When Good Witches Go Bad

"WHEN GOOD WITCHES GO BAD"

by Davell Claw of the Nox Omnia Scire Hai Schur

PART ONE: The Age Of Revenge

"A shadow steadily creeps over the land, and darkness lurks everywhere..."

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The Age Of Revenge. It is a time of fear comparable to the Dark Days forty years ago. It is a crisis both in the Muggle and wizarding worlds. It is a grim rule of pain and suffering. It is an age of revenge.

For now is the reign of the most powerful Dark witch ever. A witch of unknown origin but of great evil fame. Every wizard and witch fears her - and even to speak of her - like that Dark Lord many years ago. Her name, should you ever must know it by words, is Lady Nemoheri. Her ancestry is a mystery, but surely she must have powerful ancestors. But to every living being that lived through her time, she is better known as the 'Black Lady.' For six years, the Black Lady roamed the world, slaughtering all - wizards and Muggles alike - that would renounce her as the Queen. Bringing with her the dreaded Eight Maidens, her loyal and faithful servants, she rules humankind with sorcery and cruelty. But like many legends before this, there came a hero (and his companions, of course) that would save Earth from the hands of the evil. This time came a great wizard of Britain - Sir Ronald Weasley.

Sir Weasley is a wizard of middle age, and of super skill in wand duels. He was one of the infamous 'the Seven' who brought down the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters to their fall, known in history as 'The Hogsmeade Incident'. As a learning wizard at the reign of that evil mage he witnessed the Dark Lord's rise and the sorrows it had brought to the world. And now, another regime has been steadily rising to a height that could even surpass that of the Dark Lord's.

The event that had started the Age Of Revenge was a great loss for Sir Weasley. It was the death of a powerful and famous wizard - Harry Potter. Potter was the only wizard who survived the most unforgivable curse, and he was the main target of the Dark Lord. But because the Dark Lord failed to cast this curse successfully, it led to his defeat. But then, after fourteen years, he resurrected with the aid of one of his Death Eaters - a friend of Harry's father who betrayed him, Peter Pettigrew. Yet Potter gained fame again when he, as the leader of the Seven, courageously confronted and successfully put an end to the rejuvenated Dark Lord.

But little did all know that after the death of Voldemort, another magical sphere of evil is expanding. This time, more cruel and more hideous. Lady Nemoheri, with a mysterious past, killed Harry Potter. Not with a wand, they say, but of a Muggle dagger dipped into poison. Sir Weasley surely mourned his death, for Potter was his best companion since he was still schooling magic. Then, immediately after Potter's death, Lady Nemoheri built the Order of the Black Witches. Though many Dark witches tried to join this Order, only eight were chosen - and they were known as the Eight Maidens.

Now for steady six years, all fears the Black Lady, and her Age of Revenge is at its height. Sir Weasley, however, at that span of time, tried to bring back who's left from the Seven. This Reunion would of course exempt Potter, for he was now gone after the Black Lady killed him. To Sir Weasley's sorrow, Hermione Granger, although not confirmed, was reported to be missing and obviously been killed in the First Uprising Against The Black Lady. Seamus Finnigan, an Irish druid, has been isolating himself under the Great Oak. He sent Sir Weasley an owl saying he's ready to do the charms as soon as the Seven needs them. Sir Weasley visited Neville Longbottom, a humble wizard of great ancestry, in his hiding at the Stonehenge. Longbottom, as usual, prepares the herbs for battle. Oliver Wood, the Scottish broomkeeper, furnishes the Seven's brooms. His owl said the brooms would be ready on their Reunion. The French witch Fleur Delacour, Sir Weasley's distant lover, calls all magical beasts and creatures to aid the Seven on their Uprising. But as all historical records show, the company reunited by Sir Weasley in preparation for the Second Uprising was now known as 'the Five.' The Second Uprising, after the Reunion, is near.

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At the Black Castle, meanwhile, the Black Lady holds a conference with her Maidens.

"Surely, the Age Of Revenge will be eternal, my Lady?" the Maiden Chang asked; and a horrible, high-pitched laugh from the Black Lady was heard all over the castle.

"No, my faithful Maiden, I know well that all empires will fall. Yet, as I am wise, and all heirs of Ravenclaw are, I will not let that happen. I myself will decline from my throne. But - not unless I have completed my revenge."

The Eight Maidens all knew this would be her reply.

"Poor wizards!" the Black Lady snorted. "Even that Draco Malfoy knelt down to me at the verge of his death! No, I did not forgive him; he..." at this, the Lady looked down to the cup before her. "...He mocked me, he discriminated me. He insulted me before I was filled with power. Yes, I am of no great origin, but that doesn't make me inferior to PUREBLOODS!"

"Yes... my Lady, you are superior to all of them!" cried the Maiden Clearwater.

The Black Lady laughed again. "You should have seen that famous Potter fall to his knees!" shouted the Black Lady as the Maidens giggled with her.

"Now, back to business. Who's next to our list, my Orla?" asked the Black Lady as she turned to the Scribe of the Maidens.

"Let's see, my Lady... Malfoys, gone... Potters, gone... Snapes, gone..." spoke the Maiden Orla Quirke as she scans her list and as the grin of the Black Lady widens (Orla intends to check loudly for the Black Lady to be pleased). "... Weasleys...hmmm, only one's left! Weasley, my Lady, Ronald Weasley."

"Well, Weasley. Will one of my faithful servants do the honor of taking this task?" said the Black Lady as her eyes obviously beamed on one of the Maidens with ginger hair at the far side of the table.

"How about me, my Lady?" the red-haired witch presented herself.

"Oh, how about you?"

"I will take the task my Lady. I will kill my brother."

"Regina, my dear, I could not give this task to you. It would be difficult for you to take the life of your own brethren! It would be a great burden for you!"

"No, my Lady. I could not let this task fall to others' hands. Let me kill him. It would be a pleasure for me, my Lady, to take the life of people who shadowed me all throughout my life. What would you feel, my Lady, if your wand and all your books and robes and even pets had owners before you had them? What would you feel that even your older siblings' problems and failures and unfulfilled ambitions are passed down to you? Don't worry; it would be easy for me to slaughter him, my Lady. It would be as easy when I killed Percival. When I killed Billy and Charles. When I killed Alfred and George. I will kill Weasley, so that no Weasleys will ever shadow me again!"

"Calm down, Regina," said the Black Lady with an evil grin, "Surely, you will have this task. I trust you."

TO BE CONTINUED...