Ch 9: Abductions
It was a beautiful September afternoon as four and a half year old Chloe Grace Potter and her best friend and cousin, Meghan Nastacia Weasley were walking through Diagon Alley with their mothers and Aunt Hermione. Their cousin's Ronni and Evan were spending the day with Gramma Weasley. The two younger girls were told not to run to far ahead of the adults, there were many people out and it would be very easy for them to get lost. The two young girls, not wanting to earn either of their parent's displeasure decided it best to comply with this request and stayed within five feet of one of the three older women.
Unknown to the three adults Chloe was concealing something from them that no one save Meghan knew about. She had accidentally stumbled upon it while looking for something to wear this coming Halloween. Upon discovering the item, and figuring out exactly what it was and what it did she placed the item under her cloak and dashed to her room to hide it in her secret spot. Meghan was speechless the day Chloe let her in on her secret. She couldn't believe their luck at having access to the item in question. Chloe informed her cousin that she would share the item with her, however it must remain with her just in case. Meghan agreed. Chloe didn't know why she decided to bring it with her today, it just seemed like the right thing to do.
As the two girls were about to ask their mother's when they would be getting lunch a large cry was heard from behind the three older women. As the Weasleys and Potters looked on, the crowd that was once walking from the far end of Diagon Alley came rushing towards them. It was then that Ginny and Hermione noticed that several figures in dark cloaks and hoods were bearing down upon them. Penelope hadn't waited to see what was causing the disturbance, her first instinct was to grab the children and find safety. Unfortunately for her the oncoming crowd was merely a diversion. A second group of hooded men, there were only three of them in this group, appeared from between the store the two young girls had yet to pass and they grabbed Meghan first and were attempting to grab Chloe.
Penelope Weasley, attempting to save her daughter and niece, had drawn her wand and was about to hex the man attacking her niece when she was suddenly rendered unconscious by a stunner spell from the third figure. Chloe however had used this opportunity to pull herself out of the second mans reach when the man tried to recapture her. The man in question was forced to defend himself from an impending attack by Penelope and thus lost track of the Ginny Potter's brat. Even with Penelope stunned he still had to contend with the girls mother and aunt. He watched and defended as Ginny was desperately trying to reach her daughter and niece, whom she had seen were the objects of this group of unknown assailants. Hermione Weasley was currently distracted as she attempted to ward of the group of four figures approaching them from the other direction. At another part of the alley a panic stricken Chloe had run as fast as her little legs would carry her. She darted madly between pedestrians as they came close to trouncing her as they fled from the dark figures. While they bore no markings to suggest they maybe death eaters many muggleborn and halfblood wizards and witches did not wish to take the chance that the unknown people weren't in fact servants of the long dead Lord Voldemort. Darting down an alley opposite to the one the men had appeared in Chloe ran to the end of the alley to discover that a brick wall halted her escape. Knowing that if her mum and Aunt 'Mione couldn't overcome the odds that they faced that one of these men would be upon her shortly Chloe did the only thing she could think of..
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As Ginny and Hermione held off the attack by the unknown assailants, desperate to save their loved ones, several of the wizards that had initially fled upon the surprise appearance by the unknown men drew their wands and began casting hexes and curses at the first group of four men. If three witches were brave enough to stand up to the seven figures then they surely could assist them. The first group of four figures abruptly disapparated and then apparated next to the second group. The group of six began casting unforgivable curses directed at any that stood in the way of their goal. When their companion returned empty handed the leader of the group began yelling at the man. Before they could continue their argument a group of aurors apparated in directly behind them. Surrounded on two fronts the men decided that they would have to flee with the one captive they had and hoped that it would be enough to get what their leader desired. Before a single curse could be cast in their direction the seven figures plus Meghan were touching the portkey (Meghan against her will), and as Penelope Ann Weasley looked up she watched as the hooded men carrying her crying daughter disappeared. The sight of her daughter disappearing shattered the barely conscious mother's heart and she broke into a fit of sobs. Penelope was clutching on to Hermione as the younger woman helped her to her feet. Meanwhile, Virginia Potter was searching for Chloe, calling for her daughter. She looked around, and frantically asked those nearby if they'd seen the young girl only to be told they hadn't. Taking a look down the alleyway that was past where the second group had appeared Ginny immediately saw something familiar to her. She ran towards it and picked it up.
~~~
"What do you mean she got away!?!" An angry voice declared upon his minions report.
"We created the diversion as we were ordered to. We were in the specified locations. The problem we encountered was that the sheer number of wizards and witches in Diagon Alley was significantly more than we expected. Potter's brat was small enough to fit in between the large number of people and escape before we could catch up with her." The first lackey answered. He was sweating from both the fight in Diagon Alley and having to answer to his boss with only half their intended goal.
A second man then added, "I thought I had caught up to her momentarily but she wasn't in the alley. I checked it thoroughly before we portkeyed out upon the aurors' untimely arrival."
Disgusted with his lackey's excuses Lucius Malfoy walked away from them and towards his red haired prisoner. Meghan Weasley sat uncomfortably bound to a chair and she was crying profusely as the evil looking man stared at her. Her eyes were red, and her nosy was runny. She was not gagged but still said nothing. As she looked at the face of her captor Megan realized who this must be. While she might not be that old she knew from the man's regal, yet sinister appearance that he was most definitely a Malfoy. No other family in the wizarding world could look that snobbish and that evil, her uncles Fred and George had informed her.
"While you're not as valuable as your cousin I suppose you will have to do." Lucuis informed the four and a half year old. "I wonder if you Aunt places as much value on your life as she does her daughters. Your Uncles Fred and George are equally as wealthy. I'm sure if they love you they too will help contribute to my demand." Meghan said nothing to this remark.
"Oh come now child. Speak your mind. Or are you too afraid that something horrible might happen to you if you do?" Lucius inquired. Meghan again said nothing.
"You Weasley's are a pathetic bunch. Of course in your particular case your even worse off. Your father may be of pureblood but you my dear." Lucius said now inching his face closer to the young girl. "You are only a halfblood. Your father soiled your family's purity by actually having relations with your miserable mudblood mother." The look on Megan's face shifted from calm despair to a fit of rage the likes of which only her grandmum displayed.
"Touched a nerve have I? Your family is known for its temper I must say. Your grandfather once attacked me in a bookstore for simply stating the truth. That your family is an embaracement for consorting with muggles, and for having two mudbloods polluting your once proud bloodli.."
Meghan had managed to free her left leg and quickly struck forward and kicked Lucius Malfoy in his right shin. While she was only four and a half years old the insults levied at her family fueled her kick and Lucius felt the blow and let out a yelp of pain.
Remembering a conversation she had heard between her Uncle's Fred and George while sneaking about the castle with Chloe, Meghan quickly mustered her courage again and bellowed at the much older man, "Sod off!"
Meghan had no idea what the phrase she had just spoken meant but judging by the look on the evil man's face it seemed appropriate. "You best pray that your family meets my demands little one. It will determine exactly what shape you are returned to them." Lucius informed the young girl before returning to his underlings.
~~~
Minutes after the incident in Diagon Alley Ginny's husband and several of his associates arrived. The men immediately began combing the area for any signs of the two girls. Lord Potter informed the Auror in charge that his men would be taking over this investigation. When the man started to argue Harry simply tossed the man a copy of the decrees that gave him his authority. He immediately went to his wife who was crouched in an alley clutching something. He saw that his wife was holding Chloe's robes, the ones she always wore when she went out with her mum. Harry knelt down and wrapped his arms around his distraught wife. Ginny, her expression mirroring Penelope's, just cried in her husband's arms. He turned when her heard approaching footsteps.
"How did you find out about this so quickly?" Hermione asked as she and Penelope looked on. Harry gently pulled his wife to her feet. Ginny just held her daughter's robes as she watched her husband give comfort to Penelope as well.
"Tom in the Leaky Cauldron has the means to alert my organization should the need arise. The moment that those men arrived he sent word. Unfortunately for the children no one was around when the word arrived. As soon as the message was found and delivered to me I organized this group and we arrived as soon as possible."
Before Harry could continue a raven arrived with a parchment for Ginny. Harry, seeing that his wife was in no mood for messages opened it. "I know who has Meghan." Harry declared.
"What about Chloe?" Ginny asked.
Harry said nothing. He quickly made two portkeys. He gave one to his team leader to return to ops when they were finished with their investigation. The second was for his family. "Go to the Burrow, I had word sent to you family to meet us there."
"Where are you going?" Hermione asked.
"I have to get some things from the castle that will help find the girls." Harry replied then kissed his wife on the head.
"You need to be calm." Harry said as he ran a hand over his wife's enlarged stomach. "I know this is an incredibly stressful situation but you have someone else to worry about as well." Harry reminded his wife.
Ginny reluctantly nodded.
"I'll get the girls back." Harry said looked first at Ginny, then to Penelope. "I promise."
Penelope hugged Harry, then Ginny. Hermione took the portkey from Harry then walked to the other two women. Harry James Evan Potter watched as the three women held the portkey and then instantly disappeared, transported to the safety of the burrow.
"You made a grave error this time Malfoy." Harry said under his breath as he looked at the parchment.
"And you Chloe.. You best not take any more risks."
~~~
Chloe Grace Potter was currently sitting unnoticed in a corner of the building that the bad men resided in. Before the masked man had entered the alley, Chloe had thrown her father's invisibility cloak over herself and hid from the man as she checked the alley for her. Several times she was close enough that had the man turned fast enough he would have walked right into her. Fortunately he didn't do this. When the man exited the alley Chloe removed her own cloak and left it in the alley. She hoped that by doing so her mother would know that she'd been there.
Chloe ran out into the now clear Diagon Alley and saw the seven mean men, one clutching Meghan, trapped between some aurors and her family. Unfortunately the men had what Chloe assumed to be a portkey in their hands, it was the only why they could leave with Meghan. She raced towards the men, still under the cloak, and managed to touch the portkey before they all vanished. Upon their arrival she waited for a few of the men to separate and immediately found a nice dark corner to hide in, one that would allow her to keep an eye on her cousin, but was out of the immediate area of the bad men.
She heard the boss yell at the now unmasked men. He was very upset that they cloaked men hadn't been able to capture her as well as Meghan. She heard some mention of his plans, particularly the part about Chloe's mom and Uncle Fred and George's wealth. The man then called Meghan's mom a bad name. Chloe had heard the word before and when she asked her Gramma Weasley what it meant the older woman explained why it was a bad name and that she should never say it to another witch or wizard because it wasn't nice. Shortly afterwards she heard Meghan tell the man to, "Sod Off!" and she watched as her brave cousin kicked the man in his shin. Her cousin, only two weeks older than she, was extremely brave standing up to the bad man, even if it wasn't the smartest thing to do. The man warned Meghan that if her family didn't give him what he asked for she would be sorry. Chloe Potter sat back trying to think of how she was going to free her cousin, and escape from this bad place.
More than anything in the world Chloe knew that Meghan, just like her, wanted her mum and dad to come find and rescue them right away.
It was a beautiful September afternoon as four and a half year old Chloe Grace Potter and her best friend and cousin, Meghan Nastacia Weasley were walking through Diagon Alley with their mothers and Aunt Hermione. Their cousin's Ronni and Evan were spending the day with Gramma Weasley. The two younger girls were told not to run to far ahead of the adults, there were many people out and it would be very easy for them to get lost. The two young girls, not wanting to earn either of their parent's displeasure decided it best to comply with this request and stayed within five feet of one of the three older women.
Unknown to the three adults Chloe was concealing something from them that no one save Meghan knew about. She had accidentally stumbled upon it while looking for something to wear this coming Halloween. Upon discovering the item, and figuring out exactly what it was and what it did she placed the item under her cloak and dashed to her room to hide it in her secret spot. Meghan was speechless the day Chloe let her in on her secret. She couldn't believe their luck at having access to the item in question. Chloe informed her cousin that she would share the item with her, however it must remain with her just in case. Meghan agreed. Chloe didn't know why she decided to bring it with her today, it just seemed like the right thing to do.
As the two girls were about to ask their mother's when they would be getting lunch a large cry was heard from behind the three older women. As the Weasleys and Potters looked on, the crowd that was once walking from the far end of Diagon Alley came rushing towards them. It was then that Ginny and Hermione noticed that several figures in dark cloaks and hoods were bearing down upon them. Penelope hadn't waited to see what was causing the disturbance, her first instinct was to grab the children and find safety. Unfortunately for her the oncoming crowd was merely a diversion. A second group of hooded men, there were only three of them in this group, appeared from between the store the two young girls had yet to pass and they grabbed Meghan first and were attempting to grab Chloe.
Penelope Weasley, attempting to save her daughter and niece, had drawn her wand and was about to hex the man attacking her niece when she was suddenly rendered unconscious by a stunner spell from the third figure. Chloe however had used this opportunity to pull herself out of the second mans reach when the man tried to recapture her. The man in question was forced to defend himself from an impending attack by Penelope and thus lost track of the Ginny Potter's brat. Even with Penelope stunned he still had to contend with the girls mother and aunt. He watched and defended as Ginny was desperately trying to reach her daughter and niece, whom she had seen were the objects of this group of unknown assailants. Hermione Weasley was currently distracted as she attempted to ward of the group of four figures approaching them from the other direction. At another part of the alley a panic stricken Chloe had run as fast as her little legs would carry her. She darted madly between pedestrians as they came close to trouncing her as they fled from the dark figures. While they bore no markings to suggest they maybe death eaters many muggleborn and halfblood wizards and witches did not wish to take the chance that the unknown people weren't in fact servants of the long dead Lord Voldemort. Darting down an alley opposite to the one the men had appeared in Chloe ran to the end of the alley to discover that a brick wall halted her escape. Knowing that if her mum and Aunt 'Mione couldn't overcome the odds that they faced that one of these men would be upon her shortly Chloe did the only thing she could think of..
~~~
As Ginny and Hermione held off the attack by the unknown assailants, desperate to save their loved ones, several of the wizards that had initially fled upon the surprise appearance by the unknown men drew their wands and began casting hexes and curses at the first group of four men. If three witches were brave enough to stand up to the seven figures then they surely could assist them. The first group of four figures abruptly disapparated and then apparated next to the second group. The group of six began casting unforgivable curses directed at any that stood in the way of their goal. When their companion returned empty handed the leader of the group began yelling at the man. Before they could continue their argument a group of aurors apparated in directly behind them. Surrounded on two fronts the men decided that they would have to flee with the one captive they had and hoped that it would be enough to get what their leader desired. Before a single curse could be cast in their direction the seven figures plus Meghan were touching the portkey (Meghan against her will), and as Penelope Ann Weasley looked up she watched as the hooded men carrying her crying daughter disappeared. The sight of her daughter disappearing shattered the barely conscious mother's heart and she broke into a fit of sobs. Penelope was clutching on to Hermione as the younger woman helped her to her feet. Meanwhile, Virginia Potter was searching for Chloe, calling for her daughter. She looked around, and frantically asked those nearby if they'd seen the young girl only to be told they hadn't. Taking a look down the alleyway that was past where the second group had appeared Ginny immediately saw something familiar to her. She ran towards it and picked it up.
~~~
"What do you mean she got away!?!" An angry voice declared upon his minions report.
"We created the diversion as we were ordered to. We were in the specified locations. The problem we encountered was that the sheer number of wizards and witches in Diagon Alley was significantly more than we expected. Potter's brat was small enough to fit in between the large number of people and escape before we could catch up with her." The first lackey answered. He was sweating from both the fight in Diagon Alley and having to answer to his boss with only half their intended goal.
A second man then added, "I thought I had caught up to her momentarily but she wasn't in the alley. I checked it thoroughly before we portkeyed out upon the aurors' untimely arrival."
Disgusted with his lackey's excuses Lucius Malfoy walked away from them and towards his red haired prisoner. Meghan Weasley sat uncomfortably bound to a chair and she was crying profusely as the evil looking man stared at her. Her eyes were red, and her nosy was runny. She was not gagged but still said nothing. As she looked at the face of her captor Megan realized who this must be. While she might not be that old she knew from the man's regal, yet sinister appearance that he was most definitely a Malfoy. No other family in the wizarding world could look that snobbish and that evil, her uncles Fred and George had informed her.
"While you're not as valuable as your cousin I suppose you will have to do." Lucuis informed the four and a half year old. "I wonder if you Aunt places as much value on your life as she does her daughters. Your Uncles Fred and George are equally as wealthy. I'm sure if they love you they too will help contribute to my demand." Meghan said nothing to this remark.
"Oh come now child. Speak your mind. Or are you too afraid that something horrible might happen to you if you do?" Lucius inquired. Meghan again said nothing.
"You Weasley's are a pathetic bunch. Of course in your particular case your even worse off. Your father may be of pureblood but you my dear." Lucius said now inching his face closer to the young girl. "You are only a halfblood. Your father soiled your family's purity by actually having relations with your miserable mudblood mother." The look on Megan's face shifted from calm despair to a fit of rage the likes of which only her grandmum displayed.
"Touched a nerve have I? Your family is known for its temper I must say. Your grandfather once attacked me in a bookstore for simply stating the truth. That your family is an embaracement for consorting with muggles, and for having two mudbloods polluting your once proud bloodli.."
Meghan had managed to free her left leg and quickly struck forward and kicked Lucius Malfoy in his right shin. While she was only four and a half years old the insults levied at her family fueled her kick and Lucius felt the blow and let out a yelp of pain.
Remembering a conversation she had heard between her Uncle's Fred and George while sneaking about the castle with Chloe, Meghan quickly mustered her courage again and bellowed at the much older man, "Sod off!"
Meghan had no idea what the phrase she had just spoken meant but judging by the look on the evil man's face it seemed appropriate. "You best pray that your family meets my demands little one. It will determine exactly what shape you are returned to them." Lucius informed the young girl before returning to his underlings.
~~~
Minutes after the incident in Diagon Alley Ginny's husband and several of his associates arrived. The men immediately began combing the area for any signs of the two girls. Lord Potter informed the Auror in charge that his men would be taking over this investigation. When the man started to argue Harry simply tossed the man a copy of the decrees that gave him his authority. He immediately went to his wife who was crouched in an alley clutching something. He saw that his wife was holding Chloe's robes, the ones she always wore when she went out with her mum. Harry knelt down and wrapped his arms around his distraught wife. Ginny, her expression mirroring Penelope's, just cried in her husband's arms. He turned when her heard approaching footsteps.
"How did you find out about this so quickly?" Hermione asked as she and Penelope looked on. Harry gently pulled his wife to her feet. Ginny just held her daughter's robes as she watched her husband give comfort to Penelope as well.
"Tom in the Leaky Cauldron has the means to alert my organization should the need arise. The moment that those men arrived he sent word. Unfortunately for the children no one was around when the word arrived. As soon as the message was found and delivered to me I organized this group and we arrived as soon as possible."
Before Harry could continue a raven arrived with a parchment for Ginny. Harry, seeing that his wife was in no mood for messages opened it. "I know who has Meghan." Harry declared.
"What about Chloe?" Ginny asked.
Harry said nothing. He quickly made two portkeys. He gave one to his team leader to return to ops when they were finished with their investigation. The second was for his family. "Go to the Burrow, I had word sent to you family to meet us there."
"Where are you going?" Hermione asked.
"I have to get some things from the castle that will help find the girls." Harry replied then kissed his wife on the head.
"You need to be calm." Harry said as he ran a hand over his wife's enlarged stomach. "I know this is an incredibly stressful situation but you have someone else to worry about as well." Harry reminded his wife.
Ginny reluctantly nodded.
"I'll get the girls back." Harry said looked first at Ginny, then to Penelope. "I promise."
Penelope hugged Harry, then Ginny. Hermione took the portkey from Harry then walked to the other two women. Harry James Evan Potter watched as the three women held the portkey and then instantly disappeared, transported to the safety of the burrow.
"You made a grave error this time Malfoy." Harry said under his breath as he looked at the parchment.
"And you Chloe.. You best not take any more risks."
~~~
Chloe Grace Potter was currently sitting unnoticed in a corner of the building that the bad men resided in. Before the masked man had entered the alley, Chloe had thrown her father's invisibility cloak over herself and hid from the man as she checked the alley for her. Several times she was close enough that had the man turned fast enough he would have walked right into her. Fortunately he didn't do this. When the man exited the alley Chloe removed her own cloak and left it in the alley. She hoped that by doing so her mother would know that she'd been there.
Chloe ran out into the now clear Diagon Alley and saw the seven mean men, one clutching Meghan, trapped between some aurors and her family. Unfortunately the men had what Chloe assumed to be a portkey in their hands, it was the only why they could leave with Meghan. She raced towards the men, still under the cloak, and managed to touch the portkey before they all vanished. Upon their arrival she waited for a few of the men to separate and immediately found a nice dark corner to hide in, one that would allow her to keep an eye on her cousin, but was out of the immediate area of the bad men.
She heard the boss yell at the now unmasked men. He was very upset that they cloaked men hadn't been able to capture her as well as Meghan. She heard some mention of his plans, particularly the part about Chloe's mom and Uncle Fred and George's wealth. The man then called Meghan's mom a bad name. Chloe had heard the word before and when she asked her Gramma Weasley what it meant the older woman explained why it was a bad name and that she should never say it to another witch or wizard because it wasn't nice. Shortly afterwards she heard Meghan tell the man to, "Sod Off!" and she watched as her brave cousin kicked the man in his shin. Her cousin, only two weeks older than she, was extremely brave standing up to the bad man, even if it wasn't the smartest thing to do. The man warned Meghan that if her family didn't give him what he asked for she would be sorry. Chloe Potter sat back trying to think of how she was going to free her cousin, and escape from this bad place.
More than anything in the world Chloe knew that Meghan, just like her, wanted her mum and dad to come find and rescue them right away.