Chapter 6
When I opened my eyes several hours later, the room around me was full of sunlight, I attempted to sit up, but the pounding in my head wouldn't allow me to.
"Take it easy Rose, sit up slowly." Scorpious was at my side guiding me up.
"My brother?" I asked
"He's fine, he was a bit frightened, but mum calmed him down a bit."
"I took a moment to get my bearings, there was a tray full of food sitting on the coffee table across from me, and for the first time I noticed that Scorpious and I were not alone. In front of the fire place stood Draco Malfoy, and a curious looking house elf who wore what looked like tailor made jeans and a small sweater.
"Hello Rose." Mr. Malfoy said with a smile
"Hi." I said looking at Scorpious confused
"He and mum came by a while ago, we had the whole ministry beating down the door, Kingsley was here even." Scorp explained
"If you don't mind Rose, I need to tell you what you remember." Mr. Malfoy asked
"It hurt, like bloody hell." I said, my voice scratchy and dry threatened to quit on me
"They used the cruicatus curse on her." Scorpious explained and Draco nodded
"Did they say anything to you at all?" he asked
"The blonde lady said that they were after Scorp, that this was ordered by his grandfather, she called him a blood traitor." I said remembering the blonde's harsh words.
"Is that it?" he asked me
"Yes," I said
Mr. Malfoy sat in one of the armchairs near me and his house elf came forward to hand me a cup of tea.
"Here you are miss." The elf said with a loopy smile.
"You will have to excuse my friend Cuppie, she has been with my family a long time, and even after she was freed I found myself begging her to come along with me everywhere, she's become somewhat a companion of mine." He explained patting the elf on the head
"Dad loves her best." Scorp laughed
"I do, she does as she's asked." Draco mused
I ate my breakfast and slowly felt my strength coming back, suddenly I was desperate for answers.
"What about my mum and dad?" I asked
"Well I wasn't able to get much out of Kingsley, but it looks like they are ok, there are undercover aurors already working on getting them home, they should be fine if all goes well." He said
"And if all goes bad what happens to them then?" I asked
"Well from what I know of you Uncle and Aunt and your parents is that they are tough, I've seen them get out of much tougher situations, but there is no real way to say what could happen" He said
I swallowed back the tears and forced a brave face "What about my brother, has anyone told him?" I asked
"I told him about the patronus, and I told him that your parents are alive and should be fine." Scorpious said
I nodded my thanks
"The plan now is to get all of you back to Hogwarts so that my wife and I can go to assist the Order, Lea will be going to stay with you grandmother." Mr. Malfoy said
"Nana Weasley isn't helping the Order?" I asked
"Oh she is, I meant your mother's mum." He said
"You… I just thought, Oh." I said with my foot in my mouth
"I know what you think Ms. Weasley, you don't have to spare me, and no I don't mind sending my daughter off with a muggle, she'll be much safer there believe it or not I have no issue with muggles." He said "After all I'm the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. It's my job to protect the muggles from those of our world who wish to harm them."
That night Kingsley made a special trip to come to dinner with all of us. We all sat together in the living room waiting anxiously for him to give any news he had.
I took time to survey each and every one of us. Lilly and Albus both looked frightened, shaking and clutching on to one another, I got the feeling that being in the basement during the fight only added to their fear. James's hair was even more messy than usual, his face suddenly looked much older, the strong silent seventh year seemed tense to say the least. Both Victore and Teddy looked ghastly, Vic had a nice sized bruise on her face while Teddy was pale and scared looking. I heard them mumbling about what they would do, neither of them were students at Hogwarts any longer, for them joining the order and going off to fight was and option, of course, but the danger scared Vic.
Then there was Albus and Scorpious, the two of them seemed angry to put in subtly. Albus' eyes were on fire, though his face was bruised and scratched, he seemed to be out for blood. Scorp had himself drawn to his full height, shoulders back and ready to fight, he kept me close at all times, as if he expected me to have his back, the way he'd had mine.
Mrs. Malfoy came in and sat down next to her husband, Cuppy flowed her placing the tea tray on the table and then going to sit near Mr. Malfoy.
"I want all of you to understand," spoke Kingsley, his deep voice filling the room, "that you are lucky to be alive. The Order of the Phoenix has been working very hard to track and capture some of the Death Eaters you've mentioned, but it seems that some old faces have gained a young following."
Kingsley tossed a thick stack of photos on the table. Albus picked them up first and passed them around for us to see.
I recognized the first three people as Bellatrix Lastrange, pulling against her chains and screaming in her photo, Arabesque Crabe, who had been in Teddy and Vic's year at Hogwarts, and Collin Stout, a Hogwarts sixth year and a former friend of Albus'.
"Collin." He said shaking his head
"You must understand that this is a very grave situation, their numbers are growing rapidly, and what they want is still unclear, we do know however that their leader seems to be Mr. Lucius Malfoy." Kinsley explained
I looked at Scorpious who simply stared straight ahead not bothering to acknowledge that these had been our friends, some of them had even been close to us.
"There has been a prophecy about our young master Scorpious that has been stolen by master Lucius, now it has become apparent that this prophecy was taken years ago, on the same night Lucius tried to procure the prophecy about Voldemort from Harry Potter" Kingsley continued
"You mean to tell me that there was a prophecy about my son made twenty years ago and I never heard about it?" Ms. Astroia shouted looking furious.
"Now Mrs. Malfoy, I assure you, the prophecy never mentioned young Scorpious by name, in fact many thought the child mentioned in it was your husband, but after the second war, it became more obvious that the child in the prophecy is Scorpious." Kingsley said in an effort to calm Mrs. Malfoy's nerves
"Have you heard it?" asked Scorpious, he still made eye contact with no one, and his held a forced sound of control.
"Well no, I'm sorry I haven't, there is only one other than Lucius who has heard it, well two if you count young Delilah, and seeming as though she doesn't remember it, I believe that there are only two in the world who know what the prophecy says." Kingsley replied
"Who is the other person?" Scorpious asked
"Me."
The one word so small and frightening I could not believe Draco Malfoy had had the courage to say it.
"My… my father took me to see old Delilah when I was a child, I remember her dropping a tray on her floor and speaking in this strange voice. My father had gone to wash, so I was the only one in the room. When she was done she didn't seem to remember what she'd said, so I decided to ignore it as well. I never told my father, but I guess he found out anyway." He said
"Well?" snapped Astoria, "What did it say?"
"I, I don't remember love, you must understand, I was so young, and so frightened, I can't possibly begin to tell you how much it all confuses me. I wish I could remember." He replied
"It doesn't matter," said Scorpious, "what it said is not important, all that matters is that we find out where the Weasley's and the Potter's are being held, that's top priority right now."
Though no one said anything it was obvious that we all had the same idea on our minds. What was best for now was to find our parents, and to deal with what came next later.
