The manor was the same. Elvira didn't even notice Lucius wasn't there as the days passed by, she rarely saw him when he was there so it didn't bother her. As the days passed though, however, Voldemort started to grow on her mind.
She found herself one day sitting in her room staring out of her window thinking about him and what he wanted with her and what he would do again to get to her. She pulled herself out of these thoughts and focused her attention outside slipping into a daze. The sun was just getting ready to set and snow had started falling lightly to cover the bare ground. She sighed to herself watching the snow flakes fall.
She pulled herself out of her daze when she heard a knock at her door. "Come in." she said knowing that it was probably Draco. Sure enough it was him standing in her doorway with his black cloak on and holding her black one in his hands.
"Will you walk with me?", he said smiling at her.
She smiled back and walked over to him. She took her cloak from him and slid it on. "I will walk with you." she said. He smiled again and took her hand.
"Good, because I didn't want to force you." he smirked.
"You know you're evil sometimes?" she said to him, he just smirked back at her in response.
They headed down the stairs together and went towards the back doors passing the living room where Narcissa was reading. She looked up and smiled at the two as they walked by, 'They are so cute together', she thought to herself as she turned a page in her book.
They walked outside and went past the pool. The snow was falling lightly and was landing in their hair, though they didn't mind. They walked through one of the paths just content with each others silence, though Elvira managed to knock snow from one of the braches to cover Draco and in turn cover herself as well, even though it was just a little bit of it. When they reached on of the fountains that was now frozen, they stood there watching the sun sink, Elvira in Draco's arms.
When the sun was ¾'s the way down, Draco turned Elvira toward him. He held her hands in his and stared straight into her eyes. Draco then cast his glance down, feeling a bit nervous, then looked back up at her.
"Eli…" he said softly then paused.
She smiled up at him, "What is it Draco?" she asked him.
"Eli" he started again. "I don't know how to tell you this but I'll try my best. Eli you have been the best thing that has ever happened to me. I thought my life was going to be destroyed and I would end up a Deatheater like my father, but then you showed up and saved me, I don't know how exactly but you did. You saved my life and it was the greatest thing that anyone could have done for me, let alone from someone I barely knew. I owe you so much and I have done all I could to help you in anyway I can and I promise to continue to do so. That night when we first kissed…it…it meant so much to me and I'll never forget it. I guess what I am trying to say is that I love you so much and I don't want to lose. I thought I lost you that day when I told you everything that I had kept from you, but you forgave me, which meant so much. I don't want to lose you, not now, not ever, and I don't want to keep anything from you ever again. I thought about this and how I was going to do this and I figured why not the traditional way."
Draco stopped for a moment and noticed that tears started to fall down Elvira's pale skin and that she was smiling. He took a deep breathe and went down on one knee and pulled out a small black box. Elvira gasped slightly and put her hands over her mouth as more tears slid down her face.
"No no no no, I need your hand for this." he said smiling as he pulled her left hand down towards him. He opened the small box to reveal a silver band with a diamond in the center, surrounded by small green emeralds. "I love you Eli, and I don't want to lose you, so I am hoping that you feel the same way about me and will give me the honor of you being my bride. Will you marry me Elvira Morganna Rosier?"
Elvira broke into tears and nodded her head yes, unable to speak. Draco smiled and slid the ring onto her finger. As he stood up she threw her arms around him and cried into his shoulder. "I love you so much." she said through her sobs.
"I love you too." he said rubbing her back.
After a few moments and Elvira stopped crying they sat down together and watched the sun finish to set. Draco smiled as he wrapped his arms around his new fiancée. He was so happy and couldn't keep it in as he was smiling like and idiot. Elvira was his and nothing could change that. His life had changed so much in the past few months.
"Draco?", Elvira said softly.
"Mmm?"
"You know this isn't the end. I have a feeling that we are in for a lot more trouble." she said still rather quietly.
Draco sighed, "Yea I know. We are going to have a lot of trouble now. But don't worry Eli, there is one thing I know that's going to happen."
"What's that?" She asked him, now turned to look at him.
Draco smiled, "We're going to face it together." Elvira smiled back up at him and kissed him on the cheek and leaned her head against his. She was happy now that she knew that she wasn't going to have to face anything without him now. She smiled to herself and was contented to just watch the sun set and look at the snow that was still falling.
Unbeknownst to them, in the woods where the sun couldn't reach, Voldemort stood in the center of a thousand new and old followers. He was happy as well. He had more followers, which meant a bigger army, there were plans being made and ready and they should be put into play soon, if everything went according to plan, and all he had to do was get his hands on Elvira and turn her to his side. He smiled cruelly and turned to face his Deatheaters, and spoke in a harsh voice….
(This speech is actually a song, but I thought it would be a nice speech. © Cradle of Filth, Nymphetamine, Coffin Fodder)
"The time has come
To rise again
Freedom lift thy sewered hem
Free from beasts and skewered men
My dreams unroll
Ten thousand fold
Their world will never take me
They will never desecrate my soul
The starts I have grasped
Are so far lonely constellations
And wishing on those stars
My spirit bars annihilation
From earthen miseries
Hosts of most fell forms of greed
Ghosts of pearly gate remissions
Forever hunting me
Slit the witch and watch him bleed
As with any inquisition
Lying from the start
The preachers plied their craft
Scoffing elder glories
And dying, I depart
To make their sunken hearts
A coffin for stories
The time is past
To falter when
Freedom slips my somber pen
And gates to wolves break open then
My feelings may
Seem constant prey
But claws no more will rake me
Those whores have fled to darker days
Above and beyond
I have wronged in my position
But now the winds are strong
To soar from Babel's vision
Of cutthroat jealousies
Dock to dock those mongrels breed
Dogs of fogged derision
Pacing, soon to be
Back to pack mentality
When my killing moon is risen
Trying from the start
These creatures of the dark
Were quaffing mourning glories
And dying, I depart
To make their drunken hearts
A coffin for their stories
Innovation in ovation
Imagination stirs
Somewhere the dusk is lining
Red the shore of a roaring sea
And though loved there someone is pinning
For waves of blood to run and rescue me…
The time has come
To rise again
Freedom lift thy sewered hem
Free from beasts and skewered men
My dreams unroll
Ten thousand fold
Their world will never take me
They will never desecrate my soul"
With those final words said Voldemort and the Deatheaters disapparrated leaving the forest dark, silent, and eerie.
THE END
I hope you all liked this story. I'm sorry that it took me a while to finish, but I had gotten writers block. I plan to write a sequel. Tell me if you would like one. Thanks again!