Saving Souls

Chapter Ten

The Effects of the Prophecy

The Dark Lord gave Lucius even less time to grieve the loss of his daughter than he received for the death of his father. The night of Scarlette's burial Lucius was called away. Mrs. Malfoy was every bit as upset as Ginny had been. Ginny did not wait up for Lucius for the first time. He had been angry himself, but at the same time made excuses for the Dark Lord. Time seemed to be flying by for Ginny.

August 1980

Severus had been named as godfather to Draco. It was Ginny's choice. He had once again come over for dinner and had been very worried about Ginny. Tonight after dinner Lucius and Severus had a meeting with the Dark Lord. He was coming to Malfoy Manor. Lucius had kept Ginny away from the Dark Lord as much as possible because he knew how she felt about him. Of late Lucius claimed she was having a hard time getting over the death of Scarlette, which was true. Ginny would head up to the nursery shortly before he was due to arrive.

Ginny had been upstairs for almost an hour when she realized she had left her favourite blanket for Draco in the parlour. She left her son in Dobby's care and headed downstairs to retrieve it. As she passed the library, she overheard Voldemort, "The Lestranges currently have the Longbottoms in their private dungeons."

Ginny thought about Neville, but she knew she could not do anything with Tom in the house. She quickly got the blanket and hurried back up to the nursery. Once Draco was asleep Ginny went to her room. Shortly after, Lucius entered the room. "Ginevra, I have to leave." He quickly put on his Death Eater robes. "Don't try to wait up. I think it's going to be a long night."

After he left, Ginny waited an hour before leaving her bedroom to ensure Tom, Lucius and Severus were really gone, then sent her Patronus to Dumbledore. The message was simple: "Get the Longbottoms out of the Lestranges' dungeons!" She hoped it would be enough! She also hoped that she finally made a difference. She then returned to the nursery to check on Draco. With his blond hair he looked like an angel. "Maybe tonight Mummy made a change," she said, then picked him up and took him to the rocker to rock her sleeping son as she cried.

Two days later, when Lucius was at Malfoy Holdings, Severus arrived. He looked like he did when he witnessed Lily agree to marry James. Ginny was in the parlour with Draco, who was having tummy time. "Severus, what's wrong?"

Severus looked at her. "I'm sorry I came here. I shouldn't have." He went to step back through the door.

"Severus Snape! Tell me what's wrong, now!" as she magically closed the door.

He took a seat on the floor next to Draco and watched him for a minute before speaking, "A couple of months back I overheard a Prophecy that told of a child born who would have the power to defeat the Dark Lord. So I reported it to him. He has decided that it was Lily's son! He intends to kill her and her family! I begged him to spare her life, but he will not spare a Mudblood." There was hatred in his voice at the word Mudblood. "He's going to kill her!"

"Oh, Severus! Her son is younger than Draco!"

"What am I to do?"

"Go to Dumbledore and get him to keep them safe. They say Dumbledore is the only person To-, I mean, the Dark Lord fears. Dumbledore can protect them."

He looked at her with shock in his eyes. "You're telling me to turn against him?" He paused. "If he found out he would kill me!"

"Severus, he would never find out from me. Besides my family, you're the only person I'm loyal to. Go. The sooner Dumbledore knows, the better. Don't worry, I would never betray you!" she reassured with encouragement in her eyes.

"What if he does not believe me? He knows I'm a Death Eater."

"Make him. And if he refuses to believe you, and they die, it will be on his head. You did what you had to!"

Ginny waited to hear what happened; however, Lucius and Severus were always together, so he could not let her know. Lucius and Ginny continued to try to be together as much as possible, but it was hard between work and his other activities, so he had little free time. Ginny did her best to try to make time for them, even if it meant staying up to the wee hours of the morning just to talk to him. Lucius was lucky enough to be at home the first time Draco said "Daddy!" Voldemort was becoming more and more frustrated about not finding the Potters.

Draco showed the Malfoy style when, on his first birthday, he simply got up and walked across the room for the first time in front of the few guests that had gathered. But even one year after his birth, Draco still seemed to be looking for someone who was not there.

Late August 1981

Lucius was home this rare afternoon, but he had closed himself in his study. Ginny had been feeling insecure of late, as they had not spent much time together. Once she laid Draco down for his nap, she made her way down to the study. When she knocked on the door, it opened. Lucius was sitting at his desk. Ginny walked over to be beside him and sat on the end of the desk facing him, her hand still holding on to the edge of his desk. As she glanced down at the papers in front of him, she smiled and asked, "What are you doing?"

He sat back in his chair and returned her smile. "Just finishing with some proposals."

"We have not seen much of each other lately. I thought you might be missing me," she smirked at him.

"Perhaps." He cleared his desk with a wave of his hand, then stood up and pulled her to the center of the desk. He pushed her legs apart by standing between them and kissed her passionately. " It's been too long," he smirked.

"Draco is down for a nap. He'll sleep for at least two hours,"she smiled. Lucius pulled her into his arms and began to kiss her. When they broke apart, all of Ginny's clothing had vanished.

"You look beautiful," he said, then tried to kiss her.

She pulled back slightly. "You have me at a disadvantage. You have far too much on."

"Normally, I like to have people at a disadvantage, but you're right." In the blink of an eye he too was naked, and his arousal was very evident. He kissed her, hard this time, laying her back on the desk. His hands roamed her body and he made his way to her cunt, using three fingers to circle her clit. Smirking again, he commented, "I see you're wet already." She moaned at his touch. "Like that, do you?"

"Yes!" He slipped a finger into her hole, and she moaned louder this time. After fingering her for a couple of minutes, he pulled out of her and she whimpered.

"Tell me what you want," he said breathlessly.

"I want you!" He fell to his knees as she placed her heels on the edge of the desk. He began to taste her, moving his tongue in the way he knew drove her wild. He slipped a long finger into her pussy and pumped it in and out of her as he nursed on her clit until she was close to her climax. Then he stopped and rose again. "Please, Lucius! I need you inside of me!" she pleaded. He then rubbed his cock along her crack, lubing himself up.

"I think I can do that." He then shoved his large member inside of her. As soon as he did that, he reached down and rubbed her clit with his thumb. This brought her to climax. He then pumped into her so hard the desk was moving. As he continued to fuck her, his breathing became shallow and she knew he was close. He looked down at her and said, "I love you."

She smiled up at him. "I love you, too!" She contracted her groin muscles to make herself tighter and this caused him to spill his seed deep inside of her.

Once he pulled out, he spoke, "Now you know why I stay at the office to work. You're far too much of a distraction."

Several weeks later...

Tom was getting more and more angry about not being able to find the Potters, and was making more and more demands on his Death Eaters. Ginny and Draco rarely ever saw Lucius anymore. This was causing a strain on their marriage. She resented that Lucius seemed to care more about his activities as a Death Eater than his family. And he grew frustrated that Ginny could not understand why he needed to keep his position at the Dark Lord's side. After awhile, Ginny found she was tired all the time. Then she started puking almost every morning. She finally went to a healer and found out she was pregnant again. However, with all the strain in her marriage, she was not sure if this was good. After a week she knew she had to tell Lucius. He had stopped at the Manor to pick up something when Ginny cornered him.

"Luicus, I need to talk to you," Ginny said. She had met him in the entrance hall.

Lucius was currently overly stressed with everything on his plate. "Ginevra, I would love to hear it, just like I would love to spend time with Draco, but I don't have the time right now!"

"I need you to make the time for me," she emphasized.

"Do you think that when I'm not here I'm out having a ball? Everything I do is for you and Draco," he growled. His Dark Mark began to burn and he glanced down at his sleeve. Ginny knew what this action meant. "I have to go," he stated.

"Yes, to hell with your family, as long as He gets what He wants!"

"Ginevra, we'll talk when I get back!" he ordered, his eyes pleading for understanding.

As he went to Apparate Ginny yelled, "Maybe I won't be here!" As he vanished from sight, she spun around, headed up to her room, changed her clothing to a blue sweater and a pair of black slacks, and then grabbed her time turner as always and tucked it under her sweater. After checking her makeup, she headed to the nursery, readied Draco, and called Dobby to pack her a diaper bag.

"Dobby, I'm going out and I don't know when I'll return," she explained. Once ready, she picked Draco up and said to him, "Draco, should you and Mummy go bye bye?"

He began waving and saying, "Bye bye!!" and then clapped his hands. Ginny headed out to Diagon Alley. If Lucius would not talk to her, she had every intention of getting some serious retail therapy. Maybe seeing a large amount of gold disappear from their account would make him want to talk!!!

Hours later Ginny decided she and Draco needed an ice cream. When they had finished their treat, she realized it was time to head home for it would be dark soon. She Apparated to the Manor, but within seconds of unloading packages and child in the entrance hall, there was a panicked knock on the door. She opened it to find Severus, looking heartsick. "Severus? What's wrong?"

"He knows where she is," he stated, looking a little green.

"Who? What?" she asked, confused. She picked Draco up again to take his coat off so he would stop fussing.

"The Dark Lord,-Lily, He knows where she is, He's going after them tonight!"

Ginny's eyes grew big. "What's the date?" she asked, shifting Draco on her hip.

"October 31st."

"Fuck! I got so wrapped up in my own problems I forgot!" She handed Draco to Severus. "Come on, we don't have much time!" She pulled the front door open.

"Time for what?" Severus was now confused.

"To save them! We have to get to Godric's Hollow!" She grabbed hold of Severus' arm and began to pull him along.

"Ginevra, what are you talking about? Just because we know the village they're in isn't going to help. We could be standing on their front step and not see them. They are under the Fidelius Charm."

She continued to march to their Apparition point. "It does not matter, I know where they are."

"How can you? Wizards more powerful than you have tried to break it and can't," Severus reasoned.

Ginny stopped and turned towards him. "Because, Severus, I'm not from.. ." She pulled out her time turner. "Severus, I was not born in 1960. I was born on August 11, 1981. I came back in time to – change things. Now let's save them!"

Severus was still holding Draco. "You're the spy?!" he exclaimed.

"No more than you, my friend. Look, do you want Lily to die?"

He looked crushed at the idea. "No!"

"If we don't get there now, she will!"

"Ginevra, it's not safe for you and Draco!"

"Severus, you said it yourself; she knows you're a Death Eater. Do you really think if you just burst in there they're going to trust you? No! They won't even trust me. I'm Lucius Malfoy's wife. But if we are willing to hand them Draco, they just might be persuaded..."

"You would risk your own son?" he blurted, clearly shocked.

"I'm not risking him! Look, we don't have time to debate this. Let's go!!" They Apparated away and landed in Godric's Hollow. Molly and Arthur had once taken Ginny and Ron to the Potter home, so she knew where she was going. They headed down the street. "When we get there, let me do the talking." They walked in silence, checking the side streets; it was dark out now and the only sound was Draco's babble or him clapping his hands.

As they rounded a corner and the Potter house came into view, Ginny pointed at it and Severus nodded in acknowledgement. Then they saw that the Dark Lord was walking up to the front steps. Ginny racked her brains to remember everything Harry had told her about that night. He relived it once when the Dementors came near him. She also thought about the facts she knew of the story. She stopped dead. "Severus, we have to get into the nursery, now!" He grabbed her hand and Apparated with her and Draco into Harry's nursery. Lily had just slammed the door shut and turned to place Harry in his crib. She froze at the sight of Severus Snape and Ginevra Malfoy in the room.

"What are you doing here?!" Lily cried.

"Listen to me, Lily. Voldemort is downstairs." They heard a man yell and saw a flash of green from under the door. "He is, this second, killing James. We can save Harry and you." They heard the stairs creak. "Go now with Severus." She looked at him, "Go to Hogwarts, to Dumbledore." In a streak of Ginny genius, she grabbed Draco from Severus, a plan instantly forming in her mind. "Go! I'll buy you some time to get safely on the grounds." Lily looked to be in a state of shock. "Lily, make sure everyone knows who your secret keeper was! GO!" They heard Voldemort at the door. Ginny said again, "GO NOW!" Severus wrapped an arm around Lily, who was still holding Harry, and Apparated. Ginny placed Draco on Harry's change table and fumbled to pull her time turner out once more. When the door opened, Ginny's back was to it.

Voldemort only saw the red hair and the feet of an infant. "Stand aside, girl!" he hissed.

Ginny placed the time turner over her son too, then she cried, "No!" to buy herself a few more seconds. As she began to turn the instrument, she saw a green flash of light as things went blurry.