Chapter One
The Dark Revel
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Draco stood in a group of Death Eaters more nervous then he could remember being in his entire life. It had been three years since Lord Voldemort had returned during his fourth year at Hogwarts. Draco had watched over the years as Voldemort got stronger but was somewhat relieved when Voldemort's operations were done in a more secretive manner than before. He swallowed hard as he watched the other potential death eaters rise when called. When his father and mother had told him of their decision to bring him to this Dark Revel, he had no idea that it was an initiation. He'd always wanted to follow in his father's footsteps but now that he was here he wasn't sure he was ready. Looking up, Draco caught his father's eyes behind the white mask Lucius wore; his father gave him a small encouraging look. He tried to smile in return but his stomach was in such knots it felt as if someone had grabbed his stomach and squeezed. Draco could feel small amounts of sweat trickled down the back of his neck as he tried to hide his hands fidgeting within his black robes.
Knowing his turn would be coming soon as there was only one other person ahead of him, his friend Gregory Goyle; Draco wondered where his mother was. She has promised to be here for his initiation but she'd been gone almost the entire revel. One look at his father told him he was having the same thoughts. Draco turned to Walden Macnair who was to the right of him, "Macnair?have you seen-"
He was cut off by an earsplitting scream from beyond the woods that hid the Revel from view. If it had been anyone else the army of Death Eaters would have ignored the scream but everyone single one of them knew that the scream came from Narcissa Malfoy. Draco whirled around and took off through the trees followed closely by the other Death Eaters. Tearing through the trees, he couldn't seem to find his mother fast enough.
"Please!! Someone Help!!"
Draco jumped a wall of hedges to get to his mother was, but he came upon a sight he was not expecting. There was a girl a very beautiful girl lying in his mother's arms. His mother was sitting on the ground crying uncontrollable, her blonde hair falling over her shoulders. She held the girl tight in her arms as if trying to protect her; the girl lied there shivering horribly, she seemingly had a sheen of ice over her body. The Icicle Curse had been used in this place. Draco was suddenly aware of people around him as Death Eaters and his father stood around him. Lucius rushed toward his wife and knelt down next to her.
"Narcissa, what happened," his father asked soothingly briefly glancing down at the frozen girl.
"they came out of nowhere. Ministry Aurors...they tried to curse me," Narcissa glanced down at the girl in her arms who stared back, "She came out of nowhere...she saved my life Lucius. If it hadn't been for her taking the curse for me."
Draco looked down at the girl while his parents continued their discussion. She was fairly short from what he could tell, shorter than 5'5". Her lips had turned blue from being so cold and her hair looked red but Draco had a hard time telling with all the ice that had accumulated on her body. But he could see her eyes, her big blue eyes, they were deep and soulful, the windows of her soul. No more than seventeen he surmised, 'with a very nice figure as well.'
Draco snapped out of his trance as his mother spoke again, "We can't just leave her, Lucius. I owe her my life," Seeing her husband hesitate, Narcissa turned to Voldemort, "My Lord, I beg of you. Please help her. If we only prefer the counter-curse and then leave, that would be better then to leave her for dead." Draco dared a look at Voldemort, seeing that his response would most likely be negative, he aided hi mother, "My Lord, if we were to perform the counter-cure, perhaps, we could obtain information from her. Such as why she was this close to a Revel. If she is a spy, she'd owe us a life debt."
A calculating look crossed Voldemort's face; he raised his wand, "Stand her up."
Draco watched as Avery and Rookwood lifted the frozen girl from his mother's grasp and stood her up like a statue. Lucius helped Narcissa to her feet and back into the ranks of the Death Eaters joined by Avery and Rookwood.
"Fervorous," same a whisper from Voldemort's lips.
A blast of heat came out of his wand and encircled the girl. Draco watched as the sheen of ice literally melted off her body. As the heat faded away every eye was on the girl who turned her head slowly to look around; she locked eyes with Draco for a split moment before she fainted dead away.