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Sorry about the lateness of the posting, but here it is in any case. Part Two.
Chapter 23: Part Two
The man jumped back nearly an entire foot. "Owl? Yes I...err..."
Ivy growled at him and the man promptly bolted from behind the desk to fetch her an owl. Ivy waited impatiently, tapping her cane on the floor until he returned with a large, snowy owl.
"H-here you are" he stuttered. Ivy nodded and began scrawling her letter onto a piece of parchment.
"Dearest Draco,
You must forgive me for not sending this sooner, things got very busy at the Ministry and Osanna and I lost track of time. I am very disappointed that I did not get to wish you goodbye. I apologize for that as well. I beg your forgiveness for my silly oversight, I miss your company and hope to be returning soon, meanwhile if you must reach me ask Prof. Snape which hotel we are in, and you are in my thoughts.
Love
Cariad"
She rolled the letter up and carefully sealed it, then tied it around the owl's leg. "Hogwart's Academy, Slytherin Dormitory...Draco Malfoy" she whispered to it, then allowed the man to let it loose into the rapidly approaching evening.
Osanna came around the corner just then, realizing it was evening. She chuckled at the fuming Ivy. "Well, I think it's time we be leaving."
They went to leave, much to the relief of the man behind the desk. Ivy smirked and leaned in close.
"Oh DON�T WORRY, we'll be back tomorrow!" She flashed him a predatory grin and disappeared out the door with Osanna.
The morning dawned frosty as Snape made his way across the grounds to feed George. After opening the door he was surprised to see the dragon curled up on the couch in a rather strange piece of silver cloth. Opening the box of Mokes and putting it on the floor, he picked up the fabric after George had jumped up.
It was light and flowing like water. Snape frowned and folded it up to take back. �An invisibility cloak that wasn�t there before�� He mumbled out loud. George heard him and ran back to the couch where he pulled out a smaller piece of material; this one was striped gold and scarlet. �Gryffindor� Snape spat the word and took it from the floor where George was idly throwing it about. �Invisibility cloak and a Gryffindor scarf? Must be Harry Potter. The little Bastard.�
Gathering the cloak and scarf scrap he marched out slamming the door.
In the Gryffindor Common room Harry was sat twitching the end of his torn scarf in his fingers praying that the missing piece would not be found.
�I�m sure that damn dragon has eaten it by now.� Ron said putting a comforting hand on his shoulder, �He seemed hungry enough when he tried to eat us.�
�He wasn�trying to eat us Ron� Hermione chimed in from where she was studying by the fire, �He was protecting the house, he seems to be very loyal to them.�
�That�s dodgy right from the start. I mean who ever heard of loyal dragon? Hagrid raised Norbert from an egg and he wasn�t very loyal was he?� Ron sulked; he hated it when Hermione corrected him.