Jade stared out of the window, looking at the luminous pearly moon in the freezing dark skies. The weather was cold no doubt but there seemed to be no wind, which was a good thing for Jade. Jade turned around to see Draco sleep soundly, his face smoothed out and glowing from the moon's eerie pale light. To believe that this man was a murderer…the man who looked like an angel...Jade couldn't understand.
"Draco?" Jade asked to see if he was awake. He didn't stir.
Jade paused for a moment before slipping silently and carefully out of her bed. She needed to do this without letting herself get caught. This wasn't about her…it was about her children and for her children…Jade would give up her life. She crept out of the room and crossed the hallway into little Draco and Jenita's room to take them away. She heaved the two 5 year olds at the same time, hearing little Draco snore lightly.
It had been a while since she carried the twins together. She bent her knees and curled her hand around a bag that she had prepared with their clothes inside. She walked out, quietly and slowly, not to wake Draco up from his slumber. Walking out of the living room and towards the door, Jade heard her heart thudding wildly as she unlocked the door and twisted the knob open to get her children out of the house. Jade made it to Heath's car, who had happily given her a set of spare keys for emergencies. This was an emergency.
Jade opened the door and placed her kids inside and placed a blanket over them so they wouldn't get cold. Jade shivered in her nightgown, the only thing she had on. The snow crunched underneath her as she walked over to the driver's side. She paused for a minute, as a thought dawned on her. How could she protect her children and the rest of the people in the world if the wand was with Draco? She looked towards her house and dreaded to go back in. The small hope that arose when she had made it out had quickly been put out, knowing that she had to go back in once more and find the Elder Wand. Jade walked back into the house. It was too quiet. She made her way through her old companion; the dark.
Jade walked towards the bedroom and slipped in to see Draco still sleeping, the covers over him. Jade quickly turned around and opened the closet to see the old robes that Draco had been wearing on the night he landed on her porch. Jade slipped her hand into the pocket and felt her hand touch the smooth and lean piece of wood. She pulled it out and observed it under the moonlight. It was one of a kind.
"Give it back." A low and dangerous voice demanded.
Jade froze in her spot and her breathing had stopped.
"Give me the wand." He snarled.
Jade wrapped her hand around a briefcase of her documents that she had in the closet. She pulled it out and turned quickly, swinging wildly at Draco, who only stepped aside, making her miss.
"Who are you trying to fight?" he asked taking a step towards her.
Jade pointed her own wand in Draco's face, feeling her arm start to shake from the terror and anguish.
"You really think you can hurt me? Jade…don't do this to yourself. Look at you…you're pregnant and worrying yourself over a silly little thing." He said going to take the Elder Wand from the other hand. Jade re-shifted her focus to Draco's face and glared at him.
"A silly little thing…this silly little thing will be responsible for utter chaos, destruction and deaths of the innocent. I wouldn't mind if it was responsible for your death as well as the arse you've been kissing all this time. I'm giving this wand to Harry. Where it should belong." Jade said going to take a step back.
Draco swatted her arm that was pointed to his face with her wand as if it were a fly and took another step closer to her.
"I'm not what you think I am. I've changed Jade. I've changed for our children, I swear I have. Now if you would just give me that wa-"
"What are you planning to do with this then? If you love our children, what business do you have with this wand? Why couldn't you simply destroy it?" Jade asked quickly. Draco narrowed his eyes at her, a deep line forming on his forehead, his sign of patience starting to wear out.
"Give it to me." He said through his teeth.
"I'll tell you why. You're a Death Eater. You're a cold hearted, cold blooded murderer. You can't love anyone, anything except for the Dark Lord. You've never loved me Draco. This was something you used to your advantage…so you can heal and get back on your feet to the Dark Lord to help him kill my children and everyone else's." Jade said in a hoarse voice. Tears streamed down her face but she tried to hold her composure, trying not to break down.
"Jade…how could you think that? Would I really do this to you…to our children?" he asked softly. He pressed himself lightly against her and covered his lips with hers. "I lost you once…I can't bear to lose you again. Especially when you have my children with you." he whispered against her lips, stroking her stomach lightly with his finger.
Jade's knees felt weak as he ran his hands through her hair and down to her waist…circling it like a snake. Her eyes snapped open when his hand reached for the wand she was holding tightly behind her. Jade pushed him as hard as she could and shouted a spell that blasted Draco right into the wall and fall to the floor, crumpling in pain. Jade gathered herself and ran for her life. She ran out of the living room, out of the porch and into the snow, towards the car.
Jade jumped into the car and slammed the door, fumbling to turn the keys in the ignition. Her throat had closed up on her and Jade cried as she turned the keys. The engines roared to life, deafening her sobs. Before she could pull the gear to drive, the window right next to her broke with a long hand, stopping her from driving away.
"Stop this madness! You stop right now and give me my kids and the wand!" Draco roared. His body was halfway through the window, trying to stop Jade, who tried to reach for the gear.
"Let me go Draco!" Jade screamed trying to push him off.
"You're not leaving me Jade! You are not leaving!" he shouted, reaching for the keys in the ignition. Jade pushed him hard and pulled the gear into reverse. She slammed into the gas pedal and swerved, making Draco fly off. She pressed on the brake and moved the gear into drive and sped off. Checking the rearview mirrors, Jade saw Draco run into the house and her hands shook, wondering what he was up to now. She didn't mind if he was going to rampage every memory she had and made since the last 5 years of her life.
She had the two most important people she cared about with her. Jade's foot did not leave the gas pedal for a second. She whizzed down the road, reminding herself that she needed to pay Heath back for the window. Jade drove into Harry's driveway and screeched to a stop. She pressed the horn for a few times until she saw the lights in the house turn on. Jade jumped out of the truck and stopped, to see if Draco was behind her. There was nothing but the darkness of the trees in front of her, and the silence that was interrupted by two pairs of footsteps. Harry and Ginny opened the door and saw Jade carrying her children out of the truck.
"Jade! What are you-"
"I don't have enough time to explain. Draco's after me. I have the Elder Wand with me." Jade said reaching a hand into her pocket to take out the Elder Wand. She frowned finding her pockets empty and moaned when she realized that Draco had taken it from her robes when she tried to escape with the truck. Ginny took Jenita and little Draco from Jade's arms and walked into the house with Jade and Harry following.
"I don't understand…Malfoy? At this time of night?" Harry asked.
Jade took a deep breath and explained what had happened from the night he showed up in her doorstep to tonight's scene. Harry shot her a tense and wary look, making Jade feel horrible for not telling him before.
"I wish you would have told me this sooner. I wish I would have paid a visit when he was on the loose. We don't have any time to spare Jade. We have to catch him. Give me a minute. I'll owl the Ministry." Harry said getting up.
Jade paced back and forth, a sense of peace filling her that her children were actually out of harm's way. Harry walked back and grabbed the cloak from the rack.
"Stay here." He told her, opening the door.
"What? No! I want to come along! I can't have you go there by yourself!" Jade said running towards him.
"Nothing will happen to me Jade. I'll have Aurors there." He said. Jade gave him a grim look and he put his hands up in surrender.
"All right, all right." He said.