Note: I do not own 'Harry Potter' but do own my own characters...if anything doesn't seem to jive with the books, it's not meant to...Hope you enjoy it...

Neville felt the pull of the portkey and waited until he reappeared before letting go. While he landed in such a heap, the girl landed worse and she cried out. He didn't care where he was as long as he had her. He knew that this was Pyx and he wasn't about to let her go.

"Pyx?"

After a few minutes, she answered, "Help me, Nev. So cold."

Neville still had his wand and they had been taught simple healing spells but she needed something stronger. The transfigurations shimmered so he ended the spell and his girlfriend laid before him. He pulled her into his lap and held her tight.

"Help. Someone help me," he yelled.

Pop! A house elf appeared before them. Its gray skin and pointed ears flattened against its head. The rag around the body was all dirty and torn.

"Please help her. She'll die."

The house elf looked down at the girl and saw all the blood.

"Master warned Aggie that boy be hurt, not girl."

"Help her, damn it. Your master will not like it if she dies. Neither will I," he threatened.

"Aggie, warm some water and bring towels to the guest room."

Neville looked up to see an old man with graying hair standing there in healer's robes. He levitated Neville's wand to him and put it in his pocket. He conjured up a stretcher and pointed at it. Neville laid her in it as the healer poured a potion down Pyx's throat.

"Will you be coming, Mr. Longbottom?" he asked, as he started towards the guest room.

Neville followed, not wanting Pyx to be alone. He watched as the healer cleaned the wounds, stopped the bleeding with a spell, and applied dittany. Healer Gloughnot turned her over and slipped another pain potion past her lips as well as a blood replenishing potion. He moved to the side and Neville sat on the bed beside her. He held her hand, praying that she would wake up soon. Hours later, she still hadn't woken up and no one else had showed up at the cabin. The healer checked her out and said that she'd wake when her body was finished recuperating. When he turned to leave, Neville nicked his wand from Healer Gloughnot's pocket without him noticing.

"If you require anything else, please call for the house elf. I will be back in the morning to check on her."

Neville and Pyx were alone. He didn't care as long as she was going to be alright. He was exhausted but he couldn't leave her alone and unprotected. His eyes were drooping and didn't notice Pyx finally opening hers.

"Nev, are you OK? You weren't hurt, were you?"

His head whipped up and his eyes were wide open. She smiled at him and held out his arms to him. Neville pulled her into his arms and held her tight.

"Why did you do that? How do you feel? I can't stand seeing you in pain."

"Good because I'm not in any. Is there anyone else here?"

"No."

"Perfect. Help me up. We're getting out of here."

"How? No, wait. You can't leave. You nearly bled to death. The wounds haven't even closed fully yet."

"Would you like to stick around and meet Lucius? I'd rather not. I hope the password to the Floo is the same."

Pyx heaved herself out of the bed and nearly got up when she noticed the sheet was the only thing covering her up.

"Nev, where did my clothes go?"

"The healer had to take them off to get at the wounds. Here, let me find you something."

"Nev, just turn around."

He did and she wound the large sheet around her body and secured it around her neck, like a toga. She swayed and he was there in an instant. Pyx told him the way to the library where the fireplace was. She was lucky she had been brought here for a day while captive. This was where the so called wedding was going to be held. Since she had been taken by side along apparition, she didn't know the Floo password. She prayed it was the same as the password for Malfoy Manor.

Pyx grabbed a handful of Floo powder and threw it into the fireplace. The flames went black.

"Mudblood."

The flames turned green and she motioned for Neville to go. As they made their way into the fireplace, they heard noise coming from outside the library. Pyx saw Lucius in the doorway to the library before they could call out a destination. She grabbed Neville's wand and sent the Cruciatus curse at her uncle. Neville called out the Leaky Cauldron and they disappeared as the curse hit the blond. They landed in the pub and quickly grabbed more Floo powder. Pyx called out the address and password for their next stop. She fell as she stumbled out of the fireplace. Her back hit the table and she cried out. Neville rushed to her as the painting started to scream. He jumped at the voice but soon forgot about it when Pyx fell.

Thanatos, come to Grimmauld Place, she thought.

Where have you been?

Just come. I need you to take a letter to Uncle Sirius.

Pyx still had Neville's wand and headed out to her grandmother's portrait.

"Shut up, you old bat," she growled before casting a silencing spell.

Pyx made it back to the kitchen before she collapsed. Even through the layers of sheet, Neville could see the blood. The cuts must have reopened or the healer did something to them.

"Pyx, stay awake. I don't know where we are."

"Thanatos coming…send letter to Uncle Sirius…" she said before blacking out.

Neville didn't have to wait long for the falcon to arrive. He found parchment and scribbled a quick note: 'We're in a dark house with a screaming portrait. Pyx is still hurt. Please find us. We Floo'd here and all I heard was the password: family.'

Thanatos ripped the letter out of Neville's hands and hurried off. The boy took back his wand and levitated Pyx out of the kitchen. He found a couch in a front room and laid her face down on it. He tore the back of the sheet until her bum and saw that the cuts were bleeding again.

"Bloody hell. We haven't learned healing spells yet. Um…Accio dittany!" he called, flicking his wand.

He wasn't sure if the house had any but he hoped. Far away, he heard a crash and half a minute later, a bottle flew into the room. Neville lightly applied the dittany causing Pyx to hiss in pain.

"I'm sorry. I missed you so much when you went missing. I couldn't think about anything other than what they could be doing to you. Why did you jump in the way, Pyx? Why?" he sobbed.

The dittany helped and the bleeding stopped. Neville sat beside her holding her hand waiting for her to wake or for the help to arrive.

It wasn't until a bit later that he heard the Floo. Neville didn't want to leave her side but whoever was there didn't know where they were. He got up and peaked his head out of the door. The sight shocked him.