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A/N: Written for the Character Diversity Boot Camp Challenge, the 335 Pairing Bonanza Challenge, the If You Dare...Continued Challenge, and the chocolate frog challenge, As Much As You Can Challenge, all the HP Character's Challenge, the New Year's Resolution Challenge, Prompt Relay Challenge, The However Much Competition.


Prompts: Lysandra Black/Jack Sloper, Lysandra Black, Book, Ground Breaking, Riddle Era, Place: Twilfit and Tattings, Time-Travel.

Slytherin Thoughts

Lysandra let out a silent sigh that was only proper for a young lady of her level as she closed her book and watched the young time traveller finally walk out of the changing rooms in some decent clothes. As she looked over Jack Sloper with a calculating eye as he stood in the middle of Twilfit and Tattings clothing shop Lysandra did her best to pay attention to the job at hand and not let her gaze drift towards the window where she could see the object of her attentions.

'I wonder what young Master Riddle would make of my family's own ground breaking event' Lysandra thought as she chanced a quick look over at her fellow seventh year Hogwarts student. 'Maybe then he will let me into his group and see me as something more than just another woman.'

"Is it really alright if I have these?" Jack asked worriedly causing Lysandra's attention to quickly snap back onto him. "I mean I would be happy with some robes from Madam M-"

"Do not speak like that," Lysandra snapped out harshly as she felt a headache starting to form. "That shop is only good for set things, and besides if you think that my family will let a guest in our home who will be staying with us for more than a few days walk about in nothing but the clothes on his back or cheap clothing than you have another thing coming! Besides you will have to meet with my future husband and I do not want anything to go wrong."

"Future Husband?" Jack asked kindly only to pause as he remembered his many study sessions about the Wizarding World. "I hope you do not mind me asking but is it true love or is it an arranged marriage?"

"It is a proper arranged marriage of course, only those with dirty blood marry for true love if they are not destined for one another by Lady Magic," Lysandra replied sharply as she dusted off the none existent dust from her tailor made expensive dress. "I do not know who you think I am but I can promise you that I have connections to the right people and families. Like Black, Riddle, Malfoy, and similar families."

"Okay..." Jack replied slowly with a frown, with how things were he did not want to chance making any mistakes that might have him becoming the very first victim of the current young Dark Lord. "But still...thank you for bringing me to Twilfit and Tattings. Even with what you just said not a lot of people would of done this for me, not with what is going on currently."

"What do you mean?" Lysandra asked primly though her eyes flashed towards the window and onto Tom Riddle before quickly returning to Jack. "Are you trying to hint at something that happens in your time?"

Jack winced. "Well...you see, in the future around this time someone will rise up and become the Darkest Dark Lord anyone has ever seen...the person will do amazing but super scary things. Their rule will last for not years but generations!"

"Really now," Lysandra said with a sly look on her face. "Please do tell me more."

"The Dark Lord will put terror into everyone's hearts, they will take total control over the darker side of magic and everyone will be too scared to even say their name," Jack replied as he allowed the information to fall from his lips, unaware of the flashes of emotion crossing over Lysandra's face. "I heard that the Dark Lord's rule will start about now or a year or two ago."

"Really now, how...interesting," Lysandra said softly as her eyes turned to look at Tom Riddle once again only to take in much more of the young man. Now that she truely looked Lysandra could see the power and true Slytherin qualities in him. Hope bubbled up inside of her as her mind ran a mile a minute while she tried to place all of the information together. "Do you by chance know the name of this big bad Dark Lord? And by name I do not mean their fake King or Queen name but their proper birth name."

"No, no one knows their birth name bar a few key people but everyone knows the name they have made for themselves," Jack explained only to shiver in terror at the name and what he knew would bring with it. "The Dark Lord put this curse on it so whoever said his second more well known name would end up being either surrounded by their followers, Death Eaters, or find themselves being forced to give up a small part of their magic, until their own magic replaces it naturally, and give it to the Dark Lord to strengthen him. The Dark Lord is most commonly called...well the Dark Lord or You-Know-Who or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named."

"Death Eaters are the name of his followers," Lysandra said thoughtfully as her mind placed the final piece of the puzzle in place. It looked like she knew just what side and who to go to with her future husband if they wanted a long and proper life for themselves. "What a strange name to call their followers."

"Yeah, well the Dark Lord is not known for his sanity," Jack replied honestly, not noticing the dark look that crossover Lysandra's face. "Almost everyone but a few key people seem to think that the Dark Lord is insane. While some think they only have a few screws lose to being totally insane we all agree that he is insane to some level."

Lysandra made a thoughtful sound. "Do you know how it happened?" Getting a confused look from Jack she continued on. "Do you know what caused him to 'go off the deep end'? Do you know if it was an event in his life or a spell or a potion or something else?"

"I am not sure, no one really knows the truth," Jack replied with a careless shrug of his shoulders as he returned his attention back to the fancy clothes he was wearing and began to look them over once again. "I guess everyone in the future just guessed that the Dark Lord was naturally insane for some reason and being insane was enough of a reason for him to act like he does."

"Hmmmm, very interesting," Lysandra said softly as she nodded her head in understanding. "It looks like no one in the future bothered to look pass the first glance of this Dark Lord when they see him...right, back to business. I approve of that outfit, we will be getting it. Now return to the changing room and try on one of the next outfits."

Jack groaned. "How many of these horrid things are there?"

Lysandra shot her time travelling guest a sly grin. "As many as I want there to be. After all I do so love shopping here at Twilfit and Tattings clothing shop."

End.