AN: I am sorry for the delay. I had a case of writers block. This chapter contains much dialog for the prepose of the chapter.
Chapter 18
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Tom sighed heavily truly not knowing what to tell the woman he loved. He couldn't marry her just to make her a widow, but she laid below him asking for the greatest wish he longed for since he was young. A chance to have her as his own. He ran his fingers down her neck and over her shoulder.
Tom leaned forward their lips almost touching and whispered, "Yes," and captured her lips with his own. He pulled back when it was necessary for air. "I'll have Narcissa get the paperwork settled tomorrow. They need to be ran through the Affairs Office." Minerva smiled at him. "We can have Lucius perform the ceremony."
"Lucius?" Minerva asked in a confused tone.
Tom rolled over onto the mattress and pulled her into his arms. She laid her head down on his shoulder. He held her close and chuckled. People didn't know he was certified to perform marriage ceremonies. He had planed to be a pastor but his father had forbidden that a Malfoy would stray from the public service of the wizarding government. Lucius had studied in private in the halls of Hogwarts.
Minerva looked at her lover in shock. She had no idea that a Malfoy of all people whished to become a pastor. It was just unbelievable that one wanted to stray from a Malfoy trademark that brought in millions to the family.
Tom kissed her brow and pulled her closer and they fell into a peaceful slumber.
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The follow morning Tom found Hermione in the library studying the Codex. He silently sat down at the table next to his granddaughter. She sighed and turned the page grateful that she could read Ancient Ruins since several chapters were written in the text.
"Any luck in unlocking Fammel's message?" he gently asked.
Hermione turned her head and her eyes made contact with a pair of deep blood red eyes. He was too drained to conceal his snakelike appearance from the strong charm he placed last night.
"Nothing. I've read the Codex forward and backwards. I've found absolutely nothing." Hermione whispered feeling like she would fail everyone that counted on her to find the hidden secret.
"You have until end of the term to find the locked message." He told her taking her hand with one thin white boney hand. She only nodded and left her to study in private.
Just before Tom left the room Hermione said, "Thank you." He nodded and walked out the door.
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Tom knocked on the doorframe of Lucius' office. He motioned for him to come into the office. Tom swept over the threshold and sat down across from the young man. Lucius moved his paperwork aside.
"I hope I'm not disturbing your work, Luicus." Tom told him.
"I always have time to speak with you. Now what brings you to my office. Only something important would bring you all the way to the other side of the manor."
Tom took deep breath not understanding why he was nervous. He informed Lucius that he wanted to wed Minerva. Lucius smirked at the man in front of him not surprised. He in fact wondered when he would come to him asking to wed them.
"Of course I will. Have you spoken to Cissy?"
"Yes earlier this morning." He told him. Luicus smiled at him.
"When do you whish for this to take place?"
"Before they all return to Hogwarts."
Lucius nodded and smiled. Tom left him to continue his work. Lucius smiled and turned the next page of the document of the Ministry wishing that Fudge would just hit the bucket and get six feet under. "I swear we need to take over the Ministry." He mumbled and turned the page.
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Harry quietly walked through the large garden lost in thought. He didn't hear Draco walk up behind. He gently rested a hand on his shoulder. Harry turned his head and smiled at the blonde. They both walked the garden in a comfortable silent.
"What's on your mind?" Draco asked Harry breaking the silence.
"I think I'm ready to join the death eaters." Harry whispered.
Draco smiled and squeezed Harry's hand. He looked down at their joined hands and Harry blushed slightly. "It would be great for you to join the right side of this war. We need you here." he told him. "I need you here." He whispered so low that Harry couldn't hear his confession.
"Thank you for everything. It makes me wish I should have shook your hand in our first year. I'm sorry about that."
Draco waved it off. "Water under the bridge. Do you want to go to the pond?" He asked and Harry nodded. The couple walked through the maze in light conversation.
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Tom sat in his chair in the library lost in his own thoughts that he didn't hear his two grandsons walk into the room. Remus squeezed his grandfather's shoulder which caused him to jump. Severus chuckled because his grandfather was always on alert.
"Sit down boys." Tom told them. Remus sat down on the floor in front of the fireplace. Severus sat down in the empty arm chair. "I want to speak to you about a few things." Remus's frowned at the statement. "It's not that boys." He saw both of them relax. Tom smiled and said, "I'm getting married." he waited for the shock to wear off some than continued. "I want it to be done before everyone to return to Hogwarts."
"So soon." Remus said thought. "Who are you marrying?" Severus hit his cousin upside head. "Owww." hissed Remus rubbing the back of his head.
"Boys. Behave."
"Sorry." the men mumbled.
"Now, I'm getting married to Minerva. Lucius will be performing the ceremony."
Remus smiled and said, "I'm happy for you Grandpa. You've been alone for far too long." Severus only nodded his head.
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Minerva sat in the parlor with Hermione and Ginny. She had just told them about her marrying Tom. The girls smiled and hugged their head of house that was soon going to be their grandmother-in-law.
"We're all going to be family." Hermione said with a smile. "It's strange how life works out." They all nodded in agreement.
"It's going to be great." Ginny said propping her feet up on a nearby stool. "Tom will be happy. You'll be happy. Everyone will be happy." Minerva smiled and handed Ginny a tissue. "Thanks." She dried the blood from her cheeks. "I hate the hormones." The witches laughed causing Ginny to throw pillow at the witches.
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Tom and his death eaters stood in a large stone room that they used for death eater gatherings. Luicus pushed Reed and Rita Davies into two chairs that seat in the middle of the room. Draco winked Harry who was hidden in the shadows with Bill and Fleur. He turned back to the action.
Tom "Voldemort" walked up to the couple who were tied to the chair. He holding out his wand running his left hand up and down the wood. "Now I was going to be kind and wait until after the holiday before I handled this matter." He shoved his wand in Reed's throat, "But than again I'm never kind." He narrowed his red eyes. "Who are you spying for?" Rita looked terrified at her husband. "Why was the Granger family such a threat?" He stepped back and cried, "Cur-"
"No wait." yelled Rita with tears in eyes. "We were paid."
"How much were you paid to destroy a family?" Tom "Voldemort" asked walking around them his black robes blowing behind him.
"A man named Dumbledore."
Tom red eyes moved to Hermione who was standing beside Remus. He saw her sliver eyes glaze over with tears and it made him angry. Remus swallowed hard when he saw his grandfather's eyes.
"How much?!" yelled the wizard stopping in front of the woman leaning very close.
89,000 thousand pounds."
"Was it the worth their lives, Mrs. Davies?" digging his wand in her throat. "What information have you passed down to expose our world?" She remained quiet. " I'm becoming extremely impatience Davies. They were family." Tom "Voldemort" hissed dangerously low. He turned to the Potions Master and said, "Severus, the Veritaeurm. I want answers. Now!"
Minerva jumped slightly at Tom's forcefulness of his tone. She would have never see him carry a bitter tone. It sent a shiver down her spine. Severus bowed out and swept from the room with his black robes blowing behind him.
The spy walked back into the room and up to the couple. He forced Rita's mouth open and let three drops fall into the woman's mouth. He corked the potion and walked over to his wife waiting for the answer.
"What information have you passed down to expose our world?" Tom "Voldemort" hissed to the muggle.
Rita sat in her chair under a fog like state and answered, "The type of spells and potions. The information to Dumbledore about our forms of weapons. The so called muggle-borns will be the target to start the war. Their beloved parents will do anything for their children. The Granger family was just the start to ensure a war for both worlds to destroy it and make in anew and have Dumbledore lead it all to proclaim him ruler."
Tom hid his shocked expression with a cold uncaring glare. It was far worse than just taking over Hogwarts and getting the Codex was to make him immortal so he could rule for all time. It was nearly enough to make him sick. Than with the Elders Wand he could control death and with the Invisibility Cloak he could hide from death.
"What has he promised you from giving information?"
"A place to rule of our own." Rita told the death eaters.
"Narcissa get the papers for them. Now!" She waved her wand and they appeared. "Obliviate." He cast over both muggles. "You are Wayne and Wendy Persons and live in the United States, Texas. You work a dentist clinic." Tom motioned for them to remove the couple. "Avery, Nott you know what to do. Go." The men left with the couple. "You may go." He told the death eater. They all vanished from the room.
Tom sat down on the throne and rubbed his skeleton long white hands over his snakelike face. "He's wanting a world war. Gindelwald started World War I and World War II. He liked seeing the murders." He whispered. "He even sank the Titanic on April 14, 1912. He was on the ship as a passenger. He wanted to see the deaths."
He lowered his hands only to find Minerva knelt down in front of him. She gently took his hand and whispered, "We'll stop him we have too and your family is behind you always."
Harry walked up to Tom. He smiled and quietly lifted his left sleeve. He looked at Harry. "Brand me as a death eater."
James walked up behind his son. "Are you ready son?" He nodded his head.
Tom rose from the throne and pulled out his wand. He gently grabbed his left wrist. He pointed his wand at his forearm. "Do you, Harry James Potter swear to up hold the laws of the wizarding world and protect it from those that want to over throw and destroy our kind?"
"I do." Harry answered with a smirk that would make Severus Snape proud of him.
Tom whispered a spell and a black line snaked up his arm forming into a black snake and skull. He pulled back his wand and gently traced the tattoo and the shocks of pain subsided. He smiled and ruffled Harry's messy black hair. Harry swatted the man's hand away. He lead them out of the room and watched Harry walk over to Draco. He raised a invisible brow but smirked that would be a very interesting couple.
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AN: You will see the wedding in the next chapter.