Return To Innocence
Chapter 6-The Rescue
WARNING: This chapter contains as sexual scene
MADDIE
"He's coming, Master," peter squeaked. "He should be here any minute."
The air took on more of a chill and I shivered.
"Excellent," the cold voice cooed. "We will finally have him on our side. If he refuses, the witch dies."
I really couldn't believe Peter would do something like this. After all these years. What did we ever do to him for him to turn against us like this?
About 10 minutes later, I heard 2 'pops' as though people Apparated.
"Welcome," the cold voice crooned.
"Release Maddie right now," Remus' voice snarled. I could hear the rage and anger in his voice clearly.
"Not yet," the cold voice snickered. "I want to have some fun with her first."
I felt the tip of a wand pressed against my chest. I braced myself.
REMUS.
The Dark Lord had the tip of his wand pressed against Maddie's chest. He was dressed in a black hooded robe. The hood was pulled up, obscuring his face from view. But I knew it was him. Peter was standing a few inches away, almost cowering.
Maddie was sitting on the ground, with her arms tied behind her around a headstone. She was blindfolded and gagged. Her ankles were also tied. Dirt smudged her legs and arms.
She was sobbing and the blindfold was damp with her tears. Her hair was stringy and dingy. She looked thin and frail, not the usual well rounded person I knew a few weeks ago. This was because of no water or food. I knew she was really weak.
"Her father was easy to kill," The Dark Lord snickered. "She will die unless you join me."
"I will never join you," I growled at him. "Never."
"Suit yourself," Voldemort said in a joyful tone. "CRUCIO!"
The spell hit Maddie right in the chest. She screamed but it was muffled by the gag. Her body twitched and writhed in excruciating pain.
After a few minutes, the spell was lifted. Maddie's body slumped against the headstone and ropes, weak even more. She was breathing heavily and sobbing still.
"Now," Lord Voldemort snarled. "You either join me or I will kill her right now."
I looked at Maddie, completely exhausted and weakened from lack of food for a week or water. At that point, I wasn't thinking of myself…I was thinking of Maddie's welfare and her life.
I had no choice.
"I will join you," I said at last.
I heard Maddie let out a cry of anguish.
"Wonderful!" The Dark Lord said. "She will still die."
"No!" I shouted stepping in front of Maddie. "You will have to go through me first…and I know you want me. So if you kill Maddie, you kill me as well."
The Dark Lord slipped his wand into his robe.
"Well well," he cooed. "What a streak of bravery in you…but in time, that will diminish."
"Very well," he said at last. "Your precious witch will be allowed to return to school. Untie her, Tylus."
"You were working with him?" I asked incredulously.
Tylus nodded and headed over to Maddie. He pulled off the blindfold, gag and untied her wrists and ankles.
I rushed over to her.
She wobbly stood up and almost fell if I hadn't caught her.
"Mooney what are you doing?" she cried. "You can't join him! Don't worry what happens to me! He'll make you turn against your friends!"
She was staring up at me. Her chocolate brown eyes were filled with disbelief and urgency.
"I have to Mads. He would've killed you," I said stroking her cheek.
"I don't care! But he'll manipulate you!"
She turned to the Dark Lord.
"You can kill me but please don't make Remus join you!" Maddie shouted.
"Mads, shut up," I said putting my arms around her.
Even though she was still weak, she struggled against my grip.
Voldemort ignored Maddie.
"You may go," he said to me. "I will call on you when I'm ready."
With that, I Apparated holding onto Maddie.
MADDIE.
We had Apparated a few feet off of Hogwarts' grounds and Remus threw the Invisibility cloak around us. We snuck back onto the grounds and made our way up to the Gryffindor tower.
James, Lily and Sirius immediately looked up the minute we entered the common room.
"Maddie! Oh thank heavens!" Lily gushed as she rushed to help me sit on the couch.
"She's dehydrated and needs food," Remus said.
James immediately took it upon himself to run down to the kitchens.
"He joined Voldemort," I choked out. "Remus joined Voldemort."
A deadly silence followed that statement.
"I had to," Remus said. "He was going to kill Maddie."
"You could've changed and went commando on his ass," Sirius said angrily to Remus. "Now he'll turn you against us!"
"I have a plan," Remus said quietly. "Don't worry."
"We won't," James said flatly. "Because the minute you show signs of hating us or turning against us, we'll turn you in in a heartbeat."
With that, James headed off. Sirius nodded firmly in agreement and followed James out. Lily was regarding Remus with tears in her emerald green eyes.
"I hope you're right, Mooney," she said quietly. "If not, we lost another good friend and I doubt James and Sirius will hesitate turning you in. I understand why you did what you did…but James and Sirius aren't as understanding. I know they know that you had good intentions when you did it…but good intentions can turn especially when influenced by someone like The Dark Lord. I'll help you out with your plan for as long as I can…after that I can't."
She walked toward the girls' dorm, leaving Remus and I alone.
James came back and insisted that I visit the hospital wing. Eating a lot of food at one time could be a shock to my body. Ignoring Remus, he helped me to the hospital wing.
A few days later, through IV's (taken from the Muggle remedies) and gradual food diet, I regained my strength and felt more myself.
James and Sirius refused to be in the same room with Remus when they visited me. I was still angry with Remus too.
That evening, while Remus and I were alone in the hospital wing, I let him know how angry I was.
I was sitting up in bed. Remus was sitting on a chair beside the cot. James had given Remus a cold look before leaving the wing.
"What is everyone still pissed at me?" Remus demanded.
"Well, let's see," I mused mockingly. "You said you'd join the most evil and vile wizard of all time…so do you see anything wrong with that?"
"I did it for you," Remus argued. "I couldn't bear to see him kill you!"
"Well you should've just let him do that! I would've never considered joining him and possibly betray my friends! What's wrong with you?" I shouted back at him.
With that Remus got up, and straddled me, pinning my wrists by my ears on the pillow. He leaned over.
"I have a plan. I'm going to alert the Ministry and secretly owl them His locations each time,"
"You're basically going to spy on Him?" I asked looking up at him. "That's just as ludicrous and dangers as joining him. If not, worse."
"Maddie, trust me…nothing will happen alright? I'm not going anywhere. But please tell James and Sirius to get off my back," Remus said staring down at me with those green eyes.
I looked up at him and felt this uneasy feeling creeping into my chest. I suddenly had a strange feeling that I would never see him again.
"Fine," I said quietly. "And I trust you."
Remus released my wrists and went to get up, but I grabbed him and pulled him back. I kissed him softly and passionately.
I released him a few minutes later.
"What was that for?" he asked breathless and grinning.
"Let's do it," I said staring up at him.
"Do what?" he asked puzzled.
I looked at him meaningfully.
"Oh," he said as realization dawned across his face. "Are you sure? What brought this on all of a sudden? I knew you said you weren't ready."
I sighed and lowered my eyes to his chest.
"I have a funny feeling that I'm not going to see you again," I whispered quietly. "It won't go away either."
Remus exhaled and stroked my cheek.
"I'll be fine alright?" he said gently and softly. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
I paused. "Yes,"
He nodded. "Okay,"
I had a light blue gown on me like the Muggle hospitals wore. Remus kissed me softly and gently. I returned the kisses the same way.
He unbuckled his belt and slipped out of the pants. He also pulled off his shirt leaving him bare chested and in his boxer shorts.
I could sense he was really nervous. I was also. Remus gently kissed me on the side of my neck and helped me slip out of the gown. I was now naked. Remus went back to kissing me. Oddly, it felt totally natural and right to be doing this with him.
A few minutes later, Remus slipped out of his boxer shorts and gently pressed his hip against mine.
REMUS.
I gently pressed my hip against Maddie's and gently pressed a little bit further into her. For a moment, she sucked in air. I thought I was hurting her.
"Am I hurting you?" I asked anxiously.
"No," she said. "Keep going."
I began gently moving and Maddie moved in unison with me. Maddie's expression looked like she was in complete bliss as she closed her eyes and we both just concentrated on the moment. I never thought I would ever be doing this with her…especially since we met in our first year. I felt…well, I knew I was the luckiest guy on earth right now to be with Maddie. It wasn't just the sex, it was being with a special kind of girl like Maddie overall. She was a great person to be around and she made me feel like I could do anything and that I wanted to be a better person because of that.
After a few minutes, I felt Maddie's body fill with excitement and felt her fingers digging into my shoulder as I felt her hitting her excited peak. Shortly, I followed and released my excitement causing Maddie's body to briefly fill with a second round of excitement.
I loomed over her. We were both breathing heavily and sweaty.
"I love you so much," I whispered to her.
"I love you so much too," she replied smiling up at me.
It was a magical experience. I never felt anything like it before in my life and the fact that I had it with Maddie was even more special. She was amazing.
I climbed off Maddie and began getting dressed again. Maddie quickly pulled on the gown.
Once we were all dressed again, but naturally my clothes were tousled slightly and disarrayed, I kissed her again before leaving the hospital wing.
When I reached the common room, James, Sirius and Lily looked up. Lily broke into a knowing grin.
"So Remus, did you finally screw Maddie?" Sirius asked stonily with a cold expression.
I went over to him, clenched my fist, drew my arm back and punched Sirius in the jaw.
Sirius went down.
"Mooney, what the hell are you doing?" Sirius cried as he put his hand on his jaw where I'd punched him.
"I don't appreciate you talking like that," I snapped glaring at him.
"Well, sorry mate," Sirius said coldly. "How about this: Did you finally have sex with Maddie?'"
I knew he was just being a jerk, so I ignored him until Lily put a hand on my shoulder.
"Did you, Mooney?" she asked softly.
I turned to her.
"Yeah," I said quietly.
Lily smiled and patted my arm.
"Well, looks like you've joined the club," James said as he came over to me.
"What club?" I demanded eyeing him.
"The club where our girlfriends are totally in love with us and want more than the first time," James grinned.
"I agree with the first part, but I don't care if Maddie wants to do it again. I love her," I said scowling but then my expression softened when I realized James' expression wasn't cold like Sirius', but soft and caring as well.
"Sorry James," I apologized. "But I have a plan as to why I joined the Dark Lord. I'm going to spy on him and alert the Ministry of his every action."
"Remus, that's really dangerous!" Lily gasped. "If he ever finds out that's why you joined him, he'll kill you for sure!"
"Better me than Maddie," I said turning to her. "And I'll be really careful…I promise. You guys know I'd never REALLY turn over to him right?"
Lily and James nodded, but Sirius hesitated.
Lily caught the hesitation and rounded on Sirius.
"You would actually believe that Remus would turn over?" she cried. "Why on earth would you ever even THINK that?"
"Remus has been acting funny lately," Sirius replied shortly. "Even for him."
"Because he's in love you halfwit," Lily snapped. "When you fall in love you'll know what we're talking about."
Sirius just muttered something before turning and heading out of the common room.
Maddie was released from the hospital wing a few days later. She blushed furiously when Lily talked about what she and I had done.
MADDIE.
Remus, James, Lily and I were all just sitting around the fire place, enjoying each others company. I was sitting next to Remus with one leg tucked underneath me. I had let my hair fall around my shoulders in gentle waves. I was in a dark red nightgown. We were all sitting around in our pajamas.
James told me that Remus had punched Sirius because of the way he asked him if Remus and I'd slept together. Sirius came back into the common room and spied me.
He immediately came over to me, grabbed my face in his hands and kissed me.
