Chapter 18
Scratches and Burns
When we Apparated back to the edge of Sherwood, Alvaro dropped Melody and I. Melody started heading back to camp, leaving Alvaro and I alone.
Mel grabbed Alvaro's backpack and stormed away with it before stopping and throwing a box of condoms at us.
"Just go." She shouted, walking off.
Suddenly Melody didn't seem so angry or tough. She seemed tired and defeated. That was when I realized just who she really was; a girl version of Alvaro he was her everything and her faith in him was only in him. I stole her brother and now her world was crashing down and Alvaro was too wrapped up in me to notice.
I caught the condoms she threw at me and tucked them in my backpack with a huff "Great…" I muttered "she's pissed off at me."
"You haven't seen pissed yet." Alvaro said, walking off.
I sighed "What did I do?" I asked, walking after him.
"Leave it, Hannah. If she's pissed at anyone it's me and she has every right to be." Alvaro watched her go before grabbing my backpack and grabbing my hand.
"So ready to rip off some clothing?" I just sighed and grabbed my backpack back. He just doesn't get it. I thought. As tempting as that offer sounds, I'll have to say… I thought before finishing aloud.
"No. You need to go after your sister. Now! Alvaro didn't you even talk to her about why you chose me or did you just assume she would know and be ok with it?" I asked.
"Suddenly I'm the bad one?! At least I don't run off and practically get myself killed!" Alvaro growled.
"But me doing that wouldn't have effected anyone!" I retorted angrily.
"Oh really." Alvaro laughed bitterly then turned and grabbed my wrist. "I care about you, Hannah, but once again I don't matter. Oh no it's not at all important that I lose someone who means so much to me!"
I wrenched my wrist out of his grasp. "Melody loves you! You're her world! You used to be the only thing that matters to her and you still are but the feeling isn't so mutual now, is it!?"
Alvaro got up in my face, so close it was almost like we were going to kiss. "Hannah just do me a favour and screw off." Alvaro turned and headed the way his sister had gone.
"Where are you going?!" I cried as thunder boomed in the sky.
"to Mel, the only one that I want to see and I have to protect her from the thunder she doesn't like it."
"Maybe talk to her about back there while your at it!" I shouted back to him.
Alvaro didn't look back he just kept walking.
I huffed "Again, I JUST CAN'T WIN TODAY!" I shouted before I started towards camp as it started to rain.
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Melody POV
I when I got back to camp, I tossed mine and Alvaro's backpack in the corner of our tent…well ours and Little Miss Slut's tent and grabbed my teddy bear as I threw myself onto my bed, holding it close. For some reason, everything hurt.
A few hours later, Alvaro came in with a big huff and the muttering of "Girls." I looked up and glared at him. "What do you want? I thought you and Death Eater wannabe went for a shag or something." I snapped angrily while I wiped my eyes hastily, trying to act tough, but I thought Alvaro had already seen through that.
"I would be, if she hadn't gotten all cold and demanded I came to check on you." Alvaro said bitterly before shaking his head "Sorry, I didn't mean it like that, Mel." he corrected hastily. "Are you ok?" he asked.
I glared at him "Just peachy." I said bitterly. I would have told him what I really thought of his raven haired bimbo, but a clap of thunder nearly made me jump out of my skin and throw the covers onto my head, erasing that thought from my head. I hated storms.
Alvaro sighed "You don't need to be snippy with me, Melody," Alvaro said "I already got my ass ripped off by Hannah, I don't need it from you, also." he added before sitting down and wrapping an arm around me.
I looked to my hands "Why does it matter if I say anything? You won't listen because it's not important to you. It doesn't matter in your mind because you hate me." I finished, tears falling down my face.
Alvaro ripped the cover off me "I don't hate you!" he said "Whatever makes you think I hated you?" he asked.
"You just do! You left me, you chose her over me and - and -" another clap of thunder brought a scream in the middle of my sentence "The - the storm, Mom and Dad were killed like this…in a storm." I said before I started sobbing.
Alvaro wrapped me in his arms and brushed hair out of my face, wiping the quick flowing tears away like he used to before…Hand Job came along. "I know, I know, listen to me, Melody, I could never hate you. I always had, do and always will love you. I just found another girl and you're going to have to learn to share me. And as for what happened back there, I wouldn't have let them take you. I just picked Hannah so she could help me fight off the Death Eater that had you."
My eyes lit up when suddenly my arms started to burn. Uh oh, the burns from the fire…they were acting up. "Ow!" I sobbed, grabbing my arms.
"Mel!" Alvaro said, taking hold of me. "Is it the burns again?" he asked.
I nodded, scratching my reddening arms.
"Wait here." Alvaro said, getting up "I'll be back." he ran off.
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Hannah POV
I huffed, picking the dirt from my shoe when Alvaro ran up to me.
"Hannah, help!" he said. "Mel's hurt!"
I shot up, drawing my wand "Lead the way." I said, following a running Alvaro back to base camp, turning to give the girls instruction.
"Ok, Melody needs my help. Drosie, you and Emily take the food and put it away." I ordered. "Raven, you get firewood." I ordered, walking into the tent, where Alvaro was holding Mel tightly in his arms as she whimpered and scratched her arms.
"Hang on," I said, drawing my wand "Aguamenti." I said, drenching her burns with water.
I gaped as her burns started to steam. "What the hell?" I asked.
Mel screamed in pain, clinging to Alvaro as I started pacing.
"What are you doing!?" Alvaro demanded, glaring at me. "Can't you see Mel's hurt?"
"I'm thinking." I said.
"ABOUT WHAT!?" he demanded, making Mel sob.
"How to get her arms to stop burning." I said, biting my lip and gaping "That's it!" I said, kneeling at Mel's side "Hold her arm out." I ordered.
Alvaro nodded and handed Melody's arm to me as I summoned my element control to Mel's arm, rinsing the burn with it. Her arms didn't steam or sizzle.
"That worked." I said, working on her other arm as she started to scratch.
"Don't, Melody." Alvaro said, grabbing her arm.
"But it itches!" Melody whined, scratching her arms as I finished with the other arm and rinsed her legs.
"I could always go out and get her some aloe from Diagon Alley." I said. "Aloe is always a good cure for irritated skin."
Mel started sobbing as the burns seemed to get redder. My element control only seemed to work for a short period.
"You stay here, I'll bring in Drosie, Emily and Raven to help you, and I'll go get Mel some medicine." I said, running out in the rain and poking my head into Drosie's tent "Guys, it's urgent! Alvaro needs you three to take care of Melody, she's in pain."
Raven shot up. "I've got it." she said, dragging Emily and Drosie with her to Alvaro's tent.
"They're burns!" I shouted.
"I see that!" Raven said laughing "Good thing I can handle it. Go get the girl her medicine. Hurry, she's scratching so hard she's starting to bleed!"
I nodded, even though Raven couldn't see me and ran to Diagon Alley.
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Alvaro POV
I cradled Mel tightly in my arms as she sobbed, scratching her burns non stop.
"Mel, don't scratch, you'll make them worse." I said.
"But they hurt so much!" Mel cried, screaming when a bang of thunder sounded "The storm!" she wailed, clinging to me "Mum and Dad died like this. In a storm!"
I held her close as Raven ran her hand over her burns. I sang her lullaby until she started to drift off, slowly scratching her now-bleeding burns.
"Hurry up, Hannah." I muttered as Mel closed her eyes and went to sleep.
"That was easy for you." Emily said.
"She's my sister, she loves me. She'll do almost anything for me." I said, shrugging.
"Weird. My siblings never did what I told them to do." Drosie said.
"Maybe you didn't treat them like Alvaro did." Raven said.
"No, they're just rotten little bastards." Drosie said defensively as Hannah ran back in with a first aid kit.
"Got it!" she said, holding them up.
"About time." I muttered as Hannah got out the aloe, some ointment and gauze. "Ok, lay her still." she ordered.
I rolled my eyes and laid her down, watching as Hannah started dabbing on the ointment and waking Mel up, starting to cry.
"Alvaro!" she sobbed, reaching for me. "It burns!"
Hannah sighed. "Ok, this is going to be more difficult than I thought." she said before she grinned "Good thing I had a backup plan." she said, holding up a syringe "Stole it from Diagon Alley, it's meant to alleviate pain."
Mel screamed "Needle!" she sobbed, clinging to me "I don't want a needle." she whimpered.
"It'll make everyone's life easier." Hannah said.
"Not Mel's!" I said, standing up "No way! I won't allow you to give her that!"
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Hannah POV
I sighed. Alvaro was being a real ass.
"Fucking asshole." I muttered, starting to set the needle down.
Alvaro grabbed my wrist. "What did you just say?" he demanded. I rolled my eyes and repeated what I said, making him growl "YOU'RE THE ASS!"
I jolted. This was the angry Alvaro I did not like.
"Now, I want to know everything that that shot will do to Mel, and don't get smart!" Alvaro ordered, glaring me down.
I swallowed. This Alvaro scared the living shit out of me, so I became the good little puppy dog and gave him his answers. "She'll get a headache, nauseous and a little woozy. But that's it." I explained.
Alvaro picked Mel up again, holding her head away from the needle as I stuck it in and injected the serum into her, making her burst into tears and cling to Alvaro.
"It had to be done." I said, tossing the needle and putting the syringe back in the kit.
"No it didn't!" Alvaro snapped "You just hurt her! You know what, just give that to me and I'll do it myself!" Alvaro snapped.
I glared at him, tears brimming in my eyes. "You know what? Fine!" I said, thrusting the kit into his hands "Put the ointment on before wrapping her burns, I'm out of here!" I said, before spinning on my heel and storming out into the rain.
"Hannah," Alvaro said "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, you can do it, please, do it for Mel!"
I ignored him, storming away from the camp and Apparating back to Diagon Alley to cool off.
Big mistake. When I Apparated back, there were Death Eaters coming out the yin-yang, all of which stopped when they saw me.
"Harley Quinn!" they growled at different times, me paling. "Get her!" someone shouted.
I stepped back, unknowing of what to do until I ran…smack dab into someone with Drosie's dark brown eyes.
It was her father. I could see a lot of Drosie in this man, and didn't like him one bit. At least Drosie had some heart. This man, he didn't.
"Ah, Harley…Quinn." he drawled, gripping my arm, digging his nails into my skin. "I heard from a reliable source that you know where my daughter is." he snarled, holding a dagger to my throat "Where is she?! Where's my Annabelle?"
"I…I don't know!" I choked. "We separated!" I lied.
"Lies!" Mr Drosie growled, wrapping his hands around my throat. "Where is she!?" he demanded.
"Tell me where you lot buried Draco Malfoy and I'll tell you anything you want to know!" I rasped.
"The Malfoy brat?" Drosie asked, laughing "We burned his precious body and buried the Tupperware container with his ashes in a forest in Albania!"
I gasped, tears brimming my eyes. "You lie!" I said, my voice choking out a sob. "You lie! You wouldn't dare dispose of him that way!"
Drosie laughed. "We did. Perfect way to dispose of a traitor like him. After all, he was caught trying to break out of the Dark Lord's service to be with that bloody Potter girl. So if you want someone to blame for his death, blame Hannah Potter." he dropped me. "Now, where's my daughter?"
I gritted my teeth, fighting the tears "I killed her." I said with a choked sob. "I killed her like you killed him, you Snake Faced Little Shit!" I said as the Death Eaters approached me. I turned around, unafraid of Death now. "Which one of you knows who killed Draco Malfoy!?" I asked the congregation.
Someone laughed and stepped forward. I gasped. It was Lucius Malfoy.
"I know who killed him, Quinn." Malfoy sneered "I did it."
I gaped. "You killed your own son?" I asked, appalled.
"Damn straight. He was no son of mine. He betrayed the name of Malfoy by trying to run off and be with that Potter girl!"
I growled, drawing my wand, only to have Malfoy grip my neck and slam me into the wall "Try anything, Potter, and you'll be deader than my traitorous son!"
I gasped as he dropped me.
"I'll be the one to kill her and bring her to the Dark Lord." Malfoy said to the crowd, advancing on me, wand in hand before snarling "I will kill you, Hannah Potter. I may have to kill every member of your precious coven, starting with the child." he spat "But I will find you, track you down and get you when you are most vulnerable…in your sleep!"
I growled, secretly hiding my fear before giving him a good roundhouse kick to the face, making a break for it and Apparating back to Sherwood.
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By the time I ran back to the base camp, I was soaked right through with rain and I was shivering, sneezing and exhausted. Not to mention terrified.
When I entered the tent, shivering, Alvaro shot up from tending to a now sleeping Mel. "Hannah, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to snap like that. I just wanted Mel to be ok and I took it out on you. I love you so much and I'm sorry."
I ignored him. "Sure you are." I said, wrapping my sodden cloak tighter around myself, which didn't help me from the cold. I shivered.
Alvaro immediately saw me shiver. "Come on, lets get you into some dry clothes." he said, taking his shirt off and removing all but my underwear before putting his shirt on me. I sighed from the sudden heat but still wound up sneezing, seeming to upset Alvaro.
"Oh, no, you're not sick again, are you?" he asked, picking me up and setting me in his bed before wrapping me in his arms, further warming me with his body heat.
I sighed sleepily, all anger forgotten and melted against him, my eyes slowly closing, opening again when I heard Malfoy's promise echo in my head.
"I will find you, Hannah Potter. I will get you when you are most vulnerable. In your sleep!"
Alvaro tightened his hold on me. "Come on, you should sleep."
I paled, shaking my head. "No…" I whispered. "no…he'll find me. He said he'd find me when I was most vulnerable."
Alvaro hushed me. "Shh. Its ok, Hannah, I wont let him. Just go to sleep." he said before humming Safe and Sound.
The very gesture brought tears to my eyes as I remembered that Draco had done that. I took a deep breath, forgetting for the time being and starting to fall asleep, groaning with the effort to stay awake.
Alvaro brushed some hair from my eyes and kissed my temple. "Shh, Hannah, sleep. Its ok, I'm here, I'm here."
And, with Draco on my mind, I drifted off to sleep.
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Mel's POV
I woke up, realizing I wasn't in pain anymore, all my scratches and burns were bandaged up. I expected to be in my brother's arms, but I wasn't. Hand Job was.
They were both sleeping, Hand Job's head resting on his shoulder where I rested my head.
My eyes watered at the sight and I ran out of the tent, running away from base camp when I heard a crack. I ran faster, knowing what that meant when I was grabbed from behind. Someone held a wand to my throat. This someone was obviously a male, because they had a well developed athletic chest with no hint of cleavage.
They growled in my ear, a possessive, angry and revenge driven growl. "I've been expecting you."
I whimpered before I screamed, hoping I'd wake Alvaro up, Raven, even Hand Job if she'd save me.
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Alvaro jolted me awake. "Mel's gone!" he shouted.
I paled, shooting up and digging for some clean black clothes. "What?" I asked before I heard a scream. Mel's scream.
I Transfigured Alvaro's shirt into black jeans and a black t-shirt with a choker and tied on my mask, becoming Harley Quinn. "Let's go!" I shouted.
We ran towards the sound of the screaming, finding Mel on the ground, writhing in pain as a dark cloaked someone loomed over her, wand in hand pointed at her. I felt as if I knew that wand somewhere.
"Get Mel, I'll distract him." I told Alvaro, who nodded as I took a deep breath.
"STOP!" I screamed, making the someone turn to me. I was met with a familiar pair of blue grey eyes. "Leave her alone, you beast!"
"Why should I?" the person snapped in a very familiar tone. "She's committed the ultimate crime and deserted the Dark Lord, she deserves to die!" he shouted, a sudden gust of wind blowing his hood off and revealing platinum blond hair that almost made me cry. I knew that person anywhere.
"Draco?"
A/N: Sorry I took so so so so soooooo long updating, I had personal issues, and I had summatives to do and a Skinner bedamned Literacy Test to write and a whole whack of other crap to do...anyways, seeing as I got a question for (surprisingly) Mel and Alvaro, I'll answer that now. Mel! Alvaro! GET YOUR ASSES OVER HERE!
*Mel and Alvaro walk over, Alvaro smirking*
Me: Ok, Alvaro, what sort of relationship do you and Mel have.
Mel: I got this. We have a love hate relationship because of Hand Job.
Me: Ok...someone has Hannah issues. Anyways, I apologize infinity and beyond for not updating sooner...and being over two months behind, but I promise another chapter will be up sooner than two months again, I'm sorry :D
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alias Hannah Lillian Isabella Marie Potter and the Dark Lady Happy Pants :D
