"Harry, do you know where you are going?" Ginny asked as they walked down a corridor.
"Yes, I've been to their common rooms before." Harry took a quick left and Ginny swung around to follow him.
"You've been to--"
"I'll explain later. This is it." Harry stared at the stone wall. "Er.. Pureblood?" he spoke unsurely.
The wall didn't move.
"That went well," Ginny said with a slight grin playing across her lips. "Funnily enough, I know the password."
Harry spun around and stared at her. "How do you--"
"Friend of mine came back here with Montague once. She told me the password because she thought it was rather giggle-worthy."
The wall twitched. Harry and Ginny stared.
"Worthy Wizard," Ginny said, and the wall opened for them.
Harry shrugged. "I guess that explains the twitching."
Draco was sprawled out on the couch. There was a smaller, more timid boy sitting on the floor in front of a coffee table doing what seemed to be Draco's homework for the weekend.
"You know you're in hell when Wonderboy walks into the room, accompanied by Wonderbra, who's head's constantly on fire. Wrong common room, Potter, or haven't you noticed?" Draco drawled in a bored manner.
"It's about Abby," Harry said, his voice breaking in anger.
"What bloody isn't these days?" Draco said, sitting upright.
"Malfoy, we wouldn't come here if it wasn't important," Ginny said with a voice much more calm and determined than Harry's.
Draco furrowed his brow and stood up. "Nonsense, that is. I think if it weren't up to your brother, you'd come visit me daily. Or perhaps nightly." His blonde eyebrows were raised as if in inquisition.
"That'll happen when hell freezes over," Ginny chided.
"Who says it hasn't? What is all this sterotyping about Hell being a place with fire and devil horns? Who says it isn't a place with greasy food and circus clowns?"
Ginny and Harry blinked. "You're not entirely well, are you Malfoy? Circus clowns?" Ginny said crossing her arms across her chest and looking him over.
"Would you quit ogling me and tell me why you're here?" Draco said impatiently.
"I found this outside," Harry said dropping the silver chain and letting it dangle slowly in front of Draco's face. Ginny cleared her throat loudly and nudged him in the ribs. Harry quickly added, "We found.. outside. Satisfied?"
Ginny nodded. Draco stared at the necklace without expression. "That's not mine. Silver makes me feel pale." He turned to walk back to the couch.
"Malfoy, it's Abby's. She's not at Hogwarts," Ginny said loudly.
He stopped and turned around slowly. "What are you talking about?"
"We haven't seen her since last night. And we found her necklace by the Dark Forest. It has her name engraved in it. Now we're not pointing fingers or anything but--" Ginny was cut off.
"Your father has something to do with this!" Harry yelled.
Everyone in the common room stared at him. Draco's eyebrows had disappeared into his blonde hair.
"We talked about discretion on our way here, Harry," Ginny growled quietly.
"Oh I see. Because he's my father you decided you'd throw a punch or two at me and get even--" Draco stopped. Suddenly he remembered his dream. He remembered his father and what he'd said about someone being 'here'.. "Nevermind. I know where she is."
Ginny and Harry both blinked. "You what?" they said simultaneously.
"Come with me," he said and he stalked in the other direction.
The two of them hesitantly followed him. The went up a dark flight of stairs and then down a narrow hallway. Draco stopped at the third door on the right and kicked the door open. Ginny raised her eyebrows in an impressed fashion and Harry glared at her. But suddenly both of them heard awkward sounds. ..Sex sounds. And then a surprised scream, followed by Draco's voice.
"Trenton, darling!" Draco said in a mock friendly voice. "Introduce us to your friend!" Draco sat on a chair near Trenton's bed.
Trenton and a very naked girl covered themselves with sheets. "Thank you for knocking," Trenton growled. The blonde girl in his bed let out a loud harumph. "Sorry, Candice," Trenton said half-sincerely. "Draco, what the fuck are you doing?"
Draco looked down at himself in the chair. "I think I might be sitting."
Ginny let out a giggle, and got another icy glare from Harry. She cleared her throat discreetly and grinned in the other direction.
"Abby's missing. But I know where she is," Draco stated calmly.
"Smashing. Now that you know where she is, she isn't missing anymore." Trenton grinned. "Can you leave now?"
Draco shook his head. "She's at my manor, Montague. With my father."
Trenton's brow became furrowed. "I thought your father was in prison."
"Well that's exactly it," Harry said from the doorway. "He isn't. It was in the Daily Prophet yesterday. He's escaped, along with other Death Eaters." Harry threw a glance at Draco. Surprisingly his expression hadn't changed. "Wait a minute.. Malfoy, did you know that?"
"Well I had a feeling," he said with a shrug of his shoulders. "We have to get there, though. And my father pulled some strings to get a portal from my dormitory to a village store outside our manor. Floo Network, as much as I hate it, is coming in handy right about now. I'm only supposed to use it in emergencies. And I figure this constitutes as one."
"Why though? What would your father do with her?" Trenton asked. The girl named Candice shifted uncomfortably.
Draco remained quiet. He looked over at Harry and Ginny. "Oh, by the way, Potter. I hate you, you ruin everything. Shall we go to my manor now?"
Harry gritted his teeth and looked at Ginny, who was now comfortaly nestled into a chair by the door. "Not without Ron and Hermione."
Draco raised his eyebrows. "What's that?"
"We're not going without Ron and Hermione," he repeated firmly.
"What do they have to do with this?" Draco asked serenly.
Ginny rolled her eyes. "Harry never goes to fight evil without them. Didn't you recieve the memo? Power of three!"
Draco grinned at her, and then looked at Harry. "That right? Need them to do your bidding? A bunch of useless, moronic, lowlifes like that?" He said with a knock of his head in Ginny's direction. "No offense," he added with a look of fake concern.
Ginny glared at him. "Harry's right. We're bringing them."
"What if we haven't got time? We're wasting enough right now as it is," Draco said with another shrug of his shoulders.
"If Malfoy has Abby he isn't going to kill her. He's using her as bait," Harry said knowingly.
"Is that in the How To Fight Evil handbook as well?" Draco asked.
"I'm going to go get Ron and Hermione. Try not to bite one another's heads off before I get back," Ginny said as she left.
"Don't worry," Draco said loud enough for her to hear him in the hallway. "I know you don't want to miss seeing that."
The was a groan from the hallway, and then fast paced footsteps as she began to run.
"So what is this sudden interest in Abby? I know you aren't just playing hero for the glory this time. I think you're doing it to win the girl." Draco crossed his arms against his chest.
"It'd be wonderful if you'd just act your age for once, Malfoy." Harry was not going to admit liking Abby to Draco.
A few minutes went by where Trenton moved his feet around under his sheets, Draco dug around his fireplace, and Candice let out an annoyed sigh. Footsteps finally signaled Ginny's return. Ron and Hermione were already fighting about something as they walked towards Draco's dormitory.
"I explained to them what's going on," Ginny said to Harry.
"I'm coming along," Trenton said to Draco, who nodded.
"Bloody right, you're coming. I'm not going to be by myself with these four maggots." Draco straightened up and held a cup of what looked like Floo powder.
Trenton sighed and looked over at Candice. "Stay here until we're all gone." Then Trenton stood up.
Hermione gasped and Ginny let out a meek "you're naked!" and fainted, falling into Harry's arms.
Draco looked amused. Trenton pulled on a pair of boxers and walked over to Harry, Ron, Ginny and Hermione. Harry pulled the unconscious Ginny away from Trenton.
"She'll be fine. Just get dressed, will you?" Harry said defensively.
Trenton shrugged and continued dressing.
"Harry.." Hermione said carefully. "Don't you think this is a bad idea? Waltzing into Malfoy Manor? What if you get killed?"
"No one WALTZES into the Malfoy Manor, I'll tell you that much right now. You can storm out of it.. you can try and sneak into it. But no one, besides my father, ever waltzes." Draco shot a look at Ron. "No skipping either." He walked up to Harry and looked down at Ginny. Then he pulled her out of Harry's arms and spun her over to Trenton, who threw her over his shoulder.
"MALFOY!" Harry, Ron, and Hermione thundered simultaneously.
"Calm down, she'll be fine. We'll splash some water on her face if she doesn't wake up soon. There's a lake on the grounds. Trenton, you first. Just step in and say 'Flembourg's.'"
Trenton nodded and took some Floo powder. He said "Flembourg's" loudly and clearly, then he and Ginny, who was still on his shoulder, went up in green flames. Harry went next, then Hermione, then Ron. Draco walked over to his wardrobe and pulled a dark brown duster over his black shirt. Finally, he stepped into the fireplace as well.
He had a very smug look on his face. "Malfoy Manor," he said as he was dissolved in flame.
"Yes, I've been to their common rooms before." Harry took a quick left and Ginny swung around to follow him.
"You've been to--"
"I'll explain later. This is it." Harry stared at the stone wall. "Er.. Pureblood?" he spoke unsurely.
The wall didn't move.
"That went well," Ginny said with a slight grin playing across her lips. "Funnily enough, I know the password."
Harry spun around and stared at her. "How do you--"
"Friend of mine came back here with Montague once. She told me the password because she thought it was rather giggle-worthy."
The wall twitched. Harry and Ginny stared.
"Worthy Wizard," Ginny said, and the wall opened for them.
Harry shrugged. "I guess that explains the twitching."
Draco was sprawled out on the couch. There was a smaller, more timid boy sitting on the floor in front of a coffee table doing what seemed to be Draco's homework for the weekend.
"You know you're in hell when Wonderboy walks into the room, accompanied by Wonderbra, who's head's constantly on fire. Wrong common room, Potter, or haven't you noticed?" Draco drawled in a bored manner.
"It's about Abby," Harry said, his voice breaking in anger.
"What bloody isn't these days?" Draco said, sitting upright.
"Malfoy, we wouldn't come here if it wasn't important," Ginny said with a voice much more calm and determined than Harry's.
Draco furrowed his brow and stood up. "Nonsense, that is. I think if it weren't up to your brother, you'd come visit me daily. Or perhaps nightly." His blonde eyebrows were raised as if in inquisition.
"That'll happen when hell freezes over," Ginny chided.
"Who says it hasn't? What is all this sterotyping about Hell being a place with fire and devil horns? Who says it isn't a place with greasy food and circus clowns?"
Ginny and Harry blinked. "You're not entirely well, are you Malfoy? Circus clowns?" Ginny said crossing her arms across her chest and looking him over.
"Would you quit ogling me and tell me why you're here?" Draco said impatiently.
"I found this outside," Harry said dropping the silver chain and letting it dangle slowly in front of Draco's face. Ginny cleared her throat loudly and nudged him in the ribs. Harry quickly added, "We found.. outside. Satisfied?"
Ginny nodded. Draco stared at the necklace without expression. "That's not mine. Silver makes me feel pale." He turned to walk back to the couch.
"Malfoy, it's Abby's. She's not at Hogwarts," Ginny said loudly.
He stopped and turned around slowly. "What are you talking about?"
"We haven't seen her since last night. And we found her necklace by the Dark Forest. It has her name engraved in it. Now we're not pointing fingers or anything but--" Ginny was cut off.
"Your father has something to do with this!" Harry yelled.
Everyone in the common room stared at him. Draco's eyebrows had disappeared into his blonde hair.
"We talked about discretion on our way here, Harry," Ginny growled quietly.
"Oh I see. Because he's my father you decided you'd throw a punch or two at me and get even--" Draco stopped. Suddenly he remembered his dream. He remembered his father and what he'd said about someone being 'here'.. "Nevermind. I know where she is."
Ginny and Harry both blinked. "You what?" they said simultaneously.
"Come with me," he said and he stalked in the other direction.
The two of them hesitantly followed him. The went up a dark flight of stairs and then down a narrow hallway. Draco stopped at the third door on the right and kicked the door open. Ginny raised her eyebrows in an impressed fashion and Harry glared at her. But suddenly both of them heard awkward sounds. ..Sex sounds. And then a surprised scream, followed by Draco's voice.
"Trenton, darling!" Draco said in a mock friendly voice. "Introduce us to your friend!" Draco sat on a chair near Trenton's bed.
Trenton and a very naked girl covered themselves with sheets. "Thank you for knocking," Trenton growled. The blonde girl in his bed let out a loud harumph. "Sorry, Candice," Trenton said half-sincerely. "Draco, what the fuck are you doing?"
Draco looked down at himself in the chair. "I think I might be sitting."
Ginny let out a giggle, and got another icy glare from Harry. She cleared her throat discreetly and grinned in the other direction.
"Abby's missing. But I know where she is," Draco stated calmly.
"Smashing. Now that you know where she is, she isn't missing anymore." Trenton grinned. "Can you leave now?"
Draco shook his head. "She's at my manor, Montague. With my father."
Trenton's brow became furrowed. "I thought your father was in prison."
"Well that's exactly it," Harry said from the doorway. "He isn't. It was in the Daily Prophet yesterday. He's escaped, along with other Death Eaters." Harry threw a glance at Draco. Surprisingly his expression hadn't changed. "Wait a minute.. Malfoy, did you know that?"
"Well I had a feeling," he said with a shrug of his shoulders. "We have to get there, though. And my father pulled some strings to get a portal from my dormitory to a village store outside our manor. Floo Network, as much as I hate it, is coming in handy right about now. I'm only supposed to use it in emergencies. And I figure this constitutes as one."
"Why though? What would your father do with her?" Trenton asked. The girl named Candice shifted uncomfortably.
Draco remained quiet. He looked over at Harry and Ginny. "Oh, by the way, Potter. I hate you, you ruin everything. Shall we go to my manor now?"
Harry gritted his teeth and looked at Ginny, who was now comfortaly nestled into a chair by the door. "Not without Ron and Hermione."
Draco raised his eyebrows. "What's that?"
"We're not going without Ron and Hermione," he repeated firmly.
"What do they have to do with this?" Draco asked serenly.
Ginny rolled her eyes. "Harry never goes to fight evil without them. Didn't you recieve the memo? Power of three!"
Draco grinned at her, and then looked at Harry. "That right? Need them to do your bidding? A bunch of useless, moronic, lowlifes like that?" He said with a knock of his head in Ginny's direction. "No offense," he added with a look of fake concern.
Ginny glared at him. "Harry's right. We're bringing them."
"What if we haven't got time? We're wasting enough right now as it is," Draco said with another shrug of his shoulders.
"If Malfoy has Abby he isn't going to kill her. He's using her as bait," Harry said knowingly.
"Is that in the How To Fight Evil handbook as well?" Draco asked.
"I'm going to go get Ron and Hermione. Try not to bite one another's heads off before I get back," Ginny said as she left.
"Don't worry," Draco said loud enough for her to hear him in the hallway. "I know you don't want to miss seeing that."
The was a groan from the hallway, and then fast paced footsteps as she began to run.
"So what is this sudden interest in Abby? I know you aren't just playing hero for the glory this time. I think you're doing it to win the girl." Draco crossed his arms against his chest.
"It'd be wonderful if you'd just act your age for once, Malfoy." Harry was not going to admit liking Abby to Draco.
A few minutes went by where Trenton moved his feet around under his sheets, Draco dug around his fireplace, and Candice let out an annoyed sigh. Footsteps finally signaled Ginny's return. Ron and Hermione were already fighting about something as they walked towards Draco's dormitory.
"I explained to them what's going on," Ginny said to Harry.
"I'm coming along," Trenton said to Draco, who nodded.
"Bloody right, you're coming. I'm not going to be by myself with these four maggots." Draco straightened up and held a cup of what looked like Floo powder.
Trenton sighed and looked over at Candice. "Stay here until we're all gone." Then Trenton stood up.
Hermione gasped and Ginny let out a meek "you're naked!" and fainted, falling into Harry's arms.
Draco looked amused. Trenton pulled on a pair of boxers and walked over to Harry, Ron, Ginny and Hermione. Harry pulled the unconscious Ginny away from Trenton.
"She'll be fine. Just get dressed, will you?" Harry said defensively.
Trenton shrugged and continued dressing.
"Harry.." Hermione said carefully. "Don't you think this is a bad idea? Waltzing into Malfoy Manor? What if you get killed?"
"No one WALTZES into the Malfoy Manor, I'll tell you that much right now. You can storm out of it.. you can try and sneak into it. But no one, besides my father, ever waltzes." Draco shot a look at Ron. "No skipping either." He walked up to Harry and looked down at Ginny. Then he pulled her out of Harry's arms and spun her over to Trenton, who threw her over his shoulder.
"MALFOY!" Harry, Ron, and Hermione thundered simultaneously.
"Calm down, she'll be fine. We'll splash some water on her face if she doesn't wake up soon. There's a lake on the grounds. Trenton, you first. Just step in and say 'Flembourg's.'"
Trenton nodded and took some Floo powder. He said "Flembourg's" loudly and clearly, then he and Ginny, who was still on his shoulder, went up in green flames. Harry went next, then Hermione, then Ron. Draco walked over to his wardrobe and pulled a dark brown duster over his black shirt. Finally, he stepped into the fireplace as well.
He had a very smug look on his face. "Malfoy Manor," he said as he was dissolved in flame.