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I opened my eyes to see Scorpius standing stock still, a look of complete shock and hurt on his face. Shaking his head, he quickly wiped off the expression, scowled, and walked away. As soon as he was out of sight, I pulled away from Nathaniel.

"I've got to go home."

CHAPTER 25: DAUGHTER OF A DEATH EATER

For the next few days, Scorpius and I pretended nothing had happened, but the kiss was the only thing on Nathaniel's mind.

"Would you just forget about it already?!" I snapped at him one night as we were talking via floo powder. "I mean, it was just a snog for Merlin's sake!"

Nathaniel looked rather taken aback at this. "But, I-"

"No buts! You know what? Just forget it ever happened!"

Sighing in exasperation, I pulled my head out of the fire and sat on the rug, holding my face in my hands. "Why do boys have to be so thick?" I muttered to myself. "I need to fly."

I raced to my room, grabbed my broomstick, and hopped out the window, broom in hand. The free fall was exhilarating and it was great disappointment that about halfway down the side of the house, I slid onto my broom and thrust myself into the air. I was soaring high above the trees when I saw a strange blue light coming from the middle of the forest.

"What the…"

The light was flashing, as if it was a beacon of some sort. Glancing around to make sure my parents and Hugo couldn't see me, I took off toward the light.

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About a half an hour later, I got there. There was a small clearing in the forest where a tent was set up. A campfire was roaring and someone was standing up, holding their wand. That's where the light was coming from!

I lowered myself toward the trees in order to get a better look at the person below me. It was obvious that whoever was down there had long white-blonde hair, though, from the height I was at, I still couldn't make-out a face.

And then it clicked.

"Adelaide!" I called, speeding toward the ground. "Adelaide!"

She whipped her head toward me and I gasped. A blue bandana was tied around her mouth and her body seemed frozen in place. She looked at me with tears streaming down her cheeks. Her eyes widened and I knew something was wrong. I flew closer to her and her eyes widened even more.

"Adelaide, what's wron- AHHHH!" Someone had grabbed me around my waist, pulling my off my broom onto the ground where I banged my head, hard.

Kicking and throwing my fists into the air, I tried to fight off whoever was attacking me. I was still screaming when I saw his face.

"GET AWAY FROM ME, ALLEN!" I screamed, aiming a fist at his face. He laughed and dodged it.

Taking out his wand, he muttered, "Silencio!"

My screams were suddenly cut off, though my fists and legs were still flailing. I was able to strike him across the face, earning me enough time to get up and reach for my broom. My fingertips had just brushed it when I felt Allen's arms around my waist again.

"Let me go!" I tried to scream.

Out of the corner of my eye I could see Adelaide shaking with silent sobs.

"You monster! Leave us ALONE!" As hard as I tried, no sound came out of my mouth.

Now Allen was dragging me toward a tree, his wand in his hand. I stared at him with as must hatred as I could muster, willing myself to be free of this man.

Okay, you can do this, I thought. Just be calm and think about it…

My heart was racing as fast as my mind as I tried to think of what to do. Come on, come on…

Got it!

ACCIO! I shouted in my head, willing my plan to work.

I squeezed my eyes shut, afraid to see my plan fail. I could hardly believe it when I felt the hard wood of my broom handle touch my palm. After putting the broom between my legs, I kicked off the ground as hard as I could, yanking myself free of Allen's grasp.

I flew toward her, screaming the counter-curse for the Petrifying Charm in my head.

It worked. She tore off the bandana from around her mouth and took off, screaming, "Run, Rose, run!"

I reached out an arm to her as she was running, ready to pull her onto my broom, but just as she was about to jump on, Allen grabbed her arm and pulled her back down.

"ADELAIDE!" I screamed soundlessly.

"Go, Rose! Just GO!"

I made a beeline for Allen's back, successfully knocking Adelaide out of his grasp. Allen staggered forward and fell to the ground, only to jump back up seconds later.

"Come on, Adelaide!" I mouthed, begging her to hurry. She jumped onto my broom and just as we were about to fly off, Allen grabbed for her. "NO!"

But his fingertips just brushed her sleeve, missing her arm. I flew high over the tree tops, leaning as far forward as I could to get us home quickly. Adelaide was crying softly behind me.

"It's okay now," I mouthed. "You're going to be okay."

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Adelaide and I staggered off the broom once we landed in my backyard. A flight that normally would've taken me thirty minutes only lasted fifteen. My hair was wind-blown and my face red but Adelaide was safe and that was all that mattered. When we stepped off the broom we faced each other, silent for a moment. Adelaide's long white-blonde hair was wind-blown too and her face was filled with tears. We stared at each other a moment more before falling into each others arms, positively crying our eyes out.

"Adelaide, it's so good to see-what happened?" I turned around to see mum wearing a shocked expression at my soundless sobs and Adelaide's tormented face.

"Please Mrs. Weasley; could you give Rose her voice back? He used a silencing charm on her." Adelaide said.

"What?!"

"Please, Mrs. Weasley." Mum muttered the counter curse and ushered us inside, sending a patronus to the Malfoys' as we walked into the house. The whole Malfoy was there by the time we reached the living room.

"Adelaide!" Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy said at the same time, rushing up to hug her. Scorpius just stood back, a look of extreme guilt plastered onto his face.

"What happened?" Mr. Malfoy demanded after a moment.

Adelaide and I looked at each other, took a seat on the couch, and began telling our story.

"Well you see," Adelaide began, more tears running down her face. "Allen told me that if I helped him he would make me famous. That everyone would bow down and worship me." Adelaide looked at me, shame etched into every line of her face. "He told me that Harry Potter needed to be rid of. That he was the reason no one liked me anymore."

"What? Adelaide I-"

"Don't Rose." She cut me off, fat tears rolling down her pale cheeks. "I know you stopped telling me things after he gave me the Dark Mark. You didn't trust me anymore, afraid I would tell him everything. You tried to spy on me to see if I was still talking to him." I tried to interrupt. "DON'T Rose! Don't lie to me, you know it's true."

I stared at her for a moment before nodding, telling her to go on. She held my gaze for another second or two before staring down at the floor. "Allen told me that Harry Potter was the reason my father became a Death Eater and therefore being the reason why no one liked me."

Mr. Malfoy paced about the room as Scorpius and I tried to protest.

"WHO WANTS TO BE FRIENDS WITH A DEATH EATER'S DAUGHTER?!" She yelled, closing her eyes and pounding her fists against the couch with rage. "No one does…"

It was silent for a moment as Adelaide's words sunk in… in a way, she was right.

Eyes still closed, Adelaide continued. "He told me all I would have to do was talk to some of the Potter's and get information out of them. That's why I went to the ball with James. But then Allen said he wanted more. That he wanted to meet Harry Potter himself.

"He wanted to set up camp by your house because he thought Potter would come visit you and if he saw that weird light he would want to know what it was. So I led him to a spot in the woods by your house and that's when he petrified me, stood me in the middle of the camp, and waited for Pott- oh!" Adelaide gasped, her hands flying to cover her mouth. The look on her face was one of extreme distraught. "He didn't want Potter after all… He wanted you Rose. And I led him right to you!"

Everyone looked at me then and I didn't know what to say. Finally, after my rattled brain calmed down a bit, I asked, "Why me?"

"Don't you see?" Adelaide asked, her face full of torment. "He took me to get to you, and he wanted you to get to Potter… And I led him right to you…"

"Its okay, Adelaide. You didn't know. It's done now."

"It's hardly done!" Mr. Malfoy snarled, stalking off toward the backdoor. "I'll kill him!"

"But you don't even know where he is," Mrs. Malfoy argued.

"Oh, we'll find him," mum said, her face full of rage. Dad's face was red and I could tell at least three of the four adults were ready to go after Allen right then and there.

"Shouldn't you call Uncle Harry first, dad?"

Everyone looked at me as if I had lost my head. Even Hugo, who had been listening from the doorway, looked at me in confusion.

"He is Head of the Auror Department."