Hiding In Plain Sight

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Chapter 11- Quidditch With A Chance Of Death Eaters

Arabella sat in the Slytherin common room, the clock on the mantel above the fire told her it as 3am; she was dreading later on that day; her meeting with her 'favourite' uncle. She heard footsteps behind her, since the ministry took her wand to make sure she hadn't cast any dark magic spells, she was defenceless.

She was kind of relieved that the person who had spotted her and was walking towards her was Draco Malfoy. He sat beside her on the carpet "what you doing up so early?" Arabella turned to look at him "Up? I haven't gone to bed" Draco had a concerned look spread upon his face "are you okay? Do you want me to go get Snape?" Arabella shook her head "I'm fine, I just can't sleep. I'm worried about later on"

Draco placed his arm around her shoulders and pulled her into him "You'll be fine, he's waited 8 years to see you. He's not going to hurt you if that is what you are worried about" Arabella nodded "You can't promise me that he won't hurt me" Draco nodded "that is very true, but he won't hurt you. You will remind him of your mother and he would never hurt her right" Arabella nodded "okay so why are you awake at this hour?" Draco shrugged "Had a girl in my bed" Arabella started to hit him "you slimy ferret", Draco laughed and grabbed her wrists "Arabella I'm joking"

Arabella was almost in his lap due to their 'fight'; Draco noticed this and before Arabella could do anything about it, he pulled her into his lap and flat against his chest, "Now this is a position I like" he placed her arms around his neck and he placed his own on her back holding her against him.

Arabella let him be, they both knew she didn't have her wand on her "so why are you really up this early?" Draco shrugged "Big match thought I would work out a bit before breakfast" Arabella nodded "ahh yes the big match, I have my Gryffindor things ready" Draco looked at her "Please tell me you are joking, and I can't have the future Mrs. Malfoy wearing red and gold"

Arabella smirked at him "well when you find her, you can let her know okay" she managed to get off his lap and away from him "I'm going to try and get some rest, goodnight Draco" Draco watched her from the carpet "what no goodnight kiss" Arabella rolled her eyes at him and walked towards her dorm.

Arabella woke up a few hours later; she looked at the time and saw she had missed breakfast but she didn't really want to think about food right now, she walked out into the common room, she saw all the girls hanging off the house Quidditch team. Arabella saw a third year all over Draco, she tried not laugh.

Arabella quickly left the dungeon before he saw her, she ran into Blaise, "hey how come you aren't in there with Draco?" Arabella laughed "He's busy with a third year" Blaise looked at her "do you want me to go beat him?" Arabella shook her head "No, just tell him you haven't seen me" Blaise nodded "Oh by the way your fa I mean Professor Snape was looking for you at breakfast, he's in his classroom with Lucius Malfoy now"

Arabella sighed and tied her hair up "I forgot that parents can come to this game, remember you haven't seen me" Blaise winked at her "Arabella who?" Arabella ran off towards the Gryffindor tower which meant she would have to 'walk' pass the potions classroom.

Arabella was a few feet away from the classroom door that was shut when she heard his voice "Ahh there you are Arabella, please join us won't you" Arabella turned to see the door was now open and her father was standing in the doorway, she just nodded "I heard you were looking for me during breakfast, is everything alright?"

Severus shut the door once again "I was just making sure you hadn't wandered off, why weren't you present at breakfast?" Arabella sat on top of a desk "I was having trouble sleeping, I must have over slept. I am going to take a wild guess and suggest that you are concerned that I wouldn't keep to my end of the deal" Severus looked at his daughter "Indeed, everything has been arranged for later on this evening" Arabella nodded "and I shall be there, I just hope he doesn't except a warm welcome"

Lucius stepped towards her "I'm surprised to see my son isn't with you" Arabella tried not to laugh again "Erm Draco? Yeah he's busy with a third year" Lucius was horrified; Malfoy men were always loyal to their wives. Arabella jumped off the desk "don't worry Lucius, I won't tell my uncle later on" Arabella waved goodbye and carried on towards the tower.

The parents got seated in the stands, Narcissa was already there talking to Blaise's mother, she felt a hand on her back; she knew that Lucius was back from talking to Severus, she turned to look at her husband "Lucius what's wrong?" Lucius sat down beside his wife "It seems that Draco was busy with a third year" Narcissa gasped "h he wouldn't do that, not to Arabella"

Arabella walked towards the stands with Fred, George, Neville and Luna. She sat down with them a few rows in front of the Malfoy's. Professor Lupin walked towards the students, he was waving something in front of him, Arabella stood up and reached for it "Give it, please" Remus smiled "oh you want this, do you?" Arabella nodded "yes, I need it" he handed her wand back to her "I am pleased to say that no dark magic was found" Arabella looked at him "Of course not, is he here?" Remus nodded "he's talking to Harry, he promised to be on his best behaviour"

Both teams came out and everyone was either cheering or booing. The sky became black; something bad was about to happen. Madam Hooch made sure that all the players were on the ground and in front of her. Then a symbol appeared in the clouds, everyone started running and screaming, they all knew who that symbol belonged to. Arabella looked down at the pitch "Harry" the others followed her towards the players; the teachers were trying to everyone back inside the castle safely. George got Ginny, Neville and Luna inside the castle. Ron and Fred helped Harry inside as he was holding his head. Arabella was about to go with them when for some reason she turned around.

A few people appeared on the pitch, she knew who they were, death eaters. HIS followers. They weren't hexing anyone, they were just walking towards the castle, and Arabella looked up at the stands and noticed that the Malfoy's were missing, either they were with the other death eaters or they were inside already.

She felt cold, slender fingers wrap around her wrist and pull her inside the castle. She didn't need to look up to see who those fingers belonged to, she already knew. Once they were behind the heavy doors, they were locked. The person then stood behind her and wrapped their arms around her.

The person bent their head down and kissed her temple "are you alright?" Arabella nodded "yeah I I'm fine Draco" they both walked into the grand hall and stood by his parents; everyone was waiting to be told what was going on and what was going to happen now. Arabella noticed that Harry was sitting down at the Gryffindor table with Sirius standing behind him; Harry looked up and smiled at her. He was glad that his best friend was okay and safe.

The teachers were going around making sure that all everyone was a counted for, Severus did look kind of relaxed when he noticed that Arabella's name had a tick by it and also when he spotted her standing with the Malfoy's. Draco had his arms around her shoulders "you're shaking Arabella" his voice actually made him sound concerned, Arabella didn't take her eyes of Harry's "I'm fine, just shock that's all" she shook out of her trance, she saw that Draco's sleeves were rolled up a little and his mark was peeking out, she placed her hands over his arms to hide the mark.

Everyone was hoping for the same thing, that HE didn't show up at the castle…

Will HE Make An Appearance?

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