Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter; just the gremlins in my head.
"Chapter 19: Confused and Broken"
Harry woke with a splitting headache. His glasses were on so he looked around the room. In trying to sit up he found that his arms were lashed to either side of a bed, and that the room was very elaborate and very well furnished. There was a large, double-sided, mirror near a door, and several long dressers littered the walls. Lit around the room were red candles with blue flames, and Harry also noticed the bed was covered in white rose petals. He was able to turn his head and partially see the headboard of the bed. On it was engraved "Harry Potter & Lavender Brown", and resting on the top of it was another rose; this one red. Turning back around he also noticed that his shirt was missing, and that a warm fire was going in the golden fireplace. The door opening brought Harry's attention to it. Lavender came in wearing a low cut, white, nightgown and was carrying a food tray.
"Hi Harry."
"Bitch."
"Yes I am. What are you going to do about it?" Lavender smirked.
"I can't do anything right now can I?"
"Nope. Hungry?" Lavender asked. She came and sat right next to his waist, and set the tray down right at the waist.
"I'm in a house that I don't know; without my shirt and wand; talking to a person I really don't want to right now; and you think I'm concerned about eating?" Harry asked. He wanted to strangle her with her own hair.
"Yes. You're going to need your strength soon. I'm only going to wait so long before I test how well your 'bed magic' is."
"Cute innuendo. But why can't you just untie me, and let me leave?"
"Why would I get rid of my own property; especially when it's as cute as you?" Lavender began running her hand up his bare top; starting from the bottom working up toward his face.
"I don't follow you."
"You're mine now; by covenant."
"Covenant?" Harry asked confused.
"Yes. Lucius and I made a bargain; that in exchange for you, I deliver Draco to him."
"Oh."
"Yep. And as to your question about where you are; we're at my house. Draco and Lucius are having some quality time at their mansion."
"How did they get in there without the Ministry wizards at least sending off a signal?"
"Lucius is a very good duelist. The three of them didn't have a chance."
"So I'm basically your shag prisoner," Harry said dryly, leaning his head back against the headboard. This was not good.
"Yep. And you'd better eat. I don't want to wait forever. I've waited long enough as it is." Lavender picked up the tray, and poised it for Harry to eat it. He didn't know what else to do, he was so hungry; so he opened his mouth and ate it.
"Pork chop?"
Lavender smiled sweetly. "Coupled with cheddar mashed potatoes. It's going to be followed with a banana split."
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Draco led them all outside of his house. Turning back to it, he set it ablaze. "Why'd you do that?" Hermione asked.
"I don't ever want to see this house or have memory of it again. We need to get to Harry now."
"Where is he?" Ginny asked.
"He's at Lavender's house, and he's going to be drugged to give Lavender what she wants. He won't know anything but what Lavender tells him. So we need to get there before she has a chance to do anything."
Devine turned everyone into wolves again, after giving Draco an energy potion, and like a flash they were off; a grey, black, two silver wolves, with a deep red one trailing them closely.
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Harry and Lavender twisted and readjusted on her bed; it making no movement under their passionate moments. Harry was in a complete state of exhilaration. Lavender conformed to every movement of his, and he to hers. Such a fire burned in that room, that were anyone else in that room, there own internal flame would have seemed as only a small spark. Whenever he did pull himself away to look at her, his eyes betrayed him. She was the most beautiful girl in the world. And with each new movement, Harry's emotions swooned into a new state of resilience. And all through this, the night was quiet outside.
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They arrived at Lavender's house after not much of a run. Draco leaned against a tree trying to recover as much strength as he could. The potion had only helped him on the run, and he was fatigued all over again. Hermione looked at him, then Ginny and nodded. "We'll go ahead. Follow if we take too long."
Hermione paused at the front door, took her wand and muttered "Alohamora." The door swung open in a violent movement caused by wind and magic. The house was dark save for a dim light on the upper floor. Ginny, followed closely by Hermione, ran up to find the light source they were following was behind a closed door. Hermione turned to Ginny, "Do we want to see what's in there?"
Ginny turned her fierce attention onto Hermione. "Suggesting something?"
"No."
"Good. Right now, no human alive should mess with me; joking or otherwise." Ginny pointed her wand at the door, and reduced it to cinders. And what they say almost broke Ginny's heart to pieces. Harry and Ginny were going at it full blown, not bothered at all by the fact that the door had just been obliterated. Tears welled up in her eyes as she yelled, "Excuse me!"
Hermione was looking around the room. Ginny was still yelling at them, when Hermione stopped her. "They can't hear us."
"What? Why not? They're right there."
"I know. But that bitch has used special charms and spells to make it look from their end as though nothings changed, and there's a Silencing Charm on the whole room. If you haven't noticed we can't hear them; which is probably best," Hermione added looking at them again.
"So how do we break it?"
"You don't," said a voice behind them.
They turned to find Draco.
"What are you doing in here?" Ginny asked stepping between him and the doorway.
"You were taking so long I started to worry. There's a simple charm to break all that Lavender's done; that is unless she did it perfectly."
"Thanks for the encouragement."
"Well stand aside, and I'll try to break it."
"Fine."
Draco closed his eyes, concentrated, then his voice called, "Incantato evanasco!" All the candles went out, and the rose on the headboard burst into flames.
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Lavender suddenly felt cold, despite the warmth that the fire and Harry gave her. She looked at the door, and Draco, Hermione, and Ginny were standing there; looking very upset and rigid.
"Can I help you three?" she asked. She was not going to let them ruin her moments of triumph; on either side.
"You can take your sluty self off of my boyfriend!" Ginny yelled.
"Your boyfriend?" Lavender asked.
"Yes my boyfriend. Go on ask him!"
Lavender smirked and turned her attention to Harry who was looking at all of them wondering why they were watching he and Lavender. "Harry who is your girlfriend?"
"Girlfriend?"
"Yes. Is it me or Ginny?"
"You."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Then as soon as you get rid of these people perverts we can go back to that."
"Okay hon'." Harry stood with no regard for his lack of decency, but Lavender magic'd his clothes onto him, and his wand into his hand. With a swift wrist movement Harry sent all three of them flying away from the door. Lavender had on a wicked smirk as she watched Harry walk out the door. His eyes flared with an evil malice even Draco had never had.
As soon as Draco had breath in his lungs again he reminded them, "He doesn't know what he's doing. We can't really hurt him."
"I'd be more worried about me hurting you Malfoy," Harry said. With another wrist movement he sent them rolling down the stairs, and then launched out the front door. Harry pursued them again, and Lavender watched from the top of her stairs with a blue robe on, and still smirking.
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Devine and Lupin had just taken down a fine buck, and were filling themselves when they heard Ginny and Hermione scream as their feet left the front porch. Devine turned to Lupin and said, "I'll take care of it."
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Draco had his wand blasted from him, and Hermione's was soon gone as well. Ginny luckily had time to blast Harry's out of his hand; just as hers flew from her own. Harry looked at each of them, and then charged Draco.
In seconds he had tackled him, and was about ready to beat his face in when a rock knocked him off. He rolled with it, and was on his feet to see Devine.
"I know you."
"Yes you do. But you don't know why."
"Right."
"I can help you remember why you know me," Devine tempted. He wanted to get Harry out of this delusional state of mind.
Lavender came running out of the house. "Don't believe him. He's trying to take you away."
Harry's face hardened, his eyes retook a maddened rage, and again he charged; this time Devine. Devine stood his ground, and when Harry was close enough, swung his leg in a quick manner, and sent Harry sprawling.
"Don't fight me Harry. You don't want to do this."
A short popping sound, and Dumbledore was there, with Sirius' mirror. "Sirius Black."
Sirius' face appeared in the mirror. "Harry what are you doing?"
"Sirius? Where am I?" Harry stammered.
"Take it easy Harry. You're not yourself."
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Lavender realized what they were doing, and she had prepared for this. She slipped behind Devine, as his attention was only on Harry, and waited.
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Harry slowly walked over to Sirius' and then Devine injected him with a serum. Harry fell to his knees, grabbed his throat, and vomited.
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Lavender knew the time had come. She pulled a gun from her pocket, aimed at Devine's heart, and pulled the trigger yelling, "Bastard!"
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Devine hit the ground in a whirl of dust, and wasn't moving. Draco, being the fastest, launched an Aurora Borealis on Lavender sending her feet away. They all rushed over to Devine. Harry soon joined them, and his eyes were his own.
Dumbledore placed the mirror so Sirius could see Devine.
"Hello Sirius, my old friend."
"Hello James, my even older friend."
"Are you ready?"
"Are you?"
"Devine?" Harry asked. "What are you talking about?"
"I'm dying Harry. Lavender did her homework. A crystal tipped bullet will kill a vampire, even if they are only part vampire."
"How can we save you? You can't die on me! I just got you back!" Harry's voice was almost failing him, and tears were falling as though they were waterfalls themselves. Devine looked him square in the eyes. "Don't think of me as" he paused here because of a twitch of pain, "dying. Think of me as being reunited with Moriah."
"No! I don't want you to go."
"You will never be without me. I have always been here for you my boy, and I always will. When my soul leaves this body, Sirius' will enter it, and he will be part of the living again. So good-bye my boy. Good . . . " Devine's breath faded, and his body went limp in his grasp. The mirror began to glow and a white spectre left the mirror and entered into Devine's now dead body. The features changed, and it was Sirius Black, now hugging Harry, who was weeping. Hermione and Ginny had turned into Draco's grasp during this, and Dumbledore had stayed aloof where he could cry in silence, and watch the perpetrator of evil laying on the ground in a blue bathrobe.
N/A: I had to kill Devine; sorry. I just couldn't justify keeping him around. But Black's back; if that's any consolation. Feel free to call me anything you wish, but my decision is final.