Lady Darkness: Era Obscurum
I don't think Draco is a git, so I'm not J.K. Rowling.
I'm so excited for this chapter, really! It'll be awesome, and hopefully quite long. Anyway, hope you like it! Sorry for the delay, though.
Dedication: Everyone who reviewed/added me...and Draco Malfoy.
Chapter includes OOC Draco, A loving-fatherly Voldemort, Extremely Good Acting Skills, a TV Screen and Just a few unimportant things...Like Voldemort returning, not that it's a big deal...
SEVEN
Halloween – The Truth Hurts
The clocked chimed nine – the Halloween Ball had started...Any other girl would've been nervous. No, they would've been beyond nervous. Obviously, I wasn't any 'other girl' just scheming to bring the greatest Dark Lord ever back to life, so I wasn't feeling the slightest nervous. Maybe just a bit worried, but nervous was – as Ginny put it – 'out of my league'.
"You ready?" Ginny breathed next to me, as she touched up her French Bun. I smiled and looked over her outfit one last time. My sister was dressed in a gorgeous dark green, V-neck dress with a light green sash. It had a small slit at the bottom, with green layers. Ginny noticed my smile and then twirled around, the dark green Slytherin emblem clipped onto her red locks, which fell down near her invisible birthmark.
I held up my finger and then posed into the mirror for one last time, as I admired my dress. I was wearing a dark green corset with intricate designs, on a black ball gown that cascaded around me. On my right hand I had a black, chunky necklace and on the other a black ring. Around my neck hung the familiar Slytherin necklace Father had gifted me and I smiled as I touched the cold metal, before peering up from my curled, brown locks, into my brown contacts (which had a tendency to 'burn' into their original red when I had a tantrum). Satisfied, I whirled on my dark green heels and nodded at Ginny, "Come on...time to blow them away!"
"You mean the whole school or just Draco?" Ginny giggled. I rolled my eyes and glared at her, before exiting the dorm. I quickly blinked my eyes to adjust to the abnormally bright lights, before grinning at the boys who had their backs to us. Exchanging looks with Ginny; I crept behind Draco and then tapped his shoulder. His handsome – um, I mean surprised – face turned abruptly towards my own and his jaw dropped. I giggled under my breath...he looked so cute like that, especially in his gorgeous black and green dress robes.
"H-Hermione," he stammered, "Y-you look amazing!"
"Thanks," I grinned, taking his arm and kissing him on the cheek, (hey I said cheek) before apparating near the entrance to the new and improved Great Hall. We were already very late, so everyone would already be in the Hall, giving us a chance to make a huge entrance.
Potter and Weasley probably thought that we were lying about our dates and didn't show up, I thought, and snickered. Draco, still looking dazed, turned to me, curiously and I told him what had happened in the Yule Ball and Draco sneered at Ron's stupidity, something I'd expected him to do. Seriously, though, I wondered how far he could push his acting skills today...
I waved the thought away and looked at where Ginny and Blaise were flirting, again. I tapped my foot, impatiently, before finally getting their attention. I waved for them to go in first, and they did. Blaise pushed open the big black doors and slowly, agonizingly walked down the stairs. Everyone turned to look at them and I saw Harry look at Ginny and Blaise in jealously. I rolled my eyes at that motion, before turning to Draco, who was looking more than eager to do his part. I smiled at him and I grasped his hand, making him look at me shocked, before letting his emotions settle. Finally, we stepped through the frame of the door.
Everybody was staring – the girls at Draco, and the boys at, well...me. I smirked at a particular red-head's enraged expression. He looked like he was going to murder Draco...though; it would probably be Draco murdering him if all went well. I cleared my mind and continued our descent down the staircase. As soon as we reached the bottom, I weaved my way through the crowd of people and headed straight for Ginny and Blaise, who had managed to pry themselves away from the students.
What an eventful Halloween this would be...
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We quickly scored a nice booth, and after saying hello to mostly everyone (including Lavender, who looked beautiful in a dark red dress) everyone seemed to lose interest and left us in peace. Ginny and Blaise went to the Dance Floor immediately, while Draco and I chatted idly. A few hours had passed, and Draco and I had danced to a couple of songs and were currently waiting for Blaise and my sister to return with the food they'd promised.
"...And then we caught Bella snogging him in the broom cupboard and she was so red...oh, Drake, you should see how she looked like..." I giggled, reminiscing about our latest visit to the Manor (which Mother had still refused to visit), when I felt Draco stare at me. I turned to him, confused, "Drake, what's wrong, you look – mmpff..."
Before I realised what had happened, Draco had leant across to me and kissed me. I felt soft lips pressed against mine and melted into his. The surroundings disappeared and my eyes fluttered close as I kissed him back, his hands wrapped around my waist. It felt like heaven...I never wanted to let go, but I did. The heat began to rise and I reluctantly detached my lips from his, and looked at him with big brown eyes. He was flushing a very, very dark red and by the heat on my cheeks, I knew that I was as well.
"What was that for?" I asked, feebly, tucking back a brown bang.
His face reddened, if that was possible, "Uh, the Weasel was looking..."
I raised an eyebrow, not even bothering to look at Ron, whose stare was pretty obvious. Instead I cocked my head and looked at him, "Ron has been looking at us for two hours, Dray. No, seriously, why did you kiss me?"
"I-uh..." Draco was at a loss for words, which was a first (or a second, if you included this morning) for him. Finally, he sighed and decided to just say it, "Um...you'll most likely kill me for saying this, but I...er...I really like you, every since that day in the Quarters...and I...um...what I mean is...well..."
"Will I be your girlfriend?" I finished, my voice wavering the slightest. Draco nodded, a bit unsure of himself and I gave him a meek smile, mentally outlining all the pros and cons. "Well...okay."
"Okay?" Draco asked...his face was almost back to normal and he raised one blonde eyebrow in a familiar expression.
"Yeah," I grinned, snuggling closer to him, "I like you as well, so we might as well give it a try. Besides, not we can give Gin and Blai (A nickname I used for Blaise, since Blasé was too weird) run for their money!"
Draco smirked, his demeanour back to normal, "At least we don't need to tell them, since they're standing right behind the booth."
Silently, the couple trouped out, Blaise pouting and Ginny's face bursting with excitement. I shot Ginny a questioning glance, and the red-head burst out, "Blaise asked me out! Just then – right after you guys did!"
"Merlin, Gin!" I shrieked, under my breath. "This is totally our day!"
"So..." Ginny giggled, "How was the kiss?"
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It took precisely 2 hours and 15 minutes for Ron and Harry to come to their senses and stomp all the way to our table. I had just finished gossiping with Ginny, when they stormed over, the trace of anger and jealously flashing more vibrantly on Ron's face than Potter's. I snorted behind my hand and watched as Ginny flashed them a 'happy' smile.
"Hi Harry, Ron..." My sister greeted, "We haven't introduced you! Boys, this is Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, my brother. Harry, Ron, this is Drake L'foy, Hermione's boyfriend (Ron's face reddened) and Blasé Banizi, my boyfriend." Harry stared, his features mixed with sadness, discomfort and jealousy as he nodded at Draco and Blaise.
"Boyfriends...!? Are you telling me that –" Ron shouted, before Harry clamped his hand over Ron's and shot us a sad look, before dragging a glaring Weasley back to their own booth. My gaze lingered on them for a second, before I turned to a snickering Blaise and Draco.
"How pathetic..." Draco sneered, and I rolled my eyes, silently agreeing with him.
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I turned to look at Ginny, who nodded silently. It was time...McGonagall got up to give her speech and we ducked under the table, and crept out of the Great Hall. The Headmistress's voice got further and further away, and I snuck out of the doors and out into the Hogwarts grounds. After a few minutes, we found the area directly outside the Great Hall, and hid behind the wall. I turned to Ginny and pulled out my black ring, which Mother had disguised as a portkey. Ginny grinned and pulled out the second portkey, a letter written to the one and only Harry Potter, which she placed carefully on the floor, before she turned to me, "Ready...take it away, Mione!"
"Morsomorde," I whispered, pointing my wand at the sky. A jet green light poured out of my wand and shot into the sky. Smoke flitted around, before finally morphing into the classic Death Eater mark. I smirked and quickly cast a tracking spell on the mark, so that we'd be able to see exactly what was happening. Then I turned to Ginny, who had her hand on the portkey. I grabbed on as well, muttering Portus and getting sucked into a whirlpool.
Before I vanished, I opened my mouth and let out an ear-piercing scream.
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Seconds later, Ginny and I had appeared in a small, dark room just outside the Ballroom in the Manor. I blinked and regained my sight, and then turned to observe the room. It was dimly lit, and there was a wide, Muggle TV Screen and a plush green sofa. Ginny plopped down on the comforter and motioned for me to join her. I shrugged and turned to watch what was happening back at Hogwarts.
Harry and Ron ran outside, after recognizing the familiar scream. They were followed by an alert McGonagall and a confused Draco and Blaise. Everyone gasped as they registered the Dark Mark and Harry's eyes widened.
"You know, that spell you did is actually pretty cool," Ginny commented, "It even gives you close ups on their expressions!"
"The Dark Mark...it's here!" Ron cried, looking startled.
Harry meanwhile was looking shocked that the Dark Mark had appeared after he had already defeated Voldemort. His eyes scanned the area and then focused on a piece of parchment which was lying innocently on the grass. Harry picked it up and exchanged looks with Ron, before deciding to read it out loud.
"Two of your students have been taken," He read, his expressions changing by the second, "The Mudblood Granger girl and your stupid Weasel girlfriend shall die by the end of the day, if Harry Potter and Ron Weasley do not surrender their services by midnight...The letter is a portkey, and will activate with a Portus. Beware; come alone or else your little girl-friends shall suffer..."
"Hermione...!" Draco cried, surfacing from the crowd, his face looking panicked. He looked at them, pleadingly, "M-my girlfriend is captured! Please, you must save her...please!"
"Wow," I raised my eyebrow, "Who knew Draco could act?"
Ginny rolled her eyes but stifled a giggle, "Shut up, I want to hear Blaise!"
"We'll go," Ron said, puffing out his chest.
"Please let us go with you," Blaise pleaded, and after seeing Harry's hesitation, added, "I-I can't stand here being helpless...they need us, please! They're our girlfriends..."
"I-I..." Harry sighed, "Fine, you can come, but we have to hurry. It's midnight in twenty minutes!"
Draco nodded, thanking Harry and Ron profusely, before grabbing onto the letter. Ron, looking reluctant, held on as well and Harry muttered, "Portus..."
The light flashed and they disappeared.
"They're here" Ginny whispered as she opened the door. I breathed in and crept outside and watched as the four boys materialized on a bright spot in the pitch black Ballroom. Harry and Ron fell right on their faces and Draco and Blaise disappeared into the shadows. I looked around for a second, but later felt a pair of reassuring hands on my shoulder.
I turned my attention to where Ron was looking around, frantically. Harry was gazing around the room, and suddenly a weird look appeared on Potter's face and he looked around, eyes slightly narrowed, "Ron...Ron, I think this is a trap..."
"What do you mean, Harry?" Ron asked, confused. He brushed back his red hair and looked at Harry, who still had a weird expression on his face. Harry sighed, "I don't know mate...but something about this doesn't feel right..." I nudged Draco, who nodded and stepped up, half-covered in darkness.
"You're right about that, Potter." Draco sneered. Harry's eyes widened as he watched Drake L'foy and Blasé Banizi step up. Before he could comprehend what had happened, he and Ron were disarmed and bound up in thick, heavy ropes.
"Drake, what are you doing?" Ron cried. Draco smirked and clicked his fingers and both he and Blaise had turned back to their normal selves. Harry's eyes narrowed and he said, angrily, "Malfoy...Zabini..."
"Glad to see you still know who we are," Blaise snickered as he tucked away Ron's wand.
"What have you done with Hermione and Ginny!?" Harry yelled, his face showing off fury. Next to him, Ron growled, supportively.
Draco arched an eyebrow, "Why don't you see for yourself? Hermione...Ginny..."
That was our cue. I stepped into the sunlight, my ball-gown still cascading around me and my eyes regaining its normal colour of bright red. I saw Harry and Ron's jaws drop as they saw our un-hurt figures. I smirked and watched as Ron shouted, "What did they do to you, Mione, Gin?"
"You mean them?" I asked innocently, as I walked up to Draco and kissed him on the lips. Ron's face became furious and he started shouting that the boys had Confunded us and has us under the Imperius Curse.
Harry's eyes showed off hurt as he watched Ginny wrap her arms around Blaise, and he whispered, "Why did you do this Ginny? Hermione...? Why did you betray the light and date them?"
"Harry, Harry, Harry," Ginny tutted walking around his tied-up figure, "You still haven't figured it out, have you...? We were never on your side, ever..."
"You're lying!" Ron shook his head, "There was first year, the Philosopher's Stone, and in the second we saved you from the Basilisk...and...You were with us in the Department of Mysteries..."
"No, Ron, you just thought we were there. Who do you think planned the break-in to Gringotts, not poor old, clueless Quirrel!? Who do you think set the Basilisk on everyone, and then faked her own death and Petrifaction? Who do you think was being cosy with a Death Eater's favourite student? Who do you think freed the prisoners in Azkaban? Who do you think was the most upset when you killed my Father?" I asked, shrieking the end.
"Y-Your Father...?" Harry stuttered.
Ginny laughed and I curtseyed, "Yes...My name is Hermione Cassandra Riddle,"
"And Ginevra Devia Riddle," Ginny added, doing her own bow, "...And Welcome to the Re-Birthing of Lord Voldemort!"
The lights flicked on, revealing all the escaped Death Eaters who were crowded around Harry and Father's body, which was lying on a platform next to the brewed potion. Draco gripped onto Harry's collar and Blaise did the same to Ron's as the boys registered what we had told them, and their faces ranged from shock, to disbelief to betrayal and anger. I snickered as I strode over to Father's body, followed by Ginny.
Ginny slid the ring of Voldemort's finger and dipped it into the potion, making it sizzle and fizz. Steam clouded around the cauldron, before finally spitting out the same ring, only it was glowing bizarrely green. I nodded at Ginny, and she slipped the ring back on Father. Potter watched in anger and tried to struggle out of Draco strong grip. I sneered at him and pointed my wand at Father, who was now glowing green. I breathed in and whispered, "Eternus Juvenis!"
A bright pink light enveloped both of us and slowly consumed Tom Riddle's body. After five minutes, and two silencing spells, Father's eyes flickered open and flashed red, exactly like my own. He looked bewildered, but finally registered where he was and he sat up, recognizing the familiar Death Eaters and the walls of Ravenclaw-Slytherin Manor.
"Daddy," I whispered, as his gaze fell on me. He smiled warmly at me, and then at Ginny and I hugged him. The Death Eaters looked on, a bit surprised that Lord Voldemort could be so...caring, but waved it away and continued to bow down to their Lord. I realised that Ginny looked a tad bit uncomfortable, and I quickly smiled and turned to Father. "Daddy, you remember Ginny right? She visited a few summers back? Well, I'd like to introduce you formally...this is Ginevra Devia Riddle...your daughter."
"Devia...?" Father's face showed shock and he hugged her, "Molly...you...kidnapped...what happened?"
"My mother kidnapped me and brought me to live with her husband and proclaimed me a Weasley," Ginny said, sounding disgusted. Behind her, Ron's mouth was gaping at the new piece of information and his brain was calculating something...Molly Weasley and Tom Riddle, father of all evil had sex. I snorted which made Father look at where my gaze fell, and his smile morphed into an evil smirk, and he strode over to where Potter and Weasley were.
"Hm," Daddy said, as he inspected the two boys, "A little, welcome-back present...how lovely. I shall have fun torturing you two...your skeletons will make a lovely collection! But first, my two daughters...why don't you have fun with these pathetic boys!"
I smirked and stepped up to where the two boys lay and pointed my wand at Harry, who was pleading with his eyes. I shook my head and pointed my wand at him, "Crucio!"
"Harry...Crucio...Potter...Crucio...Will...Crucio...Die...Crucio!" I screamed, aiming Unforgivables at him. Potter screamed in pain and writhed on the floor, his face twisted in a horrified expression. I snickered and knelt down next to him. I raised my wand and scratched my pointy wand at him, dragging it roughly into his cheek. I carved a small crescent moon shape, and slowly blood began to seep out of that, "Another scar you'll be famous for, Potter. The Boy Who Died, they'll call you. What do you have to say for yourself, Blood-Traitor?"
"Why...?" He whimpered as he touched his face which was covered in blood. "Why does everything bad happen on Halloween?"
"Why?" I mocked, "Well, Potter...you should've realised by now...The truth hurts, in one way of another."
I traced my finger on his new scar again, making it bleed even more, before I touched my wand to his heart and yelled, "Crucio."
The Truth Hurts...
The clock chimed midnight...
Halloween...
HALLOWEEN – THE TRUTH HURTS
Not such a long chapter, but probably one of my evil ones...
The story is almost over, sadly, though I'm a bit disappointed about how short it is. Though you can expect another two or three chapters left...the next chapter is also pretty evil, so look forward to that one. Also, sorry for the long wait, but school started back up over here, so expect less frequent updates due to the fact that we're overloaded with homework...not to mention NAPLAN coming up soon... sigh.
Anyway, review and hope you enjoyed this chapter!
FashionStarlet, xx
PS: Expect evil Lavender very soon...Bwahahaha...
