Chains hung still and silent. And what looked like blood and white stains, had long dried but dripped down, the walls many years ago. Sex toys strewn upon the floor. The rotting smell of bodies I smelt earlier had to have come from somewhere; dead bodies (now presently being eaten by huge rats and faces torn off now) lay propped up against the wall, some still chained, others in forgotten vulnerable positions. I covered my nose with my sleeve and breathed through my nose. "Kinky." Envy laughed. I shook my head.
"What went on in here?" I spoke to the cold air.
"Well what do you think is going to happen when you stick tons of men in a house with no women? I suppose He let them loose at night to collect all the pretty virgins in town." I shook my head.
"My father wouldn't let this happen." "What goes on in this house was conducted by your father." She hissed. I didn't know whether to believe her. It didn't seem like my father would create such things under his roof. "I'm guessing playing cards and drinking on Fridays was just one of many things the Death Eaters did." Envy chuckled. I bent down and started to pick up the papers. A glimpse of silver caught my eye. I looked up and noticed something laying on the floor, in the far corner of the room. Did I dare cross the threshold and step into the beyond of sexual desires? Of course. The sparkling silver thing on the floor was attracting my attention. I stepped over a leg of a long dead girl who looked around the age of 16 and her arm was being eaten off by rats. I bent down and picked up the shining silver. It laid frozen in my palm. It was a charm in the shape of the Dark Mark. It was attached to a chain. I held it up to the light and watched it hang in the air. I stood transfixed and gazed at it. Everything was silent until a high, cold voice had called my name. I gasped and spun around, looking around for the disembodied voice. It was just like up in the bedroom. No one was there. I stopped and listened and then called out.
"Hello?" My voice shook. Nothing. "Is anyone here?" Nothing…but then a cold sigh from behind me. I twisted around and screamed as a face loomed out of the darkness at me. I fell over backwards and landed on the dead girl. I screamed again and crawled away, curling up into a ball and crouching by the door, trying to catch my breath. I looked up at where I saw the face and growled in frustration. It was just one of the dead bodies who were chained. I sighed and stood up. I picked up the papers and left the room, the Dark Mark pendant still clenched tight in my hand.

-A Week Later-

I was back at Platform 9 and ¾ and eager to get back to Marius and Maleah and tell them all about the Riddle house and explain to them what I found out. The silver serpent charm that Marius gave me was now sitting peacefully against my collarbone along with the Dark Mark pendent, taking Auntie's advice on what people would think if they saw the Dark Mark again, I had tucked it deep in my shirt, far from the naked eye. I caught sight of Marius as he was getting on the train and went to run after him. Auntie grabbed my arm.
"Now you be good. I want you to get good grades. Stay out of trouble. Don't lose that diary and don't show it to anyone."
"Auntie. I'll be fine, and so will the diary…I'll be a perfect angel." I gave a fake smile and she beamed. She bent down and kissed me on the head and waved bye to me as I ran onto the train. I waved back and then ran down the hallway to find what compartment Marius was in. Finally I found him and pulled open the door. He was with Maleah and he seemed to have gotten a new cat It was black with a spot of white around it's right eye and a white-tipped tail. I raised my eyebrow at it. Maleah, who was reading some book looked up. She saw me and screamed.
"SERPENTINE!" She screamed in a high-pitched baby voice. I laughed and sat down next to her. Marius didn't look at me, he stared out the window. "New cat? What's his name?" I asked. He didn't look over, but just simply said, "Gerard." I nodded. "Ah-ha, I see."

A/N: MCR! 8D

I got up and sat over next to him. He finally looked at me and I pointed to the serpent charm. He smiled, shook his head, and then looked back outside. I frowned. "Anything off the trolley, dears?" The food cart lady was at the door and she smiled at each of us. Maleah jumped up and now was my chance.
"Marius…I think I know why you sent me the charm." I could see that he raised his eyebrow.
"I know you're not mad at me. Why act like it's a problem?" I asked calmly, trying to get it over with before Maleah was finished picking one of everything from the cart. "It's not. I'll talk to you later about it." He said quietly, his voice almost to a whisper. I frowned and Maleah sat back down. Time's up. This time, Maleah didn't get one of everything. She only got a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans and a few chocolate frogs. I stared at her.
"What?" She whined. "I just don't have an appetite anymore." She stuffed the frogs in her pocket for future consumption and started to open the bean box slowly. I pulled my mother's diary out of my bag and sat down to read it. I've read a lot since when I first found it under the bed that night. Now, according to my mother, she's been in jail for 14 years. A pretty long time in jail for someone. She stated that she didn't lose her memory because she kept her mind on the Dark Lord at all times.

June 18th, 1994

He's returned. I know it. He's back. My mark has been burning for months now and no night, it burns as if I was cutting my own wrists. My tears are washing away the dirt on my face and my body is so overcome with emotions that I could just die. Now it's only a matter of time before he comes for me. I know he hasn't forgot about me. He never will.

January 16th, 1995

He came for me. Like angel of Death, crawling out of the darkness to take my hand and put me to my feet and embrace me in his arms. It was my place of safety for the night. I stood in the shower an hour later, watching the dirt roll off my naked body, not knowing if it was really the water or just my tears bathing me. He said he would reward me beyond my wildest dreams. If only he knew what they were…

January 24th, 1995

The Dark Lord demands to know what I request for a reward. I refused to tell him and I replaced it with a, "I will tell you later, Master. I don't need a reward right now." Rodolphus thinks that after Azkaban, love-making every night might cheer him up. After being in that place, nothing can cheer me up, except maybe of course being with the Dark Lord. I've hung around a lot at my Master's house just to calm my nerves.

"What's that?" I looked up. Marius was trying to get a peek at the diary.
"It's my mother's. I found it when I went to my father's house." Both of them seemed interested and demanded to know what I did over vacation. So I told them. But vaguely, I didn't want them to find out that I'm really collecting information to try and raise my father from a decade of torture. I left out the room with all of the dead bodies and how I found the dark mark pendant. The subject changed when Hogwarts came into view from the train's window. We got up and put our things away and put our robes on. "Fuck. I never did Professor Longbottom's essay." Marius growled.
"I never do my homework." Maleah shrugged.
"That's why you're failing." I stated.
"Serpentine's not failing…she's smart!"
"No…it's just cause there's nothing better to do." I was the last one out of the compartment and almost the last one off. There was one girl behind me who was a bit older than I am. She smiled at me, then caught a glance of my neck and gasped. I looked down and saw that the dark mark was out of my shirt. I tucked it in and ran down the corridor and caught up with Marius.