I am so sorry for the delay in updating, I've had such bad wirter's block for this story! But don't fear, I will be uploading this chapter and the next two chapters very soon, as I've now found that I have loads of ideas and can't stop writing! Please R+R and I hope you enjoy!

The longer she was there, the more desperate Jaiden became. She wanted to go home and see her family, she wanted to sleep where she didn't have the fear that at any given minute her grandfather was going to walk through the door and start torturing her again. She was beginning to give up hope. Every day she grew weaker and weaker, to the point that she blacked out almost immediately last time she was beaten. She was rapidly losing weight and she knew that if she didn't eat she would die, but she physically didn't have the strength to lift her head to eat. She was fully aware that she was dying, but still, she didn't give up hope that her parents would save her before it was too late.

After one particularly brutal beating, she decided enough was enough. After struggling for a long time, she managed to sit herself by the door. She was left alone for a few days this time, and this gave her enough time to slowly regain her strength and energy. The house elf that had helped her brought her as much food as possible, and slowly, she felt her strength return, and with it, her determination. The next time Lucius came into her, he was surprised to find that she wasn't curled up on the floor like she had been the past three times he'd been down to see her. He was even more surprised when he turned round and felt something solid hit the side of his head, sending him crashing to the ground.

Jaiden unclenched her throbbing fist and looked down at the man lying on the floor. With smug satisfaction she gathered enough strength to kick him in the ribs and felt even more satisfied when she heard the loud crack that followed as one of his ribs broke. Knowing he would wake soon, she slowly made her way out of the cell, slamming the door behind her and making sure to lock it. She stumbled her way out to the main part of the house and walked around, trying to find anywhere that would remind her of her time here when she first met her dad. Finally, she spotted the familiar corridor that led to the room she had stayed in, and with a relieved smile, she made her way over to the door.

Just as she reached it, she could hear loud noises coming from elsewhere within the house. She panicked and moved as quickly as she could until she was inside the familiar surroundings. She remembered seeing a pot of floo powder by the fireplace when she had last been here, and she moved over to it. there was no fire in the hearth though, and she knew she didn't have much time, so she stuffed some of the powder into her pocket and moved back out of the room, and walked around, avoiding the direction of the noises, and towards somewhere that would hopefully have a fire going, the entrance hall.

After searching for what felt like hours, she finally found a fire to her relief and with a small sob of happiness she slowly moved towards it, jumping at the slightest noises that came from around her. She didn't reach the fireplace though, as she passed a door and Lucius stepped out, a murderous glare on his face. She yelped as he roughly grasped her, and as he started hitting her, she fought desperately to not black out. For a moment, she thought she saw the fire behind her glow green and somebody stepped out, but a blink later showed no difference to the pain she was going through, and she realised with sorrow that she was alone this time, and nobody was going to save her in time.

Something about the way she was being tortured this time told her that this was t. This was going to be the end of her if she didn't do something big to fight back. She looked around the room at the various objects scattered around, and a small smile came to her face as she noticed a suit of armour complete with a sword standing in the room next to them. She quickly gathered her strength and pushed against Lucius, momentarily catching him off guard and knocking his balance, and she ran in the room, grasping hold of the sword and drawing it out of its hold before turning to face her grandfather. When she turned though, he wasn't there. Confused, Jaiden moved back into the other room, worried that it was a trap, but he had gone. She slowly moved from room to room, and eventually found herself in a large open room. The sight that greeted her though was to haunt her for the rest of her life.

The first thing she noticed was her younger sister lying on the floor curled up next to her brother. Jason sat behind the pair of them, holding them both closely to him. Jaiden gasped in horror.

"Claudy? James? Jason?"

All three snapped their heads up to look at her and even though they were all clearly terrified, she didn't miss the relief in all of their faces when they realised she was alive. She ran forward and threw her arms round them all, trying hard not to cry. Jason looked at her deeply.

"You have to run, and get away."

"Not without you. Why are you here?"

"I think your grandfather has plans for us. Because we're associated with Hermione."

Jaiden's eyes widened in fear as she pieced together what he had just told her. She knew full well that they wouldn't be leaving alive, and there was no way she was going to let that happen. She grabbed Claudine and pulled her up into her arms, then gestured for Jason and James to follow her. They had barely reached the door when it slammed shut, preventing them from escaping.

"Leaving so soon?"

They turned and faced Lucius, and Jaiden immediately moved her sister behind her as she caught sight of the wand pointing straight at the eleven year olds chest. Lucius smirked, and with a flick of his wand, Jaiden felt herself being ripped away from her family and thrown against a wall, where an invisible force pinned her down so she could only watch helplessly as the events unfolded in front of her.

The three muggles looked terrified as Lucius advanced towards them. Claudine had even started crying, and not even her father's embrace could save her. Lucius glanced over to his granddaughter and sent her a chilling smile.

"You're next"

He turned back to the group and raised his wand, looking directly at Jason the whole time. He pushed his two children away and they both fell to the floor, as he stood in front of them and spread his arms out.

"NO DON'T!!! RUN!!" Jaiden screamed but even she knew it was no use.

Jason shook his head and turned a soft smile to his step daughter.

"Tell Hermione I love her and I'll look after the children."

Jaiden had no chance to reply as a second later, a flash of green light filled the room and the lifeless body of Jason crumpled to the floor. Two sets of screamed and a furious yell filled the room, and Jaiden desperately tried to break free of her bonds, to no avail. She screamed in fear as she watched James charge towards Lucius only to have his body join his father's just a few seconds later. Finally, Lucius rounded on Claudine. He paused for a brief moment, before moving towards her, his smile growing larger as she moved away with each step he took.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!" She screamed.

Lucius ignored her, and his smile became a laugh as he watched the young girl trip over and fall to the floor before looking up at him in panic. His wand was raised once again, and Jaiden screamed as loudly as she could with anger and terror, pushing every ounce of her being into breaking the bond. To everyone's shock, she suddenly fell away from the wall, and ran to her sister, pushing her away from the curse as it narrowly missed them. Lucius looked around in amazement and Jaiden stood holding onto her sobbing sister.

"How did you...?"

"Maybe my hatred of you got me down." She glared.

Lucius sent her a quick glare and moved forward, too quickly for Jaiden to escape. He grabbed hold of one of Jaiden's arms and roughly threw her across the room. Jaiden cried out as she slammed against the wall, but she found herself in too much pain stand, and could only watch with tears pouring down her face and sobs threatening to break as he moved towards her trembling sister and quickly ending her life. Jaiden would never forget the looks of fear on each person's face as they died, and she knew that the last scream her sister produced as her life was taken would forever haunt her. She screamed as she watched Claudine fall, but she froze as Lucius turned to face her.

"Now, it's your turn."