Draco slouched moodily in his chair as Snape attempted to talk to the obstinate boy, Izzy hovering protectively behind him,

"I told you! Nothing happened!" Draco growled for the sixth time,

"And I don't believe you!" Severus growled back, determined not to give into his stubborn godson. Minerva had told him what had happened, although she wouldn't say who had told her, but Snape wanted to hear it from Draco's own mouth. He sighed when the blonde kept his mouth firmly shut, "Of course. If you refuse to co-operate with me, I shall be forced to resort to resort to Veritaserum." Draco glared at him resentfully,

"But nothing happened! Why won't you believe me?"

"Because A: I have known you for a very long time and I know when something is wrong. And B: I happen to notice a certain Miss Issabella hovering behind you.." Draco gaped at him and Izzy stepped forwards, clearly unsurprised,

"Hello, Severus, I hope I find you well?" Snape inclined his head, willing himself not to smile at Draco's shocked expression,

"I am well, Thankyou. I take it you are here for a reason, Miss Issabella?" It was a question more than a statement and Draco looked away, uncomfortable.

He wasn't ready to talk about it.

Not yet.

"If Draco doesn't wish to talk about it, then you should respect that." Izzy replied coolly, "However, I'm sure it would be to his advantage if he did."

"Why would it help?" Draco whispered, "It's not like it would change anything. It won't stop him doing it again-"

"Doing what?" Severus said quickly, "Draco, you have to tell me."

"He doesn't have to tell you anything!" Izzy snapped fiercely, "Poppet, you don't have to talk until you're ready." She said, in a softer tone, turning back to Draco and brushing an imaginary strand of hair from his face,

"I want to…" Draco said quietly, his eyes fixed resolutely on the ground, "I truly do! It's just…I can't." Snape got up and knelt down besides the unhappy boy, holding Draco's hand in his,

"Please trust me. I want to help you, but I can't do anything unless you feel like you can talk to me." Draco looked up uncertainly at Izzy, who gave him a small reassuring nod. He wavered for a moment, teetering on the edge of telling or not telling, then took a deep breath,

"Father told me to stay behind after class, he-he said he had something to discuss with me. He told me to explain why I had run out of the hall, I lied. I know it was stupid, but I just didn't think. Anyway, he said I had every reason to be frightened as he was going to be watching everything I did every second. I- I panicked and yelled at him and we argued. He said nobody would listen t me even if I did tell, he said they would never believe my word over his, they'd think I was lying. Then I started to cry. I didn't mean to! I just…couldn't help it. Then he hit me and I fell over, knocking my head on the wall. I backed up- scared he was going to hit me again, but he didn't. he suddenly became really nice and called me 'Dragon', like you used to when I was little. I-I didn't understand, but I felt safe. I thought…I thought he'd changed. But then he started to tell me relax and he…he…"

"Go on, Draco. What did he do?" Severus urged gently, almost afraid of what he was going to hear. Draco shuddered slightly, then said in an almost inaudible whisper,

"He touched me, Uncle Sev. Father touched me." Draco brushed a hand across his face, sniffing hard, "I didn't understand why he was doing it. He'd never done that before and I don't know why he did then." He looked nervously up at his godfather, whose expression was one of pure murder, and easily read by Draco,

"You can't tell anyone! You mustn't!" Snape sighed, trying to keep himself firmly under control,

"Draco, Lucius has gone way too far this time. I know you don't want anyone finding out, but this is different to before. What he's done is illegal this time. He mustn't be allowed to get away with it, or else he'll do it again." Izzy stroked his hair,

"Severus is right, Poppet," She said softly, "If you tell now, you can be safe. He won't be able to hurt you again." Draco shook his head wildly,

"No! No! No!" He moaned, sobbing quietly, "You can't! It's not illegal! He said it wasn't! You promised! Please…please…" Snape held the boy's hands in his, both surprised and worried at his reaction, and rubbed them gently together,

"Draco…ssh, it's okay, I won't tell anyone unless you want me to. I swear. It's okay, Dragon…" Immediately, Draco's head shot up, pure terror evident in his eyes, and he pushed Snape away,

"No! Don't touch me!" In his haste to escape, the chair he had been previously sitting in crashed to the floor, but Draco was utterly oblivious as he backed as far away from Severus as possible, cowering back against the wall. Snape, completely confused and feeling slightly wrong footed, made to go near him, but Izzy touched his arm lightly and stopped him with a shake of her head,

"Severus, were you not listening to what Draco told you?" Severus looked at her blankly. Izzy rolled her eyes, Men! "Lucius called him Dragon." Another blank look, "Bloody hell, Severus! Do I have to spell it out for you? Draco thinks you're Lucius!" Severus gaped at her,

"He doesn't… But I'd never…why?" Izzy growled in agitation,

"And there was me, thinking teachers were supposed to be clever!" She muttered to herself. "He was already upset and when you called him Dragon, his mind went into flash-back and he thinks that everything that happened yesterday is happening now." Severus ran a hand through his long hair, frowning several times as his fingers snagged in knots and tangles, which merely added to his irratation,

"Why is this happening?" He asked no one in particular. When no one in particular didn't answer, he asked Izzy instead, who wasn't really much help at all,

"Because it is." Severus glowered at her,

"Yes, I know that, but what should I do?"

"Kill Lucius?" She suggested helpfully and the two of them sank into blissful fantasies which consisted of painful torture, assassination and poison. Mwah ha ha ha!

Suddenly, the door slammed shut and Snape and Izzy jumped, snapping abruptly back to reality and instantaneously realised the same thing; Draco was gone!

"Bugger!" They said together.

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A/N: Why did know one review? Sob Noobody loves me:( n-ee-way, soz this one took a while! I've had loads of work to do but i hope you like it. PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW! Lucius will become stronger if you don't! And Poor Draco will never escape. HIS SAFETY DEPENDS ON YOU PEOPLE!