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Chapter 3 - To the Rescue

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A/N : hey sorry I haven't updated in a while I was studying for my exams and my nabs :( it sucks. Ah well. Here's chapter three for your enjoyment lol sorry if you' guys are getting confused but I was trying to put her confusion into the story lol so I guessed it worked sorry, I shant do it again. oh yeah and i updated this chapter as i shall do all lol cause as i have been told it should


As the trio made their way down the corridors Alexis was taking in her surroundings and taking note of them in her head. She noticed Severus glancing at her from the corners of his eyes but she didn't care. She was too busy working out her previous memory's now, trying to see if she could recall anything before she ended up here.

recalled memory before black out

"Crawford I want you to go out the Hogsmead, we've received word of death eaters just out of the town. Told there was only a few so it shouldn't be a problem for you."

"Yes sir. Will i apparate or shall I use the Floo network down to the Three Broomsticks?"

"Whatever's faster Crawford we want to catch these bloody vultures before it gets out of hand again. Honestly what was Fudge Thinking!" the man continued to murmur to himself and turned to Alexis only to wave his hand absently to dismiss her.

With a sigh and a loud crack Alexis had apparated just outside of Hogsmead. She hadn't been this far out of the town before. Come to think of it she didn't really take trips to Hogsmead unless she needed to. She preferred Diagon Alley to anything else. It had everything she needed and she didn't really like to shop. She only went in on the odd occasion for necessities.

As she searched about she found herself heading down a long and windy road till she stopped abruptly. The path she had been following was cut off by a huge gate. She looked further down the forbidden path until her eyes met an astounding castle. It was HUGE and was possibly the most gorgeous building she had ever seen. She had heard about a school nearby but she hadn't a clue it would have been this big. It was dark so she couldn't make out all of the castles features, though the quarter moon in the sky was allowing its glow to ascend upon the building caressing it in its soft light. Most of the lights were out. "Must be late" she thought absently. She was pressed up against the bars of the gate still staring at the school when she heard foots steps behind her. She spun around preparing for what may come, she was suddenly very aware of her wand which waited patiently in its holster strapped to her right thigh. Her fingers were itching to reach for it but she ignored the impulse and looked ahead at the strangers.

There were six hooded figures in total and they were still a good bit away from her, however it was apparent that she had caught their attention.

The one on the far left spoke first. It was a woman though her voice was sickly sweet and high pitched, "What's the matter love, got locked out? Lost?"

"Not that it's any of your business, no." Alexis replied coolly, cocking her head to the side.

"You little C-" the cloaked woman was about to lift her wand to her when the one at the front raised their own against her. It was a man. "No, Bellatrix!" After addressing 'Bellatrix' he turned to face Alexis again and moved a few steps forward. "Your either very brave or extremely stupid." His voice was calm and collected.

Alexis snorted slightly at the remark "I'll take Brave thanks"

He walked closer and laughed slightly, it wasn't a normal laugh; it was hollow and low. "Really, you know we were waiting for some Ministry member to come and play but I must say having crossed your path... it seems our play time has begun." The rest of the group started to join in on laughing each moving a step closer.

"To hell with that idea!" She thought " God this is getting boring"

She gave a slight yawn "Well sorry its been a blast but I'm getting bored."
As she pretended to turn they all stopped laughing and Bellatrix called out again "And just where do you think you're going?"

"What does it look like, home" she replied smirking.

"I don't think so, don't you know who we are girly?"

"Very early trick or treaters?"

"Insolent child!" she shrieked

"Bloody hell don't take a hissy fit on m-" before she could finish Bellatrix sent a hex at her which she managed to dodge with ease whilst removing her wand from its secure compartment.

"Well aren't you rude" She said as she stood to face them.

"Who do you think you are girl?" questioned one of the males.

"Who me? I think I'm an Auror…You?"

They were laughing as she finished. Some were bursting out "You! You got to be kidding me !"

"If she's an Auror then I'm Muggle! The Ministry's getting desperate"

The comments and the laughter were starting to seriously piss Alexis off so she strode over to the male at the front and stood before him, they had all started to calm down after a while and looked at her as she stood there.

"Do I look to young to be an Auror?" she said almost innocently. She cocked her head to the side again and stared up at the man in front of her almost flirtatiously. He seemed to take the bait and foolishly he lifted a hand and touched her cheek.

"Why be an Auror when the Dark Lord can give you so much more. No age limit. Even if there was I'm sure an exception would be made for you . A child that I would guess... was about 16, no?"

"Sixteen?" she said silently. She was livid. She hated when people thought she was younger than she was. Especially 16! The grip on her wand tightened but she didn't retaliate just yet, she was going to have some fun with this. "Do I honestly look 16?" she said sweetly to him, looking up at his face now. She was close enough and could see him properly. It was Lucius Malfroy. He had escaped from Azkaban not long after he was captured. The dementors were fading fast from the prison and letting more and more prisoners out in the process. His long blond hair was falling down past his shoulders and his grey eyes were staring at her with interest.

"Why do you ask?" Hiss voice held a trace of curiosity.

She had moved up so close to him now and moved in towards him and whispered in his ear in an almost silky tone "Why don't I show you my real age?" as she said this she moved her left hand up and rested it on his right shoulder giving it a slightly tight squeeze. She moved her head back ever so slightly so she could she his expression. It was still as cool and mellow as it had been before but now his eyes were darker, she didn't want to imagine his current thoughts. She moved back to his ear again "Really, do you still think of me as a little girl?"

"Who are you really?" he said quietly

She laughed slightly and smiled into his hair. "Don't you know the magic word?"

"I have no time for childish games" he replied with an edge of irritation to his voice.

"Ah but it is a game...and the word you were looking for was..." She leaned in closer and his eyes Widened to the size of bottle caps as she sent him flying through the air landing with a terrible thud.

The others advanced on her, aiming their wands. Before you could say Voldemort she disappeared with a loud CRACK. Her laughing echoed as she left. Or at least what they thought was echo's.

"STUPIFY!" Alexis shouted from behind them taking two of them out with one shot. The others jumped and swirled on her shouting curses and hexes in her direction. Alexis dodged them easily enough. Her lean body and catlike reflexes allowed her sharp and fast movements. Dodging and ducking the on-coming assault.

She started to tire of having to dodge their shots now which were clearly failing to stop her. At her last dive she shouted "Petrificus Totalus!" and hit another square in the chest binding their body and causing them to fall to the ground

"Four down two more to -" she was interrupted abruptly as she felt ropes rise and rap around her leg in a snake like fashion tightening its grip until it stopped mid thigh. Just as quickly as it appeared Alexis was pulled down to the ground hard. Its grip was getting tighter and tighter, she let out a small moan and tried to pull it off. Her struggles were stopped when Bellatrix emerged from the other side of the rope behind a large oak, wand at the ready and aiming at Alexis' heart.

"So the little cow has talent, to bad you won't live to brag about this. How about Lucius decides your fate?"

At that an obviously pissed off Lucius came over grabbed the end of the ropes that bound Alexis reeling her in towards him. When she was close enough to him she lashed out her bound legs and kicked him hard in the groin making him moan in pain. Obviously he wouldn't yell or cry, No that wasn't a Malfroy thing to do, he did however try to hide his pain but it wasn't working for him. As soon as he tried to move his legs the pain shot up through his groin. He was wincing a lot which made him look as though he had a nervous tick. Alexis couldn't help but laugh a little at his attempts. It was amusing to say the least.

When Lucius more or less regained his composure he looked directly into Alexis eyes. They were an intense grey stronger than his own. She didn't show any signs of distress or fear there was only defiance. This was annoying him beyond belief. A child no less was getting the better of him and 5 other death eaters! Not any more, she may be a child but that didn't matter now, he had felt first hand what she could do and she wasn't going to get away with it.

"Let's see how smart you think you are - CRUCIO!"

Alexis immediately curled up against the pain. It was immense. She had been a part of the Cruciatus Curse, at the time it had hurt but then she had more energy, now she had used too much dodging the death eaters curses that she barely had any. She didn't want to scream. She couldn't, No wouldn't. She wasn't going to give him the satisfaction.

After a few minutes he was getting bored. She wasn't screaming all she was doing was curling up on the ground. If he hadn't known any better he'd have thought she had gone to sleep on him but the constant wincing told him otherwise. She was fighting to not scream but he'd remedy that. "Bellatrix would you be so kind as to assist me?"

"Thought you'd never ask" and at that Bellatrix screeched "CRUCIO!"

The pain double on Alexis' body she couldn't hold the blood curling scream that escaped her mouth. It was too much, too much pain which she wanted to end. If they wanted to kill her then get it over with. Another scream escaped and she bit down on her bottom lip to try to stop another. It felt like hours had gone by. Her lip was now bleeding and she could taste the metallic liquid running into her mouth. 'God make it stop please!' she screamed to herself and at that moment, as though someone heard her silent plea for help they stopped.

She was panting hard from exhaustion and the ropes had been removed and she was on all fours trying to breath in the air that seemed to have evaded her.

"Expelliarmus!" a man yelled. It wasnt Lucuis , it was a softer voice which was accompanied by another silkier voice "Stupefy!"

"Please don't be more death eaters... god just kill me now" she said to herself. Unfortunately someone else heard her as well. It was the man with the silk voice, "Fortunate for you the death eaters are gone, unfortunately for me I wouldn't be able to kill you" he said to her in an almost eerie tone. "LUPIN! You handle them I need to take her in "

"What? No bugger off I can handle myself." Alexis tried to stand but fell over as the man caught her. She couldn't see his face, her vision was becoming blurry and all she could make out was a tall and dark figure hovering over her. "Oh Merlin now I have to carry her, LUPIN!.."

After that Alexis blacked out.


A/N : there its been edited! mwhahahahaha no spelling mistakes :P lol j/k