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Chapter Three: He's a pretty crappy Malfoy:

"Can you all quieten down now?"

Taylor stood in front of his Quidditch Team with his arms folded as he waited for them all to stop chatting.

James Potter met his eyes boldly, and purposefully turned his back on him.

Andrea was sitting against the wall at the back with the two other girls on the team, Lillian Potter, and her cousin, Daniella Weasley. They seemed to be patiently waiting for Taylor to start talking. Lily smiled encouragingly at him when he looked at her, and he was strangely delighted that she, unlike her brother had no hard feelings towards him.

To Taylor's left he could hear Will, Damian, Jake and Andrew, along with Brad, another of the three Weasley's on Taylor's Team, all conducting some sort of burping competition.

"Guys! Do you mind? Brad! Get over here!"

Brad grinned at him and raced into a seat next to Daniella. "Sorry, Boss, won't happen again."

Will, Damian, Andrew and Jake all sniggered from behind Taylor, but they stopped when he glared at them.

He opened his mouth to address his team, but James Potter interrupted him.

"Isn't he a Ravenclaw?"

He was looking up at Will as if he was something that had just crawled out of the gutter.

Will bristled, and Damian snarled down at James, "So!"

"He shouldn't be here! Isn't he the Keeper for Ravenclaw? I bet he's a spy! He's taking information back to them about us! I bet you!"

Lillian cuffed her brother around the back of the head, "Shut up James! Stop being a prat!"

Taylor opened his mouth to also tell James to shut it, but Riley, who had just come banging in, interrupted him.

"Oh, there you are Taylor, been looking everywhere… have you seen Isaac? Only, I didn't see him at dinner last night, nor all day today. I'm worried Luke might've finally caught up with him…"

Riley glanced over at the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, and took a few cautious steps away from them. She didn't like strangers.

Taylor glared at her.

She blinked back at him, "What?"

"Don't worry Riley," Jake said loudly, " Taylor's just sulking cos no-one here respects him"

Taylor ignored him, "No, Riley, I haven't seen him… I'm sure he's o.k. though…do you mind… I'm kind of in the middle of something…"

Riley rolled her eyes and then stormed out of the room, muttering under her breath about Quidditch obsessed brothers.

Taylor turned back to his team, "Right guys… our first match is in a couple of weeks against Hufflepuff…they're a strong side this year… so I don't want to take any risks in underestimating them… Geoff Bones is easily, as the captain, their best player… but I'm sure, Brad, Dani, that we're too fast for him… we shouldn't have too much trouble getting the Quaffle past him…now… Jon and James…I remember how good you both worked as a pair last year…even though you were only reserves… I'm sure you both can handle being the starting Beaters this year…Andrea, Lily, I hope you two didn't skimp on your training over the holidays… nevertheless, I'm sure our team is ready for a win to start off the season… be down here tomorrow at 7.30 for practice."

The team grumbled at that as they clambered to their feet, and left the room as one.

"I'll bet he's a spy!" Andrew mimicked James Potter's voice, "what a jerk!"

"Leave off, yeah? He's just a kid" Taylor said, trying to be reasonable.

"Just a kid!" Damian exclaimed, as they all began to head back to the castle.

"The little turd's been on your case ever since he got here!"

"Our fathers are enemies, Dam: it's natural for the kid to hate me."

"His little brother doesn't though, neither does his sister…" Jake smirked at him.

"Shut up!" Taylor snapped, "Guys seriously, come off it!" he added as they began to laugh at him.

"Ooooh, getting a bit defensive, are we" Andrew crowed.

"Something you wanna share Tay?" Will asked.

Taylor ignored them, at continued up the front steps of the castle on his own.

His friends ran to catch him and took one look at the expression on his face.

"Uh-oh" Jake murmured to Andrew. "Looks like we weren't far off."

Will flung an arm around Taylor's shoulders, "Mate, you definitely aren't a very good Malfoy."

The boys sniggered as they stepped into the Entrance Hall, before Taylor froze in shock.

"…looked everywhere, Father." Luke was saying

"…not in the Hufflepuff Common Room?" A man in a black cloak asked

"Dad! What're you doing here?"

Sure enough, Draco Malfoy was standing in the Hall, a hand on his weeping daughter's shoulder. That was how Taylor knew something was wrong.

Draco glanced briefly at his son, "where's your brother?"

"Which one?"

"Isaac, you fool! Where is Isaac?"

"I dunno, I haven't seen him all day, come to think of it."

Draco let out an impatient sniff, then turned and began to lead Riley and Luke away, "Come, boy, you're mother wants to see you."

With a quick look at his friends, Taylor rushed after his father. He was feeling very worried now, where was Isaac?

I know, I know… its crap, but I'm really not good with Chapter stories and this is not turning out the way I want.

Please R & R! I'm stuck!

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