Evelyn's pov

I guess I've never been normal, in any way shape or form. While I gave Tom a key to my darkest secret when it came to the curse, it was worth it. The demise of the DA was important after this year Tom will become the dark lord but I will still be stuck in this reality. Whatever happens this year I'll be left to deal with the consequences no matter what they are, and I'm determined to keep with my ideals. I'll be labelled I dark lady while Voldermort wants my head, the DA and the order of the Phoenix will be after both of us.

This is the year I rise…

This is the year I shall fall…

Yule is approaching which means our time is running out. This year is the year I need to rise and create my stand or I'll be destroyed, crushed like a bug before my proposals take place and occur. Dumbledore told me that Voldermort began gathering followers in school for me to stand a chance that's what I need to do this year. The stupid thing is….whatever happens this year will be known by the dark lord. "That was brave of you…" It was that melodious voice again.

Gracefully I turned. "Not really…" I smiled softly. "May I ask of your name? Forgive me for being rude but I cannot recall your name."

"I've been searching for you." My eyes widened; why would anyone search for me? How peculiar…

"You still haven't told me your name." I noted.

"My name is Luna. Your plan was ingenious by the way…such a shame however Tom Marvolo Riddle doesn't think that way." My eyes widened slightly, both at the fact she knew about m last split second plan to save our organisation burning up in pieces and also because now I knew Tom's middle name. How did she know? Surely I hadn't been that obvious! If I'd been that obvious then all that was for nothing.

"Thanks…" I smiled nervously.

"I'm being honest, that plan to aid your organisation was a stroke of genius." That simply confirms she knows about it. How?

"Was I that obvious?" I winced, biting my lip hard enough to draw blood. I grimaced. "Great the whole story probably knows."

"No." Softly she swayed almost like she was listening to a piece of music. "You were unbelievably clever but not obvious. I just know because I'm a seer, gifted with the site of what will or could be. Some things are set in history. Other things are last second decisions which shape the future but no matter what you or Tom Marvolo Riddle choose both of you shall be great." A soft smile met her lips, this girl seemed kind…trustworthy almost… It was almost as if I was compelled to trust her. Odd…

"I don't believe in divination, no offence." I spoke suspicion laced within my tone.

"Believe what you will but I most certainly am no fraud no matter how much the professor her has destroyed our good name." Her voice had a slight sneer as she spoke of our professor. I smiled softly, maybe I had been harsh.

"Sorry… I believe you make your own future." I backtracked slightly.

"That is true…the future is never quite set in stone but no matter which path your choices lead you into both you and Riddle shall become great. Your paths are somewhat entwined. Any seer worth your time knows that the future has alternate paths. Some things, such as the weather, are set in stone but other events your actions effect." Luna shrugged.

Those words reminded me of the words the sorting hat had said… 'Are you sure? Slytherin could help you on your way to greatness, no doubt about that'. How odd. Come to think of it I might have been accepted more if indeed I had joined Slytherin, but even then I sought to fit in. My desire to fit in more than anything had drove me to Gryffindor where everyone had expected me to be sorted. Choices make you who you are. I've made mine to reach here and I cannot take them back. "I apologise if I offended you." I smiled weakly.

"Do not worry, if you weren't cautious you would hardly be worth the effort to find. Some people are born great while others have greatness thrust upon them. Have you ever heard that quote before?" She asked dreamily.

"Yes I have, though mainly because I saw it on a DVD…I'm not quite sure who said it, I can't remember that much." I admitted.

"Do you believe that has meaning in life?" Luna asked.

"In some ways but not in others. It depends on your definition of great. People who are born great could easily not stay great should they not try." I shrugged.

"You are correct of course… What of your boyfriend? Which do you believe he fits into?" Luna asked softly.

"I believe he fits into both. He was grown with a great powerful magical ability, it was only when he was forced to use it he truly became great. When others forced him to rise and become powerful his natural potential grew." I smiled. It was slightly surprising how Luna had turned the conversation.

"What about yourself?" She asked softly.

"Pardon?" I blinked, had I misheard her?

"Were you born great or had greatness forced upon you?" She elaborated, my eyes widening slightly. Was she calling me great? Great was certainly something I was not in any way, shape or form. While people assumed that I could defeat Voldermort because of my childhood…I knew it was impossible. People had placed all their hopes and dreams on a child…a child of whom they could never truly understand.

"I'm not great Luna, I'll never be great." I shook my head in dismay. "Everything I've achieved is because of the help I've had from those around me Luna. I've had to perceiver and everything is down to a mixture of luck."

"Your wrong you know." She whispered softly, almost like she wasn't there. No matter how eccentric this girl was…she was certainly… Differences are good though aren't they? I'm certainly different and set apart from the rest of the world. Tom was certainly different…but that made him the most beautiful creature on earth in my eyes.

"How? How am I great in any form?" I sighed softly.

"Let me put it this way; Tom would never have fallen for you should you have not been great. Tom values those who are powerful and most certainly not weak. That's how he views those who have fallen for Dumbledore's twisted view on the world." I suppose she's right… After all Tom hates anyone who acts like a 'sheep'.

"Not being weak does not make me great." I denied firmly.

"No but being powerful enough to conjure a corporal patronus with the power to stop a hundred dememtors at the age of thirteen clearly shows you are. Being brave enough to stand up for your beliefs makes you powerful." Luna laughed. "The most powerful of people also tend to be modest like you are being right now."

"People who are great are people with incredible minds, power, and mentally aged above their years… People who are great are those who never give up, are the kindest people I'll ever know…and most of all are capable of so much more than anyone could ever have expected. True hero's come from nowhere in times of need. People like I only let those who put value in us down…in the end people like me are less than people think we're worth." I grimaced. "I'm not great and I'm certainly no hero."

"You've had greatness thrust upon you and have stayed sane Eva. While you are of no great linage… You are someone the purebloods never expected, someone the light never expected. You fight for your beliefs no matter what people think. When there is evidence you are wrong in your assumptions you adapt. You adapt, survive and find truth where it has been hidden deep. That is great." Luna seemed to believe her words, I didn't.

I knew if her words were indeed true then I'd accept them. If I could 'find truth where it has been hidden deep' and she was telling the truth…then I'd know. The fact I see nothing means that it isn't true ether way. "Your wrong about me, I'll never be great." I murmured.

"You already are great." Luna shook her head in dismay. "Believe what you will but I am honestly speaking the truth."

I sighed. "You are mistaken."

"You cannot change this, it is one of those set points in time that shall never change." She murmured. "Besides you want to change the world, to shape it for the better…you cannot truly do that in the shadows, and if you achieve that indeed in such your great see? If you escape becoming great you've defeated the object for you'd be great for defeating it." A smirk graced her lips, her willowy hair seemed to dance in a non-existent breeze.

"Why come to find me?" I asked softly to the seer. "Why not Tom?" I asked simply.

"Tom's future lies in the past…not in now in the present. You however belong in the current present, Tom belongs in the present he travelled from." Luna smiled.

"You still haven't answered my first question." I noted, she was almost evading the question. While the seer seemed to be honest in her conviction I do not truly trust her yet. Luna has yet to prove her honesty to me, she could easily be on the DA's side for all I knew. Right now I was waiting…waiting for her true allegiances to come to light.

"That's certainly true." She laughed, swaying again slightly. She did not seem the type to betray however I'm certain I saw her stand with the DA. Even if she is genuinely on my side then she is betraying the DA… I cannot truly trust her yet.

"Please excuse my impatience but I do desire to know why you came to find me. Please give me an answer." I persisted. It's so stupid…I never was this suspicious before but then again I didn't have quite the reason to be until now- but then I did. After all Voldermort had infiltrated the school several times with his spies, even he himself…every time ending up betraying the people around him.

"Has anyone told you that patience is a virtue?" Her sapphire eyes glimmered mischievously. Yes…she certainly seemed genuine but could I really be certain of this?

"Yes of course." I sighed. "You aren't going to tell me yet are you?" I asked half-hearted. Sometimes I wonder why I bother with things like this.

"Of course I am." She chuckled. "I sought you out for a reason

"To pledge my alliance...The tides are turning and to survive I need to take a side, Voldermort's is too risky for me and being a dark seer I would never be accepted with the light and nor would I want to. Let me warn you; I cannot control what I see. If I fail to see a turning point do not blame me." She warned.

"Me? You want to join me?" I gaped slightly, surprised that a seer would decide to choose a side so early in the game….my side especially.

"Of course Eva De Rosé… You have so many names, so many titles. The Lady of Shadows, Eva Rosa, Maîtresse de la mort… In every life you could live you hold an important title, you know your different to anyone else. You cannot change who you are, you aren't normal. You're a leader." Luna smiled.

"Why ask me?" I asked.

"We both know something is going to kick off at the end of the year which in turn completes the future so because of this paradox I do not know what. Tom does not dictate the future of the Army of Echoes for he is not it's leader; you are." She answered.

"You have no idea?" I pleaded. "Please if you sense the smallest of thing please tell me!"

"Of course but just because I'm a seer does not mean life is plain sailing by any means." The young seer warned. "I shall stand by you... but in the end it is your choices which create the future, but something's are not dictated purely by you." Luna murmured.

"I am aware, the future is not something to be tampered with." I murmured acceptingly. "Please tell me how Tom is right now…"

"His eyes are red." My heart burned.

"Red?" My eyes widened slightly.

"Yes….the future has begun so soon. His love for you changed the red with anger once you almost died. Right now he is willing to do anything for you." She warned darkly. "It is corrupting him as much as it is you yet neither of you are willing to escape it."

"Of course." I murmured. "Neither of us can truly live without the other, at least I know I cannot. Without him I'm a wreck who is half dead, only now after so many years have I finally began to live a life which I can truly experience any sense of humanity. Without him I'm half dead, half alive living in limbo. No one truly knows what it means to be like this, no one but me. For Tom it is not the case but once you taste love it never lets you go only strengthens or wilts to hate. Love never fades…to nothing." With these words I knew I spoke truth.

"Your awake…" I blinked slightly. Bella?

"Indeed I am." I replied softly, my voice seemed almost broken with these words.

"Tom barely left your side…right now he's holding a meeting with the Army of Echoes. He just sent me to make sure your safe, we've had a few recruits; Neville and Ginny." Hope bloomed within my chest; my friends hadn't completely abandoned me and nor did I had to keep a pretence of false honesty.

"That's great." I beamed at her. "Maybe this wasn't a complete disaster." I sighed with relief, I'd worried that our organisation wasn't going to be able to expand easily after the stunt I'd pulled. Most of the things I'd been doing recently had only caused problems unfortunately for Tom and I, maybe this had been for the best. While protecting our identity I'd given it another prejudgement.

"Trust me when I say that was brilliant quick thinking, on the spot you had even made the others before you think. You managed to unveil the shadows in front of the eyes of many Lady Rosé. It was genius in many ways." Luna grinned.

"It wasn't in the way it hurt Tom…he must have been incredibly worried… I can't believe I put him through that." I grimaced, pain pounding through my chest.

"Eva… something is going to happen…something huge… Both you and Tom are going to be put through so much more pain then this. Your actions had so many repercussions. The loyal, but sadly blind, members of the DA are planning something big. This shall cause so much pain and loss…" Luna's pain was apparent.

"What are they planning Luna?" I begged softly.

"Sorry but I cannot see the event only the repercussions." Luna's voice seemed honest in its words. "I would tell you more if I was able believe me."

"I know your honest…it's just…" I trailed off.

"I can tell you the repercussions." Luna smiled softly

"What are they?" I asked, smiling lightly. "Please Luna…" I murmured.

"Are you sure you want to know?" Her pain was apparent in her voice. "Once you know…once you know the future you can never take it back. What will happen shall… Sometimes knowing the future is only a curse… Believe me when I say I don't think you will be pleased once you know." I looked into her eyes and knew…knew that the future is bleak but somehow I needed to be prepared.

"I don't want to know….but I want to be prepared for the future which can only be happen once I know." My voice was steady but inside I was shaking. How bad could my future be?

"Sometimes the past is akin to the future and in your respect it is." What was she referring to? "When Tom Marvolo Riddle stepped along the road to becoming the dark lord he was slightly mentally insane with grief and the desire for revenge. This year you shall step along the road to becoming equally as dangerous and twisted." Luna's voice was shaking. "Both of you shall be unforgiving and merciless…especially when it comes to love."

"Your saying that I shall become alike to Voldermort?" I breathed.

"Yes, possibly even worse…" Luna's voice showed fear, dark fear which showed me how dark my future would be. So it wasn't just Tom that the future would shape and distort but me as well, joint in our paths to insanity. It's almost poetic in its madness. The imminent future is fast approaching upon the horizon, it seems the choices that we make affect it little. It is shaped by something which is far out of our control and is dictated by the actions of others and not ourselves.

"Do you know who causes it?" I asked softly.

"No." Her voice was soft, sympathetic. "He loves you…more than anything Eva…remember that."

"You're talking about this like you can see my grave." I murmured. The sorrow in her eyes was unmistakable.

Luna let out a dark chuckle. "Believe me when I say that won't happen." My eyes widened slightly; how much did she know? Did she know about my curse? I watched her with appraising eyes, at least she was honest…more than could be said for me.

"Do you know about my curse?" I murmured softly.

"Yes…your curse is what binds the future so… It is what ties you and him to this twisted fate, that of such I can tell. I can't see a lot but I can tell you what I know." Luna replied. "Are you ok?" She asked, worry showing.

"Perfectly fine…" I murmured uneasily. "How much pain have I caused Tom with my actions earlier? Please be honest with me Luna." I asked, my voice shaky. I shivered; was it my actions right now which had so darkly destroyed the path of the future?

"A lot but nothing compared to his future…I can assure you of that at least." Luna offered a weak smile.

"Ahh Miss Potter, I see you've recovered." Umbridge trotted down the hallway smiling at me. "I'm glad you recovered, it's quite the miracle you survived a bombarda but then again you did survive the killing curse." She beamed. If I hadn't been smart enough to stay on her good side then Umbridge would have been supporting Ronald.

"Indeed professor I'm lucky to be alive right now." I smiled back momentarily distracted from Luna's grave foretelling.

"Hopefully you'll be glad to hear Ronald has been severely punished however much to my, and the ministry's, regret he hasn't been expelled. The headmaster headed a case to save him from expulsion despite the obvious fact that being expelled was the least that should have been done." Loathing showed clearly through her voice as she said headmaster. That was certainly good. Umbridge clearly disliked him as much as the army and I did.

"It is a pity… If Dumbledore has allowed this to happen then I wonder how many more pupils will be allowed to go free from incidences such as mine…" I murmured.

"I agree." Distaste for how Dumbledore had used the rules against reason again showed clearly. "I can assure you Miss Potter than should something like this happen again here at Hogwarts ,and we find out, then Dumbledore will not be able to walk away unscathed." The conviction in her voice was clear.

"Thank you for your support professor. I can only hope no one shall be injured again as harshly as I was on the school grounds." I spoke allowing the emotion that had been building up to leak through.

"It is fine Heather." She smiled sympathetically. "I'm glad you have recovered so well. If you hear of any incidences like this or have any problems please feel free to talk to me." Umbridge smiled.

"Thank you professor." I smiled.

"It is fine Heather." Umbridge smiled as she walked away. I sighed as soon as she was out of earshot.

"That was close." I breathed.

"Your right…if she had seen me she would have probably suspected you were actually working with Dumbledore." Luna admitted. "I wasn't as smart as you the first time I met her…I got on the wrong side of her as soon as we started talking."

"What did you do?" I asked curiously.

"Oh just defended werewolves." Luna shrugged. "I should have foreseen that she was someone not to mess with…" She sighed. "The most annoying thing about being a seer is the fact that I don't see much which could be of use…or what I do see I don't realise it's true worth until it's too late."

"I know what you mean… though with evidence. Most of the previous years here at Hogwarts I've ended up running road like Scooby doo." I chuckled slightly. "Stupid that every year that there's always been something I've tried to work out."

"You've always succeeded, I know that much." Luna smirked slightly. "Second year was the most dramatic in my opinion… My first year here… It was awful knowing who was going to be petrified next but never knowing when or how. The only vision of significance was that of you and Tom." My eyes widened as I shivered.

"You knew?" I breathed.

"Yes…" She replied. "You were broken then weren't you?" She asked softly.

"The day I broke was the day I was sent to the Dursleys…" I shrugged. "The day I healed was the day that I met this Tom…" I smiled.

"I know." She smiled back.

"Tom can never find out." My voice hardened. "He can never know no matter what Luna. Please! I beg this of you, only this…never tell him. Tom can never find out, never find out I'm cursed…never find out without him I'm practically insane." My voice shook as worry overcame it, bleeding from my mind and into reality. "Please…"

"He'll find out one day Evelyn." I knew that she spoke the truth.

"I know but that day can never come." I hissed.

"Evelyn it shall happen, no matter how hard you try to fight against it. Some things cannot be stopped, I told you about the inevitable.. Well this is. Like it or not he'll find out someday. When that day dawns it will take all of heaven and earth to keep him from you." Fear quaked in her voice.

"You're talking about Voldermort aren't you?" I asked softly.

"There comes a time when Tom Marvolo Riddle and Voldermort are one and the same. Love is both a gift and a curse. While Dumbledore says love is the ultimate weapon…how Voldermort cannot love… Dumbledore is sorely mistaken. Those who truly love another are never free from its grasp, and like it or not Voldermort was in love with you. He was your Tom…and you are his Eva right now." Luna murmured.

"I knew that love would act like a poison…" I muttered darkly.

"What do you mean?" Luna asked.

"By the end of this year I've lost him forever….once that takes place Luna I fear for those who dare to stand against me. You said I'll become as dark as Voldermort…well in ways I'd predicted it myself. I guess it took your words for my conscious brain to realise it as well. You said something will happen… What will happen is I lose Tom…" I murmured.

"Evelyn… it is more complicated than a simple trip through time." Luna murmured sympathy showing.

"I know…after this year… When Tom returns to his timeline the year he returns is the year he begins his journey to become Voldermort. Something shall happen…something big and when it does…not even an army will be ready for it." As I stood there I knew that when it comes I'll falter…and when that happens…I'll break…

A.N: Sorry for the wait! Next chapter is coming soon :D Hope you enjoyed this chapter despite the huge wait for it. In the next chapter you'll see a lot more action I swear!