Haley never felt so angry or so stupid before. She had just blown up her Aunt and ran away from home. Brilliant! Now she had nowhere to go, it was the middle of the night, and there were escaped murderers on the loose somewhere in the area according to the news. Things couldn't get much worse.
She walked until she reached a familiar park. She sat down on a swing and just waited. The Ministry would probably be there any minute to arrest her. Hopefully she could convince them to let her go. Haley was pulled out of her thoughts by the snap of a twig.
Haley stood and reached behind her for her wand but did not draw it in case it was a muggle. She swung around to see a man standing a few meters away.
"I found her!" the stranger shouted. "It's alright Haley. You don't need to fear us."
The man looked familiar but she wasn't able to remember where she had seen him before.
Soon she saw two more people running in her direction. "Who… who are you?" Haley questioned not releasing her wand.
However once the others arrived she realized where she had seen them before.
"My name is Rodolphus," the name said holding his hands in the air in a nonthreatening manner. "And this is my brother Rabastan and my wife Bellatrix."
Haley drew her wand and pointed it at them. "You're the murderers! The ones from the Daily Prophet!"
"Haley, dear, you have no reason to fear us," Bellatrix told her raising her hands like Rodolphus had.
"What do you want with me?"
"Haley, there are things you need to know. Things that we need to tell you. Albus Dumbledore has been lying to you for years! We just want to make it right," Rabastan said sadly.
"No! You're death eaters! You're lying!"
"Haley, please!" Bellatrix gave a heartbreaking beg. "Please come with us!"
"Wha… Why should I?"
Before they could answer Haley heard a shout from behind her. "The Lestranges have Haley!"
Haley turned to see where the shout came from and Rabastan took this opportunity. He summoned her wand and grabbed her causing her to shout in fear. He wasn't hurting her but she hadn't expected it.
"Sorry Haley but we don't have time to argue," Rabastan whispered.
"LET HER GO!" Haley heard a familiar voice yell. She turned her head to see Dumbledore had appeared and beside him were Snape and McGonagall.
"No you bastard!" Rodolphus shouted back to him.
Albus turned to whisper something to Snape. Snape began to approach them.
"Bella, what are you doing?"
'Bella?!' Haley thought to herself.
"It's her Sev! It's her!" Bellatrix replied.
'Sev?! What the hell is going on?'
"What do you mean? It can't be her."
"But it is! I have proof!"
"What proof?"
"After we escaped, I wanted her to have a funeral. To do that I need a death certificate. I used the potion you showed me. I made it perfectly three times but it didn't work. I was using the hairs from her brush! I decided to do a tracking potion instead but that only works when the person uses magic. I worked! It said she was at Hogwarts! That didn't help very much though. So we waited. Tonight it triggered here! She's the only witch here! Sev, it's her!"
"Severus! You were there! You know she's dead!" Albus bellowed.
Snape seemed to be thinking it over. "You're the one that told me she was dead Albus! I never saw anything!"
Haley couldn't hold back anymore, "Who is dead and what am I?" Rabastan was still holding onto her but no one acknowledged that she said anything.
Severus turned to Rabastan and said, "Give her here."
"Severus!" Rodolphus shouted.
"I said give me Haley, Rabastan," Severus said leaving no room for argument.
He released Haley and she went to Snape. Snape looked her in the eyes and crouched down beside her. "Are you alright, Haley?"
Haley nodded, "Yeah, just confused and a little terrified."
"You have no reason to be," Severus whispered. "I know you may not trust me but I want you to be safe. Will you go with me and the Lestranges?"
This surprised Haley, "But… but Dumbledore… he said…"
"Dumbledore is an idiot," Snape snorted. "I mean look at all the danger you are in at school. Please come with us."
Haley gave a short nod, "Okay."
