sapphire || fred weasley

eighty

Triggering content, viewer discretion advised.

Beatrice and Fred pulled out of her mind, both of them gasping for air from the shock of the memory.

Beatrice's body trembled as she looked at Fred with horror filled eyes, his own filled with so much pain and sadness after seeing how she found out.

"I had a husband," Beatrice's voice cracked and eyes swarmed with tears. "I was married. I had a husband and I was pregnant-"

"I know," Fred breathed and took her trembling body, pulling her closer to him and wrapping his arms around her waist.

"I wasn't bad," Beatrice cried. "I made wands and I was a good person."

"You still are," Fred whispered in her hair, kissing the top of her head. "It's gonna be okay love."

"It's not!" Beatrice exclaimed and looked up at him with tears streaming down her cheeks. "I was good and I was married and I was going to have a baby!"

"Tris, please breathe," Fred pleaded as he gently pushed her hands away the moment she began scratching her throat raw. "Baby, I think we should maybe leave it here,"

"NO!" Beatrice screamed. "I WANT THE TRUTH!"

"I don't want to hurt you," Fred  shook his head.

"I don't care!" her voice grew louder as she hit his chest with all the strength she had left in her. "I want the truth Fred!"

"Beatrice, the reason I don't stay long in your mind is because I don't want to hurt you!" Fred insisted. "And if we keep watching everything in one night you will end up hurt!"

He didn't get the chance to even blink when Beatrice harshly grabbed his hand and pulled the two of them back inside the fortress, their surroundings vanishing into the dark cellar once again.

*****

March 3rd, 2001

Aster returned to the cellar not five minutes later after he had left in the first place, a second set of footsteps hurriedly following his own.

"You traitorous bastard!" Lucius exclaimed infuriated when Theo came into view along Aster. "You wait until the Dark Lord-"

"Fuck off Lucius," Theo snarled and rushed to kneel in front of the bars. "I'll kill you right here myself."

"You shouldn't be here," Beatrice croaked and reach for her brother's hand through the bars.

"I'm gonna get you out," Theo said lowly, tightly gripping his sister's hand and trying to keep the panic in his eyes at bay.

"No," Beatrice shook her head. "If you get me out they'll know it was you and they'll kill you."

"I don't care about me," Theo snapped.

"But I do," Beatrice said sharply and looked into Aster's eyes as he stood behind her brother. "You can't get me out, neither of you can."

"They may not be able to get you out my dear," Narcissa stroked Bea's hair lovingly. "But they can help keep the baby safe, if that is what you want."

"What I want is to get you out of her so that we can fucking run away to the other side of the fucking globe mum," Aster clenched his jaw.

"And I want Beatrice and the baby to be spared," Narcissa bit back. "I have already lived Aster, and I made my choice when I decided to hide that Harry Potter was still alive. That is the way I want to go, not as a coward who ran away from the consequences of her own actions."