The Emerald Terror

Ritual Magic

The Emerald Terror

Summary: It wasn't supposed to end like this. The light was supposed to win and everyone should have continued on living peacefully. Too bad the muggles don't believe in happily ever after... nor coexistence it seems. "Goodbye Magic". Time travel fic.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.

Chapter Four: Ritual Magic

We all stood in a circle as the ritual hit its peak. Abraxas Malfoy was to my left and Lucien Nott to my right. Eileen Prince stood next to Abraxas followed by Orion Black, who was already engaged to his four years elder cousin Walburga, and Antoine Greengrass. Winky Crockett stood next to her third-year successor Neil Lament, though I don't know why he was here since we usually only allowed seventh years and the occasional sixth year to participate. The Moon twins Isabel and Rune, a perfect example of the occasional sixth-year rule, stood on either side of their older brother Abel. Finally, Ronald McGonagall, Walter Crabbe, and Hunter Goyle complete the loop back to Lucien. Normally Eileen would have stood to my right, being the queen of Slytherin House that is where the hierarchy places her. However, she had chosen instead to stand next to the man her father was preparing her a marriage contract to. The man was obviously blind and uneducated when it came to his only heir and daughter. Everyone else knew that, regardless of the existence of a contract between them, Eileen would sooner marry a Muggle and thus be disowned by her family than marry her soon to be intended. This action left her usual spot noticeably open, more than likely the others had talked behind my back and wanted it that way so that if whoever came up was among them they could take their 'rightful place' by my side immediately. They were so excited about discovering who would, apparently, rule over them by my side that I couldn't bring myself to tell them it wouldn't happen. After all, I was obviously going to be a blank.

Dark Lords rule alone.

Abraxas is the first to receive his name, which brought a look of sad disappointment to his face but a look of victory on Eileen's. Not due to order, that was already determined, but because of the blood red elegant cursive that appeared under the image of a sixteen-year-old French girl. The curly haired blond held a remarkable resemblance to a porcelain doll and consequently looked nothing like the tall female Prince who was the embodiment of England's pureblood definition of beauty. Regardless of their contract, he would be blood bound to one Gabriel Catherine Abailard. Eileen frowns however when a messy, uneducated, black scrawl appears for her under the image of a man as ugly as she is beautiful. Confusion showing slightly through her mask as to why she would choose to create no deeper a bond with this Tobias Matthias Snape than that of a legal marriage. Not only that but the idea of running the risk her children would inherit that nose was beyond the seventh year potions prodigy. Orion however, is able to sigh in relief at the sight of his intended's image. Her name written out in the traditional gold of the Black's usual magic bond. Antoine Greengrass smirks across the circle at Isabella Astoria Moon (I hadn't known that was her full name) who rolls her blue eyes and sighs in submission to her fate. They would apparently be blood bonded in the future, much to her annoyance. It had actually been entertaining seeing Greengrass try everything short of an official courting to get her attention these past few years. Or rather, it had been fun seeing the different jinxes, curses, and spells she came up with to rebuff his advances. Winky Crockett, unsurprisingly, nods approval to the image of nineteen-year-old Briar Rabastan Lestrange, Neil Lament smiles at brunette second year Ravenclaw Ofelia Ceil Goldstein, Isabel shakes her head at the confirmation of Antoine and her brother looks skeptically at a thirteen year old oriental named Rin Ichigo Honda but quickly goes to comfort Rune when the ritual seems to pause for a second before moving on to Ronald without showing her anything. Said seventh year looks scandalized at the blue writing that condemned him to be with a ten-year-old Minerva Matilda Mink who was obviously at least part Muggle. Abraxas calms him down by reminding him of the fact her name was in blue, therefore they had blood adopted the girl beforehand and thus made her Muggle root irrelevant. Scandalized immediately turns to disappointment at this since he won't be able to know what type of bond they would actually share. Sometimes, not often mind, but sometimes I'm actually glad I'm not a pureblood. They can be exceedingly bizarre at times. Walter looks apologetically at Hunter when Hunter's nine-month-old sister Margaret Deloris appears to him but Hunter simply nods his head in blessing. Yes, a six-year age gap to a half-blood gets more of a reaction than an age gap of sixteen years. (Please review the previous comment about purebloods.) Hunter smiles at fifteen-year-old German Elenore Kimanna Abbing, who he had been talking about meeting recently over the summer. Not a very attractive looking girl, way too short and on the chubby side in my opinion, but if just seeing their future blood bond together makes him this happy then good for him. Convenience marriages can sometimes end up worse than those filled with even just a touch of that vile emotion. Speaking of convenience marriages and the emotion which ruins everything, Lucien apparently has to stand Talitha Vega Carrow enough to magically tie the knot with her (pun intended). However, it is common knowledge that they hate each other in addition to the fact that it is her younger sister Lyra Mimosa that he is pining after.