Scorose - New Year's Eve

Chapter 17

Chapter 17 \\ New Year's Eve \\ WICELA

Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter series nor everything that comes with it. The rights go to J.K. Rowling. The only things I own are the holes in her stories that I filled with my fantasies.

Published: June 18 (2016)

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"We're really sorry..."

"We're doing everything we can..."

"There's nothing we can do..."

"If we could do anything we would..."

"She wants to see you, Mr Longbottem."

Frank didn't know what happening. This wasn't real...this wasn't happening. He felt an arm around him and when he turned around he saw it was her father. Lee Jordan tried to smile at him, failed a bit, but he did try.

"Go to her, Frank, talk to her," he said and Frank obliged. He slowly walked towards the room she was placed now. Not the emergency room anymore and her life wasn't in danger anymore. Her life never was in danger, no, it wasn't her life that was the dangerous one. When he came into her room, he found her sobbing in her bed and for the first time, he didn't saw her holding back. She was sobbing as loud as she could, because she didn't care if someone would judge her. She didn't care anymore at all.

"Frank," she whispered when she saw him and he immediately put his arms around her. He didn't ask her how she was holding up nor did he ask if she was okay. Both of them weren't okay or holding up in any way possible.

"I'm so sorry," she said softly, while she cried in his arms.

"Darling, it's not your fault," he whispered, while kissing her head.

"I lost my baby!" she cried out and the crying became worse. They both cried a lot and then it became suddenly really silent.

"We're going to get through this, Helga," he said, but she looked away.

"Maybe we were going too fast, Frank, maybe we should've taken our time by living together, marriage in a few years and then children," Helga whispered.

"What are you saying?" Frank asked surprised. First he lost his child, now his fiancé?

"I don't know Frank, it went all so fast and I just want to be able to look you in the eyes without seeing a child that isn't there," Helga cried. For a moment, Frank just breathed and thought about what he was going to say,

"Let's not rush into this, Helga, let's just survive one day and then another and then we'll see what will happen."

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"How's it going on the Auror-front?" Mary asked Kelsey really close towards Rose's prison.

"Great! The poison I gave my old-roommates who visited Helga last night, did exactly what it was supposed to do and Auror number one is taken down. I believe the cousin, Lily, did something stupid on her own - as I predicted as well - which means Auror number two is taken down too. This leaves my precious boyfriend and the older Aurors, who aren't as good as they think anymore," Kelsey answered and Mary grinned.

"I know we've got nothing to worry about, but it's better to be as safe as you can. Perfect job, Kelsey. You are a true Carrow," Mary said. Rose couldn't hear anything else, as the women had walked further and their voices became more vague. Poison? Helga? Rose knew that it would mean only one thing: Helga had lost her baby. Normally people could survive poison on several occasions, but it was never proven that their babies survived as well and as no one really wanted to test it...they had to assume babies wouldn't survive. It would be the only reason why Frank couldn't do his job. Lily however, was really able to do some stupid things. Maybe she wanted to fly or she was making a weird potion; with Lily you never knew. She always survived it though, so it wouldn't keep the others anymore to worry about her. Albus wouldn't leave her side though. This would mean that Scorpius was the only Auror from this mission and indeed the "older Aurors" (her father and uncle) to do the rest of the job. Her father wasn't even a full-time Auror too. After his first year of Auror-training, he decided to help uncle George with the joke shop. Of course her father was a good Auror, but still...his focus was somewhere else. She needed to bring herself towards a safe place. She'd been faking the Petrificus Totals spell for a while know and when she didn't saw anyone, she started to move. Her wand had of course been taken away from her, but maybe she could do with some proper thinking. Wandless magic wasn't something she was able to do, but she still had her mother's brains too. She really had nothing in this cell but herself. There weren't any guards of any sort, but just because she couldn't see them, didn't mean they weren't there. The Knights of Walpurgis were much bigger than anyone had expected. There were only a few people who really knew how big they were; she'd known it, Albus, Frank and...Scorpius. Scorpius. As much as she wanted to free herself by herself, without her wand it was practically impossible. Seeing how Kelsey was able to distract Frank and Albus, she needed Scorpius.