Don't Let Me Go - Tomarry

Finding Neville

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Tom POV

The small group appeared at the end of the drive, facing an iron gate. In rapid succession, Tom fired off a series of spells. Some were simply to hide them, both from sight and sound, while one was to allow them to locate the occupants of the property and the last to allow them to open the gate without alerting anyone. Silently, Tom led the group through the gate and to the house. With a nonverbal unlocking spell, the door swiftly swung open and let the group in. From an earlier spell, Tom knew the boy was on the upper level and the woman in a sitting room on the opposite side of the house. Tom nodded at Remus and let the werewolf take the lead, letting him follow the scent. It wasn't long before the group was standing in front of a plain wooden door with a name tag that said Neville.

"I'm going to have you go in and explain things. I believe he will trust you more. Lucius will follow to help you and the boy pack. The rest of us will wait here," Tom quietly whispered to Remus.

Remus nodded and entered the room. Lucius, still in his Death Eater garb, followed him in. Tom used his demon hearing to follow the conversation while keeping partly focused on the other witch in the house.

"Professor Lupin! What are you doing here?" He heard the boy question.

"Harry's sent us. His mate is just outside the room and is ready to get you out of here. But we have to be quick, questions can wait until later," Remus rapidly explained.

Tom could hear the rustling and quick packing of things that were taking place in the room. He was glad they were moving quickly, he wasn't sure how much time they had. As if cursed by karma, the other female witch started to move towards their location. Tom quietly slipped into the room and shut the door. He saw Remus and Neville in a flurry of activity in the room, but Lucius was missing.

"Quickly! Unless we want to confront the lady of the house, we need to leave. She's coming this way!" Tom barked out. Tom noted how Neville paled a bit, but began to move faster. Lucius came out of what must have been a bathroom, a bag of Neville's bathroom products in his hands. It was added to the trunk rather quickly. With a loud click, Neville locked his trunk and grabbed it. Turning, Tom could see visible bruising on the boy's face and leading down his neck and under his robe. Stifling his anger, Tom gestured to Remus.

"Neville, I'm going to have you hold on to Professor Lupin as we apperat out of here." Tom said softly to the frightened child.

He then turned and held out his arms for his followers to grab. After making sure everyone was holding on, Tom twisted on the spot and was gone with everyone. The only evidence that they have even entered the house was Neville's disappearance.

The group was deposited in the front hall of the mansion. Harry quickly rushed forward, first checking over his mother and Neville before turning to Tom. He scanned Tom up and down before letting out a sigh, then he blushed. Tom thought it was adorable and stepped forward, giving Harry a hug. Harry pulled away first and looked up to smile at Tom. Tom wanted to coo over how cute his mate looked but instead he turned and waved Cissa forward. She had been standing to the side while the other death eaters had gone their own way into the house. Again Tom turned back to Harry, seeing the other boy flinch and almost cower.

"Harry, my dear, I'm going to have you accompany Mr. Longbottom to a room for him to stay in. Narcissa will be going with and doing an exam on you friend. Does that work for you, my Dragon?"

Harry blush harder at the name before rolling his eyes and taking Neville's hand. Tom could hear his mate start talking to his friend reassuring him that he was safe and what not. After making sure the two were out of hearing range with Narcissa following, Tom turned and met the eyes of Harry's parents.