Authors note:
Yes its me again! Heehee!
As you know I own nothing of Harry Potter etc. I only own Hooch's daughter, but you knew that didn't you?
Previously on Hooch's Daughter….
A few minutes later, Madame Pompfrey had taken a look at her. Her face was grave, Hooch came in, sleepy-eyed
"Albus what is the meaning of this?" She asked
"Rolanda…" Poppy said "Its bad news"
"What is? Falcon? Are you ok? What's going on?"
"She's got the Mark…." Albus told her….
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Madame Hooch stared at her Headmaster with a face of utter shock
"No…" She breathed noisily "She...cant" She added, Albus sat her into a chair, She looked at her daughter, who was sat staring at the fireplace, with Fawkes resting on her knee. The Phoenix started up her with his little black eyes. Fawkes caught Fal's attention for a brief moment; She stared at the Phoenix, who stared back. Fal turned her attention to Dumbledore, Who was watching her with a sad look in his eyes
"Wh…. What's going on" She asked him, Dumbledore took a deep breath
"Well…" He started to explain "From the time of the founders of Hogwarts, Godric, Rowena, Helga and Salazar…. There has been evidence of a power so great, that No-one has ever been able to tame it. Whoever had control over this Power, had a Mark, Which is the one you are staring to bear..." He explained
"I don't get it" Fal replied "What would this power want with me?"
"Do you remember when you were four years-old... at boarding school…. When you transfigured your teacher into a table and chair?" Rolanda asked, Fal went pink
"I remember" She replied
"And the time you made me walk on the ceiling for three weeks?" She carried on
"I don't remember that!" Fal laughed "When'd I do that?" She asked
"When you were three months old," Rolanda said to her, with a roll of the eyes
"Wow… so ive had this all my life then... and no-one has told me?" Fal asked
"We didn't know" Severus replied curtly "And I doubt you will be able to tame it..." he added
"Severus that's enough" Albus replied sharply "Don't you have some assignments to grade?"
"Yes Headmaster" Snape growled, He left the Headmasters Office. Albus sighed again
"I think Fal should be taken to Ravenclaw Tower… and to rest for the night" He replied "Poppy? Have you got some pain relief potion?"
"Yes sir" Poppy replied, She gave the goblet to Fal, who took it thankfully
Once back at her own Dorm
Fal went straight to bed and clambered in. She looked at the marks on the side of her arm, There were four on her arm, and one on her shoulder. The four on her arm resembled a Lion, a Raven, a Snake and a Badger. She looked into her little mirror to see if she could see what she had on her shoulder. Sure enough She could just make out the picture, which was a Dragon, She also noticed under the Slytherin Snake and the Gryffindor Lion, the words
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus
She knew Latin from Boarding School, She traced the letters and racked her brain
"N...Never Tickle A Sleeping Dragon… What the hell is that supposed to mean?" She asked herself, She decided to leave it till the morning and ask Snape or Dumbledore.
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The next morning, Fal was woken again by Cho, who was adamant she best get up
"Okay Cho I'm up!" Fal called through her curtains, She grabbed a black robe from off the end of her bed and got out of bed
"You're running late, I didn't hear you come in last night" Cho said
"Yeah I was quiet" Falcon lied, She ran her hands through her hair and got into her robes
"Lets go for breakfast" She said
The pair went down into the Great Hall and sat down at their usual seats. Cho checked her subjects for the morning
"Oh damn and blast!" Cho cursed
"Whassup?" Fal asked
"Double Potions… WITH SLYTHERIN this morning!" Cho groaned
"Oh well nevermind" Fal grumbled as she ate her toast
Authors note:
the following part to the story is based on Tempted Mischief's story "Relieving Childhood"
Once they settled into Snape's class, They noticed a vial on the desk
"I wonder what this is" Fal said to Cho
"No idea" She replied as Snape stormed in
"Everyone here? Good" he grumbled, He turned to the board and wrote down a set of things they were to do. Afterwards, he turned back to the group
"Right for the next week you will be in pairs… one of which will be transformed into a small child." Snape rattled on for a while about the potion, Falcon tuned out and began to think if it was ok to go and ask him about the Latin, The next thing she knew was
" You're partners will be Malfoy and Hooch…" Falcon groaned inwardly and moved to the newly vacated seat of Pansy Parkinson. Draco sneered in her direction; She ignored him for a moment
"Well…" She said, "Drink up!" She added, Draco sneered at her
"No wonder you're in Ravenclaw… you've no courage" he hissed, He uncorked the vial and downed it in one. Once the vial had been emptied, Draco grabbed onto the end of the table. His face contorting slightly. Falcon just watched as the sneering brat of an 11 year-old was transformed into a two-year-old. When the transformation was finished, Fal used a charm on his clothes to make them fit him. She bent down to introduce her self, She took a look at the little boy who was sat next to her, he had long silvery-blonde bangs that came down to his eyes, which were not gelled back. Which half-hid the silver orbs behind, which were now staring at her with a look of disgust, his little nose was pointing at the ceiling
"WHEWS MY FAWFEW?" Draco demanded, Falcon groaned inwardly "WHOW ARW YOW?" he demanded again, Fal had to stifle a laugh at Draco's inability to talk
"I'm Falcon... and I'm gonna be taking care of you for this week." She said, His stare softened a little
"Oh." He said quietly "Wew I'm Dwaco Mawfoy" He grinned, shaking his hair out of his eyes
"Nice to meet you Draco" She replied.
"Right now everything seems to be in order, you will chart your charges progress throughout the week in these books" Snape was going on. Falcon took the things from her desk and put them into her bag, she picked up Draco's wand and put that in her bag too
'Well he won't need it' She thought to herself. Draco looked up at her as she got up to leave
"Whew Yow goin'" he asked her innocently as the class filed out with their charges
"I will be right back" She told him "I just have to speak with the teacher" She added, Draco nodded to show he understood. Falcon walked to Snape
"Professor Snape?" She asked confidently, Snape groaned and turned to face her
"What child?" He sneered
"I want to ask you about this" She replied, she pushed her sleeve up "I'm not sure what it means…. I did do Latin but I don't remember" She explained, Snape looked at the Latin
"It means Never Tickle A Sleeping Dragon, its from Hogwarts ensignia, as you've guessed, the Marks are the four houses" he said
"yes" She replied "But what of the Dragon?"
"I don't know… I suggest you take Master Malfoy to dinner" he sneered. She walked back to where Draco was sat. He was still staring at her when she re-appeared
"C'mon Draco… We're going to get some dinner" She said with a bright smile, Draco climbed off the stool and attempted to walk, He ended up falling over. He looked up at the tall Girl with big watery eyes; She scooped him up and sat him on her hip
"Its ok Draco… Don't cry" She comforted him. She saw Cho stood talking to Harry and holding Pansy's hand to stop her running off
"Hey Cho! Hey Harry... how're you?" She said
"Fine… is that-" Harry began, he was cut off by a squeaky
"Dwaco Mawfoy" He said, putting his hand out to Harry
"I'm very pleased to meet you Draco, I'm Harry Potter" Harry shook his hand
"Anyway Cho I'm off to get something to eat, are you coming?" She asked
"Yeah ok, you too Harry?" Cho asked
"Yeah" Harry replied. They all set off into the Great Hall
Once they walked into the Hall, Draco hid in the front of Fal's robes
"Draco? What's wrong?" She asked, The blonde lifted his head up a little as they sat on the bench, She kept him on her knee.
"Des stawin a' me" He whispered "Evewywone" he added
"No-one is staring at you Draco... it's okay" She told Draco, who looked at her to make sure she wasn't lying. She sat him on the seat next to her as the plates filled with food; Draco picked up a fork and tried to pick a piece of chicken up with it. After a few tries, he threw the fork across the table
"Tupid fork!" he said, Clare Johnson ducked as the fork nearly hit her in the head. Fal stared at him
"Draco! What did you do that for? You could've hurt someone" She chided gently
"I cudnt get dat on da fork" he told her, pointing at the chicken
"Well then you should have asked" She explained, giving him a fork full of chicken
"Fanks" he smiled at her.
After Dinner, Falcon took Draco up to the common room with Cho and Pansy, who was running about
"Cho cant you keep her on a leash?" Fal laughed
"I wish!" Cho replied "She's so hyperactive!" She groaned as Fal put Draco onto the floor and transfigured some toys out of a deck of cards for him to play with. Cho looked at him
"What's wrong with him? I thought he'd be a right git"
"No he's really sweet and innocent… its scary" Fal said, "he cant walk either"
"Awwwww that's sooo cute" Cho cooed, Draco sneered at her
"Aww bless!" Fal said "Draco... C'mon its time for bed… you too Pansy"
"No! Me no' goin bed!" Draco announced
"Draco Malfoy!" Cho yelled, Draco crawled under a chair and began to cry. Fal sighed and knelt down next to the chair, she could see his feet
"Draco?"
"WEAVE ME 'LONE!" Draco cried
"Draco... it's me Fal…. C'mon come out from under there," She said gently, The blonde poked his face out the side of the chair legs and she scooped him up from the floor
"C'mon Drake we better get you to bed" She said to him.
"I don' wanna go 'lone...me no' wike dawk " he said quietly, still crying, Fal sat down on the chair and rubbed his back to calm him down.
"Okay then well I'll make you a deal… I'll get you changed into your Pyjama's and you can sit down with me till I go to bed…. But only for tonight, You need to have sleep" She said, wiping his face from tears
"Oh…Okay" he sniffled.
Fal took him with her to the Slytherin Dungeons, Blaise Zabini was walking past
"Yo Zabini" She said
"What?" he asked
"I need you to get me some of Draco's stuff from his room" She said to him. Blaise nodded, he walked into the Dungeons and got a bag full of clothes and things he might need. He handed it to her
"Thanks" She replied, Draco just sneered
"Draco! Will you stop that please!"
"Shan't!" Draco replied
"Well fine then you can go straight to bed when we get back to my dorm!"
"Yow Pwomised!" Draco cried
"Well stop sneering at people, its not very forthcoming!" She reprimanded; Draco snuggled his head into her hood in her robes as she walked to her dorm
Once they got back into the dorm, Fal took Draco up to her room and sat him on the bed. She opened the bag and took out some dark green silk pyjamas. She did a quick shrinking charm on them and turned to Draco
"Okay mister time to get changed!" She grinned; Draco smiled back, and crawled towards the end of the bed
"Draco careful!" She warned, "Don't fall!" She added
"Wont!" Draco told her, She sat on the bed next to him and took off his shoes, which were little black Dragonhide boots. She took off his robes, up over his head. Then all he had to do was take off his pants.
"OK Drake put your arms in" She told him. Draco obeyed
"um de 'ouse elfs drwess me at 'ome" Draco said
"Oh right" Fal replied as she buttoned up the shirt
"Bu' they don' do as genly as yow" he added
"do they not? Maybe you should tell them off" Fal replied,
"Ok can you get off your pants while I make sure the windows closed? "
"Ok" he replied, Fal turned to close the window "owwwy!" Draco cried, She turned back round
"What's up?" She asked
"I 'huwted my fingew" Draco pouted, lifting his finger up to her
"Awww" Fal said to him, she rubbed his finger better
"All better now" She told him, he nodded. Fal pulled his Pj pants up.
When he was changed, Falcon took him back to the Common Room and sat him on her knee; Cho went to put Pansy to bed and read her a book. Draco was dozing on Falcon's knee by the fireplace. She came back down as the Quidditch Captain came over to her
"Hey Fal... You up for playing in tomorrows game? Against Slytherin? We need a good Chaser… And I heard you're pretty fast… Clare's out, she can't play tomorrow," he asked
"Sure thing, just get me some robes and I'll play" She smiled. He nodded and walked off
"I am shattered… I'll take Draco up and I think I'm gonna go too," Falcon yawned
"Okay Fal… try not to wake Pansy... She's only just gone to sleep"
"No problem" Falcon said. Falcon yawned as she put Draco in bed beside her
"Night Draco" she whispered at the sleepy tot, who patted her face
"Nigh'" he said quietly.
Later into the night, Draco woke up to hear what sounded like crying. He sat up on his elbows to see Fal asleep... but with tears down her face, she was holding her arm. He was worried; he couldn't see anything in the dark... And he was scared; Draco pulled her Wand from under her pillow. He thought long and hard to remember the spell for light
"Wumos!" he accented, sure enough the wand seemed to set up a light for him. He pushed her sleeve up to see what was hurting her, while holding her wand with his other hand, the pictures on her arm were glowing red, Draco kicked back from her a little. The sudden movement made the bed shake, waking her up
"Whatthe-! Draco?"
"I di' nuffin!" he squeaked, She took her wand from him and put it into a slot in her headrest, She looked at her arm. Which was tingling
"Wha 'appuned" he asked
"Nothing Draco I'm fine I promise… c'mon back to sleep… I'll leave the light on for a little while but then we better turn it off in case we wake anyone else"
"Pu' ligh' ou'. I no' scawed anymoo" Draco told her, snuggling up to her side
"Okay then... finite" She said, as she put her wand back onto the table.
The next morning, Fal woke up feeling awful; Draco was sat up looking at the floor
"What's up Draco?" Fal asked
"I scawed" He said
"What of?" She asked, getting changed, She pulled on a black cloak and checked her watch, Draco was curled up in a ball
"What are you scared of Draco?" She asked, helping him get dressed
"Dat wady"
"Which one?"
"DAT ONE!" Draco half-shrieked as Cho came bounding up
"Cho!" Fal growled
"What?" She said
"No-nevermind" Fal said; she brushed Draco's bangs away from his face with her fingers, She picked Draco up with her right arm, which was still a little sore. She checked her watch again
"Half an hour before Quidditch" Cho told her, Cho picked up Pansy, who was playing with blocks on the floor and the pair went down to breakfast
When they had eaten, Madame Hooch came over
"Time to get changed for the match" She told Fal, She handed her some Blue Quidditch robes
"OK... Draco? Look at me Draco. I have to go somewhere now"
"Oh…" His silver eyes looked scared
"So would you like to stay with a friend of mine? Till I get back?"
"Owkay" he yawned… She picked him up and took him to the Gryffindor table
"Hey Harry… could you baby-sit Draco for me... Till after the match… I'm playing as Chaser cause we're a member down…. And he doesn't get on with Cho"
"Sure thing Fal... pass the little lad here" Harry said
"Thanks Harry… Now Draco you behave for Harry or you wont get any ice crème in Hogsmeade"
"Owkay" Draco said, Fal passed Draco over to Harry, who sat him on his knee, Hermione sat and watched as the blonde looked at Fal, who was walking with the Quidditch team to get changed.
"FAWW!" he cried
"its okay Draco" Harry soothed "its okay"
"I Wan' Faw!" Draco cried, Harry cuddled the Slytherin, much to the amazement of the Gryffindors, Hermione stood up on the bench and petted the blonde on his head. Harry smiled at Hermione
"C'mon 'Mione its time to go to watch Quidditch." Harry said, he lifted Draco up onto his hip so he could keep a hold on him and took Hermione's hand
As they walked up to the Gryffindor Stand, A SWOOOSH appeared next to Harry, he bolted round
"hey calm down Harry!" Fal laughed "Is Draco ok?" She asked
"FAW!" Draco shrieked, his face lighting up
"hey Drake… you're going to watch me play?"
"Pway Wha?"
"Quidditch!" Fal told him, She snuggled him for a moment until She had to go
"I'll see you as soon as the game is finished Draco" She promised
"Owkay" He replied
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"Now I want a nice clean game… FROM ALL OF YOU!" Madame Hooch said to both teams, She let the Bludgers go up, followed by the Snitch and then the Quaffle. Chris, the Captain of Ravenclaw Caught the Quaffle and sped towards the Slytherin Goals, dodging the Bludgers aimed at him by the opposing team. He passed to Fal;
"Falcon Hooch is now in possession of the Quaffle, taking one chaser… two chasers… AND A GOAL FOR RAVENCLAW!" Lee Jordan was commentating. Harry cheered in the stands long with the rest of Gryffindor. Fal took a wide berth after that, making sure she had a shot at the goal if needed. She ducked the Bludgers, Chris threw the Quaffle to her again and She sped forward and reared up as a Bludger hit her in the back, the pain was bad, She pulled up for a moment, Hooch, being referee followed
"Are you ok to play?"
"Took a bludger in the back" Fal said "I'm ok" She grinned, She sped down towards the goals again, looping out of the way of the Slytherin defence and throwing the Quaffle in for another 10 points. Fal pulled her broom down a little by the Gryffindor stand
"Hey Draco!" She grinned, Draco looked pretty stunned
"GET PLAYING!" Harry laughed, Fal shot off again into the game... and in no time at all…
"…. And that's a good shot by Flint… and Eve Slater has seen the Snitch for Ravenclaw… and SHE'S GOT IT! RAVENVCLAW WIN!" he cheered, Draco laughed as Harry jumped up and down with him on his hip
"C'mon Hawwy wets go and see Faw" Draco begged
"Okay Draco… c'mon Hermione lets go" Harry smiled as they walked off the stand.