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~*~
The roar of the engine was heard throughout the train as Lily looked out the window, the sun was out, but the rays were dull and lifeless. Nagini was curled up on the arm rest, Ciaron was out delivering a letter, and her friends had gone to get snacks for everyone. She had given them money for her share and stayed behind to think. Her prefect badge gleamed in the light from the compartments lamp.
Her fifth year had been a tiring and stressful one, extra classes, prefect duties, watching as her fellow classmates were called to the side by their Head of House as they learned of a tragedy in their family. Due to the dark times that they were in, there were extra security precautions that had been placed, and sacrifices that were made.
There were four Prefects in every year above fifth year now, she herself was one of the Griffindor prefects, along with Cassandra. Severus and Dominic had become prefects as well, all four of them would make rounds at night together, and made sure that the new rules were not broken.
Other things had changed at Hogwarts, they now shared classes with other grades and one other house. They started learning more advanced and complicated spells under the Headmasters orders, in case the castle was ever to be attacked the students were ready to defend themselves. Under the new Ministry law, students were now allowed to use Magic outside of school, as long as muggles didn't see them, so that they could learn more during the Holidays.
Her neck throbbed from having not been able to sleep last night, a recurring dream she had been having since she got her Hogwarts letter, had disturbed her rest again. Each time she had the dream, she saw her sister, with an odd baby carriage, on top of a hill, looking down at her grave. A bouquet of Lily's was placed on top, only her first name was visible, other graves surrounded her own, each with the same designs on the engraved stone.
After being in Divination since third year, she began to question if the dream was more than a dream. It wouldn't have surprised her since she had seen Cassandra years ago giving a predication. So far half of what she had said had come true, they were living it, but the rest was a mystery to her, Severus, and Dominic. Cassandra refused to believe that she was able to predict the future, she said that the fact that she had to make up lies on her homework was proof.
The compartment door opened and Lily opened an eye to see Evelyn walking with her normal friendly smile.
"Hey Lily, you awake, or do you usually sleep with one eye open?"
Lily sat up and stretched her tired back, "I'm up, just thinking of a few things, didn't your brother tell you that you were supposed to be here since the beginning of the ride?"
Lily had an eyebrow arched as she looked at a smirking Evelyn, "Yes, but he's being an overprotected big brother, I was sitting with a few of my friends that's all. Besides I'm here now, he needs to stop worrying about me."
"Well, you can't blame him, he just wants you safe."
Evelyn sat next from Lily and sighed, "I know, and I love him for it, but I'm not a little girl anymore. I made it to Hogwarts and I take my potions so there isn't much else he can do anyway."
The compartment door opened again and in walked Cassandra followed by Dominic and , all of them were holding large amounts of sweets. They dumped it on a free seat and sat down, Cassandra and Severus across from Lily and Evelyn and Dominic under the window against the wall between them.
"Evelyn I thought we agreed that you would meet up with us before we left the station?" Severus looked at his sister with brotherly authority, his voice was even and calm.
"No, my dear brother, you agreed, I never said a thing." She looked at him challenging him to test her, her voice was as even and calm as his.
Dominic knew where this could lead to, he looked around and found an excuse to interrupt. "It seems we forgot the drinks, anyone care to come with me? Evelyn?"
She stopped glaring at her brother and looked at Dominic with a smile, "Sure I'll go, I will be cack, my dear brother."
Severs glared at her and she did the same, "Whatever."
As soon as they had left Severus slumped back on his seat and grabbed the first sweet he could reach. "Sometimes I wish I could just bind her to her seat and close her mouth, damn her."
Lily grabbed a chocolate frog and unwrapped it, "Severus, you worry about her to much, I know you have a reason to, but she needs to live her own life."
"She's fourteen, she has no life." Said Severus looking indignant.
Cassandra grabbed a bag full of Every Flavored Beans and got comfortable on Severus' lap, her legs thrown across the seats. "She has no life because you don't let anyone other than us and Dominic to get close to her. If anyone even looks at her you jump them, the way you treat her she's never going to have a date to the dances."
He smirked down at her, "Good, she doesn't need a date."
Both Lily and Cassandra rolled there eyes, Lily spoke. "Well, last year you went with Cass to the dance, and if memory serves me correct you were her age, Cass was too."
Cassandra giggled, "Yeah Sevy, how do you explain that?"
He glared at both of them, "We've known each other for years, and we are friends."
She smirked, "Well, she has a guy friend that she has known for years, they are real good friends, would you pound him if they asked her out."
"A guy friend? Who is he? And why haven't I heard about it before?" He was starting to get angry again.
"Calm down, she was only talking about Dominic." Lily was giving a look to Cassandra that said 'Shut up already!'
Severus didn't notice the look, "Dominic has a girlfriend."
Cassandra scoffed, "That tramp! He's only going out with Veronica because she's easy and he has hormones. He doesn't even like her."
"She's been out with every guy in Griffindor and she's working her way through Slytherin. I wouldn't be surprised if she asked you out next." Said Lily while looking through a muggle book.
~*~
Dominic and Evelyn made their way to where the lady with the cart was with hungry students surrounding it. Dominic straightened his Gray button down shirt, and adjusted his robes. Evelyn was not wearing her uniform either, she wore a midnight blue dress that went to a few inches before her knee and a pair of black Dragonhide boots that had a rough sole in case she had a blackout and tripped. A gift from her brother Severus on her birthday last November.
"Thank you for that Dominic, I appreciate it."
Dominic had long since stopped blushing around her, but the way he felt about her only increased, he smiled at her. "Its all right, I know how your brother is. I thought you might want to get away from him before one of you killed the other."
"Yeah, I wouldn't want to have to kill your best friend." Smirked Evelyn.
He returned the smirk, "It's O. K I have back ups."
She laughed, her laugh was soft and delicate, just like her. Dominic found himself laughing with her as they reached the cart. They picked out some Pumpkin juice and a new drink called Cherry Fizz Wiz. (it started fizzing when opened, letting out a cloud of cherry flavored smoke, and stopped when you took a drink from it)
Dominic paid for it with a Galleon, he got his change and walked away with a bag in hand, the four people he didn't want to see came up behind him.
"Oh look Sirius, LeFay is buying us a drink," Said James as he tried to snatch a Pumpkin juice. Dominic shoved his hand away, Evelyn was off to the side chatting with a Ravenclaw girl from her own year and didn't notice.
"Lay off Potter and get your own, we all know you have enough of the money your grandfather stole from the ministry before he died." His voice was cold and emotionless, but his accent thickened a little.
James' brown eyes flashed with anger, he grabbed Dominic's collar, wrinkling the gray button down shirt. "DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT HIM LIKE THAT YOU SLYTHERIN TRASH!"
Dominic was loosing his cool demeanor, he removed James' hands from his collar. "GET. YOUR FILTHY. HANDS. OFF. OF. ME!"
Sirius stepped up for the angry James. "What's the matter LeFay don't want your clothes to get ruined?"
Dominic straightened his shirt, "Your not worth getting in a fight for."
Remus spoke up, "Afraid you will lose?" He looked to the left where Evelyn was still talking to the Ravenclaw. "Afraid your girlfriend will see what a coward you are?"
Dominic glared at Remus, he hated him more than anybody, "Leave Evelyn out of this! You stay away from her, she's way to good for the likes of you."
Remus' eyes flashed, "Is that a challenge."
Dominic smirked, "Like I said, I don't want to waste my time fighting you."
"I'm sure you have nothing better to do," Remus threw the first punch, it hit Dominic in the jaw. This caught Dominic off guard since Remus was never the one who started the fights, Sirius and James were always the ones. Dominic rubbed the side of his jaw and the edge of his lip. A dark trail of blood was trickling down to his chin. He wiped it off and stared at his hands, as soon as he saw the blood, he didn't care if the others jumped in, nor did he care that he was a prefect, 'Lupin is one too,' he told himself.
He threw an uppercut punch, hitting Remus under his chin, followed by kick on the side of his face. Remus stumbled but quickly got back up and tackled Dominic on the floor and started pounding his face. Sirius decided to jump in and held Dominic's hands to keep him from hitting back. Dominic somehow threw his knee up hitting Remus on the back, Remus screamed in pain and whacked Dominic on his head. Dominic free'd one hand from Sirius' grasp and punched Remus in the eye. James and Peter jumped in and held his legs down as Sirius again grabbed his hands. Remus was beyond angry, he was furious, he mustered all his strength and raised his arm to strike....
CLUNK!
Remus went sprawling to the floor next to Dominic, who had his eyes shut tight as he waited for the blow that never came. Remus was close to tears as he rubbed the side of his face where Evelyn's boot had connected with his head. The other three boys had already let go of Dominic, he opened one eye and saw Evelyn kneeling over him offering her hand the way he had the first time they had dueled. He took it gratefully and tried to stand up, as soon as he did, however, he felt a throbbing pain on his hip. It seemed that he had damaged the joint that connected his pelvic bone to his femur when he kneed Remus' back. He fell back down holding his hip, biting his lip to keep from screaming in agony, Evelyn rushed to his side and helped him up.
"Are you O. K?" She asked soothingly as she wrapped an arm around his midsection, staying clear of his hip.
Dominic felt dizzy but shook his head to clear his vision, "I'll live."
Evelyn's face went from concern for Dominic to anger towards the boys in front of her. She looked at them, her face cold but her eyes were ablaze. "Are you all a bunch of cowards that you can't fight him one on one? Learn to fight like men if you keep trying to act as if you were men already."
She looked at Remus and James, "You two are Prefects, learn to act responsibly. What type of example are you giving the other students if you keep acting like a bunch of bigots because your from different houses? The fact that a Slytherin girl who is a year younger than all of you has more insight on this is just pathetic."
She helped Dominic walk, as she brushed passed them, she heard mumbling from one of them, she caught only one word from it.
"...bitchy..."
She stopped and looked over her shoulder, "Bitchy maybe, but this 'bitch' can beat the living snott out of all of you."
Remus' eyes widened since he wasn't talking about her but Dominic, all he had muttered was. "I bet he's going to be all bitchy as soon as she's not around." He couldn't apologize since Evelyn had already walked into the compartment, Remus noticed that even through all of that Dominic still had the drinks in the bag.
~*~
When Evelyn and Dominic finally made it to the compartment a whirr of questions came from the three concerned friends. Evelyn just helped him on the seats and rested his head on her lap. Poor Dominic was about to pass out from the pain. Lily and Cassandra removed his shoes as Severus tried to think of what spell he should use. He didn't want the joint to be bruised more so than it already was so he decided to wrap it in a tight splint to keep the swelling down. Evelyn smoothed his hair down as she fixed the bruises on his face with Lily's help, Cassandra conjured up a straw and put it inside one of the Pumpkin juices. She handed it to Dominic who gave her a weak smile thanking her.
After being bandaged and his major bruises were fixed, Dominic closed his eyes as Evelyn smoothed his silky black hair and explained what she had seen. Both Lily and Cassandra were gushing silently as they marveled on how good of a couple they made. Severus was to busy plotting revenge on the four Grifindors who had jumped his best friend to notice the look that Dominic had on his face.
He had fallen asleep, he looked different from what he normally did. Usually he was lively, filled with conversation, or worried about his family and friends. He was never just calm, relaxed, at peace with his surroundings, until now. He was wrapped in a blanket that Lily had conjured up for him, he snuggled against Evelyn, subconsciously getting as close to her as possible. Evelyn fell asleep soon afterwards, a small, but painful headache had hit her and made her tired. Her head against the window, a few wisps of raven hair fell across her face.
Lily looked at them with a smile as an idea formed in her head she got up and went over to the overhead compartment. She opened her trunk and took out a brand new Wizarding Camera that Tom had given her for her birthday. This one worked without a flash so no one noticed her as she pointed it at the young couple and took a picture.
~*~
Remus was sitting inside his compartment mentally hitting himself over the head, he didn't even bother to fix his bruises, he just sat next to the window as his friends decided to play a game of poker. Sirius had his betting cap on along with a sucker in the side of his mouth to complete the look of an experienced poker player. The fact that he just lost to Peter didn't bother him in the slightest.
As Remus watched the blood red sunset emotions that had been building up for years, but were keep in check due to his abnormality. What Dominic had said earlier had affected him more then he let on to his friends, he knew he wasn't good enough for Evelyn. He didn't know what hurt more the fact that Dominic had rubbed it in his face, or the fact that he knew it was true. Evelyn was an enigma to him that he wanted to solve, one minute she is a shy, delicate flower that could brake at any given moment, or the expert in physical fighting that had no problem in taking down a person twice her size.
He rested his weary head in his hands, the full moon was in a week, and already the effects were taking its toll on Remus' body. He felt tired and battered, a bruise on the side of his head was throbbing, his lip was busted open at the corner but the blood was starting to dry, he absentmindedly licked the wound.
As much as he hated Dominic LeFay, he had never meant to do what he had done earlier, but something inside of him had snapped when he had seen Evelyn laughing with him as they walked to the cart. James had seen his reaction and tried to coax Dominic in the first place, if it weren't for his lack of ability to hide his emotions, none of it would have happened. He could still see Evelyn lecturing them as she helped Dominic to stand up, she had been mad, but most of all, she had been disappointed.
They had spoken many times before, especially in the last year when she had been transferred to the Advanced Runes class that he had been attending at the time. Since the class consisted of doing projects with partners, she had been assigned to him, since before the class had been uneven in the number of students that attended and he had been alone. They spent a lot of time studying in the library, comfortable silences between them were a constant since there wasn't much to talk about in the first place, at least things they were allowed to divulge in others. Only the people in their class knew that they were partners, Lily, Cassandra, and James were included in the list.
"Moony?"
Sirius was waving a hand in his face to get his attention, James and Peter were looking at him with concern. Remus snapped out of his thoughts and looked at them with a slightly raised eyebrow.
James looked back at him over the rim of his glasses, "We've been trying to get your attention for the last fifteen minutes, are you OK?"
Remus forced a small smile that they bought easily, "Yeah just a little tired, you know, with the full moon approaching."
Sirius smiled at him, "Ah don't worry my friend, we'll be there with you at your house for this transformation. Wormtail finally mastered changing last week so we will all joining you, and keep you company."
To demonstrate, Peter changed into a little fat Rat, his beady eyes looked into Remus' eyes before changing back. Sirius and James clapped Peter in the back, both proud that he had finally gotten it, Peter felt himself blush at the attention his friends were giving him. Remus smiled at his less gifted friend and watched as he and his two other best friends started rolling around in the floor, James had Sirius in a headlock while Peter was under them since Sirius had tackled him. Soon they dragged Remus in the dog pile as well, they were a pile of limbs soon, if anyone had seen them, it would have looked like a spell gone wrong.
After a long while of doing so, and a few bruises to pass around, they stopped and rested wherever they could. Soon Sirius and Peter had fallen asleep on their seats, Remus and James were still awake. James wasn't in the mood to talk so he left wanting to stretch his legs, before he left he looked at Remus in the eye.
"You should just tell her how you feel Moony, before you loose her."
Remus looked away, "I don't deserve her."
James turned his back to Remus as he opened the compartment door, "If you don't tell her, then you really don't deserve her."
~*~
Lily had left the compartment after taking the picture, she needed some air. So she went to the caboos of the train and went outside, leaning on the metal railing. Her red hair flying in front of her as the train moved quickly through the country side, she brushed a few strands behind her ear. Her locket clinked as the chain collided with itself, she took hold of it with her fingers, it had become a habit for when she was thinking. The cold silver beneath her fingertips gave her a comfort that she needed in times like these, it made her feel safe, and connected to her sister whom she dearly missed.
After her fathers funeral, Petunia had become distant and didn't come home for Holidays as much as she used to. And then when Rosemary had told Petunia the truth that summer, the distance between the two sisters became greater. Lily still wrote to her, Petunia replied after a few weeks, her letters becoming smaller and smaller. She opened the locket, wanting to hear the comforting melody that had lulled her to sleep when she felt that life was to much for her.
Both her mother and Tom thought that she was fine with everything. At first she was, she didn't care at the moment, but now as much as she wanted them to be happy together, something still bothered her when they were together. There was something there that didn't make sense to her as much as she analyzed it, it would still stay that way. With the war casting a shadow in the Wizarding world, Rosemary had closed their old home, until either Petunia or Lily got married, they now lived in Toms house. He had placed many charms and traps all around the perimeter of the property. The house had been remolded and fixed to accommodate things like electricity and other muggle based things that her mother had requested, the actual house itself had been expanded making rooms bigger for them.
Lily didn't want to go back, she felt safer in Hogwarts, much to Toms dismay, she actually liked Professor Dumbledore. She had many enjoyable afternoon teas with him in Hagrids hut, he always listened to her and gave her advise when she asked for it. She knew that he was sad due to the war, you could tell by looking into his eyes, only a flicker of light shone inside. But he never let it spoil their talks, he always told her that there was hope, no matter how bleak everything seemed, there was always hope.
Hearing those words coming from him made her feel safe inside of Hogwarts where she liked visiting Hagrid with Cassandra and having tea with the Headmaster. Before she had no problem going home to the now named The Serpents Garden, but this time she felt a sense of foreboding. Something was approaching and as much as she wanted it to go away, the feeling of danger in the horizon would not go away. She clutched the railing hard, her knuckles white, her green eyes watching the darkened sky.
She felt a hand on her shoulder, she whirled around to stare into the eyes of James Potter. "Are you OK?"
The question surpassed Lily who was used to James being a class clown who didn't care about anything, but here he stood looking sincere, his voice soft and comforting. She didn't know how long she stared at him until she blinked and looked away.
"Yeah, just thinking." She went back to leaning on the railing, he came next to her and did the same thing. They both watched the old Ministry building, now the Death Eater building, pass by in a whir of dark colors.
"I needed some air, I'm guessing you did too?" Asked James as he studied her profile, memorizing every inch of her face. Her eyes were downcast, her lips into a slight pout, a few strands of auburn hair fell over her eyes.
As she nodded, he hesitated, but brushed the strands away. She looked at him with wide eyes, he lifted her chin and moved his lips to brush against hers.
"Ahem..."
Lily jumped back and looked at an angry Severus, his face was set into an emotionless mask that didn't hide his blazing eyes.
"Lily we are about to reach the station, I suggest we go back to the compartment and help Dominic, since his leg is still badly injured."
James was glaring at him, Severus returned it with his own which was more experienced. Lily composed herself and gave James a final glance before walking away with Severus who had lightly placed his hand on the small of her back.
~*~
Tom offered a hand to Petunia, now nineteen, who was coming out of the Carrige that he had bought for her after a bad experience with a portkey. She took it and climed out, her mother was at home, but Tom wanted Petunia to come with him to pick Lily up from the train station. She had mearly shrugged and agreed to come after he had said that there was something that he needed to discuss with both her and Lily at the same time.
They were inside the Wizarding entrance to the Train station, for those like them, who had brought Carriages to take them home. As they reached the platform, they saw the train pull up, soon students were piling out to greet their families. Petunia scanned the crowd and soon saw her sisters Auburn hair.
"Tom, she's over there." She pointed to the right, Toms eyes followed her finger and he saw Lily muttering to her friend Severus. He smiled and guided Petunia to Lily's location, followed by his houself, Lily spotted them as well and hugged her sister tightly as soon as she was in range. Petunia hugged back and got a good look at Lily, she looked just like their mother, with the exception of her eyes. Lily then hugged Tom who was still taller than her, he hugged back, happy to see his daughter, when she pulled back and looked around she noticed something.
"Where's mother?"
"She stayed at home, Tom said he needed to talk to us in private."
Tom simply smiled as Petunia answered, he instructed Cesy the elf to take Lily's belongings to the carriage. Lily said quick good-byes to Severus, Evelyn, and Cassandra, Dominic was being fussed over by a tall dark haired woman, she held on to him crying in Spanish. Dominic was looking at his father for help but the Englishman knew better than to get between his wife and his son when she was worried about him.
"Mi pobre hijo, ay que te hicieron esos delinquentes?"
"Mom, I'm fine, can we just go?"
Tom led Lily and Petunia to the carriage, after whispering to Cesy, he gave them a hand as both girls entered the carriage. He followed soon afterwards and they were on their way, a silence swept over the carriage as they rode. After about 20 minutes they finally reached their destination, they climbed out and looked around.
They were in a small town, a small muggle town, no one seemed to notice them nor the carriage, they just kept walking. Tom motioned for them to follow him, he led them to a small building that had blacked out windows, they entered. Inside was a brightly lit restaurant with private booths all around with a few tables here and there for couples. A young hostess came over to them.
"Welcome to The Unicorn, do you have reservations?"
Tom nodded, "Under the name Riddle."
The hostess seemed surprised by the name and went to check the Reservation book, a quick scan confirmed it and she led them to a private booth at the very back that had a large window facing a beautiful garden. Tom sat across from both of them, a waiter came in soon afterwards and Tom ordered tea, strawberry of course, he didn't bother with dinner since he knew that after their discussion, they wouldn't be hungry. After the waiter had left he turned to Lily and Petunia who were looking at him expectantly.
He fidgeted under Petunias watchful gaze and grew nervous as he looked at Lily's curious one. He cleared his throat and brought both hands to rest on top of the table.
"I bet that you are both wondering why I brought you here, and before you ask any questions I ask you to hear me out first. This isn't easy for me so I'll be frank and cut the idle small talk. I want to ask you both something that will change everything and nothing at all."
He took a deep breath, "I want to ask you both for your blessing."
Petunia narrowed her blue eyes, "Blessing? For what?"
Tom bit his lip, "Your blessing, so that I may ask your mother to marry me."
Both Lily's and Petunias eyes widened, both speechless, and unable to reply. Tom spoke again, more rapidly as he explained his intentions.
"I love your mother, more than anything in this world, and I want us to become a family, a real one. She doesn't know that I am talking to you about this, nor does she know that I want to propose. But I wanted to get your blessing before I made any plans. You don't have to say anything now, and if one of you doesn't agree then I will forget this conversation ever happened. But I want you both to have a say in the matter, since it will affect you both."
Petunia leaned back against her seat in the booth, she had feared that it would lead to this, she just never expected to have a say in the matter of their families future. She brought a hand to her face to rub her temple as she thought of what to say to a the man she had become fond of and respected but still didn't trust. The distrust had grown over the years since their first meeting even though she had come to accepted him in her mothers life. She knew how her mother felt about him and how he felt for Rosemary, but she knew that underneath the kind and loving man was something that she still was unable to figure out. He had never actually given her a reason to feel that way towards him but she was still unable to shake the feeling she had whenever she saw him when he let his guard down. But now, she saw him look venerable as the fate of his relationship with her mother was in the hands of both herself and her sister.
'Just think of mother, and everything grandmother put her through by forcing her to marry Dad...I want to see her happy right?'
The waiter came back with the tea, after he left Petunia took a long sip, she watched over the rim of the cup Tom look nervously at his, not drinking. She reluctantly sighed as she looked at her sister who stared back looking for an answer from her older sister. Petunia noticed how lost she looked and she knew exactly why, her world was turned upside down as soon as she received that damn letter. Since then Lily had changed, more because of the fact that she knew the truth of what she was. Petunia had seen her sister change so rapidly that it scared her, so much so that she distance herself from her to give her sister enough time and space to find herself. Especially after her fathers death, and when her mother had told Petunia the truth, Petunia had become more distant to her sister. But Lily still looked at her for an answer, Petunia knew what she wanted to hear, so the decision was really in her hands. She looked straight into Lily's eye's and saw her longing for a real family again, looking into her green eyes Petunia found her voice, looking over to Tom who looked at her pleadingly she gave in.
Her voice was soft and sounded like she was going against her best judgment, which she was, but it was steady and it got her point across.
"You have my blessing to marry Mother."
~*~
Belinda waited in her living room, a glass of Brandi in one hand, a book in the other. She didn't wait for long when she saw her fireplace glow green and someone stepped through, soon two more figures stepped out as well. She sat up and placed the book on the coffee table, the glass was still in her hand, its dark contents swirling around.
"Hello Magnus, I see you came on time with the children."
Magnus nodded, "I didn't want to keep you waiting Belinda."
Belinda stood, her midnight blue robes flowing around her body fluidly, she walked up to Evelyn and looked down into her eyes. "Has the new potion been working my dear?"
Evelyn shook her head slightly never leaving Belindas gaze. "Yes, Mistress Anguis, the potion has been stopping the pain."
"Have you had any recent blackouts, and how long did they last?"
Evelyn knew how to answer and show respect, she was only to answer what she had been asked and that was it. "Yes, it lasted the the whole weekend."
Belinda nodded, she grabbed her wand from the table and muttered, "Accio."
Soon a small bag that resembled that of what a Doctor uses, came zooming into the room, Belinda caught it and asked all of them to sit down. She opened her bag and took out a small vial, followed by a larger one, this one had a clear liquid inside. She took the first one over to Evelyn and handed her the dagger she always had in her side. Evelyn knew what to do by now, she made a clean slit across the tips of her fingers and poured the blood inside the vial. Magnus looked away as she did this, not wanting to see his daughters blood. Severus watched already used to it after seeing it done a few hundred times, he had to get used to it if he wanted to become great at potions.
Belinda fixed the wounds and grabbed the vial and Dagger, she placed the dagger in its sheath and started making a few quick tests to see the reaction to her newest potion with Evelyn's blood. Belinda watched the blood change different colors before going back to the original color. She placed everything back in the bag and turned to both her pupils.
"I need to speak with your father in private, can you wait for me in the kitchen, I'm sure that my house elves can give you something to eat."
They nodded and left both of them not really hungry.
Belinda turned towards Magnus who had his head in his hand, the side of his fingers tiredly rubbed his forehead. "So, is she getting any better or worse?"
Belinda sat down across from him, resting her arms on either side of the chair. "Her headaches are getting better but the blackouts are what bothers me, there's no real explanation for them to happen. But they are happening and I think there is more to her condition then the premature birth."
Magnus looked up, "What do you mean?"
"Well, the headaches are because her blood sometimes rushes into her head to quickly and causes a swelling inside her brain. But the blackouts shouldn't be happening, I think its her body trying to stop her from feeling the pain, that, however is just a guess."
Magnus sighed, "So, there isn't anything else you can do?"
"Her headaches are calming down, so I think the blackouts should as well. But she still isn't cured, she will have to take the potion for the rest of her life."
Magnus nodded as he looked into the fire deep in though.
~*~
Tom escorted both girls back to the carriage, a wave of relief emanated from his very being, he felt lighter. Lily jumped into the carriage wanting to collapse on the comfortable seats, exhaustion controlling her senses. Tom was about to go in after her when a very controlled voice made him stop.
"Can I speak with you real quick?"
Tom looked at Petunia who was leaning on the side of the carriage, not looking directly at him. Tom closed the door softly, Lily had fallen asleep on her seat, her cloak wrapped tightly around her form. He waited for her to speak, a brief silence crept over them until Petunia finally spoke.
"There's something about you that both my mother and my sister can't see Tom, even I'm not sure what that is. I like you Tom, I have full respect for you, and I know my mother loves you, but if you or because of you, something happens to her. Magic or no magic, I'll see to it that you pay, even if it isn't by my hands."
Tom stared at her, shocked by her words, as he quickly recovered he ran a hand through his hair causing it to fall over his eye.
"I love your mother and I would never intentionally, or unintentionally, hurt her, you have my word."
Petunia turned her face to look at him, a pleased smirk graced her lips. "I may not be a witch Tom but from what little I have learned from Lily's letters over the years, I know that your word is binding. Swear to me that if something happens to my mother that you will leave me and my sister in peace."
Tom was shocked at her knowledge, but by now he knew better than to underestimate Petunia. "I swear that if in the event that something happens to your mother that if you wish me to I will leave you and your sister alone."
Petunia nodded, after a few moments of looking at him in the eye she offered her hand. "May it never have to come to that."
~*~
A few days later......
Rosemary sat on a piano bench in front of a large black piano that she had found in one of the many rooms inside Toms House. She hadn't played in years, not since before she had gotten married to Dilland. The piano was well kept, 'Probably Cesy,' she mused as she stretched out her fingers.
'I wonder if I still remember how to play..."
Her fingers spread out before the Ivory keys and she started playing at random as she tried to get used to it. Soon she started playing some of her favorites, she was enjoying herself immensely as she continued to play. There were no music sheets in front of her, she played by memory, she was surprised at how she remembered it all.
Tom walked in to the room just as she was in the middle of his favorite song, he leaned in the door way and watched her as she played with her eyes close, her hands moving delicately to the sad melody. When she reached the last mournful note, Tom started clapping like an idiot, whistling and hooting here and there.
Rosemary slammed her fingers on the keys by surprise as she turned to look at him, he was grinning like the Cheshire cat.
(A.N: one thing to say to that, pet the kitty ^_^)
"Tom! You almost gave me a bloody heart attack!"
Tom just smirked, "I didn't know you played."
"Not in a long time, I didn't know you played either."
"I can, but I don't. The piano was a gift."
Rosemary ran a finger over the top of the keys without pressing them. "Oh, who gave it to you?"
He talked as he walked towards her and sat down, "It used to belong to my mother, but when she ran off with that man that was my father, my grandparents sold it. Belinda tracked it down for me when she learned of its existence and gave it to me a few years back on my birthday."
Rosemary just looked at the ivory keys after he had said Belinda's name, jealousy rearing its ugly head inside of her mind. "It seems that, that woman must really like you to go to such trouble for you."
Tom stared at her as she looked towards the window, and suddenly it dawned on him. "Your jealous of her!"
She crossed her arms and didn't respond, Tom looked at her with wide eyes before he broke into a fit of hysterics.
"Its not funny Tom, I've seen the way she acts around you, you can't say that you haven't noticed it."
Tom looked confused, "Noticed what? She just works for me Rosemary, she has no feelings other than professional for me."
Rosemary just got up, shook her head and walked out as she said, "As smart as you are Tom, you can be so oblivious sometimes..."
Tom just watched as she left, confused as hell, then ran after her. 'This isn't going the way I planed...'
He fingered the velvet box in his pocket as he saw her out the hallway window, she was by the lake, throwing skipping stones harshly into the water.
~*~
'Stupid Tom and his obliviousness, and damn that woman.'
She threw a rather large stone to the water, causing a loud splash, she sighed looking down at her reflection. A few tears fell down her face landing on the clear blue water, all that she could think of was HER and Tom. As much as she tried to lie to herself she had witnessed over the years how Belinda felt for Tom.
Belinda only came under extreme circumstances, because of her visits Tom had to go away for business for days, Tom dropped whatever he was doing just to go with her. Rosemary couldn't help but feel inferior when she compared herself to the potions Mistress, especially after she found out that witches age slower than muggles. While she was getting older Belinda looked and stayed young, even is she died at the age of ninety-nine, Belinda could still live for a hundred more.
The sound of someone clearing their throat awkwardly made her snap out of her thoughts and turn around. Tom stood there looking at his shoe as he dug it into the earth, he looked like he had just been scolded, his eyes were down, his lips formed into a pout. Rosemary couldn't help but feel sorry as she looked at him, it wasn't his fault that he didn't see how Belinda felt towards him. She shouldn't have acted that way, she wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face into his chest.
"I'm sorry, it's just that when you mention her...I can't help but feel...jealous."
Tom ran his hand through her auburn hair using the other to bring her face towards his. "I don't know how you could be, she works for me, I trust her with work related things. But I trust you with my body, mind, and soul. I care deeply for you, I wouldn't say so if it weren't true, and I would be here with you either."
A soft kiss was exchanged, making any doubt leave Rosemary's mind, her legs grew weak, but tom moved a hand to the small of her back to keep her from falling. This felt right to Rosemary, she could feel his tender kiss throughout her body, sending shivers down her spine. When they parted, she was flushed, her lips slightly parted, her eyes half closed. She felt Tom grab her left hand as he kneeled in front of her on the grass. Rosemary's eyes widened as he brought out a Black Velvet Box, they widened even farther as he opened it.
A delicate Silver ring lay inside on a small royal purple causing, a perfectly cut diamond lay at the top, as she looked at it longer, it was being held inside of a serpents mouth, the whole ring itself was a silver snake. Its eyes were closed, its fangs held the diamond in place.
"I hate gold, so I'm sorry I didn't go for something more traditional, but I knew it was meant for you the moment I saw it. Please say that you love me and that you will be my wife?"
Fresh tears rolled down her face, her lip quivered as she choked back a sob as he took the ring out and placed it in her finger. She nodded vigorously, she threw her arms around him, causing them to fall on the grass.
She started laughing as she tried to speak, "YES! How can you even ask me that, of course I'll marry you!"
Her hair fell on either side of her face as he smiled up at her, he cupped her cheek, "I'm one of the few men that can offer you the world."
She kissed his lips and looked into his green eyes, "I don't want the world Tom, just you."
~*~
One month later.......
Tom adjusted his collar in front of a muggle mirror, his older wizarding mirrors had been destroyed after a few bouts of anger by his part. His hair refused to stay combed backwards so it framed his green eyes like it always did, he didn't wear robes, but a muggle suit. It was black, of course, with a white dress shirt, black vest and tie. (AN: no not a bow tie, though I wouldn't mind picturing him wearing one...) He adjusted his cufflinks, two small silver snakes, and fixed his suit jacket, he fidgeted with his lapel, annoying thing for him since he rather disliked his suit. Rosemary and him had agreed on a muggle wedding due to the war on the Wizarding world, it was to be small and done by a judge since Rosemary had been married by her church before. (AN: Cant forget Dilland now can we?)
A soft murmur was heard by Toms ears, he turned around but saw nothing there, he shook his head deciding that he was hearing things due to the lack of sleep he had last night. He inspected himself in the mirror and saw that his tie was crooked, he let out a frustrated sigh and unbuttoned his suit jacket followed by his vest. His tie refused to cooperate with him as he tried again to put it on properly. He threw his jacket and vest on the bed letting him work freely with the annoying garment.
There it was again, a soft murmur was heard from behind, he looked around and saw nothing but the furniture that made up his large bedroom. He turned back to the mirror and saw something that he thought would stop bothering him after he destroyed the magical mirrors, himself.
Well, more like his other self, he calmly looked back at the mirror that didn't reflect anything anymore, more like projected something that was deep inside of Toms mind, but always resurfaced when it felt like doing so. It was like a blackish gray mist that took the form of a man, Tom finally managed to get his tie on right, he walked over to his bed and grabbed his vest.
As he pulled it on he looked back at the mirror that hung on the wall in front of him, "I thought you would stop doing that after I destroyed the other mirrors, clearly I was wrong."
The murmur was louder now, but barely audible, it came from inside of Toms head. "Did you think that by destroying charmed mirrors you could get rid of me, I reside inside of you, you cant get rid of me without killing yourself."
Tom glared at it, "I can and I will get rid of you. Your nothing more than a dream that found its way to me even as I am awake."
The mist in the mirror was becoming more solid as they spoke, "I'm no dream my dear friend, I'm a nightmare that will go on even after you are gone. I am here to stay."
Tom clenched his teeth together, his hands forming into a fist, his eyes flashing a brilliant emerald green. "I couldn't control you before, but I can now and I will get rid of you once and for all."
The mist was almost solid, only a few wisps remained flowing in the mirror, a smirk graced its lips, "You can't control me, I live deep inside you, each day you feel me devour your soul!"
Tom grew angrier, but refrained from showing it to much. "You still need me to survive, you aren't strong enough to live without me, but I don't need you. I become stronger without you, death will come and I shall rejoice when it takes you in its clutches."
The mists shrill laugh was heard inside of Toms head, "I'll live inside of you forever with the devil himself by my side, you cannot separate us without harming yourself in the process. You tried it before when you tried to ruin what we have worked so hard for. And for what, a muggle woman who will end up being the death of you. But I regained control leading our beautiful army to taking over the ministry, you cant deny that you didn't feel a great joy when you killed the minister."
"Why wont you just die?"
"Not me, you."
"If I die you die too!"
"You'll die and I shall replace you."
Tom felt frustrated, agitated, and just plain mad, not the way he should be before the wedding, he walked up to the mirror and started yelling at it with great force. "Damn you, why cant you just set me free?"
The mists voice became soft again. "Cant you see," Its form was clear and solid now, "you are me?"
A shadowed copy of Tom was inside the mirror, its red eyes were boring into Tom's green ones. Tom closed his eyes and reopened them to see it gone, as quickly as it came, his angry reflection was the only thing that he could see. He breathed heavily, feeling tired all of a sudden, he glanced at his watch and saw that it was time for him to leave. He grabbed his suit jacket and hastily threw it over his tired form, and left his bedroom, but not his other half, the personality that consumed his soul bits by bits until there was almost nothing left.
As he made his way trough the front door, he sighed giving into something he had thought he had long since become accustomed too.
"I am Lord Voldemort...and no mater how many battles I have with myself, I can't change that..."
~*~
::SNIFF:: *hugs painting of Tom that DPF has been working on for a few weeks, gets paint all over "I Leave Bite Marks Shirt shirt*
I love Tom, he's so pretty and sad and evil...mmm evil good...
I have been working on a few side projects (online comic, paintings, ect) I know this took forever but a lot of things happened during all of this time (on 9-5-02 my school had to be evacuated, I got trampled AGAIN at a concert...)
To say I'm sorry I have a little present for all of you, review and leave me your email and you shall all get a real shibby pic of my latest painting, three words, Tom in Bondage! But since the painting still isn't done it may be a few weeks. Do u guys want a link or the pic inside the email???
Oh and since this story is REAL close to the end, I need to know if you guys want short but updated more often chapters or long once a month ones????? (THIS IS REAL IMPORTANT)
um... I think thats about it... ~.~; as much as I want to thank each and every person personaly like I always do, I'm tired and want to post it as soon as posible. Forgive me and I will thank you next time ^^
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~*~
The roar of the engine was heard throughout the train as Lily looked out the window, the sun was out, but the rays were dull and lifeless. Nagini was curled up on the arm rest, Ciaron was out delivering a letter, and her friends had gone to get snacks for everyone. She had given them money for her share and stayed behind to think. Her prefect badge gleamed in the light from the compartments lamp.
Her fifth year had been a tiring and stressful one, extra classes, prefect duties, watching as her fellow classmates were called to the side by their Head of House as they learned of a tragedy in their family. Due to the dark times that they were in, there were extra security precautions that had been placed, and sacrifices that were made.
There were four Prefects in every year above fifth year now, she herself was one of the Griffindor prefects, along with Cassandra. Severus and Dominic had become prefects as well, all four of them would make rounds at night together, and made sure that the new rules were not broken.
Other things had changed at Hogwarts, they now shared classes with other grades and one other house. They started learning more advanced and complicated spells under the Headmasters orders, in case the castle was ever to be attacked the students were ready to defend themselves. Under the new Ministry law, students were now allowed to use Magic outside of school, as long as muggles didn't see them, so that they could learn more during the Holidays.
Her neck throbbed from having not been able to sleep last night, a recurring dream she had been having since she got her Hogwarts letter, had disturbed her rest again. Each time she had the dream, she saw her sister, with an odd baby carriage, on top of a hill, looking down at her grave. A bouquet of Lily's was placed on top, only her first name was visible, other graves surrounded her own, each with the same designs on the engraved stone.
After being in Divination since third year, she began to question if the dream was more than a dream. It wouldn't have surprised her since she had seen Cassandra years ago giving a predication. So far half of what she had said had come true, they were living it, but the rest was a mystery to her, Severus, and Dominic. Cassandra refused to believe that she was able to predict the future, she said that the fact that she had to make up lies on her homework was proof.
The compartment door opened and Lily opened an eye to see Evelyn walking with her normal friendly smile.
"Hey Lily, you awake, or do you usually sleep with one eye open?"
Lily sat up and stretched her tired back, "I'm up, just thinking of a few things, didn't your brother tell you that you were supposed to be here since the beginning of the ride?"
Lily had an eyebrow arched as she looked at a smirking Evelyn, "Yes, but he's being an overprotected big brother, I was sitting with a few of my friends that's all. Besides I'm here now, he needs to stop worrying about me."
"Well, you can't blame him, he just wants you safe."
Evelyn sat next from Lily and sighed, "I know, and I love him for it, but I'm not a little girl anymore. I made it to Hogwarts and I take my potions so there isn't much else he can do anyway."
The compartment door opened again and in walked Cassandra followed by Dominic and , all of them were holding large amounts of sweets. They dumped it on a free seat and sat down, Cassandra and Severus across from Lily and Evelyn and Dominic under the window against the wall between them.
"Evelyn I thought we agreed that you would meet up with us before we left the station?" Severus looked at his sister with brotherly authority, his voice was even and calm.
"No, my dear brother, you agreed, I never said a thing." She looked at him challenging him to test her, her voice was as even and calm as his.
Dominic knew where this could lead to, he looked around and found an excuse to interrupt. "It seems we forgot the drinks, anyone care to come with me? Evelyn?"
She stopped glaring at her brother and looked at Dominic with a smile, "Sure I'll go, I will be cack, my dear brother."
Severs glared at her and she did the same, "Whatever."
As soon as they had left Severus slumped back on his seat and grabbed the first sweet he could reach. "Sometimes I wish I could just bind her to her seat and close her mouth, damn her."
Lily grabbed a chocolate frog and unwrapped it, "Severus, you worry about her to much, I know you have a reason to, but she needs to live her own life."
"She's fourteen, she has no life." Said Severus looking indignant.
Cassandra grabbed a bag full of Every Flavored Beans and got comfortable on Severus' lap, her legs thrown across the seats. "She has no life because you don't let anyone other than us and Dominic to get close to her. If anyone even looks at her you jump them, the way you treat her she's never going to have a date to the dances."
He smirked down at her, "Good, she doesn't need a date."
Both Lily and Cassandra rolled there eyes, Lily spoke. "Well, last year you went with Cass to the dance, and if memory serves me correct you were her age, Cass was too."
Cassandra giggled, "Yeah Sevy, how do you explain that?"
He glared at both of them, "We've known each other for years, and we are friends."
She smirked, "Well, she has a guy friend that she has known for years, they are real good friends, would you pound him if they asked her out."
"A guy friend? Who is he? And why haven't I heard about it before?" He was starting to get angry again.
"Calm down, she was only talking about Dominic." Lily was giving a look to Cassandra that said 'Shut up already!'
Severus didn't notice the look, "Dominic has a girlfriend."
Cassandra scoffed, "That tramp! He's only going out with Veronica because she's easy and he has hormones. He doesn't even like her."
"She's been out with every guy in Griffindor and she's working her way through Slytherin. I wouldn't be surprised if she asked you out next." Said Lily while looking through a muggle book.
~*~
Dominic and Evelyn made their way to where the lady with the cart was with hungry students surrounding it. Dominic straightened his Gray button down shirt, and adjusted his robes. Evelyn was not wearing her uniform either, she wore a midnight blue dress that went to a few inches before her knee and a pair of black Dragonhide boots that had a rough sole in case she had a blackout and tripped. A gift from her brother Severus on her birthday last November.
"Thank you for that Dominic, I appreciate it."
Dominic had long since stopped blushing around her, but the way he felt about her only increased, he smiled at her. "Its all right, I know how your brother is. I thought you might want to get away from him before one of you killed the other."
"Yeah, I wouldn't want to have to kill your best friend." Smirked Evelyn.
He returned the smirk, "It's O. K I have back ups."
She laughed, her laugh was soft and delicate, just like her. Dominic found himself laughing with her as they reached the cart. They picked out some Pumpkin juice and a new drink called Cherry Fizz Wiz. (it started fizzing when opened, letting out a cloud of cherry flavored smoke, and stopped when you took a drink from it)
Dominic paid for it with a Galleon, he got his change and walked away with a bag in hand, the four people he didn't want to see came up behind him.
"Oh look Sirius, LeFay is buying us a drink," Said James as he tried to snatch a Pumpkin juice. Dominic shoved his hand away, Evelyn was off to the side chatting with a Ravenclaw girl from her own year and didn't notice.
"Lay off Potter and get your own, we all know you have enough of the money your grandfather stole from the ministry before he died." His voice was cold and emotionless, but his accent thickened a little.
James' brown eyes flashed with anger, he grabbed Dominic's collar, wrinkling the gray button down shirt. "DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT HIM LIKE THAT YOU SLYTHERIN TRASH!"
Dominic was loosing his cool demeanor, he removed James' hands from his collar. "GET. YOUR FILTHY. HANDS. OFF. OF. ME!"
Sirius stepped up for the angry James. "What's the matter LeFay don't want your clothes to get ruined?"
Dominic straightened his shirt, "Your not worth getting in a fight for."
Remus spoke up, "Afraid you will lose?" He looked to the left where Evelyn was still talking to the Ravenclaw. "Afraid your girlfriend will see what a coward you are?"
Dominic glared at Remus, he hated him more than anybody, "Leave Evelyn out of this! You stay away from her, she's way to good for the likes of you."
Remus' eyes flashed, "Is that a challenge."
Dominic smirked, "Like I said, I don't want to waste my time fighting you."
"I'm sure you have nothing better to do," Remus threw the first punch, it hit Dominic in the jaw. This caught Dominic off guard since Remus was never the one who started the fights, Sirius and James were always the ones. Dominic rubbed the side of his jaw and the edge of his lip. A dark trail of blood was trickling down to his chin. He wiped it off and stared at his hands, as soon as he saw the blood, he didn't care if the others jumped in, nor did he care that he was a prefect, 'Lupin is one too,' he told himself.
He threw an uppercut punch, hitting Remus under his chin, followed by kick on the side of his face. Remus stumbled but quickly got back up and tackled Dominic on the floor and started pounding his face. Sirius decided to jump in and held Dominic's hands to keep him from hitting back. Dominic somehow threw his knee up hitting Remus on the back, Remus screamed in pain and whacked Dominic on his head. Dominic free'd one hand from Sirius' grasp and punched Remus in the eye. James and Peter jumped in and held his legs down as Sirius again grabbed his hands. Remus was beyond angry, he was furious, he mustered all his strength and raised his arm to strike....
CLUNK!
Remus went sprawling to the floor next to Dominic, who had his eyes shut tight as he waited for the blow that never came. Remus was close to tears as he rubbed the side of his face where Evelyn's boot had connected with his head. The other three boys had already let go of Dominic, he opened one eye and saw Evelyn kneeling over him offering her hand the way he had the first time they had dueled. He took it gratefully and tried to stand up, as soon as he did, however, he felt a throbbing pain on his hip. It seemed that he had damaged the joint that connected his pelvic bone to his femur when he kneed Remus' back. He fell back down holding his hip, biting his lip to keep from screaming in agony, Evelyn rushed to his side and helped him up.
"Are you O. K?" She asked soothingly as she wrapped an arm around his midsection, staying clear of his hip.
Dominic felt dizzy but shook his head to clear his vision, "I'll live."
Evelyn's face went from concern for Dominic to anger towards the boys in front of her. She looked at them, her face cold but her eyes were ablaze. "Are you all a bunch of cowards that you can't fight him one on one? Learn to fight like men if you keep trying to act as if you were men already."
She looked at Remus and James, "You two are Prefects, learn to act responsibly. What type of example are you giving the other students if you keep acting like a bunch of bigots because your from different houses? The fact that a Slytherin girl who is a year younger than all of you has more insight on this is just pathetic."
She helped Dominic walk, as she brushed passed them, she heard mumbling from one of them, she caught only one word from it.
"...bitchy..."
She stopped and looked over her shoulder, "Bitchy maybe, but this 'bitch' can beat the living snott out of all of you."
Remus' eyes widened since he wasn't talking about her but Dominic, all he had muttered was. "I bet he's going to be all bitchy as soon as she's not around." He couldn't apologize since Evelyn had already walked into the compartment, Remus noticed that even through all of that Dominic still had the drinks in the bag.
~*~
When Evelyn and Dominic finally made it to the compartment a whirr of questions came from the three concerned friends. Evelyn just helped him on the seats and rested his head on her lap. Poor Dominic was about to pass out from the pain. Lily and Cassandra removed his shoes as Severus tried to think of what spell he should use. He didn't want the joint to be bruised more so than it already was so he decided to wrap it in a tight splint to keep the swelling down. Evelyn smoothed his hair down as she fixed the bruises on his face with Lily's help, Cassandra conjured up a straw and put it inside one of the Pumpkin juices. She handed it to Dominic who gave her a weak smile thanking her.
After being bandaged and his major bruises were fixed, Dominic closed his eyes as Evelyn smoothed his silky black hair and explained what she had seen. Both Lily and Cassandra were gushing silently as they marveled on how good of a couple they made. Severus was to busy plotting revenge on the four Grifindors who had jumped his best friend to notice the look that Dominic had on his face.
He had fallen asleep, he looked different from what he normally did. Usually he was lively, filled with conversation, or worried about his family and friends. He was never just calm, relaxed, at peace with his surroundings, until now. He was wrapped in a blanket that Lily had conjured up for him, he snuggled against Evelyn, subconsciously getting as close to her as possible. Evelyn fell asleep soon afterwards, a small, but painful headache had hit her and made her tired. Her head against the window, a few wisps of raven hair fell across her face.
Lily looked at them with a smile as an idea formed in her head she got up and went over to the overhead compartment. She opened her trunk and took out a brand new Wizarding Camera that Tom had given her for her birthday. This one worked without a flash so no one noticed her as she pointed it at the young couple and took a picture.
~*~
Remus was sitting inside his compartment mentally hitting himself over the head, he didn't even bother to fix his bruises, he just sat next to the window as his friends decided to play a game of poker. Sirius had his betting cap on along with a sucker in the side of his mouth to complete the look of an experienced poker player. The fact that he just lost to Peter didn't bother him in the slightest.
As Remus watched the blood red sunset emotions that had been building up for years, but were keep in check due to his abnormality. What Dominic had said earlier had affected him more then he let on to his friends, he knew he wasn't good enough for Evelyn. He didn't know what hurt more the fact that Dominic had rubbed it in his face, or the fact that he knew it was true. Evelyn was an enigma to him that he wanted to solve, one minute she is a shy, delicate flower that could brake at any given moment, or the expert in physical fighting that had no problem in taking down a person twice her size.
He rested his weary head in his hands, the full moon was in a week, and already the effects were taking its toll on Remus' body. He felt tired and battered, a bruise on the side of his head was throbbing, his lip was busted open at the corner but the blood was starting to dry, he absentmindedly licked the wound.
As much as he hated Dominic LeFay, he had never meant to do what he had done earlier, but something inside of him had snapped when he had seen Evelyn laughing with him as they walked to the cart. James had seen his reaction and tried to coax Dominic in the first place, if it weren't for his lack of ability to hide his emotions, none of it would have happened. He could still see Evelyn lecturing them as she helped Dominic to stand up, she had been mad, but most of all, she had been disappointed.
They had spoken many times before, especially in the last year when she had been transferred to the Advanced Runes class that he had been attending at the time. Since the class consisted of doing projects with partners, she had been assigned to him, since before the class had been uneven in the number of students that attended and he had been alone. They spent a lot of time studying in the library, comfortable silences between them were a constant since there wasn't much to talk about in the first place, at least things they were allowed to divulge in others. Only the people in their class knew that they were partners, Lily, Cassandra, and James were included in the list.
"Moony?"
Sirius was waving a hand in his face to get his attention, James and Peter were looking at him with concern. Remus snapped out of his thoughts and looked at them with a slightly raised eyebrow.
James looked back at him over the rim of his glasses, "We've been trying to get your attention for the last fifteen minutes, are you OK?"
Remus forced a small smile that they bought easily, "Yeah just a little tired, you know, with the full moon approaching."
Sirius smiled at him, "Ah don't worry my friend, we'll be there with you at your house for this transformation. Wormtail finally mastered changing last week so we will all joining you, and keep you company."
To demonstrate, Peter changed into a little fat Rat, his beady eyes looked into Remus' eyes before changing back. Sirius and James clapped Peter in the back, both proud that he had finally gotten it, Peter felt himself blush at the attention his friends were giving him. Remus smiled at his less gifted friend and watched as he and his two other best friends started rolling around in the floor, James had Sirius in a headlock while Peter was under them since Sirius had tackled him. Soon they dragged Remus in the dog pile as well, they were a pile of limbs soon, if anyone had seen them, it would have looked like a spell gone wrong.
After a long while of doing so, and a few bruises to pass around, they stopped and rested wherever they could. Soon Sirius and Peter had fallen asleep on their seats, Remus and James were still awake. James wasn't in the mood to talk so he left wanting to stretch his legs, before he left he looked at Remus in the eye.
"You should just tell her how you feel Moony, before you loose her."
Remus looked away, "I don't deserve her."
James turned his back to Remus as he opened the compartment door, "If you don't tell her, then you really don't deserve her."
~*~
Lily had left the compartment after taking the picture, she needed some air. So she went to the caboos of the train and went outside, leaning on the metal railing. Her red hair flying in front of her as the train moved quickly through the country side, she brushed a few strands behind her ear. Her locket clinked as the chain collided with itself, she took hold of it with her fingers, it had become a habit for when she was thinking. The cold silver beneath her fingertips gave her a comfort that she needed in times like these, it made her feel safe, and connected to her sister whom she dearly missed.
After her fathers funeral, Petunia had become distant and didn't come home for Holidays as much as she used to. And then when Rosemary had told Petunia the truth that summer, the distance between the two sisters became greater. Lily still wrote to her, Petunia replied after a few weeks, her letters becoming smaller and smaller. She opened the locket, wanting to hear the comforting melody that had lulled her to sleep when she felt that life was to much for her.
Both her mother and Tom thought that she was fine with everything. At first she was, she didn't care at the moment, but now as much as she wanted them to be happy together, something still bothered her when they were together. There was something there that didn't make sense to her as much as she analyzed it, it would still stay that way. With the war casting a shadow in the Wizarding world, Rosemary had closed their old home, until either Petunia or Lily got married, they now lived in Toms house. He had placed many charms and traps all around the perimeter of the property. The house had been remolded and fixed to accommodate things like electricity and other muggle based things that her mother had requested, the actual house itself had been expanded making rooms bigger for them.
Lily didn't want to go back, she felt safer in Hogwarts, much to Toms dismay, she actually liked Professor Dumbledore. She had many enjoyable afternoon teas with him in Hagrids hut, he always listened to her and gave her advise when she asked for it. She knew that he was sad due to the war, you could tell by looking into his eyes, only a flicker of light shone inside. But he never let it spoil their talks, he always told her that there was hope, no matter how bleak everything seemed, there was always hope.
Hearing those words coming from him made her feel safe inside of Hogwarts where she liked visiting Hagrid with Cassandra and having tea with the Headmaster. Before she had no problem going home to the now named The Serpents Garden, but this time she felt a sense of foreboding. Something was approaching and as much as she wanted it to go away, the feeling of danger in the horizon would not go away. She clutched the railing hard, her knuckles white, her green eyes watching the darkened sky.
She felt a hand on her shoulder, she whirled around to stare into the eyes of James Potter. "Are you OK?"
The question surpassed Lily who was used to James being a class clown who didn't care about anything, but here he stood looking sincere, his voice soft and comforting. She didn't know how long she stared at him until she blinked and looked away.
"Yeah, just thinking." She went back to leaning on the railing, he came next to her and did the same thing. They both watched the old Ministry building, now the Death Eater building, pass by in a whir of dark colors.
"I needed some air, I'm guessing you did too?" Asked James as he studied her profile, memorizing every inch of her face. Her eyes were downcast, her lips into a slight pout, a few strands of auburn hair fell over her eyes.
As she nodded, he hesitated, but brushed the strands away. She looked at him with wide eyes, he lifted her chin and moved his lips to brush against hers.
"Ahem..."
Lily jumped back and looked at an angry Severus, his face was set into an emotionless mask that didn't hide his blazing eyes.
"Lily we are about to reach the station, I suggest we go back to the compartment and help Dominic, since his leg is still badly injured."
James was glaring at him, Severus returned it with his own which was more experienced. Lily composed herself and gave James a final glance before walking away with Severus who had lightly placed his hand on the small of her back.
~*~
Tom offered a hand to Petunia, now nineteen, who was coming out of the Carrige that he had bought for her after a bad experience with a portkey. She took it and climed out, her mother was at home, but Tom wanted Petunia to come with him to pick Lily up from the train station. She had mearly shrugged and agreed to come after he had said that there was something that he needed to discuss with both her and Lily at the same time.
They were inside the Wizarding entrance to the Train station, for those like them, who had brought Carriages to take them home. As they reached the platform, they saw the train pull up, soon students were piling out to greet their families. Petunia scanned the crowd and soon saw her sisters Auburn hair.
"Tom, she's over there." She pointed to the right, Toms eyes followed her finger and he saw Lily muttering to her friend Severus. He smiled and guided Petunia to Lily's location, followed by his houself, Lily spotted them as well and hugged her sister tightly as soon as she was in range. Petunia hugged back and got a good look at Lily, she looked just like their mother, with the exception of her eyes. Lily then hugged Tom who was still taller than her, he hugged back, happy to see his daughter, when she pulled back and looked around she noticed something.
"Where's mother?"
"She stayed at home, Tom said he needed to talk to us in private."
Tom simply smiled as Petunia answered, he instructed Cesy the elf to take Lily's belongings to the carriage. Lily said quick good-byes to Severus, Evelyn, and Cassandra, Dominic was being fussed over by a tall dark haired woman, she held on to him crying in Spanish. Dominic was looking at his father for help but the Englishman knew better than to get between his wife and his son when she was worried about him.
"Mi pobre hijo, ay que te hicieron esos delinquentes?"
"Mom, I'm fine, can we just go?"
Tom led Lily and Petunia to the carriage, after whispering to Cesy, he gave them a hand as both girls entered the carriage. He followed soon afterwards and they were on their way, a silence swept over the carriage as they rode. After about 20 minutes they finally reached their destination, they climbed out and looked around.
They were in a small town, a small muggle town, no one seemed to notice them nor the carriage, they just kept walking. Tom motioned for them to follow him, he led them to a small building that had blacked out windows, they entered. Inside was a brightly lit restaurant with private booths all around with a few tables here and there for couples. A young hostess came over to them.
"Welcome to The Unicorn, do you have reservations?"
Tom nodded, "Under the name Riddle."
The hostess seemed surprised by the name and went to check the Reservation book, a quick scan confirmed it and she led them to a private booth at the very back that had a large window facing a beautiful garden. Tom sat across from both of them, a waiter came in soon afterwards and Tom ordered tea, strawberry of course, he didn't bother with dinner since he knew that after their discussion, they wouldn't be hungry. After the waiter had left he turned to Lily and Petunia who were looking at him expectantly.
He fidgeted under Petunias watchful gaze and grew nervous as he looked at Lily's curious one. He cleared his throat and brought both hands to rest on top of the table.
"I bet that you are both wondering why I brought you here, and before you ask any questions I ask you to hear me out first. This isn't easy for me so I'll be frank and cut the idle small talk. I want to ask you both something that will change everything and nothing at all."
He took a deep breath, "I want to ask you both for your blessing."
Petunia narrowed her blue eyes, "Blessing? For what?"
Tom bit his lip, "Your blessing, so that I may ask your mother to marry me."
Both Lily's and Petunias eyes widened, both speechless, and unable to reply. Tom spoke again, more rapidly as he explained his intentions.
"I love your mother, more than anything in this world, and I want us to become a family, a real one. She doesn't know that I am talking to you about this, nor does she know that I want to propose. But I wanted to get your blessing before I made any plans. You don't have to say anything now, and if one of you doesn't agree then I will forget this conversation ever happened. But I want you both to have a say in the matter, since it will affect you both."
Petunia leaned back against her seat in the booth, she had feared that it would lead to this, she just never expected to have a say in the matter of their families future. She brought a hand to her face to rub her temple as she thought of what to say to a the man she had become fond of and respected but still didn't trust. The distrust had grown over the years since their first meeting even though she had come to accepted him in her mothers life. She knew how her mother felt about him and how he felt for Rosemary, but she knew that underneath the kind and loving man was something that she still was unable to figure out. He had never actually given her a reason to feel that way towards him but she was still unable to shake the feeling she had whenever she saw him when he let his guard down. But now, she saw him look venerable as the fate of his relationship with her mother was in the hands of both herself and her sister.
'Just think of mother, and everything grandmother put her through by forcing her to marry Dad...I want to see her happy right?'
The waiter came back with the tea, after he left Petunia took a long sip, she watched over the rim of the cup Tom look nervously at his, not drinking. She reluctantly sighed as she looked at her sister who stared back looking for an answer from her older sister. Petunia noticed how lost she looked and she knew exactly why, her world was turned upside down as soon as she received that damn letter. Since then Lily had changed, more because of the fact that she knew the truth of what she was. Petunia had seen her sister change so rapidly that it scared her, so much so that she distance herself from her to give her sister enough time and space to find herself. Especially after her fathers death, and when her mother had told Petunia the truth, Petunia had become more distant to her sister. But Lily still looked at her for an answer, Petunia knew what she wanted to hear, so the decision was really in her hands. She looked straight into Lily's eye's and saw her longing for a real family again, looking into her green eyes Petunia found her voice, looking over to Tom who looked at her pleadingly she gave in.
Her voice was soft and sounded like she was going against her best judgment, which she was, but it was steady and it got her point across.
"You have my blessing to marry Mother."
~*~
Belinda waited in her living room, a glass of Brandi in one hand, a book in the other. She didn't wait for long when she saw her fireplace glow green and someone stepped through, soon two more figures stepped out as well. She sat up and placed the book on the coffee table, the glass was still in her hand, its dark contents swirling around.
"Hello Magnus, I see you came on time with the children."
Magnus nodded, "I didn't want to keep you waiting Belinda."
Belinda stood, her midnight blue robes flowing around her body fluidly, she walked up to Evelyn and looked down into her eyes. "Has the new potion been working my dear?"
Evelyn shook her head slightly never leaving Belindas gaze. "Yes, Mistress Anguis, the potion has been stopping the pain."
"Have you had any recent blackouts, and how long did they last?"
Evelyn knew how to answer and show respect, she was only to answer what she had been asked and that was it. "Yes, it lasted the the whole weekend."
Belinda nodded, she grabbed her wand from the table and muttered, "Accio."
Soon a small bag that resembled that of what a Doctor uses, came zooming into the room, Belinda caught it and asked all of them to sit down. She opened her bag and took out a small vial, followed by a larger one, this one had a clear liquid inside. She took the first one over to Evelyn and handed her the dagger she always had in her side. Evelyn knew what to do by now, she made a clean slit across the tips of her fingers and poured the blood inside the vial. Magnus looked away as she did this, not wanting to see his daughters blood. Severus watched already used to it after seeing it done a few hundred times, he had to get used to it if he wanted to become great at potions.
Belinda fixed the wounds and grabbed the vial and Dagger, she placed the dagger in its sheath and started making a few quick tests to see the reaction to her newest potion with Evelyn's blood. Belinda watched the blood change different colors before going back to the original color. She placed everything back in the bag and turned to both her pupils.
"I need to speak with your father in private, can you wait for me in the kitchen, I'm sure that my house elves can give you something to eat."
They nodded and left both of them not really hungry.
Belinda turned towards Magnus who had his head in his hand, the side of his fingers tiredly rubbed his forehead. "So, is she getting any better or worse?"
Belinda sat down across from him, resting her arms on either side of the chair. "Her headaches are getting better but the blackouts are what bothers me, there's no real explanation for them to happen. But they are happening and I think there is more to her condition then the premature birth."
Magnus looked up, "What do you mean?"
"Well, the headaches are because her blood sometimes rushes into her head to quickly and causes a swelling inside her brain. But the blackouts shouldn't be happening, I think its her body trying to stop her from feeling the pain, that, however is just a guess."
Magnus sighed, "So, there isn't anything else you can do?"
"Her headaches are calming down, so I think the blackouts should as well. But she still isn't cured, she will have to take the potion for the rest of her life."
Magnus nodded as he looked into the fire deep in though.
~*~
Tom escorted both girls back to the carriage, a wave of relief emanated from his very being, he felt lighter. Lily jumped into the carriage wanting to collapse on the comfortable seats, exhaustion controlling her senses. Tom was about to go in after her when a very controlled voice made him stop.
"Can I speak with you real quick?"
Tom looked at Petunia who was leaning on the side of the carriage, not looking directly at him. Tom closed the door softly, Lily had fallen asleep on her seat, her cloak wrapped tightly around her form. He waited for her to speak, a brief silence crept over them until Petunia finally spoke.
"There's something about you that both my mother and my sister can't see Tom, even I'm not sure what that is. I like you Tom, I have full respect for you, and I know my mother loves you, but if you or because of you, something happens to her. Magic or no magic, I'll see to it that you pay, even if it isn't by my hands."
Tom stared at her, shocked by her words, as he quickly recovered he ran a hand through his hair causing it to fall over his eye.
"I love your mother and I would never intentionally, or unintentionally, hurt her, you have my word."
Petunia turned her face to look at him, a pleased smirk graced her lips. "I may not be a witch Tom but from what little I have learned from Lily's letters over the years, I know that your word is binding. Swear to me that if something happens to my mother that you will leave me and my sister in peace."
Tom was shocked at her knowledge, but by now he knew better than to underestimate Petunia. "I swear that if in the event that something happens to your mother that if you wish me to I will leave you and your sister alone."
Petunia nodded, after a few moments of looking at him in the eye she offered her hand. "May it never have to come to that."
~*~
A few days later......
Rosemary sat on a piano bench in front of a large black piano that she had found in one of the many rooms inside Toms House. She hadn't played in years, not since before she had gotten married to Dilland. The piano was well kept, 'Probably Cesy,' she mused as she stretched out her fingers.
'I wonder if I still remember how to play..."
Her fingers spread out before the Ivory keys and she started playing at random as she tried to get used to it. Soon she started playing some of her favorites, she was enjoying herself immensely as she continued to play. There were no music sheets in front of her, she played by memory, she was surprised at how she remembered it all.
Tom walked in to the room just as she was in the middle of his favorite song, he leaned in the door way and watched her as she played with her eyes close, her hands moving delicately to the sad melody. When she reached the last mournful note, Tom started clapping like an idiot, whistling and hooting here and there.
Rosemary slammed her fingers on the keys by surprise as she turned to look at him, he was grinning like the Cheshire cat.
(A.N: one thing to say to that, pet the kitty ^_^)
"Tom! You almost gave me a bloody heart attack!"
Tom just smirked, "I didn't know you played."
"Not in a long time, I didn't know you played either."
"I can, but I don't. The piano was a gift."
Rosemary ran a finger over the top of the keys without pressing them. "Oh, who gave it to you?"
He talked as he walked towards her and sat down, "It used to belong to my mother, but when she ran off with that man that was my father, my grandparents sold it. Belinda tracked it down for me when she learned of its existence and gave it to me a few years back on my birthday."
Rosemary just looked at the ivory keys after he had said Belinda's name, jealousy rearing its ugly head inside of her mind. "It seems that, that woman must really like you to go to such trouble for you."
Tom stared at her as she looked towards the window, and suddenly it dawned on him. "Your jealous of her!"
She crossed her arms and didn't respond, Tom looked at her with wide eyes before he broke into a fit of hysterics.
"Its not funny Tom, I've seen the way she acts around you, you can't say that you haven't noticed it."
Tom looked confused, "Noticed what? She just works for me Rosemary, she has no feelings other than professional for me."
Rosemary just got up, shook her head and walked out as she said, "As smart as you are Tom, you can be so oblivious sometimes..."
Tom just watched as she left, confused as hell, then ran after her. 'This isn't going the way I planed...'
He fingered the velvet box in his pocket as he saw her out the hallway window, she was by the lake, throwing skipping stones harshly into the water.
~*~
'Stupid Tom and his obliviousness, and damn that woman.'
She threw a rather large stone to the water, causing a loud splash, she sighed looking down at her reflection. A few tears fell down her face landing on the clear blue water, all that she could think of was HER and Tom. As much as she tried to lie to herself she had witnessed over the years how Belinda felt for Tom.
Belinda only came under extreme circumstances, because of her visits Tom had to go away for business for days, Tom dropped whatever he was doing just to go with her. Rosemary couldn't help but feel inferior when she compared herself to the potions Mistress, especially after she found out that witches age slower than muggles. While she was getting older Belinda looked and stayed young, even is she died at the age of ninety-nine, Belinda could still live for a hundred more.
The sound of someone clearing their throat awkwardly made her snap out of her thoughts and turn around. Tom stood there looking at his shoe as he dug it into the earth, he looked like he had just been scolded, his eyes were down, his lips formed into a pout. Rosemary couldn't help but feel sorry as she looked at him, it wasn't his fault that he didn't see how Belinda felt towards him. She shouldn't have acted that way, she wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face into his chest.
"I'm sorry, it's just that when you mention her...I can't help but feel...jealous."
Tom ran his hand through her auburn hair using the other to bring her face towards his. "I don't know how you could be, she works for me, I trust her with work related things. But I trust you with my body, mind, and soul. I care deeply for you, I wouldn't say so if it weren't true, and I would be here with you either."
A soft kiss was exchanged, making any doubt leave Rosemary's mind, her legs grew weak, but tom moved a hand to the small of her back to keep her from falling. This felt right to Rosemary, she could feel his tender kiss throughout her body, sending shivers down her spine. When they parted, she was flushed, her lips slightly parted, her eyes half closed. She felt Tom grab her left hand as he kneeled in front of her on the grass. Rosemary's eyes widened as he brought out a Black Velvet Box, they widened even farther as he opened it.
A delicate Silver ring lay inside on a small royal purple causing, a perfectly cut diamond lay at the top, as she looked at it longer, it was being held inside of a serpents mouth, the whole ring itself was a silver snake. Its eyes were closed, its fangs held the diamond in place.
"I hate gold, so I'm sorry I didn't go for something more traditional, but I knew it was meant for you the moment I saw it. Please say that you love me and that you will be my wife?"
Fresh tears rolled down her face, her lip quivered as she choked back a sob as he took the ring out and placed it in her finger. She nodded vigorously, she threw her arms around him, causing them to fall on the grass.
She started laughing as she tried to speak, "YES! How can you even ask me that, of course I'll marry you!"
Her hair fell on either side of her face as he smiled up at her, he cupped her cheek, "I'm one of the few men that can offer you the world."
She kissed his lips and looked into his green eyes, "I don't want the world Tom, just you."
~*~
One month later.......
Tom adjusted his collar in front of a muggle mirror, his older wizarding mirrors had been destroyed after a few bouts of anger by his part. His hair refused to stay combed backwards so it framed his green eyes like it always did, he didn't wear robes, but a muggle suit. It was black, of course, with a white dress shirt, black vest and tie. (AN: no not a bow tie, though I wouldn't mind picturing him wearing one...) He adjusted his cufflinks, two small silver snakes, and fixed his suit jacket, he fidgeted with his lapel, annoying thing for him since he rather disliked his suit. Rosemary and him had agreed on a muggle wedding due to the war on the Wizarding world, it was to be small and done by a judge since Rosemary had been married by her church before. (AN: Cant forget Dilland now can we?)
A soft murmur was heard by Toms ears, he turned around but saw nothing there, he shook his head deciding that he was hearing things due to the lack of sleep he had last night. He inspected himself in the mirror and saw that his tie was crooked, he let out a frustrated sigh and unbuttoned his suit jacket followed by his vest. His tie refused to cooperate with him as he tried again to put it on properly. He threw his jacket and vest on the bed letting him work freely with the annoying garment.
There it was again, a soft murmur was heard from behind, he looked around and saw nothing but the furniture that made up his large bedroom. He turned back to the mirror and saw something that he thought would stop bothering him after he destroyed the magical mirrors, himself.
Well, more like his other self, he calmly looked back at the mirror that didn't reflect anything anymore, more like projected something that was deep inside of Toms mind, but always resurfaced when it felt like doing so. It was like a blackish gray mist that took the form of a man, Tom finally managed to get his tie on right, he walked over to his bed and grabbed his vest.
As he pulled it on he looked back at the mirror that hung on the wall in front of him, "I thought you would stop doing that after I destroyed the other mirrors, clearly I was wrong."
The murmur was louder now, but barely audible, it came from inside of Toms head. "Did you think that by destroying charmed mirrors you could get rid of me, I reside inside of you, you cant get rid of me without killing yourself."
Tom glared at it, "I can and I will get rid of you. Your nothing more than a dream that found its way to me even as I am awake."
The mist in the mirror was becoming more solid as they spoke, "I'm no dream my dear friend, I'm a nightmare that will go on even after you are gone. I am here to stay."
Tom clenched his teeth together, his hands forming into a fist, his eyes flashing a brilliant emerald green. "I couldn't control you before, but I can now and I will get rid of you once and for all."
The mist was almost solid, only a few wisps remained flowing in the mirror, a smirk graced its lips, "You can't control me, I live deep inside you, each day you feel me devour your soul!"
Tom grew angrier, but refrained from showing it to much. "You still need me to survive, you aren't strong enough to live without me, but I don't need you. I become stronger without you, death will come and I shall rejoice when it takes you in its clutches."
The mists shrill laugh was heard inside of Toms head, "I'll live inside of you forever with the devil himself by my side, you cannot separate us without harming yourself in the process. You tried it before when you tried to ruin what we have worked so hard for. And for what, a muggle woman who will end up being the death of you. But I regained control leading our beautiful army to taking over the ministry, you cant deny that you didn't feel a great joy when you killed the minister."
"Why wont you just die?"
"Not me, you."
"If I die you die too!"
"You'll die and I shall replace you."
Tom felt frustrated, agitated, and just plain mad, not the way he should be before the wedding, he walked up to the mirror and started yelling at it with great force. "Damn you, why cant you just set me free?"
The mists voice became soft again. "Cant you see," Its form was clear and solid now, "you are me?"
A shadowed copy of Tom was inside the mirror, its red eyes were boring into Tom's green ones. Tom closed his eyes and reopened them to see it gone, as quickly as it came, his angry reflection was the only thing that he could see. He breathed heavily, feeling tired all of a sudden, he glanced at his watch and saw that it was time for him to leave. He grabbed his suit jacket and hastily threw it over his tired form, and left his bedroom, but not his other half, the personality that consumed his soul bits by bits until there was almost nothing left.
As he made his way trough the front door, he sighed giving into something he had thought he had long since become accustomed too.
"I am Lord Voldemort...and no mater how many battles I have with myself, I can't change that..."
~*~
::SNIFF:: *hugs painting of Tom that DPF has been working on for a few weeks, gets paint all over "I Leave Bite Marks Shirt shirt*
I love Tom, he's so pretty and sad and evil...mmm evil good...
I have been working on a few side projects (online comic, paintings, ect) I know this took forever but a lot of things happened during all of this time (on 9-5-02 my school had to be evacuated, I got trampled AGAIN at a concert...)
To say I'm sorry I have a little present for all of you, review and leave me your email and you shall all get a real shibby pic of my latest painting, three words, Tom in Bondage! But since the painting still isn't done it may be a few weeks. Do u guys want a link or the pic inside the email???
Oh and since this story is REAL close to the end, I need to know if you guys want short but updated more often chapters or long once a month ones????? (THIS IS REAL IMPORTANT)
um... I think thats about it... ~.~; as much as I want to thank each and every person personaly like I always do, I'm tired and want to post it as soon as posible. Forgive me and I will thank you next time ^^
PS. Someone asked for more sex and it SHALL BE GRANTED!!!!