See chapter 1 for notes, disclaimer, and everything…

IMPORTANT NOTE: I'm still writing this story; I need to format scenes to post them here. Stay tuned.
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Greyback's head must have been made of stone, because he was just very groggy, not knocked out. Abby took his wand and broke it; next she rushed to Draco and picked him up.

The boy remembered Abby, and in spite of what his father had told him, the boy welcomed his rescuer.

'I'm Abby, Sweetie. I'm going to take you to your mum and dad,' Abby said.

'Thanks,' Draco mumbled.

Abby hugged him as fiercely as if he were Harry. 'Did he hurt you?' she asked worriedly.

'No, he hurt Mama. He scar' me,' Draco said with a small voice.

'It's okay, Sweetie,' she said.

Greyback groaned, rubbed his head and looked for his wand. When he saw what Abby had done, he staggered to his feet and growled, 'Bitch!'

'Language!' Abby growled right back as she swirled around.

'You broke my wand!' he shouted.

'You brought it upon yourself, silly wizard. You can't threaten people and hope that no one will ever challenge you. I'm not afraid of you,' Abby said.

'You should be. I'm going to eat your heart, little girl,' Greyback snarled.

'Arrogant idiot!' Abby snapped.

Greyback started walking towards Abby and Draco. He was staggering a bit, but not as much as Abby hoped he would after being hit with a poker on the head.

Draco whimpered.

'Don't be afraid. I'll protect you,' Abby told the boy.

'Not without magic, little girl,' Greyback said with a nasty smirk.

'And you're a sexist, too!' Abby growled, completely unfazed.

She wanted to deliver the next blow when Greyback had tired himself walking towards her, therefore she waited.

She prepared to strike with the poker and she said, 'If I had duct-tape, I'd have you bound and gagged.'

A flash of light came from the poker, and Greyback found himself bound and gagged and writhing on the ground.

Abby swirled around, convinced that a wizard or a witch had come to her rescue, but there was no one.

Greenli made herself visible and said softly, 'Mistress Sciuto should give me that poker.'

Abby turned to the house-elf and said, 'Aw! You shouldn't have put yourself in danger to help me.'

Greenli shook her head madly and said, 'Greenli merely followed you, Mistress Sciuto. Master Malfoy showed signs of magic, and you channelled the spell. Mistress Sciuto should give me the poker before it becomes too hot for her to hold.'

Abby was beginning to feel something odd in her fingers, and she relinquished the poker to Greenli.

'Thank you, Dear,' she told the elf, whose ears flapped with delight.

Abby hugged Draco and said, 'Look at you, you're a big boy. You're a wizard like your daddy.'

Draco beamed at his rescuer.

Greenli broke the magic when she squeaked.

Abby looked at Greyback, but he was still securely bound. She looked towards the trees and saw a giant spider coming towards them.

'Food,' the spider said.

Abby remained composed and calm, which astounded Greenli and Draco.

'You talk!' Abby exclaimed.

'Yes,' the spider answered.

'Is it common to have spiders able to talk in the Wizarding world?' Abby asked.

The spider's eyes seemed to blink with surprise. Most creatures who'd met him had been scared to death – except Hagrid, the keeper of the keys and grounds, who was fond of unusual creatures – but this tiny female wasn't afraid at all.

'No... Not usual,' the spider said.

'You must be lonely in this forest. What's your name? Do you have a name?' Abby asked.

'Aragog. I was named Aragog. I'm lonely and hungry,' he answered.

'He's going to eat us,' Greenli squeaked.

For a moment, Draco feared that he'd fallen from the frying pan into the fire.

'No, he wouldn't do that,' Abby said confidently.

'Why not?' Aragog asked.

'Well, Draco is very small. He's too small,' Abby said.

'Yes… Yes, he is,' Aragog said. 'I could eat you.'

'I'm a Muggle. I don't have magic. I bet I would taste awful,' Abby said.

'Yes… You must be right. No magic, bad taste,' Aragog conceded. 'I could munch the house-elf though.'

Instinctively, Greenli grabbed Abby's leg.

'You can't. Without her I'd be lost here. You don't want us to be lost here, do you? Besides, if you don't let us go, we can't bring you a treat from the castle,' Abby said.

'A treat?' Aragog said.

It was an odd experience to see a giant spider drool.

'Yes. What would you like?' Abby asked.

'Something fresh. Something I can't hunt here,' Aragog said.

'Okay, we can do that. Will we find you here?' Abby asked.

'I'm looking for a place for my nest. I move. Tonight, I'll meet you by the Whomping Willow at sunset,' the spider declared.

'Where's the Whomping Willow?' Abby asked.

'Professor Snape knows,' Greenli whispered.

'Perfect. We'll see you tonight. Do you mind if we come with friends? I'm sure they'll be happy to meet you,' Abby said.

Aragog remained silent. That was not because he was hesitating, but because he'd noticed that Draco's first spell was wearing off. He put two legs on Greyback.

'If you think they won't be afraid,' Aragog said finally.

'All right, Aragog. Maybe we should take Greyback with us. The man must be tried,' Abby said.

'He escaped trial before,' Greenli said.

'Leave me my food,' Aragog said.

Before Abby could say anything, Aragog had bitten the werewolf, and his poison started dissolving Greyback's insides.

'He's a werewolf. He make you sick,' Draco said.

'Are you afraid for me, wizard?' Aragog asked, deeply surprised.

Draco nodded.

Aragog brought his head close to Draco and Abby. The boy caressed the spider's head.

'So sweet! But werewolves are spicy,' Aragog said. 'I must escort you to safety.'

He flattened himself on the ground, invited Abby, Draco and Greenli on his back and galloped to the edge of the Forbidden Forest even faster than a Centaur would have.

'Whoa!' Draco exclaimed when they all dismounted.

Aragog seemed to smile. Then he said, 'First meal must be ready now. See you at sunset.'

'Can you eat anything?' Abby asked.

Aragog nodded.

'We'll have a feast for you. Thanks for the ride!' Abby said.

In the wink of an eye, Aragog was gone, off to devour Greyback.

'Now, that was quite an adventure,' Abby said. She really wanted Draco to forget that the wizard who had abducted him was dead, or almost dead.

Abby knew that Draco would need a long talk with his parents – and possibly a Wizarding psychologist, or something – when he said, 'I hope he doesn't get a stomach ache.'

Greyback was probably a psychopath, but Draco was reacting strangely.

'Greenli, we need to tell the others that we've found Draco,' Abby said.

The house-elf snapped her fingers and said, 'Done, Mistress Sciuto.'

Just a few minutes later, Arthur Weasley, Dumbledore, Snape and Malfoy joined Abby, Draco and Greenli.

Abby told them what happened, and she had to repeat everything for Narcissa, who was being patched up by Pomfrey.

'My baby showed signs of magic!' Narcissa exclaimed as she tried to rise from her pillow.

Pomfrey put a hand on Narcissa's brow and pushed her back unceremoniously. 'I'm not casting those spells on you again today!' she growled. 'There shall be no lasting damage if you don't move for the next hour.'

'You must listen to Madam Pomfrey,' Malfoy told his wife.

'It's Poppy, Lucius. I patched you up often enough when you were reading here. And now be a good boy and hop onto the bed next to your wife's,' Pomfrey said.

Malfoy blinked several times, but one nasty glare from the Mediwitch made him obey.

Abby deposited Draco next to his mother.

'Mama?' Draco said with a small voice.

'I'll be fine in a minute, Draco. Don't worry,' Narcissa said.

'Really?' Draco asked.

Narcissa took a deep breath, but before she could answer, Pomfrey intervened, 'Your mama really is going to be back to normal long before lunch.'

'Ouch, dinner. I'll have to place a massive order for Aragog,' Abby whispered to Snape.

Malfoy and Greenli heard her, and both said at the same time, 'We'll help.'

Greenli blushed and added, 'The Hogwarts house-elves will be proud to help.'

'And our house-elves are at your disposal,' Malfoy said.

'I don't want to bother you,' Abby said.

Narcissa chuckled.

Abby looked at the blonde witch on the bed and tilted her head.

'There's one magical custom that I must explain,' Narcissa began.

Narcissa looked at her husband, who nodded.

'You were holding Draco when he showed signs of magic,' Snape told his girlfriend. 'Therefore you're his Wizarding godmother.'

'Cool!' said a young voice.

The house-elves had informed Ducky that the Malfoy family was safe and sound, and he'd decided to escort Harry to the hospital wing.

'Hello!' Draco told Harry.

'Go meet Harry. You're family now,' Narcissa said.

Harry looked at Draco's mother and asked, 'Like cousins?'

Narcissa looked at her husband; she needed to have him agree to everything. Malfoy looked at Harry, so small and so much like his Draco.

'Something like that,' Malfoy said.

'Cool,' Draco said.

Both boys hopped on a bed and started chatting away as if they were truly related and they'd known each other all their lives.

'Snape?' Malfoy said.

'Malfoy?' he answered.

'The child…' Malfoy paused and corrected himself. 'Your son doesn't have the scar Headmaster Dumbledore mentioned years ago.'

'I freed him from what the Dark Lord had left in him,' Snape explained. He discreetly prepared his wand in case Malfoy was a true and complete follower of Voldemort and he needed to curse Malfoy, and then he added, 'Just the way Harry freed me from the Dark Mark.'

'How is that possible?' Narcissa inquired.

'With love,' Abby said.

'I couldn't have dreamt of a better godmother,' Narcissa said softly.

'I guess that makes Snape Draco's godfather,' Malfoy said.

Snape used Legilimency on Malfoy, and all he saw was a deep wish to be freed from a madman who was bound to come back as soon as he'd have gathered enough energy to restore his hexed body. Today's adventure had taught Malfoy that his wife and son were more important than anything else.

Snape nodded; becoming Draco's godfather would not be a burden.

'I was alone when I did magic. I won't have godparents?' Harry asked.

Snape flinched. Harry had been given a godfather after his birth because his parents wanted one of their friends to be linked to their son. Sirius Black was, to that day, Harry's godfather.

However, Snape – and everybody else – believed that Black was the one who'd betrayed the Potters. The man was in Azkaban, but Snape didn't want his son to be told about his link with the traitor.

Snape improvised. 'You have a godfather,' he said.

Snape's friends in the Wizarding community thought that he was ready to mention Black.

'Who?' Harry asked eagerly.

Snape turned and pointed at one of the wizards who were there. 'Remus Lupin,' he said.

Remus gaped.

Snape projected a thought at Remus, "Mention Black and I'll turn you into a potion ingredient."

Remus knew that his old school fellow was dead serious.

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