Chapter XIV
Remus woke the next morning with daylight shining harshly through the broken glass into the room, his head pounding terribly and his back felt bruised and battered and groan out loud as he felt the stiffness of his body. He ran a hand through his disheveled hair and once his vision wasn't blurry and everything was in focus did he noticed that he was lying on the bare floor of the shrieking shack and that he wasn't all that alone, no sign of Padfoot or Prongs around but someone else lying by him.
Someone whose very scent was very well familiar and look down and saw beside him with a warm smile on her rosy soft lips and breathing softly, her eyes close and asleep.
Sonja. Beautiful Sonja, she was so there were many things he could describe her at that moment but couldn't come up with anything other than angelic, intelligent, captivating. She was like a godsend to him and wanted to hold her, to possibly wake up like this together every day for the rest of his life.
His lips pulled back in a grin, staring down at her and embraced her, burying his face in her hair and smelling that sweet aroma of cinnamon and cloves he liked very much and entice him.
Never in all his years had he come to think he could find someone he felt truly happy to be with who would unleash such pleasure and tempting impulses beyond his control as he had given in to his lycan instincts and she accept him so. But that had been the most wonderful experience he ever had.
Merlin there was some exquisite ones but the last one was nirvana! Too good to be true it was.
He sighed, breathing down on her soft curls, letting them flutter slightly under his breath. It was certainly a wonderful dream…if only it were real, if it really happened for him and Sonja to be together.
He knew all good tantalizing dreams had to come to an end sometimes before he has to wake up and find himself in his bed back in the Head boys room like all the other times before as his thoughts had been on her the last few days.
His warm breath made her hair stir and one of her curls fell to lay across her face and he made to push one behind her ear and touch her cheek and felt her move closer to him, her hand lying on top of his chest and couldn't help chuckling quietly with her running her fingers down on him and he taken the liberty to press his lips against her and pulled back to heard her sigh, saying his name in her sleep, "Remus…"
He had to think she was lovely like this as her head rest on his chest, her curls cascaded freely and her warm body pressed against his but then realization hit him hard as reality came crashing down on him and scattering the dream-like state he had been thinking and coming into a rueful awaking. He could feel her touch and smell, even back to his normal sense not like the heighten ones of the wolf, but he could still detect the slight hinted change in the atmosphere around them: their mingling scents, her sweet musky cinnamon, their sweat, the blood, everything were combining strongly and knew that he wasn't dreaming and was really wide awake with Sonja, real like everything else, cuddling up next to him, both of them naked and smelling.
Oh Merlin! I am so dead! I'm so very well bloody dead…I just screwed with the girl of my dreams literally! Though many would say 'geez that's great, congrats on getting laid finally', not when you're a werewolf who has now official marked her as his mate for life and possibly turn her into one as well.
If there were any way possible, he would try and escape this situation before Sonja woke up but was too lost into thinking how this could've happened.
He remembered about a week ago, had it really been a week or was it two, he couldn't pinpoint the exact date or whatever exactly except that he did in September biting her, marking her as his and saw she still had the scar there while staring at her left shoulder.
There was the 'dream' that resurrected over the past few days, leaving him a terrible shaken mess until he fell asleep between classes and then comes for his time of the monthly transformation in here the shack on the night of the full moon didn't deprive him of his condition.
The rest had been a complete blur as the wolf had taken over but not all the way yet, still recalling the agonizing metamorphous and later on something or someone with inhuman strength grab him by the back of his neck, pulling right at the skin which he kind of still felt and stuck a sharp needle he believe into his throat and throwing him across the room like a rag doll.
He touch his throat almost warily, remembering the sudden burning sensation spreading through his jugular vein out to the rest of his body and the rest became an instant blank. He wondered what had happened before bits and pieces came into play like a whirlpool until they became clearer inside his vision and saw the images that made him pale with each one he saw in his recollection.
James, he was lying unconscious after he threw him across the room, hitting the back wall behind Sirius and Keller…
He saw them, Sirius and Keller holding Sonja together, his mate and was glaring at the two trying to figure, which was more threatening, the male or the female standing in his way as they sandwiched his mate between them.
He circled the two like a hungry shark, trying to figure their different aromas and hearing little of what Keller said to Sirius before he shouted and caught his attention once before he resume what he had been doing, getting stronger sense of who was who. He then heard Keller tell Sirius to go with the unconscious James and head back to the school and to leave her and her cousin behind.
"I'm not leaving you Keller!" His ears with their acute hearing had picked up what Sirius said and this almost surprised him to hear his friend say that for this girl, this girl who wasn't really a girl but wasn't far from being like them and his mate. But when he saw her turn to look at him with a look different than her own and told him again, he finally agreed and Sirius and James left the two girls with him and his main concern was over his own mate in her arm, who laid still and unconscious.
Keller, moving back towards the door and hissing at him while holding her cousin against her as she lean on her shoulder and then looked towards her and said, 'No way in Hell Mione!'…
Mione, it was just like the one he called out in his dream where she had died before his eyes and could see it repeating over in his mind but now here she was, lying peaceful, alive and well which took a great weight off him.
He stared at her again, still in slumber with her hair haloing around her, her skin creamy and positively glowing with a warmth so radiated that her face serene looked to been carved by angels. He brushed her hair, feeling his fingers move through the soft tresses and said in an almost quiet whisper, "Mione."
The name rolled off his tongue like he had used it before many times to her, which seem odd and as if calling her was the magic word to wake her up, Hermione slowly rouse from her wonderful blissful sleep and her eyes flutter open and saw Remus staring with his normal blue orbs.
Except they didn't seem so filled with happiness right now, they held confusion and shock.
She didn't really understand what it was until the memories of what happened last night and she felt a flush coming to her and realized that the awkwardness that they were both feeling sort of.
It was our first time and I'm betting Remus is starting to remember last night and what we, himself, thinking it's his fault or something because of 'it' taking full control…
She didn't know what to say to try and get things under way except greet him cheerfully as she could in hopes to have him at least say something other than gawked at her like she grown another head or whatever. "Morning Remus, how did you sleep last night?"
Smooth, real smooth, even Keller could have come up with something better than that! Why don't you just say, 'did you enjoy last night like I did? I didn't know you were such an animal and what they said about lycan is certainly true and I think I want to have another go before we leave and head inside the castle.'
Yeah that be something only a hardheaded heartless and typical stupid bitch would say and she wasn't as she truly cared for him, even maybe more than what she had thought during the week and felt her heart almost lurched out of her chest every time he stared at her with those eyes that made everything melt inside her and become warm and whole because of him.
It was only later she realized she had broken one of the most important rules that she had been trying her best to avoid: Falling in love with someone of the past. But it was too late and the damage was done but what could she do to try and make things a little easier for them now.
She had to think of what she could possible say to comfort him while Remus was still staring at her and not just her face as she didn't really take the time to be modest over indecency as he was one without any clothes either.
Remus had to fight the blush as he was ogling her chest, noticing how the cold air was turning her nipples like hard pebbles and had to pull his eyes away before he felt his body being turn on again and couldn't really think of what to say to explain this unexpected position without having to blurt that he might have done something that made them both regret or him feeling guilty over.
"Um, well Sonja—"
"Hermione or Mione if you like to call me for starters. That's my real name just to let you know." She decided that if she wanted to be honest to him as she was officially his mate for life, the least she could do was give him her real name and possibly tell of her 'hybrid' nature. The rest she could figure for later when the right moment comes.
He smiled sheepishly at her, "Yeah I kind of figured that out actually don't ask, well Mione, I um, I don't know what or how to explain what happened last night and don't really know why this did. So I don't really know where to begin or really say."
"Perhaps I can answer that Mr. Lupin." Remus turned around and paled as he saw his headmaster standing in the doorway, staring at the both of them. He almost froze and did his best to pull the blanket over Hermione to cover her while forgetting to keep his own exposed body as the Headmaster step into the room, not really looking to the two.
At least that's what he thoughts so as he looked to Dumbledore and saw there was seriousness written in his eyes, looking on at what he saw with rational thinking of what had occurred seeing the state the two were in.
"I think we'll need to take this up into my office and discuss it more thoroughly in private, after you two have properly dressed of course..." With a waved of his hand, he conjured a pair of school uniforms for them both to change in while their clothes were lying around scattered and ruin. Remus saw Hermione with her cheeks redden, looking over to the floor and saw her panties were by Professor Dumbledore's feet but thankful that he didn't look to where she was staring before he left to give them a chance to quickly change. Remus and Hermione both took the clothes and headed off into different rooms to get dressed, both were thinking what Dumbledore plan to discuss with them and thinking differently of the consequences which was possible there would be.
Remus and Sonja, no Mione, or Hermione, walked together side-by-side, quiet and filled with dread as they headed to Dumbledore's office. His stomach churn though he hadn't eaten anything yet today but felt ready to lose it the moment they would step in and face their immediate punishments.
Already many scenarios about him risking the danger on other students with his exposed in the open, the possibility that he may have already contaminated her into which she became like him and so many others were going through his head rapidly fast all leading to one, being expulsion, send back home without having done his NEWTs and kissing his chances to graduate goodbye along with getting a somewhat decent career in the wizarding world even though it was very much limited due to his cursed nature.
He would have to face the music as they walked to the gargoyle where the Headmaster's office awaited them and said the password together.
"Chocolate frogs." They turn to one another and both looking shyly away but not before Hermione slipped her hand into his and saw him glance up only once to stare at her and wasn't sure what to say.
Wasn't she supposed to be angry, hating him for ruining her life or disgusted by what he was? Before he could probably inquire these thoughts further, the gargoyle slide away and they went up the spiraling staircase and stepped into Dumbledore's office.
They weren't the only ones there in the room they saw. Three familiar heads turn to see them coming in and said hello to them silently while Remus was baffled and confused as to what was going on while Hermione stared at her cousin and knew that she had let them in what was necessary. But Remus still didn't understand.
What was James, Sirius and Keller doing here, they didn't get into trouble because of them, did they? He wasn't sure and didn't have a chance to figure out what why they were here and what he was missing, Dumbledore spoke, grabbing everyone's attention to him.
"Everyone please have a seat, all of you," He said behind his desk as he conjured five seats and they sat down, waiting for the lecture that Remus dread to hear as Dumbledore sat back down in his own chair, "Now you seem aware about Ms. Lucian and Ms. Corvin who know of Mr. Lupin's said condition."
Remus looked to Hermione but she kept holding his hand, giving him a small squeeze in warmth and comfort that made him entirely different when he was around her, even better than he imagine. He loved the way her touch was soft as silk and cool as morning rain and feel exhilarate and so alive when he stared into her kind loving eyes. He found that hard to believe, even for him to find it really a dream come true for the first time that he had fallen in love with her in just few weeks. Even as they had only known each other for such a short time but felt almost forever as he gazes into her soulful eyes, drawn completely within.
"Now seeing as only two out of three know of what has already been told by Ms. Corvin, which I have recently found out this morning after a quick word, I think you, Mr. Lupin should be as well informed like your friends to know that Ms. Corvin and her cousin are both the first and possibly only of their kind as hybrids of two species you see, a vampire and a werewolf."
Remus was astounded and shock, taking in this sudden interesting news and turn to survey Keller and Hermione, staring from one to the other.
He hadn't thought that, even what Dumbledore had said and to try and confirm it he smells her scent as she sat close to him. His was already mingled with her own along with the faint hint of sex after the last few hours but he could also smell something else, inside her blood. At the beginning it smelled mortal but now that he had a closer sense of it, being his mate and all, it had the combination of lycan's traits inside her DNA with another that he never thought could be, a vampire's. But it would seem her lycan's trait were the stronger of the two.
So that's why she smelled so different those last few days, she had been in heat…
He knew much about his kinds…mating habits from all the textbooks he read about them, trying to find in attempt a cure for himself but no such luck then yet got a good idea about their kind now.
A female lycan cycles always started on the night of the full moon and she had been kind of acting out of it along with Keller, possible because she was half-lycan herself. And speaking of which, he sniffed the air by her cousin's but one glance from her eyes almost made him jumped while she crossed her arms and looked straight at him, Don't even think about it wolf boy…
Surprised and startled but had been able to catch one trace before looking away. There was something all right, something that seem powerful and deadly coursing through her, inside her own blood that he could detect easily that it didn't really need to take his werewolf scents to find out.
So they were like him, they were half kin to his kind, but how had they been managing to hide it, what about their parents, why… There were so many questions he didn't know where to start asking them. Dumbledore saw how he was taking all this in before he called to gain their attention again.
"Now I should inform you that what they tell you is for you three only. No one must know about this as some, or rather I should daresay the Ministry would do if they found out and let's not forget importantly, them."
Remus feeling slightly on edge with the way Dumbledore said it and understanding what he was saying it meant if the ministry of magic found out about them.
They would be labeled under the dangerous category for magical creatures, restricted and possible if the ministry were to think into believing, especially in these dark times with He-who-must-not-be-named and his followers, for them to be any dangerous with what they were being of offspring of two different powerful dark creatures. They could possible be condemned into Azakaban or something even more horrid than Azakaban itself, like if He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named were to learn about them.
The dark lord would want to find ways to use and get them under his control like the rest of his growing army or do experiments to do inbreeding or Merlin who knows.
The thought of what possible torture that monster might do to them, to Hermione made Remus turn around and looked at her to feel her gaze on him and returning it with a small squeeze on his hand, giving reassure through it that he wouldn't let anyone hurt her.
He would do anything, fight claw and fang to protect her as she was his mate now and forever and would rather he made certain his love was safe from harm's way in any case of threat and danger. It didn't go unnoticed by Dumbledore as he watched their hands linked and the love and devotion glowing from within both of their eyes as they look to one another but continue anyways as if he seeing them display their sudden affection didn't bother him or disrupt him of his lecture.
"As you should already know, they're true identities for them must not be revealed. You must keep up the act that they are Sonja Lucian and Keller Corvin, understand that any words reaches outside these walls about revealing their 'secret' I shall know, are we clear on that?"
They nodded and Dumbledore took their agreement in silent. "Good you are dismissed now but I would like a word with Ms. Lucian and Ms. Corvin alone. You may wait for them outside if you like." The boys looked over at the two before they made to exit the room and shut the door in place.
When they left, Dumbledore placed a silencing charm around the ward before he began speaking of the urgent matter he saw most in hand and got right to the point.
"I'm aware that you Ms. Lucian are now Mr. Lupin's mate which shouldn't have happened under any circumstances and believing you had taken precaution with yourselves instead of informing me of this which I might have helped but still occurred…which may be a problem." He tried to emphasize the word as best as he could without putting too much into detail of what happened but they both seem to get the idea pretty much as they had gone through it and didn't need a professor to describe it.
Hermione blush red again and tried to not make eye contact with him as she recalled her headmaster catching them in the Shrieking Shack, no clothes on either one of them if she counted the exception of her torn blouse hanging open while Remus had not a stitch on, yet had been gentleman enough to try and cover her up from the professor, thinking more on her concerns and modesty than his own.
Dumbledore's eyes grew serious as he went back to discussing the matter, "The possible changes of having you here have already started and seem to have no way of ending until we find the key source that brought you here and send you back before these could possibly become permanent. You know it's hard that you two had to come unexpected like that from your time to ours through a way I have yet to discovery knowing how with what you vaguely describe but still I believe there is some clue in your tale somewhere that we have overly missed and looked over."
He looked them both in the eye and asked in a solemn tone, "Now I have asked this before but I'll ask again, do you have any recollection of how it happened, anything you possible forgot to mention?"
The two girls looked at each other seeing if they knew within their mind's memories and when there was none that hadn't been already told and shook their heads. "We told you sir, only that the killing curse hit us and brought us here, sorry."
Dumbledore sighed and look much older to Hermione than she had last seen her headmaster, "Very well we'll just have to figure out something as this will be your seventh and final year here, knowing you will probably graduate with everyone else so please be careful with what you say or who you say it to and I will see if I can try to find any alternate possibilities of getting you both back to your own time period safely as possible. And if nothing else comes up, I shall let you know of any arrangements that need to be done. This is not only for your safety but also for the future's as well."
The girls nodded, understanding perfectly clear what he said even when they told the boys little about them, they could never reveal the future under consequences that it would change and even the smallest ones tend to do the worse damage for any possibilities whether to try and change the outcome for anything. They walked out of the room, feeling a bit gloom and distorted, seeing that Dumbledore hadn't found a way to get them home and stepped outside the office and closed the door behind them.
"Well so much for Dumbledore finding our one-way ticket back to our time." Keller said seeing they would be stuck in the seventies a while longer. Not like there was anything waiting back for her but still she didn't want to stay in a time she didn't belong and wanted to head home, or one she called it. Hermione, the feeling mutual but as they exit the building and saw the boys waiting for them by the gargoyle and tried not to let them noticed and smiled a little, trying not to give away why she was glum to them.
"Hey," Hermione was the first to say as Remus having noticed that she looked downcast as she came out and was going to questioned what was wrong when Sirius decided to ask what Dumbledore talk to them about.
"It seem he was taking a long time with you, longer than he did with us, so what happened? Did you guys get into any sort of trouble because we well found out about you?"
"Oh um…well he…" She was babbling, having been caught off guard and feeling she just wanted to have some time to relax and be alone in the library and sit there away from everyone for a while, but seeing as she wasn't until the boys got an answer. Keller, frustrated and irritated for putting them on the spot was about to give Sirius a piece of her mind when it was Remus who decided to intervene and save them from the awkwardness of their conversation.
"Leave them alone Sirius, can't you see they don't need this after you know yesterday." Remus walked over past his shocked friends and to Hermione slipped his hand into hers and she gladly took it, "Want to head for the Great Hall then to the library for some privacy?" She nodded and smiled back before they walked away together, everyone looking towards them walking away with their hands entwine.
Well there goes our latest new couple or lycans mates or whatever, Keller thought watching them go before turning to see James and Sirius still standing there with their eyes glued to the two.
Now what, what was she going to do with them. Last night there had been some hassle and some consideration in her head if it had been wise to let them in one of their secrets, knowing they had been thinking about what she had said and must have came to a decision.
"Well I guess I'll be going then. All this excitement has gotten me hungry and see if I can grab a quick bite before I lose my breakfast over those two if they start snogging in front of everyone…" And was ready to head to make her exit, saying an abrupt farewell and went to go off.
Sirius snapped out of it and looked to see her go and decided right then that he wanted to tell her everything, his feelings, the truth, all of it.
He called out to her, hoping to catch her attention, "Keller, wait!" She stopped in her steps and he rushed over and as he was about to speak he couldn't when she turn to him by her side, waiting for what he had to say, "I…I was wondering if you were free today, this weekend and wanted to do something like I don't know head for Hogsmeade and have a few drinks or whatever."
Keller blinked, wondering if this was another of his attempts to get her on a date with him like the other times and had decline them.
Had he not given up, she would have said no but this was different somehow. She was putting some trust into them and from what she could hear inside his voice, he didn't have that cockiness or suave attitude that made all the girls swoon. No there was definitely something different with him now but she couldn't exactly pinpoint it.
What had happened? Why was he acting so jittery waiting for her answer? She thought it was at first an act, just to get her guard down but was proving wrong as James walked over and stared at Sirius and noticing how red his cheeks were becoming, "You ok Padfoot? You look like you're about to turn into a tomato any second?"
"Shut up Prongs!" He said, feeling more embarrassed now that he mention it, his cheeks still turning red and she thought he looked funny with his face red, almost cute which didn't really make sense to her as to why she would be getting warm tingles at the thought or have this weird feeling inside like fluttering butterflies in her stomach.
James smirked, getting what was wrong with Padfoot and why he asked that question last night to him about his feelings on Lily.
Oh this was something Lily would like to hear. His best friend has finally found a girl to fall for and she was standing right next to him. He wouldn't exactly tell too much but leave her guessing all-day and seeing how long it would take until she figured out whom it was.
"Well I think I might go off and look for Lily now. Knowing her, she'll be wondering where I was and have to find a reasonable excuse before she finds out so see ya!" He waved goodbye to the both of them, leaving Sirius and Keller still standing there in the hall, while Sirius tried again, trying very hard not to blush again as he asked the question again.
"So if you want to go to Hogsmeade and head on over to the Three Broomsticks and grab a butterbeer. I'll even make sure you don't take too much like you did last time just as friends that'll be cool right?" He said almost joking and Keller had to agree to it.
"All right just as friends but don't think I won't keep my eye on you if you try anything funny with me." He smiled, "Great I'll see you at shall we say around one, two? Whatever you decide is fine"
"Fine, how about one thirty then, that leaves us enough time while I go do some things like grabs something to eat and check how Orion's doing." She was turning away before she remembered one last thing, "And Sirius, please try to be serious, I don't want to be hanging with a Casanova flirt the whole day."
"Hey I'm always Sirius." And she couldn't hold it in which were turning into full fits of laughter at his silly yet stupid joke which he must've use dozen of times but now found it hilarious. She was starting to feel a bit of that cold barrier around her heart thaw away and found herself able to enjoy with people here by her side that didn't look away or think of her different.
Sirius watched her and saw a small grin when she pulled back her hand to wipe away the tears that came from laughing so hard.
"You know you look pretty when you smile." He blurted and realizing too late what he just said and saw her looking at him and blush, her laugh slowly dying down before she said, "Thanks…um would you care to join me for breakfast then? I guess I wouldn't mind some company since both our friends, well my cousin deserted us."
Offering her hand out and Sirius reaching to take it and then like a lightning, jolts were sparking down her spine sending electric currents through her entire body while she held his, feeling almost…she didn't know exactly how to describe it but felt all right like it was suppose to be.
By the elder what was going on? She let go of his hand quickly, the strange experience disappearing only leaving behind confusion and didn't know how to explain what she felt just now, it was very unusual but it wasn't all that unpleasant but that it wasn't suppose to be.
This was almost similar to the one back in Divination but it was different, but how they hadn't even made eye contact when he took her hand? She didn't really understand why and had so many questions that she didn't know where to start begin.
Sirius was thinking along the same lines, not really sure what happened as his mind drew a blank as she withdrew her hand from his.
Weird, that was so totally weird. He rubbed his temple and wondered if she had felt that too, that strange jolt whatever it was. He notice she was staring at her hands like thinking they were the ones to blame for what happened. She then look to him, putting them inside the pocket of her jeans, not eager to try whatever it was again. "Let's not try that again shall we?"
"Ok I guess, well let's go to the kitchen and grab some brunch since I bet breakfast is now over in the Great Hall so we'll go see what the house elves can whip us up."
She shrugged, "Sounds fine by me then." And made their way to down to the dungeon floors, walking side-by-side deciding it was the next best thing than holding each other's hands.
They made small talk and Keller open herself a bit, telling him as much and as little she could to him, leaving her still a mystery like a very complicated puzzle he was trying to figure out.
He tried asking her what she enjoyed, her hobbies, anything that came to mind and she gave him vague answers, never being as much explicate but seem to keep most to herself from him.
Before he could inquire further, to have her answer more specific she asked him those same questions. He told her how he like practical joking and flirting, his friends were the Marauders and Lily, how he disliked his family, Snivellus, the Slytherin and pretty much other things while she took it in while changing topics and leaving Sirius to feel a strong attraction to her while the same was said for her to him.
They were unaware of the strange feelings that stirred and flickered with the spark that started between them and began to burn with powerful emotions they didn't expect to have for one another. They became the only two who didn't know of their feelings that grew while their friends would. Everyone but Sirius and Keller who would try and deny in their mind, saying they weren't for each other but in their hearts felt different in truth that would make a huge impact on their lives without being truly known until later on.
Meanwhile in a dark manor far from any suspecting Muggles or wizards that were trying to scout them out but had no such luck as the location was kept secret and hidden and any wizard, foolish or otherwise, met their fate at the hands of the most powerful dark wizard ever known in history.
A gathering of dark cloaked figures, Death Eaters, all wearing the skulls masks over their faces to keep their identities a secret from the outside world but never to each other who know whose faces were hidden that were loyal to their dark master.
They bowed to their Dark Lord who sat on top of his throne like a powerful hungry warlord and one by one they reported any news they found to be which would be to their gain from the ministry and outside their walls.
One Death Eater step forward with a letter he had received an hour by owl and relate the details of the message, capturing the interest of his fellow comrades and his lord himself. When he finished reciting everything from the note and step back in line waiting for what his master to say, everyone could see their lord looking keen and mildly amused while his eyes glittering within the darkness of the room.
"This is certainly interesting to be taken into thought doesn't it? Dumbledore has two mere children in his school that are a combination mixed breed of a vampire and werewolf…hybrids you said, how very interesting indeed…" His eyes started to glow red while Nagini slither around her master's throne arm and he petted her scaly head while he tried to think on how they would approach it. One of the Death Eaters step forward, "With all due respect sire, shall we go to Hogwarts and bring them to you, it will be an honor to serve you my lord."
"No do not be so rash into doing something that will have Dumbledore aware." He barked, seeing that one of his foolish followers did not rationally think it through without possible consequences and later undergo punishment by him. Everyone even knew that and this one had realized what he did before Voldemort raised his wand and pointed at him, "Crucio!"
His screamed echo for everyone to hear and Voldemort kept it on him still before releasing the spell and letting the man fall to the floor unconscious. He turn to the rest of them, daring anyone else to try and ask such a foolish request but no one said anything.
"Let that be a lesson to anyone else who doesn't think his action thoroughly before speaking to me. If I know the old fool, he has been keeping close watch and our under his protection as long no one know of their secrets, we'll just have to have them reveal on their own. I want you to write back to our spies to keep closer watch on the two and then I want those in the Ministry to go and find out more information on the 'Corvin' and 'Lucian' and bring those back to me. They will provide to be useful if they are with us but if not, then they will join by force." Voldemort smiled cruelly, his eyes turning to slits once more and remained the color of blood and darkness within those hollow depths.