?Ch 2 - Letters, Arrivals, and Arguments
A/N - Well...this chap is a bit longer than the first...as you can see...an argument here..can you guess who its between?
~*~*~
After about two and a half weeks of the summer had gone by, Lori mailed–err–excuse me–owled
Melanie asking if she could come and spend some of the summer there.
Melanie's reply came during breakfast on a Thursday morning. Errol did as he usually did and
slammed into the closed window. "Oooohhh....Ooowww...." Lori, Ron, Ginny, and the twins all
chorused.
"Someone please open the window for him." Molly said.
Lori got up and opened the window, picking up the bird and letters. "Aunt Molly, Ron from
Harry...I wanna read it when you get done, Percy...oh...I mean Weatherby from....some Ministry person, and....Me! Yay! I have mail!" She said as she handed out the mail to the respective person.
"You're so much like–like–" Percy stumbled over his words.
"The twins?" Lori supplied.
"Yes! Exactly!"
"I am, aren't I?" She grinned as she opened the letter she got from Melanie.
Lori,
Hey girl! Its summer so I'm obviously doing great! And...sure! I'll come if its all right with my parents and under one condition of my own: I get to bring a friend with me. Yes, the friend is a wizarding folk, but don't ask who it is cause I'm not telling you. I want it to be a surprise when we get there.
See ya soon,
-Mel Zardou
"Cool. She can come. Aunt Molly, is it all right if Melanie comes here she brings a friend? She says the person isn't Muggle so...is it all right?"
"Yes, of course dear."
"Wicked!" She turned to Ron "So, are you done with the letter from Harry yet."
"Yeah."
Instead of reading it herself, she just asked "So, what'd he say?"
"He said he'll come."
"When?"
"Dunno...I should probably ask."
"I gotta ask Mel too." With that she excused herself from the table and went upstairs to write Melanie. Basically all the letter was Lori asking when the earliest time she could come was.
~*~*~
Three days later, Melanie was on her way to the Burrow with her mystery friend. They arrived
around four that afternoon and boy was it HUGE surprise who the 'friend' was.
When their was knock at the door around four on Sunday afternoon, Lori, figuring it was Melanie, answered the door. "Mel!" The girls hugged. "Where's your friend?"
"He's right here."
Lori smiled "He?" But her smile immediately faded when she saw who 'he' was. "Oh." was all she could say as she let them in.
She went a little ahead of them to give her cousins a heads up on who the 'friend' was. "Guys! Ron! Fred, George! Gin!"
"What?" They all said.
"Its–" She dropped her voice drastically "Malfoy!"
"What?" Ron said quite loudly.
"Ssshhh!" Lori shushed her cousin by putting her hand over his mouth. "The mystery friend Mel
was talking about bringing. Its Malfoy. Thought I'd give you a little heads up on it."
At this point, Melanie and Draco came in and all the Weasley teens sat down, right where they were: The twins fell to the couch, Ginny in a chair but the other two on the floor.
"Ooooowwww!" They chorused.
Melanie raised an eyebrow at the two "Are you okay?"
"Umm...no." Ron said.
And Loir put in "My butt kinda hurts but...other than that, I"m GREAT!"
"So...he's the friend you brought, huh?"
Mel nodded "Yep. Is anyone else here?"
"No, 'Mione and Harry...well...we're waiting for a reply from Harry but....I dunno about
'Mione...Ron?" Lori said as she looked at him
"What?"
Lori sighed and rolled her eyes "Hermione, is she coming?"
"Oh, umm–"
"You don't know, do you?"
"No."
"Your telling me you haven't owled her the whole summer?! Its been four weeks, Ron! That's a
whole month! She's probably gonna come here by Floo thinking your in a coma or the twins did
something extremely hazardous to your health."
As if on cue, Hermione fell promptly in the Wealey's fireplace.
"See?" Lori said in a knowing voice.
Hermione, evidently not seeing Ron, who was still sitting on the floor, got up and dusted herself off "Where's Ron? What happened?" she looked at the twins then to Lori "Did they do something extremely hazardous to his health?"
Lori looked down at Ron with a I-told-you-so look on her face. "Guess I'm psychic, huh
Ronniekins?" She said as she helped him stand up.
"Ohmigod! Ron! Your ok! I was worried about you! You didn't owl me for a whole month! What
happened? Why didn't you send me any letters?"
Ron sat down in a chair and buried his face in his hands "Can't we talk about this later 'Mione?"
"No! I want an answer....NOW, Ronald Weasley!"
He looked up at her "How many times do I have to tell you to not call me that?!"
"How many times do I have to tell you to not call me Mione? Not that you listen or anything!"
"She just got here, and they're already fighting...this is interesting..." Melanie muttered to Lori.
"They've always been like this! Its quite entertaining." She grinned then turned to the, to everyone except she and Melanie, unwanted presence of Draco Malfoy "Don't you think?" She asked. She had actually gotten pretty used to Melanie and Draco dating and she and Draco had actually started to be able to talk to each other in a pretty civil manner.
"Yeah, I have to admit, its kind of fun to watch them argue like this."
"My question is: What would she do if he cheated on her? Not that he would but...what if?"
Melanie laughed "That's a scary thought!"
"I know!" Lori said in a normal voice.
"I know!" Melanie said in one of her best valley girl imitation voice.
"I know!" Lori mimicked her.
"I know!"
They both went into a fit of laughter, and Draco, confused, went back to listening to the argument.
"Well I just wanted something different to call you!"
"Why? What's wrong with my name the way it is?"
"Nothing! I just...thought it was interesting. But what's so wrong with it anyway?"
"You–you wouldn't understand." She said, her voice losing its volume and anger.
As was Ron's "Come on Hermione, what is it? You trust me, right?" he said as he walked over to
her.
"Yes, I trust you but...You–you wouldn't like it."
"Come on Hermione, please. What is it?"
"It–its what he used to call me."
Ron frowned "Who?"
"Vi–Vik–" She choked out.
"Krum?" Ron asked, the jealously prominent in his voice and eyes.
She nodded.
"You li–liked it when he called you it, didn't you?"
She nodded again, very slowly.
Now he had jealousy and pain in his voice "But–but not when–not when I do it."
Her eyes watered as she closed them and shook her head 'no'. "Its not that."
"Then what is it?"
"Its just...when you call me 'Mione...it reminds me of him and–"
"And what Hermione, what is it? You like the thought, or what?"
"No, Ron! I don't like the thought! Why would I like the thought?!"
"I don't know...it just seems that....I mean....he's got all the fame and money...why wouldn't you like him more?"
"Why would I, Ron? You think fame and money mean anything to me?"
"I–I don't know...it's just..."
"What, Ron? What is it?"
"I–I don't know how to explain it."
"Well...anyway, as far as when you say it...well...its that it reminds me of him and I don't like the thought....its not that I don't like you calling me it, it's from where the name originated from and who said it...I don't like it."
"Well....I don't care what Vicky called you. I'm going to call you whatever you'll allow me to and...somehow you'll get the thoughts of him out of your head."
She smiled "Thanks..."
He put his arm around her waist and after a few seconds said "So...can I call you Mione?"
She looked up at him and smiled while shanking her head, laughing a little bit. "Yes...remember? I'll get the thoughts out of my head somehow."
Ron smiled.
With that, she stood on her tiptoes and kissed him.
Lori shook her head "Weird, aren't they?"
The couple behind her shook their heads.
"Yep." Mel said.
~*~*~
About a week later, Melanie's black eagle owl, Nightfall, came at the window in the afternoon. *Tap, tap, tap* He was tapping on the unopened window.
Melanie got up and opened the living room window "Night! What are you doing here? Who ya got
a letter from, huh?" She asked as she untied the letter. "Oh, its mom...hmm...well....lets see what she wanted, eh?" She asked the owl as she gave him some water and a few owl treats.
Melanie,
As you know, your father and I are very good friends with the Malfoys. Well, they are wanting
their son back. Lucius owled and told your father just yesterday. He also said to just tell Draco that "The dogs are barking." and he would know what it meant.
Thank you,
-Mom
"The dogs are barking?" Melanie said with a raised eyebrow. Just as she said this, Draco came in.
"What?" he asked, hoping she hadn't said what he thought she had.
She turned to face him "My mom just owled me and told me that your dad said to tell you that 'the dogs are barking' and you should know what it means."
"Dammit!"
"What the hell does that mean?"
"What? Dammit?"
"No, you git! The dogs are barking! What the hell does this mean?"
"Oh...well....I can't tell you."
"Yes you can! I'm your girlfriend! You can tell me anything! AND plus! When we decided we were gonna go steady I told you about my No Secrets From Melanie policy."
"You know, I was thinking about that. Shouldn't it be the No Secrets policy?" He tried to changed the subject.
"No...it's the No Secrets From Melanie policy, but what does that phrase mean, Draco?"
"The most I can tell you is that I have to go home."
"But why?"
"Because I–" He started but thought twice about it "I can't tell you, alright?"
"But why not?"
"Because...I just....can't ok? Now...stop."
"I'll do the puppy dog pout!" She made her eyes all sad-like and stuck out her lower lip "Pwease?"
"No! Alright, you wanna know why I can't tell you?"
"Uh-huh." She nodded.
"Because, if I told you it would put you in every danger you could possibly think of.....and more.." And with that he turned around and left to go pack and go home. How you may ask? Well...lets just say....he has his ways.
She blinked and yelled after him "HEY! I'm already in the worst trouble I could be in! I'm friend's with The-Boy-Who-Lived!"
~*~*~
When Draco got home he knew what was coming. He was about to become a Death Eater, and there
was no way out of it. He couldn't just...not become one. He had already agreed to his father two years ago he would and he couldn't back out now.
He soon found out that was not what he was home for. What he was actually home for
was...well...some kind of ceremony. What kind exactly he wasn't sure, he just knew that there was a circle of 5 witches, and 5 wizards, including his parents, and he stood in the middle of it all while they chanted some incoherent something or another. He didn't get the big deal. Nothing was happening.
He would soon find out that nothing was happening.....yet.
After they chanted whatever it was they were chanting about 7 minutes, a bright, blue-green-white light was in front of Draco. What the he– He didn't get to finish the thought before the light went into him and he was knocked out.
~*~*~
When Draco awoke, it was two days later. "What the hell? What happened?" and...he noticed that he wasn't at home anymore...he was at the Weasley's house. "And how the hell did I get here?" Once this was asked, he looked around and realized that Melanie was in the room, sitting at the desk.
Melanie turned from the desk to face Draco. "Well...I dunno what happened or how you got here. I just know that I woke up yesterday morning and you were here....I had actually been hoping you could answer what had happened."
"I don't know. I was at home, and there were witches and wizards, 10 of them, 5 of each...a
circle...me in the middle and....them...saying god knows what, then a bright blue-green-white light
and....then...after that....I don't know..."
"Oh..yeah...cause that helps, right?"
"Shut up."
Melanie smiled, stood, grabbed the chair she was sitting in and placed it next to the bed and sat down, feet propped up and crossed over each other. "So...people saying junk that you couldn't understand, a bright bluey-greenish-white light and you, most likely, getting knocked out and waking up in the Burrow two days later. That about it?"
Draco nodded, massaging his temple.
"Are...you ok?"
He shook his head "No...."
"What's wrong?"
"Headache...and....something...something's different..."
"What is?"
"I don't know."
Come on! Tell me! What's different, Draco?" She said, kind of threateningly.
"I don't know." he repeated, a little harsher.
"Draco Malfoy! If you don't tell me right now, I'll–" She never got to finish her rant because she pulled her attention to her boyfriend's actions. He was holding his head in pain.
"Draco? Draco, what's wrong?" she asked worriedly
"I......don't....................know." he said, just before passing out.
~*~*~
A/N - whatcha think?
What's happenin' ta draco? you'll see soon ^_^
A/N - Well...this chap is a bit longer than the first...as you can see...an argument here..can you guess who its between?
~*~*~
After about two and a half weeks of the summer had gone by, Lori mailed–err–excuse me–owled
Melanie asking if she could come and spend some of the summer there.
Melanie's reply came during breakfast on a Thursday morning. Errol did as he usually did and
slammed into the closed window. "Oooohhh....Ooowww...." Lori, Ron, Ginny, and the twins all
chorused.
"Someone please open the window for him." Molly said.
Lori got up and opened the window, picking up the bird and letters. "Aunt Molly, Ron from
Harry...I wanna read it when you get done, Percy...oh...I mean Weatherby from....some Ministry person, and....Me! Yay! I have mail!" She said as she handed out the mail to the respective person.
"You're so much like–like–" Percy stumbled over his words.
"The twins?" Lori supplied.
"Yes! Exactly!"
"I am, aren't I?" She grinned as she opened the letter she got from Melanie.
Lori,
Hey girl! Its summer so I'm obviously doing great! And...sure! I'll come if its all right with my parents and under one condition of my own: I get to bring a friend with me. Yes, the friend is a wizarding folk, but don't ask who it is cause I'm not telling you. I want it to be a surprise when we get there.
See ya soon,
-Mel Zardou
"Cool. She can come. Aunt Molly, is it all right if Melanie comes here she brings a friend? She says the person isn't Muggle so...is it all right?"
"Yes, of course dear."
"Wicked!" She turned to Ron "So, are you done with the letter from Harry yet."
"Yeah."
Instead of reading it herself, she just asked "So, what'd he say?"
"He said he'll come."
"When?"
"Dunno...I should probably ask."
"I gotta ask Mel too." With that she excused herself from the table and went upstairs to write Melanie. Basically all the letter was Lori asking when the earliest time she could come was.
~*~*~
Three days later, Melanie was on her way to the Burrow with her mystery friend. They arrived
around four that afternoon and boy was it HUGE surprise who the 'friend' was.
When their was knock at the door around four on Sunday afternoon, Lori, figuring it was Melanie, answered the door. "Mel!" The girls hugged. "Where's your friend?"
"He's right here."
Lori smiled "He?" But her smile immediately faded when she saw who 'he' was. "Oh." was all she could say as she let them in.
She went a little ahead of them to give her cousins a heads up on who the 'friend' was. "Guys! Ron! Fred, George! Gin!"
"What?" They all said.
"Its–" She dropped her voice drastically "Malfoy!"
"What?" Ron said quite loudly.
"Ssshhh!" Lori shushed her cousin by putting her hand over his mouth. "The mystery friend Mel
was talking about bringing. Its Malfoy. Thought I'd give you a little heads up on it."
At this point, Melanie and Draco came in and all the Weasley teens sat down, right where they were: The twins fell to the couch, Ginny in a chair but the other two on the floor.
"Ooooowwww!" They chorused.
Melanie raised an eyebrow at the two "Are you okay?"
"Umm...no." Ron said.
And Loir put in "My butt kinda hurts but...other than that, I"m GREAT!"
"So...he's the friend you brought, huh?"
Mel nodded "Yep. Is anyone else here?"
"No, 'Mione and Harry...well...we're waiting for a reply from Harry but....I dunno about
'Mione...Ron?" Lori said as she looked at him
"What?"
Lori sighed and rolled her eyes "Hermione, is she coming?"
"Oh, umm–"
"You don't know, do you?"
"No."
"Your telling me you haven't owled her the whole summer?! Its been four weeks, Ron! That's a
whole month! She's probably gonna come here by Floo thinking your in a coma or the twins did
something extremely hazardous to your health."
As if on cue, Hermione fell promptly in the Wealey's fireplace.
"See?" Lori said in a knowing voice.
Hermione, evidently not seeing Ron, who was still sitting on the floor, got up and dusted herself off "Where's Ron? What happened?" she looked at the twins then to Lori "Did they do something extremely hazardous to his health?"
Lori looked down at Ron with a I-told-you-so look on her face. "Guess I'm psychic, huh
Ronniekins?" She said as she helped him stand up.
"Ohmigod! Ron! Your ok! I was worried about you! You didn't owl me for a whole month! What
happened? Why didn't you send me any letters?"
Ron sat down in a chair and buried his face in his hands "Can't we talk about this later 'Mione?"
"No! I want an answer....NOW, Ronald Weasley!"
He looked up at her "How many times do I have to tell you to not call me that?!"
"How many times do I have to tell you to not call me Mione? Not that you listen or anything!"
"She just got here, and they're already fighting...this is interesting..." Melanie muttered to Lori.
"They've always been like this! Its quite entertaining." She grinned then turned to the, to everyone except she and Melanie, unwanted presence of Draco Malfoy "Don't you think?" She asked. She had actually gotten pretty used to Melanie and Draco dating and she and Draco had actually started to be able to talk to each other in a pretty civil manner.
"Yeah, I have to admit, its kind of fun to watch them argue like this."
"My question is: What would she do if he cheated on her? Not that he would but...what if?"
Melanie laughed "That's a scary thought!"
"I know!" Lori said in a normal voice.
"I know!" Melanie said in one of her best valley girl imitation voice.
"I know!" Lori mimicked her.
"I know!"
They both went into a fit of laughter, and Draco, confused, went back to listening to the argument.
"Well I just wanted something different to call you!"
"Why? What's wrong with my name the way it is?"
"Nothing! I just...thought it was interesting. But what's so wrong with it anyway?"
"You–you wouldn't understand." She said, her voice losing its volume and anger.
As was Ron's "Come on Hermione, what is it? You trust me, right?" he said as he walked over to
her.
"Yes, I trust you but...You–you wouldn't like it."
"Come on Hermione, please. What is it?"
"It–its what he used to call me."
Ron frowned "Who?"
"Vi–Vik–" She choked out.
"Krum?" Ron asked, the jealously prominent in his voice and eyes.
She nodded.
"You li–liked it when he called you it, didn't you?"
She nodded again, very slowly.
Now he had jealousy and pain in his voice "But–but not when–not when I do it."
Her eyes watered as she closed them and shook her head 'no'. "Its not that."
"Then what is it?"
"Its just...when you call me 'Mione...it reminds me of him and–"
"And what Hermione, what is it? You like the thought, or what?"
"No, Ron! I don't like the thought! Why would I like the thought?!"
"I don't know...it just seems that....I mean....he's got all the fame and money...why wouldn't you like him more?"
"Why would I, Ron? You think fame and money mean anything to me?"
"I–I don't know...it's just..."
"What, Ron? What is it?"
"I–I don't know how to explain it."
"Well...anyway, as far as when you say it...well...its that it reminds me of him and I don't like the thought....its not that I don't like you calling me it, it's from where the name originated from and who said it...I don't like it."
"Well....I don't care what Vicky called you. I'm going to call you whatever you'll allow me to and...somehow you'll get the thoughts of him out of your head."
She smiled "Thanks..."
He put his arm around her waist and after a few seconds said "So...can I call you Mione?"
She looked up at him and smiled while shanking her head, laughing a little bit. "Yes...remember? I'll get the thoughts out of my head somehow."
Ron smiled.
With that, she stood on her tiptoes and kissed him.
Lori shook her head "Weird, aren't they?"
The couple behind her shook their heads.
"Yep." Mel said.
~*~*~
About a week later, Melanie's black eagle owl, Nightfall, came at the window in the afternoon. *Tap, tap, tap* He was tapping on the unopened window.
Melanie got up and opened the living room window "Night! What are you doing here? Who ya got
a letter from, huh?" She asked as she untied the letter. "Oh, its mom...hmm...well....lets see what she wanted, eh?" She asked the owl as she gave him some water and a few owl treats.
Melanie,
As you know, your father and I are very good friends with the Malfoys. Well, they are wanting
their son back. Lucius owled and told your father just yesterday. He also said to just tell Draco that "The dogs are barking." and he would know what it meant.
Thank you,
-Mom
"The dogs are barking?" Melanie said with a raised eyebrow. Just as she said this, Draco came in.
"What?" he asked, hoping she hadn't said what he thought she had.
She turned to face him "My mom just owled me and told me that your dad said to tell you that 'the dogs are barking' and you should know what it means."
"Dammit!"
"What the hell does that mean?"
"What? Dammit?"
"No, you git! The dogs are barking! What the hell does this mean?"
"Oh...well....I can't tell you."
"Yes you can! I'm your girlfriend! You can tell me anything! AND plus! When we decided we were gonna go steady I told you about my No Secrets From Melanie policy."
"You know, I was thinking about that. Shouldn't it be the No Secrets policy?" He tried to changed the subject.
"No...it's the No Secrets From Melanie policy, but what does that phrase mean, Draco?"
"The most I can tell you is that I have to go home."
"But why?"
"Because I–" He started but thought twice about it "I can't tell you, alright?"
"But why not?"
"Because...I just....can't ok? Now...stop."
"I'll do the puppy dog pout!" She made her eyes all sad-like and stuck out her lower lip "Pwease?"
"No! Alright, you wanna know why I can't tell you?"
"Uh-huh." She nodded.
"Because, if I told you it would put you in every danger you could possibly think of.....and more.." And with that he turned around and left to go pack and go home. How you may ask? Well...lets just say....he has his ways.
She blinked and yelled after him "HEY! I'm already in the worst trouble I could be in! I'm friend's with The-Boy-Who-Lived!"
~*~*~
When Draco got home he knew what was coming. He was about to become a Death Eater, and there
was no way out of it. He couldn't just...not become one. He had already agreed to his father two years ago he would and he couldn't back out now.
He soon found out that was not what he was home for. What he was actually home for
was...well...some kind of ceremony. What kind exactly he wasn't sure, he just knew that there was a circle of 5 witches, and 5 wizards, including his parents, and he stood in the middle of it all while they chanted some incoherent something or another. He didn't get the big deal. Nothing was happening.
He would soon find out that nothing was happening.....yet.
After they chanted whatever it was they were chanting about 7 minutes, a bright, blue-green-white light was in front of Draco. What the he– He didn't get to finish the thought before the light went into him and he was knocked out.
~*~*~
When Draco awoke, it was two days later. "What the hell? What happened?" and...he noticed that he wasn't at home anymore...he was at the Weasley's house. "And how the hell did I get here?" Once this was asked, he looked around and realized that Melanie was in the room, sitting at the desk.
Melanie turned from the desk to face Draco. "Well...I dunno what happened or how you got here. I just know that I woke up yesterday morning and you were here....I had actually been hoping you could answer what had happened."
"I don't know. I was at home, and there were witches and wizards, 10 of them, 5 of each...a
circle...me in the middle and....them...saying god knows what, then a bright blue-green-white light
and....then...after that....I don't know..."
"Oh..yeah...cause that helps, right?"
"Shut up."
Melanie smiled, stood, grabbed the chair she was sitting in and placed it next to the bed and sat down, feet propped up and crossed over each other. "So...people saying junk that you couldn't understand, a bright bluey-greenish-white light and you, most likely, getting knocked out and waking up in the Burrow two days later. That about it?"
Draco nodded, massaging his temple.
"Are...you ok?"
He shook his head "No...."
"What's wrong?"
"Headache...and....something...something's different..."
"What is?"
"I don't know."
Come on! Tell me! What's different, Draco?" She said, kind of threateningly.
"I don't know." he repeated, a little harsher.
"Draco Malfoy! If you don't tell me right now, I'll–" She never got to finish her rant because she pulled her attention to her boyfriend's actions. He was holding his head in pain.
"Draco? Draco, what's wrong?" she asked worriedly
"I......don't....................know." he said, just before passing out.
~*~*~
A/N - whatcha think?
What's happenin' ta draco? you'll see soon ^_^