(This chapter is written for Emily)

*Four days after the vacuum incident*

"Em, pass us that cloth thing will you" Amy sighed.

Emily chucked the tattered rag across to the desk where Amy was dusting.

"Urgh, I'm so bored" Rachel moaned. Her feet were dangling over the end of a student desk. She was doodling on a scrap piece paper when suddenly a hand appeared in front of her face and grabbed her quill from her hands.

"Stop that and help us. It's your fault we're in this mess anyway" Emily huffed angrily pushing Rachel's feet from off the table.

"Fine" Rachel sighed rolling her eyes.

She grabbed a spare rag from a cupboard at the back of the classroom and began to help Sophie scrub the damp windows.

"It smells like dead cats in here" Sophie commented wrinkling her nose up at the smell.

"I wouldn't be surprised if there was" Amy said coughing slightly "Why are we cleaning the dungeons anyway?"

"Oh Rach, did Myrtle escape from the toilet in the end?" Sophie interrupted.

"Yeah, unfortunately" Rachel groaned "Dumbledore made me go and clean all the toilets out, and while I was doing it what did I get? Moaning"

"Unlucky" Amy laughed.

"Shut up" Rachel said throwing her doodle from earlier across at Amy. Her aim was better than expected and it hit her right in the face.

"Thanks for that" Amy sighed then smiled.

She was about to pick up the paper to throw it back at Rachel when something caught her eye.

"Rach?..." Amy said frowning, unfolding the paper. "Did you write this?"

"Write what?" Rachel asked walking over to Amy.

Amy handed the note to Rachel. It read,

"Dragon

Meet after dark, tonight, around 9pm. meet by the statue of the old witch on the 1st floor and don't get caught this time."

"Amy" Rachel said looking at her with a sparkle in her eye "Why the hell would I write that"

"I don't know, you can be quite weird sometimes" she smirked

"Hey Em" Rachel called to her twin who was now helping Sophie down from a ladder as she was too short to reach the top window.

"What?" Emily replied.

"Take a look at this" Rachel said throwing the note across the room.

After Emily has read the note she frowned and then threw it back to Rachel.

"What about it?" Emily asked.

"Don't you think that's a bit weird?" Amy asked.

"Well, yes and no" Emily replied. "I mean that could be perfectly normal"

"I want to know who this 'Dragon' is" Rachel said inspecting the note again

"Me too" Amy nodded in agreement.

"That not could be days old" Emily said.

"But it might not be" Rachel smiled.

"Well feel free to waste your evening on something that stupid" Emily said raising her eyebrow and then yawning "But if you are going to check this out, it's already 8:30 so I would get moving"

"Fine" Rachel snapped, annoyed her twin didn't share her enthusiasm of finding out whom this 'Dragon' was "Anyone else coming with me?"

"I will" Amy chirped.

"I'll give it a miss if you don't mind guys" Sophie said giving a slight yawn. Her eyes were bloodshot from cleaning and endless long nights.

"Count me out as well" Emily added. "I'm too tired to go chasing around the castle"

"Your loss" Rachel said pressing her lips together and shaking her head.

"My loss indeed" Emily said putting the bucket back into the cupboard and heading out the door, Sophie following behind.

"Night guys let me know if you find anything out" Sophie called back to Amy and Rachel.

"Will do" Amy called back.

"Right now to find out who this is" Rachel said shaking the note in Amy's face and then walking out the door.

The first corridor was darker than usual as there weren't as many torches lit. Rachel and Amy had got to the statue about 8:55 which was dangerously close to the time that this Dragon person was meeting this other person. But luck was on their side as they crept behind a statue a reasonable way away from the witch statue but close enough hopefully to hear.

It was approaching 9:15 and Amy was growing impatient.

"Rach I'm so tired, and I don't think these people are coming" Amy grumbled tiredly as she slammed her head on the back of the statue.

"Amy! Do you hear that! Listen" Rachel whispered hurriedly giving her a nudge to be quiet.

"Why have you called me here again? This is the fourth time this week" an unfamiliar voice said aggravation growing in his voice.

"Because" The other voice hissed "it's an important task Draco" another voice replied.

Rachel's eyes widened as the second voice spoke. Amy noticed Rachel's expression and frowned at her confused.

"I recognize that voice" Rachel whispered to Amy.

"Really? Where from?" Amy whispered back.

"I'm not quite sure, let's carrying on listening; it might come back to me"

The conversation between the two wizards had moved on slightly and Rachel and Amy were struggling to make sense of the conversation.

"What progress have you made?" the second voice asked again. It was a males voice and it was unpleasant voice, it was silky and slimly and gave the impression the wizard to whom it belonged to was also unpleasant.

"I've got some information" a slight shuffling could be heard when the second voice interrupted "Not here. Is there anywhere more private we could go to?"

"This way" the first voice answered. His voice was soft and sounded younger but more determined.

The voices were almost out of hearing distance.

"Let's follow them" Rachel said creeping out from behind the statue. Amy followed, but slowly.

The two wizards had disappeared from view but Rachel and Amy managed to keep a steady pace behind them.

They entered a classroom which was nearly almost locked.

"What now?" Amy asked looking up at Rachel her expression a mixture of happiness and worry.

"Listen at the door is our only choice but if you hear anything, from the room or the corridor we have to go straight away.

"Ok" Amy replied.

With their ears pressed eagerly to the door they listened.

"Does anybody know?" the silky voice asked.

"No" the softer voice replied straight away.

"Good. Now I won't keep you long, I know how people love to snoop around. But I need to be updated. Now, about Snape, is he in or out?"

"He's in" the younger voice replied.

"Good that's what we like to hear" the silky voice replied. "What have you-"

That's all the Amy and Rachel could hear before they were disrupted by a hand on each of their shoulders.

Amy squealed uncontrollably as a huge hand magically appeared.

Rachel however merely jumped then turned to see who the hand belonged to.

The man looked extremely rough and person not to be messed with. He had small piggy grey eyes and balding grey hair and a rather large waist.

"What do you two think you're doing round here at this time" he huffed. His breath sprayed Amy and Rachel and the stench was vile.

"We could ask you the same thing" Rachel snapped.

"Oi, don't talks to me like that. You little brat" the man replied with a slight lisp.

"Let go of me" Rachel said crossly trying to shake the man's hand away.

The man ignored Rachel's plea and opened the door in front of him.

Amy and Rachel inhaled heavily as the door was flung open.

"These two ours?" the man asked.

"No, haven't seen-"the silky voice began then stopped as his eyes flashed across from Amy to Rachel.

"Wait" he said raising a hand to the man that was gripping the two girls.

"Rachel Snape" the man laughed. His floppy brown hair covered his eyes, as he stood up the girls realised he was tall and lanky and had a very annoying look about him.

However when the girls turned their glance to the other man, they realised it wasn't a man at all, but a boy. A boy they realised to be Draco Malfoy.

He avoided eye contact and looked almost embarrassed as his glance turned to the floor.

"You don't know me" The lanky man grinned as he scratched the stubble around his jaw "but I know your father, I'm sure he's mentioned me?"

Rachel's facial expression was enough evidence that she had no clue who the hell he was.

"I guess not" the man's face turned cold and his piercing eyes glared at Rachel.

Suddenly the door was slammed open.

"Let. Go. Of my sister and Amy, NOW!" Emily stood at the door armed raised wand in hand.

Sophie also appeared at the door.

"I said Let them go" Emily repeated taking a step forward.

"Well if it isn't the other half" the floppy haired man laughed. "You really don't have a clue who I am do you?"

Emily and Rachel exchanged confused looks.

"I'm your uncle" he smirked. "Now remove their wands"

The fatter man snatched Sophie's wand and then walked over to Emily who was wrestling with the man over the wand. But the man won and her wand was also removed.

"What will we do with them now?" the man with the lisp asked.

"Take them with us, it's the only choice we have"

The girls looked like they were going to throw up as the two men and Draco escorted down the corridor and out of the comfort of Hogwarts and into the harsh cold winds of the world outside