Draco was hidden in the shadows. It had been him who the man had seen. But when the girl got up and cast a spell at the man, Draco had been too fascinated to see that Kari was there too. He had quickly cast a Disillusionment charm on himself when she threw the first spell, and had seen them drag Kari out of the room when he could do nothing. He saw the familiar man exit the room and lock the door behind him.

Kelsey, who had recovered, spit out one word.

"Amateur."

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Starr ignored Ginny's comment. She had her own problems to worry about.

"The woman is blond, in her early twenties, with blue eyes. The man is a little older, dark haired, and has an air of one who is used to being waited on."

Ginny's eyes widened.

"-Is the man about six feet tall? And the woman about five and a half-?" Ginny questioned. Starr looked at her with a look of surprise and disbelief.

"Yes. How did you… oh…" Starr said.

"That bitch. I am going to kill her." Ginny said vehemently. Starr watched in wonder as Ginny turned into one angry little witch.

"Going to kill… who?" Starr asked with some curiosity.

"Blossom." Ginny answered simply.

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"Amateur?" Draco repeated.

Kelsey jumped.

"Who's there?" Kelsey asked.

"I repeat, 'amateur'? If I recall what I saw correctly, you just got your butt kicked." Draco said with some amusement. He watched the girl look around the room angrily.

"Shut up. Who are you?"

"Oh, how incredibly rude of me. Draco Malfoy, at your service." He said with a bow. Of course, with the Disillusionment charm, Kelsey couldn't see this.

"Draco Malfoy." Kelsey repeated slowly. This was some sort of dream. Draco Malfoy was in the same room as her!

"Yes. That's right. And who, pray tell, are you?" He asked with the curiosity that one gives when they are not sure if the person they're talking to is an ally or not.

"Kelsey Kendricks. Starr's sister." She replied.

"Kendricks? Why is your last name different?" Draco wondered out loud.

"I'd really rather not talk about that. Or anything to do with my sister, thanks." Kelsey said. She shifted uncomfortably. The ropes were not the most accommodating thing.

"Ah, a rivalry?" Draco questioned eagerly.

"More like we hate each other's guts."

"Ah, just as long as there's nothing wrong with the person. Just the guts." Draco, ever the butthead, said.

"Have you always been a smartass, or is this a recent development?" Kelsey questioned angrily.

"Depends on who you ask." Draco replied.

"And…?"

"And, do you know who that was?" Draco said, changing the subject.

"Yes. Gordon Parkinson."

"Right you are. And do you know how dangerous he is?"

"Very."

"You're doing well. Two out of two right."

"And why are you here?" Kelsey questioned.

"Your Agents are horrible at divulging information." Draco said, changing the subject again. Kelsey's head was being swamped by such quick changes in subject.

"Yeah. And that's why I decided not to become one." Kelsey said.

"Oh, you were going to?"

"Can we not swap life stories right now? We should really go help Kari. She wants to see you. And Mrs. Malfoy." Kelsey said, doing some subject changing of her own. Maybe she wasn't quite as good at it as Draco, but it was still pretty smooth.

"You're right. Now that I know where she is, I really should go get Ginny. She'd never forgive me if I left her out of this." Draco said.

"Could you help me out here, first?" Kelsey asked, motioning to the ropes.

"Of course." He said, with a lazy wave of his wand.

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Draco Apparated back to the Manor with Kelsey right behind him.

"Ginny!" Draco shouted. Everyone came running, including Starr.

"Kelsey!" Starr said, running to hug her sister. Sure, she may not have talked to her in a while, but Starr had been worried about her.

"Draco, you asshole. You left my sister all alone, with only a note." Ron said when he saw Draco.

"Well, I was angry, Weasley."

"I don't care! You had better…"

"Don't you dare tell me what to do in my own house, Weasley! If you want to order someone around, go home and do it."

"Draco…"

"Get out of my house." Draco said dangerously. Ron gave him a murderous look before Apparating out.

"That was really dumb of you, Draco." Harry said.

"You know what, Potter? Don't even start. Get out of my house."

"Draco! You cannot boss around my friends…" Ginny argued when Harry and Patty had Apparated out.

"I can do whatever I want to, Virginia. That's why it's a free country."

"You…"

"I suggest you wait to yell at me until later. Now we have our daughter to save."

"You know where she is?" Ginny asked hopefully.

"Yes. And we can get her. With the help of Kelsey."

"Let's do it, then." Ginny said.

"I'd have to advise you against this, Mr. Malfoy." Starr said. She really didn't care if they went off to save their daughter, but it was her job to 'protect' them. As if they needed it.

"Too bad. Because I'm going to." Draco replied.

And he grabbed Ginny's hand and Apparated with her.

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Wow. I clicked on the messenger icon and it said, "Eight Unread Messages." I had to check again to make sure I had the right email address… Granted, three were the same one, but whatever works…

--I realize that they don't use feet in the UK (or anywhere else, really… but I'm not going to start on that). But I am too lazy to figure out the height I'd want them to be in metric. So, you get my Americanized version.

kimrs- you know, I never really noticed that… but that's what this chapter is for… and probably the next, though I don't really have that written. Oops… (And the length of chapters… see, I'm trying to work on that, but I usually write until I find a good stopping point. And I hate rambling, though I seem to do it quite a bit, and the longer the chapters, the more I ramble… you see? It's an endless cycle…)
karina bowater- yes, definitely, because the story would be no fun if… crud monkeys, why don't I just tell you the story then? God, I'm so bad at that.
Engle- you're right. Thanks for pointing that out. Hopefully (by 'hopefully' I mean that I haven't written it yet) that should happen in the next chapter, or the one after that. I addressed this issue in chapter ten (wow, I didn't really realize that I had written so many fighting chapters. Grr…) in my reply to Ang31666.
Speaking of which, Ang31666… very good!
I'm leaving now.

-Lili