Silim led his two Elvish companions into his personal favorite Dark store, Petals and Tealeaves. Of course, the name was the laughing stock amongst Light wizards, but amongst the Dark wizards… It was a name to fear. All under the Dark influence feared Petals and Tealeaves and the Light did not understand WHY. Obviously, no one on the Light side had ever been inside Petals. Adorning the walls when Silim, Madosi, and Eidylor entered were severed heads of all beings… With prices ranging from one million galleons to thirty million galleons, with lists of each head's magical properties. All along the walls were these heads, and the store was about as big as a Muggle Wal-Mart. The shelves occupying the building were a different story. Various Dark objects lined the shelves and both Madosi and Eidylor clung to Silim, Madosi struck out of her usual daze-like state. Silim knew where what he was looking for was. He made a beeline for the back of the store. There, hidden in a corner, was the Darkest object known to Wizard kind. It was so Dark that it made the Horcrux seem like the sister of a baby bird, perfectly harmless.

On brief inspection, the item looked harmless… Just a rather pretty watch. The face was dark obsidian and the numbers and pictures etched in it were a deathly white. The hands –there were seven of them- were vibrant purple, ticking slowly. There were only six left in stock… And the price was obviously going to be high. Silim picked the box up, as it only contained the six watches. He walked to the register in the very back, the opposite corner of the one they were in. No one was there. Silim's ears twitched in annoyance under his hood and he huffed darkly. Not. Again. He carefully set the box down and slammed his hand on the desk.

"GOD!!! YOU'D THINK YOU'D HEAR US COME IN!!" he yelled at the same time as Eidylor and Madosi.

"HOLD ON! GOOD GOD!" a woman shrieked back at them. Silim chuckled when a short, plump woman with indigo colored hair and baby blue eyes stormed out of the back room. She wore clothes for battle –a ruby red shirt with a breast-plate and some large ruby sweat pants which –judging by her clanging- had protective armor under it. Silim had a feral grin on his face. She would be perfect on his side. The woman, however, gasped.

"N-no way!" she whined. "You have Belles Rosas!!! No one would sell one to me because I'm not immortal." She spat the last word with venom. Silim, Madosi, and Eidylor threw their hoods back, rather annoyed expressions on their faces. The woman leapt back, stuttering her apologies.

"Shut up." This, surprisingly, came from Madosi. "Do not flirt with him."

The woman glared. "I wasn't!" she snarled.

Harry waved the jealous girls off. "Shut up, woman. Madosi, love, please do refrain from scaring the civilians, for fear that Uncle, Uncle, Auntie, or Father might catch wind of it and punish me," he murmured, placing a gentle kiss on his girlfriend's head. The woman behind the counter's face fell slightly. She perked up immediately when she saw what they were buying.

"Oh thank God you're buying these! I thought I was going to have to destroy the damn things!" she whimpered.

"You cannot destroy the Col os Solaer. It is impossible," Silim murmured as he played with a strand of Madosi's hair. "We would like all six of them."

The woman grinned. "For you," she batted her eyelashes at Silim, "only two hundred galleons!" Harry nodded and fished out the galleons. "Thanks, Lord, Lord, and Lady Elf!" she chirped. She reached into a drawer and handed Silim a card. "'S my card. The name's Panda. My real name is Pandaluxis, but Panda sounds so much better. If ya need any Dark object in the world, I can get it, no matter how illegal it is… Obviously," she added, gesturing to the box. Silim took three out, latching one on Madosi's wrist, one on Eidylor's wrist, and one on his own wrist. He smiled at Panda.

"Darling, I thank you. And trust me… By the end of '96, you're going to be in big business," he murmured to her. She gaped at him and the trio pulled their hoods up and fled Knockturn Alley.

Big business, huh? Only if we're killin' Muggle brats…

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Harry huffed as he, Luna, Draco, Hermione, Pansy, and Blaise leapt onto the train just before it left. The six tucked their Belles Rosas in their shirts and Hermione had charmed the Col os Solaers to look like normal watches. If you've been officially confused: Pansy is half Veela, half Erinys, Blaise is half-Veela, half Simurg and –much to everyone's shock but Harry's- Hermione turned out to be an Erinys –a type of sprite or faerie sent to earth to avenge the evil in the world- making them both immortal as well. The sixth were clothed in their Hogwarts robes and Harry and Hermione both had their prefect badges on. Hermione's was pinned where it should be but Harry pinned his on the front of his pants where his left thigh was located. No one objected as he looked incredibly sexy. He and his best female friend bid their friends a fond but short farewell and skipped into the Prefect's cabin. The other six were already there: Ellil Potter and Lavender Brown from Gryffindor, Terry Boot and Mandy Brocklehurst from Ravenclaw, and Zacharias Smith and Susan Bones of Hufflepuff. Harry grinned rather largely at the six people as he waltzed in after Hermione. He felt rather smug. Ellil was on his feet, hugging Harry tightly before Harry could comprehend what was going on. Everyone but Lavender found this rather amusing and Harry was smirking at the angry girl.

"Harry!" complained the red head.

"Yes, Little Brother?"

"Why didn't you write me???" whined the red head.