Author's Note: Hey guys! Here's the next installment of Lily Without
Hogwarts and I really hope that you enjoy it because I had a blast writing
it. I can be evil when I want to. *grins* But yeah, I really hope you enjoy
it! The thank yous are as follows:
The Elfin Child- I'm sorry that the chapters are so short! *Yes, she did! ~Cries~* I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Bell- Don't worry about bugging me about updating, sometimes if I don't get a reminder I forget completely. Congrats on reading Potter for the first time in English! Here's Voldie for ya. I hope that he's as evil to you all as he was when he was in my head.
Midnight-Shadow- Hey, good to have a new reviewer! Sirius does have a spot of trouble with girls doesn't he? *smiles* Look for the sorting out of those in the next chapter! I hope you like it.
Anarane Anwamane- Another new one! Yay! Sorry, I love getting reviews, they make me feel happy. I'm glad you like it and I hope you enjoy the next chapter!
Cataclysmic- And another! *feels very, very honored!* I'm glad you find it interesting. I hope that you enjoy the coming chapters!
MegHarts- Yes, Peter is a loser. *growls* I hope you like this chapter!
Myr Halcyon- Thank you for your wonderful suggestions. I am trying to make Peter appear more immature and after this chapter try to make his Voldie associations less obvious. Harry didn't get a notebook from the MWPP era about animagus that must have been a fan fic. I knew that Arabella Figg knew about the wizarding world, I just didn't know she was. yeah. Trying to keep spoilers out of my story until I get feedback from you people that read it.
And since I haven't done one in a while. Disclaimer! I don't own Potter or anything Potter related! I own Vixen and Mr. Henderson; the rest belongs to Mrs. J.K. Rowling in her astounding brilliancy! On a side note: *cries* How could she!! *sobs over keyboard*
I hope you like the chapter *sniff* ~Frankie~
Chapter Twenty-One: Malfoy's Punishment
In an empty graveyard miles away from London a gathering was taking place. This gathering was being held by one Lord Voldemort and his most devoted followers were the attendees. A tall skinny man with hands like pale spiders for hands stood waiting for his Death Eaters to arrive, and they did in twos and threes before a circle formed around the man and in turn each follower crawled forward and kissed the hems of his robes and slunk back off into the circle. "Welcome Death Eaters," Voldemort's high, cold voice called out into the foggy tomb-laden graveyard.
None of the Death Eaters said a thing but waited for Voldemort's criticism and possible instructions. "Something has been brought to my attention that I believe needs explication," Voldemort said sounding furious as some of the Death Eaters shifted nervously. "I have heard tell from one amongst you that James Potter has in his company a muggle-born witch that I painstakingly removed from attendance at Hogwarts School. You have all heard my tale; some of you were present when I received the original information. For those of you who weren't I will bring you up to speed," Voldemort said coldly slowly looking around the circle of cloaked figures glaring menacingly at some and approvingly at others.
"Around 7 years ago I found and tortured a well-known and meddling young Seer. She told me that my Downfall was arriving and if I wanted to stop it that I needed to keep a young mudblood girl from attending Hogwarts School. I immediately took action and watched the house where the girl could be found waiting for the letter I knew would arrive. I befuddled the owl into believing I was the girl and sent it back to Hogwarts with a letter saying that the girl did not wish to attend. It wasn't hard, it was rather easy and I see now that I should not have been fooled by the Seer," Voldemort said and stopped his glance on one Death Eater that was radiating waves of tension and dread. "I learned this evening that the girl, Lily Evans, is now residing with James Potter!" Voldemort screeched coldly and the man he was looking at shivered in a frightened manner.
Many of the other Death Eaters looked piteously through the slits in their masks at the shuddering man before Voldemort crossed to the other side of the circle and asked in a whisper that all of them heard, "I want to know what is going on there Wormtail, you will tell me everything," and the smallest of the group squeaked in a rat-like manner.
"I - I don't know Master," the boy squeaked and many of his fellows whispered excitedly.
"SILENCE!" Voldemort shouted rounding on them before turning back to Wormtail's quivering form. "You know nothing Wormtail? You must know something about the girl as you were there this evening were you not?" He asked coldly taking hold of the boy's cloak at the throat.
"A-all - all th-that I know is P-potter hired her as a maid through an a- article in the D-daily P-prophet," Wormtail squeaked shaking with fear and a horrible sort of dread. A gasp was let out from the space to the right of where Wormtail was that was hastily covered up, but it was too late, Voldemort had heard the gasp and let Wormtail drop back to the wet grass and turned his head to look at the Death Eater.
"Is there something you wish to say Lucius?" Voldemort whispered silkily to the man and in the silence every word was heard by the other Death Eaters.
"Y-yes Master," Lucius Malfoy stuttered slightly trying to regain some semblance of pride.
Voldemort's eyes narrowed coldly. "What is it that you want heard Lucius?" he said slightly louder causing Malfoy to tremble slightly.
Malfoy gave a great shuddering breath and resigned himself to telling his master what he'd so foolishly done. "I believe that it is my fault my Lord that the girl has entered the wizarding world," he said quickly as a shudder went down his spine when Voldemort's cruel eyes widened furiously.
"Explain yourself," Voldemort shouted angrily at Malfoy, his eyes turning to slits and glinting red in the darkness.
Malfoy took another shuddering breath before beginning his tale. "I was in London earlier this week and I saw a red-headed girl outside a muggle shop who seemed to be a muggle. I decided to trick her and spelled the Daily Prophet that I was carrying with me to stop moving and I threw it at her feet telling her to get a job fully expecting her to look for Diagon Alley and be unable to find it. I never thought that she would find something she could or would do. I didn't think she was Lily Evans," Malfoy said, finishing his sentence as if he was proud of what he'd done.
Voldemort looked intently at Malfoy as he told his story his face contorted in rage as it progressed and when Malfoy stopped he wiped the rage from his features and smiled a very evil smile. Malfoy flinched and for a moment Voldemort looked amused, that is, before he spoke in his cold cruel voice, "That is your problem Lucius, you stated it twice quite plainly. You didn't think, you don't and ever have," Voldemort trailed off for a moment and the amused look came back for a moment. "I will point out the very interesting way to befuddle a muggle, but maybe, just maybe," Voldemort paused and seemed to be gathering all the rage he'd ever felt and the amused look vanished in an instant, "YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY ARE MUGGLES!" he shouted and Malfoy stepped back in fright as a mad glint became apparent in Voldemort's eyes.
Malfoy shook in his place as Voldemort's eyes narrowed and his wand was now visible in his hand. "That you will have to pay for," Voldemort said silkily and pointed his wand at Malfoy whose eyes had widened in horror. "Crucio!" Voldemort shouted and Malfoy fell to the ground writhing and screaming in agony. His pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears as the Death Eaters let out amused little laughs. Voldemort's pet Death Eater had fouled up, finally, and most of them were quite happy with the change in status.
Voldemort stopped the curse and Malfoy stopped screaming though he sobbed into his hands, "I-I'm s-s-sorry M-m-master. I-I-I d-didn't k-know," he pleaded his body still aching painfully.
"Silence! Pick yourself up you're making yourself a disgrace," Voldemort said in a rather disgusted tone before he turned to a figure two people down from where Malfoy had been positioned in the circle and said, "Make sure he doesn't foul up again." The figure nodded briefly, cold black eyes staring blankly into Voldemort's as Malfoy climbed unsteadily to his feet.
Voldemort turned back to Wormtail. "You will be my spy Wormtail. You will tell me everything that goes on between Evans and Potter. I want to know every detail possible," Voldemort hissed at the shuddering boy vaguely aware that Malfoy was wiping his face beneath his mask.
"Y-yes Master," Wormtail said in the following silence Voldemort cackled menacingly.
"You may all go, except Wormtail, we have some things to discuss," Voldemort said when his maniacal laughter desisted and everyone but the small shuddering boy Disapparated.
Wormtail stood there alone with Voldemort quaking violently even though he knew if the Dark Lord was going to kill him he would have done so in front of the group, to make an example of him. Wormtail was looking down at his feet shifting back and forth nervously when Voldemort spoke in a smooth, yet cold voice, "How do you plan to become close enough to the Evans girl?" he asked with an evil smile on his face.
"I-I don't know," Wormtail said and figured this to be entirely the wrong answer as he knew he was neither as quick as Sirius nor as clever as James. However, Voldemort smiled when he said this.
"Wonderful, simply wonderful," Voldemort said with a wicked glint in his eye before he continued as if he was talking about having tea with the Queen, "I have an idea Wormtail, but don't worry all you have to do is play along." Voldemort saw the questioning look forming on Wormtail's face before he could hide it and said, "You'll know when it happens Wormtail, everything will work out marvelously. Now leave and care for your grandmother."
Wormtail nodded, bowed and Disapparated instantly. Voldemort whispered to himself in the silent graveyard viciously, "While you can!" he cackled malevolently before he disappeared with the swish of his cloak and the graveyard was empty, fog rolling thickly around the tombstones as if no one had ever been there.
Author's Note: I know this one is short too. *sighs* I just seem to be incapable of writing long chapters. I will do my best though to get the next few chapters to be longer or at least more descriptive for you lot. *If I don't get writers block!* **knocks on wood** Not Oliver Wood. *grins* Hope you liked it! Please review!!! ~Frankie~
The Elfin Child- I'm sorry that the chapters are so short! *Yes, she did! ~Cries~* I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Bell- Don't worry about bugging me about updating, sometimes if I don't get a reminder I forget completely. Congrats on reading Potter for the first time in English! Here's Voldie for ya. I hope that he's as evil to you all as he was when he was in my head.
Midnight-Shadow- Hey, good to have a new reviewer! Sirius does have a spot of trouble with girls doesn't he? *smiles* Look for the sorting out of those in the next chapter! I hope you like it.
Anarane Anwamane- Another new one! Yay! Sorry, I love getting reviews, they make me feel happy. I'm glad you like it and I hope you enjoy the next chapter!
Cataclysmic- And another! *feels very, very honored!* I'm glad you find it interesting. I hope that you enjoy the coming chapters!
MegHarts- Yes, Peter is a loser. *growls* I hope you like this chapter!
Myr Halcyon- Thank you for your wonderful suggestions. I am trying to make Peter appear more immature and after this chapter try to make his Voldie associations less obvious. Harry didn't get a notebook from the MWPP era about animagus that must have been a fan fic. I knew that Arabella Figg knew about the wizarding world, I just didn't know she was. yeah. Trying to keep spoilers out of my story until I get feedback from you people that read it.
And since I haven't done one in a while. Disclaimer! I don't own Potter or anything Potter related! I own Vixen and Mr. Henderson; the rest belongs to Mrs. J.K. Rowling in her astounding brilliancy! On a side note: *cries* How could she!! *sobs over keyboard*
I hope you like the chapter *sniff* ~Frankie~
Chapter Twenty-One: Malfoy's Punishment
In an empty graveyard miles away from London a gathering was taking place. This gathering was being held by one Lord Voldemort and his most devoted followers were the attendees. A tall skinny man with hands like pale spiders for hands stood waiting for his Death Eaters to arrive, and they did in twos and threes before a circle formed around the man and in turn each follower crawled forward and kissed the hems of his robes and slunk back off into the circle. "Welcome Death Eaters," Voldemort's high, cold voice called out into the foggy tomb-laden graveyard.
None of the Death Eaters said a thing but waited for Voldemort's criticism and possible instructions. "Something has been brought to my attention that I believe needs explication," Voldemort said sounding furious as some of the Death Eaters shifted nervously. "I have heard tell from one amongst you that James Potter has in his company a muggle-born witch that I painstakingly removed from attendance at Hogwarts School. You have all heard my tale; some of you were present when I received the original information. For those of you who weren't I will bring you up to speed," Voldemort said coldly slowly looking around the circle of cloaked figures glaring menacingly at some and approvingly at others.
"Around 7 years ago I found and tortured a well-known and meddling young Seer. She told me that my Downfall was arriving and if I wanted to stop it that I needed to keep a young mudblood girl from attending Hogwarts School. I immediately took action and watched the house where the girl could be found waiting for the letter I knew would arrive. I befuddled the owl into believing I was the girl and sent it back to Hogwarts with a letter saying that the girl did not wish to attend. It wasn't hard, it was rather easy and I see now that I should not have been fooled by the Seer," Voldemort said and stopped his glance on one Death Eater that was radiating waves of tension and dread. "I learned this evening that the girl, Lily Evans, is now residing with James Potter!" Voldemort screeched coldly and the man he was looking at shivered in a frightened manner.
Many of the other Death Eaters looked piteously through the slits in their masks at the shuddering man before Voldemort crossed to the other side of the circle and asked in a whisper that all of them heard, "I want to know what is going on there Wormtail, you will tell me everything," and the smallest of the group squeaked in a rat-like manner.
"I - I don't know Master," the boy squeaked and many of his fellows whispered excitedly.
"SILENCE!" Voldemort shouted rounding on them before turning back to Wormtail's quivering form. "You know nothing Wormtail? You must know something about the girl as you were there this evening were you not?" He asked coldly taking hold of the boy's cloak at the throat.
"A-all - all th-that I know is P-potter hired her as a maid through an a- article in the D-daily P-prophet," Wormtail squeaked shaking with fear and a horrible sort of dread. A gasp was let out from the space to the right of where Wormtail was that was hastily covered up, but it was too late, Voldemort had heard the gasp and let Wormtail drop back to the wet grass and turned his head to look at the Death Eater.
"Is there something you wish to say Lucius?" Voldemort whispered silkily to the man and in the silence every word was heard by the other Death Eaters.
"Y-yes Master," Lucius Malfoy stuttered slightly trying to regain some semblance of pride.
Voldemort's eyes narrowed coldly. "What is it that you want heard Lucius?" he said slightly louder causing Malfoy to tremble slightly.
Malfoy gave a great shuddering breath and resigned himself to telling his master what he'd so foolishly done. "I believe that it is my fault my Lord that the girl has entered the wizarding world," he said quickly as a shudder went down his spine when Voldemort's cruel eyes widened furiously.
"Explain yourself," Voldemort shouted angrily at Malfoy, his eyes turning to slits and glinting red in the darkness.
Malfoy took another shuddering breath before beginning his tale. "I was in London earlier this week and I saw a red-headed girl outside a muggle shop who seemed to be a muggle. I decided to trick her and spelled the Daily Prophet that I was carrying with me to stop moving and I threw it at her feet telling her to get a job fully expecting her to look for Diagon Alley and be unable to find it. I never thought that she would find something she could or would do. I didn't think she was Lily Evans," Malfoy said, finishing his sentence as if he was proud of what he'd done.
Voldemort looked intently at Malfoy as he told his story his face contorted in rage as it progressed and when Malfoy stopped he wiped the rage from his features and smiled a very evil smile. Malfoy flinched and for a moment Voldemort looked amused, that is, before he spoke in his cold cruel voice, "That is your problem Lucius, you stated it twice quite plainly. You didn't think, you don't and ever have," Voldemort trailed off for a moment and the amused look came back for a moment. "I will point out the very interesting way to befuddle a muggle, but maybe, just maybe," Voldemort paused and seemed to be gathering all the rage he'd ever felt and the amused look vanished in an instant, "YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY ARE MUGGLES!" he shouted and Malfoy stepped back in fright as a mad glint became apparent in Voldemort's eyes.
Malfoy shook in his place as Voldemort's eyes narrowed and his wand was now visible in his hand. "That you will have to pay for," Voldemort said silkily and pointed his wand at Malfoy whose eyes had widened in horror. "Crucio!" Voldemort shouted and Malfoy fell to the ground writhing and screaming in agony. His pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears as the Death Eaters let out amused little laughs. Voldemort's pet Death Eater had fouled up, finally, and most of them were quite happy with the change in status.
Voldemort stopped the curse and Malfoy stopped screaming though he sobbed into his hands, "I-I'm s-s-sorry M-m-master. I-I-I d-didn't k-know," he pleaded his body still aching painfully.
"Silence! Pick yourself up you're making yourself a disgrace," Voldemort said in a rather disgusted tone before he turned to a figure two people down from where Malfoy had been positioned in the circle and said, "Make sure he doesn't foul up again." The figure nodded briefly, cold black eyes staring blankly into Voldemort's as Malfoy climbed unsteadily to his feet.
Voldemort turned back to Wormtail. "You will be my spy Wormtail. You will tell me everything that goes on between Evans and Potter. I want to know every detail possible," Voldemort hissed at the shuddering boy vaguely aware that Malfoy was wiping his face beneath his mask.
"Y-yes Master," Wormtail said in the following silence Voldemort cackled menacingly.
"You may all go, except Wormtail, we have some things to discuss," Voldemort said when his maniacal laughter desisted and everyone but the small shuddering boy Disapparated.
Wormtail stood there alone with Voldemort quaking violently even though he knew if the Dark Lord was going to kill him he would have done so in front of the group, to make an example of him. Wormtail was looking down at his feet shifting back and forth nervously when Voldemort spoke in a smooth, yet cold voice, "How do you plan to become close enough to the Evans girl?" he asked with an evil smile on his face.
"I-I don't know," Wormtail said and figured this to be entirely the wrong answer as he knew he was neither as quick as Sirius nor as clever as James. However, Voldemort smiled when he said this.
"Wonderful, simply wonderful," Voldemort said with a wicked glint in his eye before he continued as if he was talking about having tea with the Queen, "I have an idea Wormtail, but don't worry all you have to do is play along." Voldemort saw the questioning look forming on Wormtail's face before he could hide it and said, "You'll know when it happens Wormtail, everything will work out marvelously. Now leave and care for your grandmother."
Wormtail nodded, bowed and Disapparated instantly. Voldemort whispered to himself in the silent graveyard viciously, "While you can!" he cackled malevolently before he disappeared with the swish of his cloak and the graveyard was empty, fog rolling thickly around the tombstones as if no one had ever been there.
Author's Note: I know this one is short too. *sighs* I just seem to be incapable of writing long chapters. I will do my best though to get the next few chapters to be longer or at least more descriptive for you lot. *If I don't get writers block!* **knocks on wood** Not Oliver Wood. *grins* Hope you liked it! Please review!!! ~Frankie~