A/N This is the third book in my Nash Malfoy series, please read the previous books beforehand, so you understand the plot. Please review, I try to reply to all of them!
Talking of reviews I have finally remembered to warn you all that Lucius is OoC (For those of you who don't know what it mean it stands for Out of Character) Thank you so much geminigoddcss, you have waited for months know, I am so sorry!
So raise your wands, to another story, filled with magic and marauding. I welcome the new readers and thank the ones who have been here since the start.
"Oh, Nash, dear, you found me before Draco!" Mother cried.
She gave me a hug and I said. "Hello Mum, how are you?"
"Okay, honey." She searched the crowd for my twin.
He was bearable in the holidays, pity I was visiting my friends.
See Seamus, Dean and I planned that we'd visit each other over the holidays, I was still figuring out how they would visit me though... luckily I was last so I had a few weeks to fix the problem.
I might invite Nev when it's my turn, but I know we can't go to his, his Gran would explode.
"Where's Father?" I asked.
Mother said. "He's on a business trip, he'll be back in a few days, dear." she carried on looking through the crowd.
Draco appeared out of nowhere and I picked up Aries' cage and my trunk, ready to go.
Mother doted on Draco while I stood impatiently, Aries yowling whenever someone nudged her cage, which was often in the busy crowd.
Eventually Mother disapparated us home.
"Now go and get changed before dinner. The house-elves can help you unpack." Mother said and exited the room.
Briskly I walked up stairs. Once I got into my room I let Aries out of her cage, she hooted out and stretched her legs before jumping onto the window sill and laying in the sun while staring at me.
Lola was at work putting my clothes away and I changed into a short dress with lots of different greens on and some black sandals, the Manor may not be the warmest place on Earth but it is summer.
I pattered downstairs to the library and picked out the family book again. I'd put it back last summer holiday. I flicked to the Malfoy page, the corner was folded over and a scrap of paper that I'd used as a bookmark was there. Just to show the numerous times I'd gone to this page. I unfolded the page and tried in vain to flatten it again.
I was following Mother's family up to Grandmother, in just that we have Aunt Bella, who's in Azkaban, and Aunt Andy who was burnt out of the family, literally. There's a Pure-blood tapestry and any Blood-traitor, Squib or anyone who pisses off a pure-blood but is born into a pure-blood family is just scorched right off. I've never seen the tapestry though, nor do I know who takes charge of the scorching.
I climbed the stairs, book in hand.
Aries stood up at my arrival, she hopped off the window and circled my legs before walking out the door, probably going to pester a house-elf.
A few uneventful days passed, and then Father came home.
The inevitable happened... he found out about my friends.
"YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THIS FAMILY!" Father roared. "TO ENJOY THE COMPANY OF A HALF-BLOOD, A MUDBLOOD AND A BLOOD-TRAITOR! TO GO AGAINST EVERYTHING WE BELIEVE! YOU HAVE TAINTED THE NAME MALFOY!
"GET OUT! PACK YOUR THINGS AND NEVER COME BACK! IF I HEAR ONE WORD THAT YOU HAVE GONE AGAINST MY WIFE, HEIR AND I, I SHALL MAKE SURE YOU BURN! YOU ARE NO DAUGHTER OF MINE!"
I stood there, staring at him in fear. I've never had the experience of true fear, but I expect this was it.
"CRUCIO!"
It felt like a barbed dagger was repeatedly stabbing me, everywhere. I screamed for help, for my Mother to stop shivering there, sobbing and to help, for my brother, my twin, to stop hiding his face, his face full of shock, fear, and... pity, I wanted, needed help. This unbearable pain made my head feel like it was on the brink of exploding.
I was shaking on the floor, a leg or arm would often spasm upwards. I thought my bones were all breaking, I couldn't register who the enormous, terrified scream was coming from. That was before I knew it was me, it was me in all that pain. The same pain I witnessed my aunt Bella make the Longbottoms feel, that was the memory I concealed, that painful memory just made my head hurt more. I wanted to die.
I looked up at, my Mother, pleading. Couldn't she see what I was going through?
"You are worthless." My Father spat at me before leaving the room. I was trembling all over. How could he channel so much hate into one spell?
I couldn't tell you how long it had lasted, mere seconds, or several hours. Then I tried to get up, my legs gave way and I fell to the floor again. Mother and Draco were gone, they'd left me.
"Lola..." I croaked my mouth so dry from screaming.
The little house-elf apparated at my feet. "Miss Mal-" Her eyes widened, her lip trembled, Lola started to sob.
I got the energy to say. "To my... r-room..." I couldn't managed anything else, no 'Please, Lola', no 'I need a drink, I need water.'
She carefully apparated us to my room. I felt violently sick, but I didn't have the energy to vomit. I clawed at the floor trying to get to my wardrobe.
Lola was gone. Aries walked over and started to lick my hand, in a poor attempt to help. My vision was going blurry, but not because of the tears, because of the pain.
Lola came back, she had a glass of water and she poured it into my mouth in little sips. When the glass was empty she started to pack my bags.
I passed out on the floor, a few hours later Lola shook my shoulder, urging me to awaken.
"Master Malfoy is coming soon, Miss Malfoy must go."
That few hours of unconsciousness had done wonders. I got to my feet and Lola held my bags and Aries, in her cage. The house-elf had a few scratches on her arms, I expect from trying to put Aries in her cage.
"Thank you Lola." I said smiling; I needed to look brave to this little house-elf.
"Miss Malfoy must go now." She said and handed me the bag and cage.
I rushed downstairs, as quietly as I could. Even Aries knew something was up and stayed quiet.
I got to the front door when- "Nash."
My Mother's voice echoed in my head.
I turned around, why? I have no idea, I really wanted to run. She ran over and placed a scrap of paper into my hands.
"You may have betrayed our family, but you are still my daughter." She said, her eyes glistening with soon-to-fall tears and cheeks stained with previously-fallen ones.
"Thank you." I said stiffly.
I ran out the door and down the drive. As soon as I was out of the wards I took out the scrap of paper.
It was an address.
I pulled out my wand and summoned the knight bus. A few moments passed in the dark street. I had no idea what time it was, probably early in the morning.
The gigantic purple bus rattled out of nowhere and parked in front of me.
"Welcome to the Knight Bus... emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. My name is Stan Shunpike, and I will be your conductor for this evening." Stan said in a dreary voice.
"Hi, I'm Nash, could you, er, take me here?" I asked fumbling for the slip of paper to hand him.
He studied the piece of paper and nodded. "Sure thing, let me take your bags." He offered. I gave him a bag or two before stepping onto the bus and following him. He dumped my bag onto a bed and walked up to the driver. I heard the tumbling of books, Lola had probably put them all in alphabetical order, knowing her.
I sighed and put the rest of my bags and Aries' cage at the bottom of the bed before sitting on it.
Stan had come back. "Your stop's the one after this gents." He said pointing at the sleeping man on the bed next to me.
"What brings you to the Knight bus, eh?" He said.
"I think I just got disowned." I said wincing as my hip grazed the edge of the bed.
He chuckled. "What are you, a pure-blood?"
"Yep." I sighed. I flinched as my finger grazed my split lip.
He awkwardly stood up and walked over to the passenger who was supposed to get off here.
I organised my bags and tried to ignore the pain, the aches, the stings. At my stop I asked Stan which house it was and was on my way.
I slowly walked up to the door and rang the bell.
After the sounds of grumbles and keys in the lock the door opened.
"Who woke me up at this ungodly hour in the morning?!" My aunt said, it had been too long.
I smiled uneasily.
"Nash, is that Nash Malfoy? Why are- oh my, dear Merlin, oh, come in." She ushered me inside, locked the door behind her and led me to a kitchen.
"What did he do to you?" She asked.
I opened my mouth, nothing came out. "The Cruciatus Curse." Was all I said.
She pulled me into a hug and I dropped my bags, Aries gave a yowl as her cage hit the floor.
"Mother gave me your address." I said into her shoulder.
"Oh, Cissy." She sighed. "Well, I'll make you up a bed, you don't mind sharing a room with Nymphadora, do you?"
I shook my head. "Stay here." She said before going upstairs.
The kitchen was bright, yellows and golds on the wallpaper, quite the opposite of my house. Well, I guess that was what they were going for.
After admiring the pictures and furniture Aunt Andy came back downstairs and led me up to Tonks' room.
She was fast asleep, snoring away with bubblegum pink hair lying across her pillow.
I fell onto the spare bed in my clothes and before you could say 'disowned' I was fast asleep.
Aunt Andy, Uncle Ted and Tonks were very welcoming. Anyone thrown out by a pure-blood family is a friend of theirs. Tonks spent hours making me forget my troubles as I laughed at her Metaphoric abilities, Andy and I talked about getting disowned and my Mother in their childhood. We went to the bank and opened another account before my parents cut me off from their supply I transferred everything from my old vault.
My stay came to an end; I was due at the Finnigans today. They said I could bring my friends over towards the end of the holidays and I might as well be living there now.
I thanked them all again and again before catching the Knight Bus to the Finnigans.