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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: Ok, I got this chapter a lot sooner than I thought and it's a bigger one, over 9k words. I just want to say thank you to everyone who takes the time to read my story and any comments that you guys leave. They mean so much to me =)
Scorpius made his way downstairs after giving up on sleep for the night once the clock read three in the morning. He was surprised to see Eve awake at the kitchen table with what looked like a large map in front of her.
“What are you doing? And more importantly, why aren’t you asleep?” he asked as he filled the tea kettle with water and turned the stove on before he took a seat across from her.
“I’m drawing out a map of my father’s lab.” She simply said before she glanced up at him. “I’d ask why you’re awake, but I think I have an idea or two.” She said with a small smile before going back to her map.
He watched her for a few moments, her concentration was almost unbreakable. He wished he could be as focused as she was right now. He couldn’t help the smirk that crossed his lips as her long brown ponytail kept slipping over her shoulder and onto the map she kept trying to draw out. He wondered how sheltered of a life she really lived and just how much social interaction she never was exposed to. Had she ever kissed someone before? Felt love for anyone, even something as simple as a hug or even had a sexual desire for another person. It’s not like she wasn’t attractive, in fact, she was quite beautiful and had a mysteriousness about her. He was a bit envious of her at the moment with all the different emotions he was feeling from Raven’s betrayal, he would give anything to be oblivious to everything he felt.
He suddenly remembered Eve could read his mind and he cleared his throat when he saw her eyes glance up at him.
“Um...” he trailed off as words escaped him.
“No, I haven’t ever kissed anyone nor been attracted to someone in such a way that I felt I had to rip my clothes off for them. Oh, and thank you for the compliment.” She said with a smile before she turned towards the whistling tea kettle.
“Sorry.” He mumbled as he went to get up, but stopped when he watched the tea kettle pour itself into his mug and then it hovered over to him. “Thanks,” he added. “Can you make some sugar hover over here too? Maybe a spoon while you’re at it?”
She used her powers to send the sugar and spoon over to him before she gave a small laugh. “It’s fine Scorpius, you’d be surprised by the stuff I hear around here.”
“Really? Like what?” he asked, leaning in a bit closer.
She hesitated for a moment before she double checked to make sure they were alone. “Well, for starters... do you know that your cousin Rose has a huge crush on James? She lowkey can’t stand Aurora because of it. Just recently she got a glimpse of James changing with his door open one day and she hasn’t stopped thinking about it since.” She said as she started giggling making Scorpius fall into a fit of laughter.
“Don’t even get me started on the dirty thoughts James has about Aurora.” She added.
“Yeah, don’t want to hear that.”
“Or the even dirtier thoughts Aurora has about him.” She added.
“And definitely don’t want to hear that.” He laughed.
“And let’s see what else. Oh, Hugo sometimes glances at Ember’s breast when she’s not looking.”
“What? That’s his cousin.”
Eve shrugged. “He doesn’t care, he’s a thirteen-year-old boy, boobs are boobs to him.”
“I suppose,” Scorpius mumbled.
“See, that’s why you’re looking at mine.” She added.
“What? I am not.” He said as he looked straight at her chest. “Well, I mean, I am now because you said that.” He said defensively.
She just started to laugh at how riled up he got. “Relax, I’m just kidding.”
“Oh, so joking you can do?” he drawled before he finally laughed along with her.
They both got lost in conversation, most of it was about the map she had drawn out in front of her, but eventually, it turned more casual. One of the things Scorpius enjoyed most about talking to Eve was that a lot of the conversation they had was about things she was hearing about for the first time or knew nothing of. The simplest of things like riding a broom or playing Quidditch.
“... then when I found out Riley was going to be a girl and not a boy I was so upset I literally ran away from home.”
“Like actually ran away?” Eve laughed. “Where did you go?”
“Where do you think? I went to Harry and Luna’s.” he laughed, making her giggle harder. “I just really was getting sick of having so many sisters, but hopefully with this new baby I might actually get a brother.” He said with a smug look.
She bit her lip at his comment.
“What? You know what it is, don’t you?” he asked her.
She shook her head as she desperately tried to stifle her laughs.
“It’s a girl... isn’t it?”
She bit her lip even harder before she slowly started to nod. They both exchanged a look as it grew silent before they fell into another round of laughter.
“Well good morning you two, it’s nice to see someone up before me.” Came Molly’s voice as she walked into the kitchen with Ava on her hip.
“What time is it?” Eve asked.
“Almost six,” Molly answered.
“Geez, I’ve been down here that long?” Scorpius mumbled to himself before he glanced at Eve, who gave him a small smile.
“I think I’m going to lay down for a bit before breakfast,” Eve said as she gathered her things from the table and quickly headed upstairs.
“What a lovely girl that Eve is,” Molly said as she placed Ava in her highchair.
“Yeah, she’s cool I guess,” Scorpius said as he pulled himself up on the counter as Molly started fixing herself a cup of tea.
“Really? That’s not what you thought the other night when you two were ready to fight each other.” She said, giving him a disappointing glare.
“I was angry... I just wanted to pulverize Noah.” He shrugged.
“Well, either way, it’s nice to hear you laughing for once. I don’t like seeing you so down. That drama with Raven needs to be the furthest from your mind at a time like this.”
“I know Grandma... I wish it was that simple.”
“Has Raven tried to speak to you yet?”
“Once or twice but I can’t even look at her.” He fell silent for a moment or two. “What do you think Mum and Dad would say to me at a time like this?”
She gave him a small smirk. “Oh, this one has your mother written all over it, she’d do all the talking and Draco would probably just be there for emotional support and say something like-“
“Your mother’s right son,” they both said together before they started laughing.
Their laughing was cut short by a sudden knock on the front door causing them both to freeze. Scorpius walked into the foyer and walked a bit closer to the door in hopes that the person knocking would identify themselves.
“It’s Matthew!” Matthew called through the closed door, making Scorpius give a sigh of relief.
“Hey, I thought you weren’t due back for another day,” Scorpius said as he opened the door for him.
“I know, but I have some news and I really need you to get everyone down here as soon as possible.”
Scorpius gave him a quick nod before he ran upstairs to gather everyone up. He didn’t get far as he ran into Eve again as she was leaving the bathroom.
“Hey, Matthew showed up, he wants us downstairs.”
She nodded before she quickly went to walk into her bedroom.
“I thought you were going to lay down. Are you ok?” he asked, noticing her bloody nose.
“Yeah, it’s just...” she trailed off before she looked around to make sure they were still alone before she walked closer to him. “It’s from my powers... they are getting stronger and without that implant, it’s almost like learning to control them all over again.”
“Is there something I can do to help?”
She shook her head as silence filled the hall. “I’ll help gather everyone.” She said softly before they split up.
After a few minutes, everyone was piled into the dining room and the tension was through the roof as Raven and Noah had also joined in for the meeting.
“I came as soon I picked up a copy of the daily prophet this morning.” Matthew started. “Just a fair warning... this may be a bit alarming.” He said before he slid a copy of it over to them.
The front page showed a picture of Adwell and Ginny as he showed off his new creation to the Ministry. Ember grabbed the paper closer to her and covered her mouth to quiet the gasp that tried to escape her mouth.
“Why does she look like that? What’s wrong with her?” she choked out.
It was Eve who snatched the paper from her hands and looked at it closely before she looked at Noah. “He did it... it worked.” She said in barely a whisper.
“So that experiment didn’t kill her and now she has six different powers inside of her?” Ron asked.
Eve was silent, the only thing she could think about was what was to come now that her father successfully found a host for this cocktail of powers.
“Why is she just standing there letting him show her off?” Aurora asked as she looked over Eve’s shoulder at the moving picture.
There were a lot of questions that erupted from the around the table at seeing Ginny on the front page of the paper. It was more alarming to see her in such a state, it was obviously their mother but there was something so unfamiliar about her.
“What about my dad or Harry... do you know if they’re alive?” Scorpius asked.
Matthew glanced over to Eve and Noah before he cleared his throat. “Well-“
“What about her?” Eve cut him off before he could continue.
“What about who?” Matthew asked as he tried to clear his mind before Eve could read it any further.
“You know who? What happened to Crystal? What happened to my sister!” Eve demanded as she jumped up from her seat.
He gave her a sad look before he let out a soft sigh. “Two days ago she tried to help them escape... your father killed her.”
Eve’s heart stopped as she turned to Noah, the tears in his eyes made her’s fall. She took a few steps away from the table before she quickly left the room with Noah behind her. The room was filled with silence before Matthew spoke up again.
“As far as I know... they are all alive still, but for how much longer I can’t be sure. I only know as much as I do because one of the Aurors that were my inside source was called to Adwell Labs for added security.”
“What have you found out about the area? I’ve only apparated to the doors of that place but have never traveled on foot there,” Hermione explained.
“Yes, about that... the lab is actually on an island.”
“An island?” Blaise chimed in. “The last bit I did know of Adwell Labs was that it wasn’t far from the Ministry.”
“You’re not completely wrong, that was just a front and more of a visitor entrance. Once you enter the elevator it takes you to the real location which is on an island not far off the coastline.” Matthew explained. “The room that they are being kept in is twenty floors underground. Every hallway... every door is secured.”
“Eve has been drawing a layout of the facility, between that and the use of her powers we could get a decent idea of what we’re facing,” Scorpius said.
Matthew nodded at the information. “Things have gotten sloppy at the lab it seems and Adwell is a loose cannon. He will do anything for power and kill anyone who stands in his way... even gun down his own daughter.” He said with a heavy sigh. “Adwell is expected to be at a meeting at the Ministry in three days... that is when I think we should attempt to break into the lab. We need to move quickly now that he has Ginny’s blood to turn whoever he wants into a powerful witch or wizard. It’s more than just saving your parents at this point...” he trailed off.
“Eve?” he called her name as she walked back and forth across the bathroom getting supplies and addressing his infected incision. “Eve?” Noah called to her again.
“Here, drink this... it will help with the infection and then take this one for the pain.” She said, shoving two vials into his hand.
“EVE!” he yelled out, making her stop and lock eyes with him. “Crystal... she’s dead... don’t you get that?”
She turned angry at his words. “Of course I get that. What do you think I’m too much of an idiot to understand that our own father killed our sister?” she hissed. “That I’m just some empty shell without feelings or a heart or a fuckin brain that-“
“Eve, stop!” he said grabbing her shoulders roughly. “I never said that.”
She just shook her head. “I can’t think about that right now... we have too much to do and we have less than three days to get everything right.”
Noah didn’t want to push her any further, he knew how upset she was over Crystal’s death and she needed to have herself a proper cry. He also knew how good Eve was at keeping a straight face while burying her feelings deep within and sometimes never even dealing with them at all... just like most of her life.
“You’re aware of your health?” she asked him as she took in his condition.
He nodded.
“Whatever the serum that Father put into you was is acting as a poison... it’s affecting your immune system and that’s why this incision isn’t getting any better. The infection will stop spreading for a bit with that potion I gave you but eventually it will start to spread. At least that’s my best guess, who knows what the hell is inside of you.” She gave a hard sigh as she threw the rag she was holding down in the sink.
“I know... I don’t need a diagnosis, I just need you to act human for a fuckin second.” He almost begged.
“I’m sorry.” She whispered.
The space between them grew silent before Noah spoke again.
“You need to take a look at Riley... I think she might be experiencing something similar to what Ellie went through.”
She gave a small nod. “I’ll check on her.” She said before the room went silent once more.
Ginny stood awkwardly beside Adwell as she waited for the elevator to come to a stop. She had finally felt like she had her own mind again, but as soon as her neck device was removed it all changed. Her powers were too strong for her body to keep a level head, even with the implant helping to stabilize them.
She felt the elevator come to a stop and followed Adwell down a small hall.
“Why are you taking me down here again?” she asked him.
“Because dear, I want to give you a peek at what your new powers will help me accomplish.” He said as he held a door open for her to walk through.
Ginny walked into a large room, it was the same room Crystal had shown them of where all of Adwell’s failed experiments ended up. So many people just laying in these vegetative states until he found a use for them again. Some of them were deformed and others were completely normal looking. Men, women, and children filled the room and it was one of the most heartbreaking yet eerie feelings she had felt.
“Finally all these failures that I had to store down here I can start to find a use for again. These will be my test subjects when I start administering the new serum.”
“What exactly is the new serum?” she asked as she continued to look around the room.
“It’s you... your blood. You see the issue was getting all those powers to mesh together and still have a person live through the ordeal. Now that your body has already taken to the new powers, they are all meshed already. This is the biggest obstacle I’ve overcome... now it shouldn’t take as much of a toll on my test subjects since the powers won’t keep trying to overpower each other during the initial injection. Things should now go a lot smoother overall.”
She took in his words. “You plan to make all of these people as powerful as me?”
“Yes... and no. You see Ginny, you’re different... you have the ability to build off of these powers and make them even stronger than what was initially injected into you. It’s quite amazing really.”
“Are you going to take the serum?”
He just looked at her with a wide evil smile. “Oh, dear Ginny... I already have.”
Ginny’s eyes went wide. “What? When?”
“Only three days ago... miraculous isn’t it? The turn around time? That is why I am confident you are the key to my success.”
She just shook her head at how crazy he really was. She just continued to look at all these people and she couldn’t help but think about how all of these people once had families. It was heart-wrenching to even think about.
Ginny’s eyes fell on a separate part of the room that was more secure and blocked off. “What’s in there?” she asked as she tried to peek inside.
“Those experiments you want to hope never wake up or escape. They are more of a hybrid.”
“A hybrid? Of what?”
“Some of the individuals I’ve obtained powers from were more than just humans. For example, Eve’s powers I extracted from a Veela... that was... quite a task.”
“So Eve’s...”
“Not quite, but does Eve have Veela blood running through her? Yes.” He said as he got lost in the memory. “Then I thought why not try to inject the blood of someone with magical abilities and put that into one of the many creatures that live in our world.”
“And did it work?” she asked, afraid of the answer.
“Some... most of them turned out to be too dangerous to keep alive or awake. The last one I tried was a werewolf with the power of... get this... metal. See, injecting the power of metal into a werewolf wasn’t working, they always ended up dead or horribly deformed... naturally. Then I thought, why not combine the power and the genetic mutation of that of a werewolf into another person, hoping that the two would eventually mesh together instead of canceling the other out. So I attempted it.”
“And what happened?”
Adwell looked at her, a sneer on his face. “Eve escaped with him.”
“You mean Noah?” she asked, shocked at what she was hearing.
Ginny’s stomach twisted into a knot, it was insane just how far Adwell had taken his experiments and she feared for not just her family, but the world in general.
“I think you’re making a big mistake by giving these abilities to so many people. You can’t control them all, eventually, things will fall through and you will have a mess on your hands.” Ginny tried to warn him.
“You think I’m stupid enough to give Eve’s powers out like that? No, no, that little ability will be taken out of the final serum. Soon I will have the defense I need and soon the Minister of Magic position. Once those are in place I can continue to grow my work.”
“Grow? How much further do you want to take this?”
“Nothing is ever perfect. There will always be a way to improve my work... make my powers stronger, seek other abilities that I haven’t seen yet.”
“Adwell, please... please let Draco and Harry go. You don’t need them anymore, you have me. If you let them go I will stay here without a fight, I will do whatever you want. Just please... please let them go.” She pleaded with him.
He scoffed at her pleas. “I can reassure you; you will most definitely do anything I tell you... you have no choice in that matter. As for Draco and Harry, you can stop begging for their freedom because that will never happen. They are the two strongest hosts after you so if something should happen to you then I need to have them here.”
Ginny tried to hold her tears in but was failing miserably as his words sunk in.
“I know you want your family back but look at it this way. Eventually, you’ll all be reunited because I finally know where they’re hiding, and I know what they’re planning. I also have you and I know the last person they’ll expect to hurt them... is their own mother.” He said with an evil smile.
Ginny cried harder at his words; she would never forgive herself if she ever hurt her children. She couldn’t even fathom the thought of bringing harm to any of them. She could never live a life where she was forced to hurt the ones she loves. She would welcome death with open arms before anything like that could potentially happen.
“Checkmate,” James said with a wide grin.
Scorpius just sneered at him before he waved his wand a reset the chessboard again. “Have I ever told you how much I hate you?”
“No, but I have a feeling you’re about to.” James laughed.
He smirked at James’ comment before they started playing again. “So, uh... what do you think of Rose?”
James moved his chess piece and just shrugged, “I don’t know, what’s to think about?”
“Just asking.”
“Think about like... do I think she’s good looking or something?” James asked as he studied the board in front of him.
“Yeah... I guess so.”
“She’s nice looking I suppose, why are you asking me this again?” James asked, finally looking up at the blond with a confused look.
Scorpius looked around to make sure nobody was in earshot. “I heard she has a thing for you.”
“For me? Who did you hear that from?”
“Eve told me... she said she heard Rose... thinking about you.”
“Interesting,” James said with a wide smile.
“Interesting? I thought you were with my sister.” Scorpius snapped.
“No, I am... I’m just saying... it’s-“
“It’s what?” Scorpius asked through clenched teeth.
“Relax, I do not think of Rose or have thought of Rose in that way ever. Besides, I love Aurora.”
“Love? How do you know you love her?” Scorpius asked.
“Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t realize I was talking to your father.” James sarcastically snapped.
“Sorry, it's just... with everything that happened with Raven... just tell me, how do you know?”
James turned in his chair on the porch and looked down by the lake where Aurora was sitting on the edge with Ava.
“I mean... just look at her,” James said, his eyes lighting up at the sight of her. “I could literally sit here all day and just watch her... first she’s funny as hell but she also is a bit mysterious which makes me want to know more. Above all though, she’s the most caring, kind-hearted and gentlest soul I’ve ever met. Every time I ever felt the most defeated or like there was no way I would ever feel an ounce of happiness again... she would somehow manage to be that bit of sunlight for me. Even if it was just talking to me or making me smile in the slightest. I mean... I don’t know what else you want me to say I have no other words really.”
“Alright... I got it.” Scorpius said with a small chuckle at hearing James pour his heart out over his sister. “So... have you guys... you know.”
James snapped his eyes up to his. “Are you trying to ask me if I’ve slept with your sister?”
“Maybe.”
“Is that really your business?”
“Yes!” Scorpius said loudly before he lowered his voice. “I mean... it’s my duty to ask as the older brother since my father isn’t around to ask.”
James just narrowed his eyes at him. “Just chill, I haven’t slept with her yet.”
“Yet?”
“I mean-“
“Yeah, I know what you mean, and I know what goes through that mind of yours. You and Aurora’s vile thoughts about each other.” Scorpius made a face pretending to be sick.
“Aurora has dirty thoughts about me?” James asked with a smile.
Scorpius froze the chess piece James had his fingers on until his hand and chess piece were stuck to the board. “Don’t look so thrilled, Potter.”
“And did Eve tell you this too?” James asked, as tried to pull his hand free from the spot it was stuck in.
“Yeah, why?”
James just shrugged. “Do you have dirty thoughts about Eve?” James teased him.
“You’re sick and completely out of your mind. I just found out the woman I love cheated on me with a man we almost killed.”
“We?”
“Ok, well mostly me... but you have the wrong idea.”
“Do I?”
Scorpius glared at him before his expression softened a bit and he leaned in a bit closer to James. “The thing with Eve is... She’s... different and her powers are intriguing to me.”
“Mhm... go on.”
“And she’s kind of complicated.”
“And you like complicated?” James said with a small laugh.
“I don’t like her... I’m just trying to be a friend to her, she’s got nobody else.”
James’ turned more serious at his last comment. “Yeah... you’re right.”
“I know I’m right,” Scorpius said as he confidently moved one of his chess pieces.
James had finally managed to free his hand before he reached over with the other one and moved his piece. He looked up at Scorpius with a smug look again. “Checkmate.”
“Fuck this game,” Scorpius mumbled. “We need to get back to practice anyway.”
“Uh, Scorpius?” came Aurora’s voice from the field.
“Yeah?” he asked as he reset the game once more.
“Eve just left.”
“What do you mean left?” he said looking up at her.
“Like she just walked out from the house and through the wards.” She said pointing to the front yard.
Scorpius and James jumped up from their seats and ran after her.
“Aurora, if we’re not back in ten minutes send help!” James called over his shoulder as they ran through the ward.
“Eve, wait!” Scorpius yelled out as he ran to catch up with her.
She was walking quickly across a field over to a wooded area.
“Eve! Stop!” he called again before he finally caught up and grabbed her arm. “Where the hell are you going?”
“You two should go back to the house.” She said as she continued to walk.
“Eve, it’s not safe outside of the ward, Adwell’s men could be anywhere.” James tried to reason with her.
She stopped and turned to both of them. “You don’t understand... I need to be away from you all right now.” She said through trembling lips. Her tear-filled eyes lit up purple as her fists were tightly clenched.
Scorpius and James stopped following her as she continued into the wooded area.
“Yeah, I think I’m going to get Hermione or something,” James said as he made a move to walk back.
“No, just go... I’ll get her to come back.” Scorpius said as he kept his eyes on Eve.
“You sure?”
He nodded.
James walked over to him and gave him a small slap on the back. “Alright... friend.” He smirked as he received a sneer from Scorpius before he took off back to the house.
Scorpius ran to catch up with her. “Eve!” he called out as he entered the small wooded area. He looked up at the storm clouds moving in through the trees and heard rumbling in the distance. “Eve? We should get back before it starts storming... plus I’m having a great hair day so I’d like to keep it that way.” He mumbled the last part.
He felt the ground beneath him start to shake suddenly and kept looking for Eve. He finally spotted her a few feet away and went to make his way over to her when he stopped. Trees all around him lifted from the ground, giant boulders and even the water on the ground floated up. Eve was surrounded by a dome of telekinetic energy that shielded her from the falling debris around her.
“Come inside.” She whispered out.
He was hesitant at first but the falling branches and rocks dropping from above him made him enter the dome. He was surprised when all the sound from outside the shield became muffled, even the rain that started to fall he couldn’t feel.
“Eve... we need to go back.”
“I know... I just need to let some of it out.” She whispered through her shaky lips.
“Let what out?”
She grabbed the sides of her head. “Everything.”
The earth beneath him started to crack and he felt the release of power from Eve as a wave of energy burst out in front of them. Everything in front of its path was disintegrated, the trees, the boulders... they all were no more. Any sign of life in the small forest they stood in was completely gone.
Eve fell to her knees and collapsed further into tears. Scorpius wasn’t sure if he should approach her or not. The dome around them finally disappeared as Eve became an emotional mess.
“I’m sorry... I’m so sorry, I just need a minute.” She cried.
He took a few steps towards her and squatted down beside her.
“My sister and Noah were the only two people I had left... I have nobody... do you know how it feels to be completely alone? I don’t even know what I’m doing... I can’t even control my powers without my father controlling them for me.” She sobbed.
He didn’t know what to say, there was nothing he could say... nothing that he thought would help her feel any less alone. She was completely coming undone emotionally and mentally right before his eyes, everything she had gone through her entire life was in the meltdown he was witnessing and it broke his heart. She was such a mess she could barely hold herself up.
“Eve...” he trailed off as he brought his hand up to place on her shoulder, but as soon as his hand touched her he was overcome with the most excruciating pain he had even felt through his head.
He let out a painful scream and then a bright white light filled his eyes and he felt himself falling. He quickly sat back up and looked around, his breathing heavy as he took in where he was.
“Scorpius?
He looked around the room and he thought it looked like the Manor, but he wasn’t positive.
“Scorpius? You ready?”
“Mum?” he turned to see himself surrounded by books and a large trunk.
It was his first day of Hogwarts.
“Mum, stop rushing me, it takes time to pick out my clothes.” A small version of himself spoke up.
“You’ll be wearing your robes most of the time so just pack anything, Sweetheart,” Ginny said as she rustled his hair a bit.
“Great, now I need to do my hair again.” He sneered.
“You look perfect, you’ll be one of the best looking boys there.” She said with a smile.
“One of the best? No, Mum, I want to be the best... now I better rethink this outfit.”
“I think you’ll look like a dork no matter what you wear.” Ember teased from the doorway.
“Alright, you two, enough,” Draco said as he walked into the room. “You both have five minutes and after that, if you’re not ready then whatever is in your trunks is what’s going with you.”
“What if I have no clothes packed?” Scorpius asked smugly.
“Then I guess you’ll be going wearing nothing under your robes,” Draco warned him.
Scorpius smiled at the memory before he was blinded by another bright white light. This time he was standing in what looked like a hospital room. There was a woman holding a baby in the bed and she was smiling down at the tiny little girl.
“Diana, do not get attached.” Came Adwell’s voice.
Scorpius’ head turned at the sound of the voice and watched the man walk into the room. He looked down at the baby in her arms and then back up at his wife.
“You’ve named her?” he asked in disappointment.
“Yes, Eve... isn’t she the sweetest?” she said with a tearful smile.
“Here... let me hold her.” He said softly.
She gently passed the baby to him and he looked down at her and gave the tiniest of smiles before it quickly faded.
“I’m sorry to do this to you Diana, but this will be the last time you interact with Eve.” He said as he went to leave the room.
“What? Jack, wait? You can’t take her... she’s less than two days old.” She said, trying to get out of the bed.
“You knew what this was.”
“Yes, but I thought once she was born you-“
“I’d what? Change my mind? No dear, Eve is mine.” He said before he closed the door and locked her in.
Scorpius suddenly felt like he couldn’t breathe and he started gasping for air as the room turned blurry and began to spin. He heard crying and when he opened his eyes he was in a small dark room.
“Daddy, can I see mummy today?” said a tiny version of Eve.
“I told you, Eve, Mummy doesn’t want to see you.” Adwell spat as he led her back into her room.
“But I drew her a picture... can’t you show her this and maybe she will change her mind?” she pleaded as tears stung her eyes.
He grabbed her tightly and gave her a hard shake. “You have no mother Eve, I’m all you’ve got. Do you understand that?”
Eve gave him a tearful nod.
“Good, now get some rest... you have more testing to go through tomorrow.”
Another white light flashed and everything went dark, all he could feel was something wet hitting his face. He slowly opened his eyes and saw someone kneeling over him. It took a few moments before the blurred figure turned out to be Eve.
“Scorpius, hey, are you ok?” she asked him, grabbing his face in her hands and looking him over. Her big brown eyes staring down at his.
He blinked his eyes a few times as the rain continued to hit his face. “What... happened?” he asked as she helped him sit up.
“It was me... I’m sorry, my powers... I lost control.”
He felt incredibly nauseous and leaned over the side and threw up. “Shit... that was lovely.” He sarcastically winced through the sharp pain in his head. “Just tell me one thing... is my hair messed up?” he asked as he spit the last bit of bile from his mouth.
She gave him a tearful smile before she nodded.
James was walking up to his room when he passed Aurora’s and saw her door opened a bit. He thought back to the conversation he had earlier with Scorpius and bit his lip to stop himself from thinking indecently of her. He walked over and gave a small knock before he pushed the door open the rest of the way.
“Hey.” She said with a smile as she continued to braid her hair.
“Hey.” He said as he scratched the back of his neck nervously.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.”
“Then why are you acting nervous?” she asked with a raised eyebrow.
“I was just... thinking.”
“Oh yeah, what about?”
He leaned down and gently grabbed her face before he kissed her softly. She didn’t expect the action and lost the end of her braid, making the whole thing come undone and fall around her face.
“I love you.” He said against her lips.
Her eyes fluttered open to meet his before she smiled and then kissed him harder. Her hands running through his already messy hair as she pulled him closer to her. He suddenly pulled away and looked at her.
“You didn’t happen to talk to your brother in the last two hours did you?” he asked through his heavy breathing.
“No, why?”
“Nothing, nevermind.” He said before he kicked her door closed then had his lips on hers again.
He was surprised when it was Aurora who seemed to be rougher than he was as she pushed him down onto her bed then climbed on top of him. She slipped her shirt off and sat there for a moment looking down at him. Her crystal eyes didn’t hide the longing she had for him and he loved that she was more than willing to take this step with him.
When she pressed her lips against his again and he pulled one of her bra straps down to expose her pale shoulder, he noticed her hair start to frizz a bit. He felt a small lump form in his throat when he could feel his powers surface a bit but Aurora seemed to not notice or care. If she did feel them against her body it was only bringing her more pleasure.
It’s not like they didn’t rile each other's powers up before when they got a little too close, but this was a big step. They had only just begun and he felt an overwhelming amount of electricity running through him. The only thing he thought about was the story Draco told him about his father and Mr. Thomas and how he accidentally hurt his mother.
“Are you ok?” Aurora asked him when she felt his wandering hands come to a stop.
“Um... actually.” He sat up making her sit beside him instead.
“I thought you wanted to-“
“I do... it’s just...” he slipped his hands into his pockets as static energy covered them. “I don’t think I can do this right now. I’m sorry, I know I initiated it and-“
“James, relax,” Aurora said with a small giggle. “We don’t have to do anything you’re not ready for, but in the meantime...” she trailed off as she locked lips with him again.
He kissed her back but then gently pushed her away. “Yeah, listen I have to go... it’s not you... it’s just...” he got up and opened the door. “I just... I’m sorry.” He quickly said before he took off down the hall.
“Raven? I’d like a word with you.” Blaise said as he walked into her room.
She turned over in her bed and faced the wall.
“Don’t ignore me.” He said firmly as he sat on the side of her bed.
She didn’t say anything, instead, she pulled the covers over her face. He sighed, it was hard to see his daughter so upset but he was also angry with her.
“I’ve given you time to cope with what you’ve done and maybe reevaluate yourself, but-“
“Dad, seriously... I don’t want to hear this. I know what I did, just leave me alone.” She snapped, sitting up to look at him.
“But why? Why did you... how could you? You know what your mother did to me... to us, I didn’t think my own daughter could be capable of something so cruel.”
She looked at him with tears in her eyes. “I guess I take after Mum then.”
“Don’t say that. Raven... when I met your mother and she became pregnant with you, it was a very dark time for this world. I knew then that we would always be together because if we were able to survive that and get through those horrid times then marriage couldn’t possibly be as hard. I was wrong though... even being together for almost eighteen years didn’t stop your mother from being unfaithful to me... to us. I just hope you realize, truly realize how much you not only hurt Scorpius... but me as well.”
She let her tears fall and she felt her father give her a hug before he stood up.
“I know that’s hard to hear, but I think you needed to hear it.” He said softly before he left her room.
“Hey, what are you working on?” Hermione asked Scorpius as she took a seat on the couch beside him in the living room.
“I don’t really know yet.” He sighed looking down at the neck device he had removed from Eve that first night she showed up.
“Well, why don’t you start with what you’re trying to do?”
“Ok, it’s Eve... she said that implant she had helped stabilize her powers, but now without it, they are too powerful it seems.”
“How powerful are we talking?”
“Powerful enough that she had to leave our wards to relieve some of them... and they wiped out like... everything in its path... everything just disintegrated.”
“When the hell were you outside the wards Scorpius!” she yelled.
“Aunt Hermione, calm down, I’m fine.”
“I don’t care, don’t you ever, EVER go outside these wards again, especially without letting any of us know.” She demanded, her hands tightly gripping his shirt.
He looked down at the hold she had on him and how close she got before he couldn’t help the smirk that came over his face. “Uh... sorry?”
She released the hold she had on him and cleared her throat. “Scorpius... you guys are everything to me... and I need to keep you guys safe so please, don’t do anything that stupid again.”
His smirk faded at her serious tone before he nodded.
She took a second to compose herself. “So tell me more about what you’re doing.”
“Well, I was hoping to try and transfigure this neck device into something she could wear that would act as a stabilizer. There’s a serum in the necklace but hardly any left... it temporarily will disable all her powers, but I don’t want to disable all of them... just keep them manageable for her.” He said picking up the neck piece and giving a defeated sigh. “So what do you think?”
“How about something like a stone? Preserve the effects of the serum in the form a stone.”
“So maybe a necklace with the stone? Every time she touches it, it will sort of calm her down?”
“Yeah, like a soothing stone. Only her touch will activate the serum and with the preservation charm on it, it should last for a long time.” Hermione explained.
“Ok, so now to transfigure this thing into something decent looking.” He said holding up the neck device. He waved his wand a few times and held it up for her to look at. “Nice, huh?”
“That’s ghastly, she needs to wear this day and night, it needs to be simple and thin and the stone needs to be smaller, not a giant rock.” Hermione snapped, taking the necklace from him and transfiguring it herself. “There.” She said with a smug smile.
“Not bad, thanks.” He said taking it back from her.
She watched him for a moment. “How are you holding up?”
He shrugged. “Honestly, I want to deal with how I’m feeling, but there’s no time. I feel like I need to just focus right now... we have less than three days to get our shit together. Everything has just been drama these past few days and I just want my parents back... and now Mum’s...” he trailed off.
Hermione reached forward and brushed his hair out of his face. “Scorpius... we are going to save them and your mum... she is going to be just fine.” She said as her eyes filled with tears.
He just looked at her before he nodded and let her pull him into a tight hug.
Eve looked closely at the blood sample again that she took from Riley earlier. She had to transfigure a few things and master a couple of complicated spells but she managed to get what she needed.
“Don’t worry Riley, I will help in any way I can. If you really are developing powers, even by force, we can get control over them before you get to a place you can’t come back from.” She said with a small smile.
Riley didn’t say anything, she just listened.
“Riley, I know what you went through there... if you want to talk about it-“
“I don’t.” she snapped.
“Ok.” She said with an understanding nod before she walked over and lit her wand up to look at her eyes.
“Your eyes... they’re black.” She commented. “And something seems off with your bloodwork...” she trailed off as she studied it more closely through a magnifying spell.
Riley just looked at her, for some reason she only felt anger. “I met your sister.” She quietly said.
“I’m sure you did, Crystal was... very involved when it came to helping my father,” Eve said softly as she continued to study the sample in front of her.
“Not Crystal... I meant Jade.”
Eve quickly turned to look at her. “Who?”
“Jade... she told me she was your sister.”
Eve quickly shook her head. “No... I only have one sister.”
“Well, she looked related... she looked maybe only a year or two older than you.”
“You’re wrong.” Eve corrected her, her tone turning angry.
“Maybe... I did have a lot of testing done. I could’ve hallucinated the whole thing.” She shrugged.
Eve’s heart was racing, the reality was that what Riley was saying could very well be true. “Why don’t you rest for now, I’m going to look over everything and we’ll figure this all out, ok sweetie?”
Riley saw the tears in her eyes and nodded.
“Ok, get some sleep,” Eve said as she held her tears in before she quickly left her room and walked straight over to Noah’s.
She didn’t even bother knocking, instead, she just slammed his door open.
“Thanks for knocking.” He drawled.
“Why didn’t you tell me we had another sister?” she angrily cried.
“What?”
“Don’t bullshit me, Noah, I know Father shared a lot more with you than he ever did with me or Crystal... Riley told me.”
“How does Riley know about Lucy?”
Eve’s breath caught in her throat. “Wh-who?”
“Lucy?” he gave a defeated sigh. “She was like three when she died from one of Father’s experiments. Why, who are you talking about?”
“Jade.”
“Who’s Jade?”
Ember finished drying the last of the dishes from dinner before she took a seat with her grandmother at the table. She let out a soft sigh as Molly placed a cup of tea down in front of her.
“Why don’t you go rest dear, I will listen out for Ava tonight.”
“No, Grandma, you’re always taking care of her, it’s my responsibility.”
“Oh pish posh, it keeps my mind off of things. I honestly don’t mind.” She reassured Ember with a smile.
Ember nodded after a moment before her eyes fell on a dark figure out in the field. “Grandma, someone is outside the ward... they can’t get in here can they?” she quickly asked.
Just as she asked the question, the person walked through the ward and soon almost everyone was downstairs at the sound of the ward being invaded. Hermione quickly pulled out her wand followed by Ron as she ripped the front door open.
Scorpius and Ember made to follow when she put her hand up. “I don’t think so, you guys stay here.” She said firmly before her eyes fell on Blaise. “Blaise and Ron are enough, do not step foot outside of this house.” She ordered.
They both wanted to object, but the look on Hermione’s face made them just nod at her request.
Hermione held her wand firmly out in front of her as she slowly stepped towards the intruder. “Who are you? What do you want?” she asked, the darkness of the night made it hard for her to make out the person.
They didn’t answer and instead pulled out their wand.
“Stop where you are!” she called out as a final warning.
After realizing they weren’t stopping she threw out a full body bind curse and watched them fall to the ground.
“They just don’t listen,” Ron said with a small smirk as he walked over to the man.
He froze when at least ten more men entered the wards and this time they didn’t wait before they started throwing spells.
“RON!” Hermione screamed out.
Ron barely had time to react before a spell hit him hard in the chest and he flew backward onto the ground.
“Scorpius!” Ember called to him as she looked out into the backyard. “There’s more of them!”
“Grandma, take Harper and Bella and go upstairs to check on Ava and the others.” Scorpius quickly said to her before she took the two girls and made her way upstairs.
There was the sound of windows breaking as spells flew into the house making everyone take cover. James used his powers to kill the lights in the entire house in an attempt to make it harder for them to be seen. He looked around for Aurora but she must’ve been taking cover somewhere else.
Ember heard someone running up the porch steps and blasted the back door open. She quickly jumped out from behind the wall and threw a ball of flames at the man. As soon as he fell, another two men ran into the back door and threw a Bombarda spell at her, making her take cover behind the hallway wall as the floor in front of her exploded.
James quickly ran past her with electricity already running through him as a flash of lightning lit the house up and the two men fell to the floor. Ember ran over and tipped the dining room table over and took cover with him behind it as spells flew through the house sending glass and debris everywhere.
Back in the front yard Scorpius, Hermione, and Blaise were ducked down behind an icy wall Scorpius had formed against the ambush of men that entered the wards. Every time he thought they took a man or two down, another one would enter the wards.
“Cover me... I need to get to Ron.” Hermione said through clenched teeth.
“I’ll go,” Blaise said and quickly ran out from behind the wall before any of them could object.
Blaise was quick with his spells and very accurate which helped take down a large number of men in just a few waves of his wand. He helped Ron to his feet and dragged him back over to the wall just as a large explosion blasted the wall to pieces and sent them all flying across the yard.
In the house, Aurora and Ellie had taken cover behind the couch and were so tightly tucked into a ball they were on top of each other. Aurora hardly had a chance to conjure up any of her powers as the room was torn apart by flying spells and powers flying about.
One of the men jumped over the couch in front of them. “I’ll be damned if I’m leaving here without one of you little freaks.” He said as he reached for Ellie.
He dragged her like a ragdoll across the floor before Aurora grabbed her back. She formed an icicle in her hand and jabbed it right into his leg making him scream out in pain and releasing his grip on Ellie. They both went to make a run for it when he grabbed Aurora’s leg and made her hit the floor hard.
The man went to grab her when someone grabbed him roughly and slammed him hard against the wall. It took a second for Aurora to realize it was Noah, he picked the man up and threw him hard against the floor before he continuously punched him. He started to choke the man, his fingers digging so hard into his skin that he practically ripped out his throat with his bare hands.
Aurora and Ellie just had a shocked expression on their face at the scene before them before their attention was turned towards the feeling of the house rumbling beneath their feet. The three of them quickly ran out towards the front where they watched the ward start to collapse, then suddenly, everything slowed down around them.
Scorpius picked himself up from the ground along with Hermione and Blaise before they stared at all the men around them running at them in slow motion. Scorpius was certain it was Eve’s doing, after seeing a peek at her powers in the forest he knew she was capable of much more.
He finally spotted her across the yard as he quickly made his way over to her. He could see her struggling with how much power it took for her to control every man.
“Want a hand?” he asked her with a small smirk.
He held his hand out letting a large ball of ice form before he let it break apart into sharp shards. He gestured for her to go ahead when she was ready and she sent the small sharp icicles across the entire yard hitting most of the men. As soon as she saw some of them fall she was able to ease up on some of her powers. After the front was clear the rest of them made their way around the back of the house where there were still a few men left.
Jake, Luna, and Raven were taking cover behind the side of the porch. Every time one of them would attempt to make a run for it, a spell would nearly hit them.
“Fuck this,” Jake said as he made a run for it, his wand tightly gripped as he hopped over the porch railing and took down two men with a knockout jinx.
Raven and Luna went to follow him when a man blocked their path.
“What is that?” Luna said as she looked at what kind of human man stood before her.
He was larger than a normal human, but one of his arms was deformed as metal ripped through his flesh. One of his eyes was missing and the other was red that only seemed to darken as he advanced on them. Half of his face was burned and it looked like half of his scalp was missing.
He grabbed Luna by the throat and picked her up off the ground. Raven threw out a few different spells but none of them seemed to have any effect on the man as he kicked her roughly back onto the ground. It was a bolt of lightning that shot down and hit the man’s metal arm that finally made him drop Luna to the ground.
“Mum, are you ok?” James quickly asked her as he ran to her side.
She just looked at him, she watched him practice every day with his powers, but seeing him use them to save her had a different effect.
Once everyone was together again and everyone was accounted for, all the questions started.
“How the hell did they know where we were?” Blaise asked.
“Something isn’t right... they knew exactly where our wards started and ended and how to get through.” Hermione said as she was deep in thought.
“So, what are you saying?”
“I’m saying that someone here in this house... is a damn spy.”
A/N: A LOT going on in this chapter!! I must hear what you guys are thinking!! What do you think about the what Adwell showed Ginny and the info he shared with her? What about everything going on with Eve? And then the fight at the end? I would love to hear your feedback!!
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