Two days after her episode Athena was in the middle of eating lunch, when she saw her owl Frost screeching for her. He dropped a letter in the middle of her half eaten macaroni salad. After cleaning the mess off of the envelope she saw the crest to be that of her father.
"Finally he sends me word of how he's doing." She said with a sigh of relief. She opened the letter, and even though the letter was signed by Rupert. The letter was written in the hand of Bellatrix. This greatly disturbed Athena. "It seems my vision was real. I have to go." In that moment she devised a plan to get herself home. She looked over to her right, seeing Blaise; she motioned for him to follow her. She arose and tossed her books into her bag, and quickly left the Great Hall. Blaise followed her closely.
"So what's so urgent Athena?"
"Father is in danger. I must leave at once. Please tell Professor Snape that I've gone home." Blaise began to depart to deliver the message.
"Wait…!" the wizard quickly turned back to her.
"What?"
"Wait at least three hours to tell him. I need a head start in case Snape tries to talk me down. Thank you. I'll be back before you know it." The wizard turned from her as she left to go to use the Room of Requirement.
Athena walked passed the room three times needing very badly for there to be a way for her to go home. The door swung open. It revealed a darkened room, with an already lit fireplace at the opposite end. Athena approached the mantle and grabbed a handful of the fine powder placed there. She threw the powder into the flame and clearly shouted "LeStrange Court…!" Almost instantly Athena was in her own bedroom at LeStrange Court. Her eyes adjusted to the near darkness of the room. As they did she realized she was standing face to face, wand to wand with Bellatrix.
"I see you got my message. You are as clever as Rodolphus claims you are." Bellatrix said tauntingly.
"Bella, you should know by now not to insult me."
"What are you going to do tell daddy?"
"I am not here to be mocked, or marked. I am here to ensure my fathers safety. Now take me to him!" Athena raised her wand to Bellatrix's cheek.
"Put that away before you hurt yourself. Come with me and I'll take you to him." Bellatrix grabbed Athena's arm.
"Let go of me you weak willed whore!"
"Calm down, I need to hold onto you to bring you to him. Damn, just when I called you clever…" Bella regained her grip and apparated with a less than thrilled Athena in tow. They arrived with a resounding crack; Athena's legs gave way underneath her. Bellatrix allowed her to fall. "Now who is weak willed?"
"Still you…" Athena said standing back up shakily.
"Cissa, we have our last guest of honor with us!" Bellatrix called out. Narcissa Malfoy walked into the room, her eyes swollen with freshly cried tears. "I told you to stop your pointless crying. You'll get him back, and your son will be honored above all others."
"Bella you have no clue how this feels. You don't love your husband, and you have no children!"
"Cissa, please is our guests room ready yet?"
"It is."
"Ladies, I hate to interject here but where in the hell is my father?" Athena questioned finally stable on her feet.
"Rupert LeStrange? He's not…" Narcissa cringed at Bellatrix's hand.
"I should have known. I'm so out of here!" Athena rushed to the fireplace and used what was left of the floo powder and said clearly; "LeStrange Court…!"
Athena arrived back into the safety of her room. She sat down on her bed and let out a sigh of relief. The relief didn't last long. She closed her eyes and said silently to herself. "What the hell was I thinking? I nearly did the worst thing of my life there." As soon as her thoughts cleared she looked up and saw her fireplace glow acidic green. She reached for her wand and prepared to stun the intruder, until she saw that it was her brother Rodolphus.
"Athena what the hell do you think you are doing? Do you want father to die or worse? If you do not return the Dark Lord will make certain that nothing good will befall him! Now it's your choice sister dear. Come back with me or allow father to have something horrible happen to him! Choose!"
"Rodolphus, I can't… no I WON'T choose! I am neutral. This action will destroy that!"
"Fine have it your way, let father die to protect your stupid neutrality!" Rodolphus drew his wand and turned to leave her room.
"Wait!" Athena said begging.
"Yes?" he said turning around quickly.
"I'll go…" she said mournfully.
"Good choice. Now you will go first, I have business to attend to here. " He said handing her the floo powder.
Athena looked into the flames and said clearly; "Malfoy Manor!" In a matter of moments she was back where she began. She slowly left the flames when all the sudden everything went black.