Harry Potter, its places and its characters do not belong to me!! They belong to the talented J.K.Rowling.

The warehouse

It was dark, a darkness that would never end and where light feared to tread, it tricked the eyes so they could never focus, it kept them guessing. A forever mist hung in the air. Smoke, thick clouds, chocking and suffocating.

The putrid smell of blood and alcohol filled the air, making your head light and dizzy, your eyes stinging.

Death was in every corner, you breathed the un-inhabitable air that was another's last breath.

People, excuses for wizards; insects, vermin. They slumped in every corner, drowning in their own filth, blood poisoned with endless alcohol abuse, smoke pouring from their mouths and noses, crawling over the rancid, wet ground. Laughing in their own stupidity.

The dark lord was not happy. What kind of vile, useless people had he found? When did it come down to using the dregs of the wizarding world as your followers? These weren't deatheaters, they were sewage!

A rat leaped over the rolling bodies, bounding, darting toward the snake like man hunched in his chair before the crackling fire.

He stopped. His body began to contort. He squeaked as his head arched toward his chest, his shoulders bulging, his whickers retracting, his snout shortening to a snubbed human nose, paws became hands and feet, no longer did he opt a tail. And then on two legs a little dirty man still sniffing like his vermin counter part, hair receding, eyes staring bowed before his master.

Lord Voldemort hardly acknowledged his servant, just kept a steady, ruby eyes gaze on the scum of the earth before him. His hands clawed, his skin deathly pale grey, his bald scalp looked like the skin was pulled over him, his eyes not quite fitting in their sockets, his mouth just a hole in his face, his stump of a nose so reptilian, just two vulgar slits.

Then he spoke, his voice low and rasping, coming out in a hiss.

"What are these people, Wormtail?"

His servant didn't quite know how to respond. He shook with nerves, so terrified of saying the wrong thing.

"Um, your faithful followers, my Lord?"

"NO!"

He fiercely threw the glass of wine he had been nursing into the flames, causing an inferno, great pulses of heat striving higher and higher, licking, dancing, devouring the prey of wood. An explosion.

Every man in the adopted warehouse; a large, secluded building now boarded up, a sign saying "High voltage, risk of death" on the door. Of course they was nothing of electricity to fear, but risk of death was certainly present, any muggle, any little curious boy brave enough to venture in, would loose their life in a flash of green light, a look of shock to be forever on their faces. Their bodies to be thrown in the warehouse, and lie there forever. The dark Lord had taken refuge in this old warehouse after the ministry had increased their search for him, aurors raked the streets; every building in the wizarding world was now being searched. But no one would have thought he would be hiding in the muggle world, nor did he, truth be told; turned their heads toward the fire place.

Wormtail stuttered "My-my Lord, the flames, they're-"

The dark wizard cut him short "Yes, Wormtail, they're turning green." His voice adopted the sound of a teacher explaining 1 plus 1 to a small child "That's what happens when someone uses the flu network" His servant went cold. "I apologise my Lord" He bowed, his nose nearly touching the ground. Voldemort looked at him with disdain. Then his mouth took the form of what was supposedly a smile, but it was neither warming nor pleasant, it was cold and chilling. "Lucius is coming, and he's brought someone with him" Then he chuckled. "Oh, his guest is quite unwilling to join us, how delightful" He cackled, the sound resembling that of a cobra ready to strike.

The deatheaters exchanged gleeful glances, especially the most prized deatheaters; Zabini, Crabbe and Goyle.

I'm down on my knees begging your forgiveness!!! I know it's been months since I've updated!! I'm soooooooo sorry!! I really really am!!! I bet most people have lost interest and I don't blame you, but I'm going to finish this anyway, and I'm gonna do it quickly! Its Easter now so I have plenty of time! I think I'll keep to one-shots from now on! ;

Thank you to my reviewers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!