Chapter 10: Advances

Last time : "Don't worry, you're here with me. Nothing's going to happen to you." Lacy placed her hands over his and smiled, but she still looked worried. She looked down, but Draco brought her face back up again. He smiled at her, and stroked the side of her face. He leaned in about to kiss her, when suddenly—

---when suddenly a bright red frisbee flew right into Draco's face, it rebounded off it and fell to the ground with a thud. Lacy smiled and started laughing and raised her hands to her mouth to smother the sound. Her eyes were filled with laughter. Draco picked up the frisbee and twirled it around in his hands.

"Peeves must've thrown this. Who else could've? No one else is around. This is crazy. Come on." He didn't seem to be in a very good mood. Lacy couldn't imagine why, this was hysterical to her, but then again she hadn't gotten knocked upside the head with a frisbee recently. She followed Draco reluctantly and shuffled her steps and huffed along after him. He had been about to kiss her, she knew it. The danged old frisbee had gotten in the way. But what would've happened if they really had kissed? Would it be everything she wanted and dreamed of or would it just be a complete catastrophe? She conceded that it wouldn't have been good. It would just stir up some unwanted emotions and problems that she wouldn't able to cope with. All in a matter of months things were not going to plan.

The plan had been to send her away to Hogwarts for a semester or two, making no friends and being dispassionate and forgettable. She wouldn't say a word to anyone unless asked by a teacher, and she would do whatever possible to be a recluse. Of course her father hadn't planned for a sixteen year old Draco and his sixteen year old daughters's feelings, that she wasn't supposed to have, come forward. Nothing was going the way it was supposed to, and Lacy was quite glad of that, because if they were, then she wouldn't be here with Draco at night in the dark feeling blissful and emotional.

Draco walked quickly and with purpose, soon leaving her behind in his wake. Lacy looked around to see where he'd gone, but all she saw was black. She called out into the darkness-

"Draco? Hey, Draco? Where'd you go? This isn't funny, not funny at all. Come out, please just come out and stop trying to scare me. Okay, ha ha. Funny joke, I get it. Now come back before I get really angry." Draco didn't appear, she didn't hear a sound. She walked around in circles, trying to stay put, but afraid of staying in one place too long. She didn't know where she was or where she was supposed to be going, or even where she came from. She was lost and alone and scared for the first time in her life.

"Lacy, don't go wandering off like that. You really scared me. I looked everywhere for you." came the cold, drawling voice of Draco. The break of silence made Lacy jump.

"Where did I go? I went looking for you! Don't try to blame me. You disappeared on me and scared me to death. I couldn't find you anywhere. Didn't you hear me?" Lacy looked around, and Draco was no where to be seen again. What was going on? One minute she heard his voice, the next he was no where to be found. Lacy was completely lost and knew of no way to get out of the mess she was in.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw a flickering light swaying. She turned toward it and it was still there, she was almost positive that the light hadn't been there a few minutes ago. She crept uneasily toward the light. It was a torch that was next to an ajar door. Lacy didn't know what she was doing, it was like she was under a spell, but she grabbed the torch without thought and opened the door. She slipped inside without a sound and shut the door behind her. Inside it was a hallway that she'd never seen before. There weren't any portraits on the walls so unlike the rest of the castle. She walked the hollowed hall until it lead her to another door. She grasped the knob and she heard his voice again.

"Lacy! Come on, where are you? Hopefully you didn't go this way..." His voice momentarily shocked her out of her dazed spell, but her hand was still on the door knob and she looked at it and was entranced once again. She had to know where it went. She had to know where it led. She had to go through the door.

Her hand turned the knob and pushed her way inside. She saw the room unfolding before her and was amazed at the sight in front of her eyes. She gasped, she didn't think she'd seen anything so beautiful. She stepped inside and the door shut behind her with a snap. It made Lacy jump, but only momentarily. She looked around the cavernous room and saw a desk to her side with an envelope on top that was addressed to her.

An envelope with my name on it? How weird. It was if... this place... was expecting me. But how can that be?

She took the small object and held it in her hands, afraid to open it. She turned it over in her hands. She saw the opening where she could slit it to get it open. Lacy pushed her nail up under the flap and tore it with a quick shove. It was open. She pushed the flap up and lifted out the parchment. She unfolded it and quickly scanned the words that were written there. She looked around and gasped at the sight of him.

"YOU!" She exclaimed.

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Author's Note: Hey, sorry I haven't been writing, I've been so busy with school and stupid boys. Hope you like my chapter and tell me what you think. Ciao- Ash