Chapter 31

Power Corrupts?

Kyle let Lucius go as he left the room. He walked straight out of the house and kept walking. After a few minutes he heard the front door slam and Draco yell his name. Kyle glanced around and sat on the grass and waited for Draco to find him.

"Kyle, what was that about?" Draco sounded angry. "If you want information about my family there are better ways to do it."

"Yeah, how?"

"Ask the portrait."

"Huh?"

"Ask her, grandmother, she's a bitter horrid woman, but if anyone would know she would."

Kyle smiled, "I didn't even think of that."

"Yeah, well, that's why you're an idiot. Now come back to the house."

"Nah, I think I'm going to stay out here for a while."

"Fine, but father locks the doors at 10 sharp." With that Draco left.

Kyle laid back on the grass and looked up at the stars. He thought about Isabel.

Isabel awoke to see Severus talking softly with Maria.

"You're awake." Maria spoke softly smiling.

"Yeah," she yawned. "What time is it?"

"Seven pm. Want some dinner?" Mara asked.

"Not really."

Severus handed her a cup of tea. "You need to drink something. Liz and your brothers were asking about you."

"Brothers?"

"Michael, too," Maria explained, "I told them you needed rest. A bunch of us are planning to go to Hogsmede tomorrow, are you interested? You can get your Christmas shopping done and get your mind off things."

"Yeah, sure, wow, Christmas is only a few days away isn't it?"

"Yup, the professors and elves have already decorated the castle."

Isabel sipped the tea as she slowly stood and moved over to the small table where Severus and Maria sat in front of the fire. Before Severus could lift his wand a chair transfigured between him and Maria. Maria's jaw dropped and Isabel took a step back surprised. She glanced at Severus' stern face. "I-I didn't mean to, I just thought about how I needed a chair."

"Sit," Severus spoke. "I understand that you are just becoming accustomed to this new power, but you need to learn to control it. Both of you."

Maria opened her mouth to object, but Severus continued.

"Both of you are going through something, though different in nature you will both be experiencing rushes in power. If you do not learn to control it, it can become dangerous for yourselves, those around you, yourselves and (looking at Maria) your baby. I will help you, but it is going to take a lot of power and tim..."

Isabel gasped, "Kyle?"

Isabel blinked and saw stars and Kyle's face.

"Kyle?"

"Isabel, god, I just thought about you I didn't mean…are you doing this?"

"No, Kyle, what's wrong?"

"I think Tess's donor was Draco's grandmother, Lucius' mother."

"I don't understand; how are you?"

"I don't know, I'm sorry, I didn't even mean to. I should go, uh, how do I go?"

"Stop thinking about me?"

"Right, okay, good night."

"Night."

Kyle gasped as he opened his eyes, "freaking hell!"

He jumped up and ran back to the house. Once inside he ran straight to his room and closed and locked the door. He jumped into bed and forced himself to sleep, he was afraid to think about what just happened. Better to think in the morning with a clear head.

Isabel gasped and opened her eyes.

"Isa…"

"It wasn't me," she interrupted Severus, "Kyle, dream walked me."

"How?" Maria asked.

"I don't know, he was supposed to inherit Max's powers not mine."

"At the train station, Kyle's alien power started to flare up." Severus pointed out.

"Yeah, but he was touching Max. When Liz's alien power started to emerge it was because she was touching Max."

Severus' looked away from the girls.

"What?" Maria asked.

"There is another idea."

"Yeeesss," Maria asked dragging out the word.

"Well, up until recently Kyle had no power and he would have been thought to be a squib. Sometimes in rare occasions the offspring of a pure blooded witch or wizard and a muggle has a different effect."

Mara and Isabel were now very interested.

"And?" Isabel asked.

"Sometimes the offspring has power, but not enough to show any potential, but when they are around those with power they appear to have power too. They unconsciously siphon power from others."

"You mean like a vampire?" Maria asked.

"Yes, except they are unaware they are doing it."

"Research?" Isabel asked.

"Yes, but not tonight, I shall ask Dumbledore more about it in the morning."

The next morning Kyle went back to the portrait of Lucius' mother. She sat looking prim and proper.

"Hello." Kyle spoke.

She looked down at him with icy eyes. "Yes?"

"I'm Narcissa's other son."

"I heard."

"Yeah, so I wanted to talk to you."

"Why? You're a squib; I don't talk to lowly creatures."

Kyle showed her the sparks on his hand. "Squibs can't do this. Look I know what I represent to you."

"The bastard son of my son's wife?"

"That and someone who knows you were abducted."

She glared at him.

"When you were in the states, aliens…"

"Enough!" She snapped. "Tonight midnight, I will come to you and we shall talk, the walls have ears and I have a reputation."

"Course you do, see you tonight." Kyle walked away with a smirk on his face. This was going to be easier than he thought.

As he turned the corner a house elf peered around the corner, master may find this very interesting.

Severus awoke the next morning to find the girls once again in his room; they were curled up together on his bed. He woke them so they could attend breakfast with their family.

Rath sat with Hermione and Harry, but stood when Isabel entered the hall. He walked over before Max or Michael even noticed she had entered.

"So you're good now?" Isabel asked.

"Trying to be, how are you?"

"I'm good, he didn't treat me like he did you."

"No, he wouldn't, I just (he glanced back at Hermione's encouraging face) want to apologize for everything."

Isabel glanced over at the young witch, "Wow, she really is good at the guilt thing."

"Yeah, well, she's tutoring me; she says she'll help you in everything you missed."

Isabel smiled, "tell her that'll be nice, but maybe after Christmas, I need rest."

"Oh, trust me she'll be too busy."

Isabel gave him a slight kiss on his cheek and then stepped over to where Max and Michael were waiting. She hugged them and Liz. She let Amy kiss her forehead; she even took a hug from Dumbledore, who rubbed her back.

"Are you ready to do some shopping?" Amy asked.

"Yeah, I could use something relaxing." Isabel smiled.

Amy continued eating.

"If it comforts anybody, I'm fine, a little edgy, but good. If you want to worry about anyone it should be Kyle, with my absence Nicholas and Lonnie will be driving Lucius nuts."

Michael smiled, "so they're still around?"

"Yeah, so I hear Rath is a student now." She caught Hermione and Rath's eyes.

"Yes, he has been making quite a fine addition to the student body."

The group looked up to see Sirus entering the room. He took a seat on the other side of Amy. Severus glared at him. They finished breakfast in silence, then the group split and would meet again in a few minutes to leave for Hogsmede.

Kyle made it down to breakfast on time. Lucius entered a minute later, Narcissa looked at him.

Lucius cleared his throat, "Kyle, do you have any plans for today?"

"No, just plan on researching the family tree." Kyle spoke with out looking up. "Why?"

"He has requested your presence."

"He?" Kyle played dumb.

"Yes, Lord Voldermort."

"And if I refuse?" Kyle asked with his mouth full.

Draco kicked him under the table.

"You had better not refuse, my lord liked your princess, but I can make sure he won't like you."

Kyle sighed, "as long as I'm back by midnight, I have a date with a portrait painting."

Lucius glared.

Isabel returned to her room to shower and change. She finished faster than she had thought she would so she tried to contact Kyle.

"Whoa," Kyle gasped as he was pulled into a dark space. Isabel appeared before him. "What's up?"

"Kyle, I want you to be careful."

"You mean when I see the (he held up his fingers and made quotation marks) 'dark lord'."

"Yes, Severus thinks that you may be sucking powers from other wizards and that's how you are able to dream walk."

"I didn't try, wait, like a vampire."

"Sort of, just be careful. And be wary of Lonnie and Nicholas."

There was a loud knocking.

"I will, I have to go." Kyle told her before blowing a kiss and disappearing.

He opened his eyes as Lucius unspelled the locked door and opened it. Lucius' eyes slowly opened in shock. Kyle's arms were covered in sparks. As Kyle started to stand a wave of power hit him and he fell to the floor. Lucius rushed forward and grabbed Kyle. As he touched Kyle flashes appeared before his eyes. He saw stars, Kyle getting shot, a silver handprint, a boy being killed by a girl that looked like Lucius' mother and strange symbols.

Kyle yanked his arm away and broke the connection.

"I know that woman, who is she?" Lucius demanded.

"An alien, very dangerous, but" Kyle sighed, "she died last year."

"Not possible I saw her here in the wizarding world. She stole my mother's face!"

"No, the Antarians abducted your mother and stole her DNA."

Lucius stood bringing Kyle with him, "we are leaving right now."

With that he dragged Kyle out of the room and down the hall.

Narcissa stood at the end of the hall with Draco.

"We'll be back before dinner." Lucius stated just before grabbing the portkey from Narcissa and shoving it into Kyle's hand.

Narcissa glanced down at Draco. "What are you thinking?"

"That lord V is in trouble."

"How so?"

"Kyle doesn't like authority."

Kyle blinked and looked around. Everything was different; they were in a whole new, well, old house.

"What the hell is he doing here?" Kyle turned his head.

Standing to his left was Lonnie, Nicholas and a tall hooded character.

"He is Lucius' bastard stepson," the figure hissed, "correct?"

"He is," Lucius replied.

"You know I don't appreciate being called bastard." Kyle added. "Why don't we leave it at strange?"

"Don't you mean estranged?" Lonnie asked.

"No."

"Enough, as lord of this house I welcome you…"

"Kyle." Lucius supplied.

"Kyle." The dark lord stepped toward Kyle as he spoke. But Kyle feeling the power radiating off the wizard stepped back. "What's wrong?"

"Sorry, I just don't like to be touched, that's how you get killed."

The wizard smiled, "there are way to kill without touching."

"Sure, but you're a wizard not an alien."

"Yes, I heard all about that," red eyes glanced at Lonnie and Nicholas.

"Oh, so you heard their story. Except they are aliens, I'm the son of a human and pureblood with alien powers." Kyle spoke knowing that his powers were beginning to flare up again. He took a deep breath this wizard was rubbing him the completely wrong way and Kyle was talking too much. The problem was he knew it.

The wizard smirked, "I can see why the princess likes you."

"Princess?"

"Isabel."

"Oh, yeah."

"So I take it you are her white knight?"

"White is to general."

The wizard smiled, "I see, well, we'll have to do something about that."

Kyle saw Lonnie and Nicholas glaring at him.

"Come," the dark wizard spoke, "Kyle, I want you to see what I have planned for our holiday."

The dark wizard escorted Kyle out of the room leaving Lonnie, Nicholas and Lucius behind and uninvited.

"So?" Lonnie asked once they were gone.

Lucius glared at her.

"Has he completely taken over your home like he has taken your place here?"

"No, Lonnie, I think this little development is a complete shock to our albino friend." Nicholas replied.

"What do you want?" Lucius asked with clenched teeth.

"To get rid of the brat of course, don't you want the same?"

"We'll have to be careful," Lonnie added.

Kyle nervously followed the wizard from the room, down the hall, down stairs and into the basement. There in the basement was a large cauldron the strange blue liquid inside was bubbling. The wizard scratched Kyle, but before he could react the wizard added a drop of Kyle's blood to the mixture.

"Hey," Kyle spoke.

"This will protect you from our Christmas present to the rest of the wizarding world. Don't worry I added a drop of your princesses blood as well."

"What is it?" Kyle suddenly became very afraid.

"Malice, fear, pain, it will cause confusion and violence. So much so that I will be able to just reach out and grab that little brat without anyone knowing."

"Brat, you mean Harry."

The wizard nodded his head, "I'm sick of all these games, but I am in no mood to fight your alien friends."

"But Isabel will remain unharmed?"

"Yes, and you are reacting just how I expected."

"Which is?"

"Fear, you will attend our gathering or I will kill your princess. Understand?"

"No, why me? I'm just a squib."

"No," the wizard grabbed Kyle's arm, both felt Kyle's power begin to pull on Voldermort's. "You are so much more; you are going to catch that Potter brat."

Kyle pulled away, "and if I refuse."

"You won't have a chance."

"How did you know, about me?"

"I can feel you, I've known since you walked in." The wizard grabbed Kyle again and gripped his arm tighter so both could feel Kyle's power pulling at Voldermort's.

The power was too much it became to take over Kyle's mind. Kyle felt so much hate pour into him, he needed to fight it.

Kyle opened his eyes he was back at the Malfoy mansion and someone was yelling at him.

"Wake up; I didn't come all the way down here to talk to myself."

He opened his eyes and saw the portrait of Lucius' mother glaring at him. "Sorry, I had a very tiring meeting with your son's master."

"At least you're socializing with the right circles," she smirked. "About what you said earlier, it's true I was taken. I don't know what they did to me and I don't want to. All this is to stay between us, understand?"

"Completely, thank you, but my head hurts so I'll talk to you later."

She smiled, which scared Kyle because it made her look evil. "Have you received the mark yet?"

"What?"

"The dark mark, the one that my son bears and that my grandson shall receive next year, did you receive it?"

"No, I don't want to be part of his group?"

"You should, when the war comes you want to be on the winning side."

"I am, I'm a mudblood as you say, I don't belong with them."

"If you have power we can see past all that."

"Can you?"

"It's all about the power and if you're here than you must have a lot of it."

Kyle was getting angry, "I don't I just know how to steal it."

"Well, than that's why you are here," her smile grew. "Welcome to the family."

Isabel's day went well, she got all her shopping done and she even found time to talk to her brother. He actually took the news well, and didn't overact. But then what could he do, it wasn't as though he could have been there to hold her hand? She was just sitting down to dinner when a wave of power struck her. She grasped a hand nearest her, her brother's and both slipped into the powers grasp. Images flashed before their eyes and they could feel the pain and sorrow of who ever was sending them this message.

"Welcome to the family."

"Malice, fear, pain, it will cause confusion and violence. So much so that I will be able to just reach out and grab that little brat without anyone knowing."

The last image was of the dark mark and Kyle screaming, "I'll always love you!" Then he whispered, "never forget me."