chapter 4
unfortunate meetings
Ginny had left the moment they had arrived back at Hogwarts. By now,
she knew Draco would probably be frantic, but she didn't care.
It wasn't like he understood anyway.
As she ran though the castle in search of well, something, she rounded
a corner and ran straight into the last person she wanted to see
Harry Potter.
One long, terrified second elapsed before she tried to turn and run,
but he seized her by the wrist.
"Where have you been tonight, Ginny"
There was something off about his voice, Ginny replied in panic. "I
I was with"
"Malfoy, wasn't it" he sneered at her"tell me, Ginny, how do you
like being his little slut"
Mustering her last ounce of courage, Ginny glared up at him and
snarled"I'll have you know that Draco treats me with respect, which
is more than I ever got from any of you."
Harry backhanded her viciously, his grip on her wrist prevented her
from falling.
Ginny's shoulder gave a sickening pop as Harry dragged her back to
face him. "You had no right to make a whore of yourself in front of
your family" he hissed at her, shoving her backward.
This time she fell hard onto the stone floor of an empty classroom.
Harry seized her robes and forced her to her feet. "You want to see
what a real whore does, Ginny"
At fear that filled her eyes, he sneered coldly"You just had to go
and make a spectacle of yourself, didn't you"
Reaching behind Ginny, he unzipped her robes in one smooth yank.
"Harry" Ginny said scratchily, finding her voice at last"Harry,
please don't"
Harry hit her again, and a thin stream of blood trickled from the
corner of her lips, its coppery taste filling her mouth.
When Harry tried to slip her robes off her shoulders, Ginny thrashed
wildly against both him and her rising panic.
"Help" she screamed.
Harry slapped her and pushed her down onto the cold, hard ground.
"Shut up, slut" he sneered"No-one's going to hear you."
After what felt like hours in Ginny's mind he finally stopped, stood
up, and threw ten Galleons on the floor next to her and with a vicious
sneer quickly left the room.
Ginny lay on the ground for a long time before carefully standing up.
Half-formed thoughts chased each other about inside her head as she
stumbled blindly through the castle. Without thinking about what she
was doing or where she was going, she found herself in front of
Draco's room.
She stood there for what seemed like an eternity until suddenly the
portrait swung open, revealing a somewhat pale Draco.
The sight of her startled him, he stood staring at the state she was
in, opening and closing his mouth like a fish out of water. His
expression rapidly changed from surprise to concern and finally
settled on anger.
"Who did this" he asked, his voice was tight and controlled.
"I went walking" Ginny replied, feeling like she was choking"I
ran into Harry and he said he said she swallowed"he said I was a
whore" she whispered.
Draco didn't move. "Is that it" he asked.
"I" I don't want to say it because then it will make it real. How
could this have happened to me? What did I do to deserve this? Ginny
thought before she shamefully whispered"He raped me, he took the
only thing I wanted to keep."
Draco's features shifted from angry to murderous. "I'll kill the
bastard" he hissed. "I'll kill him and then resurrect him and then
kill him again and give him to my Lord to play with. I'll feed his
entrails to the Nundu, slit his throat and leave him for the vampires,
the Dementors" Draco suddenly stopped his rant and quickly looked at
Ginny, who was trying desperately not to cry.
An instant later he was at her side. "It's going to be okay, love"
said Draco softly, slipping an arm around her shoulders he muttered,
"It'll be alright."
Ginny collapsed into his arms. She cried on his shoulder, clinging
tightly to him, wishing that it really would be alright, but somehow
she doubted she would ever be alright again. After a long time she
looked up, eyes bloodshot, and whispered"I want the Mark."
Draco hesitated slightly before saying"Ginny, you're really upset
right now, maybe it isn't a good time"
Ginny clapped her hand over his mouth and said"Hush. I've finally
admitted to myself that I want it. Shouldn't you be happy for me"
Draco sighed"Of course. I will owl our Lord and let him know. We can
get it done tomorrow."
"The sooner, the better" Ginny said.
The next day Ginny woke up in pain. The pains were so horrible that
she started to
cry. Not only did her body hurt but her souled ached as well, the
horror of what had happened replayed repeatedly in her dreams all
night. As much as she wanted to forget what had happened, her mind
would not let go of it. Just then Draco came out of the bathroom
carrying a glass of water and a small vial of potion.
"It will help with the pain but it doesn't taste very well" he said
handing her the vial. "You had better get dressed, we're leaving to
meet with him in an hour."
Ginny nodded and drained the potion, shuddering and making a disgusted face.
An hour later Ginny emerged from Draco's room wearing and short black
skirt and a green tank top that showed just a little too much.
"Draco, I'm ready."
Draco looked up to see a very sexy Ginny and smiled. "Good, because
we are short on time."
He picked up a small book that was on the low glass table in front of
his divan and said"Portkey leaves on three, are you ready"
Ginny made a face. "I hate Portkeys" she muttered.
Draco gave her a quick grin before continuing "One, two, three."
And just as before, Ginny felt the familiar tug behind her navel as
they were jerked into a whirlwind of colors.
