Chapter 17

I Do Trust You

Kali had left Voldemort's office that day not feeling much better then she had. The next couple months had passed quite quickly and they were nearing June. Kali had done everything to avoid her father. There was no way she was going to be left alone with him. She had actually feared him. Something she had never felt before. She had told Draco about it and if she wasn't there to hold him back she couldn't sworn he would have went up to him and killed him right in the middle of the school and he wouldn't have cared if anyone saw him either. He was furious and after a while she was able to calm him down.

Kali had felt her mark burn more then ever in the last couple months. Voldemort was planning the attack on Hogwarts and even though he hadn't revealed the date of the attack she was sure that he knew exactly when it was to happen. He was afraid that word would get to her father about the attack and he didn't want him to know because he would have been able to warn Dumbledore.

The Day before the Train Ride Home from School

Voldemort paced his office. Everything had to go smoothly, just like he had planned. "Lucius!" he yelled.

Lucius hurried into the Dark Lord's office and bowed. "Yes, master?"

"Is everything and everyone ready?" he asked quickly as if he was in a hurry.

"Yes master," Lucius said quickly.

"Good let's go," Voldemort walked out of his office and into the foyer which held about 30 death eaters, all awaiting for their masters orders. "Now, we are about to go to Hogwarts and let Dumbledore know we haven't forgotten about him, and also to get revenge on Severus Snape for betraying us all. Now I'm going to stress this ONE more time. If anyone is harmed during this attack, especially a student, you will receive punishment far worse then death and by the time I'm done with you, you will be begging me for death! Is that clear?"

Everyone nodded with a few saying 'Yes, my Lord' or 'Yes, Master'. With several pops they all had apparated into the Forbidden forest and started to walk towards Hogwarts castle. It was a cloudy day and they walked out it began to rain lightly. There were a couple of students who were outside who began to grab their books and run inside. Or at least they were before they saw Voldemort and his death eaters. Some just stopped in shock, too afraid to run, yell, or even cry. Some did run though. Probably to tell Dumbledore.

"Lucius," Voldemort said. Lucius quickly ran to his master's side and held out his bare arm to reveal his Dark Mark. Voldemort touched it with his wand and it instantly started to move.

Kali was sitting in the empty common room reading a book. It was the last night at Hogwarts before the train ride home. It was dinner time and almost everyone was in the Great Hall. She had avoided the Great Hall as much as possible these days. She didn't want to see her father.

Kali snuggled back into the warm couch removing the thoughts of her father from her head. She continued reading her book when the common room door burst open. Unfortunately it was her father.

"Kali!" he yelled. She looked at him and ruffled her brow. "Let's go." He went over to her and grabbed her wrist pulling her off the couch.

"What? Where?" She yelled.

"To my office," he said. "The Dark Lord is attacking the castle. I don't want him to make you fight."

She ripped her wrist out of her fathers grasp. "I'm not going anywhere."

"Yes you are, you are going to-" Snape started to say but Kali didn't notice.

"I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying right here," she yelled. She heard someone clear their throat behind her to see Voldemort.

She gave him a small smile and walked towards her. Kali was now standing in the middle of them, her father a few steps ahead of her and Voldemort a few steps behind.

"I'm sorry, my Lord. I wasn't aware that there was to be an attack," he said.

"Well I'm glad to hear that, because you weren't supposed to know," he said simply.

"What- what do you mean?" Severus said. He was beginning to worry.

"Well we both know that if you would have known about this little visit you would have told Dumbledore and that wouldn't have been a very good surprise now would it?"

Severus swallowed. "What do you mean? Why would I tell Dumbledore?"

"Don't play stupid Severus!" he yelled. "I know you've been a spy for him against me for years. And that last year you pulled Kali into it."

Kali looked down. She didn't want to see or hear any of this. She was angry at her father for what he had become but he still seemed to care. But it was an act. She told herself. He was lying to me. Telling me a bunch of bullshit to keep me on his side.

Severus looked at Voldemort in shock. He knows. But how. He brushed the thought from his head. It didn't matter. All that mattered was getting Kali out of there. "Come on Kali," he said hurriedly. He reached out for her wrist again and she snapped it back to herself.

"No," she said quietly.

"What do you mean?" Severus asked in shock.

"I'm not going anywhere," she said slowly. "I'm staying right here," She backed up to stand next to Voldemort. Voldemort put a hand around her shoulder. "With him."

"Kali whatever he told you, it's a lie," he said quickly not wanting to waste a second. "You know him, he's evil and all he cares about is power."

Kali almost wanted to cry at his words. How can he lie straight to my face? He and Dumbledore are the ones who want power. Who wanted it so bad he would risk her life for it.

"Come, my dear," Voldemort said guiding her to the door. "I think we have made our point."

They left the common room leaving a very shocked Severus Snape. When the door closed Voldemort spoke immediately.

"I want you to go to the forbidden forest. Wormtail is there with a portkey to take you to Riddle Manor. You'll be safe there."

"I need to go talk to someone before I leave," she said. "Is that okay?"

Voldemort nodded. "But hurry. I don't want your father or Dumbledore to stop you from leaving."

Kali nodded and hurried down the corridor towards the Gryffindor common room. She was praying that a Gryffindor was around and Harry was in the common room. Otherwise she didn't know what she would do.

When she came to the common room door she noticed Ginny Weasley standing around with a few others in her year. Kali walked up to her and asked her to get Harry for her. Ginny had known about them being cousins and was happy to do it. Kali was almost out of breath since she had run the whole way. A minute later Harry came from the common room and looked at her strangely. "What is it?" he asked.

"I need to talk to you," she said pulling him away from the group of Gryffindors. Once they were out of ear shot she let out a sigh. "Okay I don't have a lot of time. But I'll owl you when you're on the train tomorrow to explain further. I want you to know that I've made a decision and I hope you can understand why I made it when you read my letter tomorrow. Something isn't right with Dumbledore. He isn't the same. I can't explain now. I don't have the time but please trust me. I know what I'm doing even if everyone else thinks I'm crazy. Please don't be one of them. Trust me and know that I'm doing the right thing. I know you're confused," she said noticing his very confusing look on his face. She could tell that he knew nothing of what she was talking about but he would understand tomorrow. "Tomorrow you will know everything and like I said before I hope you understand."

Harry only nodded. Kali looked to her left as she heard a few professors coming their way. One sounded like Dumbledore. "Okay I really have to go. I'll talk to you tomorrow," she gave him a small peck on the cheek and left. (OK don't freak out they're cousins remember.)

Kali hurried out to the forbidden forest to see Wormtail standing there, next to him was a quill.

"The quill is a portkey," he said quickly. And without hesitation she picked it up and felt the familiar tugging sensation on her naval.

She landed in the living room of Riddle Manor. She let out a sigh. She looked at her watch and noticed it was nearly 10pm. She walked up to her room and took out a sheet of parchment and a quill and ink to start Harry's letter. She had to make sure she included everything.

Kali woke up a little after 11am. She had guessed Voldemort wanted to let her sleep in after the events of the night before. Kali searched for the letter she had wrote to Harry and sent it to him with her owl Hensley.

Harry sat on the train with Hermione and Ron. They were talking but he was off in his own little world. Thinking about what Kali had said to him the previous night. He had said nothing to Ron or Hermione about it; he figured he would find out what it was all about before he told them anything. What ever Kali had been talking about she obviously didn't want Dumbledore to know about it. He thought about what Dumbledore had said to him the night before after Kali had left.

"Harry Voldemort is here," Dumbledore quickly said to Harry.

Harry looked in shock. Was he supposed to kill Voldemort now?

"But he doesn't seem to be attacking anyone. Severus has just informed me that he has Kali," Dumbledore said. Harry didn't say anything about just seeing Kali a minute ago. He just listened to how Dumbledore told him about Voldemort coming to the castle with his death eaters but he didn't bother to start a fight or anything. And he had left it at that. He didn't say anything else. It seemed that he was just informing Harry that Voldemort was there for a brief time, then left. Like it was no big deal.

"Harry," Hermione said making Harry jump out of his thoughts of the night before. "Me and Ron have to go around and check in on all of the compartments. We'll be back in about 20 minutes." Harry nodded and they left.

A few minutes later an owl swooped in and dropped a letter on Harry's lap and sat there by him. He gave her a couple treats but she didn't leave. She must want me to respond back to her, he thought.

He opened the letter and began to read:

Harry,

I'm sorry about last night. I know you're probably confused as ever so I'm just going to get to the point. I'm sure Dumbledore has told you something about Voldemort coming to the castle last night. I don't know if he told you but no one was harmed or anything like that. It was just to give Dumbledore a small scare and for me to tell my father something. Dumbledore may have also either told you that I was taken by Voldemort or that I have joined him. You need to know the truth. Us being cousins isn't the only thing he and my father have kept from us. Do you remember the dreams I had been having? And how you told me they were just dreams. Unfortunately they weren't. I saw the one with my father and Dumbledore talking about me, in person. They want power. They can't be trusted. I know you're probably shaking your head saying that it can't be true. But it is. When I saw that dream come true in front of me I saw a little more that wasn't in my dream. Dumbledore and my father had planned on killing me if I had betrayed them. They were actually going to kill me. They may even try to now that I have joined Voldemort. Voldemort has changed. I can't really explain it but he has. There is something different about him. He no longer wants power, nor does he wish to kill you. He just wants to fix the ministry. I hope that you can come to see it for yourself. My father has betrayed me in the worst possible way. Voldemort and Draco are the only ones I can trust. I hope that I can add you to that list. Please write me back and let me know what you are thinking. My owl's name is Hensley and she will be happy to send your letter back to me. I hope that you can trust me and no matter what happens we will always be family.

Love,

Kali

PS: You can tell Ron and Hermione about this but I know for sure Ron will not believe me. I hope that you will not let him persuade you otherwise.

Harry had just stared at the letter. He didn't know what to say back to her. Her dream had come true. Dumbledore wanted power. But how could this have happened? When did it happen? He had to admit he noticed a change in him in the last year. It was like his 5th year again when Dumbledore wouldn't see him or tell him anything. He was starting to think Kali was right.

He quickly open his bag and dug out a piece of parchment, a quill, and ink. He quickly dabbed the quill in the ink and started to write:

Kali,

Yeah this is definitely too big for me to handle at the moment. And I hope you understand that I will need time to think. It's hard to imagine that Dumbledore could be so cruel. I want us to keep in touch over the summer and I will let you know everything that is going on with Dumbledore so that I can figure out what is going on. I'm not going to tell Ron about this until I've made a decision. I know how he will react as well. He will blow up. Although I'm thinking I may tell Hermione some time this summer. I know she will be more supportive and understanding and will help in any way that she can. I do trust you. I just want you to know that. Well I better go before Ron and Hermione get back from patrolling the halls.

Love,

Harry

Harry sent the owl with the letter and a few minutes later Ron and Hermione walked back into the compartment.

Kali sat at the table at Riddle Manor eating her lunch as she looked over the Daily Prophet. Voldemort sat at the other end eating as well and looking at his own copy of the paper. A minute later Kali's owl swooped in and dropped the letter from Harry in front of her. She quickly opened it and read it.

Voldemort eyed her as she read it and when she was finished he opened his mouth to say something, "Who is that from?"

Kali thought about whether or not she should tell Voldemort. She knew that she could trust him so she told him about her talking to him the previous night and the letter she sent him and the letter he sent back.

He looked quite shocked at the whole thing.

"Are you upset?" she asked.

"Of course not," he said. "I'm actually quite happy. Harry needs to know the truth."

Kali smiled. "Good, I'm glad you agree." She said as she finished her lunch. She went up to her and Dracos room after lunch and just laid there thinking about everything that had happened. About a half hour later the was a gentle knock on the door and Draco walked in.

She smiled at him as he walked in and lay down next to her, "Have a good train ride?"

"It would have been better if you were there," he said as he placed a small kiss on her forehead.

Kali smiled. "It's going to be a very interesting summer."

"Yeah it is," Draco said as he wrapped her in his arms. "We'll be married by the time we return to Hogwarts."

Kali's smile widened. "This summer is going to be the beginning of the rest of our lives."

THE END

AN: so yeah there it is… I will start posting the sequel in a day or two… I warn you it will not be up as often as this one was because I'm still in the process of writing it… any ideas are appreciated… so please review and let me know what you think…