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Chapter 5: Interesting…

"What?" Bella shrieked, her face dropping its mask, becoming sheer joy. Then it dropped. "You are kidding with me." She said, and her eyes became moist, tears threatening to spill. I ran to her, and put my hands on her face.

"No, my dearest Bella! We can bring him back! Oh… he will love you so! And me more, of course, he already loved me. And I figured it out too!" I exclaimed in delight. We grabbed hands and did a sort of happy dance around the room. Draco looked panicked for a second. "But first, we need to do some serious studying. Draco, out." I motioned for him to get out, then sighed and dragged Bella to my room. She looked confused until I dragged out my trunk, and knelt down next to it, hissing something at it. It opened, and I hissed something once more. The fake bottom popped up. I pulled her next to me, and we descended down the stairs, as the fake bottom closed along with the lid. It was dark for the shortest split of a second, and then it was light. Five house-elves popped in front of me. Seeing as this was the first time I had been down here…

"Twinkle!" Said one Elf.

"Star!"

"Little!"

"Mary!"

"Lamb!"

And they had all introduced themselves.

"I am Kali, but to you I am Mistress Kali. I am your only Mistress for now, and you will serve me, and in return you will be allowed to go around the… trunk… as you wish. Three rules as of now. Rule number one: Treat everything and everyone with respect. You will worship the ground I walk on. You hear that?" They nodded their heads. "Rule number two: Do not leave without express permission from me. Do not do anything, without express permission. The only things you can do are things necessary such as breathing, eating, drinking, sleeping, sitting and walking. You may not speak when I am speaking, but if no one is talking you may ask for permission. If others are talking, do not interrupt unless it is an extreme emergency. Rule number three: You will do anything and everything I ask." I commanded. They all bowed to me, but for some reason I got the feeling they liked me. It was strange, really, seeing as they had no reason. "Let us test their loyalty to me, eh, Bella?" I smirked at Bella (a/n I had a whole nice longer section of this and it got deleted! *pout*) and motioned for one of them to come forth: "I need to know who amongst you is the most loyal. I would like who ever is to come up here and break their own leg, and this is not a command. It is I asking. You do not have to... but I need to know." I finished.

Little and Lamb stumbled forward, determined, but uneasy, bracing themselves for the pain as they sat and began to try to snap their own legs. Hmm. The youngest. The twins. Interesting, and then when they failed to (For I had, you see, cast a certain charm on their legs) they fell down and spoke together:

"Forgive us, please, Mistress Kali! We tried and we failed, and we beseech you to punish us in the way you see fit for our inability!" They cried, tears in their eyes.

"No. You shall not be punished, but rewarded, dear ones. You tried, where as the rest stayed back. And you did not fail, for I made it so you could not succeed, but in trying was where the success was." I smiled warmly at them. The tears in their eyes began to dry slightly. (A/n: this is the end of the paragraph aforementioned.) "Come here." I said, beckoning to them. They walked forward to me, and fell onto the ground in front of me. "No. Stand up, you are in a position of honor right now." I said to them, and they exchanged wide-eyed glances before complying. "Now. You will be my closest servants, and you will know much about what is to come. It is a very secretive task, and you are forbidden to tell anyone anything of what happens between you, Bella, and me unless given permission by me. You understand?" I asked as they nodded. I beckoned for them to stand back and the others to come forward. "Whereas they succeeded, you failed. You deserve to be punished." I snarled at them, my as-yet-unseen to them "bad" side coming out. "Bella, what do you think I should do? Should I give them the cruciatus curse?" I asked her, and she nodded slightly to me. "Very well. Twinkle, you first, stand in front of me." Twinkle hurried to comply although she was frowning, eyes wet. I silently crucio-ed her wandlessly. She fell to the ground and began to shriek. I left her for a few seconds more, then motioned to the other pair of twins, Star and Mary. They exchanged a glance then stepped forward in front of me. I knew this could not be any of there first times, seeing as from where they came from. They bowed their heads, and waited for it to come. I raised my hand, preparing to torture them both at once, when Twinkle lept in front of them, pushing them aside, and my expression grew to horror as she received a double of the Cruciatus curse. I quickly withdrew it.

"Now, Twinkle, I am not sure whether to punish you for helping them to avoid it…" Twinkle's eyes grew wide with fear, and then I continued in a softer voice: "Or reward you for your loyalty to them." Twinkle hesitantly smiled up at me.

"Mistress, I will show you the same loyalty if you would but let me!" Twinkle spoke, albeit hesitantly.

"And what do you propose to do to show that loyalty?" I asked, coldly.

"I will… I will do whatever it takes, Mistress." Twinkle held her head high without staring into anyones eyes.

"I see. I don't think you can really… Not unless… never mind. Come on, Bella, Little and Lamb." I gestured for them to follow me as I walked into one of the guest bedrooms. I motioned for Little and Lamb to sit on the bed, then I turned to Bella. "I have an idea to test their loyalty. I want you to cast the Cruciatus curse on me. Maybe she shall do the same for me as she did for the twins, Star and Mary. I will brush my hair behind my ear at which point you should do so. Understood?" I asked and Bella nodded. We walked back into the room. "So, Twinkle..." I paused brushing my hair behind my ear. "What do you thin-" And I gasp in pain. "Crucio!" I have heard. But that isn't the pain. And then Twinkle is in pain, she jumped in front of me to stop the cruciatus curse. But the pain… it is there. And I know. I know what it is. Tom is coming back soon. We just need to pave the way. I grin maliciously. "Lets go to the library." I motioned to Bella, We go into the library, and we sit to begin the research. Then I remember. "Bella… Keep looking. Don't mess anything up." I said and climbed out.

I stormed into the dungeons and to the last cage… Where Wormtail sat, rocking against the wall. I rolled my eyes, and quickly opened the gate, then strode in. I walked straight to him, picked his chin up, then spat in his face. "Your so… weak. And worthless." I spat once more at him, in a rare fit of anger. I was generally good at controlling my emotions. He cowered, flinching backwards. I rose my hands as if to curse hime, then simply struck him. Hard. "You aren't worth wasting my magic on. A house elf might be by later with your food." I growled, then slammed the door back shut and walked up to Draco's room. I realize he has not been punished for his early actions, but I decide against anything physical. A malicious, malevolent grin spread across my face. "You are going home. Two weeks at the least. I don't think you deserve to be here, do you?" I snarl. He nods limply. I conjure a piece of parchment, and then port keys it. "Time to go home!" I place the parchment on him, then turn to go to my room. I go back down into the library, and nod at Bella. "I think I will sleep on this." I say, then go to my bedroom in the trunk and fall fast asleep.