The Black Rose

Chapter two- Twenty-six Years Later

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*Present time*

It had been thirteen years since the fall of the dark lord. Thirteen years since Bellatrix had been taken away and locked up in Azkaban. Thirteen years since jabe black had lost her sister and her soulmate. The pain that jabe felt every day from the result of losing her soul mate, Lord Voldemort, was enough to make anyone else go insane. But not jabe. She knew that lord Voldemort was alive. 

Because she was alive. Before Lord Voldemort's downfall jabe had been incredibly close to the dark lord. Now that may seem strange considering how emotionless and cold hearted the dark lord was but Jabe black was the only person that Voldemort would ever love. Because she was his other half. His dark queen. 

Almost no one had known about jabe's connection to the dark lord. Only a select few. Not even Bellatrix. Jabe knew it would break her sisters heart once she found out about the soul bond jabe shared with Voldemort so she had kept it a secret from her. Jabe didn't want to break her sisters heart. It had been thirteen years since jabe had last seen her sister. 

And she missed her terribly. Jabe kept in contact with her other sister Narcissa who was now married to Lucius Malfoy. But bellatrix would always be jabes big sister. After Voldemort's downfall jabe searched for her soul mate for years. 

Traveling the globe in hopes of finding him. Obviously she was not successful. Jabe began to lose hope after failing at finding her other half. But she was offered a teachers position at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and wizardy. An offer that she took up. She had been Severus Snape's teaching assistant for years. 

Being at the school allowed her to see her nephew Draco Malfoy of a regular basis. And when Harry Potter came to the school you can bet she kept her eyes on the boy. He was the reason jabe had lost her other half. And she hated him for it. But she hid this hatred and watched potter for years. 

Watched as he grew up. And watched as he defeated her loves attempts at returning. Each year when Voldemort would try to return potter had been there to stop him. And this only caused jabe to hate him more. 

Jabe had never gotten the chance to speak to her love. Harry Potter had put a stop to that. Day by day jabe's hatred for the potter boy grew more and more. But so did her broken heart. Jabe knew that her soul bond with the dark lord was beginning to become heavily strained. She could feel it in the roaring fire that resided in her chest. 

Each day the pain got worse and worse. And so did the nightmares. Because jabe was connected to Voldemort she could feel everything he felt. Though this didn't help her find him. But jabe wished with all her aching heart it did. 

But because she could feel everything he felt she had nightmares about it almost every single night. It got so bad that at one point jabe became addicted to the dreamless sleep potion. Severus Snape finally had to cut her off. Albus Dumbledore also expressed concern about jabe but she hated him almost as much as she did potter. 

But as she did with potter jabe kept her anger hidden. Dumbledore never knew that jabe was Voldemorts soul mate. And she didn't plan on letting him know any time soon. Jabe would spend every night before her nightmare filled sleep reaching out to her soul mate. But she never got anything back. Jabe knew this was because Voldemort was so weak. Jabe wished more then anything that she could see her soul mate again. 

To help him rise to power and take revenge on the boy who had caused him so much pain. She wished she could help him resume his conquest of the world and that she could be by his side once again. It was safe to say that the past thirteen years without Voldemort had been the hardest years of her life. And she would do anything to see her love once again.