Disclaimer: All of the Harry Potter characters belong to J.K. Rowling. Only Olenair belongs to me.
Notes: Ah yes, another fic, I just hope this hasn't been done before (lol). For this story, there are a couple of important notes:
o1. Lucius is still in Azkaban.
o2. Hermione and Draco have graduated from Hogwarts, and are both employed at Gringotts.
o3. From now on, italics are flashbacks.
o4. This whole story (except for the flashbacks)is from Draco's POV. :)
I hope you enjoy this fic :) Feedbacks are appreciated.
In a place far away where darkness ruled the sky, and was uninhabited by humans and animals alike, laid a dark and buried secret. This secret hid itself for centuries unknown to the world, except for two people. One of them was the original owner. He was a small, frail man who had nothing except his son, and his workshop. However, he did possess something that was very valuable, but decided to keep it hidden and away from prying eyes by going to the outskirts of London, where it was deserted and buried it there. He had cast a very strong protection spell, and the only key was another valuable – a necklace - that he had made. It was simple, and he knew no one would think twice of it so he wouldn't need to worry.
However, he was wrong. There was also another person who knew of his secret. He had heard from one of his sources that there was a very valuable treasure hidden somewhere, and that it belonged to an old man. This person was very greedy, so when he had heard of the news, he wanted to search for it right away.
The only obstacle that was in his way was the old man, and he needed to get rid of him.
There were different versions to the story, however. Some say that the evil man had found the owner and killed him, managing to possess the key to opening the buried secret.
Others had said that the owner had somehow escaped, carrying his key with him, to a location far from England. The other man, who was more than furious with the news, had killed something the owner had cherished very much – his son.
Quite a few had said that the son had found out how deep in trouble and in danger his father was in, and fought to save him, dying in the end as a hero.
No one knew exactly what had happened, but they didn't mind as they can just create their own version of the hero versus villain story, or they can tell the story that their previous generation had told them.
The real events, however, were comprised of bits and pieces of these different versions, along with other happenings that no one knew of.
The real story lied within the necklace that was used as a key to the buried secret. It was hidden somewhere in London, but no one seemed to have found it and unlocked its history.
Until now.
It's time for the true tale to unfold...
TBC.
please R&R.