Rose was cold and uncomfortable. The mattress she was sleeping on had springs poking into her back. This was definitely not Hogwarts. She opened her eyes to find herself in a rundown room. The curtains looked as if they were once colorful, perhaps yellow, but were now grayish and every surface was covered in a layer of dust. The only furniture was a broken chair and the bed she was laying on. This bed had no sheets and Rose was only being covered by a thin brown blanket. She sat up slowly. Her head was killing her and she felt groggy. Fortunately she could feel Kyra moving so she knew the baby was alright. Now she just had to figure out a way to get out of here. She reached in her pocket but her wand was missing.

"Great looks like I'm going to have to do this the muggle way." She groaned

Suddenly the door flew open to reveal a smirking Simon.

"Well gorgeous, it is nice to see you awake." He said

"What the hell do you want with me Montgomery?" Rose spat at him

"Sweetheart, that is not way to talk to me. I simply want you and our daughter. I will marry you and we will raise her together. I can even overlook the fact that she has the blood of that Malfoy kid running through her. Together we will be a happy family."

"I will never marry you, and this child will never be yours."

"I don't see why you are trying to fight this, Rose. You want to be with me as much as I want to be with you."

"If you seriously think that you need help. I despise you. I am in love with Scorpius and he will come for me and HIS daughter."

"Just because he comes does not mean that he will get you. I have put several charms around this place making it difficult for anyone but me to get you out, and there is no way you can escape without this." Simon told her as he twirled a familiar looking wand in his hand.

"You think you are so smart don't you. Take me to some creepy old house, put up some charms and take away my wand. You really think that is going to stop people from getting me back? I have news for you. You are not the first person to do something like this, and usually the kidnapper fails."

"I will not fail!"

"You can keep telling yourself that but there is no doubt in my mind that I will be rescued."

Simon did not respond, instead he turned around and slammed the door. Rose listened to his footsteps. Once she was sure he was downstairs she tried the handle to find that it was locked. This did not really surprise her. Although Simon was dumb, he was not a complete idiot. She was able to open the window, but that did not do her any good because she was on the third story of a house that overlooked some cliffs. Rose sighed as she rubbed her belly. She had to get out as soon as possible. She was not really worried for herself, but for her daughter. Right now all she wanted was to be curled up in Scorpius' arms safe and sound.

"Daddy will save us." She reassured both herself and Kyra

Suddenly a seagull's cry could be heard and it dawned on Rose that she was near the ocean. She listened and could hear the sound of waves crashing against rocks. She poked her head out the window and squinted into the darkness. Once her eyes had adjusted to the darkness she realized where she was. The idiot had taken her to a house near the beach they had met at. Surely someone would think to look for her here. Even though she had faith that she would be found, Rose decided she needed a plan of her own. She had to find a way to escape without using magic. She glanced around the room and found a strange muggle stick with a button. When she pressed the button light came out one end.

"This must be a flash….um… flashlight. That's right a flashlight." Rose said to herself, "Now how can I save myself using a flashlight.

She once again looked out the window. In the distance she could see the line of beach houses where she had stayed over the summer. They were all dark except for one. She counted the houses and joyfully realized that was the house which Alex and Abby's parents kept for personal use. There must be some way she could get to them. If only she could send them a message but she had no owl and no wand. All she had was the flashlight. Suddenly Rose got an idea. In her Muggle studies class during fourth year they had learned about how Muggles could send messages through patterns of blinking or light. She had been so impressed with it that she made her family all learn this code. That summer Alex spent a lot of time over with the Potters so he learned it too. Hopefully he was there.

Rose held the flashlight in the window and presses the button she blinked it until she spelled out "ALEX"

She waited anxiously and after a short while he was answered with a "WHO IS THIS"

"ROSE" she blinked back

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE"

"SIMON KIDNAPED ME I NEED YOUR HELP"

"JAMES IS HERE WE ARE COMEING"

"BE CAREFUL" Rose sent the last message and sat back with a smile on her face. She was going to be rescued. She just hoped that no one got hurt. Unless that person was Simon, she did not care what happened to that scumbag.

The door flew open again, and a furious Simon stood in front of her

"I saw light coming out the window from here what were you doing" he snarled

"I was looking to try and see if there was a way I could sneak out, but I realized it was no use. You were right; you did know what you were doing when you took me here." Rose lied

"Then why did the light keep turning off and then on again?" he asked

"The bulb was loose. I only just realized what was wrong and fixed it right before you came in the door." The lies came easily

Simon believed her excuse, "Fine but give me that. It would be just my luck that you would figure out a way to escape using that muggle light."

"How in the world would I do that?" Rose asked innocently

"I don't know, but I am not taking any chances. You are mine now." Simon told her, "Now I have to get back downstairs. I have to put the finishing touches on my security system so I can activate the charms."

Rose knew she needed to stall him. She did not want him putting up the charms before Alex and James got here. Quickly she came up with a plan and hope that her acting skills would be enough to fool Simon.

"Wait" she said as he was about to leave the room, "I have been giving it a lot of thought and you were right I do want you."

Simon stopped and turned around quickly with a hopeful look on his face.

"You do?"

"Yeah, I mean you are so much more handsome, stronger, and smarter than Scorpius could ever hope to be. I don't know why I never saw it all along."

"Why the sudden change of heart?" Simon asked as he trailed his hand down her arm

Rose tried her best to suppress the instinct to shudder when he touched her. She was about to answer him when she heard a door open downstairs. Simon's eyes grew wide and he realized Rose had just been lying to him.

"You little bitch!" Simon cried as he threw her across the room. Rose stumbled and ended up twisting her ankle. When she looked up again Simon was gone and the door was once again shut.

"Help!" She cried "I'm upstairs"

She could hear the sounds of a struggle going on, but other than that had no clue what was happening. She heard a female voice and wondered where it had come from. Alex had not said that anyone other than James was coming. That meant that Simon must have someone helping him. Hopefully it was just that one person, and not a bunch of people. She had not even thought of that when looking for help. She had just assumed he was alone. What Rose really wanted to know was who was helping him. That voice had sounded familiar but she just could not place it. Suddenly the door flew open to reveal James.

"James!" Rose cried throwing her arms around her cousin, "I have never been so happy to see you in my life."

"Are you ok, kid?" He asked with worry in his eyes, "He didn't hurt you did he?"

"No. Well, I think I sprained my ankle, but other than that I am fine. He is way too obsessed with me to cause me any physical damage. He still thinks that we are going to end up together." Rose assured him

"Can you walk on your ankle

"I don't think so. It hurts a lot."

James was about to pick her up when they heard Alex cry out in pain and someone started coming up the stairs.

"Stay here Rosie. I will come back for you. I need to go help Alex take care of Simon and Professor Montgomery but if something happens and you need me just yell. I promise we are getting you out of here." James told her before rushing out of the room.

Rose was really truly scared for the first time that night. She knew that Alex and James could fight off Simon, but Professor Montgomery is a strong witch. She may teach potions but she has a true talent for defense spells. Rose hoped that the boys could hold them off. She hated not being able to help, but it was probably best this way. Dueling was too much of a risk when you are pregnant, and Rose would not intentionally do anything to risk her daughter's life. Every time she would hear a crash from below, Rose would cringe. The only thing that was keeping her calm was the soft kicking of her daughter. All of a sudden Rose realized that she could hear more than four voices. She began to panic. There was no way James and Alex could get her out with all those people.

Her panic disappeared when she heard someone yell, "Where is she?" it was not just anyone who had said that. It was Scorpius. Rose could not help herself; she limped towards the door and made her way out to the stairwell. She was standing on the landing when she spotted her boyfriend. As if he could sense she was there Scorpius looked up and their eyes locked. A small smile appeared on his face but was quickly replaced with a look of fear and the next thing Rose knew she was falling.