AN/- Yeah, yeah...I am a mean person by nature...yada yada yada...had problems...don't bother...any ways here's an update...have rather bad writers block and I am battling it with all my strength but don't how it's going to work out...story may be placed on hiatus for a bit...don't know yet...so bear with me.

Chapter 66

Audrey awoke to see hazy figures as she slowly opened her eyes. She noticed someone talking while another hand was running through her hair. It was heavy and large she could fell the callous skin on her forehead when it scraped there. She hoped it to be Remus. She desperately hoped it was him. Once her vision cleared the reality was no longer hazy. She was still in that bloody manor, probably paler than ever before.

She looked over to see who it was, probably Draco but she was wrong, it was her father sitting there bold as brass stroking her hair—like he had the bloody right. She shoved his hand away and groaned as a bolt of pain shot through her head.

"Don't move—you'll hurt yourself more," he said calmly.

"Why don't you just get the hell out!" she snapped at him without even looking as she could hear him sigh.

"Well—it's been a week since you've been unconscious—it's your birthday—I thought—we could spend it together," he said smiling at her. She just looked back at him as shocked as she had ever been—what in the world made him think that she would want anything to do with him.

"Well—I suppose you don't," he said getting up.

"Happy 17th—they don't come very often," he said smiling as he left the room leaving Audrey as bewildered as ever.

But a few minutes later it struck her, she was officially a seventeen year old now, that meant something. That meant it was time to get on with the suicide mission. That meant it was time to get out of this place.

Throughout the day Audrey kept looking for any signs from her parents to possibly tell her that all of this was a lie—that they were both just under some sort of orders from Dumbledore...like Harry and she were. But she got nothing, they both went on with their usually lives—her father spending most of his time in the library or in the potions lab and her mother talking to Narcissa over tea.

"You think you're ready?" asked Draco pulling out Audrey's wand from his jacket pocket as Audrey shook her head and held her wand, a feeling of familiarity returned to her fingers. She had washed up and borrowed some of Draco's muggle clothes that he hardly ever used, they were almost the same size, she was probably a size smaller but they fit her fine. She put on the black jeans and white t-shirt along with the sweat shirt he handed her.

"Be safe!" he said pulling her into a hug as Audrey wrapped her arms around him for the first time.

"Thank you," she said as he let go slowly and got into bed, pretending like their dialogue never happened.

It was mid night as the Audrey descended the staircase that led to the massive hallway. She made sure she was as silent as a thief, she was half way there...she was at the door way...her hand was on the knob. She was out...she was out of the prison walls she had been in and into the garden that led to the cliff, her small bag that Draco had packed for her with some food and spare clothes was on her back. Audrey made sure she raced in Draco's sneakers towards the gates, because once past the gates they wouldn't know where she'd have apparated to. It was turning out to be a happy birthday after all. Audrey smiled to herself as she noticed the full moon in the sky as the smell of fresh rain had graced the graced and moistened the earth soft. She was almost at the gate, but her luck ran out. Not only were there death eaters standing at the gates flanked by white peacocks but also werewolves...transformed werewolves under the influence of wolfsbane...but transformed.

Audrey gulped as she began to walk towards the cliff, so much for a danger free exit. She tried her level best to hide herself and she hoped and prayed that she was succeeding. But like before—her luck had run out. Not only was she spotted but she was spotted by none other than Bellatrix Lestrange. Audrey broke into a run and she heard the deranged sister of the Blacks laugh in her shrill fashion.

"Catch the blood traitor!" snarled a death eater as Audrey turned around to see werewolves chasing her like...werewolves...hungry for her blood...Greyback was right in the front.

"Stop running darling and we'll put an end to it!" laughed Bellatrix as Audrey knew had reached the end of the road. The cliff stood at its passive grandeur waiting to engulf her into its winds. The death eaters were close; she turned behind to look at the curve of people surrounding her...but none pulling her back. In the silence she could hear footsteps of someone running, probably a group of people running...and then there was the sound of crashing waves on rocks. She looked at the pack of death eaters as their smug faces made sure she knew there was no way out now.

She turned around to grab a final look at whoever was present. There was Bellatrix with her menacing smile, Greyback as a wolf along with a few others.

"Come away darling," sang Bellatrix reaching her arm out for her as Audrey pulled out her wand and pointed it at the death eaters as another laugh full of callousness was heard throughout.

"I swear I'll kill you," Audrey snarled brandishing her wand like a knife as a step back almost made her fall down onto the rocks and into the water.

"Or die yourself," laughed Bellatrix inching closer.

"I swear...stay away!" snarled Audrey as another step back and she lost her balance. She was going down to the rocks, but she could hear a shrill 'No' being screamed when she fell...she didn't know if it was her mother or Bellatrix all she knew now was that she was falling and that she needed to apparate before she hit the rocks.

"Come...on Come...on!" she said with all dedication as she thought of the burrow but the minute her magic began to respond something deflected it. Audrey began to panic...it was as if the shield was extended beyond the rocks. This was it...she was going to die.

"Help...please!" she begged in her mind...to no one in particular but the second she opened her tearful eyes she saw a ball of fire in front of her...she did not know what made her reach for it...but the second she did, she was gone as a loud cracking sound was heard from the rocks, the waves hit the rocks taking away everything with them.

Audrey hit solid concert face first as she opened her eyes to the flavour of iron in her mouth. She cleared the cut on her lip of the blood with her sleeve and turned around to find Fawkes still there. Tears slipped down her eyes as she cried in front of the phoenix

"Thank you," she said kissing the top of the bird's head. She sniffed and stood.

"Are you going to stay with me forever?" she asked the bird as Fawkes flapped his majestic wings and landed on her shoulder rubbing his head with hers as she sniffed. She let him stay, at least she had company.

"Where are we?" she asked him as if wanting a reply from her only companion but she got none apart from a soft grunt.

She looked around knowing that the place looked oddly familiar, Audrey looked around and knew that it was a muggle locality and when she found the bus stop she had no problem recognizing the place. Audrey crossed over from the bus stop and towards the worn out gate of the deserted playground. The swings were still broken and the road looked like it had just rained.

Audrey pulled her jacket closer to her body and stood there looking at the full moon that had followed her there. She breathed deeply before deciding to continue her walk down to 9, Spinner's End.

Audrey was a little apprehensive when she rang the new doorbell to her grandparent's house. She knew they would be unaware of the happenings in her world and therefore Fawkes's thought about bringing them here were brilliant. She was glad that she had his company; she would have died without him.

She rang the doorbell once again as she received no response previously, but this time the lights in the house were switched on and loud footsteps were heard thundering down as the door was soon pulled once in resentment.

"What-!" snarled her grandfather as he looked like he'd been rudely woken; Audrey could see her grandmother peering out from behind.

"Umm...I...well..."

"Audrey...what are you doing here right now?" he asked her taking her hand in his softly and pulling her into the house, shutting the door he turned to her.

"I was in the neighborhood...I have a friend who lives in London...and I thought...I'd pay you a visit," she said shrugging, it was a very band back up story, but she had made it up on the spot.

"Do your parents know you're here?" her grandmother asked a little shaken.

"Oh...yea...they know," she said lying through her teeth.

"Why do you have a turkey on your shoulder?" her grandfather asked confused as he finally noticed Fawkes as Audrey realised his presence once more.

"Oh...him...he's not a turkey really," she said as her grandfather frowned.

"He's a phoenix," said Audrey in a matter of fact way.

"You mean you're uncle's bird?" asked her grandfather frowning.

"Yea," she said a little dejected.

"So he's...dea...passed on then?" asked Tobias a little nicely as Audrey nodded sighing.

"Well...then...why don't you stay the night and I'll write to your father to come and get you in the morning?" asked her grandmother as Audrey smiled and nodded.

"That would be best," she replied as her grandmother seemed more relaxed now.

Audrey couldn't sleep; she was too alert for it although Fawkes seemed to have dozed off quite easily. She looked around the room; it was obvious that no one really used it anymore. She walked over to the worn out set off drawers at the study. She tried to open one but it was jammed but a little bit more coaxing and it seemed to slide open.

The drawer was full of parchment and quills, dried up ink wells and a shoe box. Audrey pulled out the moth eaten box and opened it. It was her father's room, this was his box. She emptied its contents on the bed and shuffled through them. A few letters, his acceptance letter, his prefect badge, his Slytherine tie, a lock of her mother's hair, a picture of them together...when they were probably her age. Audrey couldn't help but smile, it was them in some sort of park, her mother was sleeping in her father's lap as he read to her from a book and she said something and the picture changed into them snogging each other. For a child who had never seen her parents do 'gross grown up' things this made her smile, however much she despised the couple right now they seemed perfect for each other...her parents...together...perfect team. Audrey swallowed her sorrow; this wasn't a time for self pity.

Audrey looked at the parchments in the box, it was her father's OWL report and she smiled when she saw all those, O's in everything apart from divination. Her attention was diverted to the horizon visible from the window in the room. The sun was rising, it was dawn, it was time to leave. She knew the death eaters would have searched for her by now and probably hoped that she was dead. Well it wasn't going to be that easy, she wouldn't dream of making it easy for those bastards.

Audrey waited for half an hour till it was a bit brighter and then opened the creaky door to what had been her father's room. Pulling her backpack on her back she walked with her converse through the door frame.

"Fawkes—come!" she ordered the bird and he flapped up to her and sat down on her shoulder as Audrey tucked her wand in her sleeve just in case. She had to be extremely quite so as to not wake up the rest of the residents of the house.

Once she was the road, she looked back at the Snape's house and smiled to herself closing her eyes in thanks for its sanctuary.

"Let's get out of here Fawkes," she smiled at the bird as a burst of flames and they were gone.

Severus couldn't sleep and he knew Rachel had her eyes wide open crying to herself on the other side of their bed at Malfoy manor. He sighed when he heard her sniffing and cleaning her nose with the sleeve of her night shirt. He turned on his side to face her shaking back.

"Rachel," he called softly as she cried harder turning around and falling into his arms as he held her close taking in the fragrance of her hair closing his eyes to remember it.

"I'm afraid," she said whimpering as he caressed the back of her head.

"I won't let anything happen to her...you know that," he said as Rachel nodded into him still shedding unstoppable tears.

"Everything is happening so fast," she said as he nodded in reply.

"I miss Remus," she said as Severus swallowed.

"I miss him too," he said reluctant as Rachel giggled and then burst into a small laugh as she lifted herself up to look at him.

"You don't," she said as Severus smiled at her.

"No, but I think I might be missing Black's arguments," he said as she cleared her eyes.

"Liar," she said.

"What...I am not lying...I do actually like the stupid banter where we threaten to blow each other's heads off," said Severus as Rachel looked at him curiously.

"That sort of makes you friends, "said Rachel

"At some ungodly level, yes," he snorted as Rachel smiled at him genuinely. He hadn't seen that smile in several months. She kissed him softly as if asking him to hold her forever and he was most definitely going to oblige if it meant she would forget...maybe only for sometime about their misfortunes. He missed his daughter the most. They were probably the most dysfunctional family in the world but he missed her so much.

When Audrey's feet reached the ground...or water...she couldn't believe she was finally there...Fawkes had disappeared...she was expecting that. The disbelief in her eyes changed to tears of joy as she cried to herself in happiness and began walking towards the burrow.

It was a long walk and the sun had finally risen to its seven o'clock glory but Audrey thoroughly enjoyed it. When she reached the door...she could see through the kitchen window Mrs. Weasley had up and about with Mr. Weasley sitting at the table with Dora, Remus and Sirius who were discussing something with the daily prophet in hand.

She couldn't hold her eagerness in anymore and she banged on the door aggressively as if begging for them to let her into their lives again.

She waited as she heard a hurried scrapping of chairs and feet, there was total silence from both sides as Sirius seemed to speak in a demanding voice that she had never before heard.

"Who is it?" he asked commandingly.

"It's me Audrey...Sirius...is that you?" she asked back as she heard a loud movement and someone almost unlocked the door but was held back, Audrey could heard the discussion.

"No Moony...what if it's trap..."

"I don't fucking care...it's her"

"What if it's not?"

"I am telling you it is...open the fucking door Sirius!"

"Ask her the question first!"

"I know it's her!"

"We need proof...I will not threaten the lives of my family because you believe it is her Remus"

"Fine!"

"Audrey...can you hear me?" Remus called from inside as Audrey jumped a little in happiness.

"Rem! Yes...I hear you! Let me in!" she begged almost to tears...she missed his face so much.

"I will if you answer this question ok," he said in tears as Audrey frowned.

"Remus are you crying" she asked placing her whole body on the door letting tears fall through her eyes.

"NO!" he said ridiculously.

"Remus...I promise to answer anything...do you not want to see me?" she asked worriedly...she was worried that they would not accept her after she had been tainted by Voldemort's presence.

"No...I do...just answer this...Audrey...what was the first book...the first book...that I read to you?" he asked as Audrey shook her head in confusion.

"What?" she called back as she got no answer.

"It's an impostor-I told you Remus—I told you—it's not her!" snarled Sirius.

"the first book you read to me was when I five...it was a muggle book...Noddy goes to Toy town...the author was Enid Blyton...it was about Noddy...and his friend big ears...I called you big ears...because you...had...big...ears...when...you became a werewolf...please let me in Remus!" she cried as and fell onto the threshold of the door sobbing as hard as she could.

The door was opened by Sirius as Mr. Weasley held Remus back. Audrey looked up at Sirius who eyed her cautiously; she looked at him in fright as his wand was pointed at her.

"How did you confuse me for when you saw me for the first time?" asked Sirius as Audrey frowned.

"Remus," she replied cleaning her face as Sirius frowned biting his lips.

"Get Harry," he said as Mrs. Weasley looked at him cross.

"Let the girl in Sirius...she passed the test," she snapped.

"Not yet...get Harry!" he snapped angrily.

"Why are you questioning me?" she asked him as he snapped his eyes back at her.

"I'll do the questioning here!" he snapped as she frowned at him angrily.

"Calm down Remus!" snapped Mr. Weasley.

"I WANT TO MEET HER!" he said pulled himself with every fiber of his being as she smiled at him.

"What's going...Audrey!" said Harry as he rushed to the door with the brightest look he had had on his face for the longest time.

"Ask her a question...only the real Audrey would have the answer to..." said Sirius looking at his god son as he frowned.

"Why?" he asked as he reached to touch her hand as Sirius slapped his hand away.

"Do as I say!" he scolded the boy as Harry frowned at him angrily but obliged.

"Do you remember the first time we meet? Do you recall where?" he asked her as she laughed.

"How can I forget," she whispered smiling...just pleased to see his face once more.

"The quidditch world cup...Ireland vs. Bulgaria," she said as Harry smiled and looked at Sirius.

"Do you fucking believe it now!" snarled Remus as Sirius's expression changed, he drew his wand away and was pushed aside by Remus who pulled the girl into an embrace.

Harry stood up to stand next to his no longer skeptical god father as he smiled at him while Harry waited for Remus to let go of the girl...or maybe Audrey to let go of him but that was obviously not happening.

"I am so happy you're alive," he said crying as he kissed her forehead as she cried with him flinging herself into his arms again.

"I missed you the most Rem!"

"I missed you too," he replied.

They sat there for a long time...not caring who judged them...Remus was just pleased he got his daughter back...to him...she was.