Just thought I'd tell you. This is not the last in the Unicorn and the Stag
series. I am going to write about everybody's kids.
Sorry it's such a short chapter! I seriously doubt that the next one will be so short.
Lost in Darkness
Chapter Four: In Which there are a Lot of Kidnappings
Rose was obsessively drumming her fingers against anything within reach. She looked at the clock. Five thirty.
She sighed and started tapping her coffee table. Bill reached over and put his hand on top of hers. She grinned sheepishly.
The other Golds were there, too, mostly sitting on each others' laps. Dean and Seamus were there for support and to find his girlfriend in Dean's case.
Parvati was a complete mess. She had cried for hours on end when she found out. Her eyes were still red and she had tearstains on her cheeks.
Rose looked at the clock again. Quarter till. She picked up Lily and bounced her up and down. She giggled and crawled off Rose's lap to join her brother on the floor.
*Calm down, Rose,* Harry told her privately.
*I can't.*
*Yes you can.*
*No I can't.*
*If you don't stop I'm letting Red and George in.*
She glared at him and slid to the floor to play with the twins. Ten seconds left. She began a silent countdown.
Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Zero.
There was a loud pop and two teenagers appeared in the sitting room. (Three guesses who and the first two don't count.)
"Hello, ladies," Draco Malfoy said with a smirk.
"Miss us much?" Erin O'Connell said with a smirk to rival Malfoy's.
"Where are they?" Rose asked from between her teeth.
She had picked up the twins and sat them on the couch. They whimpered and crawled to their father.
"We said we'd bring them," O'Connell said. "And here they are."
She held out a small green and silver box with the Dark Mark on the lid. Rose opened it carefully.
The Hogwarts prefects were inside, apparently Stunned, shrunken to fit into the box. Rose looked up at her suspiciously.
"What have you done to them?"
"Nothing," Malfoy said with that annoying smirk again.
Rose immediately probed his mind to see if he was telling the truth. She didn't get very far before he shut his mind. She glared and lifted the prefects carefully out of the box and onto the coffee table. She looked up to continue her little "talk" with the heirs, but they were gone.
"Help me enlarge them," Rose said, mostly to her brother, cousin, and Ginny.
They whipped out their wands and pointed them at the prefects.
"Engorgio!"
They immediately returned to their regular size. Rose felt for pulse.
"Just Stunned," she said with relief.
They went through and revived everyone. They were quite confused at first, but Harry and Hermione explained everything.
"So we were captured by Death Eaters?" Terry Boot said, rubbing his head. "What did they want from us?"
"I'm not sure," Rose said with a frown. "I still don't know why they returned you so soon. It's like they didn't even need you at all.but they wouldn't kidnap people for the fun of it. They kill for the fun of it."
Padma had surprised everyone and hardly greeted Dean at all. They were really close, too. Dean still looked rather hurt.
"Come on, let's get back to the school," Hermione said in her most dignified Head Girl voice.
She climbed out of Ron's lap and led the prefects back to Hogwarts.
*~*~*
Harry slept restlessly that night. In fact, he didn't sleep at all. He was getting a nasty feeling and could tell that Rose was too. He sighed and rolled over.
*Rose, would you please calm down?* he said over their connection.
*I can't,* she said stubbornly. *I've got a bad feeling.*
*Which?*
*The one I get whenever you're about to go get hit by Cruciatus or something like that.*
*Oh. That feeling.*
*Uh-oh. Vision coming on. Just mine.*
The last thing Rose did before being seized completely by the premonition was opening the connection more so Harry could watch her vision.
A girl was storming out of a building in a horrible mood. She was about twenty and looked about Rose's height. She had black spiked hair and lots of silver hoop earrings everywhere. All her clothes were black. Obviously a Goth.
She ran into an apartment next door and took the elevator up. Two other Goth girls met her.
"Bastards at work bitching at you for everything again?" one girl said.
"Yeah," the girl from the elevator responded. "Let's go pray."
She followed the other girls into an apartment, where they sat down, turned off the lights, and lit candles.. Apparently they were Wiccan. They began to chant a Wiccan prayer of protection.
They didn't get very far. Three hooded and masked figures burst into the room and swiftly Stunned all three girls. They dragged them over to a wall where they said, "Compaia a Lair!"
The Death Eaters disappeared, taking the Wiccan girls with them.
Harry just sat up and waited for Rose to come screaming up the stairs. He was not disappointed. Ten minutes later, his sister, still in her pajamas, came bursting through the door.
Harry stuck his head out the door and saw that she was banging on everyone's doors. (Erin is still gone and Dudley of course is dead.)
"It's Vol- the Dark Lord! He's going to kidnap three Muggle girls!"
Sorry it's such a short chapter! I seriously doubt that the next one will be so short.
Lost in Darkness
Chapter Four: In Which there are a Lot of Kidnappings
Rose was obsessively drumming her fingers against anything within reach. She looked at the clock. Five thirty.
She sighed and started tapping her coffee table. Bill reached over and put his hand on top of hers. She grinned sheepishly.
The other Golds were there, too, mostly sitting on each others' laps. Dean and Seamus were there for support and to find his girlfriend in Dean's case.
Parvati was a complete mess. She had cried for hours on end when she found out. Her eyes were still red and she had tearstains on her cheeks.
Rose looked at the clock again. Quarter till. She picked up Lily and bounced her up and down. She giggled and crawled off Rose's lap to join her brother on the floor.
*Calm down, Rose,* Harry told her privately.
*I can't.*
*Yes you can.*
*No I can't.*
*If you don't stop I'm letting Red and George in.*
She glared at him and slid to the floor to play with the twins. Ten seconds left. She began a silent countdown.
Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Zero.
There was a loud pop and two teenagers appeared in the sitting room. (Three guesses who and the first two don't count.)
"Hello, ladies," Draco Malfoy said with a smirk.
"Miss us much?" Erin O'Connell said with a smirk to rival Malfoy's.
"Where are they?" Rose asked from between her teeth.
She had picked up the twins and sat them on the couch. They whimpered and crawled to their father.
"We said we'd bring them," O'Connell said. "And here they are."
She held out a small green and silver box with the Dark Mark on the lid. Rose opened it carefully.
The Hogwarts prefects were inside, apparently Stunned, shrunken to fit into the box. Rose looked up at her suspiciously.
"What have you done to them?"
"Nothing," Malfoy said with that annoying smirk again.
Rose immediately probed his mind to see if he was telling the truth. She didn't get very far before he shut his mind. She glared and lifted the prefects carefully out of the box and onto the coffee table. She looked up to continue her little "talk" with the heirs, but they were gone.
"Help me enlarge them," Rose said, mostly to her brother, cousin, and Ginny.
They whipped out their wands and pointed them at the prefects.
"Engorgio!"
They immediately returned to their regular size. Rose felt for pulse.
"Just Stunned," she said with relief.
They went through and revived everyone. They were quite confused at first, but Harry and Hermione explained everything.
"So we were captured by Death Eaters?" Terry Boot said, rubbing his head. "What did they want from us?"
"I'm not sure," Rose said with a frown. "I still don't know why they returned you so soon. It's like they didn't even need you at all.but they wouldn't kidnap people for the fun of it. They kill for the fun of it."
Padma had surprised everyone and hardly greeted Dean at all. They were really close, too. Dean still looked rather hurt.
"Come on, let's get back to the school," Hermione said in her most dignified Head Girl voice.
She climbed out of Ron's lap and led the prefects back to Hogwarts.
*~*~*
Harry slept restlessly that night. In fact, he didn't sleep at all. He was getting a nasty feeling and could tell that Rose was too. He sighed and rolled over.
*Rose, would you please calm down?* he said over their connection.
*I can't,* she said stubbornly. *I've got a bad feeling.*
*Which?*
*The one I get whenever you're about to go get hit by Cruciatus or something like that.*
*Oh. That feeling.*
*Uh-oh. Vision coming on. Just mine.*
The last thing Rose did before being seized completely by the premonition was opening the connection more so Harry could watch her vision.
A girl was storming out of a building in a horrible mood. She was about twenty and looked about Rose's height. She had black spiked hair and lots of silver hoop earrings everywhere. All her clothes were black. Obviously a Goth.
She ran into an apartment next door and took the elevator up. Two other Goth girls met her.
"Bastards at work bitching at you for everything again?" one girl said.
"Yeah," the girl from the elevator responded. "Let's go pray."
She followed the other girls into an apartment, where they sat down, turned off the lights, and lit candles.. Apparently they were Wiccan. They began to chant a Wiccan prayer of protection.
They didn't get very far. Three hooded and masked figures burst into the room and swiftly Stunned all three girls. They dragged them over to a wall where they said, "Compaia a Lair!"
The Death Eaters disappeared, taking the Wiccan girls with them.
Harry just sat up and waited for Rose to come screaming up the stairs. He was not disappointed. Ten minutes later, his sister, still in her pajamas, came bursting through the door.
Harry stuck his head out the door and saw that she was banging on everyone's doors. (Erin is still gone and Dudley of course is dead.)
"It's Vol- the Dark Lord! He's going to kidnap three Muggle girls!"
