourself?" Voldemort suggested.
I really should have seen that one coming, Lucius thought, kicking himself mentally. After taking a deep breath, he answered, "As you wish, my Lord."
The Dark Lord smiled at him, "Good, and Lucius, don't ever keep secrets from me again, understand?" With a wave of his wand and "Crucio," Lucius was subjected to the terrible pain again. It was so intense that he collapsed to the ground, bent over in agony. After several minutes, Lucius cried out, "Yes my Lord!" The pain continued as much as it had before.
Still smiling, the Dark Lord looked down at the pathetic body on the floor, "Beg me," he said simply.
Groaning in pain, Lucius tried to speak again, but found it difficult to find the words. "P-Please, m-my Lord, m-mercy," Lucius broke off, moaning loudly, "I b-beg you..." His voice trailed away as he bent over further, feeling he would surely die soon if the pain did not stop.
Suddenly the pain vanished, but Lucius remained huddled on the floor. The Dark Lord turned to leave the room, and spoke a few parting words, "You will bring me the girl, or this will only be a taste of what you will feel." Lucius watched as he left the room. He felt something warm trickling down his chin, from his mouth. Reaching a hand up to wipe it away, he saw blood covering his fingers. It was a long time before Lucius could stand up and make his way back home.
Author's Note: At this point in time I would just like to say that in telling events of this story from Lucius Malfoy's point of view, I am merely showing his frame of mind. I do not in any way condone or promote the things he does.
Spoiler Warning: This story contains spoilers, both minor and major from all five Harry Potter books.
Wicked Lee: I'm glad you're looking forward to seeing the baby being born, which is coming up right after this chapter! This chapter is a bit difficult to read, it was tough to write, so let me know what you think, ok? Thanks!
TavingtonRose: I can assure you that Lucius and Adriana will get back together, but not for a while yet, so please bear with me! Like I said to Wicked, this is a hard chapter to read and write, so let me know what you think! Thanks!
Punishment
Note: This chapter contains some elements of blood and torture that have not really been a part of this story up to this point. Be warned that it is a very dark chapter.
Special Author's Note: Some of the events in this chapter parallel the events in the story True Revenge, the first story of this series. My friend ElfFlame wrote it, it tells Narcissa's story, and it's really very good. There is a fourth part to this series, told from Draco's point of view, that ElfFlame is writing and threatening not to post until she gets at least one more review of True Revenge. So, if you have the time, please pop on over to True Revenge by ElfFlame, and give it a review, so that she'll post the fourth part of this series! Thanks a bunch!
Time passed with a speed Lucius enjoyed. The next couple of months flew by, the time being filled with Death Eater meetings and plotting. An Azkaban breakout was planned, and soon the Death Eater ranks would be swelled with some of the Dark Lord's most powerful followers. Since the dementors were there, it wouldn't be too much of a problem to stage it all.
But plans on the breakout disappeared from Lucius' mind, when one evening, as Lucius and Narcissa were eating dinner, a house-elf Lucius had never seen before called at the manor. It was one of the Black family house-elves who'd come to bring an important piece of information to Narcissa. He questioned the house-elf, Kreacher, to find out what he knew. Kreacher told him that Harry Potter was indeed connected to Sirius Black, he was his godson. And as his godson, he was very close to Sirius, so close in fact, that he'd try to save his godfather if there was ever a time that he was in danger.
Draco had returned for the Christmas holidays, and Lucius had made sure he kept all of his business away from his son. He had a difficult time, for many things were happening at once. The break out was taking place shortly and that would create quite a stir in the Magical world. He knew his son resented not being allowed to be a part of all this, but he didn't care. It was for Draco's own good that he kept this out of his sight. He hoped he could keep it up, for the Dark Lord had been asking after Draco lately, wondering when he'd join his side.
This caused Lucius' mood to soar. He'd been extremely upset ever since Broderick Bode had attempted to take the prophecy and had lost his mind when he'd touched it. Bode was now sitting in a room at St. Mungo's, completely insane. Potter was named in the prophecy, so in theory, he'd be able to retrieve it and not lose his mind. An idea began to form in his mind, and Lucius left the house quickly in order to work out his plan.
By the time Draco returned to Hogwarts after the holiday ended, the plan was all worked out to lure Harry to the Ministry in order to retrieve the prophecy. The New Year's Masque took place, as it had every year before that, as though nothing important was happening. Lucius had told Fudge several times how important it was for him to make it seem like all was status quo, it made it easier for the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters to do their work with less opposition. This way, most of the Dark Lord's rise to power and take over would be over and done with before any of the greater public knew what was happening and could protest.
Lucius and Narcissa had attended the Masque together. Narcissa had worn a dress Lucius had never seen before. It was a huge hoop dress, with a span of about five feet in all directions, made of dark blue silk. He had no idea what possessed her to wear such an outfit. He kept an eye out for Adriana the entire night, partly hoping she'd be there, partly hoping she wouldn't, and found himself very disappointed that she wasn't there. He hadn't seen her for seven months now, the longest he'd gone without seeing her since he'd met her. He was still trying his hardest to not care about Adriana, but as his thoughts and dreams always returned to her, he was beginning to see that this was not possible.
His thoughts of Adriana were quickly shoved out of his mind during the break out of Azkaban. His colleagues were being freed and Lucius was very excited, for it meant that more could be done to facilitate the Dark Lord's take over. The escaped prisoners would have to be housed by the other Death Eaters, and Lucius had been assigned to take care of Bellatrix Lestrange, his sister-in-law. It had been a long time since he'd seen her last. She'd been quite beautiful when he'd known her. They'd gone to school together and she'd been the first girl he'd ever slept with. He was looking forward to seeing her again, and reminiscing over their earlier Death Eater days. He thought he could rekindle a little of what they'd had in their school days.
The escaped Death Eaters were with the Dark Lord, so Lucius went to him to get Bella. He'd been so disappointed when he saw her after such a long time. She looked old, and dirty. He was not about to start anything with her. She looked nothing like he remembered her, she'd always looked so much like...but he wouldn't let himself finish that thought. He brought her back to the Manor late one night. He thought the best way to tell Narcissa about this, to get her horrified reaction, would be to spring it on her out of the blue. He couldn't wait to see the look on her face when she saw Bella. She'd never exactly been close to her sister, and now that she was coming to stay, Narcissa would be in misery! He smiled to himself as he walked Bella to Narcissa's bedroom.
He hadn't been in this room for a few years, he hadn't tried to "visit" her since that one day when he'd met Adriana at Hogwarts. The memory of that night brought a feeling of warmth flooding over his entire body. He'd used Narcissa because she was there, but he'd really wanted to hurt Adriana. He felt his blood beginning to rush from his head to his midsection at the thought. This brought on a sudden sense of shame that he hadn't been expecting, and he covered it up by speaking roughly to Narcissa. He told her he'd brought somebody home with him to stay for a while and that she needed to be a gracious hostess. Opening the bedroom door, he revealed Bellatrix to her sister.
Narcissa was less than thrilled to see her sister in her house. Bella was insane, she didn't want her here. But she'd been ordered to be nice to her, and she would do her best. Bella looked worse for wear after such a long stint in Azkaban. She'd always been quite a beautiful woman, but now looked haggard and older than she really was. Her long black hair, normally so voluptuous and smooth, was stringy and greasy. She was thin and pale, a shadow of her former self. Lucius left the two sisters to catch up with their lives and went to his own bedroom, carefully putting a locking charm on his door to keep any unwanted visitors out.
The next morning, he, Narcissa, and Bella ate breakfast together in stony silence. Afterwards, he and Bella went to his den to discuss Death Eater plans. He had to fill her in on the plan to retrieve the prophecy, since the Dark Lord wanted her to help. He saw the gleam in her eye as he told her the plan that would include her cousin, Sirius. When he was finished, he sent Bella back to Narcissa to spend the afternoon with. He had more important things to do with his time than baby sit his sister-in-law.
Lucius could hear Bella screaming at Narcissa and the house-elves from two floors away. It didn't take long for him to grow thoroughly sick of her. Lucius never knew where he stood with Bella. At one moment she could be almost nice, and the next she'd be trying to tear your throat out. It always made him feel off-balance, a feeling that Lucius hated.
After one particularly bad screaming match with Bella a few weeks into her stay, Lucius had retreated to his quiet den. He just needed to get away from her for a while. Picking up a book and lying down on his sofa, he tried to read, but found himself drifting off to sleep.
As usual, he dreamed of Adriana. She smiled at him as she massaged his shoulders. He leaned his head back against her breasts and closed his eyes blissfully. Adriana took him by the shoulders and gently leaned him back against the ground under the olive tree, where they sat. Moving in front of him, she seductively took her clothes off, while he watched and smiled at her. She leaned over him and took his clothes off as well. Adriana ran her hands all over Lucius' body, he felt his blood rushing down below his waist. He sighed happily as she closed her hand over him and began stroking him. After a couple of minutes, Adriana leaned down further and brought her mouth to him. Lucius breathed rapidly and his heart pounded as she ran her tongue across his Prince Albert. After a while, Adriana began to get rough with him, biting him, raking her fingernails across his skin, drawing blood. Lucius didn't like this. She was never this rough with him. Why was she doing this? "Ah, Adriana, you're hurting me," He said to her.
"Who's Adriana?" A rough, husky voice asked him as the pain increased. It felt like she had him in a vice and was squeezing until he was about to pass out.
Lucius froze, what the hell was going on? Gasping, he slowly opened his eyes to see a black-haired woman, sitting on top of him, glaring. Unfortunately, it was not the black-haired woman he wanted to see. "Bella! Get off me!" Lucius cried out, pushing the woman off of him so roughly she fell onto the floor.
"Who's Adriana?" Bella growled, standing up and brushing herself off, lunging at Lucius. Lucius fended her off by throwing his arms out and pushing her away once again.
"What the hell is wrong with you, you psychotic bitch?!" He yelled at her. Lucius quickly stood up from the couch and began to put his clothes back on.
"So, you've been cheating on my sister, have you?" Bella screamed at Lucius. Suddenly her voice grew calm and seductive, "Is she a sweet young thing? What does she look like? Is it another blonde? Or a red-head this time, or maybe a brunette?" Bella smiled, stroked her dark hair, and took a step towards him. "Is she prettier than me?"
I've seen dementors that are prettier than you, Lucius thought to himself, though wisely staying silent. "She's nobody, just forget about her," Lucius snarled at Bella. He tried to close his mind off from her, but she was a very powerful Legilimens. He wasn't fast enough for her to find out what Adriana looked like and a few of the things she was capable of doing.
Bella raised her eyebrows at Lucius. "My, my, she does bear a striking resemblance to a certain somebody I know. Now who could it be...oh that's right, me! I always knew you still had feelings for me. Although, I never knew you had it in you to fall for a Mudblood...she's so beneath you!" Bella purred, reaching out to grab Lucius' hand and pulling him towards her.
Lucius tried to remain calm while he felt the gorge rising in his throat. "I can assure you Bella, whatever we had in the past, is still there, in the past," Lucius spoke quietly, narrowing his eyes at her and pulling himself out of her grasp.
Bella looked at him for a few seconds with wide eyes, then cackled, and flew out the door. Running down the stairs to the front door, Bella made her way out of the Manor. Lucius ran after her, hoping to stop her and put a memory charm on her, but she'd made her way to the edge of the property and apparated out of his sight before he was able to.
Lucius apparated to his master after Bella, but was too late. By the time he reached her, she'd informed the Dark Lord everything she'd found out about Adriana. The Dark Lord looked carefully at Lucius before speaking. "So, you've been holding out on me, have you? What's so special about this girl that you didn't want me to know about her?" Before Lucius could respond, he felt pain course through his entire body. Bending over and crying out in agony, Lucius tried to keep his mind shut. He had to protect Adriana.
"It's nothing," Lucius gasped. The pain increased, and he was afraid he might lose consciousness. If he did so, it would be all over, there'd be nothing he could do to keep his master out of his mind.
Suddenly the pain stopped and Lucius was able to catch his breath again. "Now, let's start this from the beginning," The Dark Lord said, taking his wand and tracing Lucius' cheek with it. Moving the tip of the wand to underneath Lucius' chin, the Dark Lord kept his eyes on Lucius'. "Who is this girl?"
"Adriana...Orendes, my Lord" Lucius said, resignedly. There was no other way than to tell his master the truth from here on out.
"And she has some rather unusual powers, doesn't she?" The Dark Lord asked, continuing to stare at Lucius.
"Nothing too extraordinary, I'd say. She doesn't use a wand, that's about it," Lucius said slowly.
"Then why did you never say anything about her? Maybe she would have done will under my tutelage. I could use powerful people like her on my side," The Dark Lord asked, almost kindly.
"It was not until right before the end of our relationship that she revealed to me she was a Mudblood. I was horrified and left her immediately. That's why I never told you about her, I didn't want to suffer such humiliation over having had feelings for such a person. Besides, she didn't seem too interested when I suggested joining with you, which I did several times," Lucius answered him. Lucius felt he had no choice but to reveal such an embarrassing detail to hopefully deflect the Dark Lord from Adriana.
"Ah, I see, a Mudblood. Of course you didn't want such a thing to be found out. What would your colleagues have thought? I understand completely," The Dark Lord said sympathetically. "And she wasn't interested in working for me? Perhaps if I speak directly with this Adriana girl, she'd have a change of heart. Do you think she'd be responsive to me?" he asked Lucius, his eyebrows raised.
"Well, you could always try," Lucius said. "Although, she is quite stubborn, and it would take quite a bit of persuasion on your part to make any headway. But if anybody could bring her to your side, my Lord, it would be you."
"Yes, I suppose I might be able to persuade her. She is a pretty little thing too, I wouldn't mind having her on my side," The Dark Lord enjoyed torturing his subjects in any way he could. "But the Mudblood issue, how to deal with that? Perhaps there is a way to purify her blood. That might work. Heat is good at killing unwanted poisons in the body...maybe that would work for her. Or maybe if she had the blood of somebody pure in her, that might be a way of clearing out all that dirty blood running through her veins. How many purebloods do you think it would take?"
What sort of sick ritual did the Dark Lord have in mind? Lucius wondered to himself, while never taking his eyes off his Lord. "You would have to find her first, my Lord. Adriana isn't easy to find if she doesn't want to be found. She can be very...elusive," Lucius said carefully.
"Well then, why don't you find her and bring her to me yourself?" Voldemort suggested.
I really should have seen that one coming, Lucius thought, kicking himself mentally. After taking a deep breath, he answered, "As you wish, my Lord."
The Dark Lord smiled at him, "Good, and Lucius, don't ever keep secrets from me again, understand?" With a wave of his wand and "Crucio," Lucius was subjected to the terrible pain again. It was so intense that he collapsed to the ground, bent over in agony. After several minutes, Lucius cried out, "Yes my Lord!" The pain continued as much as it had before.
Still smiling, the Dark Lord looked down at the pathetic body on the floor, "Beg me," he said simply.
Groaning in pain, Lucius tried to speak again, but found it difficult to find the words. "P-Please, m-my Lord, m-mercy," Lucius broke off, moaning loudly, "I b-beg you..." His voice trailed away as he bent over further, feeling he would surely die soon if the pain did not stop.
Suddenly the pain vanished, but Lucius remained huddled on the floor. The Dark Lord turned to leave the room, and spoke a few parting words, "You will bring me the girl, or this will only be a taste of what you will feel." Lucius watched as he left the room. He felt something warm trickling down his chin, from his mouth. Reaching a hand up to wipe it away, he saw blood covering his fingers. It was a long time before Lucius could stand up and make his way back home.