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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 123: Looking for Revenge
"Owe you?" Andromeda glared at Lucius with pure hatred in her eyes. "My family owes you nothing!"
"Let me remind you that thanks to your grandfather, my father went through a great deal of suffering due to the injuries he caused." Lucius pointed at the Lestrange brothers. "And the same goes for their father, who is still in the hospital. And don't get me started with Lord Rosier…what a disgrace. You're lucky that his son is no longer in Hogwarts."
"Don't think for a second that I am not aware of what truly went on," Andromeda responded. "Your parents went to my home and attacked my grandfather while he just defended himself. According to our ancient laws, his response was more than appropriate...if anything, he was too soft and should have ended their lives."
James was listening to their conversation with attention. None of them had even mentioned his name, even though he was the main responsible for what had transpired.
'It appears that neither Abraxas Malfoy nor Lord Lestrange had informed anyone about my presence during the meeting.' James could only speculate about what reason they had to hide his part, because it was definitely not for his own benefit.
Perhaps they were trying to protect their pride and refused to admit that they were beaten by a boy who was still in school.
But regardless of their reason to avoid speaking publicly about him, James had no doubt that they would not rest until they had their revenge.
"Psst!" Sirius whispered. "What do we do? That's my cousin they're attacking."
"So do we help her?" Peter asked.
"Of course we help her. How is that even a question? I don't care if she's a Slytherin." Remus whispered while keeping an eye on the situation. "Does any of you know what they're talking about? Sirius, did your grandfather attack their parents?"
"I don't know anything about that…but it's not like my parents would write a letter to me to keep updated with what's going on in my family. Maybe my brother knows about it," Sirius responded.
"They said that he killed Lord Rosier…could that be true?" Peter asked.
"Shh…keep quiet," James said.
Snape perked his ears. "Did you guys hear something?" he asked while turning his dark eyes toward the back part of the arena. There were only a handful of torches illuminating the place, and they were not doing a very good job at that.
The corners of the room were completely dark, and nothing could be seen past all that darkness.
"Stop getting distracted and don't take your eyes off that girl," Rabastan Lestrange scolded Snape.
"No one comes here at this hour. But we should finish this quickly," Lucius advised.
"Argh!" Rodolphus groaned when a spark of light hit his hand, forcing his wand to fly away. "That bitch!"
"Were you expecting me to stay here and do nothing? Idiot…" Andromeda said.
"Tsk! Careful!" Lucius began to cast restraining charms and hexes at her. "Take her down, but don't kill her. We need her alive."
"James…come on, we have to do something." Sirius was getting anxious.
'It's not like I was planning on staying and watching.'
James had actually been thinking of sending the boys away and helping Andromeda by himself, but by the tone in Sirius's voice, that was not going to happen.
He may not be very close to his cousins, but family was family at the end of the day.
"Okay…this is what we're going to do."
Andromeda, for her own part, was doing quite well against four opponents. She had disarmed Rodolphus, who was likely the most dangerous, and was now exchanging spells with her brother.
Her arsenal was not as extensive as her sister Bella's, but she had practiced her wandwork almost every day and had become very skilled at it.
She recalled the lesson she had with Potter and tried to imitate his style of chaining spells together.
Once the motion of the first one was over, the second one would start from that position and continue from there, turning a barrage of spells into a very long, fluid wand movement.
"Ahh!" Rabastan screamed. When the wand was pulled from his hand, several of his fingers were broken in the process.
It looked like Andromeda was gaining on them, but she had forgotten about the most important part when facing multiple opponents…always keep track of where everyone is.
"Noo!" A loud shriek came out of her mouth when she lost the feeling in her legs and fell down.
Without her realizing, Snape had moved behind her and used a Jelly-Legs Curse to make her lose her balance.
Andromeda had to use her hands to protect her face from the fall.
Lucius took advantage of his opening to disarm her and restrain her with a well-aimed 'Incarcerous.'
By now, the Lestrange brothers had recovered their wands and removed the stunner from the first boy who came into the room.
Andromeda was now surrounded by all five boys and completely defenseless. A sense of foreboding washed over her, and her previous worry was replaced by terror.
These boys were not playing around, and they definitely had something terrible in mind.
"Well then…" Lucius smiled with satisfaction at his defeated opponent. "I have something special prepared for you."
Andromeda glared at Lucius but said nothing. She would not give them the satisfaction of begging to let her go. That was not happening.
"Wait, what are you going to do to her?" Snape asked. He was never given any details, just that they were going to teach a lesson to someone.
"Since it is her grandfather's fault that my father lost an arm…maybe we could start there." Lucius grinned. "I think I will cut both arms instead and send them to Lord Pollux."
Rodolphus walked in front of Lucius. "Before that, I have something to give this bastard." The wand, grasped tightly in his hand, moved to aim at her.
"Cruc—ahhhh!"
Just before Rodolphus could finish his Unforgivable Curse, a powerful force hit his hand, breaking all of his fingers in the process.
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