I threw another rock at the water, and it skipped on the lake. Reminiscing on what had previously been said:
"You will go" hissed the cruel voice of my father.
"I-I can't..." I'd replied.
"CRUCIO" hissed my father.
The dreaded feeling of the Cruciatus Curse ran through me horribly, and the effects had caused me to fall to the ground. My entire body quivering, even after the effects wore off.
"You can, and will...the dark lord has placed a serious matter on your hands, and you will follow through!-" My father's voice was stern, but you could hear the ruthlessness in his voice.
"This seductive little girl, will not be afraid to use and bend your will against you! In more ways than the sexual way she approached you. Once this small incantation is made in all those needed, except for the people whom follow the dark lord...no one will remember them! They will be erased, and neither will they remember each other...but I assure you, one by one they will die, and you'd better stay out of the way" stated my father.
"When" I questioned, after getting up as my father turned his back on me.
"Near sunset, you'll see a green flash" answered my father.
I was brought out of my thoughts as I threw my last stone, and my eye was caught on Alison stopping and panting alongside Potter and Granger. She looked so lithe, her beauty was even more magnified by the sunset. Oh no...sunset. I brought my eyes to look towards the sun as it began to go down, and then suddenly there came the green flash; which then I looked towards them, and noticed the sudden change between the three.
Alison looked somewhat lost, Potter was kicking at the sand, and Granger was stretching. This was all so strange, and yet I remembered who they were. Potter however, was still speaking to Granger, and they seemed quite well with each other. I began to walk over, and stopped; then clearing my throat.
"Alison, Potter, Granger" I addressed.
"Who are you" asked Potter.
I could have rolled my eyes, but Alison was looking quite interested in my response.
"Malfoy, Draco Malfoy" I stated.
"What kind of name is that? Where are we" asked Granger.
"In the middle of a forest obviously!" I retorted, which then Granger frowned deeply.
Alison shrugged, and looked to Potter.
"You all have amnesia" I stated.
"Amnesia?" questioned Potter.
"So we can't remember anything" asked Granger.
"I think that's a little self explanatory, aye Granger" stated Alison.
I smiled, Alison did act like some pureblood girls.
"Hmph" huffed Granger.
"What are we supposed to do then? Where do we go from here" asked Potter.
"You will return them to the clearing by Malfoy Manor, there is where they will be killed" I remembered Voldemort's voice hissing towards me.
I pushed away the thought, and signaled them to follow me; however, instead of heading down the path towards the clearing – I headed the opposite direction. What am I doing? Why was a helping them?
"Thanks for finding us out here, I would've hated to be lost all night" said Alison touching my arm as we walked.
"Um, no problem...no problem at all" I assured, she smiled at me and then walked in front of me to then walk beside Granger.
While Potter replaced her spot beside me.
"I think she's got a thing for you" stated Potter.
"No, I don't think so" I stated, which I found myself hoping that were the actual truth.
As we moved along, a spell was cast directly in front of Granger and Alison. I then moved protectively in front of Alison.
"Step aside Draco" hissed a snatcher.
I looked to Alison behind me, and then noticed her hands holding onto my free arm; which wasn't the one that held my wand at aim.
"Did you hear me Draco" he hissed once again, and I noticed the snatchers that had just now hopped down from the trees.
What the hell am I doing? I then looked back at Alison, her eyes were shut tightly, and she was still holding onto my arm. My eyes hardened towards the leading snatcher, and he smirked at me.
"Have it your way then" he said.
"Stupefy" he hissed attempting to attack me, but I deflected it.
I moved Alison a little farther away behind me, to assure protection. Why did I care about her so much? She'd used me to escape! I looked to her again, but she still remained fearful...this couldn't be that same girl. A spell being shot towards me, brought back my attention, and the duel continued.
Potter and Granger seemed to be working together to fight against the snatchers, and I was left alone against two other snatchers.
"Expelliarmus" hissed one snatcher, and my wand was surprisingly shot from my hand.
"Feindfyre!" I heard someone shout, and a humongous raven made of fire swooped and began to attack the snatchers.
I went for my wand, and got a hold of Alison and noticed the oil black spots on her hands.
"Did you..." I trailed off unable to complete my sentence, now realizing the obvious.
Before I'd noticed, my own hand had opened for Alison to take a hold of, and she took hold of my hand; which then Potter and Granger hurried after us, to retreat from here.
I opened my eyes, and looked across from me; there was Potter and Granger sleeping beside each other, and I looked to Alison who's head lay against my arm. Using some of the gold I'd brought along, I had paid a man who'd lived in a cabin to allow us to ride in his carriage to the next town over.
"How much farther" I asked.
"Not too long now, I've got to move on to the next town though...got warning, Death Eaters were in the area. Heard someone say something about some young Death Eater, who'd gone and blown his mission" answered the man.
"Really, they say anything else" I questioned.
"Only that the boy's father wasn't too happy, what you say your name was again" asked the man.
"Rowan, Rowan Carter" I replied.