Malfoy? Hagrid thought. Malfoy, as in Lucius Malfoy, the death eater?
Lucy looked up at Hagrid. "Do you know who my daddy is?" she asked.
"Eh, perhaps," Hagrid responded. "Firs', let's get you cleaned up." Lucy's hair was dirty, as well as her face and clothes.
Hagrid and Lucy walked for a few minutes until they came to a river. As soon as Lucy saw water, she forgot all about being lost. She squealed in delight and ran toward the water.
"Now jus' wait a—" Hagrid started to say, but before he could finish his sentence, Lucy tripped over a rock and fell into the river.
Lucy sat up, picking the small rocks and twigs out of her arms. She did not cry. Hagrid was amazed; he expected most little girls would cry if that happened.
"All righ', all righ'," Hagid said after Lucy had splashed around in the water for a while. Lucy's hair was now clean, and the mud streaks on her face were now gone. She smiled.
"Watcha name?" Lucy asked.
"Hagrid," Hagrid responded gruffly as they started walking again.
"Where're we goin', Hagrid?" Lucy asked.
"To my home."
Lucy stopped walking and shook her head. "Mummy said, 'no going into stranger's home'."
Hagrid rubbed his chin, thinking. "Do you like playing games, Lucy?
"Oh, yes!" Lucy said. "My favorite games are pretend games!"
"Now, Lucy, do you want to play a game where you pretend to be a little girl named Halley Starr and has an uncle named Hagrid?"
"That's your name," Lucy said.
"Well, do you mind using it in your pretend game?"
Lucy shook her head.
"Good. Do you understand the game?" Hagrid asked.
Lucy nodded. "You're my uncle named Hagrid, and I'm Halley. Halley Starr. It's such a pretty name."
"Now, Halley, let's go," Hagrid said.
"Wait," Lucy said. "How long do we get to play? My mummy always says I can't play after sundown."
"We can play as long as you want, Halley," Hagrid said.
"Yay!" Lucy said. "I wanna play all day! All the time!"
"As you wish, Halley," Hagrid said.
All the time, indeed.