"Ok then class! Calm yourselves, thestrals may be invisible to most of you, but I can guarantee that a few of you aside from myself can see them, Malfoy? And lets see….Snape? You two can see then yes? Can you tell me why?" I asked these students in particular, Snape I asked because I wanted to see if I could cause an episode, Lucius on the other hand, I needed to know just how stupid he really was.
"because we've seen death. . ." Severus Snape half whispered.
"correct you are!" a said smiling to myself, "and you know what boys? You aren't alone! A said petting my favorite on of the thestrals, a rather young one that had taken a liking to me.
Lucius stood there most likely dumbfounded by my deduction that he had seen a death, though I knew I was right, for the death I saw he had seen as well, and it replayed over and over in my mind.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I guess you want to see it too?"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I sat watching the fire with my two nieces on either side of me, My sister Alana had popped out four kids three girls and two boys, though one of the girls was ill and had to stay home witch disappointed me, this was the only time I got with my family. When James, Alisia , and Creya came to visit me, their "mother". My sister had been trying to get me take custody of her children for a long time, but I declined her every time, I told her that if she wanted to make the mistake she did four times, that she should take care of it, and not me, but, this is the day that I decided to take her offer…..
"Mum?" asked Creya.
"I'm not your mum Creya." I said in an exasperated tone, as I had told her this for the last ten years of her and her twins life.
"but our aunt said that you gave us to her after we were born!" said Creya, now standing up in her anger.
"dear, Creya, ill tell you two one more time, and I hope it doesn't come up again." I sighed. "I am your Aunt. Your other 'aunt' is your mother, she made a few mistakes and brought you into the world, she doesn't want you anymore and told you that I was your mother to get you out of her hair, I told her that I wont take you, but would gladly baby-sit every once in a while because I love my nephews and nieces. That is the truth." I said it very fast wanting to get Creya to calm down before anything odd happened with her.
Creya sat down again to think and nodded. "so you're my aunt then?" she asked.
"that's what I said-" at that moment the door few open with a crash and some new I immediately recognized walked threw the door. I stood up and put my arms out in front of the children who scooted behind me in fear. "don't you dare touch them Tom!" I yelled to the man in my now broken doorway.
"its not them I'm after." he replied in a cool voice raising his wand and pointing it at my heart"
I lent towards Creya. "Creya, grab your sister and go to your room. Now!" I looked at the girls as the ran in fear and my heart stopped as a heard a few words sounded quietly by the man named Tom. "Aavada Cadavra."
I stared in horror as Creya collapsed to the ground and fell down the stairs to the bottom, and as Alicia rushed into her room slamming the door shut.
"Tom. . . I'll go with you. I whispered, but only if my freedom is guaranteed." "I can not guarantee your freedom." hw said. "and you will come with me weather you want to or not."
That night I wrote a note to Creya mother saying that Creya had fallen down the steps and that I had gone to get medical help, a left the note on the floor where I had sat before and picked up the small stuffed bear that I had bought for Creya. I sighed and walked out the door following a Tom Riddle, and a Seventeen year old boy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"happy I hope?"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I pulled up my sleeve and looked at the mark. I had done something I think nobody should ever do, I had joined the dark side.