TITLE: Inheritance of the old folk
AUTHOR: green7silver
DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything. J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros. and I don't
know who else do.
PAIRING: Draco/Ginny, but it will take some time. Maybe also other couples
later.
RATING:PG13 (mostly)/ R - there are dying some of the wrong persons.
FEEDBACK: Would love it, positive, negative, as long as it is constructive.
NOTES: That ´s my first fanfiction, so don ´t be too harsh. Thanks to Helen, my betareader. I miss you. SETTING: Harry's 7th year is soon starting, Voldemort was defeated. The Deatheaters and their supporters fled the kiss of the dementors. Because of that nearly all Slytherin have left England. So everything is very good for Harry and his friends. Or is it not? While a lot of strange things are happening in England, Ginny gets involved in a dangerous game in Romania, and soon finds out that the new danger not only threatens the british wizard community, but the whole human race. And the Slytherins seem to be the only ones, who can stop it.
1. As Ginny woke up she could smell the fresh air and jumbed out of bed. From her window she had an extraodinary view over the valley. In the background were the white tops of the eastern carpates under a bright blue summer sky. The birds were singing and the wind played in the trees. She loved Romania. It had taken her nearly two months to convince her parents to let her go with her older brothers, but it was worth it. Since she had heard of Charlies´ new project, she had wanted to come along. But it wasn't until Bill had said that he would also go to Romania for two months, that her parents had allowed her the journey. The misty blue dragons were the last of the so called little dragons. And all the girls in her year would be envious of her.
She showered quickly and changed. Half an hour later she left the little cabin her brothers had rented. Firstly she went down the little lane to the camp. From about half a mile away she could hear high screams. Then she could see the dragon enclosure.
They were about two or three feet high and her skin had a deep azur colour with a delicate mustering. They were so cute, thought Ginny, although Charlie was clearly not of the same opinion. He often reminded her that they were still dangerous creatures and she was forbidden to go to them on her own.
She could see Charlie with one of the dragons in the back of the field . She waved at him. Charlie waved back and gave her the sign that she was allowed to come in. Ginny hurrid to them.
"Morning Charlie."
"Morning Ginny. Did you sleep well?"
"Very well. Is that your new test object?"
"That´s Quennie. Do you want to hold her?"
"May I?"
"Of course," Charlie entrusted the little dragon into her arms.
"Hello," whispered Ginny," you are so beautiful." Quennie looked at her with great eyes and sniffed at her hair. "What are you doing with her?"
"Oh we just try to find out how she reacts to other dragons, which don´ t come from her group. It´s somthing about social behaving for dragons. So I have to work now."
"Okay, see you later."
"See you later."
She went further into the camp. The seven workers wich had come with them from England were building cages for the pregnant drangons. She looked around and found Bill near the forest.
"Hi Bill."
"Hello sister. Have you visited Charlie and his new girlfriend?"
"Yes, she ist so cute. I ´m glad that I´m allowed to stay here."
"Thanks."
"It was Mum and Dad, who have you allowed to stay here."
"But they just did it because you were coming along. And I´m grateful."
"You're welcome," Bill grinned," so I think I have worked out how we can connect the mothers and the baby dragons' cages. Can you just do me a favour and give that to Charlie?"
"Of course," Ginny smiled. That gave her a new opportunity to see the dragons. As fast as she could she run back to Charlie.
"Hi Ginny."
"Hi Charlie. Bill said, I shall give that to you."
"Thanks. That should work." Charlie looked approvingly at Bill´s plan.
Ginny has left her jumper in the hut, because the sun was shining so bright but now she suddenly felt cold. There must be a cloud. But when she looked up there was no cloud - there was nothing - but it went darker every minute.
"What ´s that?"
"I don´t know. But I don´t like it. It´s better to go back to the others. " Charlie grabbed her arm and they ruhshed through the field. Each step it get darker and soon they weren´t able to see whrere they were anymore. And they heard something. It was like wings coupled with high pitched screams.
"What´s that?" whispered Ginny but before Charlie could answer somthing knocked them down and suddenly Ginny felt a sharp pain. Something bited her in her neck. She cried out and tried to struggle free. Someone pulled the creature away from her and her brother helped her to her feet.
"Vampires ," he cried out,"run!"
And they ran like they had never run before. Ginny felt as if she was running for hours, her brest hurt and her lungs cried out for oxygen. Even worse she had lost her wand while she had been stuggeling.
She stumbled further and further, back to the camp. But the vampire reached it before them. Ginny could see nothing, but she could hear cries around her. Suddenly Tom was at her side, one of the younger workers, struggeling and bleeding and then he was quiet. He was dead, realized Ginny, horrified and couldn´t hold back a terrible scream.
The next moment Charlie was at her side again and dragged her along. They ran and ran and then they fell down. Charlie tried to protect her and so it was he who crashed into the rocks, Ginny still in his arms.
"Hush, " he whispered. They huddeld together and remained silent.
It seemed to take hours before the crys stopped. Ginny nearly fainted, as suddenly the darkness faded away.
"They are gone,"she whisperd," we must go back to the camp."
"That´s too dangerous. We have to to go for help."
"But where...?"
"Listen to me. You must go down to the valley. Be careful because there is no path really. Go east and you will find the old forest road in half a day. Go southwest along and you reach Brasova in two days."
"But .."
"I know you have nothing to eat and the nights could get very cold, but you can´t go back to the camp."
"But I can´t leave you behind."
"Ginny I´m seriously wounded. You have to go alone. Ginny please if anyone is still alive - they need help. And you are the only one who can get that help. Everything depends on you. Be brave." He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He was obviously in pain.
Ginny stood up - nearly crying:"I will come back soon, I promise."
Then she went off. She would be brave, she promised herself as she carfully climbed down the hill, holding on trunks, branches and roots. She hadn´t come further than half a mile when her knees were bleeding and her hands hurting from holding on.
When the evening came she was still climbing. Now it was hard to held back her tears. She was hungrey, thirsty and scared to death. And soon it got too dark to go further. Ginny huddled together. Although she was exhausted, she couldn`t sleep very well. Every noise made her jump. It was nearly dawn when she was so exhausted, that she slept. She woke up with a cry as something touched her -and struck around her. Someone made an indignant noise and Quennie flew to the next tree where she sat on a branch, still offended.
"Queenie,"Ginny was relieved to see someone she knew, even when it was only a dragon.
"Queenie come to me,"Queenie looked at her disapprovingly but in the end Ginny conviced her to come down. With the little dragon on her shoulder she climbed down further. But soon her new found hope melted away. Where her brothers still alive? Would she find help soon enough? If she hadn´t lost her wand. If she wasn't so hungery and thirsty.
A sudden cry from behind made her jump. Were the vampires coming back? She hurried down the hill, lost her balance and rolled down the rest of the hill. Finally she was stopped by a tree.
"Aua," she cried and tried to get up. But she couldn´ t. Her ankle was hurting, maybe broken. Oh no, what should she do? She had failed - the other would die and she too - if the vampires didn´t get her - of hunger and thirst.
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Hermione hummed as she prepared the picnic. It was a nice summer day, made for eating outside. She had just finished, as Ron and Harry arrived. They waved at her and rushed to reach the place beside the little river.
"You're just in time."
"Fine, I´m starving," Ron settled down. They ate in peace then they relaxed.
"It´s nice here," said Hermione cheerefully.
"Yeah, the sun is shining, the birds are singing - and I´m not living with the Dursleys anymore," Harry smiled, "a really nice day."
"You will be glad when your adoption by Sirius is legal, won´t you?"
"Very glad. It´s what I want most in my life. Finally I will have a family. And Sirius is happy too," Harry smiled," I never will leave him again. It was too bad, when I thought him dead."
"Where is he now?"
"At Lupin's. They try to renovate the rooms where we'll move in, but I think it will take some time. I´m very grateful that I`m allowed to stay in the burrow so long."
"It´s okay."
"How are your parents?" asked Hermione.
"My father is still working too much. You know there is much work in the ministry at the moment. Because there are lot less people to do it," he smirked," even if Mr. Rodniffirg, Fudge's new assistent is very competent."
"Gabriel Rodniffirg," murmured Hermione,"he is rather a handsome man, isn´t he?"
"Yes and very good in his job," added Ron."my father says. When you hear him speak you would hardly believe he is from down under. I mean he has a little accent, but it´s really difficult to recognize."
"He is a good wizard,"Hermione sighed." He got a 1,1 in all subjects. I have really to work a bit more for school."
Ron and Harry smiled at each other. Although Hermione seemed to have settled down a bit in the last few years the start of their final year did stress her a lot.
"We still have a month until school starts again," said Ron," and I have to say I´m really looking forward to it this time. No Malfoy, no Grabbe and Goyle, no Slytherins - it will be great."
"Yeah, and no Voldemort anymore," added Harry," and that´s the best."
"Hey, don´t look so sad, you have won, you´ ve beaten him."
"I had a lot of help,"Harry pointed out." You can´t imaging how glad I´m that he is finally dead - and that we found his dead body. It´s nice to have a proof that he can´t come back in another couple of years."
"And it´s also nice that they could catch all the Deatheaters."
"Thanks to Sirius, Remus and Moody," Hermione smirked. "And this time they all got trials and finally sent to Azkaban."
"Yes, even the Malfoys weren´t able to get out of it," Ron sighed," I`d love to see them before the dementors."
Harry scowled at him: "Don´t be so cruel. Even though I hate them - the kiss of the dementors is something I wouldn´t wish my worst enemy - not even Voldemort."
"You are too softhearted," murmured Ron,"you seem nearly relieved that they could escape."
"No I'm not. Even though I`m glad in some ways that they havn´t been killed, I know that they are still dangerous."
"But not very dangerous," Hermione reassured him," I mean they´re on the run. They have lost everything, their status, their money, their power. They have to hide and must be afraid of being caught. What can they do to make trouble?"
"And the main thing is that nearly all the Slytherins have left England. We are free of them."
"But it was really scary how they escaped," murmured Hermione," despite Sirius no one ever escaped from Askaban - and now the whole group."
"And they fled the moment they should been kissed,"added Ron.
"And they still have no idea how they could escape?"
"Nope. Moody and the whole crisis team havn´t found anything yet. It must be very strong dark magic, that´s all we know."
"But someone must helped them."
"Guess so. Someone must, but they have no trace at the moment. But I don´t think we have to worry. The dementors and the aurors are still chasing them. And we have a Malfoy- free school. It´s just a pity hat Snape´s still there."
"He has risked a lot to help us," Harry said.
"I know that. He's a hero, but he´s still a nightmare of a teacher," said Ron and his friends laughed," honestly I saw him last week in Diagon Alley and he looked as if we´ll get a lot of homework next year."
"He is a bit nervous, I suppose,"said Harry," the deatheaters know now, that he has betrayed them. They won´t forgive that."
"And he needs a redefinition of his job," added Hermione, " how can he be the head of Slytherin house if there are no Slytherins left?"
"Don´t you think, they will sort other people into that house?"asked Harry," I mean the power of Hogwarts was always the balance of the four houses."
"That´s just what Dumbledore said. But Fudge and Gabriel decided that hey have discredited themselves too much. We don't need them. But beside that, today is too nice to talk about things like that the whole time."
His friends aggreed and soon their conservation turned to plans for the summer and trips they wanted to do together.
NOTES: That ´s my first fanfiction, so don ´t be too harsh. Thanks to Helen, my betareader. I miss you. SETTING: Harry's 7th year is soon starting, Voldemort was defeated. The Deatheaters and their supporters fled the kiss of the dementors. Because of that nearly all Slytherin have left England. So everything is very good for Harry and his friends. Or is it not? While a lot of strange things are happening in England, Ginny gets involved in a dangerous game in Romania, and soon finds out that the new danger not only threatens the british wizard community, but the whole human race. And the Slytherins seem to be the only ones, who can stop it.
1. As Ginny woke up she could smell the fresh air and jumbed out of bed. From her window she had an extraodinary view over the valley. In the background were the white tops of the eastern carpates under a bright blue summer sky. The birds were singing and the wind played in the trees. She loved Romania. It had taken her nearly two months to convince her parents to let her go with her older brothers, but it was worth it. Since she had heard of Charlies´ new project, she had wanted to come along. But it wasn't until Bill had said that he would also go to Romania for two months, that her parents had allowed her the journey. The misty blue dragons were the last of the so called little dragons. And all the girls in her year would be envious of her.
She showered quickly and changed. Half an hour later she left the little cabin her brothers had rented. Firstly she went down the little lane to the camp. From about half a mile away she could hear high screams. Then she could see the dragon enclosure.
They were about two or three feet high and her skin had a deep azur colour with a delicate mustering. They were so cute, thought Ginny, although Charlie was clearly not of the same opinion. He often reminded her that they were still dangerous creatures and she was forbidden to go to them on her own.
She could see Charlie with one of the dragons in the back of the field . She waved at him. Charlie waved back and gave her the sign that she was allowed to come in. Ginny hurrid to them.
"Morning Charlie."
"Morning Ginny. Did you sleep well?"
"Very well. Is that your new test object?"
"That´s Quennie. Do you want to hold her?"
"May I?"
"Of course," Charlie entrusted the little dragon into her arms.
"Hello," whispered Ginny," you are so beautiful." Quennie looked at her with great eyes and sniffed at her hair. "What are you doing with her?"
"Oh we just try to find out how she reacts to other dragons, which don´ t come from her group. It´s somthing about social behaving for dragons. So I have to work now."
"Okay, see you later."
"See you later."
She went further into the camp. The seven workers wich had come with them from England were building cages for the pregnant drangons. She looked around and found Bill near the forest.
"Hi Bill."
"Hello sister. Have you visited Charlie and his new girlfriend?"
"Yes, she ist so cute. I ´m glad that I´m allowed to stay here."
"Thanks."
"It was Mum and Dad, who have you allowed to stay here."
"But they just did it because you were coming along. And I´m grateful."
"You're welcome," Bill grinned," so I think I have worked out how we can connect the mothers and the baby dragons' cages. Can you just do me a favour and give that to Charlie?"
"Of course," Ginny smiled. That gave her a new opportunity to see the dragons. As fast as she could she run back to Charlie.
"Hi Ginny."
"Hi Charlie. Bill said, I shall give that to you."
"Thanks. That should work." Charlie looked approvingly at Bill´s plan.
Ginny has left her jumper in the hut, because the sun was shining so bright but now she suddenly felt cold. There must be a cloud. But when she looked up there was no cloud - there was nothing - but it went darker every minute.
"What ´s that?"
"I don´t know. But I don´t like it. It´s better to go back to the others. " Charlie grabbed her arm and they ruhshed through the field. Each step it get darker and soon they weren´t able to see whrere they were anymore. And they heard something. It was like wings coupled with high pitched screams.
"What´s that?" whispered Ginny but before Charlie could answer somthing knocked them down and suddenly Ginny felt a sharp pain. Something bited her in her neck. She cried out and tried to struggle free. Someone pulled the creature away from her and her brother helped her to her feet.
"Vampires ," he cried out,"run!"
And they ran like they had never run before. Ginny felt as if she was running for hours, her brest hurt and her lungs cried out for oxygen. Even worse she had lost her wand while she had been stuggeling.
She stumbled further and further, back to the camp. But the vampire reached it before them. Ginny could see nothing, but she could hear cries around her. Suddenly Tom was at her side, one of the younger workers, struggeling and bleeding and then he was quiet. He was dead, realized Ginny, horrified and couldn´t hold back a terrible scream.
The next moment Charlie was at her side again and dragged her along. They ran and ran and then they fell down. Charlie tried to protect her and so it was he who crashed into the rocks, Ginny still in his arms.
"Hush, " he whispered. They huddeld together and remained silent.
It seemed to take hours before the crys stopped. Ginny nearly fainted, as suddenly the darkness faded away.
"They are gone,"she whisperd," we must go back to the camp."
"That´s too dangerous. We have to to go for help."
"But where...?"
"Listen to me. You must go down to the valley. Be careful because there is no path really. Go east and you will find the old forest road in half a day. Go southwest along and you reach Brasova in two days."
"But .."
"I know you have nothing to eat and the nights could get very cold, but you can´t go back to the camp."
"But I can´t leave you behind."
"Ginny I´m seriously wounded. You have to go alone. Ginny please if anyone is still alive - they need help. And you are the only one who can get that help. Everything depends on you. Be brave." He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He was obviously in pain.
Ginny stood up - nearly crying:"I will come back soon, I promise."
Then she went off. She would be brave, she promised herself as she carfully climbed down the hill, holding on trunks, branches and roots. She hadn´t come further than half a mile when her knees were bleeding and her hands hurting from holding on.
When the evening came she was still climbing. Now it was hard to held back her tears. She was hungrey, thirsty and scared to death. And soon it got too dark to go further. Ginny huddled together. Although she was exhausted, she couldn`t sleep very well. Every noise made her jump. It was nearly dawn when she was so exhausted, that she slept. She woke up with a cry as something touched her -and struck around her. Someone made an indignant noise and Quennie flew to the next tree where she sat on a branch, still offended.
"Queenie,"Ginny was relieved to see someone she knew, even when it was only a dragon.
"Queenie come to me,"Queenie looked at her disapprovingly but in the end Ginny conviced her to come down. With the little dragon on her shoulder she climbed down further. But soon her new found hope melted away. Where her brothers still alive? Would she find help soon enough? If she hadn´t lost her wand. If she wasn't so hungery and thirsty.
A sudden cry from behind made her jump. Were the vampires coming back? She hurried down the hill, lost her balance and rolled down the rest of the hill. Finally she was stopped by a tree.
"Aua," she cried and tried to get up. But she couldn´ t. Her ankle was hurting, maybe broken. Oh no, what should she do? She had failed - the other would die and she too - if the vampires didn´t get her - of hunger and thirst.
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Hermione hummed as she prepared the picnic. It was a nice summer day, made for eating outside. She had just finished, as Ron and Harry arrived. They waved at her and rushed to reach the place beside the little river.
"You're just in time."
"Fine, I´m starving," Ron settled down. They ate in peace then they relaxed.
"It´s nice here," said Hermione cheerefully.
"Yeah, the sun is shining, the birds are singing - and I´m not living with the Dursleys anymore," Harry smiled, "a really nice day."
"You will be glad when your adoption by Sirius is legal, won´t you?"
"Very glad. It´s what I want most in my life. Finally I will have a family. And Sirius is happy too," Harry smiled," I never will leave him again. It was too bad, when I thought him dead."
"Where is he now?"
"At Lupin's. They try to renovate the rooms where we'll move in, but I think it will take some time. I´m very grateful that I`m allowed to stay in the burrow so long."
"It´s okay."
"How are your parents?" asked Hermione.
"My father is still working too much. You know there is much work in the ministry at the moment. Because there are lot less people to do it," he smirked," even if Mr. Rodniffirg, Fudge's new assistent is very competent."
"Gabriel Rodniffirg," murmured Hermione,"he is rather a handsome man, isn´t he?"
"Yes and very good in his job," added Ron."my father says. When you hear him speak you would hardly believe he is from down under. I mean he has a little accent, but it´s really difficult to recognize."
"He is a good wizard,"Hermione sighed." He got a 1,1 in all subjects. I have really to work a bit more for school."
Ron and Harry smiled at each other. Although Hermione seemed to have settled down a bit in the last few years the start of their final year did stress her a lot.
"We still have a month until school starts again," said Ron," and I have to say I´m really looking forward to it this time. No Malfoy, no Grabbe and Goyle, no Slytherins - it will be great."
"Yeah, and no Voldemort anymore," added Harry," and that´s the best."
"Hey, don´t look so sad, you have won, you´ ve beaten him."
"I had a lot of help,"Harry pointed out." You can´t imaging how glad I´m that he is finally dead - and that we found his dead body. It´s nice to have a proof that he can´t come back in another couple of years."
"And it´s also nice that they could catch all the Deatheaters."
"Thanks to Sirius, Remus and Moody," Hermione smirked. "And this time they all got trials and finally sent to Azkaban."
"Yes, even the Malfoys weren´t able to get out of it," Ron sighed," I`d love to see them before the dementors."
Harry scowled at him: "Don´t be so cruel. Even though I hate them - the kiss of the dementors is something I wouldn´t wish my worst enemy - not even Voldemort."
"You are too softhearted," murmured Ron,"you seem nearly relieved that they could escape."
"No I'm not. Even though I`m glad in some ways that they havn´t been killed, I know that they are still dangerous."
"But not very dangerous," Hermione reassured him," I mean they´re on the run. They have lost everything, their status, their money, their power. They have to hide and must be afraid of being caught. What can they do to make trouble?"
"And the main thing is that nearly all the Slytherins have left England. We are free of them."
"But it was really scary how they escaped," murmured Hermione," despite Sirius no one ever escaped from Askaban - and now the whole group."
"And they fled the moment they should been kissed,"added Ron.
"And they still have no idea how they could escape?"
"Nope. Moody and the whole crisis team havn´t found anything yet. It must be very strong dark magic, that´s all we know."
"But someone must helped them."
"Guess so. Someone must, but they have no trace at the moment. But I don´t think we have to worry. The dementors and the aurors are still chasing them. And we have a Malfoy- free school. It´s just a pity hat Snape´s still there."
"He has risked a lot to help us," Harry said.
"I know that. He's a hero, but he´s still a nightmare of a teacher," said Ron and his friends laughed," honestly I saw him last week in Diagon Alley and he looked as if we´ll get a lot of homework next year."
"He is a bit nervous, I suppose,"said Harry," the deatheaters know now, that he has betrayed them. They won´t forgive that."
"And he needs a redefinition of his job," added Hermione, " how can he be the head of Slytherin house if there are no Slytherins left?"
"Don´t you think, they will sort other people into that house?"asked Harry," I mean the power of Hogwarts was always the balance of the four houses."
"That´s just what Dumbledore said. But Fudge and Gabriel decided that hey have discredited themselves too much. We don't need them. But beside that, today is too nice to talk about things like that the whole time."
His friends aggreed and soon their conservation turned to plans for the summer and trips they wanted to do together.