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Upon a Glimpse.

Chapter Twenty Six: Keep me hanging on.

"Tell me what you know." Malfoy's voice said with a drawl above me. "I don't want to have to summon him Weasley, and neither should you."

"Never Malfoy. You'll have to kill me because there is no way in the world that I'm saying anything." I spat.

He slapped me hard across my face, I could taste blood in my mouth, a cut forming on my lips. I spat the blood and spit that was swimming in my mouth at him to which he slapped me again, harder this time and I felt my nose break, blood oozing down my face, dripping pass my mouth; falling into deep red droplets on the cement floor below me. I raised my head and glared at him.

"Tell me now Weasley."

"Rot in hell you sick bastard." I spat wiggling against my bonds. "I'm wasting you time Malfoy, kill me or let me go because you're not getting a single scrap of information."

"Summon him." Malfoy barked nastily at someone behind him in the darkness. "You are going to regret this. The Dark Lord will pick your mind in a second. All of your darkest secrets will be revealed to him and there is nothing that you can do about it."

"Wrong Malfoy. I know some legilimacy and can block my mind."

"So you hope Mudblood."

"I would rather wish you wouldn't use prejudice names around me." I told him with a roll of my eyes.

He slapped me again across my face, and I tried not to scream out in pain.

"Shut up you filthy piece of scum." he snapped. "Guess who I'm going after next?"

"Didn't know you were such a gents man."

"Are you insinuating that I am a filthy homosexual fag?"

"Well since I know you've bedded half of the Hogwarts population I figured that you'd have switched teams by now due to boredom."

He kicked my stomach hard causing the air to leave from my lungs.

"No, I'm going to find you little boyfriend and skin him alive."

"Sirius is much stronger than you Malfoy." I spat. "He'll take down your girly ass in a matter of seconds."

"Where is she?" came a booming voice from the basement stairwell that led up into Malfoy Manor.

The sight that befell me was a horrible sight. There was a man who's eyes were an eeiry red, nostrils were slits and his skin was almost snake like.

"Well now, it appears that we have a visitor here with some information that I should require." his face darkened with a sadistic glint. "Now Miss Weasley, if you please…"

"Burn in hell." I spat glaring. "I don't fear you."

"Oh but you should." he told me as he walked forward towards me, coming to a stop right in front of me. "Natalie… I do believe that you have some prey here." he called behind him to the darkness where I knew the other death eaters were standing.

"Can I kill it?" Natalie's shrill fake voice asked. "It would be so fun."

"No. but you do have the will to do anything you wish to it. Pettigrew will stay with you, help you out a bit."

XxxXxxX

"Pick her up." said a familiar voice above me. It almost sounded like James's. "Fucking death eaters. Get something on her."

I felt a cloak being wrapped around me as I was hoisted up in the air by a pair of strong arms. I tried to open my eyes but couldn't.

"Get her to Potter Mansion now. My wife will treat her, she's a skilled medi-witch."

"Yes sir."

I felt my eyes roll back and I fell into unconsciousness once more.

***

"That should teach you to steal my man." Natalie smirked as my withering stopped from the Cruciatus curse. "Whore! Pettigrew, why don't you show her what its like to be a whore."

***

My eyes fluttered open to dim light with people all around me. I could barely see, everything was bleary and I was fearful.

"Sirius?" I cried slightly.

A minute later I was wrapped in warm arms and knew that they were his. I relaxed slightly, a few stray tears slipping down my cheeks. I burried my head in Sirius's chest tightly, willing the memories slip into nothingness. I knew that I was going to be in pain the moment I chose to leave with the death eaters. I just didn't know that… it would be this type of pain.

***

"How does it feel Weasley? To be a whore?" Pettigrew asked pulling away from me. "I fear that your Padfoot wont want you anymore seeing as your tainted."

"Of course he wouldn't want a whore." Natalie laughed, her high pitched laughter cackling. "What ever shall we do with you now? Death would be a gift for you wouldn't it?"

I closed my eyes and summoned all of the courage I had left inside of me.

"Burn in hell bitch. There is nothing that you could ever do that would break me."

"Oh really?" she inquired lightly. "Well shall see about that. Pettigrew, if you'd please…"

***

"Are you alright Clover?" I heard Remus ask from my right side. I felt his weight sink into the bed, his warm hand rubbing my shoulder affectionately. "Mr. Potter wouldn't tell us what happened."

"Nothing too terrible." I lied easily opening up my eyes again. This time they weren't blurry and I could make out the Marauders, Lily, Alice and Frank. "Just the curse a few times."

"Are you sure?" Remus asked his eyes boring into mine. I knew that he didn't buy my story for a moment. "Because its ok if you're not."

"No." I shook my head sitting up and pulling out of Sirius's arms. "I'm fine. Nothing they could ever do would break me."

Lily sighed and sat down at the foot of my bed.

"Something did happen didn't it?"

I shook my head, narrowing my eyes slightly.

"No. Just a couple curses." I choked. "I'm fine."

***

Natalie's laughter was ringing my ears again as Pettigrew pulled away for the second time. I felt numb, because that's the way I wanted it.

"Stupid little Mudblooded whore." she cackled. "How do you feel now? Better?" she snorted. "Peter tell me, was it at all good?"

"Disgusting. Just like her blood."

I kept my eyes closed. They were NOT going to get to me, because I was stronger than them. The would not and could not break me.

"Fuck you." I snapped opening up my eyes. "You're the whore."

"Sectumsempra." she yelled and with a wave of pain I felt the familiar effects of the Sectumsempra curse. "How does that feel Mudblood."

"One." I managed to choke out. "I am not a Muggleborn bitch."

"Cruciatus."

"Two." I snapped as the effects of the Cruciatus curse wore down. "Pain is only a state of mind."

"Oh really? Just a state of mind? Should I call upon Peter again?"

"Three." I glared at her. "As I have already told you, nothing you ever do is going to break me down Medusa."

"Shut the fuck up!" she kicked my head and everything around me was blurry. "You are nothing more than a poor, fat, ugly, mudblooded whore!"

"No I'm not." I choked out. "I am none of those things."

"You wish." she stomped on my left wrist and I felt the bones snap. "What do we have here?" she raged ripping my hand up to her eye level.

"Nothing you need to be aware of." I snapped ripping my hand back wincing at the pain. "So go and fuck off."

"Oh Pettigrew…"

***

"Can I…" I broke off, my voice dull. "Can I talk to Lily and Alice alone please?" I closed my eyes.

"Of course." James said. "Come on Pads, Moony, Frank."

I felt them all leave and the door shut.

"What happened Lyla?" Lily asked coming to sit next to me where Sirius had been. Alice moved to my right and I was sandwiched between them. But I felt safe.

"I don't think that I can say it." I opened my eyes and found them both with tears in they're eyes. "I cant bring myself to."

Alice sighed heavily and wrapped her arm around my shoulder.

"It was more than curses wasn't it?" she asked slipping her hand into mine and squeezing it tightly."

I nodded.

"You cant tell Sirius, promise me that you wont."

"We promise." lily nodded grabbing my other hand, the one where my wrist was once broken. I guess it was healed when I was sleeping.

"Ok." I nodded at them willing the words to slip from my lips. "It was… I… Malfoy was questioning me, he wanted to get the information out of me without calling him."

"You seen Voldemort?" Alice asked her eyes growing large.

I nodded at her.

"I told him to fuck of because I was never going to tell him shit." I laughed. "He summoned him. He showed up, questioned me but I had my mind blocked so he called Medusa over."

"Medusa was there?" Lily asked scrunching her face. "Sick bitch."

"Go on Lyla." Alice prompted me. "Go on."

"He left my punishment to her, in whatever form she wanted. He also left that fucking rat there to administer it."

Lily's jaw dropped.

"He didn't…"

"He did."

"Did what?" Alice asked confused. "Unless he…" comprehension dawned upon her face.

"The first time I told her to burn in hell, that nothing she nor anyone else could ever do would break me."

"Wait, the first time? How many times did it…"

"Three." I sighed. "The second time she called me a whore, and that no one would ever want me. I told her that she was the whore and that she was wrong."

"And the third?"

***

"Three times Weasley? You really are a whore arent you?"

"Fuck you Pettigrew."

"No, but I fucked you."

"He will hunt you down and kill you."

"Your boyfriend isn't going to do anything." Pettigrew sneered.

"Of course he wouldn't. he wont want you now." Natalie laughed coldly. "I wonder how poor little fatty will survive with out him?"

"Screw you bitch." I spat at her trying to stand up and failing. "Just screw you."

"Aww do we want another go round?" Pettigrew laughed. "Didn't know you were that much of a slut."

"I am not a slut you sick bastard." I yelled at him while trying to wiggle my hands out of the ropes binding them. "Fuck you all!"

"Again fatty?"

"Burn in hell Medusa. You can do as many times as you like, the only thing that could break me is death itself."

"You are lying. You want to die, you want to make the pain and torture go away." she sneered. "You should just be thankful that Pettigrew here was using the charm. Because you aren't going to die. I'm going to dump you off at your boyfriends house and tell him all about your whoreyness."

"Fuck you!"

She kicked me in the head again and again my lights flickered.

It was then that I heard a loud slam of a door and people swarming the basement. I looked up and seen ministry robes…

***

"I more or less told her the same things. He used a charm, so there is no way I can get Pregnant." I let my head drop onto Lily's shoulder. "This is crap. Stupid evil bastards." I growled. "Padfoot is going to kill them."

"Are you planning on telling him?" Alice asked dropping her head onto my shoulder. "Because you should."

"Of course" I told her softly. "I just need to.. Deal with it myself first before he goes off on a killing spree."

"He's mad at you you know."

"Yeah, I kind of figured. He's probably seething that I let them take me in the first place." I shook my head. "But I had to. I wasn't going to let them hurt a hair on any of your heads. How's Nymphadora?"

"Fine. Remus sang her to sleep."

This made me smile inside and feel warm regardless of how… gross I feel.

"That's good. I'm glad that everyone is alright."

"On the bright side they arrested Medusa and Malfoy. Pettigrew got away." Lily sighed. "Stupid rat."

"Malfoy will get off, he'll say some spew about being under the imperious curse."

"Sick bastard." Alice seethed. "I mean really…"

It was then that a loud knock echoed on the door and Sirius pushed the door open. He walked in and put his hands on his hips.

"I need to talk to Clover now." he told Lily and Alice who both stood up dutifully and left the room, shutting the door behind them.

"I heard through the door." he spat furiously. "Why wouldn't you tell me first?"

I closed my eyes and sighed.

"Because… its bothering me. I cant…" I choked, a sob coming out. "Its hard to…"

"Damnit Clover! I love you!" he told me before walking swiftly over to me and pulling me into a bone crushing hug. Kissing my temple. "I'll get that bastard."

"It didn't… I can get over this."

"I know you can love." he sighed kissing down my cheek. "And they will pay."

"I really just want to sleep." I sighed shifting down into the blankets. "Up for it?"

He rolled his eyes at me.

"Of course, though I'm sure Prongs and Moony will want to say goodnight or something." he said before walking off to find the afore mentioned boys.

They came in, said a bunch of things that I was sort of listening to, kissed me on the cheek and left. Sirius walked back in, shut the door and turned off the light. A few seconds later he was crawling into bed with me, his warm arms wrapped around me. They made me feel better, it was as if they were the healing to what I was feeling inside.

"Sirius?" I asked quietly.

"Yeah?"

"Do you think we could you know…" I broke off. "Make love?"

"Of course. Why though?"

"Because." I sighed. "I just want to forget. And you're the person that I love… the only person I ever wanted to…" I swallowed. "Share that with and I feel all… gross."

He chuckled.

"I love you." he whispered in my ear. "And I love to make love with you."

"I love you to Padfoot." I flipped around and kissed him deeply. "Make love to me."

"As you wish."

XxxXxxX

I woke up to Sirius snoring in my ear, his arms wrapped around me tightly. I smiled lightly and snuggled deeper into him. I listened to the rise and fall of his chest, the heart beats that were beating in a slow sleepy tempo. I was warm, unbelievably warm and I think it has to do with our skin touching. It was like fire and powder, when mixed together its… warm. I guess I would say that Sirius is the Fire and I'm the powder, and as Shakespeare says,

"These violent delights have violent ends and which in they're triumph die. Like fire and powder which as they kiss consume."

Although I'd like to think that we're not so violent. And that we wont die in our triumph. That would suck, a lot.

"Mornin'" Sirius whispered in my ear making me… giggle you guessed it. "M'hungry. You?"

"Sure." I sighed feeling his arms tighten around me. "As long as I can get some blueberry waffles."

"For you, I'll personally make sure you have blueberry waffles you vegetarian nut."

"If I'm a nut can I be a Cashew?"

He laughed before leaving a big fat sloppy kiss on my cheek.

"Yes Cashew."

After that we both got up and got dressed. Five minutes later we were in the kitchen eating breakfast. Mrs. Potter had already made me blueberry pancakes and I didn't quite have the will to complain, pancakes…waffles… both the same to me really. Remus showed up with Nymphadora who looked adorable with her sleepy eyes and pink hair. James and Lily showed up in co, both blushing and I have a feeling that they did something Padfoot and I did last night. Chuckle! She may have actually used that strappy green thong that I bought her for Christmas…

"How are you feeling Lyla dear?" Mrs. Potter asked as she bustled around the kitchen.

"Better." I smiled reaching for my orange juice. "How are you?" I asked politely.

"Oh dear I'm fine." she grinned. "Thank you for asking."

"Clover." Remus asked me across the table. "Can I talk to you for a moment after breakfast?"

Breakfast passed quickly and I was soon pulled away by Remus.

"Clover. You smell different." he said taking a deep sniff that made me quirk my eyebrow at him.

"More different than the last time you said that?"

"No. the same its just that the last person who smelled like that was…" he broke off.

"Can you finish telling me?" I raised my eyebrow again. "Because I don't know what this is really all about. I mean yeah I get that you have extra Werewolf senses but…"

"Clover the last woman that smelled the way you smell currently was pregnant with child."

I started to laugh.

"Pregnant? Me? Yeah right." I rolled my eyes. "I mean Remus really?"

"Yes Lyla really." he sighed. "I just think you should have that checked out…"

"Sure Remmy. Of course." I laughed. "And maybe they'll tell me that I have ten minutes to live. I mean come on we used the charm. Every time."

"The charm is only 75% effective. You could be and I think that you are."

"Yeah yeah." I waved him off. "Sure whatever you say."

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