Miley slammed the door to her room and slid to the floor. She covered her face with her hands and cried into them. Hermione's words echoed in her head. Dean works for Voldemort. The man who wanted her dead. The man who had her mother killed. She didn't want to believe it but Hermione was not one to tell a lie. Maybe she was mistaken Miley told herself. The information was wrong. Dean was not one of the bad guys. Loud bang from outside the room interrupted her thoughts. Miley jumped up and grabbed her wand from her bed side table and ran out her room. The first thing she saw was Hermione crumpled on the floor, unconscious. Courtnie stood above her, her wand still raised. Miley ran and kneeled by Hermione on the floor.
"What did you do to her?" Miley screamed at Courtnie.
"She's just knocked out! She'll be fine!" Courtnie said lowering her wand.
"But why?" Miley asked. Then it hit her. She looked back at Hermione. "Everything you said was true!" she whispered to Hermione.
"What was that?" Courtnie asked. Miley stood up.
"How could you do it? Work for Voldemort and be my friend?" Miley asked.
"I'm an actress, Miley! I'm good at deceiving people!" she answered.
"You're just as evil as he is!" Miley said rising her wand and pointing it at Courtnie.
"What are you going to do? Kill me?" Courtnie said laughing. She spread her arms. "Give it your best shot!" she said.
"Stupefy!" Miley yelled.
"Finite Incantatum!" Courtnie yelled at the same time! Miley's spell rebounded back toward her. She didn't have time to take cover but before it could hit her it was suddenly deflected away from her and hit the wall behind her. Plaster and wood exploded around her.
"That's enough!" A male voice said from the front door. Courtnie fell to one knee and bowed her head. Miley's wand fell from her hand!
"Dean!" He walked inside the room and came toward her. She backed away till her back hit the busted wall. One hand covered her stomach the other she held out stopping him. "Don't come any closer!" she said. He stopped. Courtnie stood. "Why?" Miley cried.
"Miley…I!" He started.
"I thought you loved me!" Miley said.
"I do love you, Miley!" He said holding out his hand but not coming any closer.
"Then tell me why? How could you work for him, knowing who he is? What he's done?" she asked.
"It's complicated!" he answered lowering his hand.
"Then uncomplicated it!" she yelled.
"You won't understand!" he said.
"Try me!" Miley said.
"How much did Dumbledore and your father tell you about the Dark Lord?" Dean asked.
"He killed my mother, Dean! That's all I need to know! He's monster!" she told him.
"Just tell me why….please! I deserve to know!" Miley begged.
"Enough of this already! Lets just take her!" Courtnie said pushing in front of Dean."No!" he said grabbing her shoulder but keeping his eyes on Miley. "She's right! She deserves to know!" Courtnie growled under her breathe but moved away from Miley.
"The Dark Lord…Voldemort…!" he stopped and sighed. "He's my father!"
"What! No!" Miley said. Dean walked closer and reached out to touch her face. She turned her head away from him. His arm fell.
"I was sent to Hogwarts under orders to get you to trust me! What I was never meant to do was fall in love with you, but I did! I want you to come with me! I promise nothing bad will happen to you. To either of you!" he said putting a hand gently on her stomach.
"Why should I trust you now!" Miley asked.
"Because loving you was the one thing I never lied to you about and because I meant what I said Christmas day when I gave you that ring! I want you to be with me!" he said.
"What about Voldemort? Doesn't he want me dead because of the prophecy?" she asked.
"Not if you join us!" Courtnie said!
Miley looked down at Hermione's still unconscious form. "What about my friends? If I go with you will he leave them alone?" She asked.
"I can't promise he won't hurt anyone else if you come with me but I can promise I will try to pursued him!" Dean said. Courtnie made a snorting sound from behind him and he turned and gave her a dirty look. "What?" she said all innocently. "I had something in my throat!" she added. He turned back to Miley. "So?" he asked.
"I'll go with you!" she answered. He took her in his arms and kissed the top of her head. "Courtnie, pack some of Miley's things and meet us at the mansion!" he said letting go of Miley and turning to Courtnie. She nodded her head and walked toward the bedrooms.
"Wait?" Miley said. Courtnie stopped. Miley looked down at Hermione. "We can't leave her here!"
"She'll wake soon enough!" Courtnie said looking at Hermione with a small smile on her face.
"We can't take her with us, Miley!" Dean said.
"No, I don't mean that! I mean I won't go if we leave her here! Take her back to Hogwarts!" Miley said.
"Okay!" Dean said touching her face. "Courtnie, pack some bags, take Hermione and Apparate to the castle gates and leave her there, then meet us at the mansion!" he said.
"But….!" Courtnie started.
"I said do it!" Dean said rising his voice.
"Yes, sir!" she said bowing her head slightly at him and walking away into her bedroom.
"Come! There's a car waiting for us downstairs!" He said holding out his hand again!
Miley got a apprehensive look on her face. "You knew I would say yes, didn't you?" she asked.
He smiled and reached out and took her hand. "I hoped you would say yes!" he said. They walked toward the front door and Miley took one last look at her best friend on the floor, silently hoping she wasn't making a big mistake.