Title: Need to know.
Author: Ginny
Date: 8/25/03
Summary: Draco, Harry, Hermione, Lavender, Ron, and Ginny are playing Truth or Dare, but it comes out more of a story telling game. Will they become friends? Will Draco be part of the "dream team"? And what's that on Draco's arm? It's not the Death Eater mark, maybe it is, but maybe it's something totally different.
Author's note: Okay, I know there are like a million of these out there. Okay, well last time I checked there was 75. But anyways, there are a lot out there, so this is my make of Truth or Dare.
AUTHOR'S PLEAD: I know this has got to be NOTHING that anyone expected this chapter to be as. But this is just an in-between chapter a, let's call it, a "moment" chapter between the two main characters.
Disclaimer: As always, this never changes, not mine, getting no money.
*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~
Ginny got up, left the common room, and ran after her friend.
"Draco, wait up!" She called after him, but he didn't stop; he just kept on walking. Ginny ran up to him and jumped up onto his back wrapping her legs around his waist. "Draco, can you stop for a minute?" she asked in a soft voice right next to his ear.
Draco stopped and said calmly, "What do you want, Red?" he asked.
"Just for you to stop."
"Well, I've stopped." She slid down his back until she could touch the floor and then walked in front of him. He sighed and asked, "What?"
Ginny didn't say anything, just hugged him. "I'm so sorry."
"For what?"
"For everything. For the way that they acted towards you in there, for making you come and play, and for what your father did to you." A single tear ran down her face.
Draco pulled away gently and said, "It's not your fault; none of it is. I think that the only ones who can control those two are their girlfriends, you didn't make me come play; I insisted; and what Lucius did to me is done and forgotten."
"Well, what... I mean... what..."
"What happened?"
"Yeah, I mean if you don't mind me asking."
"I never mind you asking." He took her hands and sat himself on the floor. He tugged on her hands and she too sat down next to him, rather closely beside him. "It happened in my 5th year, when I went home for winter vacation. All the Malfoys are supposed to receive the Dark Mark at the age of 15 and for a Christmas present."
"You've had it for two years and never told me about it?" Ginny sounded a little hurt.
"Sorry, but I didn't really want to share that information."
"Oh."
"Well, anyways, when it was my turn to receive it, I said 'No'. Stupid me, I thought that we got a say in whether or not we receive it. Apparently, we didn't get a choice."
"What did they do to you?" Ginny asked.
"I'm getting to that, Red. Well, it wasn't really pretty are you sure you want to hear about this?"
Ginny only nodded.
"It was the day after Christmas day and my father brought me down to his private studies, when I entered the room the Dark Lord himself was standing there."
~*~Flashback~*~
"Draco Malfoy."
Draco looked at his father and his father hit him in the back of the head. Draco bowed and said, "My Lord."
"It needs improvement. I suspect you know why you are here."
"Actually, no I don't," Lucius Malfoy raised his hand again to hit his son again when Draco added, "my Lord."
"Well, my son," Lucius turned towards his son, "we have brought you here to give you the Dark Mark."
"The Dark Mark, sir? Aren't I a little too young to be receiving this... most gracious gift."
"A smart boy you have here, Lucius," Voldemort stated, "but talks a little bit too much."
"Sorry, Lord Voldemort. It is tradition, boy. The Malfoy's have been very faithful to Lord Voldemort through the years and so we are rewarded to receive the Dark Mark early."
"Uh, sir, what if I don't want one."
"Don't want one!?" Lord Voldemort hissed.
"Uh," Draco was getting a little nervous now, "Nothing against you, my Lord, but I've never wanted to become a Death Eater."
Lucius looked at his son with soft eyes. Draco was surprised, he never saw his father look at him like that, like he actually cared for him.
"Are you ready to take on the consequences of your decision, boy?" Voldemort hissed again.
Draco looked at his father and he saw the evil and hatred in his Father's eyes again.
"What consequences?" Draco asked, he didn't know if he wanted to hear what they would be, but he defiantly knew that he never wanted to become a Death Eater. "No. I don't want to know. I just know that I never want to be a Death Eater, and you can't make me."
"You're right, boy, I can't. But I can make you ever so sorry that you decided not to join me." Both Draco and Voldemort looked at Lucius, "You want to tell him what his consequences are?"
"You will be disowned from the family, strip of the title and any inheritance." Lucius told his son.
"Is that it?"
Voldemort laughed, "When we get through with you boy you'll wish you were dead."
~*~Present~*~
"What happened?" Ginny was holding Draco's hands in her own.
"Well, he took out his wand and threw me onto a table where my hands and feet were shackled down." Ginny looked a little worried. "My fath... Lucius then went to the fireplace and took out a branding iron from the flames." Ginny could tell that Draco was reliving this awful event as he talked about it, "He stuck it on the upper part of my arm and just left it there for what seemed like hours, but for real was only seconds." Draco paused for a moment, but then continued. "I fell unconscious from the pain after a while, but when I woke up I was still there on the table shackled down. I didn't see Lucius anywhere, but Voldemort was right there waiting for me to awake."
"How could you... I mean... how did you..."
"How did I live through it?" Draco asked, as though knowing exactly what she was going to ask.
"Yeah."
"Easy. I thought of you." He said as he put a finger under her chin and raised her head to look at him.
"Really?" she asked with a smile on his face.
"Really." He too smiled and then he leaned forward as though tending to kiss her, but he didn't get that far. The two could hear hissing from down the corridor. "It's Mrs. Norris!" Draco exclaimed.
Ginny frowned; she was so close to finally kissing Draco, that now they were interrupted by a damn cat. Draco grabbed a hold of Ginny and helped her up. "Come on, let's go to the kitchen. We need to grab some things."
"Okay." Ginny said as Draco grabbed her hand and lead her down to the kitchens.
A little while later...
"It's about time!" Ron exclaimed.
"Yeah, we thought you two got caught or something." Harry said.
"Potter, I'm a Malfoy, I don't get caught."
"Okay guys that's enough," Hermione said as everyone grabbed a butter beer, "Whose turn is it?"
"Mine." Draco smiled evilly, "Harry Potter... Truth or Dare..."
TO BE CONTINUED...
I know... I know! There wasn't much of the actually, "Truth or Dare" in this, but as I'm a little blocked as to what to the Truth or Dare's should be, so I added this in. It's a little bit of a "Moment" chapter between Ginny and Draco! Any ideas for Truth or Dare questions will be grateful.
Also, please accept my apologies for any really weird grammar mistakes. It's 1:07 in the morning. I just really wanted to get another chapter up.
Also, for anyone who is reading my other fic, I am still working on it, but it's coming along a little slow. It will hopefully be up by the time I go to school!
Thanks again you guys for all your reviews! I love them all!!! :o)
Author: Ginny
Date: 8/25/03
Summary: Draco, Harry, Hermione, Lavender, Ron, and Ginny are playing Truth or Dare, but it comes out more of a story telling game. Will they become friends? Will Draco be part of the "dream team"? And what's that on Draco's arm? It's not the Death Eater mark, maybe it is, but maybe it's something totally different.
Author's note: Okay, I know there are like a million of these out there. Okay, well last time I checked there was 75. But anyways, there are a lot out there, so this is my make of Truth or Dare.
AUTHOR'S PLEAD: I know this has got to be NOTHING that anyone expected this chapter to be as. But this is just an in-between chapter a, let's call it, a "moment" chapter between the two main characters.
Disclaimer: As always, this never changes, not mine, getting no money.
*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~HP~*~S&G~*~D/G~*~
Ginny got up, left the common room, and ran after her friend.
"Draco, wait up!" She called after him, but he didn't stop; he just kept on walking. Ginny ran up to him and jumped up onto his back wrapping her legs around his waist. "Draco, can you stop for a minute?" she asked in a soft voice right next to his ear.
Draco stopped and said calmly, "What do you want, Red?" he asked.
"Just for you to stop."
"Well, I've stopped." She slid down his back until she could touch the floor and then walked in front of him. He sighed and asked, "What?"
Ginny didn't say anything, just hugged him. "I'm so sorry."
"For what?"
"For everything. For the way that they acted towards you in there, for making you come and play, and for what your father did to you." A single tear ran down her face.
Draco pulled away gently and said, "It's not your fault; none of it is. I think that the only ones who can control those two are their girlfriends, you didn't make me come play; I insisted; and what Lucius did to me is done and forgotten."
"Well, what... I mean... what..."
"What happened?"
"Yeah, I mean if you don't mind me asking."
"I never mind you asking." He took her hands and sat himself on the floor. He tugged on her hands and she too sat down next to him, rather closely beside him. "It happened in my 5th year, when I went home for winter vacation. All the Malfoys are supposed to receive the Dark Mark at the age of 15 and for a Christmas present."
"You've had it for two years and never told me about it?" Ginny sounded a little hurt.
"Sorry, but I didn't really want to share that information."
"Oh."
"Well, anyways, when it was my turn to receive it, I said 'No'. Stupid me, I thought that we got a say in whether or not we receive it. Apparently, we didn't get a choice."
"What did they do to you?" Ginny asked.
"I'm getting to that, Red. Well, it wasn't really pretty are you sure you want to hear about this?"
Ginny only nodded.
"It was the day after Christmas day and my father brought me down to his private studies, when I entered the room the Dark Lord himself was standing there."
~*~Flashback~*~
"Draco Malfoy."
Draco looked at his father and his father hit him in the back of the head. Draco bowed and said, "My Lord."
"It needs improvement. I suspect you know why you are here."
"Actually, no I don't," Lucius Malfoy raised his hand again to hit his son again when Draco added, "my Lord."
"Well, my son," Lucius turned towards his son, "we have brought you here to give you the Dark Mark."
"The Dark Mark, sir? Aren't I a little too young to be receiving this... most gracious gift."
"A smart boy you have here, Lucius," Voldemort stated, "but talks a little bit too much."
"Sorry, Lord Voldemort. It is tradition, boy. The Malfoy's have been very faithful to Lord Voldemort through the years and so we are rewarded to receive the Dark Mark early."
"Uh, sir, what if I don't want one."
"Don't want one!?" Lord Voldemort hissed.
"Uh," Draco was getting a little nervous now, "Nothing against you, my Lord, but I've never wanted to become a Death Eater."
Lucius looked at his son with soft eyes. Draco was surprised, he never saw his father look at him like that, like he actually cared for him.
"Are you ready to take on the consequences of your decision, boy?" Voldemort hissed again.
Draco looked at his father and he saw the evil and hatred in his Father's eyes again.
"What consequences?" Draco asked, he didn't know if he wanted to hear what they would be, but he defiantly knew that he never wanted to become a Death Eater. "No. I don't want to know. I just know that I never want to be a Death Eater, and you can't make me."
"You're right, boy, I can't. But I can make you ever so sorry that you decided not to join me." Both Draco and Voldemort looked at Lucius, "You want to tell him what his consequences are?"
"You will be disowned from the family, strip of the title and any inheritance." Lucius told his son.
"Is that it?"
Voldemort laughed, "When we get through with you boy you'll wish you were dead."
~*~Present~*~
"What happened?" Ginny was holding Draco's hands in her own.
"Well, he took out his wand and threw me onto a table where my hands and feet were shackled down." Ginny looked a little worried. "My fath... Lucius then went to the fireplace and took out a branding iron from the flames." Ginny could tell that Draco was reliving this awful event as he talked about it, "He stuck it on the upper part of my arm and just left it there for what seemed like hours, but for real was only seconds." Draco paused for a moment, but then continued. "I fell unconscious from the pain after a while, but when I woke up I was still there on the table shackled down. I didn't see Lucius anywhere, but Voldemort was right there waiting for me to awake."
"How could you... I mean... how did you..."
"How did I live through it?" Draco asked, as though knowing exactly what she was going to ask.
"Yeah."
"Easy. I thought of you." He said as he put a finger under her chin and raised her head to look at him.
"Really?" she asked with a smile on his face.
"Really." He too smiled and then he leaned forward as though tending to kiss her, but he didn't get that far. The two could hear hissing from down the corridor. "It's Mrs. Norris!" Draco exclaimed.
Ginny frowned; she was so close to finally kissing Draco, that now they were interrupted by a damn cat. Draco grabbed a hold of Ginny and helped her up. "Come on, let's go to the kitchen. We need to grab some things."
"Okay." Ginny said as Draco grabbed her hand and lead her down to the kitchens.
A little while later...
"It's about time!" Ron exclaimed.
"Yeah, we thought you two got caught or something." Harry said.
"Potter, I'm a Malfoy, I don't get caught."
"Okay guys that's enough," Hermione said as everyone grabbed a butter beer, "Whose turn is it?"
"Mine." Draco smiled evilly, "Harry Potter... Truth or Dare..."
TO BE CONTINUED...
I know... I know! There wasn't much of the actually, "Truth or Dare" in this, but as I'm a little blocked as to what to the Truth or Dare's should be, so I added this in. It's a little bit of a "Moment" chapter between Ginny and Draco! Any ideas for Truth or Dare questions will be grateful.
Also, please accept my apologies for any really weird grammar mistakes. It's 1:07 in the morning. I just really wanted to get another chapter up.
Also, for anyone who is reading my other fic, I am still working on it, but it's coming along a little slow. It will hopefully be up by the time I go to school!
Thanks again you guys for all your reviews! I love them all!!! :o)