Abraham's Daughter

~Kairi's P.O.V~ 

~At the Astronomy Tower, Later on That Night~ 

Lighting my cigarette and his as well, Igor gave me a smile and we both leaned against the tower's rails, just enjoying each other's company  and staring at the beautiful night sky, we met each other's eyes for a moment then looked away, both of us to nervous to speak. 

"Ms. Malfoy, I know what your father has done to you, and I'm sorry." He confessed to me, as he reached for my hand, then lightly gave it a squeeze. 

Turning my head away from him, I took a drag off the cigarette and slipped my hand out of his before I spoke to him. "Who told you Igor? Was it Professor Snape or was it Headmaster Dumbledore?" I asked him, nearly shouting my questions at him, as I turned around and faced him, meeting his eyes so he could see the anger and hurt inside of them.

Taking a couple of steps back, Igor held his hands up as a sign of surrender. "No one told me Ms. Malfoy, I saw it in your body posture when we danced at the "party" together, and I noticed that when we met eyes you often tense up and start to get nervous, and your eyes would often be searching for your father in the crowd." He paused to take a drag off of his cigarette then, spoke a moment later, and exhaling the chemicals while speaking. "Although I'm not to sure what he did to you, and as much as I'd like to know, I will wait until you think it's okay to talk about it. Just remember that what happened over the summer isn't your fault, and your in the safest place in the entire Wizarding world, protected by a loving and caring Headmaster and his staff. The Headmaster, Severus and I will make sure that nothing like that will happen to you again. I give you my word." With those words said, Igor held his hand out and waited on me to take it. 

Looking into his eyes, I raised an eyebrow at him then pulled out my wand and pointed it at his chest. "How do I know that your not lying, and that you won't run straight to the Ministry and tell them? How do I know that you won't run to Dumbledore's office and tell him? How do I know-," I was cut off when I heard a "poof" beside me.

Looking down at me was the Headmaster who appeared beside me with his wand out and staring at Karkaroff. "Because Ms. Malfoy, Mr. Igor Karkaroff is a member of the Order, and he's working for me." He confessed to me, adding to me. "If you still don't believe me, only the real Karkaroff could answer this question, my last words to you before you left to go to Malfoy Manor were?" He asked him in a Russian.

Firmly nodding his head, Karkaroff responded first in Russian then, responded in English. "Keep her safe, keep her protected and most of all, keep your true nature hidden from her and your Ministry." He said to us.

My mouth I opened in shock then I lowered my head and apologized to Karkaroff before looking at the ground biting my lip. "I'm sorry, I didn't believe you-," Igor cut me off by leaning over and meeting my eyes before speaking to me. "There is /nothing/ to be sorry about Ms. Malfoy." He said to me. 

With those words said, the Headmaster "proofed" away, and left Igor and I alone once again. 

Throwing our cigarettes down the tower, we looked at each other before taking each other's hands, we looked at the sky and stood next to each other in silence until Karkaroff broke the silence. "Are you nervous about tomorrow? I mean, you have five different tests to take, and only have a limited amount of time." He said calmly to me. 

Looking up at him, I gave him a smile before I lit another cigarette. "Nope, I'm not nervous at all, I've been studying for nearly two months, besides if I don't get all O's, I can't attend U.A and M, and I'll have to go to W and W.C.C, just like my brother, and that's not what I want." I confessed to him, as I took a rather long drag off the cigarette then, exhaling a moment later. "I'll be fine Karkaroff, I promise. Besides, most of the professor's are letting me have an hour and a half to take their tests. Well expect for Professor Snape's, he's only letting me have an hour." I added to him. 

Nodding his head, Igor looked away from me then, looked up at the sky before becoming silent again, thinking the entire time. /She has got to joking, not even my students could finish all of their tests in seven hours!/ Turning his head towards me, he gave me a smile. "So, why are you doing this Kairi? Are you trying to prove something? Or are you wanting to get out of Hogwarts faster so, you can get a head start in college?" He asked me. 

Looking into his eyes, I forwned at his words. "It's neither of those reasons Igor, I have my own personal reasons for wanting to go to U.A and M." I said coldly to him, as I took a drag off my cigarette. 

Giving me a confused look, Karkaroff just shook his head but, didn't press the matter any further. "I'm not to sure if I should tell you this, but you'll find out tomorrow afternoon when you come to take your Defence Against the Dark Arts test anyways, but I'm your new D.A.D.A professor." He said to me, a small smile on his face after he spoke to me.

Smiling back at him, I took one last drag off the cigarette then, stamped it out before kicking it over the Astronomy Tower and exhaling the last of the cigarette's chemicals before speaking to the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. "I kind of figureed that out by myself professor. Someone was going to have to take over Professor Slughorn's Potions position." I said to him as we started leaving the Astronomy Tower together and heading towards the dungeons....

~End of Kairi's P.O.V~