Chapter 7: Veritaserum

Ron woke up feeling extremely uncomfortable. His head was pounding with pain, his wrists were bound together, and his legs felt heavy.

He looked around and seen that he was in a dark, cold, damp room. And his feet were chained the the floor.

"What the fuck? Where the bloody hell am I?" he said out loud to himself.

He heard a sinister laugh echo around him. He knew instantly who that was.

"SHOW YOURSELF YOU EVIL BITCH!" he yelled out.

"You aren't in any position to tell anyone what to do my dear flame haired boy." said an eerie voice approaching him.

"Where the hell am I you Death Eater slag?" sneered Ron.

"A slag? My dear boy, I am a married woman."said Bellatrix holding out her left hand to show her wedding band.

"I don't give a fuck. You're about to be a dead woman once I get out of here!" yelled Ron.

Bellatrix smiled and evil, haunting smile and got up close to Ron. "For such a handsome blood traitor, you sure do have a very dirty mouth. I wonder what other dirty things you say. Or better yet, do." she said brushing her finger across his cheek, then smacking him hard.

"You worthless cunt." said Ron. " I wouldn't put my lips anywhere near you"

"You aren't at liberty to decide right now are you love?" said Bellatrix with a cackle. "Perhaps I should see. I'm sure your Mudblood lover would enjoy seeing your hands all over a more mature body now would she?"

"I'd rather go to hell then to touch you."

"That could be arranged."

"And don't you dare speak on Hermione like that you death eater piece of shit. She's more of a witch than you ever will be."

"Your friend could do with being taught some manners Harry dear." said Bellatrix.

"Harry?"

Harry walked around the corner, head down, looking at his feet.

"ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! HARRY WHAT THE HELL!"

"SHUT UP RON! I don't need to hear your girlfriend stealing mouth right now." said Harry as Bellatrix smiled and walked out of the room.

"You can't be serious. Are you really doing this bullshit because of what YOU did? You're the one who fucked up with both our emotions. You fucked up your own relationship. Shit, we could have resolved this in a duel. A fucking fistfight. You turned me in to bloody Death Eaters?!"

"I didn't mean.." said Harry in a low voice.

"Didn't mean what?! Why would you do this?!"

For a second Harry looked as if he wanted to tell Ron something. But then he switched up.

"This is out of my hands Weasley. Make yourself comfortable. Your slag of a girlfriend, your idiotic sister, and that bitch blonde Malfoy will be joining you soon."

Hermione went to find Draco to help her look for Ginny. After much persuasion, Draco reluctantly joined Hermione on her search.

They went back to the lake, to the shed where Arthur tinkered with his muggle contraptions, to the broom shed, and finally the woods behind the house.

They found Ginny sitting inside a treehouse that she and Ron had built out there when they were younger. It had been their escape when they were little kids trying to get away from the twins. No one else knew about it except for Hermione and Harry, and now Draco.

Ginny was sitting in the corner of the treehouse scrunched up as small as she could make herself and had fallen asleep.

Draco walked over to her and shook her. She woke up with a startled look on her face.

"I...I don't..." stuttered Ginny.

"Shhh it's okay love. You're tired. You're worn out." said Draco soothingly into her ear.

"Here. I brought you some water.' he said handing her a small cup and pouring water he had in a bottle into the cup.

Ginny drank the water quickly. All of a sudden, she dropped the glass and looked completely spaced out.

Hermione gasped. "Malfoy, what on earth..."

"What is your whole name?" asked Draco.

"Ginevra Molly Weasley." answered Ginny in a monotone voice.

"Malfoy, did you...what are you doing?"

"How old are you and when is your birthday?" asked Draco.

"I'm 16 and my birthday is coming up on August 11th." answered Ginny.

"Who helped you get back home last month? The night you returned."

"Harry brought me back to my house. He knocked on the door and put me under a spell that made me go to sleep until someone awakened me."

"Why do you want to go back to Malfoy Manor? "asked Draco.

"Because Lucius wants to kill you and Harry wants to kill Ron and Hermione." said Ginny.

"Merlin's beard..." whispered an astonished Hermione.

"What spell were you put under?" asked Draco.

Ginny didn't answer. She started shaking her head muttering to herself."

"Answer me Ginny. What spell were you put under." said Draco with force in his voice.

"I was put under the Imperius Curse." said Ginny.

Draco looked at Hermione. She was covering her face up and crying.

"I really don't want to do this." said Draco pointing his wand at Ginny.

"Stupefy!"

Ginny slumped onto the floor stunned.

"MALFOY WHAT DID YOU DO?!"

"SHUT UP GRANGER I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING! yelled Draco at a sobbing Hermione.

He then pointed his wand back at Ginny.

"Rumpere imperium" he said. A blue light came out of his wand and went through Ginny's head. It came back out, circled above her, formed a bubble, then popped.

"Finite incantatem" said Draco, wand still pointed at Ginny.

Ginny woke up with a start. She sat up and looked around frantically.

"Where am I WHERE AM I?" she screamed panicking."

Draco kneeled down beside her and pulled her into him tightly. Ginny shivered in his arms, tears falling faster than water traveling down a stream.

"Draco I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry, i couldn't help it. I tried I really really did. " cried Ginny.

'Shhhhhh it's okay love I'm here. I figured it out. I'm here." whispered Draco lovingly in Ginny's ear as he held her close and stroked her hair.

"It's not okay Draco, it's not. We are in danger. You're in terrible terrible danger."

Hermione walked over to Ginny shaking. Ginny reached out to her and pulled her down to the floor and hugged her.

"I'm so sorry Hermione. I tried. They were too powerful. I fought the curse every minute of everyday."

"Well that's over now Gin. You'll be okay."

"But you won't. Draco's father and aunt want Draco bad. They locked up me and Draco's mum and tortured me right in front of her. She was a mess Draco, a real mess. Your mother never sided with Lucius not once. She would yell at Lucius and Bellatrix to stop but they wouldn't and she did stop him from raping me, that's about it."

At the sound of that word Draco's fist crashed down into the floor, almost knocking a hole into it.

"They put me under the Imperius Curse and then Harry apparated me to the house and knocked me out."

"We know. You told us." said Hermione.

"But how? How did you know I was cursed?" asked Ginny, her arms back around Draco.

"I just knew something was off with you. And in your sleep you would yell at me not to listen to you. And of course..."

He took a small vial out of his pocket. 'I slipped you Veritaserum in your water. I knew that was the only way i could get the truth out of you. I didn't know if it was the imperious or something else, or even if you were in disguise. I'm sorry." he said kissing her on the cheek.

"It's fine. I'm glad you did." said Ginny kissing him on the lips.

"So all that talk about Harry helping us?" asked Hermione.

"No. Harry has been manipulated by the two of them. He was the one that kidnapped me. He was supposed to kidnap both me and you Hermione, but he caught me alone and took just me instead. He was going to use us to get to the boys and lure them to the manor. Speaking of boys, where is Ron?"

Hermione felt an instant shiver go up her back. "Ron went to talk to Harry. Oh Merlin no telling what has happened to him!"

"Calm down Hermione we can't panic!" said Ginny.

"No! We have got to go to Sirius's house and find Ron!" yelled Hermione.