```Chapter 7```
Minerva walked slowly down the stairs and lightly stepped over the creaking wood. Her heart spiraled down farther with every step and her stomach seemed to turn to ice. Her green eyes looked around thoughtfully as if taking in the surroundings for the first time, which was of course absurd because Briellie had striven to keep the house exactly the same from the time Minerva was a toddler. She stopped at the landing at glared at Tom who was standing on the bottom step, looking up at her.
"We have visitors Minerva. Take that scowl off your face and act civilized." Tom said calmly looking at her. Minerva nearly gasped, thinking Dumbledore had come to the house finally.
"Come on." Tom said, grabbing her arm as she neared the bottom step and pulling her roughly into the lounge.
Minerva would have hissed at the man she came face to face with if not for Tom pulling on her arm with no mercy for her delicacy.
"Malfoy!" Minerva spat angrily and Tom jerked her forward and let her fall into the couch, where she tried to regain her dignity and poise.
"Minerva McGonagall." Lucius Malfoy sneered, eyeing Minerva lustily.
Minerva remembered the boy from school. He had been a stuck up Slytherin Gryffidor-hating pretty boy. He'd only been two years younger but he'd caused enough hassle for Minerva in her first years of teaching for her to hate him. From flirting madly with her to shouting rude things in the middle of class he'd done it all.
Grindelwald smiled from the opposite couch of Minerva as Lucius sat in what had always been Albert's chair. Minerva looked around and gasped.
"My father- what did you do with-"Minerva started before Grindelwald cut her off.
"Silence you insolent fool. We've no time for your childish whining." Grindelwald said furiously. He turned towards Lucius with a small smile. "And you promise that you shall gather me more followers? And get me all the information on Dumbledore that is possible?" Grindelwald asked.
"For the price m'lord." Lucius said quietly, looking at Minerva with a small smile.
"No!" Minerva said vehemently, knowing exactly where things were going. Tom looked near equally enraged.
"She is mine." He said heatedly. "You can not have her." He said fiercely, sitting on the couch next to Minerva and clutching her arm tightly. Minerva gave a short whimper and pulled her arm away but Tom did not let go. Grindelwald looked at the two with a short glare before looking back at Lucius.
"You may have her if you wish, but be warned she will not bow to any one unless under the Imperious Curse. Such a strong willed child." Grindelwald shook his head. "Her mother doesn't fight the spell at all either. You should see her! Still looks young." Grindelwald smirked.
"If you dare to lay one of your claw-like hands on Briellie I swear to it I shall kill you if it takes every fiber of my being!" Albert yelled from the other room.
"Da!" Minerva cried with a slight relief to hear him alive. Minerva let out a high-pitched shriek as Lucius pulled out his wand and pointed it at her.
"Imperious." He said tonelessly. Minerva whimpered as her entire body became out of her control. A horrible feeling of being trapped over whelmed her and she began to shake violently as she tried desperately to break the curse. Against her own will she moved forwards and gracefully sat on Lucius' lap and began kissing him passionately.
Inwardly Minerva screamed and struggled to move away to get the feeling of his lips off of her but she had no power and could not do anything to move away. It had only been a few moments but to Minerva it felt like an eternity of being able to do nothing to protect herself from Lucius' attacks on her morality.
Tom grabbed Minerva's shoulder and threw her back from Lucius with great strength. Minerva fell onto the floor and instantly felt the curse break. She buried her face in her hands and began to sob and brush at her lips frantically with her hands.
"If you ever touch her again I swear-"Tom started before Grindelwald put him in the body bind.
"You stupid boy. You have nothing. As long as you serve me you are rewarded when you are good and punished when disobedient. The girl is not yours." Grindelwald spat as he released Tom from the body bind.
"Yes milord." Tom said moodily. Lucius smirked at him. Minerva stood up to her feet and dashed to the other room. Grindelwald, Tom or Lucius made no attempt to stop her. Albert was in the dining room, tied up to his chair. Minerva rushed forwards and threw her arms around him and began to sob.
"Da! Oh Da!" she wept onto his shoulder.
"Minnie don't cry. Untie me love." He said, trying to be calm at her tears. Minerva began picking at the knot of the ropes before grabbing a butter knife off the table and sawing furiously at the ropes.
"What are you doing Miss McGonagall?" Grindelwald asked coldly as Albert's bonds gave way and he stood up to face Grindelwald.
"Stay behind me Minerva." Albert whispered to her. Grindelwald laughed as Tom came into the room and stood next to him.
"It's almost comical the way you think you can protect your daughter." Grindelwald grinned cruelly. Minerva began to tremble behind her father, knowing full well that Grindelwald was right. Tom stupefied Albert and he fell to the floor, completely immobile. "Don't worry though," Grindelwald said with a false charm as he moved forwards and backed Minerva into the wall, "We won't harm your lovely daughter. Dumbledore would be concerned if anything happened to his beauty." Grindelwald reached his hand up and pinched Minerva's cheek and shook her head back and fourth until Minerva felt her neck would snap and she pushed him away.
"Leave me alone." She said as fiercely as she could manage through her terror.
"Ah , ah, ah, Miss McGonagall." Grindelwald smirked as waggled his finger at her. "You should be kind to me."
"Why?" Minerva spat, emerald eyes flaming with resentment. Tom shook his head and Grindelwald smiled a taunting smile.
"Because if you do anything I deem insulting, your parents die. Albert and Briellie know all about that. Don't you Briellie?" Grindelwald crooned as Briellie came into the room looking like a stupidly oblivious yet adorable pet.
"Oh yes Master. We should never do anything to make you upset." Briellie said sweetly, coming to stand next to him and looking at him with big eyes and a small pout on her face. "That would be simply horrible."
Tom and Grindelwald grinned wickedly while Minerva and Albert stared at Briellie with heart broken expressions.
"Oh Moosy." Briellie called pleasantly. Moosy crept into the room and skittered around Tom and Grindewald till she came to stop at Briellie's feet, looking up imploringly at the woman she trusted and obeyed so easily. "Moosy I believe we're going to have to dismiss you. My master does not like house elves. Besides, I should be doing all the work any ways." Briellie said critically.
Moosy's eyes opened wide and she let out a howl. "But Mistress! I's- I's got no where's- You's can't be doing work." Moosy began to shake and sob loudly, clutching at Briellie's robes. Minerva gaped before squatting down and calling the elf into her arms.
"Moosy, no. We'd never. That's not Mum talking. It's not Mum." Minerva said soothingly to the elf as she rocked back and fourth on her heels and patted Moosy's back. Briellie's face crumpled from the calm oblivious façade to a completely horror-stricken and heartbroken wreck. She moved swiftly yet gracefully to her daughter and the house elf.
"Oh no. Moosy I'm sorry- I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it sweet." Briellie took the elf into her arms and held the pitiful creature close to her and began to cry softly.
"It's sickening to see her fuss over that thing." Grindelwald said dully to no one in particular.
"We should make her clean and the elf watch." Tom grinned vindictively. Minerva stood up and glared at them both.
"Let my parents go. You don't have any use for them. They won't bring you Dumbledore. Only I will. Let them go. You have the Imperious Curse and I won't fight it." Minerva said, anger radiating from her as she clenched her fists and glared as best she could at Tom and Grindelwald.
"Miss McGonagall, you are mistaken. Should you have ever cast the Imperious curse you would know it is very difficult to keep the curse on some one for long when they have such a strong will. Also, torturing your parents brings me joy and a way to keep you in check. You obviously weren't listening when I told you not to make me upset." He sneered and pointed his wand at Briellie.
Briellie screamed and began shaking and twitching in pain. Minerva's eyes grew wide and her heart leapt into her throat and she felt an almost equal amount of pain in her own chest.
"Stop it! Stop it!" she screamed. "Mum, oh Mum." Minerva moved towards her mother and put her arms around her and tried futilely to console the shrieking woman. Grindelwald finally removed the curse and laughed softly as Minerva looked up and glowered at them in her rage.
"I love it when you're angry Minnie." Tom smiled devilishly.
"I like it when you're silent Riddle!" Minerva snapped.
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Minerva walked slowly down the stairs and lightly stepped over the creaking wood. Her heart spiraled down farther with every step and her stomach seemed to turn to ice. Her green eyes looked around thoughtfully as if taking in the surroundings for the first time, which was of course absurd because Briellie had striven to keep the house exactly the same from the time Minerva was a toddler. She stopped at the landing at glared at Tom who was standing on the bottom step, looking up at her.
"We have visitors Minerva. Take that scowl off your face and act civilized." Tom said calmly looking at her. Minerva nearly gasped, thinking Dumbledore had come to the house finally.
"Come on." Tom said, grabbing her arm as she neared the bottom step and pulling her roughly into the lounge.
Minerva would have hissed at the man she came face to face with if not for Tom pulling on her arm with no mercy for her delicacy.
"Malfoy!" Minerva spat angrily and Tom jerked her forward and let her fall into the couch, where she tried to regain her dignity and poise.
"Minerva McGonagall." Lucius Malfoy sneered, eyeing Minerva lustily.
Minerva remembered the boy from school. He had been a stuck up Slytherin Gryffidor-hating pretty boy. He'd only been two years younger but he'd caused enough hassle for Minerva in her first years of teaching for her to hate him. From flirting madly with her to shouting rude things in the middle of class he'd done it all.
Grindelwald smiled from the opposite couch of Minerva as Lucius sat in what had always been Albert's chair. Minerva looked around and gasped.
"My father- what did you do with-"Minerva started before Grindelwald cut her off.
"Silence you insolent fool. We've no time for your childish whining." Grindelwald said furiously. He turned towards Lucius with a small smile. "And you promise that you shall gather me more followers? And get me all the information on Dumbledore that is possible?" Grindelwald asked.
"For the price m'lord." Lucius said quietly, looking at Minerva with a small smile.
"No!" Minerva said vehemently, knowing exactly where things were going. Tom looked near equally enraged.
"She is mine." He said heatedly. "You can not have her." He said fiercely, sitting on the couch next to Minerva and clutching her arm tightly. Minerva gave a short whimper and pulled her arm away but Tom did not let go. Grindelwald looked at the two with a short glare before looking back at Lucius.
"You may have her if you wish, but be warned she will not bow to any one unless under the Imperious Curse. Such a strong willed child." Grindelwald shook his head. "Her mother doesn't fight the spell at all either. You should see her! Still looks young." Grindelwald smirked.
"If you dare to lay one of your claw-like hands on Briellie I swear to it I shall kill you if it takes every fiber of my being!" Albert yelled from the other room.
"Da!" Minerva cried with a slight relief to hear him alive. Minerva let out a high-pitched shriek as Lucius pulled out his wand and pointed it at her.
"Imperious." He said tonelessly. Minerva whimpered as her entire body became out of her control. A horrible feeling of being trapped over whelmed her and she began to shake violently as she tried desperately to break the curse. Against her own will she moved forwards and gracefully sat on Lucius' lap and began kissing him passionately.
Inwardly Minerva screamed and struggled to move away to get the feeling of his lips off of her but she had no power and could not do anything to move away. It had only been a few moments but to Minerva it felt like an eternity of being able to do nothing to protect herself from Lucius' attacks on her morality.
Tom grabbed Minerva's shoulder and threw her back from Lucius with great strength. Minerva fell onto the floor and instantly felt the curse break. She buried her face in her hands and began to sob and brush at her lips frantically with her hands.
"If you ever touch her again I swear-"Tom started before Grindelwald put him in the body bind.
"You stupid boy. You have nothing. As long as you serve me you are rewarded when you are good and punished when disobedient. The girl is not yours." Grindelwald spat as he released Tom from the body bind.
"Yes milord." Tom said moodily. Lucius smirked at him. Minerva stood up to her feet and dashed to the other room. Grindelwald, Tom or Lucius made no attempt to stop her. Albert was in the dining room, tied up to his chair. Minerva rushed forwards and threw her arms around him and began to sob.
"Da! Oh Da!" she wept onto his shoulder.
"Minnie don't cry. Untie me love." He said, trying to be calm at her tears. Minerva began picking at the knot of the ropes before grabbing a butter knife off the table and sawing furiously at the ropes.
"What are you doing Miss McGonagall?" Grindelwald asked coldly as Albert's bonds gave way and he stood up to face Grindelwald.
"Stay behind me Minerva." Albert whispered to her. Grindelwald laughed as Tom came into the room and stood next to him.
"It's almost comical the way you think you can protect your daughter." Grindelwald grinned cruelly. Minerva began to tremble behind her father, knowing full well that Grindelwald was right. Tom stupefied Albert and he fell to the floor, completely immobile. "Don't worry though," Grindelwald said with a false charm as he moved forwards and backed Minerva into the wall, "We won't harm your lovely daughter. Dumbledore would be concerned if anything happened to his beauty." Grindelwald reached his hand up and pinched Minerva's cheek and shook her head back and fourth until Minerva felt her neck would snap and she pushed him away.
"Leave me alone." She said as fiercely as she could manage through her terror.
"Ah , ah, ah, Miss McGonagall." Grindelwald smirked as waggled his finger at her. "You should be kind to me."
"Why?" Minerva spat, emerald eyes flaming with resentment. Tom shook his head and Grindelwald smiled a taunting smile.
"Because if you do anything I deem insulting, your parents die. Albert and Briellie know all about that. Don't you Briellie?" Grindelwald crooned as Briellie came into the room looking like a stupidly oblivious yet adorable pet.
"Oh yes Master. We should never do anything to make you upset." Briellie said sweetly, coming to stand next to him and looking at him with big eyes and a small pout on her face. "That would be simply horrible."
Tom and Grindelwald grinned wickedly while Minerva and Albert stared at Briellie with heart broken expressions.
"Oh Moosy." Briellie called pleasantly. Moosy crept into the room and skittered around Tom and Grindewald till she came to stop at Briellie's feet, looking up imploringly at the woman she trusted and obeyed so easily. "Moosy I believe we're going to have to dismiss you. My master does not like house elves. Besides, I should be doing all the work any ways." Briellie said critically.
Moosy's eyes opened wide and she let out a howl. "But Mistress! I's- I's got no where's- You's can't be doing work." Moosy began to shake and sob loudly, clutching at Briellie's robes. Minerva gaped before squatting down and calling the elf into her arms.
"Moosy, no. We'd never. That's not Mum talking. It's not Mum." Minerva said soothingly to the elf as she rocked back and fourth on her heels and patted Moosy's back. Briellie's face crumpled from the calm oblivious façade to a completely horror-stricken and heartbroken wreck. She moved swiftly yet gracefully to her daughter and the house elf.
"Oh no. Moosy I'm sorry- I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it sweet." Briellie took the elf into her arms and held the pitiful creature close to her and began to cry softly.
"It's sickening to see her fuss over that thing." Grindelwald said dully to no one in particular.
"We should make her clean and the elf watch." Tom grinned vindictively. Minerva stood up and glared at them both.
"Let my parents go. You don't have any use for them. They won't bring you Dumbledore. Only I will. Let them go. You have the Imperious Curse and I won't fight it." Minerva said, anger radiating from her as she clenched her fists and glared as best she could at Tom and Grindelwald.
"Miss McGonagall, you are mistaken. Should you have ever cast the Imperious curse you would know it is very difficult to keep the curse on some one for long when they have such a strong will. Also, torturing your parents brings me joy and a way to keep you in check. You obviously weren't listening when I told you not to make me upset." He sneered and pointed his wand at Briellie.
Briellie screamed and began shaking and twitching in pain. Minerva's eyes grew wide and her heart leapt into her throat and she felt an almost equal amount of pain in her own chest.
"Stop it! Stop it!" she screamed. "Mum, oh Mum." Minerva moved towards her mother and put her arms around her and tried futilely to console the shrieking woman. Grindelwald finally removed the curse and laughed softly as Minerva looked up and glowered at them in her rage.
"I love it when you're angry Minnie." Tom smiled devilishly.
"I like it when you're silent Riddle!" Minerva snapped.
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All till 35 reviews. Sorry it took so long for this one but it just wouldn't come out right.
Pal- Aww Pally! It's such a bummer that I missed you on MSN! It makes me so sad! Well Little Miss, I am waiting for your Chapter 5. Hmm hmm hmm? Alright sweets, I'm gonna let ya go now. Love ya!, darlingdearheart. Thanks for the reviews and being so cool, S.T.
Jestana- Wow! You're really nice when it comes to giving out great reviews! Thanks for the confidence boosters!
Peace Out, S.T.
