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Virginia walked joyfully to class. 'Draco loves me!' she cried in her head. 'I won't be alone. He won't be alone.' She smiled broadly as she left the Entrance Hall and walked quickly down the grounds to Herbology. 'But what of Ron?'
Ginny stopped in her tracks. She was near the edge of the Forbidden Forest; its tall depths shivered in the midday light. Something stirred; a deep subtle stirring a few yards from the place Ginny stood. Overcome with curiosity, she stepped closer. Or was it curiosity? Was it something else?
Ginny's head swam as she took another step, and another. The darkness was pulling her in, enveloping her with icy hands. As she took a finally plunge into the foliage, she felt arms gripping her, magic gripping her--whatever it was, it overpowered her quickly and she fell unconscious.
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"Draco?" Ginny murmured when her conscious mind returned to her body. Her eyes opened fully and she took in a tall man looming over her.
"Draco, is it, now?" a cold voice asked. A bright light glared and Ginny tried to cover her eyes; her arms and chest were roped to a thick tree and she couldn't stand. "It seems we have a match." Deep laughter penetrated her ears, jolting her senses and giving her a firm grasp on the goings-on.
"Lucius Malfoy," she hissed. "What do you plan on doing to me? Let me go!" More mocking laughter, and another man came into view. She recognized this one--the seventh year Slytherin bully, John Avery.
"Not until we inject a harmless dose of Veriteserum into your veins." The boy, soon to be a Death Eater, had a reputation for being almost as cruel as his father. He knelt next to the girl and brought out his wand. Pressing the tip into the crook of her elbow, he muttered something and Ginny's subconscious went blank.
"Now, first off--what is your relationship with Draco Malfoy?"
From nowhere, she replied, "I love him. I think." This led to a gasp from her audience.
"She loves him? The Little-Miss-Gryffindor, in her world of black and white, loves a Malfoy? She lies." Avery was in disbelief.
"No, I don't. I love him." Ginny gasped at herself, at the information she was willingly revealing. The part of her that she could control clamped her mouth shut.
"I see," Lucius Malfoy continued. "What do you know of my relations with Draco?" Ginny struggled hopelessly against the deep tug. Inner feelings screamed 'Say it!' 'Don't!' 'Lucius is fine!' 'No, he's not!'
"You beat him," Ginny growled finally. "You beat him because he won't be the next in the long line of Malfoy scum. Murdering, evil, soulless Malfoy scum." Ginny was speaking freely in compromise with the truth spell. "I bet you beat your wife too. Just because you're a Malfoy." Malfoy's fist met Ginny's face and she fell silent at the cracking of her cheekbone.
"You know nothing, you impudent fool. Draco has been in favor of the Dark Lord since birth. He wouldn't deny such a bond." Ginny boiled with rage and pain as Avery started hitting her repeatedly.
At first, Ginny tried to struggle against her bonds as blow after blow struck her body. In the background Lucius barked questions and she had to muster all of her strength to unwillingly answer. Then Avery got a clue and pulled out his wand, sending various curses to the result of more pain. Finally she fell limp, too worn and hurt to move.
"That's fine, Avery. We shall deal the final strike." Ginny could faintly hear them talking. Her head was throbbing and blood leaked steadily from a cut on her temple.
"We'll show him to reject the ways of the Dark Lord." Ginny couldn't make sense of the word. She gingerly pulled her knees to her chest and let hot tears fall.
'What will mum think? Who's going to be blamed?.....' Ginny's head swam. 'Am I going to die? Draco....'
She looked up and saw a twin patch of silver-blond hair next to Lucius. "Draco?" she whispered. A cold laugh, almost twin to its father's, rang through Ginny's ears. She wished to press her hands over her ears, to block out the bone-shattering sound.
"You loved me?" Draco mocked. "Love? Ha. A Slytherin falling for a Gryffindor. Unreal." He laughed again and Ginny stared up in horror at his words.
"B-but--" Ginny started to protest. The horrible reality that he had spoken came crashing into view. A flood of tears came with it; within seconds Ginny was weeping for her stupidity.
"B-But what?" Draco snapped. "But you thought I loved you? But you thought I was good? But you thought I betrayed my father for the Muggle-loving fool Dumbledore? B-But you thought wrong." Ginny sobbed shamefully, head hanging, tears dripping into her lap.
"We have all we need, Draco. Let us leave." He conjured a green fire and walked into it, shouting the name of his manor. 'That's not right,' Ginny drowsily thought. You can't conjure a fire and have it part of the Floo network....' Draco followed and Avery ran away through the trees, leaving Ginny alone to sob.
What had she done? She had revealed information about the Hogwarts grounds, though other questions she had to say she didn't know. What else?
She had betrayed her family and given her heart to a lying traitor. Now, the very name Malfoy sent courses of anger through her blood. "I will avenge my heart," Ginny whispered fiercely. "I will, I swear it...."
Beaten, bruised, and bloody, Ginny coughed and shivered. Sleep thankfully came.
A/N: I know.....I didn't really follow the theme of the 'Reversus Curse', did I? Hmmmm......Please review! Check my other stories out if you're bored. ^_~ *cough*shamelessplug*cough*.....Okies, then..... ((I know, how unoriginal can I get for my plots???))
Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah.....
Virginia walked joyfully to class. 'Draco loves me!' she cried in her head. 'I won't be alone. He won't be alone.' She smiled broadly as she left the Entrance Hall and walked quickly down the grounds to Herbology. 'But what of Ron?'
Ginny stopped in her tracks. She was near the edge of the Forbidden Forest; its tall depths shivered in the midday light. Something stirred; a deep subtle stirring a few yards from the place Ginny stood. Overcome with curiosity, she stepped closer. Or was it curiosity? Was it something else?
Ginny's head swam as she took another step, and another. The darkness was pulling her in, enveloping her with icy hands. As she took a finally plunge into the foliage, she felt arms gripping her, magic gripping her--whatever it was, it overpowered her quickly and she fell unconscious.
~^~
"Draco?" Ginny murmured when her conscious mind returned to her body. Her eyes opened fully and she took in a tall man looming over her.
"Draco, is it, now?" a cold voice asked. A bright light glared and Ginny tried to cover her eyes; her arms and chest were roped to a thick tree and she couldn't stand. "It seems we have a match." Deep laughter penetrated her ears, jolting her senses and giving her a firm grasp on the goings-on.
"Lucius Malfoy," she hissed. "What do you plan on doing to me? Let me go!" More mocking laughter, and another man came into view. She recognized this one--the seventh year Slytherin bully, John Avery.
"Not until we inject a harmless dose of Veriteserum into your veins." The boy, soon to be a Death Eater, had a reputation for being almost as cruel as his father. He knelt next to the girl and brought out his wand. Pressing the tip into the crook of her elbow, he muttered something and Ginny's subconscious went blank.
"Now, first off--what is your relationship with Draco Malfoy?"
From nowhere, she replied, "I love him. I think." This led to a gasp from her audience.
"She loves him? The Little-Miss-Gryffindor, in her world of black and white, loves a Malfoy? She lies." Avery was in disbelief.
"No, I don't. I love him." Ginny gasped at herself, at the information she was willingly revealing. The part of her that she could control clamped her mouth shut.
"I see," Lucius Malfoy continued. "What do you know of my relations with Draco?" Ginny struggled hopelessly against the deep tug. Inner feelings screamed 'Say it!' 'Don't!' 'Lucius is fine!' 'No, he's not!'
"You beat him," Ginny growled finally. "You beat him because he won't be the next in the long line of Malfoy scum. Murdering, evil, soulless Malfoy scum." Ginny was speaking freely in compromise with the truth spell. "I bet you beat your wife too. Just because you're a Malfoy." Malfoy's fist met Ginny's face and she fell silent at the cracking of her cheekbone.
"You know nothing, you impudent fool. Draco has been in favor of the Dark Lord since birth. He wouldn't deny such a bond." Ginny boiled with rage and pain as Avery started hitting her repeatedly.
At first, Ginny tried to struggle against her bonds as blow after blow struck her body. In the background Lucius barked questions and she had to muster all of her strength to unwillingly answer. Then Avery got a clue and pulled out his wand, sending various curses to the result of more pain. Finally she fell limp, too worn and hurt to move.
"That's fine, Avery. We shall deal the final strike." Ginny could faintly hear them talking. Her head was throbbing and blood leaked steadily from a cut on her temple.
"We'll show him to reject the ways of the Dark Lord." Ginny couldn't make sense of the word. She gingerly pulled her knees to her chest and let hot tears fall.
'What will mum think? Who's going to be blamed?.....' Ginny's head swam. 'Am I going to die? Draco....'
She looked up and saw a twin patch of silver-blond hair next to Lucius. "Draco?" she whispered. A cold laugh, almost twin to its father's, rang through Ginny's ears. She wished to press her hands over her ears, to block out the bone-shattering sound.
"You loved me?" Draco mocked. "Love? Ha. A Slytherin falling for a Gryffindor. Unreal." He laughed again and Ginny stared up in horror at his words.
"B-but--" Ginny started to protest. The horrible reality that he had spoken came crashing into view. A flood of tears came with it; within seconds Ginny was weeping for her stupidity.
"B-But what?" Draco snapped. "But you thought I loved you? But you thought I was good? But you thought I betrayed my father for the Muggle-loving fool Dumbledore? B-But you thought wrong." Ginny sobbed shamefully, head hanging, tears dripping into her lap.
"We have all we need, Draco. Let us leave." He conjured a green fire and walked into it, shouting the name of his manor. 'That's not right,' Ginny drowsily thought. You can't conjure a fire and have it part of the Floo network....' Draco followed and Avery ran away through the trees, leaving Ginny alone to sob.
What had she done? She had revealed information about the Hogwarts grounds, though other questions she had to say she didn't know. What else?
She had betrayed her family and given her heart to a lying traitor. Now, the very name Malfoy sent courses of anger through her blood. "I will avenge my heart," Ginny whispered fiercely. "I will, I swear it...."
Beaten, bruised, and bloody, Ginny coughed and shivered. Sleep thankfully came.
A/N: I know.....I didn't really follow the theme of the 'Reversus Curse', did I? Hmmmm......Please review! Check my other stories out if you're bored. ^_~ *cough*shamelessplug*cough*.....Okies, then..... ((I know, how unoriginal can I get for my plots???))