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Chapter 6, by Olivia/BellatrixHazelRose.

Rose Weasley POV

I wake up in a dimly lit room, on a cold stone floor, vaguely thinking, "Where am I?" And then it all comes back, flooding into my mind. The train stopping, the look on Albus's face, the new boy. And the knife at my throat.

Heart racing, I abruptly sit up, but then sink back against the wall as my body immediately protests, my eyesight blurring, my head too heavy for my injured neck.

"Rose?" whispers a concerned voice. No, I think, not James too. But when I force open my eyes, it is him looking worriedly down at me.

"You okay?" he asks.

"Where's Al?" I say as I force myself into a sitting position, back against the wall.

"I'm here," says Albus's voice from a corner.

"What happened?" I ask, "James, how…"

"Me, that's how," chimes in a soft, shaky voice. I look over, and it's Lily, huddled in a corner next to my brother. "They got me and Hugo first."

Only then do I realize just how hurt Lily looks. Worried, I ask James softly, "What happened to her?"

He hesitates before replying, and Lily does for him, although I was hoping she wouldn't hear. "James tried to fight. He tried to get us away. It didn't work. There were too many of them. And…she got mad."

"She?"

"Bellatrix Lestrange. She's alive," says Hugo, speaking for the first time.

"No. No, no," I mutter. Bellatrix Lestrange was Voldemort's most ruthless Death Eater. I can't bear to think of what she could have done to Lily.

"Are you okay?" I ask Lily.

"Yeah," she says, but I can see it isn't true.

"What…" I whisper to James. There is silence.

"The Cruciatus Curse," Albus finally says in a low voice, and everyone looks down, not wanting to meet Lily's eyes.

"I'm fine," insists Lily. "It's Rose you should be worrying about. Those cuts look nasty."

For the first time since waking up, I let my fingers go to my neck, finding two straight, almost parallel cuts. Then, a heavy stone door on the opposite side of the room swings open, revealing him. The boy from the train. I feel James tense beside me as the boy walks toward Lily, but he stays put. However, I know that the second she is threatened, he will act. I know because I will too.

But the boy, Tom I remember he said his name was, just pulls a thin blanket from his robes and hands it to Lily, who pulls it around her shivering body. And then he walks over to me, giving me a Blood-Replenishing Potion that I cautiously drink.

"Everyone stand back against the wall," he commands. Lily is the first to do so, and in that moment I get a true glimpse of the emotional scarring this has left her with. A surge of pure anger flows through me at this boy, and at Bellatrix Lestrange, and everyone else who helped do this to her.

Tom extends a hand to help me up. I refuse it and try to stand up myself, but black spots dance at the edge of my vision and I am forced to accept the help. He helps me up with a gentleness I didn't see in him before. And when I can stand, before turning and walking away, he whispers quietly so only I can hear, "I-I'm sorry."

Lily Potter POV

Tom exits and she comes in, with six Death Eaters, one that I haven't seen before. The sight of her sends a chill down my spine, and I grab the blanket closer to me. All but the new Death Eater come over to us, each standing next to one of us, holding wands at our throats. The one next to me is the one they called Dolohov. I look over at the others. The one next to James is the biggest one, the one they called Crabbe. It brings a bit of a smile to my face that they know to be scared of him.

The new Death Eater takes out a video camera, and I'm really surprised. She prides being a pureblood above everything else, so why would she use Muggle technology? I guess because there's not really a wizard equivalent. The Death Eater pushes the button to start recording, and she begins to speak.

Ginny Potter POV

I log onto our computer and notice a new email. It doesn't have a name, and contains only a video link. When I open it, I am immediately confronted by the face of the woman who tried to kill me, a face I had long thought I would never have to see again. The face of Bellatrix Lestrange. She starts to speak, and I listen, sure that she would not reveal that she was alive for no reason, and scared as to what that reason might be.

"Afternoon, everyone," she says leeringly, "Sorry to tell you I'm not dead, it must be such a shock to you all. But now, down to business."

"If you recall, Mr. Potter, a long time ago you used what I wanted against me, and I told you that you knew how to play. Well, unfortunately I do too."

She steps away from the camera, and the view widens.

No, it can't be them, I think. I put them on the Hogwarts Express barely two hours ago! They should be on their way school. But instead they are against a wall with a Death Eater's wand to each of their heads. An old memory is triggered, and my hand rises to my own throat as I remember my fourth year at Hogwarts. I know the feeling.

Molly Weasley POV

I look in horror as my grandchildren are held with wands at their throats. Lily's eyes speak volumes. She has experienced things no child should have to. Rose has two angry red lines across her neck, and it looks like she can barely stand. She has obviously lost a lot of blood already. Bellatrix is back, speaking again.

"Don't worry, if all goes well no blood will be spilled today. Well, no more at any rate. They weren't very cooperative, so there were some consequences, but over all they are fine."

I feel a surge of pride, immediately followed by another wave of worry.

"Now, let's lay this out nice and simple," continues Bellatrix, "I have five children. I want five others. Each child will correspond to one other person. As soon as that person delivers themselves, the child will go free."

She walks over to the children and slowly drags a finger under Rose's chin, Rose's blood dripping onto her finger.

"Ronald Weasley."

She moves on, placing a hand on Hugo's shoulder.

"Hermione Weasley," She says the name with pure loathing.

Albus.

"Neville Longbottom," she says, her lips curling into a cold smile.

James.

"Molly Weasley." Oh, no. James. My mind is going wild at this point, and I have to force myself to listen as she walks over to Lily, lingering for a moment before finally saying,

"Harry Potter."

Ginny Weasley POV

"If the person named for one of these children does not deliver themselves within ten days of the receiving of this message to the cave where Hagrid hid from the Ministry, I will do to that child just what you did to what I wanted all those years ago."

He mouth widens into a cruel smile and there is a glint in her black eyes as she says,

"I'll break them."