They had escaped.
They were running, well Nix ran pulling her enchanted brother along the way making sure he didn't hit any trees as he whimpered from above her.
A niggling sensation had started to make its way from the pit of Nix's stomach to her throat, as if to remind her that she was forgetting something.
She knew they had to get far away from Hogwarts. Somehow they'd make their way back to England and go to the goblins at Gringotts. Nix had read about the goblins, the bank was their territory and the Ministry had no precedence there for it was neutral territory. The only loyalty the goblins had were to their own, their gold and those who they choose to have the honor.
Nix also knew that Harry was the Potter heir, with their father gone, any rights would pass down to him.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a whimper from her brother, her eyes followed his to a dark figure in a hood. The smell of a lightning storm surrounded her.
Itssss you! Pleasse help usss.
The dark figure moved forward and Harry's whimpering got louder.
"Harry, he won't hurt us. He promised."
She lowered her brother gently to the ground.
Come away from him, little sssnake.
"Why? He won't hurt me. He's just hurting. He just needs someone that will help him get through it." She raised her head to the darkening skies, "It's a full moon tonight."
"Nix, you need to listen to my master. Harry will not be in control when the moon rises."
"No! You are both wrong! You are just like everyone else."
Her eyes flashed almost seeming to glow in the fading daylight.
Nix grabbed a hold of her brother and this time ran dragging him behind.
"Nix! That hurts!"
She continued to run she knew if she stopped he would be taken away from her and that was something that could not happen.
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Lily was lost in the Forbidden Forest, but a small part of her did not regret it for she had at last also lost the Ministry official that had been glued to her side.
A cry echoed through the night making Lily jump her skin rippling with goose bumps and her back stiffening. She could recognize a cry from one of her children at any place or time.
She sucked in a deep breath and ran in the direction of the scream, praying to whatever deities she could think of, hoping her children would end up alright.
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The boy had changed.
Severus watched from afar as he watched the boy turn on his sister in one of the meadows of the Forbidden Forest.
Still the other child tried to reason with her brother as she backed away from him, her face surprisingly calm for the situation.
A black shape passed by him quickly, "My Lord…"
His master had apparated and was now several paces from the two children.
He had drawn his wand and it was aimed at the boy child who now took the image of small yet still fearsome wolf.
"No!"
A cry pierced through the night this time coming from two mouths, a mother and a twin.
As Severus ran closer the scene before him seemed to happen quickly and slow motion at the same time, he felt nearly dizzy from the disorientation.
His student had lunged back toward her twin who had now lunged toward her, but he missed her by a foot and instead she was in front of him just as the dark wizard's emerald green spell shot toward the wolf.
Behind the wolf a scuism opened up and two figures dragged him back before closing the portal behind them.
The slithering sort of magic, shot from the Dark Lord's wand, seemed to snake itself around the young girl within the light, rebounding onto his master enveloping them in a flame of emerald magic before they both completely disappeared into thin air.