London Bridge is falling down...

The Muggles flee from their metal boxes, dropping their bags, Christmas presents and food strewn hap-hazardly on the ground.

falling down

Flames of many colours dance around charred corpses.

falling down

You can taste fear and panic on the air, a sharp tang on the tip of your tongue. He is reminded of old friends.

falling down.

In the centre of this scene is a man who has lost all inhibitions. He does not blink as he utters Crucio over and over again, eyes unmoving as he watches the person writhe in pain, only reminded of times now gone. 

My fair lady.

The woman finally lets out a scream. He smiles at her pleasantly; a smile which is not quite there and has a hollow quality to it. With two words, a sickly glow of green obscures her final vision of the world, her curtain of dark hair falls over her face as she slumps forward.

Rabastan steps away, the shrill sound echoing in his ears.

We took Thea to the doctors. And I caught Dragon Pox.

Then I got better.

I went back for a check-up.

Then I got measles.

I am going to rid the world of all the infested, snot nosed little brats who have kept me quarantined from my wife and children.

Bloody bastards...

Cissa and I are married.

I'm going to be a father again.

And a grandfather?

What the bloody blazes...

I'm the worst father ever.

After long months of treatment, I finally felt...whole enough to come in search of my brother, sister-in-law, but more importantly, my daughter.

She is truly a miracle. I can't quite fully comprehend that I helped in creating such a beautiful young woman. I want to know everything about her. I want to make up for all the time we've lost while I was locked up in that miserable crack of Hell.

And...Narcissa is here. Only, she's not m-- our 'Cissa. My dear darling starling...she's exactly as I remember her from our Hogwarts days. So much has happened since then...

Rabastan and Bellatrix are as well as can be expected after our...ordeal. And I'm truly thankful they took care of my dear daughter. Bellatrix seems quite the female role-model and I know Tamarantha can learn much from her.

And there is a version of Regulus, so I've been told.

'Dolphus has plans. Apparently there's a guest over at the LeStrange household. Most intriguing. So many second chances. Where to start, where to start...