Fire and Ice (Book 2)

Chapter 22 - Wake Up

ROSE'S POV-

What did I just do? What did I just do? What did I just do? The thought repeated over and over again as I stood in the middle of a forest. You don't just leave your husband. Why did I do that? Why the hell did I do that? My breaths were coming out sharp and labored. I didn't know what I was going to do. I need to get back to him. I need him. He'd made a mistake. But I shouldn't of left. Why did I do that? Why? I couldn't think. I needed to calm down but I couldn't.

Sitting down on the muddy ground I put my head in between my hands. "Calm down." I said to myself continually. Taking a deep breath I looked at my surroundings. I was in a forest. I tried to remember when I'd been here but couldn't think clearly. Wiping the tears out of my eyes I tried to come up with a plan. I'd left Scorpius at the motel in Wales. If I just apparated back then everything would be fine.  I gathered my things. I was about to apparate when a thought stopped me. He'd been lying to me. He had been withholding information. And he'd gone to see lily without me. What the hell! I deserved to of been there. She's my cousin.

Fresh anger flooded through me. But then I stopped again. Was I seriously going to stay mad at him? He made a mistake. I made a mistake too. I left him and if there's anything my dad's taught me it's that you don't run when things get hard. Making up my mind to go back I apparated with a 'pop.' I landed on the ground and looked around. The room was empty. My heart sank. He hadn't waited for me. But it's not like I could expect him to. Hopping onto the bed I pulled my knees to my chest. I'd wait. He'd have to come back eventually. Leaning into the pillows my eyes began to feel heavier and heavier and the next thing I knew I was asleep.

I awoke to the sound of rustling. Sitting up I reached for my wand. "Scorpius?" I asked. No answer. The rustling sounded again and my heartbeat picked up. It was coming from outside the window. Taking a deep breath I walked over to the source of the sound. Putting my wand out in front of me I slowly opened the curtains. It was just some leaves brushing against the glass. I let out a sigh of relief. I was just being paranoid. I turned around to sit back on the bed and screamed. Standing in front of me was Lucius Malfoy. Immediately raising my wand he held up a hand to stop me. "I'm not here to hurt you." He said. "What are you doing here?" I spit. "I just want to talk." He said. "I don't trust you." I said wishing Scorpius was with me. "I swear. I'm not going to hurt you unless you try to hurt me. If I do then I give you my full permission to kill me." He said. "Kill you?" I asked not believing him.

"Yes. If I try and hurt you for nothing than you are welcome to kill me." He said solemnly. "Sit." He said gesturing to the end of the bed. Doing as I was told I gripped my wand even tighter than before. There was no way this wasn't a set up. "So, you said you wanted to talk." I lead. "Yes. I think we got off on the wrong foot. I don't want to hurt you, Rose." He said. "Says the guy who's torn my life to pieces." I retorted. "I only want to hurt Scorpius. You just happen to be involved with him and what affects him affects you. I'd rather it not be this way but you seem very attached to my grandson." He said calmly. "I love him." I shot back. "Why do you want to hurt him? He hasn't done anything." I said. "Exactly. He hasn't done anything." He said taking a pause between each word. 

"I asked for his help. I asked him to help me take over and he said no. He continued to fight against me. You see Rose, I don't like it when people go against me. And then he brought you into the picture. Slowly the two of you started to uncover things that should remain hidden." He said. "You mean the Pheronixon?" I asked. "Exactly. There's a reason no one remembers it and I want it to stay that way. Pheronixon is supposed to be my secret." He said. "But why? Why can't anyone know about it?" I asked. "If I told you that then it wouldn't be a secret, would it?" He asked with a menacing grin. "Guess not." I answered.

It was silent for a few moments and my head was spinning. Why was he here? "So, where's my traitor of a grandson?"He asked. "I don't know." I said. "You don't know? How can you not know?" He asked. "We got in a fight and I left. When I got back he was gone." I said. "You two just made things so much easier." He said with a laugh. "What are you talking about?" I asked. With a flick of his wand I was flying across the room and my wand was in his hand. Landing against the wall I looked up fearfully. "Did you really think you'd get out of this alive?" He asked with a sneer. "You said you wouldn't hurt me!" I cried feeling like a small child. "Guess what? I lied." He said as he raised his wand. "Wait." I cried. "You said I could kill you." I said. "How do you expect to kill me without a wand?" He asked. Seeing the flaw in my plan I panicked. How was I going to get out of this?

"Please, don't kill me." I begged. "Why? It would really make Scorpius see what happens if he doesn't help me." He said. "You killed his father! Your own son! Haven't you caused him enough pain?" I cried. "There's no such thing as too much pain." He said with a smile. "You're demented." I said with as much venom as I could muster. "Yes, maybe I'm demented. But at least I can kill with style." He said. 

"Crucio." He shouted. My body thrashed with the pain of thousands of pin pricks. A scream escaped me and I was left in a ball on the floor shaking with dry sobs. "Stop." I begged. "Crucio!" He yelled again. My body continued to jerk and things started to blur. Sounds started to fade but I vaguely heard a door open and someone yell. My name was being called over and over again. The colors started to blend together as the curses continued to flow. But then it all stopped and the blackness swallowed me whole.

Silence surrounded me and I was filled with nothing but pain. All I wanted was to cry out but couldn't because my body had lost the will to move. So I lie still listening to the dull nothingness for hours and hours. Out of nowhere I saw light. My eyes were still closed but the darkness was gone. I then heard a voice. A voice that was very familiar. It was Scorpius. He was here. He'd come back. I wanted to get up and run to him but I still couldn't move. More hours passed and his voice began to fade. I was slipping again. Another voice began to speak. This time it was a girl. A different boy joined her voice.  I couldn't actually understand what either of them were saying. But the more they spoke the clearer their words became. I started to hear bits and pieces. It was usually just my name. They said more but that's all I could understand. Some times I felt someone holding my hand. I begged my hand to squeeze the person's hand back but it wouldn't. I no longer had any control over my body. It just wouldn't obey my commands. At one point I heard yelling. 

I could finally understand. "It's been two weeks. She needs to wake up. She needs to." The voice shouted desperately. "None of us have any control over it." The girl said calmly. "What if she never wakes up." The boy said back and I could hear the tears in his voice. "She will." The girl promised. Two weeks? I'd been asleep for two weeks? It certainly didn't feel like two weeks. I wanted to wake up. I wanted to make the boy feel better. He shouldn't have to be upset over me. I made a decision. I was going to wake up. Using every ounce of strength I could muster I pushed. I pushed for my body to move and for my eyes to open. And they did.

Hey y'all! I'm sooooo sorry I haven't updated in forever. I've just been really busy with what you could call me new "project." I've been going through each chapter of my first book and practically rewriting it. The grammar was just awful and some of the things I said made me cringe. Things have gotten easier as I've gone because the more I had wrote the better I'd gotten. I'm also really sorry this chapter is so short. I'm leaving for camp in less than an hour and I finally got some inspiration so I wrote stuff as fast as I could. I'll update after I get back which will be in a week. I love you guys so much! Keep reading, commenting, and voting! XOXO