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UPDATED:9/30/2019
Chapter 45
November 30th, 1997
"WHERE'S THE RING!"
They could hear his shouts from the dungeons. Luna hadn't made a peep since she had been there and that terrified Narcissa. Alicia was still locked in her room and she had no idea Luna was still alive. 'This is all my fault. I left the girl alone and she was beaten. Now there's another child in danger.' Her heart broke at the thought of another child being taken from their parents, a single parent no less.
The shouts had lasted another hour and Luna had finally broke, she had finally screamed painfully from the interrogations then he'd left after still not getting anything from her, "Call for me if you find anything!"
Luna had been left in the dark dungeons with Mr. Ollivander to comfort her after her torture, "It'll be alright,"
Weasley's Cabin
"What do you mean, Luna's gone!" Draco demanded, his anger and fear rising. First his best friends and brother disapparate and now on the run for their lives to find the Horcruxes, then Alicia is snatched, he and Morgan were nearly killed now Luna is missing? Snatched, from the sound of her letter.
"She's gone, exactly what Ginny's letter says, what else do you want me to tell you Draco?" Tonks said sternly, everyone was rising on nerves, the shields Emma had put in place had been not only damaged but nearly fully destroyed when the Death Eaters attacked, she was still, months later, repairing and adding more and since Gregory's arrival, he'd offered suggestions and helped with gathering information and more.
Gregory and Morgan had Apparrated outside of the cabin, both looking rather bothered about something as they walked in, "Malfoy Manor," Morgan spoke up, suddenly interrupting Tonks and Draco's argument. His random interruption had stopped whatever argument was happening, drawing everyone's attention.
Tonks and Draco shared a look of confusion, they were lost, they all were, "What about Malfoy Manor?" Remus questioned the boy, standing from his chair with a sigh and rubbing the irritation and tiredness from his pale face.
"Luna and Alicia are in Malfoy Manor, they have Luna somewhere separated from Alicia, from the looks of it she has no idea Luna's even alive," Morgan sighed, rubbing the back of his head.
"Alicia is upstairs next door to Finn's room, locked in by a charm." Gregory spoke up, finishing for Morgan.
Draco's face scrunched in realization, he knew exactly where she was, and exactly how to get her out, "That's my old room." he clarified, "And I think I know how to get her out."
"How?" Sirius questioned the boy who has been previously arguing with his cousin. He honestly was confused, how were they going to get in, get the charm down and out without drawing attention or setting off an alarm then get to Luna? However, Draco's grin and silent laughter only confused them more, "Finn's going to do it. It'll take a while though. Did you see who took the charm down and put it back up?" He asked moving to Molly's potions ingredients cabinet and began looking for a few things, "Actually, it was Finn." Morgan and Gregory shared a confused and curious expression, their curiosity had only grown when Draco began laughing a bit more.
"Even more perfect, use Imperio on him. Disarming him first then use a Muffliato charm to silence him, body bind and use the curse on the prat, if the curse doesn't work then just knock him out and stuff him in the nearest linen closet. Once this potion is finished all you have to do is fling the Potion across the door and the Lock Charm will disintegrate and you can get her out of there. Whatever you do, do not touch the door with that charm up. The Malfoy family has a specific Lock charm we use when we want to keep something very safe guarded and locked away, you touch that charm the entire house lights up and locks down and whatever part touches that charm is burned off."
"And how long to make this Potion of yours?" Gregory asked, his brow raising as he watched Draco pulled out a dragon's tooth from the cabinet and he'd completely brushed off the Vampire's question, "Gregory, you said your family was cursed right?"
"Yes, but with complete immortality, why?"
"But your bloodline is cursed, meaning your blood used in any potion would be potent enough for something deadly or healing?"
"It can be used in both, depending on how you intend to use it, why?" Now they were very confused, even more so when Draco grabbed a large vile and a sharp kitchen knife, "Come here,"
Seeing the knife Gregory slowly raised his hands and backed away a few steps, he may not be able to be killed but he hated having a knife pointed at him, especially since the last time it happened his soon to be wife was murdered and he had gotten impaled before he could kill the man that had done the deed, "What are you planning to use my blood for?" he had a right to know, it was his blood after all, but his eyes hadn't left the knife, he really hated knives.
"The potion takes a full two minutes or more to kill the charm. Your blood is not only cursed, but very strong depending on how you mix the potion," Draco explained. Sirius sand Gregory smiled with wide grins, "You want to use his blood in the potion to kill the charm instantly."
"Exactly, the faster we get that charm down, the faster we can all get out with no casualties or being caught ourselves."
Gregory was impressed with Draco, "Helena would have been proud to have known you kid, you got yourself a living blood bag… Just don't get used to it. Now, which arm do you want." He said with a grin after rolling up both his long-sleeved grey shirt he held his arms out to the blond who walked up to him, grabbed an arm and took a breath before he cut into Gregory's skin and watched the dark blood slowly flow out and into the large vile and waited for it to fill up then corked the vile closed with a sigh of relief that he hadn't vomited, "Thanks Gregory, um, sorry about taking your blood though." Draco sighed out. However, the second the Vampire swayed on his feet Draco, Remus and Sirius rushed him, catching him before he fell and helped him sit in a nearby chair, "Wow, take it easy there pal,"
"You okay?"
"Molly, water." Remus called out, seeing the sweat forming on his brow. Gregory had gratefully taken the cold glass of water with a thankful nod of his head, "Thank you." His voice was a whisper and he wasn't looking so good.
Molly nodded to him with a soft smile, he seemed he hadn't had much contact with many humans over the many years besides a few, the big group of the Order must be making him crave what he really wanted, "You need rest, come one, let's get him to a room." With that said and done, there was no point in Gregory arguing, there would have been no reason too, he was tired, and the blood loss he'd willingly gave up to Draco had surprisingly taken him for a spin. He wasn't used to losing blood, even a little like he had. He was a fast healer by nature, of course, but he hadn't lost any amount of blood since he and Helena had made that potion to try turning him mortal or her immortal. One they never had the chance to do.
"How long will that potion take to make?" Tonks asked him curiously, and she hoped it wouldn't be long, "Well, with it unmodified, two weeks, but with me messing with it it's unpredictable so I'd have to make the potion and test it, but that charm has been on her door for months, it may not be easy for it to just fall out of use."
"So, it is possible the curse, and the strength of it that had been placed on their bloodline for thousands of years could really make a very big difference in breaking down the charm." She was quickly catching on, even if it had already been a previous conversation she wanted to understand more, but since Draco had never used this kind of mixture or magic, he was unsure of the outcome. He wanted to make the potion stronger to break the charm faster, but the down fall to him messing with it was how long it would take it to be ready, and the blood added would make it even more tricky, "You'll have to add it in last won't you." It was not question, Dora had caught his sigh and the worry on his face, "It may do the opposite, that's why I need to test it, but it'll take two weeks just to do the potion properly, then comes the tricky part."
Emma had sighed walking in, she knew Alicia's safety was imperative, but they had to test the potion and they may not have the time to spare for that, "Well, then show us what to do Draco,"
"Okay, well let me write down the rest of the needed ingredients and you can get them, I need to place the charm around something and then we can get started, the longer the charm sets, the stronger it'll get to set into place, then we can try it out. I'll set up two or three of the lock charms, I just need a few objects that aren't very valuable or important in case it blows back I our face. Don't need anything important to get blown up, now do we."
"No, no we do not, however there's been a lot of important losses lately, I think we've sadly gotten used to expecting something like that to happen." Tonks stated dryly, and Emma nodded with a sigh of agreement, "Yeah, your telling me. How are you feeling Dora?" Emma's question had made her smile as she rubbed her belly a bit, "I feel fine Auntie, how about you?" both women smiled wide happily as they wrapped an arm around one another. Dora was excited, only three months pregnant and she couldn't wait any longer, she wanted to be able to hold her child, then again, she figured every expecting mother felt that way. Smiling down to Emma's own grown belly she placed a gently hand to the side and giggled at feeling the baby kick just a little. She was six months, due in March. "Do you know if it's a boy or girl?" Dora asked with excitement, her and Remus were once again being named the godparents.
Emma smiled with a few giggles here and there, placing her own hand over a spot and felt the baby move as it stretched out making the two women laugh a little, Emma had to be careful at some point, simply because sometimes it would hurt when the baby moved. "Don't know, but we know we have names picked out already, we're still trying to get down to one name per gender. What name have you picked out for your baby?" Emma was curious, both expecting mothers were.
Dora smiled with a blush as the two of them took Draco's list and walked out to find the rest of the ingredients, "Well, if it's a girl we came to the conclusion of Dromeda Rose or Edward Remus for a boy." Both giggled and laughed but they were stopped when Remus rushed out with cloaks in his hands, "Dora! Fox! You're cloaks, you can't go out without your cloaks," He said wrapping each one around the women and kissed his wife then kissed Emma's forehead, "Be safe."
"We will Remus, promise." Emma smiled, "That's what I'm worried about, every time you say that something happens." Remus aid with sarcasm, "Anyways Sirius and I are going to check Grimmuald Place and the Potter Estate for any sign of the group."
"Remus, those are the only two places they know where they can go. They likely won't stay in either place very long, Snape knows exactly where they'd go. They were his students after all." Dora clarified with worry, "Don't panic, they're smart kids, they're safe… Trust me. Now go, we need Draco to get that potion started."
Malfoy Manor
Finn pulled Alicia from her room, her long sleeved, knee length black dyed empire waist dress flying out behind her as the boy continued to jerk her around, "Come on!"
"What are you doing? Let me go! Finn, please-"
"Shut up!" He roared into her face stealing Alicia in her steps from fright, "Please, ju-just do as your told." He breathed softly, he used to look as if he enjoyed every second of this, now he just looked terrified.
"Killing Draco didn't feel as glorious as you thought it would, did it Finn." Alicia finally said it, she had called him out on something he had been having nightmares since the wedding.
He had taken her by surprise when his grip had tightened and tossed her through a nearby door, slamming it closed behind him with a click of the lock. Yet the look he wore as he turned to her was heart stopping.
A look of dread, self-loathing and emotional disaster.
"She used Impero, I couldn't… I didn't want to kill him, I'm a physical person, yes, a bit crazy… Okay fine, a lot of crazy, but I… I never wanted to murder my own cousin." He had looked as if he were close to crying but she wasn't sure if he was playing her, the only way to be sure was to keep herself a bit closed off, to protect herself. The only one she knew she could trust in that Manor at the time being was Narcissa Malfoy.
"The nightmares won't stop, I can't-" He sputtered, tears rolling down his face as he slipped down to the floor in tears.
Alicia had no words as she watched him. His head hung low and shoulders shook, she could visibly see the tears falling to the marble floors.
Alicia had truthfully believed Finn done it all on his own will, even now it was hard for her to believe him. Then again, the group he was involved with she wouldn't have put it past any of them. On shaking legs, Alicia slowly walked to him and knelt in front of the crying boy, "Who used Impero on you?" She let him cry for what felt like an hour before he choked out an answer, one that nearly stopped her heart, "B-Bellatrix-" she knew Lestrange was like the mother he'd had from his biological mother, but the fact she would do such a thing to someone who not only looked at her like a mother but had called her mother she wanted to let her heart shatter for him. But after everything he'd done in the past to was hard for her feel sympathy for him, "I did everything they asked of me, gave them my sanity, my friends, my school. My life… And now I've got nothing. I am nothing... I killed my own flesh and blood."
"No, no… It may have been your hands, but it was not you, not your will. If she used that curse it was not you." Alicia was terrified he'd kill himself if he continued on his current path he was on right in front of her. The pain he held. Finn was opening up his pain to someone who was supposed to be his enemy. Her fear had doubled when he pulled a bloody knife from his pocket and slipped it into her hands, "Hide it, quickly." He sniffed wiping his eyes clean and composing himself as much as he could.
Alicia had stared in shock between the dagger and Finn, wondering what he was planning, "This is-" she didn't have the stomach, nor the courage to finish her words but Finn's simple nod had confirmed the dagger's identity, "The knife that killed Draco, yes. Now hide it."
He'd waited until she'd slipped the dagger down the front of her dress between her breasts, and it took everything he had not to watch with a blush, "Okay, when we get near them I'll jerk you a bit and you start fighting me. This way if they ask why I was crying I can say you got me a good one and I had to rush after you and find you. Hopefully, he doesn't decide to kill me. Okay?"
"Finn, what are you doing? Better question, why?" The two stared at one another, just for a moment, he truly had no answer. Clearing his mind Finn sighed and unlocked the doors, grabbed her by her arm once again and walked her out, "I don't know. I guess I am more like Bellatrix than I thought." He whispered softly, making his way down the corridors, Alicia's arm firmly in his hold.
She was now confused, 'How is he like Bellatrix in any way? Maybe he's bipolar? I hope not, if so, this involvement with this group is definitely not healthy for him.' "What do you mean?"
Now he had an answer to that. He had overheard many things since being in Malfoy Manor, namely the Journals he had found, the two sisters; Narcissa and Bellatrix. both had written about Bellatrix's failure to harm or allow any harm to come to Emma Evans. "She could never hurt Professor Fox. Not even when Professor Blue was killed by Bellatrix. Lestrange couldn't hurt her, but I'm sure Emma would have killed Bellatrix eventually." Finn informed her softly with a matter of fact tone.
She was shaken from her thoughts when Finn began jerking her and their previous conversation came to her and she began fighting back and had managed to turn to face him, their scuffle had drawn attention from the Death Eaters and Voldemort in the room Alicia was being escorted into and Snape being there had taken in the pleasure of seeing not only Alicia alive but actually managing to hurt Finn a bit by stomping his toes and trying to hit him. It took Severus everything he had to not laugh.
Alicia had been flung around, facing the large gathering in the large Dining room, her eyes landing on a shivering and terrified Luna, seeing her friend alive made the redhead smile with fresh tears swelling in her deep, sapphire blue eyes. She began to fight harder, managing to reface Finn and whispered a soft, "Sorry," this had confused the boy distracting him for just enough time for her to slam her foot forcefully into his foot making him shout in real pain and bend a little, but to his and many other males' horror, Alicia's knee came up into his groin and he instantly let her go, grabbing himself and trying to catch what breath he had left as he fell onto his side, a groan slipping from him as he watched with watering eyes as she ran for the blond Ravenclaw who had fought off her own captures from her and ran for her friend. Both girls had latched onto one another seconds later.
"You're alive!" Alicia cried with a little bit of laughter as she looked Luna over and pulled her back into a hug where they both began to cry. But their relieved tears weren't to last, "Well, it seems we now have more of a weakness to use here. Wouldn't you all agree?" his voice sent shivering chills through them. Alicia and Luna's hold around one another had tightened, but Alicia was not going to back down from him, there was no way she was going to let him near Luna, she didn't even sound like herself when she spoke, a stern glare set on her face, "Go to Hell," her voice was soft yet stern, like her eyes, the room had been so silent a pin could be heard dropping and it's echo.
Voldemort couldn't help but chuckle, "Well, well, well, feisty, aren't we?" he joked back, a sadistic grin growing with ideas, "I think I'll enjoy this."
Snape's previous grin from watching Finn getting his nuts swallowed back up into is stomach had vanished, now overtaken with fear as he watched the two girls that used to be his students. He feared for them, he feared for all of them, but he was being watched, and he couldn't help anyone, he couldn't even try to figure out how to get in contact with the Order, to talk to them, but he knew they wouldn't talk to him, they wouldn't hear reason and he understood why.
"Let's have a talk, shall we?" Voldemort said, his grin growing as he looked between the two girls.
Weasley Cabin
Sirius yawned, he hadn't slept yet, the twin's continued waking up screaming, Lilian had taken to Gregory, it was his eyes she liked truthfully, and he and Emma appreciated the help he gave, he was shockingly amazing with kids for not being around them since his son had, had his own children. "How's the potion coming along?" Sirius asked patting Draco's back who yawned in return to his answer, "Okay so far, but it's taking longer than I thought. Emma passed out on the couch-"
"I know, I took her up to bed already. You alright?"
"I'm scared, Sirius. My mother is still in that Manor, who knows if they put her under a curse yet, I can't lose my mum Sirius. I know I have you and Emma and Harry, the twins call me 'Bubby' already." He laughed out with a short smile, but it soon fell, "But I just can't lose her, she's gone through so much." The poor boy sat in a chair, tears he had been fighting back for months, years even, fell from his pale blue eyes and began to silently cry. He'd held back a lot for quite some time, his hold was bound to shatter at some point.
Sirius watched with a breaking heart as he placed a hand to his shoulder and gently squeezed, hoping the gesture would give him some comfort, "I wish I could tell you I know how you feel but I don't Draco… But I do know that you are a smart young man, your mother would be proud no matter what happens. Whether we win or lose. And so am I, and Emma. We're proud of you Draco." Sirius had managed to create more tears the blonde began crying, but he'd brought his own hand up and grabbed ahold of Sirius's on his shoulder, a bond that was created between the two. Because by Narcissa's request as of 1994 Emma and Sirius had adopted Draco Lucius Malfoy. "So, you and Emma really adopted me then? Before our fifth year?"
Sirius smiled and nodded to the memory, "Yes… we signed the papers that night."
"You know, all I ever wanted was a father that would love me for being who I was, like my mother did-"
"Does, like your mother does," Sirius corrected, pulled a chair for himself to sit next to him. His interruption had made Draco smile for a moment "but all I wanted was a father that would love me, protect me, and treat me like a son."
"Draco, your father loves you. He's just scared of that thing that's over lived his time, Salazar Slytherin at least gave his time, he didn't fight death, but he passed his problems and hate down his line. You are nothing like your father, Draco. You're a brave young man, you're smart, you don't allow anyone to bully you into terror. You stand for your beliefs, for your family and friends."
The speech was actually making him feel better, "So, I'm like you then?"
Sirius smiled, letting out a breath but shook his head, he knew Draco was nothing like his, in fact, Draco was someone Sirius felt he should have been, but maybe Sirius had had his life the way to was to be there for this generation, for Harry, for Draco, for his and Emma's children. "No… No, Draco, you're better than who I was at your age, better than who I am even now. But your father does love you, no matter what he's done, Lucius Malfoy loves you. Emma and I love you, your mother loves you. You're not alone Draco, all you have to do is ask."
Draco was nearly back to crying, this was who his father should have been, no matter how much Sirius continued saying Draco was a better person than he was, Draco saw a father in Sirius, "Can I really be your son?" he choked out, that was really all he'd ever wanted, a father.
To his question Sirius couldn't help but smile with some laughter, "I thought you already were."
Both smiled with some laughter, Draco crying little happy tears as the two shared a father and son hug, "Come on, you need sleep. The Potion will still be here when you wake up." Sirius said with no room for argument and he was glad he got none as the two walked up to the rooms towards Draco's door, "Sleep, otherwise Emma will have my head, goodnight kiddo."
"Night, dad." Draco had smiled when he said it, he'd actually had a happy time saying dad to Sirius. But it didn't stop the small sting he felt that it wasn't his actual father.
Sirius had smiled softly when he heard Draco call him 'dad' and he felt a sudden swarm of happiness. However, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in Lucius. He had never seemed the type to let his family go the way it had, yet Voldemort was a crazy lunatic and very sadistic, not to mention terrifying. And for once in a while that he could remember, Sirius Black felt terrible for Lucius. "Goodnight, son."
Draco had gone to bed late that night, almost midnight, feeling a little better, but he still couldn't shake the feeling of fear and worry for his mother and the Trio group currently on the run. And his nightmares began. He had overheard Sirius telling Emma and Molly that they had been to both places yet had left a few things there, like they were jumping from place to place and not staying long, however Grimmuald place had been seen with Death eaters searching the place and being put on 24/7 guard in case they had gone back. Apparently, the rumors had been true, the Ministry had been infiltrated by someone and it had been the trio, and they seemed to have gotten away with something Umbridge had personally had on her person, a necklace, and from the description it had been Salazar Slytherin's locket. The real one. One of Voldemort's Horcruxes. Now all they had to do was figure out how to destroy it.
'Please be safe,'
**Thank you for your patience, I'm sorry I took quite some time to get the previous chapter up, I was drawing a blank and didn't want to rush it or make it crazy or, well, I didn't want to make it sound ridiculous. But I hope you've enjoyed Chapter 44 and I hope you enjoyed this chapter also. Thank you all for your patience and thank you for not abandoning me! For that you all have my gratitude! Have a wonderful Day/Night!