Prologue Part One: The Kidnapping
Twins? A female s voice spoke softly as her voice was husk like.
Yes Bella. Twins. You have yet to meet them. Another woman s voice spoke. Draco and Celeste. Blonde hair. Draco has silver eyes, Celeste has blue. Bit rare for twins. The woman. Smiled at the two toddlers asleep in their own cribs. Cissy, can they walk or talk yet? Bella asked in a whisper.
Draco is still crawling. We can t get Celeste to stop running. She s such a fast learner. Narcissa smiled as she hummed a lullaby. Come. Let us wait until morning. The blonde spoke as she lead Bellatrix out of the room. The ringing of the lullaby was still in the air as if magic was keeping Narcissa s voice to sooth the two sleeping toddlers.
Breakfast! Narcissa s voice rang up the hallways. Lucius, bring the children please! She added before heading back into the dinning room. Celeste was already up bouncing around the room giggling. Draco was rolling on his favorite ball.
Come you two. Time to eat. The male voice of Lucius spoke.
Eat eat! Celeste giggled and ran out the room. She smacked right into someone and fell backwards. She was caught by a pair of gentle but stubby like arms.
Careful. You can hurt yourself dear. A woman s voice spoke as Celeste was picked up. She looked at the woman. She has a rough face but gentle look in her eyes. Dark reddish brown hair. Her smirk made Celeste whimper a little.
Alecto. Try not to scare her please? Lucius asked while heading down the stairs. Celeste was still in the woman s arms as she just kept staring at her.
Lecto? She asked while tilting her head. The woman rolled her eyes with a soft chuckle. They continued down the stairs into the dining room. Celeste was placed into her seat as the House Elves passed their plates around. The little blonde witch took one look at her plate and pushed it off the table while kicking her feet.
Yuck, yuck! As the plate shattered on the floor with eggs and toast.
Celeste! You need to eat! Narcissa spoke softly as she waved her wand to fix the plate as more food appeared. The little girl oohed at the magic. Hurry and eat so you can play in the garden. Her mother added as Draco squealed. Celeste played with her food first before eating rather quickly.
The sun was beating down on a hot summer day. The birds singing songs from their nests. The trees were whispering music against the wind as the leaves flowed from one place to another. Draco was laying on his blanket playing with the brown tabby cat. Celeste had her eyes on a butterfly. She giggled loudly as the blue butterfly took flight. She squealed and ran after it. It only took moments when it flew from her reach as her foot caught a branch. Flump! The little blonde went face first into the dirt. She let out a wail that scared a murder of crows that went flying from the trees as the ground shook a little. Draco popped his little head up as he sat up. Frowning at his sister.
Come now little one. Shhh. The voice of Alecto picked her up and rocked her gently. Celeste hiccupped a little before falling asleep. The older witch was asked to watch the two little ones as the Dark Lord called for a meeting about a prophecy. Alecto was pissed she would be missing out, though she enjoyed the two toddlers.
Is everything alright? The voice of Bellatrix came. The red headed witch looked over and nodded. She gently passed Celeste into her aunt's arms.
Yes. She chased a butterfly and tripped. Alecto had explained. Bellatrix nodded and waved to have Draco picked up as well.
The Dark Lord asked me to fill you in. Come. Let us head to the library. Bellatrix spoke as she took the lead.
Once in the silent library, Celeste found herself snuggled between the two witches as Draco rolled around trying to chase the cat. The poor brown tabby hissed and swiped every time the blonde got too close. He giggled when the cat would miss.
The Dark Lord was told of a prophecy about a boy born end of July. A boy who is equal and has the power to stop him. He asked for a raid to happen tonight. He asked for Lucius and myself to lead the raids. Narcissa wants to know if you ll stay here? Bellatrix s voice asked. The red headed witch nodded as she looked at the young blonde sleeping next to her. Who ever it is, we need to make sure we succeed. Bella added. Celeste leaned up and yawned as she stretched a little.
Time to go! Other voice rang out as Celeste watched her aunt leave and frowned.
Bells! she cried out. Bellatrix gave her a look with her usual smirk before leaving. The little blonde crawled onto Alecto s lap and smiled.
Lecto? Tory? She asked pointing at a book.
Why not? Hmm. Tale of the Three Brothers. Alecto spoke as she began to read. Celeste leaned against the witch to listen with a smile upon her face.
What seemed minutes dragged into hours. Nothing yet. Just silence except you could hear Draco's soft mumbles as he spoke into his sleep. Celeste was still curled up upon Alecto's, half awake and half asleep. She didn't want to not hear the read headed witch's voice. In fact, she enjoyed listening to her voice. She jumped in the red headed's lap as the door flew opened as Bellatrix dashed into the room.
Draco had woken up crying as Narcissa ran into the room to pick him up.
"What's gotten into you?!" She hissed at Bellatrix.
"Cissy! The Dark Lord is gone!" Bellatrix screeched. Everyone in the room gasped. Celeste didn't know what was going on. Her jaw was just hanging down and whimpered softly. Hugging Alecto's neck tightly a bit.
"What happens now?!" Lucius asked as some of the Death Eaters scrambled out of the house.
"We search for him of course!" Bellatrix hissed at him. Everyone looked at her as silence fell across the manor. Within seconds into the silence, an alarm was blaring from the protection protection spells around the manor.
"Aurors!" Bellatrix screamed as she drew her wand and ran outside.
"BELLS!" Celeste screamed as she reached an arm to her aunt whom was already gone.
"Narcissa! Take the kids and hide downstairs now!" A male's voice spoke from on of the hooded cloaks. Lucius gently grabbed Celeste who only squealed.
"Lecto!" She whimpered again while holding onto Alecto still.
"Fine, no time to argue! Downstairs now!" Lucius shouted as Aurors raided inside now. Red and green spells were firing everywhere the eyes could see. Bodies were lying upon the floor. Draco was wailing with tears from his eyes now.
Celeste could hear screaming and cursing all around her before silence took over again as they made it down the stairs. Lucius cast protection around the room and sighed.
"What do we do?" Narcissa's voice spoke softly as pounding was now against the door.
"We fight." Lucius responded. Alecto had sat Celeste down next to her brother and drew her wand. The little blonde hugged her brother for that was all she could do.
The door flew opened as several Aurors ran inside firing jinxes at their targets. From the corner of her eyes, Celeste could see her parents dueling very well together as Alecto managed to kill an Auror.
"Dada! Mama!" Draco's voice shouted over the spells. Narcissa looked over as she was hit and knocked out.
"ARGH!" Lucius shouted as he became furious.
"Don't harm the children!" One of the Aurors shouted. One Auror apparated behind Lucius and knocked him out cold. Alecto was now tied up by robes.
"Take the girl. Leave the boy!" One shouted as Celeste felt arms grab her and air was sucked out of her lungs. The next minute she knew, coughing to put air back into her lungs.
Blinking a couple times as she caught the sight of her aunt.
"Bells!" She shouted again. Bellatrix heard and looked up.
"We'll come back for you and kill you all! He WILL RETURN!" She hissed as the Auror whacked the side of her head. Seeing her aunt knocked out, Celeste began to cry.
"Hush my little one. Don't be afraid." The familiar voice of Alecto's calmed Celeste's beating heart as she looked over to the voice. Sure enough, the red headed Death Eater was knocked out.
Celeste began to wail again. Hearing the walls around them shake as the floor rumbled. Glass shattering around them from the windows.
"Knock her out!" One voice shouted. Sure enough, the little blonde felt a sharp blow and then nothing. Darkness was surrounding her as she was asleep.
"Wipe her memories. Keep them hidden. They must never know." The Minister of Magic spoke.