The brightly lit room was filled with chattering voices, a mixture of accents and the smell of sweaty bodies and alcohol. Remus drew his legs up further to his chest, trying his hardest not to brush his skin against the silver bars that surrounded him. He didn't know if he could take another burn to his already broken and battered body.
Among the room he saw familiar faces, Lucious was standing next to his wife, drinking out of a pewter goblet, in front of him stood Snape, who was trying his hardest not to look at Remus. Across the room leaning against the wall was Scabior, next to him was the unforgettable frame of Fenrir Greyback, Remus did not wish to think of what deal Greyback had struck to keep himself out of the cages, but he had a sinking feeling it had something to do with the unconscious, half naked girl in the cage to his left.
And in the middle of the room, which people moving away from her stood Poison, her face hidden from view under a large green hood, the cloak that was attached to the hood hid her body from being seen, for no doubt in this light her glamour would not work. The only reason Remus knew that it was poison was because her eyes were staring at him through the darkness of her hood, those piercing eyes that haunted his dreams.
It was soon clear as to why they were there as soon as the auctioneer stood up and started the bidding. Remus felt his stomach fall as he heard the galleons that were being put on his head, he hid his face against his shoulder and curled up, trying to make himself seem as small as possible. Five minutes of heavy bidding a P, Eltion had won him, before moving on to purchase the young girl in the cage to his left.
Three hours after the auction had finished, the other cages had been emptied except for Remus and the young girl, who had come to only to start screaming and be stunned by a death eater once more. Remus hadn't even flinched as she fell back against the hard metal floor of her cage, nor did he flinch when the death eater made a remark that would have normally made Remus want to tear his throat out.
The room was dark, expect for the moonlight that spilled in to the room from the high window, as if to taunt Remus with its freedom and promises of unforgettable nights, that were filled with unforgettable pain. Remus was just about to shove his head against the silver bars to try and escape when the door opened, revealing a figure that swept across the floor and stood in front of his cage.
"The hunt is no fun with out the prey."
Remus's head shot up at the voice and he stared down at Poison, his nightmare had come back to haunt him one last time before his death. "What do you want?" He snapped, almost wrapping his hands around the bars to get closer to her, before stopping and clenching his fists against his thighs.
"I brought you, wolf." Poison stated with a shrug of her shoulders. "And the little one next to you." She fished a key out of her pocket and unlocked both the doors, before stepping back and letting Remus move on to the ballroom floor. "With the money I got for capturing you, I had enough to buy your freedom and hers." She stepped back and moved her arms to the side, in a sign that Remus knew meant good faith. "You are free to go, wolf. But I wouldn't go to the battle, it will be the last thing you do."
"And how do you know? Why do you even care?" Remus snapped, taking his cloak off and wrapping it around the young girl and scooping her out of her cage, but when he turned around Poison was gone, the only reminder that she was there was a soft, orange leaf that floated quietly to the floor.