Harry Potter and the Troublesome Evie

By Trephinia Cealyn

Chapter 2 | Isn't it pretty?

"Narcissa you worry to much." Lucious said trying to calm his wife. She was in her bedroom. They didn't sleep together, Lucious preferred his mistress to his wife.

          Her room reflected her personality, the walls were a dull black and the furniture was blood red. The wood was a special tree that turned red with a certain potion Lucious had found. It had been during one of his wife's more twisted years and he had been happy to leave the house for a few months looking for the correct furniture. A fireplace stood in the far corner. Narcissa stared at the fire deftly. The cause of her panic lay burning in the fire, or so she thought. Lucious had always been good at illusions. It was the only thing he had to call his own.

"Lucious! I saw it. Snakes everywhere, you know how I hate snakes!" she sat in bed her pale figure even paler against the black sheets. Usually she had such a firm grasp on her nerves but snakes, snakes were one thing she could not handle.

"Narcissa, there are no snakes in my house." Lucious sighed, he wasn't used to her like this. She was normally ruthless and she had never portrayed these qualities before.

"Where's Draco?" Narcissa said clawing at the sheets. Lucious turned towards the door and motioned to one of the servants. She actually wanted Draco, that was a first. Well might as well keep her happy.

"Get the boy." The servant rushed out.

"Where's Draco!" Narcissa said leaping for the door. Lucious held her back.

"He's coming. Calm yourself woman." Draco appeared at the door. He noted his mother's change of personality and handled it smoothly.

"You summoned me." He said slouched in the hallway right outside his mother's room.

"DRACO?" Narcissa screamed. Lucious strained to hold her down. He noticed that she seemed upset almost by her son's presence. He shook his head sadly. She would be more or less back to her normal self by sundown.

"Yes mother. It is I, your son." He bowed mockingly. She didn't notice or didn't seem to care, but continued talking about the snakes.

"Draco… have you seen any snakes?" Narcissa said shrilly. Her eyes drained of color they were blank she waited impatiently for his answer hoping he told her what she wanted to hear.

"No, mother, I haven't seen any reptilian creatures lurking about." He said eyeing her suspiciously as if she were senile. The color of her eyes returned but she still looked fearful. She lay back in the bed energy drained. "Well I must be going have to pack for Hogwarts." An owl flew through the open window and straight for Draco's head.

"Would you like any more bacon Harry?" Mrs. Weasley asked while piling ridiculous amounts of eggs on Hermoine's plate. Mrs. Weasley had always been to kind.

"Uh, no thanks Mrs. Weasley." He said trying to be polite. He didn't want to offend her, she was the closest thing he had to a mother. Although he wouldn't be caught dead calling her that.

"Well then you can have some sausage." She dumped about 10 sausages onto his plate. He stared at all that food and drew back warily. He hoped he wasn't expected to eat it all.

"Yes, Harry, have some sausage." Hermione said evilly. She had received even more food than him. Harry had a notion that Mrs. Weasley thought Hermoine was to skinny. Harry thought she looked fine.

"Gee thanks Hermione." He said returning the sarcasm. He wasn't about to tell her he thought she looked pretty.

"Well if you two are done flirting, I'll take some of that bacon mother." Fred said smiling as Harry and Hermione blushed in unison. Is it that obvious? Harry asked himself.

"Why of course dear!" Mrs. Weasley said happily, answering Harry's question without knowing it.

"Evelyn, Evelyn where are you?" Voldemort called. He had searched the whole house for her. He even had the snakes look for her.

"Little birdie no find Evie here." Evelyn said loudly the sound came from her rooms.

"Evelyn do you want to buy your school things or not?" Voldemort said a tad bit put off. He didn't like hide and go seek as a child and his outlook on life now made him hate the game.

"Yes Daddy! School things, school things!" Evelyn danced around him in circles.

"Evelyn, I'm not your father." Voldemort turned around and around following the girl with his eyes. He sorely disliked being called a father.

"No not father. Daddy!" She said this statement as if it were obvious. Evelyn stomped her foot angrily. "When is daddy taking Evie to get things?"

"Uh, I'm not taking you to get things… Draco is." Voldemort walked towards his office. He didn't trust the boy but he couldn't go into Diagon Alley himself. That would be too dangerous. "I'll send that owl now."

"Dracky?" Evelyn followed him into his office. "Funny Dracky!"

"Yes, funny," he said. He sat at his desk and started writing.

"What's this?" Lucious grabbed the owl by its leg diverting its path towards Draco's head. He almost strangled the owl trying to get the letter off it's foot.

"Maybe it's, oh I dunno, could it be a letter? Possibly, maybe just maybe…" Draco said sarcastically. Lucious shot him a warning glance. "Yes father, stopping now." Draco was more scared of Narcissa then anything but it wasn't smart to disobey Lucious.

"Well," Lucious said scanning the contents of the letter, "well, well, well."

"What?" Draco said staring at the letter. He was just a tiny bit curious and the tone that his father used meant it was bound to be an interesting read. "What does it say?" Lucious threw him the letter.

"Read for yourself." He said as Draco caught the letter. Draco unfolded it and read quickly.

Dear Malfoy's,

It would please me greatly, if your son Draco would accompany my Evelyn to Diagon Alley. She will be attending Hogwarts this year and needs some school things. Sadly I cannot join her, because of some misunderstandings with the Ministry.

~The Dark Lord

P.S- I wouldn't advise refusal.

"No." Draco said firmly crumpling up the letter. "I will not go with that crazy girl!" he threw the letter in his father's face contemptuously.

"Tell his Dark Lord that." Lucious said calmly folding the letter back up. Draco stared back at him. Lucious sat at Narcissa's desk and pulled out some parchment.

"Fine." Draco said as he walked out. "She had better be ready when I get there." Lucious tied an acceptance letter to the owl's foot.

"Good boy." Lucious said to Draco even though the boy had already left.

"When is Dracky gonna be here?" Evelyn said sitting on the floor playing with her snake. The snake hissed and crawled up to her neck refusing to move. "Evie is bored." She said after the snake started to sleep. "Evie wants Dracky. Evie wants Dracky now." Evelyn looked up at Voldemort. "Daddy go get Dracky now." She commanded.

"I think that's him." He said as the doorbell rang. He smiled finally the girl would be out of his hair. "Run along Evelyn and don't cause any trouble." Evelyn ran out the door and down the steps. She saw Draco and raced down them.

"Evelyn?" Draco said at the foot of the stairs. "Are you ready?" Evelyn ran down the stairs and threw her arms around Draco's neck.

"Evie missed Dracky." She pulled him out the front door and shut it behind him. "Evie missed little birdie."

"Alright well sit here on the broom." Draco said and placed her on the broom with care. "Hold on tight." He climbed on behind her and put his hands around her waist.

"Fun broom, fun ride." Evelyn said happily as the wind whipped through her hair impairing Draco's vision.

"Alright Ginny, we're leaving now." Mrs. Weasley yelled for the fifth time, the girl had no sense of time, none whatsoever.

"Okay, okay I'm coming." She ran down the stairs. "Let's go." They all piled into the Ministry cars and headed for Diagon Alley.

"Harry, have you heard from Snuffles?" Ron whispered. Harry looked up. He had been thinking about other things. Ron had interrupted him.

"Yea, he's fine. Staying with Remus." Harry said avoiding the subject. He really didn't want to talk about it. He wanted Sirius name cleared so Harry could go live with him.

"We're there." Mrs. Weasley announced 15 minutes later. They all headed for the Leaky Cauldron. "Here Ron, Harry take this." She handed them each a money pouch. Seeing Harry's look she explained. "Oh you left that here last year dear. Save you the trouble of going to Gringotts." She looked at the twins. "Got your lists dears." They nodded and ran off disappearing around the corner. "Those two…" she shook her head. "Well I'll be off with Ginny and Hermione." She started walking towards Madame Malkin's "You two behave your selves.

"Let's go." Harry went off towards Flourish and Blotts. Ron nodded following him into the shop.

"Evelyn you can't get that book." Draco said standing with a little girl. She stamped her foot angrily.

"Evie wants big book and Dracky no stop her." The girl reached for the book but spotted Harry. Her eyes lingered on his scar. She walked over and stood on her tiptoes in front of him. She pressed her finger into his forehead and said, "Daddy make pretty mark." Harry stumbled backwards his scar hurt when the girl touched it. He could almost feel it glowing.

"Daddy?" Ron said perplexed as he steadied Harry. "What's this about Malfoy?" he asked angrily pointing at Evie.

"Evelyn get away from them." Draco ordered and pulled on the girls hand trying to drag her back.

"Scar." She pressed her finger into Harry's forehead again using the other hand. "Evie no like scar head Draco." She walked over to Draco and pointed to his wand. "Use stick, kill scar boy."

"As much as I'd like to do that Evelyn," Draco said frowning at the girl, "I don't think that's such a good idea." Draco led her towards the door.

"Not so quick Malfoy. Explain her." Harry said standing in his way. His green eyes matched Evie's except his shown with love, not emptiness.

"Well Potter it's like this," Draco said trying to explain, "Evelyn here was raised by You-Know-Who himself after someone killed her parents leaving the poor girl mad." He said this bit sadly and held Evie's hand tighter. "She thinks You-Know-Who is her 'daddy' and I'm not about to stop her. Her 'daddy' would be very mad indeed if you hurt his little Evie." Draco pushed him aside. "Stay out of my way Potter, for little Evie's going to Hogwarts, and if you're not careful a little birdie might die."

"Die scar birdie." Evelyn reached for Draco's wand. "Kill him Dracky!" Draco led her from the shop.

          "Let's go get your robes okay Evelyn?" Draco led her to Madame Malkin's and saw Ginny there. He smiled in spite of everything. Maybe he could get her alone. She saw him and he motioned to her behind one of the racks of clothing.   

          "Draco what are you doing here?" Ginny asked when she joined him behind the robes. He smiled and kissed her before explaining.

          "Voldemort sent me to keep an eye on his 'daughter' and to shop for her school things." He said between kisses. The smell of her hair, he thought, it drives me wild.

          "He trusted you with his daughter?" Ginny asked running her hands through his hair. She kissed him on his forehead.

          "Well she's not really his daughter." Draco said explaining how Voldemort got stuck with Evie.

          "I missed you so much Draco." Ginny kissed him deeply her tongue exploring his mouth. She was lost in his arms as he showered her with kisses.

          "I missed you to love." Draco said as her left her behind the rack of clothes. Evie had picked out her robes and was calling for him frantically.