Chapter 3
Natasha's Conversation With Her Father
Lucius and Natalie Malfoy made their way to the carriages at the back of the Malfoy Manor. They took the blue carriage and set off for London, England where the secret entrance to Diagon Alley is. The carriage was invisible, of course. It stopped in front of the Leaky Cauldron.
"Good Morning Mr. Malfoy!" yelled Tom, the landlord. "Would you like a cup of tea?"
"No thank you." Lucius answered. "I need to get to Diagon Alley for some business."
Lucius and Natalie made their way to the back of the Leaky Cauldron. Lucius tapped the third brick from left above the trash bin and it opened, revealing Diagon Alley. Minutes after Lucius and Natalie went into Diagon Alley, a girl with long brunette hair stepped inside the Leaky Cauldron. She had tender blue eyes, and her hair was straight, but it turns into a soft curl at the bottom.
"Good morning Miss Riddle!" the landlord yelled. Natasha spotted the landlord; she smiled, revealing a set of straight white pearly teeth.
"Good Morning, Tom!" she said in a soft sweet voice. "I need to get to Diagon Alley. Could you tell me how?"
"Of course! Just go to the back of the shop and tap the third brick from the left above the trash bin and it will reveal the entrance to Diagon Alley."
"Thank you very much!"
"My pleasure Ms. Riddle, anything else?"
"No, nothing more." Natasha answered and she walked to the back of the store. The moment she closed the door, a snake slithered toward her. She recognized it at once. It was Nagini, her father's pet snake. Natasha was a Parsel Mouth so she could speak to snakes. She started to start a conversation with the snake.
"Hello, Nagini. What brings you here?" Natasha asked the snake. "If someone finds you here you'll be in very big trouble."
The snake answered Natasha. "Your father sent me. He said he will be talking to you later on."
"Well, I already know that." Natasha told the snake. "He told me yesterday a few seconds before I went to sleep."
"There was something else." The snake hissed. "He said he will be talking to you through Lucius Malfoy."
"Lucius Malfoy?" Natasha asked
"Yes, Lucius Malfoy."
"But how do I know who Lucius Malfoy is? I haven't seen him yet."
"Well, here are a few things I can tell you. He has long blonde hair and he has his daughter with him. His daughter also has blonde hair."
"That helps. Thanks Nagini!"
Nagini hissed and left. Just as the snake left, the supposedly solid brick wall opened and Natasha saw two figures standing there. Both were blonde.
"Are you Ms. Natasha Riddle?" The man asked Natasha
Natasha nodded.
"Such a pleasure to meet you gentle lady. My name is Lucius Malfoy and-
But Lucius was broke off by Natasha. She continued his sentence. "-And you are here under my father's orders so that he could talk to me." She said. Lucius had a puzzled expression on his face. Natasha smiled at him, again, revealing that set of beautiful white teeth.
As if she was reading his mind, she said "Nagini came by and told me. He said that my father would be talking to me as a certain Mr. Malfoy."
"I see." Lucius said. Then will you please come with my daughter and me inside? Your father asked me to get you a room in the Leaky Cauldron until September first."
"Dad," Natalie piped in "I've been asking you who her father is. You never told me!"
"Why don't you ask her?" Lucius asked his daughter. "She will tell you but I won't."
"Alright then. I'll ask her instead." Natalie said and she approached Natasha. "Hi! My name is Natalie Malfoy. Dad said your name is Natasha Riddle. Who's your dad anyway? Dad's been talking about him for quite some time now. While we were at Gringotts he kept on saying. 'We need to find vault 689, Natasha's father needs the money in there'!" Natalie said while imitating her father's voice.
"Well, Natalie," Natasha began "I'll answer your question if you're father won't." Natalie gave her father a glance, stuck out her tongue and listened closely to Natasha.
"Have you ever seen the mark on your father's arm? The one with the snake protruding from a skull?"
"Yes." Natalie said slowly.
"Do you know why your father has that mark?" Natasha asked her.
"Yes."
"Do you know who put the mark on your father's arm?" Natasha asked again in a slightly higher voice.
"Yes. Bellatrix Lestrange put that mark on his arm." Natalie answered.
"Do you know who she was working for?"
"Yes. Bellatrix was working for You-Know-Who."
"That answers your question. My father is none other that Lord Voldemort."
"All right let's go get Natasha a reservation in the Leaky Cauldron." Lucius Malfoy said
They all went inside, Lucius Malfoy went up to the landlord
"May we please know what rooms are free?" Lucius asked the landlord
"Rooms 11, 15, 27, and 39 are free Mr. Malfoy. Which one would you like?"
"Hmmm, Which is the biggest and the best?" Lucius asked
"Room 39. But nobody took it since it costs 500 galleons." Tom answered "Are you going to take it?"
"Yes." Lucius said simply and he dumped a bagful of galleons. "I hope this is enough."
"Yes it is. Just follow me." He led the way to the third floor. They reached an oak door with silver 39 on it. "Here you go Mr. Malfoy."
He let the door close with a snap. After he left, a snake slithered its way in. He stopped in front of Natasha. Then a cold wind swept through the room. The Dark Mark on Natasha's back burned. Lucius Malfoy's eyes rolled back and he started to speak in a cold high voice.
"Hello Natasha!" Lucius Malfoy said. Though Natasha knew perfectly well that it wasn't Lucius Malfoy. It was her father. She muttered a little spell under her breath and Natalie was knocked unconscious.
"Hello, father. Last night you told me you needed to tell me something." Natasha told Voldemort.
"Yes." Voldemort said. "I know that you have been accepted at Hogwarts. Rookwood told me last night."
"Okay. What were you going to tell me?" Natasha asked.
"You will go to Hogwarts under the name Natasha Evans." Voldemort said
"Why must I use mother's last name?"
"Because, even though McGonnagall knows that I've been married and had a daughter, she never knew that I married Natalie Evans." Voldemort said airily "Not even Dumbledore knows that I married a vela named Natalie Evans."
"And what is my task?" Natasha asked him.
"You must bring Harry Potter to me. He needs to be either alive or unconscious"
"That is so hard." Natasha said while rolling her eyes. "Can't I just bring him to you dead?"
"That will not restore me." Voldemort said
"Okay. Have anything else to say?"
"Yes. But the Malfoy boy will tell you."
"You mean there are more Malfoys?"
"Yes." Voldemort said. "His name is Draco Malfoy. He will be protecting you throughout the whole year. I shall send him letters about what you must do. That is all Natasha."
And with that, the room went cold again. The mark on Natasha's back burned for a while. Lucius Malfoy collapsed and Natalie awoke.
"Do you know what you must do?" Lucius asked
"Yes. Everything. I'll just pick up my school things in Diagon Alley tomorrow. I'll stay here until September first and my vault is vault 689."
"Okay. We'd better go. Come along Natalie."
Lucius and Natalie left. Natasha did everything the next day. She picked up her school stuff and got ready.
Natasha's Conversation With Her Father
Lucius and Natalie Malfoy made their way to the carriages at the back of the Malfoy Manor. They took the blue carriage and set off for London, England where the secret entrance to Diagon Alley is. The carriage was invisible, of course. It stopped in front of the Leaky Cauldron.
"Good Morning Mr. Malfoy!" yelled Tom, the landlord. "Would you like a cup of tea?"
"No thank you." Lucius answered. "I need to get to Diagon Alley for some business."
Lucius and Natalie made their way to the back of the Leaky Cauldron. Lucius tapped the third brick from left above the trash bin and it opened, revealing Diagon Alley. Minutes after Lucius and Natalie went into Diagon Alley, a girl with long brunette hair stepped inside the Leaky Cauldron. She had tender blue eyes, and her hair was straight, but it turns into a soft curl at the bottom.
"Good morning Miss Riddle!" the landlord yelled. Natasha spotted the landlord; she smiled, revealing a set of straight white pearly teeth.
"Good Morning, Tom!" she said in a soft sweet voice. "I need to get to Diagon Alley. Could you tell me how?"
"Of course! Just go to the back of the shop and tap the third brick from the left above the trash bin and it will reveal the entrance to Diagon Alley."
"Thank you very much!"
"My pleasure Ms. Riddle, anything else?"
"No, nothing more." Natasha answered and she walked to the back of the store. The moment she closed the door, a snake slithered toward her. She recognized it at once. It was Nagini, her father's pet snake. Natasha was a Parsel Mouth so she could speak to snakes. She started to start a conversation with the snake.
"Hello, Nagini. What brings you here?" Natasha asked the snake. "If someone finds you here you'll be in very big trouble."
The snake answered Natasha. "Your father sent me. He said he will be talking to you later on."
"Well, I already know that." Natasha told the snake. "He told me yesterday a few seconds before I went to sleep."
"There was something else." The snake hissed. "He said he will be talking to you through Lucius Malfoy."
"Lucius Malfoy?" Natasha asked
"Yes, Lucius Malfoy."
"But how do I know who Lucius Malfoy is? I haven't seen him yet."
"Well, here are a few things I can tell you. He has long blonde hair and he has his daughter with him. His daughter also has blonde hair."
"That helps. Thanks Nagini!"
Nagini hissed and left. Just as the snake left, the supposedly solid brick wall opened and Natasha saw two figures standing there. Both were blonde.
"Are you Ms. Natasha Riddle?" The man asked Natasha
Natasha nodded.
"Such a pleasure to meet you gentle lady. My name is Lucius Malfoy and-
But Lucius was broke off by Natasha. She continued his sentence. "-And you are here under my father's orders so that he could talk to me." She said. Lucius had a puzzled expression on his face. Natasha smiled at him, again, revealing that set of beautiful white teeth.
As if she was reading his mind, she said "Nagini came by and told me. He said that my father would be talking to me as a certain Mr. Malfoy."
"I see." Lucius said. Then will you please come with my daughter and me inside? Your father asked me to get you a room in the Leaky Cauldron until September first."
"Dad," Natalie piped in "I've been asking you who her father is. You never told me!"
"Why don't you ask her?" Lucius asked his daughter. "She will tell you but I won't."
"Alright then. I'll ask her instead." Natalie said and she approached Natasha. "Hi! My name is Natalie Malfoy. Dad said your name is Natasha Riddle. Who's your dad anyway? Dad's been talking about him for quite some time now. While we were at Gringotts he kept on saying. 'We need to find vault 689, Natasha's father needs the money in there'!" Natalie said while imitating her father's voice.
"Well, Natalie," Natasha began "I'll answer your question if you're father won't." Natalie gave her father a glance, stuck out her tongue and listened closely to Natasha.
"Have you ever seen the mark on your father's arm? The one with the snake protruding from a skull?"
"Yes." Natalie said slowly.
"Do you know why your father has that mark?" Natasha asked her.
"Yes."
"Do you know who put the mark on your father's arm?" Natasha asked again in a slightly higher voice.
"Yes. Bellatrix Lestrange put that mark on his arm." Natalie answered.
"Do you know who she was working for?"
"Yes. Bellatrix was working for You-Know-Who."
"That answers your question. My father is none other that Lord Voldemort."
"All right let's go get Natasha a reservation in the Leaky Cauldron." Lucius Malfoy said
They all went inside, Lucius Malfoy went up to the landlord
"May we please know what rooms are free?" Lucius asked the landlord
"Rooms 11, 15, 27, and 39 are free Mr. Malfoy. Which one would you like?"
"Hmmm, Which is the biggest and the best?" Lucius asked
"Room 39. But nobody took it since it costs 500 galleons." Tom answered "Are you going to take it?"
"Yes." Lucius said simply and he dumped a bagful of galleons. "I hope this is enough."
"Yes it is. Just follow me." He led the way to the third floor. They reached an oak door with silver 39 on it. "Here you go Mr. Malfoy."
He let the door close with a snap. After he left, a snake slithered its way in. He stopped in front of Natasha. Then a cold wind swept through the room. The Dark Mark on Natasha's back burned. Lucius Malfoy's eyes rolled back and he started to speak in a cold high voice.
"Hello Natasha!" Lucius Malfoy said. Though Natasha knew perfectly well that it wasn't Lucius Malfoy. It was her father. She muttered a little spell under her breath and Natalie was knocked unconscious.
"Hello, father. Last night you told me you needed to tell me something." Natasha told Voldemort.
"Yes." Voldemort said. "I know that you have been accepted at Hogwarts. Rookwood told me last night."
"Okay. What were you going to tell me?" Natasha asked.
"You will go to Hogwarts under the name Natasha Evans." Voldemort said
"Why must I use mother's last name?"
"Because, even though McGonnagall knows that I've been married and had a daughter, she never knew that I married Natalie Evans." Voldemort said airily "Not even Dumbledore knows that I married a vela named Natalie Evans."
"And what is my task?" Natasha asked him.
"You must bring Harry Potter to me. He needs to be either alive or unconscious"
"That is so hard." Natasha said while rolling her eyes. "Can't I just bring him to you dead?"
"That will not restore me." Voldemort said
"Okay. Have anything else to say?"
"Yes. But the Malfoy boy will tell you."
"You mean there are more Malfoys?"
"Yes." Voldemort said. "His name is Draco Malfoy. He will be protecting you throughout the whole year. I shall send him letters about what you must do. That is all Natasha."
And with that, the room went cold again. The mark on Natasha's back burned for a while. Lucius Malfoy collapsed and Natalie awoke.
"Do you know what you must do?" Lucius asked
"Yes. Everything. I'll just pick up my school things in Diagon Alley tomorrow. I'll stay here until September first and my vault is vault 689."
"Okay. We'd better go. Come along Natalie."
Lucius and Natalie left. Natasha did everything the next day. She picked up her school stuff and got ready.
