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Hey…sorry I couldn't update sooner…the Christmas period is hectic, even though I don't have school or a job my mum decided I w s to clean the house…along with shopping…I just watched my money disappear…anyway I managed to finally get the next chapter written…hope you like!
Oh and by the way, remember Alex doesn't know who Neville is, so that's why in this first part he is only addressed as 'the man'.
Alex struggled against the person who was pulling her out of the great hall. She screamed, in the hope that Snape and Draco would be bale to follow her, but her kidnapper had already put a silencing spell on her.
She continued to struggle against his grasp, trying to pull his arm from around her waist. His grip only tightened, and Alex winced as he jabbed the tip of his wand into her stomach.
"Keep still or else I'll rid of you right here," a harsh voice she had never heard before hissed at her.
Alex tried to kick him in the shin, and his grasp loosened slightly. Taking the opportunity, Alex pulled away from him, successfully breaking free from his grasp as he winced in pain. She had hit his knee and as she pulled away from the man, Harry's invisibility cloak slid off.
A man she had never seen before glared at Alex as she took a step back down the corridor, she frantically searched her robes for her wand, as he too took a step toward her.
"Looking for this?" he hissed and held up her wand.
Alex didn't say anything, choosing to step back again, until she found herself against on of the dungeons walls.
"You know, you shouldn't be afraid of me," the man said taking a step toward her, "your mother would have wanted us to meet,"
"Don't you dare talk about my mother," Alex tried to say, he throat burning from the silencing spell.
"Or would you rather me talk about your father?" he asked as if he read her mind, "the coward who left his family in shame, before going on to steal one of the most important people away from me"
By this time he was standing directly in front of Alex, and she was finally able to see his face in the dim light coming from the holders in the walls. A long scar was across his thin face, he looked at least twenty years older than her parents, but Alex had a feeling he was the same age. His pale blue eyes bored into hers, daring her to try and say something. He flicked his wand toward her, and Alex felt her throat loosen, and still she didn't say anything.
He put his hand on the wall, next to her head.
"You see Alex, your mother was very important to me, she was there for me from the very first day at Hogwarts," he told her, looking straight into her eyes, "and then she was taken away from me,"
Alex turned her face so she didn't have to look at him. she knew she couldn't escape, she was too far into the dungeons and he had her wand, but she wasn't scared, she wouldn't allow herself to be scared of this animal that was trying to destroy her.
He roughly grabbed the back of her, head, causing her to squeal in pain as he dragged her back down the corridor. He picked up the discarded invisibility cloak and then with a flick of his wand, Alex was put under a binding spell to stop her from struggling.
"But now you and your father will pay," he said as he pushed her in front of him, freeing her legs from the spell so she could walk.
Snape watched, as Draco ran down the hall, following something that was unseen to them all. All he knew was that now Alex was gone, all because he stepped away from her. Panic filled his chest as Draco returned to the great hall, his face pale (if that's possible)
"We can't get through, this maniac has out some type of shield over the corridors: He said breathlessly.
A soft moan came from Jessica Weasley's body.
"Draco we need to get them to the hospital wing," Snape told him sharply.
Draco glared at him, "you take them, I'll try to find a counter curse that works,"
"No, you will help me," Snape responded, "We can't do anything else-
"Can't do anything else?" Draco roared at his old professor, "you just saw what this guy can do and he's got a student and a teacher and your saying we can't do anything,"
"At the moment, we need more help," Snape began, "we need to contact the ministry,"
"Screw the ministry," Draco answered, "they can't help us, our best chance is going after this idiot right now,"
"Draco please," Snape told him, "just help me get these three to the hospital wing, then you can do whatever you want,"
"I'm not going to the hospital wing," Riley said.
Throughout their argument, neither of the men had noticed Riley get up.
"Your right, your going back to the manor," Draco told him as he(riley) leant against the wall.
His breathing was slow and he could barely support himself, "I don't think it would be a good idea if I was sent there without Alex when you said we were both going back there," he said slowly, taking a deep breath, "besides I'm fine, I can help"
"NO," Snape told him, "you're a student and I will not be responsible for putting a student in danger."
"The same way you've put Alex in danger?" Riley said between breaths, "if you hadn't of stepped away from her, he wouldn't have got her. And technically I am no longer a student here,"
Snape glared at him.
Ron's body moved next to Jessica's.
"Riley, you're going to the hospital wing," Draco told him suddenly. He picked up Ron's wand off the floor and flicked it toward the red headed man, levitating him slightly; he began to move him up the stairs as Snape did the same thing with Jessica.
"we'll get there quicker if you let me help you walk," Draco turned back to Riley, who was still leaning against the wall. Riley nodded in a simple reply and let Draco support his weight as they made their way up the stairs.
Hermione paced the family room at the Malfoy manor, as Ginny and Lydia watched on. She hadn't spoken to them since Ginny had bought her there.
"Auntie Mione," Maddy came into the room, followed by Chelsea, "Where's Uncle Blaise?"
these simple words from the small blond girl, caused Hermione to breakdown. Lydia ushered her two daughters out of the room as tears slid down Hermione's face.
"Hermione," Ginny said soothingly as she hugged the women, "everything's going to be fine,"
Hermione pulled away, "stop saying that, if everything was going to be okay, then I wouldn't be here would I? I'd be back at Hogwarts with Blaise and Alex and we wouldn't have to worry about any of this crap," she burst out.
Ginny watched her, shocked from her outburst, when Lydia re-entered the room, without the twins. She next to Hermione, who was now sitting on the floor in front of the fireplace, her knees pulled tightly to her chest.
"Draco's going to find him," She said softly as she wrapped an arm around her.
"Why hasn't he bought Alex back yet, then?" Hermione asked through the tears, as Ginny sat on her other side.
"I don't know," Lydia replied honestly, "but he will keep her safe," she paused, "Blaise is like his brother, I know he will protect both of them,"
Hermione nodded as she wiped the tears from her face, before continuing to watch the fireplace, in the hopes that the green flames may appear.
"Plus Riley is more than likely with her," Ginny added, "and from what I've seen my son is more than willing to do anything to make sure she doesn't get hurt,"
Hermione nodded again, "it's just, Snape said he would send them here almost two hours ago,"
"I know," Ginny said softly.
They finally got to the hospital wing, and to their surprise, nearly all of the teachers in there were sitting up awake.
"Oh, hello," Ben Walker shouted merrily, as the entered the room.
"Riley?" Harry said, "What's going on?"
Snape looked around the hospital wing, both Harry and Professor Dokoft were awake, along with Ben Walker, but Dumbledore was still out cold.
Ron and Jessica were placed on the empty beds as Lavender came rushing in and Riley collapsed in the nearest chair.
"Everybody's coming into visit tonight," Ben said cheerfully as Harry climbed out his bed, Dokoft just looked on, waiting for Snape to respond to Harry's question.
"It was him wasn't it?" Harry asked without needing an explanation.
Snape nodded.
"Where's Hermione and Alex?" Harry asked urgently.
"I had Ginny take Hermione to the manor," Draco told him.
"And Alex?" Professor Dokoft asked, finally catching on, and realising who attacked them.
Neither Snape nor Draco said anything, and both looked down to the floor.
"He's got her Dad," Riley finally spoke, his voice breaking the silence in the room.
a gasp came from Lavender and Professor Dokoft was immediately out of bed.
Harry was already half way down the outside corridor.
"Harry, no," Snape shouted at him, "you don't know what he can do and you shouldn't be out of bed. Lavender tell him."
But Harry didn't listen and soon disappeared from sight. Snape quickly followed him, his black robes billowing behind him, leaving Draco to explain what happened to Ron, Jessica and Riley to Lavender.
He watched as she tended to Ron and Jessica, forgetting about Riley, who was still in the chair near the door. He moved toward Ben Walker's bed.
"Hello,"
"You're a teacher here right?" Draco looked at the man.
"Oh, no, I'm just visiting, waiting for my sister Elizabeth," Ben replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"He's been hit with a memory curse Draco," Lavender interrupted them, "Can't remember anything before he turned seventeen, we've been trying to track down his sister but we can't find her anywhere,"
"Oh, right," Draco said, but turned back to the man, "know any curses?"
Harry moved swiftly down the staircase, ignoring the throbbing pain against his head.
"Harry," he heard Snape call his name, but he ignored that too, and continued to make his way down the stairs.
Finally he came the entrance hall and took in the damage of what had happened. Parts of one had collapsed, where spells had missed their target and a statue had been smashed.
He watched as the wall began to repair itself, not hearing Snape's foot steps as they stopped next to him at the foot of the stairs.
"Harry," Snape began, but Harry raised his hand and Snape fell silent.
"I know you think I should be in the hospital wing, and the truth is I probably should," Harry told him, "but Hermione is my best friend, I have to protect her family or else I might just lose her forever,"
Snape nodded, "let me help," he told him before he watched him disappear into the dungeons,"
Riley jumped as he felt the tip of a wand against his skin. He opened his eyes and lifted his head against the wall, to find Professor Dokoft kneeling in front of him, her wand against his knee."Dolor Aberro," she said quietly, before Riley had the chance to speak
Suddenly all the pain that was infused in Riley Potter's body had vanished. The throbbing in his head was no longer there and the aching in his knees had vanished. He looked at the blonde teacher, who gave him a small smile.
" What was that?" he asked quietly.
She shook her head in response, "In time it shall be revealed, but until then you must go,"
"Go where?" Riley asked, although he already knew.
"To protect her," she answered simply.
This time Riley shook his head "My Dad will protect Alex, he can save them,"
"There is only so much your father can do now, Riley," she told him, "the rest is up to those who really love Alex and Blaise,"
Riley didn't say anything as Professor Dokoft glanced quickly at the other teaches in the room.
"You see, Harry loves Hermione, he says he has forgiven Blaise for what happened all those years ago, but deep down he hasn't, and while he wants to love Alex, he only can as he sees as Hermione daughters, not for who she is," she continued, "and it is his love for Hermione that will allow him to help them, but it will not save them."
"What do I need to do?" Riley asked.
Professor Dokoft smiled, "first you must get Nicole and Draco, they will be able to help you find Alex,"
"What about her dad?" Riley asked.
"We must get Hermione back to the castle first," she told him, "Now, when I distract the others, you must go straight to the tower,"
Riley nodded and the blonde teacher stood and went to move away from him.
"Professor?" Riley asked suddenly, "Why Nicole and Draco?"
"You'll see," She answered him with a smile and flicked her wand toward Professor Dumbledore.
Riley didn't stick around to see what happened to Dumbledore once the spell hit him, and as Malfoy and Professor Brown rushed toward him, he was out the hospital wing in seconds.
Riley shortly found himself in front of the portrait of the fat lady.
"Password?" she asked him.
"Er…" Riley looked at her blankly, he didn't know how he could be so stupid and forget to ask what the password was.
"I can't let you without a password, deary," the portrait spoke to him again, but all he could do was look at her blankly.
Suddenly the portrait door swung open and riley had to jump back as two identical red heads jumped out of the Gryffindor common room.
"Riley," one of his cousins exclaimed as they saw him.
"Er…hello Claire, Stef," he nodded toward his two cousins.
"What ya doing here?" Claire asked as Stef kept glancing down the corridor.
"I'm….um…just visiting….hey could you tell me the password so I can go see Draco?" he asked them.
"Sure," Stef replied, glancing again down the corridor.
He waited, but neither of the girls spoke.
"oh…um, what was it?" Claire looked at Stef.
"Erm…oh yeah…. hippogriff," she said clearly and the portrait swung open.
"Thanks," he called after his younger cousins as they disappeared down the corridor. He took a deep breathe before climbing through the portrait hall.
Nobody noticed Riley as he entered the common room, given the fact that most students had already gone to bed as it was so late. He quickly glanced around the room to find that neither Draco or Nicole, or any of his other friends were in the common room.
Sighing to himself he quickly headed toward his old dorm. He carefully opened the door, hoping not to wake any of the other students that would be asleep.
"Draco" he whispered, as he got to the blonde boys bed, "Draco," he said a little more loudly. He did not move.
"Draco," Riley whispered a little more forceful as he shook the boys shoulders, "Wake up," he hissed.
Draco slowly opened his eyes, "Riley?" he yawned, "Leave me alone, need sleep"
He closed his eyes, only to have Riley shove him roughly, "You need to get up, I need your help," he hissed at him as one of the other boys moved in their sleep.
"Alright, alright, I'm awake," Draco, said sitting up in his bed, "what do you want?"
"Get dressed, I'll tell you when we get into the common room," Riley told him and he went to leave the dorm. He quickly glanced around the room, making sure none of the other boys were awake, when his eyes fell on his old bed, the sleeping form of Brian beneath the dark red covers, and Riley felt his stomach tighten.
Once Riley was back down in the common room, he knew he needed to find a way to get into the girls dormitory, without the stairs sending him back down. He glanced around the common room, not finding anything of use, until, just as Draco was coming down the stairs, he spotted a broom lying on a couch.
He quickly grabbed it, and mounted it, before heading toward the girls staircase.
"Nicole?" Draco said suddenly, and Riley turned to the left, a little too sharply, causing the broom to fly him into a wall. He'd had worse injuries.
Once he was on his feet again, he looked to where Draco had said his cousin's name, to find her asleep on Logan's shoulder in front of a fireplace that had not been lit.
"Nicole, get up," Riley said louder than he intended to, waking Logan up aswell.
She quickly jumped away from him, but glared at her cousin.
"What's going on?" Logan asked.
"Riley needs help with something," Draco told him.
"Nothing," Riley answered at the same time, he glared at Draco.
"Right," Logan said suspiciously, before he looked at Nicole, "so…um…I'm gonna head up to bed…" he scratched his head.
"um…yeah, me too…Goodnight," Nicole answered, giving him a small smile, before turning to head up her own staircase.
"Actually I need to talk to you," Riley spoke up as she put her foot on the first step.
"About what?" Nicole asked.
"Erm… stuff," Riley answered looking at Logan.
"Oh, right, well night then," Logan took the hint, and left the other three to watch him go up the stairs.
Finally the three were left alone. Nicole and Draco stared blankly at Riley, waiting for them to tell him what was going on.
"Riley?" Nicole finally broke the silence, "are you going to tell-"
"Shh-" Riley interrupted her and headed toward the portrait hole, "I don't want anyone to hear us,"
Nicole looked at Draco, who just shrugged and began to follow him out of the common room, sighing Nicole grabbed her wand off the arm of the armchair, before following the two boys into the corridor.
Riley knew, that by now, Lavender and Draco (senior) would be looking for him in the castle, so instead of stopping to explain things to them, he headed straight down the corridor, toward the great hall.
"Riley, mate, are you going to tell us what's going on?" Draco asked, he was jogging to keep up with him, while Nicole was walking behind them.
Riley stopped, causing Nicole, who wasn't watching, to run into him. he could hear footsteps heading in their direction. Glancing along the corridor quickly, he spotted a classroom, he grabbed both Nicole and Draco and pulled them into the empty room and shut the door quickly.
Riley sat against the door and out his head in his heands as the two people passed the classroom, not even bothering to look.
"Riley, why is my Dad at Hogwarts?" Draco asked suddenly.
"Your Dad?" Riley asked, trying to play dumb.
"Yeah, my Dad, the guy your trying to avoid, the one who just walked past here with Professor Brown," Draco responded.
"Well, you see," Now that Riley had the perfect opportunity to tell them he couldn't find the words.
"Riley," Nicole sat on the cold stone in front of him, "What's happened?"
Riley looked at his cousin and he knew he couldn't lie to her, "it's Alex, I, we need to save her and her dad," a tear slid down his cheek from beneath his glasses.
Nicole nodded and hugged him, "everything will be fine, Dumbledore will stop this guy,"
Riley shook his head, "Dumbledore was attacked, and he's in the hospital wing…. Professor Dokoft, she sent me to get you two and told me we had to save them,"
Nicole didn't say anything and Riley felt her embrace loosen. He looked over her shoulder to see Draco looking at them, as their eyes met, Draco seemed to spring into action and he pulled them both up on their feet, his wand ready for action.
"Come one then," Draco told them, before he marched out of the classroom and down the staircase into the great hall.
Neville threw Alex to the ground and he listened as he heard her bone crack against the cold stone.
"Lumos," he hissed and the light form his wand allowed Alex and her father to see each other.
Blaise was livid when he saw his daughter, and if he hadn't been tied up, he would have been ready to murder Neville. Alex finally allowed herself to cry when she saw Blaise, and as Neville turned his back to them, she crawled over to his body, where he was tied to a pipe along the wall. Blaise tried to speak to her, but no words came out.
"My silencing charms work excellent, do you agree Alexandria?"
Neville turned back around, a large glass full of the thick bubbling potion in his hand.
"See Blaise, I told you it wouldn't be so hard," Neville told him with a sneer, "now I just need one last thing for my plan to be perfect," he moved toward the two of them, and with a flick of his wand, Blaise was able to speak.
"You really think this plan is going to work?" he spat at the man.
"It has so far hasn't it?" Neville answered, "now I just need one more hair," Blaise moved his head out of Neville's reach, but he got his handful of dark curls.
He went to take the first mouthful, but stopped, bring the cup away from his lips.
"Now, Blaise, once I drink this, I will take your binding spell off, but you must promise that you won't escape…not that you would be bale to anyway," Neville sneered, before emptying the cup.
He dropped the glass and it smashed as it the cold stone. Neville's body began to shake and it looked as if he were having a spasm as his body transformed.
He picked up the invisibility cloak, which was lying in a silver puddle near the only door.
"Remember, no trying to escape," Alex listened as the familiar voice filled the room, a voice that was laced with evil. Then he was gone and the room was left in darkness.
A few seconds past and the few candles that were along the walls were lit and Alex looked at her father.
"I'm sorry," he whispered to her as he tried to sit up against the wall, not having enough energy to support his own weight.
Alex said nothing, instead she found herself in her fathers arms, her warm tears soaking into his pyjama shirt.
Harry pointed his wand down the corridor, he could see the light from he other torches, yet he was unable to reach them. He glanced at Snape, who was frowning at the unseen force field.
"Severus," Harry spoke to his old potions teacher, "what if we use an unforgivable?"
Snape shook his head, "no, Harry, this is very very ancient magic, an unforgivable would not be strong enough,"
"What if we did it all together?" a new voice asked.
Both teachers spun around to find Nicole Weasley, Draco Malfoy (jnr) and Riley Potter standing there.
"What are you doing here?" Snape bellowed at them.
"Professor Dokoft sent us to help," Riley finally spoke up.
"You need to go back to Gryffindor tower," Harry told them simply, not looking at his son, "I don't care who sent you.
Suddenly Professor Dokoft was in the hallway with them, her body was surrounded by a light glow.
"They can help you," she told Harry and Snape sternly.
"Their only students," Harry stepped toward the blonde women, who didn't flinch, Snape looked on, slightly shocked by her sudden appearance.
"I already know how this battle unfold, Harry," she told him, her voice was clam and unnerving, "you will not win if you do not have these three with you," and with that she disappeared.
Harry stared at the spot where Professor Dokoft was just standing, then he looked at the students.
"So, about this unforgivable," Draco(jnr) asked, looking at Snape, "will it be strong enough if all five of us cast it at the same time?"
Neville slipped into Snape's office, where he left the invisibility cloak. He knew that just down the corridor teachers would be working to break his shield, although he thought it was going to take them a while to break it down.
He grabbed a handful of floo powder and threw it into the fireplace and as the flames turned green he stepped into them and shouted Malfoy Manor.
He stepped out of the fireplace, to see Hermione, Ginny Potter and who he guessed was Draco Malfoy's wife sitting on the couch.
"Mum," Neville whispered, a as the three women looked toward the fireplace.
"Alex," Hermione cried as she embraced her daughter in a hug.
A/N: well that was chapter 34…hope you all liked…oh and in case you didn't quite get it Neville polyjuiced Alex and not Blaise this time… well hopefully I'll be able to update before the new year, but it will definitely be after Christmas...so happy Christmas everyone, or happy whatever holiday you celebrate….
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