Riding a Nightmare

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Despite expecting to see red eyes tonight, the last thing they expected was for those furious eyes to belong to none other than Tom ...

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After a few minutes Severus noticed that Issac had fallen asleep in his arms. Cherry had already gone back to bed due to his grandma's instructions. With that in mind, Severus tucked his son in the empty bed next to Cherry.

"Is that a good plan for everyone?" Loretta was heard saying through the snow globe.

Severus heard several people agreeing and nodded, "Draco and Blaise can come here. Amber will join us in this room when her father returns-" In the back of the snow globe he heard a crash and saw many people get up to investigate. "What was that?" He asked, but it wasn't loud enough to be heard over the commotion.

There was no way he was going to yell any louder and risk waking Issac. On the other hand, he didn't want to leave until he knew someone trustworthy was here to watch the kids. Ideally he'd simply place a silencing spell on the door. Unfortunately, it was precisely Cherry being able to hear that Issac is alive.

In the end, Severus decided to go upstairs and quickly return to the manor. To his surprise, Fenrir and Rowle returned from whatever mission they were sent on. There was also a grumpy old man with them. However, that wasn't what made the noise.

Tom had also returned. By the looks of it he opened the manor door by throwing three people through it. It was a brutal action. Thankfully, Loretta had removed the earpiece from the amplifier and placed it back in her ear so Cherry and Issac couldn't hear the madness. However, Severus soon understood why Tom lost his temper.

Severus immediately recognized the fake Petunias from his son's sketch and his eyes narrowed, "Were these three the ones waiting on the other side of the runes?"

"Yes." Tom said sharply as he set a jar on the table near Bellatrix and Loretta. "Bellatrix, I removed the pills. Get everything." He ordered before briskly walking up to his room.

Dark eyes spotted the label on the jar and Severus scowled, "Here's the badge. Go take the children to the rune room." Severus instructed as he tossed the badge to Fenrir. No one had a chance to respond since the potion master went after Tom.

The grumpy ash coated man huffed, "Not even a hello."

Loretta snorted, "Oh shut up. There's enough going on already ... Besides, you look like crap, Sam." She commented casually as blood trickled down his forehead, effectively reminding everyone that he was hurt. Rowle rushed off to get some healing ointments for him.

"Whatever. I didn't expect to be stuck in an illusion and have my house burnt down around me." Sam grumbled only to see Loretta shoot him an amused look. "Don't give me that look! That curse appeared on the last page. Who would be dumb enough to only curse old information when something spooks them? Those documents should've already been cursed! It's those idiots' fault I was caught off guard when the curse appeared on the last bloody page!" The old man snapped, but then smirked and looked towards the group of Death Eaters, who were dragging the three new captives down into the cellar. "Seems karma will handle everything from here." He said just as Rowle returned with some ointment for his head injury.

Ms. Figg managed to glare at the old man, but just barely. Whatever Tom did to her, Dudley and Petunia it was agony on its own. The pain caused by simply tilting her head and glaring made it impossible to move on its own.

On top of the sheer agony was a curse that shredded their magic. Technically it'd be possible for them to heal after years. Unfortunately, if they ever want to use magic again Tom will need to remove the curse just for the healing to start ... That's not likely to happen.