I was asleep when two Death Eaters came and got me. I'm sure I'd only been there for a five hours or more. Were they going to kill me already?
One wasn't wearing his mask and I recognized him from school but I couldn't recall his name. He was about two years older than me, with brown hair and an ugly face. He tied a rope around my wrists while the other unlocked the chain from my ankle.
"Get up, scum," the ugly boy said, yanking me to my feet.
My ankle was sore and swollen and it was hard to walk so I mostly stumbled while he pulled me along. I fell a couple of times as they pushed and pulled me up the stairs.
Blaise stood on the outside of the graveyard, mentally preparing and berating himself for what he was about to do.
"It's for Alurea," he told himself. Pushing himself, he walked forward calmly to the ring of Death Eaters.
"Move," hissed a voice from the middle of the circle. "My heir has arrived."
Voldemort stood there, giving Blaise his impression of a smile. This was what Blaise had been trying to avoid. He didn't want to be heir, especially not to this guy.
Gritting his teeth, he got down one knee. "I am here, my Lord."
"Let go of me!"
Blaise glanced up a bit to see Alurea being dragged out by Theodore Nott, an unknown Death Eater following behind them.
"How does it feel, Mudblood?" the second Death Eater said, twiddling his fingers in her face. "How does it feel to be treated like the animal you are?"
Alurea snapped at him with her teeth. He jumped back quickly. "How does that do for animal?"
Blaise looked back towards Voldemort who was coming closer to him. "Your first task before I make you my heir is to rid our world of yet another unwelcome member."
He motioned for the circle to open more so that Nott could drag Alurea into the circle. Nott pushed her to the ground and she landed on her knees in front of Blaise who was in a state of shock.
They had tricked him! He mentally kicked himself. Of course they tricked him. Did he really expect them to let her go?
His wand in his hand, he stepped closer to Alurea. She looked up with him and he almost fell back in surprise. She stared at him with such contempt that it scared and hurt him. She couldn't possibly think that he'd would purposefully bring this upon could her, could she?
He decided then what needed to be done.
Turning he shot spell after spell at unsuspecting Death Eaters. He stepped backwards, pulling Alurea up by her arm as he did so and pulling her back with him.
"Run," he muttered, once he had shot most of the Death Eaters down, somewhat surprised that Voldemort didn't make a move for him.
She stumbled a lot as they ran but she was heavy so Blaise could easily hold her up. She was in pain; he could tell from the way she inhaled sharply every couple of seconds.
He had no clue where they were going; he just wanted to get her out of there. He was too scared to stop and Apparated for fear that the Death Eaters that were chasing them would catch them.
The graveyard ended at the edge of a forest and the couple entered, Blaise still holding on tightly to Alurea's arm. "I got you," he told her as she almost fell to her knees.
They ran for what seemed like a long time, but the Death Eaters were still hot on their trail. In the near distance, Blaise could hear the sound of water.
Alurea must have heard it too because she tried to slow down. Blaise continued to pull her towards it, though. "I don't know how to swim!" she said as the river came into the distance.
"You have to trust me, Rea!"
They reached the river's edge and jumped. . . .
The current ripped Alurea away from him. Blaise opened his eyes to see Alurea writhing around, bubbles leaking from her mouth. He swam towards her, trying to reach for her, but she was too far away.
Panicking, he almost opened her mouth to call her name, but stopped himself just in time. It was then that he saw the rope, trailing in front of her. He grabbed it and pulled her towards him, Apparating just as she opened her mouth in a wide gasp.