CHAPTER TWENTYONE
Dani sat down on her bed as she reread the letter that Fred had sent her. She smiled as his words to her and at his horrible handwriting.
Hey Dani, we should meet up soon before going back to school. I have a surprise for you.
~ Your Secret Admirer named Fred
Dani didn't know how to respond and it was going to be hard getting out of the house with her grandfather back from the hospital forbidding anyone from going out unless they had a good excuse. Earlier, Scorpius had gone out without telling anyone and their grandfather had been blowing fuses ever since. It was about 3 P.M. and the game had started at noon, so the game was going on for a while or maybe Scorpius didn't want to come back home yet. Dani didn't care much about the old man and neither did Jeal, but Dani had found out about Scorpius attempt to visit grandfather when he was sick, only to be told that grandfather didn't want to see him. Fucking old man, couldn't he show that he cared for once, at least before dieing.
"Dani" Dani looked up and saw Jeal with her head outside the door, looking at something.
"What?" Dani asked.
"Jaeger's here. And his following the old man to dad's study. This is suspicious" Jeal said as she closed the door behind her. "Lets spy on them" and before Dani could say anything, Jeal went over to her desk drawer and pulled out Extendable Ears. "Let's go" and with that Jeal left the room with Dani following. Their dad and their mom had left earlier and so it had only been their grandparents and them alone in the house. Dani followed Dani to Scorpius room which was above the study and a prefect place to overhear what was going on below using the vents.
"Mr Jaeger, I assume you have succeeded in your first step of you plan?"Lucias said, his voice raspy and barely heard.
"Yes sir I have, soon I shall go to the next plan and you can come and finish it up" Jaeger said, his voiced filled with excitement. "Is anyone home?"
"Yes, but it's only my wife and I. My son and his wife with their children went out earlier. But forget them, having any problems ?"Why would he lie about everyone gone but him and his wife being gone. He knew that Jeal and Dani were home, they just saw each other in the kitchen minutes ago before he told them to go their rooms. What was he up to?
"No, except for that fucking bitch of my step-sister who hasn't stopped crying. I really hate her. " Jaeger said in a disgusted voice.
"Yes well that soon shall be taken care of. Well thank you Mr Jaeger for coming here and informing me of what my dear grandson has been up to" Lucias said sarcastically "I shall go and see you soon, I would of gone myself and not ask you to come, but my health is not the best this day's" the scraping of chair against wood was heard.
"My pleasure Mr Malfoy I have always admired your family history and your bloodline. I shall take my take my leave now because I can't be gone so long" and with that, the door was heard being opened and closed. Lucias rang a bell and again the door opened.
"Yes sir" said an elf, his voice shaking.
"Go up and tell my granddaughters and my wife that I shall be gone soon. I have some businesses to attend to and might not be back in a couple of days"So he did know, and yet he lied for a reason.
"Yes sir" and with that the elf hurriedly left. Jeal grabbed the ear pulled it up and hid it under Scorpius bed.
"Lets go before he catches us here" and with that Dani and Jeal left, very confused as to what their grandfather and Jaeger had been talking about.
'HILFE' Scorpius reread the piece of paper with the word 'help' in German that he held in his hands as Albus, Fred, Harry, him and a very angry James sat in the Potters house with no clue as where to look for Lily and Janika. Why had Janika written 'help' in German when it be more simple to write it in English and have people understand it easier. And it was obvious that she had known about the attack beforehand to write the note. Was it a clue? Scorpius thought of that and the other clue left behind; three set of footprints were discovered with the kidnapper apperateing before them, hit them with a rock and then apperated away with them leaving the rock behind. They would of followed but the apperating space had already been weak and could not lead them.
"FUCK. How could you let this happen" James yelled, looking at Scorpius. Scorpius glared at him. He didn't need to be reminded that it had been his fault of what had happened but he stayed quite. Earlier, when they had arrived at the Potters house (Scorpius not wanting to come but Albus and Fred forcing him to) James and his parents were in the living room. Seeing Scorpius they had been surprised, and when they saw all three anguished face's of the boy, that had worried them When they had heard about the kidnap, James had gone up to Scorpius and punched him calling him all sorts of foul names. Ginny started to cry and Harry had hugged her, trying to console her. Harry then had taken his wife upstairs to their room and left her there, he back down stairs saying that she was sleeping and returned to brainstorming with the rest, trying to come up with something.
"James, please calm down. It wasn't his fault" Harry said, and Scorpius felt even worse. How was he to get Lily's family approval when he couldn't even take care of her.
"Yes, we have to be rational and think clearly. Lily wasn't the only one that was kidnapped, Kaiser was too. And from the Kaiser's note, we know that Kaiser knew of the attack and Lily just happened to be there or something" Albus said, then he looked at Scorpius. "Do you know where Kaiser lives?" Scorpius nodded.
"Yeah, she told me once that she lives with her mother and her step-dad who is really sick"
"Good, then someone can go and tell her mother about what happed and see if her parents might know something" Scorpius nodded. Then he pulled Lily's necklace from his coat pockets, looking at it and it's broken clasp, a sign that she had done it on purpose and left it there, hidden under the sand along with the note left by Janika.
"Why don't we report a kidnap to the Ministry of Magic and get another Auror hlep with the case?" asked Fred.
"Because 24 hours needs to pass before reporting a missing person" Harry said.
"Then why don't you go and look for them uncle Harry, your the head of the office. And get uncle Ron, he do it?"
"I'll call Ron over later. And we don't have any leads as to tell us who took Lily and Kaiser so it's hard knowing where to start. It's not as easy as it might sound" Harry said, looking outside the window.
"Or why anyone would do such a thing" said Fred and Scorpius decided to leave. He stood up and everyone looked at him.
"Where are you going?" asked Albus.
"I'm going to Janika's home and tell her mother, see if there is anyone that has anything against Janika" Scorpius said. Al nodded.
"I'll go with you" Scorpius looked at him. It seemed Scorpius had gained a new friend in Albus.
"Me too" said Fred and now Scorpius had another new friend. Scorpius nodded. Turning to look at Harry, Scorpius said.
"Thank you for you hospitality Mr. Potter. I will find her Sir" Harry nodded at the sincerity of the boys voice, not able to say a word over his distress of Lily's kidnapped.
"Bye uncle Harry" said Fred as he patted Harry on the back.
"I'll be back soon dad" Al said and the three of them left. As they walked, Scorpius noticed that it it was nighttime already and mention to the guys that he needed to go home first. They all walked to the Malfoy Manor and stopped at the gates where Albus and Fred decided to stay. Scorpius nodded at their smart plan and went inside his house.
"Scorpius, where have you been?" Narcissa Malfoy said as Scorpius entered the building. Scorpius looked at his grandmother, her face filled with worry.
"Out with Mike. I'm going back but I just needed something" his grandmother nodded. "Where's grandfather?" Scorpius asked her as she followed him up to his bedroom.
"He said he had some business to do and would be gone some days" Scorpius sighed in relief, at least he didn't have to argue with his grandfather for a few days. But his grandfather was sick.
"Should he be out with his health being bad?"
"NO. But you know him, he doesn't like to acknowledge the fact that his sick and still wants to attend his own business. He's so stubborn" and Scorpius agreed with her. Scorpius went into his room and looked for the house directions that Janika had given.
"I'm tired, I shall take a nap" his grandmother said leaving the room.
He got the piece of paper and left his room and was about to go outside when someone jumped at him from behind.
"Scorpius, where have you been all day. It's almost six" Jeal said. Scorpius pried her hands from his neck.
"Jeal, I have to go sorry" Scorpius said as he opened the door.
"Wait, why are Potter and Weasly outside our gates?" Jeal asked, peering around Scorpius.
"What? Let me see?" Dani said and also peered around Scorpius. "Yes Scorpius, why are Potter and Weasly outside our gates?" Scorpius looked at them and wondering if he should tell them. Yes he should, they were Janika's friend and Lily's best friends and they needed to know , and besides, they might know something.
"Go change into something warm and hurry up. I will wait outside the gates" Scorpius told them, ignoring their previous question and their new questions forming in their minds. Once outside the gates Scorpius leaned against the gate pillar.
"Jeal and Dani are coming" Scorpius told them when he just stood there, and they nodded, their faces serious. Some minutes later, Jeal and Dani came outside, their faces filled with questions. Scorpius started to walk with everyone following suit.
"Scorpius slow down" Jeal said but Scorpius couldn't.
"What going on?" Dani asked, seeing all the boys worried expressions and Scorpius acting anything but calm.
"Lily and Kaiser were kidnapped" said Fred while Jeal and Dani suddenly stopped and gasped.
"WHAT?" both of them yelled together, looking at Fred, Albus and Scorpius with horrified expressions.
OUCH Lily thought, behind her ear throbbing. Lily lift a hand to rub the spot only to feel her hands tied up behind her. WHAT? Lily opened her eyes and saw only a small candle lightning only a small portion of the room, leaving most of it in darkness. Where was she? Lily heard mumbles but couldn't quite understand what they were saying. Lily groaned and felt a piece of cloth stuffed in her mouth. How did she get here? The last thing she remembered was bending down with Janika to look for her earring when she heard a popping sound and then felt someone come up behind her. Lily grabbed her necklace that Scorpius had given her fast.
"Hello Lily" Lily heard Jaeger say and then next thing she knew, she saw Jaeger hit Janika on the head with a rock but not before Janika gave her a apologetic look. Why though?. Hurriedly, Lily had broken her necklace clasp, felt a sharp pain in her head, and while she could, hid the necklace in the sand before falling unconscious.
And now she was here. Lily looked around. Janika was lying on the ground, her hands tied behind her back and her face red with her mouth stuffed. Lily turned around and nudged Janika with her tied feet. Janika opened her eyes, blinked and when she saw Lily, tears started to run down her cheeks and made loud sobbing noises. Lily heard steps coming towards her and looked up.
"Shut up" Jaeger said as he kicked Janika who moaned with pain, Lily whimpered. Jaeger turned towards Lily, seeing her frightened face made him smile.
"Lily, how are you? How's your head?' Jaeger asked her as he bend his knees coming eye level with Lily, roughly caressing her face while Lily tried to turn her head away. "Even all tied up and bloody you look beautiful. And such smooth skin, don't worry, everyone will see you soon enough, you'll be on display for everyone" as he still caressing her and Lily swallowed. What was he talking about" Everyone would see her? Display?. "I have to do something right now so I'll be gone for a few minutes. Don't worry, I won't be gone for long, and DON'T think of running away. Your surrounded by terrible creatures who won't think twice before killing you, and they are very frightening creature. So don't try anything Lily or it's you life and hers" Jaeger said pointing at Janika who was looking at him with frightened eyes. Jaeger lifted himself up and left. With Jaeger gone, Lily looked around, trying to see if she found a window or anything to tell her where she was with no success and only the small candle light lighting rock behind her and dirt below her. WHERE WAS SHE?
So I was wondering on how to get Jaeger all found out and hopefully this is the best course having Lucias involved and Dani and Jeal overhearing part of their plan without knowing it yet. Scorpius goes to the Potters house and they know about the game date but they don't know yet about Scorpius and Lily dating. Also, I don't know how appearting works, forgot about them. So I took some lines from the movie 'Jump' and they're way of being able to trace people by following the 'hole' like a black hole I guess. Well I'm guessing actually, it's been a while since I watched the movie but I remember that that is one way of tracking where you go.