Chapter 34: Fates that Intertwine
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Draco looked down at Hermione. She was staring out the window in silence, and did not want to say a thing. ~ Poor Hermione ~ Draco thought to himself sadly, ~ She looks so miserable, and everything. I don't blame her though. After all she has been through. What else could she be but depressed. ~
Draco smiled at Hermione and muttered, "Are you all right?"
He regretted those words coming out of his mouth. ~ Well, obviously you're not okay.~ Draco thought to himself.
"I am fine I suppose." Hermione said in a whisper, "But I'm scared, Draco. I don't know what to do with myself."
"I understand." Draco said to her softly, "But you can't give up hope. That is one thing that you can never ever do."
"I see." Hermione sighed, "Draco? There is something I have to tell you. It's about the Land of Eden."
Draco stared at Hermione intently, "The Land of Eden? Avery said something about the Land of Eden too."
"What did you learn?" Hermione asked curiously, "Did Avery say anything about their plans?"
"Well," Draco began, "Avery is a bit crazy. I am not sure if I should believe him or not. He was saying something about Lucius forgetting the Grail of Eden."
"Lucius? It does not seem like Lucius to forget something. He seems to have a pretty decent memory."
Draco nodded, "Yeah. Well anyway, this Grail of Eden opens the Land of Eden, place of happiness and prosperity. Then you receive your one wish. I wonder what the Death Eaters wish is going to be.. Something not good. I can guarantee you that."
"No kidding." Hermione mumbled, "And Draco? Remember those dreams? About Helen and Daemon?"
Draco looked up at her with a curious expression, "Yes. What about them? I don't know what they mean exactly, and how they are related to us. It appears that we are their heirs, and we have to change what will happen."
"But they were killed," Hermione whimpered, "Does that mean we will be killed."
"Anything is possible now, but I was thinking about something." Draco replied.
"Huh? Thinking about something?" Hermione asked.
"What if Jewel knew about the Grail of Eden somehow, and that is why she was killed." Draco said slowly.
~*~*~*~
"I can't find him anywhere." Macnair snapped, "I looked and I looked, but I could not find him. Sorry, Lucius."
Lucius nodded, and looked at Pettigrew, "It is all of your fault! I told you to watch him."
"You never said anything!" Pettigrew argued, "You blame me for everything, Malfoy!"
Lucius rolled his eyes, "Uh-huh, yeah I blame you for everything don't I?"
Macnair swore, "Both of you shut it! It's all of your fault that he got away."
Lucius muttered, "Well, you better keep your guard up and be prepared."
"Why?" Mrs. Lestrange asked, "I'm not in the least way concerned about that stupid son of yours escaping."
Lucius looked at the Death Eaters, and the prisoners that were still chained to the stonewall, "The Aurors are going to be coming. And I have a feeling they are going to be coming really soon."
~*~*~*~
Severus stood there glaring at Arabella and Narcissa. "Are you two ready? We have to hurry as fast as we can. We cannot let the Death Eaters get away. They could flee at any moment."
Arabella rolled her eyes, "I know. I know. But we need some sort of plan. We can't just barge in there."
"And why ever not?" Severus retorted sarcastically, "I'm a worthy match for Luc!"
"Sev, listen to me." Narcissa said slowly, "Don't go pissing off Lucius. He is very dangerous. He killed my daughter, and probably would not hesitate to kill you."
Arabella nodded, "We have to be very careful how we approach this. Under the influence of Dark Drugs, anything is possible. Anything. I mean, Hermione is a very sweet girl, and see how she lashed out at us, because of the Drugs?"
Remus then entered the room, and glared at Severus, "Well, I must say those Drugs were not worth it. All because of a little joke."
Severus shrugged, "It WAS a good idea! Come on! You have to admit that!"
"You are a slimy haired git who does not know what he is talking about." Remus muttered, "I cannot believe I actually have to put up with him!"
Severus glared angrily at Remus, and Narcissa cried, "Stop it you two! You are acting like children! I have had enough of your arguing."
Arabella then smiled, "OH! There you are Draco, my dear. How are feeling? Are you okay? You have had quite an adventure tonight."
"I know that." Draco said quietly, "Mum, why didn't you tell us it was you? I can't believe you disguised yourself as Madame Nyssa just to help Lucius."
Narcissa put her arms around Draco, "I did not have a choice honey. I am very sorry about all of this, and you do not deserve to be in the position that you are in now."
Draco nodded, "I understand."
Severus looked around the room impatiently, "Are you guys ready? I want to give those Death Eaters a piece of my mind for what they have done! Shall we go? And shall we go NOW!"
"Excuse me." Draco said slowly, "But can I come with you. I want to be there when you confront the Death Eaters."
"I don't know, honey," Narcissa replied, "It is very dangerous, and I don't think that it is worth it."
"But-" Draco started to protest.
"No 'buts'" Narcissa said firmly, "You are staying right here."
Draco scowled, and Remus laughed, "Let him go, Narcissa! It would teach him what being an Auror is really like."
"I don't think it is wise to send Draco after the Death Eaters." Narcissa continued, "He has all ready been through enough."
"But Mum, I WANT to go!" Draco protested loudly.
"Yes," came Hermione's voice, "And I want to go too."
~*~*~*~
Lucius glared at Pettigrew for the umpteenth time. "I have had it up to here with you, Pettigrew!"
"I know!" Peter replied with a smirk, "So what are you going to do about it?"
Lucius glared at Pettigrew, the poor prisoners, and Jewel. Jewel was still lying on the dirty cold floor, crying out in pain. Lucius stared at Pettigrew, and said in a cold steady voice, "I am going out. I will return shortly."
"And where do you think you going?" Mr. Lestrange snapped, "It would not be smart to head out there with all the Aurors running around."
Lucius laughed, "I'm not frightened of them. You guys keep your eye on Draco's friends, and don't let them down. I will be right back."
~*~*~*~
Draco stared at Hermione in shock, "No! There is no way you can go! You are in absolutely no condition to fight those Death Eaters!"
"But Draco!" Hermione cried, "I want to go! And I am! You guys can't stop me!"
Draco shook his head, and snarled, "NO! You are far too weak!"
"Neither of you are going!" Narcissa snapped.
"Yes we are!" Draco and Hermione shot back at the same exact time.
Severus rolled his eyes, "Let them both go! Enough of this silly talk! I want to get out there right away and stop those fools from destroying more lives! Shall we go now?"
Hermione giggled, and kissed Draco on the cheek. "Lets get some Death Eaters!"
Draco laughed, and held Hermione's hand as the group walked out of the door. "Love you Draco." Hermione muttered under her breath.
"Love you too." Draco replied.
~*~*~*~
The group slowly made their way down the dark empty streets of Paris. The snow had stopped quite abruptly. Draco looked up at the sky, and said, "Shouldn't it be morning soon? It is still really dark out."
"That's true." Remus said slowly, "Something is definitely not right here. I can sense it."
"Oh! A werewolf 'senses' something. How amazing." Severus snapped, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
Remus rolled his eyes, "Shut up Severus! My God what is your problem!"
But Severus did not say anything. He was too busy staring ahead. Arabella looked at him, "What is it?"
Severus muttered, "Lucius."
Everyone looked up to where Severus was pointing, Lucius was walking slowly, and he entered the graveyard that contained Nilam's grave. Severus glared, "I am going after him."
Narcissa shook her head, "NO! Severus! Don't you dare go there by yourself! We are supposed to head to the statues where the Death Eaters are located."
"Well, I am stopping this Death Eater before he hurts anyone else." Severus growled.
Arabella shook her head, "We better handle this in groups. Narcissa, you Remus, and the kids will meet Sirius at the statues. Severus and I will go after Lucius."
Narcissa nodded, and Draco glared, "Get him good! He killed my sister. You have to stop him."
Severus smirked, "Don't worry, Draco. I will give him a piece of my mind. He doesn't scare me. Have fun freeing, Potter."
~*~*~*~
Lucius felt strange. Somebody was watching him. He knew it. Someone was following him into the graveyard. ~ Don't let it get to you, Luc. ~ Lucius thought to himself, ~ Graveyards are a bit creepy, but there is no one here. ~
Lucius shrugged. He had to get away from that blasted Pettigrew. No matter what that rat would constantly bother him about nonsense. Couldn't he grow up? The arrogant fool. One day Lucius would kill him. After all killing people was not something new.
Lucius smirked. He finally found what he was looking for. Nilam's grave. The sorry bastard was lying there dead at his feet now. Lucius always knew that he would get Nilam for something. Seeing this site was much better then listening to Pettigrew's constant complaining.
"I am glad to see that you entered Hell before me, Nilam." Lucius chuckled.
"What if he didn't?" came the voice of Severus.
Lucius grabbed his wand tightly, and spun around. Standing there was Severus Snape, his old friend from Hogwarts. Lucius remembered those days very clearly. Lucius looked at the woman standing next to Severus. "Arabella? Sev?" Lucius said, unable to keep the surprise out of his voice.
Arabella gripped her wand tightly, "I thought I would find you here. So, you did kill Nilam."
"Yes I did for your information, mudblood trash, and I had a grand time of it too." Lucius snarled.
"Why the bitterness, Luc?" Arabella growled, "No need to be angry with us."
Severus laughed a cold laugh, "No need to be angry. Ha! That's a good one Arabella. He probably has a huge list of reasons why to be angry with us."
Lucius smirked, "That I do. So Severus, how have you been? We haven't spoken in quite awhile."
Severus glared, "Yes, but I have no desire to be your friend Lucius. What have you done!"
Lucius looked down at Nilam's grave, "You know WHY I did what I did Severus! Please don't bother me with these questions."
Arabella glared, "If you DON'T answer our questions, we are going to have to turn you in!"
Lucius rolled his eyes, "There are worse things. Let me think. One of them is being backstabbed by someone that you thought was a friend."
Severus winced slightly, "LUC! That was a long time ago! I did not mean it! Come on! You have to stop bringing that incident up!"
Arabella shook her head, "Lucius, please. You have to stop kissing Riddle's ass. You have to."
Lucius was silent and simply glared at the two with his icy cold gray eyes. Severus was losing his pertinence and he glared right back at Lucius. "Who do you think you are, Luc?" Severus snarled, his voice shaking with fury, "How dare you think that you can run around and act like this. You aren't the Lucius I remember."
"You're right." Lucius said in a steady voice, "I am not. Satisfied? Good. Now go!"
~*~*~*~
"You are finally here!" Sirius shouted as Hermione, Draco, Narcissa, and Remus approached the two tall statues of Helen and Pansee.
Narcissa sighed, "Yeah, we are here."
"Something wrong Narcissa?" Sirius asked.
Remus shrugged, "She is just really worried about Severus and Arabella. They went after Lucius singe-handedly."
Sirius laughed, "Don't worry, Malfoys can't fight."
"Hey!" came Draco's indigent voice, "I can too fight!"
"I wasn't referring to you." Sirius said, "I am sure you can fight."
Hermione smiled, "Well, he will have a chance to prove when we see all of those Death Eaters."
Narcissa took a deep breath, "Are you guys ready? Shall we free your friends now? And get revenge for Jewel?"
"Yes," Draco said bravely, "Lets finally show the Death Eaters what we're made of."
Hermione smirked, "Shall we go?"
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Draco looked down at Hermione. She was staring out the window in silence, and did not want to say a thing. ~ Poor Hermione ~ Draco thought to himself sadly, ~ She looks so miserable, and everything. I don't blame her though. After all she has been through. What else could she be but depressed. ~
Draco smiled at Hermione and muttered, "Are you all right?"
He regretted those words coming out of his mouth. ~ Well, obviously you're not okay.~ Draco thought to himself.
"I am fine I suppose." Hermione said in a whisper, "But I'm scared, Draco. I don't know what to do with myself."
"I understand." Draco said to her softly, "But you can't give up hope. That is one thing that you can never ever do."
"I see." Hermione sighed, "Draco? There is something I have to tell you. It's about the Land of Eden."
Draco stared at Hermione intently, "The Land of Eden? Avery said something about the Land of Eden too."
"What did you learn?" Hermione asked curiously, "Did Avery say anything about their plans?"
"Well," Draco began, "Avery is a bit crazy. I am not sure if I should believe him or not. He was saying something about Lucius forgetting the Grail of Eden."
"Lucius? It does not seem like Lucius to forget something. He seems to have a pretty decent memory."
Draco nodded, "Yeah. Well anyway, this Grail of Eden opens the Land of Eden, place of happiness and prosperity. Then you receive your one wish. I wonder what the Death Eaters wish is going to be.. Something not good. I can guarantee you that."
"No kidding." Hermione mumbled, "And Draco? Remember those dreams? About Helen and Daemon?"
Draco looked up at her with a curious expression, "Yes. What about them? I don't know what they mean exactly, and how they are related to us. It appears that we are their heirs, and we have to change what will happen."
"But they were killed," Hermione whimpered, "Does that mean we will be killed."
"Anything is possible now, but I was thinking about something." Draco replied.
"Huh? Thinking about something?" Hermione asked.
"What if Jewel knew about the Grail of Eden somehow, and that is why she was killed." Draco said slowly.
~*~*~*~
"I can't find him anywhere." Macnair snapped, "I looked and I looked, but I could not find him. Sorry, Lucius."
Lucius nodded, and looked at Pettigrew, "It is all of your fault! I told you to watch him."
"You never said anything!" Pettigrew argued, "You blame me for everything, Malfoy!"
Lucius rolled his eyes, "Uh-huh, yeah I blame you for everything don't I?"
Macnair swore, "Both of you shut it! It's all of your fault that he got away."
Lucius muttered, "Well, you better keep your guard up and be prepared."
"Why?" Mrs. Lestrange asked, "I'm not in the least way concerned about that stupid son of yours escaping."
Lucius looked at the Death Eaters, and the prisoners that were still chained to the stonewall, "The Aurors are going to be coming. And I have a feeling they are going to be coming really soon."
~*~*~*~
Severus stood there glaring at Arabella and Narcissa. "Are you two ready? We have to hurry as fast as we can. We cannot let the Death Eaters get away. They could flee at any moment."
Arabella rolled her eyes, "I know. I know. But we need some sort of plan. We can't just barge in there."
"And why ever not?" Severus retorted sarcastically, "I'm a worthy match for Luc!"
"Sev, listen to me." Narcissa said slowly, "Don't go pissing off Lucius. He is very dangerous. He killed my daughter, and probably would not hesitate to kill you."
Arabella nodded, "We have to be very careful how we approach this. Under the influence of Dark Drugs, anything is possible. Anything. I mean, Hermione is a very sweet girl, and see how she lashed out at us, because of the Drugs?"
Remus then entered the room, and glared at Severus, "Well, I must say those Drugs were not worth it. All because of a little joke."
Severus shrugged, "It WAS a good idea! Come on! You have to admit that!"
"You are a slimy haired git who does not know what he is talking about." Remus muttered, "I cannot believe I actually have to put up with him!"
Severus glared angrily at Remus, and Narcissa cried, "Stop it you two! You are acting like children! I have had enough of your arguing."
Arabella then smiled, "OH! There you are Draco, my dear. How are feeling? Are you okay? You have had quite an adventure tonight."
"I know that." Draco said quietly, "Mum, why didn't you tell us it was you? I can't believe you disguised yourself as Madame Nyssa just to help Lucius."
Narcissa put her arms around Draco, "I did not have a choice honey. I am very sorry about all of this, and you do not deserve to be in the position that you are in now."
Draco nodded, "I understand."
Severus looked around the room impatiently, "Are you guys ready? I want to give those Death Eaters a piece of my mind for what they have done! Shall we go? And shall we go NOW!"
"Excuse me." Draco said slowly, "But can I come with you. I want to be there when you confront the Death Eaters."
"I don't know, honey," Narcissa replied, "It is very dangerous, and I don't think that it is worth it."
"But-" Draco started to protest.
"No 'buts'" Narcissa said firmly, "You are staying right here."
Draco scowled, and Remus laughed, "Let him go, Narcissa! It would teach him what being an Auror is really like."
"I don't think it is wise to send Draco after the Death Eaters." Narcissa continued, "He has all ready been through enough."
"But Mum, I WANT to go!" Draco protested loudly.
"Yes," came Hermione's voice, "And I want to go too."
~*~*~*~
Lucius glared at Pettigrew for the umpteenth time. "I have had it up to here with you, Pettigrew!"
"I know!" Peter replied with a smirk, "So what are you going to do about it?"
Lucius glared at Pettigrew, the poor prisoners, and Jewel. Jewel was still lying on the dirty cold floor, crying out in pain. Lucius stared at Pettigrew, and said in a cold steady voice, "I am going out. I will return shortly."
"And where do you think you going?" Mr. Lestrange snapped, "It would not be smart to head out there with all the Aurors running around."
Lucius laughed, "I'm not frightened of them. You guys keep your eye on Draco's friends, and don't let them down. I will be right back."
~*~*~*~
Draco stared at Hermione in shock, "No! There is no way you can go! You are in absolutely no condition to fight those Death Eaters!"
"But Draco!" Hermione cried, "I want to go! And I am! You guys can't stop me!"
Draco shook his head, and snarled, "NO! You are far too weak!"
"Neither of you are going!" Narcissa snapped.
"Yes we are!" Draco and Hermione shot back at the same exact time.
Severus rolled his eyes, "Let them both go! Enough of this silly talk! I want to get out there right away and stop those fools from destroying more lives! Shall we go now?"
Hermione giggled, and kissed Draco on the cheek. "Lets get some Death Eaters!"
Draco laughed, and held Hermione's hand as the group walked out of the door. "Love you Draco." Hermione muttered under her breath.
"Love you too." Draco replied.
~*~*~*~
The group slowly made their way down the dark empty streets of Paris. The snow had stopped quite abruptly. Draco looked up at the sky, and said, "Shouldn't it be morning soon? It is still really dark out."
"That's true." Remus said slowly, "Something is definitely not right here. I can sense it."
"Oh! A werewolf 'senses' something. How amazing." Severus snapped, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
Remus rolled his eyes, "Shut up Severus! My God what is your problem!"
But Severus did not say anything. He was too busy staring ahead. Arabella looked at him, "What is it?"
Severus muttered, "Lucius."
Everyone looked up to where Severus was pointing, Lucius was walking slowly, and he entered the graveyard that contained Nilam's grave. Severus glared, "I am going after him."
Narcissa shook her head, "NO! Severus! Don't you dare go there by yourself! We are supposed to head to the statues where the Death Eaters are located."
"Well, I am stopping this Death Eater before he hurts anyone else." Severus growled.
Arabella shook her head, "We better handle this in groups. Narcissa, you Remus, and the kids will meet Sirius at the statues. Severus and I will go after Lucius."
Narcissa nodded, and Draco glared, "Get him good! He killed my sister. You have to stop him."
Severus smirked, "Don't worry, Draco. I will give him a piece of my mind. He doesn't scare me. Have fun freeing, Potter."
~*~*~*~
Lucius felt strange. Somebody was watching him. He knew it. Someone was following him into the graveyard. ~ Don't let it get to you, Luc. ~ Lucius thought to himself, ~ Graveyards are a bit creepy, but there is no one here. ~
Lucius shrugged. He had to get away from that blasted Pettigrew. No matter what that rat would constantly bother him about nonsense. Couldn't he grow up? The arrogant fool. One day Lucius would kill him. After all killing people was not something new.
Lucius smirked. He finally found what he was looking for. Nilam's grave. The sorry bastard was lying there dead at his feet now. Lucius always knew that he would get Nilam for something. Seeing this site was much better then listening to Pettigrew's constant complaining.
"I am glad to see that you entered Hell before me, Nilam." Lucius chuckled.
"What if he didn't?" came the voice of Severus.
Lucius grabbed his wand tightly, and spun around. Standing there was Severus Snape, his old friend from Hogwarts. Lucius remembered those days very clearly. Lucius looked at the woman standing next to Severus. "Arabella? Sev?" Lucius said, unable to keep the surprise out of his voice.
Arabella gripped her wand tightly, "I thought I would find you here. So, you did kill Nilam."
"Yes I did for your information, mudblood trash, and I had a grand time of it too." Lucius snarled.
"Why the bitterness, Luc?" Arabella growled, "No need to be angry with us."
Severus laughed a cold laugh, "No need to be angry. Ha! That's a good one Arabella. He probably has a huge list of reasons why to be angry with us."
Lucius smirked, "That I do. So Severus, how have you been? We haven't spoken in quite awhile."
Severus glared, "Yes, but I have no desire to be your friend Lucius. What have you done!"
Lucius looked down at Nilam's grave, "You know WHY I did what I did Severus! Please don't bother me with these questions."
Arabella glared, "If you DON'T answer our questions, we are going to have to turn you in!"
Lucius rolled his eyes, "There are worse things. Let me think. One of them is being backstabbed by someone that you thought was a friend."
Severus winced slightly, "LUC! That was a long time ago! I did not mean it! Come on! You have to stop bringing that incident up!"
Arabella shook her head, "Lucius, please. You have to stop kissing Riddle's ass. You have to."
Lucius was silent and simply glared at the two with his icy cold gray eyes. Severus was losing his pertinence and he glared right back at Lucius. "Who do you think you are, Luc?" Severus snarled, his voice shaking with fury, "How dare you think that you can run around and act like this. You aren't the Lucius I remember."
"You're right." Lucius said in a steady voice, "I am not. Satisfied? Good. Now go!"
~*~*~*~
"You are finally here!" Sirius shouted as Hermione, Draco, Narcissa, and Remus approached the two tall statues of Helen and Pansee.
Narcissa sighed, "Yeah, we are here."
"Something wrong Narcissa?" Sirius asked.
Remus shrugged, "She is just really worried about Severus and Arabella. They went after Lucius singe-handedly."
Sirius laughed, "Don't worry, Malfoys can't fight."
"Hey!" came Draco's indigent voice, "I can too fight!"
"I wasn't referring to you." Sirius said, "I am sure you can fight."
Hermione smiled, "Well, he will have a chance to prove when we see all of those Death Eaters."
Narcissa took a deep breath, "Are you guys ready? Shall we free your friends now? And get revenge for Jewel?"
"Yes," Draco said bravely, "Lets finally show the Death Eaters what we're made of."
Hermione smirked, "Shall we go?"
I will post AGAIN before Monday. Maybe I will post later today if I get around to it. REVIEW!!!!!! Or else ^_~
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