Title- A Heart Undying - 1/5 - Welcome Home
Author Name- D-Chan
E-mail- d_chan@yahoo.com
Category- Romance, Drama, Angst, and Gothic
Keywords- Draco, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Avalon, Dragons, Albus Dumbledore
Rating- PG-13
Spoilers- none
Summary- Draco loves Ginny, but he is dating Blaise. Ginny loves Draco but she is marrying Colin. Tom loves Ginny but he is willing to kill her to get wizard world domination. Snape loves Pansy but she wants a real werewolf man. Lupin does not love Pansy but he want to help with the family. The final installment of the 3-piece Ginny X Draco/Colin? Romance will give you all the make-ups, break-ups, and heartbreaks you could want. Would loves who… I do not think even I am sure.
Disclaimer- This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
#…# Means flashback.
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Another meaningless party, Always nothing to see, no one to meet. Yet, something is different. I can feel it. Draco thought silently, making his way past the guests, trying to find his mother. "DRACO!" Someone shouted out. He spun around to see Blaise. He gave a sigh that screamed, get-me-away-from-here.
"Hello Blaise. Why did my mother invite you here?" He said nonchalantly. Not one hint of shock crossed Blaise's face. That is how it has always been… that's why I thought she was the only one for me in my fifth year. Then came Pansy and Blaise turned into an insufferable bitch.
"I am here because I felt like coming…" Blaise yawned, picking up a wineglass from a passing house-elf. She came because her mother no doubt forced her to it. "So I see you're so bold as to invite Potter here…" Draco turned around to see Harry arm-in-arm with Hermione by his side staring down at the crowd from the second floor railing. Blaise seeming forgetting her place and that the dark lord was gone spat out a ungrateful tone, "You know some of us still prefer the dark side… he is everything we stand against."
Draco frowned, So that is how it is… it is still them and us… Good and Evil… Right and Wrong.
Draco took a fleeting glance up at Harry, Hermione, and saw, to his surprise, Ginny and Colin giggling happily pointing over the crowd. Suddenly Ginny caught his stare and waved a light-hearted smile to him. He nodded as he turned back to Blaise. "You are absolutely right, we are nothing like them… mother made them come now that there are family."
Blaise only momentarily flinched, "How can that be… The Potters are family?" Draco realized his mistake and quickly covered his need to apologize, never to Blaise.
"No. Not Potter… I meant the empty pursed Weasley with him." He said not covering his fake disdain, he hoped it was fake. He saw Blaise's astonishment; this shock was something she just could not hide. She just sputtered a few weak words that had no meaning. Finally a weak, "Why?" was said.
Draco laughed, "Believe it or not that old bag Dumbledore is my grandfather on my mother's side… whom loved, those Weasley we adore so much, the Weasley Clan grandmother as of current." Blaise understood what he said in moment and frowned. She wrapped her jeweled arm around him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Poor Draco has to deal with those poor money grubbing Weasley… OH what ever shall I do to calm his nerves?" Blaise giggled into Draco's ear seductively. He gave a soft warm laugh as all strands of thought wove together to produce one thought, Must… Sleep… With… Blaise.
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Ginny looked down to Draco who was weaving his way through the crowd with Blaise's nail polished claws on him every moment. Just as Narcissa was drawing everyone's attention to her Draco disappeared from sight. "Welcome everyone. I am sure you are all wondering why I have invited you here today." There was a soft murmer from the crowd and Ginny swore she saw several people glare up at her and her friends.
"I'd like to publicly announce my family's latest betrothal." Narcissa smiled beamingly. Ginny felt the blood rushing to her head as the crowd muttered Draco. "No, it is not my son that has taken a partner in life. It is my niece." The crowd stirred to life suddenly with confusion.
Colin took Ginny's hand tightly, "Don't worry love. I'm sure nothing will go horribly wrong… the worst they could do is the Imperio Curse making all us Gryffindors happy by banishing the majority of the Slytherin population." Ginny gave a sick laugh and thought hatefully, Colin… you're right they just might Imperio us. Draco did something like that to me…
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#"Oh, come on Ginny. It is a harmless test. I want to see how strong you are." Draco had said. It was simple enough. I just stood in front of him and held my breath waiting for the magic to hit me. It did. The pain made me clinch my teeth shut and snap my eyes closed as I let out a soul-shattering scream.
I had watched with scared eyes as Draco began to laugh. He turned ice gray eyes and me and smiled, "Ginny, sweet darling Ginny. I will have you. I will have you if I have to get through him to get you. Neither hell nor Heaven will stop me. Also my dear, you stand against the Cruciatus Curse quite well." Draco had pace icily forced like a fallen angel. He forced his lips upon my weak body when he lifted the curse and I had tumbled into his arms. He then kissed… and touched as if he had owned every part of me. #
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"I haven't spoken to him since." Ginny mumbled to herself. Colin tugged her gently to listen to Narcissa.
"By blood lines long forgotten. I have found that I am related to the Weasley Clan closely. My half-sister's daughter, Ginny, is getting married to Colin Creevy," She smiled to the VERY upset crowd, "and you all WILL like it and come to the wedding won't you." The crowd mumbled its forced approval and waved fake hello's.
"Their full of it. Look they're practically sneering at you." Hermione said a hint of pity for Ginny being related to Draco and Narcissa. Ginny just nodded tired of people looking darkly at her and retreated to the hallway.
Colin followed her quickly and comforted her with a strong hug. "Ginny… Why did you ask Narcissa to do this? Didn't you well known that those people out there hate you and everything wonderful thing you are!" Ginny nodded.
I do not know why I asked Narcissa to tell them. They did not need to know. Who was I when I asked Narcissa to risk her social status. The empty pit in her heart grew again and she felt cold and very hallow. She need to kiss Colin, kiss him hard, and needed him enough to go ahead and… "Colin would you be against a snog session with me?" Colin gave a giddy smile and nodded foolishly.
Which room to use…? Ginny pondered taking hold of Colin's hand and pacing quickly down and up the many hallways of Malfoy Manor. Colin gave a weak laugh, "It's scary you know your way around here so well." Ginny just gave a smile, When you read Draco's mind as much as I did… you learn a lot.
Passing the black door a muddled thought pushed into her mind. She paused and looked at the door with interested, "This room… we'll use this one as not to disgust the rude Slytherin guest with a public snog session. Pushing open the door, Ginny pulled Colin through it and into the room. She could not understand why Colin sudden became still with a gapping mouth and wide eyes. She looked over his shoulder quickly and found to her astonishment Draco. She did not want to register the thoughts as her eyes worked the magic to send her into shock.
She gave a strangled cry knocking Colin over and running down the hallway.
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DAMN HIM! Colin thought angrily as he quickly made his way to the main hall. He still is forcing her to love him. Damn him for not staying at the party. Now she will have to tell him herself. My Ginny is going to go mad I am sure of it. Colin frowned as the night droned on and Ginny did not reappear. Colin hated to know that he was marrying Ginny when he did not have her undying love. Hell! He knew he never would. Should not have asked her, fool, you should have just given up on her and asked someone else… someone you could love and would love you back.
Draco reappeared at the party towards midnight with a smile on his face and the fresh smell of soap and shampoo on him. Colin was boiling with anger and cracking his knuckles for the chance to hit Draco when no one was looking, it came. He was wondering down a barely crowd hallway when Draco turned the corner. A big grin cross Colin's face and he looked like a man who just learned he was God.
"Whoa. Colin what has you all happy?" Draco said as if speaking of the weather. Colin just smiled. Draco noticed this a raise a brow, "Okay, Colin how many fingers as I holding up?" Colin could not stop smiling even as Draco had him for drunk.
"I'm so ecstatic because I'm in a hallway with you," Colin said firmly making Draco fear he was alone with a fag, "that the nearest people won't be able to save you from a black eye you SHIT!" Colin shouted jumping on Draco.
A woman standing several yards away as she saw her fellow Slytherin Draco Malfoy being assaulted by that Gryffindor scum Creevy. She ran to aid wand in hand. "Off of him you muggle-born!" Colin apparently did not hear her as he swung at Draco again who was now desperately trying to preserve his face.
"You better stop seducing my fiancé!" Colin shouted throwing another punch. Colin could numbly hear the Slytherin woman shouting something as he was flipped over by Draco. He cringed at the waiting he knew he would receive. It never came. He looked and saw Draco toppled over at his feet.
"Oh no." The woman gasp realizing in her anger when Colin was flipped over she cursed Draco. Colin stopped smiling, I only wanted to bruise him not kill him…
"Now we will need Mandrakes." The woman huffed.
Colin flared with anger; "YOU PETRIFIED HIM!" The Slytherin shrugged and repeated Mandrakes. Colin glared, "You stupid bitch. Narcissa could get them at the drop of a hat but they're not in season!" This is bad… what will Ginny say? What will Narcissa say? What will anyone say?
"How could you?" The woman glared. Colin looked at her questioningly. "How could you do that to Draco?" She said again backing away. "SOMEONE HELP! Draco Malfoy is in trouble!" She turned to the gasping paintings, some which were kind spirit and would tell the truth. "If I hear so much as a peep from your pictures… I will shred you all! SOMEONE THE CREEVY BOY HAS ATTACKED DRACO!"
There were pops from apparating wizards and witches. All of them had their wands pointed at Colin who stood by the fallen Draco's side. Narcissa burst through the crowd and stared coldly at Colin. Saying nothing she turned to the other wizards and witches and signaled with her eyes to leave.
She turned to the woman Slytherin and spoke, "Breanna, What happened here?" The woman looked cautiously at Narcissa then to Colin, "He attacked Draco…"
Narcissa turned to the now empty portraits and gave a low growl, "Leave at once Breanna. Colin I would like to have a word with you! HOUSEELVES!" She screamed causing several elves to appear, "Take my son to his room and do your best to find some Mandrakes!" She quickly turned down the hall leaving Colin to scramble after her.
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Finally, you cannot shut me out! A voice laughed. Draco spun around in the dark mist. The voice spoke again, Will you let me awake for others to see? Draco did not even answer, he did not have to, for it was like Avalon inside his mind. Everything thought was said without permission. I am PenDrake! First of the Dragon, and when the time comes the last.
Draco did not talk, he did not think, it was just the strange oneness that bother him and left him unsettled. The oneness… we are one person one being until the time you die. Until you body withers and my half soul forces the orb back into a whole for me to be a whole soul again. Then I will wait for the apocalypse to be again whole in body, mind, spirit, and blood for the final time.
Tears fell from Draco eyes and he cried out, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME!"
Draco cried out, he could not stop it. His emotion burned his soul; the dragon's fire was driving him mad. He was naked in his mind's eyes trying to understand himself. Everything just exploded and he needed to put the pieces back together. Think my son! Think, remember and you will live, do not and she can not save you.
What happened last? "You better stop seducing my fiancé!" Colin, Why did that upset me? "Nothing, Absolutely nothing," Why does that bring me pain? "You didn't say that but you were thinking it. I use Magic Head and Shoulder. Draco, I love you too." Her, she destroyed me! She did not. She made you! She brought you from the pain of the Dark Lord. She gave you hope and the feelings of love. It was not Hermione. She was never that important. Your young beliefs of muggle-borns made you look over her and at the pure poor blood of the young Weasley kin. Do not you remember?
I forced myself not to. She was so beautiful that in my life it hurt to remember it knowing by birth that I could not have her. # I inhaled deep breath thinking, Will the Dark Lord rise this year? Will Dad's plan work? I had already tormented Potter's gang enough that I just did not notice the new face. Her beauty plain new face. She was the one. Dad chose her to be the bringer of our young Dark Lord. Shame she will have to die. A shame it really is. I strode past her quickly barely taking notice of her wind blow beautiful red hair. At least I thought I took no notice. #
Beautiful is she not. She only thinks of you that I am sure. I see it in her eyes when she lets me. Why do not you just ignore that ridiculous relations that you people recently made? Back in my time, you loved whom you loved and that was all. Young Draco take her love and make it your as you give her your to have as her own while you still can. PenDrake's voice called out in his dark thoughts.
"You better stop seducing my fiancé!" His words burn my soul. Draco inward winced as the darkness began to suck and become one with his skin. She chose him over me. Again PenDrake's emotions took him over and he cried. She took the next best thing because no one would let her have the first.
"Nothing, Absolutely nothing," I must be a failure in her eyes. I could not save her. It took divine intervention. Pendragon and Righteous aren't divine intervention… their just wise and all knowing ancestors. They gave me the power to save her. I did. Even if I did not really think of it that is what save her. I really did protect her but not long enough now she if forced to love that… that… no-name-wizard, There will be no page in history for her if she loves him! Draco tears abruptly stopped and he slowly sank deeper into his hatred.
"You didn't say that but you were thinking it. I use Magic Head and Shoulder. Draco, I love you too." She should not love me but she does. She can not have me but she wants me. She stopped trying to have me and just took what was giving to her. Where is that fiery spirit! I want that back and going against everything that makes me me will be the price. I do not care, I will take her spirit and let it free. She will be happy!
Draco opened his eyes and found himself completely covered in the darkness of himself. With a bewildering cry he started clawing at the inky blackness that ran between his finger and over his arms like water. It was choking his very life. For her! She needs you she calls you now as you die in your sleep! Hurry! FIGHT! PenDrake roared from somewhere far away. Draco somehow matched his roar now crying freely of his own will.
Cry you stupid shit! Cry because you are no longer a tool of that twisted black that is now your soul. Cry because you know that someone else can only heal your life, not you. Cry because you finally realize you can not live and die alone. She will be there and you will cry for her. Cry because you can. Cry because you are now two people and no long your own.
Draco suddenly felt his fingers claw against frail stone. He pushed against it will his palms and found it gave way. He let himself get taken over in the red light coming from somewhere inside him. His fist cracked through the ground and air suddenly filled his starving lungs. Tears dried instantly against the intense heat in the air of things. Draco again roared snapping his eyes open.
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"Ginny!" Draco cried out as he shoot up in bed and pulled his cousin back down on him. She wanted to scream and run in another direction. She wanted to be able to leave and hide so that Draco would not be disgusted by her dirt caked hair and mud painted face. She smelled worst then dirt and looked like a muggle beggar.
"Draco stop please! Stop it! I'm bloody filthy!" Ginny gasped through Draco's wild kisses. He gave a grunt to signify he did not care. She could not speak when Draco leaned back and revealed himself. Okay you have seen him naked before… why is this different? Draco panted softly smiling down at her with a flushed face, bare chest revealed through an open shirt, and fly unzipped with a evident change she had never really noticed before. "You can't!" Ginny gasped forcing him away and stumbled to the floor.
"Why not?" Draco said almost pleadingly. He pouted softly trying to look upset. It was so hard when she was messed up like that. Yes she was filthy, yes she was covered in dirt, yes she was half-naked due to his quick finger, and yes he had the strange dragon urge to eat Ginny alive. Use to eat them all the time, of course you love this one that is another matter. Draco thought to himself.
"We-We're cousins," She gasped seeing her words had no effect on him, "you slept with Blaise!" She stood up and trying to best to clean herself off. She buttoned up her shirt and glared.
"You make it sound like all I think about is sex!" Draco laughed expertly hiding his pain that Ginny did not seem interested in him.
"It is! Sleep with this girl, sleep with that one, you have not the ability to commit yourself! I want my first time to be special! I want my first time to be with the man that I am to marry. I want my first time to be with another virgin so I do not feel inadequate." She rambled pacing back in forth looking as if she was about to break out into tears.
"You want your first time to be with someone you don't love." Draco said flatly like not hiding his scorn. She stopped and suddenly broke into tears. His heart sank as he held her close, "Don't cry love." She pushed him slightly away looking up at him. When did she get so woman like? He thought quietly as he bent down to kiss her.
Draco's mind suddenly mixed memories as PenDrake remembered thing into Draco's mind. As he nibbled softly on Ginny's neck he remembered Stallion's fair white skin. As he whispered sweet words into her ear he remember Stallion's sweet laugh. He took her lips into his and remembered the soft moan Stallion alone could manage in the dragon tongue.
The soft strangled cried that came from Ginny's mouth sent shivers up Draco's spine. Stallion… oh my darling Stallion is in her. Now we are almost perfect for each other. Draco gave a wild growl and pick Ginny right off the floor and onto his bed. "You saved me from that death sleep… how?" She turned bright red with embarrassment.
"I don't know what happened Ms. Malfoy honestly." Colin's voice rang out as he pushed the door open. Draco did not hear him of couse; his hands full with Ginny and all.
"Colin, Draco has been like this for a day now and Ginny has been missing t-" Narcissa paused at Colin's strange statue state. She followed his gaze she gave no wild scream at the sight of her son and her niece together kissing in his bed. She just folded down her skirt that was already straight and spoke, "Draco," he came to attention with a stone face, "I want you in the study now. Ginny please leave to the burrow now with Colin and do not return till I speak with your mother."
Ginny looked at Draco for some sort of weak or reassuring explanation but he could offer none. He looked at her and gave a forced smile as if to tell her everything would be alright. He straightened up his clothes and help her up. He walked past his mother and a glaring Colin. He wanted to retort and be the Draco Malfoy everyone knew but he dared not say anything to Colin in fear of his mother's wrath.
Ginny walked slower and waited for Narcissa to disappear before she reached the door and Colin. "Colin. I-" She began to say but Colin's hurt eyes shut her up. You tried to ignore it I know. I try to too but I just can not. Draco's to deep into me for me to pull him out and expect to live. Colin I do care for you but that is a far as it goes.
She just continued walking on to find Colin holding her arm. She thought he was going to pull her into a hug, instead he grasped his ring and pulled it gently off. Without another word he walk passed her down the hallway and out of sight. "Colin… I'm sorry." Ginny cried collapsing to the floor.
Why are things always this hard? Can't you be here for me Draco?
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Sorry for the poor ending.
Next Chapter: Draco and Ginny go missing yet again. Ginny briefly losses her mind reading ability. Ron gives in and come back to the waiting arms of his soon-to-be-wife, taking one other with him. Snape is out on the hunt. Hermione and Harry make a brief meaningful appearance.
D-Chan
