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Sometimes Light changes your life!
Chapter 1 – Little secrets spice up your life!
Fifth Years Girls Dorm, Slytherin Dungeons at Hogwarts, February 1945
Eileen Aurelia Prince regarded her mirror image with a sardonic smirk. She wanted to look perfect today because she had a Valentine's Day date with her secret beau Tom in the Room of Requirement at 7 pm. She loved to dress up and feel sexy in their hidden private meetings. Although she often loathed the fact that she couldn't scream from the top of the Astronomy Tower that the handsome, genius Slytherin Head boy Tom Marvolo Riddle was her lover, she respected his wish to date in secret until he could impress her dad with his accomplishments as a self-made man. Eileen knew that Tom was heavily burdened by his loveless, lonely upbringing in a London Muggle orphanage where everyone called him a freak for his oddness and a bully for his mean temper. This loneliness and the feeling of not being good enough nearly led him on a self-destructive path. Thankfully, she had been able to detect all the signs of a child conceived under the influence of Amortentia in his actions – being unable to feel or express love, expressing the wish to burn the existing Wizarding society to the ground, and trying to erase some parts of his identity. And she had sat down with her close friend, started an intervention to show him the wrongness of his self-destructive ideas, and convinced him to take her self-invented Soul-Healing Potion as his only chance to experience happiness, love, and joy in his life.
The Prince Heiress smoothed out her natural ebony curls with her self-created Smooth Curls Spray and applied a deep red lipstick via a Make-up Charm on her lips. Tom simply went crazy and snogged her senseless whenever she emphasized her natural looks. She loved to hear his sensually moaned "My Snow-White" and to see his blue eyes darken with lust. "Well, sometimes a sensual witch wants to feel desired and loved. Especially, when she needs to hide her womanly curves for the most part of her day under her school uniform and can't tease her lover a little. And when her lover doesn't even dare to shower her with compliments or touch her affectionately in public due to his fear of outing your clandestine love affair to your peers, she needs to rile him up to keep things spicey. And a passionate, lust-driven Tom is the sexiest human I have ever seen," the Potions' nerd mused with a happy smile. To drive him wild, Eileen had selected the most sinful black lace lingerie on her trip to Muggle London during the Christmas Holidays and bought a sophisticated emerald cocktail dress.
The Slytherin Prefect stepped up from the little stool she had summoned to do her hair and make-up, transformed it back into her favorite book titled "Muggle sciences and Potions in the mix. A transnational study" and transfigured her make-up mirror into a beautiful, silver lift-up mirror with floral ornamentation. Eileen accioed her emerald cocktail dress and exchanged it with her school uniform with a flick of her wand. Sometimes, she simply loved magic for making everyday tasks seem easy and imprinting an electrifying rush into her body. Whenever she felt her magical core sent powerful energy through her veins, she felt energized and like the happiest girl in the world. She couldn't understand how someone would go without this feeling to fit better into the Muggle world. Although Eileen didn't buy into the whole blood-purity talk or the ideology of magicians being the superior species, she couldn't fathom how Muggle-born wizards and witches refrained from using magic daily in the Muggle world. "It must be like denying yourself to freely breathe and be yourself. No wonder Tom hated going back to the Muggle orphanage every year. I know that he felt so alienated from his true self. And for Tom, a powerful wizard who breathes magic in every cell of his body, it must have been like suffocating. I'm so grateful that the Notts gave him a home in their Manor two years ago. He seems so much lighter and relaxed after vacation now. This feeling of alienation isn't natural or healthy and the Ministry should really rethink their International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy," the ebony-haired beauty reflected in a somber mood.
She tried to chase away her dark thoughts and focus on her date with Tom. She admired the classical design of her dress with sparkling onyx eyes. This emerald beauty was layered in a delicate floral lace pattern on the top that turned into a flared skirt which ended slightly above her knees. The sleeves graced her delicate porcelain wrists, and the modest Sweetheart neckline gave a little peek at her cleavage. Eileen knew that Tom would most likely want to devour her the minute she stepped into the Room of Requirement in this dress because he loved to see her in Slytherin colors. Ever the true Slytherin heir, he couldn't get enough of seeing his lover proudly showing off her affections for him. Their Slytherin peers thought that she showed her pride for their Hogwarts house whenever she wore dresses in green, black, or silver to parties. But she was secretly celebrating her hidden romance with the Half-blooded Slytherin heir. And Tom rewarded her declaration of love with passionate snogging sessions and self-created jewelry. Her beau was a real old-fashioned gentleman in courting a woman. He wanted to buy her beautiful gifts, pay for their dates in the Muggle world, and make her smile with romantic gestures. The fact that he was a poor orphan was nagging at him. Hence, Tom worked as an assistant to Theodore Nott Sr. during their vacations, helping him to research and acquire priceless magical artifacts and study more about the History of Magic.
At Hogwarts, Tom earned some money with private tuition and had established his own personal business as a Spell Creator. He would create little charms or spells for his peers that helped them to prank their friends, learn more effectively or charm their secondhand clothes to look newer. Thanks to his genius and dedication, Tom could buy some beautiful broken jewelry or imperfect stones in the Muggle world and transfigure them via magic into some unique, meaningful masterpieces for his love. The Slytherin heir had gifted his Snow-White several gems during their romance. A delicate silver wristband with an emerald and a heart charms, some stunning ear studs with an emerald center stone encircled by sparkling diamonds as well as an elegant silver necklace with an amulet that was graced by a huge emerald center stone encircled by sparkling diamonds and floral ornaments on the outside and had engraved the words "My Happily Ever After" on the inside. The amulet was Eileen's most treasured jewelry piece for Tom had enchanted it with powerful Protection Charms and Harm Detecting Spells. If someone wanted to do her harm, her amulet would glow slightly. And he had inscribed it with his own magical signature. If Eileen was in danger, she could activate a Secret Portkey that would transport her to her lover's side immediately. Every ounce of this amulet breathed Tom's love and care for Eileen. Thus, Eileen always wore it proudly under the white dress shirt of her school uniform.
She graced her amulet lightly with a dreamy look on her face. "Aw, I really have the sweetest boyfriend. I love him to the moon and back and can't wait to be his officially. I wish that Tom wouldn't let his self-doubts cloud his judgments concerning our romance. Sure, daddy will not be ecstatic to know that I have hidden my boyfriend for two years and played the independent Pure-blooded heiress who doesn't believe in love and marriage for so long, but he will come around in the end, for his only wish is to see me happy. And Tom is my happiness," Eileen's inner voice gushed about her beau. Merlin, how guilty she felt for playing the Potions-crazy model student who had no time for romance and loathed talks about true love in front of her parents. Her mum, Emilia Julia Malfoy Prince, always rolled her eyes whenever Eileen gushed about her Potions research with sparkling eyes and reprimanded her for her gossiping about the newest scandals in the Wizarding World. Although the Malfoy heiress was a very intelligent, self-made woman – she had created her own successful fashion brand for the elegant witch and founded an influential charity organization that sponsored scholarships for children from poor families or orphans – she loved to gossip about the newest scandals with her closest friends Melania Grace McMillan Black and Isabelle Rose Fawley Malfoy. And she would often tease her daughter for her dark outlook on love. "If you meet your soulmate, you will experience how wonderful being loved by and loving someone is, my Love. And then you will finally forget your Potions for some hours," her mum would say good-naturedly.
Eileen chuckled slightly. If her mum knew how often she had procrastinated on her Potions research to spend some hours in the Room of Requirement with Tom, she would certainly be proud to know that her little girl knew everything about the power of true love. But she would also have some serious talks with her about pre-marital sex and the foolish mistakes some girls in love made. Merlin, Eileen was a lucky girl to have her parents. They loved her, cared for her, taught her how to show empathy to others, and be an independent young woman, and only wanted to see her happy. They didn't pressure her into marrying a Pure-blooded heir or had arranged a marriage contract with any Purebloods when she had been a mere child. Although Eileen knew that her mum harbored secret dreams of a wedding between her little girl and her beloved godson, Orion Arcturus Black. "Merlin, how Godmother Melania and my mum always set us up to dance on balls together or give us alone time in the library. Orion and I always laugh about their antics, dance with happy smiles, and debate about our favorite topics – Muggle philosophy and literature – closely huddled together in an armchair. To rile them up further, we sometimes danced a little closer than societal accepted or exchanged lingering touches in the library," the Prince heiress mused fondly about her little game with Orion.
"And I can't blame them for rooting for us. If I had a daughter, I would also like to see her dating an honorable, intelligent, and charming man. And Orion can certainly charm every witch with his mysterious grey eyes and cheeky smiles, impress them with his honesty and set values, and get them going with his passionate talks about politics and respect for every magical being. He is perfect son-in-law material and a damn good actor too. But he isn't only my partner in crime while feeding our mums some of their medicine, he also is my best male friend and funniest study partner. He is a catch, and his future wife will be a lucky woman. On the way to our happily ever after, we will simply mess some more with our families. And I sincerely hope that Tom won't be able to break my Occlumency walls anytime soon, for when he sees us acting like a couple to prank our mums, he surely will be livid. Sometimes, being a natural Occlumence really comes in handy. Especially, if your boyfriend is extremely jealous. And would kill Orion Black if he knew that he used to be my kissing practice partner back in Third Year and we even promised each other to date for real in our final year at Hogwarts if we haven't found love before then. Hell, Tom can never know that. It would drive him crazy," Eileen's inner voice uttered concerned. She tried to dispel her cloudy thoughts. She couldn't change her past. And even if Orion has been her first kiss, Tom was her soulmate and one true love. And she would always fight for their love. Eileen tugged gently on her amulet and put her black pumps on with a flick of her wand. Today was Valentine's Day, the day to celebrate her love with Tom. She would enjoy every second of their date night.