Chapter Six:

"Your father, he did this?" Ginny's voice shook with anger, Draco nodded, cringing as an attempt to sit up, and he did so slowly.

"He found out about us, he told me, 'Draco you're wasting your life on one of those mortal creatures? How dare you! You know how much I hate them all. Looks as though I need to teach you some manners boy.'"

"Mortal creatures?" She said, a bit confused.

"He thinks we Malfoys are invincible."

He continued to speak of the terrible scene,

"Then he advanced toward me, his eyes burned, her struck me twice with his hand, told me, 'End this now boy, and there'll be no need for massive bloodshed.' I told him no...Which was a big mistake. He grabbed me around the neck and started to strangle me."

"Dirty rotten little..." She was cut off.

"Temper, temper Miss Weasley. Looks like I need to teach you some manners as well."

They both turned to see Dracos' father; Lucius Malfoy standing in the doorway, holding his snake headed cane.

"I told you boy, let her go, she isn't worth anything." His voice was cold, almost drawling like.

"I told you, if you do not listen then you will be punished, and this time so will that thing you call a girl..." He laughed somewhat cynically.

"You really are a rotten little no good lousy..." But again, she was cut off, by Lucius' hands lifted her chin slowly. "I'm a what little girl? You'd better watch that tongue of yours, or you won't see tomorrow, my dear." He whispered.

As he let his finger run over her jawbone, she screamed. He slapped her, rather roughly in fact that she clung to the wall for support.

"Father, don't!" Draco shouted, knowing disobedience to his father was not a good thing, but he was more worried about her safety then his own life.

Lucius turned his eyes on his son, "Have I taught you nothing boy? You disobey me, and there will be hell to pay...looks like this thing will pay for what you've done!" He hissed, grabbing her by the hair and holding her level to his pale face, letting her dangle in the air. He clawed at her face, so some blood dripped down her cheek, she whimpered slowly.

"Shut up, you filthy girl!" He screamed, throwing her to the other side of the room, and into a medical cart as she hit the ground, it fell with her, cracking one of her ribs, as she lay bleeding and motionless.

Draco watched his father as he picked up the body and threw it onto his son, she lay bloody and motionless and pale, Draco couldn't dare to touch her. He looked up at his father "You really are a sick and twisted human being!" He growled.

"This could have been better Draco...you could of been happy, but you drove me to this...to watch your dreams die with this one worthless girl."

His words echoed in through the room as he left...leaving Draco in panic, and his love, fighting to stay alive