When the Night Broke - By Hannah Davenport
Summary: Sequel to "Bent" and "Twisted." Five years later, Ginny is a bored and very depressed employee at Flourish and Blotts. Outside her drawn-in, little world lies an evil overlord of doom by the name of Radoc Lafoym, who is threatening society. How do they relate?
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by J. K. Rowling. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. It's just fan fiction!
Work Cited: Harry Potter Realm
Prologue
Draco had obviously thought of running when he spotted Lucius crouching in the Hogwarts bushes. He wanted to ask how long he had been there. He wanted to gently lay Ginny back onto the ground, and pummel his father with every bit of strength he could muster. Or he at least wanted to curse. But Ginny wouldn't want him to do any of these things. So, he didn't. He simply stood up, and casually leaned against the castle wall, which was cold and mossy in some places. Very soon, his father came swaggering towards him, looking outraged, which Draco had seen many, many times.
He came right up to Draco, took the collar of his Hogwarts uniform in his hands, and slammed him up against the wall. Draco distinctly heard his head crack. "Do you know how long I have been watching you, you impertinent, ignorant little moron?" he asked venomously, still grinding the back of Draco's head into the castle wall.
"Hmm Bob," Draco replied sarcastically. "I should've taken 'Difficult Latin Phrases for nine-hundred.' I'll just go with, every second since the very minute I was born."
Lucius put more pressure on Draco's skull, which was now beginning to pulse with pain. "Did you forget what day it is?" he snarled, eyes narrowed into malicious slits.
"No, I didn't," Draco replied, averting his gaze to the sleeping form of Ginny on the ground. "But I'm willing to bet you did. After all, the only birthday that's important to you is the Dark Lords. And, perhaps, yours. But who knows about that? You're never home on your birthday."
"I'm not talking about that, you insufferable idiot," Lucius growled, violence gleaming in his eyes, and a thirst for blood reverberating in his voice.
"Do you like words beginning with the letter 'I' or something?" Draco said in a perplexed tone. "Because so far you've said, I, impertinent, ignorant, it, I'm, insufferable, and idiot."
"Don't change the subject, you thick-headed simpleton." he snapped, his rage and vindictive wishes more apparent than ever. And Draco kept quiet. Some good it did him, though.
I think it is now time for me to tell you about the single one of the Undetectable Curses I didn't explain in the first part of this story: the Felispo Curse. The Felispo Curse is a very, very dangerous curse, simply for the reason that its purpose is induced vindictiveness. Something that only under very rare circumstances, will wear off. It feeds a venom of hatred and bitter loathing through your veins so fast you wouldn't even have time to say "Grandma's cookies!" before you found you hated your grandmother's cookies, and maybe even your grandmother. And then you'd be on a mad killing spree, realizing all the people you've "hated" without knowing it. And this was Draco's future. Especially after Lucius saw the Charm, which Ginny was still wearing.
Lucius dropped Draco in the middle of his head-grinding session/flaying, who crumpled to his knees. He knew what his father was going after. What he had seen. And indeed, just seconds later Lucius shoved the Charm under Draco's nose. "What - is - this?!" he growled. "And don't you dare say a Keeper's Charm!"
"Fine," Draco said softly. "I won't say it. But I think even you have brains enough to see what it is."
Lucius slapped him. A crisp, sharp noise in the stillness of the night. Ginny sighed in her sleep, and Lucius pocketed the Charm. Draco's face burned as if it were on fire. Another unfortunate side effect of Lucius's punishments. "You're in for it now, boy..." Lucius growled angrily. "The Dark Lord only has five years left, and you need to be... trained."
And Lucius fired the message and the sign into the sky. The one that would leave Ginny thinking he was... not.