Chapter 29: Five Years Later……
I found myself today, found myself and ranawy. But something pilled me back a voice of reason I forgot I had. All I know is your not here to say. What you always used to say, but it's written in the stars tonight.
The beautiful breezy sunny day was inconsistent to the storm inside her heart. She was crouching down staring at a polished stone, twirling a flower in-between her fingers. Her father's name was written beautifully in scripture. It has been five years since he died, five years since she was even anywhere near London let alone Europe. But a mission brought her back. Jessie was no longer a teenager at the age of 21. A seasoned warrior who took what she did seriously and professionally, with no room for mistakes. She went back to her first mentor and worked with the American Ministry in the special forces department where they went after the most dangerous rebels to the new ministry. After taking down a wizard who ran to London to escape prosecution her team had two weeks off. Acelin and Faith wanted t take down time in London. Jessie wanted to be as far away from here as possible. But after losing the argument she decided to visit her father's grave. The guilt and the pain was still fresh in her heart and apparent in her mind. It haunted her worst than anything ever had and her nightmares turned to night terrors.
Today out of all days obviously was not the best day to come. A pull on her magical core made her look behind her. She suddenly wished that she was back at her condo in Cali, Some things she just wasn't ready to deal with and that something was talking or seeing her family. She wouldn't even look at Draco her heart she was sure wouldn't be able to handle it.
Harry was standing by Hermione with his hand on her hip, Hermione looked confused and Harry just had a cold mask of indifference on his face. Next to them was Lucius who gave her an intrigued look, Voldemort openly glared at her and Draco glared at the ground. She was beginning to feel enclosed and trapped. She really hated that feeling. Slowly she stood, back straight ready for them to insult and point fingers at her. But all Harry did was brush past her to put a potion vial on his gravestone next to the flowers she just put. It stabbed at her heart but she held the mask that she always wore and lifted her head. No one would ever make her feel inferior and she would be damned if her little brother ever did.
Harry could not believe that his sister was here. After giving up hope that she would ever return he became angry because she left. He understood the pain watching someone that you love die, but she had given up. And because of that no progress in the war was to be made. She was basically a tratior.
Jessie was about to step away when she heard the sound of apparition and soon everyone was surrounded. Voldemort pulled her back toward the group. "Stay close, they are more dangerous than before."
"Not that worried about it." Jessie said as she pulled out her cell and texted her team. And almost instantly they were at her side. She pulled herself out of Voldemort's grasp and walked up to Acelin.
"Hey I am on vacation, there is no fighting during the vacation. Lets go and let these people deal with there own problems." Acelin said as he took off his sunglasses. He was talk, lean and fit, looking even more dangerous in the black suit. Faith rolled her eyes, "Shut up, I been looking for a good fight."
"There should be a rule book on vacations, seriously. Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not get bloody, thou shall enjoy oneself. "
"Shut up Ace." Faith and Jessie both said.
"Sorry to break up this lovely moment but you can go, we are not after you, just them." A man said pointing at what used to be Jessie's family.
"And let them have all the fun I don't think so." Jessie said as she fired the first curse, a fire ball shot at the man and engulfed him in flames. Voldemort looked impressed as he started his attack taking down three of them with the wave of his wand, throwing them fifty feet in the air before dropping them at bone breaking speed.
A mini fight broke out before the other side got smart and learned that they could not win and retreated.
"THAT IS IT, JESS GIVE ME YOUR WAND. You can have it back in two weeks when our vacation is over. I will see that you have fun. No sulking no work, no fighting, no research, nothing. Nothing do you understand the term nothing because that is what you are going to do. All work and no play will make you go insane."
"What was up with that?" Jessie asked the group ignoring Acelin.
"What does it matter to you?" Lucius said, put out.
"That was Auror and Order members, they tend to guard places that we will most likely go." Harry said in a cold voice that spoke of the betrayal he felt. "But then again you would know that if you had been here for the past five years. Instead of running away."
"I didn't run away." Jessie said through clench jaw.
Hermione couldn't help it she couldn't believe what she was hearing, "Leaving in the middle of the night with out even saying goodbye or even telling us if you were alive, that is not running away." It was Hermione that was left to pick up the pieces of Draco's' and Harry's life when she left. She had every right to be mad at the girl in front of her. "You are sad, that was the lowest thing that you could of done in your whole life."
Cold Jessie came flaring to life. "Yeah I could think of a couple things that could top that easily." Guilt was all she felt. It was deep too. Her father's face still fresh in her mind when he stepped in front of the killing curse, saving her life.
"Why are you here.?" Voldemort asked.
"Work."
"Work brought us here, now we are on vacation." Ace added.
"You are bleeding." Voldemort pointed out in an unconcerned tone, when he seen the blood start to soak through her shirt.
"It is nothing." Jessie said looking at her stomach, she was glazed with a cutting hex.
Ace crouched down in front of her and lifted her shirt, looking at and healing the shallow wound. "Last time she said that she nearly collapsed from the blood lost, it was not pretty."
Draco who up till this point had been keeping a clear mind felt like snapping. Specially at the man that was crouched before Jessie. Five years of not seeing her had easily made his feeling for her fade and turn to hate when he first looked at her, but now he wanted nothing more than to snap the mans neck for touching her. But he kept it in. he did not need this, he did not need her. Harry sensed his best friend unease and put a comforting hand on his shoulder. It did not help but it did keep him in place.
"Better?" Ace asked her, she just nodded her head.
"Jessie…." Lucius started but did not get to finish.
"Don't. Please don't," She said as she put her hand up. "Lets go guys, let go try somewhere sunny for vacation."
Harry could not believe it, she was leaving. But what did he expect this was his sister that did abandon them five years ago, but this time they really needed her. Before he could say anything Voldemort did.
"You are not leaving."
Jessie stopped and visibly tensed up. "I do think that I am, and there is no way you can stop me. I am no longer a little girl that you can scare Tom."
Jessie turned around, defiance in her body language. "No you are not going anywhere. I will stripe you of your magic if I have to but you are not leaving. This war will never end until the power of Merlin is together. And you owe it to your father."
Jessie was about to leave again until she heard that last part. "Dumbledore is still alive?" anger was evident in her voice.
"As soon as Dumbledore dies the sooner that side will fall." Lucius said.
Jessie's magic crackled around her. "I cannot believe you didn't kill that old coot yet, what exactly have you done since I left?"
"This war is still underground." Hermione said. "and plus like Tom said the Power of Merlin is needed."
"Why do I feel like I am missing something important." Ace said out loud but mostly to himself.
Jessie took a deep breathe then turned to Acelin. "Sorry but I do owe it to my father. Going to have to rain check that vacation."
"I am staying with you for a couple of days to make sure that you are alright." Ace said.
Ace was Jessie's protector, he self appointed himself to the job once he noticed how reckless she was, always pushing the envelope not caring if she was going to die. Her bravery on missions was unmatched, suicidal even. So he took up looking out for her, he could tell that there was something more that was under the surface. And through the years, she opened up to him. He knew who he was standing in front of, he knew the blond was her love, and that the guy with the black hair was her brother. The two most important people in her world. What they didn't realize was that she was there. Dumbledore would send deadly assassins in to try and take care of the two. Having inside connections to that world she usually got a heads up and was able to kill them before they even came up with a plan. She protected them and they didn't even realize that she did.
Walking back into Malfoy Manor was almost like time travel. Nothing really changed, it was still the same house. Jessie closed her eyes and it was almost like she never left.
There was an awkward tension in the room, no one really knew what to do. . And then a blonde beauty she knew she never met rushed down the stairs crying out. "Draco….I was so scared." Jumped in to arms that were all to familiar to her. " They said that you guys ran in to complications" Tears where in this girls eyes.
Draco looked over at Jessie, their eyes connected as he held the blond in his arms protectively. And in that moment the tension is the room exploded. It was the first time they made any kind of acknowlement of each other. And it hurt more than anything that they could describe. Hearts crying out for the other. It is true what they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Harry took this moment to break the tension between his best friend and sister.
"How about I show you to your room."
All Jessie could manage was a nod as she let herself be lead down the corridors of the old manor. They meet up with Blaise and Nott. They where shocked to see her and followed after them.
"Are you okay" Blaise asked once they were out of sight of Draco and Chasity.
" I am pretty far from okay."
"You didn't think that he would wait did you." Harry said in a harsh tone, it was ment to hurt her.
"No and I didn't want him to either."
They stopped at a room, "Well this it, if you excuse me I have to go check on Draco."
Jessie walked into the room and she realized it was hers. And remembering that made her think of her father. Which made her dizzy, she would of fell if it wasn't for Theo. Ace was right by her as soon as she he seen her knees give. "Breathe Jess."
"Yeah where is that Slytherin face" Theo asked as he sat her down.
"Yeah no I am like a silly little school girl that faints."
Blaise couldn't help it he laughed, "You have never been and never will be a silly little school girl, you blew up half of the Great Hall in school."
Jessie smiled at that. "So why are you not mad at me."
"Oh we are, just shocked you are here. But we can be bought." Theo said, joking.
Voldemort stormed back to his office, Lucius following. Remus noticed it and joined them. Voldemort threw himself in his chair and grabbed the bridge of his nose. "What am I going to do? Jessie, out of all the people."
"She doesn't even reminded me of the same girl." Lucius said.
"Well her father died and she watched." Remus said. "Of course she is not the same."
"I am going to have to find away to bring her in and make her follow rules."
Lucius chuckled, "she was never one for rules."
"We have to think of something." Voldemort said.
"I think you should worry about how she is going to be with the others before you worry if she will fall in line." Remus said, knowing that Harry and Draco where not to fond of her anymore.
"Send for that boy that she was with, Ace I think it was. I want to question him." Voldemort said.
"Going behind her back is most likely not the best way to go about things." A female voice said from the door.
" The voice that is always in my head, Luna why don't you join us." Voldemort said as he smile as the blond beauty. She was still that annoying little chit she always was, but the main difference was she was no longer a teen age girl but a grown woman who was a remarkable witch who many wouldn't want to cross.
"No thanks Tom, I just came to stop by and say hello. I am going to go visit my father."
Voldemorts eyes narrowed. "How long are you going to be gone? You should really take someone with you. Remus please go get one of the Lestranges."
"I think that I will be find on my own." Luna reassured him.
"I would feel better if you took someone with you." Voldemort insisted even more.
"Fine. You overprotective silly brute." Ever since he used the word silly with her, she always had to add in to a conversation. Just to remind him that he was not all that dangerous.
"GET! Be gone, wiat for your esqourt and have a good visit. How long will you be gone?"
Luna gave a little laugh, "THree days at most."
Voldemort thought it over a bit before saying "Have fun, be safe."
"Don't do anyting stupid Tom." Luna warned in a sing song voice.
Voldemort sneered at her retreating back, before focusing on the two in the room, who were silently laughing. "What is your problem?"
"Nothing my Lord" Lucius said.
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