Disclaimer: Thanks to my friend Stacy (mysterywriter) I got this idea. So,
hopefully, it isn't too hard to follow. It all belongs to J. K. Rowling,
except the part me and Stacy thought up.
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Chapter 10: The First Attack
Ginny still hadn't confessed her love for Draco. But he understood that it was a very hard thing for her to say, and decided to give her all the time she needed to think it over. But Ginny's mind was on other things as she and Draco began to work out the first attack.
They both sat in the kitchen discussing the plans, as they did every day.
"It has to be a surprise attack, obviously." Ginny said, bending over one of the many maps that were laid out on the kitchen table.
"Shall we attack the Ministry first?" Draco asked.
"No," Ginny said, studying the maps of Hogsmeade and the Ministry of Magic. "We should probably attack civilians first. We should take it slow and not go for what we want right away."
"Right, so, you think we should send a bunch of Death Eaters to Hogsmeade. They can block the road and set off a couple of destruction spells. Just enough spells so that we'll have more dead then injured." Draco said. When Ginny didn't respond, he glanced up at her. She had a depressed look on her face. "I know it's not easy for you to be doing this." He said, placing a hand on her arm in a comforting manner.
"I just wish that we didn't have to attack innocent people." Ginny said her eyes darting from the table to Draco's face, and back again. "But it's for the good of our army..."
"Discussing battle plans, I hope." Came Lucius' cold voice. He strutted into the room and stood, rather intimidating, in front of Draco and Ginny.
"We have it all worked out." Draco told his father.
"Good." Lucius said, an evil smirk finding its way onto his stone cold face. "We will activate your plan tomorrow around noon."
"Will we fight?" Draco asked.
"Heavens no, we don't want to compromises the lives of our leaders." An almost mocking smirk flashed onto his face. "So, you two can stand in a spot out of the way, and give us the signal." Lucius said. Draco nodded as if he understood and Ginny mimicked him, although she didn't have the slightest clue what was going on.
That day, Voldemort killed himself. This made Fudge and his army let down their guard, thinking that the Dark Lord was gone, thus made the attack on Hogsmeade much easier and more effective. Ginny had no emotions toward his death. Maybe it was because she refused to admit that she was his daughter, or maybe because she was too busy thinking about the war, but Ginny felt absolutely no lose when she found out that Voldemort was gone.
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The next day, Ginny walked downstairs to find Lucius and Draco talking in the parlor. They both looked up as she entered the room.
"Good, you're here. In a few minutes, you and Draco are going to be transported to your location. Draco knows the signal." Lucius said. He strode over to a teapot, and muttered something under his breath as he tapped it with his wand. He then picked up the teapot, and walked over to Ginny and Draco, holding it out for them. Draco put a hand on the teapot, and Ginny mimicked him.
Lucius counted to three and, before she knew what was happening, Ginny felt as if she was being pulled from just behind her navel. And just as she was getting use to the spinning world around her, the portkey had taken her and Draco to the top of a building in Hogsmeade. Draco crouched down, and pulled Ginny down with him so that the people on the ground couldn't see them as easily.
"Right," Draco said, turning to Ginny with a serious look on his face. "When I give the signal, Jones-" he pointed to a grungy looking man who was sitting at an outdoor café, reading the paper. Jones' eyes kept on glancing up toward Ginny and Draco. "he'll do a spell on his Dark Mark so that the other Death Eaters know that it's safe to Apparate into their positions." Draco drew an imaginary line across the road stories below them, showing where the Death Eaters would assemble. "Then they'll do their spells."
"Okay." Ginny said, just then realizing that she was shaking. Draco gave her a warm smile before he directed his gaze to the street below. Ginny did the same, and suddenly discovered her fear of heights. They must have been five stories up, on the tallest building in Hogsmeade. The people below seemed to only be a few inches tall.
Draco raised his wand arm, and Jones' head shot up. It was the signal. Jones must have summoned the others, because Ginny could hear a number of faint pops, that were just audible over screaming. Draco suddenly stood up and had a confused and angry look on his face. Ginny looked at the spot below them that Draco was glaring at, and noticed that the Death Eaters had assembled a street away from their correct location.
"What the-?" Draco asked. He grabbed Ginny's arm roughly and Apparated. The next thing she knew, Ginny was standing next to Draco on top of a building that over looked the line of Death Eaters, a street from the location she had just been at.
"What's going on? Why did they Apparate here?" Ginny asked. But Draco didn't hear her. The shouting and screaming was too loud. Ginny's eyes were glued to the road below her. They were right across from Fred and George's shop, and diagonal from the Three Broomsticks. Ginny's breath was caught in her throat when she saw who was sitting outside of the pub. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were standing up, looking very scared. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were feet away, followed by Bill, Charlie, and Percy.
The first Death Eater set off his spell, amide directly in the trio's direction. It hit their table and exploded. Ginny screamed. It didn't even sound like her voice. She made to run toward the edge of the building for a better look, but Draco grabbed both of her arms and held her back.
Even before the smoke and dust could clear, two more spells were set off, at the exact same place. Then three at Fred and George's joke shop. The shop seemed to fall in slow motion. First the bottom crumbled beneath it, and then the top tipped over onto the road. If the spells hadn't hit Fred or George, the collapsing building definitely killed them.
Ginny was screaming and crying, but wasn't even aware of it. Shots of green light were zooming over the chaos. Yells and screams were echoing off of the brick buildings, as were shouts of victory from the Death Eaters. And Ginny was stories above the battle, watching helplessly.
It was like watching a movie. The fighting stopped as quickly as it had started. Everything was quiet and still. Even Ginny's crying had turned silent. As the dust slowly cleared, the road was littered with bodies. Only a few were Death Eaters. Ginny's eyes landed on a pile of red heads, lying very still on the ground.
If it hadn't been for Draco holding onto her, Ginny would have fallen to the ground. Her legs suddenly couldn't hold her weight any longer, and gave way. Draco slowly lowered Ginny into a sitting position on the ground, and kneeled next to her.
"I'm sorry, Ginny. I'm so sorry." Draco whispered. Ginny's face was buried in her hands and her shoulders were shaking. Every once in a while she'd let out a gasp for air. Her lungs didn't seem to be working. It's like they had shrunken to half their size, and she couldn't breathe. And the more she tried to breathe properly, the harder she cried. Ten holes had just been left in her heart, and they might take a lifetime to repair themselves.
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~Crystal Snowflakes- Thank you! I know that this chapter definitely wasn't cute, probably just confusing. But I had to have drama somewhere!
~GirloftheBlueFiresofNever- I know, I know. I should have longer chapters, but it's so hard! I promise to upload the next one quickly, cause this one was very short.
~Wow- Thank you so much! I actually didn't know that this plot was original. If it really is, that's so cool! I LOVE being original, cause there were two times when a really great storyline came to me, and I looked on fanfic, and someone had already written a story *just like it*! that totally blowed.
~kneh13- Wow, that thing about Voldie doing a spell to make Ginny have twins is a good idea. You should write a story about it! Cause, ya know, my Voldie's already dead :(
~sweetstar3- heeheehee, I love leaving you in suspense. It's rather enjoyable. Okay, I PROMISE that you will find out what Lucius will do in the next chapter... so, there's so more suspense!
~Vanyaria Darkshadow- Aw, you love the Weasleys? Then I feel really bad for what I just did to them in this chapter! Well, you still have Ginny. She's the only Weasley left, and she's not even a Weasley by blood!... you weren't a Ginny/Draco shipper?! Well, lucky I was around to convert you!... don't worry, I cracked up when I wrote the line, "Mrs...erm...Dark Lord?" I donno why! It just seemed funny... *hugs Vanyaria Darkshodow* I love you for reviewing it and putting it on your fav list!
~SkysTheLimit- I wanna kiss Malfoy too! *Draco* Malfoy, that is. Not his daddy. Lucius is a bit too evil for my liking.
~angelrita- I updated! And I promise to update again really soon cause, personally, I think that this chapter sucks, and I want you guys to have more. Plus, I like the next chapter a lot :)
~Lacy1- They kinda fell in love. I mean, Draco did... we're not too sure about Ginny just yet. But, I mean, seriously, who doesn't love Draco?! Crazy people! That's who.
~Mac12- *wipes single tear from eye* aw, I feel so bad for you. You have school! Mine doesn't start for a week. Heeheehee... I promise you'll see what Lucius will do in the next chapter!
~hello/hello again- um, wow, thanks. I really appreciate the constructive comments you gave me. I actually do have someone who reads these before I post them, and I constantly tell her to be brutal. But I guess we both skipped over how old Mrs. Weasley would be when pregnant cause it's not really important in the story. I tend to do that; skip over details and go straight to the plot. I just have one thing that I don't agree with you on; I think it's really easy to describe too much (even though I never have that problem cause I agree that I don't describe enough). Anyways, thanks for all of the constructive comments!
~amy- Thank you so much! I donno what Ginny's going to be called. I think just Ginny, cause Virginia takes too long to write (I'm really lazy).
~elfgirl- aw, you're so sweet! Thank you, I hope this chapter wasn't too confusing, I promise the next one will explain it.
~KeeperOfTheMoon- Thanks. Only one word, but at least it was a nice one!
~Herbie- I know, isn't Draco the best?! I love him! If only Ginny did...
~Angel-blader- aw, thank you! You're so nice to me :) I PROMISE to continue. I'll even finish it! how's that? I'll update soon, I promise!
~Foags- I know, such a sad story. And it just got sadder!... what are you talking about, I wouldn't care about Voldie being my daddy if I had Draco! He so hot, I think I'd go blind anyways. Besides, Voldie's dead. Now, all we have to do is kill Lucius... hm, I'm thinking rocks would do the trick.
~Bob kitten- aw, thank you! I don't really like this chapter that much, then next one is better. It explains everything... kinda.
~loonyluna1- Thank you so much! I love your name, Luna Lovegood is one of my fav new characters. You should write fics about her! Someone needs to, and I'd read them! Pwease?
~Wizzabee- lol, I'm hoping you can't relate to *this* situation. But I'm really happy that you can relate to the other stuff, cause that's what makes it more believable. Anyways, thanks and I hope that you aren't still afraid to get close to guys. There's a Draco out there somewhere (for me, hopefully he'll be in the form of Tom Felton).
~HPfreak8- Aw, I made you cry! That actually makes me happy, as twisted as that sounds. It means I'm doing my job! But at least you were crying with happiness. That's the only good kind of crying.
~ayumi-dono- Yea, I always thought Ginny would be the one to confess love first, since Draco a Malfoy and all. Plus, Ginny's a girl, and us girls express our emotions more. But I switched it on ya! Sorry... lol, I don't think I'll do the unscrambling of a name. It takes too long, and I'm not that creative. *continues glaring contest* will they have a child? Will Ginny go all evil on us? Tune in next time and find out! Heehee, no telling. Muhahaha!
~Strayc@t- haha, it *is* fun being insane! And this is my only place I can be strange! Stupid dramas. Poor Ginny some more, and poor Draco for having to deal with her crying so much!
~cute-crazy-chick1- Thank you! I know that this wasn't as cute. Actually it wasn't cute at all. Just really confusing and I suppose sad too. It's not like I cried writing it or anything. Though, I suppose that's just because I was listening to John Mayer and wondering what he looks like in boxer shorts... mmm, yummy :)
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A/N: I know, I know. How could Hermione, Harry, Ron, George, Fred, Bill, Charlie, Percy, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley all be in the same place at the same time?! I'll explain it in the next chapter, so don't flame me. Thanks!
If you want me to e-mail you when I update, just leave your e-mail address in your review. I'd be happy to do it.
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Chapter 10: The First Attack
Ginny still hadn't confessed her love for Draco. But he understood that it was a very hard thing for her to say, and decided to give her all the time she needed to think it over. But Ginny's mind was on other things as she and Draco began to work out the first attack.
They both sat in the kitchen discussing the plans, as they did every day.
"It has to be a surprise attack, obviously." Ginny said, bending over one of the many maps that were laid out on the kitchen table.
"Shall we attack the Ministry first?" Draco asked.
"No," Ginny said, studying the maps of Hogsmeade and the Ministry of Magic. "We should probably attack civilians first. We should take it slow and not go for what we want right away."
"Right, so, you think we should send a bunch of Death Eaters to Hogsmeade. They can block the road and set off a couple of destruction spells. Just enough spells so that we'll have more dead then injured." Draco said. When Ginny didn't respond, he glanced up at her. She had a depressed look on her face. "I know it's not easy for you to be doing this." He said, placing a hand on her arm in a comforting manner.
"I just wish that we didn't have to attack innocent people." Ginny said her eyes darting from the table to Draco's face, and back again. "But it's for the good of our army..."
"Discussing battle plans, I hope." Came Lucius' cold voice. He strutted into the room and stood, rather intimidating, in front of Draco and Ginny.
"We have it all worked out." Draco told his father.
"Good." Lucius said, an evil smirk finding its way onto his stone cold face. "We will activate your plan tomorrow around noon."
"Will we fight?" Draco asked.
"Heavens no, we don't want to compromises the lives of our leaders." An almost mocking smirk flashed onto his face. "So, you two can stand in a spot out of the way, and give us the signal." Lucius said. Draco nodded as if he understood and Ginny mimicked him, although she didn't have the slightest clue what was going on.
That day, Voldemort killed himself. This made Fudge and his army let down their guard, thinking that the Dark Lord was gone, thus made the attack on Hogsmeade much easier and more effective. Ginny had no emotions toward his death. Maybe it was because she refused to admit that she was his daughter, or maybe because she was too busy thinking about the war, but Ginny felt absolutely no lose when she found out that Voldemort was gone.
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The next day, Ginny walked downstairs to find Lucius and Draco talking in the parlor. They both looked up as she entered the room.
"Good, you're here. In a few minutes, you and Draco are going to be transported to your location. Draco knows the signal." Lucius said. He strode over to a teapot, and muttered something under his breath as he tapped it with his wand. He then picked up the teapot, and walked over to Ginny and Draco, holding it out for them. Draco put a hand on the teapot, and Ginny mimicked him.
Lucius counted to three and, before she knew what was happening, Ginny felt as if she was being pulled from just behind her navel. And just as she was getting use to the spinning world around her, the portkey had taken her and Draco to the top of a building in Hogsmeade. Draco crouched down, and pulled Ginny down with him so that the people on the ground couldn't see them as easily.
"Right," Draco said, turning to Ginny with a serious look on his face. "When I give the signal, Jones-" he pointed to a grungy looking man who was sitting at an outdoor café, reading the paper. Jones' eyes kept on glancing up toward Ginny and Draco. "he'll do a spell on his Dark Mark so that the other Death Eaters know that it's safe to Apparate into their positions." Draco drew an imaginary line across the road stories below them, showing where the Death Eaters would assemble. "Then they'll do their spells."
"Okay." Ginny said, just then realizing that she was shaking. Draco gave her a warm smile before he directed his gaze to the street below. Ginny did the same, and suddenly discovered her fear of heights. They must have been five stories up, on the tallest building in Hogsmeade. The people below seemed to only be a few inches tall.
Draco raised his wand arm, and Jones' head shot up. It was the signal. Jones must have summoned the others, because Ginny could hear a number of faint pops, that were just audible over screaming. Draco suddenly stood up and had a confused and angry look on his face. Ginny looked at the spot below them that Draco was glaring at, and noticed that the Death Eaters had assembled a street away from their correct location.
"What the-?" Draco asked. He grabbed Ginny's arm roughly and Apparated. The next thing she knew, Ginny was standing next to Draco on top of a building that over looked the line of Death Eaters, a street from the location she had just been at.
"What's going on? Why did they Apparate here?" Ginny asked. But Draco didn't hear her. The shouting and screaming was too loud. Ginny's eyes were glued to the road below her. They were right across from Fred and George's shop, and diagonal from the Three Broomsticks. Ginny's breath was caught in her throat when she saw who was sitting outside of the pub. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were standing up, looking very scared. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were feet away, followed by Bill, Charlie, and Percy.
The first Death Eater set off his spell, amide directly in the trio's direction. It hit their table and exploded. Ginny screamed. It didn't even sound like her voice. She made to run toward the edge of the building for a better look, but Draco grabbed both of her arms and held her back.
Even before the smoke and dust could clear, two more spells were set off, at the exact same place. Then three at Fred and George's joke shop. The shop seemed to fall in slow motion. First the bottom crumbled beneath it, and then the top tipped over onto the road. If the spells hadn't hit Fred or George, the collapsing building definitely killed them.
Ginny was screaming and crying, but wasn't even aware of it. Shots of green light were zooming over the chaos. Yells and screams were echoing off of the brick buildings, as were shouts of victory from the Death Eaters. And Ginny was stories above the battle, watching helplessly.
It was like watching a movie. The fighting stopped as quickly as it had started. Everything was quiet and still. Even Ginny's crying had turned silent. As the dust slowly cleared, the road was littered with bodies. Only a few were Death Eaters. Ginny's eyes landed on a pile of red heads, lying very still on the ground.
If it hadn't been for Draco holding onto her, Ginny would have fallen to the ground. Her legs suddenly couldn't hold her weight any longer, and gave way. Draco slowly lowered Ginny into a sitting position on the ground, and kneeled next to her.
"I'm sorry, Ginny. I'm so sorry." Draco whispered. Ginny's face was buried in her hands and her shoulders were shaking. Every once in a while she'd let out a gasp for air. Her lungs didn't seem to be working. It's like they had shrunken to half their size, and she couldn't breathe. And the more she tried to breathe properly, the harder she cried. Ten holes had just been left in her heart, and they might take a lifetime to repair themselves.
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~Crystal Snowflakes- Thank you! I know that this chapter definitely wasn't cute, probably just confusing. But I had to have drama somewhere!
~GirloftheBlueFiresofNever- I know, I know. I should have longer chapters, but it's so hard! I promise to upload the next one quickly, cause this one was very short.
~Wow- Thank you so much! I actually didn't know that this plot was original. If it really is, that's so cool! I LOVE being original, cause there were two times when a really great storyline came to me, and I looked on fanfic, and someone had already written a story *just like it*! that totally blowed.
~kneh13- Wow, that thing about Voldie doing a spell to make Ginny have twins is a good idea. You should write a story about it! Cause, ya know, my Voldie's already dead :(
~sweetstar3- heeheehee, I love leaving you in suspense. It's rather enjoyable. Okay, I PROMISE that you will find out what Lucius will do in the next chapter... so, there's so more suspense!
~Vanyaria Darkshadow- Aw, you love the Weasleys? Then I feel really bad for what I just did to them in this chapter! Well, you still have Ginny. She's the only Weasley left, and she's not even a Weasley by blood!... you weren't a Ginny/Draco shipper?! Well, lucky I was around to convert you!... don't worry, I cracked up when I wrote the line, "Mrs...erm...Dark Lord?" I donno why! It just seemed funny... *hugs Vanyaria Darkshodow* I love you for reviewing it and putting it on your fav list!
~SkysTheLimit- I wanna kiss Malfoy too! *Draco* Malfoy, that is. Not his daddy. Lucius is a bit too evil for my liking.
~angelrita- I updated! And I promise to update again really soon cause, personally, I think that this chapter sucks, and I want you guys to have more. Plus, I like the next chapter a lot :)
~Lacy1- They kinda fell in love. I mean, Draco did... we're not too sure about Ginny just yet. But, I mean, seriously, who doesn't love Draco?! Crazy people! That's who.
~Mac12- *wipes single tear from eye* aw, I feel so bad for you. You have school! Mine doesn't start for a week. Heeheehee... I promise you'll see what Lucius will do in the next chapter!
~hello/hello again- um, wow, thanks. I really appreciate the constructive comments you gave me. I actually do have someone who reads these before I post them, and I constantly tell her to be brutal. But I guess we both skipped over how old Mrs. Weasley would be when pregnant cause it's not really important in the story. I tend to do that; skip over details and go straight to the plot. I just have one thing that I don't agree with you on; I think it's really easy to describe too much (even though I never have that problem cause I agree that I don't describe enough). Anyways, thanks for all of the constructive comments!
~amy- Thank you so much! I donno what Ginny's going to be called. I think just Ginny, cause Virginia takes too long to write (I'm really lazy).
~elfgirl- aw, you're so sweet! Thank you, I hope this chapter wasn't too confusing, I promise the next one will explain it.
~KeeperOfTheMoon- Thanks. Only one word, but at least it was a nice one!
~Herbie- I know, isn't Draco the best?! I love him! If only Ginny did...
~Angel-blader- aw, thank you! You're so nice to me :) I PROMISE to continue. I'll even finish it! how's that? I'll update soon, I promise!
~Foags- I know, such a sad story. And it just got sadder!... what are you talking about, I wouldn't care about Voldie being my daddy if I had Draco! He so hot, I think I'd go blind anyways. Besides, Voldie's dead. Now, all we have to do is kill Lucius... hm, I'm thinking rocks would do the trick.
~Bob kitten- aw, thank you! I don't really like this chapter that much, then next one is better. It explains everything... kinda.
~loonyluna1- Thank you so much! I love your name, Luna Lovegood is one of my fav new characters. You should write fics about her! Someone needs to, and I'd read them! Pwease?
~Wizzabee- lol, I'm hoping you can't relate to *this* situation. But I'm really happy that you can relate to the other stuff, cause that's what makes it more believable. Anyways, thanks and I hope that you aren't still afraid to get close to guys. There's a Draco out there somewhere (for me, hopefully he'll be in the form of Tom Felton).
~HPfreak8- Aw, I made you cry! That actually makes me happy, as twisted as that sounds. It means I'm doing my job! But at least you were crying with happiness. That's the only good kind of crying.
~ayumi-dono- Yea, I always thought Ginny would be the one to confess love first, since Draco a Malfoy and all. Plus, Ginny's a girl, and us girls express our emotions more. But I switched it on ya! Sorry... lol, I don't think I'll do the unscrambling of a name. It takes too long, and I'm not that creative. *continues glaring contest* will they have a child? Will Ginny go all evil on us? Tune in next time and find out! Heehee, no telling. Muhahaha!
~Strayc@t- haha, it *is* fun being insane! And this is my only place I can be strange! Stupid dramas. Poor Ginny some more, and poor Draco for having to deal with her crying so much!
~cute-crazy-chick1- Thank you! I know that this wasn't as cute. Actually it wasn't cute at all. Just really confusing and I suppose sad too. It's not like I cried writing it or anything. Though, I suppose that's just because I was listening to John Mayer and wondering what he looks like in boxer shorts... mmm, yummy :)
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A/N: I know, I know. How could Hermione, Harry, Ron, George, Fred, Bill, Charlie, Percy, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley all be in the same place at the same time?! I'll explain it in the next chapter, so don't flame me. Thanks!
If you want me to e-mail you when I update, just leave your e-mail address in your review. I'd be happy to do it.