Fandom The Gathering of Death Eater Children

[Junko Natsumizaka]

Morning came, and Luna awoke with a drowsy smile on her face. Nagini had just told her the good news. She quickly washed, then dressed in a gown she liked to wear when she handled dark matters. She smiled as she remembered the last time she had worn it.,, her mother's resurrection.

Her mother was away now, off torturing Kingsley Shacklebolt's stand-in, and the surviving members of his family. Since he was Minister of Magic, he had a stand-in that looked just like him, to act as a decoy if there was an attack. She strode over to the interrogation room, happy to have another successful plan completed. Rosa had done well and Luna was ecstatic. Another one of Potter's friends was about to be history. She opened the door, and found the others waiting for her. She stepped inside, and looked at Ron.

He was out cold, with blood stains on his face, and he was bound tightly, with restraints on his wrists and ankles. He had a sack over his head. She took a deep breath, and raised her wand. She used a non - verbal awakening spell, and Ron began to stir to life. He took a few seconds, then instantly began squirming.


Ron's eyes fluttered awake and he groaned loudly. His head was killing him and he felt that he'd been run over by a lorry. "Bloody hell.." He intoned painfully. Glancing around he sobered up quickly. He saw Luna and went deathly still. When she didn't speak immediately he tried to play it tough. "Oi! You there. Untie me. I'm bloody powerful and if you don't let me free now, I'm gonna bang you up what good when I get out!" He struggled to see if he could loosen his binds. 'Just keep them talking.' He thought to himself. 'Moinie says they won't kill you if they need you for something. Buy time while you figure out how to get out of this bloody mess.'He chastised himself for drinking so much and remembered Rosa. His cheeks went crimson and he started to get mad but reminded himself to stay calm. "So.. you a friend of Rosa's then? Nice joke, this is.. now let me up so I can thank her properly, yeah?"

 

[Hikari Chan]

Compensating for something Weasley? That white blood stained rag you're sporting was last worn by someone who was tortured to death." Rosa noted him looking down his neck and ears turning red. Most of new blood stains were hers. She had taken it out dabbing her nose when she thought it best he did not keep his own robes. "Mudblood died well. The best compliment I could ever give a piece of filth." She suppressed a giggle as he relaxed a bit.

Ron saw Rosa and immediately stopped talking. 'Ruddy git. I'll not let her get to me.' he thought to himself and stopped struggling. 'Don't let them see you afraid. If you're going down might as well go down like a Gryffindor.' Ronald stared at Luna and then at Rosa. "Right then. If you're going to murder me, get on with it. Look at the two of you. Cowards, the lot! Sure you're all mean and scary when your opponent is bound up and unconscious but don't pretend like you're some sort of warrior. You're nothing but a cowardly thug, every bit as spineless as Lucius Malfoy!" Ronald spit on the ground at Rosa's feet. "Harry will avenge me. Go ahead. Do your worst!"


"No. You are not provoking me into killing straight out. I'll get revenge for you rebounding that curse on me soon enough." Rosa grabbed a chair sitting in it backwards. Flicking her mother's wand practicing spell movement's she waited for Luna's call. She was sure Luna like a talk with the brave war hero. After all who would be better to gather info from. He'd always been a whinnying little prat.

He scoffed at her. "Revenge huh? If I recall correctly it was you who tried to drug me.. and I still managed to get one off on you. Not only are you mental, you ugly old cow.. but you're weak too. Why in a fair fight I would beat the lot of you.. but then again I'm a Gryffindor and we fight with honor. You Slytherin lot.. whining pathetic.. You disgust me. Give me a muggleborn any day. Hell, a muggle fights better than you do!" He said and laughed at her. 'Let her choke on that. For all of her blood purity, she still has to resort to sneaky tactics to win.'"

 

[Junko Natsumizaka]

"ENOUGH!" Luna yelled sharply. "Who do you think you are? You are merely another blood - traitor gryffindor, who disgraces pure - blood wizards. " Luna took a deep breath, then continued in a calmer, more mocking voice. "Do you miss your sister, Ginny?" She stepped closer to him, her wand out, "I was behind her kidnapping. Such a sad face at the mention of her name... would you like to see her again?" and she raised her wand higher, then brought it down with a flash of yellowish white. Ron screamed in agony as the Cruciatus Curse hit his body. Luna smiled as he stopped screaming, and Ron looked at her with hatred. "I want you to tell me what happened to the Resurrection stone after Harry dropped it in the forest of Hogwarts" Luna said, half - tempted to pour Veritesserum down his throat. But that potion could only be used on those not expecting it.

Weasley screamed and writhed in his bonds. "I'll never... tell you... anything... bloody witch!" He cursed through gritted teeth. The pain of seared and burned flesh filled his mind as it felt like red hot knives were being thrust just below his skin, cooking him from the inside. He thrashed about wildly and succeeded in toppling his chair over, hitting the ground roughly and bloodying his nose. Vaguely he hoped that his sister was putting up a better fight than he was but tied and without a wand there wasn't a damn thing he could do except bear the pain.

As Blaise whispered his idea to Luna, she got excited, for his idea was sure to work. "Excellent plan" Luna said darkly to Blaise. She turned to Rosa "Make sure he doesn't escape. Blaise and I will go and brew something up " and she turned away, walking towards the door. As she walked back to her bedroom, Blaise following her, she began to mentally go through the ingredient list for love potion. Luna opened her bedroom door, and strode over to her Potion ingredient cabinet, she shuffled through several boxes, and bottles, all neatly labelled. She stopped abruptly. "Blaise, I don't have any powdered moonstone for the potion" she said, beginning to worry. "We can't risk going to Knockturn Alley right now. Do you know where to find any?"

Blaise nodded and smiled. "I have some back at my mother's house as well as some fresh ashcar eggs. If you'd like to come with me, we can brew it there and be back by morning." He offered her his arm like a proper gentleman and they apparated back to his mother's house. He let her in and gave their cloaks to the house elf. Blaise led her downstairs to a moderately sized office area that was set up as a potions lab and excused himself to check on his mum and to ensure that they weren't disturbed. "I'll be right back." He said with a wink.

Once Blaise returned he set the fire and put on a large silver cauldron. "Something else I like to add that's not part of the standard ingredients, is a bit of Origanum dictamnus . It acts as a euphoric and an aphrodisiac, and will make the target more susceptible to anything that you ask of him, or her. Think liquid love with a side of lust!" Blaise chuckled and began adding the ingredients stirring the pot once clockwise 5 times deosil. They chatted mostly making small talk as the pot began to boil or simmer. They had several hours to kill before it would be ready but even now, the smell that wafted up was incredible. To Blaise it would smell like his bed after a night of passion, the fresh coat of wax on a newly polished broom, and something else.. that he wasn't sure of but felt somehow familiar. Something that he had smelled recently.. at least he thought so. He felt a sudden burst of confidence as if he had just outwitted a really cunning opponent. "So uh.. needless to say, don't ingest any of this. Even a bit of skin contact will have you charmed for days." he said and stepped behind the pot to hide from Luna a growing problem that was starting to arise. "I.. need some fresh air. I'll be right back." He handed her the ladle and stepped outside until he could get himself under control.

Luna took a deep breath. To her, the cauldron smelt like chocolate, the ocean's salty breeze, fresh roses (her favourite flowers) and something she wasn't sure she wanted to smell...Blaise's cologne. Luna shook her head. She had told herself she wouldn't give in. She wished she knew how to just forget, but as she looked at the now lilac potion, she felt saddened.

If she used love potion, which she wouldn't feel right about doing, it wouldn't be true love. Blaise would merely be acting upon a powerful force, not his own loving will. As a tear dropped from her face, she realised what she was doing. She conjured a tissue, and erased all remains of weak emotion from her face. Crying is for girls who've never grown up. her mother had said.

 

[Hikari Chan]

Rosa went to the loo to find that her captive had been trying hard to break his chair to pieces. She stopped her electrical wall spell outside of the door removing the Galleons it took to make the wall. She had to have Gold or iron to cast it. Many of her spells were a bit of old magic.

'I already repaired that chair once. He's going to keep this up maybe I should send him a few shock balls to tire him out. She was having trouble deciding if it was alright to do anything to him. The rat that was spying for her decided to jump into her robes.

"Reparo" she flicked her wand lazily at the chair. She had knocked him out with a bag of coins before leaving. She kicked hard at the door and it broke into pieces. Shoddy muggle craftsmen ship. She be stuck here all night. She had looked for someone else but no one was around at the moment.

"I don't know why anyone would ever trust you. You ugly cow.." He spat staring holes in her.

"You keep saying ugly cow like it will offend me." He been trying for hours to get her to do something to him. She picked up her transfiguration today and started to read. Eating the dried meat from her pouch with the bread she grabbed out of kitchen, and drinking out of her cup that refilled it self with water. She wished she knew the house elves here more. 'Weasley would try every trick he could think of to get untied. Tonight.'

"You don't have any friends you. Know. I know for a fact you been hanging out with the older generation. Every time I ask were you are. I usually get the old hags table."

He was falling flat on his face. He was trying to get her to cast a slicing jinxs or take out a knife. He remembered from the trial that was her favorite. He was hoping to twist enough for her slice the ropes. He also over heard she had the Goyles' fault from the Malfoys what ever that was. He was hoping it was something impulsive and dumb. If only he could get her to act.

 

[Junko Natsumizaka]

Blaise returned looking more composed that when he had left. "Sorry about that." He replied politely and took the spoon from her. "Just a few more hours to simmer with the occasional stirring and we should be done." He smiled at her and looked into her eyes. She was very pretty indeed. If it weren't for.. well he didn't know really. There was something that was escaping him at this moment, some reason why he shouldn't get involved with her but.. he watched the way she bit her lip casually. She probably didn't even notice but he did. He reached down to stir the pot and his hand faltered splashing a bit of the liquid onto the hem of his robes. He looked down and frowned absentmindedly wiping his robe with his hand and then wiping his hands off quickly. He set the spoon down before he could do anymore damage and then turned back to her.

His breath caught as she was even more beautiful than before. Luna was longer his mistress but now a goddess, radiant before him. 'Okay.. play it cool.' he thought to himself and walked over to her casually slipping his arms around her waist. "The potion.. uh.. has a few more hours to go.. so we can just relax.. or whatever." He sniffed her hair and sighed. That was what he had smelled in the ammortentia earlier, the missing ingredient. He hugged her to him and bending down kissed her neck ever so gently.

Luna was startled at his change of composure. Something was wrong. She pushed him away. Think of something quick. This is getting too awkward. "Blaise" she paused "I need to know where the wash-room is. " Her breathing was fast, but she was still confused. This was the potion, right? He had probably just spilled some on himself. But she hadn't brought the antidote to love potion. She would slip him some of her reserve when they returned to the manor. For now, she would try to avoid him. She couldn't give in to these feelings.

Blaise grinned and held out his hand. "Right this way. Follow me." When she didn't take his hand he frowned and shrugged but ever confident he strode slowly down the hall, putting a little extra sway in the hopes that she was checking out his butt. When they reached the door he leaned against it. "Say.. I have to know. What do you put in your hair to give it that amazingly exotic fragrance. I swear it smells heavenly." He leaned against the wall grinning. Just a little closer now.. if she took just a step closer and leaned in.. he could practically feel her lips on his, and he licked his lips in response.

 

[Hikari Chan]

By the time they returned to the manor.

Rosa was straddling Ron with a knife in her hands. She was making small cuts across his collar bone. His shirt was in rags around his shoulders. It was apparent by the blood she been all over his body by this point. The blood soaked the the long white cotton tee shirt.

"Hold still. I don't want to cut anything vital and have to give you blood replenisher too soon. No wonder Hermione likes you so," she grab the back of his head looking deep into his eyes, "You got more stamina then a healthy horse."

Ron was just starting to falter. He yelled weakly. "You Bloody Hag. You touch her and I'll-- kill you! - -" he finally fell almost to the point of unconsciousness.

"About bloody time." she turned to them. "See you're back. Morning. Just keeping our captive comfortable." She slide her leg over his getting off of him.

" All yours. If you need me to treat him I will. He should be docile at this point."

Aislinn woke up early morning and went down to the interrogation room to meet with the others. She was surprised when she saw that their next victim was Ron Weasley. Is Luna planning to get rid of the whole Weasley family? Their first victim was Bill Weasley and that was before Aislinn joined the deatheaters. Yesterday was Ginny Weasley. And today Ron Weasley. Aislinn watched everything in silence. So it must be Rosa's turn for taking a test?.

Rosa was arguing with Ron. They were insulting each other untill Luna got enough and tortured Ron. Ron was still arguing. Then Blaise whispered something into Luna's ear. Aislinn was so curious and wished that she could hear what he whispered. Luna left Rosa to watch over Ron and then Luna left with Blaise following her. Aislinn slipped out after several minutes. She had already passed her test and could relax with a bit of food in the kitchen while they were torturing Ron.



Rosa walked out of the room. Going to kitchen she cleaned her arms in the sink. She checked the mornings fare for poisons or potions. Then made herself a plate pouring a glass of pumpkin juice. She looked over at Aislinn.

"Looked for you late afternoon yesterday after you sent your patronus. I need to learn that. Guess you were out for some air. If you want to talk I'll be happy to listen. Just girl talk between us I am having tea at Longbottoms. Lately it just been me and Granny Longbottom. She is half in the grave; likes the company. I sure I am going get a polite interrogation visit from Neville; even if I have not seen him in a polite mannor in years. Could use the company. He gets awkward with strangers. Leave it up to you."After eating she got up she noted there was blood on the chair. She quickly cleaned it with her wand.

"Need to go get a bath and few hours sleep. If you need me I got small owl around. Just call for Chirp. I'll leave the window open. We really need a better secure room around here or something to keep our guest in. That or I am going to have to get more sleep potion. Ron must have been working on pure will power alone last night. Older witches and witches by the way can get out of a stupify. Don't make the mistake that you got them down with a simple spell cast." She yawned walking out of the kitchen.

"Catch you later"

 

[Junko Natsumizaka]

Luna walked back to the manor with Blaise following her. As she opened the front door, Nagini came to greet her. She sensed there was something wrong with Blaise. Nagini gave him a sceptical look, then gave Luna a harsh look. "It wasn't my fault. He got some on his robes." she said quickly in Parceltongue. As she walked in on Rosa, Ron was nearly unconscious, and Rosa left after saying to contact her is they needed her. Luna got a small pink sparkling vial from her bag, and walked over to Ron. "Don't worry" she said mockingly, "This will make you acquiesce to my demands" and she forced it into his mouth, the liquid spilling down his throat. He stopped squirming, and he lay still for a moment. Luna watched him, to make sure that it was taking effect. She stood up, and waited.

 

[Hikari Chan]

Aislinn, her short hair messy as usual, dressed in her oversized shirt and black pants and combat boots, was enjoying a big sandwich with peanutbutter when Rosa walked in the kitchen.

Their eyes met. Aislinn grinned and Rosa spoke:
"Looked for you late afternoon yesterday after you sent your patronus. I need to learn that. Guess you were out for some air. If you want to talk I'll be happy to listen. Just girl talk between us. I am having tea at Longbottoms. Lately it just been me and Granny Longbottom. She is half in the grave; likes the company. I sure I am going get a polite interrogation visit from Neville; even if I have not seen him in a polite mannor in years. Could use the company. He gets awkward with strangers. Leave it up to you"

Aislinn giggled: "Sure we can have a nice girly talk. That would be fun." He instincts was positive about Rosa. Aislinn could tell that she was different from Blaise. She still could not understand Blaise and his intentions.

Then Rosa explained that she had to leave as she finished her meal and then left.

"You may pick the day and time and place for our girly talk. See you." Aislinn said as Rosa left for sleep.

After finishing her own meal, she went down to the room where they had captured Ron Weasley.

She saw that Blaise was not being himself. She saw how he was looking at Luna. Aislinn tried to suopress her urge for laughing at him and mocking him by calling him Lovebird. She kept her face straight.

Aislinn watched Luna forcing something into Ron's mouth. Poison? Or no it can not be, because Luna just told Ron that this will make him to acquiesce to her demands...it could either be love potion or a different potion which could have the same effect as the imperius curse...but why not just using the imperius curse?..Aislinn did not open her mouth to question anything. She knew that Luna was knowing what she was doing. Suddenly the door bell rang, a cutting sound through the silence after Ron stopped squirming.

"I'll check that my Lady!" Aislinn bowed her head to Luna and hurried down to the main doors.
With the wand in her right hand she cast a special spell on the doors, making them transparent, but only allowing her to view the visitor but the visitor could not see her. Oh goodness, it is him...
Aislinn's legs and arms felt like boneless and she lost her balance and fell down on the floor. She lost the grip of her wand and the doors went back to normal look. Her heart was beating fast and she was paler than usual.
What on earth is he doing here. Suddenly she was overwhelmed with memories which she had forget to seal away in her pensieve....

A pale girl with black shoulder lenght hair and green eyes was walking through the dungeons of Hogwarts. The Yule Ball was approaching. She wanted to ask a certain guy if he would like to join her at the ball. They were in the same house so she was very hopeful about it. She smiled and blushed as she looked in the common room. He was not there. She went up to the library and finally found him. He was alone, looking for something among the book shelves. He was tall and pale. His eyes were ice blue and he had black hair. He was so handsome. Her friends had prompted her to ask him out for the ball after she had been talking about him so many times. They told her that she was pretty, that she would have a chance, he would not say no after all...When she walked in to the library he immediately caught the sight of her in the corner of his eye..He raised his right eyebrow in a questioning way..

"uhm, hello" She smiled innocently
"Yes?"
"uhmm..." She was already sweating and blushing and her voice were trembling.."Would...you..uhm..like to..go with me to the ball?" She put on her best smile, her heart was beating so fast that she almost worried that it would bump out from her chest.
He looked at her and said spitefully: "With you?.." He looked at her from head to toe.."Sorry, but...you are not good enough for my taste"..He smiled maliciously...and then left the library...
The girl was shocked....

Aislinn tried to stand up. She finally managed to calm herself down and to breath normally. What is my old crush doing here... Then she remembered that his parents had been loyal deatheaters to the former Dark Lord and that Luna was now gathering all the deatheaters children to join her. I'll handle this, I am not the same girl as I was back then. I do not love him anymore. She put up some protecting and securing barriers before opening the main doors.

"Yes?"
A tall pale handsome young man with beautiful ice blue eyes and long black hair smiled coldly
Did he recognize me?
"Good afternoon, the manor of mistress of the dark, if I am not mistaken? I am here to join the deatheaters"
"This is the Mistress decision if you can join or not." Aislinn smiled coldly. She could not trust him immediately to let him in the manor..."Please wait until she is available to meet you" She summoned her patronus, a silvery dragon to alert Luna about their new guest."
I can handle this...I am a strong girl...I am a deatheater..and a deatheater has no feelings, no emotions.....Aislinn had to wait, to keep an eye on Elias Shadowwalker...

 

[Junko Natsumizaka]

After being rejected several times, Blaise was no longer confidant of his abilities to woo women. Still though there must be something he could do to get her to notice him.. Maybe by being the perfect soldier. He watched her cap several vials of the ammortentia before the returned to her manor. He was sure to stay ever vigilant by her side and now.. Here she was feeding this love potion to the Weasley. In the back of his mind he knew that it was his plan from the beginning but he couldn't help but feel a strong burning anger towards the Weasley. Ron was getting all the attention, attention that should be his. Blaise gritted his teeth and watched.

Ron tried not to swallow the vial stuff but as soon as the first drop hit his mouth he instinctively swallowed and then the rest flowed down like milk and honey. Oh god, what was in this? It was like... god it smelled like.. He shook his head as the world seemed to take on a brighter tint. He opened his eyes and for the first time looked at this beautiful creature before him, a Madonna offering him salvation, with a bottle pressed to his lips. He longed to embrace her, to hug her to make her his own, this Luna, this moon goddess. "Wow..." He sighed dreamily. "You are so bloody brilliant..." Luna asked him softly about the resurrection stone and he shook his head. "I went to try and find it, in the place where Harry said he dropped it.. but I didn't see it. It wasn't there. I.. I know. I can go back and look for it again and bring it to you, if that would please you Luna." he smiled brightly and hoped that she would untie his ropes soon so that he might kiss her. "Harry told me that it's a square rock... it looks like quartz almost.. and it's about 230 grams or so." Ron looked at the rest and he could see jealousy evident on Blaise's face. Ron smirked and shook his head. "Really Luna, I have to say.. you're bloody brilliant... and I'm happy to help in any way that I can.

Luna used her wand to magically cut Ron's restraints. Ron leaped up quick as a lion, and made to kiss Luna. but she froze him with her wand, his face feet away from hers. She spoke in a calm voice, one void of emotion. "I hope you understand that I am unable to kiss you, because I am sick" she lied convincingly. "I want you to search the entire forest if you have to, but whatever you do, don't talk to anybody, don't let anyone see you, and don't come back without the stone" she said sweetly. She was giving instructions to Ron like a mother would tell her four - year - old how to wash her hands. "Go now, and don't forget what I told you." she unfroze him, and he nodded frantically to show that he understood Luna's orders. As she led him through a secret shortcut out of the manor, he looked at her with teary eyes before apparating. "You are the most beautiful lady I've every seen in my entire bloody life" he said with a dreamy smile. "Bye" Luna said, in her fake dreamy voice. As he disappeared with a small POP Luna nearly gagged. She shook her head, and turned back to Blaise, who was watching the place Ron had vanished from with a vengeance.

"Blaise, come with me" she said lovingly. She wished it was for real, but she couldn't have him acting like a fool. She led him to her bedroom, and strode over to her potions cabinet. She pulled out a bottle of mead, and a vial of anti - love potion. She stirred him a drink, and handed him one. taking one for herself. His had the anti - love potion in it, and they clinked their glasses together. "Cheers!" Luna said sadly. She took a small sip.

As soon as Blaise had taken a mouthful of his potion, the effect had begun to wear off. "Oh.. oh." Blaise said with dawning realization that he had just made a fool of himself in front of Luna. He put his hands in his lap and hung his head, chastising himself for being an idiot. Even now, he could still smell the fragrance of her hair and though he still wanted to reach out and touch it, he instead scooted away from her. "I'm.. sorry. My behavior was inexcusable mistress. Thank you for making aware of my.. travesty." Thinking back on the encounter with Ron he added. "The potion should last three days at least. After that I cannot ensure its effectiveness. If he hasn't come back by then you may want to find him and kill him, lest Potter recapture him." He stood and turned to her. Bowing her kissed her hand gently. "I.. have to go. I'll be back shortly. Should you need me, call and I'll return immediately." He turned and left before she could see the heartbreak and disappointment in his face. He hadn't realized until now that he really liked her. Not just as a commander but.. well it didn't matter now. She probably thought he was daft, or worse, incompetent. He headed back to his house to sulk.

As Luna closed the door behind Blaise, Nagini slipped past him, and rushed to Luna's side. Luna felt so sad. How could they ever come back from this awkwardness? As she began to cry, Nagini wrapped herself around Luna. "I don't know what to do. There is no one whom I may confide in. " she said. She had never been the kind of girl to cry loudly, but she cried silently. "You have me" Nagini said. "Forget him. It will only weaken you. Some of your team members have taken notice to your liking of Blaise" Nagini lectured "I know" Luna said. "You shall help me recover. For now, you., and you alone, are my greatest friend" and she secured her room, and rested.

Blaise looked at her, smiling. "It's ok" he said charmingly. "You can trust me. I will never hurt you." He took her hands in his, and kneeled, kissing them. He stood, very close to her, looking into her green eyes. "You are the most divine creature I have ever seen. Please, allow us to forget all inhibitions. " and he kissed her, gently, and as Luna felt her heart beating faster, and faster, she heard his words in her ears. "You can trust me" she woke up with a start. Nagini lay down next to her, and Luna went back to sleep, after much tossing and turning.

The morning came, and Luna got ready. She washed, and dressed, wishing she had gotten a better night's sleep. Luna got her wand out, and focused her energy into creating a patronus. She took a deep breath and thought of her happiest memory. "Expecto Patronum" and as the silver serpent slithered from the tip of her wand. she said. "Go and find Rosa. Tell her we need to discuss business. " and it rushed off, slithering in mid - air. Then she looked at Nagini. "Please wait for Aislynn to wake, then tell her I'd like a word." Nagini nodded, and left. Luna walked down to the kitchen, and made a quick breakfast. As she was finishing her toast and eggs, Aislynn came down.

 

[Hikari Chan]

Rosa was awakened by Opal trying to eat the rat that helped her. "Cut it out you jealous bird." she tossed Opal some dried dragon liver out of her travel pouch. She tried to pick the rat up but it was too startled and ran under the dresser. She yawned. She took her sun dial out of her travel pack hitting sunlight on it. It was morning too early in the morning. She unlatched her security measures she had in place. Noting her bird had set off her darts. She went looking for them. Finding she been pricked by one of them when it struck a vase. 'No wonder I feel tired. Nothing to do but go try to find some milk. She showered quickly noted the rat had joined her. She cast a spell at him. 'Nothing, Well just a rat that likes hot water, maybe.'

She walked to kitchen just her robe on because she had started to get very sleepy and she took her travel pack with her to spell on some clothing when she could. Found some milk in a bottle. Made sure it was milk and sat down trying to keep her robe closed. 'She shook her head swearing that the rat curled up on the pillow just snickered at her. Get the poison out of your veins then ask Opal about the rat' she tried not to stare at it.

Rosa got the message from Luna and headed back for the kitchen. She was still wary of the rat that had cleaned itself in the shower. Opal said she was just peeved that the rat was sleeping on a pillow. While she did not even have a perch. The rat followed her out of the sitting room into the kitchen.

She saw that Aislinn was already there.

Aislinn asked Elias Shadowwalker to wait patiently in a special guest room near the main doors of the manor. There she had some amount of control over him, being sure that he won't be able to do any harm to her or anyone else in the manor until Luna could meet him. Morning came and Aislinn woke up before sunrise. She washed and dressed and went down to the guest room. She pointed her wand towards the door. Listened. She sensed his presense there. She did not suspect anything so she left. On her way up to the kitchen she met Nagini. Luna wanted to talk with Aislinn. And she was already there in the kitchen, just finishing her breakfast of toasts and eggs.
"Good morning my Lady. What a coincidence, I also needed a word with you" Aislinn smiled. "We have a guest. Mr Shadowwalker would like to meet you"

 

[Junko Natsumizaka]

The following morning came and Blaise took care of business at home. Money just doesn't multiply itself you know. As executor of his mother's estate he handled the finances so that his mother could free herself to do other things with her friends. He spent the morning talking to shareholders and intimidating merchants and doing what must be done to ensure the family's wealth continued. Personally he didn't want this level of responsibility, and if not for his mother he might just well walk away from it. Even so... He glanced down at his 10,000 galleon tailored suit and smiled. Luxury did buy some of the finer things. He wasn't Malfoy rich of course but they did alright. After securing things at home, He changed into his death eater robes and hopped back to the manor. He went tot he living room and sat down, waiting for Luna to call upon his services. He couldn't sulk all day. He had to face things head on. So what if Luna didn't see him as anything more than a soldier? He'd deal with it and he wouldn't let anyone know how much it bothered him. He supposed that he'd just be the best darn soldier that one could be.

"I will meet him soon, but for now I must inform you and Rosa about something very important." she nodded towards Rosa, who had just come in. She was worried about telling them this news, for it would create unnecessary tension between them. Still, they where her mother's orders. Luna took a deep breath, and started in a quiet, grim tone.

"My mother is getting impatient. I need you to get me one of Potter's children. Any one of them will do. " she turned to Rosa. "Both of you must attempt to bring me one. The first person who does will be granted entrance into the inner circle, where you will never be questioned, or mistrusted again. You have seven days. Bring them to me unharmed.If neither of you comes through, she will kill you both. " Luna knew it wasn't right, but it was her mother. If Bellatrix detected remorse in Luna, she would curse it out of her. The girls left, and Luna walked to the guest room by herself, Luna knew little to nothing about this new man, except that he had been Aislynn's old crush. She was very sceptical about meeting him, so she took a deep breath, and magically opened the door. A tall, charming man was sitting on a chair, in a sleek suit, waiting.

 

[Hikari Chan]

Rosa bowed and headed out. "If that is what Lady Lestrange wishes then I will do my best to obtain it for her."

As Aislinn was walking out she stopped her. "I know you're new to this game and we are rivals on this mission; but I will give you a hint you have 5 to 4 days not seven. Bella is tricking us both. She wants to see us rush in and fail. That's a game Death Eaters like to play. They send you out when the heat is on and see who will just rush into the flames. Some times you get lucky. Other times you get tortured. Some times people die. Keep your head on your shoulders. And don't make a fatal mistake."

"By the way. I don't like your friend. He got me a private audience with the Dark Lord. He said Selwyn's kid turned me in as Lovegood's friend. But I am not too sure about that. See I arrived late and they did not put up Anti-Apparition wards. So when Lucius said that Potter came to break his friends out. The Dark Lord could only figure that the word about them being at Lovegood house was valid. But how were we to know. Luna's father was despite. He cried wolf so many times. If he steps a toe out of line Luna will not have to take care of it. I will. "

She smiled at her.

"Oh, and let the best witch win. That be me." She summoned her broom and flew off.

Aislinn listened carefully to what Luna just told her and Rosa over the breakfast.

"Of course my lady, I'll do my best as always" Aislinn nodded her head and hurried away to her room to get ready. She licked her lips and smiled. She had already made her decision of which side to take and where she finally should stand. After so many attempts of warnings they never seemed to take her words seriously. Such weaklings they are, She smiled disdain. She had witnessed with her own eyes of whom was the strongest and now her loyalty was dedicated to the only one and that would never change. The dark has always been the strongest. Aislinn picked the things she needed and then mounted her broom and off she went towards her destination. She had already forgotten the new arrived guest...

Aslinn arrived at the Shrieking Shack and hurried inside. This place would temporary host her place to stay at until she managed to put her claws on the little girl...Lily Luna Potter. It was early September and the classes at Hogwarts has already started. Aislinn licked her lips. Now time to set up the plan. She had no time to waste....

Elias Shadowwalker stood up as the doors opened. A beautiful young woman with blue eyes and black hair entered the room. The way she walked, her gracefully movements. Elias could tell that she was the heiress of the Dark. She had undoubtedly inherited the looks of her beautiful mother, the infamous deatheather Bellatrix Lestrange. She is so breathtaking..He bowed for the young woman as she approached him and greeted her by kissing her right hand softly. He slowly straightened himself and looked into the dark mistress eyes before he spoke:
"Morning my Lady, I am Elias Shadowwalker" Elias rolled up his left sleeve and showed his dark mark. "My parents were loyal followers to the former Dark Lord, even if I was to young at that time I got the chance to receive the dark mark" He explained and continued: "Excuse me my Lady if I have been taking so long for finally arriving at you. I apologize for not being in time when you summoned me to this place" Elias smiled politely and continued: "I was overseas when I received your message my Lady, but I did not want to arrive empty-handed to you." He smiled and picked out a square shaped box and a larger item that was covered in a canvas from his traveling suitcase. He placed them at the little table before him "It took a great amount of time to obtain what I was seeking, though it was worth the time" He opened the square shaped box revealing a familiar locket. Elias smiled his charming and heart melting smile and continued: "I managed to restore the locket of Salazar Slytherin. It was buried deep in the Forest of Dean. I spent several weeks in gathering information and then rummaging that forest after this precious locket. It is safe, the horcux that was within must have been destroyed long time before because when I found it , it was broken and thus I restored it." Elias placed the squared box with the locket of Salazar Slytherin on the table and then picked up the clothed item. He removed the cloth, revealing a familiar sword:
"Godric Gryffindor's sword. Now Potter will have difficulties to oppose the Dark." Elias smiled wickedly. "This was easier to find than the locket. I had planned to break into three different places to search for it, Hogwarts, Potter's home and Gringgotts. Though before I made any choice or attempts in finding any of these items I managed to steal Potter's memories during his sleep one night. With some dark magic it is not hard to control the sleep" Elias smiled triumphantly as he placed back the sword on the table and then picked a little silvery shiny transparent bottle with blue content and placed it on the table. "Memories of Potter. It contains more information than about the sword and the locket. All for you my Lady." Elias bowed once more.

Once Rosa gets out on her own she summons her flock of birds. The crows come to her deep in the forest. She gives them orders to find The Potter Children and keep an eye on them. She knows they will not be able to tell her the location if they are warded in. But they can lead her back to them. Crap, Bella knew she had a problem with this. ‘I believe my Dear Great Aunt is betting on me to lose.’ she thought. She was probably cackling her bodice off right now.

Merlin’s Hairy Chin Hairs.

Bella was not moral enough not to kill or harm small children. She leaned back on a tree watching as the insects flew off as she leaned back into it. Usually she would talk to Yaxley but it was not going to happen. He was being watched too close. She did not even want to home given security measures. She stayed at the mouse house under knockturn alley. Making sure no one saw who she was. She got information back from her birds. None of Potters children were at Hogwarts. That was not surprising since Bill and then their mother were found dead inside the walls.

She then she decided to lay in wait for Blaise to make his way to the cafe he liked so. She needed advice. He may not show up there. Most Death Eaters change their routine when they do not want to be followed. Unfortunate for most, everyone gets back into old habits and patterns.

She did not even know why she was bothering to ask him if Teddy Lupin would be a good target as a Potter child. Given that he practically lived with Potter but was wide open due to his love of certain witch. After all Bella hated Lupin and her traitor relatives.

If she could grab the wolf cub maybe she be pleased. Blaise stayed at Malfoy Manor longer and Draco was not even back yet. To be honest she would not be surprised to find that they were placing their children in The Salem Wizards' Institute along with Pansy's kids.

Blaise waited patiently for several hours, but when it became obvious that Luna was indisposed and would not be out any time soon, he left and headed to Diagon alley. He needed to calm his mind so he went to Le Chat Noir, his favorite espresso and coffee bar. He sat in his normal booth and ordered a cappuccino with a boost elixir to sharpen his senses. He had been too worried about Luna lately and he needed to focus on himself. He was starting to lose sight of his place in the organization and what he wanted to accomplish. He sipped his cappuccino and watched the wizards and witches walk by.

Rosa waited for Blaise to get his order done and then walked in the cafe. She hate muggle creep but it was every where now days. Reason for her reclusiveness. She passed by a wizard with snaky vines hanging out his ears. He was changing something on a device of some kind with his wand. She sneered and ignored him.

"Hello Blaise. May I have a seat?" Rosa asked. Slightly moving her hood to the side were only he could see her face. She waited to be seated. Then placed a odd looking coin on the table. Anyone trying to over hear their conversation would just get conversation noise. She sat covering his lips from view of the other in the establishment.

"I would talk to you with out speaking if you would allow it.

Blaise looked at her amused and sipped his drink. "Of course. It's a free society.. for now." He motioned for her to sit. Upon pulling out the coin and placing it on the table he raised his eyebrow. "Very well then. Do you have a manner in which to talk? If not, you'll have to wait until I finish my drink and then we can go somewhere more.. private. You know she can see us if she so wishes." He said warning her against saying anything treasonous. He glanced around and awaited her response.

"If you wish I could wait and we can go somewhere to be alone. I can, "she reached out brushing against his mind. Showing him a picture of a sunny day showing her advanced Legilimency skills "But some consider that to be rude. To be honest, I almost never talked much aloud around Draco in our last year. Reason you heard him snickering on some occasions. He never could keep his face blank. As for the later there is no problem there so far. I just want to ask you about something I rather not get over heard by wizarding populist. We do not have a good enough crowd yet for the coin to work well if an Auror is here. " she looked a little paranoid as she went ahead and issued to the waitress to order something.

'I think we should be fine here. I never could do this without brandishing a wand so I'll trust you to act as the conduit. What's on your mind Rosa?' he asked as he sipped his drink slowly savoring it.

They discussed a bit and the Blaise set his cup down and nodding politely paid his tab and left heading back to the manor.

'We got problems my spies have informed me the order members are never alone. They at least are in pairs. I have a mission to get one of Potters' children but they are all under heavy wards and secret keepers. Also Potter, Longbottom, and Mrs. Hermione Weasley are looking for us. What I want answered is Bella interested enough in the wolf cub Teddy Lupin for it to make a good take.What was her thoughts on the issue when you with Draco at the manor? Also do they have any plans to deal with the Order. If and more then likely when they start tracking us down. Because they are mobilising.' She inquired.

'Of course I be glad to answer anything in return.'

 

[Junko Natsumizaka]

Luna nodded to Shadowwalker's gifts. "These are such grand gifts" Luna said, slightly mockingly. "Gifts that are sure to win you a high reputation. Good luck keeping it up. By my understanding, you want something from me, for no one, friend or foe, will ever give unconditionally." and she waited his response. He had looked at her weirdly, as if he had feelings for her. So far, he seemed the type to put on a high - profile on the outside, but on the inside seemed hollow and mundane. She didn't trust him. Nagini came in, and laid on Luna's neck like a boa. Luna wondered what he thought of the snake.

 

[Hikari Chan]

Elias smiled his usual charming smile. He notified the dark mistress' mocking tone, but spoke to her respectfully:

"I am here to join as your loyal follower and deatheater my Lady. No more. No less. My parents were loyal deatheaters to your father, the former dark Lord, thus I am following the same path as my parents. As I mentioned earlier, I did not like to arrive here to my dark mistress empty-handed."

She is beautiful as the moon, but this is not the reason for why I am giving her these high valuable gifts. Nor is the reason about any proposal. I was ready to meet the dark heir when I arrived here for other purpose. I was surprised to meet this young lady though I do not blame her for her mocking tone. She seems to be a very careful one, not giving her trust before she knows the person as her own self. I would not mind to get to know her...though first I need to gain her trust as her loyal deatheater..and she will never be disappointed...

Aislinn used her wand to draw a magical pentagram on the dusty old floor in the Shreiking Shack. She stepped inside the pentagram and closed her eyes. Her breath was soundless and unnoticeable. She moved her lips in silence, speaking the magic with no sound. An image turned up in her mind. She was and was not at Hogwarts. She walked through the familiar corridors and halls. She went past students and teachers. No one notified her. She had a feeling that something was different now. Potter's children were no were to be seen. They were not at Hogwarts. Aislinn broke the magic as she cursed.
If they were not at Hogwarts...where could they been?
Still standing inside the pentagram Aislinn used dark magic to summon a shadow of a dragon. The inverse of her patronus. She ordered it to search for Potter's children as she waited in the Shreiking Shack. It did not take long before her dragon shadow came back with the news. Potters' children were all under heavy wards and secret keepers. Aislinn smirked. She stepped once more inside the pentagram and repeating her mediation magic. She was and was not at the order of Phoenix. Potter was furious and puzzled, he was pacing back and fro. The other members were silent. It seemed that they had lost something, something very important and precious...Aislinn almost lost her breath...She broke the magic and was back in the Shreiking Shack. The sword of Godric Gryffindor was gone, the sword which once had been used to destroy horcruxes and to oppose the dark...it was gone...maybe stolen...but how...or who? Aislinn was curious...she bit her lower lip as she focused once more inside the pentagram. She repeated her magical spying procedure until she found the secret location of the Potter's children. Her heart was beating fast and she was feeling weary and tired..She had overdone herself. She drank some pumpkin juice wondering where she should hide. The Shreiking Shack was not safe anymore. All the aurors were now looking for her, Blaise, Rosa and Luna. And Aislinn wont be surprised if they would look here..since this place had a pathway to the Whomping Willow....Aislinn gathered her things and apparated at the Knockturn Alley....She did not want to go back to the Manor until she had captured Lily Luna Potter......

 

[Junko Natsumizaka]

"Very well" Luna said, finally abandoning her mocking tone. She swapped it for a more professional one. "Bring me Luna Lovegood. She herself has refused proper protection, and settled for a few aurors, no more. Anything will do. but nothing fatal. " She walked away coldly. "If he does succeed" Nagini said. "He will not need much further testing." "I know" Luna said. "But I don't want him to get smart. We shall see how good he is. And," she paused. "He will still be nothing compared to Blaise" and she smiled, walking off into the garden to relax.

 

[Hikari Chan]

Elias notified the sudden change of the dark mistress tone. Interesting...Interesting..
He smiled before he spoke: "As you wish my Lady" He bowed and watched her walking away.
She will not be disappointed..
He smirked as he evaporated in dark smoke and left the manor.

Elias Shadowwalker was a mere shadow among the clouds looking undoubtedly like a dark cloud....He notified that the aurors, the members of the order of Phoenix and the Dumbledore's army were walking in pairs now. No one was alone.....He had a feeling that they were on their guard, though for what?...What has happened before he arrived at the Manor...It was been a long time since he received the call from his dark mistress....Very well, I am sure she will tell me later when I have gained her trust....for now...let's play a game of cat and mouse....he licked his lips as he caught a glimpse of Luna Lovegood walking with two other aurors down the road...

Rosa and Blaise were interrupted by young lad bring their check. "Rosa, Potter has given Neville a compass from the ministry he knows your are in this area. He is with Hermione. Derick is trying to stall. The back way out it is clear. What do want us to do?" He whispered.

"Bribe Han from the corner gift shop. Get a gift for Turtle...she looked deep in him eyes. She then slip him a money pouch.

"Under stand? she asked.

"Get them thinking you're at the wizard hospital." The lad stated."

The lad then trip a servant girl. Everyone was so busy clapping for the girls mess, that had not magic to aid her, that Rosa escape out the back unnoticed.

 

[Junko Natsumizaka]

Luna sat in the garden, her thoughts on Blaise. A silver partonus appeared in the shade of a birch tree. The great spider looked at her, and said in her mother's voice. "Meet me in the manor. It is urgent." Luna got up immediately, and ran to the manor, following the patronus. It led her to mother's bedroom. Bella was facing the window, only her silhouette visible due to the dark lighting in the room.

Luna spoke, in a quiet voice. She tried her best to keep it free from anxiety, or fear, but a little made it into her dialogue. "Is there something wrong? What do you wish of me?" Bellatrix gave no answer, and Luna was suddenly aware that Bellatrix was armed. In one move as fast as lightning, Bellatrix launched a spell at Luna, who deflected it in fear. Why is she doing this? Surely this is an imposter? As the second spell came faster, Luna was disarmed and bound completely. Luna was magnificent, but Bella was the best. Then Bella used the voice she had only used for her victims. "Why do you devote so much of your thoughts and time to Blaise? " she paused, breathing hard. "I have seen what your dreams have become. I know everything. "

Luna closed her eyes, and her mind. She pictured a lonely beach. It was sunny, with grassy hills. A single hammock lay on the top of the tallest one, with trees surrounding it for shade. As Luna pictured herself in the hammock, relaxing, a man appeared next to her, begging for her trust. To finally be free of every constricting fear. It was Blaise.

"Crucio" Bellatrix yelled. Luna was overwhelmed with the feeling of white - hot knives piercing her skin. She screamed in agony on the floor, now realizing how much of a mistake it had been to bring her mother back. "Free yourself of these thoughts" she yelled, as she hung Luna by her wrists on the ceiling. Luna was crying from pain. "Crucio .

Luna screamed again, and Bellatrix got close to her, to whisper in her ear. Her eyes where barely open. "I have seen his dreams as well. He does not think of you as the lady you are. He will never truly love you.There is no other way to make you understand." she paused.. "He loves another. "Luna summoned all the strength she had to say, "Who" in barely a whisper. "Rosa" Luna blacked out from the pain, which was worse than the Cruciatus curse. Heartbreak. She knew she couldn't trust her mother, but in her weak state, it seemed possible. For, in that moment, her mother had tainted her view of the hero whom she loved.

Luna awoke in her bed, to find herself in a blood - stained bed. Nagini was looking at her, worried. Luna stared at the ceiling, to weak to move. Her mother's cursed where stronger than ten, so Luna was drained of all colour in her face. As she stared at the ceiling, she thought of what her mother was doing to her.

 

[Hikari Chan]

Mrs Scamander (Luna Lovegood) was walking together with two aurors down the road. She sighed. For once she wished to be alone for a while. She had been tired of being guarded by two other aurors since the horrible day when they had found Mrs Weasley's head at Hogwarts . She was still sorrowful for loosing a dear friend that she just wished to be alone rather in a company. She wanted to mourn in peace. She felt that everyone's company was an annoying intrusion in her privacy and life at the moment. She was an adult, a strong witch who could protect herself. She did not need anyone else to protect her, but the order of phoenix had strictly forbidden anyone of them to walk alone....for their own safety...for her own safety...Suddenly she felt a strange presence behind her...she also noted that the two aurors sensed it too. They quickly turned around....but there were only a few muggles walking around them...She was sure someone was right behind her...

Elias Shadowwalker cast an invisibility charm on himself before landing slowly and silently to the ground, fifty feet away from the trio...They suddenly turned around with their wands ready in their hands..but from they slowly turned back with puzzled looks on their faces. Elias curled his lips in a malicious smile. He shadowed them slowly. He was walking with a graceful movement, twirling his wand with his right hand, switching it over to left hand and switching it back to the right hand, planning on how to make his first move. His special ability was not only flying without supporting objects or evapourate into smokes and shadows. He was also a right and left handed wizard and a duelling master. Suddenly he stopped to walk...the road was filled with more aurors...they were not only two of them ..they were ten aurors now....gathering together with Luna Lovegood....he cursed as he hurried through a side alley....the mission was harder than he had expected...

Mrs Scamander rolled her eyes when she saw that more aurors turned up. She tried to give her best smile, they were protecting her after all...then she politely told them that she was not in need with so many guards..that one auror was actually enough...though that she preferred and needed to be alone sometimes...She was a strong witch, she was capable of protecting herself....She finally managed to persuade them to only have company with one auror and that the rest should protect the Weasley and Potter families...since the enemy had been targeting certain persons from these families. First Bill Weasley, then Ginny Weasley and Ron Weasley was totally gone...They had not heard from him in several days.....The aurors left and now Mrs Scammander was walking with only one auror as company...

Elias Shadowwalker soared once again up to the sky watching the crowd of the aurors around Luna Lovegood..Suddenly all of them left...leaving one auror together with Luna Lovegood....Elias could not believe his eyes...he smiled but did not trust what he saw because this could might be a trap since they had sensed his presence before...He landed to the ground again..now hundred feet away from Luna Lovegood and the auror who accompanied her.....

Aislinn was drinking a cup of tea and eating pastries in a secret room at the Borgins and Burkes. She was going through several plans during her head, none of them seemed good enough. She had a feeling that Blaise and Rosa was close somewhere..but she could not walk out in the Diagon Alley because the owner of the Borgins and Burkes had alerted her that Longbottom and Weasley was in the close area searching for their enemy. But they think that I am dead actually since I did not show up or spoke to anyone of them before the Gala because I told them that I might not survive the incidents that night. So literally I can walk around cloaked in the Diagon Alley and they might not suspect me.....but my staged death has just made it harder to approach Lily Luna Potter...and I can not think of any good excuse to cover up my absence...sigh...I will be stuck here if I can not come up with something...and if I do not bring one of Potter's children to my mistress...Bellatrix Lestrange will haunt me down and kill me..

Elias Shadowwalker, still invisible, was shadowing Luna Lovegood and the auror...as soon as he come closer and approached them from the back he silently fired the first curse..Both Luna Lovegood and the auror were quicker than he expected and blocked out his curse....it has just begun.......

Aislinn Monroe was feeling to restless and impatient...she could not stay indoors any longer..and thus she sneaked out..I'll be safe..they wont suspect me, she thought as she walked out in the Diagon Alley and merged with the crowd of witches and wizards unnoticeabely.....Let's be a customer for today, she giggled as she went to the hair parlour to buy a special hair potion that could make the hair to grow faster...She was tired of her boyish short hair and she felt that she needed a change...then occasionally she went back to Knockturn Alley, all because that she wanted to visit the tattoo parlour to get herself some nice daring tattoos...

It did not take long before the place was filled with aurors to protect Mrs Scamander. But it was useless, because their invisible enemy seemed to be gone...Mrs Scamander was alarmed...."I told you earlier that I do not need this protection, I am able to protect myself...what if this was a trap to lure you all here so the enemy could focus on the Potters and the Weasleys? We have no idea how many they are....Hurry away, all of you, you need to protect the two families, please, I am capable of protecting myself and I do not think that the enemy has any slightly interest in me..."

Elias Shadowwalker apparated outside the Manor..He was furious..this was the second time when the aurors turned up as he approached Luna Lovegood..He needed to focus and think of a better strategy to capture that blond witch..But he was feeling uneasy, unable to focus his mind. As an old habit he slowly rolled up his left sleeve, caressing his dark mark...He was sudden shocked to see its rich black color withered like a faded rose....It could not be...Would it be rude if he arrived empty-handed to his dark mistress....He would not be able to focus on his tasks or missions if he could not ease his mind...He looked at the main doors of the Manor...I have no choice, he thought determined as he entered...

Elias closed his eyes as he strode silently through the hall...he could sense two presences...one which was strong and one which was weak...He searched through rooms and corridors. Some rooms were locked and he did not bother himself to investigate them further since he did not sense any human prencence in them....It did not take long before he was closer to the weak presence...he slowly put his hand on the door knob...My apologizes, I have no intention of any kind of intrusion...the door was locked...Alohomora...of course this wont work...the lock was stronger...locked by dark magic.....I need to ease my mind and focus...after a while he managed to break through..leaving the door and the lock almost destroyed, but he totally forgot about it because of the view which he was met by...He was shocked...

The beautiful Lady, who had met him in the guest room earlier this morning, was laying on a bloodstained bed....dead pale...Her robes were covered in blood...What had happened to her?...who could have behind this horrible act?...Elias sensed the strong presence some far away and deep within the Manor...it was a familiar feeling but he could not place it anywhere...

Elias did not think any second..he rushed towards his dark mistress, almost falling on his knees...with a shaking hand he felt for her pulse...it was weak..she was breathing slowly...She is alive, but I can not leave her in this horrible condition....If his dark mistress was not strong and able to stand on her feet, it would weaken him and the rest of her followers...and their enemies would conquer them.....He had to act now and quickly...

Elias could feel the gaze of the grand snake on him as he slowly moved his wand, lifting the dark Mistress up some inches above the bed and slowly cleaning up the blood from the sheets and from her robes....he slowly lowered her back to the bed when he was done...The dark mistress was still in a weak condition and she needed to be healed inwards....Elias' travelling suitcase was still in the guest room...he bit his lower lip as he was thinking hard...wondering if the few healing potions he had for his travels would do any help to his dark mistress...Accio.....he rummaged through his suitcase, but he could not find the right healing potion for his mistress...he cursed and tried to think about something...he was wondering for a second if some food would do her any good...but he immediately discarded his thought...I am so bad with cooking, that I would only make fun of myself if I tried anything in the kitchen..He slightly blushed and shook of his last thought...He looked at her beautiful face for several seconds as he slowly came up with a dangerous idea.....he did not dare to leave her alone for several hours if he needed to look up for healing potions at Diagon Alley or other places and...he could not take her to St Mungos either...so he was left with one choice...I'll give her my life energy....He took her right hand in his and with his other hand he lifted his wand....

Moments later Elias was breathing heavily...the color of life was back to his mistress' face....His hand were shaking as he reached for one of his healing potions and poured all its content down his throat....He smiled quickly with an apologizing look at his dark mistress before leaving, he left to quickly forgetting his suitcase and the rest of his healing potions in her room...I am fine now...and she'll be fine now...my acts might have been foolish..I should not have seen her in her weak condition because a leader does not like to be seen by his followers as a weakling....but I could not have ignored this state because we can not have a weak leader or it will weaken us all

Elias apparated at Diagon Alley, he needed a cup of tea before haunting down Luna Lovegood...He was cloaked...the hood was shadowing his face....as he made his way to the Leaky Cauldron..he caught a glimpse of a boyish looking girl sassing around in the Alley...She went past him to the hair parlour and then she hurried towards the Knockturn Alley...She had a silly giggling expression on her face...Elias frowned.....She looked somehow familiar..where have I seen her....oh it must be that girl who first greeted me when I arrived at the Manor yesterday....well she does not make a good impression of a deatheater, she seem to be to silly and to clumsy...He smirked..

After several cups of tea, Elias Shadowwalker was feeling ready, more than ever....He evapourated in smokes in a dark corner in Diagon Alley and soared up to the sky...Now I need to find her....
It did not take long until Elias tracked Luna Lovegood...he was surprised to see her alone...but he did not triumph over this discover...it could be another trap..and the aurors might turn up...he silently landed down behind a tree...thirty feet away from her...He had to act differently this time if he wanted to manage to capture Luna Lovegood....Anything will do. but nothing fatal Elias remembered his dark mistress words...

Mrs Scamander was far away in her own thoughts as she was sitting alone on a park bench. Her heart was aching..she was missing Mrs Ginny Weasley...feeling so sad for her friend's fate...Mrs Scamander sighed...Suddenly she notified a tall man who had been walking on the opposite pavement of the park, fainting some twenty feet away from her...He fell down to the ground with a heavy thump. Oh dear..She almost forgot all her worries and hurried towards the man who had fallen..She bent down to check on him when everything suddenly blackened out...

Elias apparated with Luna Lovegood in his arms at the Manor...Well I must have been lucky this time....He smirked as he entered the Manor and strode towards the Library where he put down the unconscious Luna Lovegood at lounge and tied her. He leaned against a wall nearby and waited....

Rosa turned around in the chair as someone entered the room at Critical Care for Potion and Spell mishaps ward at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. She sneered at the mudblood that walked in.

"Hi, Rosa been meaning to have a talk with you." Neville said. He whispered to Hermione.

"We are not to be on our." she said angry. Giving Rosa a slant eyed look.

"There are Aurors all around. If you have not noticed we now have a spell trace on our wands any hostile spells will trigger an alarm. Please. Hermione, just give us sometime. A few mins. If I am not out in 20 then somethings gone wrong." he looked over at her pleadingly. She took a deep breath and readied her wand slamming the door behind her. Rosa did not like that Turtle did not stir. She had no idea he was in that bad of shape.

"Go back the way you came Neville. I know why you're here and if it takes a murder to get you talk with me anymore. You can bugger off. Even if I did know something. I would not speak of it with you." she turned back to Turtle a hand on her wand. Having medical training herself she knew which ones worked and even none hostile spells were more then problematic.

"Friend of yours?" He asked trying to crack the ice between them.

"What's that matter to you. By the way my uncle Richard finally snuffed it suddenly the day after I returned from my trip to the Americas. You may want to shed word. It may brighten up a gloomy situation. I am sure the reason most people are not celebrating the event is lack of concern. Given current events."

"I," he sighed' am sorry to here that. We had an attack at the gala while you were gone. And everyone has been so upset, Bill is dead...I guess you heard about Ginny. They found Shacklebolt's stand in's robes hanging dripping with blood from a light post," She rolled her eyes at him.

"Look I am not saying you were involved. I- I just know your better then that. You-re not a murder Claire, " She turned around giving him a stern stare.
"The fact is that all you're immediate family has been. It's just a fact. Merlin! Claire. They found your mother trophy case with mementos of all her kills when they raided after the second war. Which included Dean Thomas' Fathers muggle ID. He was a Flint wasn't he? A member of the same family your best mate that died in war fighting for Voldemort. Not the pureblood right . There i no cause, Claire. It's dead. It died with the blood of many. There aren't that many half blood left. Much less..."

"Think I care about some filthy Blood traitors !.! Get out!"

"Rosa that exactly the problem. Now that Richard's gone and Viktor is locked away you can live your own life. Be your own person. Not just what you were raised to become. I-m worried that your going to get dragged into to trouble again."

"Hey-you two, What's gon' on in here?" the mediwizard's orderly opened the door.

"Nothing. Neville here was just leaving." she looked over at him. Taping her wand. Daring him to stay.

"Rosa come with me. I was told the young squib will not be waking up any time soon." she was about to reject Neville's offer when she thought that it may not be a bad idea. It would get her closer to her targets with out tripping the wards. Then she could get her birds to land over the area. Maybe even spy who the secret keeper was.

"pu-f-f...,"she blew a strand of hair out of her face. Neville is right about one thing she was never going to be a cold blooded killer. "I don't think. I'd will be too welcomed, Neville."

"I take care of that. Besides, It's not just our people that have died. There was a few deaths on your side. As well." What Neville did not know was that was intentional. She had sent Adrian out to mark the unfaithful. She killed two herself. She also been doing things to cover tracks. To mislead them. That was her mission as a team member in her death eater crew. She was good at it.

"That's not as news worthy, now is it?" She followed Neville out taking one last glance at Turtle before closing the door.

"Are you barking? We can't take her with us." as they exited the building Rosa got extremely alert she noticed Neville was watching her closely. If she just strolled along he would be suspicious. It was not in her nature to be informed of danger and then just act casual about it.
With in a few hours Neville had talked them into letting her staying with them. The mudblood had been watching her with extreme bit of ire. Then Greg walked in.

"Hello, cousin." she smiled hugging him.

"Stay 'n out of trouble I see." he smiled stroking her hair.

"I'd about have to be." She settled down with her Gregory Goyle talking business. After a while they did not take note of her. Now to just wait for an opportunity. She made a mental note to write letter when she and Greg went out to take care of Richard's estate affairs. Telling them she was spying from within. Only one of Tom Riddles Blood would be able open it.

She did not know if this was the right thing to do. It would not be par for the cause to harm one so innocent. She did not think children should be targets. It was just cowardly and murderous.
She tried over the course of the days that passed to talk herself into going along with her orders

. Well, if Potter would have just died as baby. I would not have my child hood flaw and I would not have been present with Bellatrix, Viktor, and Cissy at my birth in Azkaban. My mother would not have died of the dementors kiss that she was never even sentenced to. And would have a mom that cared instead of Olivia that just wanted to control her.

All the while she waiting for an opportunity to present itself. It may not be that bad an idea to wait for Aislinn's attack then pretend to go after her. Just in case she could not manage to bring herself to do this act. At least then she had more of a chance of being tortured instead of them both dying by Bellatrix's wand end.

 

[Junko Natsumizaka]

Luna looked into Elias's eyes. "Your generosity will not go unrewarded." and she walked towards the bathroom to bathe just as Elias was leaving. She hated being seen as weak, even if she needed help desperately. Some girls enjoyed the attention that came with it, but Luna felt angry about it all. A leader must always be seen as strong, or else lose respect.

As she stepped out of the steamy bathroom, she dressed, and checked the time, 5: 00. She grabbed her magic mirror, "Show me Elias". He was walking with a triumphant smile on his face, and was, levitating Mrs. Scamander's unconscious body behind him, walking up the manor's drive. Luna got up, and headed to the library, Nagini behind her. Elias placed the body on the sofa, Luna watching him from behind a bookshelf. As he turned to leave, Luna stepped out from the shadows. "Well done". Elias quickly got over his surprise at seeing Luna and bowed, saying he was ready to help her at her summons. He left, and Luna consulted her mirror. "Show me Bellatrix Lestrange "

Bellatrix blasted open the door of a mundane muggle house. "Is anybody home? " she yelled, in a dangerously mocking voice. She disarmed the husband's shotgun with a lazy movement, tying him up. She seized the small girl, who was still in diapers. As she cursed the girl over and over again, the mother ran forward, shielding the girl with her arms spread out. Bellatrix yelled "Foolish woman. Now you will have to feel the pain sooner." as she cursed her as well, the mother fainted from pain. The girl was crying, and the husband was devastated. As Bellatrix killed the young girl, the father begged her to leave the wife alone, and take his life instead. As Bellatrix cursed him and laughed, mockingly telling him that his wife would not have done the same for him, Luna let a few tears slip. They aren't as good as us, but they aren't dirt either. How could she be so cruel, even to the innocent?

 

[Hikari Chan]

Blaise paced in the manor frowning as he watched an unknown gentleman walk with Luna to the door. He had to discuss something with Luna, but his better judgement told him to leave it be. He headed to his room and sat at his desk deep in thought. If Luna was planning on killing the Potter children, he had a problem. There was no honor in it. He had seen enough children die at Hogwarts and it still haunted his nightmares. Once they got 16 or so, yeah then they could be considered a threat but first years just learning to pick up a wand? He thought back and sighed. If she was just using them to draw Potter out, he could understand that, but she was a child of Riddle and Lestrange. Killing children was in her family's blood. He didn't want to think that she would go that far but he had to at least consider the possibility. Fearing that he could stall no longer, he walked to her door. "If she thinks I'm weak, that will be the price I pay but I must know." He checked his watch. 5:20. He took a breath and checked his suit before knocking on her door. He waited patiently for the mistress to answer.

 

[Junko Natsumizaka]

Luna sat upright, she unlocked the door, still sitting on her bed. "Enter". As Blaise walked in, Luna looked at him, emotionless. She had an idea of what he wanted. He was wondering, most likely, about Potter's children. Surely, he had found out what she hadn't wanted him to know. That Potter's children would be part of the plan. As he bowed his head, asking for a quick word, Luna stood. "Yes. It is by my understanding that you would like to discuss the purpose of Potter's children in plan. " and she awaited his reply.

Blaise nodded and walked over to sit on her bed. "As always, mistress, you know me better than I know myself. I was approached by Rosa who wanted to if Teddy Lupin, Harry's godson, would be an acceptable target or if as required a direct blood relation? I believe that her intent was to ask for assistance, given that the children are so well guarded." He paused and then asked "if I may be so bold as to ask, do you plan on killing Potter's children?" He sat there trying to keep his eyes as dead as possible so as not to relay his distaste should she answer yes.

"No." she said plainly. "I do think my mother does. But, as much as I can control, I do not want them harmed, just stunned. Their only purpose is to lure Potter here. That is all I intend to use them for. "

Blaise sighed and nodded. "That's good to know. I personally find killing children a detestable act and while I can't stop you or your mother from your path, I would personally have no part in it. There is no honor in it and as purebloods we should hold the high ground." What shall I tell Rosa about Teddy Lupin? I would help her with her quest unless you have need of me elsewhere."

"You may do as you wish for Rosa. There is nothing that I need from you at the present time. And, my mother only wants the children of Potter. She will accept no failure. The reason you were not included in this test was because you've already proven yourself capable. Henceforth, I assumed it was not in your best interest to intentionally harm children. I do not think it wise, or honorable, to kill the defenseless, or the ignorant. That is all. " and she stood, and held the door open, in a gesture that showed she had no desire to discuss matters further. As he bowed and left, Luna closed the door, and picked up her mirror. "Show me Rosa." she was sitting in a bedroom, reading a book, whilst someone was talking to her. It was Neville Longbottom, and Luna was surprised. She turned to Nagini, showing her the picture. "She is playing their side. Clearly, she thinks it crucial to her mission."

 

[Hikari Chan]

Rosa decided to have Seamus take her for ride. She soon realized she was in the thick it. Apparently, the old flame was still burning on both parts. She found herself laughing at his jokes. Feeling much lighter and for moment forgetting this was just doing this so she could scout the area.

They flew through the air for a while. Talking about everything and nothing. He had speed up into the air showing off and giving him an excuse to further pull her into him. When a group of her crows flew passed. They fell from the broom. The broom went crashing down. She transformed him into a sparrow, and she transformed into her Animagus form. There they were. Crap she needs to land and record it before she forgot about it all. Problem, Seamus was not getting his wings under him. He was being blown by the winds. If she landed, he would be too far away from the ground for her to help him. She decided to kill and place an orange butterfly into a hollow tree quickly. She'd be back in moment to find it. She shifted Seamus with a few nudges. When he landed, she transformed him back and said she was going to look for the broom. She found her butterfly sitting on a large tree limb she recorded the site.

The Tonk's house. She already had it on her map from the war. She tried to find the broom, but it was useless. When she went down to find Seamus something she had not expected happened. Blaise was there. He must have following them at some point. Seamus had not spotted him yet. He was still trying to thank her for saving him. He did not know being a bird was that hard.

"You know, I just thought you'll flap your wings. Easy as pie. Is all, was not expecting to deal with the winds and all." he laughed at himself.

Blaise watched the two carefully as he eyed Seamus. Rosa seemed a bit too comfy with the boy, but Blaise decided that he would trust her until she gave him a reason not to. He nodded to Rosa and slipped on his demiguise hair cloak, blending back into his surroundings. He decided while he waited for them to finish that he would go check on Weasley. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small black box. As he turned it on, it began to beep softly. He grinned. Muggles. What they lacked in magic, they made up for in novelty. The tracking device was smaller than the size of a button and hopefully still affixed to Weasley's shirt. He followed it into the depths of the deepest woods, close to the area that had been designated as Acromantula territory.


He found Ron, on his knees, crying and talking with someone who wasn't there. "No.. she would never do that. I love her Ginny. What? No Bill... Fred. It's not like that. Really. She's sweet. You'd like her. You'd.." Ron turned around suddenly. "You! What do you want?" He brandished a wand menacingly, pointing it towards Blaise. Blaise held up his hands. "Easy, Ron. I was just checking to see if you found the stone yet. Luna was worried about you." Ron sneered and listened to something for a moment. "Oh yeah? Bill says you want to take it from me. That you're going to kill me." Blaise smiled and shook his head. "You have it all wrong mate. I want to see you and Luna together. She says you make her happy and that's good enough for me." Ron lowered his wand and began crying. "My.. my sister's dead." He sobbed. "I know." Blaise said coming to sit beside him. "I saw." Ron shook his head. "She says you were there." Blaise nodded. "There was nothing I could do about it.. but if you give me the stone, we can go back to Luna and Luna can bring your sister back. It's all a test you see." Ronald sniffed and nodded. "Why would you help me?" He asked as he stood up. "Because you love Luna and I understand how you feel. I want to see her happy too." Ron let out a sigh and dropped the stone in Blaise's hand, before turning around at the sudden loss of his family. Immediately, spectral figures began to take shape around Blaise, but he slipped the stone into his pocket, severing the connection before he could recognize any of them. Ron looked out at the forrest and began wiping his eyes. Blaise frowned and raised his wand pointing it at the ginger wizard's back. "Ron. Tell your sister, I really am sorry." Ron barely made a "wha-?" sound before he was hit with the green light and fell motionless into the grass. Blaise secured the stone in a hidden pocket and headed back to find Rosa.

 

[Junko Natsumizaka]

Luna walked through the halls of the manor, once again following her mother's arachnid Patronus. It led her on, through to the library, where Mrs. Scamander was. Luna entered to find Bellatrix with her wand above an unconscious Mrs. Scamander. She turned to Luna; her eyes determined. "Come here" she said quietly, tilting her head as if wondering whether Luna could do it. Luna walked closer to Bellatrix, very slowly. Bellatrix took Luna's shoulder's, and placed her in front of the unconscious woman. She whispered in her ear. "Wake her up and curse her until she is no longer alive. "

Luna's eyes widened, her heart and breathing speeding up. She didn't want to hurt Mrs. Scamander at all, and she had always simply killed her victims, lest they have something she needed. Bellatrix put her head on Luna's shoulder, "Unless you don't want to.". Luna took a deep breath and raised her wand. "Rennervate" Luna Scamander awoke with a start, and sat up, immediately noticing Bellatrix, then Luna. She did nothing but stare at Luna, like an innocent child. "Crucio" Luna said, wishing she could stop. But if she didn't, Bellatrix would do worse, to her, and Luna. The woman screamed, as she threw back her head in pain. Luna cursed her again, and again. Her cries became fainter, until she was no longer able to scream, for her throat was sore. Bellatrix walked away from Luna, towards Mrs. Scamander, looking at her, curiously. She summoned a potion from Luna's cabinet, and Luna immediately regretted the day she had made it. Bellatrix opened the prisoner's mouth, and poured in the red burning potion, which would disintegrate her insides. She then watched as Scamander screamed silently, writhing with the last of her strength, and her body began to shrink, until she looked like a withered shell.

Luna's expression was cold as ice, pitiless, but Nagini looked like Luna was feeling. Horrified, and disbelieving. Bellatrix walked toward Luna, and circled around her slowly, as if attempting to sense her fear. "This is the way to handle traitors" she paused, continuing in a happier tone. "In the future, we shall share other triumphs, just as we have done today. For, this was a great accomplishment. Potter himself is weak, and for every friend he loses, he becomes weaker, still. We are gaining power, and it is you who I want to be by my side when we finally rule the world. " and she made to leave the room, but not before casting one final spell. "Incendio" she yelled. The remains of Luna Scamander burned away, until there was only ash. Luna fell to her knees and sobbed harder than she had ever sobbed. She wanted to stop her mother, for this was not humane. Her mother was disgracing every other Dark Wizard, for none of the others liked this much cruelty, and neither did Luna. Because there was no way to justify these acts of darkest cruelty. Luna sobbed harder still, as she thought of the way Blaise would react to finding that Luna had caused so much pain to an innocent person. She cleaned up the ashes, and made her way to her room, to practice the potion for dreamless sleep. She would be needing it now more than ever.

 

[Hikari Chan]

"You remember the last time we were together?"

"Ja, it was in a little pub outside of wizarding London. I forget the name.
I Believe you said "Come on now! We are both here for the same reason."
And I said "Ja' to pick up a beautiful bird. I picked up my short-eared owl. Kissing you good bye from the door."

"You wished me luck...I'll just be "Dublin" me' efforts from now on. So how about it you’re willing to take a chance at Hogwarts. I'm sure you'll find me' lucky charms" irresistible. Could sneak back to my place." he wagged his think eye brows.

"Well, I hope those charms held. Because they just found a Lethifold. Fleur Weasley is missing presumed eaten. Your cousin Gregory left her to go get some biscuits and pumpkin juice. Darkness power was also found on the crime scene. So where was our lucky lady then?" Dean Thomas looked over a Rosa.

"She been with me this whole time! So you can just bugger off...go on off with ya!" Seamus' wand burned hot into Dean's throat.

Dean marched off.

"Later, Seamus." she threw on her traveling cloak. Making sure her wand was in her front holster.

"You can't leave there is a killer out there." he tightened his lips.

"Yes, there is. Me..." with that she turned into a magpie flying off. She slid a thought across Blaise’s mind to get out of there.

"Where is she?" a question came from the direction she just left.

"I am not getting in between a Death Eater that just had her family threatened." came a loud Irish voice.

Rosa lead Blaise into a small hamlet very few people even knew about. She told him that she would Imperio Gregory to go to the tattoo parlor Aislinn was get touch up work in and have him drop the information that the kids were at the...she looked at her map "Tonks house".

She would need an extra wand with her group to crash the wards. If Blaise himself would not help her, she has to find another. It would take at least three wands. And the only person she could count on being there for her was Adrian.

She also told Blaise that she had decided not to play Bella's game. She pretends to protect the kids instead of showing her loyalty by being the first one back.

As things heated up. We need a person on the inside. Seamus could easily be swayed. Also, she found out they were too suspect do much anyway at this point. We need to get eyes off of us. Either we gain their tolerance or pull a disappearing act.

What is the plan for Potter kids? I do not intend to slaughter them. With Bellatrix involved I having trouble going ahead with plans.

 

[Junko Natsumizaka]

Blaise arrived shortly thereafter and stood beside a tree as Rosa finished her speech. "I am here to help you in any way, but Luna will not be pleased." He said softly letting her know that the success or failure would fall on her head, not his. "Luna did say that she did not intend to harm the children, only the father." He mentioned and stepped closer. "Regardless, you have my wand. Tell me your plan and I will see it through to the best of my abilities.. as long as it doesn't go against the greater good." He stared blankly at her, his mask of indifference in place. Secretly, he wanted her to save the Potter kids, although he knew that doing this would likely mean her death. He stood impassively by and let her elucidate her ideas.

Rosa went over her plans with Blaise. It would take two nights to make a hole in the wards which would be better than breaking them since that would be noticed. If they had to resort to that. They would need a distraction. She would call on an old pack of vampires her family was acquainted with; unless he could think of something better. If needed, she has them play with persons in the house.

She gave Blaise a few copper coins each had a different face. One had an eagle on it.

"This one will port you to a safe haven. . Rub it counter clock wise to activate it. The coin with a griffin will do a partial transfiguration into a tiger (clockwise) or condor (counter clockwise). I suggested you use it to cover your identity. When the attack happens. You can use your wand in either form. You will also have the weapons, agility, and strength of the animal. Stay out of the main fight and just keep them dodging."

"And yes, I have checked to make sure the spell took. The coin is safe to use and can only be used once. Eat a piece of chocolate to cancel the effect. Reason they are not used often is spell failure and it takes ages to make them. Good thing I have no life."

"I got a friend at the ministry that works on the floo network. I will have them cut the gate to their floo. And this coin," she handed over a gold coin to him, "is a communication tool. Since I do not have a Patronus like everyone else I got these from the vault. They are the coins Draco used to coordinate teams. I have counted seven of them so far."

"I will not go into any more details. Even the best laid out plans never go the way you planned them. I will get you more information as we go. I'll see what Aislinn does first. If she does not get anywhere by the 5th night. I will just go in myself." Rosa was not looking forward this raid. Anything could happen during combat. She had made the whole war without killing even another student, save one. One of the three she turned to stone never made out. The wall fell on her as a giant past. That happen too often. She still had nightmares. She cast her mask over her face as she noticed she wore a worried look.

"See you tonight." She took her leave to go find Adrian and start setting up. She Imperio Greg to drop the information about the Tonks House to Aislinn. After all the "good guys" have decided to abandon their former enemies to their fate. It was time to get rid of a few more traitors. And spread a bit of guilt.