CHAPTER SIX: THE CONFRONTATION ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Draco laid in the hospital bed thinking about how angry Ginny was. He had never seen her like that. Madame Pompfrey walked up and down the aisles. She finally approached Draco and told him he could go. He got his stuff in a rush and ran to the Slytherin Common Room. On the way there, he bumped into Hermione. Her books had fallen out of her hands, Draco tried to help her.

"Leave my stuff alone! I don't want to become your next Pansy!" she yelled at him.

"What!"

"You heard me and don't act dumb!"

"I don't have a clue what you're talking about!" Draco was turning red with anger, yet he was still confused.

"Okay, since I see you're going to keep this act going on, I'll tell you what you. I had brought Ginny, Harry and Ron into the Prefects room where we do all of our stuff. There we see you and Pansy on the couch snogging each other senselessly. Ginny had just finished telling us how much you had changed and how much she really did like you but at that sight, she busted into tears and ran out of their down to the Great Hall. Are you happy?"

"But still, what are you talking about? That wasn't me! After I changed my clothes, I went straight down to the Great Hall! I was no where near the prefect room!"

Hermione looked at him not convinced, "When you were done snogging her, Ron wanted to pounce on you but your eyes glowed red, there was a darkness and you were gone".

Draco looked more confused. "I think Pansy has a lot of explaining to do. All I know is that wasn't me".

"I would like to believe you but", Hermione stopped and looked at Draco's face. She could see that he would never do something like that to Ginny. She let out a sigh and left.

Draco got his stuff and went to the common room. There he saw Pansy.

"Well, well, well!" she said smirking, "I see that you caught on to what you did this morning!"

"What are you doing or even trying to do!" he hissed.

"Your life is not yet a living hell, and my goal is to make it that way!"

"What are you saying?"

"Unlike you, I don't disgrace my family's name. You may be wealthier than me but I don't care. I am a death eater, Malfoy! And my assignment is to bring down all those who oppose!"

"Whatever, you need a life! I oppose because I see that it brings misery to others plus the one who is loyal!"

With that, Draco ran out of the common room and went to look for Ginny. He knew better than everyone else that she loved to read under the big tree by the lake. He ran out there and he found her there. But to his surprise, all he found was her body, it looked as if her very life was sucked out of her. He was in shock. He examined the body and saw a piece of paper in her hand.

He took it out and read it,

'Ah, you found the girl once, but as you can plainly see, her life is not there. You disobeyed me for this, this Weasley girl. Her soul remains with me and if you want it back, travel to find her. You were given a clue once before, but remember, Hogsmeade is big. If you don't find her with in a week, her soul will be given to the Dark Lord where he can thrive and grow stronger. Let's see how loyal you are to her. So far I can see, more than your family's name!
-Father'

He looked over to the body of his loved on and couldn't believe his father would stoop that low.