Temper Temper
Temper, temper
I never wanted to be
Temper, temper
I never wanted to be
Mr., Mr.
I can't hold it in.
Lupin
4/24/11
10:32 p.m.
Tonks and I sat alone on the rocks overlooking the sea. Fleur had taken Teddy for awhile, leaving us time to think. "I still can't believe it. Jenny doesn't seem like that kind of person. I'm worried, Remus. If she's angry and hurt enough to be killing people…she needs help." Tonks said quietly. I put an arm around her and let her lean on me for a moment while I gathered my thoughts.
"I'm worried about what she will do if she manages to kill as many as she can. If Voldemort doesn't fall from power, I feel like she will never be safe. The Ministry certainly won't protect her, a Muggle werewolf…and now a murderer." I shivered at that word. "However, I don't blame her for wanting to avenge them. I just wish she wasn't going at it in such a mysterious and dangerous way." I sat up and pulled out my wand as a Patronus that looked just like Jenny as a wolf jumped smoothly over the gate and stopped in front of me.
"The Minister and the Lestranges are dead, and now Kingsley is too. Jenny and I are fine, try not to worry too much. We miss Teddy, and all of you." Draco sounded tired and slightly irritated, but his news made Tonks stand, then help me up as it dissolved into mist. She was biting her lip, but she was starting to smile.
"That's good news, about Kingsley." She sounded very satisfied, and I nodded, realizing that for some sick reason, I was smiling too. And then I realized that this was war. People were going to die, and someday, I would be fighting and trying to do exactly what Jenny was doing, for a better future, for everyone, and for Teddy.
Draco
4/26/11
5:42 a.m.
After Jenny almost force fed Brian for a few days, we took his advice and Apparated to the front of my house from a distance, then walked as far as we could without setting off wards. Then, we settled down to wait. And we didn't have to wait very long. Footsteps were approaching on gravel. I was in between Jenny and Brian, and I could feel their shoulders lightly touching mine as both raised a weapon. I raised my wand as footsteps came closer.
Rookwood and Dolohov were leading an almost dead looking Mr. Ollivander and Luna Lovegood. I Immobilized the Death Eaters as soon as they stepped out of the wards. I couldn't risk them Apparating. Luna jumped as Jenny appeared when I Disillusioned her, then Brian, then, finally, myself. Brian strode right up to Rookwood, who was paling under his furious gaze. Jenny rushed over and supported Mr. Ollivander before he could fall over, then Luna at the same time. She didn't need much; she was in much better shape than Ollivander. "Jenny! I thought you were dead, they took you away, I heard them leave with you—"
"It's alright, Luna. I thought you were dead too…I've missed you both so much. Brian?" She asked as she noticed Brian almost trembling with rage in front of Rookwood.
"This man, no, this bastard was responsible for me." Brian loaded his gun and took the safety off, then raised it to right between his brows. "This isn't for me, this is for my family, and hers." He gestured to Jenny, quoting her, as we had talked about, then pulled the trigger.
"What did you do?" Luna said, curious, as Rookwood keeled over.
"He killed him. It's a Muggle weapon, called a gun. He's helping Jenny and I hunt down Death Eater's like him, I pointed my wand at Dolohov, and kill them. Hurry, if you want to do it, Jenny." I added, and took Ollivander from her as she strode over. Her eyes, as usual when she was angry, were flashing darkly, her face uncaring and unkind as she loaded her gun and placed between Dolohov's brows.
"This is for my family, his family, Draco's family, everyone you helped torture, including Luna and Mr. Ollivander. Oh, and this is for groping me, you sick bastard." With another pop from the silencer, Dolohov fell over. I Disillusioned Brian and Jenny again, then seized Luna, while holding Ollivander and Apparated back to our tent, got them through the protective spells, Apparated back, felt around, grabbed Jenny and Brian and Apparated back. "So who else now? My my, it seems that Voldemort is running out of Death Eaters." Jenny said frostily as she situated Mr. Ollivander on the couch and started piling blankets on him.
"Well, Mulciber and Avery are still around…and Macnair…Nott, Jugson and Crabbe…I think that's it. At least, the one's that I know have been around for awhile, there's no telling how many have recruited now that Voldemort has risen back to power." I said as I jabbed my wand at the tea pot, causing the water to boil.
"He's burning up, but his hands are cold, damn it, if only Mrs. Weasley were here. How are you, Luna?" Jenny dropped her cold demeanor for the first time in weeks as she tore her gaze from Ollivander to her. Despite being pale, sickly and thin, Luna looked reasonably well for someone who had been in the Manor's cellar for most of the year. Jenny took a tea cup from me as I passed it to her and pushed it into Luna's hands, making her sit on the couch.
"Evanesco," I pointed my wand at Jenny's back, and then at Brian briefly, and any blood on them vanished. Brian still flinched whenever I used magic, but I really couldn't blame him, especially if Rookwood had been messing with him. That man was a coward, but he had a sick, sick mind.
"That felt good…sick and wrong…but good." Brian said sheepishly, looking slightly green as he realized in its entirety what he had done.
"Well, here are two more wands to add to the collection." Jenny at last turned away from Luna and Ollivander and pulled out the two wands from Dolohov and Rookwood. "And no matter what, no matter how wrong it sounds, these Death Eaters need to die. Someone else would have done it eventually, I'm just speeding things along. Having the need for a bit of revenge certainly helps."
"I've said it once, but I'm saying it again: You would have been fantastic in Slytherin." I said, and she kissed my cheek as she passed. Brian raised an eyebrow at her, but she was tending to Ollivander again, and I had turned back around like nothing had happened, adding the wands she had given me to our growing pile of them.
"But we are running out of time…Voldemort will have to start being careful with his best-trained Death Eaters. And if Harry, Ron and Hermione are doing anything, something big should happen soon. Everyone is getting tired of just sitting around listening to the deaths being reported in the paper." Jenny said confidently as she added more pillows behind Ollivander. "We should take Mr. Ollivander and you to people who can give you the care you need, and a house to stay in, instead of traveling with us." She said to Luna.
"Do you think that they are honestly still at Shell Cottage?" I asked her. I knew that no one had leaked it's location to Voldemort yet, but it still seemed too easy. Call me paranoid, but nothing was sacred anymore.
"Oh, yes, of course. It's the only place they've got." Jenny said firmly, and so I placed a Warming Charm on Ollivander, and she picked him up. Brian supported Luna, and we went outside of the tent so I could shrink it. After dropping the protective spells, we Apparated to just outside the wards at Shell Cottage, hastily told the directions to Brian and Luna, then walked quickly within.
"Jenny, what did you tell me when I asked you if you were injured anywhere else after your last night without a Wolfsbane Potion?" Lupin's voice held no remorse, and it sent slight comfort in me. At least he wasn't taking any chances.
"That I thought my heart was breaking." Jenny said with a straight face, but I saw her eyes flash for a moment with sadness. "What did I get from the kitchen while you were drinking firewhisky during Tonks' labor?" She fired off right away.
"Dittany. Draco, what did I tell you when your parents brought Jenny to Shell Cottage?" Lupin asked, and I felt Jenny looking at me curiously.
"To be prepared for the worst." I said grimly. "Luna is who she is, we checked, Ollivander is too ill at the moment, and Brian is safe as well." Lupin stepped out from behind a bush, looking paler than ever.
"Jenny, you'll need to get him inside, and Luna, you look like you need some care as well. Please, everyone, come in." Lupin ushered everyone inside the house, calling up the stairs to Tonks, Fleur, the Malfoy's and Bill. The rumble on the stairs ended as quickly as it started, and they streaked into the entrance to the kitchen.
"Gracious, is that Mr. Ollivander? Bring him upstairs." Mum shot me a loving look before darting upstairs, Jenny following. Dad and I hugged quickly, it was not in a Malfoy's way to show emotion much, no matter what the situation.
"Zo you are thees friend of Jenny's?" Fleur asked before awkward silence could fall. I felt a pang of satisfaction. We hadn't really talked about it, Brian didn't show any desires to pick up where he and Jenny left off, and Jenny and I seemed to drift back to carefully controlled 'friends' all on our own.
"Yes, he is." Jenny and Mum were back, and Jenny, after hugging Lupin, Tonks, Dad, Fleur and Bill, came back to stand next to me. "And we have a lot to tell you," she added, seeing everyone's confused glances.