"What if we broke the windows?" asked Harry. Ron took the metal sauce pan next to him, and yeeted it at the window. But the it just hit the window and fell back with a thud. 

"The protective spell stops the windows from breaking, incase someone tried to enter that way." said Anne. 

"So now what?" I asked. "I mean we can try banging on the door. If we all push against it, it might open right?" We decided to try that but even after a lot of pushes, it didn't open. 

"What if we climbed to the roof?" asked Sam. 

"We need the windows to open for that." Anne said. 

"What if we plan what to do? I mean even if the doors open, we need a plan" said Remus. 

There was a thud and then suddenly, a creak of the front door opening. I ran to the door, only to see a figure running towards the forest behind the house. "Did that door just open?" asked Ginny. 

"Someone opened it." I said. Everyone was at the door, and Dumbledore lighted up his wand and went towards where I pointed. Who could it have been? "Okay now let's find my dad." said Anne.

"How? We have no start point." Ginny said. 

"I don't care. We look everywhere."

"Think practically Anne... Where would we look?"

"We know Bellatrix took him, and that he is in some manor, so we go to all the Pureblood Manors." She said.

"We can't just barge into those manors!"

"Of course we can! Call the order!"

"The same order who has a Dark Lord supporter. The only people we can trust are in this room... We have to plan before striking." I said. 

"If it were Sirius or Remus would you be so calm?" Anne asked. 

"What?" I asked; taken aback by the comment. 

"I said, if it were Sirius or Remus, would you be soo fucking calm?!" 

"Anne.. I- you know-"

"He is MY dad, and he's somewhere out there with a bunch of evil people with magic. You know how easy it is to attack a muggle?!" Tears started building up in her eyes. The strong demeanor she built up, slowly broke down in front of me as the time started ticking. 

I took a step towards her. I didn't think of how much she must be hurting. Oliver May had nothing to do with any of this, and yet they took him. They were after me, and using the people closest to me; the considerably weaker ones. 

I closed the gap between us, as I engulfed her in my arms. She was shaking, and I could feel my shirt get wet because of her tears. "We'll find him. I swear we will find him."

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"Okay so since it's not a direct plan by Voldemort, but instead by Bellatrix, we should asses the people who she is close with." 

"So the Lestrange mansion is first, yea?" I asked. The others nodded in confirmation. 

"The black manor!" exclaimed Sirius, and we all turned our attention to him. "She's a black, and the manor is completely abandoned, cause' Cass said that's how it was supposed to be, when I died in the original timeline." 

"Right... so that she means she can enter it if she wanted to." I said. 

"So where should we go first?" Ginny asked. 

"If we go to the Lestrange mansion, it'll let many of the dark side people to know.... let's go to Grimmauld Place first. It can't be that suspicious, since it does technically belong to Sirius." said Remus. 

"Starting somewhere is better than not doing anything." Harry said. 

"What about them?" asked McGonagall, pointing at Sam and Mrs. May. "They can't come with us. It's dangerous." She added. 

"Well Ginny is gonna be here at home anyway, so let her be with them." Ron said. 

"Be here anyway? I'm joining you guys!" said Ginny. A lot of quarrel later, McGonagall said that it was best that someone stayed with the two of them, and Ginny being the youngest had to be that someone. 

"If anything happens, send a Patronus and go to the Burrow. K?" I told Ginny. "Got it." she said and the three of them went inside the house and closed the door. 

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We stood infront of the old manor, which was abandoned for the past one year. Nothing from the outside, showed that it has been trespassed. Dumbledore guided us all into the house, and we all huddled behind him; alert. 

The door opened with a creek, and we all split from the hallway to search around the dark house. I went upstairs and desperately hoped that Mr. May would be somewhere in this house. I was standing in the corridor, when I heard the creak of the floorboard, but it definitely not me. There was someone here. And no, all the others were downstairs. 

I felt someone behind me, so I turned around. A hand wrapped itself around my mouth and muffled my scream. The person dragged me into the closest room, where an oil lamp was burning. 

The small light was enough for me to make out the face of the person. "Draco?" I asked. He shushed me and closed the door behind him. 

"What are you doing here?" I asked. "Helping?" he said. 

"So you were searching the place?" I asked. 

"Yea..." he said. "So Mr. may isn't in any of the other manors?" I asked.

"I limited the options to four places. Malfoy Manor, Lestrange Manor, Nott Manor and Grimmauld Place." he said. 

"And?..."

"Well he's not at Malfoy Manor. I contacted Theo and there is no one there except him, since the rest of the family are out of town for a few days. And unfortunately, he's not here as well."

"Wait, What?! So he's at the Lestrange Manor?" I asked. 

"Possibly." 

"Also, why the Nott manor? Yes, he's a Death Eater, but there are so many more out there. Why the Notts?" 

"I don't know exactly. But the Notts and the Lestranges have always been close." 

"Hmmm " I hummed. 

"CASS! He's not here!!" Someone screamed from downstairs (I'm pretty sure it was Harry). 

"Where else could he be? I'll get out from here, before anyone comes up here looking for me. Thanks Draco." I rushed out the door. 

"So now off to the Lestrange Manor?" asked Sirius. 

"Yup! He's there..." I said. 

"How do you know?" Sirius asked. 

"Inside sources. He's at Lestrange Manor." 

"You sure?" asked Remus. 

"Positive." 

"Who told you?" asked Harry. "I can't say." I replied. 

"So now how do we get to my dad?" asked Anne. 

"Don't get mad, and hear me out.... What if- What if we offered myself as an exchange?" I asked. 

Everyone's attention turned toward me. "What?!" asked Sirius. 

"An exchange?" asked Anne, as if it's the most ridiculous thing she had ever heard. "Why do you think Bellatrix is doing all this? To get a hold of me." I paused. "Mr. May got attacked and kidnapped because of me! I don't want people getting hurt because of me." I continued. 

"No there must be another way." said Anne. "Yea, we'll think of something." said Harry. 

"Well what if we just use myself as a bait. Just to lure Bellatrix in, and make her think that we're doing an exchange." I asked. 

"Nope! Too risky. We are NOT doing that." Said Sirius. 

"That could work perhaps." Dumbledore said. 

"Are you out of your mind? Use her as bait?!" Sirius raged. Remus held him back, and said "But professor, isn't it a bit too dangerous?"

"Danger is inevitable at times like this." he said. 

"But-" Sirius started. 

"I'm willing to do it." I said. 

"No way." said Anne. 

"Yes way! Anne I'll be safe. You'll all be there to help me." 

"But s-"

"Besides, we have Dumbledore with us." If anyone was gonna help us at this situation, it was him. Sure, I may not agree to all that he does, but I gotta admit that he is really powerful. 

"Alas, I cannot join you." Dumbledore spoke up. 

"Why not?" I asked McGonagall. 

"It would look suspicious if we all went. Especially me." He said. 

"We can't just leave the kids to themselves!" McGonagall said; worry spread across her face. Her wrinkles were now deeper. 

"But we can stand guard. If anything goes wrong, you're the only one who could actually help us." Remus said. 

"Professor. I agree with Remus. There is not much I can do. I need help." I said. Dumbledore agreed to the plan, and we all decided to go to the Lestrange Manor. 

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It all happened quick. One moment, I was outside the Lestrange Manor, and now I am inside; Bellatrix and me pointing our wands at each other. 

"You want me right? Leave Mr. May and you can have me." I said. 

"Do you think I'm foolish Smith?" she asked. 

"No. I'm the dumb one for standing here in front of you." 

A maniacal laugh echoed across the room. "You think I don't know, that the entire order is out there behind the gate?" 

"And you think they'll just let me waltz in here alone?"

"This is all part of your plan." she drawled. 

"You can check for yourself. There's no one else." If something were to happen to me right now, I didn't care. All the future stuff were written down already, and Sirius knew where and how to access it all. I just wanted to get Oliver out of here safely; for Anne. 

"Oh well... thank you turning up here alone." she said, and shot a spell at me. Ropes shot out of thin air, tied me to the spot. "Now leave Mr.May" I said. If I didn't show up outside in 20 minutes, the order would come rushing in. I had nothing to worry about right? 

"Poor Cassie Smith... You really thought I would have him here?! Somewhere soo obvious? hm?" She cooed. Her voice was so annoying, but she herself, was kinda scary. 

"So he's not here?" 

"Of course not! But you made my job easier- coming here." 

I had no idea what to do. Forget about 20 minutes, I needed them to come in now. I can't hold on for 10 more minutes. Bellatrix's eyes glinted with the happiness of finally getting a hold of me. I'm not a Legillimens but I could feel what was going on in her mind. She was going to call Walburga Black, activate the curse and then hand me over to the Dark Lord. 

"It's too quiet here." She said, and she shouted out Cruccio. The familiar, yet always just as painful spell hit me. When were they gonna fucking enter?! WHY IS 10 MINUTES SO LONG?!

If they heard the screams, they would come in any second now. Just one thing, the screams have to get out of this room, and outside past the small courtyard in the front, to the gate. 

The spell suddenly stopped, and coughed violently; an after effect of screaming too loud. "You have me now. Leave Mr. May. Wherever he is." I glared. Through my hair that fell over my face, because of all the writhing, I could see Bellatrix's evil psychotic smile. 

"That's not fun now, is it Smith?" 

"Why do you need him anyway? You already got me."

"You think you're the only thing the dark side needs? And I thought I was a narcist." she scoffed. "It's too quiet again." she said and the pain returned. 

It felt longer, powerful. Almost as if she wanted me to pass out, so that I don't make things hard for her. I felt the front doors bang open on the left. Then everything got blurry. The pain stopped, and I took a huge breath. I could hear people around me. "He's not here." I said, as I felt someone lifting me up. 

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I opened my eyes, and I was back in my room; everyone around moved their attention towards me. "And this is why I did not agree to this." said Sirius, looking at me. 

"I'm fine! See!" I said, as I showed my arms and head which were injury free. 

"The cruciatus curse, doesn't cause any physical injury..." said Sirius. 

"Yea.... but I'm fine Sirius! It's not the first time."

"Doesn't mean it hurts any less!"

"Anyways, we now know that Oliver isn't there as well." I said, sadly looking at Anne. 

Anne smacked me across the arm. "Just cause' I want my dad back, doesn't mean I want to lose you!" 

I rubbed my arm "I'm alive guys! I'm perfectly alright!" 

Harry suddenly rushed into the room. "Felicia Bones is here to see you." 

"Let her come in." Anne said. 

"How does she even know?" asked Harry. 

"Owl. Duh.." Anne said. 

"Did she have to know?" asked Sirius. 

I sat up on my bed. "Of course! She's our very close friend Sirius!" 

"Right..." he said. 

Felicia entered the room full of people, awkwardly. Everyone walked out, so that we could talk. 

"What the fuck were you thinking?!" Draco asked; his deep voice clashing with Felicia's feminine look. 

"Whaaat? You were the one who said that Mr.May was in the Lestrange Manor!" I replied. 

"I said POSSIBLY!"

"And I had to check!" 

"You're so stupid. How the hell are you even alive at this point?" 

I shrugged. "So now what?" I asked. 

"I was right though. Anne, your dad is in the Lestrange Manor." he said. 

"B-but I just went ther-" I started but he cut me off. 

"You were at the wrong Lestrange Manor..." he said. Me  and Anne looked at him in confusion. 

"Bellatrix is married to Rodolphus Lestrange. He has a brother; Rabastan Lestrange." 

We both waited for him to continue. "Both of them have Manors. So we just have to go Rabastan's Manor. And there is a perfect opportunity for it." 

"What is it?" I asked. 

"A very fool proof plan, if Cass can keep up her acting skills. Everything is already set up and ready." Draco smirked.