Author's Note: Thank you so much everyone that has been reviewing!
(cutebabystar217, amyza, Erasmas, dkg and Pheobers14) It means so much to
me, I didn't think anyone would read my story! Cutebabystar217- The lyrics
are from the movie "Moulin Rouge", which I certainly do not own. (But it's
a wonderful movie!)
I've also been asked many times if I knew that Colin Creevey's father was
actually a muggle milkman, and I have looked it up and found that he was.
Thanks for the tip! But if you read the 3rd chapter, then you would find it
doesn't really matter all that much any longer- but just to clear this mess
up, Colin needed money at the time, so he agreed to help Malfoy, and look
where it's got him. Thanks again!
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The pure white moon hung in the dark sky of glittering stars overhead, but she paid no notice. Her feet crunched underneath the dead, fallen leaves in the pitch - black darkness surrounding her that unusually cold frosty night. In her heart, she knew that it might not have been the right thing to leave everyone, but she had to.
I don't even know if this sickness can be passed on to someone else, she thought warily. To leave her entire family, to tear her heart from the people she had shared her home with forever and to leave them behind hurt more painfully then she had ever imagined- but one person over shadowed her thoughts from them all.
"Harry.." Her voice was hoarse and quiet in the darkness of the night, but she kept walking through the woods of the Forbidden Forest until her knees grew stiff with pain.
Suddenly, without warning, someone grabbed her around the neck with one arm, and around the waist with the other from behind. The cloaked figure's breathing was harsh, but he kept his hold tight and fast. Her heart pounded through her chest fiercely, but she had had no time to react.
"Ginny," a young man's voice hissed in her ear dangerously.
"C-Colin.." As much as Ginny tried, her voice still sounded weak and vulnerable. She tried to struggle, but his tight hold on her would not budge. She could feel his breath on her neck, and the slow evil smirk that spread across his face.
"Malfoy, Draco Malfoy." Ginny's mind raced with questions, and screamed in horror. Malfoy? Why was he there? What did he want with her? She heard him draw his wand, and felt the cold tip of the wood touch the side of her forehead. "Adgravesco."
Ginny wrenched forward in reaction to the spell, shaking violently from the horrible coughs wracking her lungs savagely of air. Her watery eyes widened in terror as the harder she choked, her throat burned like a fierce fire. Malfoy tightened his grip on her neck as she raised her head to the skies above slightly, her eyes slowly beginning to close. A drop of blood slid down from her parted mouth, glittering in the moon - light.
"You suffer- Potter suffers," Draco laughed softly in her ear, but Ginny couldn't respond. "Your mine," was the last thing she heard before the sickness took her into sleep.
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"You CAN'T tell me to stay here!" Harry screamed angrily, grabbing his black cloak and throwing it over his shoulders, also pocketing his wand and making his way into the living room with a small bag of Floo Powder. Ron and Hermione followed after him quickly, wands drawn.
"Harry, you're not thinking rationally!" Hermione exclaimed hurriedly.
"Ginny will come back, Harry, we just have to wait-"
"THAT'S EXACTLY THE PROBLEM!" Harry yelled, whirling around to face the two closest people to family he had ever had. For the first time, he couldn't think. He couldn't breath. All of his thoughts focused on saving Ginny's life- for he knew what would happen to him if he failed to. "Look.. I have to find Ginny.. I love her. I love her more then anything, and the both of you will just have to except that."
Harry stepped into the fireplace, and raised his hand as the powder seeped through his fingers quickly. But before he had time to think of where he was going, Neville ran into the room abruptly, carrying something in his arms.
"HARRY! Harry, wait!" He ran to the other side of the room, gasping for breath, but it didn't seem to stop him as he pushed the object in Harry's hands, causing him to drop the Floo Powder.
"Neville, what..?"
"It wasn't Colin this whole time, Harry! It was Malfoy, hurting Ginny!" Hermione gasped, brown eyes wide with fear as she clutched onto Ron's tense arm. Harry stared down at the crumpled, eerie burnt lettering on the parchment. It read:
Potter,
I've got her, and you know full well I won't give her up without a fight. Why don't you stop by my place- and we could try and strike a deal? Make sure you're here by 12:00 midnight, or she dies. You heard me. She's mine.
Have a nice day, Draco Malfoy
Harry's hearts clenched in fury as he watched the piece of parchment suddenly flame and burn into hot ashes. His emerald eyes glittered dangerously as his hand dug into the bag and step into the empty fireplace. Without another word, he raised his hand in front of him, the powder slowly slipping through his fingers like dust.
"Wait, Harry don't-"
"We'll come with yo-"
"MALFOY MANNOR!" Harry screamed, and disappeared in the engulfing green fire that suddenly roared to life.
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The pure white moon hung in the dark sky of glittering stars overhead, but she paid no notice. Her feet crunched underneath the dead, fallen leaves in the pitch - black darkness surrounding her that unusually cold frosty night. In her heart, she knew that it might not have been the right thing to leave everyone, but she had to.
I don't even know if this sickness can be passed on to someone else, she thought warily. To leave her entire family, to tear her heart from the people she had shared her home with forever and to leave them behind hurt more painfully then she had ever imagined- but one person over shadowed her thoughts from them all.
"Harry.." Her voice was hoarse and quiet in the darkness of the night, but she kept walking through the woods of the Forbidden Forest until her knees grew stiff with pain.
Suddenly, without warning, someone grabbed her around the neck with one arm, and around the waist with the other from behind. The cloaked figure's breathing was harsh, but he kept his hold tight and fast. Her heart pounded through her chest fiercely, but she had had no time to react.
"Ginny," a young man's voice hissed in her ear dangerously.
"C-Colin.." As much as Ginny tried, her voice still sounded weak and vulnerable. She tried to struggle, but his tight hold on her would not budge. She could feel his breath on her neck, and the slow evil smirk that spread across his face.
"Malfoy, Draco Malfoy." Ginny's mind raced with questions, and screamed in horror. Malfoy? Why was he there? What did he want with her? She heard him draw his wand, and felt the cold tip of the wood touch the side of her forehead. "Adgravesco."
Ginny wrenched forward in reaction to the spell, shaking violently from the horrible coughs wracking her lungs savagely of air. Her watery eyes widened in terror as the harder she choked, her throat burned like a fierce fire. Malfoy tightened his grip on her neck as she raised her head to the skies above slightly, her eyes slowly beginning to close. A drop of blood slid down from her parted mouth, glittering in the moon - light.
"You suffer- Potter suffers," Draco laughed softly in her ear, but Ginny couldn't respond. "Your mine," was the last thing she heard before the sickness took her into sleep.
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"You CAN'T tell me to stay here!" Harry screamed angrily, grabbing his black cloak and throwing it over his shoulders, also pocketing his wand and making his way into the living room with a small bag of Floo Powder. Ron and Hermione followed after him quickly, wands drawn.
"Harry, you're not thinking rationally!" Hermione exclaimed hurriedly.
"Ginny will come back, Harry, we just have to wait-"
"THAT'S EXACTLY THE PROBLEM!" Harry yelled, whirling around to face the two closest people to family he had ever had. For the first time, he couldn't think. He couldn't breath. All of his thoughts focused on saving Ginny's life- for he knew what would happen to him if he failed to. "Look.. I have to find Ginny.. I love her. I love her more then anything, and the both of you will just have to except that."
Harry stepped into the fireplace, and raised his hand as the powder seeped through his fingers quickly. But before he had time to think of where he was going, Neville ran into the room abruptly, carrying something in his arms.
"HARRY! Harry, wait!" He ran to the other side of the room, gasping for breath, but it didn't seem to stop him as he pushed the object in Harry's hands, causing him to drop the Floo Powder.
"Neville, what..?"
"It wasn't Colin this whole time, Harry! It was Malfoy, hurting Ginny!" Hermione gasped, brown eyes wide with fear as she clutched onto Ron's tense arm. Harry stared down at the crumpled, eerie burnt lettering on the parchment. It read:
Potter,
I've got her, and you know full well I won't give her up without a fight. Why don't you stop by my place- and we could try and strike a deal? Make sure you're here by 12:00 midnight, or she dies. You heard me. She's mine.
Have a nice day, Draco Malfoy
Harry's hearts clenched in fury as he watched the piece of parchment suddenly flame and burn into hot ashes. His emerald eyes glittered dangerously as his hand dug into the bag and step into the empty fireplace. Without another word, he raised his hand in front of him, the powder slowly slipping through his fingers like dust.
"Wait, Harry don't-"
"We'll come with yo-"
"MALFOY MANNOR!" Harry screamed, and disappeared in the engulfing green fire that suddenly roared to life.
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