A little later than expected, I had to run some errands and do some packing…
A brief epilogue will follow this; I'm hoping it will clarify some things for those who have read this story first. (I know I said I wrote a LOOONG epilogue, but I decided to divide it up. The other parts will be out in Deleted Scenes)
I may start publishing Deleted Scenes this week (School starts for me in 10 days, a little late for a University but I should have a small amount of time.)
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CHAPTER 112
As the sun was setting, Audrey found her daughter in her bedroom.
"Anastasia." Audrey called.
"Yes, mummy?"
Audrey decided to switch to her native tongue. "I need to speak with you."
"Da."
"Anastasia, tonight something will happen. I need you to follow my instructions very carefully."
"Okay, mama."
"A man will come here, tonight. He is very dangerous. You are going to hide in your closet, behind the blankets. You are not to make a sound or come out of the closet until that man leaves. Do you understand?"
"But mama, what if he hurts you?"
Audrey sighed.
"If he hurts me, you mustn't fret, my child."
After doing another sweep of the house, and preparing everything, Audrey looked at the clock.
7:59. I knew at exactly 8:05 he would bust down the door.
Audrey sprinted back up the stairs, and into her daughter's room.
"Asia, you must go hide." Audrey said, blinking back her tears. "Remember what mummy said earlier, be brave."
Audrey helped her daughter into the closet, Anastasia was silently crying.
"Shh, it's okay, my printessa. I won't let him hurt you. Just remember you're mummy and daddy love you very much. We will always protect you, Anastasia."
That was the hardest thing I would ever do. But I had to compose myself, he was coming and I needed to be ready.
SLAM.
Audrey shivered.
She could hear him walking around downstairs; he was flipping over things, searching for them.
Voldemort exhaled and began towards the stairs, giving a low cold laugh.
"Come out and play, Audrey."
It was at the top of the stairs that I saw his eyes.
Voldemort stopped at the top of the stairs, Audrey was shocked that he lowered his wand. She let her eyes glow red in the darkness.
"I see you've been waiting for me, my dear." He said in his cold voice.
Audrey hissed and took the opportunity to start the fight. The Dark Lord retaliated in a quickly, a large blue mass sent at the creature.
She fell through the doorway, into a Anastasia's room. Voldemort glided down the hallway, laughing, and entered.
"You are so foolish." He hissed, waving his hand and the room was illuminated.
Audrey got to her feet, her eyes not changing. "Not as foolish as you." She snarled. "Those who are hungry for power only fall in the end."
She twisted her hands in delicate fashion, and objects around the room began to fly at him. He didn't block in time and was cut in a few places, letting out an enraged snarl. His faced twisted into an angry expression; he pointed his wand at her.
"Where is the girl?" His wand pressed right over her heart.
"You'll never find her." sneered Audrey. "I'll die and you still will not find her."
"You're wasting my valuable time. When we could be doing other things, like taking over the world and making dark creatures of a higher status." Voldemort said, suggestively. Trying to sway the woman, it would be a terrible waste to kill something so beautiful and deadly.
"Your time, has no value to me." hissed Audrey, getting in his face.
"You lie. You wouldn't even help beings like me. Just use them for your own benefit and discard them when you've used up all you can."
"I do not lie!" He replied, becoming more and more impatient. The woman was going with him whether she wanted to or not, so was the child. Audrey said nothing and glared.
"Get the girl. We're leaving." He hissed dangerously.
"You seem to believe that my daughter is in this house. I've sent her far away, and you'll never find her." She said calmly, a look of triumph falling over her features.
Though the viewing party knew this was a lie, as history would later reveal, Anastasia was hiding in the closet in that very room. Lord Voldemort had been outwitted.
"Then you will show me." He snarled, stabbing his wand over her heart again.
Audrey wore a venomous smile and laughed.
"SILENCE!" He was becoming annoyed. How dare she mock him! He was the greatest wizard alive. His wand hand was twitching; he wanted to do it so badly. But he couldn't, this was what he needed. This would ensure his rise to power.
"Go on." Audrey whispered. "Do it."
"You think you're going to get away that easily?" He said, his voice shaking with anger. "Do you think I am that foolish?"
"Only those who seek too much power are fools." She said in a sarcastically sweet tone.
Voldemort let out an enraged yell and flicked his wand. An eerily familiar jet of green light flew at Audrey, she smirked, and then it hit her.
As I fell, I saw everything…
The torn parchment.
"During the year 1260, the entire clan was destroyed by a fire so terrible cast by a dark wizard. Save for two males…both from the east, but of different tongues. They were separated by the destruction, and fell out of contact. As you have guessed, one of these men was our ancestor. A very distant grandfather, as for the other man…I've spent years searching, as well as your grandfather. We have yet to find his descendant, or descendants…there is only the possibility that they may be in China, the surname is Lei. There was a vision, that was seen by our ancestor who survived the fire. He saw that dark times would be coming in the future, dark times that involved our kind. He saw the slaughter of our family, though it has been unclear of which generation. One must never be too careful… He saw a wizard seeking to tame one of us, the last one of our bloodline. A girl with full powers, who's parents died to protect her. They-"
"Come on, Audrey!" Marlene called, grabbing my arm.
She danced with Sarah in the studio, they were inviting me to join them. Teagan was there, and so was Darcy. They all looked so free…
My old home, the cabin, flashed before my eyes. Everything was intact. Memories began to overcome me…My parents, smiling and laughing. Times that were long gone, long before I knew of Vladimir, the Dark Lord, and of danger…
Then, I was on the train to St. Petersburg, Yuri greeted me and welcomed me home. I saw the square where Sven, Karl, and I sat. The Palace…in all it's glory. My cousins…Jacques, Hans and Petro playing Quidditch in the gardens. Uncle Ivan was sitting with my grandmother, and my aunts. They all smiled.
My grandfather, he smiled and winked at me, which sent a chill up my spine.
I saw the festivals in the city, I danced with Karl. My vision then returned to England, to Hogwarts. All of the years flashed before my eyes, from the first time I met my friends, to the Yule Ball, to the first time I kissed Sirius.
The other half of the parchment…forever lost…became so clear in front of my eyes…
"They will not die together, but 14 years apart. The girl will never live with her parents together after her third year, they will forever be seperated by life and death until they meet through the stone archway. She knows terrible pain, and is very dangerous. The wizard who seeks her capture knows of her pain and will try to destroy the world with it. She is the only one that has the power to protect all creatures when the time comes, and aid the chosen one in the darkest hour."
Then I saw myself, the woman with curly hair that I knew was not mine… The realization dawned on me, in the most terrible and beautiful way. She wasn't me. She was never me…it was her!
I watched her grow in mere seconds, from a child to a beautiful young woman. I watched her laugh, and I watched her tears. I watched her grow strong, and I also watched her wither away and become weak. I watched her perform in a crowded concert hall, and I watched her turn into a ferocious warrior.
She was wearing a white dress, smiling, and laughing…the mysterious boy was with her. He spun her around, and threw her over his shoulder. Oh! She was so happy!
Tears escaped Audrey's eyes as she fell, but she knew something that no one else alive knew…a smirk came across her face.
Thud.
Darkness.