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Unhinged 2: Til the Flame Burns Out	By : nikki13088 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Ginny Views: 3348 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N: Again, so sorry that my updates aren't as quick as they used to be. This chapter took a lot of time to write because I needed the scenes to really be conveyed the right way and hopefully they have been.
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James jolted out of his sleep to the feeling of ice cold water hitting his face.
"What the fuck!" he yelled as he wiped his face and blinked his eyes a few times before Aurora came into view. "Did you just pour freezing cold water on me? What's wrong with you?"
"No, the water was room temperature when I got it, the ice cold part was my doing," she said with a smile.
He ripped the blankets off of himself and got out of bed. He wanted to yell at her, but he knew she was mad and he didn't want to make things any worse between them.
"Just wanted you to know breakfast was ready."
"Yeah, thanks, you damn psycho." he spat as he stormed into the bathroom.
Aurora just stood there for a moment, staring at the closed bathroom door. She let out a long sigh as guilt filled her over the way she'd been treating James. She was just so angry at him and Scorpius. She walked over to the bathroom door and raised her fist to go knock on it before she paused for a moment. She shook her head at the anger that still filled her and let her hand fall to her side and left the bedroom.
He opened his eyes and looked out into the darkness that surrounded him. He sat up and saw he was in a hospital bed and then looked around the room once more. There was nothing but complete darkness around him with only a blaring light shining down on the bed he sat in.
"Hello?"
He heard the echo of his voice fill the room and then quickly snapped his head to the side when he saw someone out of the corner of his eye.
"Mother?"
"Hello, Draco."
"What are you doing here? Where am I? Am I dead?"
Narcissa shook her head. "No, Dear, not yet... right now you're hallucinating."
"What?" he asked in confusion.
He looked down suddenly and saw he was hooked up to a bunch of different machines. He looked back up at her.
"I don't understand."
"You have to wake up now," she said with a smile.
"Mr. Malfoy!"
He heard his name being called, but it was muffled. He looked around the room once more to see if he could find where it was coming from. When he went to look at his mother again, she was in the distance, fading into the darkness.
"Wake up, Draco." she softly called to him.
Draco's eyes suddenly snapped open and he jolted up gasping for air. He yelled out in pain suddenly when he felt this incredible pressure in his head. His hands instinctively reached for the IV in his arm and went to pull it out when someone pushed him back down.
"Calm down Mr. Malfoy, you're fine. My name is Crystal and I need you to relax." the lady said.
He turned to look at her. "What the fuck is going on? What are you doing to me?" he asked, looking around and noticing he wasn't in the same room he was in before.
She ignored him as she pressed a button on what looked like a tape recorder and started talking. "Results of serum sample 101 were a complete fail on Subject B. Subject experienced hallucinations and increased heart rate almost resulting in death-"
"Hello? Hey, I'm fuckin talking to you." he snapped, reaching to grab her before she waved her wand and restrained him to the bed.
"Subject B is displaying some confusion and high levels of agitation and aggression." She continued recording, glaring at him with a smug smirk.
"You're damn fuckin right I'm being aggressive, you have me hooked up like some damn lab rat. You almost fuckin killed me with whatever bullshit you and that Adwell asshole are brewing up."
She stopped recording and looked right at him, her expression turning angry. She walked over and leaned in closer to him. "If I were you, Mr. Malfoy, I'd be a little nicer. The only way the three of you are leaving this lab is in a body bag and that's after we've used you all for everything we need."
"What the fuck is wrong with you people? How is this ok with the Ministry?"
She gave him a wider smirk. "It's not." before she started recording again. "Subject has been put into a temporary medically induced coma until the effects of the serum have worn off," she said before she picked up a needle and smiled at him.
"What?" he asked at the words she spoke before he saw her reach for his IV. "No, wait!"
Before he could attempt to stop her, she emptied the contents of the needle into his IV and she faded from view.
"What do you mean go into hiding?" Ember asked.
"You all need to be brought to like a safe house or something until I'm certain you guys are safe," Hermione explained.
"I get it that Mum gave us this supposed warning, but no offense, are we sure she just wasn't overreacting? I mean, she's been through a lot the past few weeks." Scorpius suggested.
"Yeah, and it's been more than twenty-four hours since Mum and Dad have been out of the picture. If the Ministry had something up their sleeve, wouldn't they have come to take us by now?" Ember asked.
"I know you both aren't as stupid as you're sounding right now." Hermione snapped. "Listen to me and trust me. You both have no idea how bad things are right now and they are only going to get worse. I am waiting to hear back from Kingsley about a place I can bring you guys to. I will be back tonight... pack light and be ready to leave. I have placed a temporary ward around the Manor, but the Ministry controls all wards now so it's not really ideal, but it's all I can do for now."
"Wait, slow down, you want us to just leave our home?" Aurora asked.
"Yes!" Hermione yelled, slamming her hands down on the table. "Listen to me, all of you. All because nobody has been here yet doesn't mean they aren't coming. Minister Beckett may have some crazy plan worked out with Jack Adwell, but Mr. Adwell has been the one convincing Beckett all along that these things are best for the Ministry. Beckett won't just come and basically kidnap you all and force you into testing and evaluations. The Potter, Malfoy, and Weasley names are well established amongst the Ministry so not everyone will be keen on what's going on. Your parents have some good friends there still and especially your grandparents. Beckett will have a complete uprising on his hands if word got out about what he was doing unless he's convinced everyone that what he's doing is the right thing."
None of them said anything.
"I'm going to be back later. Do not let anyone in here that you don't know and be ready to leave when I get back, do you understand?"
They all nodded.
"Good."
"Are you ready yet?" Ember asked as she walked into Scorpius' bedroom.
"I guess," he said, zipping up his bag.
They heard someone enter the ward and exchanged a quick look before Scorpius pulled back the curtain and let out a hard sigh at who it was.
"Raven?" Ember asked.
He nodded before he threw his bag aside and went downstairs to talk to her.
He took the steps two at a time, for some reason anger was rising in him at Raven's arrival. He couldn't understand why she kept coming back to him after he's let her down and been nothing but a disappointment to her these past few weeks.
Before she could knock he ripped the front door open and stepped outside ready to snap at her, but as soon as his eyes fell on her, all the anger inside him faded.
"So it is true, you're out of there," she said with a smile.
"What do you want Raven? You shouldn't be here."
"I came to see you."
"Why though? You know what I did... what I am. Why would you want to see me?"
She became angry suddenly. "You know what Scorpius, stop pushing me away. I am well aware of what you've done and what went down these past few weeks. Maybe this makes me a fucked up person for saying this, but... I don't care... I don't care what you've done, all I know is that I love you so fuckin much and I can't be without you in my life so please-"
He grabbed her and kissed her with such force he had to hold her arms tightly to keep her from falling backward. His love for Raven was greater than he thought it was and he knew he shouldn't allow her to be ok with his actions, but right now he missed her so much.
He finally broke the kiss and looked at her. "You want to come in for a bit?" he asked through his heavy breathing.
She nodded with a bright smile before she pressed her lips against his once more.
Hermione was collecting all of her paperwork and quickly grabbed her things as she got ready to head to Malfoy Manor.
"Thanks again for your help, Kingsley."
"Anytime Hermione, I will always try to help you all whenever I am able. Have a good night and good luck," he said as he left her office.
She threw her bag over her shoulder and quickly made her way down the hall as she headed towards the elevators.
"Ah, Mrs. Weasley, so glad I caught you in time." came a voice from down the hall.
Hermione cursed under her breath when she saw who it was. "Auror Rolon, what can I help you with?" she asked, although she knew he was one of the Aurors who questioned Ember about Noah and already had a feeling what he was here for.
"Minister Beckett has ordered for you to undergo questioning," he said.
She was quiet for a moment. "Well, I will be sure to make arrangements to come down to your office for that, but I need to be-"
"Tonight," he said, cutting her off and blocking her path to the elevator.
She shook her head in annoyance before she followed him to an interrogation room and took a seat.
"What exactly am I being questioned about?" she asked, anger apparent in her tone.
"Well, Minister Beckett and Mr. Adwell are concerned that you have plans to interfere with Ministry business," he explained.
"You mean that I refuse to let them bring any harm to my family and friends? Or that I'm not stupid enough to believe that they are doing anything good for the Ministry and it's all just Jack Adwell's sick plan for power and some big scientific breakthrough. I have nothing to hide so go ahead with your questions." she snapped.
"It's not what you're hiding that concerns us... it's who."
She let out a shaky breath at his comment.
"Let's start with you drinking this," he said as he slid a bottle of Veritaserum over to her.
Ember was pacing back and forth in the foyer waiting for Hermione to come back. She kept peeking out of the window to see no sign of her and day starting to turn to night.
"Where the hell are you?" she mumbled to herself. She turned to see Scorpius coming out of the dining room. "Did, Harper finish her carrots?" she asked as she watched him carrying the rest of the dinner plates to the kitchen.
"Um... yes?" he said.
"You ate them for her didn't you?" she asked, placing her hand on her hip.
"Don't do that, you look like Mum and you sound like her too," he said, walking into the kitchen with her behind him.
"I thought Aunt Hermione would be back by now." she sighed.
"She probably got hung up at work with stuff; she'll be here."
They both fell silent.
"So, I see Raven is still here... I'm guessing everything is ok between you guys?"
"Ok? No... getting there? Yes. The thing with Raven is... it's like she just wants to forget everything that's wrong in our lives... my life and I can't just do that."
"I think she just loves you enough to see past all that stuff. Maybe she doesn't know how to address it or talk about it with you so she just thinks it's best to pretend it didn't happen?"
He shrugged. "Maybe."
They heard someone walk through the ward and Ember made her way towards the foyer again. "Tell the girls to be ready to leave and Iet Ava sleep until the very last minute," she called over her shoulder to him as she neared the door.
She opened the door and was surprised to see it wasn't Hermione at all. "Jake? What are you doing here?"
"So you do remember me?" he teased. "I just haven't heard from you and you haven't been to work, so I was worried. Is everything alright?"
"I'm sorry Jake, everything has been so crazy the past few days and my parents are being kept at Mr. Adwell's lab so they haven't been here," she explained, rambling on as feelings of guilt filled her for not keeping Jake updated on anything.
"Calm down, relax, I understand. Is that why this ward is up over the Manor?" he asked.
"My aunt thinks it's best to just have some extra protection right now."
"Definitely, is that why all those men are out there too? They kind of look like Aurors."
"What men?" she asked.
"Right outside the wards, there are at least twenty to thirty men around the Manor... I figured they were Aurors."
She grabbed him into the house and closed the front door and locked it. Her heart started racing a bit at the slight possibility that they may be in trouble. She ran upstairs as fast as her legs would allow her to.
"SCORPIUS!" she screamed out as she neared his bedroom.
"What is it?" he asked running into the hallway at the sound of her panicked voice.
"Jake just told me there's like thirty men outside... and I don't think they are here to protect us," she said, locking eyes with him.
He just shook his head. "No, there's no way they would send people here to-"
He stopped talking when all the lights went out in the Manor.
"What the-"
Ember covered his mouth with her hand as they all listened to the sound of the front door slowly opening downstairs.
She looked at him with wide eyes, her voice shaky as she spoke. "Someone is in here," she whispered. "Get the girls; we need to get out of here. Is James still here?"
He nodded.
"Ok, I'll get Ava... be careful," Ember said before she gave a quick glance at Raven's panicked expression and then ran down the hall to the other side of the house.
"Hey, not that you care, but I'm going to head back home now... check on my mum and Bella," James said as he stood in Aurora's doorway.
She just shrugged before she went back to what she was doing.
He rolled his eyes before he closed her door.
As soon as her bedroom door closed, the lights went out and she looked up at her closed door. "Really James!" she yelled, storming over to the door and ripping it open. "What-"
She was cut off by a spell whipping past her face, missing her by a few inches. Her eyes grew wide when she saw a man coming towards her from down the hall and she quickly turned to run down the opposite way. When she saw there was another man at the other end, she ran back into her bedroom and locked the door. She knew it wouldn't keep them out, but it was just instinct. She grabbed her wand off her nightstand and held it out in front of her, her hand trembling with fear.
She let out a small scream when she heard them trying to break her door down. She ran into the bathroom and completely shut down from fear as she curled up into a ball in the corner of the room. She heard a lot of noise out in the hall and in her bedroom until finally the bathroom door was slammed open.
"Aurora are you ok?" James asked.
She just stared at him for a moment before she quickly got up and ran over to him and tightly latched onto him. She forgot about any anger she had towards him as her hands held onto him out of fear.
"Looks like my Expelliarmus spell is as good as my dad's."
"Yeah, well, let's see if you're as lucky as him and try to get us out of here alive." she mumbled.
He took her hand and pulled her along with him out to the hall where the two men were now knocked out on the floor. They heard a small scream come from down the hall and quickly ran towards it.
Ember felt a spell fly over her head and hit the wall in front of her as she made a sharp turn and started running down another hall. The sound of Harper's scream filled the Manor and she picked up speed as she neared her bedroom. Her hand was gripped tightly around her wand as she waved it wildly at the man trying to get into her sister's bedroom and he went flying across the hall. She ran into the bedroom and saw Harper, her small face was covered in fear and her heart sank. Harper wasn't scared of anything, she never really saw her look so vulnerable before and she grabbed her into a tight hug.
"Are you ok?"
She nodded.
"Ok, you have your wand?"
She nodded.
"Good, look at me. Stay tough, don't break on me now, ok?" she said to her with a small smile.
Harper nodded before she went to follow Ember out of the room when another man blocked the doorway.
"Ember, it's always nice to see you... I wish it was under better circumstances though."
"Auror Stephenson? What's going on? Why are you trying to kill us?" she asked, her wand pointed at him.
"Kill you? No, we just need you to come with us. As long as you all cooperate, then nobody will get hurt."
"Where's my aunt? She was supposed to be here."
"Hermione was brought in for questioning, one slip of Veritaserum and she spilled everything, even her plans to hide you all."
"You've known my family forever.... my parents... my grandparents, how could you treat us like this? You're working for Jack Adwell, not the Ministry, aren't you?"
"That's none of your concern, now come quietly or things will get ugly."
He took one step towards them when neither of them moved and before he could come any closer he was hit with a spell from behind and fell to the floor. Jake stood behind him with his wand out.
"Thank you," Ember said as the three of them went running towards Ava's bedroom.
He let out a hiss of pain as a spell grazed his upper arm in his attempt to take cover.
"You're bleeding," Raven said loudly as she started becoming frantic with fear.
"I'm fine, it's fine; you need to calm down Raven," Scorpius said, trying to get her to lower her voice.
"We're going to die, they're going to kill us." she went on.
Scorpius looked at Riley and Ellie, who were beside them; Riley started crying at Raven's comment.
"No, we aren't going to die, Raven, stop it," he said firmly.
"How do you know that? There's way more of them than there are of us and-"
He covered her mouth to stop her from rambling on. "Stop it, look at me... we are going to be ok... I promise. Pull yourself together Raven, can you do that?" he asked her, his eyes piercing into her green ones.
She nodded.
"I know there must be some sort of psycho deep down inside of you that you can channel since you still have the desire to be with me after everything, so let's try bringing that out a bit," he said with a smirk.
She gave him a small tearful laugh before she nodded at his words again.
"I lost my wand, Riley do you have yours?" he asked, turning to his sisters.
"No, I left it in my bedroom," she whispered out through her tears as they heard someone coming closer.
He turned to Raven. "Put a Protego charm up around you guys."
She did what he asked as he squatted down in front of Ellie. "Can you use your powers?"
She shook her head. "I can't, I've tried... they won't come."
He gave an understanding nod before they all got down to the floor as two spells hit the wall above their heads. Scorpius peeked out from behind the wall and quickly pulled his head back when a spell almost hit him.
"Shit, they are at both ends," he said.
He sat there on the floor and leaned his head back as he quickly thought of a solution. He locked eyes with Ellie, who sat across from him.
"What are we going to do?" she asked him, her eyes full of fear but her tone firm.
Everyone became completely quiet as the sound of footsteps approaching them grew closer. Scorpius looked at the fear on all of their faces again and something inside of him snapped. The floor beneath him grew cold and soon it was covered in ice. He got to his feet and stepped out into the open hall area where spells came flying at him from both ends. Before they could reach him, they all turned to ice and then Scorpius sent them shooting back at them, knocking both men to the floor.
He quickly motioned for the girls to follow him and they took off down the hall and another two men cut them off at the end. Scorpius felt his powers grow stronger, maybe it was from the adrenaline running through him, or maybe it was from fear of one of his sisters getting hurt; whatever it was he just knew he needed to protect them. He sent out a path of jagged ice that formed up from the ground down the hall, long shards of it pierced the legs of the two men who blocked their path and their screams filled the hall. He walked up to both of the men as the girls squeezed past to get to the other side. He wanted to hurt them, he wanted to kill them for trying to hurt his sisters and Raven, but he thought back to Noah.
"Next time... you're dead," he said with a sneer before he ran his hand through his hair to make sure each piece was back in place.
He felt Raven tug on his arm as he slightly deliberated still with the thought of ending the men in front of him before he finally looked at her and kept walking.
Ember scrambled backward across the ground as the floor beneath her turned to ice. She knew it to be Scorpius and was worried what kind of trouble he was in, but her main concern right now was trying to get to Ava's room across the hall. She crawled over and peeked around the corner to see three men making their way down the hall checking each bedroom and her heart raced.
Ember looked at her wand that lay a few feet away from her in the middle of the hall. "Cover me, I'm going to make a run to Ava's room and grab her," Ember said to Jake.
She barely took one step before a spell whizzed by and missed her by mere inches. She saw James and Aurora running up to them from the other side of the hall and she quickly held her hands up to stop them from walking out into the open hallway.
"How many?" James mouthed to her.
Ember held up three fingers.
Before any kind of strategy could be worked out, the sound of Ava's crying filled the hall and all three men headed straight for her bedroom. Ember and Aurora locked eyes as panic set in. Ember's panic was replaced with rage suddenly as she ran out into the hallway and snatched her wand off the floor as fast as she possibly could and threw a spell at one of the men knocking him backward. She heard the others behind her throwing spells of their own to cover her while she dodged each spell as she ran toward Ava's bedroom.
She was almost there when she felt a spell hit her chest that made her hit the ground hard, her wand flying across the room. She suddenly watched a ball of ice fly over her and hit the man that cursed her. She quickly got to her feet as Scorpius ran past her to take down the other guy. She took her chance to run after the other man who had made his way into Ava's room.
"Don't hurt her!" she yelled as soon as she saw him approach the crib.
The man just looked at her with a smirk before he bent down and picked Ava up in his arms. "I wouldn't dream of hurting this cutie pie," he said as Ava's cries pierced Ember's ears. "Unless, of course, you leave me no choice," he said with an evil grin.
Ember felt Scorpius try to push past her to get to Ava, but she grabbed him to stop. "No, he'll hurt her!" she shouted to him, her fingers tightly holding his arm to make sure he wouldn't try anything that would put Ava in danger.
"Start walking." the man said as he nodded for them to back out of the room and back into the hall. "All of you, put these on," he said as he threw a small sack over to them that contained the same bracelets that Ember and Scorpius wore when they went to go visit their parents.
Ember picked one up and looked at it for a moment. She knew once she put it on they would have no chance of escaping. She knew Scorpius and James would be sent straight to Azkaban or worse, killed. She locked eyes with Scorpius as more men filled the hallway, any chances of escape diminishing by the second.
Scorpius saw a thin fiery ring form around her pupils as the space around him grew ten times hotter.
"PUT THE BRACELET ON OR I'LL KILL HER!" the man screamed as he pointed his wand at Ava, who was wailing.
"No," Ember said suddenly, turning her gaze at the man.
"Ember what are you doing?" Jake asked. "They'll kill her."
Rage like nothing she had ever felt before filled her body; she thought at any moment fire would shoot from her eyes at how angry she was. The man just gave her this evil smile at her anger and then it soon faded. He brought his hand to his chest and scrunched his face up in pain. His wand suddenly fell to the floor and Scorpius jumped forward and grabbed Ava from the man as he fell to his knees and started growling in pain.
Ember took a step forward as the man started screaming in agony. He clawed at his chest and stomach as the smell of burning flesh filled the room and then he was suddenly engulfed in flames. It wasn't until Scorpius grabbed Ember's wrist that she broke from her trance-like state and looked at him with wide eyes.
"Let's go," he said before they turned their attention to the men backing away from them in the hallway.
"Before you run, you should know... there won't be anywhere for you to go... we'll find you." one of the men said.
They all turned to run, Ember was hit with a disabling charm as she felt her powers die down.
"Oh, you all aren't familiar with that one are you? Your parents knew this one quite well."
The sound of the man's voice carried down the hall as they continued to run, another disabling charm hitting Scorpius. Half of them had their wands and the other half didn't as they continued to throw spell after spell over their shoulders. As soon as they ran through the back doors to the garden they all ran as fast as they could into the woods behind the Manor. Their only goal was to put as much distance in between them and the men trying to capture them.
They ran as fast as they could up the steep wooded hill, losing their footing along the way as they scrambled to the top. Aurora was the first to the top and reached down to take Ava from Scorpius before she held her other hand out for him to take. As soon as they all reached the top they continued running, not knowing if they were even still being followed.
Once they started getting deeper into the woods everything became almost pitch black, the moon being their only light.
"Should I use a Lumos charm?" Raven whispered.
"No, we can't draw any attention to us. Who has a wand?" Ember asked.
From what she could make out in the darkness, only five out of the ten of them seemed to have working wands, the rest of them were either broken, dropped or left behind in their frantic run to safety.
"Great," she said sarcastically. "None of us have much experience with apparating, we can only do really short distances and we have only mastered going to places we are already familiar with. For now, we need to go to James' house."
"Why my house?" he asked.
"James, we need to get Bella," Ember said as they all kept walking at a quick pace.
"Why? What about Hermione? I thought we were waiting for her?"
"We can't go with my aunt anymore. That Stephenson guy, he knew that she was coming tonight to hide us, they questioned her. They are using Veritaserum and that means they will continue to question anyone we know to find out where we are."
"So why do we need to get Bella?"
"Because if they want us, they'll want her because she's Harry's daughter, anyone they suspect of having powers they will come for," she stated firmly.
He just stared at her; even in the darkness, he could see the seriousness in her silver eyes. He finally nodded before they each teamed up with someone who had a wand and apparated to James' house.
Draco slowly opened his eyes and blinked a few times as his blurry vision started to become focused once more. He went to move, but his body was stiff and he still had some pain in his head. He finally managed to sit up and saw he was back in his normal room connected to Ginny and Harry's.
"Draco! Are you ok?" Ginny yelled as she banged on the glass with her hand to get him to look at her.
He turned to look at her and he finally remembered what happened earlier. He wasn't sure if it was a dream or not.
"How long was I out?" he asked.
"They took you yesterday and when you came back you've been out for almost a whole day now. What happened? Please tell me you're alright?" she asked, her voice cracking.
He nodded. "I think I am," he said before he found his balance and stood up.
He walked over to her, he could see her eyes were red and puffy so he knew she had been crying a lot. He noticed her wrist was bandaged up and there was another bandage over some kind of wound that was on her neck right above the device they all wore.
"What happened to you?" he asked, placing his hands on the glass as he studied her more closely.
"I'm fine, just more experimenting... more samples... more injections," she said softly before she hung her head. "Harry was out for a few hours after they brought him back too... he's looking pretty rough," she said quietly as she smiled at Harry across the way prompting Draco to turn around.
Harry gave him a small wave. "Did you have a nice nap?" he asked.
Draco just smirked at his comment; he took in Harry's rough appearance. He had dark circles under his eyes and he was paler than normal. "You ok?" Draco asked.
"I'm... fuckin wonderful," Harry said sarcastically before he threw himself down on the couch in his room.
Draco just nodded before he faced Ginny again. "Well, at least he hasn't lost his sense of humor."
Ginny gave a slight smile before it faded.
"Do they know... that you're pregnant?" he asked her.
Ginny looked at him and then at one of the many people that were constantly in and out of the lab before she nodded.
"And?"
She shrugged as she turned back to him. "It didn't change anything. It certainly didn't stop them from experimenting on me... or breaking my wrist when I tried to fight against their poking and prodding," she said as she gestured down to her bandaged arm.
Draco just shook his head; he was seething with rage, but couldn't do a damn thing about it. He felt so helpless. "I'm sorry Ginny. I'm sorry I haven't been able to get us out of here."
"Stop that, there is nothing you can do... nothing any of us can do. If anyone should apologize, it's me. I should have talked to you before I made a deal with Adwell, I just... seeing Scorpius and James like that... I couldn't let him stay in there for another day."
"Yeah, but the one thing I love about you most is how loving of a person you are. You're an amazing mother to our children... I really shouldn't have been surprised that you did something so crazy to help one of them."
She gave him a tearful smile before she wiped a stray tear that slid down her face. "I miss them so much."
"I know... me too."
"Ok, remember, go in and get Bella, then get out as quick as possible. Don't talk to your mum or anything. The less she knows, the better for all of us." Ember explained to James.
He nodded before he apparated into his house.
James walked up to the side of Bella's bed and watched her sleep for a moment before he kneeled down beside her and gently shook her. "Bella, wake up."
"James?"
"Hey, you need to wake up."
"I'm tired," she whined loudly before she turned over and pulled the blankets up over her face.
"Shh! Ok, ok, you can go back to sleep, but first I need you to come with me," he said quietly to her.
She pulled the blankets back down and looked at him. "Go where?"
"Um... just think of it as a little adventure," he said.
"An adventure?"
"Yeah, you want to come? Harper and Riley and everyone else is going."
"Ok," she said with more excitement as she kicked off her blankets and got out of bed.
He grabbed some clothes for her and her jacket and shoes and took her hand.
"Is Mummy coming?"
"Not this time," he said softly before he apparated back outside to where the others were.
"Alright, where to now?" Scorpius asked.
"How about Uncle George's? Or Grandma and Grandpa's?" Ellie asked.
"No! What is it that you all don't understand? We can't go anywhere that involves family, nobody. The Ministry will question them all to find us; they can't know anything about where we are. This is our only chance of surviving and not getting caught long enough to figure out a plan. We need to go someplace they wouldn't expect." Ember explained. "Jake, anyway we could lay low at your place for a little bit until we figure something out?"
"Um, I don't think that's going to work," he said, avoiding eye contact with her.
"Oh, ok... um, Raven, do you think we could just rest at your place for an hour or so before we figure things out?"
"Yeah, definitely." she nodded before she took Scorpius' hand and Riley's in the other.
"Your dad is just going to love this," Scorpius said to her with a smirk.
"Ember, a quick word?" Jake asked.
She walked over to him where they were out of earshot from the others.
"Listen, I'm sorry about not being able to help you guy-"
"It's fine Jake, I get it, you don't want us putting your family in danger, it's-"
"No, it's not that." he cut her off.
She looked confused, "Then what is it?"
"Ember... I don't... I don't really live anywhere." he said in a small voice, he was obviously embarrassed by telling her this.
"What do you mean? Like you're homeless? You said you lived in a Muggle town?"
"Yes, lived as in past tense. I use to live with my mother, but I was kicked out a while ago. My mother's boyfriend is a drunk and... well... the rest is not important. I just kind of crash here and there at friends' houses or just stay at work. That's why I can't help you guys out with a place to crash, but anything else I am more than willing to help you with."
She just stared at him, the news of his living arrangements surprising her.
"Ember I'm sorry I wasn't more clear from the beginning, I was just embarrassed because you're just way out of my league and I really like you and I didn't want to-"
"Ember! We should get going!" Aurora yelled.
"We're coming!" she said before she turned back to him. "We'll talk later, ok?" she said to him.
He nodded before he followed her over to the others where they apparated to Raven's house.
"Father?" she called down the hall as she closed the front door.
It wasn't long before she heard him running down the stairs as fast he could at the sound of her voice.
"Raven? Where the hell have you been?" he demanded as he grabbed her into a hug. "You were supposed to be home hours ago; it's almost three in the morning." Blaise went off on a rant. "What happened to you, why are you filthy?"
"Dad, calm down," she said, trying to make him realize she was ok. "I'm fine."
He looked her over again before he was satisfied that she was alright. "Raven, what is going on?" he asked, his tone calmer.
She walked back over to the front door and placed her hand on the doorknob. "I need your help," she said before she opened the door to reveal the others that waited on the other side.
She nodded for them all to come inside and as they piled in Blaise started shaking his head.
"No way, Raven do you have any idea what's been going on the past few hours? The entire Malfoy and Potter family is all over the papers. You entire lot have wanted posters all over the place, every one of your faces." he said.
"What? Why?" Ember asked.
"Because the Ministry will stop at nothing to obtain you. They are offering quite the reward for anyone that has information about where you all are hiding and an even bigger reward for anyone that can hand you over to them."
"Dad, please, you have to help them."
"With what? I can't offer you a place to stay, they will be here soon because of Raven and Scorpius' known relationship and they will question me and you." he said to her.
"That's fine; we just need a place to lay low for a few hours, just to work something out. Please, Mr. Zabini... just for a little while." Ember pleaded with him.
Blaise looked them all over, the sound of Ava's cries pulled at his heartstrings.
He nodded. "I will not put Raven in danger, which is why I am hesitant to help you."
"I understand," Ember said, giving him a thankful nod before Raven led them down the hall to the couple of guest rooms they had available.
Ember guided Harper into one of the bedrooms and slipped a sweater that Raven gave her over her head. "I want you to get some rest. Scorpius and I will figure things out ok?"
Harper didn't say anything; she just stared at her with wide eyes before she gave the smallest of nods. Ember turned to look at Riley, who was giving her a similar look.
"What is it?"
"You killed that man... with your powers, you killed him."
They all just stared at each other for a moment longer. "Come on, get into bed, I want you guys to rest for now until we have to get moving again." Ember said, ignoring what Riley said.
Riley crawled into bed beside Harper and Ember went to give them a hug when they both backed away from here quickly, fear covering their faces.
Ember just stared at them for a moment. "Get some rest," she said before she got up and quickly left the room.
"Dad?"
"Here are a few more blankets, I didn't bother putting a ward up because I don't want to draw more attention to us."
"Dad!" Raven said louder, making him stop to look at her. "They are fine; they just need some guidance."
He sighed before he sat down on the couch. "Raven, this is so much bigger than you think... than they think. You weren't around during the war against Lucius last time, but I was and although I wasn't fighting alongside Draco and Ginny, I was still fighting against the horrors that terrorized the country." He hung his head at the memory. "Your mother was due to have you any day and I... I was young and scared, but I had this overwhelming task to make sure you and your mother were safe... and just like before... that's how I feel now."
"Dad..."
"I want to help, but if that means putting you in danger then I can't. You're all I have left in this world, Raven."
She smiled at his words before she walked over and let him pull her into a hug.
Ember walked into the room that James, Scorpius, and Jake were sharing where they all seemed to be lost in their own thoughts.
"Let me see that," Ember said to Scorpius as she gestured to the wound on his upper arm.
She sat on the couch beside him and made a small hiss when she saw how bad it was. "You need stitches or a really powerful healing charm for this gash. I'm sure with Raven's healer training, she could get this taken care of for you. I'll put a numbing spell on it for now." she said as she reached forward to borrow Jake's wand.
"Thanks," he said, looking at her.
She felt his eyes locked on her before she met his gaze. "What?"
"You tell me."
She looked away before she shook her head. "Yes, I know, I killed a man. Now Harper and Riley think I'm going to set them ablaze at any moment."
"They will be fine, what about you?" Scorpius asked her.
"Honestly? I don't care about that man, I don't care that he's dead. He would've hurt one of us or worse, I won't lose any sleep over it if that's what you mean. What I'm more upset about is what they think of me." she gestured with her hands across the hall to where Riley and Harper were asleep.
"Ember, they will be ok. They are just scared, believe me, nobody here thinks you did anything wrong." Scorpius said, looking at Jake and then to James who both nodded in agreement.
She just sighed before getting up and leaving the room. She made her way down the hall into the bathroom and started splashing some water on her face. She jumped when she brought her face back up from the sink and saw Jake staring back at her in the mirror.
"Jake?"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you... it's just, my wand," he said, gesturing to his wand that she accidentally pocketed.
"Oh, sorry," she said, handing it back to him before grabbing a hand towel and patting her face dry.
"Are you sure you're ok? If you want to talk-"
"I'm sure."
He gave her a small smile before he turned to leave.
"Jake?"
He turned back at the sound of her voice and walked back into the bathroom.
She walked past him and shut the door before turning to look at him, her eyes on the ground as she spoke.
"About our conversation earlier... you said that you were too embarrassed to tell me because I was out of your league?" she finished, letting her eyes travel back up to meet his.
"I did... and it's true. I know I'm nothing close to the kind of person you should be with but I really like you and I really care about you... and-"
He was cut off when he noticed her close the distance between them, her breath gently hitting his neck before she gently pressed her lips against his.
"I really like you too," she whispered to him.
Having Ember so close to him with her lips only inches from his and the feel of her breath hitting him made a lump form in his throat. He was a bit scared to be this close to her, not because of her powers or anything like that; it was more that he was worried about doing something wrong. He felt his heart start to race as her eyes pierced into his, he was overwhelmed with how beautiful she was to him at this moment. He swore her eyes were begging for him to kiss her again, but he was too nervous to find out.
He felt her body lean a little closer to his and he suddenly decided that he was willing to take the chance of overstepping if it meant he could just feel her lips on his once more. He grabbed her and pulled her to him, his hand caressing the side of her face as his fingers entangled in her fiery strands. His mouth was on hers again, the kiss more passionate than the gentle one she gave him only moments ago. The feeling in his chest was explosive as he kissed her and then he felt the tiniest movement of uncertainty from her as she pulled back a bit.
"I'm sorry, I keep kissing you without asking and-"
"Jake stop apologizing." she snapped suddenly.
He just stared at her.
"You don't have to ask to kiss me, I just want you to do it," she stated. "I like when you kiss me, I wish you did it more. I don't care that you're not wealthy or have a great big house. Those things mean nothing to me. My mother... my grandparents; they never knew any kind of wealth, nothing anywhere close to it. Out of all the guys that tried to date me or court me, none of them have ever made me feel so special and beautiful as much as you do. You make me feel confident and secure in who I am and even with these horrid powers I possess. So please, don't ask me if it's ok to kiss me, don't think I'm out of your league because if anything I am probably the one who isn't anywhere good enough for you."
She barely finished her sentence before he grabbed her again and kissed her. This time he was so sure of his actions that he pulled her closer to him. This was probably the most physical he had ever gotten with Ember and he was preparing himself for her to pull back again at any moment, but it never happened. If anything, her kisses intensified and her hands traveled down his chest until he felt her fingers slip under his shirt.
She slid her hand up his shirt, feeling his bare skin against her palms, making her body cover in goosebumps. She felt Jake's hand on the small of her back, keeping her close to him as he trailed kisses down her neck, his breath hitting her ear making her let out a small soft moan. She helped pull his shirt off over his head before their lips made contact once more and then she suddenly stopped. She pulled her hand back from his chest when she felt something other than his smooth soft skin. He had numerous scars on his chest, stomach, and shoulders; they all looked old and healed, but seemed to be from different things. Some looked like small burn marks and the other ones could have been anything.
She looked up at him, her fingers still tracing some of the scars on his body. She gazed into his eyes as she thought about just how much she doesn't know about Jake. Looking at him made her think that the stories behind his scars weren't anything he would soon tell her about or wanted to relive anytime soon.
When she slipped her top off and felt his kisses on her shoulder and then on her chest, everything became so much more real to her suddenly. She was very aware of the fact that she was more than willing to lose her virginity to Jake, but she regretted that she never told him she was a virgin. Things were quite hot and heavy at the moment and both of their hormones were raging at this point. All gentle movements and kissing were replaced with rough hard groping and heavy breathing.
She felt his hands slide up her back and unclasp her bra while her hands undid his belt. She felt him slide his hand under the waistband of her pants and pull her even closer to him. She felt completely trapped all of a sudden when she felt him pick up her and sit her on the counter before pulling her pants off. Now that they were both completely naked she felt her heart start to race. She never got this far with Noah, so being this intimate with a guy was new for her and she felt her body completely stiffen.
"Are you ok?" Jake asked her as he slipped her hands around her waist to pull her over to the edge of the counter.
She quickly nodded and continued kissing him again before he started questioning her further. She felt him between her legs and she wanted him so badly, but she felt so nervous.
"I'm a virgin." she suddenly said.
All movement stopped just moments before he was about to enter her.
He just stared at her. "What?"
She tightly shut her eyes in embarrassment. "I'm a virgin, I'm sorry I didn't say anything." They were both quiet for a moment. "I don't suppose you are too?" she asked.
He let out a small laugh at her question making her relax a bit and stifle her own giggle.
"No, I'm not, but I can control myself. I would never make you do something you weren't ready for-"
"No, I am... I want to, I just wanted you to know before..." she trailed off.
She just watched him stare at her with this almost loving smile. It was so hard to believe how amazing Jake was and to her of all people. She was so used to Noah treating her the total opposite and for some reason Noah made her believe that she deserved it.
She leaned in to kiss him and snaked her arms around his neck as he pulled her closer to him again. His eyes locked with hers to confirm once more that she was ready and with the look of desire she gave him, he entered her. Her fingers slightly dug into his shoulders at his entrance and she took in a sharp breath. His arms held her tightly against him and she felt protected and safe by his embrace. She felt him pull back a bit before he slowly pushed into her again, his gaze on her face the whole time to make sure he wasn't hurting her. When she kissed him harder he pushed into her again and after a few more times she slid her hands into his hair and let out a soft moan.
Her orange strands fell across his face as she stared down at him from her propped up position on the counter. Jake just stared at her for a moment, he was scared that he might have just fallen completely in love with her. Everything in the look she gave him made him never want to let her go. He almost forgot that he was even in the middle of having sex with her with how entranced he was by her. It wasn't until she cupped his face and kissed him again that he was brought back to the moment they were sharing. He felt her release shortly after, the sounds of her moans that she tried to suppress against his ear drove him to finish moments later.
He didn't let her go yet, he held her close to him still, his thumb tracing her lips before he softly kissed once more.
"Are you ok?"
When she smiled at his question and nodded, he felt a tremendous amount of relief. He wasn't sure how he would handle it if she wasn't.
"Ember... I think I..." he trailed off.
"What?" she asked.
He just shook his head. "Nothing, I just really like you."
She gave him a bright smile before she grabbed his face again and kissed him.
A/N: Alright so your thoughts? What did you all think? The kids are pretty much on their own right now. How do you think the action scenes at the Manor went? What about Ember and Jake's moment together? Lot's of stuff to take in this chapter. Please review!! I love when you guys breakdown the chapter for me and share what you liked about it.
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