Chapter 17

Ok…the people who voted for Draco have won. And as for someone turning into animagus…you will find out who and what in this chapter.

"Hey Ginny!" Leah said, running up and catching Ginny.

"You still mad at everyone?" Ginny asked.

"No." Leah said.

"Ok…what's up?" Ginny asked.

"Are you able to miss like…four days of school?" Leah asked.

"Ah Le…I'm sorry." Ginny said. They walked through the halls. "But I got way too much work already. I'm surprised you don't have that much work."

"I probably do." Leah said. "But I don't care."

"I'm so sorry Leah." Ginny said. "I so would go with you in a heartbeat. But you don't have my mum for a mum. No matter what…school seems to come first with her."

"Yeah. Ok." Leah said. "Thanks anyways Gin."

"Sorry." Ginny said. Leah went a different direction. She figured she could always ask Hermione, but Hermione would either say she had to work on school work and stay behind, or she would go but spend most of time revising for O.W.Ls.

Leah walked around and didn't even notice she had passed Draco until he noticed, grabbed her and pulled her into a closet.

"What the hell?" Leah asked.

"Trying to find a way to talk to you all bloody day." Draco said. "You seem to be handling things pretty good."

"Huh?" Leah asked.

"News travels fast in this school." Draco said. "Heard about your grandma."

"Which version?" Leah asked. "That she 'mysteriously' died…or that she was killed by a death eater?"

"Both." Draco said. Leah stared at him and, for once, he was the one to look away first. That was odd.

"Draco…" Leah said, not even noticing that she was using his first name for once.

"What?" Draco asked.

"You know what." Leah said.

"No really…I don't." Draco said.

"How do you know both versions?" Leah asked. "And don't say because I just said them because I know that you knew before hand." Draco didn't say anything. "God…you are such a…something."

"Are you gonna give me that…stay away from me thing again?" Draco asked.

"You know…I don't care." Leah said, sighing. "I don't care anymore." There was silence for a while before Leah got an idea. Somehow, now, she would rather spend three days with Draco then spend three days with any of her friends. Of course, he had to say something first.

"Leah…you're going home for the next few days…and funeral…right?" Draco asked.

"Yeah." Leah said, taking no notice that it seemed that they were on first name bases now.

"You bringing someone with you?" Draco asked.

"I'm allowed to. Why? You wanna come?" Leah asked.

"Would you mind? Really don't wanna be at school." Draco said.

"Sure." Leah said, remembering that she was supposed to go to the funeral alone, meaning no one from the order was going to be there. "I gotta make a stop before heading to my grandparents' house, but I can give you the house number and, since it's a wizarding house, you can use floo powder."

"Ok. When are you leaving?" Draco asked.

"Soon…I just gotta pack and talk to Dumbledore." Leah said.

"Ok…give me the address and I'll meet you there." Draco said.

"Sure." Leah said. She wrote down the address and handed it to Draco. "Oh…but…don't touch anything. It may be a wizarding house…but practically everything there is muggle stuff. So umm…just…sit on the couch and…read a book or something until I get there." Draco nodded. Leah left the closet first and headed to her dorm, packing a few things of clothes into her backpack and some other stuff, then went to Dumbledore's office.

"Have you chosen someone to go with you?" Dumbledore asked.

"Umm…yeah…but only for my grandparents' house and the funeral." Leah said. "Cause like…still sorta on the bitchy side with Harry, Ron, Hermione…all them. It's like…I could explode any minute."

"I see…" Dumbledore said. He gave Leah a hard look and she could tell that he was probably looking in her mind because of what he said next. "Mr. Malfoy seems to have gained your trust."

"Uh…yeah." Leah said. "Is that ok?"

"As long as there is nothing in your grandparents' house that could expose the Order…and as long as you don't say anything to endanger any of us." Dumbledore said.

"I won't." Leah said. "Oh…and…professor."

"Yes?" Dumbledore asked.

"Can you like…not tell anyone that me and Malfoy are…well…civil to each other?" Leah asked. "For reputation purposes and all."

"Of course." Dumbledore said. "Now…off you go." Leah was given a portkey to transport her to Headquarters where she was attacked by hugs and sympathies by everyone there. She stayed for about twenty minutes before using floo powder to get to her grandparents' house.

"God! I hate that stuff sooo much!" Leah said, as soon as she fell out of the fireplace. She got and brushed the soot off her clothing while looking around to see if Draco was there yet. Hopefully he hadn't gone exploring. Leah quickly went up to her room (it was her room for whenever she had to stay there. Used to be Sabrina's room) and put her things away. There was a crash from downstairs and Leah ran down to see Draco getting up.

"This stuff is annoying." Draco said. Leah laughed and leaned forward against the back of the couch. "Thought I was gonna have to wait for you."

"I thought that too." Leah said. "Looks like you take a long time to pack."

"Give me a break." Draco said. He looked around then looked at Leah with a smirk.

"What?" Leah asked.

"Oh…nothing." Draco said, walking over and lying down on the couch. He looked up at Leah. "I was just thinking."

"Did it hurt?" Leah asked.

"Ha ha, very funny." Draco said. "Nah…I was just thinking that…since we're not at school…no need to be hiding."

"Hiding what?" Leah asked.

"This…" Draco said, grabbing Leah's arm and yanking her down on top of him before kissing her. Leah was actually expecting it. It was not as hot as the one back at the yule ball. Leah pulled away slightly, her hair falling over both shoulders. "See…can do it wherever we want." Leah laughed. She climbed off Draco and he sat up.

"Come on…I'll show you around." Leah said. Draco got off the couch, grabbed his bag, and followed Leah up the stairs. "That's my grandparents' bedroom. There's mine, and across the hall from mine is the guest room where you can stay."

"What…I can't stay in your room?" Draco asked, smirking.

"You know something." Leah said, opening the guest room door. "If anyone else had come with me, I probably wouldn't be having as much fun. Ok now I'm kinda scared." Draco shrugged and walked into the room. "Bathroom is the door to the left of this room…the closet with towels and shit is to the right. I'm gonna go downstairs and make something to eat."

"Ok…I'll be there in a few minutes." Draco said.

"Ok…oh…if you even try to get into my room…I will know." Leah said. "I've had a lock on it for a long time."

"Damn…there goes that idea." Draco joked. Leah laughed before leaving the room and going to the kitchen.

By the time Draco got down to the kitchen, Leah had just finished talking to the pizza guy and was now washing the dishes that were in the sink. He watched her for a while before walking up behind her and hooking his chin over her shoulder.

"You know…you can do that by magic." Draco said.

"And you know that the ministry is very pissed off ay anyone who believes Dumbledore and is looking for any excuse to get us in trouble." Leah said.

"Hmm…you're right." Draco said. "Luckily though…" He took Leah's hands out of the sink and moved her over a bit before taking out his wand. "I don't believe Dumbledore…I believe my dad…sadly enough as that sounds." He waved the wand, said a spell, and the dishes started washing, drying and putting away themselves.

"Wait a minute…sadly enough as that sounds? What does that mean?" Leah asked.

"I means…that I don't like my dad." Draco said.

"Taking a brave step out aren't we?" Leah asked, looking at Draco curiously.

"What? Saying that I hate my dad? Not really." Draco said, walking past Leah.

"Whoa whoa whoa mister. You ain't getting away that easily." Leah said, turning and taking a few quick steps before catching Draco and holding him against the wall.

"You mind? Really rather not be against a wall." Draco said.

"Yeah…I do mind." Leah said. "I wanna know what's going on in that head of yours. If I remember correctly…you complained to daddy and almost got Hagrid fired and Buckbeak killed two years ago."

"Yeah well…doesn't mean I have to like him." Draco said.

"And why's that?" Leah asked.

"You ever have someone try to run your life?" Draco asked. Leah went to nod but then thought about it and shook her head. "Exactly." Draco broke Leah's hold on him and turned them around before pushing Leah against the wall. "That's what my dad's doing ok? He's trying to run my life…tell me what to do when I'm done at Hogwarts, tell me who I'm supposed to see, telling me to…" He sighed then let go of Leah.

"Tell you to what?" Leah asked.

"You're gonna hit me when I say it." Draco said.

"All depends…does it involve killing me or my friends?" Leah asked.

"Not that I know of." Draco said.

"Then…maybe I won't." Leah said.

"Fine…" Draco said, sighing. "He keeps saying that…on my seventeenth birthday…which is when we're in seventh year…I have to become a death eater."

"Oh." Leah said.

"Yeah…oh." Draco said.

"And you don't…wanna be a death eater?" Leah asked.

"I'm not my bloody father in case you haven't noticed." Draco said. With that he disappeared up the stairs.

"Ok…I thought girls did all the…wait no…I've seen Ron do it a lot." Leah muttered. Just then the doorbell rang. Leah grabbed some money and answered the door for the Pizza guy. She paid him and took the pizzas (2 mediums) into the kitchen. "HEY! DRACO! YOU HUNGRY!" There was no answer. Leah sighed before putting the pizzas down and going up to the stairs.

Outside the guest room, Leah heard muttering coming from it so she knew Draco was in there. She figured he was probably mad at her…but would he be mad at a cat? Leah smiled before turning the knob to open the door then morphed into a panther before walking into the room.

"Go…" Draco said, turning around. He didn't see anyone. He looked down and saw the cat. "Hey…I didn't know she had a cat. Pretty big cat though. Panther." Leah meowed. "Can you keep a secret kitty?" She tilted her head in a curious way. "I'll take that as a yes. Watch this." Draco took a few steps back and then he changed…into a wolf. Leah stared at him before growled lightly and jumping at him.

The next few minutes were spent rolling around in play fight. Leah managed to get Draco under her then decided that she wanted pizza so she ran from the room, knowing that Draco was chasing her. In the kitchen she turned into herself and grabbed a slice of pizza when Draco came in, still as the wolf.

"Hey Wolfie." Leah said. Draco turned into himself.

"You too huh?" He asked.

"Only just recently. This is actually the first time I've changed back with no problems." Leah said. "I've been working on it for a long time."

"Weird food." Draco said, looking in the pizza box.

"It's called pizza. It's really good. Try a slice." Leah said. Draco gave her a doubtful look but took a slice. "Eat!" He bit it.

"Fine you win." Draco said. Leah smiled. They ate their first slices in silence.

"You know…we're here for a funeral…but so far…everything has been fun." Leah said.

"Yeah…and it's getting late." Draco said.

"That's why I got two pizzas…one for now…and one for breakfast." Leah said. "Leftover pizza is just as good as…well…not leftover pizza. The other box is already in the fridge." They finished the pizza then headed up to bed…in their different rooms.

Here's this chapter. Ta da and what not! REVIEWS! I need ideas people...I know what I'm doing for the end of the fifth year and later on...but the rest of this year...I really don't know. There are some parts...like Leah fighting with Umbridge and the quidditch matchs where Harry beats up Draco. FYI: Only Harry and the twins get kicked off the team.