Chapter 4
Ok I'll try my best to get some action. Oh! I know…TORMENT PETER! YES! Ok…also like the last story, vision things are bold and flashback type things are italic just so you know.
Leah rolled over and her arm fell across something warm…like a body. She opened her eyes slowly to see Draco, fast asleep, next to her. She propped herself up on her elbow to examine him better. Sometime during the night he had taken off his shirt and now Leah could see all the marks and bruises. Her hand rested on his chest for a second before he seemed to flinch and next second was awake.
"Why are you hands so bloody cold?" Draco asked.
"A question that has baffled even me." Leah said. "I think Hermione and Ginny have gone to Headquarters already."
"What is Headquarters?" Draco asked, his hand resting on Leah's arm and pushing her gently so that she lied back down.
"My house." Leah said. "Not this one. One that has belonged in the Black family for…ever practically."
"So wouldn't it be your dad's house again then?" Draco asked.
"I really don't know." Leah said. "But there's like so many spells on it that I don't think you'll be able to come and see it."
"That's ok." Draco said. There was a pop and they both jumped. Draco jumped so bad he actually fell out of the bed, pulling the sheets with him.
"Dobby!" Leah said. She sat up.
"Good morning!" Dobby said, bowing.
"Bloody hell!" Draco said, getting up. "Would you please stop doing that?"
"I am most sorry." Dobby said.
"That's ok Dobby." Leah said. "Next time just…pop…outside of the room and knock on the door ok?"
"Yes miss." Dobby said. He disappeared. Leah and Draco looked at each other. There was a knock on the door.
"Come on in Dobby." Leah said, smiling. Dobby walked into the room. Draco sat down on the bed. "So what's up?"
"Professor Dumbledore has given Dobby a special job, miss." Dobby said. Leah raised an eyebrow. "Dobby is to watch you and Mr. Malfoy to ensure that you stay safe and to report back if something very, very bad happens." He nodded his head.
"Uh ok." Leah said.
"Is there anything Dobby can do for you now, miss?" Dobby asked.
"Uh…" Leah said.
"Breakfast?" Draco suggested. He shrugged slightly.
"Yeah…breakfast would be nice. If you don't mind." Leah said.
"Right away miss." Dobby said.
"Oh and Dobby." Leah said. "Just call me Leah."
"And if you call me Mr. Malfoy or anything that you used to call me…then I will hurt you." Draco said. He smiled, letting Dobby know that he was joking. Dobby actually smiled, nodded, and left the room. Draco smirked then pushed Leah over and looking down at her. Leah looked at him curiously. "Have I told you lately how much I missed you?"
"Not in a while no." Leah said, smiling.
"Well I do." Draco said, leaning down and capturing Leah's lips. She kissed him back. Suddenly she pulled away and looked down. "You ok?"
"Yeah…" Leah said.
"Liar." Draco said. Leah sighed. "What's wrong?"
"I just keep thinking about it." Leah said. The way she spoke, Draco knew she was only talking about one thing. The baby. He gathered her into his arms, hugging her tightly. "It's all my fault."
"What do you mean?" Draco asked, tilting Leah's head up slightly.
"I'm supposed to be this great protector." Leah said. "And…and I couldn't ever protect the baby. And…and if I'm supposed to be some wise and powerful person then why couldn't I be smart enough to stay away when he called?"
"You wouldn't have known." Draco said.
"But I did know!" Leah said. Draco raised an eyebrow. "That day when Dumbledore called us to his office and I sorta fainted just outside. I saw it…I saw Voldemort hurting me. I had no clue then what was going on but I should have known when I heard him calling. And…oh god…I'm so sorry for knocking you out then."
"Hey…don't worry about it." Draco said. "It wasn't your fault. Don't blame yourself. Anyone would have gone. You're not weak and you're not stupid. You keep blaming yourself and I won't kiss you again." He smiled, but when Leah didn't return it, the smile faded. "Come on Le. There's nothing you could have done." He would have said more if it wasn't for the fact that the doorbell had rung.
"Dobby has it!" Dobby called.
Leah and Draco walked down the stairs a few minutes later. She had changed into jean shorts and a red halter top. Sitting in the living room, getting served by Dobby, was Bill and Fleur.
"Hey you two." Leah said. Bill and Fleur looked up, both smiling. Bill's faded slightly when he saw Draco. Obviously that whole family had a problem with him.
"Heard from Dumbledore and your folks that you got set free." Bill said. "I still don't understand."
"Dumbledore dropped whatever spell he…" Leah said.
"Not that…you're parents." Bill said.
"Oh…join the club." Leah said. Dobby returned to the kitchen. "Umm…Draco."
"Yeah?" Draco asked.
"Why don't you help Dobby?" Leah said.
"Sure." Draco said. He actually felt relieved because he didn't really want to be around with the death glare coming from Bill. He kissed Leah then retreated to the kitchen. Leah sat across from Bill and Fleur. It was then she noticed something on Fleur.
"OH MY GOD!" Leah said. Bill and Fleur jumped. "Oh my god…you're pregnant!"
"What? Oh yes." Fleur said, smiling.
"Again." Leah said. Bill and Fleur already had a child, a girl named Rose. Ginny was thrilled to be an aunt. Fred and George saw it as someone they could induct into their pranking ways.
"Only a few months…about half way through." Bill said. Leah shook her head. There was a crash and a yelp followed by lots of swearing from the kitchen.
"Uh…be right back." Leah said, getting up and rushing into the kitchen. "What the hell happened?"
"Nothing." Draco said, a little too quickly. He turned too, but not before Leah saw the blood.
"Right." Leah said, slowly walking over. She grabbed his hand and yanked. Draco gave a yelp of pain. Leah examined the cut on the back of his hand. It wouldn't have been that bad if it hadn't gone through veins. "Ow…what you do?"
"I told him not to." Dobby said.
"What happened?" Bill asked, coming into the kitchen.
"Nothing." Draco said.
"Shut up." Leah said.
"I haven't even seen you for a whole twenty-four hours and you're already acting...well…bossy." Draco said.
"You don't want help…fine." Leah said, dropping his hand and leaving the kitchen…leaving the house altogether because they heard the front door slam.
"Bloody hell." Bill said, walking over to Draco. "You really should be more careful around her." He healed the younger guy's hand.
"Thanks…and I know." Draco said.
"Mr. Malfoy…" Dobby said, but Draco glared at him. "I mean…D-Draco."
"Yeah?" Draco asked.
"Dobby thinks that you should go apologize." Dobby said.
"That would probably be the smart thing." Bill said. "You're just lucky she's not part Veela."
"I heard that!" Fleur said.
"Like I said…you're spending too much time around my mother." Bill called. He looked at Draco. "As much as I'd rather have you and Leah not all friendly and shit…I have to agree with the elf. Better to have her happy then mad."
"Yeah." Draco said. He left quickly, without even bothering to put on a shirt either. He stopped once he got to the corner of Leah's street and looked around. She had a pretty good head start…how was he gonna find her.
"It's almost genetic." Leah said. "My mom and grandma did it when they were upset…always go to a park. Why do you think my house is so close to one all the time?"
Draco smirked at the memory before heading towards the park. Sure enough, there was Leah, sitting on top of the monkey bars.
"This is different. Normally you're on a swing." Draco said, walking over slowly. Leah looked down at him. "You gonna come down?" Leah shook her head. "Right then…coming up." Draco grabbed one of the bars and pulled himself up.
Lily, in full Death Eater look, watched and greeted other Death Eaters as they entered. She was glad for the mask because she had a disgusted look on her face. Finally, the one she was waiting for showed. She could tell it was him because of his twitchy behavior.
"Hello, Wormtail." Lily said, stepping in front of Peter to block his way. "Join me for a quick walk?"
"We…we…" Peter said.
"This will only take a second." Lily said, taking hold of Peter's arm and leading him away from the building. She led him far away and into a forest. Peter struggled but Lily's grip only tightened. They came to a clearing before she released him and turned to face him. "Do you remember me?"
"Sh-should I?" Peter asked.
"Yes, Peter. You should." Lily said, removing the mask and flipping down the hood. Peter screamed. "Enough of that."
"L-L-Lily?" Peter said.
"Still stuttering I see." Peter screamed again and turned to see Sabrina standing behind him. "Hello again Peter." He fell over and tried to scurry away from the girls…only to wind up in front of Sirius.
"Always the slimy little backstabber aren't you?" Sirius said, pushing Peter back into the middle with his foot.
"But…but…but…you're all s-s-supposed to be d-d-dead!" Peter said.
"Yeah but we're still here anyways." Peter felt like fainting as he slowly turned to see James standing directly across from Sirius. "Now see…if we wait a minute…Moony will be here…then it'll be a real party."
"Can't we just…hurt him a bit?" Sirius asked.
"Now, now Sirius." Sabrina said. Peter watched them. Sirius shook his head and Sabrina made an exaggerated motion. Sirius sighed then nodded. "Don't even think about it." Peter's eyes snapped over to Sabrina.
"Th…think about what?" He asked.
"Oh…I know you." Sabrina said. "You're thinking of turning into the rat that you are. I'm telling you not to."
"You think Molly would be upset that we didn't invite her to this?" Lily asked.
"Nah. Molly's more busy taking care of Harry and Ron." Sabrina said. "Where is Moony?"
"Should be here…" James said.
"Now." Remus said, coming out of no where.
"Took ya long enough." Sirius said.
"What…what are you going to do?" Peter asked.
"We're not gonna kill you." Sabrina said.
"We're not?" Sirius and James asked.
"No." Sabrina said. "We're not. We're just gonna torment him." James and Sirius smiled.
Leah dragged Draco along by the hand. He looked confused. They had talked a bit before Leah swung down from the bars, Draco jumped, and she started pulling him somewhere. Now they were in a forest and, from the minimal amount of light that managed to shine through the cluster of trees, Draco could tell it was getting late. Bill and Fleur were probably gone by now and Hermione was probably back and, more then likely, talking to Dobby about some sort of elf rights thing or something.
"Ok…where are we going?" Draco asked for the fifth time.
"Just wait." Leah replied. "We're almost there." She stopped in front of a big rock. Draco raised an eyebrow before Leah took out her wand and tapped the rock four times. It slid to the side and Leah continued pulling Draco. The rock slid back and everything went dark. "Stay put for a minute."
"Wait…what?" Draco asked, slightly fearful as Leah released his hand and he heard her footsteps die out. He tried staying calm but the dark was getting to him. "Leah?"
"Yeah?" Leah replied. She sounded pretty close.
"What are you doing?" Draco asked.
"Trying to remember where I…here it is." Leah said. There was a crack sound and instantly candles lit. Draco blinked a few times and looked around. It was quite homely considering the fact that it was a cave. Draco doubted he would want to live here but maybe a night or two there wouldn't be that bad. There was even a bed like thing. It was more like a big mattress on the ground with a few blankets and some throw pillows. "What do you think?"
"Nice place." Draco said.
"I haven't been here for…well…a year pretty much." Leah said. "Actually…ever since Dumbledore put that protection on me. I was here pretty much all the time between leaving school and then." She flopped down on the bed. Her sandals were off and against the wall. "It's kinda like my little get away place." She patted the bed next to her and Draco, taking the hint, joined her.
Voldemort walked amongst his Death Eaters. He talked to some of them as he approached Bellatrix.
"My lord?" Bellatrix asked, looking up. Ever since that day where he had so brutally attacked her body, Bellatrix had been…not herself. She was slightly child like now, with a lost look in her eyes that seemed to replace the hollowness.
"Tell me, Bella." Voldemort said. "Have you felt anything, out of order in the last few days?"
"What do you mean?" Bellatrix asked.
"Your cousin." Voldemort said.
"Black?" Bellatrix asked.
"Of course him!" Voldemort said. Bellatrix flinched. "Have you felt anything?"
"I do not…" Bellatrix started.
"What about the girl?" Voldemort asked. Bellatrix's eyes were down and she thought.
"She feels…peaceful." Bellatrix said. She frowned.
"Of course she does." Voldemort said. "Gather everyone together."
"So Peter….how does it feel to be on the receiving end?" James snarled as they brought Peter out of yet another vision type thing. They had just made him feel how it was like when James died. They had already made him feel how Sirius felt and they had already done a bit of torturing.
"Please…" Peter said.
"You gonna say you're sorry now?" Remus asked. "It's a little late for that." They all pointed their wands at Peter. Through the whole time they hadn't moved. If someone saw them from over head, they would see the five friends standing at five different points of a pentagram with Peter in the middle. This time Lily shouted the spell and Peter screamed as he was thrown into Lily's life before she died.
((A/N: Tormenting Peter is so much fun.))
"No more, please." Peter said, curling up into a ball once he had come back.
"One more." Sabrina said. "Time for all of you to know exactly how I died." The wands rose once more and Sabrina said the spell. This time the scream issuing from Peter's mouth was one of sheer fright and pain. Sabrina watched him with a blank expression. Everyone in the pentagram saw what Peter saw and the other four gasped.
Peter stood to one side and slightly behind Voldemort. Sabrina was on one knee, practically covered in blood but still with that fighting expression in her eyes.
"Why keep fighting?" Voldemort asked.
"It's better to die fighting then to give up to you." Sabrina said.
"If I don't kill you then you'll bleed to death." Voldemort said. "See as the blood runs in a river now." Sabrina shook involuntarily. "What say you, Wormtail…prove your loyalty."
"I'll get you back for this…Peter." Sabrina said. Peter was shaking all over as he raised his wand. "We were your friends and you sided with THIS!"
Harry pushed open the door to his room at headquarters, feeling numb. He and Ron had returned just in time to see that his parents, as well as Sirius and Sabrina, were there…and leaving. Lily had cried while she hugged Harry and James tried not to cry. They said they'd explain when they got back from…whatever they were going to do. Once the four of them left, Harry had asked for some time alone and headed to his room.
Now he was sitting on the bed, looking at the pictures of his parents. They looked older then the last picture taken and he wasn't completely sure why. Sabrina looked pretty much the same as when he last saw her and Sirius did too, although he did seem slightly older. What was going on? Dumbledore said there were no spells to bring the dead back to life but here they were, all four of them, flesh and bone and all that. Was this something planned? Was someone a lot more powerful then they let on? Was he, Harry, a lot more powerful then he realized? Harry smiled. He probably was. After all, he was supposed to beat Voldemort wasn't he? Everyone said so. That must have been it. It must be…
Harry jumped when, what looked like a tear, appeared in front of him then opened up. At first it was dark and then there was light and he saw Leah. She had her head tilted and, seemingly, was looking at him. Her hair was back to it's original colour, maybe a bit lighter and she seemed to have grown more…curvy. She was sitting on a bed…no…a mattress. She was talking too.
"Leah?" Harry said. Leah's eyes looked down for a moment as she continued talking. "Leah!" Her eyes looked up. Then Harry saw it…or more…him. Draco was with her. Draco Malfoy! Harry couldn't believe it! Didn't Ginny just tell him that Leah had had no contact whatsoever with Draco? Draco's hand was on Leah's cheek now and he was talking. There was a knock on the door and whatever Harry was seeing had vanished.
"Harry?" Ron said, coming into the room.
"What?" Harry asked.
"Umm…were you calling Leah's name?" Ron asked.
"I…" Harry said. "I don't know."
Draco watched Leah closely as she talked about random things. He sighed and put a finger over her mouth. She looked at him.
"What's really bothering you?" Draco asked. He dropped his hand.
"I…" Leah said. She decided to not lie…for once. "I miss Harry."
"Didn't need to be a genius to figure that out." Draco said. Leah looked down.
"I miss both of them. Harry and Ron." Leah said. "And…It's been so long since I…"
"Hey…look at me." Draco said. Leah looked up. He put his hand on her cheek and Leah leaned against it. "You'll see them again. I know you will."
"How do you know?" Leah asked.
"Because…" Draco said. "Lily told me about his prophecy…and yours. And by the sounds of it, you need to actually see and talk with him in order for him to beat Voldemort."
"Yeah." Leah said. "I don't wanna talk about this right now."
"Ok…we won't." Draco said. He suddenly had a mischievous smirk on his face. "We'll do other stuff." Leah giggled before Draco kissed her. She pulled away after a while.
"I think…" Leah said.
"Stop thinking." Draco muttered, kissing her neck. Leah groaned. "No more thinking."
James, Lily, Sirius and Remus stared at Sabrina. Peter had been unconscious for the last few minutes. Sabrina had been looked at him with the same blank expression she had before the vision started.
"Sas…" Lily said. Sabrina looked up.
"I can't believe it." Sirius said. "Peter? Peter killed you?"
"Surprise, surprise." Sabrina said, bitterly. "His final betrayal to us…and his proven devotion to Voldemort."
"Why?" James asked.
"Why not." Remus said.
"I was the closest one to him once Lily and I joined you guys." Sabrina said. "There were times were you four would fight and I would hang out with Peter. Seems only natural for him to be the one to kill me."
"Sabs…" Sirius said.
"What?" Sabrina snapped. "It wasn't easy. Watching your friend kill you. Even though it was Peter's information, Voldemort killed you two." She looked at Lily and James. "And Bellatrix killed Sirius. Lucius killed my father and…" She stopped.
"Who killed mom?" Lily asked. Sabrina didn't answer. "Sabs."
"Peter did it, ok." Sabrina said. "The only reason he couldn't kill dad was because that Leah was gonna be with him."
"Oh shit, Leah!" Sirius said. "We forgot…"
"She's fine." Sabrina said. "She's with Draco."
"Are they…" Lily said.
"No…that's not gonna happen for another month or so. She's gonna stay with mom and dad for the time being." Sabrina said. The others nodded, except for Remus.
"Wait…what are you talking about?" Remus asked.
"Should we tell him?" Lily asked.
"I don't see why not." Sabrina said. "He's been pretty good at keeping secrets so far." She looked at Remus. "Did you know that in March of her last year, Leah got pregnant?"
"What?" Remus asked.
"Yeah…but then in May…" Sirius said. "Voldemort killed the baby. That's why Leah was in the hospital wing and looked pretty bad."
"Did…" Remus started.
"Draco didn't know until she told him after being in the hospital wing." Sabrina said. "Only Madam Pomfrey, McGonagall and Dumbledore knew."
"No wonder she was so sad." Remus said. Through that whole time none of them had moved from their points. They now all looked at Peter as he stirred.
Up above a tall man with black hair walked back and forward, a young baby held in his arms. It was his turn to watch the child and he had no objections to it. No matter how he acted when he was alive, he now acted much kinder in death. The baby shifted in his arms and he stopped moving and looked down at her.
"Only a month or so left now. Be patient." Snape said. "Your parents are together again. Things are moving along." The baby looked up at him with big round eyes. Her eyes were the most extraordinary part of her, almost as if she couldn't make up her mind on which parent's eyes she wanted. One eye was silver and the other was a light green colour. Snape smiled. "Yes…they are 'together' right now. But we are not going to peek. That isn't something you should see and isn't exactly something I want to see." The baby giggled and smiled. Snape laughed.
Leah was asleep, lying under the blanket on the mattress. The blanket was the only thing covering her otherwise naked body. She was the only one in the cave. Draco was just outside it, leaning against the rock and looking around. It was pitch black outside and he couldn't see much. He had his pants on and his shirt was unbuttoned so that it flapped slightly in the light breeze. Other then that he wasn't wearing anything.
He thought about Leah, and how she always seemed to amaze him. First it was the way she responded when he used to drag her into closets and kiss her. Then it was her inviting him, of all people, to come with her to her grandmother's funeral. Then the songs and all the stuff in their last yeah. Now…
"Hey…why are you out here?" Leah asked. Draco looked at her. Her head was tilted slightly and she had a smile, curious smile on her face. She looked slightly worried and tired. She had the sheet wrapped around herself.
"Just wanted some air, try to figure out what time it was. Neither of us have watches." Draco said.
"We're not that smart." Leah said. Draco smirked and shook his head. Leah's smile grew a bit.
"I was just thinking." Draco said, looking around a bit. "In a sense I'm sorta free-ish." Leah's head tilt a bit more. "Free from not worrying about you so much. Sorta free from Voldemort."
"He hasn't called?" Leah asked, frowning slightly now.
"Oh…he's called." Draco said, holding out his hand. Leah gasped when she looked at his arm. If it wasn't for the pale skin surrounding the mark, it would have blended in perfectly with the black ground.
"Oh my god." Leah said, putting her hand over it but quickly withdrawing it when Draco hissed. "Oh sorry."
"Don't worry." Draco said.
"I wish I could…" Leah said. Draco covered her mouth with a finger before turning to face her fully.
"There's nothing you can do." He said softly. "Once it's on, it's there for life. Even one as crappy as mine. And even after Harry defeats Voldemort." Leah's face darkened slightly. "What?"
"There's something you should know." Leah said. "Something that I…well…the Order…something they think will have to be done."
"What?" Draco asked again.
"Now that Voldemort has set Bellatrix aside, your dad is pretty much second in command." Leah said. "So if Harry defeats Voldemort…."
"Lucius will try to take over and become the new top dog." Draco said.
"Yeah." Leah said. "So we might have to…"
"Kill him." Draco said. Leah looked at him. "I understand, and I'm fine with it. It's not like he was ever a father figure to me, even if he was my biological one. My mom I might care more about but ever since I told all of them that I wasn't going to track you anymore, they've…well…let's just say they don't consider me as their child anymore."
"That's bad." Leah said. Draco shrugged. They went back into the cave. They sat on the bed for a while in silence. Leah got dressed and sat down again.
"There's something I have to ask you." Draco said. Leah looked at him. "Something your parents said we had to do in order to move on or something."
"How much farther do we need to move?" Leah asked, smiling. Draco smiled and shrugged. "Ok…what is it?"
"How do you feel about me?" Draco asked. Leah's face fell. Everyone who had known her practically her who life would know that she had never used the word 'love' in the same sentence with a living person. How was she going to handle trying to explain to Draco what she felt?
You'll just have to wait and find out. Sorry for the delay. Lol…I was gonna put this up two days ago but I decided to give you guys a Christmas present on time so here you go! I WANT REVIEWS IN RETURN!