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Chapter Four:

The three of them left in the middle of the night and traveled with Lily under the invisibility cloak. Lily didn't really want to complain but every now and then she groaned under her breath about how hot it was under there. Charlie smiled but Teddy looked completely aware of his surroundings. They were to go to the international flooing network and floo to Bucharest Romania and then apparate from there. Shacklebolt had arranged for them to move to the front of the line and get through the network as quick as possible, it was there that teddy was sure they were being followed.

"I think we have a tale, I want you to go through straight to where we arranged I will be there as quick as possible" Charlie nodded and sent the cloaked Lily through first before going through right after. Once they were in Romania Charlie grabbed a hold of Lily's arm and apparated straight to the reserve. It was there that she was finally able to remove her cloak, the cold air hit her sticky skin and caused her to breath sharply in.

"Do you think Teddy will be alright?" Lily asked worry written all over her face, her uncle nodded and a puff of white escaped his mouth as he exhaled. "Lets get you inside, it must have dropped twenty degrees since I left" Lily looked around at the reserve and smiled, she had always wanted to visit but her parents never wanted her around all the dragons. The reserve was hidden away in the southern part of the Carpathian mountains, and for what Lily could see there was no civilization for miles.

Lily followed her Uncle until they came to stop in front of a rather small cottage, "This is where we will be living, I had Markus come and add a room. I know it looks tiny but its quite a bit bigger on the inside" Lily smiled at Charlie, she knew he was trying his best but her mind was far away with Teddy. She needed to know if he was safe.

Charlie took her quietness as being tired, so he ushered her in and gave her strict instructions to go to bed. Of course she followed orders but found that she just laid there in bed, Teddy should have been there by that time and yet he wasn't. Lily bit her lip and rolled over trying to ignore the nervous feeling that was bubbling up inside of her.

When Lily woke up it was because something had woken her. She sat up and looked around, to her surprise she was face to face with Teddy. "Are you alright? I was so worried" Lily flicked on her light and studied him for a moment, Teddy looked tired but other then that and a bruise on his cheek he looked fine. "I am sorry I worried you, are you alright? There was no troubles getting here?" Lily shook her head and jumped up hugging Teddy a little too tightly.

Teddy gasped in pain and Lily instantly let go, "What's wrong?" She asked, he shook his head and smiled at her. "Oh its nothing…" Before he could say more Lily was practically ripping off his shirt, "What are you doing?" He exclaimed, Lily was too worried to be embarrassed. When she saw his chest she backed away. "Nothing? This isn't ok Teddy" On his chest there was a black mark and small veins of blackness were going every way.

"You lay down I am going to get Uncle Charlie" Lily said, she practically forced Teddy into her bed and ran out of the room. Teddy stared at the door where the red head had disappeared he felt his eyes grow heavy and before he knew it he was out.

He was like that when Lily ran back into the room, she stopped at the sight in front of her. How had she not seen how pale he was, or that his hair was its natural black color? He must not have had the energy to change it and keep it that way. She walked over to him slowly and sat down on the edge of the bed. His breathing had become shallow and he looked as though he had run a marathon.

Lily picked up his sweaty, hot hand and felt the tears well up into her eyes. For the first time she felt the fear of losing someone she loved dearly, and it all was because of her. He could die because of her. "Teddy…" She whispered as she leaned down and put her cheek to his, "I love you" she said before placing a slow and soft kiss on his lips.

Lily was staring at him when Charlie entered along with the camp healer, the woman took one look at Teddy before turning to Lily and Charlie. "I need you to leave the room" Lily shook her head, she didn't want to leave Teddy just laying there. This could be the last time she has a chance to see him and she didn't want to be taken away.

"Lily I think you need to leave, lets go" Lily pushed away Charlie's hands as he tried to guide her out of the room, Charlie grabbed her and began to pull her out of the room. "no uncle Charlie! I want to be with him!" Charlie winced at the volume of her panicked voice, it was once they were out of the room and the silencing charm was up that Lily stopped screaming. It had become a sob before finally she began to moan, "why couldn't I stay? It was my fault!" Charlie looked at Lily for a moment, he wasn't good at comforting anyone so he opted to make himself busy.

"I am going to go and floo your father, he needs to know that it might be a while before Teddy will be able to return" Lily laid down on the sofa and curled up and began to sob fiercely. She was scared that Teddy would die, and the thought of that caused all of her insides to churn and she felt like she was going to be sick. How could all this be happening? The other day everything was normal, everyone was happy. Now though, she felt things were changing. She could feel it in the air, times were going to get much worse.

AN: Please review and tell me what you think. I am sorry if it was a little rushed but I really wanted to update tonight.