Hope

Part 4

After enduring a brutal beating at the hands of Bellatrix, Raven lay sprawled on the cool floor of Malfoy Manor. "Draco..." she groaned, mustering the strength to look up through the pain. "I hate you..." A heavy sigh escaped her lips, Draco's face dropped, knowing how horribly he had betrayed someone that had started to think of him as a friend. She blinked softly, closing her eyes for a moment. Bellatrix, unsatisfied, turned her over onto her back and sat triumphantly over her.

"Now, let's try again. Who has the necklace if not Potter?"

"It must've fallen off..."

"LIAR!" Bellatrix revealed her knife and cut into Raven's thigh. A sharp cry escaped her lips.

A sudden noise caught Bellatrix's attention — Harry screaming through his gag, rocking in his chair. He had been strapped there, forced to witness Raven's suffering. Bellatrix got up, kicked Raven, and turned to leave. "Come on, Draco," she called, and Bella's nephew reluctantly followed.

Harry managed to remove his gag, swallowing nervously. "I'm sorry..." he uttered, his chest rising with heavy breaths. Raven replied with a low groan. "Uh huh..." Blinking blood out of her eyelashes, tears formed in her eyes once more. Raven thought about her mother and how she would react upon discovering her daughter was missing—likely murdered by the time she found out. Memories of laughter with friends and falling asleep in Hermione's arms flashed through her mind. "Im sorry..."Raven whimpered slightly

Not sure of the time that had passed, Raven noticed Bellatrix's boot from the corner of her eye. "Congrats, the Dark Lord is coming for you, both of you," Bellatrix had a wicked smile, pulling Raven up by her hair. After inspecting Raven's wounds, Bellatrix tossed her onto the floor next to Harry.

"Ah, Bellatrix... Lucius, I'm happy to hear you've found the Potter boy and my daughter."

A tense pause hung in the air before Bellatrix rushed into the room in a panic. Voldemort entered seconds later. "What's this?" The Dark Lord pointed at Raven, motioning his hands to lift her into the air, blood dripping behind her. "Bellatrix, I need to speak with you." Voldemort set Raven down and ordered Bellatrix out of the room.

"The necklace did you find it?" 

"No...My lord"

"Bellatrix, i need you to understand i need that necklace"

"May i ask why, my lord?"

"I cant kill her without it, it creates a barrier, her 'mother' pleaded for it....Now i must destroy it"

It was silent for a while before the doors flew open once more.

 Lucius entered, grabbing Raven and forcing her to her feet. Wand drawn, the small witch stormed into the room, growling. Raven, fueled by desperation, stomped down on Lucius's foot. He dropped her in pain, the impact more effective than she had anticipated. "Please...Just go away" 

To her surprise no one had entered the room since. Harry had fallen asleep shortly after, they were both extremely tired. raven watched as a few tears leaked from Harry's eyes and regret washed over her. If she had been more cautious, if she had only brung her wand... Her body froze up when she heard the doors open. "Draco..." raven groaned but was shushed by the Slytherin boy. "I'm...Sorry..." He said. He touched raven and Harry and suddenly the were at the entrance of Hogwarts. The two looked at Draco confused, the question ran through both their minds "Why was he helping us" but it didn't matter know" Harry lifted Raven and walked up to Professor Dumbledore's office where they saw Professor Snape and MS McGonagall being scolded by Raven's mother. 

"You were meant to keep my daughter safe! I trusted you!" Raven could tell her mother was crying. Snape opened his mouth to speak but was cut off again. "You will be looking eve-"

"mom..." raven said in a softly, trying to remove the pain in her voice. "Oh god..." raven's mother looked as though she would crumble when she saw her daughters state. This time Raven cried, not just tears but full on crying. Her vision became foggy and she lost grip of her consciousness.