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Chapter 16
Annette's POV
The carriages had arrived at Hogwarts and the students were all exiting and gathering in the Great Hall for the start of term feast. The nontuplets were gathering for a quick conversation before heading to their separate house tables. It was then that Annette noticed something was wrong. 'Hey,' she said, 'where's Dunstan?' The nontuplets looked at each other. Annette was right Dunstan wasn't there. 'But he was with us at the station,' Lilias said sounding panicked. 'His wand fell out of his pocket remember,' Annette reminded her siblings, 'he told us to go on ahead and he'd catch us up. It shouldn't have taken that long to get his wand. He should be here.' 'What should we do?' Esther asked. 'Let's go back to the station,' Annette said, 'if he's not there we'll alert Professor McGonagall.' Her siblings agreed to this plan. Checking that no one was around they hurried out of the school gates and back down to the station.
When they reached the station Dunstan was nowhere to be seen. 'Hey guys,' Annette called hurrying over to her siblings, 'I found Dunstan's wand.' The others froze for a moment and then they all ran back to the school.
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When they arrived back at the school they went straight to Professor McGonagall's office and burst through the door. McGonagall turned around and stared at the nontuplets. 'What are you all doing here?' she asked. All of them began to talk at once. McGonagall held up a hand and they all fell silent. 'Just one of you will do,' she said. Annette stepped forward to explain. 'Dunstan's wand fell out of his pocket while we were at the Hogsmead train station. He told us to go on ahead while he got it so we did,' she began, 'when we were in the entrance hall we noticed that Dunstan wasn't with us. We went back to the station and he wasn't there,' she continued, 'all we found was his wand.' Annette passed the wand to Professor McGonagall. She looked very grim. 'So he's missing,' she said, 'your parents must be told of this immediately.' She handed the nontuplets a two way mirror. Esther picked it up and said; 'we must talk to our parents.'
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Draco's and Harry's POV
Harry was cleaning the dinner dishes when he heard the alarm go off on the two way mirror. He hurried into the living room and retrieved it from its cabinet. As soon as he picked it up Esther's scared face appeared and he knew straight away that something was wrong. 'Draco, get in here!' he called. Draco hurried into the room and joined Harry at the two way mirror. 'What's going on sweetie?' Harry asked worriedly. Esther bit her lip and then proceeded with a tremulous voice. 'Dunstan's missing,' she said. Harry and Draco were silent trying to process this information. 'What?' Draco finally chocked out. Esther took a deep breath and then began to explain. 'Dunstan's wand came out of his pocket after we got off the train at Hogsmead station. He told us to go ahead while he picked it. When we were all gathered in the entrance hall we noticed that he wasn't there. We went back to the station to look for him but we only found his wand.' At this point Harry and Draco were livid. 'Esther,' we want you and your siblings to stay at school,' Draco told her, 'your dad and I are going to the Ministry to find out what happened to Dunstan.' Esther assured her father's that they would stay at school and then Harry put away the two-way mirror. He and Draco went over to the fireplace and used the floo network to get to the Ministry.
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Lucius' POV
Lucius and his associates had arrived back at Malfoy Manor and Lucius sent Ethan and Karl to guard the manor. He threw Dunstan into a stone room with no windows and only one source of light. As soon as Dunstan crashed to the ground he turned to face Lucius. 'What the hell do you want?' he demanded angrily. Lucius smirked. 'You know,' he began, 'you remind me so much of your father. He was disobedient and disrespectful. He never behaved like a son should. So, I'm going to teach you to obey me the way my son never did.' Dunstan glared at him. 'Like hell, I'd obey you,' he snarled. Lucius face became a mask of fury. He kicked Dunstan hard in the stomach. Dunstan fought not to scream not in pain but he couldn't stop his body from curling in on itself. Lucius forced him out of his curled up position and kicked in side. This time Dunstan was unable to hold back a grunt of pain. Before he had time to try and defend himself Lucius pulled him up by the hair and punched him in the nose. Dunstan felt his nose break as blood came pouring out. 'Now will you obey me?' Lucius demanded. Dunstan stared him right in the eyes. 'No,' he said. Lucius hit him again and this time Dunstan blacked out. Lucius threw the body to the floor and stormed out. He slammed the door shut and locked it. 'Brat,' he muttered to himself, 'never mind I will break him.'
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Dunstan's POV
This guy is seriously psychotic, Dunstan thought to himself as Lucius glared at him in anger. Merlin that bloody hurt! his mind screamed as Lucius kicked him in the stomach. However he was determined not to cry out. He was hard pressed to keep quiet. His stomach hurt so much and he knew it would have started to bruise straight away. I've never been in this much pain in my life. He was trying to feel brave. He really was but he still couldn't help the fear that started building inside him. As Lucius kicked him the side he couldn't help but let out a grunt as even more pain lanced through his body. He felt Lucius pull him up by his hair. This time Dunstan did cry out as he was hit hard in the nose. He felt it break and soon blood was pouring down his front. He glared at Lucius as he was hauled up to eye-level. 'Now will you obey me?' Lucius asked. Dunstan brought forth all of his determination and growled out; 'No.' Then everything went black.
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Annette's POV
As soon as Esther put the mirror down Annette asked; 'What did Papa, and Dad say?' 'They're going to the Ministry to find out what happened to Dunstan,' Esther told her siblings. 'We have to find him,' Annette said fiercely, 'Papa and Dad will do everything they can but he's our brother and we've got to find him.' Her siblings agreed with her. 'We have to find him fast,' Kenneth said, 'he's in a lot of distress.' McGonagall was worried as she listened to the children talk. 'Your parents will find him,' she assured them, 'why don't you go back to your dormitories and get some sleep.' The nontuplets left.
When they were safely away from the headmistress office Annette turned to the others. 'We can't just leave this to the adults. We'll go to our rooms and get everything we need and meet at the room of requirement. Agreed?' 'Agreed,' her siblings chorused. The eight children went off to the dormitories to get everything they would need. They had to save their brother.