Chapter Three: Murdering Malfoys

Night had fallen across England. You would think, since it was almost midnight, most people would be in bed, but there were two people who had no intention of sleeping yet.

Harry and Ginny stared up at the empty cottage where Hermione Granger and her parents had once lived. The once pristine garden was now overgrown with weeds and thorns. The grass of the yard was almost thigh high. The house was dark and silent, and possessed an air of neglect. The windows were grimed with dust looking like blind eyes staring at the empty lawn. It was clear that no one had lived in this house for some time. Harry kicked the door open and Ginny followed him inside.

A quick search of the house revealed no furniture, clothing, or personal belongings. The house was truly empty. Harry and Ginny left the house and stood in the yard looking at the overgrown garden.

"Well," Ginny said, "I don't think Granger is here," she looked disappointedly around the yard. "Shame really, I had hoped to visit with my old friend," the last word said as a sneer twisted her pretty face.

Harry shrugged. "What do you want to do now?" he asked as he turned away from the house. "If I had to guess, I would say that Granger is at the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to get to her while she is under Dumbledore's nose."

Ginny scowled. "That's just perfect, she said as she stomped her foot. "There will be no way we can get to her or my stupid brother now."

Harry placed a hand on Ginny's shoulder. "Patients Gin," he said soothingly as he guided her out of the yard. "We'll find them. After all, they'll be in Hogwarts in a couple of months; it'll be easy to get to them when they get there.

Ginny smiles and kisses Harry on the cheek. Thank you Harry," she said grinning, "You always did know how to calm me down," her grin turns sultry. "I'll have to reward you later," she finishes before turning serious. "Where do you want to go now? Dumbledore and the ministry of magic will know you have escaped from Azkaban by now."

"Let's go to the shrieking shack," Harry suggests, "I know it won't be safe long, but the ministry won't check their. That'll give us some time to plan our next move."

Ginny nodded, and the two of them vanished from the yard with a small pop.

Hogwarts

Headmasters Office

Dumbledore glared at the Minister of Magic. "What do you mean Harry Potter has escaped?"

Cornelius Fudge, Minister of magic, paled at the expression on Dumbledore's face. "It's not my fault, he whined, "The guards are dead. It is like no spell I have ever seen before," he stopped before rambling on, "They had these little holes in them. There was blood," he swallowed and there was an audible click in his throat, "So much blood," he paused and took a deep breath. "The last time I saw something this bad was when Sirius Black murdered Peter Pettigrew."

Dumbledore winced at the minister. He hated to think about what the poor man had seen. "We'll catch Harry," he told Fudge, "You need to pull yourself together. When did Harry escape?"

"It was sometime earlier this evening," Fudge responded, "Some one helped him, Dumbledore. Potter couldn't have escaped without help."

Have you informed the papers?" Dumbledore asked.

Cornelius Fudge fidgeted nervously. "Well," he said guiltily, "I had hoped we could leave this out of the papers."

Dumbledore sighed tiredly. "Of course you did," he said dryly, "We can't leave this out of the papers, Cornelius. We'll need the public if we have any hope of catching Potter."

Cornelius pouted. "Dumbledore, he nearly wailed, "I'll be a laughing stock. There will be no way I'll stay Minister after this."

Dumbledore rubbed his temples why did the man have to whine so much? Honestly, all he cared about was his precious job as minister. He had no concept of the greater good, and he probably wouldn't care about it even if he did. "Minister," he said slowly, "It wasn't your fault that Potter escaped. Go back to your office and file your report. Dumbledore raised a hand to stop Fudge from speaking. "You have to inform the papers," He said sternly, "We will need them to help find Potter."

Fudge sighed, looking more like a petulant child than ever. "Alright Dumbledore," he said, his voice trembling slightly. "I'll do as you say, but we need to find Potter as soon as possible." Fudge turned and left Dumbledore's office not waiting for him to respond.

Albus Dumbledore leaned back in his chair and sighed harshly. Where had everything gone wrong? Things had been going so well. He had formed a plan to get Potter out of Azkaban. He had drawn up the paperwork, and was about to present his plan to Minister Fudge, but the boy had to break out now. Why did he have to break out now? Dumbledore let out a grown of frustration. He was getting to old for this. He could not continue the fight against Voldemort for much longer. Despite his brave words to Fudge, Dumbledore did not think they would find Potter now. If he had received help getting out of Azkaban, he was probably in a stronghold by now. However, they could always look in the places of those that had supported the boy. Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, and Ginny Weasley had always been so vocal in there support for Potter. Grimold place would need to be searched soon. If Potters few supporters had broken him out, they would not keep him in Grimold place for long. They would find Potter, and when they did, Dumbledore would use the boy to kill Voldemort before disposing of him. After all, if the boy could kill his cousin, he had no loyalties to the light left and would be dealt with accordingly. Dumbledore smiled. He had a plan, maybe now he would be able to rest.

Hogwarts

Shrieking Shack

Harry awoke the next morning and rolled over in the soft bed. He was glad the conjured bed was still there. He had been afraid it would disappear while he and Ginny slept. He stretched feeling every muscle responding to the movement. It had been so long since he had slept in a warm bed. He felt a head resting on his chest, and looked down to see Ginny sleeping peacefully, her lips quirked up in a smile as she slept. Harry smiled and ran a hand through Ginny's hair. She had broken him out of hell on earth. She had brought him a wand, she had saved his life, and she had killed to help him escape. For those things alone, he thought he could love her, but he would not jump in to this head first. He wanted a relationship with Ginny to last, so he would let the relationship develop naturally. His thoughts were interrupted when Ginny opened her eyes and smiled at him.

"Morning," she yawned, and stretched, the movement causing the nightgown she wore to shift revealing a generous amount of bare skin.

Harry's mouth had gone dry. "Morning," he croaked. "How did you sleep?"

Ginny grinned, and kissed his cheek before rolling out of bed. "Fine thanks," she said slipping in to her robes. "As a matter of fact," she continued, "That is the best sleep I've had in years."

Over a light breakfast Harry and Ginny discussed who to go after today. "Ron and Hermione are out," Harry said putting down his fork. "Do you know where the Malfoys are now?"

Ginny nodded. "They are where they have always been, Malfoy Manor. I assume you want to go after them now?"

Harry nodded. "They sent me to Azkaban. I want them to suffer for that. Ron and Hermione can wait, but the Malfoys will die today."

Ginny grinned again, but this grin was as hard as steel, and as cold as ice. "Good," she whispered, "I have wanted to pay Lucius Malfoy back for the diary incident in my first year. What do you think we should do to them?"

Harry stood and offered Ginny his hand. "You'll see," he said mysteriously.

Malfoy Manor

Harry and Ginny appeared outside Malfoy Manor. Harry looked around noticing the picocks strutting around the manor. He snorted. "Picocks," he said grinning at Ginny. "I think that is very fitting."

Ginny chuckled. "Come On," she said, "Remus gave me a Suppression stone, that'll help us bypass the wards."

Harry raised an eyebrow. "I take it that the stone will negate the wards. Won't Lucius know if the wards go down?"

Ginny shook her head. "No," she said as she pulled a blue stone with runes engraved around it's edges out of her pocket. "The stone will suppress our magical signatures and fool the wards in to thinking we are allowed to be in the Manor. Malfoy only has wards protecting the perameter of his property, so once we are inside the wards sneaking around will be a piece of cake.

"Good," said Harry as he watched Ginny hold the stone flat in her hand. The stone began to glow with a soft green light. Ginny grabbed Harry's hand and they walked straight towards the wrought-iron gate. They passed through it as if it wasn't there."It worked," Harry said laughing quietly, "It actually worked."

Ginny smiled. "Come on," she said, choosing to ignore Harry's comment. "Let's go and have some fun with Malfoy."

Malfoy Manor

Draco's Bedroom

Draco Malfoy was just waking up. He loved the summers. He was always able to sleep as long as he wanted, and he didn't have to worry about any stupid classes. He was just about to roll out of bed when his bedroom door crashed open. "What," he started, before he froze his eyes widening in shock. "Potter?" he asked fear forming an icy ball in his stomach.

Malfoy?" Harry said clapping Draco on the shoulder. "How have you been?"

Draco's mouth had gone dry. "You can't be here?" he whispered. "You were sent to Azkaban."

"I got out," Harry said shrugging, "thanks to the lovely lady standing behind me.

Draco looked over his shoulder and gasped when he saw the Weasley girl. "Weaslette?" he asked staring at her. "You helped Potter escape from Azkaban?"

"Yep," Ginny said cheerfully, "It wasn't as hard as you might think. The guards were very lax in there duties."

W-wait until I call the aurors," Malfoy shouted. "They'll lock you up."

Harry had a bored expression on his face as he looked at Draco. "You won't be calling anyone," he said in a soft deadly voice. "You sent me to Azkaban, and now it is time that you pay for that."

"It was the Dark Lord's idea?" Draco whined. "I didn't want to do it, but he made me."

Harry laughed harshly. "Didn't want to do it?" he repeted incredulously. "You loved killing muggles and serving your master. That's all you ever talked about, but your loyal service to Voldemort ends here."

"Abrumpo," Ginny whispered swiping her wand through the air. Draco's screams filled the air as his arms and legs were sliced off. Blood soaked his pajama top at once. Ginny made another movement burning the stumps to stop the bleeding. Draco howled again.

Harry leaned forward staring in to the sobbing boys eyes. "You are going to confess when the ministry gets here. You are going to tell them everything, because if you don't, Ginny and I will come back and make what we have done to you now look like a picnic. Do you understand me?"

Draco nodded fearfully. "Why hasn't my Father heard any of this. Why hasn't my Mother come to see what is going on?"

Harry and Ginny both laughed this time. "Silencing charm dear Draco," Ginny whispered giggling a mad glint entering her eyes, "but don't worry we'll deal with your Mummy and Daddy shortly." So saying, Ginny drew back her foot and kicked Draco squarely in the head knocking him out cold." She turned to Harry with an apologetic look on her face.

I'm sorry Harry," she said, "You didn't get to have any fun."

Harry shrugged his shoulders. "I'll have my fun with Lucius and Narcissa," he said comfortingly.

Ginny smiled. "That's good then," she said cheerfully, "Where do you think we can find Narcissa?"

Malfoy Manor

Narcissa's bedroom

Narcissa Malfoy lay sprawled on her bed looking tired and defeated. She had never wanted to serve Voldemort, but her husband had been more than willing to bind himself to that monster. That would have been fine with Narcissa, but then he had to drag there son in to the war. She would not allow her son to be corrupted. She would save him if it was the last thing she ever did.

Harry and Ginny stood outside the door to Narcissa's bedroom. "What is it?" Ginny asked.

"She doesn't have the dark mark," Hary responded. "Let's go, we will leave her alive. Lucius won't know if we did or not anyway."

Ginny nodded and they turned away from Narcissa's room.

Malfoy Manor

Lucius's Study

Lucius Malfoy sat in his study drinking a glass of orange Juice. Things were going great for him now. Voldemort had not been this pleased in years. Framing Harry Potter for murder was the smartest thing he had ever done. Lucius looked up as he heard a knock on the door.

"What?" he barked.

The door crashed open revealing Harry Potter and Ginny weasley.

"You," Lucius hissed in shock. "You can't be here,' he whispered, "You are in Azkaban," his face suddenly cleared, wait until I contact the aurors, they'll be thrilled to see you."

"Oh dear," Harry mocked, grinning at Lucius. "You won't be contacting anyone; you won't live long enough." He waved his wand and ropes sprang out of thin air and bound Lucius to his chair. Harry then summoned Lucius's wand and snapped it over his knee. "That takes care of any chance of you escaping?" he said as he shoved a cloth in to Lucius's mouth to prevent him from screaming for help.

Lucius sneered at Harry and Ginny. He knew that they wouldn't kill him, they didn't have the guts.

Ginny pulled out a long cylindrical device with a handle on it. She points the device at him. 'What are you going to do with that muggle toy?" Lucius thought, sneering inwardly.

Ginny smiled. "I think you'll like what the muggles have invented," she said conversationally.. She makes a minute movement, and there is a loud bang.

Lucius let out a muffled cry of agony as pain exploded in his shoulder.

"Hurts doesn't it," Harry snarled, pulling a knife from his pocket. "That is a fraction of the pain you put me through."

Lucius stared at the knife in Harry's hand warily. He struggled to spit out his gag. He wondered what the Potter brat was going to do with the knife.

Ginny, not to be forgotten, fired two shots from her pistol, one bullet in to each of Malfoy's kneecaps.

Malfoy screamed in pain, trying in vein to clutch his ruined knees.

"No, no, no," Harry said grabbing Malfoy's hand, with one swing of the knife he had cut off Malfoy's index finger. Malfoy Looked down at his missing finger, watching as blood poored from the stump. He suddenly felt cold. A heavy lump formed in the pit of his stomach. The torture wasn't as bad as what Voldemort put him through, but he suddenly realized that Harry and Ginny would never let him leave this room alive. He flinched as Harry approached him, but all Hary did was remove the gag. "What do you want?" Lucius asked looking at Harry, "and what did you do to Draco and Narcissa?"

"They rest in pieces," Ginny said grinning at Lucius.

"You bastards," Lucius roared struggling to stand. The ropes binding his legs tripped him and he fell to the floor with the chair on top of him. "I'll make you pay," he screamed, "The rest of your miserable lives will be a never ending nightmare."

Harry reached down and flipped the chair back on to its legs. "How many families have you ruined?" he asked, his eyes glowing with fury. "How many men, women, and children, have you raped and tortured?" With Each question, Harry slashed his wand downward, leaving a bloody slash on Lucius. By the time he was done, the head of the Malfoy family was lying in a bloody mess on the floor, dead.

Ten minutes later, the dark mark hovered over Malfoy Manor. Harry and Ginny slipped away happy with there work.

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