Hermione rushed to the lake when another howl broke the silence of then night. She found Maya next to Fred by the water.

"Maya! What's with all the howling?" Hermione asked quietly.

"That's not me." Maya said, she stared at the forest, she looked like she was in a haze. George looked at her for a moment and walked over to Hermione and Draco.

"Her mum sent her a letter saying that she wanted to meet by the lake. She's not happy, or upset about it, she just wants to get it over with, see what her mum has to say." George explained.

"So she's not howling?" Draco asked.

"Her mum is, somewhere in the woods." George confirmed.

"How much longer until Maya's mum gets here?" Hermione asked. A third howl, much louder than the other two probably answered Hermione's question. They turned around to see Maya standing next to another blonde haired woman.

"Am I the only one that can barley see a thing?" George asked. He was the only one, everyone else there had night vision from being a animal.

"Actually, yes." Hermione responded truthfully. George looked confused for a moment but voices interrupted his thoughts.

"I never meant for him to get caught mum." Maya said.

"I know you didn't mean for him to get caught, its my fault for letting you come to Hogwarts." Maya's mom said.

"Mum, its neither of our faults, we just didn't make good decisions back then." Maya said. Her mom nodded slightly and looked around.

"Who are the people with you?" Her mom asked quietly.

"Mum, this is Hermione, my best friend, Draco, Hermione's boyfriend, and kind of one of my best friends." Maya paused to smirk at the laugh that Hermione made and the scowl that Draco held. "Then, there's George, my boyfriend." Maya put her arms around George and smiled widely. "Best friends and boyfriend, this is my mum, Kate." Kate lit up like a Christmas tree, she even let off a little light to brighten the dark area.

"You have a Boyfriend!?" Kate asked excitedly.

"Mum, not now." Maya said, her entire face turned pink, she thought she could hide it with the darkness of the night but with how much Kate was glowing, she couldn't hide a thing.

"Their both pink." Draco whispered to Hermione, she hadn't even noticed George turn pink.

"Their so cute." Hermione said softly.

"Hey, we're still the cutest couple." Draco mumbled.

"I know." Hermione said softly. He opened his mouth to respond when Kate spoke up again.

"Ok, we wont talk about that, yet." Kate paused and smiled. "Now, about the reason I came."

"I was wondering about that. Why now?" Maya asked.

"I heard that you all think that your father is dead?" Kate asked, in a more serious tone than she used before.

"He is." Hermione said.

"No, he isn't." Kate said.

"Mum, I know its hard but-"

"Maya Black." Kate said firmly. "I know your father is alive."

"How is that?" Maya asked.

"Because," Kate paused. "Come with me. Your friends can come if they can keep up with us."

"Go slow for George." Maya said.

"Hermione and Draco wont be going slow? What are they? Lightning?" George asked.

"No, Hermione, Draco, George can be the first Gryffindor to know." Maya started. She turned to George. "George, what you are about to see is a secret, not even Fred can know. Ok?"

"Ok." George said softly. The he realized he broke the Weasley twin code. "Maya, I cant, I have to tell Fred everything."

"George, this is too big, me and Draco could be expelled." Hermione said. George grumbled but nodded.

"Your good?" Draco asked Hermione.

"I'm fine." Hermione said. He nodded. He was so protective. Hermione turned into a fox as he turned into a lynx.

"Maya?" Kate asked.

"Mum, my friends are Animagus'." Maya said. Then she rushed over to where George was standing to keep him from falling over. "George? You ok?"

"I don't know what the best part is, the fact that Hermione agreed to be a animal and break, a ton of rules, or the fact that Draco is a big, fluffy, grumpy-looking cat." George aid as he held back laughs. Hermione had to turn into a human, just to calm Draco down, he probably would have clawed George's eye out.

"He's a Lynx, a majestic beast, not a cat." Hermione said as she reached out to pet the lynx, but he turned into a human and grabbed her hand.

"I don't like being pet." Draco grumbled.

"Its actually really soothing. You should let me sometime." Hermione said as she sat in the grass.

"Anyway, mum, can you go slow enough for George?" Maya asked Kate.

"Yes, I'll go slow." Kate said. "In fact, why don't we go as humans because now I want to ask how that happened." Kate said as she looked from Maya to Hermione and Draco.

"Walk and talk then." Maya said. Kate and Maya stayed ahead the entire time. Out of hearing range.

"So, my turn to ask, how did that happen?" George asked from in between Draco and Hermione.

"We were Obliviated and Pansy had a horrible idea that Hermione agreed with. I only did it because she convinced me and I'll do whatever she wants." Draco growled.

"Oh, wait, Pansy is one too? What is she?" George asked.

"Good job Draco." Hermione mumbled.

"Pansy is a falcon." Draco said calmly.

"See as a Falcon, Brave as a wolf, Strong as a Wampus, swift like a lynx, and silent like a fox." Hermione covered her ears, much like the first time to cover up the horrid laughter from the voice she now knew to be Destiny Minnel, or Destiny Malfoy. Draco still don't know about that.

"Draco." Hermione said as she kept her ears covered.

"I know, we need to get away from the forest, that's not Maya's mom." Draco said. Hermione turned into a fox and ran to where Maya and 'Kate' were. She turned into a human and glanced at Kate before looking at Maya.

"Can I borrow Maya for a moment?" Hermione asked.

"Sure, just don't take long, I don't know how long he can wait." Kate said. Hermione's first thought would be Sirius, if this was actually Maya's mother. Hermione pulled Maya to where George was trying to keep Draco from blacking out. Hermione felt like blacking out too, just not as much.

"Maya, that's not your mom. Destiny just spoke to me and Draco again." Hermione said. "Its a trap."

"How would they know what my mother looks like?" Maya asked.

"I don't know, but we have to-" Hermione was cut off when paws on her back knocked her to the ground.

"So your a Animagus? Good for the dark lord to know. Sure wish you weren't as smart as you were, then I could have brought you to the dark lord myself. Tell Maya, Bella says hi. I'll be too busy distracting you to tell her myself." The wolf mumbled in Hermione's ear. Bella bit Hermione's neck and Hermione's vision grew blurry before blacking out.

"Hermione!" Draco yelled before she couldn't hear anything else.

- Switching to Draco's POV-

He turned into a Lynx and immediately leapt for the wolf. He didn't care if this was actually Maya's mom, he was going to rip her to shreds, after he got Hermione to safety.

"George! Go get the others, Harry, Ron, and Pansy, Blaise if you can." Maya yelled before turning into a wolf and helping Draco. He had the wolf pinned to the ground and was now in human form since his human form was stronger than the cat.

"Maya, no, its Bella, get Hermione back to the castle and stop George before he gets the others, I'll take care of Bella." Draco said without looking.

"Draco, what if she-"

"Go Maya." Draco ordered.

"Hermione wouldn't forgive me-"

"She will if I ask her too when I get back." Draco said.

"But Draco I cant just-"

"Maya! Get Hermione and get out of here!" Draco yelled. "Make sure she remembers to go to Diagon ally on the full moon, she has to remember that."

"Why cant you remind her?" Maya asked. He looked at her for a moment then looked back at the wolf he was holding down, he could have sworn it was smiling.

"There's always that chance that I don't make it back Maya. If I'm not back in three days time, please, don't look for me and tell Hermione I love her." Draco said before looking at Hermione. "How bad is the bite?"

"There isn't much blood but that's because she was bit by another Animagus." Maya said. "But Draco I'm not going anywhere-"

"Maya, your going if I have to Imperio you." Draco said firmly. Maya opened her mouth to talk more but stopped.

"Draco. Please be safe, for Hermione, I don't know what she would do without you. I don't know what any of us would do without you." Maya said softly as she picked Hermione up gently with her wand. Draco nodded as she walked towards the castle.

"Alright witch, Hermione wouldn't forgive me if I killed you, I don't think Maya would either, so I'm just going to take you somewhere you will never. EVER. Get out. Time to take a trip back home wolfie." Draco growled at the wolf. He used his wand to summon chains, he wrapped it around her wrist. "If you plan on transforming, the chain is so tight it will rip your hand from your body, so don't." Draco said firmly. Bella smiled in her wolf state and stood.

"Why don't we get moving then, id love to see your mother. Maybe she'll have a nice long talk with the dark lord, or she'll have a nice, very short one where my lord gets his last laugh." Bella said as she trotted along. Draco pulled his wand out and knocked Bella back to the ground.

"I said Hermione wouldn't like it if I killed you, that doesn't mean I wont do it, because I will. You. Leave. My. Mother. Out of this." He could barley speak with angry he was.

"Ah, but what about that lunch Hermione's going to with dear old mum? I'm sure that'll go well." Bella said as she stood and started chuckling. Watching a wolf laugh is quite odd.

"How do you know about that?" Draco said through clenched teeth.

"Oh, me and my group know everything. Everything." Bella laughed again. "We even know what your planning on doing." Draco gripped his wand tightly and tried not to kill the wolf right there.

"Your group?" Draco asked. If he couldn't get her to stop talking, maybe he could get information out of her.

"Oh yes, my mum, my two sisters, my brother, the death eaters, and my lord." Bella said gleefully.

"Why are you telling me this?" Draco asked, now too confused to be mad.

"Because, your my step-brother." Bella said, she said it as if she liked it.

"Only because my blasted father is more of a git than I originally imagined. Bloody-"

"No need for language." Bella said before he could say something he would regret.

"Wait, two sisters and a brother?" Draco asked.

"Meg, Carlos, and Destiny, then there's you but your not on the team, yet." Bella continued to trot towards the portkey Draco had to his home.

"I'm not going to be on the team." Draco growled, now remembering that he was angry.

"Ok, fine, just your mother will join us then. I'm good at convincing things, especially if I have you in my claws. She'll die for you. And she will, at the hand of-"

"SHUT UP!" Draco yelled. She stopped walking and looked at him fearfully. He had his wand at her nose before she could turn her head fully. "I swear on Merlin's magic that I will Avada you if you don't shut it." Bella regained control of her thoughts and smiled.

"Ok, Avada me, make Hermione proud." Bella said as she trotted along. That was it, the last straw, Draco could have knocked her out by looking at her if her wanted to. He hit her with a silencing charm and continued to walk.

"This is the portkey, don't try anything." Draco said. Bella smiled and put her paw on the portkey. Draco grabbed the portkey and used it. They were back at Malfoy Manor. Narcissa sat at a chair nearby with a cup of tea and the daily prophet. Draco hadn't seen her since the first day back at Hogwarts.

"Draco?" Narcissa asked as she stood and put her tea and prophet down.

"Hey mum. Brought another prisoner for the cages." Draco mumbled.

"Draco, I told you, no using the cafes on other students." Narcissa said as she sighed.

"Mum, I told you something was happening at Hogwarts, something bad? She's part of it so please, just take her to the dungeons and don't listen to her." Draco said as he handed the chains to his mother.

"Draco? What's wrong at school? What happened?" She asked.

"If I tell you you'll make us go into hiding." Draco said. "I cant leave, not now."

"Draco. You know I have to keep you safe above all else."

"I know mum but I have to stay." Draco said.

"Because of the girl?" Narcissa asked.

"Is it that hard to say her name? Its Hermione Granger, call her Miss Granger or something call her Miss Malfoy for all I care-" He stopped and realized what he'd said.

"Draco?" Narcissa asked. "I'll take her to the dungeons, you go back to school, to Miss Malfoy." Narcissa teased. "I always thought it would be that Parkinson girl but I have a good feeling about this one, cant wait to see her at lunch tomorrow. See you soon dear." Narcissa added as she walked down a hall out of sight and left Draco frozen to his spot.

"See, I tell myself not to bring that kind of stuff up and what do I do? Bring that kind of stuff up." Draco groaned as he grabbed the portkey and went back. Now came the hard part. What was Bella doing? Why did she pretend to be Maya's mom? Maybe she was just distracting while Voldemort moved hiding spots. No, it had to be bigger. Draco looked at the castle and saw people running on the bridge that led to the forest. The few he could see that stood out were the Weasley children, Blaise and Maya. He saw Pansy flying over head, their secret was out, everyone knew he was a cat now. He groaned to himself before turning into a lynx and running to his friends. No. Hermione's friends, he refused to admit he was friends with weasel and potter.