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If Ever A Star Shone Brighter, Chapter 10



Cho stood, shaking in the middle of the room. She was scared, because she knew what was coming.

"You, You asked to see me, Malfoy?" Her voice was shaking. He turned from the window and smiled as he came to her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Malfoy? I think Potter is rubbing off on you."

"NO! I- I would never, EVER love that- that. . ."

"Sh," he put his finger to her lips, he then turned. "Has he gained your trust yet?"

"Yes." She whispered.

"What's that?"

"Yes!" she said.

"Good. Everything is going in order. He will go over to your house over the summer break. I'll give you the portal that will send him to the master. Is that understood?"

"Yes, sir." She bowed and left the room.

A soft chuckle echoed through his mind. Ginny stood in the shadows, looking mildly amused.

'My Dear Draco, you know you've lost her.'

He sighed, "I know, I know."

'And you're going to let him take her?'

"That doesn't matter any more."

'I suppose . . .' she sighed mentally, 'well, looks like I'm up.' She told him as she disappeared into the shadows once more, leaving Draco in the lonely room.



"Have you talked to Ginny yet, Ron?"

"Yeah,"

"And?"

"She doesn't seem too sad, or angry. She hasn't been around Malfoy for a while, either. I guess he upset her."

Harry was sitting next to Ron in front of the fire. He knew of his friends' rash(ness) and he forgave him easily, as did Hermione and Cho.

"We should talk to her." Harry said.

"I guess,"

She was reading a book in the corner, wearing black velvet pants and a blood red baby-t-shirt. They stood in front of her, and she looked up.

"Yes?" her lips moved with diction.

"Can, could we sit down?" Ron asked.

"But of course."

They sat in front of her, and at first, it was an awkward silence, until she broke it.

"I hold nothing against you, Ron." She said, "Nor you, Harry, or Cho. I'm sorry, but I don't know what got over me." She stared down at her hands. "I'm sorry."

Ron, with tears in his eyes, replied, "No, I'm sorry, little sister. For being a bad brother," he cried as he pulled Ginny in his arms and hugged her. "You scared me!" he said as he rocked her back and forth, "Don't do that to me ever again!" He hugged her tighter.

"I won't," she cried into his shoulder, "I'm sorry,"

Harry just sat there, watching them, with a soft smile gracing his lips.



Ginny sat in the same compartment with Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Cho. Everyone forgave Ginny, after several tears and cries of "I'm sorry" and they where talking.

"Hey, so I'm going over to your house over the summer, Cho?"

Cho stiffened, and Ginny looked on curiously.

"No," she said, "No, I think you should stay over at Ron's. It's-It's safe there."

"What do you mean?"

Cho told them everything. And by everything, I mean EVERYTHING. Cho cheating on Harry with Draco, her love for Draco, and her love for Harry himself. Harry, to say the least, was broken hearted. Ginny just sat there, staring at her hands. She took out her book and pretended to read it.



So, Harry stayed at Ron's. 'Just as well,' Ginny thought.

"Let's play some Quidditch!"

"Alright, then, Harry! You go ahead and get the balls."

"K, I'll be back."

Ginny sat on a couch, reading once again. Or at least pretending to. As Harry ran out of the room, he addressed Ginny.

"Be back later, Gins. We're going to go play Quidditch."

"I want to come!" She said. Or at least, he thought she said.

"Ok,"



Harry flew above the Weasly's. It was getting wicked hard down there, and the Weasly twins where beating Ron to a pulp out there. Finally, he spotted it. The Golden Snitch. He flew toward it, stretched out his hand, and grasped it. As soon as he grasped it, however, he fell. But, the weird thing is, he didn't fall into the floor. He fell into a black pit of nothingness.



"HARRY!" Cho screamed. The players stopped what they where doing and looked up. Harry had grasped the snitch, but he had fallen off his broom. Fred moved to catch him, but he didn't fall to the floor. He just . . . disappeared.

When everyone landed on the floor, they stared up at the sky.

"Bloody Hell," George Muttered, "Where did he go?"

"HARRY!" Ron shouted.

Cho's eyes drifted toward Ginny, seeing that her eyes where roaming around the sky, clouded with worry.

Cho started toward Ginny, "you . . ." she muttered. Ginny looked at her, confused, "YOU! YOU DID THIS TO HIM!!" Cho ran toward Ginny and shook her violently.

"STOP!" Ron shouted. The twins ran to pry Cho off their sister.

"NO! I KNOW YOU DID THIS TO HIM! YOU, YOU Did This to him-" she fell to her knees, crying into her hands.

"Cho?" Ginny walked hesitantly toward her.

"GET AWAY FROM ME! You- You- YOU MURDERER!!!"

Ginny gasped. Tears clouded her eyes, as she turned on her heels and ran toward the house. The Ron and the twins fallowed her, leaving Cho to cry.



That night, Cho had trouble sleeping. The Ministry of Magic where out looking high and low for Harry, but as of yet, no such luck of finding him. Plus, she was certain that Ginny had done this. Finally, she drifted off into a restless sleep . . .

He sat in a large throne in the middle of the room; his followers threw a man in front of him as he chuckled. He looked off to his left, and she came into view. She was a lot older, and not how Cho remembered her. Once young, innocent, and pure. Now evil, twisted, and insane. She smirked, and held her head high, as he brought down his wand, and a flash of green light surrounded them all.



Ginny crept through the house quietly, knife in hand. Cho felt it, though. She felt her coming to her. It was hard not to feel it. A wave of evil, darkness, and fear rushed through her body. Her eyes shot open, and there, standing in front of her, was none other than Ginny herself. Ginny walked toward Cho, raising her knife, and Cho screamed. Ginny quickly disposed of her, though. She then made her way up the stairs, opened her brothers door, but Ron had been wakened by Cho's scream. He jerked awake, lighted his candle, but Ginny was already in there.

"Ginny? What happened? I heard someone scream-" Ron saw the knife, "Ginny!"

She dropped the knife, and walked toward him, arms open wide. She looked scared. Ron went toward her to embrace her in a hug, but she grabbed the side of his face with both hands and broke his neck swiftly. She then made her way back down the stairs into her brothers' room and stabbed them several times. They put up quite a fight. She then went back up to her room, and with a simple spell, she made a duplicate of her body, and stabbed it several times, also.

Ginny then went out to the back yard, picked up the snitch, and soon, she herself was thrown into the black pit of nothingness.

A/N: Well, that's about it for this story. E-mail me for more news on that.

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