This chapter makes me want to uh… cry a little ha-ha!

sexy ending is for a friend of mine, you'll understand what I mean when you get there.

I don't even know what to say...

Chapter 26: How it ends

Reed had woken up early that day. Remus knew this because he could hear her giggling to herself as she was getting ready for her date with Alexander Emerson. He smiled when he heard her singing some fluffy pop song. To be honest, he wasn't angry with her. He had wanted to talk to her and ask her if they could still be friend's days ago, but James was steadily making their friendship impossible. He sighed; this was going to be a long day.

"Where's Lily and Ruby?" Remus looked up to see Reed standing at the bottom of the girl's staircase.

Her hair was pulled back in a messy looking bun, small wisps of curly blond hair falling around her face. She looked a little taller due to her heeled boots that reach up to her knees, almost disappearing underneath her skirt. She looked absolutely stunning. To bad she hadn't gotten dolled up for him.

"They went to grab something quick to eat." He mumbled looking back down at his text book, hoping his heated face didn't mean he was blushing like mad.

"Oh. Okay…" Reed had never felt so awkward in her life. Should she continue talking? Maybe she should try and make up with him? After all it wasn't like he had been all that nasty to her since they had gotten into the fight. Reed opened her mouth to say something, but closed it. Who was she kidding; he was looking at his text book, not her. He didn't want anything to do with her anymore. Reed quietly walked back upstairs to grab her stuff.

Remus placed his head in his text book and then slammed both ends shut. Maybe if he kept doing this, he would succeed in killing himself? He was about to try it again, when he heard a knock on the door, well the portrait anyways. Getting up Remus swung open the door to the Gryffindor common rooms.

"Oh, uh… is Reed here?" Alex asked averting his gaze down to his shoes.

Now that he thought about it, Remus really hadn't ever taken much time to really look at the American boy. He was at least two inches taller then himself. His hair was shaggy, but it looked professional at the same time. His bright blue eyes were framed by long eyelashes, and he looked like he had an athletic build. So pretty much everything he wasn't. Wonderful.

"Remus? Who's there?" Remus turned around Reed was standing at the bottom of the staircase again, pulling on a sweater and scarf.

"Hey Reedy," Alex waved, not bothering to push past Remus to get into the Common rooms.

"Oh, hey!" Reed grabbed her bag, gave a quick glance at Remus, and was off with her American boyfriend.

He really knew better. And he knew this wasn't going to end well. But for some reason, when Reed looked at him, some glimmer of hope rose up in him. Maybe he could just go to Hogsmeade and goof around with James and Sirius, that didn't count as stalking right? Because if you weren't following said person, it didn't count. Running up to the boy's dorm, Remus grabbed his jacket and scarf and was out of the common room in seconds.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Severus asked lightly as he sat on the couch, a book in his hand.

"Am I sure? What kind of question is that?" Francesca scoffed as she wrapped herself up in her winter wear.

"You've never killed a person before. I was just making sure you knew what you were doing." Severus sighed as he gently turned the page of his book.

"I'm sure I know how to kill a person Severus, really if I wasn't mistaken, I'd think you were worried about me." Francesca let a coy smile slip on to her face.

"I'm only worried that you won't be able to do what you set out to do," Severus added coolly, "The Dark Lord wouldn't take too kindly to that."

"Well the Dark Lord and I have a certain agreement, so I don't think you need to worry about anything, Snape." Francesca shot back, getting irritated.

"Well then, have fun," Severus dismissed her as he sat back, getting more comfortable. Really, he didn't want to have anything to do with this job, Francesca could go kill whomever she wanted while she was in school, Severus was content being a spy for now.

"I will, you have fun sitting in the comfort of the school and being a coward." Francesca snapped back, pulling her hair up in a quick pony-tail before she stormed out of the Common rooms.

Severus smiled, yes he would enjoy letting her do the dirty work, as long as it meant he didn't have to get his own hands dirty. For now at least.

"This place is amazing…" Alex muttered looking at all the colorfully lit shops and stores.

"You don't have a place like this in America?" Reed asked snuggling into his side for warmth.

Alex smiled wrapping an arm around her and pulling her in closer to him, "No, not really. I mean we have a place like Diagon Alley obviously, but nothing like this so close to the school anyways."

"That's a shame. You'll have to stock up on all the stuff here then while you have the chance," Reed smiled wrapping her own arms around him in an attempt to get warmer.

"Well, I can always get stuff when I come back later." Alex muttered.

"Later? This is the only trip we're taking until you guys leave…" Reed said, he wasn't planning on coming out here when he wasn't allowed was he?

"Well, this isn't the only time I'm going to be coming to England. After all, how am I supposed to visit you?"

"Visit me?" Reed asked confused, what was he talking about?

"Well yeah," Alex laughed nervously, "You didn't expect me to just go back to America and never come back did you?"

Reed smiled, of course he was going to come back and visit her, "I could always go to America too…" She trailed off.

"Oh you would love it there!" Alex said immediately growing animated, "There is so much I could show you! Like the outer banks, I mean it's not magical at all, but the sights, whoo, they are amazing! And mount Rushmore! And Washington D.C. too!"

Reed laughed with him as he went on and talked about everything they would do. It was charming, and she suddenly really wanted to go see the Washington monument. Just as they were getting their food, Alex stopped talking suddenly. He looked worried almost.

"What's wrong?" Reed asked, taking a sip of her butter beer.

"Nothing… I just thought I felt someone watching me is all." Alex laughed it off as paranoia, and the two of them continued eating.

Reed hadn't felt anything, but now that he had said something, she felt sort of weird herself. Maybe it was just the nerves of a first date?

"I am so glad you decided to come to Hogsmeade after all Moony. It just wouldn't be the same without you." James laughed as he threw an arm over Remus's shoulder and his other over Sirius's.

"Well, studying all day would have given me a headache," Remus smiled, that wasn't true, he wanted to keep an eye on Reed for some reason.

"Well either way, you're here now, and I am starving, so let's go get something to eat, hm?" James led the way to a small restaurant for the three of them to grab some quick food.

"Does anyone else feel that?" Sirius asked after he had taken a bite of his sandwich.

"Feel what?" James asked stuffing his face with food.

"That… I don't know, it feels weird."

" I think you've been watching too many scary movies," James laughed downing his drink.

"Yeah, maybe, but I don't think that's it."

"Well whatever it is, just ignore it, because you're starting to make me feel nervous," James gave Sirius a look.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever mate," Sirius shook the eerie feeling off as finals nerves. He hadn't study yet, maybe that's why he was getting all jittery. He should probably start when they got back to the school.

Remus smiled at the two. Honestly, they could bicker back and forth like an old married couple sometimes. It was rather amusing to watch. Remus sighed and looked out of the window. That was funny, it had been sunny just a few moments ago, and the forecast hadn't said anything about bad weather. Why was the sky so dark now?

"James, Sirius, look at this," Remus said pointing out to the sky, "That's not a storm rolling in is it?"

Sirius looked out of the window for a second, before James could even look out of the window, Sirius swore, rather loudly, "Where are the girls?"

James seemed startled for a moment, not exactly sure what was going on, "Lily and Ruby are both back at the school. Reed is somewhere here with that American tosser." James muttered.

"We need to find Alex and Reed and get out of here now." Sirius nearly yelled as he sprinted out of his seat and took off towards the entrance to the restaurant.

"What? Why?" James asked grabbing his stuff and taking off after him, "It's just a few storm clouds. They may get wet walking back, but I don't see what the big hurry is abou," James never finished his sentence as the lights in the restaurant suddenly went out.

"What the hell is going on?" Remus shouted, he was starting to worry now.

"We need to get out of here!" Sirius yelled pushing the door open. That's when it started.

None of them had quite been ready for the sudden onslaught of spells flying everywhere. There were people in the streets running around screaming, covering their heads as if the sky was going to open up and start dropping things. James looked around, Witches and Wizards were starting to Disapperate at rapid speeds, and the streets were steadily looking emptier by the second.

"We need to get to a hiding place now!" Sirius yelled grabbing one of Remus's hands and one of James' as he took off towards one of the buildings he knew had a passage back to the school in the basement.

"What? Why? Sirius, what the bloody fuck is going on!" James yelled pulling his hand out of Sirius's.

"They're death eaters James! Why else do you think people are running around like mad? Because of a simple thunderstorm!"

"Bloody hell…" James muttered, and then it came to him, Reed, "We can't leave her here!"

"You and Remus go then, I'll grab Reed and Alex. We'll meet you back at the school in no more then 15 minutes."

"No! It's my sister Sirius, I have to go get her!" James yelled angrily.

"What's the point in all of us having the chance to die James? You and Remus need to go back to the school now!"

"We'll all split up. That way we have a better chance of finding Reed and Alex sooner." Remus said suddenly.

"I agree with Remus." James said suddenly, anything to find Reed.

"Argh! Fine! We'll all split up! I swear to Merlin if either of you get killed I will kill you!" Sirius yelled angrily as he took off towards the back part of the village.

"Good luck mate," James said as he ran off towards the east side of the village.

Remus nodded, heading towards the north. At the time his plan seemed fool proof. One of them had to come across Reed eventually. The only problem was, once one of them found her, how would the other two know? He pushed the thought to the back of his mind. He didn't have time to worry about that now. What he needed to do was find Reed and get her out of here.

Reed was currently stuffed into a storage closet in the basement of Honeydukes. She was pressed up against Alex's chest, listening to the screams of classmates above her. She wasn't sure what had been happening at first, but she had figured it out almost immediately. Death Eaters. Why they were attacking the village though she wasn't sure. There was really nothing here to take after all, what did the Dark Lord want candy, and just didn't want to pay for it?

Reed would have laughed if she wasn't so busy being scared out of her mind. Alex had her hugged to him, his back facing the opening of the closet. He was stroking her hair gently and rubbing circles in her back trying to sooth her nerves. It wasn't working, but it did feel nice.

"Alex…"

"Shh Reed, it'll be over soon. If they don't find what they want, then they'll leave for another day, and if they do find what they want then they'll leave anyways."

"Alex Im scared." Reed muttered into his chest.

"I know Reedy it'll be okay. I'll protect you." Alex hugged her closer if that was even possible.

Reed nodded her head, hopefully he wouldn't have to. Whatever it was they were looking for they needed to just find it and go away. She was done with feeling afraid all the time. She didn't want anything bad to happen to the ones that she loved.

"You said they went down there?" a feminine voice asked suddenly.

"Y-yes! They ran down there to hide!" Reed recognized that as the owner of Honeydukes.

"Shit…" Alex squirmed a little so he and Reed weren't as cramped anymore.

"Where are you going?" Reed yelled in hushed whispers as Alex went to open the door to the closet.

"I didn't do anything to protect my father Reed, I have to protect you. I can't let you get hurt," he smiled before he leaned in for a kiss.

Reed felt like crying as he gently caressed her lips with own. Moving against hers like they were molded for each other. Alex pulled back before placing one more chaste kiss on her lips, "I know this sounds ridiculous Reedy, but trust me, we would have gotten married one day," and with that he shut the door behind him.

Would have gotten married? What the hell did that mean! He hadn't meant to put that in past tense had he? He had meant he was going to marry her one day. Was damn it! Reed scooted closer to the opening of the door. She could see Alex only slightly trying to look like he had been hiding, but in reality, he was a sitting duck. Maybe she could convince him to come back and hide with her.

"Oh, well isn't this a surprise! Just who I wanted to find." Reed could have sworn she knew that voice.

"Me? What would you want with little ol' me?" Alex asked scoffing.

"I think you know what we want. You have something we want, and we want it now. If you kindly hand it over to us, then I'll let you go without a fuss. If not… well that's a different issue."

"I don't know what you want. So you should probably stop wasting your time with me." Alex said so casually Reed could have sworn he was having a normal conversation.

"Where is it Emerson! I am done playing these games!" Reed whimpered a little, thankfully the woman hadn't heard her.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Alex said again, only more bitter this time.

"You would dare pull your wand out on me?" The woman asked again, she seemed like she was laughing.

Reed could see vibrant colors fly through the air. Spells, dear Merlin they were fighting. She closed her eyes tightly and froze. Just like she always did. Why couldn't she do something? Anything! Distract the woman at least so Alex could get a good hit on her or something! Reed steeled herself, she was going to do it, she was going to jump out of that closet and kill the bitch herself!

"Reed!" Reed snapped her head towards the sound of her name. That wasn't Alex… that was Remus. What was Remus doing here? There were sounds of scuffling, and a loud curse from the woman. It seemed as though Remus had gotten into the fight because Reed could hear him shouting spells.

There was a yell of something. Something that should have never been said. A spell that should have never been uttered. There was the sound of feet on stairs and Remus yelled out a body binding charm, but from the way he cursed, it didn't hit its mark.

Reed tumbled out of the closet in her hurry to see what had happened. Remus was sitting next to the stairs, his face all bloodied up. He looked like he was in pain, and he was breathing hard. Reed looked around for Alex, Remus seemingly not noticing she was there yet.

Alex was lying on the floor, his eyes were closed. His legs and arms were sprawled out in random directions. His face was cut and small bruises had already started to form on his neck and arms.

"Alex…" Reed started timidly.

Remus was suddenly aware of the other presence in the room. At first he had thought maybe Alex had gotten Reed back to school somehow, but here she was kneeling beside the American. She looked frazzled, her hair was coming out of its bun, and she was worrying her bottom lip.

"Alex," her voice was cracking with each time she said his name. She ran her hands over his face slowly, "Alex…" Tears started forming in her eyes, and before she could even think about it they spilled out over the rims of her eyes, "Alex!" she shook him gently, then harder.

"Reed… come on, we have to go." Remus murmured to her, trying to get her off the ground.

"No! no, I can't leave him here!" She looked back at him angrily, "I can't leave him…" she said again quietly.

"Reedy, we'll get him don't worry, but for now we need to hurry and leave before they come back."

"I am not going! I am staying here!" Reed yelled, her baby blues furious.

Remus sighed, dear Merlin he was going to get yelled at later for this. Pointing his wand to the back of Reed's head, he muttered quietly under his breath so that she couldn't hear him. Reed stiffened for a moment before she completely slumped to the floor.

Remus looked over to Alex. There was no hope for him. He was dead, there wasn't any way to bring him back. He would, he would do it in a second if it meant Reed would be happy, but nothing could bring back someone after they were killed like that.

"Mobiliarbus," Remus gently moved Alex over to a secluded corner of the basement. He would tell one of the professors as soon as he got back to the school, right now though he could only take Reed with him, and as she was still alive, she was more important.

Remus picked Reed up and slung her over his shoulder, wincing when it was less then gentle. Her head hit his back with a thud. Moving aside a part of the tile that was down in the basement, Remus took Reed and carried her through one of the passageways that led back to the school.

"Damn it all!" Francesca screamed as she paced around the stretch of the screeching shack.

She could have killed him another way! She could have easily taken care of the annoying pest without using the killing curse. She was so bloody stupid! Now it would be tracked back to her, she would be arrested and sent to Azkaban for the rest of her life!

"Now dear, stop pacing, it isn't becoming." A silk voice said from behind her.

Francesca jumped and wheeled around to see the Dark Lord sitting in one of the old dusty chairs behind her. He was wearing black robes and cloak. His silver serpent brooch was shining as the light from the moon reflected over it. Francesca looked him over. It was only the third time she saw him in person. His hair was short and black, a little wavy. His eyes always seemed like they were narrowed and his nose was small and snake-like.

"My apologies my lord." Francesca bowed before him, her hair falling over her shoulders in waves of black.

"Now, now Francesca you have no need to apologize. Come here, tell me what is worrying you girl."

"I… I used the unforgivable curse m'lord." Francesca said shakily as she drew closer to the man.

"Now why are you upset over this?" Voldemort asked as he placed his hands on her shoulder and rubbed up and down her shoulders soothingly.

"They can trace it back to me. I'll be sent to Azkaban!" Francesca said, she could feel tears well up in her eyes.

"My sweet girl, nothing like that will happen, I'll take care of it." He said, almost hissing.

Francesca's head shot up to look at him, "You will?" she thought he'd just leave her to rot, she wasn't his problem after all.

"Of course," he sealed his promise with a kiss. Francesca smiled against his thin lips.

She leaned into him, putting her hands into his hair, and letting his hands roam over the front of her body. Francesca lifted herself up to get a better angle, now she was straddling him. She tugged his hair a little harder, and he in return bit her bottom lip. It would have hurt, but the pain was mixing with the pleasure of what was going on, and it made a wonderful mix of emotions.

Francesca moaned when she felt his cold hands search under her robes, rubbing up and down her back. She craned her neck a little to give him better access as he sent little nips and bites down her neck, leaving marks in his wake.

"Let your worries melt away little one," Voldemort murmured into her ear, she felt herself being picked up, and soon her back hit something soft, a mattress that was part of the old bed pushed into the corner.

Voldemort lowered himself on top of her, placing kisses along her collarbone and down her shoulders as he slipped her jacket off. Francesca sighed, she would let all of her worries melt away, after all, she was being taken care of now.

So… there's a lot of things I need to explain… umm.. first of all let's just go straight to Voldemort. I honestly think he still looked kind of hot back in the day, after all he hadn't really gone all snakey yet, that was in the fourth movie, so we're just going to say he still has a lot of human attributes. And Francesca.. oh dear lord. She's kind of a ho… Let's be honest, Voldy probably had some game back in the day :D

Other then that I really can't explain anything. You'll see what Francesca wanted later, like next chapter later.

I wrote this whole chapter to the songs

Notice me- Alexa Ray Joel

How it ends- Devotchka (this is really the only one that fits this chapter ahah)

Charmed life- Leigh Nash (Yeah I realize this one doesn't fit…)

Reviews are always welcome! Thanks for reading!