Chapter 32

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When we step into the house, I have to cover my nose with the sleeve of my jacket. Draco seems unphased by it now "How can you stand that?"

He looks my way and remarks "Give it a year, you'll get used to the smells." he looks up and declares "Smells like Teddy was here only hours ago." he starts up the stairs and stops at the first door. When he opens it, a reeking spell of toddle seeps out.

Quickly, he sniffs around the room, before picking up a stuffed puppy "This is Teddy's favorite." He looks around the room, before picking a pair of pajama on the ground "These are fresh." he stands there for a second, before pointing out "A pair of shoes are missing in his line-up."

I look where he's pointing to find a large gap between the second and fourth pair of shoes. Bill asks "Lucius got him ready to go somewhere?"

Draco shakes his head "The room doesn't smell like Lucius. Lyall wasn't in here, recently enough to have gotten him ready." he thinks for a second "If I got him ready, I knew where he was going." he turns to the closet and declares "He kept it organized by clothing type. A pair of jeans, a scarf, a light jumper..." he points to the shoes "By the looks of it, trainers."

He tosses me the puppy as he scoots past me to get to the sitting area. When I walk in and join the others, I spot Lyall on the floor, dead. Draco simply steps up and sniffs the body "If I killed Lyall bloody, I would have scared Teddy, but his room was in order. He was happy here, I can smell it. He didn't see this."

He pulls the stiff hand away from the body and points out "He was stabbed in the neck, by what, I don't know, yet. He was dead hours before Teddy left the house."

He straightens out and starts down the hall tho the kitchen, all of us followin behind. When we get there, Draco lifts a bloody knife from the sink "If Teddy would have seen me with this, it would have alerted him, this whole area reeks of Lucius." He takes a deep breath, before nodding "I know what happened here."

He points to the back door "We came through the back door. Lucius grabbed a knife. I probably held Lyall down while Lucius stabbed him. He came in here while I was dressing Teddy." he motions towards the cup of tea on the counter "He put the kettle on, waiting me. We left the way we came." he sighs "Question is, why did I help? Where did he take Teddy?"

"Imperios Curse?" Hermione asks and Draco nods, softly "Has he ever used it before?"

Draco gocks "More times than I care to count." he shakes his head "I just wish I knew where he would have t-"

He stops dead as his eyes focus on the fridge behind me. I follow his gaze to an old postcard for Clipperton Island "Where have I heard about Clipperton?"

"From me! It's an island for werewolves who don't have time to lock themselves up!" Draco states, before walking forward and snatching it off the fridge. He groans, before pinching the bridge of his nose "Lucius wants to infect Teddy!"

"What?" we scream and he looks back at us in exhaustion.

He taps his fingers against the postcard, before explaining "Clipperton it near the equator. I dressed Teddy in clothes that covers most of his skin. Why would I put a scarf on Teddy, if I didn't think Lucius would bite him?"

"Why would Lucius hurt him?" Fluer asks as Draco leans against the fridge.

Draco takes a deep breath, before explaining "When Remus was five, Lyall insisted werewolves were complete evil." he shrugs, before admitting "A lot of us are." he shakes his head "Back then, the ministry didn't know much about werewolves. Greyback was in custody, and claiming he wasn't a werewolf. Lyall asked for him to be imprisoned until the full moon the next day. Greyback got away, bit a five year old Remus. Lyall's view was forced to change. And that's how the whole 'biting the children of those who betray me' thing started."

Ron gives a confused look "I don't follow."

"Remus and Tonks were enemies of the dark lord. Teddy is their son. Narcissa betrayed both Lucius, and the dark lord." he points toward himself "I'm already infected, so, in association, Teddy is the next best choice." he gocks "And it's some cosmic justice on Lyall's part."

When we give a confused look, and he motions for us to follow him. Silently, he leads us down into the main room. Under the stairs, is a staircase to the basement.

When we get to the bottom, we stand outside of a cell "During that time, there wasn't a wolfbane potion. Remus was locked in a cell, three days out of the month, scratching and clawing. He didn't have any friends, because they picked up and moved every few months. Lyall's narrow point of view lead to him poorly managing his own son's affliction."

Arthur thinks for a second "How are we going to save Teddy?"

Draco thinks for a second, being nodding "I've got an idea." He looks to Bill and I "And you two are going to help me distract Lucius while they get Teddy."

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As we stand around the table, Draco explains "There are four underground bunkers, for anybody who isn't a wolf. North, South, East, and West." he taps the grey rock part "Lucius will be attracted to the highest elevation, here at south-east. Depending on how the wind is blowing, I'll confront him in the direction he smells me, while Harry and Bill stay down-wind, grab Teddy, and run to the nearest bunker."

He grabs a box of walkie-talkies and orders "Everybody, take one, tune into channel three."

"Why do we need these?" Ginny asks as I tune mine in.

"In case Harry and Bill can't get Teddy to the east or the south bunker, they'll need to get to the north, or the west." Draco states, before explianing "The bunkers all have two rooms. Like a illness containment unit. The first room is kinda dangerous, but the second is safe."

"Charile, George. You guys are on the south bunker." he orders and they nod "Ginny, Fluer. You're on east." he turns his gaze to Hermione "You and Ron will be on the west." he looks to Molly "That means you and Arthur will be on the north."

Everyone agrees, before Draco nods "Once Teddy is safe, we'll lockdown all of the bunkers. If a bunker is taken over, we say the bunker, and dead. If you die, you won't be able to protect Teddy from Lucius and I." he sets his jaw "Cover your own arse, before you cover someone else's."

He shakes his head "Considering it's the second night, I doubt there will be any other werewolves, but we need to be prepared for anything."

He straightens out his back and takes a deep breath "Let's go save my cousin."

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