A/N: I'm really really sorry for being. . .three weeks? Damn it's been
long. Anyway I've been swamped with homework and tests. Forgive me?
*puppy dog eyes*. GOOD GOOD!! OK on with the story then!
It was night time, and still Draco couldn't think of a plan. He had figured out the spell and that was a start, but he couldn't quite put a plan together. He knew that nymphs had sharp eyes, and they glowed in the dark so it would be easier to spot what they were looking for. Draco was sitting behind a tree, careful not to make a sound, and had been sitting there for hours and hours. He looked at his watch. 2:30 am. He yawned and searched for a plan once again.
First he took what he already knew about nymphs. He recalled the text he had memorised in DADA: In Greek mythology, nymphs are spirits of nature. They are minor female deities and the protectors of springs, mountains, and rivers. Nymphs can also be deadly creatures to men. When a Nymph sees a man, it gets hungry. The Nymph then captures the man, uses him for its own pleasure and then executes the man. Nymphs are represented as young, pretty girls. Each subtype presides over a certain aspect of nature.
Nymphs were not myth but they were not often seen. The only people that saw them eventually got killed by them, except for a few lucky ones. Nymphs wasn't a huge course in DADA, it was just two lessons. One to learn the spell and one to learn the facts. Draco hadn't paid very much attention in that particular topic and he immediately regretted it.
Draco took a peak at the Glory. It was being guarded by several nymphs with helmets that looked like ancient Greek helmets with feathers hanging on the back. They each had a spear and stood there completely still, not even blinking. Draco pondered about a plan once again, as he had been for the last few hours. He had only got one plan in his head but it was too risky. After another half hour of pondering he decided to use that plan.
Since he had the Malfoy charm, he decided to use it. Draco crawled as silently as he could without being seen, very close to a brunette nymph and hid in a bush.
"Psst. Hey," he whispered so only the nymph could hear. The nymph turned to face him and when it couldn't see Draco clearly, it moved towards the bush. Draco grabbed the nymph, remembering a fact about nymphs that his father had told him, and kissed it fiercely on the lips. Kissing a nymph was a big risk of being controlled by the nymph, but if you kissed it harshly and good enough, it would reverse, and you could control the nymph yourself.
Much to Draco's relief, the nymph sank into the kiss and was now under his control. He broke away from the nymph and looked at it in the eyes. "Get me into the Glory," he told the nymph and it nodded. It stood up and led Draco to an entrance at the back that wasn't guarded at all. Draco wondered why.
Draco told the nymph to stay at the entrance and not to tell anyone about what he was up to, and the nymph obeyed. He crawled up to the tree that Ginny was tied to.
"Psst, Ginny," he whispered.
"What?" Ginny said and looked around in confusion and fright.
"It's me: Draco," Draco whispered softly. He imagined Ginny's beautiful eyes light up as she was met with rescue. Draco didn't know why, but he liked the idea of being a hero. He had already saved her countless times and he enjoyed it. As mean as it sounded, he looked forwards to bad things happening to Ginny, and if he enjoyed it a tiny bit more, he would have gone as far as handing her over to trouble so he could save her. But he wasn't that stupid.
Draco mentally slapped himself and blocked out the soft side of his spastic self. He was a Malfoy and kept his pride no matter what it took. Even breaking delicate hearts.
"Draco?" Ginny's voice sounded surprised and calculating, as if she was seeing, or hearing, an illusion.
"Yes that's what I said isn't it? Now let's get out of here," Draco put his hand on the rope that was tying Ginny and found it already loosened. "Why aren't you tied up?" he asked Ginny and revealed his face.
Ginny nodded her head towards a nymph who was sitting about five trees away, sucking a bleeding thumb. "She's helping me," Ginny explained. Draco nodded and crawled over to the nymph, behind the trees, and crept up behind it.
"Hello?" he whispered loudly in its ear. The nymph jumped and turned around sharply, and they almost banged noses. The nymph looked terrified. It was scared out of its mind. It showed by its rapid breathing.
"Stay back!" it said and backed away.
"I'm here to help," Draco whispered. The nymph looked at Ginny with a worried expression on its beautiful and pale face and Ginny nodded as a signal of truth, and the nymph accepted Draco there and then.
"What is your plan then-." The nymph's expression told Draco that it wanted his name, so he spoke.
"Draco. Draco Malfoy," he said and offered his hand.
"The nymph took it and said, "I am Deborah. I was human once, and that is why I want to help Virginia."
"Pleasure," Draco said and kissed her knuckles lightly and tenderly. Deborah giggled playfully.
"You are a very decent man Draco. It certainly has been a long time since I've been treated like a noble la-" Deborah couldn't finish her sentence because she was cut off by Ginny clearing her throat.
"Ahem. . .correct me if I'm wrong but aren't we meant to be hurrying?" Ginny asked harshly but quietly.
"Oh right. . .I certainly am sorry. . .I lost myself in. . .this you man's charms," Deborah apologized and batted her eyelashes at Draco, who smirked and looked at Ginny. She was glaring at them and was red in the face. Jealous, eh? It looked like Draco got another score. Draco: 2. Ginny: 0.
Or did she get a point? She had made him jump up and come to the rescue. Did that count as a point? OK, she got a point. The score was now Draco: 2. Ginny: 1.
Draco laughed at the irony. Ginny scored a point and she didn't even know she was playing in his little game of seduction.
"So what is your plan Draco?" Deborah asked and waved a hand gracefully. Draco looked back at Deborah and smirked wider.
"I kissed a nymph and got it to be my slave," Draco said and almost puffed his chest in pride.
"Very impressive. . ." Deborah looked pleased with him and was practically drooling over him at the same time. When she realized that she was staring, she blushed and looked away. "How long ago was this?" she asked.
"I left it there by the bush about fifteen minutes-" Draco was cut off when he looked at the bush and his nymph 'slave' was gone. "and it's gone," he informed slowly as he drew his eyes away from the bush and to Ginny. She was biting her lip and he could spot fright in her eyes.
Deborah grabbed Draco by the wrist and stood up, pulling him up with her. She started running to a hiding place but it was too late: The guards had taken notice of Draco and had started running towards them. Deborah disappeared into a bush and the guards didn't seem to see her. Draco and Ginny ran towards each other, knowing they had nowhere to go.
They were now surrounded by the guards, who were pointing their sharp spears at them with grim expressions on their pretty faces.
Megana appeared behind the circle of angry nymphs and glided slowly through the circle. "My, my what have we got here. . ." she purred. "Do you know what the punishment is for attempted escape?" she asked them. Ginny shook her head slowly and Draco could see from the corner of his eye how scared she was. "Death."
A/N: Again, I'm REALLY sorry for being so late and for not keeping my promise of not being so late again. I'm not good at keeping promises like that : (
Anyway I hope you liked the chapter cos I didn't particularly. So make me a happy bunny and send LONG reviews! : )
Toodles! : D
It was night time, and still Draco couldn't think of a plan. He had figured out the spell and that was a start, but he couldn't quite put a plan together. He knew that nymphs had sharp eyes, and they glowed in the dark so it would be easier to spot what they were looking for. Draco was sitting behind a tree, careful not to make a sound, and had been sitting there for hours and hours. He looked at his watch. 2:30 am. He yawned and searched for a plan once again.
First he took what he already knew about nymphs. He recalled the text he had memorised in DADA: In Greek mythology, nymphs are spirits of nature. They are minor female deities and the protectors of springs, mountains, and rivers. Nymphs can also be deadly creatures to men. When a Nymph sees a man, it gets hungry. The Nymph then captures the man, uses him for its own pleasure and then executes the man. Nymphs are represented as young, pretty girls. Each subtype presides over a certain aspect of nature.
Nymphs were not myth but they were not often seen. The only people that saw them eventually got killed by them, except for a few lucky ones. Nymphs wasn't a huge course in DADA, it was just two lessons. One to learn the spell and one to learn the facts. Draco hadn't paid very much attention in that particular topic and he immediately regretted it.
Draco took a peak at the Glory. It was being guarded by several nymphs with helmets that looked like ancient Greek helmets with feathers hanging on the back. They each had a spear and stood there completely still, not even blinking. Draco pondered about a plan once again, as he had been for the last few hours. He had only got one plan in his head but it was too risky. After another half hour of pondering he decided to use that plan.
Since he had the Malfoy charm, he decided to use it. Draco crawled as silently as he could without being seen, very close to a brunette nymph and hid in a bush.
"Psst. Hey," he whispered so only the nymph could hear. The nymph turned to face him and when it couldn't see Draco clearly, it moved towards the bush. Draco grabbed the nymph, remembering a fact about nymphs that his father had told him, and kissed it fiercely on the lips. Kissing a nymph was a big risk of being controlled by the nymph, but if you kissed it harshly and good enough, it would reverse, and you could control the nymph yourself.
Much to Draco's relief, the nymph sank into the kiss and was now under his control. He broke away from the nymph and looked at it in the eyes. "Get me into the Glory," he told the nymph and it nodded. It stood up and led Draco to an entrance at the back that wasn't guarded at all. Draco wondered why.
Draco told the nymph to stay at the entrance and not to tell anyone about what he was up to, and the nymph obeyed. He crawled up to the tree that Ginny was tied to.
"Psst, Ginny," he whispered.
"What?" Ginny said and looked around in confusion and fright.
"It's me: Draco," Draco whispered softly. He imagined Ginny's beautiful eyes light up as she was met with rescue. Draco didn't know why, but he liked the idea of being a hero. He had already saved her countless times and he enjoyed it. As mean as it sounded, he looked forwards to bad things happening to Ginny, and if he enjoyed it a tiny bit more, he would have gone as far as handing her over to trouble so he could save her. But he wasn't that stupid.
Draco mentally slapped himself and blocked out the soft side of his spastic self. He was a Malfoy and kept his pride no matter what it took. Even breaking delicate hearts.
"Draco?" Ginny's voice sounded surprised and calculating, as if she was seeing, or hearing, an illusion.
"Yes that's what I said isn't it? Now let's get out of here," Draco put his hand on the rope that was tying Ginny and found it already loosened. "Why aren't you tied up?" he asked Ginny and revealed his face.
Ginny nodded her head towards a nymph who was sitting about five trees away, sucking a bleeding thumb. "She's helping me," Ginny explained. Draco nodded and crawled over to the nymph, behind the trees, and crept up behind it.
"Hello?" he whispered loudly in its ear. The nymph jumped and turned around sharply, and they almost banged noses. The nymph looked terrified. It was scared out of its mind. It showed by its rapid breathing.
"Stay back!" it said and backed away.
"I'm here to help," Draco whispered. The nymph looked at Ginny with a worried expression on its beautiful and pale face and Ginny nodded as a signal of truth, and the nymph accepted Draco there and then.
"What is your plan then-." The nymph's expression told Draco that it wanted his name, so he spoke.
"Draco. Draco Malfoy," he said and offered his hand.
"The nymph took it and said, "I am Deborah. I was human once, and that is why I want to help Virginia."
"Pleasure," Draco said and kissed her knuckles lightly and tenderly. Deborah giggled playfully.
"You are a very decent man Draco. It certainly has been a long time since I've been treated like a noble la-" Deborah couldn't finish her sentence because she was cut off by Ginny clearing her throat.
"Ahem. . .correct me if I'm wrong but aren't we meant to be hurrying?" Ginny asked harshly but quietly.
"Oh right. . .I certainly am sorry. . .I lost myself in. . .this you man's charms," Deborah apologized and batted her eyelashes at Draco, who smirked and looked at Ginny. She was glaring at them and was red in the face. Jealous, eh? It looked like Draco got another score. Draco: 2. Ginny: 0.
Or did she get a point? She had made him jump up and come to the rescue. Did that count as a point? OK, she got a point. The score was now Draco: 2. Ginny: 1.
Draco laughed at the irony. Ginny scored a point and she didn't even know she was playing in his little game of seduction.
"So what is your plan Draco?" Deborah asked and waved a hand gracefully. Draco looked back at Deborah and smirked wider.
"I kissed a nymph and got it to be my slave," Draco said and almost puffed his chest in pride.
"Very impressive. . ." Deborah looked pleased with him and was practically drooling over him at the same time. When she realized that she was staring, she blushed and looked away. "How long ago was this?" she asked.
"I left it there by the bush about fifteen minutes-" Draco was cut off when he looked at the bush and his nymph 'slave' was gone. "and it's gone," he informed slowly as he drew his eyes away from the bush and to Ginny. She was biting her lip and he could spot fright in her eyes.
Deborah grabbed Draco by the wrist and stood up, pulling him up with her. She started running to a hiding place but it was too late: The guards had taken notice of Draco and had started running towards them. Deborah disappeared into a bush and the guards didn't seem to see her. Draco and Ginny ran towards each other, knowing they had nowhere to go.
They were now surrounded by the guards, who were pointing their sharp spears at them with grim expressions on their pretty faces.
Megana appeared behind the circle of angry nymphs and glided slowly through the circle. "My, my what have we got here. . ." she purred. "Do you know what the punishment is for attempted escape?" she asked them. Ginny shook her head slowly and Draco could see from the corner of his eye how scared she was. "Death."
A/N: Again, I'm REALLY sorry for being so late and for not keeping my promise of not being so late again. I'm not good at keeping promises like that : (
Anyway I hope you liked the chapter cos I didn't particularly. So make me a happy bunny and send LONG reviews! : )
Toodles! : D
