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New Resolutions II

Chapter 19- Suffering

By: Abbie Haven Snape

Jordan stood, leaning against the wall with drops of blood falling down her face. A ring that Riddick was wearing caught the side of her head when he hit her. Three weeks of pure torture had driven all the happiness out of her grey eyes.

"Ouch!"

She looked over in the corner and saw Lily dabbing Tommy's shoulder where a cut was, about the length of half his arm, and was bleeding horribly.

"Stop moving Tommy. I can't tie this," snapped Lily.

Lily had tore a strip of her shirt to wrap it around his arm rather than making a bandage for her own leg, which had gotten worse.

Tommy finally allowed Lily to wrap it around his arm and tie it but in a matter of seconds the cloth was a deep red. Lily pushed herself against the wall, leg dragging.

"Jorie, you need to put something over that cut," she said.

"I thought I was the oldest?" she asked whipping the blood away with her hand.

"Oh, by six minutes."

"What about you? You have a nice bruise on your arm and a cut at the edge of your eye that's gonna be a scar."

"I'm alright. No blood."

Jordan crossed her arms and leaned back against the wall, hitting it rather hard. Lily looked at Tommy who was just sitting there, starring.

"Tommy?" she asked looking down at him.

"I don't wanna die," he said quietly.

"Tommy…" she said softly. He moved and barred his head into her side. Lily wrapped her arms around him. "I will die before you will Tommy. As long as I am here, you aren't going to die."

"Same here. No one will touch our little brother," said Jordan moving to sit on the other side of him.

Lily kissed the top of Tommy's head, trying to get him to go to sleep by running her hand through his locks of curls. During all of that, the twins never took their eyes off of each other. They both realized something at the same time.

They couldn't be and weren't children anymore.

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"What do we have?"

"Witnesses saying that they saw Riddick take the girls and apparate away."

"What else?"

No one answered Harry question.

"I take that as nothing. Three weeks and that beside where they aren't is all we have?" he asked.

"Better than nothing," suggested Draco, then getting slapped by Ginny.

"Not helping Dray," said Leah, who had finally joined all of them, leafing through papers.

Harry's meeting room was piled from floor to ceiling with papers. The papers were of anything related to death eaters or suspected ones. Everyone was still there.

Hermione and Ron were asleep curled up on the couch. Fred, George, Angelina, and Tonks were each a sleep in a chair.

"Come on. We have to find them dammit," he said rubbing the end of this quill across his forehead.

"You're the one in charge. You think of something," said Severus, eyes almost closed.

"Dad…you don't know of anywhere else they could be?" he asked.

"No son. I am sorry. Narcissa would know more than I would."

"Wait…" said Leah sitting up straight in her chair. "Mother would know more…"

Leah looked from Severus to Harry before jumping up, grabbing her cloak.

"Leah…love?" asked Harry, jumping up concerned.

"I will be back. Don't worry about me. I think I might have something that will help. I just wish I would have thought about it sooner."

She gave Harry a quick kiss before leaving the room.

"What the bloody hell?" asked Draco.

Harry shrugged, not knowing what was going on either.

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"Um…Lily…a little help," said Jordan as she stood near the door.

Lily moved her head and looked in her direction. "I really can't do a lot."

"You don't have to move. Just call this snake away from me!" yelled Jordan.

Lily raised an eyebrow. "You don't act like that with Nyx," she said before hissing to the snake to come to her.

"Yes, well, I know Nyx. She won't bit me. This thing though…." She said trailing off.

"Hades wouldn't hurt you. She isn't poisonous."

"Hades? What a perfect name…"

Lily rolled her eyes running a finger over the top of the yellow snake's head. Jordan glanced over to a corner, where Tommy was.

"Is he ever going to wake up?" she asked.

"Yeah…the last beating though…I just think he needed rest."

"He's been asleep for, what, twelve hours though."

"I could sleep that long if it wasn't for the pain in my leg every hour. I wish I had Papa's potion right now."

Jordan gave a little smile. "No use for the both of us to be awake. Why don't you go to sleep? You look like you could fall to asleep."

"I was just asleep. It's your turn."

"I'm not tired. You sleep Lils…I keep watch for anyone."

One of the twins were up every hour of the day now, since the last beating Nott had came in the room when all three of them were asleep and gave them the worst beating yet. Tommy was bloodied up pretty bad and Jordan had a few more bruises and cuts. The worst for Lily was when he had kicked her in her already sore leg, making it worse.

"Thanks sis. If you get tired…wake…" but Lily fell asleep before she could finish with Hades wrapping around her arm.

Jordan smiled before sitting beside Tommy in the corner. She ran a hand though his hair, thinking.

Thinking about everything. Her mother, father, sister, Tommy, and everyone else at home. She didn't tell Lily about the vision she had had early that day. She couldn't tell her. She didn't really know what was going to happen but she had a good picture. She was ready for it though. She just prayed that Lily and Tommy were going to be ready.

She smiled again, knowing she was a few years older than she was, and leaned her head against the wall.

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Finally at four o'clock in the morning, everyone but two were asleep. Leah still hadn't came back yet.

Severus watched his son as he starred into the fire. Just like eight years ago, there was nothing that he could do. He didn't know where they were or anything. Just like eight years ago…

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"Do you think I will lose her like you lost mum?" asked a very distraught Harry. He had no clue what to think anymore.

"No, she'll come back and you will be waiting for her as all of us are. But, I have a got a feeling that Lucius has something to do with this and if he does, I swear..." Severus said as he trailed off. "She's a fighter Harry, you aren't going to lose her as I lost Lily. Your mother was strong as well, but her weak spot was you. Just as she and you are mine. Just as Leah is yours-" Severus was about to continue but then something came into his mind.

"Leah is your weak spot. Harry, that is why she is missing. Voldemort found out through your connection with him and Lucius that Leah is what brings you down most and he is using it against you..."

"You really think Voldemort would sink that low?"

"In a heart beat, Harry."

"Well...we need to get her back..."

"I know, but all in due time."

"I don't care about due time! I want her home now! I need her home NOW!" yelled Harry as he got up and left with a slam of the door.

"We want her home too..." whispered Severus after Harry had gone. He understood Harry's anger and wasn't going to do or say anything to him. Hell, Severus himself would have done the same thing.

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"Dad?" came Harry's voice, though it seemed somewhere else.

"Yes?" he asked trying to push memories out of this own head.

"What are the chances of all three of them coming home safe?" he asked.

"Harry-"

"Tell me the truth. Don't sugar coat it or anything. I can take it. What are the odds?"

"Not good."

Harry nodded, still starring into the fire. Severus placed a hand on his shoulder, giving it a squeeze.

"Now I really know how you felt when Leah was gone. I didn't realize how hard it must have been for you. Her and Draco were practically the only family you had until Jade and me. I see that now. Back then I was just worried with her coming back for me. Not everyone else that knew her… needed her. I am sorry Dad. I should have offered comfort to you just like you did me."

"Harry, don't worry about that anymore. It's in the past. Let's just worry about twins and Thomas. Why don't you get some sleep?"

"I guess a few hours won't hurt anything," he said.

"No…I don't think it will. I would say go to sleep on the table but it looks like Black, Lupin and Charlie take up most of it."

"Not to mention the ten people on the floor," he said with a small smile before sitting down where he once was standing. Severus transfigured his cloak into a pillow and handed it to him as well as another cloak that was used for a blanket.

It only took him two seconds before he was asleep. Severus took one of the few empty chairs and moved it beside his wife. Almost asleep himself, he saw Leah come into the room.

"Leah?" he asked.

"Hey, sorry it took me so long to get back," she whispered.

"Did you find what you were looking for?" he asked.

"Yes, I did. I'll tell everyone about it in the morning. Let everyone sleep. Oh, and I stopped in to see if Molly was doing okay with the children."

"Is she?"

"Yes, of course," she said smiling.

"So, what did you find?"

"You will have to wait until morning like everyone else. You need to get some sleep too Sev. And besides, I think I have a plan. I just need to think about it a little more."

"Will it work?" he asked.

"Maybe…"

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