Disclaimer: All mine. Except for the characters. . . yeah, unfortunately
they aren't mine. But I can pretend.
A/N: Hello all my wonderfully patient readers! I am sorry this has taken so bloody long. I have been extremely busy lately . . . okay, extremely lazy as well. I'm sorry to say that this is not one of my favorite chapters, but only because of one little incident. I had to kill off someone, and the one I chose was one of my favorite characters! Alright, enough hints, everyone read and review!
Facing Fear
Chapter 12 A Change In Plans
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Draco beat against the door with a raging temper. Suddenly he was no longer afraid of Cain . . . only very angry. Yet that was easier to think when the demon wasn't in the same room with him, when his blood didn't run cold at just Cain's mere presence.
His wand was gone, and he assumed that Cain had taken it, although Draco didn't know how.
All this meant that Ginny would die in vain. He had failed completely. But suddenly it didn't bother him that he no longer would become a vampire . . . it only scared him to think of what might be happening to Ginny at this very moment.
~*~*~*~*~
Her heart beat insanely as she ran as well as she could in her dress. She was glad now that she was bare-foot; running in heels would have been difficult and noisy.
Ginny wanted to just leave, escape while she had the chance. But the thought of Cain killing Draco held her back. She decided not to leave him behind. She might kill him herself later, but she wasn't going to leave him to die at the feet of the only thing he had ever feared.
She continued throwing open doors as she ran down the corridor. Clueless to where in the gigantic mansion she was, Ginny could only head east, hoping against all odds that it was the right way out.
A faint pounding alerted her hearing, and Ginny recognized the sound of knocking on wood. Someone was trapped in a room close by. She was ready to bet it was Malfoy.
With new determination, she picked up speed, rounded a corner, and headed toward the noise. Large paintings of many different people hung in the corridors, unmoving and staring at Ginny as she ran by. They were creepy, the lifeless eyes watching her in the dark. There were also statues and armed knights lining the hallway, the pale light glistening on them threateningly. She rounded one more corner and heard the knocking abruptly end.
Seconds later she knew why.
A door stood open toward the end of the corridor in which she was standing in. A glowing light spilled out from the room into the corridor, and she heard angry voices.
One of the voices was Draco's.
The other was Cain's.
She began running again, and knocked into a suit of armor by mistake. It rattled noisily, and the axe that the figure had been holding fell to the marble floor.
Ginny finally had a weapon.
"Thanks." She whispered to the armor as she picked up the axe and gripped it carefully before dashing into the nearby room.
Cain had Draco up against the far wall, and he turned on Ginny as she ran in, fangs erect and hungry.
"Get out Ginny!" Draco yelled as Cain advanced.
"Shut up you slimy git!" Ginny yelled in response. "I'm saving your arse here!"
"Well, I didn't think you'd be back for this worthless piece of matter." Cain drawled. Ginny held the axe up threateningly.
"It's over Cain." Ginny said solemnly. "You won't win."
"I always win Ginny, don't underestimate my power."
As he moved toward her, Ginny noticed Draco move forward from the corner of her eye.
"Life is so short anyway Slayer," Cain continued, unaware of Malfoy moving closer to the pair. "Just say the word, and you can live with me, here on earth for eternity!"
"So you're going to give her what I asked for?" Draco asked from behind Cain. He whirled and glared down on Draco. "Tut tut Cain. How discriminating. And after I put so much faith in you."
Ginny instantly saw the change in Draco. He was no longer afraid. Maybe he had never really been afraid, he had just been using that as an excuse. The emotions had built up inside of him through all these years. Watching his mother die had been a permanently damaging experience.
"Don't be so hasty boy." Cain said, obviously sensing the change in Draco's attitude as well. "Or you might just end up the first course on the menu."
"Oh," Draco said with amusement. "Didn't you hear? Dinner's canceled."
Draco smirked, it was a smirk that Ginny was so used to seeing, one that he gave her all the time. He had always been a stuck up, evil, Slytherin, and always would be. But that didn't mean he wasn't capable of some good . . . or at least able to correct his mistakes.
Cain was trapped.
Trapped between a Slayer and her Watcher.
With one swift move Ginny slammed her axe into Cain's heart, an ear- splitting shriek filled the room, the house, the woods, and sent a pang of fear through every demon's black heart. And just as quickly a pile of dust was left in his place.
Now there was only two left in the room. Draco caught her eye and smirked one last time before grabbing her and smashing his lips down onto hers.
She allowed it to go on for her own pleasure before yanking away and landing a hard slap onto Draco's cheek.
"I hate you."
The words were met with another smirk. He had almost gotten them both killed, and still she had feared for his life through the whole thing. Hell, he had purposefully plotted her death, and still she couldn't abandon him.
"Weasley, you look like crap." He glanced down at her torn dress and bare feet. "But then your family never has been able to afford anything but rags for their children."
Everything was back to normal.
"You better thank me you little ungrateful brat! And then you better apologize! I did good tonight, and I deserve my due credit."
"You did well." He corrected her grammar.
"I did good."
"Well."
The argument could last for hours if Ginny allowed it. She turned on her heel and stormed out of the room, Draco following close behind.
"Can't even talk properly, can you Weasley?"
"I'm still waiting for my apology and thanks."
"I don't owe you any bloody apology." He was doing this on purpose, just to annoy her and she knew it.
She turned to yell in his face again, but he was too quick, and grabbed her around the waist.
"Well done Ginny." He whispered seriously into her ear. "I am sorry."
"You are sorry and expelled too." Ginny responded. "You are guilty of attempted murder."
"Murder is such an ugly word."
"It's an ugly crime too."
"You don't really want me expelled do you?" He asked, his voice purring smoothly in her ear.
"I hate you." She repeated.
It wasn't true.
~*~*~*~*~
"Evening Ron." Ginny said coolly as her brother, Harry, and Hermione all jumped up from the couch in the Common Room. Draco had left her at the Portrait Hole and headed to his own dorm.
Ron's face turned an angry shade of red and Ginny prepared herself for the explosion. "GOOD EVENING MY ARSE!"
"That's not a very nice way to greet me. I just came back from a hard night at work."
"In a dinner gown!?!" Ron argued, obviously connecting the dots. "You are not to be seeing Malfoy outside of your bloody little training courses!"
"I'll see whomever I wish Ron." Ginny said, never raising her voice. "Goodnight."
She left the three of them standing there, two bewildered, and one extremely angry.
She slept better that night than she had in months.
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A/N: It isn't over yet! ::crowd groans:: Yes, there will probably be one more chapter, just to tie things up! I am thrilled with all my wonderful reviews and I want to thank all of you!
A/N: Hello all my wonderfully patient readers! I am sorry this has taken so bloody long. I have been extremely busy lately . . . okay, extremely lazy as well. I'm sorry to say that this is not one of my favorite chapters, but only because of one little incident. I had to kill off someone, and the one I chose was one of my favorite characters! Alright, enough hints, everyone read and review!
Facing Fear
Chapter 12 A Change In Plans
~*~*~*~*~
Draco beat against the door with a raging temper. Suddenly he was no longer afraid of Cain . . . only very angry. Yet that was easier to think when the demon wasn't in the same room with him, when his blood didn't run cold at just Cain's mere presence.
His wand was gone, and he assumed that Cain had taken it, although Draco didn't know how.
All this meant that Ginny would die in vain. He had failed completely. But suddenly it didn't bother him that he no longer would become a vampire . . . it only scared him to think of what might be happening to Ginny at this very moment.
~*~*~*~*~
Her heart beat insanely as she ran as well as she could in her dress. She was glad now that she was bare-foot; running in heels would have been difficult and noisy.
Ginny wanted to just leave, escape while she had the chance. But the thought of Cain killing Draco held her back. She decided not to leave him behind. She might kill him herself later, but she wasn't going to leave him to die at the feet of the only thing he had ever feared.
She continued throwing open doors as she ran down the corridor. Clueless to where in the gigantic mansion she was, Ginny could only head east, hoping against all odds that it was the right way out.
A faint pounding alerted her hearing, and Ginny recognized the sound of knocking on wood. Someone was trapped in a room close by. She was ready to bet it was Malfoy.
With new determination, she picked up speed, rounded a corner, and headed toward the noise. Large paintings of many different people hung in the corridors, unmoving and staring at Ginny as she ran by. They were creepy, the lifeless eyes watching her in the dark. There were also statues and armed knights lining the hallway, the pale light glistening on them threateningly. She rounded one more corner and heard the knocking abruptly end.
Seconds later she knew why.
A door stood open toward the end of the corridor in which she was standing in. A glowing light spilled out from the room into the corridor, and she heard angry voices.
One of the voices was Draco's.
The other was Cain's.
She began running again, and knocked into a suit of armor by mistake. It rattled noisily, and the axe that the figure had been holding fell to the marble floor.
Ginny finally had a weapon.
"Thanks." She whispered to the armor as she picked up the axe and gripped it carefully before dashing into the nearby room.
Cain had Draco up against the far wall, and he turned on Ginny as she ran in, fangs erect and hungry.
"Get out Ginny!" Draco yelled as Cain advanced.
"Shut up you slimy git!" Ginny yelled in response. "I'm saving your arse here!"
"Well, I didn't think you'd be back for this worthless piece of matter." Cain drawled. Ginny held the axe up threateningly.
"It's over Cain." Ginny said solemnly. "You won't win."
"I always win Ginny, don't underestimate my power."
As he moved toward her, Ginny noticed Draco move forward from the corner of her eye.
"Life is so short anyway Slayer," Cain continued, unaware of Malfoy moving closer to the pair. "Just say the word, and you can live with me, here on earth for eternity!"
"So you're going to give her what I asked for?" Draco asked from behind Cain. He whirled and glared down on Draco. "Tut tut Cain. How discriminating. And after I put so much faith in you."
Ginny instantly saw the change in Draco. He was no longer afraid. Maybe he had never really been afraid, he had just been using that as an excuse. The emotions had built up inside of him through all these years. Watching his mother die had been a permanently damaging experience.
"Don't be so hasty boy." Cain said, obviously sensing the change in Draco's attitude as well. "Or you might just end up the first course on the menu."
"Oh," Draco said with amusement. "Didn't you hear? Dinner's canceled."
Draco smirked, it was a smirk that Ginny was so used to seeing, one that he gave her all the time. He had always been a stuck up, evil, Slytherin, and always would be. But that didn't mean he wasn't capable of some good . . . or at least able to correct his mistakes.
Cain was trapped.
Trapped between a Slayer and her Watcher.
With one swift move Ginny slammed her axe into Cain's heart, an ear- splitting shriek filled the room, the house, the woods, and sent a pang of fear through every demon's black heart. And just as quickly a pile of dust was left in his place.
Now there was only two left in the room. Draco caught her eye and smirked one last time before grabbing her and smashing his lips down onto hers.
She allowed it to go on for her own pleasure before yanking away and landing a hard slap onto Draco's cheek.
"I hate you."
The words were met with another smirk. He had almost gotten them both killed, and still she had feared for his life through the whole thing. Hell, he had purposefully plotted her death, and still she couldn't abandon him.
"Weasley, you look like crap." He glanced down at her torn dress and bare feet. "But then your family never has been able to afford anything but rags for their children."
Everything was back to normal.
"You better thank me you little ungrateful brat! And then you better apologize! I did good tonight, and I deserve my due credit."
"You did well." He corrected her grammar.
"I did good."
"Well."
The argument could last for hours if Ginny allowed it. She turned on her heel and stormed out of the room, Draco following close behind.
"Can't even talk properly, can you Weasley?"
"I'm still waiting for my apology and thanks."
"I don't owe you any bloody apology." He was doing this on purpose, just to annoy her and she knew it.
She turned to yell in his face again, but he was too quick, and grabbed her around the waist.
"Well done Ginny." He whispered seriously into her ear. "I am sorry."
"You are sorry and expelled too." Ginny responded. "You are guilty of attempted murder."
"Murder is such an ugly word."
"It's an ugly crime too."
"You don't really want me expelled do you?" He asked, his voice purring smoothly in her ear.
"I hate you." She repeated.
It wasn't true.
~*~*~*~*~
"Evening Ron." Ginny said coolly as her brother, Harry, and Hermione all jumped up from the couch in the Common Room. Draco had left her at the Portrait Hole and headed to his own dorm.
Ron's face turned an angry shade of red and Ginny prepared herself for the explosion. "GOOD EVENING MY ARSE!"
"That's not a very nice way to greet me. I just came back from a hard night at work."
"In a dinner gown!?!" Ron argued, obviously connecting the dots. "You are not to be seeing Malfoy outside of your bloody little training courses!"
"I'll see whomever I wish Ron." Ginny said, never raising her voice. "Goodnight."
She left the three of them standing there, two bewildered, and one extremely angry.
She slept better that night than she had in months.
~*~*~*~*~
A/N: It isn't over yet! ::crowd groans:: Yes, there will probably be one more chapter, just to tie things up! I am thrilled with all my wonderful reviews and I want to thank all of you!