⚠️ TW : SUICIDE, DEPRESSION
The only thing that can be feel is the chilly wind of the night from the opened windows. Uncomfortable silence and awkwardness filled in the vintage designed living room between Dumbledore, Elora and Estelle, Elayne's sister. Each of them sat on a single armchair placed in front of the fireplace with Elora and Dumbledore's chair across Estelle's. Behind the brown haired woman, there's the opened windows, showing the wonderful view of the city of love.
"So.. You are not my mother?" Elora asked while looking down at the floor.
"No, Elora. I'm sorry, I'm her sister. She asked me to stay at her apartment to take care of it"
"So, she's really dead?" Elora asked after looking up from the floor, straight into Estelle's eyes.
"Yes, she's not here, Elora.. I'm so sorry" said Estelle in a tone of regret.
"I thought for a moment when I saw you that my mother was alive but I guess no" Elora said again.
"She is resting now, Elora. She needs a rest" Dumbledore said after a long silence.
"What did you want to show me?" Elora said in a quieter tone. It's hard for her to move on from the little hope she had when she saw Estelle. She wished that Elayne was still alive so that all of the problems she has would disappear and she knows which sides that she should choose.
"Estelle, do you know where Elayne keeps her diary?" Estelle nodded her head as she stands up from her seat and heads towards a turquoise drawer with brass fittings that is at the corner of the room.
She pulled the first drawer and a book with black cover on it. She headed back towards Dumbledore and passed it into his hand. Dumbledore's begins flipping from pages to pages until he stops at one. He read it carefully before passing it to Elora.
Elora accepts the diary and read it with so much focus. She reads it, a word after words, not leaving any information behinds. The page consists of how Elayne truly feels for Voldermort and how much she's worry for the safety of infant Elora. She reads how Elayne put the protection charm on Elora to protect her from Voldermort.
Every sins I had done and the price I have to pay. It was my fault to fall for Tom Marvolo Riddle. The lust tension I felt for him was unbearable. I committed a huge sin and that is to fall for him. I wished I had knew from the start that he was using me for my powers. He knew my child would be beneficial for him to conquer the world and I wish I had know it earlier. Now, I'm paying the price with having to fight against him and protecting my daughter from him at all cost. It was my task to end him. I could only hope she would be protected against any kinds of dangers towards her with my protection charm after I'm gone.
Voldermort has now fallen after a year of me and the Order fighting for the freedom we dreamt for. I hope with ending my lives, it would end the pain I felt all of these times and pay for all of the mistakes I've committed. I could only hope for Albus to protect my little one now as I won't be able to take care of her now.
A tear unknowingly fell from Elora's eye. She closed the book and her head hangs low in shame. Elora's face went pale.
"Elora, she was tired and she couldn't handle it anymore" Dumbledore said while looking straight into Elora's eyes
"A-and left me?" Elora's heart shattered into pieces. She couldn't believe what she just read from her mother's diary.
"She was so sick Elora. She.. Almost killed you without her realising it and that's when she decided it was too much and take her own life." more tears fall from Elora's eyes like rain.
'he lies Elora. He's lying! Your mother didn't commit suicide! He said that just to fool you!' a voice said in Elora's head.
'Elora, truth hurts but it's better than lies' another one said.
'Fool! It wasn't the truth! Dumbledore is lying!' Elora grabbed her head in her hands as she tried to cover her ears.
"Stop it!" Elora whispered to herself, more likely to the voices in her head.
"Elora.. I could end the voices if you give me the ring" Dumbledore said while caressing the top of Elora's head.
"I can't! Father- he gave it to me!" Elora said while holding her head in pain.
"That is causing the pain you feel now. He's causing you pain. Give it to me, Elora" Dumbledore said again. Estelle raised from her seat and kneel down before Elora.
She placed her hands in the air on top of Elora's head. She began muttering chants of spells and the pain begins to disappear. Elora's stopped crying and raised her head to look at Estelle.
"There, I healed them. You will no longer be in pain for a few minutes unless you give the ring to Albus" Estelle said with a smile while putting her hand on Elora's cheek.
"What were they?" Elora said.
"Your thoughts"
"How could they hurt my head so much?"
"The thing is your mind is not only under your control but it's also controlled by the most evil source. Your ring. It's meesing with your head" Estelle said and pointed her finger to the Gaunt ring on Elora's ring finger.
"How is it evil?" Elora turned her head to Dumbledore as soon as the question left her mouth.
"It's not just a ring, Elora. It's a horcux. Your Father's horcrux. I'm sure you know what it is since you were looking for a book about how to make one in the Restricted Section in the library" Dumbledore said while giving a smile at Elora.
'Damn you Malfoy!' Elora said to herself while closing her eyes.
"It contains so much dark powers inside of it. And you were born with darkness in your heart" Dumbledore said while pointing his finger to Elora.
"When you are close to a huge source of darkness, instantly the darkness inside you will come out. It takes over your mind, your heart, your soul and yourself. And that is why I asked you to hand it to me" Dumbledore said. Elora seems to be arguing with herself whether to give it to him or not. She keeps clenching her hand with the ring on the arm of the chair.
"Now, Elora, I need to ask you this.. Are you on his side or mine?" Dumbledore asked. Elora's head whipped towards Dumbledore with surprised widen eyes.
"I..."
"Elora, you have to choose this wisely. Your Mother has done so many things to protect you from You-Know-Who. And I know you know he is back. Don't make your mother's effort seems worthless." Estelle said with her heavy French accent.
"Your mother died because she was tired of carrying her task. Now, it's your turn to fight against him. It's your responsibility to finish your mother's task" Dumbledore said again. A silence filled in the room once again after he's done.
Finally, Elora stands up from her chair to walk towards one of the windows to look outside of the room.
Behind her, stood Dumbledore who's patiently waiting for Elora's decision.
"If I give you this ring. What would you do?" Elora asked in a calmer voice.
"If you give the ring to me, I will destroy it" Dumbledore said. Elora's tilted her head a little bit to look at Dumbledore over her shoulder.
"By destroying it, we could end him?" Elora asked again.
"Yes, but there's more horcuxes that we need to destroy. The ring is one of the seven horcuxes he made" Dumbledore said and Elora's head turned to look outside of the window.
Elora's eyes wander around the city mindlessly, her fingers playing with the ring on her hand in front her. Finally, she made a decision after debating with herself. She turned around to face the old man and slipped the ring of her finger.
"Make sure you use my ring for a good reason. If you can, try to not crush it. It's the only sign of my Father's family and I still want to wear it." Elora said while handing the ring into Dumbledore's palm.
"I will. Don't worry." Dumbledore said after slipping the ring on his finger. Magically, it fits his finger.
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