A/N: This was a super random chapter. The plot bunny came to me at two in the morning and reminded me I had nothing for them to do for the next few months so I came up with this… Tell me if you hate it.

A few days after she had first met Mrs. Malfoy, Ginny got a letter. It was from her best friend, Jackie.

Dear Ginny,

It's happening again. I can't stop him. He comes every night now. Can I stay with you for a few weeks? I just need to stay until the Christmas holiday is over.

Love Jackie

Ginny knew this was serious. Jackie was in danger and she needed to get her out of there. She had to leave immediately. She didn't even have time to tell Draco where she was going. She ran to the nearest fireplace, grabbed some floo powder, and whispered 511 Gingham Lane.

Before she knew it she was at Jackie's house. An almost eerie silence filled the house. She pulled out her wand, just in case.

She had never been to Jackie's house before, or any muggle house for that matter, so she didn't know where to look for her. She tiptoed through the house, checking each room. At the end of the hall, she got to an extremely purple room. She assumed this was Jackie's room, as Jackie didn't have any sisters. The room was completely empty.

Ginny knew she was hiding somewhere and who she was hiding from, but she had no idea where she was hiding. She looked under the bed and in the closet, but she couldn't find Jackie anywhere.

Finally after looking everywhere in the room, Ginny decided to look elsewhere in the house. Just as she was going to open the door, she saw a single foot randomly lying on the other side of the bed, its owner nowhere the eye could see.

As quickly as she could, Ginny walked over and pulled a long silvery cloak off of a sleeping figure. Ginny shook her awake.

Upon being woken up, Jackie looked petrified, but as soon as she realized that it was Ginny who had woken her up, relief washed over her face. She hugged Ginny as if she was her savior. When they pulled apart, Ginny noticed that Jackie was a mess. Her hair was disheveled, her eyes were red and swollen, and her face was tear stained.

"I'm so glad you came," Jackie sobbed.

"I'm glad you're all right," Ginny answered, tears rolling down her face.

Jackie opened her mouth to respond, but a strange, mechanical noise from below them made her freeze.

"What was that?" Ginny asked confused.

"He's back," Jackie said in an almost inaudible whisper, turning white as snow. She threw the invisibility cloak over top of Ginny and herself, just as the door opened.

"Jackie!" yelled an obviously drunken voice, "Jackie, get your ass out her right now!"

Jackie stayed glued to the floor.

"Jackie, don't make me call you again! Come on, sweetie, Daddy wants your company! If you don't get out here in the next thirty seconds, I'm going to make you up a special batch of Clorox and Ammonia!"

That was one of her dad's favorite games: locking her in the bathroom with a bucket of Clorox and Ammonia mixed together, only bringing her out right before she suffocates. Although he only resorted to this when she didn't cooperate, she had been in the toxic room several times.

Neither Ginny nor Jackie were old enough to apparate, and in her hurry to get to Jackie, Ginny had not thought to bring extra floo powder.

Draco! Ginny thought desperately.

Can this wait? I'm kind of busy.

No, Draco! You have to listen to me! My friend sent me an owl asking me to come and get her because her father has been abusing her. I went to get her, and her dad came home. We're hiding in her room under an invisibility cloak. We-

Jackie's father had just thrown the door open, and Ginny had lost her connection with Draco. Jackie's dad looked ready to murder. He staggered in smelling of smoke and booze. He wore ripped clothes, and appeared as though he hadn't bathed in days.

"Jackie darling, I know you're in here. Your magic can't hind you forever."

He had just looked under the bed and was coming dangerously close to the corner that they were huddled in. Ginny backed into the corner as tight as she could, as he came closer and closer to the spot they were sitting in.

To Ginny's relief, he turned to leave. She started to stand up, but her nervousness caused her to bump a lamp sitting on the nightstand. The lamp fell to the floor and shattered into a thousand pieces.

Jackie's father turned on his heel, and strode to the corner where they were been standing. He reached out and yanked the cloak off of them.

"Who's your friend, Jackie?" he asked enraged.

Jackie said nothing.

"I said who's your friend?" he was livid, "Well if you're not going to tell me, we'll just have to get rid of her. We don't want her telling our secret, do we?"

With that he brought his fist crashing into her eye causing her to hit the wall and fall to the floor. Jackie gasped.

"We can't have her telling anyone our secret."

He pulled a gun out of his back pocket, and aimed it down at Ginny. This obviously crossed the line in Jackie's book. She grabbed her wand from the night stand and pointed it at her father.

"Put the gun down, dad, or I'll curse you into a million pieces."

"Do you really think I'm afraid of you, girl? You haven't done anything to stop me ever before, so why is this any different?

"Because she isn't me," Jackie had obviously wanted to do this ever since she was little.

"Stupefy!"

He fell to the ground. Jackie was shocked. She hadn't thrown the curse. She looked in the direction that the curse had come. A half naked Draco Malfoy stood at the door wand in hand.

A/N: After several non-cliffie chapters, I thought I'd leave it there. K? Now Review!

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