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Recap: Skyler went "toe 2 toe" with Dumbledore, and won. Draco shows her to her room and Severus is genuinely disgusted with the headmaster. Harry got a glimpse of the sister he never knew, and has yet to find out who she is other than the girl he saw save Draco Malfoy.

Ch. 7

"WHAT THE HELL!"

A shocked and soaked Skyler yelled as she was woken from a peaceful sleep by ice cold water. The hysterical laughter she heard had her looking wildly around and then she saw the unmistakable blonde hair of Draco Malfoy. She paused only for a second, taking in his musical laughter and how gorgeous he looked laughing all carefree and child like, then she exacted revenge.

"MERLIN!"

Skyler laughed as she wandlessly dried herself and giggled at the now drenched blonde before her. Draco glared at her, his wet hair dripping streams of ice cold water down his face.

"I cant believe you did that! I just finished getting dressed!" He snarled at her.

"It's not my fault you thought it would be funny to water me awake. Besides, i think it's an improvement for you, really." She gave him the most serious look, and he looked back at her incredulously before stomping out of the room. 10 seconds later she heard his door slam and giggled to herself.

'Serves him right.'

Skyler saw the time on the clock resting on her night stand and got out of bed. She snapped her fingers and everything she owned dropped seemingly from the ceiling onto the bed. Last night she had been too tired to summon it all, so she had simply transfigured her clothes into the black pajama bottoms and purple tank top she was now wearing. She now hurriedly went through everything and put it all away, grabbing some clothes for the day on her way. Once she was done, she headed towards the bathroom to take a shower. She was surprised to find the bathroom was as big as her room, but didn't have much time to ponder it as she knew it was getting late and didn't want to be late when Severus arrived.

While Skyler was showering, Draco was in his bathroom changing clothes. While he knew he would have done the same thing had someone woken him like that, he would never admit it out loud.

'Besides, ' He thought to himself, ' Its her own fault for looking all adorable sleeping and all.'

Once he was sure he looked presentable, he relocated to the common room where he summoned a house elf to bring him some tea. Just as the house elf arrived back with his tea, Skyler entered gracefully from her room, and Draco suddenly found he could not breath.

Her raven hair was a mass of wet ringlets around her face and falling down her back and shoulders. Her violet eyes seemed brighter than he had seen them so far, and framed by thick black lashes. She was wearing clothes that Draco was sure would be his complete undoing. Her skinny jeans were dark and clung to her like a second skin and hugged her curvy hips. A royal blue tank top sat on top a black tank top, both giving a peek at just the right amount of cleavage. Her royal blue high top Converse matched her shirt perfectly and surprisingly the blue color she had chosen played amazingly with her eyes. Her black robe hung gracefully from her shoulders and around her body, and was left open so the outfit could be seen.

Draco had never seen a more mesmerizing and beautiful sight, and was sure that if he was anyone else, he'd be drooling. Luckily, he was a Malfoy and a Malfoy would never be caught dead drooling. The very idea was absurd. Instead, he cleared his throat in a condescending manner, to which he was prompty returned an eye roll to, and to which he ignored and continued on as if he had never seen it. Skyler smirked. For the most part she found the young Malfoy heir highly entertaining. Not to mention he was nice to look at.

" Well Sev should be here any minute. Are you ready?"

" I was born ready." Was the reply Draco received, accompanied by a cheeky grin. He was just about to retort with some uncouth remark, when Severus walked in.

" I trust you were able to keep yourselves out of trouble for the remainder of the night? " He asked of them, his tone and raised eyebrow indicating that they had better have stayed out of trouble. Skyler couldn't resist the bait.

" Obviously." She said. Severus awarded her a icy glare for that one, and when Skyler only continued to look bored, he huffed and was about to give her a good tongue lashing but unfortunately, for him, they were interrupted.

" Ahhh. Severus, you're already here. Wonderful. " Severus's look became murderous the instant the sound of the voice reached his ears. He turned slowly towards the headmaster, who was accompanied by two aurors. " Well Severus, as I had said, I have asked the aurors to come and take a report and to also help with Miss Riddle."

Skyler remained calm, cool, and collected. She had expected as much from the fool. He was threatened by her. That much was clear. But she would not be leaving under any circumstances, not today. She was too close to what she had worked her life for. She could not fail. Not now. She gave a small cough and instantly all eyes in the room were on her.

" Excuse me headmaster, but what exactly do aurors have to do with me? If, you don't mind me asking?" Skyler looked every bit the politely confused teenager she should have been. ' Round Two' both Severus and Draco thought together. Both knew how manipulative the headmaster was. And they both couldn't wait to see Skyler beat him at his own game. While they all knew Skyler was not the innocent young girl she was perfectly portraying, the aurors didn't.

" Miss Riddle, I am sorry it has to come to this but as Headmaster I must insist on making sure all students within Hogwarts are safe. After you attacked me last night, I have come to the conclusion that you are threat to that safety. You have, in the first and only night you have been within these walls, proven to already be having behavioral patterns just like your father. Now, the aurors here will be questioning both Professor Snape and Mr. Malfoy, after which case they will be taking you into custody at the Ministry of Magic. "

On the outside, Skyler continued to look politely confused, on the inside, her smirk was a mile wide. Dumbledore had played right into her hands. He had absolutely no idea who he was dealing with. He should've guessed that seeing as her father and mother were both forces to be reckoned with, that she was even worse being their daughter, but apparently the old man was not as smart and strategic as people thought. Skyler was almost disappointed. Almost.

' Oh well. As they say, time for the coup de grac'e,.'

" I'm sorry Headmaster," Skyler's tone was innocence perfected. Both Slytherins in the room were rather shocked such a sound could come from the vivacious girl. " but I don't understand. After all, I was merely defending myself from an unauthorized act of legilimency. Why would I be a anger to the other students If you ask me, the person who attempted to attack my mind should be questioned and/or incarcerated for their crimes. Do you not agree? Or are you of the frame of mind that using legilimency illegally on unaware students is an understandable and perfectly reasonable action to take and therefore the culprit responsible for such an underhanded intrusion deserves no punishment? "

Skyler almost laughed out loud at the expression of utter loathing on Dumbledore's face. He had walked right into her trap, and now he knew it. And was furious.

"Miss Riddle, all those present would appreciate it if you did not attempt to spread anymore of your lies. These attempts to get out of paying for your crimes will not be tolerate." Dumbledore stated coldly.

" Excuse me Albus, but I would like to take the girls statement, that is, after all, my job," said a woman with brown hair and sharp eyes. She turned those sharp eyes to Skyler and spoke directly to her. " Miss Riddle. I am Amelia Bones, head of the auror department at the Ministry. Now, you say you attack in order to defend yourself? Why don't you tell us what happened." It was more a command than a request, but Skyler was not bothered by it. She liked this woman. She seemed fair and smart. And so she told them what happened.

" Well Mrs. Bones, Its all very simple actually. I have been trained in Occlumency see, and so I am well aware as to when someone is trying to get past my shields. I was in the Headmasters office last night to discuss my joining Hogwarts to be with my brother when I felt something pushing at my barriers. At first it was just a little push, but when it slammed full force into my shields, my magic lashed out at the one trying to break past my barriers. Thats when the Headmaster flew into the wall. I in no way intentionally attacked or hurt him. My magic did it on it's own. It was trying to protect my mind from what I can only assume was the Headmasters attempt at using legilimency on me. That's all there really is to it ma'am. Professor Snape and Draco were there also. They could tell you what happened, though I daresay their stories will probably sound like re-runs of mine." Skyler finished with a slightly apologetic look at the woman, who gave her a genuine smile in return, though by the time Amelia Bones was facing Albus Dumbledore again, she hardly looked in a good mood.

" Well Albus, that certainly is a different tale then you told. I think it would be best if you came with us down to the Ministry for some questioning." Her tone was one that said he' be going whether he wanted to or not. Dumbledore looked as if the very idea of being taken in for questioning was absolutely absurd. To him, it was.

" Amelia! You can't possibly think I would do such a thing?" He cried incredulously. " Need I remind you that this is the daughter of Voldemort. She has been trained in questionable subjects of magic and attacked me. Not to mention she has been spouting lies since she arrived here. "

"ENOUGH!" Everyone winced at the rage behind the shout as it echoed around the room. All eyes were now on the seething potions master who was glaring so harshly at Dumbledore that it was for sure if looks could kill, they would be talking about burying Dumbledore rather than taking him in for questioning. " Madame Bones, " Severus started in tone so cold it was likely beyond the temperatures of the arctic ocean, " I would just like to tell you that I was present in the headmaster's office during the so-called attack, " The word was spat out with disgust before he continued," and I can tell you that Mis Riddle's account of the incident is indeed.. correct."

The room was quiet as the tension mounted between the Headmaster and the Potions Master. Madame Bones looked between the two of them, but knew in the end what she had to day/ She knew Severus Snape. The man may be a lot of things, but he was known for his unwavering trust and respect for Albus Dumbledore. She knew he would not jeopardize his relationship with the Headmaster for just anything. The girl, even if the Dark Lord's daughter, must be telling the truth if she had Severus on her side. Not to mention the younger Malfoy. From what Amelia knew of the boy, he was hard to entertain and every bit the prideful Malfoy he was groomed to be. It wasn't easy to get a Malfoy on your side. She sighed and looked to Albus. She had to do what she had to do.

" Severus, I don't know what is wrong with you, but will you tell Amelia the truthful version of the events so that we may get on with our day and get past this event." Dumbledore was outright glaring at Severus now, his tone angry and cold.

" I have no reason to lie Albus. If you were truthful, you would have no reason to not be questioned under Veritaserum. However, your actions and outright appalling attitude towards an innocent 16 year old girl proves otherwise. A girl who no doubt has other reasons for sending you to Azkaban without the aid of your illegal use of legilimency adding to it. " Severus sneered at the old fool. He paused long enough for the full effects of what he said sink in, before adding," And lets not mention her brother."

Albus Dumbledore had never so blindly walked into a trap. He looked shocked for the sot part, but the normally twinkling and manipulative blue eyes were now showing just a touch of fear. It was enough to make Madame Bones immediately suspicious.

" What are you talking about Severus? And who is the girls brother? " she asked immediately.

" The girls' half brother Madam Bones, but brother none the less, is Harry Potter." Severus told her dramatically, a cold smirk gracing his face as Dumbledore started to look more and more like a deer caught in headlights. Madame Bones looked surprised, shocked, and taken aback at first. But that was morphing into anger at a rapid speed. When her eyes were title more than blazing fires, she turned to Dumbledore.

" What is the meaning of this Albus? Tell me you did NOT keep the boys' only remaining family away from him. "

That caught the attention of both Skyler and Severus. Skyler was the quicker of the two and therefore voiced her question first.

" Madame Bones, what do you mean? I'm not Harry's only living relative. He lives with our muggle aunt. Our mother's sister." Skyler was not aware of this particular fact. While she knew that her mother had been, in fact, adopted, Skyler had no idea that Harry was placed there for Dumbledore's own less than truthful reasons. Skyler also knew Harry was mistreated there, though she rather hoped and thought that it was no where near what she had been put through herself.

Severus had already jumped ahead though. He knew the boy was placed there for the blood protection Dumbledore said would be in effect their due to Lily dying for him and because his aunt and him shared the same blood. Now it all made sense! The baggy, ragged clothing the boy wore. The jumpiness when people touched him. The small frame. The visits to the hospital wing at the beginning of term. The boy was abused at home during the summers! And all because of Dumbledore. Severus had never bothered before to look outside his opinion of Harry Potter, but now that was all about to change.

Albus Dumbledore had weaved many a lie in his days. But he had always convinced himself they were for the greater good. No one could do the things he did. No one could make sure that the wizarding world got to where it needed to be. Only he could do these things! Why did the not understand! Quicker than anyone thought of him, Dumbledore had his wand in his hand and a curse on the tip of his tongue, untill a bright red light had him collapsing onto the floor. A few moments of silence surrounded the occupants of the room, until Draco felt it necessary to break it.

" Well, that went great." He said cheerfully as he plopped down on the couch. He looked around at the unbroken silence to find everyone looking at him as if he had two heads. Well, all except for Skyler, who smirked at him and when he caught her eye, she winked at him. Draco smirked back. Severus thought it was time to intervene. He cleared his throat, effectively grabbing everyones attention.

"Madame Bones, I believe it would be prudent to get the questioning done right away. We can get that done in the headmaster's I suggest we have a meeting with and Miss Riddle to provide answers to questions I am sure they will both have, and that will also give us a chance to get some answers to some more questions to which I'm almost positive a certain Slytherin with violet eyes can give us." Severus gave Skyler a smirk at that, and Skyler grinned full force back at him. It was at that moment that Severus Snape's heart felt something other than the coldness that had surrounded until then. Severus could honestly say that he had never been more proud of someone, than he did of Skyler at that moment. The girl had manipulated and trapped in his own web Albus Dumbledore, the greatest manipulator he had ever come across, next to the Dark Lord. The girl was a Slytherin, through and through. And she was his Goddaughter. Severus wondered what it was about the "brats" as he so affectionately thought of them, that caused such emotion to flow through him. Draco he had always had a soft spot for. He had helped raise the boy, teaching him and watching him grow. And though he was loathe to admit it, he couldn't deny that he cared about Harry.

Madame Bones agreed, and so her, Severus and the auror Orion Beckley levitated the knocked-out Albus Dumbledore to the headmasters' office. Before leaving however, Severus had made sure to let his Godchildren know that he expected them to stay out of further trouble and gave them instructions to report to the great hall for breakfast and Skylers' sorting. Skyler couldn't help the bright, genuine smile that lit up her face and consequently the room, at his last remark before leaving the room.

" Though I have no doubt that I'll be gaining a new member to Slytherin house. I have to admit Miss Riddle, that you have erased all doubt from my mind about you being Slytherins' heir. You certainly are the most dangerous and cunning snake. " And in a flurry of black robes, he was gone.

Harry Potter was no psychic. And he certainly did not pretend to be one, unlike a certain Divination teacher. But Harry could not shake the feeling he got that was telling him something was going to happen. He didn't know what. He didn't know who. He just had a feeling. His natural instincts always kicked in. His instincts were rarely wrong.

And so it was with this in mind that he made his way to the great hall with Ron and Hermione. He continued to think to himself while they argued about homework. Harry thought it was ironically funny how Ron complained that all Hermione did was nag about homework and fight about homework, when Ron was more than willing to fight about homework with her. It was rather amusing to Harry. The trio made their way to the Gryffindor table, waving hi to their friends along the way. Harry waved to Luna just as he sat down. Harry genuinely liked Luna. She was different, and not afraid to be so. It was one her more endearing qualities.

Harry looked around the great hall as Hermione piled food onto their plates. Harry would have been more than happy to do it himself, but Hermione liked to. He thought maybe it made her feel more needed and so he and Ron had decided to let her do it. It was while he was looking around the room that he noticed quite a few regulars missing. On the opposite side of the great hall, a certain blonde Slytherin was missing.

'Hmmm.. Not too surprising given what he went through last night.' Harry thought to himself.

Harry didn't know what to think about Malfoy. The guy was a royal pain in the arse. He was a annoying, snobby, stuck up git. But even he didn't deserve what had happened to him last night. Harry couldn't deny that there was a small part of him that was thankful that Malfoy was alive and somewhat safe. But mostly Harry wanted to try and get some information out of him. Particularly information about the girl who had saved him. Harry couldn't shake the feeling that she was the girl he had heard Lucius and Voldemort talking about in his first vision.

Continuing with his assessment of the great hall, Harry came to find that Snape, Dumbledore, and McGonagall were all missing as well. He didn't find it too surprising. They were probably attempting to crack Malfoy for information. Harry smirked to himself as images of McGonagall prying information from Malfoys unwilling mouth popped in his head.

"Harry?"

"Huh?" Harry looked to see Hermione looking at him as if she didn't know him.

" Mione why you looking at me like that?" He looked questioningly at her. Then to Ron, who had a fork full of food halfway to his mouth which was hanging near his chest, eyes wide.

" Harry," Hermione started off slowly, " did something happen to you over the summer?"

" Huh? What? " Harry couldn't understand what Hermione was going on about. " Ummm.. no. Not that i'm aware of. Well, i felt a bit of pain on my birthday," at the look Hermione gave him ( it was like a shocked - confused-relieved- look ), he quickly added on, " but it was like a paper cut pain, not like , I'm dyi-"

"Paper cuts! Harry! Paper cuts are the most painful cuts ever!" Hermione exclaimed disbelievingly.

Then he heard it. It was so loud, it roared in his ears. It was crashing down on him in waves. Waves and waves of it. Harry was drowning. He wouldn't open his eyes. He didn't want to face it. Silence. One of the worse kinds of silence. It was stifling. It made it hard to breathe. The kinda silence that meant every single eye in the room was on him. The kinda silence that made the hair all over his body to stand on end. It was that kind of silence.

"Hermione?" He whispered harshly, and winced, as even his whisper seemed to echo in the silence. "What's going on?"

"Harry," Hermione said kind of breathlessly. "You look…different." She honestly didn't know how else to say it. Harry ha always been good looking, but now, he looked ethereal. His usually golden skin was now more pale and seemed to almost grow. His green eyes were even greener than they were before, and he reeked of danger but was so gorgeous that it almost countered it. '

"What do you mean I look different Mione? "Harry nearly shouted at her, not liking how her and the rest of Hogwarts was staring at him. He covered his mouth, shocked that he had almost bitten off his best friends head, and then he felt them. His eyes grew wider as he realized what he was feeling. Beneath his fingers that were currently covering his mouth were

"Fangs?" He whispered disbelievingly and horrified. "OMG! Mione whats wrong with me?" He looked at her, vibrant green eyes pleading for her to provide some explanation for what was happening, and then Harry's eyes rolled into the back of his head and he let out an ear piercing scream of pain before his mind receded into unconsciousness, his world going black as he toppled onto the floor of the great hall. Hermione and Ron looked completely stricken and shocked, but shook themselves out of it after a few moments and moved to get to Harry, but before they could get there, there was a blur of of movement flashing past them.

Someone had gotten to Harry before them. Or something. Taking in the creature, they saw it had fangs also. The skin was just as pale and glowing as Harrys had been. The creature had long claw-like nails that looked sharp as knives. They took in the creatures body , shaped like a girls, and then finally looked back to the face. The moon-pale skin glowing, the full pink lips, and the long, ebony ringlets that were her hair. But what stood out more than anything were the glowing,violet eyes that were dilated like a cats. Ron and Hermione looked at each other, not sure what to do. They needed to get Harry to the hospital wing, but neither wanted to test the obviously dangerous creature in front of them.

And then to their surprise, Draco Malfoy was there, talking to the creature.

Draco was no idiot. When him and Skyler had arrived inside the great hall, it was to see Harry Potter scream in pain and then fall onto the floor unconscious. But the shocks kept coming. Draco turned to Skyler when she let out a whimper like noise. What he saw next to him was not the girl he had been with. Draco found himself standing next to the most amazingly beautiful creature he had ever seen. Violet eyes and pale skin glowing, deadly claws and fangs. Draco took it all in. The appearance of the creature in front of him. He basked in the magical aura of the creature. A creature he had seen only once in a book at Malfoy Manor.

A Dark Elf.

Draco knew from the little he had read on the ancient creatures that the dangerous vibes that one got when around them should not be taken lightly. Dark Elves were known as Drow, and were highly dangerous, quick, and cunning. They were one of the highest classifications of dark creatures the ministry had. They were highly protective of their families and mates. A lot like Veela in that particular trait. Also, like Veela, Drow transformed also. Once a Dark Elf transitioned, thats how they stayed. Dark Elves only transitioned when they were of age and when the inner darkness came out to play. The Drow liked being dark, and were like children on Christmas Day when they killed.

When Skyler ran over to Harry she was nothing more than a flash. And Draco felt his heart clench at the absence of the creature, and he knew then and there he was changed forever.

He made his way slowly and carefully over to the elves, not wanting to startle or prove them in any way. He did not have a death wish. He could only thank his lucky stars that the rest of the great hall was too shocked to move. But that would not be the case for long.

As he moved closer, he heard a low, threatening growl come from Skyler. A warning. He stopped and knelt down. He took in the still unconscious Potter.

" Skyler, he needs to go to the hospital wing. If he wakes up, he'll be in a lot of pain. The healer here can help him."Draco told the creature in a very soft, soothing, and persuasive voice. Hermione and Ron, along with the rest of the great hall, were thoroughly shocked. Draco Malfoy was never anything other than cold and mean. When Skyler looked at him with worried, pain filled eyes for her fallen brother, it was all Draco could do to not take the beauty in his arms. He didn't know exactly what changed in him since Skyler had transitioned, and he couldn't be bothered to care. All he wanted was to make the Elf happy. A part of Draco realized that this was definitely not normal for him, but he didn't want to care about that as Skyler's eyes took on a look of complete trust as she gazed into his eyes. The nod of acceptance had him sighing in relief, happy that Skyler found him trust worthy, and promising himself that he would never betray his Elf's trust. Ever.

' Wait. My Elf?'

All thoughts were erased from his mind, however, as a furious howl erupted.

" WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS GOING ON HERE? MALFOY! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HARRY AND GET THAT DAMNED CREATURE AWAY FROM HIM BEFORE I BLAST ITS HEAD OFF!" Ron exploded. His entire face redder than his hair, his chest heaving as he took deep breaths. He had his wand out and pointed at Skyler's face, who was now in complete Elf mode. Her claws glinting in the light, fangs bared, violet fires narrowed and cat like.

And Draco lost it. He felt a rage like he had never felt before building inside of him as he saw the wand in Skyler's face. His Elf was being threatened. And then Draco was shaking uncontrollably. He saw red. But before he could lunge, he was overtaken by a pain worse than any pain he had ever felt. And he too fell into darkness and collapsed.