Hi! Did you miss me? I know I was gone for a while, but I'm back now! Well, this is my longest chapter so far... so I hopeit makes up for my absence. Have fun!

I love you FireFantasma, in our mutual love for Draco.

PS. they will be older next chapter. wink

As soon as they finished breakfast, the kids decided to regroup in the boys' room. The girls had keen eyes entering the room. They were surprised at what they saw.

The walls were a pure white. On them were silk tapestries of dragons and basilisks and other creatures of myth, all detailed in greens, blacks, and silvers. Dark fairies leered out from behind wrenched trees. Dragon's coal black eyes glared out from caves, their tails wrapped around hoards of treasure. Two queen sized beds slouched against opposite walls. The sheets were large and downy, with a silk throw. Keeping with the theme, they were both green. On the left one's headboard, 'Draco' was imprinted, on the rights, 'Josh'. The carpet was thick and lush, but still white. Liz, always one to speak up, cocked her head to the side. "This is your room..?" She looked frightened.

The boys' expressions were unreadable. Josh raised an eyebrow, "Yes."

Liz frowned, "But it's so… scary." Morna sighed and rolled her eyes.

Draco scowled, looking sour. "No it's not. It's cool. You don't know what you're talking about." He crossed his arms.

Liz gaped, "Well… SOOOORRY!" She mimicked him and crossed her arms in return. "Forget it!" She pouted. Morna watched this in amusement. Josh looked bored.

After this dispute, the four sat in a circle in the center of the room.

Liz, bored, began to braid Morna's long, silky, black hair. "So what've you got to do around here? Anything fun?"

Josh frowned. "Well. We've got the horses… and the Quidditch pitch, then there's the pool. Otherwise, it's pretty boring." Both boys' shrugged.

Morna raised an eyebrow, "What's quid… Qued… Quednich?" Liz giggled.

Draco and Josh looked at each other with a smile. Instantaneously they said, "Well, come on then." They stood up. "We'll race!" They trotted out into the hallway. The girls followed, looking at each other worriedly. The boys lined up in the hallway. "Okay." Draco had taken control. "We run down this hallway…. Take a…. left. Then, um, turn right, all the way out to the doors. Keep runnin' till you get to the golden goal posts. Ready! Set! GO!"

Off they went. The boys left the girls alone, but were merciless with each other. They kicked and tripped each other. Josh was first, head down, arms pumping. Next came Draco, a pout etched on his small face. Third was Morna, running steadily with a sly smile on her face. Liz came in last, a good few feet behind, but she was grinning like crazy.

They went bursting outside, the bright sun beaming down on them. The goal posts were glistening just ahead. With a sudden burst of speed, Morna ran ahead of a stunned Josh and Draco. Cackling, she plopped down into the tall grass, disappearing. Josh and Draco plopped down beside her, shocked. Liz tumbled down into a full speed somersault, giggling. "That was a long way!" She gasped.

Draco glared at Morna, "No fair! You cheated! You can't do that! Josh always wins!" Both boys were out of breath and red-faced.

Josh scrunched his nose, "I don't care…" Still, he looked surprised. "I was just caught off guard. I could've won, I wasn't trying hard."

Liz laughed, her face was the reddest; it had been hardest for her to run. "You're wrong. Morna always wins! She's never been beaten by nobody!"

Morna sighed. "Can we just do whatever it is we're gonna do out here? This is dumb." Everyone looked down.

Draco stood up first. "Fine! Josh, go get brooms, I'll start explaining it."

Josh raised an eyebrow, "Excuse me?" They stared each other down for a second, Draco looked away first.

"Please?" he grumbled. The girls looked at each other, eyebrows raised. What the heck? Josh on the other hand, just smirked and ambled off towards a small shed, hands in his pockets. Draco pushed himself off the ground with a small scowl. "So, here's how the game works…"

Within half an hour understood the game. To make it fair, they split into boy-girl teams; Josh with Liz and Draco with Morna. It was obvious which of the two girls was better. Josh got aggravated with Liz quickly, for she was supposed to be looking for the snitch but got easily distracted. He would score a goal and find her clapping enthusiastically instead of searching avidly for the snitch. Morna, on the other hand, was an excellent chaser, they soon found out. She easily ripped the ball out Josh's nimble fingers with trained ease. Her power was in her brutality. Unlike former opponents, she had no problem in pushing and shoving. She whipped the quaffle at the goal posts with dedicated aim. She and Draco beat Liz and Josh, 170 to 30. When they landed, Josh glared at Liz coldly, blaming her in part. She cocked her blond head to the side sweetly, "I'm sorry we didn't win. That sure was fun though!" He scowled. After a second, he rolled his eyes.

"Whatever." Liz shrugged happily.

Morna sat on the ground. "Well, that was entertaining. What now?"

In the end, they spent the whole day outside. They raced between trees, across grassy fields, on horseback,and in the ocean water swimming pool. They soon became accustomed to the fact that Morna would always win and Liz would always lose. But that did not stop them from racing anyway. Around three in the afternoon, they plopped down near the edge of the property, still clad in bathing suits. All four felt exhausted.

"I've never ran that much in my life!" all them laughed at Liz, who's blond hair was windblown and cheeks were rosy with fatigue. "You're all crazy!"

Morna sat up first. She looked up at the sky. "Guys," They all looked at her. "It's gonna rain." Everybody looked up. As if she were a profit, rain suddenly came crashing down on them. It was heavy. And very, very wet. They screamed. Jumping up, they ran towards the manor, laughing and shouting the whole way. They playfully pushed and grabbled at each other, eager to get in the house.

As soon as they got inside, they crashed head first into a worried Narcissa. Peals of laughter died away at the look on her face. "Where have you been?" She placed her hands firmly on her hips. "I've been worried sick! It's pouring outside, you didn't come in for lunch, and the house elves haven't seen head or tail of you! " At the looks on their faces her expression melted. "Oh, come, I'm not that mad. Where have you been?" Like a damn bursting, a flow of explanations came at her at once, all four children telling what they had done all day long. Overwhelmed, she led them to their rooms, attempting to understand the downpour. By the time they reached the rooms, they had finished the story, and Narcissa had asked enough questions to understand what had occurred that day. With a shake of her head she pushed the children into their corresponding rooms with an order to clean up for dinner. "I want you dry, mud free, and in nice clothes. Josh, and Draco, you know what to wear. Liz, you have the lavender dress on your bed, Morna, yours is the midnight blue one. I picked them out just for you."

Morna walked into the room with a raised eyebrow. The dress could have been worse. Then again, it could have been better. It could have been pants. It fell just below the knees with a trim of delicate, silver stars and crescent moons. The deep blue color made her skin look paler and her dark eyes stand out. The sleeves were quarter length and fitted. Hey, at least it wasn't puffy.

Liz, on the other hand, was ecstatic. Her dress was the same length, but had more flow. When it was on, it spun around her knees like a Farris Wheel. The pale lavender went well with her pale skin and hair.

The girls cleaned up in their lavish bathroom and dresses quickly. They walked out into the hall and waited for the boys to finish getting dressed. Together, the four of them walked down to dinner.

Dinner itself was an awkward, elegant affair. Lucius came twenty minutes late and scowled the whole time. Narcissa was the chattiest and talked about her various lunches with other wives and the social events that the family was expected to attend. Josh did not speak at all, except to say please and thank you. Draco spoke softly every once and a while, glancing shyly up his father every so often, as if expecting praise. None came.

After dinner, the kids were told to wash (AGAIN!) and get ready for bed. Narcissa left them alone for until about eight and then cam in to tuck them in. She asked them if they were comfortable, and they replied that they were.

"Well, did you have a nice day?" She smiled down at them. Both girls nodded. She kissed them on the cheek and left them to sleep.

Half an hour later, Liz rolled over restlessly. "Morna, psst, are you sleeping?"

"What do you think?"

"I'm bored. Let's go wake the boys up!" Thrilled by this idea, she scampered out the door before Morna could disagree.

Liz knocked quietly on the door and then burst. Josh sat up with a snarl, but softened when he saw that it was only the girls, in their long, silky pajamas. "What do you want?" Draco sat up blearily and scratched his head.

Climbed in to Josh's bed and Morna followed. They beckoned Draco who climbed up hesitantly. Josh retreated as far back towards the headboard as possible. "I'll ask again; what do you want?"

Morna rolled her eyes. "We got bored of course. Let's play truth or dare." She quickly explained the game in her snappish, no nonsense voice. With a frown, the boys shrugged an agreement to play.

The first dares were dull; they had trouble thinking of things that could get them in trouble, potentially. But eventually, they all loosened up. They dared each other to go through the house, collecting items that they could get in big trouble for having if they got caught. Eventually, they became tired, and fell asleep, all four in Josh's bed. When Narcissa found them in the morning, their limbs were tangled and they had small smiles on their faces. Even Morna.

Their days (and nights) continued like this for the next two months, running in the sunshine and creeping mischievously in the dark.They easily got used to each others company. The four of them soon became inseparable. Morna and Liz even attended one or two social evens. They were introduced as orphans that the Malfoy's had graciously welcomed in to their home, temporarily if Lucius had his way. Yes, things were certainly looking up for the Nurian girls.

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