Disclaimer: Does anyone know if I have to add this in every chapter? It's just annoying, always having to point out the fact that I do not own Harry Potter and that it all belongs to the amazing J. K. Rowling.

Chapter 5

It had been a whole week since Damion had left. Why had he not returned? Draco wasn't weak anymore. His father had left him alone for a while.

He was pacing around his room contemplating how much his life sucked, when Damion flew in the window. "It's about bloody time!" he yelled at the owl that had placed the letter down on his chair. It read:

Dearest Dragon,

I am so sorry that it took me this long to respond. I was... recovering from one of my confrontations with him. Remember that telephone ring I mentioned? Well it was from a friend of mine from school and my step dad, he didn't like that too much.

I am a witch, a seventh year at school and a pureblood. But it wasn't always that way. I used to believe that I was a muggle born. I was told that my mum and "dad" were muggles. But after my mum was ...gone, I found out the truth... that they both had been wizards. And my true father, he is a wizard as well.

I hate him though, as I've told you before. Why? That's simple. He's a bloody murderer. Killed my best friends parents, that's what he did. AND he got away with it! I'd love nothing more than to send him to Azkaban.

Apparently, the story goes like this. They were all the best of friends growing up. The problem was that my step dad loved my mum, and so did my real dad. But then my mum chose my dad. When she got pregnant, my dad left her. My step dad took her in and married her and they ran away to the muggle community to hide from my dad. Why hide, you may ask? Well it's because, like I said earlier, he became a bloody murderer! They were frightened of him. They were afraid he'd come after me and try to kill me. He begged my mum to have the abortion. Why? Another good question.

The thing about my mum is that she loved muggles. She loved them so much that she used to beg him to move to the muggle world with her. But he HATES muggles, always has and he always will. That's why he kills. That's his reason for killing. So when she got pregnant, he was afraid that my mum would raise me to be just like her – a muggle lover. He just couldn't have that. At least, that's the way my stepfather told the story to me. I always suspected that there was more but I guess I'll never know without talking to my mum but that's not going to happen.

Anyway, I'm glad you feel you can talk to me. I feel the same way. It's much easier to write things down and send them off to someone who will listen to you. My only fear is that I may never meet you in person. That would be awful.

School starts soon and I'm thankful to be getting away from my stepfather though I doubt he will let me leave. He'll probably be too afraid that I will tell someone the dirty little secret but I wouldn't tell anyone in all honesty. It'd be too embarrassing.

I have a favor to ask of you. It's nothing big; just I can't do it myself. Se, I can't leave the house and I'm out of skelegrow. I fear my next encounter will leave many more of my bones broken and it would be very difficult to survive through that pain though I've done it before.

Thanks in advance, but if you don't do it, I'll still thank you. You're one of the few people I trust in this world and you're the only person I trust with THIS information.

Can't wait for your next letter,

Stranded Still

A/N... Short but sweet... I hope you like it. I promise, the next chapter is on its way. I still have a few chapters before school hits but I'm not sure how many. It depends on how I want to split it up. Some fun things are going to happen though once we get to school so just be patient. It's all worth it in the end. I need your help in deciding some things. I already have a couple different versions of the next few chapters written but it's really your choice which one I write. Do you want me to rush to get them to school? Do you want them to find out who the other is right away? Tell me how you want it to go and I'll do my best to make you guys happy.

Pleas review. I have to say that I've been really happy to see how many reviews I have gotten on the past few chapters. You guys are the best. I can't wait for your reviews.