Chapter Nine: Decisions
The werewolf had Lilianna at the Malfoy Manor in very little to no time at all. He was there before Draco was.
"Alaric!" Lucius greeted the werewolf, letting him in. Lucius roughly grabbed Lilianna's arm as she tried to pass him. "Mudblood's daughter." He said disdainfully.
"Lucius!" Narcissa scolded. "You're hurting her. She's Draco's daughter, too. Besides, I prefer the fact he had her with Miss Granger instead of Miss Parkinson. Pansy was a snobby 'B' word!"
"Just say 'bitch'!" Lucius said.
"Don't teach our granddaughter such words!"
Lucius looked at Narcissa like she was crazy. "She is no granddaughter of mine." He said coldly. "She is Mudblood filth."
"Don't use that word in front of her! The world has changed, Lucius. Can't you see that? You're stuck in the old world with 'blood this' and 'blood that'. It doesn't matter anymore!"
Lucius walked off, still gripping Lilianna's arm tightly. She was forced to follow him.
"Ow!" Lilianna cried as he tightened his grip.
"Lilianna!" Hermione's voice, frantic, came from the cellar below. "If you lay a finger on her, I'll kill you, Lucius!"
Lucius pulled out his wand. "Crucio!" He said with a wavy flick of his wand; Lilianna screamed in pain.
Who was that screaming? Draco asked himself as he walked to the back entrance to the Malfoy Manor. He bit his lip, realizing it was Lilianna. He used his wand to use an Alohomora spell on the door so he could open it easily. He opened the door slowly and walked into the kitchen as Lilianna's ear piercing scream echoed through the house.
"Stop!" His mother begged.
"Leave me alone, Narcissa!" Lucius yelled, roughly pushing her aside.
In the drawing room(which is where they were) Lucius pulled out a knife. Like Bellatrix had done years ago to Hermione, he carved Mudblood into Lilianna's arm. She cried out in pain as he did and gripped her arm, which was bleeding badly.
"Lucius!" Narcissa yelled, pulling Lilianna to herself. "Stop it! She's our granddaughter and you're treating her like she's nothing!"
"No, I'm treating her like the Mudblood she is. It's worse than nothing!"
"She is no Mudblood, Lucius! She is Draco's daughter; his flesh and blood!"
"Draco's blood is pure magical. Hers is mixed with a Mudblood's filthy, stolen blood!"
"Stop it! Hermione is no different from us! She is actually more talented at magic than either of us!"
"How do you know, and if she is, why hasn't she proved it?"
"Draco's told me about her magic. I've never seen it for myself, but-"
"Then her magic isn't that great!" Lucius yelled. He looked at Lilianna behind Narcissa, both Narcissa and Lilianna were terrified. "So neither is hers! So I should just erase her from the Malfoy family line, permanently!" Lucius said, brandishing his knife.
"Lucius, you won't-"
Lucius pushed Narcissa out of his way roughly, and grabbed Lilianna by the arm. He held the knife to her throat.
"Get away from my daughter!" Draco's voice growled from behind.
Lucius turned, the blade of his knife pierced Lilianna's skin, causing beads of blood to slip from her throat.
"Stop! You're hurting her!" Draco said, begging.
"Drop your wand!" Lucius told him. "I said drop it!" he yelled, pressing his knife deeper into Lilianna's throat when Draco didn't drop his wand.
"Okay, just don't hurt-" Draco's eyes widened when he saw Lilianna's arm. He still dropped his wand, to prevent Lilianna more pain. "Just, please don't hurt her."
"She needs to be erased from the Malfoy family, though…" He said, dragging his knife along Lilianna's throat.
"No one will ever know she's mine, though! Her last name is Granger and she looks more like Hermione anyways. Plus, she's a Metamorphmagus!"
Lucius rubbed his chin in thought with his free hand. "They're worth a lot in the black market…" He turned to Alaric. "Send her with the other prisoner. I must have time to think of what to do with them."
"Is Hermione okay?" Draco asked.
"She is…for now."
Hermione looked up as the cellar door was opened and someone was pushed in. Lilianna's squeal from falling echoed off the walls.
Hermione rushed to her daughter, biting her lip. "Are you okay?" She asked her daughter. Hermione ripped part of her jeans and pressed it to Lilianna's neck wound. "Just hang in there," she said, crying slightly. She wiped her eyes and continued to press the clothe to her daughter's throat.
"Maybe I'll get a piece of one of you when Lucius is finished!" Alaric sneered, closing the cellar door as he walked out.
"Draco, you are going to marry Pansy Parkinson, then kill your daughter and her mother."
"I will do none of those things!" Draco growled.
"You will. It will be better if you killed them; they'd have a quicker death. If I have to kill them, it will be a slow, painful death."
"What if I just marry Pansy and you let Lili and Hermione go?"
"That won't work. Right before you marry Pansy Parkinson, you will kill both of them with the witch's own wand." Lucius said, holding up Hermione's wand.
Draco bit his lip. "I-I'll do it." He said.
Hermione held Lilianna to herself. "It'll be okay…" She whispered to her, stroking her dark curls. It had been hours. The sun had risen and Lilianna's arm and neck had stopped bleeding. The warmth of Hermione's body (the only warm source in the room) wasn't enough to stop Lilianna's shivering and trembling. The pain from the earlier hours had not gone away from Lilianna's neck or arm. Hermione knew from experience Lilianna's arm wouldn't be purged of the word 'Mudblood'. It would become a scar, a scar that would never heal and forever be brandished into her skin.
Suddenly, the door to the cellar opened and light filled the room. "Your time to die has come, Mudblood." Lucius said upon entering. Hermione bit her lip. She started to set Lilianna down. "Her time has come, too."
"No! You can't kill her!"
"Oh, I'm not going to kill her! Her father is, like he's going to kill you."
"He said he loves me!"
"He's killing you and his daughter to save his own arse. I said I'd let you go, if he stayed. He doesn't want to, so the only other option is to kill both of you." Lucius lied easily, pushing Hermione out of the cellar. He pulled Lilianna out of the room by the collar of her shirt, dragging her along to the Malfoy Manor gardens outside. The bright sunlight from the 9:00 A.M. morning hurt Hermione's eyes after being in the cellar for so long.
"Draco!" Lucius yelled, pushing Hermione and Lilianna towards him. Draco nervously twirled Hermione's wand in his hand. "Which goes first?"
"What?"
"Which on are you killing first?"
Draco bit his lip.
"Fine, you only have to kill one. Which will it be?" Lucius asked.
"I…"
Lucius sighed, impatient. He summoned a hat and put two pieces of paper into it-one with Hermione's name, the other with Lilianna's.
Draco bit his lip as his father forced him to pick a name. he closed his eyes and pulled out the second paper he felt. He pulled it out, and looked at the name: Lilianna. Draco bit his lip, and pointed the wand at Lilianna.
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