Suffering: Part 5

The Village Part 2

 "One moment, Daddy. I need to finish my food. I got distracted," she smiled at them as she pulled herself back together.

Y: I love you.

"Say it. She's attempting to say things privately to me," Severus remarked. "I woke up and realized I was not being my usual lovely self. I was trying to tell my Daddy that I loved him," she smiled. "You cannot say that to him in front of me?" Lucius asked her.

"You're both annoying. I'm just used to speaking to him privately in our heads. I apologize for being an absolute cunt this morning, excuse my language. I haven't stopped worrying about Alastair and all of this since yesterday morning. My current stress level is that of someone whose children are in danger," she announced before jamming a big bite of food into her mouth.

"I understand completely as you well know. Draco's life depended on him offing Dumbledore, if you have forgotten. If it weren't for Severus, the Dark Lord would have cursed him without a second thought.

Unfortunately, Severus and I are much more familiar with the tactics that would be used on the girls. We are trying to take time to calculate the right decisions here instead of just running in blindly.

As great as your magic is, there are several men in that house, most likely all murderers. You will get a chance to speak but it will be at the cabin. There will be five adults there, each who hold a stake in this situation. We will take a vote," Lucius told her. "She's speechless," Severus teased when Y/N couldn't think of what to say.

"That's a good plan," she replied with a funny little grin as she looked back at her plate. She couldn't think of anything wrong with his argument.

"You would've made an amazing politician, Lucius. You're very charismatic. Honestly, both of you are. However, I don't think the headmaster here would make a very good politician," Y/N teased him.

"I agree with that. Lucius is much more of a kiss ass than I am. People find me a bit gruff," Severus remarked.

"Gruff is almost too nice, how about, crotchety, crabby, cross, churlish. Those are just the c ones," Y/N teased him back. "Lucius, you two may want to go take your walk before I tie her to the playroom bed for the rest of the day," Severus remarked.

"I could get free," she grinned at him. Severus thought about it for a moment and shook it off, "Alas, we do not have time today. You two hurry up. I'll get the girls ready to go to your grandmothers," Severus told her.

"You almost had him, little bird," Lucius announced with a grin as he got up from the table. "So, close," she sighed. Once they were outside Lucius asked, "Do you think you could get free without use of magic?"

"The problem is that I am just magic," she smiled at him as she showed him her palms. She closed her eyes briefly and her hands started pooling with water seeping from her skin.

"I thought you couldn't do it without a source," Lucius questioned her. "It started this morning in the shower, after Stevie had shown us hers," Y/N replied.

"Did you tell Severus?" Lucius asked her. "Shit fuck. Sorry, I'm not the lady you hoped for. One second," she ran back in to tell Severus who was in the nursery.

She ran back outside out of breath and said, I should have just jumped here. I wasn't thinking. I'm glad you said that because he would have been pissed," she chuckled. "So, you can make it now. Is it difficult or how does all of this work?" he asked as they walked the path to the loch.

"Before I could just manipulate water when I concentrated. It's gotten so much stronger in the last year. I don't even have to concentrate very hard now to manipulate it.