Konnichiwa! It's been a while so I decided to update! I haven't been doing this story because I was working on my other one. Anyway, this chapter is weird and we have a new character! So, on with the story.
Disclamier: I don't own two things: Harry Potter and Metal Gear Solid. Well, if you know what MGS is pat yourself on the back.
A Search for a Mother
Chapter 2: Cold Water and MGS
By: Fate's Angel
Morning came quickly to the Malfoy household. The summer breeze had a chill when it blew and Sarah was very thankful for it. The one thing she hates about mornings was her father's daily conquest. It was invigorating to her to have women rush out of the door while eating breakfast.
Sarah, still groggy with sleep, went downstairs to get some cereal or left over Chinese food. She saw a red head sleeping on the couch. This was an odd sight. Most of the women here were either sleeping in her dad's bed or had already left by now. Sarah noticed that the T.V. was on and there was an empty wine bottle on the table. 'Great, I'm going to have share breakfast with somebody with a hangover,' She thought.
Sarah gently poked the sleeping red head. The red head shifted and didn't murmured some things, then went back to sleep. Sarah poked a little harder. Still no results. Sarah was getting a bit annoyed. She was about to kick the red head when her father swooped down to save the sleeping red head's butt.
"Who is she?" Sarah asked.
"An old friend. We caught up on old times and things last night." Draco explained.
"And obliviously drank wine," Sarah muttered.
Draco picked up the passed out red head and took her upstairs. Sarah didn't question her father any further and went to the kitchen for breakfast. After satisfying her appetite, Sarah went to the living room for some entertainment. Nothing was really on so she decided to turn on her Playstation 2 for some fictional violence.
Meanwhile upstairs Draco was having a hard time waking the red head. She was either a heavy sleeper or drank a bit too much. Draco wasn't one to leave beautiful woman lying on couches. But this one, however was very dangerous. He could risk his limbs by taking her to bed. He could just leave her on the couch. He took the second option wanting to have all of his limbs the next day.
"Come on, Virginia wake up…" Draco said while shaking Virginia, "I need you to wake up and get out of here."
Mumbling and incoherent words were his answer. Draco sighed. This wasn't getting him any where. He tried another tactic: dumping cold water on her. Not a really smart move on Draco's part, but he really needed her to leave.
Draco went to the bathroom to fill a bucket of cold water and prepare to be strangled or something. He hoped for the best rather than the worst.
Downstairs, Sarah was having a terrible time beating a boss on one of her games, when a scream tore through the house. She jumped up and accidentally killed her main character. Realizing what she just done, Sarah was yet again annoyed. 'What is he doing up there?' Sarah thought as she restarted her game.
"What the heck were you doing Malfoy!?" Virginia screamed in outrage. She was starting to have a bad day. First she had a hangover now she was totally wet, "Are you trying to drown me or something!"
"What do you think I was doing!? I was trying to wake you up! Geeze woman you don't have to kick so hard," Draco said while, nursing a sore face.
"Well, I wouldn't have kicked you if you didn't dump water on my face," Virginia retorted.
Draco narrowed his eyes and sighed. He really didn't need this before going to work. He just needed her to get up and out of here very soon. Draco went to the bathroom to fetch some aspirin and some water.
"Here," Draco said as he handed the items to the moaning red head, "Take them and leave."
Virginia hmphed, "Some host you are," as she downed the pills with water. She didn't feel any better but she could get through the day.
Virginia got up and dried herself off with the towel Draco offered her. She marched downstairs to retrieve her purse. She saw Sarah playing some sort of contraption. Virginia gasped. 'I haven't seen my daughter since…' But her thoughts were cut off when Sarah turned to greet the new guest.
"Hello," Sarah said, she was actually smart enough to pause her game, "I haven't seen you around. Where did my father pick you up?"
Virginia arched an eyebrow. 'Blunt and to the point. She has my genes,' she thought.
"He really didn't pick me up anywhere. I work with him, unfortunately," Virginia said.
Sarah nodded at the new information. 'At least she isn't a dumb ditz or anything,' she thought.
Virginia looked at the clock and panicked. She really needed to get to work. " I'm sorry I couldn't talk to you any longer but I need to go. Ciao," Virginia said as she half walked, half-ran out the door.
Sarah waved at the strange red headed woman. Maybe she could meet her again but she didn't know. The strange thing was Sarah felt some kind of connection, like she knew who she was. 'Hmmm…strange…maybe she could be….nah…' Sarah banished the thought and went back to play her video game.
After a few minutes Draco banged down the stairs obviously in a hurry. He was going to be late for work again. Sarah sighed, her father was sometimes unreliable.
"I got to go sweetie. I will be home for dinner. Bye," Draco said as he rushed out the door. He looked a little messy with a bruise on his face. 'I wonder where he got that from,' Sarah thought. There was slam of the door and the house was silent except for the gaming music.
Sarah decided that she was too tired to play video games and turned off the console. She was her way to the phone to call one of her friends when the doorbell rang. Sarah wasn't expecting any visitors were coming over. Curious, she opened the door. She was nearly tackled by her very hyper friend.
"Movies!" Sarah's friend shouted as he raced into her house heading straight for the kitchen.
"Steven!" Sarah yelled.
Steven was Sarah's only friend who actually accepted her for who she was. Everybody else just wanted to be friends because of her last name. Steven was different. He was a black haired hyperactive 16 year old. There were other times that Sarah wondered why he was in Slytherin.
Sarah sighed and got up from the floor.
"Steven!" She yelled again.
Steven stopped raiding Sarah's fridge before he got kicked out of the house. Sometimes Sarah showed a nearly mean Slytherin streak.
"Konnichiwa!" Steven greeted. He didn't know what else to say before facing his impending doom.
Sarah put her head in her hands and muttered some obscenities. She didn't expect for Steven to come over. If she had she would have had a straight jacket ready.
"What are you doing over here?" Sarah questioned.
Steven calmed a bit, 'She is asking simple questions. This is a good sign,' he thought. "I just wanted to spend time with you today!" he explained.
"Oh," she said.
'She isn't twitching. This is another good sign,' Steven thought.
Sarah sighed and flopped on the living room couch. Steven, concerned, decided to join her.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Steven asked, worried.
"Nothing," Sarah replied.
"Yeah there is. Let me guess, you haven't started your search thingie yet have you?" Steven said.
Sarah stayed silent. 'I guess I was right,' the black-haired boy thought.
"Hey it's okay, I can help. We could do it Metal Gear Solid style. Okay?" Steven joked.
Sarah cracked a smile. Steven always made her feel somewhat better. The troubling thing was she didn't know where to start. Maybe with that one person she just met.
"I do have a lead maybe." Sarah muttered.
"Oh, you do. Do you know her name or where she works at?" Steven asked.
"No to the first question, but yes to the second. She works for the ministry." Sarah answered.
"Great we can't sneak in there. And we can't go up to the front desk and ask for her." Steven said hopelessly.
"Well, we could ask who she is. I mean, she works with my dad so it might be easier for us to get her name." Sarah explained.
"Yes! That means we could sneak in there!" Steven exclaimed while bouncing up and down.
"Oh no. Remember the last time we did that just so we could go down to the kitchens?" Sarah said in retrospect.
"I remember we didn't have Codecs. What did you expect?" Steven retorted.
Sarah sighed. She could never persuade her friend out of any 'mission'. 'This is going to be a disaster,' Sarah thought. That was a true statement based on what was yet to come.
Now, for explaining. When Steven says anything about MGS he means to sneak in somewhere. Don't ask, he's my character. I hope you like this it's a little different from my vampire story. Please Review!