Harry landed with a soft thud on the floor of an elaborate room. He
glanced around looking for some sign he had landed at his intended
destination. The fireplace he had come out of had carved snakes moving up
and down it's hearth. Unfortunately, there was no sign proclaiming,
'MALFOY MANOR' or anything of the like, but it was still quite evident that
he had landed in the home of a propionate wizarding family. The room was
large with priceless moving pictures placed around the grand walls. He
observed the dark artifacts dotting the walls and shelves and couldn't help
but wonder if all the wealthy families in the Wizarding World had dark
connections. Again he looked hopefully around but nothing of importance
caught his eye. Unless... he studied the fireplace he had just tumbled out
of, unless of course he could talk to the snakes.
"Er- hello," he said but had the strangest feeling he was speaking in English. Harry closed his eyes concentrating on the snakes' movement. "Er- hello," he tried again, but this time he felt something change and was pretty sure he was hissing. "I was wondering if you could perhaps tell me where I am?" The snakes turned to look at him and opened their mouths to speak but no sound came out. "Could you at least nod or something?" Again the snakes did nothing and Harry came to the rather reluctant conclusion that these were only acknowledging his existence and he couldn't talk with them because they weren't carved by a parseltongue. That left him with only one choice, he must go and find some proof he was at the Malfoy Manor. Checking to see if he still had his extra floo powder and instinctively fingering his wand, he began to creep down the hallways of the stately home. With every step he took he glanced around looking for some proof he had indeed landed in the Malfoy Manor. However it wasn't his eyes that brought him proof but his ears.
"Zally!" a female voice called, a voice that seemed remarkably familiar voice, "Go get me a book will you?" Harry pressed his ear to the wall to listen, he knew that voice; it belonged to Ginny!
There was a pause.
"Master Draco says no books Ginny," a voice that unmistakably belonged to a house elf squeaked.
"Fine," pause, "Well get out then!" There was a terrified 'eep' and Harry heard a tiny pop indicating the elf's retreat.
"Ginny!" he hissed through the door and wrapped his knuckles on the door to get her attention, "Ginny," he hissed again.
Inside the room Ginny was pacing out of pure boredom and trying to guess if her family had gotten the letter yet.
"Ginny," she heard someone hiss, a knock then another call of "Ginny" she went hesitantly towards the door where the sound was emerging.
"Y-yes," she said bewildered.
"It's Harry." Her eyes lit up with joy but soon figured it was probably just Malfoy playing a joke and trying to see what she'd do.
"Draco, is that you?" she hissed, "This is terribly mean of you, you know I miss my family." she ranted and wondered briefly if she should play innocent, "Are you allowed to come back now? I've missed you!"
"Ginny, what are you saying?! Missing Malfoy, besides it's me, Harry! We got your letter. I wanted to find out where the floo fireplace was for you but I wasn't sure if I had the right house. It's four rooms down the hall on the right. The fireplace has moving carved snakes on it by the way."
"Oh Harry!" she said, "Forgive me, I have to play dumb and helpless around Malfoy. I'm so happy to hear from you!"
"Ginny," Harry said suddenly serious, "Your brothers and me are going to beat Malfoy into a bloody pulp when we get back to school." Something about this statement bothered her. Here she was doing everything she could, playing Malfoy for all it was worth and they were just interested in beating Malfoy up. She didn't have too much time to ponder this though because Harry went right on talking and Ginny realized with a start he was already mid sentence.
"-and she gave me this," he was saying and slipped something under the door. Careful not to touch the door less she get burned, Ginny picked up the paper to find it was the counter charm.
"Oh thanks, with this I'll be able to escape! At this rate I sho-"
"Shhh!" Harry hissed interrupting her, "Someone's coming!"
Outside the door Harry halted and flattened himself against the wall. Inside he heard footsteps presumably running to hide the sheet he had just passed to her and look casual. Harry watched as the nearing footsteps, the ones coming from down the hall rounded the corner to reveal none other then Draco Malfoy accompanied by his father.
"That was quality homework Draco. You deserve to have the girl back." Mr. Malfoy said patting Draco firmly on the shoulder. Harry thought he was going to be sick. Imagine! Someone talking about Ron's little sister like that. "Wait here Draco." Mr. Malfoy said, "I must take the repelling charm off." Mr. Malfoy entered Ginny's room.
"I have good news Ginny." Harry heard him say, "You won't half to be so lonely anymore. Draco has finished his homework and I've given you back to him." Harry half expected Ginny to spout out a line like, "I belong to no one, least of all you." but the muffled reply seemed to be in pleasant tones. Harry heard Mr. Malfoy say some sort of incantation and call to Draco who smirked as if he knew Harry was there watching him and walked in. When the door opened he caught a fleeting glimpse of Ginny. Harry was quite surprised to see her standing with her hair falling freely down her back in green robes looking well fed and bathed. All these weeks had been picturing her half starved in rags chained to a wall in the Malfoy dungeons but Ginny looked good maybe even- dare he say it- pretty. Mr. Malfoy exited, the look of pure parental pride on his face made Harry sick. Mr. Malfoy (thankfully) walked in the opposite directing of the floo fireplace. Harry made his exit not wanting to imagine Draco doing anything to Ron's little sister and definitely not wanting to report anything of the sort to Mrs. Weasley.
"The Burrow!" he said upon reaching the fireplace and was whooshed away. Moments later he fell from the Weasley's fireplace covered in soot and head still spinning.
George offered him a hand. "Did you find it?" he asked eagerly.
"Yeah, I found Ginny too. She seems okay." Harry said deciding he best leave out Ginny mistaking him for Malfoy and saying she'd missed him.
"Was she well fed? Did she have clean clothes? How was she??"
"Ginny looked pr- fine," Harry had almost said pretty but decided he didn't want four Weasley brothers beating on him of which he was pretty sure he could only take Percy.
Back at the Malfoy Manor Draco was entering the room.
"Draco," Ginny said and jumped up, "You've no idea how happy I am to see you. I was just so lonely without you!" she rambled on and was positively delighted to see Draco's face twist into a prideful smirk. Men, Ginny realized, especially the ones who found you attractive, were far too easy to manipulate.
"So you've missed me huh?" He said as he pulled her into a tight embrace, "Well I've missed you too." he whispered as he began to kiss her neck, "How about we make up for lost time?" As good as Draco's mouth felt on her skin she knew she couldn't possibly do this now. Draco had to come back at night so she could have time to study the charm and then she could get his wand and perform the charm well he was asleep in the Morning. If they did anything now she was pretty sure he would just leave after he was done. She forced herself to blush and wiggled from Malfoy's grip stepping back a few paces. Draco let out a frustrated moan and reached out to pull her back. The same process was repeated again.
"Hey." he said and pulled her close again, "I thought we agreed."
"We, well we did but, but don't you think that maybe you could ummm.... well that you could..."
"Yes?" he asked.
"Come back later tonight," she mumbled still looking down and forcing her cheeks to burn with feigned embarrassment.
"Tonight? Why?" he balked in contrast to Ginny's small quivering voice. Ginny wanted Malfoy to believe that she was still to shy to do anything without the cover of darkness but this would prove difficult because she obviously couldn't just come out and say it.
"I just ummm just, well just..."
"Yes" Draco asked he had stopped trying to advance on her and was now just leaning back to look at her.
"I...I," she stuttered again. Draco studied her for a second and Ginny felt his body relax around her. He removed one hand from her hips and used it to lift her chin only to find Ginny wouldn't meet his eyes and was blushing furiously.
"Why so shy suddenly?" he asked softly. Ginny had once been scared of this soft side but now saw it was to her great advantage. She knew she was his pet and when he acted like this he was at his easiest state to manipulate. Ginny seized the opportunity to glance out of the window. Draco followed her gaze and chuckled his face twisting into something that was even more prideful, a task that Ginny had previously thought was impossible. With a wave of his wand the room went Dark and the torches flickered the slightest light. This was not as Ginny had planed but now she had no choice but to let Draco pick her up and drop her on the bed.
"Better?" he whispered huskily into her ear as he began to slide his hand up her thigh. She didn't reply so he kissed her neck until he found that one spot that made her gasp. "Better Ginny?" he wasn't going to let her get away completely with being bashful, he still loved to be in power.
"Mmmm." Ginny let out a throaty moan for a reply. She forgot her worries about the charm and let Malfoy's touch work it's own own sort of magic.
A/N: Okay okay, I'll admit that last little thing was a bit smutful but I still hold this has a plot thus is not a smutfic. Sorry bout the last cliffy, actually I wrote all this last Sunday in the church bathroom when I was skipping church but I didn't have the time to type up the whole thing. I'm evil, I know. Well school's out now so I should have plenty of time to write. Oh and I stole one line from Ever After.
"Er- hello," he said but had the strangest feeling he was speaking in English. Harry closed his eyes concentrating on the snakes' movement. "Er- hello," he tried again, but this time he felt something change and was pretty sure he was hissing. "I was wondering if you could perhaps tell me where I am?" The snakes turned to look at him and opened their mouths to speak but no sound came out. "Could you at least nod or something?" Again the snakes did nothing and Harry came to the rather reluctant conclusion that these were only acknowledging his existence and he couldn't talk with them because they weren't carved by a parseltongue. That left him with only one choice, he must go and find some proof he was at the Malfoy Manor. Checking to see if he still had his extra floo powder and instinctively fingering his wand, he began to creep down the hallways of the stately home. With every step he took he glanced around looking for some proof he had indeed landed in the Malfoy Manor. However it wasn't his eyes that brought him proof but his ears.
"Zally!" a female voice called, a voice that seemed remarkably familiar voice, "Go get me a book will you?" Harry pressed his ear to the wall to listen, he knew that voice; it belonged to Ginny!
There was a pause.
"Master Draco says no books Ginny," a voice that unmistakably belonged to a house elf squeaked.
"Fine," pause, "Well get out then!" There was a terrified 'eep' and Harry heard a tiny pop indicating the elf's retreat.
"Ginny!" he hissed through the door and wrapped his knuckles on the door to get her attention, "Ginny," he hissed again.
Inside the room Ginny was pacing out of pure boredom and trying to guess if her family had gotten the letter yet.
"Ginny," she heard someone hiss, a knock then another call of "Ginny" she went hesitantly towards the door where the sound was emerging.
"Y-yes," she said bewildered.
"It's Harry." Her eyes lit up with joy but soon figured it was probably just Malfoy playing a joke and trying to see what she'd do.
"Draco, is that you?" she hissed, "This is terribly mean of you, you know I miss my family." she ranted and wondered briefly if she should play innocent, "Are you allowed to come back now? I've missed you!"
"Ginny, what are you saying?! Missing Malfoy, besides it's me, Harry! We got your letter. I wanted to find out where the floo fireplace was for you but I wasn't sure if I had the right house. It's four rooms down the hall on the right. The fireplace has moving carved snakes on it by the way."
"Oh Harry!" she said, "Forgive me, I have to play dumb and helpless around Malfoy. I'm so happy to hear from you!"
"Ginny," Harry said suddenly serious, "Your brothers and me are going to beat Malfoy into a bloody pulp when we get back to school." Something about this statement bothered her. Here she was doing everything she could, playing Malfoy for all it was worth and they were just interested in beating Malfoy up. She didn't have too much time to ponder this though because Harry went right on talking and Ginny realized with a start he was already mid sentence.
"-and she gave me this," he was saying and slipped something under the door. Careful not to touch the door less she get burned, Ginny picked up the paper to find it was the counter charm.
"Oh thanks, with this I'll be able to escape! At this rate I sho-"
"Shhh!" Harry hissed interrupting her, "Someone's coming!"
Outside the door Harry halted and flattened himself against the wall. Inside he heard footsteps presumably running to hide the sheet he had just passed to her and look casual. Harry watched as the nearing footsteps, the ones coming from down the hall rounded the corner to reveal none other then Draco Malfoy accompanied by his father.
"That was quality homework Draco. You deserve to have the girl back." Mr. Malfoy said patting Draco firmly on the shoulder. Harry thought he was going to be sick. Imagine! Someone talking about Ron's little sister like that. "Wait here Draco." Mr. Malfoy said, "I must take the repelling charm off." Mr. Malfoy entered Ginny's room.
"I have good news Ginny." Harry heard him say, "You won't half to be so lonely anymore. Draco has finished his homework and I've given you back to him." Harry half expected Ginny to spout out a line like, "I belong to no one, least of all you." but the muffled reply seemed to be in pleasant tones. Harry heard Mr. Malfoy say some sort of incantation and call to Draco who smirked as if he knew Harry was there watching him and walked in. When the door opened he caught a fleeting glimpse of Ginny. Harry was quite surprised to see her standing with her hair falling freely down her back in green robes looking well fed and bathed. All these weeks had been picturing her half starved in rags chained to a wall in the Malfoy dungeons but Ginny looked good maybe even- dare he say it- pretty. Mr. Malfoy exited, the look of pure parental pride on his face made Harry sick. Mr. Malfoy (thankfully) walked in the opposite directing of the floo fireplace. Harry made his exit not wanting to imagine Draco doing anything to Ron's little sister and definitely not wanting to report anything of the sort to Mrs. Weasley.
"The Burrow!" he said upon reaching the fireplace and was whooshed away. Moments later he fell from the Weasley's fireplace covered in soot and head still spinning.
George offered him a hand. "Did you find it?" he asked eagerly.
"Yeah, I found Ginny too. She seems okay." Harry said deciding he best leave out Ginny mistaking him for Malfoy and saying she'd missed him.
"Was she well fed? Did she have clean clothes? How was she??"
"Ginny looked pr- fine," Harry had almost said pretty but decided he didn't want four Weasley brothers beating on him of which he was pretty sure he could only take Percy.
Back at the Malfoy Manor Draco was entering the room.
"Draco," Ginny said and jumped up, "You've no idea how happy I am to see you. I was just so lonely without you!" she rambled on and was positively delighted to see Draco's face twist into a prideful smirk. Men, Ginny realized, especially the ones who found you attractive, were far too easy to manipulate.
"So you've missed me huh?" He said as he pulled her into a tight embrace, "Well I've missed you too." he whispered as he began to kiss her neck, "How about we make up for lost time?" As good as Draco's mouth felt on her skin she knew she couldn't possibly do this now. Draco had to come back at night so she could have time to study the charm and then she could get his wand and perform the charm well he was asleep in the Morning. If they did anything now she was pretty sure he would just leave after he was done. She forced herself to blush and wiggled from Malfoy's grip stepping back a few paces. Draco let out a frustrated moan and reached out to pull her back. The same process was repeated again.
"Hey." he said and pulled her close again, "I thought we agreed."
"We, well we did but, but don't you think that maybe you could ummm.... well that you could..."
"Yes?" he asked.
"Come back later tonight," she mumbled still looking down and forcing her cheeks to burn with feigned embarrassment.
"Tonight? Why?" he balked in contrast to Ginny's small quivering voice. Ginny wanted Malfoy to believe that she was still to shy to do anything without the cover of darkness but this would prove difficult because she obviously couldn't just come out and say it.
"I just ummm just, well just..."
"Yes" Draco asked he had stopped trying to advance on her and was now just leaning back to look at her.
"I...I," she stuttered again. Draco studied her for a second and Ginny felt his body relax around her. He removed one hand from her hips and used it to lift her chin only to find Ginny wouldn't meet his eyes and was blushing furiously.
"Why so shy suddenly?" he asked softly. Ginny had once been scared of this soft side but now saw it was to her great advantage. She knew she was his pet and when he acted like this he was at his easiest state to manipulate. Ginny seized the opportunity to glance out of the window. Draco followed her gaze and chuckled his face twisting into something that was even more prideful, a task that Ginny had previously thought was impossible. With a wave of his wand the room went Dark and the torches flickered the slightest light. This was not as Ginny had planed but now she had no choice but to let Draco pick her up and drop her on the bed.
"Better?" he whispered huskily into her ear as he began to slide his hand up her thigh. She didn't reply so he kissed her neck until he found that one spot that made her gasp. "Better Ginny?" he wasn't going to let her get away completely with being bashful, he still loved to be in power.
"Mmmm." Ginny let out a throaty moan for a reply. She forgot her worries about the charm and let Malfoy's touch work it's own own sort of magic.
A/N: Okay okay, I'll admit that last little thing was a bit smutful but I still hold this has a plot thus is not a smutfic. Sorry bout the last cliffy, actually I wrote all this last Sunday in the church bathroom when I was skipping church but I didn't have the time to type up the whole thing. I'm evil, I know. Well school's out now so I should have plenty of time to write. Oh and I stole one line from Ever After.