A/N: So I wrote this four times… and then when I got it how I wanted it, my computed decides to exit out of the page for no reason… I hate this version of Microsoft office. Okay, and I had trouble thinking up stuff for the normal time stuff, so it's pretty short… sorry … lol. So here I go again… Enjoy.

Chapter 22: Insanity

OoOo Mira- Bella oOoO

"So you're telling us, that you took a Portkey to merlin knows where and had a meeting with the evilest person we know," Aria said looking at me in pure horror, "And you didn't even tell us..."

"I told Jace…" I said trying to defend myself, but my excuse was really lame, maybe that had something to do with the two hours of sleep I had gotten this morning. "I know…" I groaned, "I should have told you all, but I didn't want to worry you. I knew that if I told you what I was doing, I would have five people back here worrying themselves to death." I exhaled deeply.

"You still should have told us," Theodore said with a small smile. "Sometimes it's better to let others worry than it is to not tell anyone, leave, get killed and cause them to worry even more." He said shrugging.

I rolled my eyes and laughed at this, sometimes the Hufflepuff could be deep. Though most of the time his comments were more like tidal pools, colorful and wide in variety… but not very moving.

"Well, I knew I wasn't going die." Okay, so maybe that was stretching the truth a little, seeing as I didn't exactly know that for sure.

"Yeah, sure you did." Ally scoffed as she hit me in the shoulder with a book, I turned to glare at her.

"What was that for?" I asked, you could tell how cranky I was. I was still mad at her. She had woken me up at six this morning because she just couldn't wait any more. I had begged her to let me sleep longer but she had persistently pestered me until I was forced to crawl out of bed. So thanks to her I was sleep deprived.

"Hah!" Aria laughed as she looked over at Jace, "Looks like we lost him." I turned to face him. I was so envious that he was asleep, and from the looks of it, he was dead to the world.

"Lucky." I mumbled under my breath as I stood up. "I am going to bed now, and no one is going to stop me." I said as I picked up my wand that was currently sitting on the middle of the table. "Night!" I said as I headed towards the door, and I swear to Merlin i heard Jace shout, someone more than likely pushed him out of his chair.

OoOo Hermione oOoO

"Oh my Merlin." Hermione said with her head in her hands. "Our daughter is insane." She said looking through her fingers at Draco. "She's going to get herself killed yet, and then what will we do, I just can't lose my baby girl." She said tears streaming down her face. Draco rolled his eyes when she looked away and gave Ginny a look.

"Hermione, I promise you our daughter is perfectly sane. It's against our Genetics for Malfoy's to be insane." He said causing to look up at him.

"Draco, have you not met my father!" She asked in disbelief. This caused everyone to laugh, well except for Tom, he just scowled and tried to ignore their laughter. He knew he wasn't insane… His evil genius just substituted as insanity.

"Yes, yes I have," Draco said. "But, I am saying that the Malfoy genetics will make it impossible for her to be insane." Where he got his logic Hermione didn't know, but she didn't have the heart to burst his bubble and so she just rolled her eyes.

"Herms, don't worry." Ginny said, Hermione could only assume that the look on her face hadn't changed.

"Ginny you would worry too if she were your daughter." Hermione thought for a moment, "And despite the fact that most of this will never happen… I am going to have to keep a close eye on her." She said after a moment's pause.

"Oh trust me… I have that one covered." Draco mumbled. "That boy is going to have the shit scared plum out of him… when he goes to sleep at night, he will see my face in his nightmares…" Hermione and the others just looked at him with amused expressions.

"Hey, Draco," Blaise said mischievously. "I thought you said Malfoy's were incapable of being insane?" They all laughed at this as Draco turned red with anger.

"I thought Zabini's were Italian…" He bit back venomously. It was true that Blaise didn't look the least bit Italian. It didn't help his case that he didn't even like Italian food. They watched as the boy paled, since he couldn't exactly turn red, his skin was too dark. "That's what I thought." Draco said before Hermione elbowed him in the side.

"Be nice to our guests… He is your friend; you will treat him as one." She said glaring daggers at her husband.

"Well he started it." He told her as he leaned back into the sofa. "Can we just continue?" He asked looking over at Cherokee, who had the book."

The girl just shook her head and opened the book. She took a deep breath as her blue eyes glanced around the room and then finally went back down to the book in front of her. She began to read.

OoOo Mira-Bella oOoO

This time when I got a letter, all of my friends turned to face me. I knew that they were all thinking the same thing as I was as 'his' eagle owl, Adolf, dropped the letter in front of me. This time I wasn't as jumpy as I was last time. I knew that it was just a little safer to go through with my plan than it once was.

I carefully untied the letter from the owl's leg, and lightly stroked his feathers before he flew away with a soft hoot. I nonchalantly put the letter deep within the pocket if my robe and stood up from the table. As I picked up my book bag I glanced and each one of my friends and nodded my head for them to follow, if they wanted to know everything, then so be it.

I saw the five of them get up unnoticed by the others and follow me to the door.

"Is it from him?" Aria asked the moment the door closed behind her. It was really kind of a stupid question.

"No, it's from her Grandmother Cissa." Ally said sarcastically to the girl who blushed slightly.

"Yes, Ria, it is from 'him'." I said putting extra emphasis on the last word. "I thought the five of you would like to open it with me this time." I said shrugging. "If not you can go back and end.

"No, we want to go with you." They all said at about the same time.

"Okay, come on." I said walking to the stair. We tried to look inconspicuous as we made our way to the library, but that went how you would expect it too. Large groups can't do anything inconspicuously. Teddy, for example, was whistling as he walked, his hands were stuffed deep in his pocket. Aria looked nervous, she was playing with the sleeves of her school robe and her eyes kept shifting. Ally, on the other hand, was acting a little too excited to fit in with the behavior of the others. And to tell the truth we attracted the attention of most of the portraits.

"What are you kids up to?" A portrait of a woman making cheese asked suspiciously as we passed her.

"Learning," I said as we kept walking. Like I was really going to tell her what we were up to. Each and every one of them worked for Dumbledore.

I couldn't have been happier as we left the hall and entered the library, seeing as it wasn't full of suspicious paintings that may or may not report us. I dug the letter out of my pocket as we passed the tall rows of books on our way to our corner. We all huddled around the table once we got there.

"Shall I do the honors?" I asked playfully over the top of the letter.

"Well it won't open its self." Someone said and so I did just that, opened it.

I slid the crisp cream colored paper from its envelope and unfolded the paper and placed it on the table in front us. This way we could all read it. In dark purple ink there were crisp neatly written letters that formed the dreaded words.

Miranda,

I am hosting a banquet tomorrow night for my most trusted members of the 'club' and their families, and I hope that you will be able to attend so that I may introduce you to them, I wish to not make you know to anyone outside of my innermost circle for I think you could be a wonderful addition to the 'club' as well as an secret asset if kept from those who have other 'loyalties'. I will send for you, tonight at seven. The Portkey will arrive by owl. You are expected to dress nicely; this is a banquet after all… T-shirts and ripped jeans are not acceptable. And seeing as you are unable to bring family due to political differences, I will allow you to bring a date, preferably a Slytherin of good status and social standing, someone that we can trust .

Your Grandfather

"Well," I said raising an eyebrow as I finished it. "I have never heard it referred to as a 'club.'" I laughed as I looked around the table. I turned to Jace. "Is your family of good standing?" I asked remember I could bring someone; It would be nice to have someone with me.

"My dad's parents were Death Eaters if that's what you mean," He laughed, "And my parents were never against him, they just opted out of the war, I call it paranoia... but that isn't the point." I said dismissing the last part. "He would have no reason to look down on me or doubt me." He shrugged, "I guess we could modify my memory to be safe."

"What are you going to wear?" Ally asked randomly instantly breaking up our conversation, thus causing all of us to look at her. She had an apprising look on her face. She had a really good point; I didn't own anything formal aside from my Valentine's Day dress. Her eyes lit up suddenly. "I have the perfect dress you could wear, and since we are the same size it should fit you perfectly, it's not to fancy not to casual…" She jumped up and grabbed my arm. "We have to get you ready, you only have what an hour..." she said pulling me along with her.

~forty minutes later~

I looked into the mirror with an eyebrow raised. The dress she had chosen was beautiful, but it wasn't something I would have normally picked.

Like I said it was beautiful. It was a long strapless black dress with silver diamonds sewn onto it. The top hugged my figure perfectly; the middle of the dress was made of a decorative lace that showed my midriff. From there down the dress flowed out and too the floor, barley grazing it.

"Sooo." Ally said smiling. "What do you think?"

"That I can see way too much skin and that I look like a tart…" I said trying not to laugh. She frowned at me.

"Brianne, it looks fine…" She said still frowning, "and besides, it doesn't really show that much skin." She said casting a spell on my hair and handing me my silk cloak.

"I was teasing, Ally." I said laughing. Despite it being just a little tight, it wasn't too bad, I didn't exactly look like a tart, and I just looked the part of a Death Eater. Not to mention that this dress was, in reality, pretty modest… everyone knows how the wives of Death Eaters dress, and of course the occasional female death eater.

"I'm gonna head down stairs and get Jace." She said as we heard a lite tapping on the window. Adolf was sitting majestically on the window seal with an empty perfume bottle tied to his leg. I went over to the window and let the owl in. He flew onto my arm. I was careful not to let the bottle touch me as I walked over to the door to wait on Ally and Jace. Seeing as Jace couldn't set foot in this room without a teacher knowing, I would have to meet him half way.

"Hurry up its already glowing!" I shouted down the stairs as I looked at the bird. If they didn't hurry it would be leaving without us.

"I'm here, I'm here." I heard Jace say as he darted up the stairs. He gaped at me when he saw me.

"Stop staring and touch the Portkey," I said as I reached out to touch it,

he too Hehe dhe He did the same. A few seconds later our feet left the ground.

OoOo A/n oOoO

I know, it was lacking in regular time stuff… but I seriously couldn't think of much… anything I tried ruined the seriousness of it all and was very anti-climactic… I have a feeling it may be that way for a couple more chapters… so I'm sorry if that disappoints you, I am just trying to make it better… lol

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This is kind of a funky question but any ways. What would you think if I made the epilogue to this into three parts… I think I have way too much stud to fit all into one chapter… so I was thinking three parts would do the trick. One for the Ginny/Harry wedding, and any other similar thing I need to take care of, another one to show little parts of their lives and to see how they grew up (I have a really good idea for one of Brianne) and then a third one to kind of wrap things up and maybe have the kids getting married and graduating. I just don't think I can fit all that in one chapter and do it all justice… so let me know what you think of that… :P

~Taylor (Slytherin at heart)