Last time from chapter 2... Heh heh... This is now CHAPTER 3! Aren't you glad?
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"Draco! Are you ok?" asked Misty holding onto him. Draco could hear voices in his head and he couldn't stop them. Kill the girl... Kill her! The Dark Lord orders you! You can only prove your loyalty in killing her... She's a threat! He clutched his hand and seemed like he was breathing was short gasps. "Draco what's wrong with your hand?" yelled Misty. She tried to grab him hand but he pulled it away. "Draco.... Let me see your hand." said Misty. Draco shook his head and collapsed on her. "DRACO?! DRACO! Wake up!" cried Misty trying to hold his limp body up. "SOMEONE HELP ME! PLEASE!" She heard some cackles and saw some Slytherins coming towards her.
"Poor Hosh... scared and all alone..." said one of the Slytherins. "What did you do to him?!" yelled Misty. They all laughed. "I wouldn't be worrying about what's happening to him. I'd be more concerned for myself..." laughed the same Slytherin. Pansy let out a shriek of laughter. Misty was furious. She took out her wand and pointed it at the Slytherins. "Oooo... is Hosh going to fight us? Do you really think you can beat all of us? There's only one of you and too many of us." said Pansy. "Besides, don't you know what Draco is? You might as well go along willingly, because once you two have your happy little romance he'll end up serving him." said the Slytherin. "Serving who? What are you talking about?" asked Misty looking more confused than scared. The Slytherin pointed his wand at Draco's hand. "Take a look at his hand. Go ahead... Look at it..." he said. Misty came down on her knees and picked up Draco's hand which was covered by his cloak. She slowly pulled it off and saw a black skull with a snake slithering out of it. It was the Dark Mark. Misty's heart dropped into her stomach unable to move. She was in shock. "The Master saw that Draco was getting weak with this thing called 'love' and decided to teach him a lesson. Don't you see you silly girl? He would've killed you off in the end with our Lord's command. But he thought Draco was too weak and decided to take over Draco's mind. But it didn't work." said the Slytherin. "Now we'll finish you off!" He pointed his wand at Misty and said, "Avada..." SMASH! He was knocked to the ground by Jamie. "You stay away from her!" yelled Jamie threatening the other Slytherins.
The Slytherins got away and Jamie tried to help Misty up. Misty was too shocked for words. "It's ok, Misty. The ferret will be fine. Misty?" said Jamie putting her arm around Misty to support her. "He... he was a..." stuttered Misty. "Yea, I know. He's a Death Eater. Or he's becoming one. He had probably gotten it before the start of term. I found out the letter that Lucius wrote to him was a letter of threat. He told him to get his affairs in order and either never see you again or kill you." said Jamie. "But, how could that be?" said Misty finally coming to her senses. "You'd be surprised. It looks like Voldemort tried to take over his body so he could kill you off. He thought you were a threat to Draco, because he was a Death Eater in training. That was his final test of loyalty, but he failed." said Jamie. "We'd better get him to the Hospital Wing then." said Misty as though it was just a horrible nightmare. Misty muttered a levitation charm and levitated him to the Hospital Wing with Jamie behind.
HOSPITAL WING---
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Botan, Ravinie, and Ash joined Misty and Jamie in the Hospital Wing. "He looks a bit peaky..." said Ron. "Ron be quiet. This is serious..." said Hermione. Misty was sitting on the left side of the bed with Draco sleeping soundly. Madam Pomphrey came rushing in looking extremely annoyed. "Oh, away with you! Go now! Get to your dormitories!" shouted the nurse. Misty stayed holding Draco's hand. Madam Pomphrey was about to tell her to leave, but decided not to judging by the look on Misty's face. It was a face of confusion and worry. 'Why did you tell me?' thought Misty. Draco groaned suddenly and slowly opened his eyes. "Misty?" whispered Draco. "How did I get here?" Misty wanted to smile at him, but she just couldn't. "You passed out." said Misty. Draco looked confused. "What happened? I remember arguing with you and then..." Misty sighed. "I know your secret, Draco..." said Misty. Draco looked a little frightened at her remark. "What? You know about what?" asked Draco. "I know about this." said Misty dropping his hand. Draco looked at his hand as though it had betrayed him and looked back up at Misty. "I thought you'd find out sooner or later, but I never thought you would find out about it that soon. How did you know?" asked Draco. "Your Slytherin buddies told me just before they were about to kill me. I looked at your hand while you were unconscious." said Misty.
Draco looked away from her. "So now you know everything." said Draco. "I know why you started avoiding me in our last class. Your father told you to do away with me didn't he?" asked Misty. Draco didn't respond. He just looked away from her. "Why didn't you tell me? You didn't have to hide it." said Misty. "What's the bloody point?! He would have found some way of killing you besides using me if we were still together. The only way for you to be safe is to stay away from me." said Draco rubbing his hand as though it still stung. "Fine. Let's pretend that none of this had happened and we're mortal enemies again." said Misty sarcastically. Draco snorted. "Sounds like a plan..." mumbled Draco. Misty couldn't stand it any longer. She slapped Draco upside the head and walked out of the Hospital Wing. "DAMN!" cursed Draco. "Mr. Malfoy! Please don't curse like that!" said Madam Pomphrey from her office. Draco sat up and kicked the bedside table.
NEXT DAY—GREAT HALL
Misty couldn't eat her breakfast. She kept on thinking about the fight Draco and herself had last night. Jamie came over and sighed. "For goodness sakes, Misty! Get over him! He isn't that good looking!" said Jamie. Hermione sat down next to Misty and tried to comfort her. "Jamie is right. He was a prat, anyway. Bad temper..." said Hermione. Misty couldn't stand all the sympathy she was receiving. She couldn't bare to look over at the Slytherin table. A lot of them sniggered as Harry sat down across from Misty. "I heard what happened. Are you going to be ok?" asked Harry. Ron sat down as well looked ravenous. He attacked his breakfast like it was nothing. Hermione shook her head in disgust. Misty's temper was rising and she usually didn't blow up and was very patient with her friends. But she felt like tearing everything and everyone apart. 'Breath, Misty... It's ok. They're just trying to make you feel better.' thought Misty. Ron wasn't any help. "Forget about that ferret. I always knew he was going to end up like his Dad..." said Ron through a mouthful of eggs. Misty picked up the pitcher of pumpkin juice and poured it on Ron's head. "Could you leave me alone? Thanks..." said Misty folding her arms. Ron wiped his eyes and said no more. Hermione tried to stifle a giggle. "This is ridiculous! I am going to have a word with Malfoy!" said Jamie. "You're just going to make it worse, Jamie." said Hermione.
Misty huffed a bit and stood. "Jamie... it's not that I don't appreciate your friendship, ok? But it's not going to help the bloody situation if you keep pounding the stuffing out of my ex-boyfriend! He's never going to stop being a prat so deal with it!" shouted Misty. Nicole came over to Misty and sat down on the other side of her not saying anything at the look of Misty's face. Misty sat back down in a huff. "Ok, fine. I won't mess with him." said Jamie going back to the Slytherin table. "Are you ok?" asked Nicole. Misty took in a breath and closed her eyes for a bit. "No, Draco and I broke up yesterday." said Misty. Nicole looked shocked. "NO! I can't believe it. Why?" asked Nicole. Harry looked shocked as well seeing as Misty and Draco seemed happy together. "Did Malfoy say something to you?" asked Harry ready to pounce on Malfoy if he ever happened to come by. Misty smiled slightly at Harry. "No, we just had a disagreement. Besides, a Gryffindor and a Slytherin can't be together. It's just nature. Ron was right I hate to admit it." said Misty. Ron glowed with pride. "I was right?" asked Ron. Hermione frowned at Ron. "Don't get cocky, Ron." said Hermione.
POTIONS---
Misty felt slightly better knowing that her friends had her back. She had felt kind of guilty yelling at Jamie. She had to apologize. Misty got out her quill and a piece of parchment and wrote:
I am really sorry Jamie. I didn't mean to yell at you. I was just frustrated from yesterday.
Misty made the note scuttle over to Jamie's desk with her wand. 'I wonder if I'll ever be able to speak to him again.' thought Misty. 'NO! Why would you think that? He doesn't care about you. He's going to be a Death Eater. But he wants me to be safe. That's why he doesn't want to be near me. To protect me.' Misty was getting confused and frightened that maybe Draco might get hurt in the process of becoming a Death Eater. Voldemort obviously wasn't very merciless towards weak people. She saw a note scuttling towards her and she picked it up. She opened it, but it wasn't Jamie's hand writing. It was Nicole's hand writing. It said:
OMG! Harry asked me out! Can you believe it? He asked me before class. Do you think we'll be together for a long time? I am sorry about you and Draco, though. You were really a cute couple. Well, I got to write Harry's name all over my notebook! Bye!
Misty couldn't believe that her and Draco wouldn't be together. They only became an item in one day and broke up the same day. She felt a slight twinge of envy and lonliness. The bell rang signaling the end of the lesson and Misty wondered if Jamie forgave her. She waited outside of the classroom and Jamie came out. "I accept your apology. I guess you can handle things well on your own sometimes." said Jamie. Nicole came out of the classroom hand in hand with the Boy Who Lived. Nicole looked exceptionally happy and was smiling. "Hello Misty! I'll see you in Charms. Harry and I are going ahead." said Nicole. Once Nicole was out of ear shot Jamie laughed. "Wow. She looks happy. You know what 'going ahead' means don't you?" asked Jamie. Misty laughed, too.
"Does it mean they're going to snog before class starts?" asked Misty. Draco walked out of the classroom avoiding Misty as best he could with his cronies Crabbe and Goyle behind. Jamie sneered at them. "Don't worry about that git and his drooling monkeys. He'll see what he's missing." said Jamie. "He'll break and he'll come crawling back to you." Misty shook her head. "I think it is best for him to stay away. If Voldemort found out his weakness he would surely do something to him." said Misty. "Well, I think he's a prat for making you upset. I'll see you at lunch, ok?" said Jamie walking with Misty upstairs from the dungeons. Jamie went to Divination and Misty went up the grand staircase to Charms. She needed a good lesson of Charms. She always loved that class and got top marks.
LUNCH---
Harry and Nicole were making googly eyes at each other and Ron and Hermione were arguing over Krum again. "Honestly, Ron! He's a friend. Why can't I talk to him? You aren't jealous are you?" said Hermione raising an eyebrow at him. Ron turned slightly red. "NO! Me? Jealous of Vicky? NO WAY!" said Ron. "Harry back me up here!" Harry wasn't listening. He was still making googly eyes at Nicole. "HARRY!" shouted Ron. Harry finally got out of his trance and turned to see a very scarlet Ron. "Uh, sure. What you said..." said Harry. Misty was sitting eating lunch when hundreds of owls came in. She started choking on her food when she saw an owl fly past her. Hermione patted her on the back and gave her some water. "Drink this. You'll feel better." said Hermione. She took a sip of water and saw Draco's concerned face. He looked like he saw something horrible and when he caught her eye he looked away. 'So he really does care...' thought Misty.
A grey owl flew and landed in front of Misty. There was a letter attached to its leg and she untied it. She opened it and it read:
Miss Hosh,
You're invited to the Malfoy Manor during the summer holiday. You may stay as long as you wish. We have heard a great deal about you from Draco and we would be delighted to see you. I also sent Draco a letter as well about the arrangements.
Lucius Malfoy
Misty dropped the letter in a panic. She had heard about Draco's dad. She heard from Harry that he was a Death Eater and couldn't be trusted. She was a bit scared about the whole situation of going to the Malfoy Manor. She heard about his mother, too and wondered if she was as horrible as her husband. She looked up at Draco who looked paler than ever. He apparently had received the letter. "What is it?" asked Hermione. "I am invited to the Malfoy Manor." said Misty. Harry snapped back to reality at the name. "You are going to the Malfoy Manor?!" asked Harry. Misty handed Harry the letter and he read it over. "Oh, Merlin! Do you think he's up to something?" asked Harry. Hermione snatched the letter from Harry and read it. "Wow. He must be up to something." said Hermione. Misty's stomach did a flip flop and made her feel nauseous. "Do you think I should pretend I am sick? I feel sick just thinking about it." said Misty. Hermione shook her head. "You should probably go. You could be a spy. You can get some dirt on Lucius or Voldemort." said Hermione. Ron flinched. "Oh, honestly Ron! You should be able to stand hearing his name by now!"
THE END OF THE YEAR---
"I can't believe I actually passed Potions!" said Ron. People around him started laughing. Misty wasn't as happy as Ron. Sure she would be coming back 7th year, but she couldn't stand the thought of not being with Draco. Then again he thought of going to meet Draco's father was a little unnerving.
HOGSMEADE STATION---
Misty gave all her friends hugs and said her goodbyes. She really didn't want to leave Hogwarts. Fisrtly, she loved the school. And secondly because she had to go to the Malfoy Manor. Her stomach was doing flips and wondered when her parents would pick her up. Her parents never bothered to pick her up at the King's Cross station. Too many muggles. She was getting kind of worried considering her parents were always on time for picking her up every year. "Miss Hosh! Go fetch her Draco..." said a cold voice. Misty turned around and saw Draco walking up to her. "Coming?" asked Draco. Misty had no idea what was going on. "I thought..." Misty said. "My father sent an owl to your parents. He told them that we would be picking you up and bringing you with us to the manor." said Draco barely looking at her. Misty still thought it was a mistake, but followed with her trunk being dragged behind her. "Ah, Miss Hosh. It's good to meet you in person. I am Lucius Malfoy. Draco's father." said Lucius. Misty nodded and followed them out of the station. "We will be taking a portkey to the manor." said Lucius taking up an old tire. Misty place a finger on it and felt a rush of wind. She felt like she was flying, but felt herself fall roughly to the ground again. Draco and Lucius were still standing and Misty got up brushing herself off. "We're here." said Lucius with a hint of pride in his voice. Misty looked around her and saw a beautiful manor in front of her. She saw a garden on the left side of the house where house elves were clearly working.
They all went inside. Misty couldn't believe how stunning everything was. She saw maids dusting knick knacks with their wands and butlers busily going up and down the grand stairs. "Draco, go show Miss Hosh to her room." said Lucius going into the large living room. "Yes, father." said Draco forcefully taking her hand and leading her upstairs. "Draco! Not so tight." said Misty trying to keep herself from tripping. Draco lead her down the corridor and stopped abruptly in front of a door. Draco opened it and led her in. "Here's your room. My room is on the 3rd floor first door to the right if you need anything." Draco was about to leave and close the door behind him when Misty grabbed his hand. "Why didn't you tell me? What's going on? Is your father forcing you into this?" asked Misty dropping her trunk with a thud. Draco just pulled away without another word and slammed the door closed. Misty rubbed her red hand and sat on the plush green bed. How could she have been so dumb? This was Draco Malfoy. Of course he wasn't being forced into being a Death Eater. Draco would have had any excuse to get rid of Harry. He never said he loved her except for when he was drunk, but that didn't count. It was all an act... but why did her heart say differently?
THE STUDY---
Why had he done that to her? She didn't deserve it. Why did he have to mention her to his family? Clearly they had seen a slight change in himself. He had a skip in his step and they knew Draco's weakness. If Draco kept away from her she would not be harmed. He couldn't stand the hurt he saw in her eyes before he had left her in that cold room. If he didn't want her harmed he would have to avoid her all together. He knew his father was testing his loyalty by making him taking her to her room. Lucius knew how he felt about Misty and being in love was not an option as a Malfoy. Especially with a Gryffindor. He was sitting on an armchair in front of an empty fireplace. All of a sudden, green flames appeared in the fireplace. Draco jumped out of his chair and got out his wand. He saw his enemy's head in the green flames. "Potter?" asked Draco. "Uh... hi. Could you go get Misty for me? I'd like to talk to her." said Harry. Draco's face turned red with jealously. "She's not here. She sleeping in her room." lied Draco through clenched teeth. He couldn't believe he had the nerve to call on Misty. "Oh, well I'll try again later. Tell her that I need to talk to her ok?" said Harry's head disappearing w/ the green flames. "DAMN YOU POTTER!" Draco cursed at the fireplace. "IT'S ALL YOUR DAMN FAULT SHE'S HURTING! YOUR DAMN EXISTANCE!"
BACK IN MISTY'S ROOM---
Misty was just sitting and thinking on her bed when she her a soft knock on the door. It was the maid. "Mr. Malfoy requests your presence at dinner downstairs." said the maid. Misty muttered a thank you and the maid left. She didn't know what was going on accept that Draco's father may be planning her demise. Misty took off her robes and put them in her trunk. She changed into her regular clothes. (AN: Meaning muggle...) She went downstairs and through the front entrance hall to the dining room. "MISTY!" shouted a familiar voice. Before Misty saw who was coming towards her she felt a slight slam into her. "Jamie?" asked Misty in confusion. "What are you doing here?" Jamie let go of her when she realized she was actually crushing her. "Draco's dad invited me." said Jamie rolling her eyes. Misty sat down at a large table next to Jamie in the living room. Draco soon joined them soon after. "So are you two still on speaking terms?" asked Jamie. Draco just ignored her and started looking down at the floor. "DRACO! ANSWER ME FERRET!" yelled Jamie making the butler who was standing nearby jump. "Why is it your concern?" asked Draco. Draco didn't seem like he wanted to talk and just glared at her.
Misty couldn't stand being talked about when she was sitting right there. "Draco I would appreciate it if you would stop being such a prat!" shouted Misty. "And you're not helping Jamie!" Jamie looked like she had been slapped and Draco started looking at the floor again. "Well the idget isn't really talking so I thought I'd make him talk. I can be very persuasive." said Jamie grinning. Misty shook her head. "FERRET!" yelled Jamie. Lucius came in at the exact moment and Jamie started to turn red. "Miss Smith. I don't know what your parents let you do at YOUR house but I hardly think that normal people shout at the dinner table." said Lucius sitting down. "Sorry sir." said Jamie. Draco suddenly made a sound like a laugh but tried to change it into a cough. Misty would've laughed too, but she didn't feel like laughing. Draco still wasn't speaking to her. "So Miss Hosh. You're in Gryffindor I've heard am I right?" asked Lucius. Misty nodded. Where exactly was he going with this? "Yes, you are friends with Potter, the Weasley boy, and the Mudblood." said Lucius looking smug. Misty could feel her stomach was in knots from being nervous. Misty couldn't stand anyone who called Hermione a mudblood. One of her hands clenched into a tight fist under the table and Draco seemed to notice Misty getting very tense.
"You do know of course that we only take in purebloods and ones who end up in Slytherin into our family." said Lucius. Misty couldn't understand why Lucius was pointing this out. "Draco will be needing a suitable young woman when he inherits the manor." Jamie looked at Lucius funny. "What's wrong with Misty?" asked Jamie. Lucius just laughed. "You will find out soon enough." replied Lucius. Draco looked like he was sifting nervously in his chair as he said this. "I am pureblood! And so what if I am in Gryffindor!" shouted Misty a bit surprised at her own daring. "It's nothing personal. We just have a family tradition to keep." said Lucius not really surprised by her reaction. "Well you can keep your bloody tradition and your stupid pride!" shouted Misty getting up from the table. Draco didn't say anything but just sat there and watched her reaction. Jamie was just as much in shock and couldn't say anything. Misty walked back upstairs and Jamie went after her. "MISTY!" yelled Jamie running after her. They were already on the 2nd floor and Misty opened her door. "WHAT?!" yelled Misty as she turned around. "Why are you mad at me? I am not the one who told you off." said Jamie.
"Sorry. I think I should just leave. There's no sense in me staying if he doesn't want me here. Draco obviously doesn't want me here anymore." said Misty. "Sure he does. He's just being an idget." said Jamie laughing. Misty didn't look at all amused by this and closed the door. "Misty. Open the door." said Jamie. "Having problems?" asked a drawling voice. Draco had walked upstairs and looked amused. "Your girlfriend slammed the door in my face!" said Jamie. "And it's all your fault! No strike that it's your father's fault, too!" Draco just rolled his eyes. "Well, when she gets mad she gets mad." said Draco. "Not my problem." Jamie glared at Draco. "Why don't you apologize? You're the one who started this crap." said Jamie. Draco just shrugged and started to walk away. "DRACO! HELP ME NOW!" yelled Jamie. Draco sighed and took out his wand. "Alohamora!" said Draco pointing at the door. Jamie looked like she had just remembered she was a witch. "Why didn't I think of that?" asked Jamie. "You're a blonde?" said Draco opening the door for her. "There. I opened it." Draco was about to walk away again but Jamie pushed him inside. "JAMIE! What the bloody hell are you doing?" shouted Draco. "Fixing the problem. You're the problem." said Jamie. Misty had been sitting on her bed and saw Jamie pushing Draco into her room. "Jamie? What are you doing? How did you get in?" asked Misty. "It wasn't that hard." muttered Draco. "Your friend here forgot she was a witch." Misty half laughed and half frowned. "Didn't I make it clear that I didn't want anyone coming in by slamming the door?" asked Misty. "And why the hell are you talking to me again?" Draco didn't answer. "Ok I couldn't stand you guys not talking so I decided to fix the problem." said Jamie.
"Jamie, didn't you hear what his father said? He wants a Slytherin to be with Draco. Not a Gryffindor." said Misty. "Oh boo hoo he can just shove it up his---"Jamie started saying. A maid had come in and Jamie had stopped talking. "Do you mind? We're talking." said Misty. The maid nodded and walked out. "I need to go now. I've got a lot of stuff to do." said Draco about to walk out. "OH NO you don't! You stay here until you apologize." said Jamie. "Malfoys don't apologize." muttered Draco not looking at Misty. Jamie grabbed a hold of his shirt collar and pulled him away from the door. "You do." said Jamie. Draco fought to get away from Jamie, but it was no use. He couldn't even budge an inch. "Apologize NOW!" Draco let his hands fall to his sides in defeat and turned towards Misty. "Could you let me go first?" asked Draco. "You better not run if I let go or you'll have me on your tail all over the manor." said Jamie. She let go of his collar and Draco walked up to Misty. "I em sowry..." said Draco having difficulty with the words. "What? We couldn't quite hear you. Speak louder." said Jamie. Draco glared at Jamie. "I... am... sorry..." said Draco slowly. "See? Now that wasn't that hard now was it?" said Jamie. Draco turned away from Misty and walked out without a word. "I don't think you made a difference." said Misty. "At least he said sorry." said Jamie. "Now that's very difficult for a Malfoy." Misty just nodded her head.
"Well, I'll see you later. Maybe we could do something tomorrow." said Jamie. "Sure." said Misty. Jamie left the room and closed the door behind her. Jamie went upstairs to the third floor and could hear some voices. One seemed aggravated and one seemed very serious. She guessed the aggravated voice was Draco. "Who are you setting me up with?" shouted Draco. "Hopefully not Pansy." Jamie could hear the fireplace crackling in the bedroom. "Draco we need to keep the tradition. Misty is unfit to be your girlfriend. You need someone like Miss Smith. She could be a perfect Death Eater. She has the drive and talent for it." said Lucius. "But Jamie doesn't even like the Death Eaters." said Draco. Lucius sounded like he hadn't even heard Draco say this. "What if I don't want to be a Death Eater..." muttered Draco. Lucius laughed. "Don't joke about things like that. You will become a Death Eater. You already have the mark. Now it's Miss Smith's turn." Jamie couldn't believe what she had just heard. Her and Draco together? And what was worse was that they planned to make her a Death Eater. She ran downstairs to Misty's room on the second floor and knocked on her door as quietly as she could. "Misty?" whispered Jamie. "I need to tell you something important." Misty opened the door a crack. "What? Did the ferret finally die?" asked Misty. "You don't mean that." said Jamie. "Now let me in." Misty let Jamie in and Jamie looked horrified. "What is it? You look like you've seen Draco naked." said Misty. "Worse. Lucius wants to set me up with Draco and make me a Death Eater." said Jamie.
Misty looked worried. "Why would he do that?" asked Misty. "I don't know. To get rid of you I suppose." said Jamie. "But I know one thing. Draco doesn't want to be a Death Eater. I heard him myself." Misty couldn't believe this. "He doesn't?" asked Misty. "I think he was ignoring you because he wanted to protect you." said Jamie. "From what? Death Eaters?" asked Misty. "Yea, and just about the whole Malfoy family." said Jamie. "Well he didn't have to be a big prat!" said Misty. "He could've just told me instead of giving the cold shoulder." Jamie shook her head. "He's a male. For goodness sake they are not immune to stupidity." said Jamie. "Well, it's too late now. Lucius is never going to let me see Draco ever again." said Misty. Misty and Jamie talked for quite a long time about the matter. Jamie finally looked at her watch and realized it was getting late. "Well, how about we talk more about it tomorrow morning? It's getting pretty late." said Jamie. Misty nodded and Jamie left.
MORNING---
Jamie was sleeping and didn't hear Draco come in. "Jamie. Wake up!" said Draco. Jamie just stirred, but showed no sign of waking up. "JAMIE!" shouted Draco. Jamie just didn't wake up. Finally he took her by the shoulders and shook her. "JAMIE!" yelled Draco. But she was still asleep. He saw a glass of water on the side table and poured it over Jamie. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?! YOU'RE GOING TO DIE FERRET!" yelled Jamie all soaking wet. Jamie got out of bed and chased him out of her room. Misty heard the shouting from upstairs, put a robe over her pajamas, and ran out of her bedroom and up the stairs. Draco was being chased by Jamie who looked very mad about something. "DROWN ME WILL YOU?!" shouted Jamie threatening him with her wand. Misty couldn't help, but laugh. Jamie hadn't even realized she was still in her pajamas. Misty took out her wand. "Stupefy!" said Misty with her wand trying to aim at Jamie who wouldn't stand still. Misty had got her and Jamie flew down the corridor. Draco saw Misty and looked a bit shocked. "You know I didn't have to do that." said Misty. Draco didn't say anything. "You'd better leave before I change my mind and put her right." Misty could've sworn she saw a flicker of guilt and sadness on his face before he turned and left the room.
Misty dragged Jamie back inside her room and knelt down beside her and pointed her wand at her. "Enervate!" muttered Misty. Jamie sat up and looked confused and angry at the same time. "Where is he? And why did you stun me?" asked Jamie trying to stand with difficulty. Jamie was about to fall back down, but Misty caught her and held her shoulders to help her stand correctly. "Sorry. Even though I think Draco is a prat, I can't let him get hurt let alone killed." said Misty. "Well, I'll get him next time you won't be there to save his ass." said Jamie finally able to stand on her own. Misty shook her head and chuckled a bit. "Honestly, Jamie. You and your grudges..." said Misty. A maid came into the room and looked surprised to see them up so early. Apparently she had heard Jamie yelling at Draco. "What is going on here? Where is Master Draco?" asked the maid. "I thought I heard him." Misty shifted her feet nervously. "Er... Jamie thought she saw a spider so Draco came in to kill it for her. Isn't that right Jamie?" said Misty giving Jamie a pleading sort of look. Jamie sighed. "Yea, a spider..." said Jamie not sounding at all convincing. The maid didn't look convinced, but didn't question any further. "I thought you'd like to know that we're having a ball. The family's closet relatives will be attending so look your best. It will be held this evening in the ball room at eight o' clock sharp." The maid suddenly left without another word.
"Why do you suppose they're having a ball?" asked Misty. Jamie shrugged. "Probably a bunch of rich stiffs coming to brag." said Jamie. "You don't think there are going to be other Death Eaters do you?" asked Misty. Jamie looked perturbed and worried at her question. "Probably. But of course they're all supposedly former Death Eaters who have had their name cleared." said Jamie. "Let's not talk about it anymore. I don't want to worry anymore." said Misty. "Ok, how about we go to Hogsmeade and see if we can find any dress robes for the ball." said Jamie. Misty smiled and nodded and went back to her own bedroom to get ready. She obviously couldn't go in her night robes.
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"Draco! Are you ok?" asked Misty holding onto him. Draco could hear voices in his head and he couldn't stop them. Kill the girl... Kill her! The Dark Lord orders you! You can only prove your loyalty in killing her... She's a threat! He clutched his hand and seemed like he was breathing was short gasps. "Draco what's wrong with your hand?" yelled Misty. She tried to grab him hand but he pulled it away. "Draco.... Let me see your hand." said Misty. Draco shook his head and collapsed on her. "DRACO?! DRACO! Wake up!" cried Misty trying to hold his limp body up. "SOMEONE HELP ME! PLEASE!" She heard some cackles and saw some Slytherins coming towards her.
"Poor Hosh... scared and all alone..." said one of the Slytherins. "What did you do to him?!" yelled Misty. They all laughed. "I wouldn't be worrying about what's happening to him. I'd be more concerned for myself..." laughed the same Slytherin. Pansy let out a shriek of laughter. Misty was furious. She took out her wand and pointed it at the Slytherins. "Oooo... is Hosh going to fight us? Do you really think you can beat all of us? There's only one of you and too many of us." said Pansy. "Besides, don't you know what Draco is? You might as well go along willingly, because once you two have your happy little romance he'll end up serving him." said the Slytherin. "Serving who? What are you talking about?" asked Misty looking more confused than scared. The Slytherin pointed his wand at Draco's hand. "Take a look at his hand. Go ahead... Look at it..." he said. Misty came down on her knees and picked up Draco's hand which was covered by his cloak. She slowly pulled it off and saw a black skull with a snake slithering out of it. It was the Dark Mark. Misty's heart dropped into her stomach unable to move. She was in shock. "The Master saw that Draco was getting weak with this thing called 'love' and decided to teach him a lesson. Don't you see you silly girl? He would've killed you off in the end with our Lord's command. But he thought Draco was too weak and decided to take over Draco's mind. But it didn't work." said the Slytherin. "Now we'll finish you off!" He pointed his wand at Misty and said, "Avada..." SMASH! He was knocked to the ground by Jamie. "You stay away from her!" yelled Jamie threatening the other Slytherins.
The Slytherins got away and Jamie tried to help Misty up. Misty was too shocked for words. "It's ok, Misty. The ferret will be fine. Misty?" said Jamie putting her arm around Misty to support her. "He... he was a..." stuttered Misty. "Yea, I know. He's a Death Eater. Or he's becoming one. He had probably gotten it before the start of term. I found out the letter that Lucius wrote to him was a letter of threat. He told him to get his affairs in order and either never see you again or kill you." said Jamie. "But, how could that be?" said Misty finally coming to her senses. "You'd be surprised. It looks like Voldemort tried to take over his body so he could kill you off. He thought you were a threat to Draco, because he was a Death Eater in training. That was his final test of loyalty, but he failed." said Jamie. "We'd better get him to the Hospital Wing then." said Misty as though it was just a horrible nightmare. Misty muttered a levitation charm and levitated him to the Hospital Wing with Jamie behind.
HOSPITAL WING---
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Botan, Ravinie, and Ash joined Misty and Jamie in the Hospital Wing. "He looks a bit peaky..." said Ron. "Ron be quiet. This is serious..." said Hermione. Misty was sitting on the left side of the bed with Draco sleeping soundly. Madam Pomphrey came rushing in looking extremely annoyed. "Oh, away with you! Go now! Get to your dormitories!" shouted the nurse. Misty stayed holding Draco's hand. Madam Pomphrey was about to tell her to leave, but decided not to judging by the look on Misty's face. It was a face of confusion and worry. 'Why did you tell me?' thought Misty. Draco groaned suddenly and slowly opened his eyes. "Misty?" whispered Draco. "How did I get here?" Misty wanted to smile at him, but she just couldn't. "You passed out." said Misty. Draco looked confused. "What happened? I remember arguing with you and then..." Misty sighed. "I know your secret, Draco..." said Misty. Draco looked a little frightened at her remark. "What? You know about what?" asked Draco. "I know about this." said Misty dropping his hand. Draco looked at his hand as though it had betrayed him and looked back up at Misty. "I thought you'd find out sooner or later, but I never thought you would find out about it that soon. How did you know?" asked Draco. "Your Slytherin buddies told me just before they were about to kill me. I looked at your hand while you were unconscious." said Misty.
Draco looked away from her. "So now you know everything." said Draco. "I know why you started avoiding me in our last class. Your father told you to do away with me didn't he?" asked Misty. Draco didn't respond. He just looked away from her. "Why didn't you tell me? You didn't have to hide it." said Misty. "What's the bloody point?! He would have found some way of killing you besides using me if we were still together. The only way for you to be safe is to stay away from me." said Draco rubbing his hand as though it still stung. "Fine. Let's pretend that none of this had happened and we're mortal enemies again." said Misty sarcastically. Draco snorted. "Sounds like a plan..." mumbled Draco. Misty couldn't stand it any longer. She slapped Draco upside the head and walked out of the Hospital Wing. "DAMN!" cursed Draco. "Mr. Malfoy! Please don't curse like that!" said Madam Pomphrey from her office. Draco sat up and kicked the bedside table.
NEXT DAY—GREAT HALL
Misty couldn't eat her breakfast. She kept on thinking about the fight Draco and herself had last night. Jamie came over and sighed. "For goodness sakes, Misty! Get over him! He isn't that good looking!" said Jamie. Hermione sat down next to Misty and tried to comfort her. "Jamie is right. He was a prat, anyway. Bad temper..." said Hermione. Misty couldn't stand all the sympathy she was receiving. She couldn't bare to look over at the Slytherin table. A lot of them sniggered as Harry sat down across from Misty. "I heard what happened. Are you going to be ok?" asked Harry. Ron sat down as well looked ravenous. He attacked his breakfast like it was nothing. Hermione shook her head in disgust. Misty's temper was rising and she usually didn't blow up and was very patient with her friends. But she felt like tearing everything and everyone apart. 'Breath, Misty... It's ok. They're just trying to make you feel better.' thought Misty. Ron wasn't any help. "Forget about that ferret. I always knew he was going to end up like his Dad..." said Ron through a mouthful of eggs. Misty picked up the pitcher of pumpkin juice and poured it on Ron's head. "Could you leave me alone? Thanks..." said Misty folding her arms. Ron wiped his eyes and said no more. Hermione tried to stifle a giggle. "This is ridiculous! I am going to have a word with Malfoy!" said Jamie. "You're just going to make it worse, Jamie." said Hermione.
Misty huffed a bit and stood. "Jamie... it's not that I don't appreciate your friendship, ok? But it's not going to help the bloody situation if you keep pounding the stuffing out of my ex-boyfriend! He's never going to stop being a prat so deal with it!" shouted Misty. Nicole came over to Misty and sat down on the other side of her not saying anything at the look of Misty's face. Misty sat back down in a huff. "Ok, fine. I won't mess with him." said Jamie going back to the Slytherin table. "Are you ok?" asked Nicole. Misty took in a breath and closed her eyes for a bit. "No, Draco and I broke up yesterday." said Misty. Nicole looked shocked. "NO! I can't believe it. Why?" asked Nicole. Harry looked shocked as well seeing as Misty and Draco seemed happy together. "Did Malfoy say something to you?" asked Harry ready to pounce on Malfoy if he ever happened to come by. Misty smiled slightly at Harry. "No, we just had a disagreement. Besides, a Gryffindor and a Slytherin can't be together. It's just nature. Ron was right I hate to admit it." said Misty. Ron glowed with pride. "I was right?" asked Ron. Hermione frowned at Ron. "Don't get cocky, Ron." said Hermione.
POTIONS---
Misty felt slightly better knowing that her friends had her back. She had felt kind of guilty yelling at Jamie. She had to apologize. Misty got out her quill and a piece of parchment and wrote:
I am really sorry Jamie. I didn't mean to yell at you. I was just frustrated from yesterday.
Misty made the note scuttle over to Jamie's desk with her wand. 'I wonder if I'll ever be able to speak to him again.' thought Misty. 'NO! Why would you think that? He doesn't care about you. He's going to be a Death Eater. But he wants me to be safe. That's why he doesn't want to be near me. To protect me.' Misty was getting confused and frightened that maybe Draco might get hurt in the process of becoming a Death Eater. Voldemort obviously wasn't very merciless towards weak people. She saw a note scuttling towards her and she picked it up. She opened it, but it wasn't Jamie's hand writing. It was Nicole's hand writing. It said:
OMG! Harry asked me out! Can you believe it? He asked me before class. Do you think we'll be together for a long time? I am sorry about you and Draco, though. You were really a cute couple. Well, I got to write Harry's name all over my notebook! Bye!
Misty couldn't believe that her and Draco wouldn't be together. They only became an item in one day and broke up the same day. She felt a slight twinge of envy and lonliness. The bell rang signaling the end of the lesson and Misty wondered if Jamie forgave her. She waited outside of the classroom and Jamie came out. "I accept your apology. I guess you can handle things well on your own sometimes." said Jamie. Nicole came out of the classroom hand in hand with the Boy Who Lived. Nicole looked exceptionally happy and was smiling. "Hello Misty! I'll see you in Charms. Harry and I are going ahead." said Nicole. Once Nicole was out of ear shot Jamie laughed. "Wow. She looks happy. You know what 'going ahead' means don't you?" asked Jamie. Misty laughed, too.
"Does it mean they're going to snog before class starts?" asked Misty. Draco walked out of the classroom avoiding Misty as best he could with his cronies Crabbe and Goyle behind. Jamie sneered at them. "Don't worry about that git and his drooling monkeys. He'll see what he's missing." said Jamie. "He'll break and he'll come crawling back to you." Misty shook her head. "I think it is best for him to stay away. If Voldemort found out his weakness he would surely do something to him." said Misty. "Well, I think he's a prat for making you upset. I'll see you at lunch, ok?" said Jamie walking with Misty upstairs from the dungeons. Jamie went to Divination and Misty went up the grand staircase to Charms. She needed a good lesson of Charms. She always loved that class and got top marks.
LUNCH---
Harry and Nicole were making googly eyes at each other and Ron and Hermione were arguing over Krum again. "Honestly, Ron! He's a friend. Why can't I talk to him? You aren't jealous are you?" said Hermione raising an eyebrow at him. Ron turned slightly red. "NO! Me? Jealous of Vicky? NO WAY!" said Ron. "Harry back me up here!" Harry wasn't listening. He was still making googly eyes at Nicole. "HARRY!" shouted Ron. Harry finally got out of his trance and turned to see a very scarlet Ron. "Uh, sure. What you said..." said Harry. Misty was sitting eating lunch when hundreds of owls came in. She started choking on her food when she saw an owl fly past her. Hermione patted her on the back and gave her some water. "Drink this. You'll feel better." said Hermione. She took a sip of water and saw Draco's concerned face. He looked like he saw something horrible and when he caught her eye he looked away. 'So he really does care...' thought Misty.
A grey owl flew and landed in front of Misty. There was a letter attached to its leg and she untied it. She opened it and it read:
Miss Hosh,
You're invited to the Malfoy Manor during the summer holiday. You may stay as long as you wish. We have heard a great deal about you from Draco and we would be delighted to see you. I also sent Draco a letter as well about the arrangements.
Lucius Malfoy
Misty dropped the letter in a panic. She had heard about Draco's dad. She heard from Harry that he was a Death Eater and couldn't be trusted. She was a bit scared about the whole situation of going to the Malfoy Manor. She heard about his mother, too and wondered if she was as horrible as her husband. She looked up at Draco who looked paler than ever. He apparently had received the letter. "What is it?" asked Hermione. "I am invited to the Malfoy Manor." said Misty. Harry snapped back to reality at the name. "You are going to the Malfoy Manor?!" asked Harry. Misty handed Harry the letter and he read it over. "Oh, Merlin! Do you think he's up to something?" asked Harry. Hermione snatched the letter from Harry and read it. "Wow. He must be up to something." said Hermione. Misty's stomach did a flip flop and made her feel nauseous. "Do you think I should pretend I am sick? I feel sick just thinking about it." said Misty. Hermione shook her head. "You should probably go. You could be a spy. You can get some dirt on Lucius or Voldemort." said Hermione. Ron flinched. "Oh, honestly Ron! You should be able to stand hearing his name by now!"
THE END OF THE YEAR---
"I can't believe I actually passed Potions!" said Ron. People around him started laughing. Misty wasn't as happy as Ron. Sure she would be coming back 7th year, but she couldn't stand the thought of not being with Draco. Then again he thought of going to meet Draco's father was a little unnerving.
HOGSMEADE STATION---
Misty gave all her friends hugs and said her goodbyes. She really didn't want to leave Hogwarts. Fisrtly, she loved the school. And secondly because she had to go to the Malfoy Manor. Her stomach was doing flips and wondered when her parents would pick her up. Her parents never bothered to pick her up at the King's Cross station. Too many muggles. She was getting kind of worried considering her parents were always on time for picking her up every year. "Miss Hosh! Go fetch her Draco..." said a cold voice. Misty turned around and saw Draco walking up to her. "Coming?" asked Draco. Misty had no idea what was going on. "I thought..." Misty said. "My father sent an owl to your parents. He told them that we would be picking you up and bringing you with us to the manor." said Draco barely looking at her. Misty still thought it was a mistake, but followed with her trunk being dragged behind her. "Ah, Miss Hosh. It's good to meet you in person. I am Lucius Malfoy. Draco's father." said Lucius. Misty nodded and followed them out of the station. "We will be taking a portkey to the manor." said Lucius taking up an old tire. Misty place a finger on it and felt a rush of wind. She felt like she was flying, but felt herself fall roughly to the ground again. Draco and Lucius were still standing and Misty got up brushing herself off. "We're here." said Lucius with a hint of pride in his voice. Misty looked around her and saw a beautiful manor in front of her. She saw a garden on the left side of the house where house elves were clearly working.
They all went inside. Misty couldn't believe how stunning everything was. She saw maids dusting knick knacks with their wands and butlers busily going up and down the grand stairs. "Draco, go show Miss Hosh to her room." said Lucius going into the large living room. "Yes, father." said Draco forcefully taking her hand and leading her upstairs. "Draco! Not so tight." said Misty trying to keep herself from tripping. Draco lead her down the corridor and stopped abruptly in front of a door. Draco opened it and led her in. "Here's your room. My room is on the 3rd floor first door to the right if you need anything." Draco was about to leave and close the door behind him when Misty grabbed his hand. "Why didn't you tell me? What's going on? Is your father forcing you into this?" asked Misty dropping her trunk with a thud. Draco just pulled away without another word and slammed the door closed. Misty rubbed her red hand and sat on the plush green bed. How could she have been so dumb? This was Draco Malfoy. Of course he wasn't being forced into being a Death Eater. Draco would have had any excuse to get rid of Harry. He never said he loved her except for when he was drunk, but that didn't count. It was all an act... but why did her heart say differently?
THE STUDY---
Why had he done that to her? She didn't deserve it. Why did he have to mention her to his family? Clearly they had seen a slight change in himself. He had a skip in his step and they knew Draco's weakness. If Draco kept away from her she would not be harmed. He couldn't stand the hurt he saw in her eyes before he had left her in that cold room. If he didn't want her harmed he would have to avoid her all together. He knew his father was testing his loyalty by making him taking her to her room. Lucius knew how he felt about Misty and being in love was not an option as a Malfoy. Especially with a Gryffindor. He was sitting on an armchair in front of an empty fireplace. All of a sudden, green flames appeared in the fireplace. Draco jumped out of his chair and got out his wand. He saw his enemy's head in the green flames. "Potter?" asked Draco. "Uh... hi. Could you go get Misty for me? I'd like to talk to her." said Harry. Draco's face turned red with jealously. "She's not here. She sleeping in her room." lied Draco through clenched teeth. He couldn't believe he had the nerve to call on Misty. "Oh, well I'll try again later. Tell her that I need to talk to her ok?" said Harry's head disappearing w/ the green flames. "DAMN YOU POTTER!" Draco cursed at the fireplace. "IT'S ALL YOUR DAMN FAULT SHE'S HURTING! YOUR DAMN EXISTANCE!"
BACK IN MISTY'S ROOM---
Misty was just sitting and thinking on her bed when she her a soft knock on the door. It was the maid. "Mr. Malfoy requests your presence at dinner downstairs." said the maid. Misty muttered a thank you and the maid left. She didn't know what was going on accept that Draco's father may be planning her demise. Misty took off her robes and put them in her trunk. She changed into her regular clothes. (AN: Meaning muggle...) She went downstairs and through the front entrance hall to the dining room. "MISTY!" shouted a familiar voice. Before Misty saw who was coming towards her she felt a slight slam into her. "Jamie?" asked Misty in confusion. "What are you doing here?" Jamie let go of her when she realized she was actually crushing her. "Draco's dad invited me." said Jamie rolling her eyes. Misty sat down at a large table next to Jamie in the living room. Draco soon joined them soon after. "So are you two still on speaking terms?" asked Jamie. Draco just ignored her and started looking down at the floor. "DRACO! ANSWER ME FERRET!" yelled Jamie making the butler who was standing nearby jump. "Why is it your concern?" asked Draco. Draco didn't seem like he wanted to talk and just glared at her.
Misty couldn't stand being talked about when she was sitting right there. "Draco I would appreciate it if you would stop being such a prat!" shouted Misty. "And you're not helping Jamie!" Jamie looked like she had been slapped and Draco started looking at the floor again. "Well the idget isn't really talking so I thought I'd make him talk. I can be very persuasive." said Jamie grinning. Misty shook her head. "FERRET!" yelled Jamie. Lucius came in at the exact moment and Jamie started to turn red. "Miss Smith. I don't know what your parents let you do at YOUR house but I hardly think that normal people shout at the dinner table." said Lucius sitting down. "Sorry sir." said Jamie. Draco suddenly made a sound like a laugh but tried to change it into a cough. Misty would've laughed too, but she didn't feel like laughing. Draco still wasn't speaking to her. "So Miss Hosh. You're in Gryffindor I've heard am I right?" asked Lucius. Misty nodded. Where exactly was he going with this? "Yes, you are friends with Potter, the Weasley boy, and the Mudblood." said Lucius looking smug. Misty could feel her stomach was in knots from being nervous. Misty couldn't stand anyone who called Hermione a mudblood. One of her hands clenched into a tight fist under the table and Draco seemed to notice Misty getting very tense.
"You do know of course that we only take in purebloods and ones who end up in Slytherin into our family." said Lucius. Misty couldn't understand why Lucius was pointing this out. "Draco will be needing a suitable young woman when he inherits the manor." Jamie looked at Lucius funny. "What's wrong with Misty?" asked Jamie. Lucius just laughed. "You will find out soon enough." replied Lucius. Draco looked like he was sifting nervously in his chair as he said this. "I am pureblood! And so what if I am in Gryffindor!" shouted Misty a bit surprised at her own daring. "It's nothing personal. We just have a family tradition to keep." said Lucius not really surprised by her reaction. "Well you can keep your bloody tradition and your stupid pride!" shouted Misty getting up from the table. Draco didn't say anything but just sat there and watched her reaction. Jamie was just as much in shock and couldn't say anything. Misty walked back upstairs and Jamie went after her. "MISTY!" yelled Jamie running after her. They were already on the 2nd floor and Misty opened her door. "WHAT?!" yelled Misty as she turned around. "Why are you mad at me? I am not the one who told you off." said Jamie.
"Sorry. I think I should just leave. There's no sense in me staying if he doesn't want me here. Draco obviously doesn't want me here anymore." said Misty. "Sure he does. He's just being an idget." said Jamie laughing. Misty didn't look at all amused by this and closed the door. "Misty. Open the door." said Jamie. "Having problems?" asked a drawling voice. Draco had walked upstairs and looked amused. "Your girlfriend slammed the door in my face!" said Jamie. "And it's all your fault! No strike that it's your father's fault, too!" Draco just rolled his eyes. "Well, when she gets mad she gets mad." said Draco. "Not my problem." Jamie glared at Draco. "Why don't you apologize? You're the one who started this crap." said Jamie. Draco just shrugged and started to walk away. "DRACO! HELP ME NOW!" yelled Jamie. Draco sighed and took out his wand. "Alohamora!" said Draco pointing at the door. Jamie looked like she had just remembered she was a witch. "Why didn't I think of that?" asked Jamie. "You're a blonde?" said Draco opening the door for her. "There. I opened it." Draco was about to walk away again but Jamie pushed him inside. "JAMIE! What the bloody hell are you doing?" shouted Draco. "Fixing the problem. You're the problem." said Jamie. Misty had been sitting on her bed and saw Jamie pushing Draco into her room. "Jamie? What are you doing? How did you get in?" asked Misty. "It wasn't that hard." muttered Draco. "Your friend here forgot she was a witch." Misty half laughed and half frowned. "Didn't I make it clear that I didn't want anyone coming in by slamming the door?" asked Misty. "And why the hell are you talking to me again?" Draco didn't answer. "Ok I couldn't stand you guys not talking so I decided to fix the problem." said Jamie.
"Jamie, didn't you hear what his father said? He wants a Slytherin to be with Draco. Not a Gryffindor." said Misty. "Oh boo hoo he can just shove it up his---"Jamie started saying. A maid had come in and Jamie had stopped talking. "Do you mind? We're talking." said Misty. The maid nodded and walked out. "I need to go now. I've got a lot of stuff to do." said Draco about to walk out. "OH NO you don't! You stay here until you apologize." said Jamie. "Malfoys don't apologize." muttered Draco not looking at Misty. Jamie grabbed a hold of his shirt collar and pulled him away from the door. "You do." said Jamie. Draco fought to get away from Jamie, but it was no use. He couldn't even budge an inch. "Apologize NOW!" Draco let his hands fall to his sides in defeat and turned towards Misty. "Could you let me go first?" asked Draco. "You better not run if I let go or you'll have me on your tail all over the manor." said Jamie. She let go of his collar and Draco walked up to Misty. "I em sowry..." said Draco having difficulty with the words. "What? We couldn't quite hear you. Speak louder." said Jamie. Draco glared at Jamie. "I... am... sorry..." said Draco slowly. "See? Now that wasn't that hard now was it?" said Jamie. Draco turned away from Misty and walked out without a word. "I don't think you made a difference." said Misty. "At least he said sorry." said Jamie. "Now that's very difficult for a Malfoy." Misty just nodded her head.
"Well, I'll see you later. Maybe we could do something tomorrow." said Jamie. "Sure." said Misty. Jamie left the room and closed the door behind her. Jamie went upstairs to the third floor and could hear some voices. One seemed aggravated and one seemed very serious. She guessed the aggravated voice was Draco. "Who are you setting me up with?" shouted Draco. "Hopefully not Pansy." Jamie could hear the fireplace crackling in the bedroom. "Draco we need to keep the tradition. Misty is unfit to be your girlfriend. You need someone like Miss Smith. She could be a perfect Death Eater. She has the drive and talent for it." said Lucius. "But Jamie doesn't even like the Death Eaters." said Draco. Lucius sounded like he hadn't even heard Draco say this. "What if I don't want to be a Death Eater..." muttered Draco. Lucius laughed. "Don't joke about things like that. You will become a Death Eater. You already have the mark. Now it's Miss Smith's turn." Jamie couldn't believe what she had just heard. Her and Draco together? And what was worse was that they planned to make her a Death Eater. She ran downstairs to Misty's room on the second floor and knocked on her door as quietly as she could. "Misty?" whispered Jamie. "I need to tell you something important." Misty opened the door a crack. "What? Did the ferret finally die?" asked Misty. "You don't mean that." said Jamie. "Now let me in." Misty let Jamie in and Jamie looked horrified. "What is it? You look like you've seen Draco naked." said Misty. "Worse. Lucius wants to set me up with Draco and make me a Death Eater." said Jamie.
Misty looked worried. "Why would he do that?" asked Misty. "I don't know. To get rid of you I suppose." said Jamie. "But I know one thing. Draco doesn't want to be a Death Eater. I heard him myself." Misty couldn't believe this. "He doesn't?" asked Misty. "I think he was ignoring you because he wanted to protect you." said Jamie. "From what? Death Eaters?" asked Misty. "Yea, and just about the whole Malfoy family." said Jamie. "Well he didn't have to be a big prat!" said Misty. "He could've just told me instead of giving the cold shoulder." Jamie shook her head. "He's a male. For goodness sake they are not immune to stupidity." said Jamie. "Well, it's too late now. Lucius is never going to let me see Draco ever again." said Misty. Misty and Jamie talked for quite a long time about the matter. Jamie finally looked at her watch and realized it was getting late. "Well, how about we talk more about it tomorrow morning? It's getting pretty late." said Jamie. Misty nodded and Jamie left.
MORNING---
Jamie was sleeping and didn't hear Draco come in. "Jamie. Wake up!" said Draco. Jamie just stirred, but showed no sign of waking up. "JAMIE!" shouted Draco. Jamie just didn't wake up. Finally he took her by the shoulders and shook her. "JAMIE!" yelled Draco. But she was still asleep. He saw a glass of water on the side table and poured it over Jamie. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?! YOU'RE GOING TO DIE FERRET!" yelled Jamie all soaking wet. Jamie got out of bed and chased him out of her room. Misty heard the shouting from upstairs, put a robe over her pajamas, and ran out of her bedroom and up the stairs. Draco was being chased by Jamie who looked very mad about something. "DROWN ME WILL YOU?!" shouted Jamie threatening him with her wand. Misty couldn't help, but laugh. Jamie hadn't even realized she was still in her pajamas. Misty took out her wand. "Stupefy!" said Misty with her wand trying to aim at Jamie who wouldn't stand still. Misty had got her and Jamie flew down the corridor. Draco saw Misty and looked a bit shocked. "You know I didn't have to do that." said Misty. Draco didn't say anything. "You'd better leave before I change my mind and put her right." Misty could've sworn she saw a flicker of guilt and sadness on his face before he turned and left the room.
Misty dragged Jamie back inside her room and knelt down beside her and pointed her wand at her. "Enervate!" muttered Misty. Jamie sat up and looked confused and angry at the same time. "Where is he? And why did you stun me?" asked Jamie trying to stand with difficulty. Jamie was about to fall back down, but Misty caught her and held her shoulders to help her stand correctly. "Sorry. Even though I think Draco is a prat, I can't let him get hurt let alone killed." said Misty. "Well, I'll get him next time you won't be there to save his ass." said Jamie finally able to stand on her own. Misty shook her head and chuckled a bit. "Honestly, Jamie. You and your grudges..." said Misty. A maid came into the room and looked surprised to see them up so early. Apparently she had heard Jamie yelling at Draco. "What is going on here? Where is Master Draco?" asked the maid. "I thought I heard him." Misty shifted her feet nervously. "Er... Jamie thought she saw a spider so Draco came in to kill it for her. Isn't that right Jamie?" said Misty giving Jamie a pleading sort of look. Jamie sighed. "Yea, a spider..." said Jamie not sounding at all convincing. The maid didn't look convinced, but didn't question any further. "I thought you'd like to know that we're having a ball. The family's closet relatives will be attending so look your best. It will be held this evening in the ball room at eight o' clock sharp." The maid suddenly left without another word.
"Why do you suppose they're having a ball?" asked Misty. Jamie shrugged. "Probably a bunch of rich stiffs coming to brag." said Jamie. "You don't think there are going to be other Death Eaters do you?" asked Misty. Jamie looked perturbed and worried at her question. "Probably. But of course they're all supposedly former Death Eaters who have had their name cleared." said Jamie. "Let's not talk about it anymore. I don't want to worry anymore." said Misty. "Ok, how about we go to Hogsmeade and see if we can find any dress robes for the ball." said Jamie. Misty smiled and nodded and went back to her own bedroom to get ready. She obviously couldn't go in her night robes.