AN: Woohoo, you may say, if you like my story, another chapter. How many people like my story though? NOT MANY BY THE LOOK OF MY REVIEW PAGE!!! If you don't R&R I'll use my stick *coughWANDcough* on you!
THE ENEMY WITHING
Chapter 3: The Watcher In The Shadow
Dumbledore looked down on Ginny's sleeping form.
"I wish you'd tell us, Ginny." He shook his head worriedly, turned, and left. As his footsteps were echoing up the hall, someone slipped out from the curtain beside Ginny's bed.
"Ginny, you haven't told them anything have you?" He ran a finger over her lips. "Maybe I should silence you for good..."
"I think not, Weasel." Now Ginny's eyes opened a little, to see at the end of her bed on red and one blonde haired figure.
"Ah, Malfoy. What are you doing here?"
"I couldn't leave her open to prey on, now, could I. I may be cruel, but not that cruel. And it seems I was right. Who would have thought, a Professor, beating his own sister. Tisk tisk, Percy." Percy sneered at Draco.
"But this isn't going to look to good for you, is it Malfoy. I came down to check on my sister and found you here, about to beat her again. Or maybe, yes, you were about to rape her, weren't you? A Slytherin's word against an ex-Gryffindor proffessor's? No Draco, I think you would fit the villain role here."
"Except, of course, that this began long before school started." Draco and Percy turned to see Dumbledore standing behind them.
"Proffessor! I just caught Malfoy here unaccompanied, trying to-"
"No, Professor Weasley. Ginny has bruises that could not possibly have been from the one week she has been back at school. I don't know the extent of what you did to her, but I intend to find out. Until then, your post as Professor is suspended. I suggest you wait until morning to send an owl to your lawyer...and you will need a lawyer, Percy."
Percy spluttered, and cast a furious glance down at Ginny. She opened her eyes fully.
"Get away from me." she growled. Percy sneered.
"She deserved it. She deserved everything she got." Dumbledore took him by the arm.
"Come with me. We need to speak to your parents. Mr Malfoy, please stay here with Miss Weasley."
Draco nodded as Dumbledore dragged Percy towards his office. Ginny turned to Draco.
"Um...I don't know why you were here, but thanks."
"Yeah, well, no one should have that done to them." Draco mumbled. He turned to look at Ginny, and he could see tears in her eyes. "It's ok, Ginny. It'll be ok now." He wrapped his arms around her.
"I never did anything to him, Draco." She whispered. "I never asked for it, I told him to stop. It's not fair."
"No, Ginny. Life is rarely fair."
"Get your hands off her, Malfoy." Draco scowled at the sound of Ron's voice, and stepped back sullenly.
"Now now, Ron, you have no reason to be rude to Malfoy." Dumbledore had returned, as had the sparkle in his eye. "Draco is in fact the one who stopped Ginny's attacker last night."
Draco stared at Dumbledore suspiciously. Why not just say the name? Unless...
"They don't know, do they, Proffessor?" He grinned. "They don't know who did it!" Ron scowled at him again, clearly not liking to owe anything to a Malfoy.
"No, we don't. But once I do know, I'm going to beat the crap out of him." Dumbledore smiled sadly.
"I don't know if you'll be so keen, once you find out who it is." he shook his head. "It was hard for me to beleive, and he's not even my family."
"Family? What?" Ron sputtered. "One of my _brothers_ did this?" he stared incredulously. "No way."
"See for yourself. Percy!" the elder brother ducked between the curtains, and Ron continued to gape.
"Go on, Percy, show us it wasn't you." he said, his voice betraying his emotion. He was hoping, praying against what he began to realise was true."
"Hey, Ginny." Percy smiled at her, but Ginny uttered a shriek and tried to get out of the bed. Draco, who was standing beside it, caught her before she fell. She clung to him in panic.
"Don't let him get me." she sobbed. Ron turned to his brother, furious.
"Get out." he snarled. Percy gazed down at him over his glasses.
"I've said it before, and I'll say it again. She deserved everything. She-" He was cut off as Ron's fist hit him squarely in the cheek. He staggered back, and shook his head. He grinned at his youngest brother, a bloody, toothy grin, and he spat on the floor.
AN: well...that was pretty short...all my chapters seem to be, but oh well. what did you think?
THE ENEMY WITHING
Chapter 3: The Watcher In The Shadow
Dumbledore looked down on Ginny's sleeping form.
"I wish you'd tell us, Ginny." He shook his head worriedly, turned, and left. As his footsteps were echoing up the hall, someone slipped out from the curtain beside Ginny's bed.
"Ginny, you haven't told them anything have you?" He ran a finger over her lips. "Maybe I should silence you for good..."
"I think not, Weasel." Now Ginny's eyes opened a little, to see at the end of her bed on red and one blonde haired figure.
"Ah, Malfoy. What are you doing here?"
"I couldn't leave her open to prey on, now, could I. I may be cruel, but not that cruel. And it seems I was right. Who would have thought, a Professor, beating his own sister. Tisk tisk, Percy." Percy sneered at Draco.
"But this isn't going to look to good for you, is it Malfoy. I came down to check on my sister and found you here, about to beat her again. Or maybe, yes, you were about to rape her, weren't you? A Slytherin's word against an ex-Gryffindor proffessor's? No Draco, I think you would fit the villain role here."
"Except, of course, that this began long before school started." Draco and Percy turned to see Dumbledore standing behind them.
"Proffessor! I just caught Malfoy here unaccompanied, trying to-"
"No, Professor Weasley. Ginny has bruises that could not possibly have been from the one week she has been back at school. I don't know the extent of what you did to her, but I intend to find out. Until then, your post as Professor is suspended. I suggest you wait until morning to send an owl to your lawyer...and you will need a lawyer, Percy."
Percy spluttered, and cast a furious glance down at Ginny. She opened her eyes fully.
"Get away from me." she growled. Percy sneered.
"She deserved it. She deserved everything she got." Dumbledore took him by the arm.
"Come with me. We need to speak to your parents. Mr Malfoy, please stay here with Miss Weasley."
Draco nodded as Dumbledore dragged Percy towards his office. Ginny turned to Draco.
"Um...I don't know why you were here, but thanks."
"Yeah, well, no one should have that done to them." Draco mumbled. He turned to look at Ginny, and he could see tears in her eyes. "It's ok, Ginny. It'll be ok now." He wrapped his arms around her.
"I never did anything to him, Draco." She whispered. "I never asked for it, I told him to stop. It's not fair."
"No, Ginny. Life is rarely fair."
"Get your hands off her, Malfoy." Draco scowled at the sound of Ron's voice, and stepped back sullenly.
"Now now, Ron, you have no reason to be rude to Malfoy." Dumbledore had returned, as had the sparkle in his eye. "Draco is in fact the one who stopped Ginny's attacker last night."
Draco stared at Dumbledore suspiciously. Why not just say the name? Unless...
"They don't know, do they, Proffessor?" He grinned. "They don't know who did it!" Ron scowled at him again, clearly not liking to owe anything to a Malfoy.
"No, we don't. But once I do know, I'm going to beat the crap out of him." Dumbledore smiled sadly.
"I don't know if you'll be so keen, once you find out who it is." he shook his head. "It was hard for me to beleive, and he's not even my family."
"Family? What?" Ron sputtered. "One of my _brothers_ did this?" he stared incredulously. "No way."
"See for yourself. Percy!" the elder brother ducked between the curtains, and Ron continued to gape.
"Go on, Percy, show us it wasn't you." he said, his voice betraying his emotion. He was hoping, praying against what he began to realise was true."
"Hey, Ginny." Percy smiled at her, but Ginny uttered a shriek and tried to get out of the bed. Draco, who was standing beside it, caught her before she fell. She clung to him in panic.
"Don't let him get me." she sobbed. Ron turned to his brother, furious.
"Get out." he snarled. Percy gazed down at him over his glasses.
"I've said it before, and I'll say it again. She deserved everything. She-" He was cut off as Ron's fist hit him squarely in the cheek. He staggered back, and shook his head. He grinned at his youngest brother, a bloody, toothy grin, and he spat on the floor.
AN: well...that was pretty short...all my chapters seem to be, but oh well. what did you think?
