Okay now chapter ten woohoo only this one and chapter 11 to go!

Chapter 10: The Truth and Hiding Spots

Skyler raced after Ginny but somehow lost sights of her as it became darker, he had to land. He landed and almost instantly knew where he was, he kept moving because he learned the first time staying still in the forest was a very bad idea. It did not take him long to reach the first camp he made the last time he was looking for Ginny. He did not stop though he ran full speed until he could hear hoofs and almost ran into a younger looking Bane who quickly turned hostile toward him. He could easily spot Ginny behind him. "Ginny please!"

Agrius snarled and stomped his hoofs making Skyler back up a few steps, "from what Ginny has told me, you are very stupid to come in to our part of the forest! Now show your true face!"

Skyler sighed and flicked his was and felt the change and watched Ginny's face grow hard and cold. Agrius stiffened and started to move toward him, "ENOUGH!"

The all looked over at Bane who waved his son away, first he did not move but eventually left with a pointed huff at Draco. Draco looked up at bane, "Please Bane tell her I mean no harm, and I just need to talk to her!"

Bane watched him, "I told you that I liked Weasley and even though I understood then why you hid yourself it is now time explain yourself. Otherwise I will take little flame to my village and you will deal with this by yourself."

Draco gaped at him but then nodded he was right, Ginny did deserved to know the truth. "I was on a mission from my father to bring you too him but with you wanting to be there, to ultimately betray Potter and kill him. But it is not like that anymore!"

Ginny glared, "How could you pretend to care for me?! How could you get so close to me with something like that and then to eventually know the truth did you think I would just forgive you!"

Draco shook his head, "It's not like that anymore, and I started to grow feelings for you. I could not believe it until my mother pointed out how I could save you and myself from my father. I have no choice just like I did not have a choice with Voldemort! If I said no not only would you probably be in a dungeon being tortured but I would be right next to you and my father pointing the wand!"

Ginny watched him, "Your own father would curse you for not following him? Why would he do that?"

Draco shrugged, "That is just how my family is, my mother is in the same shoes, however if she tries to betray my father she would die painfully with only half a step out the door."

Ginny watched him with a glare and eventually did a weird little stomp with her hands thrown in the air, "How am I to stay mad at you now!"

Draco moved slightly closer to her, "I was originally going to just leave you and make my own escape but you just looked so trapped that I could not do it and then I started to feel for you. Despite many warning signs and bells going on in my head."

Ginny shrunk and looked at Bane and then put her hands on her hips, "You knew too how could you not tell me?"

Bane just looked at her and then did the shimmy shrug they seem to do when they know something is not important, "I saw no reason to tell you something that at that time nor in the future could I see it be of harm."

Ginny glared, "And how did you decide I was in no damage with my worst enemy? Besides you should have still told me!"

Bane did the shimmy shrug again, "Ginny what would you have done if you found out then that Skyler was really Draco and he told you all this then instead of now? Besides I can see for myself that this Draco is much different than the spoiled brat of a boy I saw in his first year. Can you not see he has changed?"

Ginny removed her hands, "I suppose so but I should have still been informed. Draco you have changed I can see that and I hope that Skyler was not just an act."

Draco shrugged slightly, "A little bit but a lot of it was just the real me or at least the soft side anyway. Look Ginny I….. I love you okay, when you argued with me in Hogsmaid I was going to tell you but you just got so mad. I just did not think it was the best time to tell, and when you told me why you hate me I felt terrible I never really thought about what I said back then. Especially now, I never really knew what Voldemort was going to do or realize my father was a bastard who would kill his own family without a blink of an eye."

Ginny nodded and then sat on a close by stump and put her hands into her hands, "Well now that I know, I cannot promise I can just forgive you right now. I will help you though tell me everything from the beginning and then lets come up with a plan okay?"

Draco nodded, flicked his wand, and sat on the made chair and began at the beginning. At the end Ginny just stared at him in shock and a little embarrassed, she cleared her throat, "Well the only clear thing I can think of his maybe telling Harry. I know you don't exactly like him but he has resources that will be more then helpful. Also it would be wise to talk to McGonagall."

Draco sighed, "About that I think she knew the whole year and is waiting for us to go talk to her in her office at Hogwarts."

Ginny glared at him, "You waited until now to tell me! God you know you are going to have to retell everything to her right?"

Draco shrugged, "Yeah I know but I just did not want you to freak out when I shared all this with you and McGonagall."

Ginny nodded, "Well may as well head up there I think the longer we stall the more thrashing we can expect."

Draco nodded in agreement and only noticed that Bane was still there when he cleared his throat, "If needed you may tell Potter that if needed we will be right here to help."

Ginny nodded gratefully and waved Draco up and they took off on their brooms, it took about an hour to finally make it back to Hogwarts. They landed and immediately went to McGonagall's office. They really did not know what to do, Ginny cleared her throat, "McGonagall is expecting us?"

The stairs appeared and the hopped on quickly and rode the stairs up to the office where McGonagall was tapping her quill while seeming to have a conversation with Dumbledore portrait. She quickly looked them over and waved to the chairs, "Now I want to know everything from Ms. Weasley running away to now. I knew you were here Mr. Malfoy I am not stupid but I assumed it was for good reason to not only be here but in disguise."

Draco nodded and looked over at Ginny who shrugged, "I guess I will answer why I ran away the first time. My mother engaged me to a person I did not want to marry and honestly when Sky… I mean Draco seemed to also disapprove of me I just did not know what to do so I ran. I know it was a very stupid and immature thing to do but I was at the ends of my ropes, in fact if it was not for Draco I would not even be here. I would probably still be in the centaur tribe."

McGonagall seemed to just accept this and then gave a pointed look to Draco. He sighed and began what he told Ginny over again minus her party underground or her outfits as well as the coupling and personal emotions. McGonagall seemed to just stare when everything was said, "Well at least you changed your mind, we are completely unaware that anything like this was starting up again. I mean we knew some death eaters were still out there but not gathering like that."

Draco shrugged, "That is kind of the point and why the group is so small and besides this they keep it really quite."

Ginny quickly spoke up, "I say we talk to Harry and the aurors maybe even Kingsley but will he listen?"

McGonagall nodded, "He was well into the war and the resistance he should not doubt it especially if Draco is willing to tell him everything."

Draco nodded, "That will not be a problem however I will need to move rooms and a different disguise because father still has many people in the ministry in his pocket and will know I told. Also a few Slytherins here are still joining the cause so that will also dangerous if I stay where I am."

Ginny nodes, "I am sure we can easily hide you I know quite a few hiding places that no one probably knows about."

McGonagall quickly agrees with Ginny, they get everything settled and start moving Draco that night. They waited until everyone was sure to be asleep and then quickly moved Draco into a small suite in the Gryffindor tower that almost no one ever even heard on. "How did you find this suite, we haven't used it in years."

Ginny giggled, "The twins found it when they had this map, it is where they stored all there tricks and such."

McGonagall snorted, "No wonder no matter what we could never find their blasted tricks and gadgets."

Ginny just shrugged and flicked her wand getting rid of the dust and cleaning all the sheets and everything. She smiled and then opened the window to create some air flow because it still smelled dusty, "I know it's not amazing but better than a classroom or something."

Draco nodded, "Now what will I look like so I can at least go get food and such during the day?"

Ginny smirked and flicked her wand at him, he changed into probably the plainest and forgettable boy ever. "There shouldn't be hard for you to hide while looking like this."

Draco sneered, "Only because if you look away from me you probably couldn't remember to me save a life."

Ginny shrugged, "Best I can do really, besides you do not want anyone to really notice you or they will ask where you came from."

Draco frowned because he knew Ginny was right, Ginny and McGonagall left the room and Draco finally got a good look at the room around it. It was Gryffindor colors but faded with showing they never used the room. He sighed and flicked his wand making the room as comfy as possible before giving up on the day. So much had happen in less than twenty four hours he was so exhausted. It took mere seconds after his head hit the pillow for him to close his eyes and fall asleep.

Ginny on the other hand could not sleep at all, all she could see was the replay and how this could have happened. Also what was she going to do? She had to admit she was falling hard for Skyler and now Skyler was fake, 'he did say that was him just the softer side.' Could she really just forgive him and keep the feelings just had just somewhat accepted? Her head pounded, way too much in only one day.

Tada! Okay so 11 is a VERY LONG chapter because it covers A LOT so it may take me a bit to write the chapter but I am look around Halloween or not very long after that! Love you guys R&R!