Chapter 2

Her family had been able to hide successfully for the first month or so after the earth shook. Her father had kept them moving, spending nights in random forests, abandoned buildings, and even in Hogwarts castle for a brief time. They listened to rumors and read papers, learning that the more powerful, prominent witches and wizards were being captured first. Those who put up a fight were killed instantly. Naturally, her father and her entire family were being actively searched for.

The wandless wizards had settled in easily, their own spells greatly outdoing those channeled through a wand. Many gave in, and became something of a slave to the wandless wizards. It was their way of showing who was in control this time around. Wanded magic was now second class.

Capture was inevitable, her family knew that from day one. There was no way that they could spend their whole lives running and hiding from a world of people. When they had been caught, her father had been smart, level headed, and did not put up a fight. James had nearly lost his life right there by threatening one of their captors, but Harry had managed to calm him down. Lily became nervous when it came time for them to turn over their wands. She had broken hers with Scorpius, vowing that she would be the one to destroy her faithful companion. The one she had been carrying was a replica of her mother's. Luckily, the captors could not tell the difference. As long as one wand per wizard was produced, they were happy.

They were treated rather well during their travel to the Lord of wandless magic, or whatever he was called. They traveled by day (the captors thought it was great fun to make wizards travel like muggles), and were allowed to sleep in beds for the night. Lily learned that they were to be held as royal prisoners. Apparently their ruler had respect for pieces of history, and had a sort of living museum. They were too rare and special to kill, but too dangerous to allow free.

Looking back on it, being locked away with her family would have been much better than her current fate. Unfortunately, one of her captors had other plans for her. He saw her looks as a way to get rich, and on their last night of travel, he stole her away. She wondered who he was going to sell her to, and for what purpose. Once she had found out, she wished he had been planning to kill her. She was being sold into a type of servant hood, although cleaning houses would not be one of her tasks. The man who had taken her was part of a human trafficking gang. He literally meant it when he said that she was going to make him money. Luckily, if one could even use such a word, she would only be sold once, to one man. She had somehow avoided being purchased until now.

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Scorpius watched her as she slept, greatly regretting that ropes and a blindfold were necessary. He knew Lily, and if she awoke and felt she was able to escape, she would take any and all chances to do so. Escaping from him would be the last thing she would want to do...well as soon as she knew who he was that is.

Before he could let her in on his little secret however, he had to make sure that she was really his Lily Potter. Once he was sure she was, he also had to ensure that she wouldn't die of shock when he revealed his identity...or beat him senseless for hiding it from her.

He heard her breathing come to a stop, her body growing very still. He knew she had just woken up and was using her whole being trying to identify where she was. He gave her a few moments to adjust before he spoke. "I hope you had a nice rest," he said, masking his voice slightly.

No answer. "I need to ask you some questions, but I need to know that you will tell me the truth. Believe me, it is of utmost importance that you tell the truth," he continued.

Still, no answer. "If I untie you right now, all but your blind fold, will you humor me and answer my questions? If you are who I think you are, you will not regret answering, I promise."

He heard her sigh, admitting to herself that she had no other choices at hand. "Yes," she replied weakly.

Scorpius moved to untie her bindings, and helped her sit up on the bed. It was hard to be this close to her, after so many months, and not embrace her, not comfort her. First, he needed his answers. "What is your name? Remember, it truly does you no good to lie here," he reminded her.

"Lily Potter."

He was instantly relieved, but just in case, he proceeded to question her. "What school did you attend?" he asked.

"Hogwarts."

"What form does your patronus take?"

"A doe."

"Were you a virgin before last night?"

He saw hesitation on her face. "Remember, no lies," he said.

She shook her head in reply, biting her lip. Her reaction confused him until he realized that if he had been any other man, this answer would have infuriated him after how much he had paid to have her. "Do you still love him?" he managed to speak.

She raised her hand as if to strike him, but he caught it. "Why does any of this matter? You have what you want. You are the proud owner of Harry Potter's daughter! There is a reward for whoever finds me and returns me to Blathsar. Go claim your prize, and let me be!" she screamed.

"I don't want money, I want you to answer the questions asked of you," he stated.

She signed, a tear slipping down her cheek. "I think about him all of the time," she answered.

"But do you love him?" he asked again.

She nodded. "Yes."

"What was his name? I promise this is the last question," he said gently, caressing her shoulders.

She tried to shrug him off. "Scorpius Malfoy," she replied.

He smiled, laughing in relief. It really was her. He took a moment's glory in his tracking skills before returning to the task at hand. He grabbed an envelop from the bedside table. "Thank you, Lily," he replied, slipping the envelop into her hands. "This is your new life. Your name is now Riona. I will teach you a spell to change your image to look just like the one on your new passport. You have a certificate stating that you attended Lady Caitriona's School of the Stars, with special emphasis on earth structure and magic. Both of your parents were pure blooded wandless wizards, and were too elderly to survive the collision. You have been married to me, Niall, for two years," he said, hesitating slightly.

He watched her face as she took the new information in. "Why?" she asked.

"Why what?" he responded, smiling.

"Why go through all of this trouble for me, making me a part of the society when you could just turn around and make a fortune by turning me in?"

"I told you, it's not about the money. And believe me, it will still take a lot of work to get you ready to appear in the society," he replied.

"You are still avoiding my question," she said pointedly.

"You're very important to me," he said.

"Who do you think you are?" she said, angered.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you, so I'll have to show you," he said, removing the appearance alteration spell. "I would have come for you sooner, but I needed to find a way to adapt, to fit in here. I needed to establish wealth and connections to get us both the proper documentation, all while trying to keep track of where you were. It took much longer than I had intended, especially when that scumbag sold you to that place," he said angrily.

"My question?" she snapped.

He sighed and removed her blind fold slowly from her face. He hadn't been quite sure what to expect. A look of shock, a scream, a big hug perhaps, but definitely not a look of rage and a burning cheek. Upon seeing his face she had reached out and slapped him with what felt like all of her remaining energy. "If you are mocking me sir, you should know that I know enough wandless magic to kill you!" she threatened, getting up off of the bed.

"And why would I go through the trouble of making this a joke?" he asked, shocked.

"You are all cruel beings. You pulled his image from my mind and are now torturing me with what I cannot have," she sobbed. "Either you kill me, or I will kill you. I don't need a wand either," she screamed.

Scorpius laughed in shock. "Lily, unless you have gotten infinitely better at wandless magic during the while we were separated, you couldn't kill a fly."

"Meaningless, you gauged my powers. Anyone could have done that," she replied.

"What do I have to do to convince you?" he asked, holding her face in his hands.

She moved out of his grasp quickly, as if his hands had been icy hot. "Tell me something only you would know," she said, calming slightly.

He sighed, raking his mind. He decided to take her words literally, deciding to tell her something he had never gotten the chance to tell her. "I found the rest of the prophecy Lils," he said, holding her hands in his.

She gaped at him and sat back down on the bed. "I supposed it's you then, the only person who would know that piece of information. Are you going to tell me what it is then?" she replied, her eyes looking at the ground.

He laughed. "No kiss hello? Nothing to make up for slapping me a few seconds ago?" he tried to joke, moving his face towards hers, distracting her from her question. He could not tell her yet, not when he was still not sure what it meant.

She laughed lightly. "In a minute, I feel really sick right now, probably from shock," she said, closing her eyes.

Scorpius chuckled nervously. "Yeah, that and I hear morning sickness can be rough," he said, averting his gaze to the paintings on the walls.

Lily's head snapped up. "What?" she asked.

"Oh right, um I guess I left that piece of information out," he hesitated. "So your name is Riona, you attended-"

"Stop stalling!" she yelled.

"You're married to me, Niall, and you are expecting a child," he finished quickly.

This time, he heard the sound of her hand hit his face before he felt the sting. Yeah, he probably deserved that one, but she would understand in time.

A/N: Sorry this is so short, but I hope it is better than nothing! Also, this chapter explains a bit more about the type of place Lily was in when Scorpius found her (we will see more about this place later), but just for clarification, Scorpius had to rape Lily to prove to the owner of the establishment that he had the right intentions when buying her...so in otherwords, he had to show that he wasn't planning on turning around and setting her free. Obviously, this method is flawed seeing as he did just that.

But anyway...I have this fic all planned out...it's just a matter of writing it...and finding time to write it. I'm trying! Thanks for all of the reviews and friendly reminders to update! Seriously, you guys are great motivation. I think about this fic a lot, but as I said, it's a matter of finding the time. I have round two of midterms next week, so I pushed myself to publish something this week! Anyway, thanks for continuing to read and for reviewing! You guys are great!