And here comes the goooood parts of the story! At least, I hope they're good. Hmm. Anyways, R&R, and enjoy (:
Chapter 8: The Kidnapping
Gabrielle stayed curled up in the rain as the night wore on. She wanted to feel the mix of the rain and her tears against her cheeks, feel something other than the pain of losing Seamus. Well, Parvati had gotten what she wanted. To split Gabrielle and Seamus up.
And that's when it hit Gabrielle- that had been Parvati's intention. To split them up.
Seamus had said he roomed with Dean, and Dean was also friends with Parvati. He could have easily repeated Seamus's sleep talk. It didn't mean he was a cheater at all!
Gabrielle's face split into a wide grin, and she dashed back inside, dripping water all over the place.
She tried calling Seamus back by the floo... but he wasn't coming.
Shrugging it off, Gabrielle hurried up to Sienna and wrote a hasty letter to Seamus, sending it off into the rainy dawn.
Settling down on her bed, Gabrielle realized she was soaked to the bone. Changing hurriedly into warm, fluffy pajamas, Gabrielle sank back onto her bed.
Everything was going to be alright. Seamus would accept her apology, and everything would return to normal.
Gabrielle waited for a few days. Sienna still hadn't returned. The elation Gabrielle had initially felt slowly sunk within her, as she paced the halls of her cottage, waiting.
One day, while Gabrielle was sitting curled on the couch, flipping through 'Hogwarts, A History', she heard a rap on her window. Sienna!
Gabrielle rushed to open the window, and Sienna fluttered inside... with no letter.
So Seamus had received her letter, but hadn't bothered to return one? He sent Sienna back empty handed?
Gabrielle's breaths became shallow. So. He didn't want her back.
She could understand. Gabrielle felt worthless. Suddenly, her mind became filled to the brim with depressing thoughts.
Parvati is prettier than I am.
I'm just too dull for him.
No one ever favored me, why should this time be any different?
Similar thoughts to these flitted back and forth across her mind. Only a sliver of Gabrielle's mind was fighting back, but it was too overwhelmed. She wouldn't let herself think that she was anything more than ordinary.
Gabrielle turned to pick back up her book, and came face to face with a black clad, rough looking man, who was sneering down at her, his platinum hair cascading over his shoulders.
Gabrielle thought she should recognize him. She didn't have time to try and place who he was however, because he raised his hand, and yelled, "Stupefy!"
And she sank into a thudding darkness.
Gabrielle woke up with an enormous headache. She rubbed the side of her head and realized she was sitting on a cold surface. Looking around, she saw only the dark depths of a dank cellar.
She heard bustling and turned to the sound, and a door burst open. In walked the man who kidnapped her.
"Where am I? Who are you? Why did you take me? What did I do to you?" Questions burst out of Gabrielle. The man flicked his wand and silenced her.
"You are at my home, Malfoy manor. I am Lucius Malfoy. I have taken you because those of us still left in the Dark Lord's service are attempting to kill off members of the Order one. By. One." he sneered.
Gabrielle shuddered quickly. "But I'm not in the Order..." she stared at Lucius Malfoy from where she was, eyes burning into him.
"Correct, you are mere bait. To lure the other members here. We want to ensure that those who took down our Lord are severely punished. Here's your food for the day-" he put a bowl of cold soup in front of Gabrielle, and walked away, shutting the door to the cellar quickly, and locking it.
Gabrielle leaned forward and picked up the bowl, bringing the rim to her mouth. The soup was incredibly bitter. Gabrielle spat it out.
She leaned back against the stone wall and sighed. She felt like a prisoner.
So yes, Lucius is still a bad guy. I decided Draco and Narcissa are good though... Lucius just strikes me as someone who could never be good. Do not judge my opinion or I shall steal your potato chips. Hope you enjoyed!
