A/N Hey people just letting you know that i'm not dead lol! I don't own anything except Ria, the song is by evanescence called forgive me.
Can you forgive me again?
I don't know what I said
But I didn't mean to hurt you
Seeing the child fall asleep in the chair, made Severus Snapes' scowl deepen before he stalked back out of the room. He continued walking out of the hall, then out of the Riddle manor, past the wards, while the events of the meeting flashed before his eyes. With a loud crack he apparated into the forbidden forest, stumbled to the nearest tree and retched. The death eater meeting over, he could now do his job and report to the Headmaster Dumbledore.
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I heard the words come out
I felt like I would die
It hurt so much to hurt you
A gasp was all that was heard as the little girl Ria awoke from her slumber. Her cheeks were damp from crying during her sleep. A hollow feeling was present as she took in her surroundings.
"Merlin, I had hoped it to be all a horrid dream, Kat why did you have to leave me all alone, so alone?" Rias hair fell in dark waves around her face as fresh tears streamed down her face. Biting her lip till it bled she kept silent as the sobs wracked her small frame.
"It's so cold her Kat, I can still hear mom crying, and Sebastian wailing. The green flashes still blind me. All I wanted to do was to protect you from the fate I saw. You wouldn't have sat here crying from the grief, you would have been trying to find a way to escape. I know you would have fought heart and soul for what was right." Another sob rocked her small body. "I can't find that escape, I'm not strong like you are....were. All I see is a cage, and all I am is the broken hearted song bird."
Then you look at me
You're not shouting anymore
You're silently broken
I'd give anything now
to hear those words from you
The girl would have continued on with this self depreciating monologue had not a female walked in. She was pale and cold like the other man.
Ria stared at the woman as she too was stared at. The woman sniffed, her icy glare traveled along Ria's body, instantly picking out her faults. The woman then sighed, nodding to herself as she finished her inspection of the girl.
Head held high she introduced herself. "I am Narcissa Malfoy, it is my job to teach you etiquette, posture and control. If you can learn all theses skills, you will be allowed out in public with a chaperone." At the mention of the rules Ria glared at this woman. Who did she think she was her mother? At that thought she stiffened . She didn't have a mother anymore, and this woman was probably part of them. "Oh don't glare child, you might get wrinkles." The older woman said.
Ria couldn't stop it, before she could help herself she giggled. All that had happened to her and the idiot woman was worried she might get wrinkles? At the expression on the woman Narcissas face, Rias' giggles turned into hysterical laughter, tears were streaming down her face and her sides ached.
After a minute of gasping, and wiping the tears from her eyes she managed to point out. "Why do you care? I'll probably be dead by morning anyway." Still gasping she remembered the potion the man had given her. It would help calm her down now. She got out the bottle and took a small sip.
"I care because you're father assigned me with an important duty." Calming potion spewed onto the floor as the woman mentioned her father. Wiping her mouth with the back of her sleeve, while the woman looked on disgustedly. She glared, but spoke between clenched teeth, eyes glinting hatefully.
"My father is dead, you bitch."
I can't live this life
Without you by my side
I need you to survive
The woman blinked taken aback by the change in attitude. Then quick as a viper, a crack sounded as her hand shot out and slapped Rias cheek.
"Your father." She put emphasis on the relation. "Is one of the most powerful wizards that the world has ever seen, Lord Voldemort is to be treated with the utmost respect." With that the woman stalked out of the room, heels clicking on the hard wood floor.
Shock apparent on her face, she shrieked "He's dead, all of my family are dead! Voldemort is not my father, you all killed him!" As she screamed out her agony and grief ever piece of glass in the room shattered, the wandless magic leaving her exhausted.
She fell to the floor. A picture of heart broken desolation.
You're my one true friend
And I never meant to hurt you.
