Jamie woke to the sound of worried voices talking in hushed whispers in the common room. She rubbed her eyes, sitting up and looking around the dark room. Sometime between studying History of Magic, and Transfiguration she must have passed out… In the dim firelight she could make out her brother and sister, as well as Neville and Hermonie.
"What's going on?" She asked. They all jumped, looking at her with shocked faces.
"The castle's under attack… we're going to help." Ron said. Jamie paused, taking time to digest the information.
"I'm coming to help." She said firmly.
The group exchanged quick looks, and nodded, they quickly made their way out of the portrait hole, Jamie followed.
"Harry gave us his Felix potion, but I'm afraid we already drank it. Sorry, we couldn't find you." Ron said, drawing out his wand as he sped down the halls.
"I fell asleep on the couch." Jamie said, drawing out her own as she matched his pace.
"Where are we—" Jamie's sentence was cut off as she heard a crashing sound, and yells. The five of them exchanged looks, taking off at a dead run towards the noise. They found Charlie, Lupin, Bill, and Tonks battling masked Death Eaters, there were several large gouges in the walls, and dust swirled through the air. Jamie dodged a spell that came rocketing towards her, finding its source to be a rather large death masked death eater.
"Stupify!" She shouted, pointing her wand at his chest. The death eater dodged the spell nimbly for his size, firing off another curse in her direction. She ducked behind a suit of armor which had the head blasted off of it.
She peaked out behind the suit just soon enough to see Charlie hex the death eater. He fell backwards with a thud as Charlie rushed over to her.
"Are you alright?" He asked, she could see the worry in his eyes.
She nodded.
"Charlie, what's going -."
She didn't have time to finish her sentence before a blonde woman came forward, taking the place of her fallen comrade.
"Jamie go! It's not safe for you here!" Charlie shouted.
"I'm not leaving!" She shouted back, firing a spell at the death eater.
"Tell me what's going on!" a spell hit the woman in the chest, sending her down a flight of stairs, she didn't look like she would be getting up any time soon.
Charlie gave a grunt of annoyance, pulling her into a doorway.
"They are trying to get into Dumbledore's study… ." Jamie scrunched her brow.
"Why?"
"I donno… Jamie please, I need you to get out of here, the last thing I need is to worry about you right now."
"Charlie… I'm not leaving! These are my friends! I have as much a right to protect them as you do."
Charlie looked at her with pleading eyes, Jamie frowned and crossed her arms.
"I'm not leav—"
He pulled her towards him, kissing her deeply on the lips.
Jamie gave into the familiar kiss, her arms coming up to tangle in his hair, her wand still in one of them. He pulled away after a moment.
"I love you." He whispered.
"Not as much as I do." She whispered back. Figures, of course they would make things right at the most inopportune moment.
He kissed her quickly once again, and then made his way back into the fight, she paused for a moment, gaining her composure before re-entering the battle zone. She fought a dark haired wizard with bad teeth, trying to catch him off guard, she could see her brother Bill fighting Greyback, the two exchanging curses rapidly. She saw Bill grab the upper hand, and anger spring to his opponents face as he lept at Bill, tackling him to the ground. Jamie heard Bill scream in pain, and was sure that she saw blood. She felt panic rise in her throat as she redoubled her efforts on trying to defeat the wizard across from her. She caught a lucky break as a stray killing curse ricochet off a suit of armor, hitting the man in the chest. She scrambled over to where Bill now lay, Greyback was nowhere to be seen.
"Bill!" Jamie cried out, shaking his shoulders.
She could see long gashes down his chest; blood was seeping out of them.
He groaned underneath her, opening his eyes.
"Jamie…" He said hoarsely. She grasped his hand, relieved that he was alive
"I'm going to try and heal them a bit." She said pointing her wand at his chest and muttering the spell she heard her mother use on more than one cut.
The bleeding went down a bit, but she could still tell he was in pain.
"I have to get you out of here." She said, looking around at the chaos. She grabbed under his back, trying to lift him up.
"Jamie…." He groaned.
"Jamie look out!" He hoarsely tried to yell. She felt herself being lifted up by a pair of hands if she were no more than a doll. She screamed, thrashing as the man whom she realized was Greyback threw her over his shoulder as if she was no more than a sack of potatoes.
"It's over, time to go!" She heard Snape say in front of her.
Jamie struggled in vain against Greyback.
"Put me down!" She screamed, kicking him in the gut. He gave a grunt of discomfort, but did nothing to slow. They moved through the fight quickly, Jamie could see Charlie fighting an ugly man, but his back was to her… everyone was too busy to notice Jamie being taken by Greyback. She felt him step over someone, and looked down, seeing Neville laying there… he looked like he was in pain.
"Neville!" She yelled, he looked up at her with hazy eyes.
Jamie continued to try to escape, pulling his hair, digging her nails into his robe, both it seemed to annoy him more than anything. Any hope of escaping seemed to fading fast as they walked through the main entrance. Jamie bit into his shoulder and pulled his hair as they walked through the door. He let out a wheeze of pain, and chuckled, hiking her farther up his shoulder as he continued down to the downs.
"Sorry princess, it only works if I bite you."
Jamie pounded his back in frustration. She saw a dark shape running towards them, and she felt her heart leap a bit, maybe it was one of the Order… maybe they could help her! A curse was fired over her head.
"Run Draco!" She heard Snape say… wait, why were Snape and Malfoy still here.
Another curse was fired in their direction. Jamie opened her mouth to scream for help.
"Silencio." She heard Snape say, pointing his wand at her.
"Take her beyond the gate, wait for me there."
She heard Snape order.
"The Dark Lord wants her unharmed."
She heard Greyback give a grunt of acknowledgment. She glared at Snape over his shoulder, trying to make a grab for him. He bound her hands together with another charm as spells went firing over his head.
"Go!" He yelled, Greyback started off at a run she bounced along over his shoulder watching as Harry came into sight. She struggled fruitlessly against him, realizing this was her only chance of escaping, but Greyback held onto her firmly, taking her beyond the gate to where Draco stood panting. They stood in silence, waiting for Snape to return, Jamie kicked Greyback several times, trying to get him to put her down, but he only grunted in discomfort and shifted her farther back. Several dark shapes approached them Jamie recognized as death eaters, they all gazed at her with evil smirks on their lips. Snape returned a few moments after the group.
"It's done then?" She heard a female voice ask.
"Yes." Snape said.
Several cheers went up through the crowd. Jamie frowned. What was done?
She felt Greyback put her down and she staggered a bit, trying to regain her legs. They had her surrounded inclosing her in a large circle of death eaters. They were talking in hushed whispers to each other, but became silent when Snape stepped forward, unbinding her hands and taking the silencing charm off of her.
He grabbed her hand, and Jamie felt herself being apparated away they landed in a dark lane, to one side there were houses, the other had a large hedge with an iron fence. Jamie knew that she needed to get away, she thought fast as Snape pulled her forward. She acted even faster, wrenching her grip from Snape and kicking him between the legs. He let out a groan and fell to the ground as Jamie took off, darting in between the houses. She needed to get out of here… now. Before her father found out she was near him. She felt the brand burn on her back for the first time in months. Shit. He knew she was here.
Jamie ran down the alleys, not sure where to go, but hoping to get as far away from her father as possible.
She saw the shadows of figures appear a block in front of her; she pulled herself to the side of the alley, hiding in the darkness.
"Find her!" She heard a voice bark. Oh Merlin, it was her father.
The figures all took off in separate directions, thankfully not down the road she was on. One of the figures remained there, she was almost positive it was her father, he stood stalk still, as if listening for her breathing. Jamie backed away slowly, trying to be as quiet as a mouse. Her foot accidently hit a loose pebble, rolling it down the road with a sound loud enough to give her away. She glanced over her shoulder; her fathers red eyes were piercing the darkness, looking at the spot where she stood. Jamie's fight or flight instinct took over, and she dashed away from him uselessly. A magical rope came to wrap around her feet moments later, toppling her to the ground. Jamie groaned, rolling over and looking up into her father's horrifying face. He was glaring at her with a look she was sure would kill.
She heard a few death eaters running towards them, Voldemort ignored them as they approached, twirling his wand in his hands as he gazed ruthlessly at her.
"Take her to the dungeon, cell three." He said. Jamie gasped in shock as two masked death eaters came forward.
"No! You can't do this!" She screamed at him.
She saw the rage flash in his eyes as he struck her across the face with his hand. Jamie let out a gasp of pain.
"I think you'll find that I can." He hissed, undoing the rope from her feet with a flick of his wand.
"Now!" He barked at the death eaters who grasped her. They marched her away, death grips on both her arms. Jamie fought them, digging in her heals as they made their way up the long drive of the Malfoys. They forced her down the same stairs she had descended those long months ago when Charlie was captive. She heard moaning coming from the same room they had kept him, but they past by it. The hallway became dimmer as they forced her past countless doors. They stopped close to the end of the hallway, and a death eater drew out a long key, opening the solid wood and metal door. They pushed her into the small, dark room unceremoniously and slammed the door shut behind her. Jamie forced her weight against the door, banging on it as the sounds of their footsteps grew fainter and fainter. She slid down the door when the last echoing footsteps had faded, sobbing into her hands.