It has been 3 months since I had last seen Amara. I was beginning to worry about her because her missions never last longer than 2 months.
"— you thinking?" Draco asked
"Huh," I replied
"I asked, what are you thinking about." Draco supplied
"Oh, uh. I just haven't been this long without Amara, so my emotions are starting to go haywire. It's really nothing to worry about. If it becomes too much, I will let you guys and Snape know." I answered
"Okay. You ready to go to class now?" Blaise questioned
"Sure. I don't want to be late. Amara will beat my ass if I am." I chuckled
"I'm sure she would." Bianca mused, "she's worse than me when it comes to being to class on time."
"Now that is saying something." Draco teased
Bianca just stuck her tongue out at him, causing the three of us to laugh at her.
"What do we have first anyways?" I asked
"Potions." They chorused
"Okay. Race ya!" I yelled, taking off
"Hey, no fair!" They all yelled after me.
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A dark room is all I have known for the past month. The only thing that changes is when some men torture me to get information out of me or give me enough food and water to survive.
"Tell what your mission was to do!" A man shouted
I just spat in his face from where I was hanging
"Go to hell, you fucking moron." I hissed
"You bitch!" He shouted
He started cutting into me, carving something into my back. I had to bite my tongue hard to keep myself from screaming.
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Suddenly, I collapse to the ground with an intense amount of pain in my back. Snape rushed over to me.
"What is wrong, Natasha?"
"Back hurts. Don't know why." I grunted
"Let's get you to the medical wing." He said, "Draco, Blaise, get her to the medical wing."
"Yes, sir." They chorused before Blaise picked me up, and Draco led the way to the wing.
The doors slammed against the walls when we entered the medical wing.
"What is the meaning of this?" Madame Pomfrey demanded
"Her back started hurting in the middle of potions class, and she doesn't know why," Blaise answered, setting me down on the bed
"Well, let's have a look at that then. You boys go wait outside." Madame Pomfrey said
The boys head outside. I took off my robe, sweater, and shirt. Madame Pomfrey took a look before gasping.
"I think I know why your back hurts. You have some words and other things carved into it." Madame stated
"But how? I haven't been anywhere..." I trailed off
"What were you going to say?" She urged
"Mara. She's in trouble. I need to talk to Madame B right now." I frantically started throwing my tops back on, "she's the only one who could have answers and the one to actually find her."
"What do you mean?"
"Amara and I are soul sisters, and Madame B is our mother. She's the one that raised us. If anything were to happen to us, she would know and do anything to get us back. She knows no boundaries when it comes to getting us back safely." I answered
"Let me go get the headmaster before we contact Madame B.," Madame Pomfrey said before trying t walk away.
"No! You can't. By the time we get the Headmaster here and get him up to speed and permit us to notify Madame B., her actually going out to find Amara, she will be looking for a body instead of Amara alive. I am going to safely guess that the captors have had her for at least a month." I stated, "You can still let the headmaster know what is going on, but I need to contact Madame B as soon as possible to have a chance of getting my sister back from the bastards that took her."
"Fine. You can use the parchment and quill on the desk over there." Madame Pomfrey said, pointing to a desk in the corner
"Thank you." I rushed over to the desk
I quickly scribbled a note to Madame B explaining what had happened and what I thought, asking her to do everything to get her back. I called in Jaffa. He popped into the room.
"Hey, bud. Can you get this to Madame B as quickly as you can, please? Amara's life depends on it." I spoke softly and urgently
He trilled sadly before disappearing with the note. A minute later, the headmaster, Snape, and McGonagall entered the room.
"What is going on?" Dumbledore demanded
"My soul sister is most likely being tortured right now and has been for close to a month now," I answered.
"What makes you think that?" McGonagall
"Besides the carvings in my back? I know that she has been taken before, and it took a month before the shit that happens to her happens to me as well." I replied.
"What do you mean, she's been taken before?" Dumbledore asked with a malicious glint in his eyes.
"It's Russia. Someone mistook her for someone else, took them a while to realize that they had the wrong person." I responded, "It's why we carry weapons and know how to fight."
"What can we do to help?" Snape asked
"Do what Madame B says, even if it is to stay out of her way." I answered, "She will stop at nothing to get her back, and if it means killing any of you, she will do it."
"She can get charged with murder," Dumbledore stated
"Actually, no, she won't. She is highly respected in multiple countries, and they know that the only reason she killed someone was to get one of us back. She does this for everyone in the Acadamy."
"How are you so sure of that?" Snape asked
"Because I have seen how the country leaders act around her. It's with the utmost respect, not blindly following and listening to what she says." I replied
"What is going on?" A stern voice said from behind me
"Nothing that is of your concern, ma'am," Dumbledore said
"Yes, it is very much my concern because I heard that my top student and daughter is missing, and you are trying to convince her sister not to try and help me find her." Madame B seethed
"This is not your concern. We will get her back without your help." Dumbledore glared
"Oh yeah. Do you know who took her, do you know where she is, do you know how to get her back?" I argued, the three professors stayed silent, "that's what I thought."
"I know who took her. Now just got to figure out where she's being kept before we can make a plan." Madame stated.
"I can figure out where she's being kept. You figure out the plan." I replied
Madame B and I walked out of the medical wing, talking and coming up with possible locations and plans.
"What's going on?" Blaise asked once he saw the two of us
"Amara has been captured, and we are going to get her back." Madame B said before continuing walking
"What!" The boys exclaimed
"Yeah. The pain on my back is words that were carved into Amara's back. They appeared on me because we're soul sisters. Get the Slytherins ready and meet us by the lake." I said before taking off after Madame.
"What did you tell them?"
"To get the Slytherins together and meet us at the lake and that the pain in my back was because of my connection to her." I answered, "If you want to tell them what is really happening, you can. The only one who has any semblance of what we truly do is Bianca."
"Good. Let's get over to the lake. We will need to call in some of our own or bring them to the Academy."
"Let me bring you to the lake; then I can go talk to Snape. He will help. He cares deeply about every one of his snakes."