CHAPTER TEN : - )
"Good Evening Ms Granger"
"You…but…you're dead!" I gasped, looking into the grey eyes of Sirius Black.
He chuckled coldly.
"It has been a while since I've been seen" He admitted, "But I never died"
"What?" I exclaimed.
"I thought you were meant to be intelligent. I never died" He sneered.
"But…why didn't you come to the order? We were all so sad after your death, we needed you. Harry needed you..." He looked at me blankly.
"Don't you care?" I whispered, tears now running down my cheeks.
"Should I?" He asked. I shook my head in disbelief.
"What happened to you?" I said weakly, tears running down my cheeks freely.
"I believe I can answer that" A voice said from the darkness of my room. I closed my eyes, not sure I wanted to see who it was.
Finally gaining courage I opened my eyes and clapped my hands twice, activating the lights.
"Good to see you Ms Granger" I stared at shock at the man before me.
"Snape…" I said, more to myself then him. He smirked.
"It's been a long time" He said. These words brought me back to my senses. The last time I had seen this man had been on the same night he had killed Dumbledore.
"You murdering bastard!" I yelled. I wanted to run over there and hurt him, kill him even, but as soon as I had yelled I was being restrained by Sirius.
"Let me go!" I yelled at him. I wanted to hurt him as well, but I couldn't bring myself to hurt the man that had always wanted the best for Harry.
"Settle down girl!" He ordered.
"I want to know what is going on NOW!" I yelled, even though I had a pretty good idea what may have been going on.
"I think you should sit down and make yourself comfortable then" Snape said. I nodded and forced myself to calm down enough to make Sirius let go of me.
The moment his hands were off of me I reached for my wand only to find it wasn't there.
"Shit" I said quietly. Snape laughed.
"If you are looking for your wand Ms Granger, I'd like to remind you that you carelessly left it behind. But don't worry, I'm keeping it safe" Snape smirked. I glared at him.
A push from behind reminded me what I was supposed to be doing and I walked over to a sofa and sat down.
"Now tell me what's going on" I whispered. Knowing that I had no wand made this so much worse.
"Very well…" Snape began. "When I heard about this convention I knew the order would send someone. I of course expected Lupin under the Polyjuice Potion, but it appeared the order wanted to send a…less experienced member" Snape sneered. I had to restrain myself from laughing at the thought of Remus seducing Draco.
"So, I contacted Regulus here and…" He stopped at my gasp.
"Regulus…?" I said in disbelief. I looked over at the smirking man and studied his features. He looked like Sirius, but a careful enough inspection would say otherwise.
"Ah, did you think that dear Sirius and come back?" Snape sneered. "They do look alike, don't they? But think girl, would there ever be a time that I would want that idiot's help?"
I didn't answer; I just stared at Regulus, cursing myself inwardly for my stupidity.
"See something you like?" He finally asked, smirking and giving me a wink. I heard Snape groan.
"Regulus, not now" Snape warned. I chose to look at the floor from that point.
"We decided to come to the convention" Snape continued. "I used Polyjuice, Regulus just kept his hood up"
"It was you!" I exclaimed, surprising the two men. "The man that watched me, who followed me into the bathroom corridor…it was you!" Regulus smirked and nodded.
"Then…who were you disguised at?" I asked, turning to Snape.
"A man named Edward Mason" Snape replied. I nodded slowly, trying to recall if that name had been mentioned throughout my stay. It hadn't.
"So…what are you going to do with me? Take me to Voldemort?" I asked, trying not to sound fearful. Both men laughed.
"Of course not, I'm dead, remember? No, we have greater things in store for you" Regulus Smirked.
"We plan to use you against Potter" Snape said.
"What do you mean?" I asked, gritting my teeth.
"We mean that Potter would willingly replace you as our hostage. And if we have Potter, Voldemort is at our command" Snape said, a smirk creeping onto his face at the horrified look on mine.
"No! I won't let Harry!" I yelled, standing up to seem more intimidating. Regulus rolled his eyes and knocked me back onto the sofa with a flick of his hand.
"Potter will do as we say, not what you say" Regulus sneered, giving a snort as tears started to fall down my cheeks again.
"Does she ever stop crying?" He asked. Snape shrugged.
"Now, where do you keep your mission equipment?" Snape said, proving his knowledge of the twin's order supplies.
"I don't know what you're talking about" I said through gritted teeth.
"I can get it out of her if you like" Regulus said, walking over to me and placing a hand on my shoulder. I nudged him off.
"That will not be necessary Regulus" Snape snapped. He walked over to me and looked at me. By the time I realized he was searching my mind it was too late. He was striding over to the bed and pulling the laptop screens out from under them.
"Thank you Ms Granger" Snape smirked. He sat down on one of the sofas and proceeded to go through the camera images.
Regulus stared at me another moment before finally speaking.
"Get on the bed" He ordered. My eyes widened.
"Why?" I asked fearfully. He ignored the question and waved his hand at me again. I felt my body lift off the couch and get slammed onto the bed.
I wanted to cry when I saw him start to make his way over to the bed, struggling to untie his cloak on the way.
"Leave me alone!" I yelled. He ignored me, what had I expected exactly?
I closed my eyes tightly to stop any tears as I felt the bed bounce slightly, telling me that he was now on it.
"Leave me alone…" I whispered, feeling a hand stroke my cheek. I opened my eyes and hit him. It wasn't a powerful hit, but it let him know that I was serious.
"You little bitch…" Regulus chuckled, grabbing my throat. I panicked as his grip got tighter and immediately my hand was on his, trying to wrench it off my throat.
"Regulus, leave her alone would you? We have business to attend to." Snape spat, Regulus sighed, letting go of me.
"I wasn't aware that you controlled me" Regulus snarled, getting up all the same.
I resisted the urge to hit Regulus again. Angering him with an unnecessary punch did not seem like a good idea…as I had just found out.
I refused to move from my place on the bed, but instead watched the two men carefully, taking in every facial expression, which were few.
After a fair while I began to feel my eyes droop, but I refused to fall asleep; at least not with these two around.
"Tired Ms Granger?" Snape sneered.
"Can't say I am" I retorted. "But if you are you're most welcome to go to sleep, although, I'd watch about for Mr. Black, who knows what he's likely do to in a fit of desperation"
"Why you little…" Regulus snarled, starting towards me but was stopped by Snape's arm.
"Leave her be Regulus" Snape chuckled, pushing him back.
"Severus, you can't really expect me to stand by and let her insult me!" Regulus argued.
"I expect you to control your temper, now sit down" Snape ordered. Regulus sat back down, giving me a look that could strike fear into even Voldemort's heart.
It must have been a half hour later that Snape stood up. He was frowning.
"Come Regulus, we must go out" Snape said, appearing to have come to a decision. Regulus nodded and pulled his hood up, covering most of his face.
"Where are you going?" I asked suspiciously. The last thing I needed was for them to ruin this mission by informing Draco. Then again, the last thing I needed was to be held hostage…
"Always the know-it-all" Snape sneered…Yeah, because that answered my question.
I continued to yell that same question, but they left without answering. I would have been tempted to break down the door and follow them if it hadn't vanished. I looked behind me to see that the balcony door was gone too.
"Damn you!" I screamed, hitting the stretch of wall where the door should have been with the palm of my hands. I heard the faint sound of laughter come from the other side.
I looked around frantically, trying to figure out what to do. Everyone was at the god-forsaken dance so yelling out for help wasn't an option.
Walking over to my bed I picked up my book and threw it at the wall. As I expected it rebounded with a flash of light without leaving a mark of any sort. I should have expected Snape to have put charms up.
I yelled out in frustration. I got to play damsel in distress and wait here helplessly while Snape told Draco all about my mission which Snape probably knew all about…or did he? Although he had watched the camera footage for a fair while it surely wouldn't have bee long enough to gain any real information…
I frowned and opened the laptop screen.
Immediately the footage of me making it back onto my balcony as the surfboard I had used as a bridge fell to the ground and smashed.
"The first night…" I whispered. So…did this mean he hadn't seen anymore then the first day and night?
I rewound the tape back and quickly scanned through the parts with Draco. The shove…the hallway…the dance... Snape could make anything from these. I could have shoved him because of all the hell he had given me, and I had accidentally caught his attention for all Snape knew…had when I was in his room…
Well, Draco was the top death eater; all meetings would likely be held in his room and both Snape and Regulus seemed to have already taken the most logical answer which be that I, as a spy from the order, would be interested in Voldemort's plans, not Draco.
This was perfect, I could make this work! All I had to do was erase any mention of my mission. I would have to leave the romance side of things there unfortunately…I couldn't make the lack of data too suspicious.
3 hours 2 minutes and 53 seconds later –
How long could erasing a couple of things from a laptop take!? After the first hour I began to become wary. What is Snape or Regulus…or worse…BOTH caught me in the act?
But finally I was done. Snape would be none the wiser. I had even made sure to rewind it back to where he was up to and place the laptop back in the exact same place.
But there was still the chance of him telling Draco who I was...
"I swear I'll kill the bastard if he does…" I growled, jumping in fright at the sound of my own voice. Great, so now he had made me paranoid…
I leaned back on the sofa and looked around. Maybe I could grab some sleep while they were gone? It'd probably be my only chance…But what if they came back? I didn't even want to know what Regulus would do…
I yawned.
No! Yawning is bad! It means my traitorous body wants me to go to sleep…
I felt my eyes begin to close and I rubbed them. Finally, sighing as I ignored my mind telling me I was an idiot I went back to my bed.
I climbed in, not caring that I was still wearing my dress and lay my head on the pillow. I was asleep in seconds…
I jumped awake at the sound of a door slamming. Quickly checking the clock I noticed that I had been asleep for a few hours.
"Hello?" I called out. I looked over at the door. No one was there. Wait…a door!
"Snape" I hissed.
"Not quite" I heard a voice say. Regulus stepped out so that I could see him.
"Did you have to come back?" I said, glaring at the man. He chuckled and walked over to the bed. I glared up at him.
"Still in your dance dress I see" He scolded, climbing onto the bed.
"What are you doing!?" I shrieked, edging away from him. He laughed, although I didn't know why. It was only when I caught the scent of his breath did I clue in.
"You've been drinking!" I exclaimed, quickly getting out of the bed. Not like I wouldn't have if he hadn't been drinking anyway…
He grabbed my arm and pulled me back on it.
He muttered something, moving so he was above me.
"Get off of me!" I yelled, kicking and punching. He hissed as one of the kicks came close to his groin and pressed his body down against mine, restricting me of a lot of movement.
He began kissing my neck. The unwelcome kisses felt so vile coming from him.
"Get off" I hissed. He ceased the kissing and looked at me. We made eye contact for a moment and I thought he was feeling guilt, but when he looked at my lips I knew differently.
As his face moved closer to me I turned my head and his lips hit my cheek instead. He snarled and grabbed my head roughly until I turned back to him.
"Don't want to play nice huh? Fine" He hissed. He lips came crashing to mine most forcefully.
In all my attempts to make him stop kissing me I didn't notice his hands until I heard and felt my dress rip. Panic over came me and I screamed, hoping that someone would hear me. I didn't think it had worked until I heard knocking at the door.
"HELP!" I tried to scream, but it was muffled by his lips. He seemed to be ignoring the door. He shifted so he was more comfortable and I took the opportunity to knee him in the groin. It worked; he rolled off of me in pain.
I got up the bed and ran to the door. The knocks had grown louder and more urgent by the time I opened it.
"Draco!" I exclaimed.
"Rosalie, what's the matter?" He asked worriedly, taking in my ripped dress. Why was he asking me? Couldn't he see Regulus? I turned around only to find an answer to my question, Regulus was gone.
"Draco, Sn…" 'Snape and Regulus Black are keeping me prisoner' I was going to say, that was until a cool sensation washed over me and I had a voice in my head, telling me what to say and do.
"What? What were you going to say?" Draco asked worriedly.
"I was just going to say 'sorry'. I was having a bad dream, I didn't mean to disturb you" Draco nodded, although a small frown was evident on his face and he pulled me into a hug.
"Don't worry about it Rosie. Now, how are you feeling?" He asked, holding me at arms length so he could see my face. I noticed that she had called me by my nickname.
"Alright, I just need some sleep" I heard myself reply. Draco nodded and kissed me goodnight.
"Goodnight Rosalie" He murmured, stroking my cheek affectionately. As soon as the door was closed I was released from the curse.
I turned around in rage only to receive a sharp slap to the face. The force knocked me to the ground with a cry.
"Stupid bitch!" Regulus roared, kicking me. I whimpered in pain as I tried desperately to stand up and get away from his harsh kicks.
"Try and ruin my plans will you?" He sneered angrily. He pulled me up by my hair and dragged me over to my bed. He threw me on it and I scrambled away quickly and belted on the wall, hoping that Draco would come back.
"I've put silencing charms up you stupid girl" Regulus sneered, grabbing my ankle and sliding me further towards him.
He straddled me and when I struggled and screamed he struck me. The blow made me feel light headed and I was surprised I was still conscious let alone thinking straight.
I felt Regulus start to claw at my dress savagely, putting more force into it this time. I screamed out in fear as he tore it open.
I wanted to close my eyes and not think about what was happening so badly, but my mind was telling me to keep my eyes open for anything to get me out of this mess.
It was then I saw the lamp on my bedside table. Not exactly the perfect weapon but if everything went according to plan it should do the job fine.
I wasn't about to do what I'd seen so many people do in movies and kiss him to distract him while I tried to get it, no, that would make him suspect something. And besides, he seemed distracted enough.
Stretching my body as far as it would go I reached out for the lamp. I pushed it further back the first try, then after shifting ever so slightly towards it I managed to get a proper hold on it.
Regulus seemed to realize what I was doing and had he not been so drunk he would have forced me to drop the lamp. As it were he took his chance to deliver one final blow to my head before the lamp came smashing down onto his own.
As soon as the lamp shattered he fell on me unconscious. It was only then, when he was temporarily harmless, that I relaxed, making me fall into unconsciousness as well, as pain from the two blows to my head over came me.
a/n: I'm so sorry! This chapter is so poorly written...but it's the best I can do for a while. With school I've had next to no time to write, they're really stacking the work load on us. Now, Although I didn't get 40 reviews...I thank you all. Although I do love reviews (hint) I can see how much you like my story by seeing the amount of people's alert and favourites list I'm on :) Anyway...rambling over...
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