𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐝 {𝐇. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫}

91

Johnny had felt like he had been walking hours, and even though Bellatrix had healed his injuries, his body was weak and ached with every step he took. Finally, he succumbed to the pain and dropped to the floor, landing a mud filled puddle. He laid there for what felt like hours, but in reality he was only led their for ten minutes when he heard fast footsteps approaching.

Suddenly, he was yanked up by the front of his shirt and he had a wand aimed at his neck.

"Who're you-" the person talking stopped and gasped in shock. "Johnny?!"

Johnny's eyes adjusted to the dark, and he saw the thinned, scarred face of Remus staring at him.

"R-Remus," Johnny whispered weakly.

"What did Johnathan Grindelwald say to Albus Dumbledore when he asked Johnathan to be a spy for the Order?" Remus asked, shoving Johnny back to the ground once more. Johnny winced, propping himself up.

"I-it's the D-Death Eaters! Not the bloody N-Nazi party!" Johnny recited, and Remus sighed, pocketing his wand and helping Johnny up once more.

"What happened, Johnny?" Asked Remus, wrapping Johnny's arm around his shoulder and helping him walk. They passed through the protective enchantments and Johnny heard multiple gasps of horror.

"Johnny!" Evelyn cried, taking her sons head into her hands and caressing his cheek softly.

"M-mum," tears welled up in Johnny eyes as Remus helped him enter the living room of the Burrow and dropped him onto the sofa. Johnny was surrounded by Bill, Mrs. Weasley, Evelyn and Remus. "H-he got me, Mum!"

"Is that Johnny I heard?!" They heard a voice yell from upstairs.

"You're supposed to be asleep!" Mrs. Weasley yelled back, but a large group of footsteps was heard coming down the stairs. There stood Ron, Ginny, Fred, George and Hermione, all staring at Johnny with wide eyes.

"Hey," Johnny whispered, a small smile on his face as his friends embraced him, none of them noticing him wince in pain.

"That's enough," said Mrs. Weasley, noticing Johnny's pained look.

"H-hey, Hermione," Johnny said with a weak smile. A sob and a laugh left Hermione's lips, and Johnny found himself crying too as Hermione embraced him lightly, trying not to hurt him. "I-I'm here, darling."

"So, Johnny what happened?" Asked Bill, getting straight to the point. Hermione stayed in Johnny's arms, not wanting to let go in fear of losing him again. Johnny took a deep breath of air, and politely asked Hermione to move, which she obliged to hesitantly. Johnny stood, and winced in pain as he took off the black blazer and unbuttoned his shirt, not yet uncovering his forearms.

"Jakob," Johnny whispered. "He got me, and it looks like Dumbledore got his wish."

"W-what?" Evelyn asked, eying her son's scars with distaste. "What do you mean, Dumbledore got his wish?"

Johnny sighed, and he removed his arms from his shirt, letting it drop to the floor besides his blazer. He held out his left forearm and the crowd gasped in shock, Ron even going as far to pull out his wand and aim it straight at Johnny.

"Put that away!" Said Mrs. Weasley, snatching her sons wand out of his hand and slapping around the back of the head.

"Y-Y-You-Know-Who, and the other Death Eaters tortured me for seven hours a day," Johnny cried, breaking down once more. He motioned to the many scars on his body, then held out his left forearm once more. The ink was still jet black, and the skin around it was red raw. "I w-wouldn't break, then he said he knew where Hermione lived, and how he'd send G-Greyback, Lestrange and Yaxley to have her. I-it made me bend, I c-couldn't let anything happen to her."