Pirate Blood

Chapter 20

Letters, Photographs,and a Paper

(A/N: I am going to say that all of this is taking place present day. I don't like the way a lot of people say it's 1996 or whatever. The current year is 2005 in this story because that is when I started posting it. If you don't like it, too bad.)

Slytherin Common room on Wednesday morning...

"You have been glowing since Sunday dude. Would you tell me what the hell you are so happy about?" Blaise asked Draco.

"Chris." Draco whispered.

"What about her?" Blaise asked.

"We got together." Draco said.

"How long do you expect this to last?" Blaise asked, unfazed.

"I don't know. Why does it matter if this lasts? I am happy for the first time in nearly three years. Three damn years Blaise! I think I deserve to have some happiness, even if it is temporary."

"Say Jesse finds Kaylee. What will happen when she comes back? And Chris will eventually find out about Rachel."

"Thank you, Blaise. Thank you for pointing out just how fucked up my life really is."

At breakfast the owls came flying in with the mail. Two letters dropped down in front of Draco along with the Daily Prophet. On was in a purple envelope with the Sparrow crest on the back. Draco knew not to open it until he was alone or with the club. The other one was green and had the Malfoy crest on the back. The Daily Prophet read:

COLIN SPARROW, KILL BY YOU-KNOW-WHO

Colin Sparrow had been missing since December 30, 2002. A wizard found his dead body in the back of Knockturn Alley. The words 'I will find her.' were on a wall in Mr. Sparrow's blood. The Ministry apparently thinks that Sparrow was kill by You-Know-Who himself. Colin Sparrow was a suspected Death Eater. When his body was inspected, he did not bare the Dark Mark.

Colin Sparrow was a very wealthy man. His family owns a muggle hotel chain, called Sparrow's Hotel. Colin Sparrow was the father of four children, Jason, Jesse, Kaylee, and Isabel. He had a wife Katherine. Katherine and Jesse are living in the United States. Jason was killed in June 2000 in a Muggle car accident. Kaylee has been missing since December 30, 2002. Isabel's body was found in the same way Colin's was on November 27, 2004. Ministry officials think that the message written in blood refers to Kaylee. Other Ministry officials think that Kaylee is dead. Kaylee Sparrow was the girlfriend of Draco Malfoy. The Daily Prophet could not get in touch with Draco for a quote. However, shortly after Kaylee's disappearance Draco was quoted as saying "I'll do whatever it takes to find her." For more on Kaylee Sparrow turn to page 7.

The bell rang signaling to go to class. Draco had gotten to Potions early so he could finish reading the letter before class started. The letter was from his mother. It read:

Dear Draco,

How is school? I have received a letter from Jesse Sparrow. He is trying to find Kaylee. Isn't that lovely? I don't know what the chances are of his finding Kaylee. But I have been told that their father Colin was killed by the Dark Lord himself. For some reason the announcement wasn't made until this morning. He was actually killed nearly four weeks ago, but they are only telling that to his close friends and family. I don't know how Jesse plans to find her. Rachel says she misses you. She can't wait to see you during the holidays. Ignore the Daily Prophet for the next few days. It will only be about Kaylee or the Sparrows. It will all be over by Saturday.

With all my love,

Mother

"So I heard that one of your whores has gone missing. Though I guess you really don't care to much." a voice said from behind, it belonged to Harry Potter.

"Shut up, at least I don't need to spread rumors to prove that I get laid." Draco said, defensively.

"I always wondered, how does a ferret like you get laid? What girl would want to ever touch you?"

"Potter, the list of girls that want him is a hell of a lot longer than yours is right now." Chris said, hearing their conversation.

"So you like Death Eaters?" Harry asked.

Draco rolled up his sleeves to show his forearms. There was nothing on them. "I'm not a Death Eater, Potter. You know what they say when you assume."

"What do they say?"

"You make an ass out of u and me."

"How do I know you don't have the dark mark somewhere else?"

Draco took off his cloak. He stripped down to his boxers. "Do you really want me to take off my boxers, Potter?"

"What is going on here?" Snape asked, as he entered the classroom. "Mr. Malfoy, may I ask why aren't you wearing any clothing?"

"Well Professor, I am convincing Potter that I am not a Death Eater. I had to strip down to my boxers to convince him, though I think he wants me to take off my boxers."

"Put your clothes back on Mr. Malfoy. Mr. Potter, detention for a week and twenty points from Gryffindor." Snape called and they began the lesson.

Draco was called to Dumbledore's office. Blaise's partner was skipping class. Snape told Chris and Blaise to work together. They started working on the potion. "It will never work out." Blaise said.

"Point?" 'Even though you're right.' Chris thought.

"He loves Kaylee. You'll never compare to her." Blaise said viciously.

"I could give Kaylee a run for her money." Chris said.

"No you can't. No one will ever replace Kaylee. Not you. Not anyone. She was one of my best friends."

"Is."

"What?"

"She is one of your best friends. You said she was one of your best friends." Chris reached over the table for the eye of newt. Her sleeve slipped up to show her tattoo. Blaise saw it.

"Where did you get that tattoo?" Blaise asked, "There are only seven people with those tattoos."

"I know." The bell rang.

Blaise went straight to The Heads common room. He went up to what would have been Hermione's room. He conjured a picture of Chris' wrist. He tacked it up on the wall. "Could she be? The way she was talking, it seemed like she already knew me. This just ads to the list." On the wall were articles from newspapers about Kaylee's disappearance, Pictures of Kaylee, places where new students with purple eyes were attending school. "The tattoo. The brother Jesse. The eyes. The personality. The way she and Draco instantly were in love. Could it really be her? Her friendship with Hermione. Does Hermione know it's Kaylee? She said that she knew Chris from a few years ago. They both worked at Sparrow's ships. It's her! It's Kaylee! That means, that it's Jesse too! He said I might be closer than you think. It's Jesse and Kaylee."

It was only just before dinner that Draco got out of his meeting with Dumbledore. He took the purple envelope out of his pocket. He entered an abandoned classroom and opened it. It read:

Draco,

Have you figured it out yet? I don't think you have. Meet me on December 15th at seven by the lake. Don't tell anyone, not even the club. See you soon.

Jesse

Draco couldn't believe it. He was going to see Jesse.

In the Gryffindor Girl's Dormitory...

"Did you see today's paper?" Chris asked Hermione.

"Yeah, well they kinda had to write about you." Hermione said.

"I don't give a fuck. They should just consider me dead and stop writing about me. This just cause's a bunch of commotion and makes me have to be that much more careful. This sucks." Chris said falling onto her bed.

"It's not a big deal. No one suspects you." Hermione said.

"Actually..."

"Oh God, what did you do?"

"My sleeve slipped up in potions. My tattoo showed. Blaise noticed."

"Bloody Hell." Hermione said, "Well, we should get changed."

"That's it? No big lecture on how you should be more careful?" Chris asked.

"There's not much we can do to change what's already been done, is there?"

"I guess not." Chris said, "I need to get out of this uniform." The girls changed out of their uniforms.

(A/N: There's chapter 20. What did you think? Tell me in a review! Reviews tend to motivate me to write. It also tells me a few people review my story. So please, REVIEW! l8r, Nikki)