Zaara grew up day by day, month by month and Jade took care of everything she needed and Harry; well he wasn't seen most of the time. Jade would everyday hear his taunts and take his beatings. Year by year passed and Zaara grew into a beautiful five year old.

"Good morning sweetie." Jade said kissing her daughter as she woke up.

"Good morning mommy!" she said brightly and Jade smiled running her hand through her jet black hair. She had Harry's green eyes and black hair. She had Jade's structure and lips and her skin was a beautiful rosy complexion. Jade and Harry's relationship was strained and she was his wife by law but inside their house, she was his slave. She was in hell for the past five years and wanted her freedom. Jade didn't pay much attention to Harry because she was so engrossed in her daughter. She cleaned her room seeing her jewelry that Harry used to gift to her went missing.

When she asked Harry, he would say she probably misplaced them herself. She found her gowns missing also and she shook her head knowing that someone was taking them away. One day as she was doing her laundry, a sparkle caught her eye and she saw glitter on the collar of Harry's shirt. She smelled it smelling perfume that wasn't hers and saw lipstick stains. She thought it probably got there by accident so she put them in wash not wanting to think he cheated on her.

In his private den, Jade was cleaning out a few things and she opened a drawer seeing letters packed in rubber bands. She opened them and saw Hermione's letters, Ron's letters, Ginny's letters and even letters from her mother, father and friends that she never received. Jade put them to the side and realized they were five years old to today's date. There were other letters and Jade opened them reading it. The contents in the letter were shocking to Jade because it was from Harry's mistress. Jade shook crying feeling stupid that she never suspected in five years of her broken marriage. She wanted to know what she did wrong during their marriage but it wasn't her because he was the one that started everything. Jade took the letters and left.

Harry came back home and he was greeted with Zaara jumping on him.

"Daddy! Daddy!" she said jumping up and down and he smiled hugging her.

"Hey honey, how was your day?" he asked setting his briefcase down.

"Good! Did you know I know the word masserpiece?" she asked and Harry nodded amused. He took off his shoes and Jade appeared staring at him from the door of the living room. Harry looked up and saw her long bare legs, something he didn't see in years. She was wearing shorts and a tight black t shirt looking quite sexy.

"What's wrong with you?" he asked seeing makeup on her.

"I missed you today." she purred. Harry gave her a questioned look and she walked up to him and put her hands on his chest.

"Zaara go into your room please." Jade said and Zaara said

"Yes Mummy." she said leaving into her room.

"Jade you-" he was cut short with her lips against his. Harry felt tiny shocks going through his body but he was tired that night because of coming back from a certain escapade of his. "Jade STOP." he said firmly pushing her away.

"Why? Don't you want me anymore Harry? It seems like forever since we've touched each other like this." Jade said pressing into him.

"Get AWAY from me." he said pushing her off.

"Does Harry Potter find his wife boring? It's fine; I can be like that woman that was sending you those letters, thanking you for the presents and special moments you've spent with her. I can be like that woman that can leave scents and stains on your clothes." Jade said being shoved off.

"What the bloody hell are you talking about? You're going crazy, I have no woman sending me-" Harry stopped seeing the letters in Jade's hand.

"Dear…Harry, thank you for last night. You were amazing and I want to thank you for that diamond necklace you gave me. Love…" Jade trailed off throwing it on him. "I can't believe you cheated on me with some low prostitute." Jade hissed.

"She is NOT a prostitute." Harry defended her grabbing Jade's shoulders.

"I found about your mistress Harry. What did I do wrong these years? I loved you and this is what you do to me? You hit me but I keep my mouth shut for you so what's the problem?" Jade asked and Harry yelled threatening to hit her.

"Go ahead Harry; you've done it for the last 5 miserable years of our married life!" Jade said going back and slapping him across his face.

"I've been waiting to do that ever since you raped me." Jade said her eyes glittering with hate. Harry quickly held the stinging slap and looked at her laughing quietly.

"You are a disgusting little filth that just wanted to ruin a girl's life. There is no revenge that can match up to what you did to me you twisted ass." Jade said and Harry out of nowhere took her body and slammed it against a wall.

"Nice to see you know now but you're going to die today in front of your daughter." he said and Jade screamed when he picked her up and dropped her on the floor. Jade picked herself up and started running to get to Zaara but Zaara was already out wanting to know why her mother was screaming.

"Mummy?" she asked and Jade went to tell her to run but Harry yanked her hair and started to choke her by putting her in a headlock. Jade struggled and tried to fight back but he held on tighter as Zaara screamed for her father to stop.

"Daddy STOP! Stop hurting Mommy! Stop!" she screamed trying to hit him. Harry grabbed Zaara and went to the kitchen and took out a knife.

"If you leave me, I'll kill her. I swear." he said and Jade believed him her heart pounding because her daughter's life was on the line. Zaara cried seeing the big knife held tightly against her neck.

"Daddy why are you doing this to me? Daddy I thought you loved me!" she squeaked and Jade let out a sob.

"Shut up." Harry said his eyes not leaving Jades.

"Harry put down the knife." Jade said summoning the wand in her mind.

"I'll kill the two of you tonight. How dare you slap me and tell me off! Yeah I raped you so what? It doesn't make a fucking difference to me. You will NOT leave me or tell anyone about me for that matter." he said and Jade nodded walking slowly with the wand behind her back.

"Listen Harry, it doesn't have to be this way. We can talk and work things out." Jade said hearing the blood pounding in her ears. Zaara by this time was squeaking and crying silently and shook from the fear.

"No, you're not going to forgive me." he said and Jade sighed.

"I will Harry just-EXPELLIARMIS!" Jade yelled as the knife flew out of Harry's hand. Harry dropped Zaara and Jade used her head quickly.

"Petrificus Totalus."

Harry's body froze and he dropped to the floor. Jade grabbed Zaara and ran taking some of her things. Jade apparated off to Ron and Hermione's house.

"Ron? Hermione?" Jade called looking around.

"Aunt Hermione! Uncle Ron?" Zaara asked whimpering. Jade kissed her daughter and saw little Dean run into the living room.

"Zaara! Aunty Jade!" he squeaked and jumped up happily.

"Hey Dean. Where's your Mummy and Daddy?" Jade asked setting Zaara down.

"Dean! Come back here and eat your dinner mister!" Hermione said walking into the living room.

"Hey Hermione." Jade said and Hermione smiled seeing Jade.

"Hey love, is anything wrong?" she asked seeing the fresh wound on her face.

"Yeah…everything. I'll tell you everything but is Ron here?" Jade asked and Hermione nodded calling Ron. "Hermione, if Harry comes please tell him that Zaara and I are not here and never did come here." she said making her promise.

"But-"

"I'll tell you right now." Jade said hugging Ron. Zaara and Dean went to sleep and Hermione dabbed some alcohol on Jade's cut.

"I don't know what to say." Hermione said and Jade saw Ron staring into the fire not wanting them to see the tears he was holding back. He felt it was his entire fault for Jade's abusive relationship with Harry.

"I'll kill him." Ron whispered and Jade turned to Ron and placed her two hands on his cheeks.

"Look at me Ron. Harry threatened to kill his own daughter. I saw him with my own eyes, with a knife holding it against his own daughter. If he can do that, he can kill the ones I love. Please just act along and don't tell him anything about my whereabouts. We can't try and change the past and change what had happened to me. I just want to progress and save my life as well as my daughter." Jade said breaking down as a defeated Ron hugged her.

"That's why you were so thin. He starved you and beat you every day?" he asked and Jade couldn't say or do anything but cry with him.

"I'm sorry…I'm sorry." he said and Jade shook her head.

"It's not your fault Ron! It's not! Just promise me you won't act any different towards him? For me?" Jade asked and he nodded roughly wiping his eyes. "He has been beating me every single day for I can remember and I took it all in bearing everything but today when he held that knife to Zaara's neck, I couldn't tolerate it. He's a threat to my child. I don't care about myself; I just care about Zaara and her protection. That's why I need to leave. Harry never wanted me to have a job so I have no money at all. I wanted to ask if I can borrow some money so I can manage with Zaara until I have a job?" Jade asked and Hermione and Ron piped up.

"Of course you can!" they said.

"Listen, we both have an account in Gringotts Bank. There you can have access to our bank and take any amount of money you want! Is that okay Ron?" Hermione asked and Ron nodded.

"Of course she can, love can you give her the key?" Ron asked and Hermione nodded going to get the key. They heard pounding on the door and Jade jumped up. Ron also looked worried and Jade left to where Zaara was sleeping. Ron opened the door and saw Harry standing there looking as if he went through hell to get there.

"Hey mate! What brings you here at this time of night?" Ron asked and Harry made a gruff looking around.

"Did Jade come and visit you tonight?" Harry asked going inside and looking around.

"No, why? She's not at home?" Ron asked wanting to rip Harry's intestines out.

"Ronald!" Hermione said walking into the living room. She jumped seeing Harry and clutched her chest and quickly slipping the key in her trousers. "Oh hello Harry! How's everything?" she asked trying to be as normal as possible.

"Where's Jade?" Harry asked looking around again.

"She didn't come here." Hermione said.

"Why are you looking for Jade?" Ron asked not wanting him to enter the room where Jade and Zaara was hiding out.

"We both had a small disagreement and she left with Zaara. Nothing big…" Harry said opening door to doors. He placed a hand on the doorknob of the guestroom and Hermione cut in to distract him.

"Hey Harry! You want something to drink?" she asked and Harry shook his head going to talk to Ron. Instead they both heard a soft voice speaking in the room Harry left unopened.

"Mummy, I want to go home." a small voice said.

"Ssh honey…" someone hissed. Harry opened the door quickly and looked around seeing the small television on and seeing a little girl asking again to her mother on when she would go home.

"Oh…sorry guys." Harry said still looking. Jade held her daughter tightly and charmed the closet she was hiding in so Harry couldn't hear any noise. She watched holding her breath, scared that Harry might see her.

"Mate, you okay? Jade is probably with Mum at the Burrow." Ron said and Hermione nodded.

"She wouldn't come here anyways first." Hermione said.

"So go to the Burrow or I'll go with you and we both can look together." Ron said and Harry nodded.

"You both have to go out of the door and outside to apparate because of security reasons." Hermione said and they nodded.

"We'll see you later." Ron said kissing Hermione.

"Bye guys." Hermione said and they both left. Hermione shut the door and locked it. She ran to the room where Jade and Zaara were hiding in and called them.

"They're gone." Hermione said and Jade got out with a sleeping Zaara in her hands.

"Ok…" Jade said setting Zaara on the bed. "I have to get out of here fast before Harry comes back. Remember, you and Ron have NO clue where Zaara and I are." Jade said and Hermione nodded handing her the key. "Thanks Mione, I promise I'll pay you back every penny. I'm helpless so please..." Jade trailed off seeing Hermione shake her head and hush her.

"Jade, I don't care where you spend this money. This money isn't handed for any ordinary person; it's for my sister, my best friend." Hermione said hugging her.

"I want my sister to be safe; I want my niece to be safe. I care about you both and I can scramble up a million galleons if I have to just for you both. Go on; don't worry about money or paying me back. Pay me by showing up safely." Hermione said and Jade hugged her crying.

"Thank you Hermione, this means everything to me. I'll go and I'll owl you sometimes okay?" Jade asked and Hermione nodded and Jade kissed her cheek.

"Bye love. Thanks." Jade said taking Zaara.

"You have your bags?" Hermione asked and Jade nodded.

"In my pocket; can't tell you how glad I am to have my wand back." Jade said going to apparate but Hermione stopped her.

"I have to lift off the apparating spell, you know just not to let any other Joe show up in our flat." she said flicking her wand. "Go ahead. Love you." Hermione said and Jade smiled.

"Love you too." Jade said apparating off to the Leaky Cauldron. Hermione cleaned out her whole flat so any evidence of Jade being there wasn't present. She looked around and threw the trash out because she threw away the bloody cloth with Jade's blood.

Harry and Ron came back and it was two in the morning.

"Any luck?" Hermione asked and they both shook their heads.

"Nothing…she wasn't there." Ron said taking his cloak off and setting it in the hanger.

"Well…she'll show up obviously." Hermione said and Harry nodded.

"She'll have to, where else can she go?" he asked with anger in his voice. Dean walked to them rubbing his eyes.

"Honey…why did you wake up?" Hermione asked picking up her son.

"I wanted to drink from my sippy cup!" he said giving his sippy cup to Hermione. Ron paled seeing his son walk to them actually awake and he worried he might say something.

"Uncle Harry! Where's Zaara and Aunty Jade?" he asked and Harry walked to him curiously.

"Why? Did you see them today?" Harry asked.

"Harry! You asked us a thousand times and we said no! Don't you trust us? Why would you ask a little boy where they are?!" Ron asked getting red.

"I didn't see them today…are they here?" Dean asked piping up.

"No." Harry said curtly leaving and apologizing.

"What just happened?" Ron asked looking at Dean.

"You know that memory spell that backfired on you when Lockhart tried erasing your memory in our second year?" she asked and Ron smiled hugging her.

"Clever witch." he said kissing her.

Jade checked in the Leaky Cauldron and took a room to stay in. Jade had Zaara sleep comfortably on the bed and she stroked her hair seeing her daughter sleep.

"How am I going to finish this off in such a short amount of time?" Jade asked feeling the pressure starting to mount on her. She decided that she would go first thing in the morning to Gringotts. She clicked the lights off and snuggled into her daughter trying her very best to go to sleep.

In the morning, Jade got Zaara dressed and ready and left promising Tom the innkeeper that she would come back and pay. Tom trusted her and Jade told him that if anyone comes looking for her, she never came. Tom nodded and Jade left with Zaara clasped in her hands.

"Mummy, I'm hungry." Zaara said through her veil that Jade put around her.

"Just a few minutes baby, I'll get you your breakfast." Jade said and Zaara looked flustered with the veil on her face.

"Why are we wearing this?" Zaara asked and Jade explained that there would be bugs going in her ears. Zaara gasped and wrapped the veil tightly around her and her nose. Jade smiled and bent her head down as she passed through people. Jade waited in line and told Zaara that if she saw her father, she would NOT call out to him. Jade felt bad for her daughter but promised that things were going to be better before she met with a goblin.

"You're a very rich lady Miss." the goblin said and Jade nodded taking an amount that she estimated would be good enough. Jade got out of the bank and left to give a complaining Zaara breakfast. Jade didn't want to be noticed at all by anyone and knew that nobody noticed her because of her frame and hair.

"Mummy, this is really deli…delisous." Zaara said. Jade chuckled and nodded.

"Delicious." Jade pronounced seeing Zaara give her a stern look.

"That's what I said Mummy!" Jade and Zaara later left to the Leaky Cauldron and Jade paid Tom what she promised. Jade bought a Daily Prophet and saw that Harry placed a missing sign on the front page of the Daily Prophet.

"Fuck." Jade swore seeing Zaara's picture and an old picture of Jade with her long hair.

"She cut her hair recently and has our daughter Zaara with her. Jade, if you're reading this, I miss you and love you. I want you to come back." Jade read out loud. "Wow…how low will he go?" Jade asked throwing the paper in the trash. She and Zaara spent their day in there and when it was time to sleep, there was an aggressive knock on the door.

"She's right in here Mr. Potter. Here let me open it for you." Tom's voice said through the door. Jade gasped and grabbed Zaara. With quick movements of her wand, she managed to get a huge armoire to block the door and tuck her belongings in her pocket.

"Time to leave." Jade said getting on the broom. She carried Zaara and positioned themselves on the broom and opened the windows and escaped before Harry and the rest broke down the door.

"Damn it!" Harry said seeing the window open and the curtains flying. "Fucking…" Harry trailed off seeing Zaara's blanket. "Why couldn't you tell me before Tom, that she was here?!" Harry yelled going to attack him.

"Mr. Potter, I have seen you grow in my eyes and this is how you'll speak to me when I gave you a lead for your wife and daughter?" Tom asked and Harry made an angry sound.

"You haven't done anything special so why let you go?" Harry asked leaving.

"Wow Mummy! Daddy used to take me on rides with a broom and you are too!" Zaara said excited.

"Calm down Zaara, or you'll fall off the broom." Jade said seeing the tiny lights shine and twinkle underneath them. They flew very far, away from their home and away from Hogsmeade.