Jesse led me to his room, which on any other occasion would have made me estatic, but I could tell by the tone of his voice this was important.
Once we were alone he spoke, "Susannah, they're gone."
"Who's gone Jesse?" I asked. I didn't understand.
"Querida, your family has disappeared." He took my hand.
"No, that's impossible!" I yelled, "Order members where protecting them! The can't just be gone!"
Jesse led me over to his bed and sat me down. It was a good thing too because my legs felt like jello, and I didn't know how much longer I could continue to stand. "The Order was there, but they had been protecting the outside," he said, "They heard a scream from the inside, and by the time they got inside everyone was gone."
"What about Jake?" I asked. I knew he didn't live at home anymore.
"He was there for dinner."
Then I burst into tears. 'How could they all be gone? Andy, Brad, Jake, David, Mom? All of them. What could anyone want with them anyway? They're not magical.' Then it hit me.
"Jesse, unless I join their side," I swallowed hard, "they're gonna die."
"No, Querida, We'll get them back. Don't worry.
"I want to go home," I whispered. "I want to go back and look for them
"Susannah, you are needed here. Besides you don't have all the knolege you need to fight Voldemort. You have to lean before go rushing after him."
"I've never had to learn anything to kick anyone's ass before. This isn't going to be any different. Harry's been fighting him since he was eleven!"
"Querida, you have almost died several times as a result of your rash behavior. I can't rescue you like I used to either; I can die now.
That night I fell asleep in Jesse's room. I didn't have to energy to face Hermione in mine. Jesse laid next to me until I fell asleep, but when I woke up I saw he had later moved to the floor. I got up and got ready for the day. I'm sure no teacher would allow me to miss class for this.
On my way to breakfast I realized how I would get my family back. I couldn't believe that I hadn't thought about it the night before. As I stormed my way towards the dining hall I ran into Lavender and her little friend Whats-her-face.
"You know Suze," she started, "You cant get by in this school by sleeping with all your teachers."
I however was in no mood to put up with the snot nosed bitch. Instead with a sweep of my hand I used my shifter powers to blow both of them against the wall. Oh, it wasn't hard enough to actually hurt them badly.
Before reaching the Great Hall I found exactly who I was looking for. "Where are they," I yelled throwing Paul against the wall.
"Suze, I have no idea what you're talking about," He said in a truly frightened tone. He may know more than me, but I am more powerful, and even he can't defend himself against me when I'm angry.
"My family," I screamed lifting him to the celling. "Where are they?"
"Susie, I really don't know what you're talking about." I dropped him to the floor. His body made a sickening crunch.
"The only people here who could tell Voldemort where they were is you and me!" I raised him up again.
"You didn't think for one second that your precious cowboy didn't do it?" He asked in an arrogant tone.
I slammed him into the floor again. "Jesse would never do that to me! So tell me WHERE ARE THEY!"
"Susannah!" I head Jesse yell as he came running down the corridor. "Stop." I let go on my phycic hold on Paul and Jesse went over and magically fixed Paul's broken bones. "Now," he said in a deadly tone, "Get away from her."
"Don't worry professor," Paul said with a clearly sarcastic voice, "I wont go near her ever again. I certainly wont tell her where her family is now." He said as he ran down the hall.
I looked up at Jesse. "What am I going to do?" I whispered.
"Come on Querida. I'm giving you a day off," and with that he led me back to the common room. "I'll be in between classes," he said giving me a kiss on the forehead. With that he was gone.
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