Chapter 14:

Normal Pov

Juliunna smiled and gawked at everything they passed. When they reached the door, she smiled at the large 'DM', engraved with snake totems. Draco lightly pushed her into his bedroom, shutting and locking the door behind him. Juliunna took a quick moment to admire the room. There was a magnificent four poster green, silver and black bed against the wall, sitting on a black marble floor. There were jars of shiny magical substances glowing on the shelves. There was a bookshelf, a wall to floor mirror closet, and magazines thrown onto the floor. He strode forward and grabbed them up in a pile. She caught sight of a blushing witch on one, right before he threw them unceremoniously into his closet. She could see many pristine and expensive looking robes and outfits before he slammed the sliding french mirrors shut.

"Why didn't you owl me? At least let me know you were okay?" He asked. He turned around and strode forward. Juliunna flinched, thinking he was going to lash out at her, but her grabbed her by the small of her back and pulled her to him, hugging her tightly. She hugged him back. "I wasn't allowed to." She said. He pulled back and pressed a small kiss on her cheek.

"How did they find you?"

"Bellatrix."

"Damn." He said, shaking his head. He looked at the window, letting go of her fully. "You have to get out while you're here. If you get to his mansion, and he's put all those protective spells on your room, you'll never get out."

"I know… But I can't go." She sighed. They both walked over to his bed and sat facing the window. They could see the large, glowing bright moon, shining amongst the electric blue sky. "Well of course you have to go."

"He'll kill you." Juliunna said in outrage. He held up his hands in a warning to be quiet.

"I'll find a way to stay safe." He said.

"Come with me." She said suddenly, sitting up straight. He laughed. "What?"

"You heard me." She said, putting her hands on his shoulder.

"I can't. I can get you back to the Weasley's, or Hogwarts, or whatever. But I have to stay with my mother."

"She can come with us. Think about Draco, we're not safe here. If I leave under your watch, he'll either kill, or try to physically maim you. And he'll probably hurt your mother. We could run away!"

"Are you kidding me? He'll catch us." Draco said, and exhaled deeply. "I have to stay here. I'll take my punishment."

"No! I won't let you." She said. Draco opened his mouth to argue, but then she had an idea.

"What if I escape when I'm not on your watch?" She asked, smiling suddenly. Draco looked up. "What?"

"We'd have to plan it exactly. What if you ask Bellatrix to take me around the garden tomorrow-! No, let's confund her! Make her think that she tried to take me into town and I ran away."

"Bloody brilliant." Draco smirked. He threw an arm around her shoulder and rubbed the top of her head affectionately.

"I've never tried one before, have you ever done a memory charm?" Juliunna asked Draco. "We could plant the fake plan in Bellatrix's mind so when she goes to the Dark Lord, he sees that memory!" She said excitedly. Slowly, the smile faded from Draco's face.

"Brilliant. But there's one problem." Draco said. "I've never done a memory charm before, but that's not the real problem. What if the Dark Lord tries to use his all knowing power against me and sees me and you planning this, it's gonna get really bad. Aunt Bella, she's been teaching me Occumalacy and all, but I don't think I could keep him out." Draco whispered. Juliunna sighed. "Where's your wand?"

"Why?"

"I have to erase your memory of this. I'll go about the plan by myself. It's better that you have no farther part in this." She said with a smile. Draco nodded, and passed her his wand. "Alright, but be careful with it." He said.

"I will." She laughed. She took it carefully in her hands and pointed at Draco's nose. "Your lucky. The Weasley Twins had a book of jinks and charms that students aren't allowed to use hidden in their closet. I found it and started practicing some of the spells in there. This was one of them. "Obliviate." She whispered. The tip of his wand grew bright green and his eyes were wiped blank of all emotion. She was holding her breath, thinking as hard as she could about what she specifically wanted him to remember, and what she specifically wanted him to forget. When the green light went out completely, he blinked. She dropped the wand with a hopeful smile. "Did it work?"

"Did what work? And why do you have my wand. It was just in my pocket." He said. He pulled the wand out of her grip and smiled when she leaned forward, pressing her lips to his. "Mmm. Seriously, don't touch my wand. It's mine." He said, and she fell back with a laugh. She laid down on his pillow and folded her arms behind her head. Draco laid down on his stomach next to her, his eyes darting to the pillow she was laying on. Her eyes narrowed. Slowly, without releasing her eye contact with him, she reached under his pillow and groped for two seconds.

"What is it?" She asked. Her hands had just closed on what was undeniably a magazine. "Um… It's…" He drawled out. She pulled it out and balanced the magazine on her knees. She looked at the moving with on the cover. "Scarlet woman, is what Mrs. Weasley would've called her. Let's see, no shirt, a lot of lace, provocative facial expressions, no clothes, ooh, let's check out her friends." Juliunna said, opening the magazine. Draco buried his face in his hands, his face burning bright.

…

…

…

"Wow." She said.

'It's not mine, it's a friend's. They left it here the last time they were here." Draco said quickly, looking up. "Yep." She said. She threw the magazine hard across the room, and they could hear the sound of quiet woman squeals.

"Is that what you do up here all day?" She chuckled.

"No." He insisted, sitting up with a scared look.

"Then what do you do?"

"Read. Go to Diagon Alley. Tend to the garden. Tons of things. And then there's the swimming pool and library-!"

"You have a library." Juliunna smiled.

"Yeah." He shrugged.

"You have to take me-!"

He threw his arms over her waist before she could fully jump up, making her frown. "No, wait till tomorrow. The Dark Lord's probably still down there." He whispered fearfully. She sighed and sat back down.

"Anyway, tell me, has anything new happened?" She asked.

"Like what?"

"Daily Prophet type of news, stuff like that?"

His face fell. "I've got news." He said heavily. She frowned. "What is it?"

"My dad is in Azkaban." He said.

"What? Why?"

"He was caught at the Ministry. And then there was the fact that Potter told them everything. The evidence was too much. I don't know if you saw it in the Prophet, but me and mom left the trial in the middle. We couldn't stand it." He said with a sigh.

"Oh." She sighed. She leaned down and pulled his head onto her lap. "I'm sorry to hear that Draco. He was pretty nice. Well, when he wasn't trying to hand me over to the friggen Dark Lord. Hey, quick question, when a relative is in Azkaban, do you have visits?"

"Yes, your allowed one visit per month on visiting day." Draco sighed. "Though you can owl them every week on Monday."

"Cool, I guess." She murmured.

"Hey, do you mind if I practice a Confundus charm on you?" She asked with a smile. "What?" He said, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah." She said with small shrug.

"Oh, okay, where's your wand?" He asked, pulling himself to a stand.

"Auntie Bella has it in her clutches!" Juliunna squealed excitedly.

"Oh. Well you can't cast a Confundus charm without a wand."

"Can I borrow yours?" She asked with a smile. Draco smiled at her, raised his hand, and placed it softly on her shoulder. "No."

"What?!" She snapped.

"You heard me. I trust you, but…It doesn't feel right just handing it over to you."

She lunged over him and thrust her hand into his pocket, grabbing the wand. He pushed her off.

"No!" He snapped, but she already had it.

"Confundo!" She snapped, pointing Draco's wand in his face. A small puff of blue light emitted from the wand tip, and Draco's eyes looked blank.

"Oh no. If you go down there looking like that, we'll get caught. Look happy." She ordered him. His lips stretched into a smile.

"Draco! Come down here now!" Juliunna heard. Bellatrix was shouting from downstairs.

"Okay, let's try this real quick. You need to blink once, and when you do, your eyes will show me the emotion of happiness. Bright and glossy. Come on." She said. Immediately, he blinked, and she smiled. "There we go. I want you to go downstairs to where Auntie Bella is, Draco. If she isn't down there, then go and find her in the house. If the Dark Lord is with her, you will quietly get the wand without anyone else knowing. And then you will just come back upstairs without talking to her. If he isn't, and if Aunt Bella is either alone or with your mother, you will ask her if you can hold onto my wand. If she doesn't oblige, you are allowed to stun her. You do not take no for an answer. Just keep stunning her until she's either hit or obliges. Bring me my wand Draco Malfoy. Nod once to show me that you understand exactly what I'm asking you to do." I said. In robotic moves, Draco nodded once. "Here's your wand." I said with a smile. I placed his long wand in his hand, and he climbed out from underneath my grip. He walked to the door, opened it, and walked out in a slow march. Draco was obviously about to be explained more rules or something by Bellatrix. Immediately, I ran to the window. I opened it softly, and looked over.

A grin spread over my face.

There was a wooden, easily acceptable white fence stretching from the window all the way to the yard. The kind you see in old movies. There were beautiful flowers growing all along the gate. If I could just reach the ground, I could run to the iron gate that stretched all along the property. I could then make it to the hedges. They wouldn't be able to catch me. But there's no telling how close I am to the street. Just the place to where Bellatrix and I apperated to, the view I could see on the opposite side of the house, it felt like half a mile away. If I could make it to the street…

In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, when Harry was stranded after leading the Dursleys, and had his wand out… Sirius appeared. And when Harry raised his wand to defend himself, he fell back. The motion of his wand moving in the air while he was standing on the side of the street, flagged the Knight Bus down. I'd need a wand to flag it down. If I could just make it a good distant away, to where the Knight Bus is… I could make it.

But I looked to the door, and realized I couldn't leave Draco like this. I'd just have to make sure Draco and Narcissa was safe from Lord Voldemort's fury. I walked to the bedroom door and threw it open. I ran down the magnificent stairs and upon reaching the first floor, stopped. Draco was facing Lord Voldemort.

"Idiot boy. Do you hear me?" He said. Bellatrix was standing against the wall, holding back a white faced Narcissa. Draco didn't answer.

"Maybe the cruciatus curse should… She confunded you, didn't she?" Voldemort whispered. I leaned backwards a little so that I was completely unseen.

"What?" Bellatrix said, and I could hear her stomped over to Draco. I peeked a little, and I could see her grabbing Draco's face, pulling him this way and that. The Dark Lord turned to Narcissa and started to question her about her confidents in Draco's abilities to watch over me. If confounding him would help me escape any easier. To my surprise, Draco's hand went into Bellatrix's pocket and pulled out my wand. He then slipped it into his own pocket, and maintained his act of a robot.

"One little test." Voldemort said with a shrug. He pointed his wand at Draco. Draco turned around, and with a slow trudge, started to walk towards me. I began to backpedal silently up the stairs. "Crucio."

Draco didn't falter in his slow trudge.

"He's confunded. Bella go check on her."

That was all I had to hear. I turned around and ran up the stairs as quietly as I could. When I reached the bedroom door, I walked inside and left the door open. Wincing, I watched Draco walk in nearly seconds later. I grabbed his wand out of his hand and pointed it at him.

"Confundoff!" I whispered quickly. He blinked. "What did I tell you about using my wand-!"

I heard Bellatrix on the stairs. I reached forward and gripped his face hard. "Mmm!" I pulled him close and began kissing him. With one foot, I kicked the door shut.

"Shush. She's coming." I whispered. I kissed him harder and pulled him away from the door. When it opened, I tried not to hear the loud guffaw from Bellatrix. Seconds later, she shut the door again, and I let go of Draco.

"Okay, here's my chance. I have to go." I whispered.

"What? But-!"

"The Dark Lord told Bella to call you down, obviously. He'll blame it on her." She said.

"And what if he decides to blame me?"

"For getting confunded?"

"Yes… You confunded me?!" He snapped, and Juliunna chuckled slyly. "Yes."

"You… Do you even have a plan?" He snapped.

Make it to the street, flag down the Knight Bus, and get to Hogwarts. But I can't tell you that.

"Yes." She said.

"Fine." He sighed. She walked to the window and leaned over. "Maybe I can get to the-!"

She was blown back off her feet. "Son of a-!"

"Oh my goodness. I forgot. Bella must have placed a spell that would have made it impossible to climb out the window." He said with a small smile. Juliunna stood up angrily, rubbing her elbows. "Oh, thanks for telling me that."

Juliunna Pov

I heard loud footsteps. Draco grabbed me around the middle and picked me up, dropping me on the bed. He sat down at the desk chair and turned to look at me with a smile. The door opened wide.

"I have decided," Lord Voldemort said. He was walking forward and into the room, alone. "That you will be returned."

"What? Really?" I stood up with a hopeful look on my face.

"For now." He said, smirking. I frowned. "What?"

"I'm busy. Very busy as I attempt to take over the Ministry of Magic, the Wizarding World, and kill Harry Potter. I know it doesn't seem right, but I don't have time to be a father now. Bellatrix should have asked me first. I know this now. But know this, young one. I will give you this privilege. Go back home to your Weasley's for now, but I will send my men to collect you when I take over the Ministry of Magic. From then on, you will live with me." He said. Draco was looking between us, curious.

"Why don't you just keep me here?" I asked, confused.

"Trust me when I say, I know what I'm doing." He said his eye narrowing into slits, and then chuckled deeply. I shivered. "It's better to kill two birds with one stone."

"Your gonna kill me?!" I said, backing up.

"No." He sighed. "To kill two birds with one stone, is to get two things done with one job-!"

"I know what it means."

"Apparently you didn't."

"Yes but your Lord Voldemort, you said kill and I instantly thought 'hey, I don't want to die'!"

"Yes."

What are you going to do with the Weasleys?"

"Well I was mainly thinking about Potter."

"Oh okay. It seems your doomed to kill him anyway." I said with a shrug. He rolled his eyes.

"How am I supposed to get there?" I asked. "Malfoy," Voldemort snarled. Draco turned to her. "Um yeah?" He asked.

"Assist her in flooing. Go and grab the Floo Powder." He said. Draco walked passed us and nearly ran when he hit the hall. I sighed with disappointment.

"Yes, he's charming." Voldemort said sarcastically. "Well, I'll see you next summer."

"Next summer?" I said, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes. You have until then. Goodbye." He said.

"Bye." I said awkwardly, watching him disappear out the door. I breathed when he left the room, and Draco came back with in, shivering. He was clutching a large bowl of floo powder as he shut the door. He let out a deep breath.

"So, your free."

"Yes. I better get back home. Mrs. Weasley is probably still in hysterics." I sighed. Draco moved forward and wrapped one around me. "Alright." He sighed. He pressed his lips to mine softly. I placed my hands on either side of his face, kissing him back softly. The hand still holding the floo powder pressed the bowl into my lower back, with his other hand, he wound his fingers into my hair.

"Wait. Maybe you don't have to go right now." He said when we parted. I laughed.

"See you at school Dray." I smiled widely. He nodded with a small sigh. "Yeah."

"Oh," I said. "I have to tell you, before you find out from someone else." I said, taking a handful of floo powder. I walked over to the fireplace against the wall, and turned around.

"What is it?"

"I kissed Ron… Repeatedly."

He stared at me.

"Well, it didn't mean anything to me. In fact, you're a much better kisser. So, yeah… The burrow." I shouted, throwing down the powder. Green flames roared up.

"How could you?" He said hoarsely. I sighed. "Well Draco, technique I didn't do anything wrong. You never asked me to be your girlfriend."

"I thought you were okay with an outspoken relationship?!" He snapped.

"As I said Draco, I love Ron. But I love him like a sibling."

"You make out with your siblings?!"

"Of course not! I was teaching him to kiss out of pity!" I shrugged. The flames were flickering. I had to get in.

"Promise me you won't do it again!" Draco snapped.

"Of course." I called back with a smile.

"Well alright. Goodbye." He said grimly, waving at me.

"Goodbye!" I called back. I fell backwards, became covered in green flames, and I was suddenly spinning around. I fell into the Weasley's kitchen. Mrs. Weasley was sitting at the kitchen, staring at the clock in front of her, looking stricken with guilt. "Mrs. Weasley-!"

"Argh!" She cried out, standing up. Her eyes widened with shock as she stared at me. "What? Oh my. She's back!" She yelled out. She ran forward as I stood up, and she accidentally knocked over a chair. She wrapped her arms around me and lifted me off the floor.

"Oh my goodness. How'd you get away? Oh its all my fault! I should have kept a tighter hold on you! I should have asked Dumbledore how to take down the shield when he first put it up-!"

"There was nothing you could do." I whispered feverishly to her. She put me down with a sniffle.

"Your were brilliant Mrs. Weasley. It wasn't any of our faults. Well, it was Bellatrix's. But that's beside the point."

"Sit down. I'll make you a hot beverage, and then you'll tell me-!" I heard the sound of many feet on the stairs, thundering downstairs. "Well us, what happened from the second you left and to the second you arrive." Mrs. Weasley picked up the chair he had knocked over and placed it upwards. I sat down in it and balanced my chin in my hand.

"Do you have hot chocolate?" I asked with a sigh. "Yes, of course dear." Molly said. All of the Weasleys, Harry, and Remus and Tonks walked in. Everyone burst into noises of shock and surprise.