Lady Darkness: Era Obscurum

J.K. Rowling owns Harry Potter. I'm fighting for custody...and losing.
Yay! Evil Lavender coming up! How exciting! *Rubs hands evilly* we find out some interesting things about our 'Lav Lav'...Bwahahaha...Okay, I'm a bit hyper, but can you blame me?

Short chapter, sadly, but I'm a bit too eager to write the next chapter, so yeah. It's also a bit saddening and rushed...so yah.

This chapter has been edited to avoid problems with future relationships.


EIGHT

All Evil Must Come to an End

The headlines were almost the same every day. It was always the same thing – "War Heroes go missing." "Defeater of You-Know-Who Gone?" "Search for Harry Potter continues!" "Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, Ron Weasley and Harry Potter – Where are they?" Even the Quibbler had been plastered with pictures of Harry Potter, only they had accused the Nargles of having something to do with it.

While Ginny and I had been spending some...quality time with our boyfriends, and we'd occasionally (okay, frequently) go down to have some fun torturing Potter and Weasley. Speaking of those two, I was a bit disappointed that Father hadn't killed them, but he'd said that he was planning something extra evil, so we'd grudgingly agreed.

Right now, my sister and I were lounging in my room. I was sitting on Draco's lap, and Ginny was well...making out with Blaise. They had been doing this for the six months they had been dating, and sometimes it got...annoying, so Draco always had to...distract me. Well, you know what I mean! I'm not exactly a girlfriend if I don't make-out sometimes...or most times, but whatever!

"Ginny...Hermione," Bellatrix called, as she appeared at the doorway. She saw our position and she smirked slightly. I smiled at her, ever since we had brought Harry and Ron over, Bellatrix had become very close to us, but I think that's her way of saying thanks for her new 'victim'. It's common sense that Bella has an obsession for the Cruciatus curse, but I can't argue. "The Dark Lord has requested your presence in the Ballroom."

Oh yes, Father. He'd been thankful to both of them for reviving him, per say, and had been showering them with expensive jewellery from the Slytherin/Ravenclaw vault as well as priceless heirlooms and rich ball gowns from the biggest inter-magical boutiques. Ginny had been excited to say the least and for that period of time, Blaise had gotten much more...um, showers of affection, if you put it mildly.

Lately though, he had become cooped up in his study, usually with Lucius, hunched over some sort of paperwork. He wouldn't tell me what he was doing, though, but he did accidentally let it slip that he was calling all the Death Eaters back. I sighed and brushed one hand through my curly brown hair as we stepped through the embossed, gold doors.

Father was sitting on his throne, as usual. The throne was one of his latest 'creations', so to speak. It was a huge silver chair which was made of two serpents that crossed over. Right at the head of the chair was a huge brass snake with rubies in the place of its eyes. It was modelled to look exactly like his familiar, Nagini, who had been killed by Dumbledore. I suppose that Father never got over it, because he had loved his serpent dearly.

He smiled slightly at us, as if he had read my mind. He beckoned for us to come closer and we did. I greeted him with my usual greeting and Ginny said hello, cheerfully. He nodded and then started to speak, "As you girls probably know, I have been planning something. I've decided that the Manor has been getting a bit too small, so I've decided to a...bigger place."

"Sounds accommodating, what do you have planned?" Ginny asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It needs some re-decorating, but you girls can take care of that, perhaps with Narcissa and Bellatrix," Father said, and Ginny squealed. He hid a smirk and continued, "In three days time, with the aid of one of my Death Eaters stationed at the location, we shall be storming the fortress...Hogwarts will now be the haven of the Dark Lord!"

My jaw dropped and I shrieked, "Wicked!"

We stood right outside the barrier of Hogwarts, and both Ginny and I were wearing black cloaks over our medieval dresses. We'd charmed the hood to make it look face-less, apart from the glowing red (or in Ginny's case, brown) eyes. It looked pretty cool, but Dray thought it was a bit scary at first. Blaise started laughing, and then when he saw Ginny, he got a bit spooked at how...evil we could look.

"It's time to re-call my Death Eater," Father said, hoarsely. He pulled out his wand – or was it Potter's – and touched Draco's Dark Mark. There was a minute's pause, when suddenly a bright flash of light appeared and a Death Eater in a gold mask bowed down to my Father. "Welcome, young Death Eater, I trust everything is set?"

"Yes, my Lord." The voice said, "The barriers have been put down and everyone is in the Great Hall celebrating."

My jaw dropped, literally. Ginny and I looked at each other, "LAVENDER!"

The Death Eater/Lavender's head snapped up, "Ginny...Hermione? What are you two doing here?"

"I see you two have met each other," Father smirked, amused. I rolled my eyes at him, from under my hood. "Hermione, Ginny...this is Lavender, our newest Death Eater," Lavender dropped her cloak and removed her mask, to show shocked brown eyes. I smiled and stepped forward. Father continued, "Lavender, meet my daughters...Ginevra Riddle and Hermione Riddle." Lavender's jaw dropped now and she stared at us, while we removed our black cloaks.

"You never told me you were the daughters of Voldemort!" Lavender cried, huffily.

I grinned at her, "You never told us you served our Father! So there."

Ginny smirked while she wrapped her hands around the hooded Blaise. "So, Lav...Meet our real boyfriends..."

Blaise dropped his cloak and so did Draco. Lavender was shocked for a moment, and then she started smirking like crazy. I rolled my eyes and kissed Draco on the cheek. Behind me, several Death Eaters – Lucius included – started coughing. I stuck my tongue at them and then grinned at Lavender, before replacing my cloak.

"You ready?" Draco whispered in my ear. I said nothing, but I knew he could tell that I was smirking under my cloak.

"Always," I hissed, finally.

There was laughter coming from the doors of the Great Hall, and my face twisted into a sneer. Father had his usual evil expression on and he raised one hand, causing the doors to fly open. The Death Eaters marched in and chaos erupted. People started stopping their conversation and started screaming, while the members of the DA attempted to fight off the Death Eaters.

Cho shot a curse at me, and I deflected it with one arm and shot her back into the wall. I had thrown her back so far, that her head had hit the wall and she was bleeding. I smirked; I never did like her, really. She was far to meddling for my liking. I walked over to her, "You know, Cho, I would kill you right here and now, but I want you to see something first...but don't worry, I won't leave you without a goodbye gift...Crucio!"

The Chinese girl writhed in pain, and I turned around, satisfied. I then came face-to-face with Neville Longbottom, who was getting ready to attack. I smirked as he shot an Expelliarmus, which I dodged. I shot the spell back at him and pinned him to the floor. I took one heeled foot and pressed it to his chest. I could almost hear the bones cracking. I laughed, "You know Neville, and it's always your bravery that gets you in a fickle. You should've been a Hufflepuff...hm; I always knew you were worthless. Not to worry, I won't forget you this time...Crucio!"

Soon all the students were on the floor, writhing in pain. The teachers were now up, trying to fight, but there were just too many Death Eaters. I cackled and I pointed at the enchanted sky. A dark blue light shot out of my wand and hit the ceiling. The whole room turned black, and there was thunder outside. When the lights switched back on, it was a dim one. The whole castle had turned into our own personal haven.

Father, meanwhile, had bound the Headmistress up and was striding to the newly-made throne. The only teacher that wasn't bound up was Mother of course. To the shock of everyone, who was immobilised, she walked up and kissed Father's cheek. Minerva's eyes bugged out as she realised she had just employed the Dark Lord's wife.

"You are no longer safe here!" Father laughed, "Voldemort has risen once again, and now – Hogwarts is the new lair of the Dark Lord!"

"You will never succeed," Parvati yelled, as she struggled against the ropes, "Not unless Hermione, Ginny, Ron and Harry are still alive! They will defeat you!"

"Is that so?" Tom sneered, "Come out, girls."

Everyone gaped as Lavender, Ginny and I stepped forward, our faces still shielded by the cloak Ginny and I turned to Lavender and nodded. The brunette stepped forward and removed her cloak. Everybody stared horrified at the brunette. Parvati, particularly, looked shocked. She started screaming about how Lavender could betray them.

"Easy," Lavender drawled as she pointed her wand at Parvati, "You guys just didn't have the time, so I made some better friends...Crucio!"

Parvati's scream echoed across the room and Ginny laughed, "Come on, Lav, leave some fun for us!"

"Who are you then!" Dean yelled.

"Only your ex-girlfriend," Ginny smiled, sweetly as she removed her cloak. Gasps followed as she sneered, "Ginevra Devia Riddle, daughter of Tom Riddle and Molly Ravenclaw-Weasley at your service."

If only Fred, George and Percy were here...that would be so much fun. I snickered and everyone turned to me, I took that as my cue. I stepped forward and curtsied. I slipped of my cloak and instantly everyone began hissing and staring at us in shock, I sniggered, "I am Hermione Cassandra Riddle, daughter of Tom Riddle and Celena Ravenclaw-Riddle, heir to Slytherin and Ravenclaw. I am, as you will call me, the Lady of Darkness."

"You-you will never be!" Cho shrieked, the blood trickling down her face, "Harry Potter...he will kill you-you betrayers!"

"We'll see," I smirked. "Draco, babe, Blaise...you know your cue."

Draco lowered his hood and pecked me on the lips – more gasps and screeches from the 'crowd' and shocked, flabbergasted looks from the teachers – before smirking at the crowd, "Of course, Mi."

Blaise smiled evilly and thrust forward Potter, who was bleeding in various places and scarred in other. He had several fractured bones and his hair was trickling with blood. His eyes were looking down, as if he was too ashamed to face the people who had put so much hope into him. He was tortured, yet he had too much pride to become insane like the Longbottom's parents.

"This is your last chance," Father laughed, evilly, "You can surrender and join us, or die in the fight."

Nobody moved, but finally Seamus staggered up and bowed to Father. Everybody stared at him and Seamus shrugged, "Sorry guys, but I'm fighting on this side. Besides, I like Lavender too much to fight against her."

Lavender beamed slightly and Father pressed the Dark Mark onto Seamus's arm. Padma stared, shocked, and she too yelled, "How could you! How could you betray Harry?"

"You put too much trust into your saviour," Bellatrix screeched, "The Dark Lord will kill him now, and you will have to watch your precious Harry Pothead die!"

I laughed and turned to Father, Mother, Ginny and Lavender. "On three...one...two...three..." Everybody stared, worriedly, and the Death Eaters started laughing. My own wand started glowing and a green stream of light shot out of my wand and connected four other green lights. Letting the magic envelop me, I screamed those two words.

"Avada Kedavra!"


Five years passed and the Wizarding World was set into despair. The Ministry was overthrown and the streets of Hogsmeade were constantly roaming with Death Eaters thirsting for a little torturing session. Most of the citizens had gone under a Fidelus and the Aurors were getting desperate. Half of the Order was already wiped out and the students at Hogwarts were locked up in the dungeons, for Bellatrix's personal entertainment. She particularly enjoyed toying with Longbottom...after all; his parents were one of her best memories.

Other things had happened since then, both sad and happy. First thing, Draco had proposed to me, Blaise to Ginny and a few months later Seamus to Lavender. We were thrilled, as any girl would be. Father and Mother were particularly happy for us, and they set on for planning a triple wedding immediately. We were married a year later. Two years into the marriage, I got pregnant. The weird thing was that Ginny and Lavender had gotten preggers as well, though it was a couple of months apart. It was sort of ironic, everything we did happened together...almost creepy.

Anyway, five months into my pregnancy, Father died. I was devastated; I didn't know what had happened. He was just...dead. We cried over it for weeks, and the Aurors were beginning to get new hope. I refused to give in and the Death Eaters went on as always. I was vengeful, evil. I was determined to avenge Father's death, just like Ginny and Lavender were. We created our own legacy, farm more evil and horrifying. I was like my Daddy, only a hundred times worse. I was called Lady Darkness, Era Obscurum.

Mother went into depression; losing Daddy three times was just too much for her. She ran away and we never found her. I was horrified; I had lost both of my parents in just two weeks. Ginny was just like I was, and we were wounded for days. Finally, I decided that Mother deserved to be alone, and we took our sorrow out in the Dark Way, anger. In the end, the Medi-Witch said that it wasn't good for the babies, so we just send Draco and Blaise out for us.

Four months later, I gave birth to a baby girl. I named her Cassiopeia Celena Malfoy, Cassi for short. I named her after my Mother, just to show her that we would never forget her. A month passed and Lavender gave birth to a baby boy, which she named Tom Veneficus Finnegan, after the Dark Lord. Seamus thought up the middle name, it means 'Darkness'. Ginny gave birth to twins (Weasleys always loved babies, even if they were half-Riddle), much to Blaise's mock-horror. She named them Jessyca Ellaine Zabini and Ryou Daniel Zabini.

Things should've gotten better from there, but it didn't. At first it did, of course. Cassi, Tom, Jessyca and Ryou grew up together, and they were perfectly happy. We all had a firm rule over the WW, and everybody was still in a dark chaos. I named my daughter the Dark Princess, the person who would take over my 'rule' if Ginny, Lavender and I couldn't. Draco was the perfect husband, and I loved him so much. I still do. I can't even explain how much I loved him...he was my life, and so was Cassi and my sisters. I couldn't live without them.

Then one day, Aurors managed to break into Hogwarts. They figured we were still soft from child-birth. I gave the three-year-old Cassi to Lavender and Seamus, who quickly took all the children and apparated away. I kissed my princess goodbye, and Draco did the same. After Cassi, Lav and Seamus had re-located, I turned to Draco.

"I love you, Dray," I said, as he kissed me. He smiled at me and I got lost in his blue eyes, "I love you too, Mi. We'll always be together, through life or death, my Lady Darkness."

I exchanged goodbyes with Ginny and Blaise, before we separated and headed off the fight the Aurors.

Three days passed, before the Aurors retreated. I turned to survey the battlefield and my heart got stuck in my chest. There, lying hand-in-hand was my sister – Ginny Zabini – and her husband...dead. I rushed toward Ginny, tears streaming down my face. I touched Ginny's cheek and cried. "Ginny, you'll always be my sister. Why did you have to die? We-We were supposed to do everything together!"

Tears fell and I turned around, trying to furiously rub my tears away. Only, when I turned, I saw Draco...lying on the ground. I ran to him, my hair flying from my face. He was still as beautiful as ever, his porcelain skin still smooth and his platinum blonde hair as gorgeous as ever. I traced my finger across his heart. We'll always be together, through life or death. I wailed – this could not be happening to me! I had lost my parents, my sister, my daughter...and now my husband! This was supposed to be perfect!

"I'm sorry Hermione, but I have to do this," said a voice from behind. I turned around, abruptly, but all I could see was green light, then I was falling...falling...

The last thing I saw was red hair and freckles, then my world went black.

All evil must come to an end...


ALL EVIL MUST COME TO AN END

That was the very last chapter of the story!

Next up is the Epilogue, which is very, VERY short!

I might also do a 'DELETED SCENES' so wait up for that one!

I can't believe that was the last chapter! Phew, I had so many more plans for this story...but oh well!

Also, you'll probably have a few questions...like what happened to Lavender and Celena, etc. etc. Also, how can Hermione be telling this story if she is dead? All those questions will be answered in the Epilogue!

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