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Chapter Four: Doubts
"What?"
"But she—"
"I thought—"
"How can—"
"Malfoy, you b—"
"Shut up, Ron"
"But he's a bloody liar!"
"Mum, are you alright?"
Mrs. Weasley's face had gone completely white and was in complete shock.
"I-I-" she stuttered, "I k-killed her."
"See! I told you he's a liar!"
"Ron, quiet!"
"Malfoy, if this is some kind of dirty trick you're playing," started George.
"Look, this isn't a trick and it isn't a lie. I'm just as shocked as you are. I honestly thought my aunt was dead," Malfoy said.
"Well, how do you know she isn't still dead?" said Percy, "What's the proof that she's behind the kidnaps?"
"She left a note," said Malfoy, pulling out a small, fancy piece of parchment, "It has her signature and this is the same kind of parchment my…family owns…"
"Everything seems to come back to you, Malfoy," Bill said, studying Malfoy's face.
Malfoy eyed Bill and said, "Would you rather sit here and accuse me or work on saving your niece?"
With nothing to say to that, Bill remained silent. Then Harry spoke up.
"Could I see the note, Malfoy?"
Malfoy handed Harry the parchment, who read it aloud.
I will not try to hide my identity. I have your daughter. You know what I want. You may have been successful in the past, but I'd like to see you try to figure a way out of this.
Signed,
BELLATRIX LESTRANGE
"Well, what is it zat she wants?" asked Fleur, when Harry finished reading.
"She wants me to come," Harry said, "So that she can finally finish me off."
"Well, you can't just go walk to your death, mate!" said Ron.
"Ron, she has my daughter," said Harry, a bit louder than necessary, "I've walked to my death before, and I'll do it again if it'll save Lily."
"Okay, Harry, be reasonable," said Hermione, "You don't need to go suicidal here."
"I'm all for it," said Malfoy, but immediately went silent when he saw all of the glares coming his way.
Hermione looked back at Harry, "We can still win this, Harry," she said, "Look, if the Malfoys didn't even know Bellatrix was alive, then she probably won't have a huge army waiting for us."
"Please, you have no idea what my aunt is capable of—"
"I think we do, Malfoy," said Ron, but Hermione shushed him.
"Okay," said Hermione, "Where could Bellatrix be?"
Everyone looked at each other. No one had a clue where to start. After Bellatrix "died", everything was taken from her house, all of the charms were lifted, and it was sold to a muggle family.
"We could start at the manor," Malfoy finally suggested, "If she wants us to find her, she would keep the clues easy."
"Oh please," said Ron, "Do you think we'd actually go to your house? What, Hermione? Don't you remember the last time we were at his house? This is obviously a trap!"
"Will you just stop with that, Weasley!" said Malfoy, "I'm not lying about anything! My own son is in danger! I would never joke about that!"
"Well, how do we know you're not just lying about that too?"
"He's not lying, Daddy," said Rose, suddenly. She looked at Albus, then said, "Scorpius Malfoy really is kidnapped."
Ron just stared at his daughter and, unable to defy her, turned to Malfoy and said, reluctantly, "So, Malfoy Manor then?"
I love Ron! (Hate Rupert)