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: Here you go, chapter 5 for your reading pleasure! Hope you enjoy it!

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Chapter 5: Aunt Lilah

Drake yawned as he and Reid made their way into the Garwin mansion. It was pretty late; almost midnight. And adding in the time difference between Ipswich and England, it was nearly five in the morning, meaning Drake had been up for nearly twenty-four hours, not including the two hours he'd been unconscious when he first arrived in Ipswich; though that hadn't really been restful.

Tyler had just dropped the two blondes off on his own way home. They had finally caught up to Pogue in the field behind the old Danvers Colony house. Drake had decided then and there that he never wanted to pissed the older boy off; Pogue had been venting his frustrations by destroying some empty cans and blowing up some of the large rocks that had been scattered around. It took Caleb, Reid and Tyler nearly ten minutes to talk the other teen down. After that they had all headed back to Pogue's for a few hours.

Now it was nearing midnight and Drake was exhausted. Reid and Drake headed for the stairs but were stopped as the passed the living room doors.

"Reid? Is that you?" A female voice called from the living room.

The two blondes stopped and turned to make their way to the living room instead; Drake stifling another yawn as he trailed tiredly behind his cousin.

"Hey, Mom," Reid said as he entered the living room. "What are you doing up so late?"

A beautiful blonde woman in her early forties looked up at Reid with ice blue eyes from her position on the couch. "Just reading," She said, holding up a book for him to see. She opened her mouth to say something else but stopped when she noticed movement behind her son. Her eyes went wide and her jaw dropped slightly as she looked at Drake. "Oh my," She whispered softly.

Drake smiled slightly, "Hey, Aunt Lilah."

"Oh my," Lilah repeated in shock. "Draco? What on earth are you doing here?"

"Father's in Azkaban. And Mother t-" He cut off with a yawn before shaking his head slightly trying to wake himself up a bit more. "Mother tried to offer me up to get the Dark Mark, but I refused. I was hoping I could stay here with you guys and hide out. If you don't mind that is."

"Oh," Lilah uttered as tears welled in her eyes and she stood up from her seat, quickly crossing the room to Drake and pulling him into a hug. "Oh, Draco! Of course you can stay here! I'm so glad to hear you aren't fallowing in your parents' footsteps."

Drake hesitantly hugged the older woman back, not used to the affection as his mother was never one for hugs. "Thanks," He replied. "But, uh, it's 'Drake' now."

"Drake?"

Reid nodded, "Yup. Mom, meet Drake Garwin, my younger cousin on Dad's side. Or at least that's what we're going to be telling everyone."

Lilah looked thoughtful for a moment before nodding. "That does make sense," She said, "Makes it harder for anyone looking for you to find you."

Drake opened his mouth to agree, but instead yet another yawn escaped and he just shrugged and nodded his agreement instead.

"Oh, you poor thing; you must be exhausted! Let's get you up to bed," Lilah said as she gently led the already half-asleep Drake out of the living room and up the stairs, Reid right behind them.

"He's in the Blue Room right across from me," Reid told his mother and she nodded as they headed down the hall.

Lilah and Reid helped Drake into his room. Lilah quickly kissed both boys on the cheek goodnight before heading to the door on her way to bed to get some sleep herself. "Goodnight, boys," She said, "I'll see you both in the morning." She paused in the doorway and looked back over her shoulder at her nephew, "It's good to have you here, Drake." And with that she was gone, headed off down the hall to her room.

Reid smirked and laughed softly as Drake stumbled as he tried to remove his shoes in his half-asleep state. "You think you can make it in to bed on your own?" He asked, "Or do you need help?"

The younger blonde waved him off half-heartedly, "I'm fine. See you in the morning, Reid."

Reid nodded and left the room as well, closing the door behind him before crossing the hall and entering his own room.

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Drake woke around ten the next morning and got out of bed, quickly heading to the bathroom to take a shower. When he left the bathroom after his shower he smiled slightly as he noticed the small pile of clothes sitting at the end of his bed and made a mental note to thank Reid for the clean clothes as he really hadn't wanted to wear the clothes from yesterday again. He quickly dressed and headed downstairs.

As he reached the base of the stairs he paused and listened carefully before following the murmur of voices down the hall to a dining room.

Lilah looked up as Drake entered the room and smiled brightly at her nephew. "Good morning, Drake," She greeted, "You look much more refreshed today."

"Good morning, Aunt Lilah," Drake replied as he sat down at the table and glanced at the different breakfast foods sitting there before grabbing a plate and some toast.

"Morning," Reid said with a nod.

The younger boy nodded back, "Morning. Thanks for loaning me your clothes again."

"No problem," Reid replied. "Caleb, Tyler and Pogue will be here soon and then we're gonna go shopping for you; get you some clothes and anything else that you'll be needing."

Drake nodded and swallowed the bite of toast in his mouth. "Sarah isn't coming, is she?" He asked, his face scrunching up in distaste at the thought of the blonde girl.

Reid shook his head, "No, it's just going to be us boys."

Lilah giggled causing the two boys to look at her curiously. "Sorry," She said with a small smile, "I was just thinking that Lucius would have kittens if he knew that his only son was going to be spending the day shopping for Muggle clothes." She giggled again.

Drake snickered and nodded his agreement.

"Oh, that reminds me," Lilah started, "What are we telling people about your parents? And why you are living with us? Do we know yet?"

Reid nodded, "Yeah. The answer to both is the same; Drake's parents died recently and you got custody, so he's here to live with us."

"Very good. Simple. And no one will really expect you to elaborate…And if they do, you can just say that you don't want to talk about it," Lilah said with a nod. "Now, on to the next thing; have you thought about what you are going to do for school yet? I know that Salem has a Wizarding school that you could probably enroll in if you wanted. Or you could go to Spencer, the school Reid went to, and we can see about home-schooling you in magic or possibly getting you a tutor. You don't have to decide now; but it's something to think about."

"I actually hadn't thought about it yet," Drake replied. "I don't really think I want to go to Salem, though. Too much of a chance that I'd be found. So, probably Spencer. Is it a good school?"

"Yes, a very good school. It's quite expensive, actually. But money's no problem for us and I'm going to make sure you get the best education possible," His aunt told him. "You might want to have one of Reid's friends tutor you over the summer and get you caught up to where you should be; I know Hogwarts doesn't teach a lot of the subjects you'll be learning at Spencer. I'd suggest Caleb or Tyler; neither Reid nor Pogue were much for academics." She shot her son a look as she finished.

Reid shrugged. "Hey, I got good grades," He defended himself, "I just didn't apply myself as much as I could have. Same with Pogue. We just weren't into school."

Drake snickered as his aunt sent his cousin an exasperated look. "I'll ask them today," He said. "How would home-schooling work? I mean, Reid doesn't do magic the same way I do, so he wouldn't be much help and you don't do magic at all…"

"You would have to be very self-motivated if you were to try the home-schooling," Lilah explained. "We'd get you the books you'd need and you'd have to do the reading and learn the actual spell-casting on your own."

Drake's eyes widened as a thought occurred to him suddenly, "I don't have a wand."

"What?" Reid asked confused.

"I don't have a wand," Drake repeated. "I didn't have it with me when Mother took me to get my 'present'. It's still in England."

"There's a Wizarding shopping district in Salem, would you be able to find it?" Drake nodded and Lilah continued, "Then have Reid and the boys take you up there to get a new wand today as well as anything else you think you'll need magic-wise."

Drake and Reid both nodded.

"Wizard shopping; cool," Reid said with a grin.

Drake snickered and shook his head in amusement at the look of excitement on his cousin's face.

"Oh, and Reid?" Lilah said, "No trying to teach your cousin how to drive yet. At least let me see about making 'Drake Garwin' exist before you go getting him in trouble with the police, okay?"

Reid pouted at his mother, "Ruin all my fun, why don't ya!"

Lilah just laughed at her son. Moments later the doorbell rang and Lilah stood up to go answer the door while the boys finished eating their breakfasts.

A couple minutes later Caleb, Pogue and Tyler entered the dining room and sat down at the table with the two blondes. Pogue reached out and stole a piece of toast off the plate in front of Reid.

"Your mom said to tell you to that she'd see you tonight and to behave; she's leaving to see what she can do about making Drake exist," Pogue said as he munched on the piece of toast he'd stolen from Reid.

"You ready to go shopping?" Caleb asked looking at Drake.

The blonde nodded as he stood up. "Yeah. We also need to go in to Salem sometime today. I need to buy a new wand and I should probably get a few other things as well; books and potions supplies, stuff like that."

Caleb nodded. "That's fine. But uh, where exactly do you buy that kind of stuff?" He asked.

The boys all headed out of the house and towards Tyler's SUV.

"Keys, Baby Boy," Reid said as he held out his hand, heading for the driver's door.

"Dude, it's my car!" Tyler protested.

"Yeah, so?"

Tyler sighed and pulled the keys out of his pocket and tossed them to Reid, then rolled his eyes as he noticed Caleb climbing into the front passenger seat. "Great, forced to sit in the back seat of my own car," He grumbled to himself as he climbed into the back between Drake and Pogue.

As soon as everyone was situated and buckled in and they were on their way to Salem, Drake answered Caleb's question. "There's a Wizard's shopping district in Salem. It's hidden from the Muggles. It might take me a few minutes to find it, but it shouldn't be too hard," He explained.

Caleb nodded in understanding. "That's pretty cool," He said.

Tyler nodded his agreement, "So is there a magic school or something that you're going to go to this year?" He asked.

"There's a school on Salem that I could probably go to," Drake replied, "But I'm going to go to Spencer, make it harder for me to be found. I'm going to either do a sort of independent study or get a tutor for the magic. Aunt Lilah also suggested that I have either you or Caleb tutor me and get me caught up for when I start Spencer in the fall. Would either of you mind?"

"I can help you get caught up," Tyler told him with a smile, "We'll have you caught up in no time."

Drake returned the smile. "Thanks," He said.

Tyler just nodded in reply.

The five boys continued chatting the rest of the way to Salem; the Sons of Ipswich learning more about Drake and him learning more about them in return.

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Yay! Chapter 5 is done! I hope you enjoyed it! Please leave a review and let me know what you think!

Kyra