A/N: Far too long in coming and what was orignally going to be one chapter will now be two. I have neglected this for too long and so wanted to put at least something up, feels again like they are getting nowhere fast but it is coming along and there will be another update sooner than this one came, real life has gotten the better of me this year and I just haven't had the chance to look at this. But I'm not giving up and it will be completed one day!

Into the Void

They hit the ground hard. The tired and weathered old broom protesting mightily against the weight it was being forced to carry. Rayne looked up shakily at the gates they had just sailed over and closed her crystal purple eyes in silent relief that the broom had held out just long enough to send them safely over the top.

"There, see. No problem at all." Draco said in an irritably chirpy tone of voice and Rayne could just picture the self-satisfied smirk that would be painted onto his angular face.

"Yeah." Rayne muttered bitingly as she stood to climb off of the broom, grasping Draco's shoulder rather more roughly than was needed so that her nails dug into his flesh even through his layers of clothing. "Lucky the gates aren't any bigger."

"Oh don't whine, we're on the other side aren't we?" Draco asked rhetorically as she stepped off of the broom and tossed it unceremoniously into the long grass that lined the edges of the path. No one would miss it.

"Yes, okay you're right." Rayne gave in with a sigh, the last thing she wanted was him gloating all the way and concluding that if he really was going to come with her it would probably be best to stop sniping at him. No need to make the trip even more unpleasant than it needed to be. "But we're still not away yet."

Rayne turned to face Draco directly, her own face a concerned mask of seriousness. "Are you certain that you still want to come with me Draco? I mean its not exactly going to be much fun and…"

Draco held up a hand to silence Rayne and shook his head. "Don't Rayne. Just don't even try to convince me to change my mind, it won't work."

"But…"

"No, I've decided and that is that. Besides wouldn't you much rather have my delightful company than go it all alone?" Draco smirked as he moved beside Rayne and slinked an arm casually around her shoulders.

Sighing Rayne forced a smile to her lips and nodded. "I suppose." She said, her words sounding rather more reluctant than she was actually feeling inside. In truth the thought of making the trip alone was a daunting one and having Draco along would probably ease her nerves somewhat.

"So, what happens now?" Draco asked stirring Rayne who had leant to rest her head against his shoulder, delighting in the comforting warmth of his body despite her usual craving for the cold.

"Hmm," Rayne frowned, "We need to be a little further away from the school before we can go, I don't want anyone to notice us." She said not moving from where she had settled against him.

"I had been wondering Rayne, why exactly are you going back there? I mean if they are looking for you won't you just be walking straight into their hands?" Draco asked the question that had been bothering him for some time now, a frown wrinkling his marble brow as he did so.

"No, I'm going back to try and confuse them. The bounty hunters." Rayne said as she lifted her head and pulled up her sleeve to reveal the mark that scarred her left forearm. "This is their way of tracking me, but it's slow to react if I move around a lot. Right now they all know where I've been so I'm hoping that going back will confuse them and that they'll waste a lot of time looking for me down there. I need some time to think of something that might help me get out of this."

Draco nodded slowly, his silver grey eyes drawn to the mark on her arm and how different it now appeared to when he had first met her on the train to Hogwarts. He couldn't help but think of the comparison between it and the dark mark sported by the Deatheaters, to have the mark was to sentence yourself for life there were very few who escaped from its bond. And he looked then at the trouble that Rayne was in, the so-called sign of allegiance the very thing working to help destroy her. Was the power and glory really worth the danger?

"Right, I see." He said slowly, eyes still transfixed onto her arm before he blinked hard and shook his head, shaking away the trance like haze that had begun to creep through his vision. "Do you have any idea at all? Of how to stop them from finding you I mean." He asked the frown still crinkling his forehead.

Rayne shook her head, it was the truth she had absolutely no clue as to how she might free herself from the threat of her kin, after all they had more magic put together than she could ever dream of. "None whatsoever. But so long as I keep moving I'll stay alive." She said with a shrug before grabbing Draco's arm and tugging him along the path. "Which incidentally is what we should really be doing now. Come on I can't wait to see the back of this place."

Lucius marched through the long, wooden panelled corridors of the Malfoy Manor. His cold grey eyes set in a hard stare on the door at the end of the passage, his aimed destination. He would be able to find the two of them, there was no question about that. Draco was afterall still an underage wizard and if Lucius could tap into the trace that he had upon him, well finding her would be all too easy. He had full confidence that wherever Draco as then Rayne would naturally be there in tow, or perhaps more appropriately dragging Lucius's son in tow behind her, but whichever way once he had her in his grasp there would be no more soft stepping around the subject. She would tell him what he wanted to know, one way or another.

Reaching the door Lucius grabbed his wand from inside of his robes and tapped at the lock. A few loud clicks could be heard from within the thick wood and door eventually sprang open. Pushing it back with a little effort the opening revealed a darkened passageway and a narrow set of stone stairs leading down beneath the house. Lighting the tip of his wand Lucius held it loftily above his head and he started off gliding gracefully down into the darkness, robes billowing behind him as he walked.

At the base of the stairs the floor stretched out into a large and sinister stone room, upon entering which the first word that would spring to mind was 'dungeon'.

As Lucius stepped into the room flames ignited in the sparse few lanterns that lined the dank walls. The room was cast with a dirty orange glow, the fiery lights painting twisted shadows across the walls as Lucius paced the floor towards a large table set against the far wall. A number of cells had been constructed along one of the sides, each equip with its own old and tarnished set of chains and shackled, the iron locks on each door rusted and worn but still in fairly serviceable order. It had been a while since this place was used for its original intentions.

The table was stacked with various items all clearly for some magical purpose or another and more than a few appeared considerably dark and sinister in nature. Placing down his wand Lucius deftly picked up a number of instruments and arranged them directly in front of him. The plan was simple, find them and bring them both straight back to the Manor. Draco would be no trouble, after all that place was still his home and Lucius as his father still had a certain amount of power over his son, it was just the girl he may have some trouble dealing with. Still Lucius with all of his power and experience as a wizard, and as a Deatheater at that, was sure that he would have an advantage over a young and inexperienced demon, high blooded or not.

Picking up his wand again in his pale and slender fingers Lucius looked earnestly into the instrument, which looked not dissimilar to a pensive, that was set before him. He waved the wand in a series of complicated patterns and muttered inaudibly below his breath until the wand tip began to glow a ghostly white and there before him he could see Draco.

An image of Draco at least, the same way a memory would appear inside a pensive the watery picture show Lucius clearly the two of them, barely a 10 minute walk away from the school. A sinister smirk came to Lucius's lips and an evil chuckle escaped them, this would be all too easy.

The cobblestone path between Hogwarts and Hogsmeade was quickly eaten away by the pairs hasty footsteps. Robes billowed in the cold night air and Rayne's long, raven hair whipped about her shoulders, her amethyst eyes set firmly on the path ahead. Draco managed just to keep in step with her as they walked for 10 silent minutes until the picturesque village loomed mere moments away. It was then that Rayne suddenly veered off of the path, grabbing Draco by the arm and leading him into a small thicket of trees.

"Here should be okay. I don't really want anyone to notice us go." She muttered, stopping in her tracks just as the path disappeared from view. Keeping Dracos arm firmly in her grasp, she turned towards him and locked her gaze with his own. "You sure you're ready for this?" She asked him one final time, needing to be more than certain that this was a good idea because once they entered the demon realm there would be no room for things to go wrong. Rayne had to trust that Draco would not hinder things in any way, both of their lives could depend on it.

"Rayne will you stop asking me that!" Draco snapped, flinching slightly as at his words Rayne tightened her grip painfully on his arm. "How many times doe I have to say yes, and that nothing you can say will change my mind….That hurts!" Draco burst out finally as he snatched his arm roughly away from her.

Hastily Rayne let him go she'd not realised quite how hard she had been gripping his arm, it was the deep rooted fear that was beginning to course through her body as she drew closer to returning to the place she had once called home that was causing her to lose her grip on herself a little.

"Sorry." She muttered meekly, "But I really just need to be sure that you won't back out on me." She paused and looked hard into his cold eyes, her own beginning to sparkle with the threat of tears. "I really can't afford for anything to go wrong." She finished harshly forcing back the emotion that threatened to overcome her.

Draco softened his gaze, there was something alien in her eyes that unnerved him. He'd never seen fear like that in her before. "It won't I promise it won't." He said before swallowing hard and forcing out his next set of words. "I'll do whatever you say."

Hearing those words did serve to lighten the leaden feeling that had begun to settle in the pit of her stomach. It had been hard for Draco to say and he was never one to take orders from anybody, but the conviction in his tone was enough to convince her.

"Okay, lets get this over with." Rayne said with a sigh, trying her hardest to relax. Travelling there would be hard enough with nerves getting the better of her and throwing them dangerously off course. "Give me your hand." She instructed reaching out for it with her own pale, slender fingers. "You've apparated side-along before right?" She asked, waiting only for Dracos nod in confirmation before continuing. "Good, well its pretty much the same principal. Just keep a tight hold and I won't lose you along the way."

Stretching out his arm Draco took her hand, entwining his fingers around hers and gripping firmly. "Okay, lets go."

Rayne nodded, squeezing his hand quickly before screwing her eyes shut tight and picturing the place she wanted to head for. She tapped into her power and felt it begin to rise through her body before she stepped forwards leading Draco into nothingness.

Lucius had everything ready, he knew just where they were and the cell was there waiting for Rayne when he brought them back. He'd tampered with the Manors own protective magic so that he could apparate straight back into the basement dungeon, the sooner he could arrive and contain Rayne the easier things would be.

Opening the cell door, not wanting a wasted second, and slipping the keys into his pocket Lucius finally headed back to the table. Grasping his wand tightly he peered into the pensive like object one last time and watched as the two of them slipped off of the main path and into a small cluster of trees.

'Perfect.' He thought wickedly to himself, a sinister smirk curling his pale lips as he turned on the spot and, with a crack, disappeared from view.

The sound of wind rushed through his ears and the sensation of being forced through a narrow tube slipped over his body before Lucius appeared expertly on the grass at the centre of the cluster of trees. Flicking his eyes up he looked ahead just in tome to watch as Rayne and Draco disappeared from sight.

A/N: Next chapter, the demon realm and just how will Draco deal with it...