A.N.: Alright, thank you for what feed back I've gotten and if you do read this please let me know what you think so I can make adjustments if need be.

Disclaimer: I only own the plot and Faith, who arrives in this one. Everything else sadly belongs to JK Rowling (grumble grumble).

ON TO THE FIC: Chapter Three: Stormy Arrival

Draco sat at the dinning hall table. The Malfoy family had just sat down to lunch. Lucius had come home early from work and insisted on eating as a family. It had been a few days since Draco had fallen off his Nimbus and ever since then he had noticed that both his parents were acting differently.

His mother had become very jumpy and was always watching the skies when she thought no one was watching her, but Draco had noticed. Lucius was operating on a fuse shorted then he usually possessed. He claimed it was the result of hard work at the Ministry of Magic but Draco wasn't dumb enough to buy that, neither was Narcissa, but they didn't push the matter. Draco had a strong suspicion why his father was in such a foul mood.

The past two nights had had been woken up by angry voices above his head. On the second night he had crept upstairs. When he reached his father's study he saw his father and some of his friends arguing. Draco wasn't able to catch what they were talking about but he had the feeling that something was coming...something big. And his father was behind it, whatever it may be.

At the moment, Narcissa was staring out the window. Draco and Lucius were looking at her.

"Something wrong dear?" Lucius inquired.

Narcissa turned her head violently to face her husband. "What?" she said quickly before recovering. "Oh, nothing Lucius." She gave him a sweet smile and started eating her salad. Draco studied her for another moment before turning his attention to his food.

Everyone was silent before Lucius spoke. "Isn't that your bird Narcissa?" Draco looked out the window that his father was and saw his mother's owl coming toward it.

Narcissa opened the window for Levokari and put her arm out for the bird to land. She pulled it back in and grabbed the letter off its leg before Draco could make out the seal and she put t in her robes.

Lucius scowled. "Get that thing out of my dinning hall." He hissed.

'Yes dear" Narcissa said sweetly. She walked out of the dinning hall with the bird still on her arm.

Then men remained at the table and continued their meal. "What the devil has gotten in to that woman?" Lucius asked his son before taking a sip of wine.

"Hmm" was all Draco said in reply. He was too bust watching his mother break in to a sprint when she neared the stairs.

Draco and Lucius were in the parlor when Narcissa rejoined them. Lucius was sitting in one of two massive arm chairs going over some paper work and Draco was finishing his summer assignment form the Potions Master, Professor Severus Snape.

"Well, it appears our daughter is coming home." Narcissa said as she threw a pile of letters onto the table where her husband was working.

"What?" was all Lucius could manage. He picked up the letters with a look of surprise on his face.

"She's been expelled." Narcissa explained as she sat in the other arm chair next to Lucius. "What are we going to do with her?"

"What did she so?" Draco asked as he put his work aside.

"Your sister thought it would be wise to curse a teacher and leave school grounds with out permission." Narcissa told him.

Draco stifled a laugh and turned his face to the ground to hide his smirk. Faith hadn't changed a bit.

"She did what now?" Lucius demanded.

Narcissa waved her hand indicating the letters. "It's all there in the note form the headmaster. She was told she couldn't go off grounds so she hexed the monitor, who happened to be a teacher, and took off for the day and didn't return until late that night."

Lucius stared to thumb through the letters. "I guess this is what happens when children are sent to second rate institutions. I think we've all learned a valuable lesson." He said triumphantly.

"What, don't get caught?" Draco asked sarcastically.

"That's enough out of you." Lucius snapped. Draco rolled his eyes. Turning his attention back to the papers Lucius decided what to do. "Everything seems in order here so we better prepare ourselves for her return. Narcissa, you'll have her room prepared and I'll meet her at the docks this evening. And I trust that form now on you will entrust the future of out children with me as this proves that I know what is best for them." Narcissa turned her head away, it was flushed with anger. "I'll see if I can't reason with Dumbledore and have her start school at Hogwarts." He said as he started for the door. Before he left he addressed Draco. "Be grateful that I didn't let your mother ruin you schooling as well Draco." Lucius left and slammed the door in victory.

"I'd rather have been at a second rate institution then here with you ever summer." Draco snapped at the door. Narcissa smiled at her son but he didn't see.

"I better start airing out her room." Narcissa said as she got out of her chair.

"I suppose this means that she'll be wanting her dresser back." Draco said gloomily. He started to work on his assignment again.

Narcissa left the parlor bearing her biggest smile in months.

Lucius stood in the waiting area at the docks waiting for Faith's arrival from Durmstrang. The ship should have arrived about ten minutes ago and he was starting to get impatient. Then there was a mass on the horizon.

Lucius wasn't sure what to expect from Faith. She had always been something of an enigma to him. When the boat finally docked it started to rain heavily and Lucius Malfoy refused to go out into the storm to meet his daughter. After a moment bags were placed onto the dock, Lucius could barley make out the Malfoy crest on the baggage through the rain. Another moment passed and then she appeared.

Faith Malfoy stepped onto the dock just as lighting struck in the distance. It lit the sky long enough for Lucius to get the first look at her he had in years. She was all in black. She had on black shoes with black knee high socks, a black dress under plain black robes with a summer cloak on...also black. She put her hood up to cover her white blond hair from the rain. Her hair was over her shoulder in a tight braid.

The captain stepped onto the dock behind Faith. He said something to the young lady and pointed towards the area that Lucius was in. Faith shook her hand and motioned to the bags. Two ship men began putting the luggage into the Malfoy vehicle. Faith started for the building where Lucius was waiting for her. She opened the door and went in to greet her father.

Lucius looked at his daughter. It was almost like looking at Narcissa, it was uncanny. Faith held out her hand for Lucius, she didn't even think about trying to hug him. Lucius took her hand and shook it.

"Now before you say anything Father..." Faith started but Lucius cut her off with a wave of his hand.

"No Malfoy needs to explain or excuse their actions Faith. You'll do well to remember that if you plan to stay at the manor from this day forth." Lucius told her.

"Yes Father." She said with a smirk on her face. "Shall we?" she asked as she opened the door out in the storm.

"Yes we shall" Said Lucius. He held out his arm for his daughter and led her to the carriage. "Your mother will most likely fawn over you all night." Lucius shouted in the storm.

"Great" Faith said in a sarcastic tone. This pleased her father...but he didn't see her smile of sincerity through the rain.

Finis

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