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Lavender (Brown) Entwhistle (shop_witch) wrote in my_rpg,
@ 2009-10-05 21:56:00

Who? Lavender and OTA
When? Monday night
Where? Outside the Leaky Cauldron
What? Lavender returns with shocking news
Rating? TBD

It was late, well past sunset and Lavender's captor, Neal, had yet to return for the day to bring her food. She was hungry and so was the baby. She was tired and needed a bath, but too tired to move off the couch. Not after she started to doze she heard the lock turn and sat up as the door opened. Lavender sat up and noted he didn't have a bag of food. "Where's dinner?" she asked in a quiet voice. She'd given up trying to get out weeks ago - she no longer had the energy most days.

When he fully entered the room, Lavender noted that his wand was out and her heart skipped a beat, noting the look in his eyes. "It's over... over..." he whispered. "It was never going to work and it was never going to get me anywhere... once your baby is born... they're going to study it... and you... the Ministry will lock me up... it's better this way..."

Lavender rose to her feet, backing away from him. "No... no..." she begged softly, placing her hand over her swollen belly. At a seven months, Lavender was more than visibly pregnant. "Don't do this... I won't tell anyone that it was you! I swear! Just... just let me go back to my husband!" A week prior, they'd caught up with her present and he'd been scared that they were going to find them. He'd started coming around less and less but she didn't think he was going to kill her!

"Shut up!" he shouted, pointing the wand at her. Lavender was crying now, grasping the back of the couch, trying to plead for her life. He ran his fingers through his hair, pacing for a moment and Lavender moved further away. "I was supposed to become famous for my research! Not a fugitive! You... this is your fault!" he shouted. Lavender cried out when he pointed the wand again. "You and your famous husband! I... I can't do this anymore! I won't go to Azkaban for this! I won't!" His eyes were wild and he shoved the couch out of the way, advancing on Lavender who was backing away until he had her pinned to the wall. He breathed close to hear ear, tears were rolling down her face and she could feel the wand pressed to her neck. "You'd better run now... before I change my mind," he breathed against her ear.

Lavender's eyes met his for a split second and then she was running - across the room and out the door. Before she was down the hall she turned for a split second and saw a green flash and heard the thud of a body hitting the ground. Crying hysterically, Lavender ran down the stairs as fast as she could, adrenaline pumping through her veins to keep her moving until she was outside, breathing in the night air - just outside the Leaky Cauldron in Muggle London. "Help!" she cried, falling to her knees, sobbing hysterically because she was finally free of the nightmare.

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sixthginger
2009-10-07 02:17 am UTC (link)

Ron gave people a look that clearly said talk-to-her-and-suffer-the-wrath-of-an-auror as he ushered her into the Floo. Sending them both to Mungo's, Ron started barking orders as soon as they stepped into the hospital. Get Lavender a Healer, contact her husband and owl Harry.

Sometimes, he could be pretty intimidating. That was obvious when people starting running around quickly and doing his bidding.

It didn't take them long to get Lavender settled into a private room. Ron pulled two people working security and stationed them outside her room with the explicit instructions not to let anyone except her Healer and her husband to enter.

Ron stayed with Lavender, holding her hand awkwardly. "It's going to be okay. I promise."

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shop_witch
2009-10-07 02:22 am UTC (link)

Lavender had never seen this side of Ron before. They hadn't been particularly close after leaving Hogwarts, but they weren't unfriendly toward one another either. It was nice to have a familiar face close by during all of this, too.

She'd nearly panicked when a nurse had ushered him out - but it had only been so they could help her clean up and do a quick exam. Once they were done, Ron had come back in and she started breathing again - until they found Kevin, Lavender needed someone safe close by. "Ron... did they find Kevin yet?" she asked him, pulling herself to sit up in her bed. She was showered and in a clean hospital gown, starting to feel somewhat human again.

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lilys_eyes
2009-10-07 03:29 am UTC (link)

Harry was one of the first people contacted. He arrived with a crack that startled every nurse in the corridor and then ran up the extra flight of stairs to the floor where Lavender was being held.

He poked his head into the room, panting and disheveled because he'd been dragged out of bed with Ginny. They'd 'turned in early.'

"Oh Thank God," he said when he saw Lavender. "Where's Guilder?"

It was someone else's job to track down Kevin.

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shop_witch
2009-10-07 11:43 am UTC (link)

The guards posted at the door didn't dare hold Harry Potter back from entering the room. Lavender didn't protest anyway; she wanted to see Harry, too. "Harry... who's... is Neal's last name Guilder?" she asked, her skin going visibly pale at the mention of him. Lavender was too out of it to note Harry's disarray; she was still exhausted but wouldn't follow orders to sleep until her husband was there. "Where is my husband?"

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sixthginger
2009-10-07 03:34 pm UTC (link)

Ron looked back and forth between Harry and Lavender for a moment before figuring out it was going to fall on his shoulders to find Kevin. Ron stuck his hands in his pockets, knowing that Harry was going to be more help now than he could be.

"I'll find him," he muttered and stepped out of the room to go yell at whoever was supposed to be contacting the next of kin.

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	shop_witch 2009-10-07 03:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Ron," she called out, pulling herself to sit up straighter. He was already out the door but she hoped he would stop and come back. Lavender owed him a lot; he'd stayed with her when he didn't have to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilys_eyes 2009-10-07 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah. He worked for the ministry until a few weeks ago. Department of mysteries. Went a little postal when Kingsley tried to reassign him and close down the time research." Harry got a glass of water from the sink and handed it to her. "How are you feeling, physically?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

shop_witch
2009-10-07 06:40 pm UTC (link)

She sank back against the pillows, taking the glass of water from Harry. "I'm all right... so tired," she admitted. "The Healer is going to come in and do an exam on the baby... I haven't felt the baby move in awhile," she whispered, taking a slow sip of water.

"Harry... he was going to kill me... he went crazy," she told him. "He had his wand out and then... he let me go. Told me to run and then... then I saw a light and I heard a thud," she said softly, her voice trembling.

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	lilys_eyes 2009-10-07 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	"What colour light?" He asked, his voice firm. Harry had a feeling he knew what colour light, but he had to ask. "Where was he keeping you, do you remember where you ran from?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

shop_witch
2009-10-07 11:41 pm UTC (link)

Lavender started to cry, tears streaming down her cheeks. "It... green," she confirmed. "It was horrible, I was so scared. I thought... it was over. He was so mad about the fact that I'm Kevin's wife... like him being famous was going to be what got him in trouble! He didn't care about my baby! He just wanted to prove his research!" Lavender sobbed softly, reaching to the small table beside her bed for tissues.

After a moment, she composed herself. "It was... a building across from the Leaky Cauldron. I didn't know it until I stumbled out and saw the Leaky. It was almost surreal..."

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	lilys_eyes 2009-10-07 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	Harry awkwardly put a hand on her shoulder while she cried. When she reached for tissues, he met her halfway with the box. "Hermione and I guessed he took you because pregnancy was the fastest human condition to concretely prove the passing of time." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shop_witch 2009-10-07 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	"He... he didn't hurt me," Lavender told him. "He threatened to take the baby, threatened to wipe my memory, but it wasn't until today that he threatened my life," she said. "He knew we'd passed the day he'd taken me and he was afraid they were going to find him. He... he couldn't handle it," she sighed, controling her sobbing for a moment. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilys_eyes 2009-10-07 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	"We've even had the muggles looking for you," Harry said. He probably couldn't go out without seeing his face on the telly or a newspaper. Made him paranoid." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shop_witch 2009-10-08 12:27 am UTC (link)
	It had nearly cost her her life though. She nodded because in the end, she was grateful. "How is Kevin?" she asked him. "I mean... it's been days for him... I don't know... I mean, it was six months," she breathed. Lavender was afraid to be alone right now, she hoped Harry didn't leave. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sixthginger 2009-10-08 08:19 pm UTC (link)
	Ron came back, quietly opening the door and slipping inside. He felt like he was intruding suddenly. Like maybe he didn't really need to be there any longer. "Um," he said and cleared his throat. "They owled him. A few times. I had someone at the Ministry owl him as well. So, your husband should be here soon. I hope." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shop_witch 2009-10-08 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	Lavender turned her head toward the door when he came back in. "Thank you, Ron... for everything," she said sincerely. "Both of you... you've all done so much... I can't thank you enough," she said, rubbing her hand over her swollen belly. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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