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"What have we got ourselves into?" Draco sighed ,collapsing on his bed
"A black hole. It is simply sucking us deeper and deeper into its dark depths" Harry mimicked Draco by lying on the bed ,staring out of the window.
"I hate my life" Draco closed his eyes ,trying to block everything out.
"Your life? What about your victims? Our victims?" Harry suddenly jumped out of his bed ,with a revengefull glint in his eye. "What about Weaslette and Granger?"
"There is nothing we can do. I explained that to you before we went to the Manor ,no one we can go to" Draco turned over in his bed ,his back facing Harry.
"This is our friends' lives we are talking about here ,not an unknown person's life. This is not harmless bullying!" Harry was shouting now.
"Harry, we cannot tell them who we are. Granger and Weaslette have been our friend for less than a week. Do you really beleive-" Draco's rant was cut short ,but a nervous knock on the door.
Harry opened the door and glared at their visitor ,before realising who it was and forcing a smile. Harry was still pale from the pain of the Death Eater christening.
"Would you like to- Are you alright?" Ginny cut her sentence short ,looking at Harry with concern.
"You look terrible ,Harry" Hermione saw Draco and gasped (He was worse) "What happened to you guys?"
"Was it Lucius?" Ginny asked ,not beating around the bush.
Ignoring Ginny's question, Draco cut in "What did you come to us guys for?" Now looking closer, Draco could see that they were wearing swimming costumes under a fluffy, white towel.
"We wanted to ask you whether or not you wanted to come out for a dip ,but-"
"We will come. Go to the pool side. Let us change and we will come to see you" Draco then pushed then out of the door and sighed ,looking at Harry as Harry opened his mouth to carry on with their argument ,and gestured to drop it.
Outside on the lake ,Hermione and Ginny were sitting on the edge of the pool ,their feet dangling in the water ,while Gabby did lengths of the pool.
"It is obvious that all this is about what happened at the manor ,whatever happened" Hermione concluded.
"But what did happen at the manor?" Ginny asked Hermione ,but loooked back at her as if she had an idea.
"No idea" Hermione replied "Nothing too bad ,I hope"
"Knowing what Lucius is capable of, the chances are very unlikely"
"Ginny, you aren't trying to say-"
"Hermione, isn't it obvious"
"No it is not!" Hermione's voice was growing louder. "Those are rumours ,Ginny, rumours made by people who are scared of the Malfoys. And I refuse to beleive in rumours!"
"Yes ofcourse Hermione ,but there is some proof. Lucius has been included in Dark activities and dealings since a young age and..."
"Then explain this ,Gin, if Lucius was a Death Eater then why would he allow his son to become friends with two mudbloods and a blood-traitor AND if you are saying that Lucius hasn't been told of Draco's most recent friendships then why has he allowed his son to stay at the home of blood-traitors for the summer! Why?" Hermione stood up on the grass and folded her arms ,glaring down at Ginny.
"Hermione, Potter was called to Malfoy Manor as well ,meaning that it had had to be to do with 'You know who'. Meaning that Voldemort must've placed Potter and Malfoy here to-" Ginny stood up to face Hermione and clenched her fists in frustration.
"Ginny, how dare you say that! They would not do anything of the sort. I know the foolish prats they sometimes can be ,but I trust them now and I think that you should do the same" Hermione's was shouting now.
"Hermione haven't you noticed how unusual it is that they suddenly asked for our forgiveness"
"No I do not see! They wanted to turn over a new leaf. Is that a crime now?"
"No it isn't it's just suspicious and it fits. Dont you see?"
"No I don't and I refuse to" Hermione took her towel and marched away from Ginny and into the house ,muttering under her breath as silent tears poured down her face.
Draco watched as Hermione wiped her tears as she stomped u to Ginny's room ,locking herself in.
"I'll go see what's wrong" Draco headed towards the girls' room door. Harry carried on walking to the pool.
"Hey, what happened?" Harry took the spot Hermione had occupied a few minutes ago.
"None of your business!" Ginny snapped ,giving him the cold shoulder.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked again ,not perturbed by the cold shoulder. A silent tear rolled down Ginny's face ,as she looked at Harry.
"We argued" She sighed
"About what?" Harry shuffled closer and placed his arm around her shoulders. She shivered ,but didn't shrug it off.
"Nothing important" Ginny took on an offhand voice ,but her eyes darted to Harry's arm and saw a sweatband covering the spot where a dark mark would reside. "What's that?"
"Got to keep my Slytherin colours haven't I" Harry looked at Gabby ,who was now perfecting her handstand, avoiding Ginny's suspicious eyes.
"Right" She was unconvinced. She wanted to press the subject ,but something she couldn't explain was telling her to drop the subject.
"So, what happened when you went to the Manor?"
Author's Note: Ooh! A cliffhanger. Mean aren't I? What do you think will happen next? Could you please write it in the reviews section down below. Please...