Far Cry

Rated: Pg-13 to R

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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters associated with Harry Potter. I do own the plot, and Haze and Frost and Raye though! The lyrics, I also do not own!

Well, whaddya know, i am updating! Everytime that i would try to write the next chapter i didnt like, bah! oh well, what ever i type for this chapter is what you get.. so yea. Can we say Massive writers block hear... besides that your reviews talked me into :D

I am slowly in the process of working on my Good Charlotte fic which is posted on Fandomination.net under Serraye.

And im trying to put together a Ginny/Draco fic, *shrugs*

Anyway! Thanks to you guys for updating and bullying me into writing! Chocolate Chip and Mint cookies to you all! *fallz over* yea..

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Chapter 8:Headstrong

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Harry left after breakfast, and Draco was now walking through his apartment checking behind doors and corners for anything that seemed odd or out of place. He absolutely refused to go back in his office without Harry. It still puzzled him how Harry could have felt Malfoy magic, when he was the only Malfoy, or so he thought, that was left. Draco sighed, and grabbed his shoes from beside the door and started to put them on as he sat on the couch.

Maybe he needed to get a cat or something to keep him company, his apartment was really empty, and maybe he wouldn't be so afraid to stay here on his own. Maybe he could get a boy and a girl and they could have lots of kittens and he could name them insane names and spoil them rotten? It was something that he would have to think on, but at the moment he had to get to work before Rachel had a conniption.

Grabbing his keys from the coffee table he looked over his place once more before stepping out of the door and walking out of his apartment building.

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Harry arrived at his apartment, immediately calling Hermione.

"Hello, Hermione! Did you feel anything out of the ordinary last night?"

"Not really Harry, I was over at the MoM with Ron talking something over with Ron's Dad. Did something happen?"

"Oh, something happened all right, 'Mione. Last night I was really upset with Draco so I came home, and you know when I get upset I usually stay up till 3 or so in the morning. Well I was in my living room when I felt Dark Magic, and not just any Dark Magic it was Malfoy's. I rushed over to his apartment only to find him sitting on his couch with a Muggle firearm and looking as if he had seen death. He swore that it wasn't him, but I don't know 'Mione..." Harry trailed off.

"Harry, I think he's telling the truth. It's not my place to tell you, but you remember when I came back from his music store and Ron was complaining about me taking so long.. Well I kind of figured it out for myself and he told me things. I can't tell you Harry, its something that he has to tell you himself. Trust me though, He did not cast that magic."

"There was something else, something that I think that is really important but I don't know if it's possible. He said that His father was back and wants to finish what started and to kill me. I found a dagger in one of my pictures. It wasn't just any dagger though, it was Dark Arts." Harry was chewing on his bottom lip as he paced back and forth across his living room.

" Harry, this is really important, I'm going to have to have a look at that and see if I can discover anything about it. Ask Draco if I can come by later and have a look at it and ill bring Ron by and we'll take the dagger to the MoM, and see if we can uncover anything. Other then that, I don't know what to tell you but I wouldn't leave him alone in that apartment tonight, if you know what I mean. I don't care what you have to do, but don't let his stay in that apartment alone, you hear me?" Hermione said sternly.

"Yea, yea I got you 'Mione. I'll see if I can get a hold of him later, and see if I can uncover anything about Lucius and the day he died. If there were any witnesses and who they were exactly. I'll talk to you later, Bye."

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Hermione hung up the phone and immediately stood, she new that she had to talk to Ron and his father about this. Grabbing her wand she apparated with a loud CRACK and arrived in the MoM. As she walked to the lift she stepped inside and waited till she reached Level Two, The Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

Since the end of the war and Voldermort was defeated, Fudge was no longer the Minister, in the heat of the moment it was Arthur Weasley who stepped into the office because no one was willing to take it after what had happened with Fudge, who was indeed sent to Azkaban and was still there. She needed to talk to Ron first before she was to talk to the Minister. Ron was one of the Top Auror's and overlooked most of the cases and decided what was to be handled and who would handle it. More like the Chief Auror, if you actually thought about it... though he didn't like being called that.

The lift stopped and she got off heading towards the door labeled AUROR HEADQUARTERS. Stepping inside, in was bustling with Auror's as she walked past cubicles and Aurors working on reports and talking to suspects. She walked up to the door labeled Ron Weasley, Head Auror on it and opened. He looked up at her and lifted a brow, as if surprised to see her. She looked around and noticed two men were sitting in chairs in blue and scarlet robes.

"Ron, Im sorry to interrupt, but I just finished talking with Harry... its very important." She put emphasis on Harry and Important and he nodded.

"Alright. Sykes, Bale we will continue this later." The two aurors nodded and walked out. Hermione walked and shut the door.

"This is about that surge of dark magic that happened in Muggle London last night isn't it. At Draco Malfoy's apartment?" Ron asked, leaning back in his chair and propping is black boots on his desk and sighing.

"Yes it is, and how dare you keep this from be Ron! I should have known! This is extremely important. Before you go barging into Malfoy's life and charging him for using Dark Arts, there is something that I need to tell you. Draco left the Wizarding world for good. Because he had too and didn't have much choice in the matter. He can't do Dark Arts much less anything else. His wand was snapped the night Harry defeated Voldermort at Hogwarts. Harry called me this morning with some important information that I think you might need and want..." Hermione looked at her husband with a stern look that meant she was serious about everything that she had just said.

"Alright 'Mione, what do you have to tell me?"

"Harry called me this morning about that surge that happened. He said that he went to Draco's apartment and when he arrived he found Draco on his couch with a muggle handgun and looking scared to death. He also said that, after a thorough look over Draco's home that nothing was found except in his office. There was a dagger smashed in to Harry's picture... said Draco swore that he didn't do it and Lucius was back and was going to finish what he started." Hermione slumped in on of the chairs and she waited for her husbands' response.

Ron thought over this..

"So you saying, that according to Harry.... and Draco that Lucius is back from the Dead? Do you have any idea how silly that is, 'Mione?! Malfoy could have always gotten a hold of another wand, you don't know if he's telling the truth or not." Ron said exasperated at what had just come out of his wife's mouth.

"You of all people should no better then that, Ronald! If Voldermort -Ron flinched slightly- could come back from the dead numerous times, what makes you think that Lucius Malfoy couldn't come back... Who's to say he was even dead to begin with! Who actually saw his body when he was supposedly put to death?!" Hermione was out of her seat glaring angrily at Ron, "You are head Auror! Its is your job to look at all perspectives on stuff like this no matter how absurd you think it may be or is!"

Ron grimaced, she was right, and he knew that. He really didn't have much of a choice, anyway. "Fine, but we are going to have to go to his apartment and look at the room, I hope Harry hasn't messed with anything that he shouldn't. I really don't understand why he didn't become an Auror himself. He would make a damn fine one at that."

"Well, we also need to do see you father. I think he needs to know about this also.. he is the Minister after all."

"Fine Hermione, we'll go during my lunch hour. Im guessing that's when you're taking yours also?"



Hermione nodded, giving Ron a peck on the cheek she left his office and headed towards her own in the Department of Mysteries...

Ron muttered under his breath, "Yea, I Should Have Told Her.. but its not like she can tell me anything.. bloody unspeakables." He stood and called Wilson and Avitar into his office.

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Draco was standing at the front check out desk with a stack of papers in front of him getting ready to do the monthly inventory. Taking the first stack of papers he went into the back and started going through the DVDs seeing what he had to order for the month. He was humming to one of the mixes that he had chosen for the day, at the moment Headstrong by Trapt was playing, he really enjoyed the song. "...i cant give everything awaaaay, i wont give everything awaaayy." He head started to go with the music as he marked and highlighted, "i see you motives inside, decisions to hide. Back off i'll take you on..."

He was interrupted, "You know you have a lovely singing voice. You should start a band. I bet you would be great!" said a girl that looked to be around 15. She had brown hair that came to her shoulders and tanned skinned. She giggled, and Draco found her extremely annoying.

"Thanks for the compliment, and I am in a band by the way." He said going back flipping the animated part of the DVDs section.

"Oh Wow, seriously?! That is sooo cool; my name is Alyssa Montgomery, its nice to meet you. So what kind of music do you play?" She smiled, he discovered that is didn't look like she was going to leave anytime soon.

"More of a rock genera. The names Dray." He answered in a short quipped way. She didn't seem to get the message.

"Really? Im more into the pop genera myself, you know Justin Timberlake and all. I've really like what he's done with his music since he has gone solo, ya know. Its really cool." Alyssa said as she rambled on. "What's you band's name?"

"Far Cry, we play over at The Kadavra." He looked over his shoulder to see some people standing at the counter. "As much as I would like to talk, I have to go," He nodded towards the counter and left.

"Can I help you with anything?" Draco asked as he walked behind the counter.

"Yes, I was wondering if you have gotten the new Mest cd in?" a guy asked.

"Yea, we got in, it should be right over there..." Draco walked the guy over to the section where the Mest cds were and left him there.

He was on his back to the counter when he felt some one come behind him and jump on his back, "Holy Shit!" He was about to shout when he heard familiar laughter. "Damn it, Raye! Don't do that to me, you scared the bloody hell out of me!" He exclaimed as she jumped off his back.

"Well aren't we a little jumpy today! What's up with you?" She asked as she walked with him and stood at his shoulder as he run p several customers.

"You would be jumpy to after the night I had." He muttered darkly.

Raye lifted a brow as she looked at his expression. "What happened?" She asked, her voice suddenly serious, which caused him to look over his shoulder at her. Her eyes were filled with worry, he smiled a little.

"Nothing that I want to talk about in the open, love. Rachel! I need you to wa--"

"Yea yea, watch the floor! I got you Dray." Rachel said from where she was working in the t-shirts.

Raye took him by the hand and led him to his office where she made him set in one of the chairs, and scooting hers as close as possible towards him and faced him. "Now spill, what the hell happened to you last night to get you so damned jumpy all of a sudden?"

"You remember me telling you how I was a wizard once and all that shit about my father and everything?" She nodded. "Well, I think the bastard is back and that he was in my apartment! I swear to Merlin it was him, it couldn't have been anyone else."

Her hands tighter on the armrests as he told her all the events that had happened. After he had finished she sat back, her legs her propped in his lap as she thought about what he had just told her.

Draco waited for her to take it all in while picking at her pants legs.

"You know that I wont let you go back to that apartment alone, don't you. I abso-fucking-lutley refuse to let you go back there unless I am there with you. Ya understand me? I love you too much to let that bastard destroy you again!" She was starting to get really emotional and angry tears were threatening to spill.

Draco bit the bottom of his lip as he stood and gathered his friend into his arms, holding her, waiting for her to calm down. "I understand, Raye. I love you to, and you don't have to worry about that bastard this time because I wont let him get away with what he did years ago. Magic or no magic." Draco sighed, and kissed her hair. ' I wont let anything happen to you either,' He thought to himself silently.

"Im coming over tonight, Draco, and Im not going to accept no for an answer." She said as she held up her head and whipped her tears away with a tissue from his desk.

"Like I could say no to you anyway." He grinned and waited for her to pull herself together before they stepped back outside.

She started to leave, but turned "Don't forget practice at 3'o clock! Don't you be late, mister!" She yelled at him before she vanished out of the store.

Draco sighed and turned back to working on the inventory.

An Hour Later he had it finished and was in his office on his computer when he heard a knock on his door. " Its Open!"

"Hey Draco."

Draco turned around from his screen to see Harry standing in front of him dressed in khakis with a black figure hugging shirt, his hair was all messy and he had a small smile on his lips, he looked as good as he ever did.

"Hey Harry, what's up?" He said getting up from his desk and sitting on the edge of his desk right in front of Harry who slumped into on of the chairs.

"Its about last night, look don't get mad or anything, but I called Hermione, she works with the MoM and did you know Ron was the Head Auror there? His dad is now the Minister... well I figured that this needs some looking into and well.. yea." Harry sighed.

"Well, its not like I could do anything about it. You did the right thing, Harry. Im not angry with you, I am really grateful. What Department is Hermione working for?" He asked, suddenly interested.

"She's an... Unspeakable."

"Ah I see, how come you don't work for the Ministry?"

"Me and the Ministry don't get along, if you remember 5th year?"

Draco grimaced,"yea I remember, sorry about all I did and stuff... but that can't be helped now. So what did Hermione have to say?"

"She wants to come over to look at the Dagger tonight, said that she was going to bring Ron.. Oh, and that you shouldn't stay at that apartment, and if you do you shouldn't be alone."

"Yea, that's what Raye said, She's staying over tonight, so you guys will get to officially meet her...." His phone went off suddenly and looked down at the text message...

DRACO MALFOY WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!??

ITS 3:30 YOU PRAT!

"Bloody hell! Shit, Harry, sorry to cut this short but I gotta go. Might not have to worry about the bastard getting his hands on me after all, 'cause I think the band is going to kill me!" Draco turned and saved the information on his computer, grabbed his keys, kissed Harry and ran out the door.

Harry blinked, and touched his lips. Then he smiled and walked out of the store. He had to start looking into the Azkaban business, meaning he was going to have to go and get a pass from the Minister. Sighing, he got into his car and parked his car before aparating to the Ministry.

So! How was this, can we say, plot plot plot? Perhaps? Anwayz, tell me what you think so I can start working on the next chapter!! Sorry about the very little D/H action, but it will get there, promise!

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