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The Fight Against All Evil
Chapter 1
Lost All
There was not a single voice heard in the packed meeting room, in which a group of people sat squeezed inside the old castle, like Malfoy Manor.
It was as if the sound of breathing itself would be their death sentence. At the centre of the table sat a man very unlike the people surrounding him. This particular man in question was as less human as you can imagine anyone to be. None of the others seemed to be plucky enough to look at him. One might say it is because of his flared up nostrils, inhuman looking lips or cat-like features. Others who knew him well would say that the reason was because he happened to be the darkest wizard that was known to wizardkind. The man looked up from gazing at his own wand at the sound of footsteps approaching. All the others looked meekly at the door as if expecting someone to enter.
The door opened and three men, one woman and a young boy of about seventeen entered. The boy looked as if he had been dragged all the way. He was being pulled by his sleek blonde hair, and his usually-smug face was filled with fear. His captive was a greasy-haired and sallow-skinned cloaked wizard with fathomless black eyes. On his right stood an extremely alike-looking witch and wizard, and on his left was another inhuman-looking being. He was covered in dirt, blood and sweat.
The man in the centre of the table spoke in a cold merciless voice, “News?”
“The best! Albus Dumbledore is dead!” answered the captor who was holding the boy.
There was a chorus of cheers that rang through out the table and even the cat like man smirked before saying, “Then might I ask you; why, Severus, are you here? You should be in mourning with the rest of the order. Unless you have given up your role as the spy …?” The former asked.
“My lord, things didn’t go according to the plan. The boy panicked at the last moment, and wasn’t able to do it. So according to the latter, plan I had to do it,” Severus Snape replied
“Tut, tut. Like father like son, I see. Wasn’t the murder of your father enough to teach you a lesson? But you panicked and thus, you thwarted Lord Voldemort. You failed the mission Draco, and you shall feel my wrath,” Voldemort said quietly.
He flicked his wand and the table was gone, leaving an empty space inside the circle, around which the men were gathered. Voldemort beckoned Snape to take the boy to the middle of the circle and then sit down. Snape and the rest of the men did as they were told. Lord Voldemort stood up from the chair on which he was sitting, raised his wand, and said quietly, but clearly, “Crucio!”
Immediately, Malfoy fell to the ground and started screaming and writhing, as if he was being tormented by thousands of invisible knives. After some time, Voldemort lifted the curse and said, “Draco; now you are going to go and join the old fool you hesitated to murder.”
“No!” said a woman who was huddled in the corner. “My Lord, please have mercy. Don’t kill my son … My only son!” she begged and looked meaningfully at Voldemort, then at Snape.
Voldemort raised his wand and, ignoring her protests, pointed the wand right at Draco’s chest. As his lips parted someone else spoke.
“If I may speak, My Lord,” said Severus Snape in a low drawling voice, “I made an unbreakable vow to Narcissa here that I would protect her son. So My Lord, I beg of you; kill her, instead of Draco. Then the vow will also be finished, and you can break Draco down bit by bit. Most of him would be gone after seeing his mother’s death. I am sure it would be more painful than being subjected to the Dementor’s Kiss.” And with that, he gave a small laugh and smirked.
“Yes … yes that’s quite an idea Severus,” said Voldemort, also smiling a toothless smile, “Incarcerous!”
There was a flash of white light from Voldemort’s wand as his curse hit Draco right in the chest, and white ropes bound him thoroughly. Then, with another flick of his wand, Voldemort conjured up a chair out of thin air, and with a last flick, floated Draco into it. He turned his wand at Narcissa and said, “Narcissa if you want to save his skin, enter the circle.”
Narcissa hurried to stand in front of the circle, knowing that death was approaching. Voldemort raised his wand and said “Crucio!”
Just like her son, Narcissa too screamed and writhed in agony, as Voldemort once again raised his wand. “Avada-”
He was cut off again by Snape, who said, “I beg, My Lord, that you leave her to me. I have an old score with the Blacks, and certainly with Lucius”
Voldemort lowered his wand slightly and, after a brief pause, said, “Sure Severus … do the honours.” And with that, he sat back in his chair, and his snake like face contorted into a twisted smile.
Snape got up, stood straight in front of Narcissa, and told her to stand facing Draco; she did as she was bid. Snape raised his wand and screamed, “Sectumsempra!”
Blood gushed out of Narcissa’s body as if an invisible sword had been run through her. Snape stepped aside as Draco watched his mother die for him, with a kind smile. He felt as if his heart had burst open, watching as the last person who had loved him, died slowly and painfully in front of him, making him an orphan. Draco cried out, but the only thing which greeted him was shrieks of cruel laughter from Voldemort and his death eaters.
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