His Silver (Ariana Dumbledore)

The Mark of Death

Two months have passed, Ariana knew she was different. The power of the mark has gotten her to discover new things. 

First, the Mark of Death represents fear among the dead. Why? She wasn't sure, but even the ghosts that have taunted her had stopped.

Two, she can read a soul. She can see the timer above the living's head. She knows their time of death. And, their final judgement of heaven or hell.

"Chapter 5, Necromancy. To raise the dead," Ariana read the book gifted by the Divination Witch. The more she learned about Necromancy, she understood its comparison to the Resurrection Stone. To revive the dead.

The difference is once casting the dark spell, it creates an inferi (reanimated corpse) and charmed skeleton. It is not alive, it is merely used like a puppet to do the wizard's bidding. Ariana felt awful for the spirits being bound to this spell. As they all deserve a peaceful rest.

Loud noises were heard inside her home. She could hear Albus and Gellert scream in utter chaos. Objects can be heard breaking and smashing. Ariana kept no mind to it, as she was the one that caused it. Well, her ghost friends.

A pair of twin ghost exited the Dumbledore Cottage with a mischievous laughter. Ariana closed her book paying attention to her new friends. "Haha! Did you see his face?" One asked the other.

"Haha! I did, brother. A fly entered his mouth, he choked," the other replied with greater laughter.

"I wonder what I missed?" Ariana asked the ghost what mischief they caused inside her home.

"Oh, my dear lady! We caused one's hair to turn pink and the other has a pink polkadots face," the twins explained causing her to giggle. It was Gellert's hair that turned pink and Albus face that had small pox. Albus with greater shock, nearly choked on a fly.

"Oh, you boys are troublemakers. You should be discipline. I bet you forgot what our lady asked of you," an older dead woman preparing herself tea commented.

"Of course, we wouldn't forget. Now, what was it again?" A twin scratch his head trying to remember. His brother shook his head," They talked about a dumb stone, to create an inferi army."

"Inferi?" This caught Ariana's attention along with the spirits surrounding her. "An army of them?" A former auror spoke.

"Yeah, the dumb blond boy said it," the twins explained. Ariana knew they meant Gellert.

"Do they knew where the stone is?" Ariana hoped her brother wasn't close to finding it.

"They say at Gaunt's. I don't know where that place is? Is it a joke shop," One twin asked.

"Gaunt! I recognize that name," the older woman spoke. "A bloodline full of Slytherins. It is said the Gaunts are related to the house founder, Salazar Slytherin. They live in a muggle town, far in a rich country home," the witch explained.

"They possess the resurrection stone!" The auror looked at her in shock.

"Oh, yes, dear! I've seen it myself. The current head house of the Gaunt's inherits the ring. The ring has a large red stone, passed down by Cadmus Peverell," the witch informed.

"How do know so much?" The auror wondered where her information came from.

"I know because I myself am a Gaunt. Well, I became a Gaunt when I married Marvolo Gaunt. That bloody arrogant worm of a husband was an absolute prideful git," the woman felt hatred for her husband who mistreated her. Yet, she remains here to watch over her beloved daughter Merope.