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It is my baby and sadly I have to say that I am ending it soon.

There might be a sequel but it all depends on if YOU guys want it.

I think the next chapter or two will be the last chapter.

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The time had now come to attack and reclaim her - his Emily.

His ice blue eyes stared at and gazed at the hideout of his master, correction, former master as he studied the insides with his vision while searching for his beloved.

Each heartbeat was different - each scent of blood was different yet he knew them especially hers.

Her heartbeat was soft and steady and her blood - it was exquisite. Nothing could possibly describe how her blood affected him.

Soon it would be time.

Oh so soon.

Lucius thought as he peered out from his little perch - an obviously sturdy tree branch - that he had cleverly hid himself while he awaited the time for him to attack.

To attack. He thought with dread for his Emily would have to see him in his true state - the vampire state.

His confidence in her was unfaltering.

She will come to me. She will come to me. My Emily...

But doubt was beginning to form in him for whether or not he would be able to contain himself from draining her dry when he rescued her.

If I see her in the battle, I fear that I will kill her.

Staring out once more to where he could sense Emily's heartbeat within the stony walls of Lord Voldemort's lair, he sighed.

"Oh Merlin, please give me strength."

While he continued to observe, a different scenario was being played out within the walls of Voldemort's lair.

No one was prepared for a battle and deatheaters were lounging about while the leader of them - Lord Voldemort of course- was resting in his room pondering about the young girl whom he had ordered to be captured.

He remembered how Nagini had responded to her, ignoring his commands to stay with him so that she could go into the little Granger's room to sleep.

There was just something about that little Granger girl, who was so unlike that Hermione girl that was a powerful ally to Harry Potter, that striked something in him.

Lord Voldemort hoped for her sake that he was not becoming interested in her.

If he did feel an inkling of anything for that girl, there would be hell to pay and he would create it.

The last time he had fallen in love with a girl it had been a halfblood like himself.

Yet she had spurned him, the filthy little mudblood whore.

Though that was not the main reasons why he had become a dark wizard, she had been one of them.

Lidia Prewitt - one of those halfbloods who had leaned towards defending mudbloods, had refused to be with him for she had felt it would have been hypocritical of her to do so.

Now she was dead.

She had been his first victim. He thought as a smile appeared on his face.

Somehow this child was bringing back these old feelings that he had felt for Lidia.

It was a weakness he didn''t want any part of.

And like most weaknesses of his, he would have to cut it off for good.

Then again, maybe it would be better to see if the girl would be of some use to him in helping to try to figure out who had been committing the murders if Lucius hadn't.

Getting up from his seat, Voldemort began to move across the room to grab his wand and then proceeded to walk to his captive's room.

Unbeknowst to him, Lucius had been able to see the movement and had already apparated inside his fortress, disguised as one of the lesser death eaters.

Soon it would be time to attack.

Soon my Emily....Soon my love.

He thought before walking into the shadows of the halls; silence surrounding him as he made his way down to where he heard her heartbeat.

When he managed to find himself standing in front of Emily's door, at least that was what he assumed due to her heartbeat, he pressed his head against it and sighed.

"Father, I am inside the building. All you need is to tell me and I will enact plan b."

Draco's voice sounded in his head like the toll of the bells in Notre Dame.

So distracting his voice was that Lucius didn't even have the time to register who had appeared behind him until he heard his former halfblood master's cool, slimy voice against his ear.

"And what is it that you are doing here, Lucius?"

The swishing of a cloak could be heard and suddenly his hood was off revealing who he truly was.

Doing the best he could to salvage whatever form of plan he had left, Lucius bowed before him and bent his head down.

"Milord, I apologize for not appearing as soon as you had summoned me. I wish to express my..."

A hand gripped his head hard and yanked his head back before he felt Voldemort's wand at his heart.

"Lucius, why didn't you tell me what you have become? A vampire is it? That would explain your strange attitude lately."

That seemed to spark something within him and then the darkness took over.

Baring his teeth, Lucius jumped up and grabbed onto his arm before feeling the sting of the magic being thrust his way.

It was a battle - a vampire vs a wizard. He didn't know who would win but he sure as hell was going to get Emily away from this man.

Lost in the blur, theirs minds utterly consumed by the darkness and the fight, Lucius and Voldemort fought back and forth until they heard the soft voice of a certain girl.

"What's going on?"

Emily stood there in her costume from the previous night; the white streaks in her hair still gone from the spell she had used before.

Sensing that this was an opportunity that he couldn't waste, the dark lord raised his wand.

"CRUCIO!"

Emily's eyes widened and everything seemed to move in slow motion.

She could feel her body moving but couldn't comprehend what she was saying as she ran to protect Lucius.

The grin on Voldemort's face grew as the spell moved closer to his enemy.

Lucius looked wide eyed away from her and saw the spell and where it was heading.

So slow. Everything was moving just too slow until....

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"

A loud piercing scream sounded throughout the hallway, nearly breaking their eardrums before Lucius realized what had happened.

Emily was screaming; the pain so intense that her hair began turning white once again.

A light seemed to consume her as fierce pain rolled throughout her body.

Then everything seemed to dim slowly as she vaguely found herself falling down and hitting the floor with a loud thud.

The last images that she would see were confirming her fears of what exactly had been prowling Hogwarts.

All she saw was Lucius's mouth opening and his fangs distending before he was hit with a Crucio spell.

She saw him walk closer and closer even as his blood began to spill from the spells that the Dark Lord was casting on him.

Then as if possessed by some madness, he leapt forward and sank his teeth into Voldemort's throat.

That was all she saw before everything faded into the darkness.

Several moments later

Lucius could feel himself slowly dying as he drained the dark lord of his blood before snapping his neck.

A sense of relief overcame him before he saw his Emily crumbled up on the floor, blood flowing from her temple.

Picking her up in his arms, he couldn't help feeling overcome with strong emotions as tears welled up in his eyes.

"Draco! I need you to meet me by Hogwarts' Lake. Voldemort is no more. Emily is injured. Please come."

He pleaded in his mind before he apparated to the lake's mossy shore, kneeling down so that now Emily could rest in his lap.

"Please Emily...don't die. I need you. I need you more than anything in this world."

A single tear rolled down his cheek before falling and landing on the crook of her neck, revealing a temptation that even he wouldn't cross.

"Father, what is wrong? What happened to Emily?"

His son's voice whispered as he knelt down beside him; an obvious look of love and devotion in his son's eyes for the girl.

"Her heartbeat...it sounds so weak, Draco."

His son looked at him and sighed.

"Dad, you need to heal as well."

A shake of his head shut up his son before he brought his wrist up over his love's face.

"Son, I am going to ask you to do something for me."

He said as he brought his wrist up closer to his mouth.

"Yes, Father?"

Ever the obedient son since he had discovered his son's love for Emily, he knew what his father requested of him he would accomplish.

"I am going to heal her head wound then I need you to take her away...far away from here...from me." He said sadly.

"No father! I couldn't possibly..."

"Yes you can." His father interjected before piercing the skin of his wrist and letting the blood flow out.

Raising his wrist above Emily's head, he let the blood drip down and cover her head wound and watched as it stiched itself together.

The skin healing at a rapid rate before suddenly it was as if she hadn't been injured.

As his own wrist healed Lucius turned to his son and placed his unharmed hand on his skin.

"You must protect her for me, Draco. Remember the promise you made me. Protect her with the same love and devotiong that I have for her."

Lucius stood up and let his borrowed death eater cloak whip around him as the air picked up.

"I must go someplace to heal myself. With the wounds that Voldemort inflicted on me, I won't be able to be truly be useful for at least six months. I can't protect her until then."

With that last sentence, Lucius apparated away and left Draco to deal with Emily.

Sensing the silence around them, Draco looked down at the girl who he had unknowingly fallen in love since she had first entered Hogwarts.

"Emily, please get better."

Closing his eyes for a mere second, he could vaguely feel something moving next to him.

Suddenly his eyes shot back open to look down at her and he could see that now she was awake.

Her emerald colored eyes gazed back up at him with confusion and bewilderment.

"Who are you?"

She asked and then she fell into the darkness once again.

OOC:

Well my fellow readers.

This is the end of Flowers of Deception. Official last chapter right here.

I know I left it off with a cliffhanger but I planned on writing up a sequel to this since I have so much left to type up.

Unfortunately I do not know when I will type up the sequel due to my current commitments with my school.

Anyway please review and tell me what you have thought of this story.

What were your favorite parts? What were your least favorite parts?

Please tell me cause I would really like to know.

Also can you tell me if you would read the sequel. It would just give me a count of who would read it.

Thanks and I hope you have a lovely winter.