**IMPORTANT**
This is just a fun little chapter, it doesn't seem very Harry Potter like, but I felt like shaking things up a bit.
The group fell on their backs in the middle of a woods. Ron was still unconscious, as was Draco. Reina grabbed her head and sat up, looking at everyone.
"It worked!" She yelled happily, running over to Harry and shaking him. "Our plan worked! I can't believe it!" Harry smiled at her.
"It did work, but…what about Ron and Draco? They are both pretty beat up…" Hermione sat up next, looking at Draco and Ron.
"Do you think they will make it? Specially Draco…they got him pretty bad…" Reina smiled again.
"We are alone, so now I can do this! They will survive!" She walked over to Ron first, since his injuries would be easier to heal. She bent down and forced tears out of her eyes. They fell on his face, glowing an ice blue. After a moment, Ron opened his eyes.
"Ronald! I am so glad you are okay!" Hermione cried, running over to him and throwing her arms around his neck. He slowly sat up, staring into her eyes the whole time.
"I told you, I would be back!" He said, smirking at Hermione. "now, dry those tears, you're too beautiful to be sad." He wiped a tear from her cheek, leaving his hand there. She shook her head.
"You are such a cheeseball Ron…" She leaned in and kissed him. His face turned the same shade as his hair again. Reina watched the two lovers reunite, and it made her remember Draco lying behind her. She quickly jumped up and ran to his side, lacing her fingers with his. She didn't need to force the tears to come. His battered, destroyed body killed her on the inside. Once again the glowing blue tears came out of her eyes. They splashed over his wounds, which began to heal. He didn't open his eyes.
"Draco?" Reina asked, her voice shaking. He still didn't respond. She grabbed his shoulders and began to shake him more, tears falling out of her eyes like rivers now, all glowing blue. "Please wake up…please!" She began to openly sob. Harry put his hands on her shoulders.
"I think he's gone Reina…" She turned around and buried her head into Harry's chest and screamed. He hugged her close, her tears making his shirt wet and fluorescent. "It will be okay Reina. I know it hurts now, but at least he went out as one of us instead of a death eater. He was brave and took his own path." Then a voice was heard in the background.
"Don't think I've gone out on you yet, Potter." Draco, still lying on the ground said. Reina turned around, her eyes wide and red from sobbing. She stumbled over to Draco, staring into his Silver eyes.
"Hey…" He smiled the crooked smile that sent Reina's heart into knots. He put his hand up and tucked her hair behind her ear. "You did it Reina. You got us out of there. I always knew you had it in you." She smiled, another tear hitting his shirtless body.
"Only because of you Draco. You gave me the strength to carry on. Though, I ended up caving…they saw my tears." Draco sat up, cupping her face in his hands. He looked absolutely petrified.
"Do you have any idea what you have done Reina? Now they will hunt you even harder!" Reina sadly looked down. "Hey…I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said it like that." He wrapped her in his arms and kissed the top of her head. Ginny, Harry, Hermione and Ron were all gawking at him, smiles plastered to their faces. "What are you staring at?" He snapped. Ginny laughed.
"It seems that block of ice that was your heart finally thawed." They all laughed.
"Well, I guess love really does win. It can take a lowlife criminal murder like me, and get them to abandon everything they know, just for that one person." He lifted Reina's chin and kissed her passionately. "I'd say it's a change for the better." They all smiled at their new friend, who they never thought would ever be anything more than a death eater hell bent on killing Harry. Finally Ron spoke up.
"I don't know if I am the only one thinking this, but where the bloody hell are we? I hear strange sounds coming from the left." They all stood up and began walking. They didn't have to go far before they reached a road. A road with actual cars on it.
"What the hell is that?" Draco asked. He raised an eyebrow at Hermione, who laughed quietly.
"That's a car Draco. Muggles use them for transportation." Draco nodded his head. Ginny and Ron both laughed.
"Remember Dads stupid car?" She asked, laughing at Ron.
"Yeah, of course. It saved Harry and me from flesh eating giant spiders." He shuddered.
"Well, I guess muggle territory is the best place to hide out, the death eaters will never expect it. Well, At least Hermione and I will know how to blend in. Reina Do you? I mean, we really know nothing about your background other than you're an orphan." Harry said, giving Reina a suspicious look. She shrugged her shoulders.
"The truth is…no. I have never lived among muggles. I've always lived…" She trailed off, pain showing on her face. Draco squeezed her hand. "I've always lived with the Malfoys…" Harry, Ginny and Hermione's jaws dropped.
"Wait, so all this time acting like you hated the Malfoy's…and you lived with them?" Hermione asked, crossing her arms.
"I did hate them. My mom was a live in maid for them. When she passed, the position was handed to me, but Lucius had other plans for me. He made me their slave instead of their maid. The only one who didn't treat me terrible was Draco. This is why I was overjoyed when Lucius handed my chains to Draco for his seventeenth birthday. But like Draco did some terrible things during his time as a death eater, he didn't do them alone because I was always there with him." They all stared at her, Hermione and Ginny looking angry, Harry dumbfounded with what he had just heard.
"There was a difference," Draco started, "Her life was threatened by my father if she didn't help. Her soul is pure as snow, there isn't an evil bone in her body." Ron shook his head.
"Who cares? It was the past. Reina is our friend. So she was forced to help out the death eaters? Big deal, she's helping us now, and she also got Malfoy to open his eyes, and he's with us now. Weather we want to trust them or not, we have no choice. I, for one, don't question either of them. After spending those days locked in a cell with them, it's very apparent which side they are fighting for, and it sure as hell isn't the death eaters." Draco and Reina both smiled at Ron, who, for once, had a very serious look on his face.
"Thanks Ron, that really means a lot." Reina said, giving him a friendly hug. Draco stepped forward as well, extending his hand to Ron.
"Yeah…thanks Weasley." Ron took his hand and shook it.
"Okay, that's settled, but now we still don't know where we are." Ginny said, watching the cars zoom past on the highway. "We should find some sort of building." They all agreed and began walking again.
After about an hour of walking, they came across a large city. The sun was setting, and all the buildings had flashing lights with extravagant artwork on them. They all looked around curiously, when someone in a trench coat walked up to them.
"You know where a guy could score some extra cash?" He said, his breath reeking with the stink of alcohol. They all looked at each other, confused.
"Uhhh…no I don't think so." Ron finally said, trying to sound normal. The man's eyes grew large when he heard them speak.
"You guy's is foreigners! English right?" He said, rocking back and forth on his feet.
"Yeah that's right. Could you do us a favor and tell us where we are?" Draco said, trying not to sound nervous. Out of everyone in the group, he was the least experienced with muggles.
"Are you on some sort of drugs boy? This is Las Vegas! You know, the city of lights?" He laughed at Draco's seemingly idiotic question.
"Can you excuse us for a moment?" Harry said, pulling everyone aside. "Reina, why the hell would you bring us here?!" Hermione put her palm to her head, Ron putting his arm around her shoulder.
"Okay look, I am horrible at aparating. Draco was supposed to do the aparating, but…we didn't expect them to actually try to kill him so quick so I had to take over. I wanted to take us into the mountains." Ginny looked around some more, and then said,
"Well we are here. We might as well make the most of it. I for one, think it's beautiful. But, where are we going to stay? None of us have any muggle money." They thought for a second, but were interrupted by another person, this one less drunk.
"I hate to eavesdrop, but I heard you need a place to stay but are tight on cash? Its amateur night at that club over there, walk in, do what they say and get free lodging, and possibly make some money. Drinks are also free too if you participate. Men and women are both welcome." They all looked at each other, and nodded that they should check it out. They thanked the man and walked into the club called Sapphire. The second they walked in they knew it was a mistake. There were men and women dancing naked on stage.
"What the bloody hell is this?" Ron yelled as a man pointed them out and shook his penis at them. Draco shuddered, looking to Ron and Harry and said dryly,
"I…am not going to do that." They both shook their heads in agreement. "It's not so weird for the women, but…men? Why would a man dance naked in front of people? I feel kind of sick to my stomach now." Reina laughed at his comment.
"Well, I guess lets sit at a table and try to figure something out." Right as they sat down, a woman wearing a thong bikini walked over to their table holding a tray of shots. She set them on the table and said with a wink,
"A complimentary shot for newcomers, and I hear you speaking, you guys are English!" She winked and blew a kiss at Draco, before walking away. Reina saw him looking at her butt and began to laugh.
"You like her ass don't you?" She laughed. He shook his head, a disgusted look on his face.
"Well, they brought these here; we might as well drink them. What is it?" Ron asked, smelling it. Harry smelled his shot as well, wrinkling his nose.
"This is most definitely tequila. My Aunt and Uncle used to do shots of this crap on the new year. It's really potent." Hermione picked up her shot and declared a toast.
"To new friends!" She said, smiling at Draco and holding up her shot. Everyone followed, clanking their shot glass to hers, and downed the tequila. Ginny coughed, Ron puckered his face, and the rest just took a deep breath.
"That stuff is terrible, but…I really liked it at the same time." Ron said, laughing.
"I agree with you Weasley, its like drinking acid, but at the same time didn't taste too bad." Draco said, putting his arm around Reina. The waitress came back with yet another round of shots.
"This one is courtesy of the couple over there." She pointed to the table next to them, where a couple sat. They were maybe a few years older than they were, both smiling and waving. They walked over to their table.
"So what brings you guys out to the city of lights?" They asked the group. Reina spoke up first.
"Well, we have all been really good friends since we were children, and now we are all getting married so we decided to combine our bachelor and bachelorette parties together!" The couple smiled.
"Same with us! We are going to check out that chapel next door to tie the knot. You should too! What are your names?" Reina smiled, looking at her friends who were just playing along with what she was saying.
"Well, the guy with the glasses is Harry, next to him is his fiancé Ginny, next to her is her brother Ron and his Fiance Hermione. Finally This is Draco and my name is Reina."
"I am guessing that Draco is your fiancé?" The woman said. Reina nodded, giving Draco a squeeze on the hand. "That's pretty sweet. My name is Samantha and this is John, but hey, let's do these shots already!" She held up her tequila shot and downed it. They followed behind her, this time expecting the horrific burn of the alcohol. Then a lightbulb went off in Hermione's head.
"I totally forgot! My parents started a trust fund when I was a baby! I have five thousand muggle dollars we can use to get a hotel or something." She pulled a card out of her bottomless purse. "Lets find a hotel." She went outside to the payphone, calling any hotel in the phonebook to try to find a room. Sure enough, they found two rooms that were connected together.
"Draco and Reina take one room, the rest of us can share the other." Ron said when they got to their hotel.
"Sounds good to me, but I want to look around some more, so lets check in and look at this place! I never dreamed I'd be in America someday!" Ginny said, gawking at all the lights. They got to their room, which was room 122 and 124. They went in and put their stuff down, only to leave again. They ran into the other couple from the club at their hotel.
"Woah you guys are staying here too? Awesome! Lets get more drinks!" Samantha pulled the girls out while the guys walked behind.
"This is going to end very, very badly." Harry said to Draco as they walked back out onto the street. Draco shrugged his shoulders.
"We are being hunted by one of the most dangerous forces in the world, how much worse could it be?"