They say time heals everything. But I'm still waiting.

"Stop avoiding things and Ill stop being annoying,although I don't really think I'm being annoying. I'm a child; we're naturally curious about things. Especially adult things."

"I'm not telling you. And you need to learn that you can't always get your way."

"You underestimate how stubborn I can be."

"So do you." Cassie replied.

With what she had to say said, Lyssa said that it was time for her to leave again and before she did so she told Cassie to promise to watch the kids extra carefully until her suspicions were confirmed or denied. This only served to make Nicole more curious.

Cj:

Cassie sighed, shutting the door behind Lyssa. She didn't like the news that Lyssa had brought. She didn't want to think what would happen if he really was back. They had fought long and hard enough to keep him away. She didn't want her childen growing up, or even living in the world when the dark lord was around. Which was one of the reasons she had fought so hard. She knew that the girls were curious as to what was happening, but she wasn't going to tell them, while they wanted to know they didn't need to.

Nicole spent most of the rest of that day pouting around, wanting to know things. She didn't think she was too young or anything to know. After what she'd just recently learned about her mum... She was sure nothing would ever be as bad as that.

Cj:

Laurie sighed, she wanted to know what was going on as well. But Nic being pouty wasn't any fun as she didn't really want to doanything. Laurie knew her mum,and her mum wasn't going to say anything.

It was nearly another week before anything involving Lyssa’s suspicions happened. She was sitting at home late one afternoon, having just gotten in from work, when her arm burned. She cursed and looked at her mark. Then, instead of going there, she walked to her den to Floo to Cassie’s. Apparating wouldn’t be safe, because she could end up where Voldemort was. She came out in the kitchen (I think?) and saw Cassie sitting at the table. The children were not in the room. “He really is back,” Lyssa said, getting straight to the point of her visit. “And I think I just pissed him off…” She ran her hand through her hair. “Because I’m not meant to be here, but rather somewhere else and yeah…”

Cj:

Cassie's swore and dropped the bowl that was in her hands, which hit the floor and smashed into a bazillion pieces, Cassie didn't even notice however. "Crap, crap crap."She exclaimed, running a hand through her hair. "I've had enough fricken wars for a life time."She said with a scowl. She had no idea what to do, she supposed that they had to alert someone who could bring about the Order again or something. She chewed on her lip thinking it over. "Bloody hell."

Lyssa sighed. “Well, I’m off. I don’t want Nic to know I was here, because she’ll get curious again, as she knows we didn’t speak at all for some twenty odd years and this is the third time in two weeks I’ve been here,” she said. “Just watch her closely. I think she’ll be here a while longer, since things are about to get not so pleasant. And my house wouldn’t be the safest place for her. I’m going to trust you with her safety.”

Cj:

Cassie nodded. "Alright,"She said. "I'll look after her."She frowned into the table as Lyssa disappeared into the fireplace. She sighed running a hand into her hair."Should alert someone about this..."She said frowning. "Laurie," She said walking into the girls room. "I'm stepping out for a moment.Look after your brother."

Nicole frowned as Cassie left the room. "He's definitely back. Or she wouldn't have looked so panicked or stressed,"she noted.

A couple of more days passed by. Nicole and Laurie were outside, playing a game and trying to forget about what might be going on in the world, since it wasn't confirmed. Cassie still wouldn't tell them anything.

Though they had their suspicions, especially as Cassie had told them not to leave the house or the garden. They rather grudgingly listened, and settled to playing with a ball game. Throwing it to eachother. Nicole passed it to Laurie, who started to pass it back but tripped over her foot. So the ball went up into the air and over the fence, rolling to a stop on the edge of the road. Laurie frowned."I think we could just go grab it. It's just there." The two girlsmaking sure Cassie wasn't about snuck out through the gate. Laurie picked upthe ball and they were about to reenter the house when some cloaked figure appeared. Laurie screamed dropping the ball. "Mum!" She shouted unable to do anything else, as the person grabbed Nicole's arm and then disapeared. "MUM!" Cassie appeared just in time to see Nicole apperated away. Her eyes widened and then she swore before shouting loudly. "LAURIE.GET INSIDE." Laurie obliged leaving the ball there and scurring inside wondering what had happened to her freind. "What'shappening Mum?" Laurie asked her. Cassie was still swearing under her breath. She threw a handleful of floo into the fireplace entering Lyssa's house. "LYSSA?!" She shouted into the fireplace. Lyssa appeared but before the girl had a chance to say anything Cassie said. "I need to talk to you." And with drew out of the fireplace. "Mum, what's going on." Laurie asked again, she was scared. And Cassie still wasn't answering her. Laurie wondered if she could even hear her.

Lyssa heard Cassie's shouting all the way in her room, which was quite a distance from the den. She walked in the room just in time for Cassie to say thing and then leave again. Lyssa got her own Floo and made her way to Cassie's. She'd picked up a panicked tone in Cassie's voice. She came out of the fireplace and reoriented herself, looking at Cassie expectantly.

(Tsuki will add Nicole's bit to this later, when she's not so sleepy)

Cassie had no idea how to say it. She chewed on the edge of her lip for a moment thinking that Lyssa was going to absolutly murder her when she found out. "Nicolegottakenbyadeatheater," She said very quickly and without a break. It didn't sound very deciperable to Cassie so she wondered if Lyssa had understood it.

Lyssa stood there for a moment, quiet and trying to decipher what Cassie had just said, since it was all jumbled together like a mess. Once she finally had it figured out, she looked at Cassie. "She what?" Lyssa said, wanting to shout it, but being unable to.

"The ballwent overthe fence.." Laurie said quietly, looking between the two adults. "Mum said not to leave the garden but it was only a meter from the fence and we didn't think anything would happen a meter away..."

Lyssa ran her hand through her hair, biting her bottom lip rather hard. Normally, she probably would have been shouting and cursing. She was able to contain herself only because of how much shock she was in and because Laurie was in the room, and she'd rather not do that in front of the girl.

"Laurie," Cassie said softly. "Can you go look in on Severus? He was playing with his cars." Laurie took the hint and nodded, exiting the room going to enter her brothers. She was worried and scared. Wondering what was happening with her freind. "Shouldn't have gone to get the stupid ball." Laurie muttered kicking at one of Sev's cars as she entered the room.

(this starts right when the DE shows up and grabs her)
"Let go of me!" Nicole said, trying to yank her arm away from the Death Eater that had a grip on it, but it didn't work. She heard Laurie call for her mum, and saw Cassie just before she was Apparated away. It was her first time to Apparate anywhere, so it was rather unpleasant and left Nic feeling disoriented. Using her disorientation to their advantage, the DE pulled along, inside some building.

Vena was walking from the kitchen back to her room, when she saw some Death Eater dragging a child along. She looked around Hogwarts age. Maybe second year. Wondering why the child was there Vena followed the Death Eater, twirling her wand around in her hand. The girl looked a little disoriented and not pleased to be where-ever the hell she was. "Oi," Vena said catching the Death Eaters attension. "What are you doing with the kid?" The Death Eater turned, and behind the mask Vena could tell it was frowning. "I have orders to take her to the spare room." Vena nodded. "I'll take it from here." The Death Eater made some noise. "Are your argueing with me?" She asked, with an eyebrow raised. The sullen Death Eater let go of the girl's arm and stalked off. Vena looked at the girl. And gestured with her head down the hall. "Walk." She said.

Nicole looked at the girl that had shown up. She'd seen her around school a couple times. "How about I just go back home instead?" Nic said, pretending that she wasn't scared at what was going on.

"Why don't you just shut up and do as I say?" Vena suggest still twirling her wand about in her hand. "Either you're going to walk, or I am going to force you to walk. Which isn't exactly pleasent."

"Why am I even here?" Nicole asked the question that had attacked her mind a moment ago. And it was something rather important to know. "I don't see why I'm here. Where is here even? And who was that person?"