"What do you mean she's in the Chamber?"
"Well she's gone done into the Chamber, we can't make it any more clear." Harry looked at Professor McGonagall and shook his head.
"If my child does not come out of there I swear to god I will kill you."
"And I'll hold her down, but Harry, we need to figure out who's down there with her before we do anything." Draco put a comforting arm around his friend and led him to a seat. "Professor, do you mind?"
McGonagall seemed to snap out of her trance and she nodded and left quietly, looking back at Harry one last time.
"Who's down there Draco?" Harry asked hoarsely.
Draco bit his lip.
"Draco? Come on man, who else is down there?"
"William Weasley, Caroline Finnigan and-" Draco stopped.
"Who else Malfoy?"
"Marit."
"What? No, no, no you're wrong. You're so WRONG."
Draco rubbed his forehead. "I'm sorry Harry. There's nothing for it. Myrtle saw her go down there, saw her go down the hole."
"Well she must be helping-"
"No Harry, you know she can't be helping. It all fits. Caroline is Ginny's daughter and she's been kidnapped, Elisabeth is your daughter, she speaks parsletongue and opened the pipe so that she and William, who is Ron's son, could go down there. Unless Marit is the spawn of Lockhart and she's hanging around there causing mass chaos there's no other explanation." Draco looked intently at Harry. "Are you going to go down there?"
"I can't. She has to do it on her own. God Draco, if it was anyone down there I would have thought it would have been you."
"Thanks." Draco said ruefully.
"You know what I mean. What am I supposed to do until she get's out of there?"
"Wait, possibly?"
Harry drummed his fingers on McGonagall's desk and then pushed it back against the wall. He stood up and paced back and forth. "Where was Hannah when all this was going on?"
Before Draco could answer Harry burst out again. "Jesus! Where was Neville? And Hermione? Where was she? Actually no, it was just Hannah. Where the HELL was Hannah? What was she doing? Having tea? She probably gave Marit a biscuit before she started down there." And then he paused. "It can't be Marit. Her father is Olof Svenson. It can't be her."
Draco pulled a sheaf of papers out of his robes. "I have the paternity records of all three of the Svenson kids. Marit doesn't belong to Olof, or Veronica for that matter. Veronica's sister, Gunnef, had a child. I have reason to believe that Veronica and Olof adopted Marit."
"And they don't know who the father of Gunnef's baby was?"
"That's why they gave her up. They're from a small town, unwed pregancies were frowned upon. Another idea is that Gunnef was so disgusted with herself that she couldn't keep the kid. Either way, she disappeared shortly after Marit's birth. Olof never made light of the fact that he doted on Ruth and people knew for years that Veronica favoured her son."
"Appaling." Harry said, pitching a remembrall into the wall and watching it shatter. "Why didn't McGonagall do anything?"
Draco didn't even bother to answer, he just let him continue his tirade. Harry wasn't listening anyway.
"Well she's gone done into the Chamber, we can't make it any more clear." Harry looked at Professor McGonagall and shook his head.
"If my child does not come out of there I swear to god I will kill you."
"And I'll hold her down, but Harry, we need to figure out who's down there with her before we do anything." Draco put a comforting arm around his friend and led him to a seat. "Professor, do you mind?"
McGonagall seemed to snap out of her trance and she nodded and left quietly, looking back at Harry one last time.
"Who's down there Draco?" Harry asked hoarsely.
Draco bit his lip.
"Draco? Come on man, who else is down there?"
"William Weasley, Caroline Finnigan and-" Draco stopped.
"Who else Malfoy?"
"Marit."
"What? No, no, no you're wrong. You're so WRONG."
Draco rubbed his forehead. "I'm sorry Harry. There's nothing for it. Myrtle saw her go down there, saw her go down the hole."
"Well she must be helping-"
"No Harry, you know she can't be helping. It all fits. Caroline is Ginny's daughter and she's been kidnapped, Elisabeth is your daughter, she speaks parsletongue and opened the pipe so that she and William, who is Ron's son, could go down there. Unless Marit is the spawn of Lockhart and she's hanging around there causing mass chaos there's no other explanation." Draco looked intently at Harry. "Are you going to go down there?"
"I can't. She has to do it on her own. God Draco, if it was anyone down there I would have thought it would have been you."
"Thanks." Draco said ruefully.
"You know what I mean. What am I supposed to do until she get's out of there?"
"Wait, possibly?"
Harry drummed his fingers on McGonagall's desk and then pushed it back against the wall. He stood up and paced back and forth. "Where was Hannah when all this was going on?"
Before Draco could answer Harry burst out again. "Jesus! Where was Neville? And Hermione? Where was she? Actually no, it was just Hannah. Where the HELL was Hannah? What was she doing? Having tea? She probably gave Marit a biscuit before she started down there." And then he paused. "It can't be Marit. Her father is Olof Svenson. It can't be her."
Draco pulled a sheaf of papers out of his robes. "I have the paternity records of all three of the Svenson kids. Marit doesn't belong to Olof, or Veronica for that matter. Veronica's sister, Gunnef, had a child. I have reason to believe that Veronica and Olof adopted Marit."
"And they don't know who the father of Gunnef's baby was?"
"That's why they gave her up. They're from a small town, unwed pregancies were frowned upon. Another idea is that Gunnef was so disgusted with herself that she couldn't keep the kid. Either way, she disappeared shortly after Marit's birth. Olof never made light of the fact that he doted on Ruth and people knew for years that Veronica favoured her son."
"Appaling." Harry said, pitching a remembrall into the wall and watching it shatter. "Why didn't McGonagall do anything?"
Draco didn't even bother to answer, he just let him continue his tirade. Harry wasn't listening anyway.