Sang Qui Lie

"Blood is not thicker than water, for soon family will fight to the death.

A path to immortality will be blocked.

A snake turned free, and enemies turned to stone.

A Grim shall escape from the realm of the soulless.

The Dark Lord arises through the blood of the young.

Soon there come two who control the futures of all.

Pureblood of a family loyal to Slytherin's heir,

Alike in the flesh, opposed in the spirit.

A serpent with a hidden form,

A lion who fights unaided.

Forced to fight their own

One last meeting and blood will flow.

Only one survives, one side prevails.

And the fates of all determined."

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Voldemort stood in the center of the circle, surrounded by his followers. He looked around. "One of you has news for me?"

A hooded figure from somewhere in the circle spoke. "We have been investigating prophecies concerning your return to power, My Lord. Another one has been found."

"Other than the one about Potter?"

"Yes, My Lord. It foretells a battle between two who are family. It will occur after your return to power, My Lord, as you have already done."

"Yes, of course. What else?"

"The two who fight are from opposing sides. One trained under you and the other, we presume, trained by the Order. The victor of this battle is said to be on the winning side of the war."

"Hmmmmm....how shall we find these two?"

"They are said to be of pureblood, in a family loyal to Slytherin's heir."

"Yes, a pureblood family loyal to me. That certainly narrows it down doesn't it?" Voldemort mocked.

"The prophecy also mentions a snake and lion, My Lord. We believe this prophecy is about Hogwarts students. It also mentions a 'hidden form'. We believe this to be referring to an Animagus."

From the other side of the circle a voice spoke. "My daughter is an Animagus, My Lord."

Voldemort turned. "Yes. . . yes. . . Artemis, isn't it, Malfoy? And you do have twins?"

"Yes, My Lord. And I have been forced to make arrangements to send them to Hogwarts. They will be staying with Lucius."

"This is most interesting. Malfoys have been loyal to me since the beginning. . . twins at Hogwarts. . . but a snake and a lion? One of your daughters a Mudblood loving fool, Mulcifer?"

"They have been raised in a home completely loyal to you, My Lord. I would never imagine. . . ."

Voldemort raised his hand. "Thank you, Mulcifer. This has been most helpful. We will keep a watch on your daughters, of course. And I want to be informed what houses they are sorted into. Lucius, your son is their age, correct? Have Draco inform you if anything unusual should occur at Hogwarts. I am sure this is nothing to worry about."

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"Albus, you know I am not one to look into prophecies and fortune-tellings, but the timeline for this prophecy leads up to this year. And the snake and lion implies that Hogwarts students. . . ."

"I know Minerva, I know. But as of right now, there are no siblings in Gryffindor and Slytherin that are pureblooded."

"Most of Gryffindor is Muggle-born aren't they? Or half-blooded?" Arthur asked.

Dumbledore nodded.

A stressed Snape hurried into the room, his cloak billowing behind him. "We have a problem, Dumbledore."

"Severus?"

"This prophecy of dueling twins. . . they're Malfoys."

"Malfoys?!" Molly and Arthur blurted.

"Yes. Lucius's brother, Mulcifer, is sending his twin daughters to Hogwarts this year. One's an Animagus."

"But, Severus, a Malfoy in Gryffindor? I have nothing against Malfoys, but. . . ."

"I do," Arthur mumbled.

"..that's all but impossible," Minerva finished in a huff.

"Any other ideas, Minerva?" Snape spat.

Dumbledore motioned for silence. "We'll have to watch these twins, but there's no reason to jump to conclusions. I am sure this is nothing to worry about."