Chapter 15

Draco's Mission

"About turning in my father?" repeated Draco uneasily.

"Yes," said Draco, "they want him in Azkaban as soon as possible. And they need you."

"But why?" asked Draco, "my father knows who I am, he'll never believe me if I was to try and fool him into coming with me somewhere. He'd know it was a trap!"

"They just want to speak with you and make plans," said Dumbledore, "they want him off the streets!"

"I know," said Draco, "I'll go. But Raya."

"Raya will stay here," said Dumbledore, "not all missions are for her. And she knows this. It will just be a hard good-bye."

"No," said Draco.

Dumbledore looked at him questioningly.

"There are no good-byes between Raya and I," said Draco and he stood up and walked towards the door. "I accept the mission."

And he walked out. He walked up to Gryffindor Tower and sat on the couch thinking.

Just then, as if almost by instinct, he turned around and saw Raya standing behind the couch.

"What's troubling you?" asked Raya, walking around to the front of the couch to stand in front of him.

Draco sighed. He looked around the room to see if anyone was there, but he decided not to take any chances.

"Ron merna amin atar," said Draco in Novian. (They want my father.)

"Ron deate lo," responded Raya (They always have.)

"N'uma ta n'ataya sina coiasira," said Draco (No, its different this time), "Ron merna amin a' arethe ho." (They want me to catch him.)

"Mani naa lle lauera ten'?" asked Raya (What are you waiting for?), "lle lon ten'oio kaime en' fauered ho nedu." (You have forever dreamed of bringing him down.)

"Ron merna amin a' ar hae yoeas. Hae yoeas tuulo' lle," said Draco (They want me to go far away. Far away from you.), "amin ail merna a' ar. Nan' amin sin amin belon." (I do not want to go. But I know I must.)

"Ar!" said Raya (Go!), "ail seles eaisr amin. Aeye lle atar ades i' eresied (Do not worry about me. Get your father off the streets).

"Amin ail sin," said Draco uneasily. (I do not know).

Neither of them chose to notice that Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Ginny, and Luna came into the room.

Raya sighed.

"Iire a lle asueth?" asked Raya (When do you leave?).

"Ie' yeste' anoron kalina e' atta res," answered Draco (At first dawn's light in two days).

"Ar!" said Raya, "Lye irma lle atar yoeas!" (Go! We desire your father away!)

"Naa lle sa?" asked Draco (Are you sure?)

"Amin lii'il quesa lle ten'oio," said Raya, smiling a sad smile. (I cannot keep you forever).

She smiled slightly and then added in English, "Just hurry home."

"Lle naa amin Mithrim!" cried Draco (You are my angel!) and hugged her.

"Yeah, yeah," said Raya, "just get upstairs and begin packing."

He smiled and ran up the stairs.

"And you six," Raya said and she turned to the six of them and they froze, "shouldn't listen in other people's conversations."

Raya slowly walked away. Her school robes swept the ground around her as she walked slowly up the stairs and into her dormitory.

"What were they saying?" asked Neville after Raya's door closed.

"I don't know," said Hermione, "but Raya said something about hurrying home. The rest sounded weird."

"What was the world they always talk about?" asked Ginny.

"Novia?" asked Harry.

"That's it," said Ginny, "they spoke it once before. It sounded like what they were talking about now."

"Well," asked Ron, "who else knows how to speak Novian? Nobody else in this school even knows it exist."

"Except for Alex and Becca!" cried Luna, "remember they saved them that day!

"Let's go talk to them," said cried Ginny.

They ran out of common room and down to the hall there they saw a group of students walking together down the hall. Among them were Becca and Alex talking with their friends.

"Becca!" called Hermione, "Alex!"

They waved and made their way over, excusing themselves from their friends.

"Hello!" said Becca.

"Hello!" repeated Alex.

"We need your help," said Ron.

"How?" asked Becca and Alex together.

"Do you know how to speak Novian?" asked Hermione.

"Yes," said Alex, looking at all of them, "how do you know about Novia?"

"Our friends Raya and Draco talk about it sometimes," said Neville.

"Raya and Draco!" said Becca, "yes!"

"Well we think that a moment ago they were speaking the language," said Luna, "and we want to know what they were talking about."

"Well did you think that maybe they were talking in another language on purpose so that you wouldn't know what they were saying?" asked Alex.

"Yes," said Ron, "but it is important that we know. They could be talking about sacrificing themselves to the portal for all we know!"

"Don't even speak of such things!" said Becca.

"Well tell us what they were saying!" said Harry.

"What did they say?" asked Alex reluctantly.

"We don't know everything," said Harry, "only a couple words."

"What?" asked Becca.

"One word was… lii'il quesa," said Hermione.

"That means, "cannot keep"," said Alex.

"Also, asueth," said Ginny, "so something like that."

"Asueth means leave," said Becca, "do you remember anything else?"

"E' atta res," said Harry, "something about that."

"That means tomorrow," said Becca then she turned to Alex and they began to speak the language as well.

"Ta heluta ve' er en' sen to asueth e' atta res," said Becca. (It sounds like one of them is leaving in two days).

"Mankoi a ron il merna sen a' sin?" asked Alex (Why do they not want them to know?"

"Ya sin? A lle son lye roo kwentra sen?" asked Becca (Who knows? Do you think we should tell them?)

"Uma," said Alex, "Uma amin a." (Yes. Yes I do.)

"From what you have given us all we can tell you is that it sounds like one of them is leaving for somewhere in two days time," said Becca, "can you remember anything else about the conversation?"

"No," said Luna, "it sounded like we came in the middle of it."

"Well," said Alex, "then I am afraid that that is where our help ends."

"Thanks!" said Hermione as the pair turned away.

"Your welcome!" said Becca and then she called back, "Quel Marth!"

"Quel Marth?" asked Hermione.

"It means good luck," said Raya behind them.

They turned sharply.

"Hello Raya," said Harry.

"I just came down to see how you were doing," said Raya.

"Well we have the rest of the day off," said Ron, "you want to do something with us."

"Alright," said Raya and the seven of them walked around the grounds.

"I had a dream last night," said Ginny, after they had walked quite a while.

"What about?" asked Harry, staring off into space.

"About us eight," said Ginny, "we all were at my house. That was my whole dream just us sitting in a circle on my living room floor, all together."

"That must have been a pleasant dream," said Luna thoughtfully.

"In part," said Ginny, "We were laughing but everything was silent. I could just see us throwing our heads back and laughing and something. But I couldn't here what."

"That's frustrating," said Harry, "to have one part of a dream and not the other. You realize how important different elements of dreams are."

"Exactly," said Ginny questioningly, "how do you know?"

"I used to have a dream for the longest time about when my parents died," said Harry, "for the longest time I only saw me that's all I saw the whole dream. How I reacted. But then I started dreaming about another side seeing everything but want I wanted to see. A weapon. Then after we met Raya the dream shifted so I only saw Raya, or the weapon. And ever since I found out Raya was my sister the dream was complete. But before it was it was very frustrating. Did you follow any of that?"

"Actually I did," said Ginny.

"Wow, its later than I thought," said Neville, pointing up at the sky where the sun hung low.

"Oh my god!" said Hermione, "my potions homework! C'mon Ron!"

She grabbed Ron by the shirt collar and dragged him towards the Hogwarts doors.

"Anybody else need homework done?" asked Neville hugging himself to keep warm.

"Charms homework," said Luna and went and stood next to Neville.

"Potions essay," said Raya looking over quickly at Harry and Ginny.

"Anyone-?" began Neville but he was cut off.

"No," said Raya so only he could hear, "let them be."

It took Neville a second but the he understood, smiled, and the three students made their way back to Hogwarts.

"I guess it's just us," Ginny almost uncomfortably.

"Are you sure you don't want to go inside?" asked Harry, noticing that it was so cold he could see his breath.

"No," said Ginny, "I like it out here."

"Wanna keep walking?" asked Harry and she nodded.

They walked in silence down the dirt road circling the grounds until they found a bench and sat down.

"Beautiful night tonight," said Harry looking at the sky.

"Look at the stars!" said Ginny, "they're just beautiful."

"Yeah," said Harry and then he added quietly, "just like you."

"What?" asked Ginny turning around. She honestly hadn't heard what he said.

"Oh! Nothing!" said Harry too quickly.

"No what did you say?" asked Ginny, now turning her whole body towards him waiting for him to answer.

"Nothing," said Harry, "it's not important."

"Yes it is," said Ginny, "everything you say is important."

He took a deep breath.

"I said just like you," he said.

"Just like me what?" asked Ginny.

"You said the stars were beautiful and I said yeah, just like you," he said quietly.

"Oh!" said Ginny, and despite the cold her cheeks began to color, "you think I'm beautiful?"

"Yes," said Harry, staring at his hands intently, "I do."

"I think you're beautiful," said Ginny shyly, shook her head nervously, "handsome I mean."

"Really?" asked Harry, looking up at her.

"Don't pretend to be so daft Harry," said Ginny, "you've always known that I like you."

"Well, what about your other boyfriends," said Harry uneasily. The question had been brewing in his mind for some time now.

"Well," said Ginny quietly, "I was just trying to get over you. I saw how in love you were with Cho. I knew there was no hope for me so I tried to get over you. But it just got worse."

"Ginny," said Harry slowly, "I never loved Cho. Yeah, I thought she was pretty and I liked her but I never thought she was beautiful like you. I was never in love with her like with you."

Ginny's eyes started shining in the beautiful way they did when she happy.

"Harry," asked Ginny, "would you like to be my boyfriend?"

"Aren't I supposed to ask you?" asked Harry.

"Well," said Ginny, "I'm an independent woman and I like to take charge. And plus I'm tired of waiting!"

Harry laughed.

"Well then, of course," smiled Harry, "I would love to be your boyfriend."

"Great!" said Ginny, happily looking out into the distance.

"Ginny?" asked Harry.

She looked back towards him.

"Yes?" she replied. She was startled at the look in his eyes, it was pure love.

"Can I kiss you?" asked Harry softly.

"Yes," replied Ginny breathlessly.

They both leaned in and their lips met. Ginny couldn't remember being ever happier. Harry was the happiest he ever been in his life. He was in love with the prettiest girl he could imagine and she was in love with him back. She pulled away after a while.

"Harry?" she asked.

"Yes," said Harry he still had his eyes closed in the hope that they would resume what they were doing.

"What about Ron?" she asked quietly.

"What about him?" asked Harry then his eyes popped open, "Ron!"

"Yeah Ron," said Ginny, "what are we going to do? He'll kill anyone seen with me. And Fred and George! And Charlie and Oh! Bill! They'll all kill you!"

"That's a risk I'm willing to for you," said Harry, "I'll talk to Ron, but you have to talk to the rest of them."

"Yeah," said Ginny, "and I don't want this to be a secret either. I want everyone to know your mine!"

Harry smiled. Today was one of the best days of his life!

"Aren't they sweet?" asked Luna looking at her two friends from a ground level window of Hogwarts.

"Yeah," said Neville, "they really do make a good pair. Ginny looks exactly like Harry's mother, it's like a replica of James and Lily."

"Yeah," sighed Luna, "Love really has been in the air this year. Ron and Hermione. Now Harry and Ginny. It really makes you want to find someone special of your own, you know. So you feel like your part of the trend. Not that I'm a trend follower!"

"Oh!" said Neville uneasily, "then you don't want a boyfriend."

"Oh!" said Luna, "don't get me wrong. I would love a boyfriend. But who in this bloody school would ever even for one minute think of going out with Loony Lovegood!"

"I would," said Neville quietly.

"What?" asked Luna, making sure she heard right.

"I wouldn't mind going out with you," said Neville, shrugging his shoulders, calling upon all the courage he had, "in fact I would really enjoy it."

"Really?" asked Luna in disbelief.

"Yeah," said Neville, looking back out the window to look at Harry and Ginny.

Luna seized the opportunity and leaned over and kissed him softly on the cheek. Neville turned slowly towards her once more.

"What is that suppose to mean?" asked Neville.

"It means I would enjoy going out with you too," said Luna, her eyes sparkling.

Neville smiled.

"Does this mean that we're-?" Neville started to ask.

"Yes," Luna finished, "this means we're together."

"Wicked!" said Neville and he walked Luna to her dormitory.

The next day both Raya and Draco woke up as early as possible. Both dressed as quickly as they could and walked together to Dumbledore's office.

"Dumbledore," said Raya when they stood in front of his desk and he was looking up at them expectantly.

"We want the day off," said Draco plainly.

Raya nudged him with her elbow for being so forward.

"You what?" asked Dumbledore.

"We want the day off of school to be together before Draco leaves tomorrow," said Raya, "I don't want you to think that I think we are better than everyone else or that I will make a habit of this. It's just that I want to spend as much time with Draco before he has to leave."

"You two act like Draco is never coming back," said Dumbledore.

"Dumbledore please," said Draco, "I just want to see her all day today. Please."

"Alright," said Dumbledore calmly, "but you will be turning in all your homework tomorrow Raya."

"Yes sir," said Raya, smiling happily as she and Draco walked out of Dumbledore's office.

"This is brilliant!" said Raya, giving Draco a hug from the side.

"What do you want to do first?" asked Draco, "the sun's barely up."

"Whatever you want to do," said Raya.

"Then let's go!" said Draco and he took hold of Raya's hand and pulled her in the direction of the Quidditch arena.

"Draco," said Raya, "Quidditch one on one?"

"No," said Draco, he smiled mischievously, "a race."

Raya smiled. Draco loved to race her. She constantly beat him and he always needed one more to try and beat her. He never did.

When they reached the Quidditch arena, they both accioed their broomsticks to themselves.

Draco's father had bought a firebolt, the best model at the time he bought it, for Draco. His father had to make sure that he always had the best model broom there was. But Draco's father started to suspect Draco when the new model broom had come out, the Sonic Boom, so he did not buy it for his son. Raya on the other hand had had a Sonic Boom. She had saved the broom shop from a fire and as a reward she was given a free Sonic Boom. But she had given it to Draco as a Christmas present. Then Draco had saved up his allowance because he felt bad that Raya had given him such a good broom that was indeed hers when the only other broom she had was a Cleansweep and bought her another Sonic Boom.

Once their brooms were in their hands they shot up as fast as they could. To anyone watching them they would have looked like blurs on the field. Raya swerved around and just floated in front of the Quidditch hoops on the far right of the field.

"You ready to lose Draco!" she shouted smiling at him.

"I think not," said Draco, "I have a good feeling about today!"

"Yeah right!" said Raya, "that probably just means you'll get within two feet of me!"

Draco came up and put himself even to her.

"Ready!" cried Raya.

"Set!" shouted Draco.

"GO!" they both called together and they shot away.

They seemed to slice through the air like knives. It took Raya seconds to get from one end of the field to the other. Draco, one minute.

"Again you beat me!" said Draco, "I don't know how you do it."

"I don't either," said Raya and she flew over to him and shook his hand in proper race fashion. "Good Race."

"Yeah," said Draco, "You did actually beat me by less than usual this time. I'm getting faster!"

"Yeah," said Raya sarcastically, "soon you'll be losing by even less!"

"Hey!" said Draco, "I'm losing to you! Nobody can beat you! I take that I came in thirty seconds behind you a very big accomplishment!"

Raya laughed and they did they race again. Sure enough Draco lost by only twenty-three seconds the second race.

After that they went into the Hogwarts castle and explored the various halls and stairways. Then, on Raya's insistence, they had a training session so that Draco could face anything he came up against during his journey. After that they hiked to Raya's abandoned house and had a picnic on the floor of the living room and sat talking and laughing about their fond memories of Sirius.

They stayed until dark. Then they hiked back to Hogwarts, walked to Gryffindor Tower, walked into the common room were they said their goodnights.

A weak ending I know, I'm sorry. Please Review! I need comments! Next chapter will be full of suspense! Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun!