A Black Rose In A White Bush

A Black Rose In A White Bush



Sing once again with me
our strange duet...
My power over you
grows stronger yet...

Chapter Three

“Voldemort and his followers are… not exactly “family” people. They have an Heir, not a child. They believe that they can do what ever they wish with their Heir, and Lucius just loves being Voldemort's second in command. So, he makes sure every Death Eater knows how good a Malfoy can be. Every time he’ll throw a huge party, he'll take Draco out of school for it. On holidays, he makes sure that Sarah will be there too.

“He has Draco and Sarah, to put it lightly, be the main 'dish' of the evening; doing things that should be kept in a brothel.

“Sometimes, Voldemort will attend, and, like every good guest he will either rape Sarah or Draco. Usually, when He attends, He'll take Sarah. Every Death Eater who has attended has raped both of them more than four times.

“Lucius has made it explicitly clear, to both Sarah and Draco, that they must have a sexual relationship with any Professor that attends these parties. And if Lucius or Narcissa find out otherwise, then, they are punished. And, being a Death Eater, you can guess how Lucius would punish them. This started when Draco was eight.

“At first, Sarah was confused when Draco’s behavior changed. She had asked Lucius, and he had told her that Draco had been to his first “grown up party,” and was becoming a young man. Then, a year later, on Sarah's eighth birthday, Lucius threw a “grown up” party her. Sarah and Draco have relied on each other ever since, and have told no one.

“I only know, because I was the first one to... to take Sarah.” he paused for a moment to take a deep breath. “Since then, I haven’t touched either of them. I just participate in the other Death Eater activities.” Severus finished.

Albus sat there, pale. He looked to Sarah, then to Draco, then back to Sarah. The two of them sat there silently, petting their newly acquired Squijums, not looking up. They glanced up at the Headmaster, though, when he spoke.

“Sarah, Draco. I think it best to take the two out of Lucius’ care. Having the Squijums react to you two, along, will be enough. Severus, would you please contact the Child Safety and Endangerment office at the ministry?” Severus nodded and stood, sparing a supportive glance at the two teens. Albus turned back to Sarah and Draco. They looked at each other, and smiled sadly.

“It will be alright. You’ll see…” Sarah whispered. Draco just looked down, petting the Squijum resting in his lap.

“How do you know that?” he asked just as quiet.

~

“Hello, my name is Erin Hewlett from the Child Safety and Endangerment office of the Ministry. I am here to talk to you about the case you filed regarding Mr. Draco Malfoy and Ms. Sarah Black.” A young woman in her thirties said business-like to Albus while she sat down in the offered chair in front of his desk.

“Yes, I know. Thank you for coming on such short notice, and at such a late hour. This case regards the fact that, during a Care of Magical Creature lesson about Squijums. They reacted to Sarah as they would to an abused child. When the Professor came to my office to show me, Sarah requested that Draco Malfoy be present for the explanation, stating that he was tied into it as well. When he arrived, the Squijums reacted the same way as they did to Sarah. This leads me to believe that the two are being abused in their current home.” Albus explained to her.

“So on those ground you would like to…” she opened a folder that she was carrying and pulled out a piece of paper. “You would like to ‘Remove both Mr. Draco Malfoy and Ms. Sarah Black from the house they currently live in, and place them under care of Draco Malfoy's godfather, Severus Snape.’” She read from the paper. Albus nodded in agreement. “Then that is what shall happen.” She took out her wand and tapped it on a different piece of paper.

“Mr. Draco Malfoy and Ms. Sarah Black, are hereby placed in the care of one Severus Snape for the time being, by my order on the grounds of highly reasoned abuse.” The paper glowed for a second as new words started to appear, declaring the transfer of guardianship. “Thank you, Headmaster, for calling me here. We will begin investigating into this and we’ll let you know if we find anything. Good day.” The young woman stood from her chair, after nodding politely to Albus, and excited his office.

Albus stood up and walked over to the fireplace. He took out a handful of floo powder and threw it into the fire.

“Severus Snape.” he called into the flames, and a second later the Potions Masters head was floating in the fire place.

“Yes, Albus?” he questioned. Albus smiled brightly.

“For the time being, Severus, you are the legal guardian of Draco and Sarah. A worker is going to look into this matter and tell us what she finds.”

“Thank you, Albus. I will tell Sarah and Draco. They are here with me now. Until later, Headmaster.” Severus’ head vanished from the fireplace. Albus returned to his desk and started to work on some paper work that needed to be finished.

~

Severus turned around and looked at Draco and Sarah while they, well, Sarah, really, laid on the couch. Sarah had her head pillowed in Draco's lap.

“Sarah, Draco. I have some good news.”

“What is it, Sev?” asked Draco, looking up at his Godfather curiously.

“For the time being, and until further notice, I am now your guardian. A worker is going to be looking into your case, and will get back to Albus when anything is found.” Sarah looked up at Draco, smiling, before she pushed herself up off the couch and walked over to Severus. She looked up at him in the eyes, smiling.

“Thank you, Sev. For everything.” She stood up on her tiptoes and threw her arms around his neck, giving him a big hug. Severus sighed, a soft smile playing at his lips, and hugged her back.

“There’s nothing to thank me for, Sarah. I’ve just been doing what I had to do.” He whispered in to her ear. Sarah let him go and gave him a small peck on the cheek. She went back over to the couch and cuddled up against Draco, smiling brighter when Draco wound his arm around her shoulders. Severus gave a small smile to the two of them.

“Now, I don’t know about you two, but I'm tired and done for the day. I think I’m going to head off to bed a little bit early. You two know where the guest room is, and how to get anything thing you need. Good night, Draco, Sarah.” Severus turned around and went into his bedroom, closing the door behind him quietly.

Sarah sighed softly, still smiling, and snuggled deeper into Draco’s side, getting ready to take a short nap. Draco laid his head on Sarah's and prepared to join her.

~

“Did you hear-”

“I know! Can you believe-”

“Lucius Malfoy! That’s what I heard-”

“Do you really think-”

“I don’t know-”

“Do you honestly think he would-”

“You know that people say he’s a Death Eater-”

The students of Hogwarts were already whispering excitedly about what had happened earlier that day. They were gossiping constantly, minutely changing small details here and there to fit a new version of the tale of what happened during Muggle Studies or Care of Magical Creatures.

A few of the students, Slytherin's mostly, were talking about a couple of times with Lucius had visited the school. Some of them were swearing up and down that they had been there to see Lucius actually hit Draco on one of his visits. Others just sucked it all in and told all their friends. Somehow, no one could be sure, the news that Draco had to be called into the Headmaster's office after Sarah's encounter with the Squijums had led people to speculate why he would be involved.

Draco and Sarah didn’t know what was being said, but would most likely find out about it all tomorrow at breakfast.