Chapter 44
When Harry and Ginny finally reached which ever was the destination that the portkey/Engagement Ring which happened to be Gryffindor Common room. When they arrived there was scene looked very somber, and Harry knew something was up.
"Sirius!" Arabella screamed from the top of her lungs, absolutely terrified. Sirius Black came running down the carpeted stairs to find Lucius Malfoy's back to him, and Malfoy pointing his wand to Sirius's fiancée.
"Alright, Evans. Time to say good-bye. Like you should of those many years ago. Don't you hear her, Black?" Malfoy yelled, "Do you not come to save your precious little Mudblood ….."
"STUPIFY!" Sirius yelled and Lucius fell onto the floor, Sirius walked over to his fiancée, Bella and said. "Bella apparated the Ministry of Magic Auror Station and get Fletcher, tell him we have a Death Eater."
Back in Gryffindor Common Room…
"Harry, did you see Cho?" Ginny asked sounding really worried.
Harry looked at his now, fiancée unbelievably. Harry finally quits worrying about Cho Chang and here Ginny starts worrying about the girl, "And you what I'm the one that's always talking or worried about Cho?"
"Harry!" Ginny hissed at Harry. "I'm being serious, I heard Lucius saying that they sent Autumn to Cho's flat to try and seduce you and kill you. But, if Autumn was pretending to be Cho…where's the real Cho?"
"Wait a minute." Adora spoke up her voice starting to shake, "If Cho's missing than…."
"They've got David, Harry!" Susan finished for Adora.
Before another word was said Draco saw the look of trouble and woe upon Susan's face and Draco knew what he had to do to show Susan how much he loved her. Draco stepped up to the fireplace and said "Autumn Amundo!"
"Pumpkin!" Autumn yelled excitingly dropping the little six month old atop of her bed.
"Autumn!" Draco yelled running towards the baby that meant so much to Susan, yes he hadn't actually known her that long, but he could read how she was feeling by looking into her eyes. "Watch out!" Draco yelled at her picking up the six month, David Diggory.
"What?" Autumn hissed at him, when she saw him making over the little Hufflepuff/Ravenclaw heir. "Oh, that? It's just the only Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff heir left. Father said he'll be my first kill, slow and easy! Then I have to give father the two keys that this little bastard holds."
"Your absolutely evil," Draco spat at her disgustingly. Draco couldn't believe he was with a person that was so evil. Someone so evil could love him so much, the amount that the most precious person in the world would never feel for him. Draco felt a presence in the room, and knew exactly who it was.
"Love?" Draco felt his stomach lurch at calling Autumn…love.
"YES!" Autumn almost jumped out of her skin to hear him talk to her like that, as if he actually did care for her.
"You mentioned the other day that the garden looks wonderful now, won't you give me a tour around it?" Autumn nodded while Draco felt as if he was going to vomit, and Autumn began to pick up David. "Leave him."
"But, father…"
"Who's going to come in?" Draco asked looking at where the invisible presence was.
Autumn looked at Draco as if he was stupid. "Duh, the Potters."
"But, you could put a locking charm on the door." Autumn nodded as they walked out, Draco motioned for Autumn to leave first, as he was closing the door he stuck his head in and whispered, "Good-luck." Whether it was to the baby or the presence or both is only known to Draco.
Once the door shut and clicked to tell them it'd been locked, Ginny Weasley and Susan Potter threw Harry's invisibility cloak of them, and walked over to the bed that had little Cedric David Diggory Jr. atop it. Ginny began to lean over to pick up the precious baby, but Susan pulled her back, "What!" Ginny hissed.
Susan shook her head, you'd think as long as Harry and Ginny had been together Ginny would be more precautionary, "Reveal-o!" There was a cloud of smoke that came out of Susan's wand and surrounded the baby to show little green beams around him. "Extra security. They had a feeling we were coming."
"So now what do we do?" Ginny whined, "Adora's the smart one, why couldn't she come? She can't talk telepathically to us."
"Harry."
"What about him?"
Susan laughed, this girl could be as thick as Susan's own brother, "Adora stayed by him incase something like this happened and she happened to have a vision. So we talk to Harry and she tells him the problem."
'Harry?'
'Yeah?' Came a voice inside both Susan and Ginny's heads.
'We found David, one problem though.'
'What's that?'
'Security beams are around David.' There was silence for a few minutes and then, 'Adora says hold hands, put your wands down. You'll be using wandless magic today, and repeat this twice, "RODNIFFYRG HTIW REWOP FO REWOP FFUPELFFUH AGLEH, WALCNEVAR ANEWOR!" As Ginny Weasley and Susan Potter recited this chant the first time bright yellow light surrounded the baby, then blue. The second time scarlet and then the green beams were gone.
"You think it safe to pick him up?" Ginny asked worried for the little guy.
"I don't see why not. We also have to look into Autumn's closet. Harry says that Adora said that there's something important inside."
Ginny nodded as she picked the baby up, sirens went off. "WHAT DO WE DO NOW?" Ginny yelled over the sirens.
"FLOO BACK TO BELLA'S PLACE," Susan told Ginny, in which she nodded and they escaped seconds before Autumn and Draco arrived back in Autumn's room.
Meanwhile…
"Adora," Harry asked afraid of what she had seen, she nodded to know that she was listening. "What's in Autumn's closet?"
Adora looked up at her nephew and a single tear rolled down her ghost white face, "The thing that will start the war of Evil vs. Good."
Harry looked at her as if she was crazy, "You mean as in worse than before?"
"Yes, Harry. This war against Voldemort will be ten times worse than before. Harry this is the one that all the books have prophesied about. This is the one that will either turn the whole Wizarding World under good or evil rule. This is the big one, the one I've been worried about."
Meanwhile….
"Draco why did you want to rush through the tour of the garden? You didn't even see the best things." Autumn pouted, they were outside of her bedroom door.
"I…I...don't know I just had a feeling that something bad was going to happen."
"Bad?" Just the sirens started going off inside of her room. "THE POTTERS! THEIR TAKING THE BABY!" Autumn began saying all the counter curses to unlock her door, but by the time Draco and herself walked inside the baby nappies were gone. "Oh, no. Oh, no no no!" Autumn said starting to cry as she collapsed on her bed. "Father is going to kill me!" Draco got a weird feeling about Autumn, something he hadn't felt since Susan Bones introduced herself as Susan Potter, Harry Potter The-Boy-Who-Lived twin sister.
Draco put an arm around Autumn as she began to cry into his shoulder, Draco was actually having feelings for her, and he kissed her forehead. "Autumn," she looked up at him. "It was my fault, if you want me to I'll tell your father it was my fault, just let me get my cloak out of your closet." Draco began to rise, but she jumped in front of the door before he reached it. " Something the matter?"
"No, you can't go in there, I'll get it for you."
"Okay, I'll go have a word with your father and come back to your room to get my cloak and Floo back to Hogwarts." Autumn nodded and he exited the room. 'Alright, Autumn.' She spoke to herself, 'You've got to get the evidence out of your room, now.'
Ministry of Magic….
Arabella was running down the last hallway looking for Fletcher when he ran straight into her, "Bella, you look exhausted."
Arabella nodded, Arabella said in between sighs.
Fletcher's mouth dropped to the floor, "Malfoy is at your house!" Bella nodded, "Let's go then!" They both apparated back to Bella's house, but when they got there Sirius was all banged up and Malfoy was gone.
Bella screamed and ran to Sirius, "What happened here?" Fletcher asked surprised not to see the Dark Mark on the home. "Goyle and Crabbe showed up, helped Malfoy get out of here. S aid Voldemort needed him as soon as possible, so they knocked me out."
"We've got to get out of here Sirius," Bella said tears going down her face. "Malfoy knows how to get into our home. He's after Harry, Susan, Adora, and me. Probably you also, as you're the Minister of Magic. We've got to get extra security measures over our new home. I can't take this! I can't loose any of you!"
Sirius looked up at Fletcher, "I guess it's time I tell her."
"Tell me what!"
"Sit down," Sirius led Arabella to the couch. "I've already bought a new house for all of us just incase the sort of thing happened. It's got enough rooms for us all, too. One for Harry, one for Adora, one for Susan, a sitting room for them, a guest room, a bathroom the two girls will share, a bathroom for Harry that he'll share with the guest room, dining room, and kitchen on the bottom floor. Then the second floor would be our master bedroom and master bathroom."
"Um," Fletcher began to state. "There's been a few attacks tonight."
"Attacks?" Sirius and Bella asked at the same time."
Fletcher nodded and continued, "About half an hour ago, at Gryffindor Common Room."
"Oh my goodness!" Bella screamed, "How is…"
"All the Weasley's, and Potters are alright, although there is some serious damage done to Ron's leg, but Madam Pomfrey says she'll get him to be as good as new."
"Is that…" Sirius began but Fletcher cut him off like he had done to Arabella.
"The Dark Mark was found above the Chang and Diggory house this morning, David and Cho were napped up by Death Eaters. Susan and Ginny followed Draco Malfoy to Autumn Lewis room, Draco lured Autumn out and Susan and Ginny grabbed David and ran."
"And Cho!" Bella said scared to hear what had happened to the young girl.
"No one can find her, and we haven't found her body, yet."
"If the Changs are gone, and the Diggorys, and Cho has not been found who's going to take care of David? I mean you can't put him in a Magical Orphanage, Voldemort will look there first, and foster homes are never good for a child."
"Your right, Bella. We're not putting him in a Orphanage, and no foster home wants him, afraid that Voldemort will strike their house next."
"Then what are you going to do with him?"
"Operation, Harry Potter."
Bella stood up, "Like hell you will!"
Both men looked at Arabella stunned.
"I don't understand, Evans." Fletcher said kind of scared of her now, "It worked for Harry, and look he's turned out better than we all thought he would."
"Because of me! Do you know how many times Death Eaters walked through that neighborhood looking for him! Because I was his Secret Keeper, because I was always around is the only reason that boy is still alive to this day! And I'll be damned if you put another child through the hell he had to go through living with muggles, that didn't approve of what he was or what he would do when he was older!"
"Then what can we do, Bella?" Sirius asked Arabella concerned.
"We'll just take care of him until we find Cho. If we can't find Cho we will just take care of him as our own, and he will know all about his parents."
"Are you two sure about this?" Fletcher asked uncertain.
"Why wouldn't we be?" Sirius asked, "Voldemort is after everyone who's already in our home. The more the merrier."
"I'll go talk to Dumbledore about this, I'll keep you posted." Fletcher apparated away.
"So I'm guessing we'll need an extra room upstairs now?" Sirius said with a big smile on his face.
Arabella giggled and shook her head no, "Nope, your wrong Sirius. We're going to need two bedrooms upstairs."
Sirius looked at Arabella oddly, the way she was glowing…something was up, "Two?"
Back in Gryffindor Common Room…..
Ginny Weasley and Susan Potter Flooed back into the Common Room with little David Diggory on Susan's hip. "Where is everyone?" Ginny asked to see the Common Room which had been a disaster ten minutes ago, now looked abandoned.
"With the help of Harry and Adora, all the Weasley's, and the other house Prefects, Head boy and girl, plus teachers. We got this place cleaned up." Professor McGonagall said behind the two girls and David to make them all turn around to face, the Professor. "Now, if you'll please hand Mr. Diggory to me." Susan nodded, but as soon as she handed him to the Professor he began to cry. "What's wrong with him, Miss Potter?"
"I don't know," Susan said as she took him back and he quit crying. Professor McGonagall tried to take him back but he began to cry again.
"Well," Professor McGonagall said totally lost. "Why don't you three follow me to the Hospital Wing, Professor Dumbledore needs to talk to you two."
When they approached the Hospital Wing it was worse than anyone would of thought it would ever be. Every bed in the wing had a body on it, either bloody or dead. The dead had a white sheet over them. Something was telling Susan that the war of all wars was getting ready to start. Cedric Diggory had been dead almost a year now, Cho Chang was missing, David Diggory had been kidnapped, Voldemort and Autumn Lewis the two heirs of Slytherin were trying their best to get rid of Harry, Susan, and Adora. The Death Eater attacks were getting worse and worse every time, and every day you heard of more and more deaths. You had no clue who was and wasn't a Death Eater, you didn't try to be friends with a new student or a new neighbor because you had no clue if they were a spy for Voldemort. Now this attack by Death Eaters in Gryffindor Common Room, it was obvious they were looking for the three living Potters. The Defense Against The Dark Arts Teacher had a hand on Adora's shoulder, as she was sobbing very hard. Ron had gotten a really bad blow to his leg and no one was sure what Madam Pomfrey had to do to him. For some reason The Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher always did favor Adora, even before everyone found out that she was Adora Aimee Potter, and not Hermione Aimee Granger. As if he knew something about her that no one else did, as if he had a secret about her. That no one else knew, but what would she do when she finally found out? Susan's mouth dropped, Professor Dunn, how could he do this to her? Adora has had the most hurtful year, and know he's just going to tell her this…now!
Susan went up to him and tapped him on the shoulder, and he turned around. "Miss Potter, can I help you?"
"Yes, you can. Can I have a word with you, please?"
"Well, but…I…needed to talk to your…."
"Please."
"Sure," he turned back to Adora. "You are going to be alright, right?" Adora nodded as she turned to Harry for comfort.
"What do you think your doing!" Ginny hissed in Susan's ear. "You know we can't interfere, if he wants to tell her let him!"
"No, not yet. It's too soon." Susan said back.
"Too soon for what?" Professor Dunn asked Susan looking at her oddly.
"Nothing, can we speak in your office, alone?"
"Well, Susan I don't know…."
"It's about Adora."
He looked at her for a moment, skeptical for a moment. "Sure, follow me.
"You did what!" Voldemort said trying to keep his voice down. Autumn was cowering behind Draco, and Sharon Lewis was sitting beside her husband making sure he'd keep his voice down.
"I'm sorry, master." Draco said, feeling disgusted by calling this piece of vermin…master. "It's just that all Autumn has been talking about is how much Miss Sharon and herself have been working on this garden, and I wanted to see what was so amazing, what she'd taken so much of her time on. I told her to leave David alone. I didn't want him to catch a cold."
"And why not! We were just going to kill him anyways. You've ruined her first kill!" Voldemort hissed at Draco.
"First Kill? Thomas!" Sharon's voice rose to this piece of information, she began to stand up and stick her finger in his face. "I thought I told you, she is a girl. I want her to have as normal as she can have of a childhood. Autumn will not be a killer, do you understand me! Not unless it's what she wants to. So you force it on her, go ahead and we'll walk out on you like we did fifteen years ago. Got it?"
Voldemort glared at Sharon Lewis, "Children leave us." They both nodded and walked out of the room and on their way back to her bedroom.
"I've got to get back to Hogwarts, before I get in trouble." Draco said feeling a little weird.
"I understand, here's your cloak." Autumn said handing it to him, he put it on and leaned in and kissed her. The first time he'd kissed her since the night she'd snuck into his bed.
Autumn pulled away from him really fast, "Anything wrong?" Draco asked her.
Autumn nodded, "I've seen the way you look at Sadie Potter." Draco gulped he wasn't expecting this, actually he really hadn't thought of Susan as much as he was earlier. "Are you just with me, because our fathers are making us?"
Draco couldn't believe Autumn was thinking like this, although that's how it was before. "I was at first," Draco began and saw Autumn's head drop, he grasped her chin and pushed it up until they were looking into each other's eyes. "But, I'm not now. I'm with you because, you are not the person I thought you were. I thought you were different, you'd become evil since we were kids. Just that killing was the only thing on your mind, but I see I was wrong. I thought I had feelings for Susan, but I now know that the feelings that I did have, have gone away. I've got butterflies in my stomach every time I look at you or think of you. Maybe, I'm not as head over heels about you as Potter is for Weasley."
"Which one?"
Draco laughed at her, "Good point…both sets. But, I know I have feeling in my heart for you."
"Are you saying this because she's seeing Oliver Wood, or because…."
"Because, Autumn I do care for you." Draco leaned in to kiss Autumn, and she didn't pull away this time. When they finally pulled away it was because there was a knock on her door.
"You better go," Autumn whispered. Draco nodded and kissed her on the cheek and left.