order of the eclipse. [dark harry potter fic]

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the floor beneath her creaked as she scanned the room. she had never been here before and hoped she would never return. the room was stark white-eerily bright and cold. she hated it. white walls enclosed her as she took another step toward the room in front of her. anastatia's heart raced as she continued to look around, unsure of what she was searching for. professor snape had said it would reveal what they most wanted to see while they were in a light sleep.

the dark-haired girl turned around, her heart sinking. she swallowed nervously and took a step forward, tears welling in her eyes.

with one more step, she came face to face with a picture frame. her eyes were immediately drawn to the girl on the left, who looked not much older than herself. she noticed the curly hair atop the girl's head and the familiar family heirloom. horror gripped anastatia as she took a step back.

who was it?

a shiver ran down her spine as she looked at the picture again. her mother, youthful and wholesome, stood beside a man. her mother's dark brown eyes, full of light, stared directly at the camera. a small smile graced her pale skin-one anastatia had never seen before.

she took a shaky breath and turned to look at the man beside her mother. her brows furrowed in confusion, then her eyes widened in shock.

it couldn't be.

she could hardly believe it.

she didn't know if she wanted to, based on the fact that they had never made themselves known in her life.

her eyes found the hazel eyes of the man she had only seen once before.

similar to the ones she had seen on someone her age.

her breathing quickened as she took in the full photograph, which changed to one of love-one that would almost certainly be forbidden in her family.

anastatia stumbled backward before waking up in snape's classroom. she fell out of her chair in hysterics, unable to accept or understand the image she had just seen.

the one that would give a hint as to what they needed or most desired to know.

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