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The Dragon's Egg
Thats So raven
Chapter Seven: Desperation
Draco looked at Ginny as though she had grown a second head, he had forgotten to breath. Nirvana walked over to him and slapped him on the back, "Breathe Draco! Breathe!"
Draco took a shuddering breath, "Ginny are you sure? Did you check the other rooms?"
"Yes I'm fucking sure Draco. I looked in my room, the bathroom; she is nowhere to be found!"
"Would you like to me call the police?" Nirvana asked moving towards the phone.
"NO!" Ginny shouted, Nirvana looked at her, shocked. "I mean, I think you should go home and let us handle this ourselves, thanks for your help though."
"Okay, if you need me, just come over." She opened the door and left.
"Draco what the hell are we going to do?"
"We need to go The Burrow and from there we can contact the Ministry. Stay calm," Draco said, sounding as though he was telling himself, rather than Ginny.
They apperated to The Burrow. No one was in sight.
"They're probably in their room," Ginny said as she rushed to the back of the house. She knocked on the bedroom door, "Mum! Dad!"
Mr. Weasley opened the door, "Ginny? Draco? What brings you two by at this hour?"
Ginny let her hand slip out of Draco's and ran to Mr. Weasley. She threw herself at her father, wrapping her let her hand slide out of Draco's and ran to Mr. Weasley. She rapped her hands around his neck, "Oh Daddy...Daddy, she's gone!" He could not understand her because of her sobbing.
"What? Draco what is she trying to say?"
Draco sighed and ran a hand through his hair, "Its Skylar, she's gone missing."
Mrs. Weasley appeared behind her husband, "What!? Are you absolutely sure!?"
Draco nodded, "We wanted to come here first then contact the Ministry."
Molly nodded, and stepped around Arthur, "Let's get to the fireplace." Draco, Ginny and Arthur followed her into the living room. She kneeled in front of the fireplace and threw in a handful of Floo Powder, "Ministry of Magic, Department of Missing Persons!"
A woman's head popped into the fireplace, "Hullo, Ministry of Magic, Department of Missing Persons, this is Margie how can I help you."
" I would like to report a missing child."
Margie took off her glasses that were connected to a necklace, "Well obviously, hence the name." She said as she stared at Molly as though she were remedial.
"Listen, Margie," Ginny had never heard her mother talk so rudely to a stranger, "this is no time to be sarcastic, my granddaughter is missing! Now are you going to help me or not?"
Margie smacked on her gum and rolled her eyes. "Merlin I hate my job. Are you the legal guardian?"
"No, that would be her parents." Molly turned from the fire and motioned for Ginny and Draco to come towards her.
"Great, it's a party." She said being sarcastic again, "If you two don't mind I'm going to need you to floo here and sign a few papers."
Molly stood up and moved back from the fire place as Margie's head disappeared into the flames. Ginny and Draco stepped into the fireplace, "Be careful you two."
"We will, mum." Ginny said as Draco grabbed her hand and yelled, "Ministry of Magic Department of Missing Persons!"
They landed on the floor near Margie's desk, they stood up, brushed themselves off and took a seat in the chairs
opposite of Margie.
"Hello, your names?"
"Ginny and Draco."
"Ginny and Draco?" They nodded, "Good, I'll need to get some information and have you sign these papers to begin a search."
"What do you need to know?" Ginny asked, her face red from her crying.
"What is the child's name?"
"Skylar Malfoy," Draco told her
"A detailed description of her."
"Red hair, grey eyes…"
"That is hardly detailed."
Draco and Ginny both glared at Margie, "Would you rather have a picture of her instead?" Draco reached into his robe pocket and pulled out a picture of Skylar. He kept at least one with him.
"Thank you," Margie said, pushing the glasses up the bridge of her nose, "How old is she?"
"Four."
"What time, approximately, did you find out that she was gone?"
"Why does that matter? You just need to find her!"
"Calm down, Gin."
"The reason if you must know, Mrs. Malfoy, is so that we can check and see the apparitions and floo's around that time. That way it's easier."
"I'd say around 9:45 to 10:00," Draco told her, not bothering to correct her with the Mrs. Malfoy bit.
"In the morning or evening?"
Ginny's mouth hung open, "Do you honestly think it would have happened this morning and we would have just come now!?"
"Mrs. Malfoy, please do control your temper."
Ginny bit her tongue to prevent herself from saying anything else.
Margie wrote down the given information on a piece of parchment, "All I need you to do is sign these papers to begin a search." She pushed the paper towards Draco and he signed it, he passed it to Ginny who signed it with a shaking hand.
"Great, we will contact you as soon as we have any information. Please, do stay calm."
They stepped into the fireplace again, "The Burrow!"
"Ginny, Draco dear, how did it go?"
"How do you think it went?" Draco snapped. He let go of Ginny and sat on a couch away from the family, who had gathered while they were at the Ministry. He put his head in his hands. Ginny went over and put her hand on his shoulder.
"Are you okay Draco?"
"What do you mean?"
"Your eyes are all red...like you're about to start crying."
He looked away from Ginny, "This is entirely my fault."
Ginny sat down next to him, "Don't say that Draco, it's no one's fault. You can't blame yourself."
Draco got angry, "Don't tell me what I can and can't do, if I want to blame it on myself then I will damn it!" He said loud enough for her to understand that he was angry, but not so loud as for everyone to hear.
Ginny put her hand on his leg, "Calm down Draco, this isn't your fault."
He shoved her hand away, "It is my fault, you told me that she was scared, and we both know how Skylar is. I chose to ignore it. It is my fault Gin and don't try to tell me anything different."
Ginny stood up, "Draco what are you talking about! None of this is anyone's fault!" Her family heard her shouting and turned to look at the two.
He stepped away from her and stormed to the front door.
"I KNOW this is my fault!" he yelled. Without a backwards glance at Ginny he left, slamming the door on his way.
Ginny looked at her brothers and sisters-in-law who were staring her, wondering what happened. "I'm sorry." She turned away from them and ran to her room.
~*~
Draco walked up the dirt road from The Burrow, kicking the pathway in anger.
"This is entirely your fault Malfoy," Draco said to himself.
'No it's not, it could have happened to anyone.'
"But it didn't happen to just anyone, it happened to me!"
'She'll be fine.'
"I suppose I wasn't a good enough father."
'You are a great father Draco. Better than the one you had. All you need to do is start looking for her yourself. Tell Ginny you know where she is, and then Ginny won't hate you anymore.'
"She never said she hated me, but I get your point." Draco continued talking to himself.
He walked to the end of the road before apparating home, going to his office where a nice bottle of Fire whisky waited for him.
~*~
Ginny was lying on her bed when someone knocked on the door, "Come in!"
The door opened - it was Ron. The bed squeaked as he sat down on it next to her, "You alright Gin?"
Ginny stared at him, blankly, "What do you think? My daughter is gone, and Draco is blaming himself for everything!"
Ron leaned over and hugged Ginny, "I'm surprised at how calm you're being, and don't worry about Draco, he'll come around sooner or later."
Ginny looked Ron in the eyes, "But that's it, I need him here with me, I don't know if I can do it with out him."
"Just know that I'll always be here for you, Gin. No matter what, I love you."
"I love you too Ron. But right now I need to be alone."
Ron nodded and got off the bed, "That is perfectly understandable," He kissed Ginny on the forehead and left her room.
~*~
Ginny was sitting in the living room with her mum when someone knocked on the door. Her mum stood to answer it, "Draco? Are you alright? You look terrible, come in, come in." She moved to the side and Draco stepped into the house.
Ginny got up from the couch and ran towards Draco, "Oh Draco, you had me so worried!" She hugged him. Draco hugged her for a second and then pushed her off of him. "Not again Draco...no..."
"I have some news to tell you about Skylar."
"Yes?"
"I think I know who has her." Draco said and began to explain his whole idea. About how certain things didn't piece together.
"That makes sense. But shouldn't we get help from the Ministry?"
"No! We don't need their bloody help; if they aren't helping us now then...obviously they can't be bothered."
"Fine...Draco you don't look well." She slid the back of her hand down his cheek.
"No bloody wonder, I haven't had any sleep in five fucking days!" His eyes were red, and he looked paler then normal and his hair was dirty and untidy.
"And you think I have? Why don't you stop feeling sorry for yourself and think about getting our daughter back!"
"I am not feeling sorry for myself; you asked a damn question so I answered it for you."
This was new to Ginny and Draco; they had never got into an argument before, just minor disagreements.
"Both of you stop it!" Molly intervened, "I will not have that language being used in my house!" She shook her finger at them, "All you need to worry about now is getting Skylar back as soon as you can. Whether it is, today, or right now, just get her back."
Draco nodded and looked away from Ginny, "I think we should do it this Saturday."
"You two need to prepare, or whatever is you need to do. Do try and get some sleep Draco. If you would like, you could always stay here." Molly offered.
"Thanks but no thanks." Draco looked at Ginny to see if she had anything to say about him choosing Saturday,
January 29th, his birthday. She said nothing and he shrugged, "See you Saturday."
*Saturday*
Draco arrived at The Burrow around 4:30.
"Happy Birthday Draco," Molly said as she opened the door. She gave him a present.
Ginny walked down the stairs with a black robe on, "Happy Birthday," She too gave him a present.
"You actually remembered."
"Of course I did, Draco."
"Let's get going." Draco said.
"Where is this place that we are going anyways?"
Draco held her hand, "Don't worry about it." He apperated them to a manor that Ginny didn't recognize.
When they arrived at the place Ginny was shocked. She squeezed Draco's hand, she looked at the table they stood in front of. One person sat at either end, and Skylar was seated in the middle, not wearing the white night gown Ginny had put her in, but a dark blue dress.
"Mummy!" She yelled.
Ginny began to move towards Skylar but within the blink of an eye the two people were standing in front of Draco and her.
"Bryant?" Ginny said.
"Nirvana?" Draco spoke at the same time as Ginny.
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Chapter Seven! *I Love Cliffhangers* I should start a club! Anyways, I hope Draco's good this time! And though this is short…I had to make it short so I could leave you guys hanging! Thanks to everyone one for reviewing! Hehe, as I was going through this chapter to make the changes, the song from Chapter One came on! =D
And as for you not liking my cliffhangers and want to yell at me, I have on thing to tell you. "It's okay! I had subway!" =P My excuse for everything now days! Review again, and join the mailing list, if you haven't already!
Thanks to Petunia for betta-ing again! She has a wicked way with words! =D The title for this chapter was her idea, don't you just love it?
Thats So Raven
As for writing, "Lavender" in the last chapter…well the first time I wrote this fic I hard Ron with Lavender, coz I didn't know who else to put him with, I had never heard of a Ron/Luna ship! And hmm…yeah!