Chapter Eight: The Hut
{Val's Pov}
'What are you looking at?' I thought to myself as Wormtail eyed me. 'He looks like a damn fool.' I kept on thinking. I stifled a laugh. He narrowed his eyes at me. I quickly stopped trying to laugh.
How could he hear me any way? The tape was so damn tight over my mouth you couldn't hear anything. I stared right back into his eyes. I wanted to get him back so badly. Wormtail got out of his seat and walked towards me. He grabbed the edge of the tape and ripped it off. I jumped from the pain. "It's getting a little boring don't you think, Black?" He asked.
"You have no idea." I sneered. He smiled that ugly smile of his. I shuddered. " Oh please!" I yelled rolling my eyes.
"Remember, Valery, I have the weapon here." He said slyly. I bit my lip and nodded. "Yeah, I remember." I said softly.
He chuckled under his breath. "What? What's so funny?" I asked. He looked up at me. He pulled out the knife and slashed my stomach. I bit my lip so hard it bled, also.
"I ask the questions here." He sneered. It hurts so much. It didn't help that my belly-button ring was ripped out and had made a cut. He just cut over that one. Tears flowed down my face. I missed everyone so much. I wanted to be saved. I wanted to get away, so bad!
I nodded. "Okay. I won't as anything else." I said quietly. He put the knife back on the desk.
"And it's just so funny that you are stuck there as helpless as can be." I gaped at him. I couldn't believe someone could be so cruel. How could he have the guts to do that? I took a deep breath and closed my eyes.
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{Hermione's Pov}
About thirty minutes later we came to a hut. Nail was walking by himself now. I guess he had gotten used to the pain.
Harry walked to the door. He looked at us for reassurance. We all nodded. He knocked on the door. Five minutes passed. No answer.
Then we heard a blood-curling scream. Nail was the first to react. He ran inside. We followed quickly. There was another scream.
"NAIL!" A girl screamed.
"VAL? WE'RE HERE!" I yelled running to where the scream was coming from. I ran into this tiny room, followed by Nail, Clio, Eli and Harry. I gasped at what I saw. Val was tied up to a chair and bleeding.
Wormtail looked up and smiled. "Why hello, Granger. Oh, and you too, O'Ryan. "He said stiffly. Nail threw a punch at him as Harry and I went to untie Val.
"Eli, your pocket knife!" I yelled. He tossed it to Harry. I looked back at Nail. He was winning.
I then pulled out my wand. I never thought I'd say these next words so meaningful do hate filled.
"Avada Kedavra!" I yelled as Nail dodged out the way. Wormtail fell dead instantly. Harry cut the last rope and Val was released.
We all walked out. Harry looked at me. I smiled.
"What?" I asked. He smiled.
"What were you going to say when we were at Sascha's?" He asked. I blushed.
"I was going to say: I love you too, Harry." He kissed my lips gently. I didn't know I would have to go through all this to get him to love me again, but it was worth it.
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{Nail's Pov}
Once Val was untied she fell into my arms. She wouldn't stop crying. Usually, I would tell her to quit being such a crybaby, but right now I knew why she was crying. I loved her too much to lose her to some jerk. I lifted her head and looked into her dazzling green eyes. She wiped her tears away. I leaned in and kissed her lips softly.
She kissed me back. The kiss deepened. I was kissing her with all the emotions I had bottled up for the past eleven years. That was when Harry snapped us back into reality. Val looked at me and smiled.
"I love you, Nail." I grinned.
"I love you too, Val. More than anything in the universe." She hugged me. "You know, I was willing to die for you, and not just today…forever."
She looked me in the eyes. "Nail, I love you more than I love being so famous. I would do anything for you and I'm so sorry for anything I've ever said to hurt you." She whispered.
That day we became closer. All of us did, actually, but the surprises weren't over…
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A/N: I hope you liked. Chapter nine will be posted as soon
as possible. Please R/R! Love Ya!
Love,
***Coyote***