Oh no, its daddy. `ROBERT!

[Kelsey Rachel LeBlanc]

<sup>Kelsey needed time to think. No, she thrived for time to think. However, such time had not presented itself to her. Every single time she thought she had a moment alone it was only wrecked by some person coming to chat. Whether it be her best friend or her husband, she seemed to never be alone. Like always, there was some deep issue conflicting Kelsey from within. She had this feeling in her stomach, one of which she had when she was taken over by the darkness the first time. Fear was rising in her. She didn't want the darkness to take over her again. She had more to lose this time.

This feeling all started when she began to think of her position in the upcoming battle of good and evil. She knew there was going to be a battle yet again. However, what side was she loyal to? There was the death eaters where many of her friends and family held their loyalty, including her father. Then there was the good side where again many of her friends and loved ones held their loyalty, including her husband. Where did Kelsey hold her loyalty? She knew she would have to choose a side soon, but which?

With all these conflicts inside of her, Kelsey thrived for a place to think. That is why she decided to ditch her third period class. It was only Arithmancy and she knew she could afford to miss it. Skipping a class seemed to be the only way she could get some alone time. Kelsey walked up the fifth floor corridor looking for somewhere to think where she would not be disturbed. Her eyes landed upon an empty classroom. It was perfect. Taking her wand out, Kelsey unlocked the door and entered. The room was filled with dust and looked to not have been used in years. She walked to the head of the room and sat down on the window ledge seat. Putting her knees up to her chest, Kelsey placed her chin on her knees and gazed out of the window, thinking and enjoying her alone time. However, she knew with the life she led that there would be someone coming to disturb her soon.</sup>

[Robert Victor LeBlanc]

Robert had more or less blocked Kelsey entirely out since her news of the marriage to that piece of meat. This, however, didn't mean that Robert didn't care about her. He did, more than anyone would ever know. Robert may have broken his family but, he still loved them...even if they could never love him again. His children may not even know it but, Robert watched out for them. All three of them. Kelsey ate at his hear the most.

The father and daughter had been making some good progress on the road to recovery. Potter had to go and ruin it for him. Robert had no one else to blame for his reaction to the news. Potter was simply an easy target in which to push the blame on. Robert did blame himself on the inside. On the outside, Robert channeled that toward the Potter boy. He often wondered if the boy's parents knew. He hadn't received any contact from them so, he assumed the Potters didn't know. Robert could be wrong but, they could easily oppose the marriage as much as he did.

Today was one of those days of torture for Robert. Well, everyday was torture. This was just day extra full of it. It was a day in which he chose to watch Kelsey. He watched her all through the morning, at breakfast. She was sitting with friends...and that bloody Potter. The boy never seemed to leave her side. It made Robert just want to slice of his arms every time he saw them together. Robert continued to watch Kesley through the day. He knew she had skipped a class. Robert followed her, wondering just what was so important that she had to skip class for. He was quick to assume it was for Potter. Surprising, Robert was glad to find his assumption was wrong. He more or less stalked her, following her to the fifth floor, and straight to an unused classroom.

Rather stealthily, Robert stood in front of the door, outside the classroom. He listened for voices. He heard none. That was somewhat of a relief. So, Kelsey was there alone. Robert leaned against the door with his arm pushing against it's frame. Robert held a lengthy debate with himself. Did he dare go in, or just leave? Robert wondered what his own father would do. That was a wrong idea. His own father would have done absolutely nothing. Robert wasn't going to do that. Instead, Robert took a deep breath and walked right on in the room rather indiscreetly.

Robert pretended that the sight of Kelsey surprised him. "Kelsey," he said with a small smile. "I thought I saw someone come in here," Robert said, trying to make it seem as if he hadn't followed her at all. He looked around the room. It was rather dusty. Robert made a mental note to have the room cleaned up a bit - whether there was a use for this room or not. Robert took a few steps forward, brushed dust off a chair, and sat down. "So, what brings you here - when you should be in class?" he asked. That righ that sort of blew his cover but, whatever. He was trying to be a father right now, not a Headmaster.

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[Kelsey Rachel LeBlanc]

<sup>It was just like clockwork for Kelsey. Just as soon as she finished thinking that her alone time would be interrupted, it was. It wouldn't have been bad if it was one of her friends, but to make matters worst, it was her father. Kelsey didn't hate her father, but she wasn't his number one fan at the moment either. Most of their conversations consisted of Kelsey and Robert yelling at each other. Robert didn't approve of James and Kelsey hated that. It was just making her life more complicated than she needed. Kelsey was beginning to become sick of all this. She just wanted to move away from all of it and start over.

"Father," Kelsey said, not even looking from the window. She knew who it was just by the sound of his voice. Her alone time was crushed and thrown away. Was she going to have to miss her afternoon classes in order to get some alone time? Its all she wanted.

"I wasn't feeling good. I really didn't feel like being stuck in a classroom," Kelsey said, her eyes still glued to the window. It was true, she wasn't feeling good. Se had been having awful stomach pain lately, possibly from stress. Her winter holidays hadn't even provided her rest. She was tired all of the time, and when she tried to sleep, she couldn't. Who knew being a teenager could be so stressful?

"So are you going to yell at me now for not being in class then send me on my way? I tell you now, I have no intentions of going to class," Kelsey stated, her chin resting in her knees as she finally looked over at her father. Her eyes were drained of light at this point. Everything, all the fighting, all the work, all the drama was draining her of everything.</sup>

[Robert Victor LeBlanc]

A sort of awkward air fell. Robert felt extremely awkward. The past few meetings with Kesley ended in shouting from both parties. Robert put himself at fault. He wished he could just accept his daughter's marriage but, he couldn't. Rob felt betrayed. The one thing he really wanted to do, and be there for Kelsey had been taken away. He had been crushed. His heart - yes, he really did have one - had been destroyed. His plans to fix his relationship with Kelsey where thrown out the window.

Robert leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees. He only nodded, and didn't utter a word at the moment. Even as Kesley jumped to the conclusion that Robert was going to force her back to class, he remained silent and started at her. The thought had crossed his mind but, Rob sensed there was something else wrong. This was not the bright and happy Kelsey he knew. She hadn't been the same for awhile. He noticed it. How could he not? Robert knew a good portion of Kelsey's issues pointed to him.

"Something is wrong," he said, as gently as his rough voice could get. "I'm here to...listen," he added. Robert had her best interests at heart. He didn't want to argue with her anymore. He could tell that right now, Kelsey didn't need another argument. Frankly, Robert wouldn't tolerate another between them either. Robert was stepping up to the supportive, I'm-here-for-you parental plate.

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[Kelsey Rachel LeBlanc]

<sup>Kelsey had lost her spark. The thing that once made her Kelsey was missing. There was only one other time that this had happened, and that was when the darkness took over. She feared with all her soul that the darkness would come back. Why was this happening to her? Was there some part of herself that she didn't know about? Was she truly a freak? Kelsey was scared. She wouldn't let it show though. She would keep it hidden. Maybe she was just coming to conclusions and the darkness was not coming back.

"Its just stomach pains. I am probably coming down with the flu," Kelsey said, straying far away from the truth as possible. She was truly tired of people knowing her business all of the time. It was her burden to hold if something was wrong. However, there was one thing she wanted to ask her father. A question that had been burning in her brain for awhile now.

"Why am I not normal, father?" Kelsey asked simply, looking at her father with her tired eyes. She had always wondered why she was different. "I mean, look at me. In a family full of brunettes I have flaming red hair. In a family full of Slytherins, I am a Ravenclaw. I am always the subject of drama. I can never seem to have a normal life. I have this darkness that swept over me before. Why me? What makes me so different? I know you know something. I can see it in yours eyes. I want to know. I think I have a right to know," Kelsey said in the most passionate voice she could muster given her state. She knew her father had a secret about her. She would remember when she was younger finding her father and mother whispering about something and then stopping whenever she would come around. She wanted to know the big secret. Her stomach ached as she waited for her father to answer. It seemed with each day her stomach pains would get worst.</sup>

[Robert Victor LeBlanc]

Robert shifted uncomfortably. Yes, he knew why Kelsey was different. He knew why looked different compared to the rest of his children - that was simple genetics. As for the other reasons Kelsey believed he was different, well that was something Robert could not tell her. Not yet, anyway. Bellatrix Lestrange had turned Kelsey into a horocrux for herself. Robert and his wife had known about it. He had wanted to stop Bellatrix from choosing Kelsey but, in the dark world, it was viewed as a great honor to serve that purpose. He couldn't just say no.

Robert did plan on doing something. He wasn't going to stand around and let Lestrange use his daughter as a horocrux, not after he has seen what it's doing to his child. He just couldn't tell Kelsey yet. Not until he figured out a way to remove the horocrux within Kelsey. Talking to Bellatrix about it turned out to do absolutely nothing. Kelsey was chosen for some off-the-wall reason. This problem was Robert didn't know what to do. He wasn't one to ask for help either. He was beginning to feel helpless with the situation. It was just another reason for him to drink.

Robert stared at Kelsey. He couldn't hide the sad emotion in his eyes. "My grandmother had red hair. I know that's where you get it from," he said with a small smile. Robert sighed, Kelsey deserved to know but, he couldn't tell her. He wouldn't until he figured out how to get it out of her. If he really wanted to, he should just destroy Bellatrix's horocruxes but, that required help and he couldn't just destory Kelsey. There was one person he could ask help from, and that was Harry Potter. He had yet to speak to his...son-in-law's parents.

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[Kelsey Rachel LeBlanc]

<sup>Kelsey was beginning to become irritated with her father and he only had been there for five minutes. How could one man make you want to pull your own eyeballs out? This was a serious matter. She knew something was happening to her and she knew her father knew what it was. It was eating her from the inside out. Nothing was a coincidence. Her thinking to go to the dark side, her sudden drop in energy, her stomach pains and her recent discovery of intense headaches were all pointing to something, but what?

"Father that is beside the point! I am trying to look at the big picture here! I know there is something going on. Something inside me. I lack energy, my head is constantly pounding, I am always the subject of drama, and my whole body is aching. I am.. I'm," Kelsey shuddered. She looked at her father with worried eyes, not knowing how to word what was happening to her. She had to tell her father, maybe he could help.

"I'm beginning to see things. Scary images of people dying and being tortured. Just like I used to before but now they are getting worst and more horrid. I am constantly being awoken by nightmares. I haven't had a full night's sleep in weeks. I'm starting to think of things, dark things, things I wouldn't normally think of. I think.. I think the darkness or whatever it is might be coming back! I'm so scared, daddy," Kelsey said, looking at her father with panic stricken eyes. Tears were welling up in them from the fear she was having. She hated that this stuff always happened to her. She just wanted to be normal. She wanted answers. Maybe there was something she could do to prevent this from happening.</sup>

[Robert Victor LeBlanc]

Robert knew that he had to tell Kelsey - when she was ready. He needed to be ready to tell and frankly, he wasn't. Robert scratched his jaw. Though he had gotten sleep since he talk with Anton, it still wasn't he best. He still hadn't shaved and was still drinking - more so now than before. Robert searched for the right way to explain this. Problem was there was no way. Kelsey already knew there was something. Maybe it was better if he let her figure it out on her own. No, he always wanted to be there when she found out - however that happened.

He had look away from her. He could tell just by her voice that she was about to cry. It was something Robert couldn't tolerate without having a complete breakdown himself. He swallowed hard, listening to her describe what she was seeing and feeling. It would be ten times more easier if he could just tell her. "Have you told your...husband about this?" he said with a sneer. Robert tripped over the word husband. It better than actually saying the boy's name.

Robert also knew, that was the wrong thing to say. "Damn it," he muttered. He sighed, "Look, there is something. Something about you. I can't tell you because I don't know what it is yet." It was better to just confirm her thoughts while also avoiding the truth. He wanted her to piece it together herself. Hopefully then, the discovery wouldn't be so bad. Plus, she had father-in-law that was once a horocrux, he could help her. Merlin knows Robert couldn't. The only solution he knew would be to kill Kelsey. That was simply not an option.

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[Kelsey Rachel LeBlanc]

<sup>Kelsey hated the way he stumbled over the word husband. Why couldn't her father accept the fact that she was a happily married woman? Well Kelsey did have to put herself in his shoes. He had just lost his daughter to a Potter. But that was beside the point. Kelsey knew she shouldn't press the James subject on her father. She really did not want this to turn into a screaming matter. She was ready to admit, for the first time in her life, that she needed her father. She needed him more than anything in the world.

"No I did not tell James! It would scare him to death. The last time that darkness came around I tried to kill him! It would just scare him away," Kelsey said, looking at the around. She hugged her knees closer to her chest as she tried to keep the tears in her eyes. She had never been so scared before in her life. With each passing second she could feel a piece of herself being torn away by whatever was happening to her. Her stomach pains were getting worst by the minute. She was turning into a complete mess.

"You know! Just tell me! Please tell me all that you know! You are the only one who can help me! Please! Daddy, I need you," Kelsey said for the first time in her life. Even when she was little she never ever asked for help. She was always determined to do things on her own. She now knew she couldn't do this on her own. Tears finally fell from her eyes as she looked at her father. They were pleading for his help. Even though she had many people who loved her, she felt so alone right now. It was like this darkness was making her feel alone. Like it wanted her to feel isolated. More tears fell from Kelsey's eyes and she was unable to contain them.</sup>

[Robert Victor LeBlanc]

Robert sighed. He was going to give her daughter marriage advice when he should be the last person giving it. He rubbed his hands together. Now was time to be daddy not, daddy who wants to kill his son-in-law. He scratched his jaw again. "Kelsey, you can't keep this from him," he said as soft as his voice let's him. "If - " he paused and let out a deep sigh, "James loves you as much as he says, it won't matter. He'll want to be there to help." That name was like drinking a pint of vinegar but, it had to be said. "Take it from me, you don't want secrets in your marriage."

There were many things Robert regretted. Lying to his family, murder, and the hate his children seemed to have for him were his top three, not in that order. He also regretted Katherine, Jane, Helen, Ashely, Kristen, Nadine, and a few others whose names he just didn't remember. Right now, he was regretting once more his crappy job as a father. Though his children turned out to be their own person, he knew he hadn't been there for them. Now, it seemed he was getting a small chance at that with Kelsey. Hopefully, this time he would screw it up, again.

Robert looked at Kesley with a pained expression. He hated to see her cry. Emotions were not his strong point. Crying was probably on the top of that list. "K-Kelsey," he said in a shaky voice, "I can't tell you. You must figure it out on your own." Robert stopped, a large lump was forming in his throat. He did his best to swallow it down. "You'll hate me after you find out but, I would do anything to take what is going on back. I don't even - I don't know how to help you. There is one option but - it's not an option." Robert's eyes stung. He blinked. Crying wasn't an option right now. He couldn't even begin to tell her just how much he regretted his decision. Had Robert known what it was doing to Kelsey now, he would have told Bellatrix no.

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[Kelsey Rachel LeBlanc]

<sup>Kelsey knew she should tell James. She wanted to tell him what was going on. However, the fear that he might leave her prevented her from doing so. She knew that James wouldn't leave her because of this, but there was a possibility. She was being ridiculous. She should tell James. She would have to tell him. She wouldn't want him keeping a secret like this away from her. Its only fair that she tell him about this, whatever this is.

"I know I should tell him. I'm just scared to. A part of me thinks that he will leave me. I know it would never happen but the thought still frightens me. I mean, I tried to kill him before when this happened! And we weren't even really together! Merlin knows what I would do now!" Kelsey said, fear still in her voice. She listened as her father refused to tell her. It made her more upset and mad than she already was. She deserved to know. It was maddening!

"Father! I need to know now! You know what is happening to me and you still won't tell me? What if I take so long to find out that its too late to do anything! What if whatever is happening to me takes over me before I find a way to stop it! You wouldn't want that to happen would you? You can prevent it from happening! Please daddy! PLEASE! Tell me! I deserve to know! I need to know! Its too scary not knowing! I wake up each day not knowing if I will be normal or be taken over! I feel like I am dying right now! Please, if you love me, you would tell me," Kelsey pleaded, tears flooding from her eyes. It was driving her crazy not knowing. What could it possibly be? She had never heard of anything that made a person feel like she was feeling or be possessed like she was.</sup>

[Robert Victor LeBlanc]

Robert shook his head lightly, listening to her concerns about James. "You are just being foolish," he said. "James told me he wouldn't do that to you. Funny thing about that is I actually believe him." A smirk tugged at his lips. "Besides, if he does leave you - he won't survive it," Robert added, in a cruel attempt to joke. This was no laughing matter really. Still, it was the truth. If Potter decided to leave Kelsey because of this, Robert had a feeling he wouldn't be alone in the pursuit of Potter.

At this point, Robert got up and approached Kelsey. Nervously, he scratched his jaw. "You are right," he said. Kelsey did pose a good point. He knew it wouldn't take Kelsey long to piece together, she was a smart girl. Still, it might be too late by then. Robert wished it was easy. This was probably one of the hardest things he ever had to do because he knew that the results would not be all that great. In fact, he was pretty positive that by the end of the story, Kelsey might hate him. It really wouldn't make a difference because that's how he thought she felt now about him anyway.

With a sad expression, Robert gently wiped the tears off her face. He grit his teeth, preventing himself from crying. Robert cleared his throat and began the story. "Your mother and I, mostly myself, were heavily involved Death Eaters," he began. He would have to tell her the whole story, at least the parts that led to what she was. There was plenty of things he'd leave out. Horrible things that he did in the times he was away from them. "Before Bellatrix Lestrange was caught and put into Azkaban, she wanted to do what Lord Voldemort did - put pieces of her soul into objects, people, so she couldn't be destroyed." His throat went rather dry for a moment.

He took a few steps away from Kelsey. Robert couldn't look at her without feeling the pain he knew was coming. "When you were born, Bellatrix asked me to let her - " he paused, turning away from Kelsey completely. Robert did not want to see her face when he said it but, he had to. He owed Kelsey that much. Taking a deep breath, Robert turned back around. His voice was grave, his face ashen. "She wanted to use you as a horocrux. It was a great honor to our family, to my family's name so, your mother and I agreed." Robert shook his head. "Kelsey, had I known what that was going to do to you, what it is doing to you, I would have never agreed to it. When it took control before, I realized it was a horrible mistake. I would do anything to fix but, I don't know how." Toward the end, he was more or less pleading, giving a fast explanation for his decision. Robert braced himself for Kelsey reaction, completely uncertain as to what it would be.

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[Kelsey Rachel LeBlanc]

<sup>Kelsey knew her father was right. There was one thing that James was scared of, and that was her father. For once she was kind of happy to have an overprotective father. She knew there was actually one person out there who would protect her from harm. Maybe she was freaking out at her father lately for nothing. After all he always had her best interest at heart. Or at lest she thought until he began to explain what was going on inside her.

When he wiped her cheek from tears and looked at her with those eyes she knew it was something life changing. She prepared herself for the worst as he spoke. She did not interrupt him or speak when he paused. She just listened. She hugged on her knees tighter as she flt the end of the story drawing near. Then she heard it. Words that she never wanted to hear before in her life. A Horcrux? She was a horcrux? No wonder Bellatrix had taken a liking to her.

"I'm a what?! How could you? I know you guys hate me but no decent human being who let some mad woman put a piece of their soul into their child!" Kelsey said, her voice low and full of fear. Fresh tears flowed from her eyes as she felt a wave of emotions wash over her. She was a complete mess. How could her parents do this to her? She had another part of a human being inside her. No wonder she was a mess. It was still a complete shock to her. It was like a huge dream.

"How... How do I get rid of it?" Kelsey asked, her voice low as tears continued to stream from her eyes. She did not want to be a horcrux. She needed to do whatever it took to get it out of her body or at least to stop it from controlling her. The pain in her stomach got worst as she thought about destroying the horcrux. Maybe it was the horcrux's way of telling her not to destroy it.</sup>

[Robert Victor LeBlanc]

Robert began to wonder what would have happened had he said no. Would Bellatrix have killed him, or move onto someone else? Robert was pretty sure Bellatrix would have killed him. You don't just say no to Bellatrix without suffering some sort of consequence. Back then, agreeing seem logical. It was his way of upholding his families loyalty to the Death Eaters. He was a different man back then. Robert had been a Death Eater in his prime. He did not regret following his father's footsteps - he'd grown to enjoy it. Robert, however, did regret ever getting Kelsey involved.

"Damn it Kelsey," Robert spat, spinning around to face her. "You honestly think that I hate you?" He sighed and took a deep breath. Now was not the time to lose it. The last time his temper slip, he threatened Dominique Weasley with her life. Plus, his old familiar feelings of sheer power were coming back. He had done well enough without them, trying to concentrate on doing something decent, and fixing his family. "You have to understand," he said, more calmly now. "I was a different person back then. Besides, you can't just say no to Bellatrix Lestrange. I would gladly trade my life to take that day back."

Robert felt like now was a good time for a drink. He wasn't going to leave Kelsey here, in this state, for a drink. Robert really, really, really wanted to but, restrained himself from doing so. That wasn't' going to make things better but, at least after enough, the pain was numbed for a little while. Robert watched as every tear fell down Kelsey's cheek. It felt like every tear burned a whole in his skin, even though he wasn't touching her. Robert looked down with a pained expression, "I don't know," he said in a low voice. Robert wished he knew but, the only solution that came to mind was just not possible.

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[Kelsey Rachel LeBlanc]

<sup>Kelsey was scared. Everything that seemed to be a huge problem in her life now seemed so not a problem anymore. This was life altering. Could she ever be the same? What was she to do now? Every choice she made could effect the wizarding world more than she knew. That was why Bellatrix wanted her on her side now. She was the key to her survival. Kelsey didn't want to be a horcrux. She wanted to be a normal girl. But then again, Kelsey was never normal.

"No I don't think you hate me. I understand why you did it, but why me? Why did she want to put a horcrux inside me? What made me so special?" Kelsey asked, a look of worry still on her face. She hugged her knees tighter as she began to get out of her state of shock. Did the fate of the wizarding word rely on her? No that wasn't possible. She was looking too much into this. However, fear was washing over her. She was scared for what was to come.

"You don't know? Daddy you have to know! I need you to know! You always know what to you! You need to help me! I can't do this alone!" Kelsey said as more tears poured from her eyes. She wasn't ready for all this. She can't be a horcrux, she just can't! especially for Bellatrix. She felt so alone right now. She couldn't feel alone. Looking at her father, with tears pouring from her eyes, Kelsey stood up and walked over to him. She wanted to feel safe and the only way she knew how to feel safe was to hug her father. So she did. Kelsey embraced her father in a hug, placing her face in his chest as she cried. She knew she should be mad at her father for this, but she really needed him right now.

"I'm so scared daddy. I can't do this. I can't be a horcrux! I just can't be," Kelsey said as she cried. She hugged her father tightly, tears flowing everywhere on her face. Pain still flooded her body, but she didn't care anymore. She just wanted to feel safe, just for a moment.</sup>