Disclaimer: Still only own Leah...no one else...
Chapter Six:
"Sir, she is suspicious of me. It isn't wise to continue this mission. Not with me."
"Silence," his voice rang out cold and lifeless, reverberating off the damp stone walls deep beneath the city. "She is a mere girl, we can handle her."
"But, sir, she has the Bidental Senarius already gathered, what am I to do with them? Surely with their power she is unstoppable."
"Silence! She is a mere girl, and her side-kicks are mere children. We can handle them; all of them. Continue with the mission as planned, and bring them to me; all of them." He turned away from the man shivering on the floor at his feet.
The man spoke up once more. "She has Harry Potter with her too, sir."
An evil grin broke on the older man's face, "Good, bring him too. We can finish them all off together, and surely her beloved Order will run to rescue her today. Its two birds with one stone."
Severus pulled the covers farther over his head as the morning sunlight poured into his room and across his bed. He missed his dungeons where sunlight was hardly an issue, and he could avoid such early morning wake-up calls. He heard a faint ruffling of noise below him and figured it was the students up and about, but then he heard his name being called by none other than Narcissa Malfoy. He could recognize that high-pitched voice anywhere. His blood boiled as the memories from last night came up.
He stomped down to the family room to find everyone waiting for him to make an appearance. His eyes fell on the woman sitting on the coffee table, hovering over someone lying on the couch; Narcissa Malfoy. She still had an elegant beauty about her, but something in her eyes troubled him, and he approached the coach with caution. At this point he noticed the students were sitting around looking troubled about something as well.
Narcissa looked up and seemed relieved to see him. "Severus, go fill this up with ice cold water, Harry can show you where." She handed him a bowl and he followed Harry into the kitchen.
"Harry, what happened?" he asked, looking at the boy who was filling the bowl up with ice from something called a "freezer."
"I don't know, sir, we all woke up to find them in the same position they are in now: Leah with a high fever mumbling in her sleep, and Ms. Malfoy caring for her. When we asked her what happened she said she had to wake you up first. That is where we are now." Severus smiled at Harry's quick responses; it seemed the boy was growing up after all and beginning to figure out what to fight, and what not to.
When they returned Narcissa told everyone to sit down. As Severus moved around the coach to sit next to Draco his eyes fell on a very pale and sweaty Leah Lestrange. She was mumbling and tossing in her fevered coma, and she seemed to be in an immense state of pain.
"Alright, everyone settle down. There is something I have to explain to you," and with that Narcissa launched into an explanation describing the "Sacred Six" to the seven students before her and how exactly they would help Leah and Harry conquer Lord Voldemort. When she was finished a stunned silence settled over the flat, and Harry was the first one to break it.
"I thought I was the only one who could kill Voldemort." He looked up at Narcissa who was reapplying a cold towel to Leah's head.
"Well, yes, you're the only one who can say the curse, but Leah can make that possible. She can protect you so it is only you and Voldemort; not you and some Death Eaters." She looked down at Leah who seemed to be growing worse by the second. She frowned as she picked up her wand and muttered a curse. She pulled a vial of potion out of her robe pocket and somehow managed to get Leah to swallow half its contents, her sputtering and coughing before falling back down on the couch, never once waking up.
Severus wanted to ask what was happening to the woman, but he never got the chance to because suddenly her body went limp and her muttering stopped. A smile broke on Narcissa's face as she replaced the vial into her pocket, placed her wand on the table, and removed the wet towel from Leah's forehead, water running down the sides and forming dark, wet circles on the pillow.
"But, mum, what can the Six, or whatever they are called, do," asked Draco, who was sitting next to Harry looking very perplexed.
"Well, your job is to give up your-" but she never finished the sentence as she fell to the floor.
Behind her stood Lucius Malfoy with his wand pointed out. Draco cried out and ran to his mother's side, but he was hit by another curse. Behind Lucius four more Death Eaters entered the small flat and he moved to kneel by Leah. He shook her shoulder slightly until she stirred from her fevered slumber, her eyes blinking the room around her in focus.
"Lucius, I see you've discovered that I arranged the Six." It wasn't a question, but a statement. Leah flinched in pain, her hand clutching her right wrist, as she sat up on the couch. Little did she know it was warning her that she was in trouble.
"Of course, my dear, we couldn't have done this without you." He smiled and she stood up, pulling out her wand. Severus half expected her to fight off all five Death Eaters on her own, but then she turned around to face the six people who hadn't been hit by spells.
"Come on, we haven't got all day. Stand up." The five students and Severus stood up and immediately were bound with a curse, their hands behind their backs. Severus stared at her with his mouth hanging wide opened not understand what was going on, then, she winked. A slow and secretive wink that he was sure no one else noticed, and he knew that this was a plan. Something she and Narcissa must have set up.
If there was one thing he could count on, it was Leah being full of surprises. This was one hell of a surprise, but worry fluttered in his stomach. No one should meddle with the Dark side, never push their limits when dealing with a power greater than them, however, Leah was always one to test the limits and she had yet to fail. That did nothing to reassure him though, as he stood up.
"Good job, Leah. I knew you would come through for us. I am glad you decided not to fight this. It seems you do have a clue what is good for you and your little friends, despite what your mother says about you." said Lucius, his hearty laugh ringing in the room. Severus noticed Leah's eyes burn with fire at the mention of her mother.
"Come on, follow him," said Leah, her voice calm. The students did as they were told, as Lucius levitated Draco out of the room behind the Death Eaters and other students. She turned to Severus and nodded to the door. He walked past her and noticed that she bent down to close Narcissa's eyes, missing her mutter a spell that would bring Narcissa to in a matter of minutes. She turned and followed Lucius and everyone else out the door, her face calm and set as always, but her eyes betrayed her. They were fill with apprehension and fear and hope, and as she apparated to the meeting spot she prayed with all her might that she and everyone else would make it through this.
A/N: I really think only my friends are reading this...but even they should review so I feel loved.
