Young and Hopeless
Chapter 11
'Here Comes the Pain'

A/N: This is where the story starts to get really good. _____________________________________________________________

Previous Chapter: After what seemed like forever they heard a door open and then another. _____________________________________________________________

At that moment, Lucius shut up and then all that could be heard was the tap of one of the comrade's boots on the floor and the soft sweeping of his/her robes.

Riddle could see the comrade stop in front of his cell and fiddle through a pocket in his robes. The shuffling of items stopped and the comrade (who Riddle found out to be Marius Malfoy) shined a bright light in Riddle's face.

"Ah here you are my precious." The older Malfoy sneered.

Riddle shielded his face from the light and making a joke out of the situation yelped "Ahhhh!!!! It burns!!! Take it away, take it away!" At that moment Ruby and Lucius burst out laughing but then shut up as the door opened to the Dark Realm.

"Hey, Marius. What is taking you so long? Anyways the master changed his mind." A boy now stood next to Lucius' father.

"What is it now?" Marius growled.

"He said he wants the girl first now. That is if she is still alive."

Ruby wanted so much to retort but she knew that this was not the time so she kept quiet.

"Yeah she's still alive. Her cell's a bit more down the hall though."

"A'ight, you get the other two then. I'll go get her."

"Fine."

As the boy walked down the hall to retrieve Ruby, she thought up a quick plan.

As the boy tried to figure out which key was the one to open her cell Ruby scooted to the corner right next to the gate. By the time the boy finally found the right key, Ruby had untied herself most of the way. The boy walked in to get her and she tripped him. As he fell, she swiped his wand and then she used it to untie herself the rest of the way.

"Petrificus Tortalus!" Ruby yelled pointing the wand at the surprised teen.

Ruby ran down the hall to free Riddle but was suddenly stopped by a wand's tip pointing at her chest.

"That's better. Now turn around." An evil voice coaxed from behind.

Ruby turned around smirking because she had known what Marius was going to do.

"Good girl." Marius commented and he made to pull her hands back to bind them. The minute his hands touched Ruby's though he pulled them straight back.

Ruby had rarely ever used her element but this seemed like the perfect time.

"Why you little—" he was cut off there.

"Leave her Marius. We can repay her later." The boy walked toward Ruby glaring daggers at her.

Marius, afraid to touch Ruby again, bound her whole body and left his assistant to carry her. Ruby decided to relax a while. But she still kept her body to her a temperature where the boy had almost dropped her because he got so cold. Riddle saved her by throwing a fireball behind him at the two of them. After that Ruby decided to leave well enough alone. ____________________

"Where is the girl now?" Grindlewald asked annoyed.

"She's down in the chamber with the others." The boy who had carried Ruby announced.

"Ah very good Zeahk, you are learning well." Grindlewald said amused by his discipline.

"Thank you, sir. What should we do with them?"

"The same thing you planned to do only go harder on the girl."

"Yes, sir." ___________________________

"I wonder what they are going to do to us," Ruby said beginning to become a little nervous.

"Don't worry, Rub. They can't do anything to you if you put up your ice shield." Riddle assured her.

"But what if they find this like potion to keep us from using our powers?"

"They won't, they're not that smart." Riddle dragged out that last word.

"What?" Ruby whispered.

"Hush," Riddle scolded her. _____________________________________________________________

A/N: I hope I didn't get you too excited.