Daughter of the Dark
Disclaimer: I only own Serena and the plot!
Chapter Fifteen
The day of the Halloween Ball, Serena received an owl from her mother. The message said:
My Dear Daughter Serena,
Tonight is the night that you make us proud. Tonight is the night that you let yourself be known as the Dark Lord's daughter and loyal servant. Tonight you will lead Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley to us. By midnight, you must meet us in the Dark Forest.
If you do not come, you will have betrayed the Dark Lord and he will have you killed. Do not betray us, Serena.
Your mother, Bellatrix
"No you are wrong, mother. I have already betrayed you and I will not lead them to your hands. I will lead the Order to you and end this. I am not your loyal servant. I am the servant of no one!" Serena cried as she threw the parchment into the nearby fire.
"Tonight you will make your choice and your doom will be appointed," called a female voice, the same voice that had told her of the prophecy.
Serena shook her head angrily. She did not need voices telling her what to do. She had enough to worry about. She had to find Dumbledore and tell him—
Tell him what? What did she need to tell him? She couldn't remember. Oh well, it must not have been too important. No more important than that evening's Halloween Ball.
The Halloween Ball began at ten o' clock sharp. At 9:45pm, Hermione and Serena made their way down the stairs to the common room, where Harry and Ron were waiting. Both the boys were wearing their dress robes and Hermione and Serena were wearing their dresses.
"I must say, you look fabulous this evening. Are you sure you are Serena?" Harry told Serena as he took her hand.
"Very funny. Of course I am Serena! By the way, you look quite handsome yourself tonight," Serena replied.
"Are you ready to go?"
"Yep," she said, with a smile.
Harry and Serena followed Hermione and Ron out of the common room and to the Great Hall. The Great Hall had been transformed into dance floor, complete with orange and black decorations. Some wizarding band was playing music and couples danced on the floor. The two couples joined the party and danced.
All too soon, the Ball was coming to an end. At 11:30pm, Harry pulled Serena aside and handed her a small box.
"I bought this for you in Hogsmeade. It's a necklace. I hope you like it," he said worried as she opened the box.
Serena gasped, as she looked at the beautiful silver horseshoe inlayed with blue stones. She looked up at Harry, a wide smile on her face. She then threw her arms around him and kissed him. He kissed her back and then helped her put the necklace around her neck.
"It's so lovely, Harry."
"I thought you could use a good luck charm."
"Thank you so much," she whispered.
"It wasn't a problem."
"Oh I just remembered something. Where is Hermione and Ron?"
"Inside, why?" Harry asked confused.
"I have this feeling that some thing bad is about to happen in the Dark Forest. We must prevent it. We need to find them."
"What is going on?"
"I don't know, Harry. I really don't know, but we should hurry."
Serena took off and Harry followed her back into the Great Hall. Serena quickly found Hermione and Ron standing near the doors and she hissed at them, "Follow me!" and took off running again.
"What is going on?" Hermione asked Serena.
"If I knew, I would tell you."
"Where the bloody hell are we going?" Ron asked.
"The Dark Forest."
"We're heading into the Dark Forest? But there are spiders in there. Giant spiders!"
"The spiders won't dare bother us, Ron, for they have already fled," Serena called as they entered the Dark Forest.
"Why would the spiders flee?" Harry asked and he suddenly knew the reason as they all stopped running.
Serena had led them into a trap. Death Eaters had surrounded the four friends and the Dark Lord Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange stood in front of them.
"Well done, my daughter," Voldemort said in his high cold voice.
"No problem," Serena replied.
"You betrayed us? Serena, what is going on?" Harry questioned.
"I finally realized that I could no longer resist. I can't escape my heritage, Harry. I'm so sorry that I had to fool you."
"It was all an act, wasn't it? You never loved me, did you?"
"No, I did love you. That was never an act," Serena said softly.
"Now, kill him," Voldemort ordered.
Serena slipped a dagger out of the sleeve of her dress and turned towards Harry. Harry swallowed hard and stared Serena in the face. This wasn't his beloved Serena. Her eyes didn't have a red glow to them.
"I love you Serena. And you love me. You are stronger than this," Harry called, pleading with Serena.
Serena raised the dagger. Harry froze.
"I'm so sorry," she whispered as the red glow disappeared and the dagger sliced through the air and into flesh.
Harry didn't feel the blade and he looked at Serena. Horrified, he realized that she had stabbed herself. Serena's eyes were filled with pain and she almost fell to the ground but Harry caught her.
"Serena," he whispered. "Serena… Don't leave me."
"I will never leave you," she whispered back as her eyes closed.
"Do you see what you have done? Can you see it? You killed her! You bloody bastard, you killed her! Your own daughter! Look at what you have done!" Harry yelled at Voldemort.
Voldemort took one glance at a furious Harry and disappeared as did Bellatrix and the Death Eaters. Hermione and Ron rushed to Harry's side.
"She wasn't going to kill us, was she?" Ron asked.
"No, she wasn't in control. Voldemort had taken over her mind and was forcing her against her will. But she regained control in those few seconds so she could take her own life. She sacrificed herself to save us," Harry said softly.
"Thank you, Serena," Hermione whispered.
"I swear that one of these days, Voldemort will pay for what he has done."
Author's Notes:
This story is officially over! I'm sorry if the ending sucks, but a sequel is planned. Look for the sequel sometime after June 20th. Thank you for reading this story and reviewing, if you made it this far! And many thanks to my tireless beta, Ari Moon!