Death and Persecution.
The large black wizard disappeared in a warm red spray. The three
wizards behind him dived into cover as Ginny and Draco froze in their tracks.
Up the stairwell bounded four Dementors. Their fangs drooling.
Their eyes blazing a brilliant white.
Two of the wizards turned and fled as the slowest was caught and
torn limb from limb.
"Run Ginny!" screamed Draco and Ginny felt herself be dragged
along the smoky corridor with the two black-clad wizards flanking them. One was
muttering fervently as they ran down the corridor.
Lightning arced behind her as she turned to face the murderous
D-Mob. Two lightning spells slammed into her, but not before a glyph appeared
briefly on the floor. She staggered back, closing a pair of double doors behind
her and sealing off their persecutors.
"Are you alright Glynis?" called the remaining black wizard. His
hood had been pulled back now and Ginny realised that aside from the burning
red eyes, he was quite young and handsome. Nothing like the monster she had
envisaged.
Glynis did not respond. Her hood had fallen across her face and
the wizard edged forward to check on her. From beyond the door, the Dementors
howled as the glyph exploded up into them. The heavy wooden doors shook as two
bodies thudded against it. The young wizard stepped back and cast a binding
spell on the doors, causing the woodwork to sprout branches with which it
locked fast the doors.
"Come on. We have to get out of here!"
As they ran, they heard the doors creak and groan under the strain
of spells slamming into it.
In a secluded storeroom two floors up, the trio rested. Ginny was
terrified but curious about her captors.
"Why have you done this Draco? What possessed you to start killing
people?" she whined. "And who is this man?"
Before Draco could speak, the tall wizard turned to her and
sighed. Ginny realised that both his eyes and Draco's were normal again. "I am
Johann. Draco here is not involved, although his father is a friend of a
friend. If you know what I mean. We must get out quickly."
Ginny grabbed Johann. "But why have you killed all of these
people? What has it proved?"
Draco put his hand firmly over Ginny's mouth. "Shut up Ginny!"
Johann pushed Ginny away. "What are you talking about! We have
only killed in self-defence!"
Ginny wormed free of Draco and glared at him. She turned to the
pair of them and growled "You make me sick! You and your twisted little gang of
black wizards –"
"Oh yes. We are the evil ones. I forgot. Silly child," chastised
Johann. "We never asked to be in this building! Something went badly wrong and
we've been framed."
"And you expect me to believe this?" spat Ginny.
Johann turned to Ginny and brought his face down close to hers. "No,
I don't expect you will. You are another little brain-washed product of
Dumbledore's rantings."
Ginny flinched but Draco took her hand. "It's okay Ginny. Johann
is not a bad guy. Honestly," he said
"So, what is your story the Johann."
Johann was aware that time was short, so prepared another defence
against the pursuing Dementors. "Ginny. Have you ever asked yourself why
magicians and sorcerers must be kept hidden from the muggles?"
Ginny went quiet. In all honesty, she had never even questioned
it. Her father had explained it as a matter-of-fact that muggles must never
know of the wizards. Even Professor Binns had touched upon it in history,
saying that muggles got hysterical and would burn witches and wizards. Ginny
guessed that muggles were just to untrustworthy with such information.
"Because they would hunt us down? Turn on us?" she answered as
Johann and Draco finished the spell.
"Ha!" snorted Johann. "Close enough I guess. No, the real reason
lies not with the fact that the muggles are scared of us, but that we are
scared of them!"
Ginny felt stupid, but had little patience with all of this
nonsense. "But why? We could easily control them and do stuff better than them,
right?"
Draco butted in. "Ginny, it's not whether they would accept us or
obey us. It is the fact that they are inferior to us in so many ways, but it is
not the muggles who keep us hidden, but the Ministry."
"So?" whined Ginny, fed up with all of this. The trio began to
retreat.
"Ginny, the Ministry controls the respect of the muggles. They own
the muggles and use them for their own needs. They are traitors to our way of
life. We are kept prisoner whilst they cut deals with our oppressors," said Draco.
Johann added in "Listen this is not the time or place. Draco, you
have too much of your father's politics in your head. Remember that we are like
the muggles. They would accept us, like they have accepted all races, creeds,
sexes and sexualities in the past. They are not our enemy, but this institution
is."
Ginny grabbed Johann by the collar and spun him around. "But why
did you have to kill all of these people!"
Johann shook his head, and was about to speak when a fireball
struck him in his back and he fell screaming.
Beyond his corpse stepping out of a shadow stood a tall black
wizard, with fiery red eyes. He began to cackle insanely as Draco dragged Ginny
into a nearby room.
To be continued...
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