Title: The Cousin Of Ipswich

Author: Kyra

Disclaimer: If you recognize it, I don't own it! If I did, I probably wouldn't be writing fanfiction.

Summary: After refusing the Dark Mark the summer after 5th year, Draco Malfoy runs to his cousin Reid Garwin in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Pairing: I know what they're going to be, but I'm not spoiling it yet. You'll just have to wait to find out!

Spoilers: HP – Starts the summer after 5th year, so everything up through OotP. Covenant – Starts the summer after the movie, so almost a year later. Chase is dead and all four Sons have just graduated and they've all Ascended.

Warnings: None yet.

A/N: I really hope everyone is liking this so far. Here's the next chapter. Enjoy!

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Chapter 2: Waking In Ipswich

Draco woke with a low groan. He slowly blinked his eyes open and looked around noticing immediately that he wasn't in his room. The room he was in was large and nicely decorated in different shades of blue. There was a large window along one wall as well as glass doors that led onto a balcony, both of with had curtains drawn over them to keep the sunlight out. The wall directly across from him had two doors, one that looked like it led to a walk-in closet and one that led to a bathroom. On the wall opposite the window was a closed door that Draco assumed led to a hall. He took all of this in curiously as well as the desk and dressers and other things that were in the room. He started to sit up in the bed only to freeze as pain shot throughout his body. With the pain came the memories; his mother coming into his room while he was reading and telling him that she had the most wonderful birthday present for him and leading him downstairs only for him to find out that her idea of a wonderful present was having the Dark Mark branded into his flesh, telling the Dark Lord 'No', getting hit with the Cruciatus Curse twice, the green light of the killing curse racing toward him as he activated his port key and finally, hearing Reid's voice just before passing out from the pain.

The sound of a door opening made him snap his head around to face the closed door that he had assumed led to a hall and watched as it finished opening.

An older blonde boy walked into the room and quietly closed the door behind him before turning to look at the bed. As his eyes landed on Draco a small smile crossed his features. "You're awake," He said with relief.

"Reid?" Draco asked unsurely. It had been years since he'd seen Reid so he couldn't be completely positive that that was who was standing in front of him at the moment.

The older blonde nodded. "It's been awhile, Draco. You scared the hell out of me and my friends when you collapsed like that, you know," Reid said and sat down on the edge of the bed next to Draco before continuing. "You wanna explain what's going on?"

Draco sighed then hissed as pain shot through him when he shifted, trying to get comfortable. Once he had carefully maneuvered himself into a slightly more comfortable position he looked back at Reid. "Father got himself arrested last month. I thought I'd actually be able to have a half-way pleasant summer with him in Azkaban," He started, "But that was before Mother decided that taking me to the Dark Lord to become a Death Eater would make for a great birthday present. I told them no and got Crucio'd for it. I pissed him off pretty bad, he tried to kill me. Only reason I'm not dead is because of that port key I made to bring me here if I needed a safe place." He paused for a moment as a look of confusion crossed his pace, "How long was I out?" He asked.

Reid shook his head, "Not too long, couple of hours," He replied. "Mom's not home right now; she won't be back until later tonight. She'll be glad to see you, and to hear that you aren't following in Uncle Lucius and Aunt Narcissa's footsteps. How long are you planning on staying?"

"No clue. How long do you think Aunt Lilah will let me stay?" Draco asked.

Reid snorted softly. "If it means you not going all Dark Side, she'd probably let you stay forever if you wanted," Reid replied. "You do know that if you stay that you'll have to live like a Muggle though, right?"

Draco nodded, "I can live with that if it means no one finds me. And really, who would think to look for me with Lucius Malfoy's Squib sister?" Draco snorted, "Hell, no one even knows that Father has a sister. I doubt Mother even remembers, it's been years since we had any contact with your family." Draco winced in pain as he tried to sit up.

The older teen nodded and moved to help Draco sit up and get situated. He looked at Draco thoughtfully for a moment before placing his hand on his cousin's chest.

Draco looked at Reid's hand in confusion for a moment before looking up to meet the older boy's eyes. "What are you-" He started to ask before trailing off as Reid's eyes turned black for a few seconds. By the time Reid's eyes were once again blue, all of the pain in Draco's body had disappeared.

"Better?" Reid asked.

Draco nodded and gingerly moved his arms and legs for a moment before stretching. "Much. Thanks."

Reid nodded in satisfaction. "You wanna come downstairs? Meet my friends?" He asked. "Plus, it's still your birthday, right? We can take you out to celebrate tonight."

Draco grinned, "Sounds like a plan," He replied. "But, uh, I don't have any clothes other than my robes. And I really need a shower."

"No problem. There's a bathroom through that door," Reid said pointing to one of the open doorways across from them, "There's towels in the cabinet that you can use. And I'll bring in some of my clothes for you to wear; I think we're about the same height. We'll have to get you some of your own though. I'll just leave the clothes on the bed for you."

Draco got up and stretched once more. "Thanks, Reid."

Reid just nodded. It's no problem. I'll be down in the living room when you're done. Just take a right when you leave your room and go down the stairs at the end of the hall, the living room is on your right near the bottom of the stairs. Just yell if you get lost or something," He replied heading for the door.

Draco nodded as he disappeared into the bathroom, closing the door behind him.

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Well, what did you think? Now you know how Draco knows Reid. Next chapter will be Draco meeting Caleb, Pogue, Tyler and probably Sarah and Kate as well. Not sure if Lilah will be in that chapter or not. But you'll definitely meet her before the end of chapter 4. She won't be in this very much at all though, maybe a couple of mentions every now and then.

I hope you all like this so far. Please leave a review and let me know what you think so far!

Kyra