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A/N: Hello all. Sorry about the late night posting (I'm two hours late incase you noticed). Here's to my lovely reviewers! Let's see what they had to say this week:
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TO THE BATMOBILE!! Er…fic…
I got up before Tom as usual, and placed a silencing spell around the bed so I wouldn't wake him. I went about my business after pulling a robe on and I was surprised to hear a light knock on the door. I opened it gingerly, and Tom's friend, Rahim was it? Walked inside.
"Good morning my lady," He said in his deep calming voice.
"Good morning. It's Rahim, right?" He nodded politely, and looked towards the bed.
"Tom still sleeps at this hour." He commented.
"It's only seven." He winked at me, and sat at our small table.
"Can I get you something? Tea, Coffee?"
"Tea sounds lovely." He smiled kindly. I called a house elf and gave our order before sitting across from him at the table.
"So how did you and Tom meet?" I asked.
"Well, over the summer young Tom was traveling the world. He didn't know how to start this…organization." I stared at him, as he continued. "He tried to attack one of my guards, and they brought him to me. I could feel the power coming off of him, and he wasn't afraid of me like most men were. 'My boy,' I said, 'you are a wizard I'd like to recruit for my cause.'
" 'No.' he told me. 'I'm too powerful for you.' Now, I was getting quite intriqued by this young man, so I studied him more closely.
" 'Oh my. You are him.' 'What are you talking about?' he demanded. I went to him and hugged him tightly. He made to curse me, but my magic stayed him. 'You are him, Tom Riddle. I only knew you when you were much older. I thought something like this must have happened to my old friend.' " Rahim paused as the tea appeared on the table, and he poured it for both of us.
"So…" I prompted.
"So Tom became my protégé. I taught him everything I knew about the dark arts, and I will admit, he is even more powerful than I am. We were fighting a group of enemies, fighters for the light and such, and three of them sent curses at me at one time. Tom managed to block two, but one passed through his shield. He jumped in front of me, and he saved my life. We had to put him through rigorous healing for the next two weeks, and then he was well enough to go off on his own, recruit the death eaters once more."
"So if Tom has a group, and you have a group, who is the master of both of the groups. Like, who would win in a fight?"
"I would never fight Tom." I left it at that. It was all I needed to know. I looked over at my husband, and saw him propped up on an elbow looking at us. He had obviously removed the silencing spell. He had a little smile on his face, and he studied my face.
"So now you know how I became such a monster, love." I grinned.
"Ah Tom, you are no monster," Rahim chuckled. "If you are then that makes me one, and I don't want to be a monster."
"Very well. If you aren't a monster then I am not." Rahim stood.
"It was a pleasure talking to you, Ginevra." I stood up too.
"It was nice talking to you too, and I told you, it's Ginny." Rahim gave Tom a two fingered salute, and left the room. Tom got out of bed and stalked towards me. He coiled his arms around my waist and nuzzled my neck. "Who would win?" I asked again. He stopped and I felt his jaw clench.
"Why do you care?" He ground out.
"I just want to know why you can trust him so easily. Why do you admire him so much?"
"He's been there for me whenever I needed assistance."
"Who would win?" I pressed.
"He would, alright?" Tom snapped, and I recoiled away from him. He winced and pulled me back to him. "He has more people than us, more than double. His system stretches through India, China, Japan and Indonesia. He has his finger in every pie throughout Asia, not to mention his alliances throughout the rest if the world."
"Aren't you more powerful?"
"That's irrelevant. He's a friend, but his son is more of a tentative ally." I raised an eyebrow.
"Is he dangerous?"
"Very. I'm not comfortable having him here, but I couldn't say no. Be polite to him, will you?"
"Yes. When is he coming?"
"Today, he'll be here by dinner. Don't trust him to the ends of the earth. I don't know how far he goes." I nodded, and kissed him lightly.
"What's the plan for today?"
"We have a meeting scheduled for after dinner." I pulled a face.
"At least you get to sit. I have to stand for the whole time." He grinned at me.
"You could come sit on the dais with me."
"I'll pass."
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I took my usual position in the back corner, concealed by the shadows in the room. This was the worst part of being a death eater, coming to these damn meetings. I leaned against the wall, and watched the people filter into the room. Gan, Rahim's son entered, holding his head high, scanning the room for something. I shrunk back into the corner. I didn't want to catch his attention. I noticed Adelé looking my way, she knew that I always stood here, but she stayed with Draco tonight. I folded my arms. I wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone right now anyways. They all stood at attention when Tom walked in from the side door, and bowed to him. I didn't move. I didn't feel the need to bow to my husband.
He sat, and they straightened. Tom glanced over at me before beginning,
"Before we start tonight, I'd like to introduce a good friend of mine. Rahim, come up here mate!" Rahim and Gan walked briskly up to the dais as everyone except for me applauded. I narrowed my eyes at Gan, even though he didn't see me. I didn't dislike him, I just didn't trust him.
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"Tell me, Tom," Gan asked me, "Where is your enchanting wife that my father has told me about?" my stomach clenched. He was a handsome boy my age. His mother had been Australian, and Rahim was his father, so he had a mix of light and dark skin, with deep brown eyes. I had worked with him before, but he had a record of stabbing people in the back.
My eyes flicked unintentionally towards the corner where she stood, swathed in darkness. His eyes followed my line of sight towards the corner and he grinned. "Smart girl, wanting to stay out of sight for these meetings. Truly though, Tom, you need to make these evening better, less dull." He chided me like a little boy. I plastered a smile onto my face.
"I need to make announcements to my servants, old friend."
"Of course. Carry on." Rahim waved his hand and they stepped off of the dais. I sat on the throne, and prayed silently for patience. It was taking a lot of my will not to hurl a curse at Gan. He stalked over to where Ginny was, and I gritted my teeth. I focused on the agenda for tonight, and began.
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"Ginevra. It's a pleasure to meet you." Gan acknowledged me.
"It's Ginny." I said shortly. "What can I do for you, Gan?" He smiled dangerously, and I fixed my eyes on Tom. He looked agitated. That was good. At least he knew about Gan talking to me.
"Nothing, my lady, just saying hello."
"Hello. If you'll excuse me, I need to go talk to a friend of mine." I walked away before he could stop me, but I felt his hand on my wrist. I looked back at him, narrowing my eyes, and he instantly let go.
I walked over to Adelé, and took her hand. She looked over at me, and wrapped an arm around my shoulders and gave me a squeeze. I sighed. Those meetings were way too long.
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I traced up the inside of his elbow. It was late night, or early in the morning, and we were still up after some late night exercising if you could call it that. He ran his hand through his sweaty hair.
"God, you're beautiful." He whispered to me.
"I love you."
"I love you." I smiled sleepily at him, and ran the back of my hand down the side of his face. "Are you…do you want…to have a baby?" Tom asked me. I turned towards him sharply.
"Why? Do you?"
"Of course I do." He whispered.
"I'd like to, but not any time soon."
"You do want to have one though, right?"
"Love, I come from a family of seven children. Of course I want to have one. Actually, I want more than one."
"Girls or boys?" He asked.
"It doesn't matter to me, but…" He looked at me. "But I'd like to have one girl, at least." Tom smiled.
"Me too." I smiled back at him. "When do you want to have one then?"
"So many questions on offspring. I don't know, when I'm older." He chuckled, and kissed the top of my head before laying his cheek on the spot.
"What did Gan want?"
"To say hello." Tom was silent for a moment.
"I don't like the way he looks at you." He hissed. I stayed silent. "Do you?" I didn't answer him. "Do you?" He sat up. I watched him as he got out of bed. "Well?" He demanded, propping his hands on his hips.
"Of course not." I said, so angry my voice went quieter dangerously. In the same tone, "Who do you think I am, Tom? You know me." He sighed, and his posture sagged. He noticed me running my eyes over his body.
"You like what you see?" I grinned, and nodded.
"I only love you for your body."
"I have a great personality too."
"Good thing I snatched you up when I did." He rolled his eyes.
"Yes, the girls were lining up to marry the dark lord."
"Some probably were." I said seriously. "Why, take Pansy for example. She'd love to marry you." He shuddered.
"Good thing I'm tied up with you, otherwise I might be stuck with that slag." I grinned, and patted his spot that he had vacated. He slid back into bed, and we wrapped our arms around each other.
"Sleep well," I yawned. He kissed me lightly, and then we both closed our eyes and slept.
Question Of the week:
Which actress would be best suited to play Adelé Montblanc? Give me names, people!