A/N Evening everyone, hopefully the readers who are following this story haven't fainted from the shock that a new chapter has been posted lol. I would like to take a moment to explain that with Harry being kidnapped at the end of the last chapter i have decided to write this chapter from Ginny's perspective instead of Harry's. The story will continue from Harry's perspective once his fate has been revealed. I didn't want to reveal everything all at once and rush the end of the story. As always i hope you enjoy reading this chapter and please continue to leave your comments and reviews.

Chapter 29 Ginny's Nightmare

Slowly, painfully slowly Ginny started to come around as the stunner wore off. Trying to move she found she was stuck before eventually realising through the disorientation of the stunner that there was a weight on top of her pinning her down. Looking down her body she saw that that Charlie was still slumped over her. Before she could try and push Charlie off she heard voice speak. Though still out of focus and confused from the stunner's effects she was convinced it was Harry.

"Delamere?"

Was all the Harry sounding voice said but it was followed by a quiet almost whispered feminine voice.

"Idiots"

As her head started to clear the name the Harry voice had called out was causing her to realise a sense of danger she couldn't clearly place, but she knew she needed to move but couldn't because of Charlie lying on top of her. As her confused mind was slowly putting things together, there was three flashes of light. Somehow, she recognised them as spells.

Spells?

Delamere?

With a sudden clarity Ginny remembered what was going on, she had gone to the stairs so she could go and check on Charlie and Delamere. When she had got to the bottom of the stairs, she had looked up the stairs to the first-floor landing and stopped in shock at what she saw. Charlie was stood at the top of the stairs; his wand was nowhere in sight and Delamere was stood beside him with her wand at his throat. They were only stood there for a few moments, but the sight of Delamere with her wand at Charlie's throat had filled her with fear. Delamere had quickly seen Ginny at the bottom of the stairs and had seemingly made a split-second decision to change tactics. With barely a pause she fired a stunner into Charlie's neck and pushed him forward. There was no way she could stop him from falling down the short flight of stairs and before she could move Charlies body barrelled into her sending her flying backwards and landed on top of her, knocking her wand out her hand and pinning her to the floor. As Delamere had walked down the stairs, she had briefly tried to push Charlie off herself only to realise there was no way she could manage it by herself, she had been stretching for a wand she could see when Delamere stunned her.

Suddenly she heard Harry cry out "Delamere what are you doing?" followed by the double flash of two stunners going in different directions. Before she could move Delamere walked past where Ginny was lying without even looking at her. Clearly still believing everyone was still unconscious.

Looking around Ginny saw a wand on the floor and seeing no other option started trying to reach it. Jerking her legs and torso she desperately tried to shift Charlies weight so she could pull herself out from underneath him. All while she was trying to free herself of Charlies body, she could hear distinct popping sounds coming from the direction of the kitchen. With her mind working over time she quickly realised Delamere was banishing something presumably to get to Harry.

Finally, she managed to pull herself close enough to the wand to pick it up and use it. Acting quickly, she used wingardium leviosa to lift Charlie of herself. Too scared of losing Harry again she rolled out from under her brother and cancelled the spell without even bothering to lower him to the floor first. Charlie fell a foot to the floor and hit it with a thump. As Charlie was falling Ginny was already on her feet wand raised and starting a charge to the kitchen. As she got to the kitchen door, she saw Bill still unconscious and lying awkwardly as if he had been dragged and dumped there, her dad was lying in the doorway with an obviously broken arm, leaping over the rubble and her dad she made it outside. A quick glance around showed her what she needed to know. Across the yard was Delamere, calmly walking away from the Burrow, her wand arm was outstretched and pointing at Harry who was floating lifelessly next to her, face down with his hands dragging on the ground.

Filling with a rage she couldn't control, Ginny launched herself forward while firing a series of spells at Delamere. Her first was a blasting spell deliberately aimed over and ahead of Delamere. The blasting spell hit the ground in front of Delamere and Harry sending both of their bodies flying.

The rest of Ginny's spells were aimed directly at Delamere, but none of them hit their mark. Delamere moved far quicker than Ginny had been expecting and somehow managed to duck, dodge and roll away from Ginny's onslaught. She never once used a shield and relied solely on moving out of the way of the spells to avoid them. Eventually Delamere managed to duck and dodge her way to where Harry lay still unconscious. With a flick of her wand Harry was lifted into the air and was floating in front of Delamere and blocking Ginny from firing at her.

Delamere took advantage of Ginny's pause to speak.

"You are too predictable my dear. You are so devoted to Harry here you can't risk hurting him"

"COWARD" yelled Ginny "What sort of lowlife uses a human shield?"

"Coward? Lowlife? I suppose you are right, but I have task to complete and I won't let you stop me"

"Give me Harry and I'll let you walk away" bargained Ginny

"Nice try but he is essential to my plan" replied Delamere

"What has Harry ever done to you?" asked Ginny "Don't you think he's suffered enough, deserves to be left alone"

"Oh, I agree" replied Delamere "Harry does deserve to be happy, after all he has suffered and sacrificed. Unfortunately, he unwittingly put himself in this position"

"What are you on about?" asked Ginny confused.

"He killed Voldemort" she stated simply.

A chill of fear ran down Ginny's spine at the mention of the dead dark lord's name, but she made sure it didn't show on her face.

"You're a death eater?" asked Ginny

"You think I'm one of those lunatics?" replied Delamere her wand trained on the still unconscious and floating Harry "No I'm not one of them, though I have used them on occasion. You can rest assured my motives have nothing to do with bringing the dark lord back or punishing Harry for getting rid of him. I have far superior motives for needing Harry"

Delamere's statement left Ginny confused, how could she use the death eaters but not be one of them. More worrying was her claim she had superior motives for taking Harry and that killing Voldemort had made Harry a target in a way they hadn't considered. Desperately trying to think of a way of getting Harry away from Delamere, Ginny decided to try and keep her talking for the moment.

"If you are not a death eater intent on punishing Harry for getting rid of Voldemort or trying to bring him back, what do you want Harry for?"

"I have my reasons" said Delamere from behind Harry.

"Care to share them? Unfortunately, I will have to consider you a death eater and treat you accordingly without any additional information"

"I told you I'm not one of those LUNATICS" replied Delamere angrily and shouting the last word.

Picking up on Delamere's anger at being accused of being death eater, Ginny decided to push her, in hope she would make a mistake while angry.

"Let's see, you've admitted to associating with death eaters, seemingly don't care who you hurt to achieve your goals and are willing to resort to kidnapping. All are traits shared with death eaters. Hell, you're even wearing a black gown with a hood, the only thing you are missing is a mask, face it Delamere you're a death eater" taunted Ginny

"Don't you dare compare me to those evil cowards" spat Delamere "I'm trying to bring him back"

"I thought you said you weren't a death eater? Why would you bring him back if you weren't?" asked Ginny

"I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BLOODY VOLDEMORT" bellowed Delamere "There are other people to bring back not just dark lords"

"Who are you trying to bring back and why do you need Harry?" asked Ginny.

Before Delamere could reply there was a series of loud pops and a large number of Auror's lead by Kingsley apparated into and around the Burrows yard.

Before the Auror's could get their bearings, Delamere took advantage of the moments confusion and dived forward grabbing Harry and sticking her wand into the side of his neck.

"BACK OFF OR I'LL KILL HIM" yelled Delamere loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Ginny what is going on" asked Kingsley who was stood by Ginny's side and had his wand aimed at Delamere "Isn't that Charlie's girlfriend?"

"Yes, it is" answered Ginny. Though she was relieved to see Kingsley she couldn't help but be annoyed with his timing. She had a feeling her chance to get some answers had been lost.

"Everyone lower your wands and back off" Ginny called out. Kingsley gave Ginny a funny look and for a moment she thought he would counter her instructions.

"Do as she says" said Kingsley in his deep booming voice "I hope you know what you are doing Ginny" he murmured quietly so only she could hear.

Once the Auror's had lowered their wands Ginny took a step forward towards Delamere, who was still holding Harry with her wand to his neck while turning back and forth on the spot, seemingly trying to keep all of the Auror's in view.

"Who are you trying to bring back Delamere?" asked Ginny softly.

Delamere paused in her turning back and forth to look at Ginny,

"My husband John" she replied "I'm leaving here and I'm taking Harry with me, if you don't let me go, I'll kill Harry. If I can't have my hero you won't be keeping yours"

Feeling the tears starting to build up behind her eyes Ginny carefully nodded her head. One thought that left her with some hope is that neither of them had ever taken off their valentine's day necklaces. She was more than prepared to search none stop for him.

"Let her go" she said to Kingsley.

"WHAT?" asked Kingsley incredulously "What about Harry"

"Harry will be fine" she said simply.

"Ginny, I can't just let her leave with Harry like that, she could kill him the second she has left"

"No, she won't, at least not straight away, she needs him for something"

"Needs him for what?"

"This isn't the time Kingsley! The important part is she leaves here with a Harry who is alive, giving us time to find and stop her later. The other option is we refuse to let her leave and risk her killing Harry outright here and now! I suggest you choose quickly Minister as she currently has her wand pressed firmly into the side of Harry's neck!"

At that she turned away from the scene in front of her, she finally truly understood how Harry had felt when he had been forced to let her go to protect Teddy. Similar to Harry she couldn't believe she was even considering letting Delamere take him, but believed it was the only way to ensure Harry lived past this moment. Her tears were flowing freely down her cheeks but she wasn't going to let Delamere see that so she kept her back turned to her and waited for Kingsley to give his orders to the Auror's.

"Drop the anti-apparition wards stand down and let her leave" Ginny was quietly impressed by how strong and clear Kingsleys voice was. She wasn't sure she would have been able to speak clearly if she had tried at that point.

The single pop of apparition signified Delamere's departure, Ginny took a moment to wipe her face on the back of her hand before turning around. As she turned around, she saw Kingsley walking towards where Delamere had stood with Harry. As he got there, he crouched down and picked something up of the floor that Ginny couldn't see. Standing Kingsley turned and walked back to Ginny. As he approached her, he held out his hand and said,

"I'm sorry Ginny, I forgot she was in the meeting we had when you were kidnapped by Borgin and the fact that the two of you were wearing locator stones was revealed then"

With a sickening lurch in her stomach Ginny knew what Kingsley was about to hand to her and felt her hopes of rescuing Harry suddenly disappear. Holding out her hand, Kingsley carefully placed Harry's Valentines necklace into it.

"She pulled it off Harry just before she apparated away" explained Kingsley.

Holding onto Harry's locator stone tightly in her hand Ginny took a moment before replying,

"We will have to find her the old-fashioned way then. Get your team inside everyone else needs help"

Within minutes the Auror's had entered the burrow, revived everyone they could and used emergency portkeys to send Fleur, Bill and Arthur to St Mungo's for treatment. Once she had established the rest of the family was ok Molly had flooed to St Mungo's. This left Ron, Hermione, Charlie, George and Percy at the Burrow. Once they had given their statements to the Auror's they went looking for Ginny along with Kingsley.

They found her sat in the Burrows meadow, underneath one of the makeshift Quidditch hoops and leaning back against the pole. One leg was lying sideways flat against the floor. The other had its knee raised and her foot flat on the floor. One arm was resting in her lap while her other was resting on her raised knee with Harry's locator stone dangling from her fingers. She was sat staring at the stone so intently that she didn't appear to notice the others arrive. That was until she spoke.

"What am I missing?" Ginny appeared to ask herself

Everyone paused not knowing if they should interrupt and make their presence known to her.

"I said what am I missing?" asked Ginny again while turning her head to look directly at the group "Seriously I'm asking any of you, surely one of you can help me figure this out"

"What do you mean?" asked Hermione softly while crouching down next to Ginny.

"I mean that I am certain Delamere has revealed enough so I can figure this mess out, but I can't quite put it all together"

"Delamere fooled us all Ginny, I don't there is anything we can figure out" said Percy.

"YES, THERE IS!" snapped Ginny "I'm certain that Delamere is ultimately responsible for everything that has happened this year, it fits and makes sense. I just can't figure out where she may be with Harry. But I'm certain I've got the answer, or at least something that will lead to the answer I just can't see it"

"What do you mean everything that has happened this year?" asked Hermione carefully.

Instead of answering Hermione, Ginny turned and looked at Kingsley.

"Kingsley, after I was rescued from the room of requirement you said that Carrow must have had an accomplice as she couldn't have got out of prison by herself"

"I did" answered Kingsley

"and did you ever find out who the accomplice was?"

"No, we did not. The investigation revealed nothing and is officially still ongoing"

"What are you getting at Ginny" asked Hermione.

"I think Delamere was the accomplice" replied Ginny with deadly seriousness.

"How could Delamere have been the accomplice Ginny?" asked Hermione.

"When we had our stand-off in the yard she said, she had used death eaters but wasn't one of them. I think she originally intended to use Carrow to kidnap me in order to get to Harry, while keeping herself out of the public eye. Her plan failed when Carrow decided to follow her own twisted agenda"

"That's quite an assumption Ginny. I know Delamere isn't exactly innocent, but we need to make sensible logical deductions" said Hermione

"I AM Hermione" snapped Ginny before turning to Charlie "Charlie! Valentine's day!"

"Wha...what about it" stammered Charlie caught of guard by his sister's sudden attack.

"What were your and Delamere's plans for Valentine's day?" asked Ginny

"We had made plans to go out for dinner together in the evening"

"And during the day?"

"Delamere was busy, I don't think she actually said why, so we didn't plan on spending any time together during the day" explained Charlie.

At this point Hermione interrupted "Ginny you can't use Delamere's absence as an excuse to accuse her of kidnapping you"

Ginny turned back slowly while glaring daggers at her friend.

"I'm not, using that as an excuse Hermione" replied Ginny carefully "I would however like to bring to your attention a couple of points. Firstly, during Delamere's absence, we were attacked by a lone person who was revealed to have long blonde hair. Secondly neither our long-haired attacker or Delamere can actually defend themselves properly with a shield"

"What are thinking Ginny" asked Ron who had come up behind Hermione and seemingly quietened her by putting a hand on his girlfriend's shoulder.

"I'm convinced our blonde hair attacker and Delamere are the same person, however I don't think she was directly involved in the second kidnap. I think she somehow heard of the wand hunters plans, maybe told them that me and Harry were in Hogsmeade, but kept her detailed knowledge of our plans to herself, so while the wand hunters were doing her a favour of distracting the town, she went straight to the park, knowing we were there with the intention of kidnapping Harry" explained Ginny

"Only you and Harry proved to be too much for her to handle by herself and managed to escape from her only to run into the wand hunters and in the following chaos no one stopped to properly think about the blonde-haired attacker" finished Charlie. The fact that Charlie had referred to her as the blonde-haired attacker rather than Delamere wasn't missed by anyone, but no one commented.

"Assuming Ginny is correct where does that leave us now?" asked George.

Before anyone else could speak Ginny spoke up again,

"Charlie did Delamere ever mention any family she has or used to have?"

"Family?" asked Charlie confused

"Used to have?" asked Hermione.

"Yes" started Ginny "Delamere said she needed Harry to bring him back. At first, I thought she meant Voldemort, but when I asked her who she wanted to bring back she said her husband John"

"What was Delamere's Surname?" asked Kingsley

"Moore" answered Charlie "I'm sorry Ginny but she never told me about any family"

"I am going to go back to the ministry and see if they find out any information about Delamere. In the meantime, I suggest you guys try to get some rest and some food" said Kingsley

"GET SOME FOOD?! Have you seen the state of our mum's kitchen" asked George.

"Sorry everyone" said Kingsley contritely "that was insensitive, what about Shell Cottage? I don't think Bill and Fleur will mind"

"We will go to Grimauld Place" said Ginny standing up and putting Harry's pendant around her neck "That way we will still be in London. Everyone go and pack some clothes"

"Will we be able to get in" asked Percy "Is it safe"

"Yes, and yes Percy" answered Kingsley "When Carrow made Harry believe he and Ginny had split up he moved into Grimauld Place. He came to me and asked for help in ensuring there wasn't any booby traps left behind by the death eaters. In addition, he asked for some help in placing some permanent wards to ensure the house's security. I sent two teams around to make sure the house was safe and secure. When it came to the wards Harry insisted that the entire Weasley family was added to the wards with Ginny able to make amendments in Harry's absence"

With Kingsleys words everyone turned to Ginny.

"Ginny did you know about this?" asked Percy with an accusatory tone in his voice.

"I knew we were keyed into the wards" answered Ginny "but not that I could make changes in Harry's absence. Not that it makes any difference. We don't need to make any changes to the wards"

Thirty minutes later Ginny, Ron, Hermione, George and Percy were stood in the kitchen of Grimauld Place, each holding a bag of clothes and belongings. Charlie had taken it upon himself to pack a bag for his mum and dad and had flooed over to Shell cottage to pack a bag for Bill and Fleur. He was going to join the others after he had delivered the clothes to St Mungo's hospital and got an update on Arthur, Bill and Fleur.

Taking charge, the youngest member of the family turned to the others,

"OK everyone get cleaned up, get something to eat and try and get some rest, then we are going to go and find Harry"

"Any ideas on where to start looking" asked Ron

"Not yet" replied Ginny with fierce determination on her face "But I will find him".