QUILLS UNDER the DARKNESS
By IRELLAQANEVOL
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Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters and other affiliated ideas are owned by Mrs. J.K. Rowling, who I am not and who I respect very much. I do not have her talent on writing, as much as it is to my dismay. I believe she is currently working very hard on the sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, so I doubt that she has any spare time to write a fan fiction, unlike me, whose life is filled with spare time.
Author's Note: Welcome to my fan fiction, Quills Under the Darkness! This is sort of like a revision on my first story, the most successful one, Never Known, but with some new ideas, and some things I want to change. In this fiction, unlike in Never Known, the War wasn't over yet, and Harry didn't kill Voldemort. He faced him one more time last year (Sixth, this was taken place in the Seventh year), but didn't manage to kill him. In the end, the good will always defeat evil, and it will be happily ever after! I promise that this will have a happy ending, at least for now, but my mind might just change... If you like tragedy, tell me...
Acknowledgements: Here are some people I need to thank. First of all, gives a round of applause to GuardSweetie, my beta reader who is always dedicated to edit my story. Second, I thank Mrs. J.K. Rowling, for writing five fantastic books! The rest will be pretty private. Third, I thank my parents for giving me birth. Fourth, I thank Ryan for giving my first nephew. Lastly, I thank Jenni for being such a great sister to me for the past 15 years.
Warnings: None really, my fictions are usually clean, so you should be comfortable when you are reading it. I wouldn't put swearing in the fic since I don't swear much. There only two things that you should know. First, this will contain spoilers from the previous books. Second, this might contain very mild sexuality as far as kissing...
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PROLOGUE - The Little Alley, or The Bright Highway?
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In your mind, picture a girl. She isn't extremely ugly, nor is she stunningly pretty. She has wild, brown curls, though they have been slowly tamed by time. She has two chocolate sienna eyes, which shine with ecstatic sparks when she is excited. She has a normal nose, not too big, not too small, and basically just used for smelling, especially the scent of pages. She has a normal mouth, two pink lips, giving her normal, but welcoming smiles. Only one thing makes her a bit above average: her brain. She is very clever; in fact she is the smartest girl in her grade. So that's pretty usual, right? Even for a girl like her.Why did I say that? Well, she is pretty unusual, alright, but there are many others who are like her. So she is just a normal being in an abnormal crowd, like a speck of color in the big, colorful rainbow. The sparks of light that fly out from the tip of her unicorn-haired wand do fantastic things. Sometimes people forget to step on the moving corridors in her school, trapping them between the floors. Her Transfiguration teacher can turn into a Persian cat, scaring you out of your wits if you don't know... Fine, I will tell you. This girl is a witch, but not the kind you see in Halloween with green skin, an old broom, and some scary screeches, of course. She is a witch, who knows how to do magic, and she is still in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, studying to achieve greatness.
Now that I told you about her life a bit, I want to tell you another aspect that plays an important role in her life. She is a Muggle-born. "What does that mean?" you might ask. That means that her parents are Muggles. "Muggle" is another simple word in the wizard vocabulary that you should know, it means someone who is NOT magical, whether they knew of the presence of magic or not. This girl's parents are the former, aware of the wizarding world. That's not that bad, right? To tell the truth, you and I are definitely both Muggles. But no, it's as bad as you think. To some wizards, Muggles are considered dirty and low. Of course, they're not necessarily the most goodhearted of wizards. Some of the other wizards just treat Muggles as they would any other wizard, with courtesy. This girl was raised by Muggles, so she is considered a Muggle-born.
Now picture a boy in your mind. He is very handsome, admired by most of the female population in school. His platinum-blond hair flows softly in wind. His mouth gives him an original, but attractive smirk. All girls yearn to have his piercing grey eyes look at them. His tall, but strong body fits into every outfit as if it were made for him alone. His pale face always gives people an impression of a bad-boy...
Appearance is not the only thing that makes him above average. He is very rich...well, his family is very rich. In fact, his family is one of the richest families in England. They own a vast coastal manor in North England and many more villas around the globe for vacation. Some of these villas are barely visited, covered in dust and cobwebs everywhere. Besides his money, he is also a very clever student. Well, he is not the kind of person who studies hard everyday, but he is very smart. He doesn't really use all his wit for school work, unfortunately.
Looks, wealth, brain, who doesn't want to be him? Finally, he is also a pureblood wizard, the opposite of Muggle-born. This means that ever since the first generation of their family, there have been no Muggles or Half-Bloods allowed in the family. Meaning, of course, these people are not allowed to marry Muggles. They will be exiled from the family immediately if they do so. Being in one of these families is definitely not fun, since you can't do anything at all.
These people are also the cruelest; they are the ones who consider Muggles as filth, as dirt. Most of the purebloods are the followers of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, or the Dark Lord as he is called by his followers, the Death Eaters. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is one of the strongest wizards of all time, but he uses his powers for evil, he uses his powers to gain more power. He's killed countless humans, both wizards and Muggles.
This boy has really felt exhausted being in this kind of family. Everyone longs to have a life like his, but who knows how he feels? His father is a very loyal Death Eater, and he is always running back and forth between his family and his master. His entire dream is that one day, his son will become the second Dark Lord, much to this boy's dismay. His mother was loving at first, but spending time with his cold father has made her emotionless, cold, and iron-hearted.
Now that I have told you about the two main characters in my story, I want you to think about this question. Will they fall in love? Not likely; they are so different! You might say, but of course, I'm trying to write a good fiction here, so you will see as the plot carries you off...
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Author's Note: So, that's the Prologue for DL, not a very long chapter. I will try to write longer chapters since I always wrote short chapters in Never Known. I really hope you guys liked it. The next update will probably be next Saturday or the week after, so be patient! If I got some reviews, I will be real happy, and when I'm happy, I update. So if you like my story, please review!