A/N: Yes... After months of not updating, this is all I have to show for it... Don't be angry with me.

A Weasley Named Malfoy
The Spy

Serena did not come back to the common room until 1:53am. Wolf had been watching the clock.

"If she's with that slime bag Death Eater, I swear, I'll kick his ass to America and back." Daren paced back and forth, punching his fist into his palm.

"What would she be doing that would keep her till 2am? That's what I want to know," Aaron wondered aloud from the armchair where he sat stiff and upright.

Wolf wondered silently along with Aaron, but he wasn't sure he wanted to know the answer. How far would Serena go to get in league with the Death Eaters? From the looks of it, she'd go pretty far. His heart felt a stab of jealousy just thinking about it. He hated that boy for touching her and angry because she let him. And even worse, how he longed to be the Death Eater leaning down to kiss her.

"I'm sick of this." Rashad grabbed his cloak and started heading for the portrait hole.

"You can't go out looking for her! Filch will murder you!"

"You might not be tired of waiting, but I am. And I'm rather curious as to where she is. If she hasn't come back yet, it's probably because she's out there doing the bastard-"

Chairs were knocked back as all four Quads jumped up, ready to strangle him.

"She wouldn't be stupid enough to do that," Wolf said nonchalantly from his perch on the window seat. He didn't turn to face them, but rather continued to stare darkly down at the whomping willow.

"Look, that guy's as old as us. I don't know about you- but if I had a girl like Serena throwing herself at me, who knows what it'd lead to."

Wolf knocked over a table as he stormed predatorily at Rashad ready to strangle him. The Quads immediately jumped up to restrain him. He had just stepped into the wolf's territory.

Rashad backed up nervously from Wolf. "Look, everybody's thinking it, I'm just saying it-" (hehe… can you guess where this line's from?)

"Well keep your thinking to yourself like the rest of us," Wolf spit at him.

"Are we going out to look for her or not?" Harrison asked. "If it isn't that, it could be that she's hurt-"

At the sound of a creak, they all looked to the portrait hole. For a second no one appeared, then Serena, Patrice Easton, Bernice Scott, Lance Bowman, and Gino Crowe filed in solemnly. Each took a moments pause as they realized the room was occupied and they had be caught.

"Where have you been?" Wolf asked the group in a steely voice, turning away from Rashad and bearing down upon the entering group.

There was a pause as the latecomers looked at one another, unsure how to respond.

Serena's eyes narrowed at Wolf, and never taking her eyes off him, she told the rest of them to go. "You guys go, I'll take cared of this."

"Renee-!" Bernice started.

"Go!" She looked at each one of them as if daring them to oppose. They all submitted and left without a fight. Was this about the SUCA? Serena waited until the last of them had disappeared form view before stalking over to the fire to glare at them. With the fire at her back, it made her look impressive, for the fiery expression on her face seemed to be all around her. "May I ask what you're all still doing up?"

"Not that your in authority to- but, waiting for you." Erik rose and glared down at her. Serena meet each of their eyes with fury.

"Okay, so go on. Ask me where I went- why I snuck in at the wee hours of the morning-"

"So why did you?" Daren demanded to know.

"Did you really think I'd tell you?"

"That's not the answer." Wolf was in prefect mode. "What did you do with that boy?"

Serena gave him an odd look. "I wiped him of his memory then sent him on his way- I was with him for no more than 20 minutes after I sent you lot packing."

"Then what did you do the rest of the 7 hours you were gone?" Wolf asked though gritted teeth.

"I was with the others-" she started casually.

"What is it Serena? What is it that you're hiding form me? Why can't you just give me a straight answer?"

"Because I can't!"

"Why? Why?"

Serena stepped loser and pulled up the sleeve of her robes. "Because of this," she hissed. "Because of this mark magically imprinted on my skin. If I can't change who I am, I can certainly try to change the people who make me who I am!"

All the boys had leaned in to get a view of what she was showing Wolf, but she quickly pulled her sleeve back down and stepped away.

"I've told you what my plans are. You know what I am. Do you really think I'm going to keep on living like this for the rest of my life? Just accept it?"

For several moments there was silence as Serena looked at him with earnest and pleading eyes; Wolf surveyed her wearily.

"What-?" One of the Quad's started.

"Serena, go to your dorm. Do not speak of this again. If I catch you out of your dorm once more I will dock points."

Serena considered him. A look passed between them.

"But she-!"

"You're just going to let her go?"

"What where you doing with that son of a-!"

Serena threw a sharp look at Rashad and he thought it wise to discontinue his sentence. Still, he stared incredulously between the two of them.

"The same goes for the rest of your gang. Go, Serena."

"Thank you, Wolf."

"Go."

She didn't glance back as she swept past him, taking the stairs to her dormitory. Wolf waited until he heard the door click shut before turning back to the guys. They were all staring at him incredulously.

"Okay, what just happened?"

"I let her go." Wolf moved towards the boy's staircase, but the guys stepped in front of him.

"Yeah, we got that part."

"She was out there for 7 hours doing Merlin knows what, and you let her go?" Erik pronounced 'ler her go' as if they were three separate sentences.

Wolf sighed. "There's just something's you wouldn't understand."

"Sera!"

Serena was walking up the corridor to her Charms class when she heard someone call her. She turned around and found Killian staring after her. He flicked his head, motioning for her to come. She waded through the crowd toward him. Killian put an arm possessively around her waist and pulled her toward him so they were hip to hip.

"This is Sera. Sera, meet my friends: Madison, Blaine, and Catalina. And I know you've meet Reid and Geoffrey." He waved a hand at them and she nodded at them. "She's going to be my latest and greatest." He told his friends, staring down at her. "We're having a little meeting tonight in the Slytherin dungeons around 11. You must come as my guest." His hand moved from her waist, up her back, to her neck where he played with the hairs at the base of her neck.

"Alright."

"Good, until tonight then." He left her with a not so innocent nip on her neck before heading down the opposite way, his cronies following.

Serena stared after them, still feeling his lips on her skin. She finally turned an walked to her Charms class. As it would have it, the Gryffindors had Charms with the Ravenclaws where she meet up with Ladonna and Alael. The other Ravenclaw Children practiced cheering charms around them, hoping to keep unwanted ears from listening.

"There's going to be a meeting in the Slytherin dungeons at 11. We're going to have to inform the Slytherin Children." Serena told them in a low voice while shooting a cheering charm at Alael.

"Alright!" she said brightly, smiling. After a few seconds, the magic faded and she returned to normal, whispering, "Maybe you can sneak in Belle and Ann?"

"No. But I do want guards posted in front of the Slytherin common room entrance and throughout the dungeons. I've gathered from Raphael that the new password is 'Riddle.' "

"Riddle?" Alael echoed in thought, a skeptical look on her face. She cast a careless cheering charm at Ladonna whose face contorted into what looked like a pained expression. "Sorry!" Ladonna waved it away.

At the end of the lessons, Professor Flitwick stood on top of his desk and attempted to regain order. "Class! I want you to practice cheering charms. I shall evaluate you tomorrow! Dismissed!"

People shuffled out, collecting bags and wands.

The three girls walked to the Great Hall together and sat down. Serena pulled out a piece of parchment and wrote a letter to Malikye explaining about the situation with the Slytherins. Serena knew that Malikye was still against spying, but the way everything had unfolded, it was out of his control now.

flash back to the night before

As soon as she landed in the 'Floo Room,' as they liked to call it, hands immediately reached out to steady her. It seemed two Children had been waiting for her.

"Malikye's not too happy," the blond girl warned her.

"We've been told to take you to the Retiring Room," The boy spoke in reverends tones, almost afraid to speak to her. He looked uneasy about addressing an officer rankings about him. After all, she was a Malfoy, one of the highest ranked families, and second to Malikye.

Serena was too weary to argue. She assumed she was being detained, but the Children didn't touch her or restrain her at all; in fact, they seemed afraid to and let her walk ahead. It seemed Malikye hadn't agreed with the idea of 'Spy Serena.'

She didn't speak to them and nor did they to her.

They came to the great oak doors that lead to the Main Room where she had first learned about the Deatheater's Children from Malikye. It was a great rectangular room with a gigantic, medieval fireplace and a large hearth rug that covered the majority of the floor. To the left of the doors was the dais from which Malikye addressed the Children in mass.

The place was empty except for a few Children hanging around, waiting for the Inner Circle meeting to end. They glanced over at them as they crossed the room to the Retiring Room where Malikye spent his time when he wasn't spying or presiding over meetings.

The Retiring Room was adjacent to the Meeting Room. The two Children escorts let her inside and closed the door on her, obviously standing guard. The only other door in this room lead to the Meeting Room which, at this time, held Malikye and the Inner Circle. She had no doubt that Raphael and Alael were in there.

The Retiring Room was just as grand as the Main Room, if not more so. Lavishly furnished chairs surrounded a fireplace and along the walls, display cases were filled with valuable and dark items. She sat down in one of the black leather chairs facing the door to the Meeting Room. She waited for about ten minutes before the Meeting Room opened and Alael beckoned to her. Serena rose up, feeling suddenly alert. As she entered the room, all eyes fell upon her.

Serena suddenly doubted she did the right thing in meeting Killian and dread spread through her. All the questions of why she had done it ran through her head. Her doubt was assured when she set eyes on Malikye who sat indifferently at the head of the table, across from her.

"So, Serena," Malikye spoke up, leaning forward in his chair. "It looks as if you've made contact with the high-ranking official Killian Powers in the Hogwart's Arm. Did you find out anything?"

"No, not yet- I've just been persuading him to let me in-"

Malikye broke in, his voice unusually loud, hard, and accusing. "Does it not sound suspicious at all that the daughter of Harry Potter, who defeated He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, the Dark Lord, is trying to get in league with the Death Eaters?"

Serena hadn't thought of it that way before.

Malikye continued his tirade. "Had it not crossed your mind that they might think you a spy for the Order?"

Serena didn't say anything. A heated rush came to her face, something uncommon and out of place on a Malfoy face.

"Serena, I told you I didn't want you spying," Malikye's harsh voice dropped to an admonish.

"Yes, I know," was all she could say. The way Malikye was speaking and the stares from the rest of the Children made her feel incredibly guilty. She felt as if she were being put on trial.

Malikye leaned back in his chair and laced his fingers in a way Dumbledore would be proud of. "This has put us in a potentially dangerous situation. The secrecy of the Deatheater's Children could be at stake."

"It could be worse…"

"Oh, can it?" Malikye's voice was peppered with incredulity.

"The Slytherin twins know about Draco." This was meet with a shocked silence, but Serena pushed forward. "They've known for a while now. You're right about them associating me with Harry, but then Draco comes into play as well. No doubt they see me as an advantage as well as an enemy. Better to let them think I'm for Draco, and right in their reach-"

"It's a matter of trust I'm talking about." Malikye cut in. "They aren't going to let a potential spy walk around their midst. They're going to force out the truth; veritaserum, Imperious Curse… take your pick."

Serena suddenly remembered the term Ginny used when Harry became annoyingly overprotective- 'acting-the-hero.' Was that was she was doing?

"We cannot risk being found out. They might think we're 'invading their space' so to speak."

"It's too late to pull Serena out now. The HA knows Serena's background. It's potential blackmail material."

"Doesn't explain why rumors aren't circulating… The media would have a field day. The people wouldn't know who to trust… The HA sees her as a connection with the Order. With recent increase in Death Eater activity, it's only a matter of time before they pull the checks and stalemates and move in for the kill. She's a walking target."

"Which, from what I've heard, is going to happen soon." Malikye's voice silenced all others. "Since we already- unknowingly," he threw a glance at Alael and Raphael, "-walked into this, we are in too deep to back out now. The safest place for Serena is right where they want her most, where they think they have her. Serena will continue pursuit into the HA, but necessary precautions will be needed." He looked directly at Serena. "We will fine tune this later- in the mean time, we have other business to attend to-"

Several other things were brought up and discussed before Malikye called upon Serena again to address the new branch for the non Death Eater related Children. "Serena, how are you with the SUCA, as you called it?"

"The SUCA, the strictly underground children's army, already has 12 definite non Death Eater related Children, with many other HDEC posing interest."

"Good. You'll give me another update next meeting?" It was more of a rhetorical question because Malikye immediately moved onto questioning if the spies at the Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beaxbatons had learned anything new. A girl from the DDEC offered information.

Serena shrank in her chair, glad her part was over and the attention elsewhere. At first Serena had feared Malikye was strip her of the her ranking, but apparently, she was still valuable to the Children.

Never again, she thought.

end flashback

After dinner, Killian motioned from across the hall for him to follow him. She walked out of the Great Hall discreetly as possible and entered the Entrance Hall. She looked around for Killian, and at first he was nowhere to be found. Suddenly a hand clamped around her mouth and she was pulled into a classroom and the door shut, barely making a noise.

Four Slytherin kids, not including Killian who kept his hand over her mouth and her other arm tight behind her back.

"Serena, as it would have it…" Ashe and Charcoal were there along with Warrick Ghostwitch, and Raphael.

Serena struggled, but Killian wouldn't let go. She looked pleadingly at Raphael, but he seemed oblivious to her struggle. No sign of recognition passed on his face.

"Stop struggling," Ghostwitch commanded her. She stopped, but stared at him defiantly. "Killian's told me you wish to become a Death Eater?" He looked amused. "Why is that I wonder?" Serena couldn't help but glance once again at Raphael. Was it over already? Were they going to interrogate her now? The DEC never had a chance… But Gostwitch chuckled. "You'll have to prove yourself if you want to be a Death Eater… Stick out your left arm."

Serena motioned to talk and Ghostwitch motioned for Killian to take his hand away.

"Are you going to brand me?"

"No." He laughed, as if what she said was funny. "You're going to do that to yourself."

Serena was most startled by this news and it probably showed in her face. Ghostwitch laughed again. "But not tonight… Tonight we will begin the process in which you will be initiated. Do you choose to be initiated?"

"Yes."

"Good…" Again, he motioned to Killian and Killian released her.

"I didn't mean to hurt you." He said quietly. She only briefly looked at him before focusing her attention on Ghostwitch again. He was pulling out a vile of liquid and uncorking it. He poured some of the sticky substance onto his hand and motioned for her to come forward. He took her right arm and rubbed the potion into the spot where the Dark Mark would be placed. How they would do it she was still not sure. Once the potion had disappeared, Ghostwitch said some words and pulled up the sleeve of his robes to reveal the Dark Mark upon his skin. He touched this wand to his Mark before touching the spot where the Dark Mark would appear on her arm with the tip of his wand. Black began to seep onto her skin and the shadow of a skull with a snake protruding from his mouth appeared.

"This is only a shadow of the Mark. Once you prove yourself, you'll be given a full initiation. With this mark, we can summon you when we wish, but it is not permanent. Since you aren't a Death Eater yet, the mark will only show in the presence of a Death Eater.
Understood?"

Serena nodded.


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