Story: Why Don't You & I

Author: theherbflower

Chapter Ten: Gravity

Disclaimer: I own nothing I tell you!

Authors Note: Here finally, is chapter ten! cheers and all that. -thf

Playlist: 1000 Oceans ~ Tokio Hotel. Bullet proof heart~ My Chemical Romance.

"Umm…" Sirius looked sheepish at me as he stood in front of me in the kitchen at my uncles house. "I sorta need a favor from you…"

I narrowed my eyes at him.

"What?"

"Can you um." He mumbled pulling a bottle out from behind his back. "Can you give me a flea bath?"

He shifted his feet nervously again as I burst into laughter.

"Are you serious?"

"I'm always Sirius." He smirked. "And yes. I picked some up last night when the guys and I were wromping around the forbidden forest. They're driving me mad Gwendolyn, I'm begging you." He pleaded dropping to his knees and bowing before me. "I need you to give me a flea bath. I bought this special bottle of flea and tick repellant that will magically repel them for six months. But I need you to give me the bath, can't very well do it as Padfoot myself."

"You need a flea bath?" I chuckled at him. "Alright, transform and head up to my bathroom." I smiled shaking my head at him. This was going to be fun.

Twenty minutes later found him irritated sitting on my bed cuddling with Hercules.

"Stop laughing at me Gwendolyn." Sirius growled at me as he sat on my bed wrapped in my fluffy blue bath towel. "It's not funny."

"Oh but it is." I smirked. "I'll stop laughing at you on one condition, it will be me who is the one to always flea bathe you."

"Fine." He mumbled with the same irritated growl. "I promise."

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"Gwen! Come on, I've got something to show you." Sirius burst out happily from the door to my room located in my uncle's household. "You're going to absolutely love this!"

"Love what?" I asked standing up quickly with a smile. It was always nice to see Sirius so happy, and as lately Voldemort had been gaining in the political field, and more order members being picked off by the death eaters.

"I'm not gonna tell you and spoil the surprise, come on!" he chirped grabbing my hand and pulling me out of the room.

He practically bounded down the stairs with my hand clasped in his. Hercules bounded down after us with nearly as much gusto as Sirius did until we came to the front door. Sirius threw it open quickly and turned to me before covering my eyes. He guided me out to the sidewalk and took his hands back off with a bark of laughter. There standing magnificently on the street was a long sleek black motor bike. I turned to him and smiled.

"You bought a muggle motor bike?"

"No, it flies. Got it off this dodgy wizard down Knockturn Alley. Got it cheap too." He smiled moving forward and running a hand down it's silver chrome finish. "Isn't she a beauty?" he asked proudly as if he were gazing upon his own new born. "Come on; let's take her for a spin."

"Alright. Let me put Herc in the house and we'll go." I grinned turning to my canine companion standing next to me. "Come on boy, I'll bring you back a really big steak bone." I told him leading him into the house. He just gave me a yip of joy as I patted him on the head and shut the door firmly behind me. I skipped back down the walk to where Sirius stood next to his new toy with a bright grin on his face.

"Shall we my lady, up up and away?" he asked slinging his left leg over the bike and setting down happily.

I smiled at him whimsically and grinned.

"But of course kind sir, where might we be headed?"

"You shall see my dear." He smirked at me before gearing the bike and soaring us up into the crystal clear night of English night

.scene change.

The clock on the receptionist's desk read 16:47. Our department's receptionists name is Carla. She was a bright sunny witch with long flowy blonde hair, big blue eyes, and a rather cheerful smile. She was telling me about how it's her eldest son's birthday tomorrow and how she was just so excited to be able to see him reach eight. She was planning a big surprise party for him at the muggle zoo in downtown London so that he could see all of the animals. I smiled at her happily; it was so nice to be able to see people be happy in a time of looming darkness. I replied back that there was the perfect little gelato stand in the London Zoo and that she just had to try some tomorrow when the party was. She smiled back and nodded that she would love that, that her little boy just loved ice cream.

"Gwendolyn." A sickly sweet but disgustingly familiar voice called out down the hallway behind me.

I felt chill's crawling like spiders up my spine at the voice that my father was addressing me with. I clamped my mouth shut tightly with seething anger welling up inside of me as I turned around to face him head on.

"What?" I asked with a bark.

"I've just come to deliver you a personal message." He told me evenly as he came to an abrupt stop in front of me.

I felt the bottom of my stomach sink at the gravity that he propelled his words with. He disgusted me in every single way, but more so with his richly woven goblin fabric robes, gobs of golden jewelry adorned upon his visage, long waxy yellow hair, and smirk that he'd slapped on his face.

"And that would be?" I demanded with a growl in my tone.

He moved forwards really really close to my face and whispered in my ear.

"Check."

Then he walked off down the hallway humming something that reminded me of a victory march.

Icicles dripped down my throat with horror as I watched him walk back away from me. Something, although I didn't know what, was horribly wrong. I just knew it, with all of me. It was the way he said it, as if there was a double meaning hidden within it. Then of course with Rosier being a creep all day, Voldemort gaining more support in the ministry, something was wrong and I had to alert my uncle immediately. I turned back to Carla who was holding a picture of her son Benden with a happy smile.

"Carla?" I asked her with a forced smile. "Why don't you cut out early?"

"Really?" she beamed happily at me. "But Auror Moody will be upset."

"Carla." I smiled leaning on the counter of the reception desk. "Who is my uncle?"

"Oh." She smiled with a chuckle. "Ok."

"Hurry." I looked back down the corridor to see my uncle walking down towards us and at this I felt an unbelievable sigh of relief escape me. "My Uncle is coming."

"Thank you Gwen." She chirped as she dashed off, her big dragon scale purse in hand.

I shook nervously as my uncle rounded the corner and came to an abrupt stop when he realized that our receptionist was gone.

"Gwendolyn." My uncle barked at me. "Where'd Carla go?"

"I let her take off early."

"Why?" he asked with a raise of his eyebrow and cross of his arms.

"Because." I sighed at him heavily. "I need to talk to you about something, and tomorrow is her son Benden's eight birthday."

"About what?" he questioned giving me a pointed look.

"Hercules." I replied with the same pointed look. "It's important, talk to you at home in ten?"

"Of course." He nodded. "Sounds fine."

"Have you seen Sirius?" I asked anxiously as a sudden thought occurred to me.

"Yeah. Told me to tell you to meet him in the atrium after shifts."

"Ok." I smiled quickly before kissing his cheek and dashing off towards the atrium.

I ran down the main corridor towards the lift and slammed the lift button to take me up to the main floor.

"Come on!" I shouted at the doors and started to pace nervously.

"Ackles?" Auror Benjy Fenwick called from behind me. "Is there something wrong?" he stepped forward and put his hand on my shoulder comfortingly. "You look distraught."

"I'm fine Benjy." I gave him a meek smile. "I just really need to find Sirius." I told him with an anxious tone clinging to my vocal tones.

"Are you sure?" he inquired softly.

Benjy Fenwick was one of the most compassionate men that I have ever known, and he was also one of the most caring. He had an extreme soft side for most things. He loved animals, and always tried to help people when they needed it. In hindsight, he was also one of the most fearsome Auror's the ministry had in its quiver. Benjy as well had a small obsession for rabbits, which says a whole lot about his character.. His garden and house were always filled with his rabbits; they cheered him greatly in the darkness our world was shed into. He was also a distinguished member of the Order of the Phoenix. He was one who would have cats as pets like Arabella Figg, he had his rabbits. He was in Gryffindor House during his tenure at Hogwarts; was two years above me with Marlene McKinnon, Frank Longbottom, and the Prewitt twins.

"I'm sure." I tried to smile at him.

"Well alright then." He smiled back before scratching his head. "What is so important that you need to talk to Sirius about? Gideon mentioned something about you two being up next for the child boat."

My face turned an instant shade of red at his comment.

"Not likely Benjy. I saw how both Lily and Alice were through their pregnancies. I do not hold too much stock in wanting to experience that for myself."

"I see." He nodded happily. "So what are you looking for Sirius for? You look pale, there must be something wrong."

"Just a bad run in with my father." I told him feeling a growl creep out of my voice as I voiced the statement. "And I sort of want to get home soon."

"Well alright then, I guess those are valid points given your demeanor. I wonder what is taking the lift so long."

"I dunno." I told him slamming the lift button a few more times.

"Gwen! Fenwick!" shouted the rich familiar tones of my uncles voice. But they conveyed terror, and urgency.

Benjy and I both flew around at his voice and watched as he came running down the corridor to us, hobbling lightly on his pegged leg.

"What?" I asked anxiously feeling a wave of terror go through me.

"There's been an attack." He told us shortly coming to a halt in front of us.

"Where?" Benjy asked worriedly.

"Azkaban. They're trying to take Azkaban fortress. Black just sent me message and headed straight out. We need to get there. And fast."

"Fuck." I spat slamming the lift button again.

The only apparition point inside the ministry was in the atrium, four floors above us.

"Gwendolyn, please be mindful of your language. Come on, let's get to my office. I'll portkey us there."

The three of us all took off running down the corridor towards the Auror offices. We made it there in less than three minutes seeing no one else on our way. My uncle shoved both Benjy and I inside the office and slammed the door behind him before placing a couple security wards up. Then he stalked over to the mantle in his office and pulled down an oak box. He flipped the lid back and pulled out a silver ring shaped like a Phoenix. He walked over to us and we all grasped it knowing that we were heading into battle. Then with a flash of magic we were at Azkaban.

Air was suddenly ripped from my lungs as we landed on the island. The rain was lashing all around us painfully while thunder and lightning cracked in their own battle in the skies. I steeled myself instantly against the storm and put on my battle face. We all dashed off into the fray unfolding around the fortress. A mass of death eaters had surrounded the prison, they're numbers looked great. I immediately went into battle with the closest death eater I found.

"Stupify." I shouted aiming my wand and shooting the spell at the death eater.

They countered the spell quickly. "Avada Kedavra."

"Reflecto." I snapped pulling a shield up. I watched the green light bounce off and glared.

"Crucio!"

"Impendamenta." I fired back before firing again. "Stupify."

The death eater fell to the rocky ground of the island that the Azkaban Prison was located on. I turned for the next death eater only to see Benjy being attacked by three death eaters at once. I growled and sprinted over to them.

"Stupify." I snapped at one of the death eaters, and with a thump, he fell to the rocky earth. "Reducto." I sent another one, and he too fell off to the earth and shuddered at the effects of the spell.

I spun around and began to fight with the other death eater behind me. With a flick the death eater sent an avada kedavra at me causing me to pull up a quick loose shield around me. My gut sank at the sight of this death eater, something wasn't right. Quickly I shot out a stunner at them which they flicked off and sent another death spell at me. I ducked under the jet of magic and spun down around him quickly and shot another stunner at them and then a petrificus totalis. But the death eater just absorbed them and shot another death curse at me. I pulled every bit of magic and power in me up and was ready to fight to the deaths. Whoever this was needed to be stopped and I had to do my absolute best at making that happen. My shield was strong around me as I called loudly over the wind.

"Who are you?"

"I didn't expect to see you put up this much fight Gwendolyn Ackles." His voice slithered smoothly like a snake to me, as if he were right next to me and suddenly the rain was gone. "Your good, and determined. Courage coursing through your veins, just like the Gryffindor that you are. Can you not possibly guess who I am?"

My mind went blank, it couldn't be.

"Have you guessed yet Gwendolyn?" their voice purred into my ear even though I could see the man standing in front of me with their own circle up not only around them, but around me it seemed. I was confused, how did this man have that much power? Unless… but it couldn't be. It couldn't. "Come now, it's not that big a surprise now is it?"

"What do you want from me?" I snapped holding my wand as if it were a sword and stood strong against my fear. "To kill me? If so, don't beat around the bush."

"So valiant in the face of danger; noble and courageous. It almost makes me want to puke."

"What do you want Voldemort?" I snapped again feeling my eyes flare. "I'm not in the mood to listen to what sickens you about loyalty." I spat with venom. "What is good and what is moral. So just get to the fucking point, I don't want to stand around here all day. I want to either win fighting you or to die fighting you. So let's go."

"Perhaps I simply don't want to kill you? Perhaps I just want to stop here and take the time to have a conversation with my most trusted followers only child." His voice slithered into my ears so evil sounding the hairs on my back were up. "Why is it Gwendolyn, that you are not one of us?"

"Because you all sicken me." I spat. "Obsessed with your blood purity and your domination over all that is good and wonderful in this life. I hate every one of you, have since I was a child. I could have never become one of you, I would never. I told you snake, I want to have this fight now, not talking to you."

"There is slytherin blood in you Gwendolyn Ackles, but you refuse to see it. You should join me."

"That's not going to ever happen fuck head."

"So vulgar, so very very much like your precious uncle Auror Moody." He chuckled darkly at me. "But you are venomous Gwendolyn, you do have it within you."

"Reducto." I snapped sending the stunner at his feet. "Impendamenta."

He merely reflected them off of him with an evil glint in the laugh that escaped him.

"Gwendolyn, it is not in the cards for you and I to ensue a battle on this day, but do know this. I will see to it that you are killed. I will send my very brave and best to take you, so if I were you, I would be prepared. Now for the message I was going to give you, you have a spy in your midts."

Then with a wave of green light he was gone, as if he had never been there. I looked up around me to see that the ministry had gotten quite a bit of the death eaters that had been souronding the rocks. I dashed forward to help Marlene McKinnon fight two of the death eaters she was battling with. With a quick second I internalized the event that had just unfolded to me and tried to breathe slowly. Then I sent a Reducto being sent at one of the death eaters and he fell over, I sent another one at the death eater Marlene was fighting with a sideward jet of red magic at the death eater and he fell over. We looked up and seen more death eaters pushing back our defenses. With a shudder I realized that we were losing. Marlene and I dashed forward as Gideon Prewitt skid to a halt in front of us.

"Retreat." He quickly to us, having to yell hoarsely having to get his message across over the howling wind. "In twenty seconds we are going to retreat. Get ready."

"Alright." Marlene called out to him and I nodded. I looked up and seen the ministry's forces falling. I sucked in air as Gideon and Marlene looked at me.

And then, we all aparated.

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Authors Notes: Ok so I've not updated in a while. Very sorry this chapter took so long, my life has been hectic and my little muse dried up. But it's back and I'm going to get cracking on the storyline. Have happy holidays everyone. ^^ -thf