The Genesis of Daemons

by Skittles-Panda94

No one knows how they came to be, some say they have always existed, they are the apex predator, the pinnacle of evolution. The humans call them creatures, monsters, beasts, devils, but only one name is accurate; they are daemons. One does not merely become a daemon; it's in your blood, your lineage, it calls you from deep within.

6. Death & Pandemonium

Warning: There are graphic depictions of violence and torture. As always I don't agree with either. I'm using it for story development. Please, do not read this if it is triggering for you. Shout out to VileniaVeladorn for her lovely ideas and reading over this. Go check out her work, you'll love it. /users/VileniaVeladorn%22%3E

He finds a bloodbath in the entryway and stands there in shock for a second. Due to him being familiar with the layout of the house, he heads towards Harry's nursery and bursts through the door where he finds Severus Snape pointing his wand at Hagrid with Lily Potter's body in front of them with multiple lacerations covering her form. His nostrils flare and his eyes flash, then darken to a crimson color. "Snape you bastard, what did you do to Lily and James?!" He stalks towards Snape, "Ah, ah, ah, dog heel. I didn't kill either of them. You know why I showed up, they told you. So don't shift the blame to me. Now, why is the half-giant here?" They both give Hagrid questioning glances; he strokes his beard nervously. "Dumbledore had me come, he said I'm to retrieve the wee babe, and give him to his mum's sister, Petunia Dursley." Snape drolls out, "He's planning on sending him to that wench? She hates anything magical; she has always been jealous of Lily." He turns to Sirius, "Are you not the boy's godfather? Take him and go, I'll alert Dumbledore and the aurors with Hagrid." Hagrid interrupts, "No! That's not what Dumbledore told me to do! I'm supposed to take little Harry to his family," he glares down at Snape. Sirius has had enough and pipes in, "Stop! Hagrid takes Harry for now, but remember he's my godson, and he belongs with me. Make sure you tell Dumbledore that, and if for some reason I'm not able to care for him. I'd like one of my cousins to care for him. Now, I need to go find a...rat." Sirius stalks out of the house and takes to the skies searching for the traitor.

4 Privet Drive, 0500 a.m.

Hagrid retrieved Harry and some of his belongings; he then headed to the Dursley's residence located at 4 Privet Drive. When he arrives, he knocks on the door and Petunia Dursley answers in a mumsy pink robe. "'Ello, I'm here to drop off your nephew Harry. His parents have passed and you are his only family left." Hagrid then hands her a letter along with little Harry, he doesn't give her a chance to respond before he hops back on the magical motorcycle Sirius let him borrow and flies away. Petunia looks down at Harry repulsed, "I can't seem to get away from this shite, what am I going to do with a bloody orphan." She brings the infant inside and goes to get Vernon to let him know what's happened. "Vernon! Wake up!" She barges into their room, where she finds Vernon passed out in the bed. She puts Harry down on the edge of the bed, then shakes Vernon awake. "Wake up for christ sake it's an emergency, a giant just forced a baby on me!" Vernon jolts awake, "Ah... what?! A giant forced a baby in you?!" He stares at Petunia, blinking rapidly, attempting to get his bearings when he notices an infant laying on the bed. "Petunia, what is that thing? And whose is it?" He sneers at the child, "We already have one child and don't need another. Dudley is our precious little boy, I don't want him contaminated by the boy's filth!" Petunia nods agreeing with Vernon, "You're right I'm sure we will get rid of him soon, it will just take some time." She picks up a sleeping Harry and places him in their dirty clothes basket, she smiles to herself, finding it suitable. She then sits down in a chair by their bed and reads the letter the giant gave her.

Godric's Hollow

Now that Sirius and Hagrid have left, Severus detects his carefully constructed walls collapsing under his grief. He falls heavily on his knees, causing an audible crack, the embankment surrounding his heart, flooding to the point he's drowning and can no longer breathe. He gasps for breath and is knifed by her orange blossom scent tainted with blood and death. An endless ocean pours from his blank eyes, for he has never felt so completely and thoroughly shattered. Severus thought he knew what agony felt like, but that was before he had to live even a moment without her. He crawls over to her and stares at her serene face, it dawns on him she knew she would die, and she was prepared for it. He bends down, pressing his lips to the corner of her mouth; closing his eyes, he mutters, "He promised he would spare your life, he will rue this day, Lily, that I promise." Severus shelters Lily's broken body in his arms and heads for the open door, when he notices a wand laying on the floor he casts a wandless Wingardium Leviosa, bringing the wand closer for inspection and recognizes it as Voldemort's wand. He puts the wand in his pocket and leaves the Potter residence. Outside he lifts his face up, letting the rain temporarily wash away the grief, he then passes Dumbledore and some aurors; Alastor Moody notices Snape exiting the residence and points his wand at him.

"What do you have there, Death Eater? You've killed the Potters'! What were you going to do with Lily's body before we arrived?" Dumbledore interjects, "Alastor, please, it appears Severus is grieving. I strongly doubt he murdered anyone." Severus strolls over to Dumbledore and wordlessly hands him Voldemort's wand. "This should be enough evidence... Voldemort is dead, killed by an infant." Dumbledore grips the wand tightly, his face paling slightly before he remembers he has company. "Thank you, Severus, carry on, and do… take care." Severus walks off without acknowledging his words. Dumbledore turns to Alastor, "Well, this was unexpected. What happened with Sirius?" Alastor whispers, " Aurors found him surrounded by body parts from blown up muggles. He used some type of explosion spell to do it, and he killed over twelve of them… well we think we haven't been able to put the bits and pieces back together yet. What's even more sinister is he killed his own friend, Peter Pettigrew, all that was left of the poor bastard was his pinky. It's bizarre Albus that Sirius would betray his own brother. Those two were thick as thieves, I smell foul play," to articulate his stance he inhaled deeply. "I know that Death Eater Snape had a part in this." As Moody turns to walk away he observes some of his team slacking, "Constant vigilance!" He yells out startling them, "I could've killed the lot of you, Merlin, if you lot don't die by the end of this, it'll be a miracle."

The Black Manor, 1000 a.m.

Bella sighs to herself, running her fingers through her curls for the umpteenth time. She's been working with her ministry contacts to try and find where Tom went. She recently found some disturbing information about what he's done, and she needs to confirm it before she or they act. Since Tom went and got himself killed the Death Eaters have been in a disarray and as his Lieutenant she has had to lead them, she's been having the most trouble with the Lestrange brothers Rodolphus and Rabastan along with Bartiemus Crouch Jr. They have all but vanished and won't tell her what they are up to. They merely stated they were going to find our Lord and disappeared.

Bella stands up and walks over to her familiar, Nox, she is her jackdaw whose coloring is black with the ends of her feathers tipped gray. Her irises remind her of Hermione a tad they are white; she smiles at Nox, "I can't wait to introduce you to a special little queen in my life, Nox, you'll adore her. She's so intelligent for her age." Nox caws at Bella and Bella strokes her feathers softly, she then walks over to a box and opens it, she takes out her childhood stuffed animal and thinks about giving it to Hermione. Her heart is flooded with affection when she thinks of Hermione hugging and cuddling with Herbie. "Nox, times are so uncertain right now… take care of little Mi for me if something should happen to me." Nox stares at Bella, then flies over to her landing on her shoulder, rubbing her head against Bella's cheek. Bella goes to sit back down when she gets an alert her ministry contacts wards have been breached. "Daggs. Daggs." Bella yells, and a heavily scarred elf pops in her study.

"Yes Mistress, what can Daggs do for you?"

"I need you to go make sure Cissy knows I'm going to my contacts estate due to the wards being breached. Take care of yourself and Nox for me." Daggs bows and pops out of the room. Bella gives Nox one last scratch and apparates away.

The Longbottom Estate

Bellatrix arrives and finds the gate leading into the estate is completely blown apart and the metal warped. She walks through slowly with her wand raised, she then tilts her head, she recognizes the sound of an infant crying, but she also hears...screams? She breaks out into a sprint making sure to remain vigilant in case whoever is here has laid out alarms or traps. As she's sprinting, she notices that the front doors are splintered open, and she has a feeling as to who is here, she can smell Alpha and Beta musk.

Bellatrix goes inside and can hear the cries and screams more clearly. She carefully moves up the first flight of stairs and heads towards the infant's cries. She finds the nursery and quietly opens the door. Stepping in, she observes a healthy baby boy with dark brown hair and blue eyes staring at her with tears in his eyes. One of the fat tears rolls down his cheek, and she sees his chin wobble. Bellatrix immediately steps over to the babe and hugs him, he starts to whimper, 'Shh, Neville, everything will be okay. I'm gonna go save your parents, just go to sleep." Bellatrix rocks the child back and forth for several minutes until he falls back asleep. As she exits the nursery, she makes sure it is warded and sounds can't be heard so the child can sleep unaware of the chaos surrounding him.

As she marches towards Alice and Frank's screams, she allows her daemon to present itself. Her irises have turned a glowing lavender, her teeth have elongated to sharp fangs, and black razor sharp talons have formed on her hands and feet. The screams get louder and Bellatrix she rushes down the hall, while her transformation is finishing. Her black iridescent scales cover her arms, legs, and abdomen. Her wings burst from her back, her feathers are black with silver and blue tips; her tail is long with spikes at the end of it, and her horns are two feet long, a dark purple, almost black color.

As Bellatrix's transformation finishes, she rips open the door where she hears the screams coming from. She walks in and sees the three stooges torturing the two aurors. "What in the name of Morgana are you dunderheads doing?!" She roars out. Before they can react, Bellatrix uses her shadow Black magic to create hundreds of inky black tendrils. The tendrils fan out, attaching themselves to their victims' constricting their movements. "Rod, Rab, and Barty...what are you doing? I know exactly what I told you not to do," she growls out. She sauntered over to Rodolphus, "I'm going to make an example out of you three for defying my direct orders. You know how our Lord thrives on order." She uses her talons to rip open his shirt, making sure to shred through his skin as well. Rodolphus howled in pain, "Next time do as you're told Rod, don't presume… but sadly there won't be a next time for you." One of the tendrils wrapped around his neck cutting his screams off. Her talons then spear through his chest, ripping his heart out. The tendrils let go of Rodolphus' disfigured form which lands on the floor with a loud thud.

Bellatrix then strolls away from Rodolphus' limp body and moves over to Rabastan with the heart still in her hand. "You deranged cunt! That was my brother! And to think your cow of a mother wanted him to marry you!" Sweat falls from his face, due to his recent activity. "Tsk. Tsk. Rab is that any way to speak to your betters? I think not. Tell me did you anticipate the Ministry wouldn't find out? Of course, they would, in fact, they are probably already here. Now, I'll finish you two before they find out what you've done." Rabastan goes to speak again and Bellatrix shoves his brother's heart in his mouth. "Shh, the time for talking is over," she says while smirking. Bellatrix brings her spiked tail up and starts whipping Rabastan, tearing his skin and flesh away from his body. He lets out agonizing screams as water streams from his eyes. Finally, Bellatrix has pity on him and pierces his heart with her spiked tail.

She turns toward her last victim, Bartiemus, she stalks over to him and lifts him up so his feet dangle in the air. She then slowly starts to strangle him, he gasps out, "I'm sorry, please don't kill me! I did it for our master, we need to find him! How will we go forward with the experiments otherwise." Bellatrix, is perplexed by the last comment and goes to ask him what he means, but before she can he spits in her eye. She backhands him and throws him against the wall. His body slides down and slumps over, he starts coughing up blood, "Damn, daemons are stronger than I thought. I think you broke my back and one of my ribs is stabbing my lung." Bellatrix strides over to his slumped form and bites him on his neck, injecting venom in his bloodstream. "Let's see how long you last." She then changes back to her human form. She kneels down beside Alice and Frank and grabs their wrists checking for a pulse, like Narcissa taught her muggle doctors use. She feels a strong pulse coming from both of them and lets out a relieved sigh. She aims her wand at both of their chests and casts Rennervate. Both Alice and Frank blink lethargically watching Bellatrix, Alice opens her mouth to speak, but coughs she tries again, "Bella… Neville?" Bella smiles gently, "He's sleeping, they didn't touch him. He's fine." Alice weakly nods her head, "Th-thank you, for saving us…" Alice and Frank struggle to keep their eyes open passing out. Before Bellatrix can decide what to do next, aurors are rushing in the room, pointing their wands at her. "Now, now let's not rush to conclusions." When Bellatrix goes to holster her wand, two of the aurors, panic, and they both fire a stunning spell at her. "Fuck... you bastards that hurt, watch what the fuck you're doing!" They all look at each other bewildered, one of them piped up, "What are you bloody made of? That should've knocked you out. " Bellatrix opens her mouth to retort, but two other aurors throw stunners at her; that, coupled with the damage and pain from the first two stunners, causes her to pass out.

The Next Day, Deep Underneath Whitehall, The British Ministry Headquarters

Sirius groans and rolls over, the last thing he remembers is aurors stunning him and taking him into custody after… he shakes his head, then jerks his body into a sitting position. "Ah, good you're awake." Dumbledore peers down at Sirius from behind his glasses. Sirius notices that the grandfatherly look he normally has in his eyes is missing. He clears his throat, "Dumbledore, I didn't murder those muggles… the rat betrayed Lily and James, I wasn't their secret-keeper!" Dumbledore gives him a patronizing smile, "There, there my boy, this is for the greater good, I need you to accept your fate." Sirius curls his lip back, "No you can't let them lock me away for something I didn't do! Harry needs me! My godson, can't live with those muggles, they never liked Lily or James! Please don't do this… I'll do anything!" Sirius starts sobbing, realizing his impulsiveness has ruined his and Harry's future. Dumbledore turns around and heads to Courtroom Ten where the other Death Eater trials are taking place.

Courtroom Ten

Bartiemus Crouch Sr. is a man with strong convictions, he only sees things in black and white. Ever since You-Know-Who and his band of Death Eaters have been reeking havoc and killing people. He's taken a harsher stance on dealing with them and given his aurors' explicit permission to kill and ask questions later. As he is sitting on the council bench he glares down at Bellatrix Black. Bellatrix is crouched down in an enchanted cage they use for the most dangerous criminals. "Madam Black we are here today to sentence you for the torture of Alice and Frank Longbottom. The evidence suggests you tortured the Longbottoms using the cruciatus curse along with the Lestrange brothers Rodolphus and Rabastan and my blasphemous son Bartiemus Crouch Jr. You then brutally murdered the Lestrange brothers, and nearly killed my son! It is the belief of this council that you are a menace to society and deserve to spend the rest of your natural life in Azkaban. Do you have anything to say for grotesque crimes?" Bellatrix stares at him defiantly, "You call this sham a trial! You haven't even asked the victims' what happened! You want to crucify me, to prove a point Crouch… get on with it!" Crouch's face turns red, "Get her out of here!" The ministry police officers step forward and remove Bellatrix from the courtroom.

"Send out the next prisoner… Bartiemus Crouch Jr." Barty is brought out and the officers place him in a chair with enchanted shackles on his hands and feet. "Mr. Crouch you were brought before this court today, for the torture of the Longbottoms using the cruciatus curse. The Department of Magical Law Enforcement tested your wand and found the last curse you the cruciatus curse. This council exercises its right to prosecute you to the full extent of the law, you will serve a life-sentence in Azkaban for the crime you have committed; what do you have to say for your actions?"

"Father, I didn't! I didn't, I swear it, Father, don't send me back to the Dementors... No! Mother, no! I didn't do it, I didn't do it, I didn't do it, I didn't know! Don't send me there, don't let him! I'm your son! I'm your son!" Barty starts pulling on his shackles attempting to break free, the officers surround him, and he keeps howling out he didn't torture the Longbottoms as they remove him from the courtroom.

"Now before this court adjourns are there any questions," Bartiemus asks the audience. Rita Skeeter stands up, with her quick-quotes quill and a notepad, "Mister Crouch, is it true there is another Death Eater that was arrested? When will their trial be?"

Crouch's eye twitches slightly while glaring at Skeeter, "Hmm, yes, I'm not sure who your source is, but you are correct. Sirius Black has already been sentenced life in Azkaban for the murder of approximately twelve muggles."

Skeeter arches an eyebrow, "Approximately? What does that mean?"

"Well, they weren't able to reconstruct the bodies… now will that be all Ms. Skeeter?" She shakes her head no and exits the courtroom to finish her article.

Excerpt from The Daily Prophet:

The Fall of You-Know-Who and The Boy-Who-Lived?

By Rita Skeeter

Yesterday a healthy baby boy named Harry Potter, was born to parents Lily and James Potter, but tragedy struck the family shortly after the birth. The Dark Lord himself showed up later that morning and murdered both of Harry's parents. A source advised this reporter that Harry survived the killing curse, but didn't come out unscathed; he now sports a lighting bolt shaped scar on his forehead.

The Department of Magical Law Enforcement confirmed Sirius Black was the Potters' secret-keeper and betrayed them by disclosing their location to You-Know-Who; all in exchange for a place in his ranks. Aurors later found Mr. Black in muggle, London, surrounded by the limbs of his victims' that he murdered. Some sources advise he murdered approximately twelve muggles, but they believe it was more, they are unable to get an exact number due to the vast amount of body parts that were at the crime scene.

While Sirius was murdering muggles, his older cousin Bellatrix Black was torturing revered aurors Alice and Frank Longbottom. The Department of Magical Law Enforcement advises that Madam Black brutally murdered the Lestrange brothers Rodolphus and Rabastan. Madam Black tortured the Longbottoms with the help of Bartiemus Crouch Jr. and they both were given a life-sentence in Azkaban along with Sirius Black.

The Granger-McGonagall Townhouse

Minerva is sitting in the recliner with Hermione napping against her chest, while she is reading The Daily Prophet. She just finished reading Rita Skeeter's article about the recent events. She looks down at her little girl, who looks like an angel sleeping, and she worries how she will take the news that Bella won't be in a position to play with her anymore. She immediately sends a patronus to Andromeda and Narcissa requesting they come to the townhouse to discuss what has happened with both Bellatrix and Sirius.

A couple hours pass, before Andromeda and Narcissa can show up. Minerva hears someone knocking at the front door. She gets up to answer the door, but Destiny beats her to the door when she opens it; both Andromeda and Narcissa come in, and she notices Narcissa brought her son with her. Destiny coos at him, "And what is your name handsome? I love your green and silver suit you are wearing." He toddles over to Destiny, "My name is Dwaco Landon Malfoy, pweasure to meet you." Draco kisses the back of Destiny's hand, and she picks him up and kisses his cheek. "You good sir are adorable would you like to play with my daughter Hermione?" Draco looks back at his mother who smiles and nods her head. He turns around, "Yes, pwease." Destiny squeals out, "That is too cute." Minerva smiles while rolling her eyes, "Draco, follow me, Hermione is in the living room playing with her dolls." Draco follows Minerva to the living room. Destiny invites both sisters to the living room, so they can sit down while they talk.

Once they all settle in the living room, Minvera says, "Does anyone know what's going on? I thought Bella sent Sirius on a mission to Ireland, and what was she doing at the Longbottom's residence? I know her and the fact that she killed the Lestrange brothers, means she was protecting them." Narcissa speaks up, "You are correct Minerva, Bella did send Sirius on a mission, but it appears he made a detour. We need to speak to him he wasn't even given a trial which is ludicrous. Bella sent her elf Daggs to my manor before she went to the Longbottoms' estate. He advised that the Longbottoms' wards were breached and Bella went to help them. Both of their cases were handled poorly, and Crouch will pay for dishonoring The Ancient Noble House of Black." Andromeda nods, "I am worried about Lily's son Harry... it appears Dumbledore placed him with his maternal aunt, but I know Lily and James left a will. It's odd that no one has checked it to see if they named another guardian in case something should happen to Sirius." Destiny glances over at the children to make sure they are doing okay and busts out laughing. The rest of the adults looked at the two toddlers to discover what happened.

Hermione is showing Draco her dolls, when he asks, "What type of dolls are these He-Her-... Mi?" Hermione glances up from what she's doing, "You can call me Mi or Mia for short. And this doll Mr. Bones is my anatomy doll, he shows me all the bones in our bodies, and this is Muscles, she shows me the muscles and soft tissue covering our bones. But the cool thing is màthair makes them move and dance for me, want me to show you the dance?" Draco appears confused about everything Hermione said, up until she mentions dancing; he likes dancing. Hermione gets up and starts wiggling her butt up and down while flapping her arms. Draco falls over giggling at her; "Hey, Drake, come on and join me it's fun and great exercise." Dracos gets up and starts dancing around with Hermione.

The adults all smile and laugh at the little tykes trying to out dance each other. Once, Hermione and Draco tire themselves out, she sits on the couch in between Andromeda and Narcissa. "Andy. Cissy. Where's Bella-bear? I miss her, she promised me that she would try to come visit, so we can play together." Cissy gazes down at Hermione and pulls her onto her lap, "Little one, some naughty people arrested Bella and won't let her come back home, for now, but I promise you Andy and I will get her out." Hermione slowly blinks trying to process the information. Her bottom lip juts out and starts trembling; she then starts crying, "I- I want my Bella-bear. Cissy, I want Bella! Andy bring Bella now!" Hermione starts screaming and banging her tiny fists against her head. The adults in the room are paralyzed for a moment not having witnessed a tantrum from the three-year-old, due to her being so mature for her age. Destiny rushes over to Hermione pulling her in a tight hug, so she can't hurt herself. "Lovebug, it's gonna be okay, Cissy promised she would get Bella out, and she doesn't break promises." Hermione is still crying and fighting against her mother's embrace, handling grief the only way a child can at that age. Draco observes what's going on and decides he will try to help his new best friend. He slowly walks over to Hermione when he's close enough he hugs her back. " Hermione's tears and cries die down, and she hiccups, "Ma-mama, who will cuddle with me before I go to sleep now?" Draco pipes up, "I will Mi! And we can have a sleepover!" He says excitedly; he turns his head to look at his mother, who is beaming proudly at him and smiling at him while nodding her head yes.

Everyone settles down after Hermione's outburst, Hermione and Draco are cuddling together on the recliner with a fleece blanket covering them. The adults are all smiling at the heart-warming scene when they hear a tapping noise coming from the kitchen, both Minerva and Andy get up to go check where the sound is coming from. They are gone for a minute and come back into the living room, with a jackdaw whose coloring is black with the ends of its feathers tipped gray. The jackdaw flies over to Hermione with something clutched in its talons. The jackdaw drops the plushie toy that was in its claws on her lap. The animal then starts cawing to Hermione for about a minute. Hermione hugs the plushie tightly, "Thank you, Nox, for bringing Herbie the Hebridean Black Dragon. Will you be staying with me?" Nox rubs her head against her cheek, "I'll take that as a yes." Hermione and Draco both fall asleep shortly after from the exhausting day.

Chapter 5 translations:

Màthair = mother

Birthday:

Draco Malfoy, born June 5th, 1994