Chapter 24
"That piece of slime did what!" Arabella almost yelled, but it was a good thing that she didn't as Arabella had just put Roselyn down. "He was here, on my property?"
"That's right."
"I thought we had some of the best wards on the house."
"You guys did."
"What do you mean did?"
"Obviously someone has figured out what charms and enchantments we had to the house and took them off. After Albus comes back from talking to the Boot family, he will most likely get on to making your house almost as safe as Hogwarts."
"Why in Merlin's name does Albus need to go talk to the Boot family for."
"Longbottom took some Polyjuice potion that none of us knew about and he was impersonating Blaise Zambini. Then it wore off and Boot tried to protect Bridget. Longbottom threw two unforgivable curses at Boot."
"Oh my," Arabella said grasping the wall. "They will most likely send him straight to Azkaban now, correct?"
"As long as we find him yes."
Arabella was looking behind Oliver, as if she was trying to find someone. "So where is Bridget?"
"Where ever Longbottom has taken her."
Tears welled up in Arabella's eyes, "Quit blabbing to me and find her! I can not bear to lose another family member."
Oliver nodded and disapparated out.
Bridget had already been raped by that lunatic Longbottom, and now he had her again. Arabella felt as if she was failing her sister and brother-in-law in the most horrible way possible. By the time Oliver found Bridget, she could just be a cold corpse.
"No," Arabella whispered as she felt tears falling down her face. "No, not again." Arabella fell to the ground, passed out from fear of losing any other family and never seeing Bridget alive ever again.
"Molly!" An anxious Arthur Weasley was yelling through the fireplace, "Molly! MOLLY COME QUICK!"
"Hold your horses Arthur," Molly Weasley said running towards the living room to see her husband's face sitting in the middle of the fire in the hearth. "What is so important that you interrupted me in my cleaning house time."
"Is Ron there?"
"Yes, why?"
"What about Adora and Harry?"
"Yes Arthur why?"
"Tell them they need to get down to Headquarters immediately."
"Why!"
"Bridget Potter has been kidnapped by Neville Longbottom."
"Oh Merlin," Molly Weasley sighed falling into Arthur's recliner. "When?"
"About ten or fifteen minutes ago, now go love! Get Susan's grate from Adora and contact Draco because he needs to come too. Tell Susan that she and Breeanna need to stay at the house with you and Ginny. Get Arabella and Roselyn over too, Albus's orders."
"Okay."
"I love you."
"I love you too Arthur."
"Mum?" Came the youngest of the Weasley children's voice calling from the kitchen, "Mum are you here."
"Just a moment sweetheart, is Ron, Adora, and Harry down with you?"
"No."
"Go get them."
Molly made her way to the kitchen and saw Ginny eating crackers and drinking water, in any other circumstance Molly Weasley would have known her only daughter was pregnant.
"Okay, I'll be right back."
Once the four teenagers were down Molly had told them the horrible news. Everyone reacted to how Molly knew they would act.
"I'll kill him!" Harry yelled throwing his fist down on the table.
"Harry get a hold of yourself," Adora said watching her nephew. "We have got to get to Headquarters and see how we can help. You heard Molly say that they are calling us into Headquarters."
"Good, let's go." Ron said getting up.
"What about Draco," Adora asked looking around the kitchen.
"What about him?"
"Draco too is part of the Order, and I figured he would be here with us to go to the headquarters to see what our assignment is."
"Draco will meet the three of you at headquarters," Molly spoke up. "Arthur told me all of this. I need to get Susan's grate from you Adora."
Adora nodded and went to go write it down for Molly.
"So what are they doing to get Bridget back?" Ginny asked as tears were falling all down her face. Bridget wasn't only her best friend, but they had called one another sisters for years. Now they were sisters through marriage and still best friends. Ginny was afraid that she would never see the bubbling Bridget that everyone loved and knew. The Bridget that use to be around before Neville Longbottom had wrecked her life.
Adora began walking to the fireplace as flashes began to appear in front of her eyes, Bridget was still alive…but just. It looked as if Neville had beaten her until he finally began to ache, but the thing what worried Adora the most was did Neville rape Bridget again? Where the hell was Wood? Wood was suppose to be watching Longbottom's every move.
As Harry stepped in the fireplace and yelled to go the ministry, Harry realized how little he really knew about Bridget. Sure they hung out all the time, but Harry couldn't tell you what was his baby sister's favorite movie, color, or number. There was a huge possibility that he might never see his baby sister alive again. This thought brought chills all the way down his body.
Ron was now swirling in what was the Floo Network and thought about what was going on with Bridget. Sure they had never been the best of friends, but Ron was worried about her. This was Harry's youngest sister after all, and Ron knew how protective you had to be about them. Ginny was a living example, but Harry was the right man for her. For the entire Potter and Black family, Ron wished with everything he could think of that they would find Bridget Potter alive.
"Autumn?" Lord Voldemort asked as he walked right into his daughter's room to see her laying on her patio sun bathing.
"What in Merlin's name are you doing?"
"Sunbathing."
"Yes, but why?"
"I am much to pale."
"Where is Desi?
"With her nanny."
"Nanny? I thought you were disgusted with me for hiring a nanny."
"Well I am a teenage girl and I will want to do things that other normal teenage girls do, even if I am not your average teenage girl."
"So what is the nanny's background."
"Pureblood father," Autumn said rolling her eyes. "As if I would hire anyone but, besides it's the nanny that you hired." Autumn got out of her lounge chair, "Now if you don't mind father I do have a date tonight so I need to get ready."
"Date?"
"Yes date."
"Autumn….."
"Father he is a Pureblood and one of your newest protégés."
"Who?"
Autumn Lewis smiled an equally evil smile, not too far away from her father's. "Neville Longbottom."
"Oh," Voldemort said nodding his head. "The talented new guy that is bringing all kinds of hell down on Bridget Potter?"
"Yes father. Now can you get lost?"
Voldemort didn't even answer his daughter's question as he disapparated out of her room.
"You son of a bitch!" Bridget screamed as Neville had her tied down again to a bed that looked so similar to the one that night.
Neville slapped Bridget in the face, "My mother was anything but a bitch! My mother was a bloody saint before those bastards took her away from me!"
"How do you think I feel!" Bridget began to sob, "At least you had a little time with her as a baby! I was pulled out of my mother's dead body! They cut her open and brought me into this damned world because that bastard has been after my family! Then you of all people, my friend and you were my boyfriend betray me by joining him! The man that split open the happy home that was waiting for me! The happy home that you had!"
"My master didn't end my parents happy home with me, it was those bastards that work for him which I will kill to avenge my parents death. Now shut up," Neville cackled as he climbed on top of Bridget.
"No Neville, please don't do this again! I'll do anything, but please don't do this to me again."
"Sorry Bridget," Neville whispered in her ear. "All I wanted you to do was love me, but it looks as if you had already given your heart to someone else."
"I told you that there was never anything between Oliver and me. Neville how many times must I tell you this?" Bridget lied as she cried, she felt her body screaming inside as he was so close to her. "I really cared for you Neville and you forced yourself upon me."
Before Neville or Bridget could say a word Neville was thrown off of Bridget and Bridget knew that her powers hadn't done this. Bridget had been to scared of Neville to get her power to work right.
"What the hell Bridget!" Neville yelled.
"That wasn't me," Bridget said honestly.
"Then who the hell……"
"Me," came a growling voice that Bridget knew too well. For once Bridget was thankful to hear that voice, but where could he be.
"W-who is there?" Neville asked as he was looking around to see only himself and Bridget.
An invisibility cloak was thrown off and there was Oliver Wood in all his glory.
"You bastard!" Neville roared and got in front of Bridget again, "She's mine. All mine."
"How do you always get caught up with the psychos, Bridget?" Oliver asked looking at the love of his life. Oliver had to keep the humor coming or he would break down at the look of horror upon Bridget's face. She looked absolutely terrified.
"Crucio!" Neville threw at Oliver and Bridget began crying as she saw the horrible pain that Oliver was going through.
"Stop it! Stop it Neville! I'll do anything, but please don't kill him!"
Neville took the curse off and looked at Bridget in a way he'd never looked at her before, "What?"
"Kill me, just don't kill him."
"Bridget no!"
Neville blinked, "You would sacrifice your life for him?"
"All Oliver has ever done is love me, no matter how horrible I am to him…he still loves me. Please don't kill him because of me. You can kill me or do whatever you want with me, just spare Oliver's life."
"Bridget no!" Oliver yelled as he ran towards Neville.
"Stupefy!" Neville said lazily and turned back to Bridget just staring at her not in a look of hatred but a look of awe.
"You really do love him…I-I can't believe it. Got damn it Bridget, I can't believe it!" Neville went to attack Bridget, but...
"Stupefy!"
Bridget turned to look at the voice that had stopped Neville Longbottom's second attempt to rape her, "Oliver…how?"
"His hex didn't really hit me, I just acted like it." Oliver said taking the ropes off of Bridget's arms and legs.
Once Bridget was freed she jumped into Oliver's arms and kissed him so deeply that Oliver thought he would melt into the floor. Then Oliver remembered their guest, "Bridget we have got to get out of here."
"Why?"
"Um, Longbottom."
"Oh Merlin! I forgot."
"Me too, hold on to my hand tightly."
"Why?"
"You are going to apparate with me."
"Fine, let's just get out of here."
They ended up at Oliver's flat.
"What are we doing here?" Bridget asked as she looked around his living room.
"I told them that if I found you we would be here."
"But how will anyone know that we are here?"
"Hang on," Oliver did a flick of his wrist and then sat down on the couch and patted the sofa so that Bridget would sit beside him.
Bridget took the seat but asked, "Aren't you going to tell someone that I am here."
"I sent out the signal I was suppose to send out."
"Oh," Bridget said blushing as she felt stupid. "Thank you."
"For what?" Oliver asked as he turned to her.
"For saving me."
Oliver laughed, "Bridget how many times do I have to tell you? I love you more than words could ever explain, I would do anything for you."
Bridget curled up in Oliver's lap and began to kiss those sweet lips of his that she had been dying to kiss for a good few months now.
"I love you," Bridget said pulling back and staring straight into his gray eyes.
"What did you say?"
Bridget never got off of Oliver's lap and Bridget buried her face into the crook of his neck. "I love you," Bridget whispered into his ear before reclaiming the crook of his neck. "I simply love you."
"I love you too," Oliver said holding the love of his life as close to him as possible without crushing her fragile, petite body.
The length of time that Oliver and Bridget sat there just holding one another is not known, but there was a knock on the door and the person walked in.
"Oliver? Miss Potter are you here?"
Bridget jumped out of Oliver's lap to see her Headmaster approaching them, "I can assume that Mr. Wood got you out of harm's way?"
"Yes sir."
Albus Dumbledore sat down in an arm chair across from the couch that Oliver and Bridget had just been cuddle up in. Oliver and Bridget got back on the couch, but not in each other's arms again.
"I am sorry to say Miss Potter that Mr. Neville Longbottom had indeed escaped the cave that he had you hostage in."
"I understand Headmaster."
"Do you really?"
"I don't understand how he got out of Oliver's spell, but I am just thankful that Oliver got me out of there."
"I assume that Longbottom is back to wherever Voldemort is?" Oliver asked turning to his boss and old Headmaster.
"We can only assume," Professor Dumbledore nodded but he went on as he turned towards Bridget Potter. "Unfortunately I have to tell you Miss Potter that Mr. Boot was indeed murdered early today by Mr. Longbottom."
Bridget let the tears she felt for Terry's death roll down her face, "I assumed that. Neville did throw the Killing Curse to my now deceased boyfriend."
Dumbledore turned to Oliver now, "Miss Lovegood is waiting for you at The Burrow. I must say that Miss Lovegood is very worried about you, I presume the two of you are an item."
Oliver felt all of the color from his face erase, Oliver had completely forgotten about Luna. The only person Oliver had on his mind was the lovely Bridget Potter.
Bridget's tear streaked face turned to look at Oliver, "Yes your girlfriend, Luna, will be worried about you. Don't keep her waiting."
Oliver felt a knife to his stomach. Bridget was right, Luna was his girlfriend.
Oliver nodded to Bridget's voice and apparated right outside of The Burrow.
"Miss Potter," Albus Dumbledore's voice brought her back to reality. "Mr. Boot's family would like to see you."
"They would?"
"Yes as you were his girlfriend, they would like you to help them with the preparations to the funeral."
"They would?" She repeated again.
"Yes they would, here is their Floo address." Professor Dumbledore said handing Bridget the piece of paper to this home.
"Thank you Headmaster."
"Miss Potter?"
"Yes sir?"
"I do not want you going alone."
"Okay," Bridget said nodding her head.
"The Boots know that you will be coming by tomorrow with someone of your family, tonight you need to go back to Arabella's."
"Okay."
"But first you will apparate with me to The Burrow."
"Yes sir."
At The Burrow, a pregnant Ginny Potter ran to her best friend and pulled her into a bone crushing hug. "I thought I had lost you, I thought I'd never see you alive again." Ginny sobbed into her best friend's shoulder.
"I'm here Ginny, I am here." Bridget whispered into her best friend's ear, "And it's all thanks to Oliver."
Ginny stepped back and blinked, "Oliver?"
Bridget nodded her head yes.
"Oh Oliver!" Ginny yelled running towards her other friend and taking him out of Luna's arms, "Oh thank Merlin you found her and saved her!"
"Thanks Oliver," Harry said slapping Oliver on the back.
"Oliver?" Luna asked looking from her boyfriend to the lovely Bridget Potter, "You saved Bridget's life?" Oliver nodded his head yes, "Wow that's wonderful Oliver!"
"Luna can we talk outside, dear?"
"Of course," Luna said smiling.
"Oh," Ginny said pulling her eyes shut.
"Love?" Harry asked running to his wife and looking at her. "Love, what's wrong."
Ginny squeezed Harry's hand but didn't open her eyes, "The babies."
"What!" Everyone yelled as Harry's eyes almost popped out of his head.
"The babies, oh Merlin." Ginny's eyes opened to look at Harry terrified, "You've got to get me to St. Mungo's, and now."
"Professor?" Harry turned looking at his Headmaster.
"Here," Dumbledore said tapping a teapot and handing it over to Harry. "This will take you and Mrs. Potter straight to St. Mungo's."
"Thank you Professor…"
"HARRY NOW!" Ginny screamed with terror laced in her voice.
The Potters left and everyone turned to one another, and Sadie Malfoy held on to her abdomen and looked worried about her sister-in-law.
"Ginny will be okay, I swear Susan." Molly Weasley spoke up, "Please don't stress about it because we don't want you to have complications with Draco and your baby too."
"Molly is right," Draco nodded. Draco put his arms around his wife and resting them too on her abdomen, "We don't want both of you in St. Mungo's."
"Exactly," Bridget said eyeballing her sister. "Draco and Molly are right, you should go home."
"I want to know what's going on with Ginny and her babies."
"Sadie," Arabella spoke up shifting Roselyn to her right hip. "We will inform you about Ginny as soon as we find out what's going on, but you need your rest. Your baby needs rest to and Draco needs to put to Breeanna to sleep."
Everyone looked at the sleeping one year old baby in the playpen just feet away, "But I always put her to bed." Susan said with tears in her eyes.
"Let Draco put her to bed with you, but we want you to be careful."
"I'll be fine."
"I want to know what is going on with my wife and my unborn children!" Harry yelled at the nurse in front of him that wouldn't let him in the Emergency Room.
"Mr. Potter, I promise you that once the tests have come back we will inform both you and Mrs. Potter what is going on with both her and your children."
"Then let me at least see her!"
"I'm afraid I have been told not to…."
"My Aunt Arabella owns this bloody hospital, now let me see her!"
"Mr. Potter…."
"Leeann," a blond Healer said from behind the harassed Potter.
"Yes sir?"
"It's okay, Mr. Potter can join his wife in the room we have her in. Mr. and Mrs. Potter can wait together for the test results."
"Oliver what's wrong?" Luna asked as she had stepped outside with her boyfriend, "What's going on?"
"You remember our agreement don't you?"
"What agreement?"
"Oh no, please tell me you still remember the agreement that we had when we started dating."
"Oh," Luna said nodding her head yes. "Of course that agreement. What about it?"
"We are still just friends, correct?"
"Of course," Luna said smiling from ear to ear.
"So you wouldn't mind if I broke us up."
"Nope wouldn't mind at all, in fact I wanted to talk to you about it soon anyways."
"Oh really?" Oliver asked giving Luna a look that just made her laugh.
"Yes I have met a guy."
"And his name is?"
"Lee Jordan."
"You and Lee? Wow, I would have never thought the two of you before but it doesn't sound bad."
"Good," Luna said smiling from ear to ear and the she changed the subject. "So when did Bridget finally come forward with her feelings?"
"How did you know?"
"Because we agreed the only way we would break up is if I found a guy that I wanted to date and he wanted to date me, or when Bridget finally fesses up to her feelings."
Oliver smiled from ear to ear, "Yes she finally admitted her feelings."
"When?"
"After I had saved her from Longbottom."
"Ah ha," Luna said smiling knowingly. "You were the Prince in shining armor for her that you have been trying to play for her since she started going to Cauldron."
"She told me that she loved me."
"Really!" Luna's eyes bugged out more than usual, "That's great Oliver! You did tell her that you loved her too, correct?"
"Of course I did, in fact I've been telling her that we love one another for months now."
"You need to chase after her Oliver."
"When?"
"Now. Go back inside there and tell her you need to speak with her. I need to get back home before my dad starts to freak out, but please tell me how Ginny and the baby are doing as soon as you find out."
Oliver nodded, "I'll owl you as soon as we get word."
"It was fun," Luna said smiling and giving Oliver a hug before she walked back into the Weasley home to Floo back to the Lovegood house.
"Mr. and Mrs. Potter?" The blonde headed Healer questioned as he walked into the room the Potters had been in waiting to hear the test results.
"Don't sugar coat it," Harry spoke up. "Just tell us straight what is going on with my wife and our unborn children."
"Okay," the Healer nodded. "What do you want first? The good news or the bad?"
