Chapter One- Sadie Karkaroff

"Draco, wake up now!" Lucius Malfoy started, pulling open the hangings in front of the window. Draco covered his eyes and groaned.

"Why?" he muttered, pulling his blanket up over his head.

"Because, as I've told you, Igor Karkaroff's niece Sadie is showing up here today, she was left in his care when he was murdered, and your mother and I are taking her in" Lucius replied. This awoke Draco with a start.

"Why? You hated Karkaroff. And when do you do nice things?" he demanded.

"I may have hated Igor, but the Dark Lord holds his sister in high reguards, so I agreed to do this. And I will not be spoken to like that!" he spat. Draco rolled his eyes.

"Now get dressed" Lucius said, yanking the door closed behind him. Draco sighed. Why should he have to get up early for some stupid girl he didn't even know? he thought angrily, pulling off his sleep clothes. It wasn't like he had any interest. He had never even met the girl before, she was from Bulgaria! He pulled on a pair of black robes and ran a comb through his hair. Still cursing under his breath, he made his way downstairs.

"I'm going out to practice flying" he told his parents, and walked out the door. He removed his broomstick from the small shed behind their mansion. He kicked off from the ground, a bit harder than he had intended. If he had to be up this early, he might as well do something he enjoyed. He flew around the back yard for a moment, and heard a loud CRACK. Someone had Apparated in front of the house. Whatever. he thought angrily, as he continued flying through the trees.

"DRACO! Come down here!" he heard his father yell. Draco yanked his broom around to the right, and nearly slammed into the side of the house. His father was standing with a beautiful girl, whom he supposed was Sadie Karkaroff. She was tall, with long black hair and icy blue eyes. He landed on the ground, and nearly fell over. She smiled cooly at him. He managed another smile.

"This is my son, Draco. And Draco, this is Sadie Karkaroff." Lucius said.

"It is...very nice to meet you" Sadie said. She had a bit of a Bulgarian accent, but he was able to understand her clearly.

"Yeah, you too" he managed to say. Lucius looked at his son; it was odd to see him at such a loss of words.

"Yes, well. Draco, I want you to show Sadie around. I have business to attend to" Lucius said briskly, as he strolled off. Draco began showing her around.

"This is...a very nice home you haff" Sadie said. Draco smiled. She must be easily impressed, he thought. I hate this place.

"I suppose it is. So, Karkaroff was your uncle? Bet that was fun" Draco said. Sadie laughed.

"Yes...he was very strange. I did not trust him for quite some time. But of course, your father has...told you why I am here" she said. Her English seemed to be improoving every moment, although she still had a bit of a lingering Bulgarian accent.

"He did, somewhat. But he was vague on the details." Draco replied.

"Vell, Voldermort is supposed to hold me in high reguard. Why, I do not know. I haff never even seen him" she told him. Draco seemed a bit stumpted. According to his father, the Dark Lord didn't think much of anyone, much less the blood of a traitor. There must be some underlying cause for this. It seemed strange that she would call him by his real name, he knew of only two people that did. And they had been his enemies.

"I see" Draco lied. This girl was somewhat of a mystery...and he was quite taken with her.