Chapter Four

The Night Voldemort Died

I dodged the curse and flung my braid over my shoulder. I knew Harry was around here somewhere, but I wasn't too keen on actually seeing him I could foresee bad things coming of that.

I flung a spell at someone. Then hands encircled my wrists. I reacted instinctively. I swung my head back, hoping to find my captors own. There was no such luck.

I felt the arms pulling at me, when a voice echoed from somewhere behind me.

"Sectumsempra!"

My captor released me and fell, bleeding.

I spun, expecting to see Harry or Ron, for the voice had been male. Instead I saw Draco Malfoy. I gaped. He stared at the fallen body as it twitched. I stared at him.

"M-Malfoy? Wha...?"

He looked up at me, as though just noticing me.

"You shouldn't be here, Ginny."

I expected a taunt. I expected a nickname. I didn't expect the dead tone to his voice or the blank look in his eyes. Something was wrong here.

"Yo, Malfoy?"

He looked at me, eyes barely registering me.

"You ok?"

"They killed her."

"Who?" I asked, then it dawned on me. "Narcissa?" I had never met Draco's mother, but I knew what it was like to lose someone. And his mother to boot.

I felt like I should hug him, or comfort him, but all I could say was "I'm sorry."

How lame and cliche can you get?

He smiled sadly, but said nothing.

"Who killed her?"

He shrugged. "Some Death Eater."

I was shocked. "You don't know?"

He shook his head. Then he pointed to a distant figure. "He might have."

He started toward the figure. I realized he was going to single handedly kill every Death Eater he could find until he killed them all or was in turn killed. He was bleeding from his head and his left leg. I wondered how many he had already killed. I knew he was gonna get himself killed.

So I did what any self respecting Gryffindor would do. I tackled him.

Draco fell, surprised. I was surprised I had the guts but I recovered. I quickly bound him.

"Ginny? What the Hell are you doing?"

I brushed my hair from my eyes. "Trying to save your arse."

"What makes you think I was in danger?" He demanded. He was sounding more normal, but I wasn't taking any chances.

"Because you were trying to take on the whole Death Eater army alone."

He might have responded, but I decided I didn't want to hear it and stunned him.

The memory ended and I tore my eyes from his.

"Hello Ginny." He replied. It took me a couple of seconds to remember what I had said.

"What no insults? No derivative remarks about my family?" I demanded.

He looked at me. Then he looked up at my brother's store. "Seems like they're doing good for themselves."

Draco Malfoy gives me a headache. I've decided that.

"Still trying to destroy the forces of evil alone?" I asked.

He smiled. I was thrown off balance. He must really have cracked if he was smiling at me. "Still making your boyfriend run up walls?"

I decided not to answer that and gracefully walked away.

Not the most productive of days, but at least I had gotten him to smile.

(A/N: Had this chapter back logged for a while on my computer, sorry about the delay.

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