The Darkness Inside
So this is the final chapter but I will be doing an Epilogue too.
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So I'm sorry that there's no lemon in this chapter, but Tom decided to take a vacation so I had no inspiration for one!
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Chapter 7
The first thing that registered in Morgana's mind as she woke was the fact that she was in a soft and warm bed, the second was that someone was holding her hand. With a light groan, her eyelids fluttered open.
"Morgana?" Tom's voice asked from right next to her. She turned her head towards him and smiled softly at the relief in his eyes.
"Are you alright Tom?" She asked lifting her left hand to brush gently down his face as he was still holding her right. He smiled lightly back.
"I'm fine, I was more worried about you." He replied, leaning over and placing a gentle kiss on her forehead.
"I'll be fine, honest. What happened? The last thing I remember is Dumbledore blasting me into a wall." She asked.
"It's over, we won. Dumbledore tried to kill you with one of your own daggers but I stopped and killed him." Tom replied, looking a little awkward.
"It's for the best, if you hadn't killed him then he would have tried something else." She sighed, leaning into him as much as she could without falling off the bed.
"That's the attitude his brother had." Tom said, letting go of her hand and wrapping his arms around her.
"His brother? What was Aberforth Dumbledore doing there?" She asked, feeling a little confused.
"I have no idea, but he told us that Dumbledore is responsible for the death of their sister. Apparently he had cast the same Insanity curse that he used on Bellatrix on his sister." Tom explained, holding her close, almost as if he was afraid that she'd vanish if he let go.
"That's terrible! Why on earth would he do that?" She gasped in horror.
"He was trying to follow in Mordred's footsteps. He wanted to take her as his lover so he used the curse to remove her inhibitions about such a thing." He replied with a sigh.
"That's just…eeeww!" She shuddered in disgust.
At that moment, Poppy Pomfrey entered the partition around Morgana's bed.
"Ah, Miss Le Fey, I hope you're feeling better." She smiled at the young woman in the bed.
"Yes, thank you, Madam Pomfrey. But please call me Morgana." Morgana replied with her own smile.
"I should have guessed who you were, only one other person I knew could brew Polyjuice Potion at age twelve and that was your father. And dear, please call me Poppy." The nurse said, checking Morgana's eyes for signs of a concussion. After a few moments, Poppy was satisfied that Morgana was alright and stepped back for a few moments to look at the couple. She, like Minerva McGonagall, had gone to school with Tom Riddle and neither of the two women had ever seen him so in love. Dumbledore had stated that Tom didn't know how to love, but the simple truth was, that he couldn't. He'd been born too early, or Morgana had been born too late; if they had gone to Hogwarts together, things would have been very different. Also in their year at Hogwarts was Morgana's father, Daffydd Raven; he'd been one of Poppy's dearest friends and, when Harry had told her that Morgana and Hermione Granger were the same person, she was gutted that her childhood friend had been killed because of Dumbledore's manipulations.
Tom had asked Morgana's friends to tell everyone about who Morgana was, to save her a mammoth job. The reactions to her identity were varied; people like Tonks, Moody, the Lestranges and most of the teachers at Hogwarts were happy that she was safe and happy but surprised that she'd had such a huge secret. Ron, Seamus Finnegan, Cormac MacLaggen, Crabbe and Goyle were all shocked and angry; all of them (except Ron who was currently languishing in a dungeon) had tried to sneak into the Hospital Wing to harm Morgana, each one was thrown into the same dungeon as Ron. Others were completely shocked and didn't know quite what to say but didn't all respond negatively.
With a mental shake, Poppy reminded herself that she needed to talk to the two of them.
"I need to speak to you both now." She said calmly. Both of them looked a little alarmed, they both worried that something was wrong.
"Nothing is actually wrong, but while I was doing a medical scan I discovered something surprising which I doubt that even Morgana knew." She smiled, reassuring them.
"What is it Poppy?" Tom asked, his arms still around Morgana.
"Morgana, you're pregnant." Poppy replied carefully.
"What?" Morgana gasped, Tom just looked shocked.
"You were unconscious for about a week, so you're about two weeks along now. I'll leave you both to talk about this." Poppy smiled before she left the curtained partition. Both Tom and Morgana were silent for a few moments before she finally spoke.
"Tom?" She whispered, almost afraid that he would be angry.
"Yes love?" He asked, pressing a kiss on her right temple. She turned around slightly to face him better.
"You're not angry?" She asked, a worried look on her face while she nibbled her lower lip.
"Why would I be angry? You're carrying our child, it took both of us to create it. Besides, I love you. Nothing will ever change that." He said, before kissing her thoroughly, causing her to melt into him.
"Morgana, I hope you don't think I'm saying this simply because you're pregnant, but I would like you to marry me." He said. She was stunned, she had no idea that he was wanted to marry her. Especially not so soon after they had met. But she knew in her heart what the right course of action was.
"Yes." She smiled softly. His eyes widened slightly as if he didn't actually expect her to say yes. He had actually anticipated having to argue with her for at least an hour. Slowly a wide smile spread across his face.
"Well, we've got some planning to do then, haven't we?" He smiled happily. She laughed joyously and nodded before kissing him happily.
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The Shadows were hiding, watching their Mistress and her Mate. They were pleased that everything was going well for their Mistress. They were content to watch over and protect the couple while they talked of their future and of wedding plans.
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Two months later, Tom was dressed in black dress robes with an emerald green tie and emerald green waistcoat and waiting with a minister with Lucius Malfoy by his side as his Best Man in the grounds of Tom's Manor. Suddenly, the sound of Pachabel's Canon in D on the harp and flutes sounded and the Bridesmaids walked down the aisle escorted by the Groomsmen. The first bridesmaid was Ginny, dressed in the strapless dark emerald silk dress with the diamond pin on the left hip holding the bottom of the dress together that Morgana had chosen. On her feet were a pair of silver shoes with tiny diamantes all over them and she wore a set of emerald and diamonds set in silver earrings and a matching necklace. She wore dark red lipstick on her lips, black eyeliner and black mascara on her eyes and in her hands she carried a bouquet of black lilies. Her long, dark red hair was curled and pinned into an updo with a few curls hanging down and framing her face. She was being escorted by Draco who was dressed in black dress robes with a silver tie and an emerald green waistcoat.
Luna was the next bridesmaid, and was dressed the same as Ginny but her hair was simply in the updo, her hair wasn't curled and none of it was hanging down and framing her face. She was being escorted by Neville who was dressed the same as Draco. A few weeks after the Final battle, he was adopted by Bellatrix and Rudolphous Lestrange. Having parents, for almost the first time in his life, Neville had flourished. He had almost gained his Mastery in Herbology and he had finally had the courage to ask Luna out on a date. They had been seeing each other for about two weeks when the wedding rolled around. Harry, had been adopted by Rastaban Lestrange and was doing similarly well. While Harry didn't have his eye on anyone specifically, he was finally able to study DADA properly. He wasn't going to become an Auror, he knew that, but he wasn't too sure about what he should do but, for the first time in his life, he had plenty of time to decide.
Finally, Morgana started to walk down the aisle, dressed in a white wedding dress with black lace on the bodice and black embroidery in the same pattern as the lace along the bottom and a black ribbon around her waist. On her feet were a pair of white high heeled shoes with a strap around he ankle and diamantes on the heel of the shoe. Her hair was in loose curls and pinned in a loose updo and a veil was pinned to the back of her hair. Around her neck was a platinum and diamond necklace in a thorn and vine pattern, around her left wrist was a platinum and diamond bracelet in a sort of wheat pattern and in her ears she wore a pair of platinum and diamond earrings. On her right wrist she wore a platinum and blue topaz bracelet. On the ring finger of her left hand was the engagement ring that Tom had given her. It was a white gold Claddagh ring with a heart-shaped emerald in between the hands. On her head was a Elvin silver tiara with diamonds and flowers, it was a family heirloom and was the actual tiara that the original Morgana Le Fey had worn when she got married. She wore her usual red lipstick, black eyeliner and black mascara along with very dark blue eye shadow. She was carrying a trailing bouquet made up of black and white roses with black and white Oriental lilies. The black rose and snake marking on her right arm was visible as she walked.
She was being escorted by both Severus Snape and Remus Lupin. The two men had recently started a relationship, much to the surprise of pretty much everyone. Both of them were in black dress robes but with silver ties and silver waistcoats. When she reached Tom, they both passed her off to him so the wedding could begin.
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The wedding was lovely and there was hardly a dry eye left after they said their vows. Much to Morgana's surprise, Tom had commissioned a special wedding ring for her in white gold with the words 'I Love You' written around the band. The reception was beautiful too, with black, emerald green and silver accents all over the place. Everyone especially liked the cake which was the standard white but it also had black icing ribbons around the bottom of each layer and the branch of a tree was iced on and around the cake in black icing.
Tom and Morgana stayed until midnight, when they left to go on their Honeymoon, two weeks on a private Caribbean island that Tom owned while everyone else stayed and partied. Severus and Remus made sure that the manor was clean and tidy before they left the next day so that the couple wouldn't return to a messy manor house. Tom and Morgana had an amazing time on the island. Only a couple of House Elves were with them, for the most part they were completely alone. They spent their time reading, swimming, lounging around on the beach and just spending time together.
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When they returned, while Tom was sorting out the Ministry of Magic, having left it until after the wedding, Morgana had Ginny and Luna over for tea.
"Well, you know that Luna and Neville are together, but you will not believe some of the new couples!" Ginny grinned excitedly.
"Not least of which is Ginny and Draco!" Luna smiled teasingly at her fiery-haired friend who blushed crimson when Luna brought it up.
"Alright! So Draco and I got together at the reception! But she doesn't know who else got together then!" Ginny said.
"Ok, I'll bite. Who else got together?" Morgana asked.
"Well, you know that Fred brought Angelina right?" Ginny started.
"Yeah, they were dating at Hogwarts and got together again recently. Why?" Morgana asked.
"Well, George got together with Astoria Greengrass, a Slytherin from your year, remember?" Ginny grinned.
"Wasn't she the one who had blonde hair and really bright green eyes? She was dressed in a purple halter neck dress with purple shoes, purple earrings, a purple clip in her hair and purple eyeliner with red lipstick?" Morgana asked, trying to remember her.
"Yeah, that's her. Angelina was wearing purple too. It seems that both twins like purple." Luna smiled, taking a sip of tea.
"So who else were you talking about?" Morgana smiled.
"Well, Draco and I were trying to find somewhere quiet to make out for a bit and we accidentally walked in on Harry…with Pansy Parkinson!" Ginny grinned.
"Really? I didn't know he liked her!" Morgana gasped.
"None of us did, but they seem really happy together." Luna said absently.
"That's great, they'll make a lovely couple." Morgana grinned happily, it seemed that her friends were finding their ideal partners, just like her.
"You don't want to know what they were doing though!" Ginny added, her cheeks going slightly pink, obviously it had seriously embarrassed her.
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While Morgana was spending time with her friends, catching up on what had happened during their honeymoon, Tom was busy dealing with Ronald Weasley. Ron had been tortured until everyone who would try and fight against the winning side of the war was revealed to Tom. The final person to be caught was Lavender Brown, whom Ronald believed to be so in love with him that he was convinced that she would do anything to rescue him. In fact, the opposite was true. When Ronald was intent on mistreating her beloved pet, her feelings for him waned. Shortly after leaving him, she discovered that she was pregnant with his child. She was so horrified that she was carrying his child, that she planned on having it adopted as soon as it was born and fleeing the UK for America. Tom saw no problem with allowing her to continue with this plan, much to Lavender's joy and Ron's anger.
"You can't do that! That bitch and the brat are mine! They belong to me and I want them!" Ronald had shouted at Tom. This was not a good idea, and caused Tom to shoot a Crucio at the red head. Lucius and Narcissa, when they had found out that Lavender wanted to put the child up for adoption, expressed an interest in adopting the child, something that Lavender didn't object to. While she hadn't gotten along with their son while at school, she knew that they would take very good care of any child. Morgana and her friends were surprised that Lavender was pregnant with 'Won-Won's' child, and that she wished to have it adopted but they were glad that she had finally seen sense. At Morgana's baby shower, she, Ginny, Angelina and Luna discovered that Pansy and Astoria were very pleasant people and started to include them in their weekly tea sessions.
It was when she was in bed with Tom, that night, that Morgana realised that her life was now perfect. And that she wouldn't change any of it.