Malfoy Manor number 2

Liz snorted. "Yes, and your kind keep so in touch with virtue."
 
"I told you to hold.. your... tongue!" Lucius snarled. Pointing his wand at flicking it, he sent the Cruciatus Curse hurtling towards his granddaughter.
 
Liz wasn't expecting this one, as she was with Vladmir's. This curse also seemed stronger.

She gripped the chair with both hands, holding herself on by sheer willpower. She shook, and bit her lip until it bled to hold back any screams.

Eyes watering, she opened her mouth. "Hate" she said, before shrieking as she felt a sensation similar to a hot knife cutting through her arm. She closed her mouth again, biting it shut, and she continued to shake violently.

This hasn't ever hurt so much.... she thought to herself.
 
A growl erupted in the back of Estrella's throat; she was so sick and tired of seeing her friend tortured at every wim. She clenched her fists together, her face stricken with fury. All of a sudden, every pudding bowl in the room exploded all over the startled death eaters, and shortly after the lights were shattered and blown out.

Making a break for it, Estrella leapt from her chair, hoping that Liz was quick enough to do the same. She exited the room through the first door she found, cursing the length of the dress as she attempted to escape quickly. She came upon the library, and lo and behold, there was her wand, sitting on a nightstand by the armchair next to Liz's. She extended her hand to grab both of them, but was hit in the back by someone bellowing the Leg-Locker curse. Her legs were bound together, and she fell to the ground, unable to move with the bulk of the red dress.
 
Having followed Estrella out of the room, Vladmir pointed his wand at her. "I've had enough of your little pampered whining... CRUCIO!" He held the curse for a long time, Estrella screaming on the floor but unable to move.
 
Liz continued shaking until she fell off her chair. She'd seen Estrella run out, accompanied shortly after by Vladmir.

Still under the curse, all the could do was writhe around, watching after Estrella. Liz had still held in her screams, but this time there were tears.
 
Estrella screamed in pain, every inch of her body flaring in torture. She wondered if she was going to die, for she was held under the curse for no short stretch of time. Tears streamed from her eyes as she bellowed in agony.
 
Liz heard Estrella's screaming, and something flared in her eyes. She suddenly screamed herself, at an inhuman volume, and then the pain was gone. She stood up, and turned to Lucius. His wand was still on her and he looked shocked. He hadn't removed the curse.

Liz promptly picked up her plate, and threw it at him. She turned, and ran down the hall towards Estrella's screaming. At seeing Vladmir standing over her, his back turned to Liz, she ran at him.

Liz launched herself at him, pushing him over. She noted that Estella had both their wands, and she tried to grab hers.

"Protego Totalum!" she yelled, creating a barrier between them and the death eaters, including Vladmir.
 
Tristan bounded from his seat and started when he heard the screams of his daughter. Shortly after the Malfoy girl, he ran into the room, where he saw Vladmir, still holding Estrella, who was helpless, in the curse. With a roar of anger he barreled into Vladmir, knocking off his concentration and driving him to the ground. Tristan pinned him down, and held the tip of his wand to the man's back, screaming, "Crucio!" As the man writhed on the ground, he bellowed, "HOW IS IT NOW, VLADMIR?! HOW IS IT TO BE DEFENSELESS?"
 
Liz watched from the other side of the barrier with Estrella. She almost wanted to cheer Tristan on.

"Estrella, are you going to be okay?" she asked, biting her lip. Liz's own pain was beginning to flush in now, and she fell to the ground with Estrella.
 
Estrella's head was spinning. Her vision was muddled, and Liz's shouts were like a whisper in her mind. She was unable to respond, seemingly having lost the ability to speak. She felt herself lifted in the air, and then everything went black, losing all consciousness.
 
Liz felt like passing out herself. "Oi, you! Estrella's dad." she called, trying to tear his attention away from Vladmir. "I won't deny he deserves that, but right now Estrella needs help, and I don't have anything that can help this."

Her voice was scratchy, and she looked wearily down at Estrella. "You might be evil, but at least you seem to care about her physical wellbeing."
 
Tristan barely heard the Malfoy girl's pleas, but he eventually unpinned the Cruciatus Curse from the swearing Vladmir. He moved over, and without a word, picked up his daughter with ease in both arms, carrying her out of the room and leaving everyone else behind, amongst the screams and shrieks of the others.
 
Vladmir snarled in fury that he had been attacked by one of his fellow death eaters, he bellowed, "I'll Return the favor, then!" and sent a curse flying towards Tristan's back. However, it missed, hitting the door and shattering the wood. He did not get away with this, however, as Lief appeared, punching him in the face and knocking him to the floor once again.
 
"Stop your tyranny right this instant, Vladmir," Lief bellowed as he punched Vladmir squarely in the nose, "Or I'll personally Crucio you myself!"
 
Liz watched Tristan carry Estrella away. She's in good hands. Liz thought smiling.

Then she looked around her. But dear Merlin, I'm not! she looked down at her wand, which was in her hand, and Estrella's which was next to her. Then she looked around the room to see it filled with death eaters, each one armed.

"I give up." she said weakly. "For the moment."

Liz sat on the ground, waiting. She couldn't do anything against them, and her body couldn't take any more pain.
 
"Accio wands!" Lucius bellowed. The two wands floated over to his hand, where he pocketed them. How stupid of me, he thought, putting them in such a place that was visible and obvious.

Clearing his throat, Lucius instructed, "Elizabeth, you will be taken back to your room." He motioned for Garett to escort her back. She seemed too weak, in any case, to put up another fight. He was masking it, but he was very unsettled by the evening's events. First, Tristan's daughter destroying every glass thing in his dining room with sheer emotion, and then Elizabeth pulling out of the Cruciatus Curse on her own, without any aid.

As the death eaters cleared out, some to go home and some the rooms to be provided for them, he sat down in his armchair, left to his own silence and troubling thoughts.
 
Garett motioned to Liz to follow him, and they walked back down to the seemingly elaborate prisons. "I guess we can go see if she's okay," he offered, and walked with Liz into Estrella's room.

((That's not too bad of a godmod is it? lol))
 
Liz walked very slowly behind Garett, silent. She would have smiled if she had the energy, but instead her face molded into a half-smile, half-grimace. "Yeah..." she said dazedly, following him through the door.

((lol :p go ahead. I'm pose-able.))
 
Tristan carried his daughter to her room, where he placed her down on her bed, her limp arm sagging onto the floor. She was still breathing, and he was thankful for that. She would be alright.

He stared sadly at the daughter he had never been able to watch grow up, who now hated him with a passion. For a fleeting moment he wondered if things could have been different, but his decisions were already made. She was pulling back into consciousness slowly, although it was a state of slumber instead of waking. He placed his hand on her brow to pull her hair away. She looked so much like her mother, resembled her with hints of her father too.

He started when the door was opened, seeing the Malfoy girl and Garett. There was silence for a moment, and then he sighed, "She's going to be alright."
 
Liz's jaw fell open. She'd never seen Estrella so... helpless. She closed her mouth, and hobbled towards Estrella's bed and sat on the edge.

She turned her head up to Tristan. "I know you're her father... but I'd like to be here when she wakes up as well."
 
"Trust me," Tristan replied, "I'm the last person she would want to see." He hung around by the door however, with Garett, who was losing interest in the situation and seemingly attempting to find pictures in the carpet.
 
A look of sympathy flashed on Liz's face, lingering for a moment. "Well, you're in a good situation to redeem yourself for whatever you did." her eyes drifted over Garett for a moment, before returning to Estrella.

Liz stroked her hair, "Ella? Come on, be okay. I'll feed you one of my candies if you're not okay. And send pictures to the prophet." she grinned weakly, hoping Estrella would wake up in a good mood if nothing else. Then again, it's hard to wake up in a good mood when you're in this much pain. she bit her lip, before releasing it, realizing that she'd already bitten through it earlier.
 
Estrella's eyelids flickered a bit, and she murmured, "Liz? Candies... And coming from you.." she turned, still unable to make out the blurred shapes before her, "I'm sure they would be a joke. I hope you don't give me one of those fudges that turns you into a guy..." She was rambling in confusion, wondering where she was and what had happened.
 
Liz laughed. "Nah, Fred and George Weasley invented those. Mine will just put you in a bikini or give you neon hair." she smiled. "Estrella... good to see you're doing better." Liz kept a hand on Estrella's shoulder, ready to push her onto the bed in case she jumped. Sudden movements probably weren't a good idea for her body right now.
 
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