Chapter 13

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Thanks to June for her help with the Beta work.

Chapter 13

Raven and Odette awoke on the floor of a very cold cell. Raven grabbed his head and tried to steady himself as he crawled over to Odette.

"Odette," he shook her lightly, "Odette, are you all right?" He heard her moan, and then she began to wake up.

"Raven?" she opened her eyes. "Where are we, what happened?" she asked as she quickly wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I'm not sure. One minute we were walking in Hogsmeade, and the next here we are." He looked around the small room. It was dark, but a small amount of light was coming from a window just above their heads. He felt Odette trembling, then heard her sobbing. He kissed the top of her head and hugged her tightly.

"Don't cry. I won't let anyone hurt you," Raven said, as he heard a movement just outside the door of the cell. They both looked up as the door slowly opened. They cautiously backed up until they were against the wall, where they waited to see the face of their captor.

Bellatrix stepped into the light and looked down at them. Her face was hard and cold. She looked at Raven. He stood to meet her eye to eye. Raven was a tall boy, and would one day be as tall if not taller than his father.

"So, you are the son of the traitor, I gather," she said with a sneer. She looked at him up and down, "Yes, no doubt, you are his." She then looked over to Odette and approached her.

"And aren't you a lovely little thing?" Bellatrix reached out to touch Odette's cheek, when Raven lunged at her.

"Don't you touch her," he yelled as he grabbed her hand. Bellatrix drew her wand and threw Raven across the room with a spell. He cried out as he slid down the wall and fell to the ground.

"Raven!" Odette ran to him and knelt before him.

"How touching." said Bellatrix in contempt, as she laughed behind them. She walked to Odette, then took her chin hard in her hand and turned the young girl to face her. "Care for him all you want, dear. But know this. As soon as I get his father here," Bellatrix looked at Raven, "he's dead!" She released Odette and stomped out of the cell.

"Where does it hurt?" Odette asked, as she helped Raven sit up and moved the hair from his face.

Raven winced as he struggled to sit up. He had hurt his ribs when he hit the wall, and he was sure his ankle was broken or fractured when he fell back down to the ground.

"I...I think my ankle's broken," Raven said with an unsteady breath. He leaned back against the wall behind him and closed his eyes. He thought of what his father had said about this woman. Their captor had not told them who she was, but Raven knew that it was Bellatix Lestrange who had captured him and Odette.

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Back at Hogwarts Castle, Kat began to wonder why she had not seen her brother that day. She also noted that Odette was missing. When she asked Vladimir if he had seen his sister, Max ... who had been walking next to them ... decided to add his opinion.

"Odette and Raven are probably in some dark corner snogging or something," Max stated, only to be swatted on the shoulder by his sister, Samara.

"Max, you can be so uncouth sometimes," she said as she shook her head at her brother's lack of manners. The boy rubbed his shoulder and narrowed his eyes at his sister.

"Why is it that honesty is always labeled as bad manners?" Max moved his shirt slightly and looked at his shoulder. "That's going to bruise, thanks to you."

Samara rolled her eyes, and then looked at Kat.

"Maybe they're in the library, or up in the Astronomy Tower. You know that's Raven's favorite spot," Samara said.

Kat nodded. Perhaps she was making too much of a fuss. The last thing her brother needed was his baby sister babying him. She went along her way, and followed Vladimir to the kitchens for a snack.

***

Back at Malfoy Estate in Wiltshire, Lucius was sitting at his desk writing a letter to Rosmerta. He was interrupted by Zuly, his house elf.

"Begging your pardon, master. A lady to see you," she said.

Lucius looked up and put down his quill.

"Send her in then, and bring us some tea, Zuly," Lucius dismissed Zuly with a wave of his hand, and waited for his visitor to come in. He stood as Bellatrix walked into the study. He wondered what happened that she finally decided to show up. What's more, he wondered why she had, as Harry would say, such a shit-eating grin on her face.

"I've done it. Lucius, I've done it!" she exclaimed.

"You have done what, exactly?" Lucius asked, in as bored a tone as he could muster under the present circumstances, although he inwardly cringed. Just what in heaven's name had she done?

Bellatrix took out a small round pouch, then removed a silver object from it. She handed Lucius a flat mirror. Lucius took it and looked into it. He saw Raven sitting against a wall with a pained look on his face. Lucius looked questioningly at Bellatrix.

"That is the traitor's son," she said with glee.

Lucius felt his legs go numb. It was Raven. He looked in the mirror and noticed someone else moving around. He focused on the other person, but couldn't make them out. The room was dark, and it was hard for him to see.

"There is someone with him," he said.

"Oh yes, that is the icing on the cake," Bellatrix took the mirror from his hands and looked into it herself, "The boy was walking in Hogsmeade with a very pretty young lady. I'm going to keep her. I will need a companion after I kill that worthless piece of pestilence Pettigrew."

Pretty young lady? Lucius felt the blood inside his veins begin to grow cold. He knew very well who the pretty young lady was with Raven. Lucius turned and poured himself a glass of brandy, and gulped it down. He then poured himself another, as well as one for Bellatrix, and turned to her.

"Then we must celebrate your new acquisitions." He toasted with her, all the while cursing her to hell inside his head, "What do you plan on doing with the boy?" he asked, willing his hands not to shake in front of her.

"That is where you come in. I want you to tell Severus I have his boy. I will meet him here tomorrow, and from here we shall take him to the boy. I will make an exchange, him for the boy; it's quite simple, really."

Lucius didn't trust her, but he needed to play it cool, just a little while longer. Bellatrix was insane, and she had his daughter Odette and Raven...who knows where. He resisted the temptation of asking her where they were being kept, since he knew she had no intentions of telling him, at least not yet.

"You can help me torture the boy in front of Severus, before we kill both of them," she smiled and walked towards Lucius. She then leaned close to his ear, "And if you are a good boy, perhaps I will let you have a go at my new companion."

It took all he had not to expel his entire day's food content from his stomach. Luckily she turned and began to walk out of the room, just as Zuly was bringing in the tea tray.

Bellatrix turned slightly and looked back at Lucius, "Bring him here at two tomorrow." She then walked out.

Lucius hurled the glass he had been holding at the door she had just disappeared from. He quickly ran through the French doors and into the garden behind the house. He had a secret Apparition site there, and quickly Apparated to Hogwarts. He all but flew into the castle, and then up to the first floor to the DADA classrooms. Upon arriving in an empty classroom, he remembered that upon his appointment to the DADA position, Severus moved the classroom to the dungeons. He redirected himself, and ran down to the dungeons to the classroom. When he reached his destination, he threw the door open and ran to Severus' desk. Severus looked up at his friend in shock. He knew it had something to do with Bellatrix

"What's happened?" Severus asked. Lucius stood in front of him, then dropped his snake head cane and sank down to the ground. His hands covered his face, and he began to weep. Severus had never seen Lucius like this, and he was truly frightened now. He thought back to just an hour ago. He had seen Hermione to the potions lab so she could work on some potions for Madam Pomfrey. As he was leaving he ran into his daughter Kat, who was there to help her mother. He realized at that moment he had not seen his son all day. Today was Saturday, and a Hogsmeade weekend. Severus felt a shiver in the pit of his stomach.

"Is it Raven?" Severus asked, as his voice quivered slightly. Lucius looked up at him, his eyes brimming with tears. "She has my son?"

"Yes, and..." Lucius took a deep breath, "she has my little girl," he said through gritted teeth, "Severus, she has my little girl."

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Sorry I haven't updated this for a few days, but I've been moving from my hell hole of an apartment to a place that actually has a kitchen and a toilet that doesn't rock!