Vicious Love [Teddy Lupin]

43. Rescued

Seth and I waited until dawn. We waited for Edward to break down the door and walk in with his confident, ready to save the day. Our so called father is still knocked out and petrified from Seth's lucky hex, but he is bound to wake up soon and we will be doomed.

"Seth, if we leave now, we will be okay. The sooner we get away from him, the safer we are." I repeated to my hopeful twin brother. "We can make it out on our own."

"Maybe, but we're in New York, Samantha." He frowns. "This Hogwarts place, you said it's in Scotland. It's in another realm so how exactly are we going to get there on our own?"

"I can apparate. The Ministry will be okay with it, considering the problems we've been through. Unlicensed apparition isn't that big of a deal when you were literally just kidnapped." I sigh, standing up from the couch. "Seth, we're leaving now."

"Sam, no."

Just as he said that, I felt my chest tightening and I struggled to breathe. My hands circled around my neck as I opened my mouth, desperate for air. "Listen to your brother, Samantha." Walking in the living room is the father of the year himself. "Why don't you understand? I just want my family back, Sammy." He says softly, standing beside Seth.

Seth's mouth dropped but said nothing. He glanced between dad and me, refusing to move a muscle. "If that's true, where is mum? Huh? Why didn't you take her with us?"

"She's too caught up with the other wold. The wizarding world is a mess. Magic ruins everything." He hisses angrily, holding up his wand and pointing it towards me. "Now, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. You two will come with me or I will have to force you. I believe you're familiar with the unforgivable curse? Imperius Curse?"

Seth looked at me confused. My whole body felt cold and my mind panicked. What do I do now?
I can try to fight him back.
I can give up and go with him.
I can punch him, take Seth and run.

"No, we'll go with you." Seth spoke up, looking straight at him. "Just don't hurt us. We will go with you."

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3rd P.O.V

"You said they'd be there, Teddy." Harry Potter glanced at his godson with confusion. "There is no one here."

The blue haired boy ran a hand through his hair as he breathed heavily. "I-I know. I thought they'd be there. Sam, Seth and their dad were here. I followed them here. That was our plan. Sam gets taken as a bait and I'll follow them and save her and Seth. I just thought it'd be better to get more people with me to help but I didn't think we'd run to any problems and -- "

Harry put a hand on Teddy's shoulder. "It's okay Teddy. You didn't know."

"We found this on the kitchen." One of the aurors held up an empty vial. "Along with bits of common potion ingredients. They have been here, for sure."

Harry took the clear vial from the young woman and took a sniff of it. He was never the best student in Potions class, but he was familiar with a lot of them. This potion, however, is definitely something new to him. "Do you know what potion it is?"

The two aurors shook their heads. Teddy furrowed his eyebrows and snatched the vial. As soon as the scent hit his nose, he knew. "This is my potion."

"What?"

"It's the magic removal potion." Teddy sighs. "But it doesn't work completely. It only removes magic temporarily. I have the cure." He pointed at Sam's bag that he had kept this whole time. "I have the memory potion and the cure. I just need Seth and Sam to be here and for you guys to put their father in Azkaban. We just... ugh. We're too late. If we didn't spend too much time in Hogwarts, we would have made it."