Saviour

James watched as Neville took the medicines off Lily and headed back to the spare room.

"James, are you ok?" asked Lily, she sat down next to him and rubbed his back lightly.

"I need to see her." James stood up, Lily caught his arm tightly but James shook her off with ease and ran to the room. He pushed open the room and burst in. He froze in horror. Adele was lying unconscious on the blood soaked bed; they had removed her school uniform and replaced it with a long white short sleeved shirt. Ginny was tending to her cuts with Audrey's help. The bruises stood out against her white skin. James stood still.

"Get out, James!" Ginny said. She was too busy to deal with him at the moment. Pedro moved from his position in the corner of the room and caught James's arm, James pushed against him.

"Adele," he whispered, trying to get to her "ADELE!" he shouted. Pedro caught him round the chest and dragged him out the room, slamming the door shut behind him. James was in tears.

"I know," Pedro said whilst he pulled James into a strong brotherly hug "I know." He whispered to him. James pushed away from Pedro; he fell onto fours on the floor and threw up. Lily came out; she took one look at James before she started to lightly cry. Pedro (who had changed into a black top and blue jeans) quickly took out his wand and got rid of James's sick. He then steered both James and Lily to the living room where Ron was waiting with Albus and Hugo as well. James (who had stopped crying) sat next to Albus and stared at the floor, Lily sat down next to Ron who put an arm around her and hugged her tightly. Unlike the others, Pedro remained standing; he leant against the wall and rubbed his exhausted face. After a few minutes silence James said,

"What happened?"

Pedro swallowed and began to explain. He told them how she had been at the Malfoys' and how he had been planning, with Neville, how to get her out. "Oh shit…Maryann." He was up in a second, "I'll be back in a minute." He apparated, disappearing with a pop to go get her back from the forest where she had been left

"I knew Malfoy was trouble, him and his son." Ron said,

"His son isn't that bad. He offered to help get Adele out." Lily said, "Ask Rosie…where is she?"

"She ran away after Dad kicked Scorpious out our house." Hugo told them angrily, he had not forgiven his father yet. Ron hung his head in shame.

"I'll find her…I will." He promised them, then a look of realisation came across his face "Oh my god, it's obvious...she's with him." That was when Pedro arrived back with Maryann.

"I'm so sorry, but Adele was bleeding to death!" he was explaining to her.

"It's ok, Pedro." She said again. "Good thing the fire you started didn't reach the forest."
Ron was up in a second "what fire?" Pedro explained how, in anger, he had set fire to their house. "Shit…Rosie!" Ron was gone in a second; Pedro looked around for an explanation.

"Rose might be there." Whispered Lily, Pedro opened his mouth in shock, he had not meant for this to happen.

"Scorpious!" Rosie screamed as they backed away from the fire "We have to get out!" Rose and Scorpious were in the library, it did not have a window and the hall was filled with flickering red flames, feeding off the wooden furniture and carpets.

"We're trapped!" he said in a panic.

Ron ran across the field towards the burning house. Draco saw him,

"You!" he snarled "Was it you who did this?" Ron ignored him; he punched him on the jaw which sent him to the floor.

"My daughter is in there!" he snarled at the Malfoys'.

"Ridiculous! My son is the only one in there, well…and the prisoner."

"Your son is dating my daughter!" Ron shouted before heading for the house, leaving a stunned Draco. Ron saw the door was completely blocked and headed for the servants' entrance to the far side of the building; inside he felt the searing heat surrounding him but ignored it. He darted to the servants' stairs which were still standing and ran upstairs.

"Rose!" he called "Rosie?" he shouted.

Rose heard her name being shouted,

"Dad…" she whispered "DAD! IN HERE!" she screamed loudly, Ron heard her. He managed to get in through the door without much difficulty. Rose quickly ran to him, he hugged her tightly.

"I didn't mean what I said," she sobbed "I love you!" Ron stroked her hair.

"I know Rosie, I'm sorry I should've been there for you…but I'm here now." He turned back to the door, leaving Rose to follow but just as Ron rose his wand to force his way through the fire a bookshelf fell.

"Rose!" screamed Scorpious, he dived forward and pushed her out the way. Rose fell to the ground as did Scorpious; the bookshelf fell and landed on Scorpious's leg who screamed in pain.

"Scorpious!" Rose tried to shift it.

"Rose, move!" Ron said, he quickly waved his wand and the bookshelf floated up. Scorpious dragged himself forward and Ron let the bookshelf drop again. He pulled Scorpious up and Rosie took Scorpious's other side.

"Let's get out of here!" Ron said, he headed for the door and burst a large gap in the flames. They jumped through and began heading for the servants' staircase. Ron shielded them as well as he could from the fire. They dragged Scorpious down stairs. When they reached the bottom they saw the servants' door was surrounded by flames. Ron quickly broke a window and pushed Rose out, then Scorpious and then hopped out himself. They fell to the floor in a coughing heap.

Scorpious got up and limped away from the building, followed by Ron and Rose. Draco advanced on him.

"YOU'RE DATING THAT FILTHY SCUM!" he screamed, Ron wrapped his arm tightly around Rose "HOW DARE YOU? YOU'RE LUCKY I DON'T DISOWN YOU! YOU'RE GONNA WISH YOU NEVER GOT OUT OF THAT FIRE, AND SO IS THAT BITCH!" before Draco could say another word he was on the floor. Scorpious had punched him in the nose. Draco fell to the floor cradling his broken nose.

"Disown me; I'm not part of this family. I never wanted to be." He turned away and limped to Rosie. Ron quickly took both their arms and disapparated before anything else could happen to them.

Ron arrived at Ginny's house.

"Neville, get the message round to all my family. Put up protective enchantments or move away, be on their guard and watch out for death eaters. We may have pushed our luck a little far." Neville nodded and headed for the fire. Ron then turned to Scorpious, "Scorpious, I owe you an apology. I jumped to conclusions based on your family and I was wrong. I'm sorry." Ron offered him his hand, Scorpious accepted it. He was leaning on the table trying to take the weight off his injured leg. Ron pulled out a chair as Rose hugged the others, Scorpious sat in the chair. "Let's see that leg then." Ron gently rolled up Scorpious's trouser leg and extended his leg. He took out his wand and fixed it quickly, "My wife taught me that…just rest for a bit, you'll be fine."

"Thank you, sir." Scorpious said,

"Don't call me sir, I'm no teacher!" insisted Ron, gently patting Scorpious's shoulder.

"James?" asked Rose, she had noticed his odd silence as he stared at the floor.

"Adele's back." He whispered, slowly getting up from his seat "She nearly bled to death."

Rose let a small gasp before pulling him into a tight hug.

"I'm sorry," Scorpious said "I really am…you have to know, I hate my family. I wish they weren't my family, James. If I could've got her out I would've, I swear. I am so sorry."

"I know, Scorpious…I know" James said, sitting back down gently.

Snape was sat behind a desk; he was reading the paper when a commotion made him look up. The Baron walked in.

"Have you heard about the Malfoys'?"

"What about them?" asked Snape, obviously uninterested.

"Someone" the Baron said grinning "set fire to their house. They lost pretty much everything, including Adele who escaped beforehand, and his son is dating my niece and ran off with Ron and Rose!" He seemed thrilled about it. Snape more shocked.

"Their house burnt down? And Ron was there? You do realise that they are all at risk now, every one of them." Snape looked at the Baron, not sure what his next movements would be.

"I'll throw them off their scent. A few false leads, something small that will lead them in a different direction."

"Okay, I've no doubt you'll be able to." Snape said, turning back to his paper.

Luna sat shaking; she was bound to a chair whilst Rolf was pacing in front of her.

"Who did it? Was it Ron? Why did he do it?" he asked.

"I don't know," she said yet again.

"You know that family better than anyone." Rolf snapped, turning sharply to face her. "We need to know this, Draco asked me to help him, and I intend to."

"Why are you doing this, Rolf?" Luna whispered "You're not a bad person."

Rolf only laughed at this; he advanced towards Luna and gently pulled a hand through her hair. "Luna, darling, I am a bad person. I would've killed all of them, if I had had a justified reason without involving you. But you must understand - I'm doing this for us. For our children."

"For our children? You mean my sons who are locked upstairs, and my daughter who you haven't even tried to find? You don't do anything for us. You are hurting them and me, I don't even know why I stayed with you for this long!" she spat at him.

"They're getting fed, they're safe. I am doing my duty as a father." He growled, tilting her chin up "and you, darling, should learn to accept that." He began to kiss her, Luna had learnt to accept it and this way she received fewer injuries. Rolf flicked his wand and the rope holding Luna to the chair undid. He pulled her up and took her seat, dragging her back into his lap. He began rubbing Luna's leg rhythmically. "I need your help, love. We need to get to the Weasleys' and you're the one to do it."

"I won't." Luna refused straight away. Rolf's lip spread back in a cruel snarl. He stood up throing Luna to the floor and quickly unfastened his belt. He looked at Luna who was edging away from him and raised his belt, striking her down again and again.

The house was manic, everyone one was running around trying to put up protective enchantments, Mr and Mrs Weasley had arrived, and Mrs Weasley was helping treat Adele whilst Mr Weasley was putting up enchantments. That was why Albus had left the house; he had headed into the forest alone to think about Olivia. As he walked through the darkening night he felt tears rising into his eyes. He had lost the only thing he really cared about. He carried on into the darkness of the forest; he was heading towards a small river that flowed through this part of the forest. But something stopped him. He heard a twig break. Albus froze. A deer. He thought, dismissing the noise quickly and moving on. After another fifteen minutes of walking he hard it again. Muffled voices.

"We've got to find them soon," one of them muttered "they probably have the girl and are responsible for the fire."

"I know…." The other murmured back. That is when Albus staggered backwards. He tripped on a root and felt himself fall into the darkness; he felt his wand fall out of his pocket and roll away from him, vanish "What was that?"

Albus heard rushed footsteps, he tried to push himself up but was not quick enough just as he was about to run they appeared. In an instance Albus realised he could not escape, not without leading them back to his family. In his moment of hesitation, the Death Eaters took their opportunity.

"Stupefy!" the world went black.

Ginny looked at Adele, who was still lying unconscious, with relief. She had healed as many wounds as was possible, unfortunately there would still be visible scarring. Between herself and her Mother they had managed to get a blood replenishing potion for Adele. They had dripped it down her throat so as not to choke her. Now, after an hour or so, they had done all they could. The sheets had been changed; Adele was in a dressing gown and propped up by a few pillows. After using a cleaning charm on her hair, Molly Weasley had tied it up in a bun to stay out the way. Also, with much effort, she had detangled her knotted hair.

"Mum, I'm going to go see that the others are okay, can you watch her?" asked Ginny.

"Of course, love." Molly gave her a weary smile.

Ginny made her way through to the living room, where everyone sat or stood waiting. As she walked in through the door, James darted to her side for news.

"She'll be fine," Ginny said kissing his forehead; she then turned to Ron "what's all the commotion about?"

Ron explained. He told her about Rosie running away, her going to Scorpious's house and then the fire. How he had gone and stopped it. How everyone was at risk now. "…and, I think, it would be best if we left."

Ginny's face was one of shock, she stared at Ron for a few seconds, open mouthed.

"Okay…"she managed to get out, "everyone go and pack some essentials, nothing much." Her eyes trailed around the room as she watched everyone scrambling around to get their things, then she realised something...

"Albus!" she gasped, everyone froze. "Where is he?"

Everyone cast a glance around them, James was the first to move, and as he darted out the room he called upstairs "AL?"

No reply.

James ran upstairs, a few seconds he came back downstairs, pale and shaky.

"H-he isn't there."