The Grindelwalds 1

Part 28

It was now a few hours later, Penelope and Benji had used the portkey and returned to Hogwarts after they had dinner with the family and Luzia was counting down the hours until midnight so she could sneak back to Hogwarts and help Professor Villarreal. 

After dinner she went to her bedroom, her owl had returned but it didn't bring back any letters from Hogwarts. Luzia changed out of her smart clothes and put on some jeans and a t-shirt. She laid on her bed and kept fining herself checking the clock every few minutes.

When Luzia first checked the clock, it said 11:03pm, then a few minutes later 11:07pm, then 11:10pm. 'Why is time going so slow today?' She thought to herself. She missed her teacher, but she did feel weird about seeing him again. So much happened this morning and she still felt strange feelings about it. She was confused about Richard being a vampire, she wasn't upset about it, but she was confused about it. It was like an uncomfortable feeling but not at the same time. She didn't dislike vampires at all, but yet she felt strange about it all. Something inside side her felt like it was wrong and another part of her felt it was right. She checked the clock again as she felt like more time had passed since she last looked but the clock had only moved to 11:12pm.

 She sat up on her bed and got one of her notepads out. She flicked through the used pages and found a blank one. She began to draw Richard again. She knew she shouldn't but she couldn't help it- It was like her pencil had power on it's own. She help her pencil in her right hand and began to draw him. She drew him how she saw him this morning, with his shirt half on and half off him, when she walked in on him getting dressed. 

"Luzia?" 

Luzia quickly looked up and closed her notepad. It was her mum.

"Mum?"

"I'm sorry about how I behaved earlier, I was just worried about the funeral."

Luzia just looked at her.

"I have something to tell you, about when your dad died."

"What?" 

Luzia checked the clock as she said this and it said 11:15pm.

"As you know, your dad died when you were exactly 3 months old."

"Yes."

"Well, I need to explain to you what happened that night, seen as it's so important to you."

"Ok."

"When I used to live in Greece, I met a girl at work named Anastasia, I thought she was a Muggle girl and she didn't know I was a witch at all. The thing is, she was a witch and she wasn't called Anastasia. On the night of your fathers death, she came here with your dads body and left him in our driveway."

"Ok."

"She wanted to curse him in front of me but he died before he arrived home, so she told me that she needed to curse one of the  children and she picked...you."

"What did she do?"

  "She wanted to do a similar thing to what her father did to a boy named Harry Potter. She said, 'Avada Kedavra.' She was planning on killing you but you didn't die for some reason."

"Who was her dad?"

"His name is Voldemort and his daughter is called Delphini."

"Wow."

"I'm sorry, but I fear that the curse had some lasting effects on you."

"Mum, I didn't use that curse on the people at the Quidditch game, I promise."

"I know, but I wonder if Delphini controlled you, to make you do that." Luzia checked the clock again and it now said 11:24pm. "I know that this is a lot to take in, but it's how I feel. I believe that my fears are true and if they really are true then I worry more. I worry that you'll somehow die like your dad did, younger than you should. That's why I really do need you to behave, your only 11 years old now and I worry that the older you are and the more you grow, the more powerful you'll be."