IN RUINS- James Potter

chapter one hundred and seventeen

"Think she'll ever wake up?" Theo asked, all hovering over the bed Nora was currently sleeping on, and it wasn't her own home. "Hard to say, she's been like this for exactly 18 hours." Betty pointed out, pointing to the chart she made on the door of how many times she had to check her pulse.

"At least she's finally sleeping, I've never seen someone go through so many tissue boxes." Damon said, sighing as Atticus shook his head. Being concerned for Nora was always on his mind, but this was all time low she was unfortunately facing, still in yesterday's clothes with her hair drying poorly.

"I say we kill potter." Theo suggested, Betty hitting his chest. "Are you kidding me? What good will that do?" Atticus hissed, not wanting to wake up the girl.

"Well nothing, but I've always wanted to." He defended, Damon scoffing at that into a laugh. "Okay, we  have to be at the meeting in five minutes, it's going to look suspicious why you all aren't there, especially Nora." Betty pointed out, crossing her arms together.

"Try waking her up." Damon told Atticus; the boy doing a double take. "Are you kidding me? One time I tried and she nearly punched my throat." He hissed, Betty rolling her eyes.

"You're all a bunch of pussies. Move." Betty said to them, all moving back. Sighing and taking the sheets off Nora and noticing a waterbottle on the bedside table, Betty knew that's how Nora would wake up, twisting the cap off.

"Oh Merlin." Atticus said, beginning to pray for Betty as the girl spilled water, Nora gasping for life. "You're water boarding me?!" She spat, choking on the water for a moment.

Wiping the water off her face, Betty smiled at the boys, pretending like it was a hard job, Nora wiping her face still. "Sorry love, but we have a meeting." Theo said, all watching Nora stare at him.

"Go without me. I don't want to go. My relationship is over because of him." She said bitterly, all of them looking at each other. "Are you sure? It's at the Malfoys so there's gonna be food. There's none here at the moment." Damon said; looking at Theo who didn't get groceries yet.

"I'm going back to sleep." Nora said coldly, putting the wet blanket back over her face, Atticus immediately concerned. "She didn't get out of bed, she didn't care for the wetness. She's broken." He stuttered, walking out of the bedroom with Theo beside him.

"She's at her breaking point kiddo, we can only sit and watch now." One by one they began to aparate, Atticus was the last one too; pouring Nora a glass of water as she didn't take the cover off of her, frowning at her.

Apparating to the manor, something felt off for all of them, Betty frowning when the plants that once stood tall in the foyer, were broken vases on the ground, nobody else here yet.

"Uh—"

"Shut up! Nobody talk." Lucius told them, coming out of the spare wing, pushing them to an empty room, the dark lord sitting there, facing the group. "Ah, my favourites, come take a seat and go greet the latest recruit." The dark lord said slowly, Atticus looking at Betty.

Slowly walking over to the chairs, Atticus couldn't believe his eyes, looking him up and down with disgust. "You son of a bitch!" Atticus yelled, nearly attacking Peter with all his mighty strength, Theo and Damon holding him back.

"The dark lord has given me hope that life is better here Atticus. It's time you must accept it too." Peter told the boy, his arm fresh with the mark. Atticus couldn't believe this, grabbing his wand out as the dark lord threw it aside.

"My lord! He's in the order! He knows the same thing as Nora why do we need him?" He asked calmly— well trying to, Theo holding his hand to not do anything. The dark lord turned to see Nora wasn't here, smirking and liking how Atticus was her fill in.