All Seems Darkest Before The Dawn Cometh
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 8
Kandy Curtiss didn't make it off of Hogwarts grounds alone. She had approached Alecto Carrow for what she needed and the deputy headmistress/ death eater was more than happy to oblige.
It was just after midnight November 31 when Alecto Carrow apperated to Malfoy manor, bringing Kandy Curtiss in tow. Kandy was very thin as she no longer ate that much. She felt that people like her didn't deserve to eat. Her raven hair was a brittle and unkempt mess. The layers of smeared black makeup rarely washed off fully. She would just give a quick scrub and slap more on.
She followed closely behind her deputy headmistress. She was being taken to the most important meeting of her life. As they passed through the gates and into huge doors the great house Kandy started to laugh bitterly, like the dark cackle of an old witch.
The dark lord was holding court in the main dinning room this evening. Among the guests were the Carrows, the Minister of Magic Pius Thicknesse, Deloris Umbridge, The Malfoys, Belatrix Lestrange, Korona Portemp and their guests from the royal court of Avalon the Duke and Dutchess of Essex, Trillium and Chrysanthemum Bent.
"Ah Alecto." Lord Voldemort smiled. "So good of you to join us and I see you have brought an uninvited guest?"
"This is Kandita Curtiss my Lord." Alecto Carrow smiled. "She is the one who has been begging for months to be brought to your side so that she might join you."
"I see." Voldemort stood and walked over to the girl. She was pretty under all that makeup, and a mess in need of a bath and something to eat "Do you fear me girl?"
"Yes my lord." Kandy said.
"Then why seek me out?" Voldemort asked placing his hand on her head. Her mind was as clear as a focussed telescope to his inner site. "Ah! You've come to kill me."
Kandy drew her wand and pointed it at Voldemorts laughing face. She started to hyperventilate. To kill him would stop all the pain wouldn't it? Stop those who would inflict pain in his name? She saw others had drawn their wands ready to defend their lord and kill anyone who would threaten him.
Voldemort held out his hand instructing them to hold. "Such turmoil inside you. I see that violence sickens you but the darkness calls. You are torn and it is destroying you."
"No, I ...." Kandy said almost pleading as Voldemort gently pulled the wand from her frail hand.
"Darkness runs in your family Kandita." Voldemort smiled. "Did you know that."
"No." Kandy shook her head insistently. "We're all good witches. Witches of light magic."
"Then how do you explain me?" Korona Portemp said gaining the girls attention. She looked exactly like her mother only with raven hair and dark smeared shadowy eyes like her own.
"Kandita Curtiss." Lord Voldemort ushered the girl over to the dark witch who stood greet her. "May I introduce you to your mothers twin sister."
"Hello Kan-di-ta." The witch said brandishing a shark like smile.
"No." Kandy said. "My mom is an only child."
"Hardly my dear." Korona Portemp said walking around the girl sizing her up. "Your MOTHER just doesn't want to admit that her twin sister spent the last 15 years in Azkaban because she fought for the other side."
"The right side!" Belatrix Lestrange shouted.
"I too find violence appalling." Korona said. "I hate having to curse or kill, but I have and I probably will again."
Voldemort looked on intrigued.
"You see Kandita." Korona said bending down to look the girl in the eye. "I was like you at your age. Didn't feel like I fit in. Felt the draw of the darkness but sickened by the senseless killing. Then I found my place here with the death eaters. You see not all of us twisted mindless Psycho's like Belatrix here."
Belatrix Lestrange stood up pounding her fists on the table. "Insolence!"
"Ranam Verto!" Korona cast changing Belatrix Lestrange into a frog. "You see my dear. No violence. No pain just a new form until I see fit to change her back."
Kandy laughed as Belatrix Lefrog jumped across the table. Voldemorts snake Nagini raised its head in hungry curiosity.
Voldemort nodded at Korona to undo the spell.
"Reverto." Korona cast changing Belatrix from a frog back into herself. "See just as easy to turn a frog back into a toad!"
Belatrix Lestrange drew her wand but Korona Portemp was already prepared.
"Ladies." Voldemort chortled. "Not in front of our guests. Please put your wands away."
No one moved.
"I Insist." Voldemort hissed. The witches put away there wands. "Do you see young lady. We do not use violence where there is no need for violence."
"I see but..." Kay shook her head. It sounded right but it wasn't what she'd seen. It was all so confusing.
"To join us." Korona Portemp smiled is to find order and peace. No one will tell you to do anything you don't want to do."
"And if some one does?" Kandy said nervously.
"We'll see to it that you'll never get orders like it again." Voldemort smiled.
Kandita Curtiss held out her arm and pledged her allegiance to the Dark Lord who imbued her arm with the dark mark.
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A large group of people passed through hedge rows that bordered the Hampshire Moors. Fenrir Greyback walked his new young charge, Billy Bombaduck into the cold dark night. The heavy cloud cover had given them more time than usual to get to the best spot for a midnight run.
"This is a right of passage amongst werewolves Billy." Fenrir Greyback said. "Your first full moon is hard. It's gonna hurt, A lot, But your also gonna run with the pack for the first time. Some of the others had their first full moons years ago. They've always run alone. Here we give them a home. A pack. Through blood we share more loyalty than most wizards. One day they will fall and we will stand."
Billy felt his heart beat heavy in his chest as the first glimmer of the full moon pierced through the clouds. Laughter and cheers erupted as they began to run. The change came easier on the run. Clothing fell away as muscles rippled and grew. Hair replaced clear skin as bones snapped and reformed. Teeth pierced gums as howls echoed on on the moors.
Almost six dozen ran with the pak that eve. They criss-crossed the Hampshire moors as a waves on a fur covered ocean. Amongst them stood out the largest, the alpha, Fenrir Greyback and the Golden furred cub, Billy Bombaduck.
All fell before the gnashing of their fangs. Game, foul, even a family of muggles unlucky enough to be stargazing outside their home on the northern side of the moors. Flashes of ivory fangs, the rich dark spray of blood and the screams drowned out by the growls and howls of a bloodthirsty pack of werewolves.
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Voldemort escorted Trillium & Chrysanthemum Bent to the foyer. Trillium walked with slowly, purposefully behind his wife who walked at the side of the Dark Lord.
"So you are clear on my requests Thomas?" Chrysanthemum Bent asked.
"Yes, Chrysanthemum." Voldemort said. "I will have my people take care of your problem post haste."
"Excellent." Chrysanthemum Bucket smiled.
"And what of the girl?" Voldemort asked.
"To lose her would be a horrible loss to our family but if she should become a hindrance in your task or become collateral damage then it would be looked upon as an acceptable loss."
"Understood Duchess." Lord Voldemort smiled.
"And as we've promised." Trillium Bent smiled. "We will sponsor your name for Trials of the Wizard King."
"Yes." Chrysanthemum said. "You will no longer be a pretender to the throne 'Lord' Voldemort."
Voldemort was not amused by her candor but members of the Royal court of Avalon were permitted their eccentricities.
Kandy Curtiss didn't make it off of Hogwarts grounds alone. She had approached Alecto Carrow for what she needed and the deputy headmistress/ death eater was more than happy to oblige.
It was just after midnight November 31 when Alecto Carrow apperated to Malfoy manor, bringing Kandy Curtiss in tow. Kandy was very thin as she no longer ate that much. She felt that people like her didn't deserve to eat. Her raven hair was a brittle and unkempt mess. The layers of smeared black makeup rarely washed off fully. She would just give a quick scrub and slap more on.
She followed closely behind her deputy headmistress. She was being taken to the most important meeting of her life. As they passed through the gates and into huge doors the great house Kandy started to laugh bitterly, like the dark cackle of an old witch.
The dark lord was holding court in the main dinning room this evening. Among the guests were the Carrows, the Minister of Magic Pius Thicknesse, Deloris Umbridge, The Malfoys, Belatrix Lestrange, Korona Portemp and their guests from the royal court of Avalon the Duke and Dutchess of Essex, Trillium and Chrysanthemum Bent.
"Ah Alecto." Lord Voldemort smiled. "So good of you to join us and I see you have brought an uninvited guest?"
"This is Kandita Curtiss my Lord." Alecto Carrow smiled. "She is the one who has been begging for months to be brought to your side so that she might join you."
"I see." Voldemort stood and walked over to the girl. She was pretty under all that makeup, and a mess in need of a bath and something to eat "Do you fear me girl?"
"Yes my lord." Kandy said.
"Then why seek me out?" Voldemort asked placing his hand on her head. Her mind was as clear as a focussed telescope to his inner site. "Ah! You've come to kill me."
Kandy drew her wand and pointed it at Voldemorts laughing face. She started to hyperventilate. To kill him would stop all the pain wouldn't it? Stop those who would inflict pain in his name? She saw others had drawn their wands ready to defend their lord and kill anyone who would threaten him.
Voldemort held out his hand instructing them to hold. "Such turmoil inside you. I see that violence sickens you but the darkness calls. You are torn and it is destroying you."
"No, I ...." Kandy said almost pleading as Voldemort gently pulled the wand from her frail hand.
"Darkness runs in your family Kandita." Voldemort smiled. "Did you know that."
"No." Kandy shook her head insistently. "We're all good witches. Witches of light magic."
"Then how do you explain me?" Korona Portemp said gaining the girls attention. She looked exactly like her mother only with raven hair and dark smeared shadowy eyes like her own.
"Kandita Curtiss." Lord Voldemort ushered the girl over to the dark witch who stood greet her. "May I introduce you to your mothers twin sister."
"Hello Kan-di-ta." The witch said brandishing a shark like smile.
"No." Kandy said. "My mom is an only child."
"Hardly my dear." Korona Portemp said walking around the girl sizing her up. "Your MOTHER just doesn't want to admit that her twin sister spent the last 15 years in Azkaban because she fought for the other side."
"The right side!" Belatrix Lestrange shouted.
"I too find violence appalling." Korona said. "I hate having to curse or kill, but I have and I probably will again."
Voldemort looked on intrigued.
"You see Kandita." Korona said bending down to look the girl in the eye. "I was like you at your age. Didn't feel like I fit in. Felt the draw of the darkness but sickened by the senseless killing. Then I found my place here with the death eaters. You see not all of us twisted mindless Psycho's like Belatrix here."
Belatrix Lestrange stood up pounding her fists on the table. "Insolence!"
"Ranam Verto!" Korona cast changing Belatrix Lestrange into a frog. "You see my dear. No violence. No pain just a new form until I see fit to change her back."
Kandy laughed as Belatrix Lefrog jumped across the table. Voldemorts snake Nagini raised its head in hungry curiosity.
Voldemort nodded at Korona to undo the spell.
"Reverto." Korona cast changing Belatrix from a frog back into herself. "See just as easy to turn a frog back into a toad!"
Belatrix Lestrange drew her wand but Korona Portemp was already prepared.
"Ladies." Voldemort chortled. "Not in front of our guests. Please put your wands away."
No one moved.
"I Insist." Voldemort hissed. The witches put away there wands. "Do you see young lady. We do not use violence where there is no need for violence."
"I see but..." Kay shook her head. It sounded right but it wasn't what she'd seen. It was all so confusing.
"To join us." Korona Portemp smiled is to find order and peace. No one will tell you to do anything you don't want to do."
"And if some one does?" Kandy said nervously.
"We'll see to it that you'll never get orders like it again." Voldemort smiled.
Kandita Curtiss held out her arm and pledged her allegiance to the Dark Lord who imbued her arm with the dark mark.
*************************
A large group of people passed through hedge rows that bordered the Hampshire Moors. Fenrir Greyback walked his new young charge, Billy Bombaduck into the cold dark night. The heavy cloud cover had given them more time than usual to get to the best spot for a midnight run.
"This is a right of passage amongst werewolves Billy." Fenrir Greyback said. "Your first full moon is hard. It's gonna hurt, A lot, But your also gonna run with the pack for the first time. Some of the others had their first full moons years ago. They've always run alone. Here we give them a home. A pack. Through blood we share more loyalty than most wizards. One day they will fall and we will stand."
Billy felt his heart beat heavy in his chest as the first glimmer of the full moon pierced through the clouds. Laughter and cheers erupted as they began to run. The change came easier on the run. Clothing fell away as muscles rippled and grew. Hair replaced clear skin as bones snapped and reformed. Teeth pierced gums as howls echoed on on the moors.
Almost six dozen ran with the pak that eve. They criss-crossed the Hampshire moors as a waves on a fur covered ocean. Amongst them stood out the largest, the alpha, Fenrir Greyback and the Golden furred cub, Billy Bombaduck.
All fell before the gnashing of their fangs. Game, foul, even a family of muggles unlucky enough to be stargazing outside their home on the northern side of the moors. Flashes of ivory fangs, the rich dark spray of blood and the screams drowned out by the growls and howls of a bloodthirsty pack of werewolves.
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Voldemort escorted Trillium & Chrysanthemum Bent to the foyer. Trillium walked with slowly, purposefully behind his wife who walked at the side of the Dark Lord.
"So you are clear on my requests Thomas?" Chrysanthemum Bent asked.
"Yes, Chrysanthemum." Voldemort said. "I will have my people take care of your problem post haste."
"Excellent." Chrysanthemum Bucket smiled.
"And what of the girl?" Voldemort asked.
"To lose her would be a horrible loss to our family but if she should become a hindrance in your task or become collateral damage then it would be looked upon as an acceptable loss."
"Understood Duchess." Lord Voldemort smiled.
"And as we've promised." Trillium Bent smiled. "We will sponsor your name for Trials of the Wizard King."
"Yes." Chrysanthemum said. "You will no longer be a pretender to the throne 'Lord' Voldemort."
Voldemort was not amused by her candor but members of the Royal court of Avalon were permitted their eccentricities.
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I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.
I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.