Dark Lady

Dark Lady

By: Yelene-ryudream

Chapter 1: Innocence Shattered

Sunshine rain and daisy-flower crowns

Songs of yesterday

When frowns were smiles upside-down

And darkness wasn't here to stay

When laughter far out-drowned cries

And kisses made everything alright

There were never any good-byes

And only sweet dreams came at night

Surrounded in crimson tears

All that's good is dead

I'm drowning in my fears

Screams always singing in my head

- Yelene-ryudream

Once there was a little girl that loved her parents more than anything else in the world.

She led a simple life of simple, but abundant, joys, until one day it all came to an end.

She giggled as she skipped happily through the fields of waving bright green grass and smiling flowers. A braided crown of daisies rested in her raven hair. Her smile shone like the sun that warmly caressed the playful child as she frolicked with nature as her companion. The birds made sweet music for the innocent girl and she sang along dancing to the natural music of the earth. She kept spinning and spinning to the songs until she fell back into the tall grass that tenderly cushioned her fall. Laughing, she gazed up at the bright blue sky whose color was only a bit darker than her own lovely blue eyes.

Although finding familiar shapes in the cotton-ball clouds amused her to no end, the girl noticed the sun sinking closer to the tall mountains in the distance. It was getting late and she didn't want Mummy and Daddy to worry.

Rising from where she laid, the dark-haired child, barely three years of life, ran back through the fields to the cozy cottage on the edge of a huge forest. She noticed her mother and father waiting at the front of their home for their stray daughter. Smiling, she ran faster to the two most important people in her world.

"Mummy! Daddy!" she called and the two smiled warmly at their only child. Giggling, she ran into her father's open arms, and joyfully accepted a kiss on the cheek from her mother.

"Aislinn, don't wander so far off, my darling," her mother scolded gently. "You mean far too much to us to lose you."

"I'm sorry," Aislinn replied sadly. "I just love playing in the fields."

"I know, my little dreamer," her father assured tickling her. "But we don't know what might happen if we can't see you. Play close by, okay?"

"'Kay, Daddy," she said giggling.

"That's my little girl."

"Come here, my baby. Mummy needs a hug," her mother requested. Aislinn jumped into her mother's loving embrace.

Over her mother's shoulder, the little girl suddenly spotted a dark figure stepping out of the forest. As the figure's glowing red eyes fell upon her, she gasped. Her parent's swiftly turned around to face the creature their daughter had spotted. Aislinn's father stood in front of his wife and daughter.

"What do you want?" hr father asked the dark being. A sinister laugh answered his query.

"Foolish man," the voice hissed. "You cannot hope to beat me. Give me the child."

"No! You will not have my daughter!" Aislinn's father shouted. "Cecelia, get Aislinn out of her!"

"Liam, what...I don't understand..." Cecelia stammered.

"Cecelia, there's no time. Just go!"

"But you-"

"I'll hold him off as long as I can! Get going!" Liam shouted as he pulled out his wand. Realizing that in this situation she was powerless, she tightened her hold around her precious daughter.

"Daddy?" the girl questioned fearfully. His gaze softened when it fell on his little girl.

"I love you, Liam," his wife whispered.

"And I love the both of you. Go now quickly!" Giving one last sorrowful glance to her husband, most likely the last time she'd ever see him, Cecelia ran off. The demon before Liam chuckled coldly.

"How touching. It's useless, though. They won't be able to get far enough away in time. But don't worry; you'll see your beloved muggle wife again soon."

"You keep away from my family, Voldemort!" roared Liam.

"I admire your bravery, but it ends now," Voldemort replied in a bored tone.

"Ava-"

"Expelliarmus!"

The spell was absorbed before it even got near enough to tickle the Dark Lord.

"Nice try."

A dark blue stream of light flew at the dark cloaked being. It simply bounced off of a shield Voldemort erected, slamming back into its caster before he could defend himself. Liam flew back, losing his grip on his wand.

"You put up a good fight, I'll admit," Voldemort hissed with a cold smile appearing out of the shadows of his hood. "But no one will ever stop me. Avada Kedavra!"

The deadly green light enveloped the body of Liam Wynsong, but he refused to give the monster the pleasure of hearing him scream. Then, the once vibrant and caring man lay lifelessly in the shadow of his killer.

High-pitched laughter pierced Cecelia Wynsong like ice shards as she ran with her daughter through the fields that Aislinn had frolicked completely carefree only hours before. Aislinn's mother knew well what must have happened and she ran faster, greatly regretting that their once happy home was so far away from the nearest village.

Suddenly, the dark figure they had been running from appeared right in front of them. Cecelia screamed and quickly put her daughter behind her. She knew that there was no way to escape this monster. Laughing at the terror he saw in the two female's eyes, Voldemort held out his wand.

"Give me the girl and I might spare you," he offered wickedly. The said child whimpered behind her mother.

"No! Please, not my baby. Don't take my little girl!" Cecelia yelled at the creature, tears streaming down her face.

"Fine, if that is how you must be, give my greetings to your husband."

As the demon raised his wand, Cecelia placed a loving kiss on her daughter's forehead and whispered "I love you always, Aislinn."

"Avada Kedavra!"

With a soul-splitting scream, Aislinn's mother fell to the ground in front of her like one of her limp rag-dolls. Aislinn fell to her knees beside her mother. She weeped into the body of her mother, praying that the monster would disappear and that her parents would return to her. She longed for them to hug and kiss her and tell her that it was all a bad dream. But then she never used to have bad dreams.

The demon lifted her up into his arms and took her far away from the place and the life she once knew. To one where sunlight was only a forgotten memory and happiness was make-believe.

"You are mine," he whispered to her after they disappeared. "And you will always belong to me."

"Do you know who I am, child?" But she could not find the strength to answer. He smiled at her coldly, running an icy hand through her silky black locks.

"I am your master," he hissed in a language that sounded strange and yet one she understood perfectly. "Darkness is inside of you. It is your destiny."

The innocent girl only gave a dry sob in response to the wickedly gentle words of her parents' murderer.

"Do you remember who you are?" he asked sinisterly. The child tried to recall anything, but her past had faded like fog under the sun.

"No," she whispered softly. The creature carrying her seemed pleased.

"You are Kirra, and you are my apprentice," her master hissed to her. "You will obey me, child. Now and always."

Pressing a cold kiss to her forehead, Kirra's mind began to blur and she drifted away into dark nightmares in the arms of the Dark Lord under a blood-red sky.

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AN: Very dark. You'll see some of J.K. characters (well other than Voldy) soon.

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