A/N: I keep forgetting to write this story! I will write it now, I'll try and write more and more chapters and get them up soon!

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Chapter 6

Draco woke up suddenly one morning when something landed on his bed with a thud. He groggily looked up and saw that there was a parcel and a letter on his bed. He looked around for the owl that brought it and was scared stiff when he saw a handsome eagle owl. His father's.

He decided that it was probably best if he opened it sooner than later, knowing his father it would be a lot worse if he left it until later. He opened the letter first. It had the Malfoy coat of arms on the back; a calligraphic 'M' entwined with snakes and silver lines.

Dear Draco,

I trust you are safe and well. I hear that you have escaped without being found out as a Death Eater and are currently residing with the enemy. It should be ok, we know that Severus Snape is with you. Enclosed are a ring and a dagger. The dagger is to murder the people you are currently residing with, it is safer than using magic as they can trace it back and the ring will transport you back to wherever I am. Please inform Severus of this arrangement and don't tell anyone else. Write back when you receive this letter.

I look forward to hearing from you,
Lucius Malfoy

Draco was bewildered. He didn't know what to do. He could pretend that he hadn't got the letter and just ignore it, but the owl was watching and no doubt it would somehow tell his father or his father was watching or something. The owl sat there obediently, it had obviously been told to not leave until he had a reply.

He scribbled something on a piece of paper and sent it off with the owl. He then put the knife and ring in a drawer and tried to forget about them. There was no way on God's Earth he was going to tell anyone, not even Snape.

He sat back on his bed and thought about what he had to do today. Lessons were going to restart tomorrow so he had to make sure all of the classrooms were ok. They were only focusing on the main subjects, the subjects that would help them in the defeat of Voldemort. Transfiguration, Potions, Charms and Defence Against the Dark Arts.

Draco surveyed the Gryffindor Boys' Dormitory. He saw the Weasel in the bed next to him snoring. He looked like someone had knocked him out. He was sprawled across his bed. Draco smirked at him but then remembered that he had to get him a Christmas present. He had an idea.

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"Ginny? Ginny are you there?" shouted Draco from the bottom of the stairs that led up to the girls' dormitory where Ginny was talking to her friends.

"Yeah, what is it?" she yelled down.

"I need to talk to you!" Draco shouted back down.

"Ok, I'll be there in a second!" she yelled back. Draco looked around uneasily; he still wasn't used to his Gryffindor surroundings. The gold and red just didn't seem right, they seemed too warm, too friendly, Unlike the green and silver of the Slytherin dungeons, which were uninviting and secretive. Draco secretly didn't mind though, he quite liked it.

Ginny floated down the stairs, it would have been easier for her to just jump, it wouldn't have hurt her or anything, but she was still used to her old, human ways. Ron and Hermione were playing chess by the fireplace and Ron kept eyeing Draco suspiciously. Hermione kept whispering 'stop it' but he was still concerned.

"Right! What was it you wanted?" Ginny said, clapping her hands together.

"I'd rather not talk about it here, let's go somewhere else." Draco said. Ron leapt up and started to walk over to Draco to tell him to leave his sister alone. But Hermione stopped him by saying "RON!" and pulled him back into his chair. Ron moaned "but 'Mione!" but a stern look from his friend stopped him. He sulked and thrashed her at chess!

Draco took Ginny out of the room and into one of the many unused classrooms.

"It's about the secret Santa's, I can talk to you about them, can't I?" Draco asked Ginny, looking nervous. Ginny laughed and told him that she knew anyway because she had helped Hagrid. Draco was relieved. "Well I don't know what to get you're brother! It's terrible! I hardly know him and if someone had told me a couple of months ago that I would be buying presents for Ron Weasley or any Gryffindor for that matter then I would have laughed in their face!"

"It's easy! I never know what to get boys so I stick to the easy things, Quidditch stuff, sweets, practical jokes, that sort of thing." Ginny laughed. She looked at Draco expectantly, as if wondering whether there was anything else and seeing that there was she went to leave the room.

"Ginny, wait" Draco said. He knew he should tell her about the letter, but he couldn't. "Thanks" he said and left the room before her. Ginny was curious but ignored it.

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Draco spent the rest of the day collecting anything that he could find for their charms lesson the next day. They were going to practice all the easy spells so that they were certain that everyone knew them all. Draco collected cushions from the boys' dormitory and laughed at how his father would love him to use the dagger. Imagine that! "Accio dagger! ARGH!" that would be funny. Well maybe not for the person on the receiving end…

Draco kept thinking all day that he should tell someone about his father. Maybe Snape but he really wanted to tell Ginny, after all, she was the one that needed to know his whereabouts. He really hoped that she did help him, he would really get to know her as a human. The fact that her brother might kill her scared him a bit but he was willing to take the risk.

Draco made sure that he was early for charms and was in shocked when he opened the door…

A/N: A CLIFFHANGER! HEHE! Pleez review!