"What the fuck was that"
"She wanted the child. To kill it at least"
"I knew it. She does have feelings for you!" He nodded. "I kept reminding her that I couldn't be with her. Animals and wizards don't belong. She wouldn't listen to me. She knew you were carrying the heir"
"So as revenge she wanted to kill it"
"Yes….she thought she could be the only one fit to carry the heir. She keeps forgetting that she's a snake….not human." "That's kind of creepy." He kissed my cheek and hugged me.
"I feel wrong to let you out of my sight. She's dangerous. She can attack at any giving moment. You won't even know she's behind you…that's how I raised her."
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No one saw any sign of Nagini within the next few months. Yet the Dark Lord and I remained side by side, no one reported any suspicious activity or longing of causing harm to the heir nor me. She didn't even come for the dinner the Wormtail always set loose for her to prey upon. Even worm tail was a bit worried…he was her favorite toy. She used to stalk him, pretending to hunt him and it would scare the crap out of him when she'd pop out of nowhere and snap at his legs playfully. Yet, the Dark Lord knew better. He had a hunch that she was in hiding so he wouldn't punish her if he found her. She'd only come out until the child was born…to her, it would be a perfect fresh kill. Something living and moving to snatch when our eyes weren't on the baby. Some nights I would wake from a cold sweat and hear my own voice scream into the dark silence after visioning Nagini slithering into the crib in the middle of the nights only to muffle the baby's cries and rip the heir apart off in the graveyard. The Dark Lord would later find her covered in blood, and body parts strewn around the ground. Nagini wasn't at all like a normal snake where they eat their victims whole and let it sit in their stomach to digest. She would strike until it stopped moving. She'd then pull off the limbs one by one and leave the bones. Yet I'd always wake to find myself sitting upright, panting and starring into the dark shadows of the room while the Dark Lord holds me until I fell asleep. I'd have to keep one hand on my stomach to assure myself that the heir was still safe.
It was not until 2 days before my water broke did I sense Nagini in the house. I was coming back from getting a glass of water and as I was walking down the hall to the bedroom I swore I heard a low hiss behind me in the shadows. The same his she gave me that day she went to attack me. I got a chill down my back and hurried to my Master's side. Yet here I lay in pain, the Dark Lord at my side and the Death Eaters around me, trying to calm me while Narcissa tries to pull the child out. I grabbed my Lord's cloak and pulled him towards me.
"Kill me!" He pulled away and held my hand down. Wormtail was urging me to practice breathing.
"My Lady! Please, pay attention"
"I am paying attention! AAAHHH"
"Just go like this: Hee Hee hoo…" I gritted my teeth and glared at him.
"GO TO HELL!" And with a final scream and push, the burning and searing pain lessened greatly and I baby's cries erupted. I looked down and gasped and everything went black.
A light filled my eyes, yet I didn't dare open them. I wanted to be dead. I didn't have pain anymore…in fact I couldn't feel anything, not even my own body. I frowned and squinted open my eyes. The sun shone down at me and I hissed. I heard a body walk across the room and pull the shade shut.
"I see you've recovered, my Lady." my eyes snapped open and looked to my right.
"Severus." I sighed.
"Yes. It's me. The Dark Lord wished me to watch over you until you were well rested. Yet he said that if you wanted to move around sooner than expected, it's entirely your choice, after all, you are the Dark Lady." He said quietly.
"Were those his exact words?" I closed my eyes and sighed.
"Yes. And I must say, I wouldn't have ever thought you could do it, Bellatrix"
"Do what?" I snarled at him for calling me that.
"For being a mother. It….well, you just never appealed to me as a mother figure." My eyes shot open and I sat up. I still felt bruised and moaned.
"Oh…I still don't think you're ready to move yet"
"Why of all people did he send you to watch over me, Severus"
"He didn't."
"What? But you just said"
"I lied." I watched him and his expression turned from a smirk to a sneer.
"I'm sick and tired of you being the perfect follower"
"I'm not his follower…why are you"
"From the moment he first laid eyes on you in our 1st year he had the perfect plan for you and never told anyone. You were his favorite along and all was will be"
"Severus, be quiet, you're acting like a child. I'm ordering you leave the room! I'll speak the to Dark Lord about your behavior"
"Fuck you Bellatrix! I don't take orders from you, only from the Dark Lord. He's my rightful Master and you're nothing to me!" Suddenly the door opened and my Lord walked in holding a bundle of black material which was tightly bound around the heir with only his pale head showing.
"What is going on in here? Severus, what are you doing? Bella needs rest and I can't have you disturbing her." Severus glared at me, then turned to the Dark Lord and bowed his head to him and then to the heir and left the room. Master walked over to me and I sat up more comfortably. He sat next to me and handed over the heir. For the first time in my life I was holding my own son.
"Did you give him a name?" The Dark Lord looked at me and smirked. "No…I didn't gave her a name"
"Her? I thought it was a boy?" He shook his head.
"I'm letting you pick the name, I can't think of anything good. And even if she was a boy, I'd still let you pick the name. But I'd never make the same mistake my father made." I smile and nodded then looked down at the heiress.
"Serpentine"
"Serpentine"
"Yes. It means snake-like. Hopefully, she'll be almost a feared as you are now and within her veins flows the blood of a true Pure-Blood"
"But she's not"
"I know…but she's good as. And soon she'll have the Death Eaters bowing down before her. And they'll treat her like a princess"
"Princess Serpentine Merope Riddle."