Death Eaters Daughter Part Two

One Hundred Ninety Nine

We all apparated back to the burrow
School starts in a few days, it's easier for us all to be together
I let Molly apparate Hermione and I, since I told Hermione I would be better about hiding my skill

  "Hermione you and Cora can share Fred and George's room if you would like" Molly said "Cora I'm in the process of making you a warm scarf as well, any particular color?"

  "I really like green, but house colors would be fine too" I said smiling "thank you Molly"

She hugged me
  "Of course, Hermione can I knit you anything for the school year?"

  "No it's ok Mrs.Weasley thank you though"

We walked upstairs to Ron's room and found him and Harry deep in conversation

  "Harry's made captain this year" Ron said excited "isn't that amazing!"

  "It really is" I said smiling "you two are prefects and Harry is a captain, I'm happy for all of you"
Part of me felt saddened that I didn't have any special roles this year, but the other part of me thought it would be nice to stay under the radar

  "We have two beaters and a chaser to fill this year" he told me "Ginny wants to be chaser"

  "I would prefer her as a beater honestly" I said laughing "she would kick ass"

  "She would, maybe you can convince her to try for both" Harry said "but onto other matters..."

I rolled my eyes, I knew where this was going

  "Cora don't roll your eyes, you heard what I heard"

  "I did, but I'm not believing anything until I talk to him"

  "I don't think you should go anywhere near him" Ron suggested "he's a dark wizard now"

  "What because his dad is??"

  "No because he threatened a dodgy shop owner" Harry said "you saw how panicked he looked after they left"

I got up from the ground
  "I'm not listening to this" I left the room and walked to where Fred and George used to sleep

I opened the door and found my bag that had quills and parchment inside
I took both out and began writing to Draco

Dear Draco,

I saw you today with your mum at Diagon Alley
I tried catching you to say hello but you were in a rush it seemed
I miss you, I wish I could talk to you about my summer
It's been hard for me...harder not having you to talk to
I'm not sure what's going on with you, but I hope you're doing ok
I can't wait to see you in a few days, it's been too long

I love you
Cora

I gave the letter to one of the Weasley's owls
I watched her fly into the night sky and wished her luck

The door opened
  "You ok?" Hermione asked

  "I'm worried about Draco"

Hermione sat beside me near the window
  "It might become harder to be friends with him after what happened, he might not want to be if he thinks you're part of why his father is in Azkaban...I just want you to be ready for that"

  "Might as well add to the list of who hates me because of that day" I said agitated

  "Are you going to write to your dad before we leave?"

  "No, he doesn't want to hear from me and I'm keeping it that way"

  "Draco hasn't wanted to talk either but you still try with him"

  "Unlike my dad, Draco has been on my side helping me throughout the years. Sirius was always the one who helped me, my dad was useless"

  "You don't mean that" she said holding my hand

  "I do, he didn't know how to be a dad before he definitely won't now with Sirius gone"

"Try giving him a break, he's been through heart break like you"

"I know" I looked out the window "I miss him, he always knew what to say when things were bad"

"I know me too" Harry said coming into our room "he was the only family member I had left"

"We are still family" I said looking at Harry
Ron sat down beside us too

"We all are" Hermione reminded him

A few days have passed, it was time to finish packing for Hogwarts
Hermione packed both of our bags the night before, being organized like she's good at

Molly made sure that we all had our books and uniforms for the year, with her and Hermione I knew no one would be forgetting anything

We spent a few days playing quidditch here, I tried convincing Ginny to try for beater
She agreed that she would try for both, though she has her heart set on the chaser position
She didn't want to follow in her brother's footsteps, she wanted a position to herself
I couldn't blame her, I know whoever we end up with won't be as good as the twins though
I expect a lot of bludger injuries this year

I was upstairs packing my train bag when I heard a knock on the window
I looked over and saw it was the owl I sent a few days ago
She had a letter on her foot
"I'm sure this is my own again" I said sadly

But when I opened it I saw that it was the Malfoy crest in it, not my own
He wrote back...

Cora

Don't talk to me this year
It's for your own good
Don't write to me again either
Just know, no matter what, everything I'm doing is to protect you
This is goodbye

Draco

I stared at his letter and read it again and again
"He doesn't mean it" I said to myself "something bad is happening to him, he wouldn't abandon me..."

I folded the letter and placed it inside my jacket
I'll talk to him about it when I see him
I'm not giving up on him, he never has for me
He's lost, it's my turn to be strong for him