Rating:
PG-13
House:
Schnoogle
Ships:
Draco Malfoy/Original Female Muggle
Characters:
Draco Malfoy
Genres:
Adventure Romance
Era:
Harry and Classmates Post-Hogwarts
Stats:
Published: 12/30/2006
Updated: 12/30/2006
Words: 595
Chapters: 1
Hits: 172

The Rhythm the Gypsies Play

Autora

Story Summary:
"You can breathe in the magic the city makes, but the song from a gypsy heart will mystify you forever." Draco remembers these words from long ago, when he finds himself captive of a traveling caravan of Roma people as they make an epic journey through the Black Wood. Though they are faced with the perils of the forest bandits and the ever present "Gypsy Hunters," Draco soon learns that they always have the music and each other.

Prologue

Posted:
12/30/2006
Hits:
172


Prologue

"You can breathe in the magic the city makes, but the song from a gypsy heart will mystify you forever."

Draco strode into a leafy clearing. Frustrated and exhausted, he sat down on a stump. "Where the hell am I?" he demanded of the air. Glancing around again, he saw nothing but miles and miles of leafy foliage. He had walked through the woods for countless hours, calling for help, ripping through the thick vines with his bare hands. Wandless and weaponless, he had no means of protection or location. His chest was heaving, his pale gray eyes closed, searching for his ever present composure.

It was not to be found. He tried to stand, anxious to find his way back to civilization, but his legs were too weak, and he immediately sank back to the stump. Breathing heavily again, he tried to formulate some sort of plan. Explaining it to himself, he began, "Suppose I made a fire. Could I use that fire in some way to signal my whereabouts? Oh wait, no one's looking for me. There's got to be some type of road going through here. But I probably couldn't find it." He continued for quite some time. Formulating plans, but instantaneously finding their loopholes, never aware that he was being watched the entire time.

Had he been more observant and not lost in his own thoughts, he would have noticed the petite, pointed face peering at him from behind a large, leafy bush. The girl who was watching him was small and thin, as delicate as a china doll. Her bright green eyes, so reminiscent of a certain Harry Potter's, moved over his tired form, taking in his every detail. Her chestnut brown hair was pulled into a messy bun at the nape of her neck, strands of hair escaping it and framing her elfin face. Her slim brows were furrowed, her rosebud mouth fixed in concentration. Her slender arms that were holding back the vegetation were pale as snow.

She wore two large, gold hoops through her ears, and a colorful silk scarf encircled her head. Her dress was again silk, the elbow length sleeves billowy and loose. Her skirt reached her ankles, framing dirty, bare feet. The garment was a myriad of color, as though loose pieces had been sewn together without rhyme or reason. Her delicate hands were moving quickly now, braiding a rope from the fibers in the leaves of the plants that surrounded her. She now pulled a burlap sack from the small leather satchel at her side. Waiting for the precise moment...

At last Draco dropped his feeble attempts at a plan. "I'll die here," he thought, "But that's better than going back to where I was." It was no lie. Since he had reluctantly joined the Dark Lord, his life had become a living hell.

"Kill this man, Draco. Kill that man, Draco. Do something for once in your damn life, Draco!" Heartless orders which he could never succeed in carrying out. All of a sudden, death in a solitary forest didn't sound so bad. Then, without warning, he began to sob. Tears left grimy streaks down his pale cheeks, staining his face. Entangled in his misery, he hid his face in his hands and cried like a child. And he didn't notice when the girl crept up behind him until she threw the burlap sack over his head and tied his hands behind his back.

Pulling him up, her hands expertly touched points on his neck, and he faded off to sleep...


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