She ran towards the only place she thought Harry could be. The leaky cauldron, but before she got anywhere near The Leaky Cauldron, someone called out her name. She knew immediately whom it was. It was Ron.
" Where did you go Ginny? You were gone a long time, and you look terrified." he said in a concerned voice. If only you knew, a little voice in her head said.
" Well i am, and i have good reason to be. I will explain later." she said quickly. She looked at Harry, who was walking back from the bar with three tankards of foaming butterbeer.
" Hello Ginny, can I talk to-" he started to say, but Ginny cut him off.
" Look you three, we have to leave and we have to leave NOW." she said looking at her watch. It was 11:40 "Oh no! Come on.", she said grabbing Harry's hand and pulling him towards the big fireplace that would take them home. She made sure that Ron and Hermione were right behind them.
" Ginny wait." Ron said stepping in front of her.. " Why do we have to leave right now?"
" Ron I don't have time to explain! Please?" she begged, her eyes filling with tears. Ginny was scared, really scared. They all looked at her sympatheticly like they wanted to hug her.
" Okay Ginny" Ron said softly.
Ginny wiped away her tears and the started walking to the fireplace, when a dull voice said, " If it isn't the Hogwarts trio." Ginny turned and saw who it was. It was Malfoy. Her insides froze with horrenous fear.
Both Ron and Harry had stopped at the sound of Malfoy's voice. It just wasn't her day. Hermione didn't say anything, but just stood there, glaring at Malfoy.
" Ignore him." Ginny said trying to pull them towards the fire place. At first they seemed to agree that ignoring him would be the best thing to do, and continued to walk. Then Malfoy stepped in front of them.
" Yes weasel, listen to your little sister." he said. Then looking over Ginny, letting his eyes linger in a few self-conious places, he smiled and added. " Better yet, why don't you go on and leave her here. Im sure I can think of something to do with her." He looked at her and licked his lips. Both Harry and Ron lunged at him! She, and Hermione caught the back's of their shirt's just before they succeeded in punching the life out of Draco.
"Nice ballet recital this morning, but that landing needs some work." she said with a fake innocense. I must have a death wish, she thought suprised by her own courage....or stupidity, she wasn't sure which. Draco flushed, and both Ron and Harry smiled lightly They were still in a rage about his previous comments. Malfoy looked at his watch and his smile returned as he walked in the direction of The Leaky Cauldron. Ginny looked down at her watch too. It was 11:50! "We have to go now!" Ginny said frantically.
" I will be right back i need to pick up some more Floo Powder. We are out." Ron said.
" I'll come with you.", volunteered Hermione. Ginny was to terrified to speak and by the time she found her voice they were gone. She was about to run after them when Harry spoke to her.
"Huh?" Ginny asked in a small voice.
"I asked if you were okay?" Harry said reaching over to put his hand on her shoulder. As soon as they touched. Harry looked horrified, and his other hand flew up to his head. He put his hand on the scar, and Ginny knew what had happend. He had discovered, somewhat, why she wanted them to leave so badly. She looked at her watch.
"We have seven minutes Harry." she said as calmly as possible. All at once he grabbed her hand, and they ran as fast as they could in the direction of Ron and Hermione,who were on their way back with a small jar . Harry didn't say anything, he just grabbed Ron's hand and pulled him along with them. Ginny did the same with Hermione. When reached the fireplace, Malfoy was standing by it.
"Where are your manners Potter?" he asked ammusidly. " They are about to come all this way just to see you and you plan on running out on them! Shame!"
"What are you talking about Malfoy?" Hermione yelled. Malfoy just turned and smiled even bigger.
" Oh you will see very soon." Ginny looked down at Malfoy's hand and saw that he was holding Floo Powder.
She closed her eyes, put her hand into a fist and thought about dropping the powder. She opened her fist, and her eye's. All the color in Draco's face was now gone, and there was no floo powder in his hand any longer. Harry threw some powder in the fire place and he pushed Ron in. Ron was gone. Then Hermione went in, and in a burst of green flame, she too was gone. Harry grabbed Ginny's hand, and started pulling towards the fire place.
" Two people, can do it at the same time." he said. " Come with me." Ginny had another plan.
" No! It's better if only one does it at a time." she said, pulling out of Harry's grip. "Go Now! I will be right behind you!" said Ginny, even though she knew that she probably wouldn't be.
"Alright," Harry said Reluctantly," but hurry." and with that he dissapeared. She looked to see Malfoy trying to get to the Leaky Cauldron, so he could go out on the muggle streets where it was safer.. She walked towards him. There was no way she was going to let him leave without seeing his fathers show. When he saw her he stopped. She jumped up on top of a wooden crate and yelled at the top of her lungs.
" Excuse me!" everyone stopped talking and looked at her. "The ministry just put out a mandatory evacuation of this area. There..um.." she didn't have a reason. Nobody would believe her if she started screaming about a death eater attackl. They all believed in saftey in numbers. Then a woman next to her slowly took off the hood of her robe, and an idea hit her. " There is a Dementor on the loose and its in this area!" she yelled. She had said the magic words. The majority of the crowd were adult wizards and they disapperated, and the rest all ran in different directions to find fireplaces. Draco started to run inside one of the stores, but Ginny jumped off the crate and landed on Malfoy. He fell to the ground with her on his back.
" What the hell do you think you are doing?" he yelled
" I thought you should see what your father does to people, before you followed in his footsteps." Ginny said honestly. He rolled over and squashed Ginny against the ground. Then got on top of her and put his hands on each of her sides.
" Your a fool" he said grinning. There were alot of popping noises, and Ginny knew that the deatheaters had arrived. In the blink of an eye, she grabbed both of Malfoy's arms. He tried desperatley to get up, but Ginny had a good hold.
" I may be a fool, but im a fool who has you trapped." she said. Different colors of light were flashing all around them. She was suprised that Draco didn't even try to get away. For a moment he just stared into her eyes. The look he was giving her was absoloutley breathtaking. He was no longer the small, pale boy with creepy hair. His skin had darkened to a normal color and his hair was short and stuck out in every direction. Kind of like Harry's hair is, she thought. Then she felt herself being picked up by Draco, who was still looking into her eyes. It wasn't as if he had hypmatized her or anything, it was just that she didn't notice he had changed too until that moment. He was holding her in his arms and he ran into an alley. She started to struggle and he put her down, but held her close to him.
" If we don't get out of here we are going to die." he said. He slowly let go of her. " I think I know a way out." he held out his right hand. " Are you coming?" he asked. She didn't know why, but she put her small hand in his large hand, and they started to run. However, soon after they started running a deep voice halted them. It was Lucious Malfoy.
" Draco? Why are you still here? Who is this?" he said pointing at Ginny whom he couldn't see. Ginny looked at Draco and the look in his eyes was frightening. Thats the last thing she remembered.
" Where did you go Ginny? You were gone a long time, and you look terrified." he said in a concerned voice. If only you knew, a little voice in her head said.
" Well i am, and i have good reason to be. I will explain later." she said quickly. She looked at Harry, who was walking back from the bar with three tankards of foaming butterbeer.
" Hello Ginny, can I talk to-" he started to say, but Ginny cut him off.
" Look you three, we have to leave and we have to leave NOW." she said looking at her watch. It was 11:40 "Oh no! Come on.", she said grabbing Harry's hand and pulling him towards the big fireplace that would take them home. She made sure that Ron and Hermione were right behind them.
" Ginny wait." Ron said stepping in front of her.. " Why do we have to leave right now?"
" Ron I don't have time to explain! Please?" she begged, her eyes filling with tears. Ginny was scared, really scared. They all looked at her sympatheticly like they wanted to hug her.
" Okay Ginny" Ron said softly.
Ginny wiped away her tears and the started walking to the fireplace, when a dull voice said, " If it isn't the Hogwarts trio." Ginny turned and saw who it was. It was Malfoy. Her insides froze with horrenous fear.
Both Ron and Harry had stopped at the sound of Malfoy's voice. It just wasn't her day. Hermione didn't say anything, but just stood there, glaring at Malfoy.
" Ignore him." Ginny said trying to pull them towards the fire place. At first they seemed to agree that ignoring him would be the best thing to do, and continued to walk. Then Malfoy stepped in front of them.
" Yes weasel, listen to your little sister." he said. Then looking over Ginny, letting his eyes linger in a few self-conious places, he smiled and added. " Better yet, why don't you go on and leave her here. Im sure I can think of something to do with her." He looked at her and licked his lips. Both Harry and Ron lunged at him! She, and Hermione caught the back's of their shirt's just before they succeeded in punching the life out of Draco.
"Nice ballet recital this morning, but that landing needs some work." she said with a fake innocense. I must have a death wish, she thought suprised by her own courage....or stupidity, she wasn't sure which. Draco flushed, and both Ron and Harry smiled lightly They were still in a rage about his previous comments. Malfoy looked at his watch and his smile returned as he walked in the direction of The Leaky Cauldron. Ginny looked down at her watch too. It was 11:50! "We have to go now!" Ginny said frantically.
" I will be right back i need to pick up some more Floo Powder. We are out." Ron said.
" I'll come with you.", volunteered Hermione. Ginny was to terrified to speak and by the time she found her voice they were gone. She was about to run after them when Harry spoke to her.
"Huh?" Ginny asked in a small voice.
"I asked if you were okay?" Harry said reaching over to put his hand on her shoulder. As soon as they touched. Harry looked horrified, and his other hand flew up to his head. He put his hand on the scar, and Ginny knew what had happend. He had discovered, somewhat, why she wanted them to leave so badly. She looked at her watch.
"We have seven minutes Harry." she said as calmly as possible. All at once he grabbed her hand, and they ran as fast as they could in the direction of Ron and Hermione,who were on their way back with a small jar . Harry didn't say anything, he just grabbed Ron's hand and pulled him along with them. Ginny did the same with Hermione. When reached the fireplace, Malfoy was standing by it.
"Where are your manners Potter?" he asked ammusidly. " They are about to come all this way just to see you and you plan on running out on them! Shame!"
"What are you talking about Malfoy?" Hermione yelled. Malfoy just turned and smiled even bigger.
" Oh you will see very soon." Ginny looked down at Malfoy's hand and saw that he was holding Floo Powder.
She closed her eyes, put her hand into a fist and thought about dropping the powder. She opened her fist, and her eye's. All the color in Draco's face was now gone, and there was no floo powder in his hand any longer. Harry threw some powder in the fire place and he pushed Ron in. Ron was gone. Then Hermione went in, and in a burst of green flame, she too was gone. Harry grabbed Ginny's hand, and started pulling towards the fire place.
" Two people, can do it at the same time." he said. " Come with me." Ginny had another plan.
" No! It's better if only one does it at a time." she said, pulling out of Harry's grip. "Go Now! I will be right behind you!" said Ginny, even though she knew that she probably wouldn't be.
"Alright," Harry said Reluctantly," but hurry." and with that he dissapeared. She looked to see Malfoy trying to get to the Leaky Cauldron, so he could go out on the muggle streets where it was safer.. She walked towards him. There was no way she was going to let him leave without seeing his fathers show. When he saw her he stopped. She jumped up on top of a wooden crate and yelled at the top of her lungs.
" Excuse me!" everyone stopped talking and looked at her. "The ministry just put out a mandatory evacuation of this area. There..um.." she didn't have a reason. Nobody would believe her if she started screaming about a death eater attackl. They all believed in saftey in numbers. Then a woman next to her slowly took off the hood of her robe, and an idea hit her. " There is a Dementor on the loose and its in this area!" she yelled. She had said the magic words. The majority of the crowd were adult wizards and they disapperated, and the rest all ran in different directions to find fireplaces. Draco started to run inside one of the stores, but Ginny jumped off the crate and landed on Malfoy. He fell to the ground with her on his back.
" What the hell do you think you are doing?" he yelled
" I thought you should see what your father does to people, before you followed in his footsteps." Ginny said honestly. He rolled over and squashed Ginny against the ground. Then got on top of her and put his hands on each of her sides.
" Your a fool" he said grinning. There were alot of popping noises, and Ginny knew that the deatheaters had arrived. In the blink of an eye, she grabbed both of Malfoy's arms. He tried desperatley to get up, but Ginny had a good hold.
" I may be a fool, but im a fool who has you trapped." she said. Different colors of light were flashing all around them. She was suprised that Draco didn't even try to get away. For a moment he just stared into her eyes. The look he was giving her was absoloutley breathtaking. He was no longer the small, pale boy with creepy hair. His skin had darkened to a normal color and his hair was short and stuck out in every direction. Kind of like Harry's hair is, she thought. Then she felt herself being picked up by Draco, who was still looking into her eyes. It wasn't as if he had hypmatized her or anything, it was just that she didn't notice he had changed too until that moment. He was holding her in his arms and he ran into an alley. She started to struggle and he put her down, but held her close to him.
" If we don't get out of here we are going to die." he said. He slowly let go of her. " I think I know a way out." he held out his right hand. " Are you coming?" he asked. She didn't know why, but she put her small hand in his large hand, and they started to run. However, soon after they started running a deep voice halted them. It was Lucious Malfoy.
" Draco? Why are you still here? Who is this?" he said pointing at Ginny whom he couldn't see. Ginny looked at Draco and the look in his eyes was frightening. Thats the last thing she remembered.