Going Unnoticed (Last Book In The Things Not Seen Series) *Completed*

Chapter 13

Aria marched back into the house and up the seemingly endless staircases until she reached her bedroom. The door swung open and she was about to close it when she heard Christina calling her name. She slammed the door anyway and slid down it on the other side. Once she reached the bottom of the door, she put her head in her hands. For the first time in a long time, she wept and hoped. She hoped for the end of it all.

Christina reached the top of the staircase and knocked on Aria's bedroom door but there was no response. "Aria come on. What happened?"

Still no anwer. "Aria, is everything okay?"

This time Aria got up and opened the door. Christina had been leaning against the outside of the door so when Aria opened it, she practically fell into the room.

"He doesn't want me back." she replied silently.

"Oh Aria. I'm so sorry. I didn't know..."

"No it's not your fault. It's his decision. I guess I wasn't good enough for him and that's alright."

"No it most certainly is not. You gave him everything that anyone could possibly give. You gave him love, happiness, tust, and time. Time that neither of you can get back and he doesn't even care about it."

"Christina it's fine. What's done is done and there's nothing that we can do to change that."

"Aria I wish I knew what to say."

"Well save your breath, we can't waste our time worrying about this when there's a war on our hands."

"Alright let's get this going then. I'll round up all the recruits, Aria....wanna maybe see if Lucius still keeps spare wands and weapons in the upstair closet under the quilts?"

"Sure. Who are the recruits?"

"I guess you'll know that in a moment won't you?"

Aria sighed and rolled her eyes as she trudged up the stairs in the direction of the closet. With all of her might, she yanked open the big mahogany door. It always stuck a bit so it needed an extra push every now and then. Carefully, Aria pulled all of the quilts out of the closet until she found a hole in the closet with a small space under it.

She reached her hand down and felt a slimy, scaly substance. Shrieking, she ran down the stairs towards Christina who was leaning against the kitchen table.

"Christina there's something in that closet! It's slimy and scaly and lives in the shadows but somehow I don't think that it's Azazel."

Christina sighed and told Aria to stay put as she began her trek up to the closet. When she opened the door, she too saw that there was a large hole in the ground. Reaching her hand in, she could feel the scaly body of the long black snake. As much as she hated to admit it, Aria was right. This snake was not Azazel.

Azazel was calm and gentle....around the right people that is. However, this snake seemed to be agressive and violent. In fact, she could feel the fangs of the snake digging into her skin and the venom coursing through her body.

Without paying any attention to the pain in her wrist, she rifled through the contents under the snake. She easily pulled out about 5 daggers, 2 swords, and about 9 wands. Gathering the contents together, she began to back out of the closet. However, she forgot one thing. Swiftly and painlessly, she ripped the snake off of her wrist and threw back into the closet. Just as it was about to strike at her again, she slammed the door in its face.

She hurried down the stairs and fixed her hair before jumping into the kitchen where she was greeted by none other than: Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Nymphadora Tonx, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Fleur Delacour, Mad eye Moody, Fred Weasley, and one that stuck out imparticular...George Weasley.

Rage rose up in her chest and she backed him into a wall. She had her wand to his neck in a second's notice.

"What are you doing here you little weasle?!"

"I....I..." he stuttered.

"Shut up! I'm talking! Why are you here? You broke my sister's heart and you still have the nerve to show up here like you want to help us?! You're sick!"

Draco stepped forward and pulled Christina back into his arms. She collapsed into him and started crying.

"He's trying to rip us apart Draco. He's trying to ruin us."

Draco pulled her closer to him and whispered to her "Shhhh, it's okay. I'm sure he can explain."

George stepped forward and Christina stiffened. He threw his arms up in surrender and began to explain himself. "I'm sure you know what the polyjuice potion is. Your mother seems to know quite a bit about it. It was your mother that went in my place."

Christina's jaw dropped and her muscles tightened. "Well then...I'd say we've got a bitch to catch."