/Great. When are we going to get out of there, you procrastinating expletive deleted?!/
Ummm...I'm not sure. Sorry.
/Sorry?! You're sorry?! That's it! Mr. Snoogles is gonna get it./
No! Not Mr. Snoogles!
"I don't believe it!" Cleo exclaimed.
"What?" Tom asked. "What's wrong, Cleo?" He didn't see anything unbelievable about the situation, although he did find it amusing that Potter's companion was a red-haired girl. 'Seems history likes to repeat itself.' He thought, conveniently forgetting what had happened to him in that particular history.
"It's...she's the girl from the bathroom! She was talking to Meryll!" Cleo squawked.
Tom raised an eyebrow at the girl, who glared back at him, not even the tiniest flicker of fear in her eyes. Interesting. "Friends with a Death Eater, hmm?" He asked, amused.
"Of course not!" The girl snarled.
"Yes you are." Cleo contradicted. "She's about up to your shoulder, pale skin, black curly hair, silver eyes, Irish accent. Pretty chit even if she is a bit stubborn."
Potter and the girl exchanged a look
Tom laughed. "Oh this is too good. How have you managed to recreated you mother and father's deaths so well, Potter? This could nearly be a set up!"
The blood drained from Ginny's face as Tom's words got to her. This must have been set up. It was too much of a coincidence. Aine, or 'Meryll' as they people called her, as a Death Eater. She was going out with the son of a Death Eater, the very Death Eater who had exploited her innocent trust and helped subject her to the most humiliating emotional and mental rape. Aine had wormed her way into their lives, and she was the reason they couldn't leave, because Ginny had handed over the portkey. 'She probably planned this from the beginning.' Ginny thought bitterly.
Well, there's no hurry."Tom said cheerfully. "We'll be back after we've contacted Meryll and congratulated her on such a good job. Jik, Mika, stand guard."
We found them. Ginny heard the one named Jik say resentfully after Tom and Cleo had left, why does Master give another the credit?
Mika shrugged. Dunno. Maybe Master have plan.
Hermione snatched the locked out of Aine's hand. "How the fuck did you get your hands on this?!" She snarled, her hazel eyes almost completely gold in her fury.
Aine blinked, slightly frightened. How ironic. She wasn't afraid of Cleo, who had more power in her little finger than most magical folk had in their entire bodies, but this mortal had managed to scare her for a moment. "Ginny leant it te me. I went out te dinner with Draco an' 'is da tenigh'." Her eyes widened as a thought occurred to her. "What if it was a set up?" She asked, her voice panicky.
Hermione sighed sadly. "It probably was."
"Goddess, 'Ermione, wha' 'ave I done?!" Aine began to cry.
"Tell me what's wrong." Luna said as she and Annie sat down.
"D'you do this a lot?" Annie countered. She didn't feel liked opening up just yet.
Luna frowned. "Do I do what a lot?"
"Talk to sad people. That's how you and Aine met." 'Oops.' Annie thought. 'Not supposed to know about that.'
Luna shot her a look that said 'I know you've been spying and you'd better explain yourself.' before she replied. "Sometimes people need to talk. And it's very hard to find people willing to listen without judging you, or offering advice. I am."
Annie nodded slowly. "I'm Bellatrix Lestrange's biological daughter." She said flatly.
"She's the woman that killed Sirius Black, correct?"
Annie nodded again.
"If you don't mind my asking, how?"
"Right before Bellatrix went to Azkaban, she had me. My first name was Kali."
"Goddess of Destruction." Luna observed, sounding surprised.
Anni nodded.
"And then?"
"I was put with my aunt and uncle, Andromeda and Ted Tonks. Mama renamed me Andromeda." Annie could dimly remember that day, a shadowy face and a woman's voice saying 'A new name and a new life for you my star.'
"You've been spying." Luna stated.
"Yes." Annie replied.
"Why?"
"Well, I didn't realise I was spying...Lucius Malfoy, my uncle, he wanted to know what was happening. And he seemed especially interested in what Draco was doing. So when Aine and Draco started going out I started writing to Lucius about what she was doing too."
Luna sighed. "Do you even know Lucius Malfoy is a Death Eater, Annie?"
"Not until today." Annie whispered, tears filling her eyes.
Luna patted her hand gently. "So what are you going to do now?" She asked.
"I don't know." Annie said. "I just don't know."
INTERMISSION
::LIGHTS GO ON, CURTAIN COMES DOWN AND ASH'S VOICE BOOMS OUT::
PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BUY MORE POPCORN, GO TO THE BATHROOM, OR FIND THOSE FRIENDS YOU LOST IN THE TICKET LINE. THE STORY WILL BEGIN AGAIN SHOR-
/Ash!/
::resumes normal tone:: What?
/Get back to the bloody story you idiot./
But-
/Do it or the bear gets it./
Ok! Ok! Just don't hurt my baby!
END OF INTERMISSION
Far away, in Cairo, a bronze-skinned Vampiress wiped blood from her mouth and picked up her weapons case. She strode out of her tent purposefully, not even pausing at the harsh afternoon sun which beat down upon the arid land she lived in. Her blue eyes glinted with anger and bloodlust. The war had begun again, and she would fight to the end.
This time, nothing would go wrong. And the usurper would die.
Searching4romeo: Lol, thanks . Nice to know you appreciate my story. Cleo gasped because she saw Ginny. She was watching Ginny and Aine together, if you look back to Chapter Twelve: Alliances. Thanks for reading my other stories. I take it you want me to start Jade the Fire Flyer after this, then?