Rain was falling in the streets of Knockturn Alley, an old woman pushes a cart with shrunken heads swinging. She pauses only to look up at the forgotten Apothecary that held horrors of the untold. She could see with her glass eye a woman with long black hair standing watching the rain from her window, the woman's eyes were turned towards the sky as if she was silently praying about something. Shivering she kept walking wondering if who she saw was a ghost or...maybe another family? "Everything is ready for tonight." Draco said softly as he walked into Rowena's bedroom. "Alright." She said her eyes a glassy emerald color not at all the vibrancy that it used to hold. "Have you gotten anything from Hermione?" Draco asked the last time he had said anything to her she had thrown a curse at him. Rowena tensed and Draco was about to dive out of the way but she just slumped "Yes, Here." She said "I can concentrate to understand it.". Draco took the letter in his hand and inhaled Hermione's sent, he allowed himself a moment but then shook himself out of it. She didn't want him and he had to remember that, he started to read the letter and frowned he had found many of these letters but they where from Fred and George. He was never too good at finding out what those terrible twins meant only that ferret was him.
Dear Rita,
I have moved in with two of my friends, Alice and Lily. Its a quiet naborhood close to The Three Bothers we once knew. My dog is great he's as happy as can be at this time. Looney loopy is taking everything hard, she still hasn't acted like herself since Seamus told her off. Why my Alley cat? I hope you are being safe in America, I heard some scary things about that country.
Mia.
"Alice and Lily are moved in with Hermione." Draco told Rowena who nodded her face still and pale "Um.." Draco paused trying to figure out what a child's story had to do with where they lived "What?"Rowena asked softly her eyebrow raising. "I don't understand this part 'A quiet naborhood close to the three brothers' Three brothers are capitalized." Rowena chuckled airy "They are around Godric's Hallow." She said Draco nodded and continued "Sirius is well... Remus." He held his breath as Rowena raised her hand "I...I...I...Can't hear this not today. Is there anything else?" She asked weakly. Draco noticed that Rowena had weakened even more "She doesn't understand why we moved here and that she hopes we are safe." Draco said Rowena nodded but didn't say anything. Draco took that as a sign and left Rowena to her thoughts.
Severus looked up over the cauldron of poison "Why does he want this?" Draco asked moving his hand towards the book that held a poison that Voldemort wanted for Severus to make. Since leaving Hogwarts Severus has been given a Potions license and made to do Voldemorts potions work. "Officials that try to go against him. It doesn't show on any of the spells that Saint Mungo's will use." Severus stated his voice drawn and deep bouncing off of the walls of the locked away potions room. The cage in the far corner gleaming in the low lighting. "Does it really liquefy your organs?" Draco asked his face turned in a grimace "Yes." Severus said being use to Draco's idiotic and sometimes lesser thought out questions. "She hasn't been eating, i bought something to keep her busy tonight." Draco paused moving a glass vial. "What?"He asked afraid of the answer "Its in there." Severus said moving his head to the cage. Since Draco only gave it a passing glance being already use to the stench of dried blood even with all of the cleaning spells and muggle work it still had stained the flooring of the cage. "Damn, Is that a cow?" Severus nodded Draco frowned "How in the bloody hell?" Severus raised an eyebrow and He dropped the question. "It will keep her busy." Draco agreed walking out of the dungeon as he called it ignoring the irate hissing of Avery.
The old woman stood underneath a floating umbrella, her eyes watched the blond boy walking out of the house his hands shoved in his pockets and his cold eyes set on going into Diagon Alley. Draco stepped up moving out of a mans way as he halted in front of the cafe' "Ah, Mister Gaunt." Draco placed a fake smile upon his lips as he shook hands with Yaxley head of Saint Mungo affairs "Lord Yaxely." he said as they walked into the Cafe' and sat down at a far table. Draco un-cliped his cloak and let it go off of the back of the chair and he fixed the sleeves reflexively on the green dress shirt. "I think you understand the reasons for me to request your presence in such terrible weather." Draco didn't let his mind go to far as he nodded "About my position I applied for I hope?"He said with a quick smile. Yaxley moved a strand of his blond hair out of his hair, "Of course it is, My department in Mungo's needs a Healer who can learn quickly. We have yet to narrow down our clients to wizards of the pure kind but that will happen in time." Draco nodded he knew Yaxley in the future but that was when he was more intimidating and Head of Magical Law Enforcement. "My daughter Katherine tells me of your oustanding abilities in healing and wand work." Draco hid his annoyance "Yes, I am afraid that Professor Flitwick never gave me any real challenge." he said dull and unimpressed with the idea of Flitwick not believing in him.
Yaxley's lip twitched up "Always loving his Ravenclaws more. I understand greatly as a fellow Slytherin." He said as he waved the waitress over and without giving her any break he quickly shot out his order and the frazzeled young witch quickly wrote it down but had to ask four questions about his order which aggitated him. "A..And for you sir?"she asked her brown eyes going from the note pad to Draco who looked at her and gave her a reassuring look "All I want is a cuppa if you don't mind." He said Yaxley frowned "Why don't you get something a bit filling. It is their job." The girl looked down her long brown hair falling out of her bun and into her face "Alright soup, something light no onions." He told her she nodded and quickly walked off as if she had been burned. Draco watched her walk away. Yaxley took notice "Shy girls are ya' fancy then?" He asked giving him a reckless smirk tinted with hate. "With her uncompitance then she must be a mudblood." He sneered then he leaned closer to Draco who sat still as he could feeling disgusted with Yaxley "Better off finding yourself a whore at least they know their place.".
Draco nodded "You do know better about these things than me." He said "Stick with me kid and I'll show you the proper way.".
Severus knows something happened as Draco walked in throwing his wet cloak off of his body and throwing himself into the couches that he had set up "What a prick!"He stated loudly Severus nodded "Did you get the job?"He asked already knowing of Yaxley's personality "Yes, and a few private clients." He said running a hand threw his hair letting it fall back into his eyes as he moved up to a proper sitting position "The Death eaters coming in harmed from the order." Severus explained Draco let out a sigh. "Great I'll be healing them." Severus nodded and then lifted a couple of slim vials. "Is that what you were working on?"Draco asked Severus nodded "These are for your private stash. If someone comes in talking of Regulus, Rowena, You or Me. Given them this and make up a excuse." He said Draco took the vials and held them in his hands.
The vials were warm to the touch "So kill them?"He said almost as a question he already knew the answer to and Severus didn't need to answer it.
Rowena walked into the cage that was magiced shut behind her, She took off her clothes and threw them out of the bars. "Will you be okay?"Draco asked Rowena glared at him "Go away." She said. He backed off knowing that Severus was keeping a charm over the Cow so Rowena wouldn't try to argue about it until she came to the next morning. Severus's breath wavered as the moon shone down onto Rowena from a hole on the side of the cage, Rowena collapsed on the floor of the cage her hands digging trying to dig their way into the flooring but it wouldn't give way. "The last charms are set." Draco said as Rowena curled up her mouth open in a silent scream as she tumbled backwards onto the floor convulsing as her nails grew at a insane rate along with her hair. "Silence spell?"Draco asked Severus nodded "We do have nabors." He replied wincing as he watched Rowena transform into her darker form. Her hair was long and wild as she raised up on her hands her eyes glowing gold, She watched them with deadly delight as she leaned forward and got shocked from the cage. She shook her hand and growled "Is this the first time without the potion?" Draco nodded "She's never had it completely out of her system before.."Draco looked down at his hands as Severus waved his wand and the cow was revealed to Rowena who cocked her head to the side and before the gruesome scene could be revealed Draco turned his back unable to stand the sight.
"She's eating at least." Severus remarked watching with his dark eyes unfazed by the scene.
Rowena awoke her limbs sore and tight and copper tinted her senses, her eyes popped open and she sat up covered in blood. Her green eyes moved over to the carcass that laid only a few inches from her. She reached out and touched the bits of skin on her arm that didn't belong to her "I see you are well fed." She turned her head sharply and regretted it "Severus."She said her voice rough and gravel. "Wait until you are of full health Rowena, Starving yourself was not the brightest thing to do on the brink of an all out war." She growled and back away from Severus who paused before ignoring his white shirt to hold a shivering Rowena in his arms "I know." He said "I do have some experience in the workings of the heart."he muttered as she shook harder.
After he cleaned her up and laid her in bed he walked out of her room and walked past Draco who halted in getting ready for his first day at Saint Mungo's "Oh Merlin." he gasped seeing the now white shirt was stained with blood "Not mine nor hers. The cow is...Well." Draco nodded "I understand." He said as he walked into her room to peek in on her. She was curled in a ball in the middle of the bed he frowned and he could make out the name 'Remus'. He backed out of the room and ran a hand threw his hair before walking his way to his new job.