(Heavy editing)!A best friends to lovers story about an orphan taken in by the Malfoys and a nervous pure blood wizard that no one saw potential in. Happily ever after isn't as easy as these two young Hogwarts students thought, and with Voldemort re...
For three days I sit alone in a cell. It's pitch black and the ground is hard and uncomfortable. I wasn't given food or water since I had gotten here. I hadn't seen anyone either. This wasn't the worst thing I could think of but I knew it wasn't going to get any better from here.
I hear a door creak open and light floods the room. I cringe at the sudden change of lighting and blink my eyes to adjust them. Footsteps click closer and closer until they stop right in front of my cell.
"Hello." I hear. I scramble to the door. "Hubar, Hubar you have to listen to me." I exclaim. He just stares at me. I pull myself to stand so I can meet his gaze more, but he is much taller than me. Meeting his eye level isn't an option. "Hubar snap out of it! Hubar I need you. Please!" I yell at him, But nothing. I hear a familiar laugh approaching.
"Oh how I've have wanted this for 17 Damn years. You begging, broken." Lucius says "I'm not broken." I say. I spit at him. He takes a step back words and chuckles some more. "Ah I see. Well I guess we are going to have to do better then." He beams. He unlocks the cell door and I back up quickly into the corner.
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"Hubar, beat her." He says. Hubar takes a step towards me but pauses. His fists clenching hard and his neck cranks in pain. "Hubar! Do as I say." Lucius yells. "Hubar, are you there? Hubs? Listen to me!" I yell Lucius slaps his face. Tears rub down Hubar's face. "Imperio!" Lucius chants and points his wand towards Hubar. "No!" I yell. Lucius smiles at me. He walks away but pauses at the door.
"Now, break her." Lucius says before walking out the door. Hubar steps towards me. I try to kick him and push him off but he is much bigger and much stronger than I am. He grabs my wrists. His hands are big enough to fit them both in one hand. He uses his other fist to land a few punches into my face.
Things start to go fuzzy and my body starts relaxing. He let's my body fall to the floor.
"Hubby?" I croak. "Hubs please." I lift my head to look up at him. He crouches down next to me. I shakily lift my hand and hold his face in my palm. My hand becomes wet in his tears. "I'm sorry." He whispers. Then he stands up and kicks me. Knocking me out cold.
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The days continued like this. If I behaved I got water and bread, just enough to keep me alive though. If I spoke up I got a beating. The worst days were when Bellatrix visited me, I had Traitor scarred dozens of times on my body. I couldn't stand anymore, crawling was hard.
I'm not sure how many days passed. The only thing keeping me alive was my stubbornness, and the hopes of a future with Neville. One night I dreamt a vivid dream. I was cooking in a kitchen, a huge delicious breakfast. Neville comes up behind me and kisses my cheek. He dances with me and we laugh. A little girl comes running in holding a letter, our daughter. She has been accepted to Hogwarts. I wake up with newfound hope and warmth in my heart.
I hear footsteps approach my cell again. My cell door opens and I'm lifted up. I recognize the location I am in as the entrance to the mansion. I'm dropped on the hard stone floor.
"Ok now little one, time to talk." Lucius coos. Brushing my hair gently out of my face. "What do you wanna know? My astrology sign?" I croak. "Stupid girl." Lucious groans. He grabs my hair forcefully and looks me in the eyes. "Tell me where Harry Potter is, if not him tell me where that useless house elf Dobby is hiding now." He orders.
"I-I don't know." I say. "You know where one of them is. Tell me." He repeats. "I don't know!" I yell. "Then where is Neville Longbottom? Huh? Where is Dean Thomas? Nymphadora Tonks?" Do you know where anyone is? He questions. "No." I groan. "You don't care if you die, do you?" Lucius asks.
I sit there for a moment. Thinking over his words. "No, not if telling you risks someone else's life." I finally answer. "Hmmmm... maybe I can't tempt you then?" He asks. He has a wicked smile on his face. "Sorry Lucius, I'm not into blondes." I joke. He scoffs at me and starts circling me. I finally look around the room. Hubar standing to one side, Lucious circling me. It's just those two, And I'm laying right next to the front door. If I had the energy I might be able to run for it. Lucius knows I don't though, it's like he is mocking me at this point.
"I have a gift I can give you, it's up to you to take it. You can tell me where your secret hide out is, where Harry Potter is, and where your fiancé is hiding. In return I'll release Hubar here, allow you to go free, and give you this gift." He explains. Still circling me calmly, with that dumb proud smile.
"What gift could be worth so many lives? Worth freedom of all witches and wizards? What could tempt me, a person who doesn't care about dying, into allowing you to take my future husband?" I question.
"Oh Serenity, you my dear are just like your mum. Stupid. She also chose death. You don't think I'd let her get off so easy, did you?" He exclaims. Pausing infront of me once more. His words left his mouth but they don't stick. I don't understand them. "You didn't kill my mom?" I question. "Oh no, Kennedy is very much alive." He says. "Where?" I ask. He just laughs at me and starts pacing again.
"Serenity dear, you must tell me all your knowledge before I share mine. That's how a deal works, correct?"
