Chapter Thirty Five

Lily ran up to the Gryffindor common room looking for James. She was panting and crying. Her father had just told her what had happened to Albus and she was scared especially to be the one to tell James.

While Albus and James sometimes fought, they showed elements of being close. James, no matter how many fights he and his brother picked with each other or how many tricks he payed on his brother to torment him, would be so upset to know that his brother had been kidnapped by an evil, twister, man.

When she reached the portrait and said the password, Lily found James in the common room sitting by himself trying to do his homework. James was smarter than he made himself out to be. He just tried to hard to make himself seem cool.

He looked up and saw her.

"Lily," He said with a confused expression. "What's wrong?"

"James," Lily said softly. "I need to tell you something."

Tears were streaming down her face as she stood there staring at her older brother. James was looking at her with very concerned eyes.

"Shit, Lily," He said hugging her and then releasing her. "What happened to upset you so much?"

"James," Lily sniffed. "It's Albus...he's...he's..."

She couldn't get the words out. It was hurting too much.

"What happened to Al?" James asked kneeling down to be eye level with his sister.

"Albus has been kidnapped!"

The words came out with a kind of screeching sound and Lily collapsed against her older brother crying into his shoulder. He stared shocked by her news and then shook his head pulling away.

"Where's dad?" He asked. "Does he know? Does anyone know where he is?"

He started rapid firing questions at the little girl who didn't have time to answer nor the capability to recite an answer. Lily simply stared at him and shook her head.

James grabbed Lily by the wrist and began to pull her from the common room to look for their father. Lily, reluctant to move, went with him.

...

Hugo and Louis were the next to find out about Albus. Rose went to find her brother and he was with the family member he spent most of his time with: Louis. Louis took it hard to hear that his cousin had been kidnapped.

When Louis and Albus were younger, they both had spent a lot of time together the way Albus had with Rose. The family had always been close even with the occasional sibling or cousin arguments. Louis and Albus had this "physical" relationship: wrestling constantly.

Louis stared at Rose silently as he mulled over the news and then turned away looking at the ground trying to pretend that he wasn't crying. Hugo, however, completely broke down and hugged Rose tightly.

"What can we do to help?" Hugo asked.

"We have to figure out where Albus is," Rose said. "But we have no idea where Daniel Black would have taken him."

Louis looked up at Rose. "I...I don't think he'd have gone far."

"Why not?" Rose asked.

"I just have a feeling," Louis said softly looking down once more.

...

The Potter/Weasley family that went to Hogwarts sat together in an empty classroom as Harry explained to them what happened. Lily was crying against her eldest brother's arm. Louis and Dominique sat together, both with tears in their eyes. Hugo sat staring intently at his father as if he were trying to figure out a plan.

Rose stood in the doorway alone staring at everyone in the room. She took a shaking breath as she watched her uncle speak. A tear fell from her eye as she turned around looking into the hallway.

Scorpius walked towards her. Because there were multiple members of the family that were not fans of him, Scorpius thought it best that he stay out so as not to upset anyone. Rose was glad, however, that he stuck around even if he wasn't in the room.

"Hey," He whispered softly trying to stay out of view of the people in the room. "How are things going with the family?"

Rose sighed softly and hugged Scorpius. "I'm scared, Scorpius. Everyone is."

"He'll be fine," Scorpius hugged Rose closely trying to convince himself that Albus would be very much alright. "We'll find him."

Rose nodded against him but she couldn't find words to say. She couldn't think of anything at all. She remained quiet and Scorpius kissed the top of her forehead softly trying to be comforting.

But everyone was scared. Albus was missing. They didn't know what to think.

...

Albus didn't even know where he was. He went over to the door to see if there was a way to get out. They made it a point to lock the door. Without Albus's wand, he had nothing to magic his way out of here. He was going to go crazy.

What was worse was that he felt cold most of the time and had nothing to keep himself warm. He didn't know whether it was night or day, if they would kill him while he slept, or if he would fall ill and die in his sleep. He wanted to get out of here and he wanted to get out of here sooner than later.

Cantor came into the room and smiled at Albus.

"Good evening, Al," He said.

Great! That solves one mystery, Albus thought. He stared at Cantor and glared refusing to say a word. He didn't want talk to him. It was obvious that a lot of these things that these dark wizards did was orchestrated by Cantor. He didn't want to be associated with evil such as his former "quill-pal".

Cantor laughed at Albus's refusal to speak.

"It's a beautiful evening, too," He said rubbing it in Albus's face. "The view of Hogwarts from here is amazing."

Hogwarts? Albus thought. They were close to the grounds? But where could that be?

"Where are we?" Albus growled. "Tell me!"

Cantor laughed obviously aware that Albus would question him when he spoke of Hogwarts. Albus glared even more wishing that he hadn't spoken, hadn't seemed desperate enough to figure out things. This only made Cantor more giddy.

"Al," He smiled. "Didn't you figure it out? We're in a dingy shack with torn up walls and a bed. Didn't you hear the stories about this place? No?"

Albus clenched his fist feeling just how Cantor wanted him to feel. He felt like he didn't know a single thing. It was Cantor mocking him for his ignorance. But slowly, the answer began to formulate in his head where he was.

He was so close to the grounds. He looked at the walls. Why hadn't he figured it out before?

"The Shrieking Shack," He whispered and Cantor laughed leaving him alone again.

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AN:

I know I updated less than 24 hours ago but I really felt like I had to type especially since I've had this idea in my head. I promised to have Hugo, Lily, and James mentioned again. I promised a scene with Rose and Scorpius. I really hope that I didn't disapoint you guys. If I can, I will update the next chapter tomorrow or Monday since I don't have school on Monday.

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