Author's note: Okay, I know my last one was a little fluffy... maybe a lot fluffy... more than I'm usually write at least.
Chapter 9
Rose sat quietly now, it had been three months since she was asked to join the Avengers and she had reluctantly joined... okay there was a lot of persuasion from Tony and Clint. Steve didn't seem too happy she had joined but now seemed more focused on what was being said in their debriefing. "How do we know they aren't like me?" Rose asked hopeful as she watched the footage of several people performing what she would call magic.
"We took Loki's word that if they are like you, they must have blocked themselves from him somehow-" Fury spoke.
"That is very difficult to do. I mean you have to literally know how to hide not only your body, smell, and sound... but you would have to somehow hide you Magical Aurora. It's practically impossible." Rose said crossing her arms before she said leaning forward watching the several people closely, "You have to be an exceptionally strong Wizard or Witch to be able to hide not only your Aurora but someone else's. Whoever it is knows what their doing, and knows it well."
Rose watched the tape closely as Fury continued talking. Something seemed oddly familiar about the one they seemed to be following, but she couldn't figure out why. They were then on a Helicarrier flying to their destination in the middle of some Jungle Rose had no idea where, but they were in the middle of a Jungle when they landed. Bruce remained with the Doctors in the Helicarrier, but Thor, Natasha, Clint, Steve, Tony, and Rose exited the Helicarrier into the Jungle. "Which way?" Thor asked.
"That way." Steve and Tony said together pointing in around the same direction so they headed that way. Rose walked towards the back of the group with Clint, they all walked in silence until they came across a clearing with a small house. "We should keep moving. We'll eventually come across the house." Steve spoke.
Rose realized they couldn't see it... it had a concealing charm like the Burrow. "Wait here." She said as she moved towards the home, her wand in hand. She had learned wandless magic and even nonverbal, but she still liked to have her wand on her. She tossed the door open and they all gasped as they looked at the small home. "I'll explain later." She said as they moved through the home. She froze as she could have sworn she heard everything lock down tightly.
"Nothing will open." Natasha said as she tried to open a door.
"Alohomora." Rose said pointing her wand her wand at the door, it clicked and they exited through the back door.
"GET DOWN!" Rose heard Steve's yell as not only gunfire but also streams of light erupted from the surrounding bushes.
Rose found herself sending hex after hex, and trying to fight off three people who clearly knew magic. "Sectumsempra!" She shouted and a man flew backwards in a gush of blood as it looked like he was just in a fight with a sword and lost. He now laid trembling as blood stained the ground around him. Two more converged as she tried to fight them off. She disapparated across the clearing to Steve's aid and sent a stunner, forcing the man to fall and freeing Steve up for the other two who were attacking him. Rose barely moved away from Steve when they had surrounded her once more. She sent hex after hex, stunning and causing some to fall to the ground. She saw Clint trying to fight off three more Wizards and shouted, "CRUCIO!" Sending one flying into a tree and effectively knocking the man out.
"ROSE!" She heard Tony yell and barely turned around before everything went dark.
Steve watched as everyone disappeared into the bushes. "What was that?" Tony asked landing beside them. Steve looked around and saw: Thor, Tony, Natasha, and Clint but no Rose. He looked around the clearing but there was no body.
"Where is Rose?" Steve asked, and he watched as realization hit his teammates. They scoured the clearing and Steve saw something in the grass and bent down and picked up a long smooth stick. He knew it was made of Holly and Dragon Heartstring. He knew because he had asked Rose while she had been practicing with it the other day what makes a wand and she had told him that her's was Dragon Heartstring Core and Holly Wood. His fingers traced the braided look of where Rose would hold the wand as the rest was exceptionally smooth.
"What did you find?" Thor asked coming up behind him and Steve jumped with surprise only to show the God who gently picked it up. "Rose's wand. She must have dropped it when they took her." Steve nodded and the Avengers left the scene.
Upon seeing Loki, Steve went to talk to him but Thor was first at Loki's shirt, dragging the just shorter man up by the shirt collar. "Where is she?" Thor growled out.
"I've been trying to find her." Loki snapped back. "I can't seem to locate her." His eyes fell upon Steve's hand that held Rose's wand in it. Loki muttered something but nothing happened. He frowned but tried again this time a flash of silvery blue erupted from the God of Mischief's hand and left the room. Loki grinned and closed his eyes.
"What are you doing?" Clint asked, clearly skeptically those in the room.
"Trying to find Rose." Loki snapped as Thor let go of him.
Rose woke up bruised and in a cell. "Alohomora." She said putting her hands over the lock, but nothing happened. No click nothing. Rose tried again and again but nothing happened. Fear tearing through the young witch as she looked around for her wand. Did they take it? Do her captors have her wand? She looked carefully around the empty cell, and then spotted a small window, almost touching the ceiling of her cell. It wasn't big enough for her to climb out even if she blasted it open. But she could see the dark starry night. She looked up at the stars and wondered if they were looking for her.
She sat on the cold stone floor, as she didn't have anything else and looked up at the starry sky through the small window.
"The ones that love us never really leave us." She heard her Godfather's voice come up in her head. He had said those words to her and her cousins when Grandma Weasley had passed away. She now wondered if it was true. She wondered if Scorpius and her Grandmother were looking out for her now. She wondered if they stayed in her world, and watched over their families and not her. She heard the door to her cell open and she was dragged to her feet and down several long hallways.
She was thrown in front of someone, and when she looked up she couldn't place why he looked familiar. "Glad for you to finally join us, Miss Weasley. You see, we have an... offer for you." The man had dark hair and dark eyes, "You see... your people believe us to be only a few..." The man continued, "But we are more than a couple hundred. We would love for you to join us."
"And why would I do that?" Rose asked getting to her feet, her eyes never leaving the man's as he circled her.
"Because, when we take over we will spare your friends and you will be my Queen." The man said with a smirk, but Rose narrowed her eyes.
"Thanks, but no thanks. I think I'll stick with my friends." Rose spat out.
"I think I can change your mind." The man muttered and then muttered something Rose didn't catch and she lost control of herself. She was locked away in the back of her mind, only able to watch as she did what she was told.
