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Raven could not believe it. . . this was so un-real, and yet everything pointed to the truth. . . her father really WAS a dark wizard, and she was probably a witch. . . and on top of that, three other magical people stood before her calmly, after announcing her all the truth. . .
The girl staggered back a step and quickly caught her balance. She gazed at the witch and two wizards. Before them, her name, re-arranged to form the sentence 'I AM LORD VOLDEMORT'S GIRL' was fading slowly, and the green light the letters produced was dying away.
"This is so. . ." Raven did not even bother to finish her sentence. Question swirled in her head and confusion over took her. Yet she was not in denial: she fully accepted this, because it was as amazing and awesome as it was strange.
Finally she managed to gather her thoughts and sighed, trying to stay in control of her emotions. She decided to ask a few questions and get some answers out of these people before jumping to any conclusions.
"Alright. . .so, can you tell me why. . .why I didn't go to any magic school? I mean, I know you aren't sure, but what's your opinion?" She backed away to a nearby column and rested her back against it, as her world slowly stopped spinning.
The blond man that had spoken came forth a bit, to be closer to her. The two others followed him and the lonely candle flickered sadly.
"Well,' The blonde started. 'I don't think it is because you have no magic powers. . .we have looked into the files of Ministry of America and there have been reports about you breaking things and accidentally setting them on fire with your powers. That's normal and typical for a magic child, if her or she is angry or scared. It might be because they knew who your father was, and feared you would be like him one day. . .so they must have decided to keep you in the shadows. . ." He shrugged.
Raven nodded slowly. "Ok. . .that's strange but . . .whatever. . .and, uh, who do you mean by 'they'? And who is this Ministry of America?"
This time the woman spoke up. The girl remembered her hollow eyes and decided that her voice matched their emptiness.
" 'They' are the Ministry of Magic of America. Every country has their Ministry; to make sure Muggles don't find out that wizards exist. It's very important, or else Muggles would want us to help them, and solve all their problems, and honestly, we have better to do that bother with THEM." She put a cruel emphasis on the last 'them'. Raven did not like the hate that rung through the woman's voice when she spoke of normal people.
She still had a few more questions to go. "I . . . see. Well, you told me all about my dad, and how you knew him and all. . .but who the Hell are you people?" Instinctively she braced herself, as if expecting an attack.
She knew that people always showed their true forms when they were questioned on who they were.
The blonde man pulled down his hood and out came a long, shiny mane of silvery hair, cold gray eyes and a pointed, snobby face.
"I am Lucius Malfoy." He said softly, watching as Raven's eyes flew wide open. The woman came next. She removed her heavy hood and the girl trembled silently, as those dark, empty eyes stared at her almost hungrily. Long black hair fell around the woman's face, making her look like a mad criminal. Yet Raven thought that she once must have been someone very beautiful, for her features bore marks of great prestige. Yet those marks had been faded and erased, and now there stood a woman with a heart of ice. . .or not heart at all.
"I am Bellatrix Lestranges." She smirked softly.
The third man removed his hood at last and Raven saw an aged face, with grayish hair, but by his posture, she could tell he was probably in a better shape than she was.
"And I am Walden Macnair." He said. It was the very first time he had spoken this night and Raven noted that his voice was grave yet very cold, like that of the two others.
Lucius took another step forward. "We are the Death Eaters, followers of your father, and terribly feared in the Magic community." He said.
The girl suddenly felt confined; like she was trapped. Stealing a quick glance at the door, she calculated, just in case, the speed and dash she would need to get the Hell out of here. Her glance went unseen by the three others, thankfully for her.
A bit nervous, she nodded. "Alright then. . .' She swallowed heavily, knowing the following question she was going to ask would create some kind of commotion. 'Just why did you so desperately need to find me?"
The cruel grins that painted on the three Death Eaters' faces told her she was about to face something very terrible.
"I was starting to wonder when you'd ask.' Lucius took another step forward. He was six feet from Raven, who was starting to feel rather scared. 'Your father has placed great importance on finding you because he wants to take you back to England, where he will teach you Dark Magic so you can kill alongside with him."
Raven scowled.
"What if I don't want to come, because I don't want to join the 'evil side' of all this?" She asked quickly, fearing the answer greatly, yet trying not to show it.
Bellatrix smirked. "Oh, you will come. . ." She smiled and revealed white teeth, which shone strangely in the light of the candle. The girl didn't like that look one bit.
All three took a step forward, just as Raven's brain finished making all the calculations. Knowing what darkness she was facing if she didn't get away from them, she decided to make a run for it. She suddenly bent her knees and leapt towards the door, running as fast she could as her feet touched the ground.
Three wands whipped out of three robes and pointed at her turned back. She had no idea how close she was to suddenly being a victim of the three Death Eaters.
The candle flickered and died, and the warehouse was plunged in total darkness. Then, several things happened in quick succession.
Right before the light vanished, Lucius aimed at the fleeing girl and shouted: "Stupefy!". But before the spell could hit her, she tripped over her own feet and fell.
Macnair swished his wand and the ajar door slammed shut and locked up. Bella raised her own wand up.
"Lumos." A beam of mighty light burst from it, and Lucius saw that he had missed his shot. Raven turned her head in time to see him aiming at her again. She scrambled to her feet and tried to find a place to hide, but the Light spell chased away all shadows and she could not disappear into them anymore.
"Crucio."
The girl jumped just in time, landing behind a big wooden box. The Unforgivable curse hit it and the box exploded, covering everything in debris and dust.
Getting back up painfully, Raven knew this was her only chance to make a run for it. Through the dust, the other three could not see her so she dashed towards a nearby window and broke through with a crash.
Glass scathed her skin and pulled out blood, but she continued running, knowing the Death Eaters were hot on her trail.
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Raven dashed past a small crowd of people on the Main Boulevard of the city. With her wide eyes, tangled hair and terrified expression, she attracted lots of attention, but she did not care: she was exhausted from her fleeing and knew she had to find Red and get his help. He was the only person close enough to her that would understand. . .
She squinted across the busy street and saw him standing with some other people, smoking near an alley. With a relieved sigh, Raven took a step forward, exhaustion pulling of her every muscle. But she seemed to have forgotten about the circulation on the street. . .
Cars screeched and she suddenly screamed, realizing she was in the middle of the boulevard with her life handing by a thread. Her arms shot up in an attempt to protect her head as people beeped, trying not to hit her and not hit each other as well.
The girl did not see it, but Red realized who she was and instantly left his friends, dashing stupidly onto the street, nearly getting hit himself. He passed cars that screeched to a stop and beeped furiously, but he did not care: his eyes were set on the terrified Raven.
He reached her and wrapped his arms around her tightly. She trembled furiously against him, frightened past her limits. The cars had stopped and were urging him to get her out of there, so he gathered his confused thoughts and slowly helped her towards were his friends were still smoking.
They sent him a confused look and he shrugged distantly, dragging a sobbing Raven away from them and into the alley nearby. When she felt the shadows fall around them, the girl opened her eyes and pushed away from the young man.
"Red. . ." She choked, unable to continue.
He hugged her tightly.
"What were you thinking, you idiot? You could have gotten yourself killed! What shit did you take to get yourself so freaked out? Are you bad-tripping?( definition at the end) What's wrong, Raven?" He asked in quick succession. Again the girl pulled away from him, despair in her eyes.
"I. . .I didn't take anything, Red! There's this. . .it's so unbelievable. . .there's these. . .people after me. . .they want to take me with them, but I don't want to go! Oh, Red, help me, please! I don't know what to do!" She let out a scared sob and buried in his chest. The man was confused and was getting scared: if the almighty, cocky Raven was scared and followed by some people, there were reasons to freak out. This girl did not know fear, so if something perturbed her this much, it had to be serious.
"Alright, Raven, relax! We'll figure something out! Let's just go back to the warehouse, and think this over. . ." He gently let go and saw the girl nod, tears falling from her eyes.
They turned towards the dark alley and began walking away. But before they had taken four steps, three loud cracks resonated behind them, and the teens twirled around rapidly.
"NO!" Raven screamed upon seeing the Death Eaters standing there, eyes cold and cruel.
Lucius raised his wand, and at that moment, she understood, by some strange sixth sense, that the curse he was about to use would be deadly. But before she could react to this new threat, the wand was pointed at her friend, who watched them, mouth dropped.
"Aveda Kedavra." Lucius murmured almost happily.
"NOOOOOO!" Raven screamed, but it was too late; a bright green flash illuminated the alley and Red dropped to the ground, rigid and dead.
The girl screamed in agony and dropped to his side, tears falling from her eyes. She clasped his freezing hand and tears ran down her cheeks, unstoppable.
"Red. . ." She sobbed desperately.
Raven looked up at the murderers, fury in her eyes, but found herself face-to-face with Bellatrix's wand. The woman looked down imperiously at the small, frightened and exhausted girl.
"Welcome to the Dark side, Lis. Hope you like it here. . .Stupefy!"
A red flash exploded from the wand, and everything faded into dark.
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Done! Sorry this took a while to get out, but I had my share of life problems and now I have to study for my exams. I'll try to update as soon as I can.
Argerusia: Thanks for the review, and I appreciate you finding me some names. I know this one if totally crazy, but I kinda like it. Lis is a pretty name, I find. I especially liked your Star Dhegu Marvolo Riddle. It sounds very nice. I hope you like this chapter. It starts getting eviler in the next one.
Carol Liner: It was not SUPPOSED to be funny. . .
Ivo of Kermartin: Yeah, thanks for pointing that out before this story got deleted! I appreciate that a lot! Seriously. . .
As a matter of fact, I had no idea that introduced that rule. Thanks again for telling me! And thanks for reviewing all together!
Dreamingmaggie: Thanks! It's kind of a strange name, but it's nice. And Draco's coming up soon, don't sorry! And I understand you when you say he's hot ; ).
Xsummerbabyx: Yeah, lol! Thanks for reviewing! I appreciate your support.
Kaiame: Yeah, it is kinda pretty. Thanks!
Bad-trip : Panicked feeling some people get the very first time they're stoned. It is provoked by a sudden thought of something that scares you. The fact you are stoned basically intensifies the fear and stops you from being able to get rid of it.
Next chapter, Raven wakes up and finds herself in a whole new world, where there are no rules to protect her. Never before has the free delinquent desired so much for some laws around her, to protect her mind, body and soul from terrible violation. The countdown to her end has begun. . .