Disclaimer: HP isn't mine… just this plot…

By: RR and AC Beta: CS

CHAPTER 13

Author's Note: Okay, well some people I know have thought fan art would be good so, if I get enough feedback, I will make a geocities site or something… me, my co-writer, and my beta will make a place for art for our stories. Ummm yeah… if you wanna submit anything, there will be more details later. Ok well… I hope to get you guys a lot of chapters over CHRISTmas… 3-6… I thinks… hope… mm and my mailbox is getting a little… empty… I know you could get more people to read and review my story )

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"Where is everybody else?" Ginny asked, immediately growing concerned when she realized that Draco was the only one still waiting for her outside of the lavatory. They had left the cab they took from the alley and were taking a bathroom break.

"Don't worry love, I told them they could go on ahead to that little coffee shop that the cab driver told us about. I think he said it's called Diane's," he said, leaning uncomfortably against the wall.

"It's Deana's! And do you even know where it is?" Ginny snapped incredulously, not liking the thought of being lost in a strange place.

"Um…no," Draco stammered softly, not wishing to face his girlfriend's infamous wrath.

"Draco Malfoy! You will ask for directions on how to get there. I can't believe this! You know we should all stay together!" Ginny started heatedly, throwing up her hands. "Do you have any idea on how dangerous muggle places can be? Especially if you're lost?"

"You just want to watch over your precious Potter!" Draco retorted angrily, his blood boiling as Ginny threw daggers at his pride. "And why don't you go ask how to get there if you want directions so badly!"

Ginny looked shocked for a moment, not noticing at first that she was getting Draco so angry, but then she realized what he was suggesting. "You know I'm over Harry, he's just a friend. And since you are too scared to ask a big scary stranger where Deana's Coffee Hut is, I will do it for you." Ginny stalked off angrily, followed seconds later by a stunned Draco.

She searched for a few minutes for any sign of their friends or the coffee hut, but could find neither. Finally, she got fed up and decided just to ask, targeting the harmless looking teen behind the counter at the store next door. She went up to him and gave him a winning smile.

"Could you tell me where Deana's Coffee Hut is located?" She asked him in a professional tone.

"Who's your friend?" He countered, looking past Ginny, at Draco.

"Oh, his name is Draco… the coffee hut is where?" Ginny replied, growing impatient, half wishing that Draco had not followed her.

"Oh…I like. Reminds me of Draconian…cruel and authoritative," the boy responded, brushing his long brown hair out of his eyes with a flair, still ignoring Ginny's question.

Ginny gave him a weird look. "Umm...do you know where Deana's coffee hut is?" She asked again, a bit hesitant.

The boy gave her an indifferent glance. "Yeah," he said, his voice uninterested. "But you should buy your coffee here; we have some on our menu. And I'll be your server." He gave Draco a coy smile, starting to continue on his earlier topic. "But you aren't cruel…are you Draco? … You're more like a dragon… fiery!" As the boy spoke, he looked Draco up and down slowly, studying him with a pert smile on his face. Ginny realized what he was doing and struggled not to burst out laughing.

Forgetting all of her anger, Ginny took a step backwards and grabbed Draco's hand, lacing her fingers through his and said "Oh, no. Draco is my boyfriend."

"Oh." The boy replied looking hurt, "Too bad he's that way… well Deana's is just up the block and to your right, up by that blue building; it's the one with the neon 'open' sign in the window." Without another word, the boy shuffled away (but not without giving Draco a 'seductively' raised eyebrow) and Ginny was finally able to release her laughter.

When she regained her composure, Draco raised an eyebrow at her and asked with mock concern, "Are you alright? One minute you're scared, the next, you're angry, and the next, you're giggling like mad. You should have your head checked."

"You…he…" Ginny began, laughing between each word, "He… was trying … to … to flirt with you!"

As the words registered in Draco's mind, his expression became mortified, causing Ginny to go into fits of laughter again. A resounding 'ewww' echoed through the little shop, and he hurriedly made his way to the street outside.

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Draco, still fazed, followed Ginny into the café, where they found the others and sat down.

"What took so long?" Harry asked.

"We didn't know how to get here." Ginny said, tossing a red curl behind her ear and giving Draco a grin.

"Oh, I see." Harry raised an eyebrow at her, and then turned back to observing Melinda.

"So when do I get to use magic?" Melinda questioned.

"Uhh… I dunno, once we get you a wand..." Ron started.

"She can use mine," Neville interjected, then looked bashful. "If it'd work, that is."

"Okay, well, but not until we get back to the hotel… Don't talk about it here," Hermione suggested.

Ginny started snickering.

"What?" Draco asked, cocking a blond eyebrow towards her.

"It's your boyfriend," Ginny giggled.

"What?" Rona and Harry exclaimed at the same time.

Ginny pointed out the door towards the street, where the boy they had asked for directions was walking. He glanced in the window and smiled at Draco. Everyone, with the exception of Draco attempted to withhold their laughter. Draco glared at all of them.

"What happened?" Luna asked, her eyes misty.

Ginny repeated the conversation that had happened earlier. Draco sank beneath the table, his ears turning pink.

"Draco," Harry said, "I don't see what you are upset about… It must be somewhat nice to know you attract both sexes."

This started another round of laughs.

Ron winked at Draco, who grimaced. Luna giggled, whispered something in Ron's ear, who started laughing again.

As soon as they finished their coffee, the stepped outside and headed off to a hotel that Hermione knew about. They took the subway for a while, and then they walked a block and realized that Draco was not there, where he had been the moment before

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Draco attempted to break lose from the man who had grabbed him, reaching towards his wand. He was pulled back into an alley near the subway exit.

"Give me all your money, watches, and anything else valuable." The man commanded.

"Don't have anything on me," Draco said, straining his wrist. He could almost reach his wand.

"Bullshit," The man pulled a knife to Draco's throat.

"I'm telling the truth…" Draco yelled, straining to kick the man or elbow him. The best he could do was kick his shins.

The knife was pushed closer.

"I'm warning you, you had better…"

The man was cut of by a hand grabbing the knife and wrenching it from his hand. The teen from the store whirled thee man around and kicked the man in the groin and stepped on his stomach. Draco stood up as the teen dialed a number on his cell phone, apparently telling the police of their location.

"Err… thanks…" Draco said awkwardly, "Um…?"

"Juan," He said.

"Oh, okay, Juan… yeah thanks." Draco felt slightly weird for thanking a muggle, but he swallowed his discomfort.

"No problem, Draco."

Ginny rushed passed, looking down the alley, stopped, and ran down toards Draco and Juan. She looked at them puzzled.

The other teens appeared and walked down the alley.

"What, umm, happened," Ginny asked, then as an afterthought added, while looking at the man on the floor, "And who is he?"

"Err, the guy on the floor tried to rob me and Juan pulled him off."

"Juan… Oh."

Ron winked at Draco, who glared.

"Well, now that your friends are here, you can leave, Draco."

They left, giving him a wary look. He, still keeping a foot on the man's stomach, gave Draco a wink and a little wave.

Once they got a bit away, Ginny raised an eye brow at Draco. "He's following you." She stated.

"No…" Draco said, "He must just live near here."

"Not that many people live in the commercial section of Manhattan."

"They could…"

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"So, where are we going again?" Draco asked.

"I told you, I've been to Manhattan before," Hermione replied, annoyed that Draco wouldn't shut up.

"And where are we staying?"

"At a nice cozy hotel we stayed at when I was here last time."

"Couldn't we take the subway there?"

"Draco, we've been walking for three minutes, and it's only a minute or two away. Besides, the train going there just left as we pulled into the station."

They walked for a few minutes and then Hermione stopped infront of the dilapidated building with tacky neon sign. Half the building was brick facade, the other half bare concrete.

"That's cozy?" Draco questioned repulsively.

"It's a Super 8 hotel."

"It's a dump. A Malfoy does not stay at something with less than five stars."

"What happened to renouncing your family and hating your parents?"

"Could you guys stop arguing?" Ginny asked, annoyed.

"No!" Hermione and Draco said at the same time.

"Look," Hermione said, "we don't need to spend tons of money on a hotel room."

"But we can."

"What if we're here until school starts? In two weeks we may run out of money."

Draco grunted and followed them inside.

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They enjoyed a comfortable dinner at one of the restaurants near the hotel, and then returned to Harry's room. Neville handed his wand to Melinda.

"Okay, this might not work because sometimes you need to have the right wand…"

"Right, what do I do?"

"Ummm…" Harry said, "Wave it a little and say...um..." He looked over towards Hermione, who brushed her bushy hair out of the way.

"Wingardium Leviosa." Hermione said.

"Right…" Harry said, "Err...the wand movement is swish and flick."

He demonstrated the movement.

"What does it do?"

"Wingardium Leviosa!"

Ron levitated Luna into the air, who giggled.

"Put me down, Ronald." She said lightly, looking down at him.

Everyone laughed.

"I think I get it," Melinda said, then cleared her throat.

"WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!"

Neville floated several inches up onto the air.

"Wow… took us a while to get that one," Hermione said, a little surprised.

"Okay," Harry said, "that's enough for now."

They all returned to their rooms.

Draco and Harry shared a room, as did Ron and Neville, Hermione and Ginny, and Luna and Melinda.

After a few minutes of settling in, Harry went over to Hermione's room. He knocked on the door and Hermione let him in. Ginny looked at them for a second and said, "Okay, I'll leave."

"You don't have to…" Harry started, but she was already out the door.

"She just wants to see Draco," Hermione said.

"Ron will get mad if he finds out they were in a room alone."

"Yeah… probably. I wonder how Melinda got that stuff so well…" Hermione said.

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Ron was on his way to go see Luna, when Ginny rounded the corner and knocked on the door to Harry and Draco's room.

"What are you doing?" Ron asked.

"What are you doing?" Ginny asked.

Draco opened the door.

"Where is Harry?" Ron questioned.

Draco looked at Ron while Ginny walked into the room, then he shut the door.

Ron sighed and knocked on Luna's door.

Melinda opened the door, said, "Oh…" and walked out.

She headed down the hallway to Ron's and Neville's room. She hesitated a little and then knocked on the door. Neville opened the door.

"I though we could practice some spells for a little because everyone else is probably snogging."

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"I wonder how Melinda was able to do those spells so easily…" Hermione questioned.

"Maybe her parents tried to teach her at home or something," Harry said.

"Maybe… Goodnight."

"Goodnight love." Hermione kissed him lightly.

"I'll go make everyone go back to their rooms," Harry said.

Hermione nodded and walked into the closet, looking through their trunks.

Harry heard someone take a step. His eyes shifted to the door. A figure in a black robe drew its wand. His eyes widened.

He grabbed his wand and bellowed, "Stupify!"

The Death Eater dodged and repositioned himself to attack. Hermione ran out of the closet, her wand in hand, and stunned him. Another appeared in front of the bed. Harry and Hermione's combined stunner's pushed the death eater through the wall into Melinda and Luna's room, knocking over the Death Eater that had just appeared in front of Ron and Luna. Ron and Luna surveyed the situation and grabbed their wands in time to stun another Death Eater that had just appeared. They ran into Ginny and Hermione's now connected room, and followed Harry and Hermione into the hall to Neville and Draco's room. They knocked down the door to where Ginny and Draco were talking.

"Why the hell are you barging in… in your underwear," Draco asked, noting Hermione and Luna's lack of ample clothing.

Hermione and Luna blushed, while Harry and Ron said, "Death Eaters!"

Draco and Ginny reached for their wands and began collect their stuff. She then shrunk the little stuff they had and placed it into her pocket. They ran to Luna and Melinda's room, and got their stuff too, while Hermione explained what had happened.

"Wouldn't the other guests have heard the fight?" Melinda asked.

"Silencing spell," Hermione said, opening the door to her room. Harry, Hermione, Luna, and Ron packed. Hermione shrunk their stuff into her pocket as well.

"Where are we going?" Melinda questioned.

"Airport," Hermione answered, "They can't apperate onto a plane. It moves to fast. No port key's either. Even brooms are way too slow."

The elevator dinged. They headed towards the opening door. Ten Death Eaters stepped out. Both groups of people were too surprised to immediately attack. Harry got the first stunned off.

"Percificus Totalus!" Hermione yelled.

Three stunners shot from the elevator. Beams of light began to shoot everywhere. A green flash thankfully missed everyone. Suddenly, Harry wand flew from his wand. A Death Eater caught it. Harry kicked it before it could attack. It groaned. He grabbed his wand in time to see Melinda hit with a stunner. Neville stunned the Death Eater who had stunned her. Harry fired at a Death Eater coming up behind Draco. Draco spun and kicked another. Hermione's body froze as she was hit with the full body bind. Harry's anger rose and he stunned the offending Death Eater. He caught he breath and realized the battle had ended. Harry released Hermione as Neville revived Melinda. They took the Death Eater's wands, tied them up, and went down the stairs.

They ran outside and into the subway, quickly getting on the train to the airport.

"That was close," Draco said, sitting down, wand ready.

The others did the same.

"What do we do with the wands?" Ron asked.

Harry handed one to Melinda. Thankfully, the subway car was empty.

"This is a slightly more advanced spell, but you may need it soon," Harry said quickly.

"You just point your wand and say 'Stupify,'" Hermione said.

"Try it on me," Draco said.

"No," Ginny said, "why?"

"I've attacked you enough Harry."

"Yeah, but I've cursed you also."

"Whatever. Melinda, just try it."

"O-okay," she said, a little worried.

"You can't be afraid," Ron said. "You need to want it to hurt him!"

Ginny scowled at him.

"It's just… I just felt what it feels like."

"Yeah, well, I'm used to it… Pretend I'm the one who just did it to you."

She nodded.

"STUPIFY!"

Draco fell back and was caught by Ginny, who revived him.

"Oww…" he said, "Good job." He offered her a friendly smirk. "Not bad for a beginner, that is."

The subway stopped at the airport station. They headed up to the nearest counter they could find.

"When is the next flight to London?" Hermione asked the man behind the desk.

"Two hours."

Hermione paid for the tickets and directed the group through security and towards their gate. They were flying Virgin Atlantic.

They passed a shop with a familiar look.

"Oh no…" Draco said, as Juan walked up to them.

"You're following us," Ron said.

"No, I was moved to the shop at the airport," Juan said, lightly offended. He tossed his hair around, and gave Draco a wink.

Ginny looked skeptical.

"I see your leaving," he said.

"Um… yeah," Draco said.

"Well good-bye Draco," Juan said, heading back to the shop.

The turned around and sat down at their gate.

PS: thanks to 'vlgrlsccr' for finding a big typo!

Author's Note: Okay… there you have it… 2.729k words… exactly... not counting authors notes… not as long as the last one, but I will be putting up two chapters this next week… hopefully… Okay I guess there's not too much to talk about except the fanart stuff… unless no one thinks is a good idea, it will probably happened… so get drawling… you do need to scan it though… I will give you an address to send an attachment to probably next chapter… umm rules… no nudity or adult scenes… I will post some just character pics, actual scenes are preferred. Send any info you want about you to be posted with the pic… I will not put down you life biography though… sending me the picture gives me the right to post it however I want… I have the right to post or delete it at anytime, as with the information you send me about yourself… if you pic is posted I will send you an email so you can see it if you provide your email address… I will not look for it on fanfiction or any other site… that's all for now… I want feedback on the fanart stuff!