A/N Thank you to everyone who is still reading. I realise that I
haven't exactly been the best author but hey at least it's something! I
read fics all the time that aren't updated for six months or more! Very
painful. Yes, we all know why we are here today: to read some more of this
marvellous fic! Yeah whatever! Oh well may as well get it over and done
with! So without further ado – well apart from saying THANK YOU REVEIWERS!
– I bring you (Marshall). Just kidding. You probably won't get that, but
it's at the beginning of Eminem's song Business. Anyway, here is Chapter
Five of A Riddle Tale!
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'Come and get your lunch!' They heard Bella call. They all rushed out of the room leaving all their worries and thoughts behind them. Tom was the last one out and he slammed the door shut locking the bad musings away until they would be unleashed – or Barty would open the door...
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Chapter 5 – A trip to Diagon Alley
During dinner everybody talked to Sarah and got to know her. Everybody liked her! Everybody was still at the mahogany table after they had finished. The Death Eaters were in deep conversation with Sarah so they didn't notice Tom get up. He walked over to where Bellatrix was sitting and whispered something in her ear. Smiling, she too got up. They crept upstairs into Tom's pale blue bedroom.
What's up? She asked him.
'Rodolphus told me that you were crying today. Why is that?'
'Oh it's stupid... I was just reading a book from Michael Morpurgo – ' For Carlos: A Letter From Your Father' and I burst into tears when I read that the father was dead!' Bella felt a blush creep up her neck.
'I said it was probably over a book. After all you weren't crying when you greeted me at the door,' Bella nodded but didn't quite meet his eye. This told him that she was lying but he didn't know why she was or what the truth was. 'Anyway I was thinking we could go to Diagon Alley tomorrow. What do you think?'
Bella sighed. 'It would be great if we could go normally, like go around Flourish and Blotts without worrying about a MOM worker coming to take us to Azkaban. But that would never happen would it?'
'We can disguise ourselves or not care. I mean, I know you could take anyone down single-handedly! Go on Bella, we need a break from here!'
'I've had a better idea, we could take Amber then nobody would attack us because we have a little girl with us!' Tom nodded and Bella beamed because she so wanted to go out to a wizarding town for the day. It would be like a proper family outing. Daddy, Daughter and Auntie all together and not arguing for once! She kissed him on the cheek and bade him good night. She told him that she would tell Amber about it and sort the two of them out, ready for bed. She hummed as she excited the room. Glad that he could cheer the woman up, Tom smiled to himself.
He looked at the clock. It was 9:00pm. He decided that he would go to bed after making sure Amber was fast asleep and Sarah was comfortable in her bedroom. He walked down the hallway, past three doors and knocked on the fourth. A female voice called for him to come in. He stepped inside and smiled at his ex next-door neighbour.
'Hi Tom! Shouldn't you be in bed by now, you might get grumpy in the morning?' She said in mock concern.
'I don't mind being grouchy, I'm grouchy all the time, I think I can handle it. Anyway I didn't come here to tell you that I am bad-tempered, I came here to check you were ok and see if you needed anything. Do you?'
'No I'm fine but can I have a jug of water please? And also a book to read?'
'Sure,' Tom handed her the jug of water he had just grabbed out of thin air. 'Come to my room, I have a small collection of books you may be interested in!' Sarah nodded and put the jug of water on her bedside table. She followed the Dark Lord out of her bedroom and into his own. She commented on how lovely it looked. He led her through a door opposite his bed. She walked inside and gasped. She was inside a giant library!
'Wow!' She breathed. 'This is amazing!' She wandered around giant room and soon found a small part filled with Jacqueline Wilson books. She picked out Midnight and jogged back to where Tom was patiently waiting. 'Is it ok for me to borrow this one?'
'Of course. I've never seen someone choose a book so quickly!' Sarah laughed.
'I'd best get back to my room now. Goodnight!' She reached up and kissed him on the cheek. A warning signal went off in his head and he wondered why. Ok so two women had kissed him on the cheek. So what? It was hardly like they were after anything more than a kiss goodnight. He walked out of the library and into Amber's room. He saw she was asleep so he turned to leave. Then he heard her whimpering.
'Don't leave me Mummy, please don't leave me!' She cried, her voice rising in a state of panicking.
'Tom, you have to look after our baby Amber as well. You may not have noticed, but she is missing me a lot too. Even though she doesn't remember me she still misses not having a mother. Promise me you'll look after her!' That's what Louise meant when she saw him. Amber must have been crying out a lot now but he hadn't noticed. What was it he had said to his deceased wife? Oh yes, ' I promise!' He had promised to look after their daughter and that is just what he was going to do!
'Amber, Amber!' he whispered, shaking the child to wake her up.
'What is it Daddy? She yawned. She rubbed her eyes and tried to focus in the dim light. Soon her eyes adjusted to it.
'Don't worry. Your Mummy is still here. She may not be with us but she is watching you, looking out for you in Heaven. You don't have to fear not having her because she is here; you just can't see her! Did Bella tell you that we're going out tomorrow?' Amber nodded. ' Good. Now come on get some peaceful, untroubled sleep. Soon the child was fast asleep dreaming of what children should be dreaming of; Horses, clouds, cute kittens and puppies, rainbows and everything nice.
Tom went back to his own room and conked out as soon as his head touched his pillows.
What and eventful day this day had been. He was asleep and dreaming of all the murders he had made and all the bad he had done. This dream didn't effect him anymore as he was used to it. He had this nightmare every night but how he longed to have dreams of books he had read or fun things he had seen like everyone else.
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Sarah woke up early and drew her curtains. It was another beautiful, day in July. She dressed and sauntered downstairs to make some tea and breakfast for everyone when they awoke. Only one other was in the kitchen sipping from a mug of coffee reading The Daily Prophet. She greeted Sarah pleasantly before turning back to her newspaper.
'The Master will be up soon.' Bella told the guest.
'Why do you call Tom, The Master and, My Lord?'
'Why do you call him Tom?'
'That's his name, just like mine is Sarah!'
'Oh, didn't you know? TOM is the Dark Lord!' Sarah gasped.
'You lying bitch!' She yelled shaking her head.
'Why so offended?'
'Tom's wife and my best friend was murdered by a Dark Lord, you evil woman. Still he probably wouldn't have told someone like you!'
'Shut your face!' Bella screeched, her eyes filling with tears. ' You don't know what you're talking about! You don't know Tom's wife no one does!' Just then the man himself came in wondering what on earth the shouting was all about. Bella ran to him and started to sob into his shoulder. Meanwhile Sarah was shouting abuse to Bella oblivious to the fact that Tom was a couple of metres away from her.
'Sarah, SARAH! Let me have my say in this. Both of you calm down!' Sarah stopped shouting and burst into tears. Tom didn't panic as he had a daughter who was always getting into fights and crying. So the only way he could think of getting round this was by treating them both like children. 'Come here Sarah. Come on, tell me what's wrong?'
'She started it!' Sarah sobbed, her voice muffled in Tom's robes. He sighed, yes, they were exactly like children! 'She told me-,'
'It was the truth!'
'That you were a Dark Lord!'
'She called me a bitch-,'
'I told her that Lou had been murdered by a Dark Lord!'
'She acted as if I don't even know who my sister was!'
'crap!' Sarah breathed.
'Bella, Sarah didn't know that you were Louise's sister. Sarah, it's true I am, and it's not nice to call someone a female dog! I think I know two little girls who want to apologise and make up!' They glared at each other. 'Just shake hands or something. I don't want to deal with something like this first thing in the morning!' Reluctantly they shook hands and walked away from each other. Nott came down with his muggle radio. He started to tune it and the end of a song came on.
~ In a family portrait ~ ~ We look pretty happy ~ ~ We look pretty normal ~ ~ Let's go back to that ~
~ In a family portrait ~ ~ We look pretty happy ~ ~ We look pretty normal ~ ~ *And that's the end of that ~
'Why do appropriate songs always come on?' Tom asked rolling his eyes.
'So when were you planning on telling me?'
'It didn't seem important. I dunno why your making such a fuss. Honestly it's Much Ado About Nothing!'
'I love that play!' Mcnair remarked, entering the kitchen. 'What time is it?'
' 9:34am and 36 seconds,'
'Thank you master!'
'Bella let's leave at Half past Eleven.'
'Going somewhere?' Sarah and Nott asked.
'To Diagon – what the...' The proud father looked down to see his child tugging at his robes.
'Daddy, Mummy's an angel in Heaven now isn't she?'
'Yes. But right now she wants you to feel not sorrow, but excitement because your going on a trip to London with your family!' The child looked so helpless and juvenile in her baby pink night-dress with frills on and dangling her soft patched teddy bear by the ankle. 'When did you go in my room to steal my teddy bear?' Tom asked snatching back his childhood memory.
Amber began to cry. 'Last night, I wanted him!' He scooped her up into his arms and cradled her like a baby.
'You know your not meant to go in my room by yourself! Bad girl, you're very naughty!' He scolded her gently, tapping her on the nose.
'You were in there. You were in bed fast asleep, whimpering like a baby!' He blushed.
'You were probably just imagining it. Now don't take my teddy again! If you wanted a toy I might've given you one of my cars!'
She started crying again and sobbed, ' I didn't want a car I wanted Patchy! Give him back his mine!'
'No. SHE is my bear and I'll never let a small child get her grubby hands on her!' with that he marched upstairs with the bear and child and put the teddy on his highest shelf, away from "Noisy children". Amber cried even harder. Everyone downstairs was laughing but put on sympathising faces when the two came back down. 'Amber you can't just take other peoples stuff! You're far to old for a teddy bear anyway!'
'Your older then me, but you can have one!' She argued.
'Yes but I don't have a bear to play with. She is a memory, not a toy!' Amber pouted and was in a mood all through breakfast. Another song came onto the radio:
~ My tea's gone cold I'm wondering why I ~ ~ got out of bed at all ~ ~ The morning rain clouds up my window ~ ~ and I can't see at all ~ ~ And even if I could it'll all be grey, ~ ~ but your picture on my wall ~ ~ It reminds me, that it's not so bad, ~ ~ it's not so bad... ~
~ And I'd like to thank you ~ ~ For giving me the best days of my life. ~ ~ And oh, oh, just to be with you ~ ~ Is having the best day of my life ~
'Turn that damn thing off now!' Tom commanded.
'Yes master!' Nott obeyed his master immediately.
'There is no need to -,' Sarah shut up as soon as she saw the death glare Tom was giving her.
'Come on Amber. You have to get prepared.' She followed her father upstairs where he dressed her in mini sapphire robes. He brushed her hair getting rid or all the tangles and put it into pigtails. 'You look adorable!' he told her. He came back downstairs and for half an hour they awaited Bella, who was in her room getting ready. She came down in lilac robes with her hair in a clasp cascading down her shoulders in a shower of ringlets. 'I hope your hair doesn't catch fire!' he teased as he steered her towards the fireplace.
'Don't worry, I thought ahead! Devrais!'
'What did you just do?' He asked her sternly.
'Well, I err, sort of put a spell on my err hair to protect it!' she turned scarlet, and everyone laughed. Tom put a handful of Floo Powder in the fireplace and shouted Knockturn Alley before pushing Bellatrix in. She squealed and disappeared from sight. He picked up trembling Amber, told her not to worry, shouted Knockturn Alley into the fireplace and stepped in, waving goodbye to everyone with his free hand. He covered Amber's mouth so she wouldn't scream and swallow a mouthful of ash. They stepped out into "The Blind Mans Inn" Where Bella was waiting for them. 'Ready?' She asked him.
'You bet!' They walked outside and once they were in Diagon Alley he let Amber walk next to him, holding his hand. His other arm, he gave to Bella to link. They walked to Gringotts Bank they were greeted by two goblins. They intrigued Amber, and Tom and Bella could tell that when she grew up she would be able to talk Gobbledegook wonderfully! Soon they were in Tom's small vault that was filled with golden, silver and bronze coins. He seemed rather embarrassed about letting Bella see how much money he had underground. ' My mother left me a lot when she died...' He mumbled. Amber was having an interesting conversation with the goblin ( Yandola) about flying carpets. He was telling her that they had been banned years before she was born. On the cart ride back he tried teaching her some words in Gobbledegook. She was quite good at it. She learnt Blaghs – Hello, Farghs – Goodbye, Retck – Please and trundph – Thank You. She was very pleased with herself. Now that he had lots of money on him, Tom knew he could spoil the two females. Outside, Amber ran ahead into the Apothecary's so Bella and Tom had to run to catch up with her. It smelt terrible in there but Amber didn't care as it had fascinating gooey things inside.
'I don't think there's anything for you in here darling!' laughed the shopkeeper.
'Yes, come on Amber, you'll love it in Flourish and Blotts. They have lots and lots of children's books, just the sort you'd like!' Tom told her.
They shopkeeper smiled at him and said, 'Kids nowadays, don't know what gets into them!'
'Yes I had two LITLLE girls this morning arguing terribly, probably woke the whole of England up!' Tom told him staring at Bella.
'She was being disrespectful to the memory of my sister!'
'No she wasn't, she didn't even know it was your sister and you two probably got up on the wrong side of the bed!'
The shopkeeper laughed and responded, ' I don't know. I haven't seen you around here before, do you leave far away?'
'No I just don't go out much. But you probably no what it's like when you have a daughter whining at you, you just break and give them what they want!'
'Not me, I tell my girl, "You want to go somewhere, you go yourself and don't be asking for my money, you earn some yourself!'
It was Tom's turn to laugh, 'I wish I could do the same for mine but she's only four. She's not dumb for her age though, she already knows some words in Gobbledegook!' The three were too busy talking that they didn't see Amber walk out of the shop, bored, searching for somewhere else to go. Finally Tom and Bella went to leave and realised she wasn't there. Bella started crying while the shopkeeper and Tom tried to calm her down. 'She can't have gone too far, can she?'
A/N ~ wow I wrote a lot! It is 11:23pm and I started writing the 3rd page at 8:30! I really hope this is long enough for you. I was going to continue with this chapter and write about the search for Amber, but I am aching from sitting on this wooden chair for hours. Also, I have a feeling my mum is going to come into my room any minute and tell me off for still being on the computer! I would finish this tomorrow but I want to put this up tomorrow and then go on to the next chapter of this. Only joking, I'm going onto the next chapter for fight for love then maybe in a few days I'll start on chapter 6 of this. Mwuhahaha! Evil me, but that's what you get for being Lord Voldemort's Heir! I'm starting to feel drowsy... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz huh? Why the hell is all this writing on my screen? Hmm... maybe I should delete it all as it seems a lot of nonsense. I mean, what the hell is Gobbledegook? A load of old Tosh! Wow this is a big Authors Note! Please R/R Lotsa love Starrylibra!
* And that's the end of that! - I made up that bit because it felt like a good way to end a song!
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Last Chapter:
'Come and get your lunch!' They heard Bella call. They all rushed out of the room leaving all their worries and thoughts behind them. Tom was the last one out and he slammed the door shut locking the bad musings away until they would be unleashed – or Barty would open the door...
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Chapter 5 – A trip to Diagon Alley
During dinner everybody talked to Sarah and got to know her. Everybody liked her! Everybody was still at the mahogany table after they had finished. The Death Eaters were in deep conversation with Sarah so they didn't notice Tom get up. He walked over to where Bellatrix was sitting and whispered something in her ear. Smiling, she too got up. They crept upstairs into Tom's pale blue bedroom.
What's up? She asked him.
'Rodolphus told me that you were crying today. Why is that?'
'Oh it's stupid... I was just reading a book from Michael Morpurgo – ' For Carlos: A Letter From Your Father' and I burst into tears when I read that the father was dead!' Bella felt a blush creep up her neck.
'I said it was probably over a book. After all you weren't crying when you greeted me at the door,' Bella nodded but didn't quite meet his eye. This told him that she was lying but he didn't know why she was or what the truth was. 'Anyway I was thinking we could go to Diagon Alley tomorrow. What do you think?'
Bella sighed. 'It would be great if we could go normally, like go around Flourish and Blotts without worrying about a MOM worker coming to take us to Azkaban. But that would never happen would it?'
'We can disguise ourselves or not care. I mean, I know you could take anyone down single-handedly! Go on Bella, we need a break from here!'
'I've had a better idea, we could take Amber then nobody would attack us because we have a little girl with us!' Tom nodded and Bella beamed because she so wanted to go out to a wizarding town for the day. It would be like a proper family outing. Daddy, Daughter and Auntie all together and not arguing for once! She kissed him on the cheek and bade him good night. She told him that she would tell Amber about it and sort the two of them out, ready for bed. She hummed as she excited the room. Glad that he could cheer the woman up, Tom smiled to himself.
He looked at the clock. It was 9:00pm. He decided that he would go to bed after making sure Amber was fast asleep and Sarah was comfortable in her bedroom. He walked down the hallway, past three doors and knocked on the fourth. A female voice called for him to come in. He stepped inside and smiled at his ex next-door neighbour.
'Hi Tom! Shouldn't you be in bed by now, you might get grumpy in the morning?' She said in mock concern.
'I don't mind being grouchy, I'm grouchy all the time, I think I can handle it. Anyway I didn't come here to tell you that I am bad-tempered, I came here to check you were ok and see if you needed anything. Do you?'
'No I'm fine but can I have a jug of water please? And also a book to read?'
'Sure,' Tom handed her the jug of water he had just grabbed out of thin air. 'Come to my room, I have a small collection of books you may be interested in!' Sarah nodded and put the jug of water on her bedside table. She followed the Dark Lord out of her bedroom and into his own. She commented on how lovely it looked. He led her through a door opposite his bed. She walked inside and gasped. She was inside a giant library!
'Wow!' She breathed. 'This is amazing!' She wandered around giant room and soon found a small part filled with Jacqueline Wilson books. She picked out Midnight and jogged back to where Tom was patiently waiting. 'Is it ok for me to borrow this one?'
'Of course. I've never seen someone choose a book so quickly!' Sarah laughed.
'I'd best get back to my room now. Goodnight!' She reached up and kissed him on the cheek. A warning signal went off in his head and he wondered why. Ok so two women had kissed him on the cheek. So what? It was hardly like they were after anything more than a kiss goodnight. He walked out of the library and into Amber's room. He saw she was asleep so he turned to leave. Then he heard her whimpering.
'Don't leave me Mummy, please don't leave me!' She cried, her voice rising in a state of panicking.
'Tom, you have to look after our baby Amber as well. You may not have noticed, but she is missing me a lot too. Even though she doesn't remember me she still misses not having a mother. Promise me you'll look after her!' That's what Louise meant when she saw him. Amber must have been crying out a lot now but he hadn't noticed. What was it he had said to his deceased wife? Oh yes, ' I promise!' He had promised to look after their daughter and that is just what he was going to do!
'Amber, Amber!' he whispered, shaking the child to wake her up.
'What is it Daddy? She yawned. She rubbed her eyes and tried to focus in the dim light. Soon her eyes adjusted to it.
'Don't worry. Your Mummy is still here. She may not be with us but she is watching you, looking out for you in Heaven. You don't have to fear not having her because she is here; you just can't see her! Did Bella tell you that we're going out tomorrow?' Amber nodded. ' Good. Now come on get some peaceful, untroubled sleep. Soon the child was fast asleep dreaming of what children should be dreaming of; Horses, clouds, cute kittens and puppies, rainbows and everything nice.
Tom went back to his own room and conked out as soon as his head touched his pillows.
What and eventful day this day had been. He was asleep and dreaming of all the murders he had made and all the bad he had done. This dream didn't effect him anymore as he was used to it. He had this nightmare every night but how he longed to have dreams of books he had read or fun things he had seen like everyone else.
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Sarah woke up early and drew her curtains. It was another beautiful, day in July. She dressed and sauntered downstairs to make some tea and breakfast for everyone when they awoke. Only one other was in the kitchen sipping from a mug of coffee reading The Daily Prophet. She greeted Sarah pleasantly before turning back to her newspaper.
'The Master will be up soon.' Bella told the guest.
'Why do you call Tom, The Master and, My Lord?'
'Why do you call him Tom?'
'That's his name, just like mine is Sarah!'
'Oh, didn't you know? TOM is the Dark Lord!' Sarah gasped.
'You lying bitch!' She yelled shaking her head.
'Why so offended?'
'Tom's wife and my best friend was murdered by a Dark Lord, you evil woman. Still he probably wouldn't have told someone like you!'
'Shut your face!' Bella screeched, her eyes filling with tears. ' You don't know what you're talking about! You don't know Tom's wife no one does!' Just then the man himself came in wondering what on earth the shouting was all about. Bella ran to him and started to sob into his shoulder. Meanwhile Sarah was shouting abuse to Bella oblivious to the fact that Tom was a couple of metres away from her.
'Sarah, SARAH! Let me have my say in this. Both of you calm down!' Sarah stopped shouting and burst into tears. Tom didn't panic as he had a daughter who was always getting into fights and crying. So the only way he could think of getting round this was by treating them both like children. 'Come here Sarah. Come on, tell me what's wrong?'
'She started it!' Sarah sobbed, her voice muffled in Tom's robes. He sighed, yes, they were exactly like children! 'She told me-,'
'It was the truth!'
'That you were a Dark Lord!'
'She called me a bitch-,'
'I told her that Lou had been murdered by a Dark Lord!'
'She acted as if I don't even know who my sister was!'
'crap!' Sarah breathed.
'Bella, Sarah didn't know that you were Louise's sister. Sarah, it's true I am, and it's not nice to call someone a female dog! I think I know two little girls who want to apologise and make up!' They glared at each other. 'Just shake hands or something. I don't want to deal with something like this first thing in the morning!' Reluctantly they shook hands and walked away from each other. Nott came down with his muggle radio. He started to tune it and the end of a song came on.
~ In a family portrait ~ ~ We look pretty happy ~ ~ We look pretty normal ~ ~ Let's go back to that ~
~ In a family portrait ~ ~ We look pretty happy ~ ~ We look pretty normal ~ ~ *And that's the end of that ~
'Why do appropriate songs always come on?' Tom asked rolling his eyes.
'So when were you planning on telling me?'
'It didn't seem important. I dunno why your making such a fuss. Honestly it's Much Ado About Nothing!'
'I love that play!' Mcnair remarked, entering the kitchen. 'What time is it?'
' 9:34am and 36 seconds,'
'Thank you master!'
'Bella let's leave at Half past Eleven.'
'Going somewhere?' Sarah and Nott asked.
'To Diagon – what the...' The proud father looked down to see his child tugging at his robes.
'Daddy, Mummy's an angel in Heaven now isn't she?'
'Yes. But right now she wants you to feel not sorrow, but excitement because your going on a trip to London with your family!' The child looked so helpless and juvenile in her baby pink night-dress with frills on and dangling her soft patched teddy bear by the ankle. 'When did you go in my room to steal my teddy bear?' Tom asked snatching back his childhood memory.
Amber began to cry. 'Last night, I wanted him!' He scooped her up into his arms and cradled her like a baby.
'You know your not meant to go in my room by yourself! Bad girl, you're very naughty!' He scolded her gently, tapping her on the nose.
'You were in there. You were in bed fast asleep, whimpering like a baby!' He blushed.
'You were probably just imagining it. Now don't take my teddy again! If you wanted a toy I might've given you one of my cars!'
She started crying again and sobbed, ' I didn't want a car I wanted Patchy! Give him back his mine!'
'No. SHE is my bear and I'll never let a small child get her grubby hands on her!' with that he marched upstairs with the bear and child and put the teddy on his highest shelf, away from "Noisy children". Amber cried even harder. Everyone downstairs was laughing but put on sympathising faces when the two came back down. 'Amber you can't just take other peoples stuff! You're far to old for a teddy bear anyway!'
'Your older then me, but you can have one!' She argued.
'Yes but I don't have a bear to play with. She is a memory, not a toy!' Amber pouted and was in a mood all through breakfast. Another song came onto the radio:
~ My tea's gone cold I'm wondering why I ~ ~ got out of bed at all ~ ~ The morning rain clouds up my window ~ ~ and I can't see at all ~ ~ And even if I could it'll all be grey, ~ ~ but your picture on my wall ~ ~ It reminds me, that it's not so bad, ~ ~ it's not so bad... ~
~ And I'd like to thank you ~ ~ For giving me the best days of my life. ~ ~ And oh, oh, just to be with you ~ ~ Is having the best day of my life ~
'Turn that damn thing off now!' Tom commanded.
'Yes master!' Nott obeyed his master immediately.
'There is no need to -,' Sarah shut up as soon as she saw the death glare Tom was giving her.
'Come on Amber. You have to get prepared.' She followed her father upstairs where he dressed her in mini sapphire robes. He brushed her hair getting rid or all the tangles and put it into pigtails. 'You look adorable!' he told her. He came back downstairs and for half an hour they awaited Bella, who was in her room getting ready. She came down in lilac robes with her hair in a clasp cascading down her shoulders in a shower of ringlets. 'I hope your hair doesn't catch fire!' he teased as he steered her towards the fireplace.
'Don't worry, I thought ahead! Devrais!'
'What did you just do?' He asked her sternly.
'Well, I err, sort of put a spell on my err hair to protect it!' she turned scarlet, and everyone laughed. Tom put a handful of Floo Powder in the fireplace and shouted Knockturn Alley before pushing Bellatrix in. She squealed and disappeared from sight. He picked up trembling Amber, told her not to worry, shouted Knockturn Alley into the fireplace and stepped in, waving goodbye to everyone with his free hand. He covered Amber's mouth so she wouldn't scream and swallow a mouthful of ash. They stepped out into "The Blind Mans Inn" Where Bella was waiting for them. 'Ready?' She asked him.
'You bet!' They walked outside and once they were in Diagon Alley he let Amber walk next to him, holding his hand. His other arm, he gave to Bella to link. They walked to Gringotts Bank they were greeted by two goblins. They intrigued Amber, and Tom and Bella could tell that when she grew up she would be able to talk Gobbledegook wonderfully! Soon they were in Tom's small vault that was filled with golden, silver and bronze coins. He seemed rather embarrassed about letting Bella see how much money he had underground. ' My mother left me a lot when she died...' He mumbled. Amber was having an interesting conversation with the goblin ( Yandola) about flying carpets. He was telling her that they had been banned years before she was born. On the cart ride back he tried teaching her some words in Gobbledegook. She was quite good at it. She learnt Blaghs – Hello, Farghs – Goodbye, Retck – Please and trundph – Thank You. She was very pleased with herself. Now that he had lots of money on him, Tom knew he could spoil the two females. Outside, Amber ran ahead into the Apothecary's so Bella and Tom had to run to catch up with her. It smelt terrible in there but Amber didn't care as it had fascinating gooey things inside.
'I don't think there's anything for you in here darling!' laughed the shopkeeper.
'Yes, come on Amber, you'll love it in Flourish and Blotts. They have lots and lots of children's books, just the sort you'd like!' Tom told her.
They shopkeeper smiled at him and said, 'Kids nowadays, don't know what gets into them!'
'Yes I had two LITLLE girls this morning arguing terribly, probably woke the whole of England up!' Tom told him staring at Bella.
'She was being disrespectful to the memory of my sister!'
'No she wasn't, she didn't even know it was your sister and you two probably got up on the wrong side of the bed!'
The shopkeeper laughed and responded, ' I don't know. I haven't seen you around here before, do you leave far away?'
'No I just don't go out much. But you probably no what it's like when you have a daughter whining at you, you just break and give them what they want!'
'Not me, I tell my girl, "You want to go somewhere, you go yourself and don't be asking for my money, you earn some yourself!'
It was Tom's turn to laugh, 'I wish I could do the same for mine but she's only four. She's not dumb for her age though, she already knows some words in Gobbledegook!' The three were too busy talking that they didn't see Amber walk out of the shop, bored, searching for somewhere else to go. Finally Tom and Bella went to leave and realised she wasn't there. Bella started crying while the shopkeeper and Tom tried to calm her down. 'She can't have gone too far, can she?'
A/N ~ wow I wrote a lot! It is 11:23pm and I started writing the 3rd page at 8:30! I really hope this is long enough for you. I was going to continue with this chapter and write about the search for Amber, but I am aching from sitting on this wooden chair for hours. Also, I have a feeling my mum is going to come into my room any minute and tell me off for still being on the computer! I would finish this tomorrow but I want to put this up tomorrow and then go on to the next chapter of this. Only joking, I'm going onto the next chapter for fight for love then maybe in a few days I'll start on chapter 6 of this. Mwuhahaha! Evil me, but that's what you get for being Lord Voldemort's Heir! I'm starting to feel drowsy... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz huh? Why the hell is all this writing on my screen? Hmm... maybe I should delete it all as it seems a lot of nonsense. I mean, what the hell is Gobbledegook? A load of old Tosh! Wow this is a big Authors Note! Please R/R Lotsa love Starrylibra!
* And that's the end of that! - I made up that bit because it felt like a good way to end a song!