Riding a Nightmare

Kids and Naps

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It was time for a counter attack ...

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Issac woke up to the sound of a baby crying. Confused, he sat up and rubbed his eyes. When he smelled chocolate he finally looked around he saw Cherry holding his hot chocolate mug.

"Here. Fenrir heated it up." Cherry exclaimed cheerfully as he held out the mug filled with thick warm chocolaty goodness. "You look much better now. I was really worried when your eyes clouded over." Cherry said softly and looked into the lovely red eyes. He just wanted to make sure Issac was no longer being tormented by an unseen force trying to control him. The last thing he expected was his heart to start skipping beats.

"Thank you." Issac said and took the mug. He spotted his necklace, scarf and glasses on the side table as he savored the tasty drink and wondered if someone took them off so he could sleep, but then heard the baby cry again except this time heard the familiar voice of a man.. "Is someone else here? ... Right. You already said someone named Fenrir was here. Is that Fenrir?" He asked, now knowing that he wasn't just hearing things due to a sleepy daze. He just couldn't place where he heard this person before so he waited to hear Cherry explain first.

"After your mom tucked you in bed he went to see whether your dad returned or not." Cherry said, pausing to think back and make sure he referred Severus in the right way. Despite knowing that wizards can get pregnant he wasn't used to talking about it.

On the other hand, Issac was suddenly reminded of what happened.

All those memories finally became clearer. First there was only pain and darkness, but then he remembered hearing two voices. One was Tom's voice and the other was definitely that of his potion professor. Both sounded worried about him and made sure he was comfortable. He couldn't help but feel his heart melt. Yes, this was still very new and felt strange, but he liked knowing that someone cared.

Cherry hummed thoughtfully and shrugged, "I'll ask later." He chirped only now focusing back on Issac, who was effectively pulled out of his own musings by Cherry's voice. "Anyway. Afterwards everyone at the manor agreed that this room was the safest now that your possession was handled. We have all the youngest people from the manor in here-"

Issac gulped down the portion of the chocolate drink that was lounging in his mouth, "All? Exactly who is here?" He choked out as Cherry patted his back.

It seems he was gagging slightly because he drank so fast in his shock. Why was he so startled? It was mostly because his mind ran through the calculations. There was only one other young person in the Malfoy manor that he could think of and he wasn't sure if this was a good thing.

Cherry saw uncertainty flash across the red eyes and gently patted his shoulder comfortingly, "It's true. Draco and Blaise are here. They already mentioned why this might not be a cheerful meet up ... Besides the bloody weird conspiracy coming out around you, obviously." Cherry added sheepishly.

Not sure who has the bad timing in this situation. Yet again Issac was a bit shocked by what he heard. Unfortunately, he was caught mid sip and gagged again, though not as bad as the first time.

Issac cleared his throat as Cherry patted his back, "Draco told you?" He asked, not at all prepared to hear that the arrogant Draco Malfoy told a muggle anything, let alone was truthful about it.

Cherry noticed the disbelieving look on Issac's face, "Let me repeat what he said to me so we know we're on the same page, ok?" Cherry offered and Issac nodded. "Ok. Well they admitted to bullying you as Harry Potter. Mostly Draco. They ganged up on you a lot and others as well. Of course, they didn't give too many details ..." He grumbled, crossing his arms in annoyance.