REALLy short chapter and I'm sorry about that. I had bad writers block. Plus, I've been trying to update ALL my stories which is taking the majority of my time. Ahhh...oh well. This chapter is still good, I hope.
IV
Punishment
I sat in my dorm for a long time, thinking about what just happened. I knew the news would not be taken very lightly. Tera and Aryon were always about business. Nasty business they created, them two. They were dangerous and anyone who was known to stand up to them was known as a fool. I suppose I was a fool then.
I got up in my seat, confirming my decision in what I decided to do next. I had to notify my father. Everything. Tell him everything that was going on. If I didn't, then I was sure that the new threat upon the world would be the Night Terrors. I didn't care that I was Night Terror. I couldn't let them just destroy the world.
I made a bad decision a long time ago to join them. But I would not make that mistake again. If the Unbreakable Vow kills me, so be it. I don't care. I'd rather not see the world fall to shambles.
I grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill. Then, started to write.
Dad,
I have some bad news. I realize that you may be a bit disappointed in me for what I've done in my past, but I must warn you. Perhaps you can warn the rest. There is a plot. A plot that I'm rather ashamed to admit that I helped form. There is a rising group of new Death Eaters called the Night Terrors. Tera Lestrange is one of them, if you remember her. The werewolf. They're gathering recruits. One has been researching Horcruxes for the new Lord. Things aren't turning up. I'll even give you names, father. I just need you to do the rest. I'm under a mission myself. My mission is to kidnap Lily Potter. They want the Elder wand, dad. I'm trying to stall as much as I can. Believe me, but I don't know what else will happen.
Tera Lestrange is one. Aryon Nott is the other. For now, those are the only two. The leader goes by Noth, but he hasn't given us his name. Perhaps for this reason.
That's all I know as of now.
Best of wishes,
Scorpius Malfoy
I sealed the letter with a gulp. This was the right thing to do, but it might not have necessarily been the smartest. I was very well aware of the fact that I would be tortured and possibly even killed by the other Night Terrors. I've accepted this fact. This was for the best. Noth could not rise. I wouldn't allow it. I guess it took me this mission to realize it. To realize that if Noth was risen, the Potter family would be under constant danger, as well as the Weasley's would be, and I couldn't do that to Lily and Rose. I couldn't.
I decided I would send the letter tonight, before I changed my mind. My father deserved to be aware of the current circumstances and I was not going to bail out. I made it to the Owlery, breathing heavily. It wasn't easy, what I was about to do. It required courage, which, as of now, I seemed to be lacking. Invisible drops of stressed sweat dripped down my face as I walked to the owlery, breathing heavily in and out.
I climbed the silent steps of the owlery, completely nothing the dark bits of moonlight shining through the windows. I grabbed my school owl and blindly started to attach the piece of parchment to the Owl's let.
The Owl gave a hoot as I told him who to go to. The owl was my fathers. He had given him to me and I've had him since school started.
I watched the owl take flight and leaned over the windowsill. Then, something happened. Something I never would have guessed would have happened. A neon green light shone into the air and hit my owl as I saw him fall to the ground. My mouth stood wide open in disbelief. I traced my eyes down to the ground and saw a horrifying sight.
It was Tera. She had killed my owl which was now lying on the ground. Tera was glaring up at me with hatred in her eyes. A terrifying look. She was heading towards the owl and I widened my eyes in terror. If she found out what I just wrote, I'd be dead for sure.
I ran as fast as I could down towards the grounds. I was out of breath and terrified. I had no idea what would happen to me, but I knew it wouldn't be good.
By the time I got to my owl, it was too late. Tera had the letter in her hand and was reading it. Fire was in her eyes as she soaked it up. She looked up at me and I stared fearfully back into her eyes.
"You backstabbing traitor," she said through gritted teeth. I didn't say anything but gulped nervously. What was going to happen?
Tera was gripping her wand hard. That's it. This was it. My life was over. Noth was inevitable to rise. It seemed to be all my fault.
"You dare try to contact the Aurors!" she screamed. She bellowed a spell at the letter which immediately burst into flames. I felt myself utterly speechless. Couldn't breath a word.
Suddenly, she looked into the sky. My eyes followed. It was a full moon.
"I'll show you what happens when you mess with the Night Terrors. Good luck, Scorpius Malfoy," she said. Then, it happened. The transformation, Her face started to slick back and hair began to grow as she slowly transformed into a werewolf. I cursed myself for forgetting to bring my wand with me on this night travel. It seems I'll need it now more than ever, but now was not the time. When she was fully a werewolf, she pierced me with her eyes just as she would when she were a human. She still looked of her mind, though. Normally, werewolves didn't understand who they were when they transformed, but she did. She must have taken some wolfsbane potion recently.
The werewolf slowly walked towards me, cackling slightly. Tera knew what she was going to do, but I wasn't so sure. She was either going to kill me, or turn me into a werewolf. Neither sounded pleasing.
Then, she charged. Her c laws dug into my skin and I felt a bite in my shoulder and felt an excruciating pain. I heard the wolf cackle once more as I fell to the ground in pain. The werewolf, seeming satisfied, left into the Forbidden Forest as I writhed on the ground in agony.
My head throbbed of pain as I started to sweat ferociously. I chanced a glance at my shoulder and immediately winded in pain. My shoulder was bleeding badly and so were the many scars on my arms. I felt too weak to do anything. I was going to die here. Tera just left me here to die. That was her punishment. I laid there in agony until I slowly drifted off into unconsciousness.
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