A/N: Yup new chappy… hooray…
Mary sighed slightly, feeling terrible. She couldn't believe that she had allowed Blake to say that to her and said nothing back. She wanted to keep Surin, she hadn't even thought of how much she would miss the little girl.
"Blake I'm not letting you take her." Mary yelled at him in the kitchen. "She's my baby and if I have to leave you to keep her I will. We can't just give her up, we've had her since she was a baby and we're the only family she knows. It would be cruel to take her away from all this." Mary walked away before her husband would get the chance for a counter argument, she was going to go and talk to Surin.
The hallway was painted black with a very nice hardwood floor. There were pictures of Surin, Mary and Blake all over the walls in golden frames that seemed to fit in with the darkness of the hall. There were only two lights and both were at the ends of the hall. There were pictures of Surin from the time they had got her until now and no one would suspect that Surin wasn't their child if not for the different looks.
She smiled and looked around at the pictures. Surin was their only chance at having any children ever with them and they were thankful for her but she wasn't theirs and they were going to bring problems down on themselves for keeping her. She heard someone walking behind her down the hallway and turned to see her husband.
"We'll wait until around nine or ten to take her to them... I called earlier and they're waiting for us and they promised to keep close tabs on her when she gets adopted so we can see her any time." He whispered to her with a slight grin, he hoped that the thought of being able to see the little girl whenever she wanted would be enough to change her mind.
"But she's only three! She needs a real family that will take care of her not some... child's home for the unloved and unwanted... I know we're going to bring it all down on our heads but still... we've had her here for a little over three years now," She whispered back angrily, realizing that she couldn't let him do this to her or the child.
"Look Mary we need to look out for our lives. I don't know why you even helped Alissa... she's on their side and the last time you saw her you were both ten... Hun I think Surin shouldn't be here. I think she needs her mother and she shouldn't have been dumped on us no matter how close you and her mother were as kids before she went to that... that school." Her husband told her, showing his dislike for anyone who wasn't perfectly average like he was. He grabbed her arm lightly. "It's for her own good."
Mary glared at him and pulled away from him, hurrying toward the little girl's room.
The walls were painted a white colour and the carpet was also white. There were two dressers. One was her height, which was for clothes, and one was about a foot taller, which was for toys. She had an open closet (a/n: the closet has no door) and everything in the closet was purple or pink. Everything in the room except her clothing, the stool, and her toys was white.
Mary opened the door and screamed, her little girl was gone and the window was wide open.
The death eater looked around the park. He was to go to the house where the dark master had thought the child was. It was just next door and it was only about eight thirty. The man had been told that at her age she should be in bed and asleep, so all he had to do was sneak in and grab her.
"Hello mister..." A small sweet voice said. The man looked down while fixing his hood to keep anyone from seeing him. There was a little girl of about three or four years hanging on to his cloak.
"Hello child. What are you doing here?" He asked worried. There shouldn't be any children here at that time at night, and especially with death eaters roaming around.
"My mommy and daddy are mad and they want to send me away but I don't want to go... they want to send me to where the bad children are going..." She told him hoping he'd help her get away.
"Where is that child?" He asked her trying to seem like a muggle and trying to find a way to get rid of her quickly, he didn't need the life of a child on his soul.
"An orphanage." She told him with a cute pout. "Mommy says that's a bad place."
"Well child I think your mommy and daddy will be worried that you're not in your safe little bed dreaming away. Maybe I should take you home." He said, not wanting to scare the girl. 'Hmmm… she kind of reminds me of Alissa…' He thought to himself, staring at the little girl's face. 'But definitely not, I don't think Alissa's daughter would have such dark hair, Eliza's hair is blond like her mum's.'
"No I don't want to go home. Suzy and I are running away, we want to find fuzzy bunny's secret bunny hole, like on t.v." The girl replied, letting go of him and walking back a few steps.
"Suzy? Who's Suzy?" He asked, looking around and seeing no one else, it seemed that this child was a bit of a lost one. He looked around some more, just to be sure there was no one else.
"This is Suzy." The little girl said showing him a stuffed blackbird toy. She had a big smile on her face and was hugging it, her bag lay open on the ground as if forgotten by the little child.
He groaned, he had no children, nor did he want any and had no understanding of the little hellions. To him the best child was a far away and quiet one, or better yet none. He hated to deal with kids for a lengthy period of time and disliked the little brats imagination too.
"Why are you here mister?" she asked him, staring up at him in the darkness.
"What's your name little girl?" He asked, hoping that he could just get her back home and quickly so that he didn't have to listen to her any longer.
"Surin." She said, staring at him in fascination. Quickly enough though she seemed to be getting tired, and was starting to yawn.
"Well I better get you home so your mommy and daddy don't worry." He said as he picked her up. 'The lord will be angry that I couldn't find her but there doesn't seem to be anyone around here fitting Alissa's description… I'll ask the child if she's seen anyone that looks like that, she seems like a smart kid.'
"Get my backpack too or mommy will be mad at me for forgetting it.
"Hey kid… Surin… have you seen any blond ladies with little girls? They might look a little bit scared or lost…" he asked her with a forced nice-ness to it.
"Nope…" She replied to him with a tired smile.
He sighed, that wasn't good at all. They had gotten a lead saying Alissa had been seen in the area about a year ago near one of the mansions and a girl fitting Eliza's description had been seen with a man, seemingly living in one. No one knew why Alissa was to be found for so long but everyone was getting sick of it. Alissa was gone and their orders, for the small few of them that hadn't been found, were to find Alissa, Eliza, and the child no matter what.
"Hey kid what's your mommy and daddy's names?"
"Blake, Blake! Surin... she's..." Was all she managed to say before bursting into tears. 'My baby's gone... oh gods please make her be all right.'
"What Mary? You'll wake Surin up and then we'll have to..." He trailed off looking into the room.
The large windows were opened and her bed was unmade. Her raven and her backpack weren't in their proper places. Surin wasn't in the room or did she seem to be nearby.
"Oh gods... where is she? It's all our faults... she must have heard us talking about sending her to the orphanage... I told you we shouldn't!" She yelled, angry at her husband's stupid ideas and at losing her child.
The doorbell rang and Mary went running, her heart was racing so fast that she could feel the throbbing in her throat, it felt like she might die. She was scared that it would be some crazy drunk coming to tell her they had hit her little girl and she'd never get to speak to her again.
He stood on the porch grumbling. The little girl was now blissfully asleep so he had no bothers at the moment. Now all he had to do was get her back to her parents so he could go on with the mission. He didn't know why he was helping the little girl but he just felt the need to. He also wanted to know that her parents weren't monsters. He had done some very low things in his life but killing or severely scaring children was not one of them.
He reached over and pushed the fancy silver button. He heard a bell ring and he looked at it in amazement. It was amazing what muggles could do without magic.
The door was unlocked and it was starting to open.
"My baby!" the woman yelled.
He noticed she looked quite young – barely in her early twenties if not less. He still had his hood up so she couldn't see his face and he slowly spoke as clearly as possible. "I found this little girl in the park. Her bag has this address written on it and I thought her parents would be devastated if she was missing. She's a very sweet young girl and it would be a shame if she happened to slip out at night and got hurt or died." He said the last part with a threatening tone to it.
"Yes I agree... I don't know why she left us... she seemed to be fine earlier. She's usually not like this... she's usually quite shy around people she doesn't know... here I'll just take her now and you can be on your way... thank you again..." The woman said as she took the little girl and the backpack from him.
"Goodbye madam and remember to try to keep her inside so she doesn't get hurt." He said. She gave him a weird look and left.
"Blake!" she said as she walked down the hall. "One of them was just here. He brought Surin home... I think it would be safer for her to stay here with us."
"Mary are you sure it was one of them? Are you kidding with me so we can keep her?" Her husband said in reply, glaring at her.
"No Blake... I'm not kidding... he was here... he's one of them and their after her or else why would they be here? She needs to be safe... she's only a child and she'll need a place to remember when she's older... I think I can talk to a shrink about her mind and memories. I don't want her to remember..." The woman trailed as she lay the little girl onto the bed, she brushed some of the long bangs out of the girl's eyes.
"Well I guess we can keep her for a while. Sooner or later she will be going away from here though." He told her threateningly.
A/N: yep… sorry for the wait, I've been busy getting the money to get the p.c fixed...
