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A/N: You can definitely tell who writes what chapters by the length. I, Raven, write the short ones because I like my chapters to get to the point. But that's just me.
Ch.4: Good girls wear black (part 2)
*Malfoy Manor
Draco Malfoy ducked behind a bookcase in order to avoid a glass ornament that his father had thrown at him. Fights were usually bad, but no previous fight could compare to this one.
The fight itself was about Draco's American born girlfriend Orchid. He had been accused of making a bad choice in the girl who had been born to an Auror and a Death Eater. Draco tried to make the argument go to his favor when he told his father that Orchid had broke ties to her Auror father. It turned out of his favor when Lucius became violent.
"You don't understand Father!" He yelled. "She is not in her father's side."
"She's still related to the Potters by blood!" Lucius snapped knocking over a bookcase. Draco reached inside his robes for his wand. It was missing. He looked around in desperation thinking that maybe it had fallen out and it was close.
"Crucio!" Lucius' curse hit his son causing him to curl with a scream in unspeakable pain. He lifted the spell when Draco's nose began to bleed heavily. Draco fell limp, barely conscious and every once in a while he'd twitch.
"I will not have you associate with any relation to the Potters," He sneered kicking Draco in the stomach. "And that pitiful excuse for my ally has been rumored dead." Narcissa Malfoy, Draco's mother entered the library looking very angry.
"Lucius!" She screamed.
"What do you want?" He snapped turning his wand on her.
"You had best lower your wand or I'll throw myself down the stairs!" She growled. Narcissa Malfoy was pregnant with Lucius' third son.......Or so he thought. A healer had given Narcissa a potion that with a single drop of blood, told you the gender of the baby. When Narcissa added her blood to the potion it turned a pink color telling her the baby would be a daughter.
"You wouldn't dare!" He yelled.
"You know me well enough," She said in a calm and creepy voice.
Behind Lucius, Draco was beginning to stand.
"Mum don't put the baby in danger," He croaked.
Armand Malfoy, the oldest Malfoy child appeared in the door behind his mother. If there was a blood traitor anywhere it was him. He had left home when Draco was in his second year (Armand had been twenty) to marry a muggleborn that Lucius had not discovered and murdered. He had returned home when Lucius had been sent to Azkaban to find his mother pregnant for a third time. Naturally, Lucius and many other Death Eaters broke out after Armand's return home.
Armand stayed at the manor (with the orders from his wife who was an Auror) to protect his mother and younger brother. He had even aided his mother with the threat to kill herself and the unborn child. He was now in contact with two Aurors from America who were interested in recapturing Lucius and this time killing him. Now his plan to end the hell of the Malfoys all depended if Lucius chose to be unfaithful to his family and make a move on the Auror.
"Mum, I can handle this," He said. Narcissa left, though she did not want to.
"Ahh yes, the perfect little mummy's boy." Lucius sneered raising his wand, "Returns to his dear Mum once your father is away." Armand took his wand from his sleeve.
"I came back so that I knew my mother and little brother were safe," He growled. "I should have never left them." Lucius spat at him.
"You both disgrace the Malfoy name!" He snared hitting Draco hard around the head knocking him cold before disapparating.
Shaking his head, Armand strode over to his brother's body, uncorked a potion and forced it down his throat. Draco blinked awake.
"Nice potion," He muttered. "Where'd Lucius go?"
"Wish he was going to hell, but he's probably gone to report to Moldy-shorts." Armand smirked and removed a letter from his pocket. "Read it and burn it."
Draco nodded taking the letter. He turned it over and saw a dark green seal with an orchid on it meaning it was from his girlfriend. Standing he tucked the letter in his pocket.
"Thanks Armand," He muttered. "For everything. Are you going to come to the station tomorrow?"
"Wouldn't miss it for the world." Armand made sure Draco made it to his room safely before going to check on Narcissa.
*The next day
The three Malfoys crossed the barrier between platforms 9 and 10 at half past nine. Draco looked around the platform seeing it was nearly empty. A few other Hogwarts students had came early, but there was also a small group chatting several feet away from a lovely young woman in a black leather dominatrix shirt that had sleeves you had to buckle yourself. She looked very dark and mysterious.
Her darkness however did not attract Lucius Malfoy. A tattoo of a skull on her thigh brought him over to the scandalously short skirted and cleavage bearing woman.
"Hello Miss." He said silkily.
"Hello." She answered coldly.
A large group containing the Weasleys, Hermione Granger, and Harry Potter crossed the barrier. Wyatt Halliwell had followed in suit with a short witch in leather pants and a gothic crimson shirt with lacy sleeves. Her hair was long wavy and a bright red.
"Pity that's my niece." He sneered seeing the redhead. "I was curious about your marking there." He tapped the skull on her thigh.
An expression of fear crossed the woman's face and she began tugging at her black thigh high stocking.
"I thought these would cover it." She growled. Lucius became interested in how the already extremely short skirt had began to creep up higher. He had became so interested in how the skirt was coming up that he didn't see the wand enter her right hand.
"Well lucky I saw it and warned you." He said. She turned to face him.
"Yes how fortunate for me." She said raising her wand to his nose. "Wyatt freeze him." Wyatt raised his hands and froze Lucius. Draco leaned against the wall.
"Slimy bastard isn't he/" He sneered. "Who are you?" The woman smiled and her hair lengthened to her chin flipping out and turning dark brown and with auburn highlights. Pale freckles appeared on her face.
"Surprise!" She said. "Armand get his wand." Armand carefully reached up Lucius Malfoy's sleeve and found a long wand.
"Lovely to see you Mel," Draco said. "I didn't ever think to see you without the other." He gestured to Jannessa.
"Yeah well got on the train," She said. "Wyatt you stay."
Mrs. Weasley began to push the children on the train. Wyatt and Jannessa remained behind as the help to the other three Aurors: a tall black witch with glasses, a look alike of Jannessa with mousy colored hair, and a tall wizard with shoulder length green hair.
"Such a sick bastard he is Mel." The wizard said.
"Tell me about it J.C.," Melanda removed a silver chain from her waist, "Unfreeze him Wyatt." Wyatt waved his hands unfreezing Lucius.
"Yeah I hate being related to you too Lucius," Jannessa said. He searched for his wand.
"Looking for this?" Armand held up the serpent-handed wand.
"Ahh yes this must be an Auror party." Lucius sneered. "I'd love to stay but---." He launched himself at Melanda. The chain in her hand met his throat and he choked.
"You drove my mother insane you son of a bitch!" Melanda kicked him away from her. She directed her wand at him. "Crucio!"
Lucius curled up in writhing agony while J.C. cast a spell that made ropes bind him to where he was.
"Finite!" Jannessa said. "Buh bye." J.C. took a long time to gag Lucius.
"Off to Alcatraz then?" He asked. Melanda nodded kicking Lucius hard in the side. When Wyatt was sure he was finished he boarded the train.
*Much later aboard the Hogwarts express
Wyatt entered a large compartment aboard the train and saw that there were two girls inside. Both of them were Aurors as well as transfers. The girl with mousy brown hair and glasses turned her head to him. He slid the door closed.
"Oh, we were hoping you were Melanda," She said. "I'm Amara."
"Wyatt Halliwell," Wyatt said taking a seat. "Weren't you two just with Melanda Litrell-Harris?" The black adjusted in her seat and was nodding.
"We're friends with her," She said, "I think I met her after Jannessa. She's pretty quiet at first didn't really want to come out of her shell."
"Yeah, I met her a few weeks ago when my mother decided to interrogation her and Jannessa." Wyatt said. "I was just wondering where she was." The compartment door slid open and Jannessa entered wearing black Hogwarts robes over a pair of khakis and a shirt that said 'I may look like me, but I'm really evil twin'.
"Hey Jannessa." The three said. "Where's the partner in crime?" Amara asked.
"She ran into Ron who had a nice hot cup of vanilla cappuccino," She answered. "I ran into Draco and he's coming to join us later." She took a seat next to Wyatt.
"He's your cousin right?" Amara asked excitedly. "Isn't he the really hot one?"
"Well, Draco is in a league of his own," Jannessa grinned. "It's just too bad he's taken and incest is a crime." Melanda entered the doorway in a t-shirt with a red and white Cheshire cat, Hogwarts robes slung over her arm, and a glass container with a pale brown liquid. Behind her were three other people Wyatt recognized from earlier. One of them with bright red hair had a lip prints on his cheek.
"Incest is not a crime it's just looked down upon," Melanda joked. "Hey Elise, hey Amara." She sat on the empty cushioned bench area in front of the window.
"We haven't got a clue why we followed her." Said a girl with bushy brown hair.
"I asked you guys to come with me so we could have a conversation," Melanda said.
"Bloody hell, I didn't know that there were compartments this big," said the redhead.
"They use them for Head Boy/Girl purposes as well a private car for transfers Ron." The bushy haired girl said taking a seat next to Wyatt. "Hello I'm Hermione Granger." The two remaining outside the compartment came in. One of them had very untidy black and glasses.
"Sounds like the day we met," The one obviously named Ron said. "I'm Ron Weasley." Ron and the untidy black haired boy sat next to Amara.
"I think I'm Melanda Litrell-Harris," Melanda said deciding to cap the glass container and lay on her stomach, "but people are going to find out my name is Orchid Melanda Litrell-Harris anyway. So I don't know what my name is." Wyatt read the back of her shirt and laughed at the phrase matching the picture on the front ; 'We're all mad here, I'm mad, You're mad'.
"I'm Elise Smith."
"Harry Potter." Wyatt blinked at the introduction. He had seen a column containing the name Harry Potter.
"Amara Saures."
"Jannessa Storm."
"Aren't you that kid that survived the Voldemort massacre?" Wyatt asked Harry who turned bright red.
"Yeah haven't you read enough about me to know who I am?" He snapped. Wyatt clenched his fists and began to glare at Melanda's bottle until the bottle decided to.......
"Ouch!" Harry snapped. "Who threw that at me?" Jannessa smirked.
"You Potters are all the same," She said, "snippy little prats."
"I wouldn't get too pissy Harry," Melanda muttered. "I may throw something at you next. And by the way Mr. Halliwell if you use telekinetic power to do something like that especially with my coffee, I will bite your head off personally. Now I want my coffee back."
Elise picked up the container and handed it back to Melanda.
"Oh it's a crime to use my powers to---?" He was cut off.
"It is when it is my third cousin you're throwing things at." Melanda growled pulling out a normal looking CD player from her pocket.
"That's not going to work here you know." Hermione said. "Muggle things don't work because of the magical interference.
"How well you know things about American Aurors and their use of charms, Granger." Came the voice of Draco Malfoy. He was in company of a tall, anorexic thin blonde male.
"What do you want Malfoy?" Harry snapped.
"Melanda! What have I told you about stalking me?" The blonde said annoyingly.
"Shut the hell up Marius!" Jannessa snapped. "Since when do you need classes?"
"I need a Defense Against the Dark Arts credit and a Arithmacy course," He said. "I guess it's required for rank six."
"You're only a six?" Malfoy sneered entering the compartment. He arrived in front of Melanda and bent down to kiss her gently on the cheek. Marius left in search of a stalker free compartment with hope he would find one with several unattached girls his age.
"It'll be a cold day in hell if she's my cousin." Harry snapped. Jannessa threw a low voltage energy bolt at him.
"Don't you dare insult her!" She spat. "We have enough on our plates having to come here, work and keep a household running thousands of miles away."
Draco sat down next to Melanda who was putting her headphones over her ears.
"What in bloody hell was that?" Harry said rubbing his stomach where the volt had struck. "I felt a tiny twinge of pain but other than that it tickled."
"I could just give you a higher voltage." Jannessa said innocently.
"No, Nessa I have no problem." Melanda said. "If he's going to be a prat then let the punishment fit the crime." Melanda's music was very loud.
"What have I told you about you, me and telepathy?" Jannessa questioned.
"I remember you saying something along the lines of Melanda staying out of your head." Wyatt said.
"How can Melanda be Harry's cousin?" Hermione asked. "I mean he's told us that he's only got his aunt and uncle And I've never read about anything else pertaining to Harry's other family."
"Granger, you need to clear your bushy mess away from your ears and listen for once," Malfoy sneered. "What did Melanda say as in numbers away she was from being a direct cousin?"
"She said three." Wyatt muttered sarcastically. Malfoy turned to him a wide smirk on his face.
"Who might I ask are you?" He demanded.
"Wyatt Halliwell," Wyatt said. "You must be Draco Malfoy."
"I think so," Malfoy answered. "Mel is right, you do look like a Slytherin."
"Huh, what?" Melanda who had not been listening hit stop on her cd player. "I know I heard my name."
"How is it when you have those headphones on you still hear me?" Malfoy asked. Melanda laid back in her seat.
"I didn't hear it by ear, I heard it by mind." She said. "And how that situation works between Harry and I is something to the effect of my father is his great uncle or something to that effect. The real kicker is my father was younger that his father." A pure black owl appeared out of thin air carrying a bright red envelope. "Speak of the devil himself."
"You two are still playing Howler tag?" Malfoy asked sounding slightly angered. Melanda took the letter from the owl. It disappeared in suit.
"Who is the Howler from?" Hermione asked.
"James Litrell, Auror Elite rank nine, my father and a pain in my ass." Melanda muttered tearing open the Howler. James Litrell's voice erupted.
"Why the hell don't you come home? Your stepmother and I have been worried sick about you! I want to know exactly---"
"---Somebody quick blow it up!" Melanda said through gritted teeth. Jannessa created a fireball but Wyatt was quicker in causing the elimination. Harry was rubbing his ears.
"What was that about?" He asked.
"She walked out of her father's house," Malfoy snapped. "They had a fight a year ago involving her step-sister and the injustice of the house."
"They're probably keeping your best interests in mind." Hermione said. "You should just go back."
"As soon as they quit accusing me that I am constantly pregnant and screwing every guy," Melanda said sarcastically. "My stepsister helped screw our home life by getting pregnant, telling me and keeping the secret from them. They tried to put blame on me and I said to hell with them, packed my stuff, and walked out."
"Where does Ferret come into this?" Ron asked.
"You'll pay for that Weasley!" Malfoy glared.
"Why don't you just get out?" Harry spat. "You weren't invited and you aren't wanted."
"Au contraire my red haired headache." Malfoy sneered. "I was invited." Ron looked at Harry dumbstruck. Hermione snorted.
"Who in their correct state of mind would invite you?" She said.
"If you don't shut the hell up I am going to kick your ass." Melanda snapped.
"I beg your pardon." Hermione said sounding insulted.
"For your information Granger, "Malfoy sneered. "I was invited by my cousin to come sit here if I wished to. I took her invitation because one, she helped get rid of Lucius. Two, I passed your compartment Weasley and saw your sister fraternizing with that idiot Dean Thomas. Three, my girlfriend is in here."
"Well I guess that makes sense." Amara said. Hermione snorted.
"Malfoys and Potters aren't supposed to get along." She said.
"I'm the Litrell side of Potter." Melanda spat. "And it doesn't matter anyhow, I've been disowned. The only reason my father sent the Howler is because I'm his only child and he feels guilty." She shook her head. "Blamed me for her mistakes."
Wyatt began to think of what kind of life Melanda had led before she moved out. From the sound of her father, Piper sounded like a saint.
"You're lucky to have a father." Wyatt said. "When I was five months old my father got promoted and left us."
"Try having a mother for a Death Eater." Melanda said.
"You're saying things backwards again." Malfoy muttered. "Why is the compartment still open?" Eight heads turned to see Marius had returned. Something above Harry's head hissed loudly and began to growl. He looked up to see a cat carrier with a gray faced, blue eyed cat baring its teeth.
"Pretty cat." Hermione said.
"Mel, will you share a compartment with me?" Marius questioned with a huge grin on his pale thin face. Melanda snorted in disgust while Jannessa created small static balls and flicked them at Marius. He squirmed making Amara snicker evilly.
"What makes you think you deserve to share a compartment with my girlfriend?" Malfoy sneered.
"Quit. Flicking. Energy. Balls. At. Me!" He squirmed and backed towards the door right into a man dressed in black robes with his arms crossed. "I don't want to turn around do I?"
"Hello Uncle Cole," Malfoy said. "Marius has just asked Mel to join him in his compartment." Marius spun around and met the cool blue eyed demon with his arms across his chest. Somehow Wyatt recognized him from somewhere.
"Nessa, what have I told you about energy balls and Mr. Kinnis here?" He said. Jannessa grinned creating a larger energy ball.
"N-no, Pr-pro-Professor T-Turner." He pushed past," I'll leave." Cole moved out of the way just enough for his anorexic body to slip through.
"I see you've met Harry Potter." He said to Wyatt. "How's your Aunt?"
Wyatt shifted in his seat and shrugged.
"Aunt Paige is still a nut and Aunt Phoebe is---" Jannessa cut him off.
"Don't say how she is Wyatt," She scorned. "I hate the wench anyway!"
"Jannessa Renee Storm!" Cole growled.
"What? The Devil ain't playin ice hockey." She sneered. "Hell hasn't froze over yet and I can say what the hell I want about her. Don't forget she left you, you didn't leave her." Two missing pieces to Wyatt's puzzle clicked together. He had remembered seeing an old photograph of Aunt Phoebe staring into Professor Turner's eyes. A week after seeing that picture he found a page in the Book of Shadows full of pictures of a Cole Turner.
His thoughts were interrupted by the cell phone ring tone that was called 'Chop Suey', a song by System of a Down. Melanda pulled out her cell phone and answered it.
"Auror Litrell-Harris." She said. "Hey J.C.." Malfoy groaned. "Tell Armand to quit acting like a child and go back home and the key wasn't lost in the first place."
"Who's J.C.?" Ron asked in a low voice.
"Did you see a guy with an abnormally large nose and green hair?" Cole asked.
"Him?" Hermione questioned sounding slightly interested. Ron rolled his eyes.
"Ruddy scum of the Earth." Malfoy muttered under his breath.
"Draco if we want to talk about scum of the Earth, we'll talk about Marius and his illegal use of hands," Cole said. Draco's eyes widened and Jannessa clapped her hand to her forehead. Marius returned, leaning in the door.
"His hands didn't find my girlfriend this time did they?" Malfoy asked icily.
"Touched? Hell he grabbed the most inappropriate of places." Jannessa muttered. In an instant Malfoy's wand was out, Marius was halfway down the corridor and the chase was on. Melanda got off the phone half grinning.
"Is anyone allergic to cats?" She asked. Heads shook. "Good." She climbed onto a seat and opened the cat carrier. Upon opening a black cat with an orange nose fell out into Hermione's lap.
"Oh he's so cute!" She said. "What's his name?"
"Lord Voldemort," Melanda said taking him into her arms. "You're not the one mummy wanted to see." Ron choked on a Berite Botts Every Flavor Bean.
"You named your cat after You-Know-Who?" He asked. Melanda returned the kitten to the pet carrier. "Are you a bit mental?"
"Yep," She answered.
Malfoy returned about an hour later to find four kittens rolling around on the floor.
"He came, I saw, and kicked some ass." He declared stealing a kiss from Melanda and seizing a pitch black kitten named Captain Jack Sparrow.
The Hogwarts Express arrived after dark when the kittens had returned to their carrier. Melanda, Jannessa, Amara, Marius (who was sporting neon pink hair now), Wyatt and Elise bid good-bye and headed for Hagrid.
"Firs' years over here," He called. "Transfers over here."
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