WARNING!!! This chapter will end sadly, so be advised that a tissue might be in order.
I haven't put this up in a while but I had to update it.
The following countries are already taken: U.S.A is mine along with El Salvador, France, and Japan (I love anime) The whole U. K belongs to AshesofRoses(Except for Christian Coulson who will play Tom Riddle in the next movie), Venezuela belongs to my brother DopeyScarface, All of China belongs to my buddy Waytofunny, My friend Shy will get Alaska (I know I said USA was mine, but what will I do with Alaska?) skitzo finally gets her countries, Canada and the Falkland Islands.
Green Smurf will get Africa, MercuryRed will get Cuba, ~ME~ will get South Korea and Germany. Evil*Fairy, I am sorry to tell you but Ireland has been taken, but Australia is yours.
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING!!!!! If I did ..... well, you don't wanna know what I'd do with the characters.... hehehe....
~*~
The landscape flew by the compartment window, snowflakes plastered on the glass. Lily sat next to it enjoying the view, she was alone at the moment. She sat there trying to clear her mind from any thoughts, in any shape or form.
Lily was coming home from her first year at Hogwarts for winter break. She wanted to stay at school, but a letter from her sister Petunia had persuaded her to come back. Her daddy was ill.
Petunia had written that the family doctor had declared that Dilland had an unknown disease. The letter was short and frank, but to Lily it was long enough to make her heart shatter. Since then she hardly spoke to anyone except her closest friends, and studied harder, burying her feelings inside a large text book.
A knock on the compartment door broke her from her little trance.
Her friend Cassandra McGonagall opened the door slowly and poked her head in.
"Can I come in?"
Lily nodded and gave her a small smile. Cassandra sat down across from her and smiled.
"I hope your feeling better because I have something to tell you."
"What is it?"
"Our two snake loving friends decided to go to Severus' house for the Holidays and they are waiting in the next compartment to exchange gifts."
Lily smiled though it didn't reach her eyes,"Just let me get your gifts out and I'll be there in a bit."
Cassandra smiled again and agreed.
After she had left, Lily opened her trunk, the first thing she saw made her feel depressed again. It was a picture of her daddy on a dark blue frame.
Dilland sat behind his desk smiling. He held his glasses in one hand and a black pen in the other. His journal was on top of his desk, it was opened to a blank page ready for him to write on it. There was a window to his right, it was opened to let the breeze in, outside it a bright clear day shone into his office.
Lily sighed as she placed the frame down on top of her robes in her trunk. She found three brightly colored packages underneath her black robes. One was wrapped in red paper with a gold ribbon, the other two was wrapped in green paper one with silver bow, and the other with black on top. She grabbed the packages and closed the trunk.
She walked to the next compartment and knocked. It was opened by Severus, he had black robes with green lining and silver clasps. He gave her a small smile and a small hug.
"Lily I'm glad you decided to join us, we were going to start without you if you didn't show up."
Lily sat next to Cassandra and handed her the Red package. Cassandra quickly opened it and squealed when she saw what it was.
"Its a Dictation Quill!!! Thank you so much."
Cassandra hugged her tightly, it was plain to see that she got what she had asked for.
Lily then handed the green and black one to Severus who was sitting in front of her. He took his time to open his, unlike Cassandra, and was shocked by what he saw.
(Funfact: It Is NOT a Moose!!!)
"'The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe,'" he was at a loss for words. "I don't know what to say."
"How about thank you?" said Dominic in a teasing tone.
Severus shot him a look and turned back to Lily and gave her a peck on the cheek."Thank you."
She gave him a warm smile,"It was nothing, I new you liked my copy so I got one for you."
The boys eyes had clouded over for a minute before he spoke again.
"Thanks Lily, you don't know how much this means to me."
She then handed the Green and Silver to Dominic, who wore deep blue robes with a silver trim. He decided to open his gift with his wand, and jumped off his seat
"An art set! How did you know?"
"I couldn't think of anything that you didn't already have so I got you this."
He was looking at a wooden box whose contents were filled with art supplies. Dominic smiled and gave her a peck on the cheek and a warm hug, "Thank you Lily, I will cherish this."
It was know Lily's turn to received her gifts from them. They all smiled at each other and handed her a medium sized mahogany box.
"We pitched in together to get you this, we hope you like it."
Lily looked at the box for a moment before opening it. Laying on purple velvet cushion was a silver framed black mirror.
"Its a Scrying Mirror, " explained the Dominic. "Its used to see things like the future. The witches from the olden days used it to use it long before the crystal ball. Its more reliable too."
Cassandra nodded, "Its also used to see things how they really are."
Lily looked at her confused, "What do you mean?"
"Well, if you transfigure a rock into a piece of gold and you place it in front of the mirror all you would see a rock," said Severus.
"It can also be used to see people that are not around."
"You mean like spying on them?"
"Sort of, like if you wanna see us you can, but we can't see you unless we have one too."
Cassandra smiled, "Which of course we do, and with the proper spell we can also talk with it too."
Lily looked at them with a big smile on her face, she hugged Cassandra with tears in her eyes.
She whispered softly in her ear, "Thank you Cass, you've been a good friend to me."
"Don't worry about it, you know I'll always be there when you need me."
Lily then hugged Dominic,"You've also been a great friend."
"Whenever you need a shoulder to lean on, you'll always have me."
And finally she hugged Severus again, "I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have you guys with me."
It took a moment for him to reply,"We feel the same about you Lil."
"Thank you Severus."
For the rest of the trip Cassandra, Dominic, and Severus tried to make Lily forget about her problems. She would smile and laugh but it was usually forced. The only one who really noticed was Severus.
~*~
Tom sat in a chair facing a window that overlooked a vast land filled with gardens and a small pond. He was feeling unnaturally happy, and was humming a small tune. He knew exactly why he was so happy and it didn't even bother him that he was killing a man that he had never even met. It had never stopped him before, and this time he didn't do anything to bring about the mans death. He was enjoying the fact that the man was dying a slow and agonizing death.
"My lord,"
Lord Voldemort turned his head as Belinda entered the room, She was wearing robes of jade, with a fitted bodice that showed enough of her chest to be appreciated. She glidded towards him swaying her hips as she walked.
"Ah Belinda, I'm glad you arrived, I needed to speak with you on a few matters."
"Of course, should we take this in my Laboratory or here?"
"We'll stay here for now then we need to go downstairs and pay a visit to your guest."
"So what do we need to do?"
Lord Voldemort walked up to her desk and took out a scroll.
"I need you to translate this or find someone who can. Tristan found this with the Aurors we took care of last week. So far we can only make out the title, it seems to be in a variety of languages so Tristan wasn't able to do it himself."
She walked over to her desk and took the parchment.
"The man is just to lazy to look my lord, even though I cannot read most of it I can already tell there are over 3 dialects of Laiden, four of Zur, and seven of Quesh. There is even some Egyptian and Greek"
"Good, I want you to organize the Death Eaters in your group and see if you can translate it."
Belinda was looking at the scroll and something caught her eye. It was a tiny symbol that anyone can miss at first glance.
"My Lord, I think you will find this interesting." She pointed at the Symbol and he looked down at it, his eyes grew cold.
The symbol was rare, and hardly ever used. To anyone else it looked like a few random marks, but to Lord Voldemort its meaning was clear.
"I want this to be translated immediately after I leave, the sooner its done the better."
She nodded and rolled it up, "Is there anything else you need me to do my Lord?"
He started making his way downstairs,"Yes, I heard you were going to take Magnus' son as an apprentice. I just wanted to know why."
"I knew that he was well gifted in potions, and I thought it would be good to have an assistant."
He nodded, "Good choice, are you going to train his daughter as well?"
"Yes, but not in potions, I want to teach both her and her brother how to fight without a wand and everything else I know."
He looked at her with approval, "Good, if they are going to be joining us when they come of age they need to resourceful. Train them well, I want them to be as good as you if not better."
"Yes my Lord."
They had reached a large stone door that opened as soon as they approached. On the other side was a man chained to the wall by his arms above his head, his cheeks were sunken, his eyes bloodshot, and his skin pale. He looked up as they approached.
Lord Voldemord stood in front of him,"Ah I'm glad you are awake, that makes things go a lot smoother."
"What do you want?" His voice was ragged and hoarse. "I've given you everything I know."
Lord Voldemort flashed him a smile and brought his face up to the mans. "Ah but I know you haven't. Tell me what you know about The Scroll."
The man looked up with shock but he then replaced it with a smirk.
"I don't know a thing."
Lord Voldemort rolled his eyes, "Are you going to get all heroic on me?"
The man didn't reply.
"Very well, you do realize your sacrificing your life for a lost cause don't you? I will find out either way, with your cooperation or not."
"I would never betray Dumbledore! Say all you want I wont tell you a thing."
Lord Voldemort nodded, "Very well you leave me no choice." He took out his wand and spoke.
"Crucio."
As the mans screams echoed throughout the small room, Lord Voldemort spoke loudly so that the man could hear him.
"People think I'm a cold heartless bastard, even if it is mostly true, I always give you a choice."
As the man screamed he tried to speak, though Lord Voldemort couldn't make out what was being said. So he lowered his wand and went up to the man again.
"Are you ready to cooperate? Either way with all of the information you have been giving her," he motioned towards Belinda. "for the last few months. your already considered a traitor."
The man hung his head his matted hair covering his face. "I'll cooperate."
"Good man,"He turned towards Belinda.
"Belinda have some of your house elves clean him up and have him eat some food. I want him properly groomed by the time I come back."
She nodded and he turned back to the man who was silently sobbing. "There is no need for tears, I take care of the people who help me, but if you try escaping when she takes off your chains she will make you wish for death. Do I make myself clear?"
The man looked up, "Crystal clear."
A few house elves popped in with fresh robes and a bath robe. Belinda went up to them, "Remove his chains and take him to the guest bathroom, I'll be there in a few minutes make sure he doesn't leave."
They nodded and did as she instructed. Lord Voldemort swept out of the room followed by Belinda. As soon as they were upstairs again, Belinda spoke.
"I thought you were backing out, at least that was the impression you made at the last meeting, my lord."
Lord Voldemort smirked, "I thought no one noticed. I was but then I got to thinking about something and I reconsidered it."
"May I ask what made you change your mind?"
He nodded, "I was going to stop everything so that I can have a normal life with a family." He didn't notice her frown. "But then I realized that I am not normal, I never was, nor will I ever be. And I told myself, why give Rosemary a normal life when I can give her the world."
Belinda felt a pain in her heart that she had never experienced before. "So you were willing to sacrifice everything for her?"
He closed his eyes for a moment, "I was, but why should I stop what I worked so hard for? When I get what I want she will have the world at her fingertips instead of a mainstream life that is dull and emotionless. I will give my daughter everything she will ever need. And I will have what I have wanted for so long."
Belinda couldn't think of anything to say so she merely nodded, they walked to her front door and he opened it. He was about to leave but Belinda stopped him.
"Why her? What does she have that countless other witches don't have?" that I don't have, she added to herself.
He turned and gave her an expression that she had never seen him use, it was one of bliss.
"My heart."
With a swish of his robes he was gone.
~*~
Rosemary watched as the scarlet train approached the station rapidly, she gripped her hands nervously through the thick material of her gloves. Soon the students were getting off to greet their families with hugs and kisses. She looked around and saw a familiar flash of dark red. She walked towards it and saw Lily saying good-bye to her friends. They all muttered words of support and hugged her. Rosemary went up to Lily who wore a sad expression but it got worse when she spotted her.
Rosemary felt nervous but that disappeared as soon as she felt Lily wrap her arms around her waist. Rosemary wrapped her into a tight hug and she heard Lily whisper.
"Is he getting better?"
Rosemary sighed, "I don't want to lie to you anymore honey, I'm afraid he's getting worse."
A small sob escaped Lily's lips, but she nodded in understanding.
Rosemary gently grabbed Lily's chin so that she can look at her face, "How about you introduce me to your friends."
Lily gave her a small nod and wiped the tears from her face, she then grabbed Rosemary's hand and led her to her friends who were looking around for their own families. In Dominic's case he was just looking around since he was going to Severus' house, since his own family was at LeFay Manor in El Salvador.
"Mommy, this is Cassandra, Severus, and Dominic. Guys, this is my Mother, Rosemary."
Rosemary shook each of their hands and smiled as both Dominic and Severus bowed.
"A pleasure to meet you."
"Severus? There you are."
They all turned around and saw a man that could only be Severus' father make there way towards them.
"Father, I would like you to meet Cassandra," He shook her hand,
"Dominic, He shook his hand as well and greeted him in Spanish.
"Lily, and Mrs. Rosemary Evans, Lily's mother."
There was a look that passed his face but it was replaced by a charming smile, and shook Lily's hand and gave it a small peck. He then held his hand out to Rosemary "A pleasure, Mrs. Evans, my son has told me a lot about your daughter, I am Magnus Snape"
Rosemary shook his hand and forced a small smile, "I am sorry Mr. Snape for being rude but I have to get going."
He shook his head, "Don't worry I have to be leaving soon, I have to take Severus and Dominic home before I go back to work, and I also promised my partner that I would take his daughter home as well."
"It was a pleasure meeting you," with that Rosemary took Lily's trolley and bade good-bye. Lily lingered momentarily to hug her friends one more time before following her mother.
~*~
After escorting Cassandra home, Severus and Dominic were taken to the Snape household. As soon as they reached Severus' room Dominic collapsed on Severus' bed.
"I'm so tired right now I can pass out on your bed."
"If you do I will roll you to the floor."
Dominic sat up, "So where is the rest of your family."
Severus looked thoughtful, "I think that my mother went to pick up my sister from her lessons."
"Really? What is she trying to learn?"
"I think Fencing, but I'm no sure. She's supposed to be back by now though her lessons only last till sunset."
As if on cue, there was a knock on the door.
Severus sighed, "I'm guessing that's her, ENTER!"
The door opened and a girl walked in, she was a year younger than her brother, and also a bit shorter. She had elbow length black hair, slanted black eyes, and fair skin.
"Hello Evelyn, miss me?" Severus' voice dripped in sarcasm, but he was just joking with her.
"Now why would I miss a two bit annoying prat like yourself, brother dear?" Her smirk could match the one that her brother gave everyone, but her tone was playful. She even went as far as batting her eyelashes at him in a mock innocence way.
Severus hugged his sister and whispered in her ear. "How have you been feeling?"
"Terrible, but what else is new?"
"Did Miss Anguis make you the potion you wrote to me about?"
"Yes, but it only lasts a few hours then the headaches start again."
Severus nodded and pulled away. "Evelyn, this is my friend Dominic, Dominic this is Evelyn."
Dominic fumbled as he shot off of Severus' bed, Evelyn looked at him and then back to Severus, "This is the LeFay you were talking about?"
Severus nodded, raising an eyebrow at Dominic.
"Well, if your a LeFay, then that means you should know how to fence. Correct?"
Dominic was usually a cool, calm Latin boy, he was always a gentlemen, but at the moment he was a blundering idiot.
"I'm a fencing and I know how to lefay....wait I mean...mierda...what I meant was..."
Evelyn giggled, "I know what you meant, I just wanted to know if you would like to have a fencing duel with me later on? We have all the equipment downstairs?"
"Um.....uh.....yeah sure..."
She smiled, "Great! How about tomorrow?"
He only nodded, her smile grew bigger. "It was nice meeting you."
She then gave a peck to Severus on his cheek, and walked towards the door. Without stopping or looking back, she called out.
"Mum said Dinner was in an hour." She then closed the door behind her.
As soon as the door closed Dominic collapsed on Severus' Bed again and started muttering in Spanish to himself. Severus tried to suppress a laugh as Dominic carried a conversation with himself.
"What the bloody hell was that about?"
Dominic sat up and he had a lost boy expression on his face, "I have no idea. I've never lost my charm before and then she walks in and I feel like jelly. I think I might be getting sick. Yeah! That's it I'm getting sick."
Severus looked at him for a moment before going in to a fit of laughter. He grabbed onto his desk and held his midsection trying to calm down but failing miserably.
He managed to choke out, "Cass and Lil would have paid good money to see this!"
Dominic narrowed his eyes and grabbed a pillow from the bed.
Thunk!
Severus stopped and smirked at Dominic who started muttering in Spanish again.
"Estupido."
"Hey at least I wasn't reduced to an idiot at the sight of Evelyn." Shot back Severus, "If I didn't know better I'd think that you have a crush on my sister."
Dominic had leaped up from the bed again, "No I don't!" But the blush that was creeping on his light brown skin was telling Severus otherwise.
"Oh my wizards! You do!"
Dominic blushed harder and looked away while Severus made a disgusted face. "Dom! That's my sister!"
"Just shut up Sev, I don't have a crush on your sister, I just met her for wizards sake! How can I develop a crush on her when I just saw her for only a brief moment?"
Severus rolled his eyes, "Then how do you explain the uncharacteristic way you acted around her?"
Dominic raised his chin, "Like I said I'm coming down with something."
Severus snorted, "Whatever you say Dom. Come on I'll show you were your room is."
~*~
As soon as they reached her house Lily jumped out of the car and ran inside, she ran through the hallways at full speed. When she reached the master bedroom she paused before turning the knob to catch her breath. She was about to turn it when it turn from the inside. Petunia stepped out, her hair was a mess, she had dark rings under her eyes. She held a book in her hand
"How is he?"
"He just fell asleep, he asked me to read to him and he fell asleep during the middle."
"Can I go in?"
Petunia hugged her, "Yes but try to keep quiet, he was feeling worse today."
Lily nodded and walked in.
It was real dark inside, there was only a small fire in her parents fireplace. She walked up to the bed and let a small whimper escape her lips. There lay Dilland looking small and fragile, she had never seen him look so venerable. She sat on a chair that Petunia more than likely had been sitting on and took his hand in hers. Tears were now flowing freely down her pale skin, as one tear landed on Dillands hand, he stirred and opened his eyes.
His voice was week and tired, "Come here Lily." He spread his arms wide inviting her to a hug and she took it, careful not to hurt him. Lily was now shaking with grief, but Dilland just smoothed her hair down.
"Shhh, Lily, don't cry. Honey you have to understand that things happen for a reason, don't think of it as I'm going away forever, think of it like having a guardian to watch over you when you need me the most. I love you, you know that right?"
Lily was unable to speak but she pulled back and nodded, Dilland smiled at her, "Don't Cry for me honey, I don't want you to be sad."
He wiped away her tears with his thumb. They heard the door open and in walked Rosemary and Petunia, Dilland raised an arm motioning for them to come over. Petunia walked to Dillands side, across from Lily, and hugged him. Rosemary sat at the foot of the bed her head cast down in both shame and sorrow.
"My girls, I hate to lie to you, so I wont. I know I'm about to die, I know you know this too. I can feel my body shutting down, and the end is near, but I have no regrets. I lived my life and worked for you to have anything you need in case this was to happen. I don't want you to mourn for me, I want you to live full and happy lives. If you care for me at all you will give me that. It is my final request, and I wish for you to honor it."
Petunia was trying not to cry, her eyes were filled with unshed tears, she bit her lip to keep from sobbing.
Lily was about the same except that she let the tears flow freely, but she held herself from crying out laud.
Rosemary could no longer look at Dilland, she buried her face in her hands.
He took both Lily's and Petunias faces in his hands and they placed their own over his. With his final breath, he said,"I am surrounded by the one's I love and that's the best way to go, I couldn't be happier. I love you all, never forget that"
His hands went limp, but Lily held on to dear life while Petunia gave his hand a kiss and then placed it on the bed. Lily finally spoke the words she wasn't able to say since she walked into the room.
"I love you Daddy."
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Sniff sniff I really liked Dilland so don't hurt me for killing him off. His life was sacrificed for the greater good of my fic. This was so sad I was listening to And One by Linkin Park and My December. So I was in a sad mood while I wrote this.
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I haven't put this up in a while but I had to update it.
The following countries are already taken: U.S.A is mine along with El Salvador, France, and Japan (I love anime) The whole U. K belongs to AshesofRoses(Except for Christian Coulson who will play Tom Riddle in the next movie), Venezuela belongs to my brother DopeyScarface, All of China belongs to my buddy Waytofunny, My friend Shy will get Alaska (I know I said USA was mine, but what will I do with Alaska?) skitzo finally gets her countries, Canada and the Falkland Islands.
Green Smurf will get Africa, MercuryRed will get Cuba, ~ME~ will get South Korea and Germany. Evil*Fairy, I am sorry to tell you but Ireland has been taken, but Australia is yours.
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING!!!!! If I did ..... well, you don't wanna know what I'd do with the characters.... hehehe....
~*~
The landscape flew by the compartment window, snowflakes plastered on the glass. Lily sat next to it enjoying the view, she was alone at the moment. She sat there trying to clear her mind from any thoughts, in any shape or form.
Lily was coming home from her first year at Hogwarts for winter break. She wanted to stay at school, but a letter from her sister Petunia had persuaded her to come back. Her daddy was ill.
Petunia had written that the family doctor had declared that Dilland had an unknown disease. The letter was short and frank, but to Lily it was long enough to make her heart shatter. Since then she hardly spoke to anyone except her closest friends, and studied harder, burying her feelings inside a large text book.
A knock on the compartment door broke her from her little trance.
Her friend Cassandra McGonagall opened the door slowly and poked her head in.
"Can I come in?"
Lily nodded and gave her a small smile. Cassandra sat down across from her and smiled.
"I hope your feeling better because I have something to tell you."
"What is it?"
"Our two snake loving friends decided to go to Severus' house for the Holidays and they are waiting in the next compartment to exchange gifts."
Lily smiled though it didn't reach her eyes,"Just let me get your gifts out and I'll be there in a bit."
Cassandra smiled again and agreed.
After she had left, Lily opened her trunk, the first thing she saw made her feel depressed again. It was a picture of her daddy on a dark blue frame.
Dilland sat behind his desk smiling. He held his glasses in one hand and a black pen in the other. His journal was on top of his desk, it was opened to a blank page ready for him to write on it. There was a window to his right, it was opened to let the breeze in, outside it a bright clear day shone into his office.
Lily sighed as she placed the frame down on top of her robes in her trunk. She found three brightly colored packages underneath her black robes. One was wrapped in red paper with a gold ribbon, the other two was wrapped in green paper one with silver bow, and the other with black on top. She grabbed the packages and closed the trunk.
She walked to the next compartment and knocked. It was opened by Severus, he had black robes with green lining and silver clasps. He gave her a small smile and a small hug.
"Lily I'm glad you decided to join us, we were going to start without you if you didn't show up."
Lily sat next to Cassandra and handed her the Red package. Cassandra quickly opened it and squealed when she saw what it was.
"Its a Dictation Quill!!! Thank you so much."
Cassandra hugged her tightly, it was plain to see that she got what she had asked for.
Lily then handed the green and black one to Severus who was sitting in front of her. He took his time to open his, unlike Cassandra, and was shocked by what he saw.
(Funfact: It Is NOT a Moose!!!)
"'The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe,'" he was at a loss for words. "I don't know what to say."
"How about thank you?" said Dominic in a teasing tone.
Severus shot him a look and turned back to Lily and gave her a peck on the cheek."Thank you."
She gave him a warm smile,"It was nothing, I new you liked my copy so I got one for you."
The boys eyes had clouded over for a minute before he spoke again.
"Thanks Lily, you don't know how much this means to me."
She then handed the Green and Silver to Dominic, who wore deep blue robes with a silver trim. He decided to open his gift with his wand, and jumped off his seat
"An art set! How did you know?"
"I couldn't think of anything that you didn't already have so I got you this."
He was looking at a wooden box whose contents were filled with art supplies. Dominic smiled and gave her a peck on the cheek and a warm hug, "Thank you Lily, I will cherish this."
It was know Lily's turn to received her gifts from them. They all smiled at each other and handed her a medium sized mahogany box.
"We pitched in together to get you this, we hope you like it."
Lily looked at the box for a moment before opening it. Laying on purple velvet cushion was a silver framed black mirror.
"Its a Scrying Mirror, " explained the Dominic. "Its used to see things like the future. The witches from the olden days used it to use it long before the crystal ball. Its more reliable too."
Cassandra nodded, "Its also used to see things how they really are."
Lily looked at her confused, "What do you mean?"
"Well, if you transfigure a rock into a piece of gold and you place it in front of the mirror all you would see a rock," said Severus.
"It can also be used to see people that are not around."
"You mean like spying on them?"
"Sort of, like if you wanna see us you can, but we can't see you unless we have one too."
Cassandra smiled, "Which of course we do, and with the proper spell we can also talk with it too."
Lily looked at them with a big smile on her face, she hugged Cassandra with tears in her eyes.
She whispered softly in her ear, "Thank you Cass, you've been a good friend to me."
"Don't worry about it, you know I'll always be there when you need me."
Lily then hugged Dominic,"You've also been a great friend."
"Whenever you need a shoulder to lean on, you'll always have me."
And finally she hugged Severus again, "I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have you guys with me."
It took a moment for him to reply,"We feel the same about you Lil."
"Thank you Severus."
For the rest of the trip Cassandra, Dominic, and Severus tried to make Lily forget about her problems. She would smile and laugh but it was usually forced. The only one who really noticed was Severus.
~*~
Tom sat in a chair facing a window that overlooked a vast land filled with gardens and a small pond. He was feeling unnaturally happy, and was humming a small tune. He knew exactly why he was so happy and it didn't even bother him that he was killing a man that he had never even met. It had never stopped him before, and this time he didn't do anything to bring about the mans death. He was enjoying the fact that the man was dying a slow and agonizing death.
"My lord,"
Lord Voldemort turned his head as Belinda entered the room, She was wearing robes of jade, with a fitted bodice that showed enough of her chest to be appreciated. She glidded towards him swaying her hips as she walked.
"Ah Belinda, I'm glad you arrived, I needed to speak with you on a few matters."
"Of course, should we take this in my Laboratory or here?"
"We'll stay here for now then we need to go downstairs and pay a visit to your guest."
"So what do we need to do?"
Lord Voldemort walked up to her desk and took out a scroll.
"I need you to translate this or find someone who can. Tristan found this with the Aurors we took care of last week. So far we can only make out the title, it seems to be in a variety of languages so Tristan wasn't able to do it himself."
She walked over to her desk and took the parchment.
"The man is just to lazy to look my lord, even though I cannot read most of it I can already tell there are over 3 dialects of Laiden, four of Zur, and seven of Quesh. There is even some Egyptian and Greek"
"Good, I want you to organize the Death Eaters in your group and see if you can translate it."
Belinda was looking at the scroll and something caught her eye. It was a tiny symbol that anyone can miss at first glance.
"My Lord, I think you will find this interesting." She pointed at the Symbol and he looked down at it, his eyes grew cold.
The symbol was rare, and hardly ever used. To anyone else it looked like a few random marks, but to Lord Voldemort its meaning was clear.
"I want this to be translated immediately after I leave, the sooner its done the better."
She nodded and rolled it up, "Is there anything else you need me to do my Lord?"
He started making his way downstairs,"Yes, I heard you were going to take Magnus' son as an apprentice. I just wanted to know why."
"I knew that he was well gifted in potions, and I thought it would be good to have an assistant."
He nodded, "Good choice, are you going to train his daughter as well?"
"Yes, but not in potions, I want to teach both her and her brother how to fight without a wand and everything else I know."
He looked at her with approval, "Good, if they are going to be joining us when they come of age they need to resourceful. Train them well, I want them to be as good as you if not better."
"Yes my Lord."
They had reached a large stone door that opened as soon as they approached. On the other side was a man chained to the wall by his arms above his head, his cheeks were sunken, his eyes bloodshot, and his skin pale. He looked up as they approached.
Lord Voldemord stood in front of him,"Ah I'm glad you are awake, that makes things go a lot smoother."
"What do you want?" His voice was ragged and hoarse. "I've given you everything I know."
Lord Voldemort flashed him a smile and brought his face up to the mans. "Ah but I know you haven't. Tell me what you know about The Scroll."
The man looked up with shock but he then replaced it with a smirk.
"I don't know a thing."
Lord Voldemort rolled his eyes, "Are you going to get all heroic on me?"
The man didn't reply.
"Very well, you do realize your sacrificing your life for a lost cause don't you? I will find out either way, with your cooperation or not."
"I would never betray Dumbledore! Say all you want I wont tell you a thing."
Lord Voldemort nodded, "Very well you leave me no choice." He took out his wand and spoke.
"Crucio."
As the mans screams echoed throughout the small room, Lord Voldemort spoke loudly so that the man could hear him.
"People think I'm a cold heartless bastard, even if it is mostly true, I always give you a choice."
As the man screamed he tried to speak, though Lord Voldemort couldn't make out what was being said. So he lowered his wand and went up to the man again.
"Are you ready to cooperate? Either way with all of the information you have been giving her," he motioned towards Belinda. "for the last few months. your already considered a traitor."
The man hung his head his matted hair covering his face. "I'll cooperate."
"Good man,"He turned towards Belinda.
"Belinda have some of your house elves clean him up and have him eat some food. I want him properly groomed by the time I come back."
She nodded and he turned back to the man who was silently sobbing. "There is no need for tears, I take care of the people who help me, but if you try escaping when she takes off your chains she will make you wish for death. Do I make myself clear?"
The man looked up, "Crystal clear."
A few house elves popped in with fresh robes and a bath robe. Belinda went up to them, "Remove his chains and take him to the guest bathroom, I'll be there in a few minutes make sure he doesn't leave."
They nodded and did as she instructed. Lord Voldemort swept out of the room followed by Belinda. As soon as they were upstairs again, Belinda spoke.
"I thought you were backing out, at least that was the impression you made at the last meeting, my lord."
Lord Voldemort smirked, "I thought no one noticed. I was but then I got to thinking about something and I reconsidered it."
"May I ask what made you change your mind?"
He nodded, "I was going to stop everything so that I can have a normal life with a family." He didn't notice her frown. "But then I realized that I am not normal, I never was, nor will I ever be. And I told myself, why give Rosemary a normal life when I can give her the world."
Belinda felt a pain in her heart that she had never experienced before. "So you were willing to sacrifice everything for her?"
He closed his eyes for a moment, "I was, but why should I stop what I worked so hard for? When I get what I want she will have the world at her fingertips instead of a mainstream life that is dull and emotionless. I will give my daughter everything she will ever need. And I will have what I have wanted for so long."
Belinda couldn't think of anything to say so she merely nodded, they walked to her front door and he opened it. He was about to leave but Belinda stopped him.
"Why her? What does she have that countless other witches don't have?" that I don't have, she added to herself.
He turned and gave her an expression that she had never seen him use, it was one of bliss.
"My heart."
With a swish of his robes he was gone.
~*~
Rosemary watched as the scarlet train approached the station rapidly, she gripped her hands nervously through the thick material of her gloves. Soon the students were getting off to greet their families with hugs and kisses. She looked around and saw a familiar flash of dark red. She walked towards it and saw Lily saying good-bye to her friends. They all muttered words of support and hugged her. Rosemary went up to Lily who wore a sad expression but it got worse when she spotted her.
Rosemary felt nervous but that disappeared as soon as she felt Lily wrap her arms around her waist. Rosemary wrapped her into a tight hug and she heard Lily whisper.
"Is he getting better?"
Rosemary sighed, "I don't want to lie to you anymore honey, I'm afraid he's getting worse."
A small sob escaped Lily's lips, but she nodded in understanding.
Rosemary gently grabbed Lily's chin so that she can look at her face, "How about you introduce me to your friends."
Lily gave her a small nod and wiped the tears from her face, she then grabbed Rosemary's hand and led her to her friends who were looking around for their own families. In Dominic's case he was just looking around since he was going to Severus' house, since his own family was at LeFay Manor in El Salvador.
"Mommy, this is Cassandra, Severus, and Dominic. Guys, this is my Mother, Rosemary."
Rosemary shook each of their hands and smiled as both Dominic and Severus bowed.
"A pleasure to meet you."
"Severus? There you are."
They all turned around and saw a man that could only be Severus' father make there way towards them.
"Father, I would like you to meet Cassandra," He shook her hand,
"Dominic, He shook his hand as well and greeted him in Spanish.
"Lily, and Mrs. Rosemary Evans, Lily's mother."
There was a look that passed his face but it was replaced by a charming smile, and shook Lily's hand and gave it a small peck. He then held his hand out to Rosemary "A pleasure, Mrs. Evans, my son has told me a lot about your daughter, I am Magnus Snape"
Rosemary shook his hand and forced a small smile, "I am sorry Mr. Snape for being rude but I have to get going."
He shook his head, "Don't worry I have to be leaving soon, I have to take Severus and Dominic home before I go back to work, and I also promised my partner that I would take his daughter home as well."
"It was a pleasure meeting you," with that Rosemary took Lily's trolley and bade good-bye. Lily lingered momentarily to hug her friends one more time before following her mother.
~*~
After escorting Cassandra home, Severus and Dominic were taken to the Snape household. As soon as they reached Severus' room Dominic collapsed on Severus' bed.
"I'm so tired right now I can pass out on your bed."
"If you do I will roll you to the floor."
Dominic sat up, "So where is the rest of your family."
Severus looked thoughtful, "I think that my mother went to pick up my sister from her lessons."
"Really? What is she trying to learn?"
"I think Fencing, but I'm no sure. She's supposed to be back by now though her lessons only last till sunset."
As if on cue, there was a knock on the door.
Severus sighed, "I'm guessing that's her, ENTER!"
The door opened and a girl walked in, she was a year younger than her brother, and also a bit shorter. She had elbow length black hair, slanted black eyes, and fair skin.
"Hello Evelyn, miss me?" Severus' voice dripped in sarcasm, but he was just joking with her.
"Now why would I miss a two bit annoying prat like yourself, brother dear?" Her smirk could match the one that her brother gave everyone, but her tone was playful. She even went as far as batting her eyelashes at him in a mock innocence way.
Severus hugged his sister and whispered in her ear. "How have you been feeling?"
"Terrible, but what else is new?"
"Did Miss Anguis make you the potion you wrote to me about?"
"Yes, but it only lasts a few hours then the headaches start again."
Severus nodded and pulled away. "Evelyn, this is my friend Dominic, Dominic this is Evelyn."
Dominic fumbled as he shot off of Severus' bed, Evelyn looked at him and then back to Severus, "This is the LeFay you were talking about?"
Severus nodded, raising an eyebrow at Dominic.
"Well, if your a LeFay, then that means you should know how to fence. Correct?"
Dominic was usually a cool, calm Latin boy, he was always a gentlemen, but at the moment he was a blundering idiot.
"I'm a fencing and I know how to lefay....wait I mean...mierda...what I meant was..."
Evelyn giggled, "I know what you meant, I just wanted to know if you would like to have a fencing duel with me later on? We have all the equipment downstairs?"
"Um.....uh.....yeah sure..."
She smiled, "Great! How about tomorrow?"
He only nodded, her smile grew bigger. "It was nice meeting you."
She then gave a peck to Severus on his cheek, and walked towards the door. Without stopping or looking back, she called out.
"Mum said Dinner was in an hour." She then closed the door behind her.
As soon as the door closed Dominic collapsed on Severus' Bed again and started muttering in Spanish to himself. Severus tried to suppress a laugh as Dominic carried a conversation with himself.
"What the bloody hell was that about?"
Dominic sat up and he had a lost boy expression on his face, "I have no idea. I've never lost my charm before and then she walks in and I feel like jelly. I think I might be getting sick. Yeah! That's it I'm getting sick."
Severus looked at him for a moment before going in to a fit of laughter. He grabbed onto his desk and held his midsection trying to calm down but failing miserably.
He managed to choke out, "Cass and Lil would have paid good money to see this!"
Dominic narrowed his eyes and grabbed a pillow from the bed.
Thunk!
Severus stopped and smirked at Dominic who started muttering in Spanish again.
"Estupido."
"Hey at least I wasn't reduced to an idiot at the sight of Evelyn." Shot back Severus, "If I didn't know better I'd think that you have a crush on my sister."
Dominic had leaped up from the bed again, "No I don't!" But the blush that was creeping on his light brown skin was telling Severus otherwise.
"Oh my wizards! You do!"
Dominic blushed harder and looked away while Severus made a disgusted face. "Dom! That's my sister!"
"Just shut up Sev, I don't have a crush on your sister, I just met her for wizards sake! How can I develop a crush on her when I just saw her for only a brief moment?"
Severus rolled his eyes, "Then how do you explain the uncharacteristic way you acted around her?"
Dominic raised his chin, "Like I said I'm coming down with something."
Severus snorted, "Whatever you say Dom. Come on I'll show you were your room is."
~*~
As soon as they reached her house Lily jumped out of the car and ran inside, she ran through the hallways at full speed. When she reached the master bedroom she paused before turning the knob to catch her breath. She was about to turn it when it turn from the inside. Petunia stepped out, her hair was a mess, she had dark rings under her eyes. She held a book in her hand
"How is he?"
"He just fell asleep, he asked me to read to him and he fell asleep during the middle."
"Can I go in?"
Petunia hugged her, "Yes but try to keep quiet, he was feeling worse today."
Lily nodded and walked in.
It was real dark inside, there was only a small fire in her parents fireplace. She walked up to the bed and let a small whimper escape her lips. There lay Dilland looking small and fragile, she had never seen him look so venerable. She sat on a chair that Petunia more than likely had been sitting on and took his hand in hers. Tears were now flowing freely down her pale skin, as one tear landed on Dillands hand, he stirred and opened his eyes.
His voice was week and tired, "Come here Lily." He spread his arms wide inviting her to a hug and she took it, careful not to hurt him. Lily was now shaking with grief, but Dilland just smoothed her hair down.
"Shhh, Lily, don't cry. Honey you have to understand that things happen for a reason, don't think of it as I'm going away forever, think of it like having a guardian to watch over you when you need me the most. I love you, you know that right?"
Lily was unable to speak but she pulled back and nodded, Dilland smiled at her, "Don't Cry for me honey, I don't want you to be sad."
He wiped away her tears with his thumb. They heard the door open and in walked Rosemary and Petunia, Dilland raised an arm motioning for them to come over. Petunia walked to Dillands side, across from Lily, and hugged him. Rosemary sat at the foot of the bed her head cast down in both shame and sorrow.
"My girls, I hate to lie to you, so I wont. I know I'm about to die, I know you know this too. I can feel my body shutting down, and the end is near, but I have no regrets. I lived my life and worked for you to have anything you need in case this was to happen. I don't want you to mourn for me, I want you to live full and happy lives. If you care for me at all you will give me that. It is my final request, and I wish for you to honor it."
Petunia was trying not to cry, her eyes were filled with unshed tears, she bit her lip to keep from sobbing.
Lily was about the same except that she let the tears flow freely, but she held herself from crying out laud.
Rosemary could no longer look at Dilland, she buried her face in her hands.
He took both Lily's and Petunias faces in his hands and they placed their own over his. With his final breath, he said,"I am surrounded by the one's I love and that's the best way to go, I couldn't be happier. I love you all, never forget that"
His hands went limp, but Lily held on to dear life while Petunia gave his hand a kiss and then placed it on the bed. Lily finally spoke the words she wasn't able to say since she walked into the room.
"I love you Daddy."
~*~
Sniff sniff I really liked Dilland so don't hurt me for killing him off. His life was sacrificed for the greater good of my fic. This was so sad I was listening to And One by Linkin Park and My December. So I was in a sad mood while I wrote this.
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