it was a day like no other. Luna was in the garden xeno was out at work. Pandora found her self once again in the basement working on potions. She had so far done tons of research on life after death,reviving,horcruxes even looking up infrei in case regulas had actually turned into one. There was so far no recorded of bringing someone back from the dead but Pandora had hope she'd be the first to do it. With all her studying she came to conclusion it had to be done by potion, she just hadn't got all the right ingredients. She also had to figure out the where a bout's of all there body's, originally she had planned to only revive regulas but things have changed since then. Its been nearly 8 years since she had the i dear, it wasn't until about 7 years ago she actually put some effort into it.
Every so often she find her self missing her friend's, her brothers and sisters, her real family. She kept all the polaroid pictures of them on her walls enchanted to never fall off. Her favorite was the one the took during he summer of 1976 they were in 6th year and had all went camping in the highlands of Scotland during the summer. They were all smiling and happy, none of them knew at the time of the awful years ahead.
The picture was on her bedside table in a case that was enchanted to fit the picture just right. You could see the orange sun set in the background of the hills. Evan was on Barty's back and Dorcas had her arm round Reggies shoulder, Pandora was in the middle with her hands in the air. She missed them all, Missed how happy she was. Of course she was happy now, her life was good. She was happily married with a dutiful nine year old daughter. That was most people dream life,but not hers. In Pandora's dream life she would still be happily married with her daughter just all her friends would be here with them.
Which is why she is adding what she hopes in the final ingredient to her reviving potion. She made the potion all by her self and was proud of it, if it worked she be rich. Not that she cared about that she just wanted her friends back. She craved the hugs she got off them, craved the sound of there laughter.
The final black rose petal fell in turning the potion a dark purple color just as she thought would happen. It should be ready in 2 hours as you can't move the potion for 1 and half hours after adding black rose petals but she decided to wait 2 hours to be safe. Pandora thinks this is the most happiness shes felt since Luna was born, she actually has a chance to see her friends again.
Not wanting to get her hopes up for it not to work she decided to distract herself and start making dinner, Xeno should be home soon. Luna was still outside entertaining her self with the bugs and plants. Luna was an odd kid like she'd been, always off doing things that were considering 'abnormal'. She was a creative kid too writing story's about forest creatures and drawing mythical beings. She was a smart kid too, way smarter than the other kids her age Pandora couldn't wait for her to go to Hogwarts.
Pandora decided to make pasta meatballs for dinner, it was Luna favorite. Plus Pandora didn't know when she'd return from her quest to revive her friends. At most a fortnight away but that was still a long time away from her family. Xeno knew of her plan and wanted to help her but she'd declined the offer and told him to focus on Luna and work. He was understanding about and didn't push any further. Tonight was the night she was leaving, meaning Xeno was getting off work early to come home so that they could have a family dinner.
When she looked at the clock it read 05:46 Xeno should be home by 06:00 she really should have started on dinner earlier. Turns out dinner only took around 15 minute to make and Xeno was late. it was 06:07 he was men't to be home 7 minutes ago, Pandora started wondering if he had forgot, but how could he forget something to big and meaningful.
Just as she was about to call up his word Xeno burst through the door, thank god Pandora thought.
"DAD!" Luna anouced rather loudly running up to her father and jumping in to hi arms.
Xeno placed his breifcase on the floor holding Luna up in his arms smiling widely.
"hello my angel " he said placing a soft kiss on Luna's wild blonde hair. Xeno gave a look to Pandora gesturing that she come over and join the hug. Which she gladly did.
"ello my darling, get up to much today." Xeno spoke while dropping Luna to the floor to pull Pandora into a kiss which Pandora melted into. As there lips met she heard Luna fake gag from bellow them. They both chuckled as Luna ran back to where she was waiting at the table reading a book on mythical sea creatures.
" How was work dear, dinner already made we were just waiting for you." Pandora spoke while walking over to the oven to put dinner on to everyone's plate, Xeno followed at her heels. "it was busy today, head of the department not to happy i had to leave early but he'll get over it." Pandora hummed a response.
They all ate there dinner in a comfortable silence with Luna still reading her book. Pandora tried to act oblivious to Xenos glances but he wasn't exactly trying to hide them.
After dinner was over Luna had begged to back outside complaining that 'it wasn't that late' or that 'it was still warm out' despite it being October. After a while she gave in and choose to head to bed around half 8 after drawing for an hour. Pandora tucked her in with Xeno standing at the door watching. Luna being Luna she asked for a bedtime story and Pandora read her childhood favorite 'Deathly Hallows' it wasn't Luna first time hearing it so she already knew most of the plot and kept butting in at parts.
after the story was over Pandora bent down placing a soft kiss on Luna's forehead to which she scrunched her nose at.
"goodnight Luna, i love you "
"love you to mama , goodnight" Luna's voice began to drift and her eyes shut as she feel into a deep sleep with her mum by her side. Xeno was still watching from the doorway smiling down at his girls.
Its was around half nine as Pandora fished her packing she didn't take loads on a backpack, which is enchanted to hold a lot of stuff. Her lat stop was the basement to retrieve her potion. It looked just how she pictured it, this was actually going to work. She put it in a quite large sized bottle filling it to the brim, then sealing the lid shut and writing 'rise of the dead' on the front. She practically skipped up the stairs out of hope and excitement.
Xeno was sitting at the kitchen table with his head in his hands, his fingers curling into his wavy white hair. Pandora sucked a breath in as she walked over to him, once she was beside him she didn't sit down just stood with her hand rubbing his back in a comforting movement.
"it'll be alright dear, I'll only be gone for a week or 2." Pandora tone was lacking the joy she had before she came upstairs it had been replaced with a soft sad tone.
"okay, i believe you , i love you Pandora." Xeno loudly whispered is a sad tone "i love you too , goodbye Xeno ill be back soon."
that was the last thing she said before opening the door, closing it behind her and then started to walk towards the port-key she set up a few weeks pier. The walk was quite soothing with the stars and crescent moon above her she had a feeling that all would work out. The port-key she set up would take her to directly above the cave regulas said he was going to before he died. Pandora was the only one beside Kreacher to know about this cave and Pandora hasn't said a word to anyone since, not even xeno knows where the port-key takes her. On the outside of the cave she placed another port-key (she was too frightened to go in so she placed it outside the cave). That port-key took her to the graveyard where Evan's 'remains ' supposedly lay. Dorcas's grave wasn't too far away, she didn't get a proper headstone in a actual graveyard since she was black and muggle-born, not as if any of that matters. Instead her full family was buried out in a filed beside a pretty blossom tree, except at this time of year the tree would be dead(just like her friends).
The only member she couldn't get was Barty.
Barty
Barty situation was different as he wasn't dead, more his soul was rotting away in Askaban. Which she knew he would never get out of even with her help, and everyone else's if she succeeds. It hurt more knowing that Barty was alive, because that means he's living in pain. Along with the fact he's alive and Pandora just cant see him,ever again. So maybe it's like he's dead, she'd never know if he died in Askaban anyway, he could already be dead.
Her thoughts were stopped when she realized she'd reached the port-key. She sucked in a breath before reaching out and grabbing in feeling her full world spin uncontrollably.
Instantly her atmosphere shifted into a new harsh, cold environment. She had landed on the ground, hitting the rock quite hard which would most likely leave a bruise on her left side. Once she was on her feet she looked about noticing her other port-key hidden in the rocks. The rough waves hitting against the rocks with the occasional splash of icy water hitting her, not that she cared much. It was really cold, she could see her own breath in the air in-front of her, she wondered if was warmer inside the cave.
Slowly approaching what looked like the entrance to the cave Pandora pulled her notebook out her backpack and flicked through the pages till she found the one she was looking for. The page had 'THE CAVE' written at the top left corner with a bunch of bullet pointed notes about this cave. Along with the bullet points had a quite accurate drawing of the entrance to it which she stood in front of. The bullet point she was looking for read the way into the cave, most of the info she has on the cave is from regulas or books or enchanted caves and there entrances.
Pandora had to wipe her blood on the 'door' to the cave. Pandora wasn't a squeamish person but the idea of her making her self bleed just to put the blood on a rock were germs lived made her want to spew. She'd do it for regulas though, She'd do it for any of her friends imprisoned murder or not.
She pulled a dagger from her back pocket, it had her initials P.R wrote on it with engraved flowers down the handle. Her parents had gave it to her on her 13th birthday, Evan had one that looked identical to her except it had E.R carved on it. With only Regulas on her mind she dragged the blade fastly across her hand, pain quickly formed along with a crimson red across her palm. She wiped it on the rough rock in front of her. Which immediately started to slide open,all Pandora could do was stare this was actually happening.
Once she brought up the courge to walk in the door sarted to slide shut locking her in the cave, it was very gloomy and mosit. The atmosphere inside the cave was way calmer and more welcoming. She brought the tourch out of her bag and shone it at the path in front of her, the light lighting up nearly all the cave. When she turned the light on bats scattered off the ceiling to further back in the cave, where the light didn't reach.
Time to do this.
She walked more down the cave to where a lake of rather still water lay, she could see a chain in the water and without thinking what was in it she went to grab it. Her hand was met with freezing cold water and she saw something scurry deep down even despite the lack of light the water was still quite clear. As soon as she had the chain in hand, she began to pull, soon enough a small wooden boat came into view. She noticed a black back sitting on the boat.
it was regulas's bag.
Oh. That was certainty not hat she expected to find. Once she could reach the boat she dragged it up onto the rocks and pulled regulas's back out of it, not daring to open it. She instantly got inside the boat and grabbed the old ore and begin to paddle over. She had enchanted her torch to float just about her right shoulder.
She was now at another rock platform that was surrounded by cold water. She carefully got off the boat and pulled it halfway onto the rocks so it wouldn't float away.
She instantly got to work and brought out her note book that was full of spells and potion work. Inhaling a long chilling breath she began to speak.
"mors cum vita venit mors sit vita semel"
Her voice echoed through the cave. She then pulled the potion out her bag and drank some of it then pulling out one of regulas's favorite books she stole and never got to return. She poured a drop of the potion onto te book and suddenly she felt it.
A drowning feeling like there was water stuck in her lungs, she tried to breath but couldn't. Panic arose in her, was this meant to happen surely not.
Then a second feeling arrived.
Hands. Everywhere. She could feel but not see them. She can feel them pull at her limbs yank at her hair all at the time, to make it worse she still cant breath.
She dropped to her knees, hitting the hard rock. Pandora clawed at her thraut needing air or she'd die.
Her mind was going at a rapid pace, her thoughts on trying to breath or trying to get the hands off her paused.
This was how regulas felt
now she knows how regulas felt.
Tears ran down her face out of fear and pain, this wasn't how it was meant to go, she was meant to save them all. Not die with them.
Pandora felt a sob in her throat but her mouth wouldn't couldn't open to let it out only the continues chocking noise being made in the back of her throat.
She couldn't take it anymore and her hands fell from her throat to support her body from falling onto the rocks, tears blurred her visions along with a few black spots.
Suddenly her flight or fight kicked in and she started to crawl towards the water in hope it would stop her from chocking. It was a simple task to do but hard in Pandoras case as the black spots grew worse and the tears wouldn't stop. She hit the water with an impact and felt herself sink in.
Except the hands she was feeling grab her became real and dragged her fully underwater. Still unable to open her mouth Pandora couldn't scream, not like anyone would hear her.
Her vision grew darker and the water got colder, the hands got stronger and her heart grew weaker. The last thing on her kind before the blissful sleep was the summer of 1976 the year she felt true happiness.
Thoughts of dying became real and Pandora's heart gave in.
She couldn't save her friends but she could join them.