Ella was frantic. She had heard that Jade and her minions had invaded the Hogwarts express. Isabelle was on there! Ella had made Jade promise not to hurt Isabelle, and she hoped she stayed true to her promise.

Ella walked hurriedly down the hall and into her bedroom. She had forgotten her necklace in her hurry that morning. She had an amulet that was supposed to ward off evil. The book had told her to put a certain jewel to ward off the thing that she needed to get rid of most. So, on her necklace, was a Jade.

Ella grabbed the necklace apparated almost immediately after putting it on. Her feet touched the ground in the graveyard and she didn't falter in her walking. She walked to the end, to a place he had long ago memorized, and knelt beside the grave.

No matter how many times she visited, there was always a thing layer of dust covering the grave. Personally, Ella thought that it was cursed. She rubbed her hand across the headstone and revealed the name; Christian Onera.

"Oh Christian," she said quietly. "I wish you were here, you would help me get through this." But she still had Flora, they would save the kids.

"Orchideous." Ella held up her wand and flowers flowed out of it. They fell to the ground around Christian's grave and they made it look a little more cheerful. Ella sighed and stood up; she was late. All of them were supposed to meet Jade at their old village, but Ella had something to do first.

She apparated again, this time ending up at a house at the edge of a forest. There were a few houses around it, but their light were off. Either no one loved there or they were out. Ella took a deep breath and marched up to the front door.

"Hello who-Ella?" Brad's face was completely shocked. His eyes widened as he looked at her. "What are you doing here? Did you get Jade's message?"

"Yes," Ella replied. "Do you know what she's doing?"

"No," Brad said. He looked at her curiously. Ella just nodded and held his eyes. "Why don't you come inside?" Ella followed him into his house and sat on a chair in his living room, while he took the couch across from her.

"Jade and her minions invaded the Hogwarts express today," Ella informed him. He gasped, but Ella didn't stop. "They kidnapped all the children on it and took them to the village. The one we used to live in."

"What are they going to do to them?" He asked with a shocked expression.

"I don't know," Ella said with a shrug. "I think they're trying to bring back the Death Eaters. And that's why I'm here; I have a very important question for you, and you'd better answer truthfully. Are you, or are you not, on Jade's side?"

"No," Brad said. "I'm not on the evil side. Do the children's parents know what happened? Oh Ella! Your daughter was on that train wasn't she?"

"Yes she was," Ella said softly. She sighed and she knew that Brad was telling the truth; he was on her side. "And as for your other question; I don't think so. They think their children are safely at Hogwarts, but eventually they're going to figure out. And I know a few who won't stand by and let this happen."

"I don't think any parent would stand by and let this happen to their children," Brad said. "And eventually is too long. They need to know now. And it is our job to tell them."

"How?" Ella asked sceptically. "We can't just go to someone's house and tell them. What would we say? 'Excuse me ma'am, but your child has been taken by Death Eaters to a Death Eater camp where their training them to be evil.' They wouldn't believe us."

"Some would," Brad said. "I know at least one."

"Harry Potter," Ella whispered.

"Yes," Brad agreed. "And other children of Order members. All the Weasleys for one. And what about Teddy Lupin? He's an auror, so is Harry for that matter, they'd deliver the news to the ministry and we could fight back."

"You clearly don't know Jade," Ella said. "She's not going to make fighting back easy."

"No," Christian agreed. "But we have to try." Ella looked skeptical and Brad grabbed her arm in exasperation. "Come on."

They appeared on a cliff with water behind them. A woman was outside, just sitting on the grass. She looked like she was meditating, and there was a baby laying next to her.

The woman had long silvery blonde hair, and Ella knew that if she opened her eyes she would have electric blue eyes. She knew who the woman was, and now she knew why they were there.

"Who are you?" The woman's eyes flew open and she glared at them. She picked up her baby and stood up warily.

"We're friends," Brad said. He stayed where he was so as not to alarm her. "We came to deliver you news."

"Someone already came," Victoire told him. "And it's not true. He's not dead."

"Who's not dead?" Ella asked. She couldn't help herself; she was curious. Victoire's glare fixed on her this time.

"Isn't that why you're here?" She asked. "To tell me Teddy's dead? That's why they were here a few days ago. But it's not true you know, Teddy wouldn't have died."

"I don't believe he's dead either," Brad said. "But that's not why we're here. We're here to tell you that the Hogwarts Express was attacked and the student were taken by Death Eaters." Victoire gasped.

"Lily, Hugo!" She cried. "Molly, Lucy, Fred! They were all on there!" She glared at Ella and Brad. "How do yo know this? And since you do, do you know where they are?"

"We-well I can't really tell you how we know that," Ella said. "You'll just have to trust us. As for the other question, yes we know, but I'm afraid we can't tell you that."

"But you have to!" Victoire exclaimed. "I have to go rescue my cousins, and Teddy might be there!"

"Alright," Brad said. "We'll tell you, but you have to promise not to do anything rash. And don't try to invade on your own, okay?"

"Okay," Victoire agreed. Brad told her the address and she disapperated.

"We should go," Ella said. "Jade's waiting." Brad nodded, and they diapperated.

Ohmygoodness! How come they went to Victoire instead of Harry himself? And please tell me she went to Harry and not the address of the camp! I'm glad Ella and Brad aren't into the evil thing! Oi! How on earth are they going to get all of those kids out of that? And how come Jade turned all evil?

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"There you are!" Jade said when Ella and Brad finally got there. Flora had already arrived. Ella went over and stood by her friend. Flora gave her a small smile and they faced Jade. "Come on, they're waiting for us."

"Who?" Ella asked. She just knew that Jade had called them there, she wan't planning on meeting anyone. Probably one of her minions.

"The children," Jade replies with an evil smile. Ella's face paled.

"We're going to go in front of all the children?" Oh no, this could not be happening. She took a deep breath and tried to make her face neutral.

"Yep," Jade said. "We are going to go in front of them all and explaining the rules of this village. Well, I'll be explaining the rules, you'll just be there so they know who you are."

"Did you find Isabelle?" Ella asked suddenly.

"No," Jade said slowly. "I instructed them to bring her to me, and not to harm her, but no one came in under the name of Isabelle. She must be under a fake name."

"Or she might not be here," Ella countered. They couldn't have possibly gotten every student on the train. Some must've escaped.

"She's here,"Jade said confidentaly. "I am sure that none of the kids could have escaped." She looked confident, but Ella disagreed with here. But she knew that arguing with Jade was useless, nothing would change her mind.

"It's time," Jade said. "Let's go." She walked up the stairs and onto a platform. Ella, Brad, and Flora exchanged a look before following her.

Ella stood by Jade silently, with her eyes searching through the crowd of people. Then, she saw her. At the back, next to Lily, who's hair stood out, there was Isabelle with a shocked expression on her face. Ella looked away, she couldn't stand to see that look.

Finally Jade was done talking and Ella could leave. She walked down the stairs and started to leave, but then she thought of something. She waited until everyone was gone, then she faced Jade.

"Jade," she said softly. "Why are you doing this? I thought this part was over. I thought the Death Eaters were gone."

"Maybe the question should be, why aren't you doing this," Jade said with a perfectly calm expression. "You went through the same thing, we all did. But apparently I was the only one who got the message they were trying to brand into our brains." Her voice got angry, and her eyes were on fire.

"When I was six years old I saw my mother die right in front of my eyes. They took me to a different family. I was six, and they treated me like a daughter, I loved them. Then they took me away from them too. Later, when I was sixteen, I fell in love. This time you were the one who took him away from me. But don't worry, I don't blame you, I blame Bellatrix. She's the one who killed him."

"After that, I learned the lesson they were trying to teach. I realized that you can't count on anyone or anything but yourself. If you risk loving someone, they'll leave you."

"Why did you bring the children into this?" Ella asked.

"Because I think they should know it too," Jade said. "If not, then they'll risk loving, and they'll just be disappointed."

"Jade it's not wrong to love," Ella said. "Not everything you love leaves you. I had a mother, and I loved her. I loved Christian, and I loved Isabelle's father."

"And look at how that turned out," Jade snapped. "Christian died, your mom died, and the unknown man who I do not know the name of, he died too!"

"Christian died fighting," Ella said proudly. "He died nobly, defending Hogwarts. My mom died of old age, it happens to everyone. And as for the other man who I will not reveal the identity of, he-" She stopped her self and took a deep breath. "Goodbye Jade." And she left before she could accidentally tell Jade something else private.

Ohmygoodness! Holy moly! Come on, I thought she would have gotten over the Christian thing by now, but at least I know what's going through her mind right now... Now, why won't Ella reveal the father of Isabelle? Is it really Christian? And if it isn't, what happened to him???

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Isabelle was fuming. She paced back and forth with an angry expression on her face. How could she do this?!! And by she, she meant her mom. HER MOM WAS EVIL! As far as she knew. She could've been con'd into it or something...

"Um...Izzy?" Isabelle snapped around to face Nikolai. He looked hesitant, because he knew her moods. And he knew that anything could set her off now. And everyone should stay away from her unless they wanted to get murdered.

"What?" She snapped. Even thought he was her boyfriend, he would not be spared form her wrath.

"I think this is all a big misunderstanding," he said hesitantly, carefully watching her face. Isabelle glared at him and marched over to him. She stood right in front of him, her forehead coming up to his chin, and pointed at his accusedly.

"A misunderstanding?" Isabelle struggled to keep her voice calm. It was hard with so much anger inside her. "Niko, did you not see her?"

"Yes Izzy, I saw her," he said. "But I still think it's a misunderstanding. Maybe...maybe she's imperiosed."

"She wasn't imperiosed Niko," Isabelle said. "You could tell by her expression." She sighed, and the anger dispersed. She sat down, cross-legged, on the ground.

"I know," he said with a sigh. "But it was worth a shot. And I still think it's a misunderstanding. At least, I don't believe she's doing this willingly." He looked behind his shoulder, to see that almost everyone had left. "We'd better go Iz, everyone else is almost gone."

He held his hand out to her and she took it so he could help her back to her feet. Isabelle kept a hold of his hand as they walked away from the 'town square' and to a large archway. A man in a dark robe was standing there with a clipboard.

"Names," he said absently. Isabelle saw a bored expression in his light amber eyes. He had sandy brown hair that fell over his face when he was looking down.

"Um..." Isabelle hesitated for a fraction of a second. She couldn't remember her name. Well, obviously she could remember her name, she couldn't remember her fake name. "Jessica Munroe." She crossed her fingers behind her back and hoped he wouldn't notice.

He noticed. It was what he was trained for; to notice every little detail so he could see anything suspicious. Someone forgetting their own name was pretty suspicious.

"Well, Jessica, it seems like you're a little forgetful, wouldn't you say? Forgetting your own name is something that does not happen very often." He regarded her coldly. "You will come with me. But first, what is your name?" He was looking at Nikolai now.

"N...Nikolai Hanson sir," he answered with a pale face.

"Well, Mr. Hanson, I'm glad you're not suffering from amnesia like your girlfriend here." He ushered him inside before turning to Isabelle.

"Come with me." He beckoned with his finger and started off down a path to the right. Isabelle bit her lip nervously as she followed him down the path. They eventually reached a small brown building. The man knocked on the door, and they had to wait a few minutes before it opened.

"What John?" The voice behind the door sounded irritated.

"I have a girl here who seems to have developed amnesia. She doesn't remember her own name." The door opened and Isabelle recognized the woman from the...meeting, Jade.

"Well, come in then young lady. John, you are dismissed." He bowed his head before disapperating.

"Well then miss, let's have a little chat."

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Isabelle followed Jade down a path. She bit her lip nervously, what was happening? If she said she was scared it would be an understatement, Isabelle was absolutely terrified.

After a few minutes of walking they came to a small cabin nestled hidden in trees. Jade opened the door and beckoned Izzy in. Izzy went in and heard the door close behind her. Jade swept past Izzy and flipped on a light switch.

The room was small, with only a couch and a small TV. Izzy noticed a door on the back wall, which either led to a bathroom or a bedroom. There was another door on the left wall, which led to one of the two also.

"Take a seat." Jade sat down on the couch and motioned to the seat next to her. Izzy eyes her warily, but she decided it was best to obey her. "Now, missy. John tells me that you are suffering from some amnesia. Is that correct?"

"Um..." Isabelle stuttered. "N.nno ma'am. I mean, y..yes ma'am I mean...maybe." she looked at her uncertainly. Jade's smile didn't reach her eyes.

"Well, what is your name?" Isabelle looked at her defiantly.

"I told you, my name is Jessica." Again, Jade's smile didn't reach her eyes.

"You and I both know that your name is not Jessica," she said. "I suggest you tell me what your name is, before I have to force it out of you." Izzy narrowed her eyes.

"I don't know what impression you're under," Izzy said coldly. "But I think that I should know my own name better than you." She raised her eyebrows. "So, If you don't mind, I'm going to go now." She got up and walked swiftly over to the door. She didn't look back at Jade as she closed the door behind her.

***

Izzy hadn't been told where to go; so she wasn't sure what she was supposed to do. he wandered around aimlessly, looking for someone she knew. Eventually she ran into- literally ran into, Nikolai.

"Oh, I'm sorry," he said as he held his hand out to help her get up. Suddenly his expression became shocked. "Izzy?" His eyes lit up with joy. "Oh my gosh! Izzy! You're alright!" He pulled her up and hugged her tightly.

"Nikolai!" Izzy exclaimed. "I need some help; I don't know where to go."

"Hmm," he considered. "We have en empty bed in our bunkhouse. Come on." He took her hand and led her through a small village type of thing. Every few feet there were long, one story buildings. There was a cobblestone path leading down the middle, and dirt paths going to the buildings.

"Here we are." Nikolai stopped at one of the end buildings. The first thing Izzy noticed was that Josey was running toward them.

"Niko, where were you? We were all worried sick." When Josey caught sight of Isabelle she gave her a hug. "Are you going to be staying here too Izzy?"

"I think so," Isabelle replied. "I just know that no one told me where to go, and Nikolai offered for me to stay here."

"Come on then." The fourteen year old took hold of Izzy's hand and lead her into the building. When Izzy walked in she saw four sets of bunk beds, eight beds in all.

"This one will be yours." Josey gestured to one of the bottom bunks. Izzy noticed that there was someone sitting on each of the other beds.

There were two other girls in there, they looked very similar with their long dark brown hair and tan skin. Their eyes were bright blue; Isabelle would have bet anything that they normally showed sparks of happiness. There were four boys in the room, counting Nikolai, and none of them looked the same. All of them varied in age too.

The youngest of the boys looked young, he might have even been a first year. He had shaggy dirty blonde hair and deep brown eyes. The next boy, on the bunk above him, had the same mysterious eyes, but his hair was jet black. Nikolai came walking in the door and drew Isabelle's attention to him. He had dark brown hair and calm, clear blue eyes. The other boy had dark red hair similiar to Lily's. If Isabelle didn't know any better she would've guessed him to be a Weasley.

"Hello." Izzy's word broke the silence in the room, and sixteen eyes were now trained on her face. "My name is Isabelle, but call me Jessica around them." She gestured outside when she said it, so they knew who she was talking about.

"Hi," one of the girls said shyly. "My name is Anna, and this is my twin sister' Lissa." The other girl, Lissa, nodded in agreement.

"I'm Jake," the black haired boy said. "And I'm Nate," the blonde one said. The last boy introduced himself as, "Andrew." But he told them to call him Andy.

"How old are you all?" Josey asked curiously.

"We're thirteen," Anna said. Jake and Andy were both fifteen, and Izzy's suspicions were confirmed when Nate told her he was eleven.

"Lissa and I are Hufflepuffs," Anna piped up.

"I'm a Ravenclaw," Andy said. Of course, Nate hadn't been sorted yet. Jake hesitated a moment before saying, "I'm in Slytherin."

"The three of us were Gryffindors," Izzy told them. "But it doesn't matter; no house grudges apply now. We have to be united in order to escape. Without banding together; we have no hope of getting out of here."

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Last update 27 JAN 2011