hello! my dears! i'm off on mid-term this week and i thought there is not a better way to spend valentines day than writing fanfic :D ohh god i am such a loser.
So will you be my valentines and review? ;)
hehe oh did anyone see the woman in black? i did : oh my god it is awesome! i jumped like fifty times and my friend was in stiches laughing at me, every ten minutes she'd be all "Niamh...your face! hahaha" yeah so that happened.
Anyway i hope everyone had a wonderfull day reading fanfic, eating chocolate and crying at their laptop saying "Your the ony one for me scorp, you are! Damn my muggleness" ... or was that just me? haha i jokes, i jokes...kinda
disclaimer: ohh what i would give for Mr Potter to be mine ;)
Chapter 12~ A tide in the affairs of men
Aludra P.O.V
Stepping off of the train onto the fog filled station she spotted her parents almost right away. Her father's striking Blonde hair (much like her own) stood out amongst the crowd, and her mother's insistence on perfect posture left her rather ridged against the backdrop of the busy station.
Ala rolled her eyes, god they were such a power couple sometimes.
As well as her mother's ridged stance Ala couldn't help but notice the panic slowly edge around the station, a witch in front of her was waving the profit almost in her face while clutching her young son and sobbing.
On the front page was a picture of four or five naked bodies in what looked like a dug out pit, blood and dirt covered their life-less forms, limbs were ripped out of sockets and legs were bent at completely wrong angles.
Ala shivered. This was not supposed to happen. No it was just sick.
Whatever they were doing to these people it looked a hell of a lot worse than the cruciatus curse.
Ala watched as fellow students were embraced by their parents and welcomed with the news. Many seemed shocked, most terrified.
Aurors stood at even points around the station. Watching, waiting. An involuntary shiver found its way down her back.
Ala spotted Teddy somewhat up the platform on full guard. She use to see him occasionally when he was younger and would visit Narcissa with his Grandmother. But she hasn't seen him in years.
She took a deep breath, letting it all wash over her. She could see her brother making his way over to their parents, mild curiosity printed across his face.
She just watched. Watched as her parents turned his world upside down. Watched as his life changed before her very eyes. Watched as his expression changed from passive curiosity to fear, his face drop, his brow crinkle and a bead of sweat form on his forehead.
She could see Al in the far corner of the station with his family; they seemed to be trying to leave as quickly as possible, no one seemed to know what was going on.
His mother was ushering the children out of the barrier, while trying to avoid random screaming crying people falling at her feet.
They were all gone in a matter of seconds once the aurors decided to help her out.
The crowed consisted of mothers holding their children tightly, fathers looking sombre and young children crying, wiping their snotty noses on their selves. It was a very dyer scene to say the least.
At last she decided to make her way towards her family, who seemed to be in a heated discussion.
Ala flicked her wand at her trunk, there were so many wizards and witches on the station that no one would notice a little underage magic, even the aurors wouldn't be bothered with it.
There was bigger fish to fry.
"No, that's not bloody fair! I've had this planned for weeks!" Scorp huffed, crossing his arms pointedly.
Ala couldn't help but laugh silently at him.
The favourite child not getting what he wants? What has come of the world?
Her mother merely raised an eyebrow, contempt written across her face.
"We will talk about this once we are home." She said, her piercing blue eyes sawing through him, then she turned to her.
"Ala my dear, how are you?" Her mother smiled lightly while her father looked at the levitated bag pointedly.
She flicked her wand smiling back at her parents. Oh how the tables have turned.
"Mother, Father" she sang happily, glad to be off the train and somewhat free again.
Scorp looked suspiciously between them.
"Wait, does she know?"
"Know what?" Ala asked turning to her parents, she obviously knew what, but she didn't know how they wanted to play this so she just handed the reigns over.
"She knows because the news broke while she was in hospital." Her father said sternly, turning towards the exit, their mother following.
Scorp just glared at Ala and followed his parents out through the barrier.
Ala sighed; preparing herself mentally for the week ahead then followed her family. Dodging sobbing women, worried men and frightened children.
She made her way through the barrier and walked to the ally alongside the station where her father was waiting, she pulled her trunk up to him and he took her hand, in the next moment they were standing in front of Malfoy Manor.
They landed in the wide driveway; the yew hedges ran off into the distance, an impressive wrought-iron gate positioned halfway up the drive saw that there were no unwanted intruders, the curses made sure of that.
The Manor its self was as impressive as ever, larger than life and darker than death the place always had a creepy feel to it, even to Ala who had lived there all her life.
Her father began a brisk walk up to the house, her trunk hovering somewhat in front of him. She sighed.
Home sweet home.
~Rose P.O.V~
Only Aunt Ginny was at the station when the train arrived, Rose was so wrapped up in her own thoughts that at first she didn't notice the atmosphere of the station.
Well she had just spent the last two hours snogging Scorp and her mind was a little fogged up.
But when Amanda called her name she snapped out of her very inappropriate daydream. (It consisted of herself, Scorp and chocolate sauce)
She noticed parents clinging to their children for dear life, Mothers sobbing and young children looking terrified.
What on earth?
That's when she spotted Teddy and Victorie somewhat down the platform and she knew something was wrong, well and truly wrong.
"Rose!" Amanda called almost barrelling into her; Rose stumbled back slightly looking franticly at Amanda for answers.
"There back, the deatheaters they are regrouping, they have regrouped they are coming." Rose looked down at her best friend; fear was painted elegantly over her face.
It couldn't be true. No, just no.
Dru dragged Amanda off to their parents leaving Rose on her own, she slowly made her way over to her family, Lily looked like she was about to vomit all over the station and Al had red rimes around his eyes…like he'd been crying?
God what was wrong with the world?
Everyone else looked as puzzled as she did.
"Right" Aunt Ginny shouted getting the attention of all the children and several bystanders, she'd noticed three Aurors were sounding them and it made her feel a little uncomfortable if not safe.
"Everyone's here?" she asked counting the heads, she seemed to nod to herself and made a hand movement indicating they should follow her.
She led them out into the muggle station and walked over to the woman's bathroom and ushered the brood inside.
"Okay we're taking a portkey to mums." Ginny nodded to a dirty looking converse positioned beside the sink. Rose noticed the heavy bags under her Aunts eyes and nudged Al.
"What?" he snapped, seeming not in a good mood. Rose decided not to comment and grabbed onto the runner with one hand while her trunk was placed firmly in the other.
The burrow came into full view. The house had about six or seven floors with about four or five chimneys towering over the building.
Trees were like dancers around the field, elegant and still, watching and waiting. It sent a shiver down her spine.
The leaves crunched under the weight of the group as they moved towards the house, Lily and Lucy looked scared, their brows were creased and concern echoed silently across their faces.
Louis, Hugo and Dom looked more puzzled, while Roxie, Fred and Al had been careful to wipe all emotion from their face, still only half aware of what was going on.
As they walked slowly up the hill towards the house, each lost in their own thoughts no one noticed their grandmother run out of the house, arms flailing, barrowing into them.
"Oh my dears! Are you all quite alright?" she asked franticly checking Louis's temperature for no apparent reason.
"Come, come foods almost ready." She nodded eagerly, walking back up to the house with them.
Bless her.
The back door was open and their grandmother walked in first followed by their Aunt, when Rose walked in last, Lily was hugging her dad, while her mother was fussing over her.
Al was standing beside them completely sombre, and James seemed to look even more sombre than Al, if that was possible.
Roxie was hugging her mother and Fred was laughing with his father. Rose couldn't help but smile at them.
Dom and Louis were making their way over to Aunt Fleur.
Bill, Charlie, Percy and Molly were nowhere to be seen and Victorie and Teddy were on duty so they weren't their either.
Nan and Granddad were talking in hushed tones in the next room, while they made a large pot tea.
Aunt Audrey seemed to be hugging Lucy within an inch of her life and Hugo was sanding with their parents, Rose thought it best to join them.
Her dad nodded gruffly at her while her mother hugged her, "Rose honey, are you okay?" she asked concern echoed across her face.
Rose glanced between her parents, she had never seen them looking like this, like all the oxygen had been sucked out of the room. It was scary, really.
"Yeah I'm fine" Rose choked, glancing once again across the room. It still didn't make sense, nothing did. It all seemed to breeze, to quick. To put it lightly Rose felt she had steeped into a world that wasn't her own.
"W-what's going-" but before she could finish the question on everyone's mind, Uncle Harry cleared his throat and all attention was directed his way.
He stepped into the middle of the room and all the adults formed a sort of a semi-circle around him, the kids backed up against the far wall, waiting for was inevitable from the moment they stepped off of the train.
Rose sat on the sofa between Al and Hugo, Lily and Lucy sat on one end of the arm and Dom and Roxanne on the other. Fred stood beside his sister with Louis by his side.
The parents were whispering amongst themselves and the kids were doing the very same thing.
"Well I heard it was a muggle revolution" Dom mused. Lily out right laughed.
"Dom they don't know we exist, and anyway how can they rebel against something that's not in control of them?"
Dom just huffed in response.
"Alice told me it was deatheaters" her brother announced, a litter louder than necessary, but it caught their parents attentions.
Harry turned to them and looked directly at Hugo.
"Alice is right Hugo, Deatheaters broke out of Azkaban in September and they have been re-grouping ever since."
The silence in the room at that moment was deafening.
"Deatheaters?" Lucy asked.
The poor girl looked like she was about to cry, her hands were shaking slightly.
She had heard the stories just like the rest of them.
The stories of Malfoy Manor, the snatchers, the killings and the cold blooded murder.
Harry nodded just as Bill, Charlie, Percy, Vic and Teddy entered.
"Daddy!" Lucy sprinted across the room, throwing her arms around Percy.
He hugged her tightly until returning her to the ground.
"Where's Molly?" she asked and the room became unnaturally quiet, James was shuffling awkwardly beside his mother, Vic avoided everyone's gaze and turned her head towards the roof. Teddy wrapped his arms around Vic, whispering something in her ear.
The adults looked at a loss as to what to do, but Percy seemed to be ready for it, like he'd been mentally preparing himself for what was to come.
Audrey let a tear slip down her cheek, while her husband kneeled down beside Lucy like she was little again and not fifteen years old.
"W-what's wrong? Where is she?" Lucy's voice wobbled, looking at her father for some kind of reassurance that Molly was okay and she was just on her way home from the ministry.
"Lucy, Harry told you that there was a break out from Azkaban didn't he?" Lucy nodded.
Rose looked on with everyone else intensively, not sure where this was going.
"And he told you that they were regrouping right?"
Lucy shifted uncomfortably but nodded all the same.
"Wait, is Molly a deatheater?" Lucy asked, shocked.
A small smile appeared on Percy face.
"No Lucy, your sisters not a deatheater" he paused again letting the fact that Molly wasn't a deatheater sink in. Not that he needed too, that girl may have been a pain in the arse but she was no deatheater, that's for sure.
"The deatheaters are intent on revenge, revenge on those that defeated and betrayed them. They want to get back what they lost."
Lucy nodded again but still didn't understand, and neither did Rose for that matter.
"They have been taking people, lots of people and killing them to show the power they now possess. But these people aren't Muggles or random witches and wizards, these people were chosen because they have a connection with the people that fought in the wizarding wars, whether they are sons, daughters, nieces, aunts, second cousins one removed, it doesn't matter, if they have a connection they are in danger, we are all targets, every single one of us in this room and Molly was no different. She was one of the first to be taken."
The room was dead quiet, bar Audrey's sobbing. Rose looked over at Al, he didn't looked shocked at all and neither did lily for that matter but everyone else looked about as gobsmacked as she felt.
Poor Lucy looked too shocked to say anything; she just opened and closed her mouth like a fish out of water.
"So" Hugo asked, seemingly not comfortable with the silence that had descended upon them, there was still so many questions to be answered.
Rose still didn't understand it.
It was all lost on her.
"Is Molly dead?" he asked. Rose rolled her eyes.
"No" James said sarcastically. "She's on a flying pixie to mars"
"So she is dead?" He asked, now even more confused.
"Yes she is dead" Audrey sobbed, while Percy stood up and wrapped an arm around his wife, who looked like she was having a breakdown, right there in the sitting room.
Well until Nan took her, Percy and Lucy into the kitchen.
Rose was astounded. This could not be happening, it just couldn't be.
The adults looked around awkwardly until Ginny spoke up.
"The ministry has put a curfew on everyone under seventeen, and if your seventeen and still in school you come under this new law. It basically states that anyone of school going age should be accompanied by a fully qualified wizard or witch at all times if they are out and that they have to be home by half seven or else the ministry must be alerted of their disappearance."
Everyone was much too shocked to complain.
The news was not sinking well and now Rose realised that there was no way in hell she would be able to go with Scorp.
Great, just bloody brilliant.
Just as everyone started to talk amongst themselves, Rose noticed out of the corner of her eye that Teddy had gotten down on one knee, everyone else seemed to notice too and silence descended yet again.
Nan run out of the kitchen followed closely by Audrey, Percy and Lucy.
Teddy, bless him looked flustered. Rose bet he wished now that he had chosen a nice romantic dinner to propose, not in front of the whole family.
Tactful Teddy, Tactful.
"Victorie Weasley, will you do me the honour of marrying me?"
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