A/N: I wrote this during a tornado… lol… well technically anyways… we were under a tornado warning… which pretty much means they saw a tornado… any who… this first parts skips ahead a smidge, I didn't want to write about their landing at the mansion… and despite Voldemort being evil, his house is pretty grand. Bellatrix wasn't ever killed (well not in Mira's time) enjoy!

Chapter twenty three: Unbreakable.

OoOo Mira- Bella oOoO

"You look beautiful," Jace whispered in my ear as a house elf, whose name was Meep, escorted us to the grand ball room. So far the mansion we had been taken to was nice; I hadn't seen one detail that hadn't been truly amazing. I really loved the use of all the colors, it wasn't all dark and depressing, the colors of the house were so warm and inviting, you wouldn't expect an Evil Dictator's mansion to be so colorful and inviting. I sure hadn't, especially not after seeing Grandfathers office. It just screamed dark and gloomy.

"You don't look so bad yourself." I said glancing up at him from the corner of my eyes; I could still feel his hand against my lower back as we walked. I was glad to have him with me; it took away from the nerves about what would happen once we got to the grand ball room.

"This is grand ball room." Meep squeaked in fear. I couldn't help but feel a little bad for her; she looked so beaten and battered, I think I would kill myself if I had to obey 'his' every command. And just as quickly as she was there, she was gone.

"Well," Jace said looking at me, "it's now or never." He said gently guiding me forward. He reached out and pushed open the door.

I couldn't help but gasp at the sight before me, it was simply breath taking. This room alone was, surprisingly, a lot grander the rest of the manor. The grand ball room was at least ten times the size of the Great Hall and was, simply put, more magnificent on all levels.

The floor was made of the same chocolate colored wood as the floor of his office had been; the walls were the color of fresh red wine, there were tall intricate windows that adorned the walls, they lightly kissed the high ceilings and let the moonlight spill into the room causing the room to glow eerily in the dim light. There hanging from the middle of the ceiling was the most beautiful diamond chandelier I had ever seen. Each piece was carefully cut to perfection and glistened like a million suns.

"Wow." I said as I let my gaze be bulled the middle of the room, where a long table sat waiting. Its surface was covered with plates made of gold and silver and glasses of the finest crystal. Folded neatly next to the silverware were silk napkins.

There were several floral centerpieces spread across the table, I could tell they had been charmed to look the way they did. These center pieces were bouquets of double thought lilies suspended above the table, glittering stardust sparkled around them that seemed to radiate light.

"This is simply beautiful." I said as I looked upon the poorly lit room, it wasn't at all how I suspected, decoration wise.

"Thank you." A frail voice said from behind us, we turned to see a girl about our age. She had light brown hair that was tied into a messy pony tail. The clothes that she wore were tattered and stained, they had obviously seen a lot. Her face was lean and her pale cheeks had cuts and scratches on them. The rest of her thin body was covered in nasty bruises. It didn't take much to see that she was his slave.

"I spent days on it, you have no idea how hard it is to make star dust do that." She said nodding at the center piece, "and don't get me started on the Double Thought Lilies." She said shaking her head as she carried in pitchers of ice water. She was the only other person in the room besides us.

"I would imagine." I said smiling at her, "Both are incredibly rare and expensive." She smiled back. "And aren't Silver ones even harder to find?" she nodded at this.

"The two of you are a bit early." She glanced up as she filled the crystal glasses.

"He sent a Portkey for us," I said shrugging, "I guess he has his reasons."

She scoffed, "Most of his reasons for things are poorly thought out and completely unfair." She said shaking her head." She told me.

"Millie!" A voice snapped from behind us, I watched as she went rigid, I saw her turn to face him with fear in her eyes. "What have I told you about talking to the guests?" He said to her angrily. I could see the scorn in his eyes.

"N-n-n-n-not too." She stammered as she stood there shaking.

"LEAVE!" He commanded and we watched as she scampered from the room, "I will deal with you later." He said as she opened the door. I glanced at Jace; he looked as appalled as I felt.

Our expressions quickly turned amused as he turned to face us.

"Miranda," He said to me, I could almost hear a hint of trust and respect. "I am glad that you could make it such short notice." He said walking over to the two of us. "Millie was supposed to send out the invitations but the little mudblood decided to ignore me."

"It was no problem for us to be here, we are honored to have been invited." I said trying on my most diplomatic voice.

"I am glad to hear." He said. I saw his eyes dart towards Jace as if only just noticing him. "And who might you be?" He asked looking at the boy with appraising eyes. He didn't know if to like or dislike Jace.

"Jason Webber, sir," He said holding out a hand, which 'he' took with uncertainty and shook.

"Are you of any relation to William and Geneva?" He asked with his eyebrows raised.

"Yes, sir," Jace smiled. "They were my grandparents." I watched as my grandfather's expression lightened and felt Jace's hand relax.

"It was a pity to hear they died, they were two of my best Death Eaters." He said without the least amount of pity in his voice, in fact he was nearly emotionless. "How are Antony and Katarina doing?" He asked.

"They are doing well," Jace informed him, "My Father just received a promotion the other day, and we were all quite pleased."

"Good, good," He said before turning his gaze back to me. "As I am sure you have noticed, I called you hear early." We both nodded. "I thought that seeing as you are my granddaughter that it was only fair to warn you of what's to come." I suddenly began to worry. "You will go through the typical initiation for women. You will not receive a mark, most women do not receive them, but you will be sworn in." He said looking for comprehension.

"What does that involve?" I asked, hearing my voice waiver slightly.

"An unbreakable vow," I felt my heart stop, those were dangerous. "That is the only way I will fully be able to trust you, you will be my most trusted adviser and you will know everything. You are to be considered among us as royalty.

"It would be my honor." I said knowing that this was my ticket to finding the horcruxes, and it sped the whole process up. This was my best bet. Everyone knows that there are ways around unbreakable vows, though that is a rare event. They were based around wording; all I had to do was find a good loop hole.

~Later~

"Why is it that they all feel the need to look like sluts?" I asked Jace as we took our seats at the head of the table. I still couldn't believe some of the dresses these women had worn. I had known all along that they would be bad, but I had never thought this bad. "I swear I saw that woman butt when she went to sit down." I heard Jace laugh at me, I turned to glare at him.

"I am not kidding Jace." I said trying to stress my point.

"I'm laughing because it's true. They all look like cheap sluts." The woman across from us glared at him.

"I wouldn't say that too loudly." I said glancing around the table.

"Welcome," Grandfather's voice echoed through the room and we all turned to look at him. "Welcome, for you all are my most trusted followers." He said causing everyone to clap for him. "I am glad that you all could make it on such short notice, my new mudblood slave decided to not send out the invitations a week ago as I asked." A mummer spread through the table. Once it quieted down he began to speak again. "I called you all here tonight, to celebrate the initiation of our newest member," I could feel all eyes on me.

"My Granddaughter, Miranda, has taken up my offer to become my most trusted adviser." He said.

"How do you know you can trust her, both of her parents were traitors!" a woman at the other end of the table shouted in rage.

"Yeah!" a few other people agreed.

"An unbreakable vow," his words shut the woman up and she sat down looking rather pale.

"Miranda," He said holding a hand out, my cue to stand up, to me. I squeezed Jace's hand under the table before I let it go to stand up. I tried to hold myself with as much poise and power as I could as they all stared at me as I walked to stand next to him.

"Bella," He said looking over at Bellatrix LeStrange, she stood up with a look of amusement on her face. "Will you do the honors?" He asked as she walked over to us.

"Of course, my lord, it is finally nice to see a Malfoy with some sense." She said beaming with pride at being related to me. "Join hands," She said as she reached us, I lifted my hand and took his. As she held her wand up to our joined hands, a stand of silver light formed around them.

"Will you, Mira-Bella Brianne Malfoy," She said using my full name. "Do everything within you power to obey the Dark Lord's wishes and remain loyal to him." She said, her voice sounding way too theatrical.

"I will." I said and another band of shimmery light wrapped around our hands.

"Do you, from this day forward, promise to never tell another living soul anything that he is to confide in you and obey his every command," She asked looked at our joined hands.

"I do," I said causing the third and final band to encircle our hands. I felt a strange energy flow through me as she removed her wand; I knew that I had practically sealed my destiny as I watched the strands of light disappear. But I was confident with my decision, for I had found my loop hole.

Everybody looked at me as I walked back to my seat and sat down next to Jace, I could tell he was worried by the blank look in his face. I gave him a small smile as he read my mind. I watched a small smile spread across his face.

OoOo A/n oOoO

OHHHHH the suspense! Lol kind of… lol

What is there loop hole! Lol, I think it's rather clever and sped up the plot a little…

What shall happen next?

Did you like, love the chapter?

What was your favorite part?

Where could his horcruxes be? Besides the ones we know… mostly I mean the ones that I added to the last one… cause the locations thing escapes my mind…. And even though I likely already have that written, I could always change it if a better location is brought up… there is the doll, the box and the blanket I believe… cause I got rid of Nagini and made three new ones making 9. Lol

Well there you have it! Hope you liked it… now you should review!

~Taylor (Slytherin at heart)