Slytherins' missing girl (draco malfoy)

1.

I didn't want to leave. but i didn't have a choice.

I had to leave.

even if it meant leaving Draco behind.

*****

10 years later.

"Get your head out the clouds Viper, we have stables to clean." Abby yells at me as she chucks the brush in my hands.

"Why can't Dragons just set their messes on fire like they do everything." I huff. I'm having to pretend to hate this job so that Abby doesn't suspect anything. but really I'm waiting for her to leave so I can run round the corner and greet Flynn.

No one else but me and Elena know about him. so hiding him in the masters stables comes with its challenges. However, it comes in handy that the family don't really take much notice of they're dragons. To them these dragons are just for show, to me they're the most fascinating and loyal creatures.

"Quit whining and just get on with it for crying out loud" she spits at me and then walks off in a huff.

"I do not like that woman!" I say when Elena walks in after Abby's left.

"Who does." She says in agreement with me.

I met Elena through this job. Its been 6 months that I've worked here but we quickly bonded over our hatred for Abby. We act like we've known each other for years. which is actually just what I needed after the last 10 years.

"Si what did she yell at you about this time?" I know Elena has a lot of sympathy for me. I'm the youngest here and I'm Abby's favourite target now.

"Daydreaming again." I sigh as I walk with her to the first stable, which thankfully is Flynn's.

"Hogwarts again?" I sigh when she says this. I miss it so much.

"yeah." I say, but as soon I see Flynn my face immediately brightens up.

"Was it mystery boy again?" She asks taking the mick since I never give her an answer as to who he is. Partly because I'm scared that if I remember too much I'll break.

"Yes, I might of been now come on we have to hurry with Flynn before Abby comes back to see if we're working." I get really panicked about the small things now.

I love Flynn too much to have him caught by Abby. But I don't have the money for a stable for him. I feel so bad that I have to keep him cramped inside the smallest stable section as I can only ever take him out on the rare nights I'm free.

"Fair enough. Let's get him all shiny and sparkling again." I see the flicker in Flynn's eye and giggle silently to myself.

Flynn loves grooming. Sometimes I worry maybe too much.

*1 hour later*

"All done my beautiful little fire breather." I say hugging Flynn's head. He's much bigger then me but still loves a cuddle. He lets out a happy little gentle sigh.

"You two are so cute together. Now chop chop there's other rich people dragons to tend too." Elena says as I hug Flynn goodbye.

*6 hours later*

"Why are all these other dragons such snobs." Elena huffs as she finishes up with Prince, the fussiest Dragon in the stable.

"Well like owner like dragon I guess." I joke and she laughs tiredly.

"Clearly that's why Flynn is such a sweetheart compared to the rest of them." Elena jokes but Prince lets out a long huff that knocks her back. I catch her before she falls and we laugh.

"WHATS GOING ON!" We both fall at the sudden appearance of an infuriated Abby.

"This is your doing isn't it!" She snaps as she points her finger in my face.

"What? No." I say slightly baffled.

"Don't lie to me girl." She says as she grabs me tightly by my arm.

"Abby stop! It wasn't her fault!" I hear Elena yell as she shoves me out the door but she's not listening.

"I should take you to the master's if it weren't for their big engagement party tonight." She hisses and she looks down at me on the floor. My hands are scuffed and I'm covered in dust.

"But I-" she cuts me off. She doesn't care. She never does.

"As punishment for fooling around yet again you can work for free as one of the servants for the party tonight. No buts. Now go make yourself presentable." She yanks me up again and pushes me.

I begin to turn when she slaps me across the cheek.

"WHAT THE HECK!" I yell angrily.

"That's your reminder not to screw up." She spits.

It takes everything I have not to lose it. When you spend 10 years alone you learn so pretty powerful things. Ways to survive, how to get away with things, escaping, hiding, even disguising myself.

Right now only one spell comes to mind and believe me she'd learn her lesson.

Instead I hold my own and calmly walk away from her and when she can't see me I sneak into Flynn's pen.

He sees the cut on my cheek and I can see the glow of ember fire igniting in his throat. He's angry. Flynn's always been protective of me. Even with Draco.

Sometimes I'd be sad reading with little baby Flynn cuddled into my arm and Draco would come. He'd be his sweet self (at least to me anyway) and sit down next to me. Then the second he'd put his hand around my waist he'd get a little nip from Flynn. It always made me laugh slightly. But he never got angry, even if he was having a bad day. He knew how much Flynn meant to me and why I couldn't just leave him at home like I was supposed to. So he put up with it and would settle with wrapping his arm around my shoulders as I cuddled in.

He'd make me read him the book I was busy with, not that I minded. He always said he just wanted to hear my voice. We'd cuddle there till the early hours of the morning with a blanket over us and the fire burning, sometimes with the help of little Flynn's attempt at keeping the fire going.

Now that Flynn's fully grown and it's just the two of us I cuddle up into his arm. I'm exhausted when I reach him and so I have a quick nap with Flynn whilst I waited till I was rudely called to apparently serve these snobs at the party I'm now working for free.