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Chap 21: The master and the servant ‘Why ale you going?’ Viola asked to her mother. Tilden was putting Viola into her bed and was reading a bedtime story. They were in Viola’s baby pink bedroom. Tilden was sitting on the bed, which was covered with pink silk cheats. The room was lighted by candles and the lightning from outside, where an thunderstorm was going on.
‘Once upon a time, a queen was staring outside her window at the beautiful snow. It was because of her distracted state that she pricked her finger on her needle and a drop of blood promptly fell on some snow that had fallen on her windowsill.’ Tilden started her story.
‘Mommy please don’t leave me.’ The little girl begged.
‘As she looked at the blood on the snow she said to herself "Oh, how I wish that I had a daughter that had skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony".’ Tilden ignored Viola and went further with the story.
‘Please mommy. I don’t want to be alone.’ The girl took her teddy bear closer and tears filled her almond shaped bleu eyes.
‘Soon after that, the queen gave birth to a baby girl who had skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony. They named her Princess Snow White. The queen soon died, perhaps in childbirth. Soon after, the king took a new wife who was beautiful, but very vain, and who possessed supernatural powers.’ Tilden placed the blanket higher, so it just reached her chin.
‘She also possessed a magical mirror, to whom she would often ask "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is fairest of them all?" and to which the mirror would always reply "'tis you". But after Snow White became seven when she asked her mirror, it responded "Queen, you are full fair, 'tis true, but Snow White is fairer than you." The Queen was jealous, and ordered a huntsman to take Snow White into the woods to be killed. She demanded that the huntsman return with Snow White's heart as proof.’ Tilden looked at Viola and smiled.
‘I don’t like this story.’ Viola looked scared, thunder sounded outside. Tilden stroke a black hair of her forehead and went.
‘The huntsman took Snow White into the forest, but found himself unable to kill the girl. Instead, he let her go, and brought the queen the heart of a young deer.
In the forest, Snow White discovered a tiny cottage belonging to seven dwarfs, where she rested. Meanwhile, the Queen asked her mirror once again "Who's the fairest of them all?". Do you know sweetie?’ Tilden asked to Viola.
‘Snow White?’ Viola guessed. Tilden smiled at her little girl. She remembered the times her father had read her this story. She loved it and she cherished those precious memories.
‘Very well sweetie. She was horrified when the mirror told her that Snow White, who was alive and well and living with the dwarfs, was still the fairest of them all.
The Queen disguised herself and visited the dwarfs' cottage trying to kill Snow White. Do you remember which disguise she used?’ Viola was thinking.
‘Aunt Bellatlix!’ The girl almost jumped up and Tilden started to laugh.
‘No sweetheart. It wasn’t aunt Bellatrix, it was a countrywoman and she offered what to Snow White?’ Tilden pushed her daughter back into her pink pillows.
‘A pumpkin?’ Viola smiled.
‘No an apple. You’re teasing me aren’t you.’ Tilden tickled Viola, who tried to get out of the tickling storm.
‘What did Snow White do when she got the red half of the apple?’ Tilden stopped tickling her daughter and returned to her story.
‘She ate took a big bite of it and fell a sleep.’ Viola acted like she was taking a bite.
‘Yes.’ Tilden said excited. ‘When the dwarfs found her, they could not revive her, so they placed her in a glass coffin, thinking that she had died.’
‘She wasn’t really dead, was she.’ Viola took her teddy close again.
‘No she wasn’t.’
‘Those dwarfs ale so stupid.’
‘Don’t say that. Dwarfs are very kind creatures but I’m going on with the story. What happened next?’ Tilden said.
‘That stupid b…’ Viola started but sudenly changed her word when Tilden raised her eyebrows, ‘Queen I mean. Thought that Snowy was dead and talked to her millol.’
‘Yes and what did she ask?’ Tilden sat next to her daughter and pulled her into her arms.
‘Millol, millol on the wall who’s the failest of them all?’ Viola tried to get as close as possible to her mother.
‘And the mirror answered “it’s time for her to go to bed or her mother will get mad. Her name is Viola and her teddy’s name is Paula.”’ Tilden tried to speak in a low voice.
‘That’s not tlue, mommy. The millol didn’t say that.’ Viola looked in and angry way.
‘No but I said so.’ Tilden kissed her little head and stood up.
‘Ale you leally going to Almeli?’ Viola asked when she looked to her mother from underneath her blankets.
‘Yes I’m really going to Armenia.’ Tilden looked down and suddenly said when she saw Viola’s pained face, ‘I’m only going for a week and then we’re going to… do you remember?’
‘Blush’ Viola said excited.
‘No Bruges and we’re going to eat a lot of chocolate and what are we going to see?’ Tilden tried to cheer Viola up.
‘A lot of swans.’ Viola smiled again.
‘Yes but first you have to be nice for a week.’ Tilden said kissing her daughter’s head again.
‘But mommy…’
‘If you don’t sleep now I’ll send you to grandma Druella.’ Tilden walked towards the door and made the room dark, ‘Goodnight my little Lestrange.’ She whispered and closed the door behind her.
The night had fallen over the forest. The wind was warm and made the leaves dance. A dark shadow was walking through it. It was a woman. She was walking towards the centre of the forest. She removes her cap and smiled when she felt the soft wind through her hair.
The darkness was comforting her. She loved the quietness of the forest. No bird nor any other creature made a sound. Suddenly she heard a twig break. She turned towards the sound and saw a large creature walking towards her.
‘Evans.’ The voice was low and hard.
‘Who are you?’ She stepped back.
‘Finally I meet you alone.’ He said. His face was lighted by the moon, when the clouds went aside.
‘Greyback.’ She stepped back when she recognized him. He was going to kill him.
‘I always wondered how you would taste.’ He came closer, ‘That time has come.’
‘Don’t you dare.’ She raised her wand and when she went further back she tripped over a stone and fell. Her bottom was suddenly hard of the pain and her back was resting on the sharp stones on the ground.
‘I have you.’ He jumped on top of her and threw her wand away. She tried to get him off of her but every move she made just made him hold her tighter.
‘Muggelborns have the best taste in the world.’ He let his mouth taste the skin of her neck. When he wanted to bite her neck she moved briskly and his teeth cleaved her right shoulder. The pain was indescribable. She screamed and kicked but his bite got stronger when suddenly he was thrown off of her. He stood up and looked frightened. The power that stopped him he recognized and made him run away.
She felt the blood flow out of her shoulder. The lightness she felt was more worse then when she felt the heavy werewolf. She was still weak.
‘My Lord.’ She whispered.
‘Evans.’ The voice was cold and echoed in the soundless forest.
‘I’m your humble servant. I’m here to help you, My Lord.’ She whispered again. She stood up and the pain in her shoulder got worse. She didn’t look up, her face was neutral, she didn’t want him to see she was in pain.
‘I need no more then to know I still have my loyal followers.’ She heard the voice tremble.
‘I need to know one thing, My Lord.’ She placed her arm on her shoulder to stop the bleeding.
‘What may that be?’
‘Why did you kill my sister?’ She looked up and saw noting more then an almost invisible steam. She had begged the Dark Lord to let her sister live.
‘I asked her to stand aside, she didn’t want to.’
‘She was brave till the end.’ Tilden smiled knowing what her sister did. But the joy of that wisdom was suddenly broken by a burning pain.
‘Yes. One of the few people that was worthy to be killed by me.’ The voice said.
‘Thank you, My Lord.’ She whispered trying to hide the pain in it.
‘Once I have my powers back you’ll be rewarded.’ He said.
‘Thank you, My Lord. Can I do more?’ she asked.
‘Make sure that my old followers don’t go to the Order.’
‘I will, My lord.’
‘I’m pleased to have seen you. Go back to your child and raise her well.’ He wanted to let her go. He didn’t need her anymore. She was worth more in England then she was here.
‘I will, My Lord. I will.’ She bowed and disparated. She had no more feeling in her right arm.
End of August, Bruges.
‘Ansie, this is wonderful.’ Desdemona was sitting on a bench looking at the water of the river, which flowed through the old city. She was eating an ice-cream and enjoying it.
‘Mommy, what’s wlong?’ Viola was sitting next to Desdemona and Tilden, who was looking dreamy at a swan in the water.
‘Noting sweetie, how’s the ice-cream?’ Tilden smiled at her daughter and then looked up at Desdemona. Desdemona was smiling, she was enjoying the time with her aunt and cousin. The time she had was a time without people telling her how she had to act or how good purebloods are.
When Viola had finished her ice-cream, which left the necessary chocolate stains on her white dress, she ran towards the river and sat down to look at the water.
‘Don’t go to close, sweetheart.’ Tilden yelled to Viola.
Tilden’s right arm was still weak but she could use it again. Desdemona looked at Viola and spoke again.
‘Ansie, do you hate my parents?’ She asked.
‘No of course I don’t hate them.’ Tilden said.
‘But some people fear me because of them.’ Desdemona looked down.
‘You’re different, Des. You’ll never become like your mother, I swear.’ Tilden placed her arm around Desdemona, who sat at her left side.
‘I miss Pandora,’ The tears filed her light bleu eyes, ‘The healers said she would be fine. The said that the dementor’s kiss was that powerful.’ Dedemona’s eyes released the tears.
‘Hush, the kiss was… Pandora was to small to survive a kiss.’ Tilden placed a kiss against Desdemona’s temple.
‘Why did mother do it?’ Des looked devastated at her aunt.
‘I do not know.’ Tilden didn’t knew it. How could a mother do that to her own child?
‘Hephaestan told me that he parents were killed too.’ Desdemona said.
‘Yes they were. Hephaestan lost her parents and I lost some people too during the war.’ Tilden felt that there was a piece in her throat.
‘I know Ansie. I love you.’ Desdemona hugged Tilden.
‘I love you and if you want you can always stay with me during vacations.’ Tilden tried to smile.
‘Really?’ Tilden nodded, ‘I would love to.’
‘Viola and I would love it too.’ Tilden kissed her forehead and smiled at her niece. She knew that her nephew and godson was somewhere out there. She knew that she couldn’t see him, she could take care of him but she could take care of Desdemona. Maybe one day she could see Harry and tell him how wonderful his mother was. One day…
new chap tomorow!!!!hey,
I wanted to post this last night but I don't like positing double so I waited till now. I hope it's good but I'm just trying to let it go faster so I get to the more cooler parts. Now she's just sitting there acting lady like and being alone.
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F/BGreets Rox
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Chap 22: Unexpected sadness July 1989,
‘Remus, you know how she is. She will come back.’ Tilden said to Remus while they were walking towards his house. It was the beginning of July now and the weather was bad. Wind was ruling the sky and rain was invading the ground. It wasn’t cold just wet.
‘I don’t know, Tills. Marie was really angry and now she’s graduated she can do whatever she wants.’ Remus Lupin said. He was worried. His adoptive daughter and he had had an unpleasant conversation. She had yelled at him that it was his fault that she was a freak and that people hated her. Remus was scared to lose her just like he lost Evelyn years ago.
‘If I remember Marie of that time she was at that sleepover party of Des, then she’ll come back.’ Tilden patted on his shoulder.
Remus opened the door of his small house and let her in. She moved quickly to the kitchen and opened the curtains to have some light. When she turned around she saw Remus enter the kitchen. He was staring at a envelope, which was laying on the round table. Remus sat down and read the letter.
When he finished it she could that his eyes were filled with tears. She took the letter and started to read it herself.
My most beloved father,
I’m sorry to tell you this. You raised me, fed me, you loved and cherished me. I could go on like this for pages. We both know it’s time to let each other go. You have to let me go, let me live, let me experience the world you protected me from. We didn’t see how hard we both tried to make each other happy. Now I see how much pain I bring you and you me.
When you read this Giacomo and I will have left England. Don’t search for me and start a new life, be happy again. You can’t mourn forever! You have to go on, just like I do.
My destiny is waiting for me. I’m going to meet it soon and you will be proud of me until one day I’ll mourn over you.
Love and goodbye,
Evelyn-Marie Grace Lupin
Tilden looked at Remus, who’s head was covered by his hands. She placed the letter on the table and walked towards Remus. She stood beside him and placed her hand on his shoulders.
‘I’m sorry Remus.’ Tildes said quietly, ‘She’s trying to find her own way into the world.’ Tilden said rubbing his shoulders when suddenly three loud bangs sounded at the front door.
‘Mr. Lupin! Mr. Lupin!’ Three young women ran in.
‘Mr. Lupin is it true?’ The blond girl asked. Hephaestan had become a beautiful woman. Her long blond hair came to her waist. She was wearing a light jeans hot pants and a white spaghetti-strapped tank top. Her feet were pulled into dark knee-length leather boots.
‘What’s true.’ Remus stood up to face the three girls.
‘Is it true Moony… uhm… I mean E ve’ s gone?’ The smallest one asked. Tilden presumed that was Nymphadora. With her bubblegum pink hair she was the funniest of the three. Her oversized pink T-shirt was ganging over one of her shoulders and her cut-off jeans was almost invisible by the shirt. Her combat boats were almost identical to the ones Hephaestan was wearing only shorter.
‘Mr. Lupin?’ The largest of the three was Tilden’s niece Desdemona. She had recently cut her hair, which was now shoulder length, it was neatly combed back and was held out of her face by a white hair band. She was wearing a neat black skirt that reached her knees and a black hem, which sleeves were rolled up till over her elbows. On her feet she had her usual 3.35 inches (or 8,50 cm) high heeled black shoes, which made her even taller then she already was.
‘It’s true.’ Remus said he sat back down and placed his head back into his hands.
‘I’m so sorry Mr. Lupin. She told us she would leave England but we didn’t knew she mend it.’ Hephaestan said worried. She looked at if it was fault.
‘We can find her if you want Mr. Lupin.’ Nymphadora said smiling.
‘No, She’s gone. I’ve got to live with it.’ Remus whispered.
‘I think we better go then.’ Des said meeting Hephaestan’s eyes and they nodded at each other.
‘Maybe she’s just sick of this place.’ Nymphadora said looking around.
‘Tonks!’ Hephaestan and Desdemona yelled at the pink haired one.
‘What? Eve’s like that. She gets sick of places for a while and then get back after some time.’ She tried to make her mistake right.
‘We better go now.’ Des said and she took Nymphadora’s arm just as Hephaestan did and they dragged her out. Tilden kneeled in front of Remus and tried to comfort him. She felt sorry for him but she couldn’t help him.
The moths flew by. The news of Hephaestan’s disappearance came around Christmas ‘89. The girl was four months pregnant by her boyfriend, William “Bill” Weasley. She was unhappy. After two suicide attempts she finally saw that there was no way out of her miserable life.
When she was under an attack, a friend of hers got killed and she flied. Her last chance to leave Bill and live her own life. She had planed it all, she had got a job thanks to Severus and she had found a house quickly after she had arrived in Bulgaria.
Nobody, well everybody beside the Weasley’s knew where she was and were devastated.
Tilden heard stories about Hephaestan by Severus, who told her that the girl was working at Durmstrang as a Dark Arts and defense teacher.
Bill himself left England and went working in Egypt. The pour boy was troubled by the loss of his unborn child and girlfriend.
During the month of may ‘90 the news of a little Weasley reached Tilden. Hephaestan had given birth to a daughter, who she named Elisabeth Ankhesenamen Muriel Weasley. Bill wasn’t allowed to know about the girl so everyone kept it quiet, including his own brother.
Hephaestan had been a part of the Junior-squad of the Order of the Phoenix. Because her former boyfriend and father of her child was still in it, she decided to start the Bulgarian Order. So she could still help Dumbledore from up north.
This order was a sister cooperation of the Order of the Phoenix. With Hephaestan as their leader they could block Slavic death eaters and get werewolf followers from the many werewolf clans in Romania and Hungary.
Many Slytherins that graduated the same year as Hephaestan followed her into the Order including Marie and Desdemona were in it. Desdemona thought that Tilden didn’t know but she knew more then Desdemona expected her to know. Tilden was carrying a secret that even Severus didn’t know about. A secret that had to be kept a secret.
July 1991.
Tilden was walking through Daigon Alley. The last news she received from Hephaestan had been three moths ago. The news was about Marie. Hephaestan had written that Marie had given birth to a son. The name of the boy was still a secret to Tilden but she was happy to hear that the girls were both having a good life. Hephaestan was married and Marie had a son. Tilden didn’t wish more for the two of them.
-Ten years ago I’ve lost everything and now I’m walking around in Diagon alley. In all those years I never went back to the place I was born, I never went back to my past. The only thing that happened was that my past kept haunting me. I lived for my daughter the past ten years, I lived to see her live. Look at me I’m standing here looking through the window of Ollivanders and I remember the first time I came in with Lily, the first time I got my own wand, the first time I met James and the first time I felt like an other person. And now I’m hallucinating, I’m imagining that James is standing there, holding a wand with Hagrid. O My God! I’m not imagining it. I really see it.- she was thinking and she blinked with her eyes.
She saw the boy standing there and she smiled. So that was Harry. Dumbledore had told her that he would look like James. But this much? And he had Lilly’s eyes, her eyes.
She wanted to go to him, hug him. But she knew Dumbledore would never let her rest again if she did that.
She turned around and found Viola in a nearby shop. Magical Menagerie it was called. The shop was very cramped, noisy and smelly, due to every inch being covered with cages.
‘Mommy?’ Viola said.
‘Yes, munchkin?’ the Tilden smiled at her daughter when she was looking into the cages.
‘Can I have one of those?’ The almost ten year old girl asked pointing at one of the cages.
‘But honey we already have three kneazles, sweetheart, don’t you want a rat?’ Tilden pointing at the cage standing on the desk.
‘No, they’re creepy.’ Viola looked with a sickened face towards the cage.
‘What about this one.’ Tilden looked at the rabbit-sized grey rodent.
‘A Chinchilla is a very good pet for a little girl.’ The shopkeeper said to Tilden and Viola.
‘You want one?’ Tilden kneeled so she was around the same size of her daughter, who nodded.
‘We take one.’ Tilden said to the shopkeeper, ‘Next year when you go to school you don’t get anymore pets, have you understand, my little spoiled brat?’ Tilden kissed
‘Yes mom.’ Viola took the chinchilla into her arms and hugged it, ‘I can’t wait till I’m going to school.’
‘I know, my little devil. But for now you'll have to stay with me.’ Tilden paid the shopkeeper and walked away with Viola and her new pet.
In the living room of Lestrange castle was standing a very large Christmas tree. Christmas was cold this year. Tilden was sitting in one of the couches with Therese Nott next to her and Lucius and Narcissa opposite them. Draco and Viola were sitting near the fire. Draco was telling her about Hogwarts and she was playing with her chinchilla.
‘They’re so lovely.’ Therese said.
‘Tess?’ Tilden said to her friend, who was looking with joy to the two children.
‘Yes?’ Tess turned her head to her friend and smiled.
‘How’s your brother?’ Tilden asked.
‘O he’s fine. My father’s very proud of him.’ Tess drunk of her wine.
‘Yes. I’ve heard that you and him witnessed that tragic accident last year.’ Lucius said to Tess.
‘Yes. It was horrible to see. My aunt she was trying to clean the fireplace when those stones came down.’ Tess drunk the rest of her wine out.
‘I Theodore was shocked, I presume.’ Lucius said but suddenly started to talk about something else when Narcissa gave him a kick.
‘So are you just like your father a follower of the Dark Lord?’ Lucius asked to Tess, who was giving a sign to one of the servant to give her some more wine.
‘Yes.’ She said strict and drunk more wine.
‘Father, why is it that Potter is thinking he’s better then us?’ Draco stood up and asked to Lucius. Viola was standing next to him and was rubbing her Chinchilla.
‘Potter is just ignorant. I’ve told you to ignore him.’ Lucius tried to make his son shut up.
‘He thinks he’s so great with his weasel friend and that mudblood.’ Draco said grinning at Viola, who giggled.
‘Draco!’ Narcissa shrieked looking at Tilden.
‘Mother I haven’t said anything wrong.’ Draco turned back to the fire and sat down together with Viola.
‘I’m sorry.’ Narcissa whispered.
‘Why?’ Tilden smiled. She knew that Narcissa felt sorry for Tilden’s bloodline but Tilden herself didn’t care. She was Mrs. Lestrange and that was the end.
‘Have you heard about Desdemona and Renelt?’ Lucius broke the awkward silence.
‘Is it true that the Macnair boy asked her to marry him?’ Narcissa asked Tilden.
‘You mean Walden and Josephine’s youngest son?’ Tess asked drinking an other glass of wine.
‘Yes, I’ve heard. Desdemona is thinking about marrying the guy.’ Tilden smiled.
‘I’m glad she’s planning to marry a pureblood.’ Lucius sat back and Narcissa kicked him again.
‘Will you please stop that, Cissy. Every time Lucius or Draco are saying muggle or pureblood you’re making them shut up. I don’t mind them saying that, I even like it.’ Tilden smiled at Narcissa, who suddenly looked relieved.
‘Lets drink to that.’ Tess raised her glass, wanted to drink from it and then realized that it was empty.
‘I think Miss Nott wants some more wine, Constence.’ Tilden laughed.
‘Well if you really want to give me an other glass, I would say lets make haste.’ Tess was drunk everybody could see that. Tess was still suffering from the tragic loss of her aunt. Tilden had already drunken to much too but she was still thinking clearly.
Soon Viola would be going to Hogwarts and Tilden would be alone. She didn’t knew what she would do but she hoped so much that she wouldn’t start drinking or do anything stupid.