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Chapter 4 And So it ends

Don't ask him how, but Draco had managed to get Ron and Hermione to go with him to the Forbidden Forest. He had an uneasy feeling Ginny knew, but he did not want to believe it. He had no time to worry about it. The Death Eaters were probably already waiting for them. His palms started to perspire, but he just wiped them on his cloak. This had to work. It just had to. Draco was thankful that they had not run into Hagrid on their way.

"Harry, are you all right?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, of course," Draco answered.

"You know I hate this place," Ron replied.

He rubbed his hands together and walked closer to Hermione. Draco did not notice and kept walking further into the forest. A part of him just wanted to get this over with.

"What are you talking about?" Hermione asked.

"You'll see," Draco replied.

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Harry groaned as he came to. Where was he? He slowly opened his eyes and found he was in the Forbidden Forest. How had he gotten here? He looked down to find his hand clutching Draco's wand. And then it all came to him. He had tried escaping when a pair of Death Eaters had come to take him with them. He still did not know how he came by Draco's wand, but he was glad he had it. The Death Eaters must have left him for dead Harry realized as he finally got to his feet. He then sees a sight that makes him both joyful and unhappy. It's Ginny running towards him.

"Harry," she yelled in horror.

"Ginny…" he began before getting the wind was taken from his chest when Ginny crashed into him.

"What happened?" she asked as they parted. She then took a better look at him. "Weren't you wearing something else? And where's Ron and Hermione?"

"It's Malfoy. He's been taking Polyjuice Potion to be me," Harry explained.

Harry calmly accepts the wand to the throat from Ginny.

"Prove it," she commanded.

"My Patronus is a Stag. Same as my fathers," Harry told her.

"Show me," Ginny declared.

Harry could not help but smile. Ginny was so headstrong. That was one of the things he found he loved about her.

"Expecto patronum," Harry yelled.

An image of a stag appears.

"Oh, Harry!" She takes him in her arms. "But then that means…"

Harry looks down as they part.

"I'm so sorry," he apologized. "He told me."

"I'm going to kill him," Ginny yelled.

"I wouldn't dream of anyone else doing it," Harry replied with a laugh. Ginny got quite as they made their way through the forest. "Are you going to be all right?"

"I'll be fine," Ginny answered. They come across where the Death Eaters had Ron and Hermione tied up. "Where's Draco?"

"There," Harry replied, pointing to where Draco came into view.

"He's still you," Ginny noticed.

"I have to take my chance," Harry told her. He stepped out into view. "It's over, Draco."

"I don't see Draco," Ron exclaimed, making Hermione roll her eyes.

"I'm afraid it's too late," Draco replied with a laugh.

"Stupify," Harry yelled, disarming Draco and taking back his own wand.

While they were shooting spells at each other, Ginny ran behind Ron and Hermione and broke them free.

"Care to explain?" Ron asked.

"Draco's been pretending to be Harry this whole time," Ginny told them.

"I knew that couldn't have been Harry after trapping us," Hermione replied.

Remus and a few of the other members of the Order of the Phoenix arrived and they captured the Death Eaters.

"Harry?" Remus asked in confusion, seeing the two side by side.

"Remus, thank goodness," Draco declared, giving his best impression of Harry.

"That's not Harry," Ginny said. "It's Draco."

"How can we prove it?" Remus asked.

Draco then strutted and fell to the ground.

"Oh, I think you'll find out soon enough," Harry replied. They watched as Draco turned back into himself. "Forgot to take your Polyjuice Potion today?"

"There's just one thing I want to do before to take him," Ginny replied.

Remus nodded, sitting keeping Draco in his grasp. Ginny walked up to Draco.

"Ginny, I…"

But before he could finish his sentence, she slapped him. Remus and others then took them away.

"God, that felt good," Ginny replied, holding on her fist.

"It was brilliant," Harry told her with a smile. Harry cleared his throat as they stepped closer together. "Not in front of Ron, yeah?"

"Yeah, best not," Ginny replied.

"What the bloody hell was that all about?" Ron asked. "And I'm not just talking about that little moment between the pair of you."

"We have a lot of talking to do," Harry replied.

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Ron and Hermione still could not believe it.

"So, you've been at the Malfoy Manor all this time?" Ron asked.

"Yeah," Harry nodded.

It was nice to be clean or even be in clean clothes for that matter. His hair was long and uneven from the multiple time the scissors had been taken to it.

"That bloody git better be thankful he's in Azkaban because he'd be dead now," Ron commented.

There was a moment of silence.

"What does Dumbledore have to say about this?" Hermione asked.

"He had a feeling what was going on, so he only told Draco certain things. He also believed Draco wasn't telling his father everything," Harry explained.

"Really?" Hermione asked.

Ron sighed and leaned into Hermione's shoulder. Harry could not help but smile at this. Hermione did not react at all besides her cheeks turning pink.

"So, now what?" Ron asked.

"I guess we try to enjoy the rest of the year," Hermione answered.

That was easier said than done in Harry's opinion. He had missed a term plus some of the second. He was sure Dumbledore would do something, but he could not be sure. For all he knew, he would have to repeat this year over again. He went to bed that night just thankful that he was even alive. The other things could wait.