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Ch 37: Christmas Break part 1

HPOV

Thank Merlin for Liv and Renee being here (Charlie is finishing up some work and will join us in a few days) because the excitement of catching up with them helped prevent me from going into a deep depression. It unfortunately was not enough to distract me from constantly worrying about Drake and his mother. Right before dinner I felt a vibration. Luckily I was in my room alone so I can see the message without delay. Drake and his mother were safe but they are not at their final destination yet. He also told me that he loved me and that he misses me. I replied, telling him that I was relieved that he and his mother were okay and that I loved and missed him as well. Before he left, we spent time putting extra security charms on the necklaces and all of the journals to make sure that no one could ever trace them.

That pepped me up and I made my way down to dinner. I thought I was hiding my worry from everyone, but unfortunately Liv picked up on it and when we were up in my room she asked me what was wrong. At first I tried to deny anything was wrong but she was persistent; so I gave her the lame excuse that I was worried about my upcoming O.W.L.S. and how unprepared I will be for DADA because of Umbridge, but she was not buying it. I finally broke down and told her everything about Drake and his mother going into hiding. I know that she will not tell a soul about this. I knew that it was better to tell her about Drake before his disappearance hits the news so she won't be surprise and accidently let something slip (not that she would because she knows that my relationship is top secret but better to be safe than sorry).

When I was done telling her, she gave me a big hug. She told me that everything will be okay and Drake and I will be together again once Voldemort is dead and gone and his father is no longer a threat, because we were destined to be together. I love her optimism and it helped me a little but there is always this worry that there is a possibility that I might never see him again.

She totally went bonkers when I showed her the ring. I was keeping it on my necklace until I leave to go to Grimmauld Place to avoid awkward questions (the story will be that my parents gave me the ring for Christmas). We then spent the rest of the night talking potential wedding plans (her excitement really reminds me of Alice Cullen) and other lighthearted subjects until it was time to go to bed.

I slept okay that night, but I have a feeling that I won't have a goodnight's rest until I am back in Drake's arms. I awoke and the Daily Profit owl was tapping on my window. Luckily Liv (who I was sharing a room with) is a very heavy sleeper and did not hear the owl. I gave the owl its fee and it flew off. I opened to newspaper. On the front page was a huge picture of Drake and his mother and stating that they were missing. The entire front page was all about their disappearance. According to the article Lucius Malfoy was beyond distressed that Drake was not on the Hogwarts Express when it came into King's Cross. No one knows how Drake was taken off the train because there are spells to keep the train safe from anyone apparating into and out of the train. No one witnessed anyone suspicious coming onto the train or leaving. Lucius Malfoy than became inconsolable when he found out that Mrs. Malfoy was missing as well. There was no evidence of foul play. I don't know if that meant that he became enraged and threw a temper tantrum because his family is now out of his clutches or that there is the small chance that he is genuinely worried about what happened to his family. Mr. Malfoy has offered a million galleon reward for the safe return of his wife and son.

I closed the paper because I could not read any more. I was on the verge of having a full panic attack. I hope that Drake and his mother are a million miles away and safe by now because the bounty hunters and every witch and wizard will be actively looking for them. Knowing Dumbledore, he had taken every precautionary step he can to make sure that Drake and his mother are concealed. But that does not mean that I am not out of my mind with worry. He has not messaged me yet so that must mean his mother and him are still on the move, which is the part of their journey that they are most vulnerable. I hope that he contacts me soon because I was about to start hyperventilating. The only thing that was keeping me calm is seeing his face on the front cover. Although his face had a look of superiority, like his mother and father, I can see through that look and see his true personality even in a picture. I caressed his face in the photo missing him more and more.

Soon Liv woke up and saw me staring at the front page of the newspaper and my panic expression. She came and took the newspaper from me and read the article. When she was done she calmly put the newspaper down and hugged me. "Yes this is a complication but that means he has not been found so that is good. You can't let everything get to you or you will find yourself spiraling down to an early grave. Yes this is concerning but I bet Dumbledore had planned for something like this and has taken every precautionary step."

"I know, it's just until he sends me a message that he is safe, I can't help but be scared for him."

"Let's have a girls day! We can give each other mani-pedis, watch movies all day, and eat junk food!"

"I thought that was your remedy for break-ups?"

"It's my remedy for EVERYTHING!" Did I mention she is exactly like Alice Cullen? If I haven't, she is Alice's twin! I laughed at her enthusiasm.

"While that does sound fun, I think that my mom has plans for us today."

"BOO!" We got ready and headed down to breakfast. I was right my mom did have plans. She had tickets for Renee, Liv, her, and me (My dad had to work and Charlie will arrive tonight) to take a bus tour of the city. The tour took us to all of the major sites and took most of the day. About halfway through the tour I got a message from Drake. He and his mother have safely reached their destination and that he loves me. It felt like a weight was taken off my shoulders. I sent him a message telling him I was relieved to hear that and that I love him too. I was finally able to enjoy my day. It was a lot of fun and Liv and I got a lot of goofy pictures of us. When we got back Charlie was there talking to my dad. We all went to my family's favorite Italian restaurant.

The rest of the week was a lot of fun. We did a lot of touristy stuff. I did "talk' to Drake through our journals late at night under the covers when I knew Liv was sound asleep. Thank goodness she is a sound sleeper! We talked about some random stuff but he made sure to never give me any details about where he is and what he is doing and I didn't ask. I knew that he hated not being able to tell me because we told each other everything. I hated it too but it is for his safety.

Before I knew it, it was Christmas. Liv and I woke up to find a lot of presents under the tree and the smell of my mom's delicious cooking. The adults were already up and drinking coffee. We dug into the presents.

Harry gave me a large slab of my favorite chocolate (my parents were not really happy) and a new set of quills and ink.

Ron gave me a variety of Honeydukes candy (much to the displeasure of my parents).

Ginny gave me a hilarious tongue-and-cheek book about how to understand boys and their inability to understand us. Just reading a couple of pages out loud had Liv, Renee, my mom, and me in stitches. My dad and Charlie just shook their heads in amusement.

Fred and George gave me some Zonko's products "to keep me cheerful." Their products are not quite ready yet but they said when their products are ready to get ready for a boatload. They also sent me a toilet seat from Grimmauld Place "so I can have something from the place since I am not there for Christmas." I have to make sure that I take it with me to return it.

Mrs. Weasley sent me the traditional Weasley sweater with a big "H" and some of her homemade fudge (my parents looked like they were about to take my stash of candy but I made sure my candy stayed by my side at all times).

I got some American candies from Angela. I added them to my pile of sweets and made sure to keep them away from my parents. I missed Angela. She is staying at Ilvermorny for the holidays along with a lot of her and Liv's friends. I sent her some Honeydukes chocolates.

Liv, Charlie, and Renee gave me a charm bracelet with charms that represent Forks, "so I will always have a piece of Washington with me." I put it on next to my other charm bracelet that Drake gave me and they fit perfectly together. The snake charm is still on there since I never took it off and no one has noticed it. I looked at the charm and thought of Drake. I hope that he is having a nice Christmas wherever he may be.

To stop me from tearing up I quickly started to open my presents from my parents. My parents gave me a lot of classic Muggle literature and their annual restock of dental hygiene supplies.

They also gave Liv a basket of supplies for Christmas, which is a total embarrassment.

I gave Liv some nice shirts from her favorite Muggle stores. I gave Charlie and Renee some Honeydukes chocolates and I gave my parents some of the magical dental floss that flosses your teeth for you.

We then had a delicious breakfast that was full of laughter and funny stories of past Christmases. Including one where one of Charlie's friends sent him Dungbombs that went off the moment Charlie opened the present as a joke and stunk up the house for a week.

I then headed up to my bedroom to pack since I am leaving tomorrow to Grimmauld Place. I loved hanging out with Liv, Renee, and Charlie for a week because I missed them. At dinner that night, Charlie invited my parents and I to Forks for a couple of weeks in the summer. We accepted the invitation at once and I was really excited to be going back because I missed the place.

Just before I went to bed I got a message from Drake, Merry Christmas Mya! I LOVE YOU!

I messaged him back, Merry Christmas Drake! I LOVE YOU TOO!

The next morning just after breakfast Tonks and Lupin came to pick me up. After the introductions, a quick casual conversation, and goodbyes we were on our way via the Knight Bus to Grimmauld Place. I hope that is the last time I ever ride that damn bus! It dropped us off a little ways down and we walked to Grimmauld Place. I was so excited to see everyone again.

Ginny has secretly been keeping me updated about Mr. Weasley's condition. I was so happy that he would make a full recovery. Although I heard he got into some hot water with Mrs. Weasley because he and the healer tried to fix the wounds with stitches because they were having trouble getting the wounds to heal. Luckily the healers eventually figured out the best way to heal him.

I got inside and Fred, George, and Ginny were right there to greet me. After them were Harry and Ron and then Mrs. Weasley and Sirius. Sirius pulled me into a hug to quietly thank me for the journals that I gave to him and Harry so that they could stay in touch. Lupin and Tonks left soon after and with the help of Fred and George my trunk was quickly put into my room. Fred, George, Harry, Ginny, Ron, and I got comfortable in the parlor to catch up. Mrs. Weasley and Sirius were fixing lunch. They all thank me for the gifts I gave them with forced smiles. I gave each one an agenda book to keep track of their homework and stuff. I knew that those would not go over very well but I know that they need them to keep up especially Harry and Ron.

The next day we made our way to the hospital to visit Mr. Weasley. Tonks, Lupin, and Mad-Eye escorted us to the hospital. It was a long journey because Mad-Eye insisted that we travel the Muggle way. After going through the closed store window we came into a busy waiting area. The receptionist, who looked frazzled since everyone was trying to get her attention at once, pointed us to the first floor ward. We found Mr. Weasley's room that he was sharing with two other people. Although I could not tell whom the other people are because they were behind curtains. Mr. Weasley looks like he is on the mend. Apparently he looks a whole lot better than yesterday. Soon Mad-Eye, Tonks, Lupin wanted to talk to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley for official Order business and kicked us out. They put some soundproof wards up that not even Fred and George's Extendible Ears could penetrate. So we made our way to the stairs to go find the food court.

After climbing up two stories we stopped to rest when we found our old DADA teacher Lockhart walking towards us. He still must be suffering the effects of his backfired memory charm but seems to have gotten some of his memory back. He asked us if we wanted his autograph and photo. We tried to decline but before we made our escape a medi-witch came up to us. She was berating Lockhart for escaping the ward. She then saw us and thought we were visiting Lockhart and ushered us inside the locked ward.

I looked around the ward; this was the place for patients with permanent spell damage. I saw that there were about ten beds in this ward; two were hidden behind a curtain to give them and their visitors some privacy. I turned back to Lockhart until I heard Ron say "Neville?" I turned around and saw Neville with a witch that looked like his grandmother. I saw that Neville wished that he could be anywhere but here. I just realized that he has never talked about his parents. I saw the two people that were in the two beds hidden behind the curtain and unmistakably they were Neville's parents. According to Neville's grandmother, his parents were tortured into insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange. As Neville's grandmother talked his mother came up to him and gave him a gum wrapper. Neville's grandmother told him to throw it away but he took it and put it in his pocket. They soon departed and all of us just stood in silence and watched Neville's parents, thinking about what they must have gone through and hoping that we can stop anything like this happening to other people.

None of us spoke about Neville's parents; the constant topic was how Umbridge was the worst teacher ever! Before Christmas break I got an idea and started to pitch it to different individuals. Since Umbridge will not teach us how to defend ourselves I thought that if Harry could teach us then we will be ready for not only O.W.L.S. but for what is beyond. All thought it would be a good idea. The first chance I got, I talked to Fred, George, Ginny, and Ron about it, they thought that it would be a good idea. So the first chance we got, we pitched the idea to Harry. He thought that we were nuts in thinking that he would be a good teacher. Of course he tried to downplay all of the things he had done, that he always got help and that I was the one that saved him and Sirius from the dementors in third year. I reminded him that was the only thing I have done and he has done more. Harry then said that he would do it if it were just us. However I told him that I have talked to other students and that they were interested in this. He started to yell at me for pitching this idea without talking to him first. He then sighed defeated and told me that he would think about it.

The idea was not discussed for the rest of the week as we enjoyed snowball fights and other merriment. The night before we were going back to school, Harry pulled me aside and told me that he will do it. He had talked it over with Sirius and thought it would be a good idea to do it. He told me it was our way to fight back against a corrupt Ministry and Voldemort. This will also help out the Order because if we can defend ourselves that will be less work on them. He agreed to meet with the interested people at the first Hogsmeade weekend, which was luckily the first weekend we are back.

I was excited but sad to go back to Hogwarts, excited to get back into the swing of schoolwork and be back in the castle but sad because Drake will not be there. It will feel strange without Drake's calming presence in the castle. But I know that he is safe and that knowledge will get me through this. His and his mother's picture is still on the front cover with the title "Still Missing." This made me happy because as long as I continue to see this headline that means that he is still safe. According to the article, Aurors have searched the Hogwarts Express from top to bottom in trying to figure out how he got off the train with no luck. There was a picture of Parkinson in tears saying how much she missed her boyfriend and if someone took him they will be sorry. She pleaded for him to come back to her, his soul mate. I wanted to magically go through the page and curse her or strangle her or something.

The new theory is that Drake and his mother were kidnapped. Mr. Malfoy and the Aurors are waiting for a ransom but they are getting frustrated since no one has contacted anyone for a ransom.

On the train as I was doing my rounds I noticed that there were Aurors on the train. They were still searching the train, for what I don't know because if there was any magical trace it's long gone (like there would be any trace since Dumbledore was extremely careful). I soon found out that the Aurors were going to each carriage to ask everyone if they saw anything, since after all everyone on the train, excluding Harry and the Weasleys, were on the train two weeks ago. I was extremely nervous because there is always the chance that someone did see something. After we were done with our rounds, Ron and I made our way to the compartment that Harry was in. We found him sitting with Neville and Luna. They were talking about their Christmas holiday. It was nice to see Neville at ease because it was awkward at the hospital. We all made a silent pack not to discuss Neville's family unless he wanted to. We were just talking when Tonks and Kingsley Shacklebolt came in.

"Whatcha Harry, Ron, Hermione, and fellow students."

"Hey Tonks, Shacklebolt." Replied Harry.

"We are here because of the disappearance of Narcissa and Draco Malfoy. Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley, I know that you were not on the train. Miss Granger, Miss. Lovegood, and Mr. Longbottom do you remember seeing anything out of the ordinary on the train to Kings Cross?" asked Kingsley.

"No, other than the fact that there was a compartment closed because of pixie infestation."

"No sir, other than what Neville said and that there was an increase of wrackspurts flying about but that's because everyone was fatigued from the term." Replied Luna.

"Nothing that I saw was out of the ordinary other than the closed compartment, sir." I replied. It's true because I actually did not see Drake on the train.

Kingsley and Tonks nodded their heads, satisfied with our answers and left. For the rest of the trip the others discussed what could have happened to Drake and his mother while I stayed quiet and read a book, not wanting to participate and accidently let something slip.

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