Moths to a Flame

22. It's Torture! +

Aria pov

There was a series of banging doors, that made me stir awake. I was still chained to this what is essentially a cage. Bleary eyed and half conscious I hear a voice yelling. Then I heard the door to the room I was in bang open and Randell himself appeared.

"Good you're awake. You may have escaped from me once you little bitch, but I'll be damned if it happens again" he says to me. I saw him raise his wand and a shooting pain took over me. I twitched and writhed in place. That's when I realized I didn't have my wand with me. In fact I saw it just across the way snapped in two; well there goes that. I guess I'll be visiting Mr Ollivander again at some point. The pain stopped and I was able to take a deep breath again. Randell laughed and then left the room.

I pulled at my arms. The rattling chains didn't budge. They were sharp though I felt a pinch on my wrists. There was someone else now in the room with me. They were hiding in the shadowy corner of the room. He cleared his throat I only knew it was a man because the voice was low. He was walking towards me. It was Marvolo Gaunt. I felt my skin crawling. I was just getting back to normal after what happened on Boxing Day, but I was now feeling a cold sweat. He must have sensed my fear and an evil smile spreading across his face didn't do anything to calm me. In fact it made me feel worse. I had a feeling I knew what was going to happen. He rose his wand and I felt the same pain spreading across my body. Then he stopped. He saw me struggling to breathe and laughed.

He was getting closer to the bars of the cage I was in. I couldn't move. Between the heavy chains and the after shocks of the crucio, I was nothing more than a sack of potatoes. He entered the cage with me and I knew what was about to happen. What he tried to do before. Only this time Sebastian and Ominis can't intervene and save me. He was running a hand up my leg and I tried my hardest to kick him away. But the chains around my ankles were making it harder.

"Leave me alone! Go away!" I tried to shout though my voice was hoarse and tired.

"So feisty aren't you" he says. "I don't like that very much" the raised his wand again. I was knocked out.

Poppy's Pov

I ran. Ran as fast as I can. I rummaged around that camp and found something then ran. I ran to the castle. I found Sebastian and Ominis sitting at the Slytherin house table. Aria was taken again. How do I tell them? How do I tell professor Weasley? I ran to the front house table and right to professor Weasley ignoring the boys who I was going to tell. Weasley had to be first. She saw the panic on my face and didn't question that I needed to speak with her immediately.

"Professor! Aria, she's been taken again! By my father I don't know where all I have is this scrap of paper I haven't read it not sure if it's of any value!" I sat between breathes.

"How did this happen" she asks.

"It's all my fault I asked her to come with me and try and take on my father I lead her there.. I'm so sorry. I never meant for this. She even warned me.. I should have known listened to her.. I'm sorry" I was crying now.

"Oh dear, Poppy I know you want to help, and that the both of you want to face all this alone but sometimes things this dire can't be done alone, let alone by two teenage witches" she said.
"Come Poppy let's discuss this, though I think it best to invite those two behind you" she said.

I turned to see Sebastian and Ominis behind me. I nodded and Weasley nodded and we all walked behind her and followed her to her office to discuss the situation farther. Professor Weasley told the boys what I had said to her. They were both very clearly concerned and afraid and angry. I don't know what to do now. Hopefully she'll have some answers.