"But daddy! I don't want the Mark!" the youngest of his two children who were fraternal twins whines pouting stamping her foot and crossing her arms across her chest.

She showed her Malfoy stubbornness any chance she got and this was one of those times where it came out and she was trying to make his heart melt and get her way but this was one of those times where it wasn't going to work.

"You will get it Christina Aaliyah Malfoy. This has been planned since your birth."

"I don't care! That psycho nearly killed Cedric his sixth year! I don't want anything to do with him or his crazy psychiatric ways! Let Draco do whatever he wants but I want nothing to do with it!" she hisses at her father.

"You insufferable, ungrateful, little harlot!" Lucius growls going and grabbing her by her hair and dragging her upstairs to his study where both she and Draco were forbidden to go unless they were in trouble.

Christi breaks free of his grip and makes a run for the stairs. She's forced to skid to a stop when Draco blocks her path.

"Move Draco. Please. Please Draco. Move. Please!" she begs.

"Nope." He smirks crossing his arms across his chest.

"Draco please! Please!" she begs him in tears.

"Nope."

Lucius comes over and draws his wand and casts, "Crucio!"

Christi drops to the ground screaming in pain in tears.

She starts thinking about being at Cedric's flat that was located in a muggle and wizarding neighborhood. She apperate's there then curls in on herself in tears.

Looking up from the file he brought home at hearing the crack of apperation Cedric gets up and he heads downstairs and sees Christi there.

"Christi?"

"Ced." She whimpers.

He goes over and gently lifts her up.

"I hurt so much."

"He beat you again?"

"No. Cruciatused me." She whimpers.

"That's it. I'm sick of this. I'm going down to the ministry."

"NO! Cedric it was my fault this time. I back talked to him and I was way out of line. Please." She begs.

They had just gotten Lucius back after he escaped from Azkaban and she didn't want him going back.

"Christi…" he starts but gets cut off.

"Cedric please. It was my fault." She said as someone from the Ministry floo's in.

"We were advised that Christina Aaliyah Malfoy, illegally used magic outside of school through The Trace."

"I didn't realize I did that. I was having a fight with my f…brother and it got slightly out of hand and I accidentally Apparated out of there." She said.

She wasn't lying per say but she just didn't want to see her father go back to Azkaban as it nearly killed her mother.

"We'll go and talk to your brother about that." The Ministry official said.

"Go ahead. He'll tell you the same exact thing."

They nod and head out and leave.

"Why'd you lie to protect that man?"

"I did it for my mother. It nearly killed her when he got sent away she was depressed all the time. I didn't want to see her upset again."

Cedric nods sighing. He didn't like it but he accepted it.

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"Draco your sister said that you two were fighting when she Apparated to Auror Diggory's home."

"Yea we were fighting and it got out of hand and I shoved her off as she was getting in my face and she fell over then Apparated out of nowhere." Draco lies smoothly.

"Alright. We'll look past this." The Ministry official said.

"Thank you Mister Jameson. I'm sure Christi didn't mean it. All her brother do now in days is fight." Narcissa said putting emphases on brother and glaring at Lucius over the Ministry officials shoulder.

"Quite understandable." He says as they head out.

"Lucius you need to leave Christi alone about this. If she doesn't want it don't make her get it."

"She's getting it whether its willingly, forcibly or under the Imperious curse. She is getting her Mark then fulfilling any mission the Dark Lord gives them." Lucius says then heads toward his study.

"Draco, what happened to my sweet little boy who loved his sister unconditionally and would protect her from your father's wrath? What happened to that boy?" Narcissa asks Draco.

"What mom? I thought you all wanted this... After all, dad's a Death Eater, Aunt Bellatrix is a Death Eater, why not me, and why the hell not Christi either..."

"I never wanted this. I was forced into all of this. It was an arranged marriage your father's and my marriage. I had no idea what your father did until recently. I wanted better for you two, better than being raised amongst all of this. Draco you need to go back to protecting your sister. I'm worried for her. There's been highly secretive talk between your father and the Dark Lord. The last time that happened was sixteen years ago right when I told your father I was expecting you and your sister. Draco, just please promise me to watch your sister and protect her from your father and at school. Please."

Draco stands there looking at his mother unsure of what to do.

"I know that Draco who is my sweet little boy who loves his sister unconditionally and would protect her from your father's wrath is still in there somewhere. He just has to come out again. I know that you don't want any of this either I know that you're just doing this to please your father."

"I don't know what to do, mom. I'm being torn in two different directions. It's not fair."

"Draco what do you want to do? Where do you want to go in your life?"

"I wanna work in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and get married and have kids one day."

"And that is the my Draco and the one who would do anything to protect his sister."

He smiles and hugs his mother.

"I'm going to go and talk to Christi." Draco tells his mother.

"Okay, but don't push her to talk to you these last two years you've been nothing but crude and rude to her. She's going to have learn to trust you again."

Draco nods and sighs.

He goes and Floo's over to Cedric's.

Arriving there he's immediately engulfed with thick black smoke and intense heat and he starts coughing.

He grabs his wand and uses the Aguamenti charm to clear whatever was in front of him.

Once the smoke clears he sees a raging burning fire. His eyes widen and he uses the charm to make it out of the house and he gets outside taking in gulping breaths of air as the local fire department, both magical and muggle comes in.

"Son, what's going on here?" the fire chief asks.

"I came to talk to my sister as all I've been a prat to my sister for the last two years and my mom made me realize that so I've come to talk to her but when I Flooed in the place was on fire." Draco said as they got him a blanket and wrapped it around him.

He nods and they start searching for Christi and Cedric.

A moment later they all come out.

"Get the Auror's, Police force, and ME." One of them said to the fire chief a few feet away.

"Who?"

"Auror Diggory."

"Was there a girl in there as well?"

"No, but it did look like a struggle happened and a fight went on. His mark was also burned onto the wall so she was probably abducted."