Word Count: 323
Note: I really hate dialogue only, but points are points.
"Join me, Alice. If you do, we won't have to keep this a secret anymore. Won't that be nice?"
"Bella…"
"Oh, don't look at me like that! Can you really say you're surprised? Your skill is inimitable! No one could ever challenge you. You're exactly what the Dark Lord is looking for."
"You know what I believe."
"I know. But you have to understand that you're making a mistake! The Dark Lord will reward you. What will resisting get you?"
"A clear conscience, for one. I just… Shit!"
"Are you okay, my love?"
"I'm fine. The lighting startled me."
"If you joined me, Alice, you would never have to be afraid of a storm. You would be able to share my bed and fall asleep in my arms every night."
"Are you telling me you can fight lightning now?"
"Funny. Now you're just being deliberately obtuse."
"Bella…. I don't know why you're still pushing this. I cannot sacrifice my morals!"
"Not even for love?"
"If you truly loved me, you would not ask me to."
"This is the only way we can stay together. Once we leave Hogwarts and I take the Dark Mark, you and I will be enemies if you don't join me! Do you honestly think I want to face you on battle, Alice? Do you think I want to have to worry that you're going to get yourself killed by being so bloody noble?"
"Then why not choose a different path? Just because you're expected to follow him doesn't mean you have to. Choose for yourself."
"I… Well, I don't really know how. My parents… They've always planned everything for me. It's always about them. How can I choose something else when I know following the Dark Lord will make them proud?"
"What about you? What about your happiness?"
"I like it when you hold my hand like that."
"You can choose something else."
"I… I choose you, Alice."