CHAPTER 2: A Night At The Fair
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Lucius asked fastening the silver serpent clasp on his traveling robes. "Yes" Nissa replied with a small smile. "I want him to know that I will not be cast aside by the likes of him."
"Then take my arm, my dear and let us be off"
Nissa tucked her arm through Lucius' and with an audible crack they were gone. They landed in the woods a ways off from where the Muggle fair was being held. Nissa glanced around, there were so many people there, how would she find him? Would he even still come? "I'll be right back" she told Lucius, "and I'll be bringing him with me". Nissa hurried out of the forest and started up the hill following the crowds of people she saw up ahead. She was just about to cross the street when she saw him up ahead walking by himself. "Jonathan!" she called hurrying over to him. Maybe he had changed his mind. Maybe after having some time to absorb it all, things could go back to normal between them. "Nissa? What are you doing here?" Jonathan asked crossing his arms over his chest and glaring at her. "I wanted to see you." She began, "I wanted to talk to you. I had hoped that…."
"STOP" Jonathan cut her off. "Stop right there. I don't want to talk to you. I don't want to see you again. Just forget you ever met me alright?" Jonathan spun on his heel and started to stalk away from her again. "Oh no Jonathan" Nissa whispered pulling her wand from her back pocket "you ARE going to talk to me". Nissa aimed her wand at his retreating back and whispered "Imperio". Suddenly Jonathan stopped walking. "That's right" Nissa thought "follow me".
Nissa turned and headed back the way she had came with Jonathan following behind her. Never before had she attempted a curse of this magnitude, and she was almost giddy at how well it had worked. It took them less time to reach Lucius than she had expected. She turned to Jonathan, releasing him from the Imperius Curse and immediately performing the Leg-Locker Curse. "What have you done to me you filthy bitch?!" Jonathan yelled, his voice showing the first signs of fear. "Hush now Jonathan, there is someone I want you to meet. Jonathan, this is Lucius".
"Good evening Jonathan" Lucius drawled in his lazy voice. "Nissa has told me all about you"
Jonathan glared a Lucius. "Let me guess, you're like her aren't you? A freak" he spit the word. "I bet you fucked her too didn't you?"
"Tsk. Tsk Such language from a young person" Lucius said with a sneer. "Let's see if this helps with that" Lucius raised his wand with a cruel smile and said softly "Crucio"
Jonathan screamed and his body convulsed as the spell hit him. Nissa stood back with a smile as she watched. Her eyes moved over to Lucius as he continued to curse the boy she had once loved. She noticed the way the wind blew his hair back from his face, his pewter eyes narrowed in concentration. For the first time she truly noticed how muscular he was under his silk shirt and traveling robes. Nissa was shocked to feel something course through her mind, spirit and body.
"Stop now" she whispered placing her hand on Lucius arm. "He's had enough." Lucius studied Nissa's face for a moment before replacing his wand inside his walking stick. "Get him out of here" he commanded her. Nissa stared at the boy she had once loved and saw even through his pain and fear the hate in his eyes. "Obliviate" she whispered knowing that the spell would cause him to forget everything. The pain they had caused him, his relationship with her, everything. Nissa felt the tears well in her eyes as she again placed him under the Imperius Curse and took him back to the fair. On her way, she spotted another Muggle boy from town, one that she knew had a bad reputation. She watched as Jonathan walked to the boy and pushed him on her command. And Nissa stood back and watched as he was beaten by the group of them. She hugged her arms to herself and allowed the tears to fall silently. Suddenly, she heard Lucius behind her. "Are you ready my dear?" he asked holding a hand out to her. "Yes" she replied looking at him with a smile. He tucked her arm into his and they disapperated with another loud crack.
Nissa had never felt better in her life. Never before had she had power like that. She spun in a circle when they landed back on the grounds of Malfoy estate. "What did you do to him?" Lucius asked her, his voice sounding angry. "Nothing" Nissa replied serenely "Well nothing that he didn't want to do". Nissa laughed "I just encouraged him to pick a fight with someone twice his size, that's all". Nissa's smile faltered as she took in the expression on Lucius' face. He was watching her like he had never really seen her before. He crossed to her in two long strides, and reaching out fisted his hands in her hair. Nissa started to yelp in pain and shock, but then Lucius' mouth was on hers, his hands in her hair, and she was lost to him.