Chapter TWO: wanted
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CHAPTER TWO: wanted
The moment she breathed in the pale, glittering translucent smoke, Ginny felt immense pain. It was worse than any curse she had ever felt. Her body burned within a fierce fire, and her soul was being ripped from her body. And then, she was floating, she felt no pain, she was just floating. Floating into nothingness.
THE DUNGEONS
Then, Suddenly, she was in a body, her body. She slowly opened her eyes and blinked them a few times. Looking down their short stubby noses at her were no less than fifty children in billowing black Hogwarts robes. Standing up and looking at the grimy desks, and the grimier cauldrons, she quickly recognized her classroom at the school. Dumbledore had made her the new "Potions Master" after the unfortunate demise of Professor Snape. She had been the best potion student in her year, and being a member of his most trusted family (the Weasleys) guaranteed the job. Not that she had asked him for it, he had asked her. Probably to spy on the son's and daughter's of death eaters, and to inspire Gryffindors to be good, brave, fearless, and usually utterly stupid in the face of danger.
"If only we knew then what we did now.but wit a tick, then is now!" she mused to herself, finally understanding the wonderful opportunity they had stumbled across.
Glancing up at her class, she saw all her students staring at her with a look of shock and terror. Standing up and brushing her robes off, she snapped. "WHAT ARE YOU ALL STARING AT?!"
"Well you fainted, and all this white.em.stuff came out of your mouth. And then you stared wriggling, and then you just lay there-"
"Like you were dead or something."
"And then you opened your eyes and looked around like you had no idea were you were-'
"So we were just curious as to what happened to you, Professor"
Looking between the two Ravenclaws, battling to tell her what happened, she could feel he mouth twitching at the corners. Deciding that she needed to talk to Dumbledore, rather than teach the fourth year Ravenclaw-Hufflepuff class, she said, " I've got to go and speak to the headmaster about this odd.occurrence. The lesson is over for today. I want a two-scroll essay on the properties of Gillyweed. This should include two potions in which it is used in, and two instances that either the plant itself was used, or that one of the potions was used. You may use the remaining hour of this class to go to the library and being.class dismissed."
Sitting in her stood behind the big black desk, the watched the class file out until only one, tiny, freckled blonde girl remained. Smiling at her niece (Fluer and Bill's daughter), she smiled expectantly.
"Are you all right auntie?"
"Of course love, no go off and start your work. Don't worry about me, I'm just fine."
"Are you sure? You seem different, older.. Somehow."
"I had a rather eye opening experience a little while ago Bri, nothing to worry about."
"OK, if you insist." Conceded Brianna hesitantly, "Love you Auntie"
"Love you too baby.Now go!" Ginny said pushing Brianna out the door with a fake whack and shove.
As she watched her smiling niece ran down the hallway, she smiled as well. Brianna was the first Weasley ever to be sorted into Ravenclaw. It was a shock to Arthur and Molly, but the hat had wanted to place Ginny in Ravenclaw too, but she was to scared to be in a different place than her brothers. Bri had courage that she would never have. Her smile was gone as she remembered the little girl's fate. 'But I can change all that now' she convinced herself. Forcing herself to think of something other than the family that she would find again in this.place, she began to wonder about the white smoke, Draco, and Blaise. Slapping herself in the face, she stormed out of the dungeons. "How stupid can I be?" she chided herself as she walked down the hall. Hearing her feet hit the cold stone floor life seemed interminably slow; she broke into a run towards the south tower.
At the end of the hallway that ran underneath the tower, there was a large heavy door made of the darkest mahogany. The words 'Blaise Zambini, Defense Against the Dark Arts" was written in gold, fading cursive. Taking a deep breath, she gathered all the courage that she should have, and pushed the ancient door open. As it slowly swung forward with a groan, she walked into the dark, warm room. As the door clicked shut, the lights turned on and the fire blazed.
As the looked around the room, her jaw hung open, and all recent events slipped from her mind. This was the most beautiful place she had ever seen. This was heaven, and she never wanted to leave. The floor was pure white, light, soft, and foamy. Her feet sunk inches into its cloud like softness, and she had a feeling it went much deeper. The stone walls seemed to shimmer and glisten with a silver sheen. The bed was a mammoth four poster made of the same dark wood as the door. It was covered in deep emerald green covers, comforters, and curtains. 'Always the Slytherin' she thought to herself. As she turned around to look for Blaise, something caught her eye and held her spell bound.
------- (Same time Ginny re-appeared)
BLAISE"S ROOM
"Well at least the landing was soft." were the first words to cross Blaise's lips after his mind-boggling trip through time. Stretching out his long muscular arms, his fingers brushed against something silky, something smooth. Opening his eyes, he looked around only to find himself in his old teacher's room at Hogwarts. Groaning he rolled out of bed, and shuffled into the shower.
As the steaming hot water pounded his body, he let the events of the last few hours drift through his mind. Breathing in the smoke.the pain.. Weightlessness..freedom.hope.Where am I? Then he thought it best not the think at all.
After his long sojourn in the shower, Blaise reluctantly turned off the silver tap, and wrapped a towel around his waist. Quickly running his hands through his jet-black hair as a way of combing it, he walked into his room in search of clean clothes.
When he walked in he saw a figure at his window. Standing with her back to him, was Ginny. With a few quick steps across the room, he was standing beside her. With out turning to look at him, she murmured, "It seems so long, doesn't it? Since the last time we saw the sunset and were unafraid of what the night would bring."
Enchanted and entranced by the fiery glow of the setting sun on her face, he nodded in mute agreement. Swallowing, he slid his arm around her shoulders, and turned her towards him. She wrapped her arms around his body, and together they watched the sun drift into nothingness behind the mountains. As the last colors faded into the blackness of night, a whir in the fireplace behind them pulled them from their enchanted state. Reluctantly letting go of each other, they turned towards the fire.
------- (Same time Ginny re-appeared)
AZKABAN PRISON
Gasping for breath, Draco forced himself to remain upright, with his face impassive. Rule number one, never show emotion. Looking around he found himself in a sea of black cloaks and hooded faces. He looked at the steel bars, and the glass ceiling. Immediately he knew were he was, Azkaban Prison, Voldemort's strong hold. Looking at the stage, he, like all the other 200 death eaters waited expectantly.
With a soft pop, Voldemort appeared on the stage. As he sat down on his black throne, the death eaters erupted into cheers, stomping their feet, and swaying to an unknown beat. Still and silent as a stone, the Dark Lord watched his evil minions. The skulls on his chair glowed with a sinister gray light, and the snake crown encircling his pale head, glowed a poisonous red. The room itself was filled with raw power, and it was rank with fear.
As the cheering and stomping subsided, Voldemort rose to his feet, and walked to the end of the stage. "My Fellow Death Eaters, the time has come for an assault on Beaubaxton's School. Tomorrow morning, I expect Malfoy senior, Phoenix, Crabbe, Nott, and Lestrange to meet me in my study to being arrangements. For tonight, eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we kill!" And he disappeared.
Behind him he heard an evil, sinister cackle. Turning around he found himself looking into her face. "Hello Phoenix." He said warily.
"Ah Malfoy. We need to have a word, you and I." She said with an evil smile. 'Here is were she promises all my dreams will come true if I help her.' He thought.
"And why is that?"
"That interesting little fainting incident, don't think I didn't notice. Care to share?. Dear friend."
"No, not really. I know what you're up to."
"And what is that?"
"You want him dead. You will seize power for yourself! You want the world to fear the name Phoenix Riddle, and forget that your father ever existed." He muttered as to not attract attention.
"And I suppose you think that you can help me achieve this..Madness." she replied slowly.
"I would never betray my lord!" he hissed.
"You're a wicked little boy. Never mention this again, or I will kill you."
"Am I really that important?"
"You may be, in time you may well be."
With out replying, he strode in the direction of his father, thinking about how to tell Voldemort that his own daughter was going to kill him. He ran over possible ways to break it to him: "Sir, I'm from the future and your daughter is going to assassinate you and seize power for herself." "Lord Voldemort, Phoenix is going to kill you." "Your Beloved daughter wants you dead." "Hey Voldie, Phoenix is going to kill you.so don't take the ruddy wine if you want to live!" Everything he thought of sounded ridiculous, even in his mind.
Watching him walk away, Phoenix had plans of her own. 'He knows to much, how, I can not say, but he must be eliminated before he can tell my father of my plans'. Walking over to a dark corner, she disapparated to Voldemort's secret hideout.
THE SECRET HIDEOUT
Phoenix quietly watched her father struggle across the room to his burgundy chair. His weakness disgusted her. If the death eaters had known his strength was an act, they wouldn't have followed blindly behind his lead. He was incapable. Coughing he sat down and stared in the fire, oblivious to the blood trickling down his chin.
"Father." She whispered, soundlessly advancing on his chair. "There is a traitor in our midst. The young Malfoy is plotting to kill you, and take the throne for himself."
"Malfoy? The boy knows he doesn't have the power to defeat me!"
"He knows of your sickness father, how, I can not say." She whispered poisoning his mind, turning him away from the truth. She made him believe that she was his only friend, his only ally. The only one who cared for him, in his dark and destroyed state. She used his weakness for her to manipulate him to her every wish, her every whim. And she always succeeded.
"So you would have me make the father kill the son, daughter?"
"Yes, father. Lucius has to high an opinion of himself, and thinks he is the only one in your favor. Draco is a traitor who must die. If will also prove to the others that you are not weak, and that you care not for sentimental family values. If he does not kill his son, then he must die as a traitor!"
"We can not kill him, he is our strongest supporter. He's my friend."
"You don't have any friends, father. Only me."
"Yes, of course. A dark lord has no friends, only allies, and a daughter." Said Voldemort drawing himself up proudly for the first time that night. "A daughter who loves me." He whispered, "Who would do anything for me."
"Anything father, just say the word." She answered. Love disgusted her. It was nothing, only an excuse for people to act on their weaknesses. She hated the fact that he loved her, just as she hated the fact that Malfoy's father loved him. She knew that he would never kill his son, even if it meant dying. In one night she would be rid of any real threats to her plan. And then, the dark powers would be hers for the taking.
MALFOY MANOR
Two tall pale blondes sat in arms chairs across the fire from each other sipping brandy, and talking about many things. If Lucius noted the change in his son, he said nothing. As the shadows from the sun changed their angles, a red head appeared in the fireplace.
"Mr. Malfoy, and Mr. Malfoy, you have been summoned to the prison. The dark lord requests the.pleasure.of your company." Said the voice in a menacing way.
"My dear Phoenix, to what do we owe this honor?" asked Lucius in a sweet voice, coated with honey.
"Oh, I think your son knows that answer to that." She said pointedly, and disappeared in the green flames.
"What is she talking about son?"
"I found out that she wants to kill the Lord, yet I don't see how this affects us."
"You fool!" he hissed "Now she has made it seem like it was your intention to destroy him, and in doing so, she has destroyed you."
"But I didn't-"
"Have you learned nothing of her? She is ruthless, and will destroy anything or anyone who stands in her way!"
With out another word, they hugged each other for one last time, and disapparated to the prison.
IN THE PRISON
Using all the strength he had to remain tall, upright, and sneering, Voldemort surveyed the two men on their knees in front of him. With out a word, he turned to the guards next to him. "Bring in the prisoner!" he yelled.
"Yes, my lord." The two masked guards left the room in a swish of black cloaks, and clicking heels. The courtroom was filled with an impervious silence after the massive doors swung shut. Moments later, the guards returned dragging a screaming black haired green eyed man behind them. Demented by the torture he had endured at the hands of the Dark Lord's guards, he fell to his knees and began to beg to be released.
As soon as he began to speak, Draco recognized the familiar face. 'Potter', he thought. He knew that he would have to watch the "boy-who- lived' die again. "Don't hurt me." He whimpered. "Just let me go, I'll never come after you again."
"You lost that chance long ago boy." Sneered Lord Voldemort. "And now at long last, I get to kill you." He advanced on the boy, tall, dark, and intimidating. Drawing a sharp sword from his robes, he plunged it deep into Harry's body. "And now Harry Potter, I will watch you die, as I should have long ago." He stood over Harry's body until it stopped twitching, and his body released the last breath it had been struggling to hold. Lifting his robes above the pools of blood forming at his feet, Voldemort turned and walked up the black stairs to his throne. Sitting down, he turned to the two men still kneeling in front of him. Their faces were blank, and emotionless. Only their eyes betrayed their disgust at what they had just seen.
"So do you see what happens to the good and famous who dare to challenge me?" he asked softly.
"Yes my lord." They answered as one.
"So, Malfoy Junior. It has come to my attention that you want me dead, to be a dark lord in my place. To kill the famous Harry Potter and prove to the world that you could do what I could not. Is this true?" He asked, as if questioning a schoolboy about the color of a colorless potion.
"No, my lord." He said fearfully.
"Lair! Everyone wants to be the next Dark Lord, if you hadn't denied it, I may have encouraged your ambition. But now you have to die." He turned and faced Lucius. "Old friend," he began, " Kill the boy to prove your loyalty."
"But he is my son!" Lucius yelled, "No father can kill their own child!"
"I feared it would be so." Said a voice emerging from the shadows of the throne. "A father to afraid to kill his son. This is treason you know. And now you must die."
"Daughter, this is not your place."
"Father, it is my duty to do what you will not, for the good of the cause. For your own good."
"Yes, of course, do as you must." And with an uncustomary loud crack, he apparated.
As soon as her father disappeared, a wicked grin appeared on her face. She motioned for the guards to leave, and soon was alone with two death eaters. The fact that they stared at her with blinding hatred didn't seem to phase her at all. It almost seemed to energize her and fill her with a greater power than anyone who had ever lived.
"I'm sorry Lucius, it is your time. You lived well, and now, you shall die in a way befitting of the former right hand of the Dark Lord. AVADA KEDAVRA!" A green light shot out of her wand, and he fell to the floor dead. It seemed ironic to Draco that his father, the man he loved most, and Harry Potter, the first person he ever hated, should die next to each other.
"Are you going to run now Draco, or will you face death straight back and proud like your father did?" Instead of answering her question, Draco disapparated silently. "Where ever you go, I will find you."
With in minutes of finding out about Draco's disappearance, Voldemort sent out Phoenix to trail Draco. He wanted her to find him and kill him. She was only too happy to comply.
AT THE MANOR
He had lost and found his father within a day. The sun had only just set, and for 2 hours only, he had a loving parent. Hope was gone; there was nothing for him here now. 'Yet maybe', he thought, ' there is something for someone else.' And for the first time that day, he thought of Ginny and Blaise. He knew were they were. Hogwarts. They were both teachers there. Blaise was supposed to be spying for Voldemort, but Draco now knew that he was a double agent. Hogwarts was one place were he would be safe. Running to his room, he quickly grabbed some clothes (and other items), and shoved them into his bag.
AT HOGWARTS(Blaise's room)
"Zambini!" a fearsome voice yelled "Malfoy is one the loose, he betrayed us, betrayed the dark lord. If he contacts you, let him know that The Phoenix is after him, and she will kill him when she finds him."
"Of course Nott." Blaise answered, stepping in front on Ginny to hide her from his sight. And with the same popping hiss, the head disappeared.
"He sent Phoenix after Malfoy. He is as good as dead. She never fails. When he wants something done, she does it. She is his greatest weapon, and now he is using it against one of our own." Sighed Blaise sitting down heavily on the edge of the bed.
Ginny crawled up behind him and began to rub his back softly. "We'll find a way." She assured him, "We were given a chance to do this over, and we shall not fail. Not this time."
"I wish I could believe you."
Before she could reply, the fire burned a brilliant green, and a tall man swathed in black stepped out. "Blaise! Ginny!" He choked out when he saw them.
"Malfoy, what have you done?" Groaned Ginny.
"What do you mean?" he asked in his hoarse voice.
"He sent the Phoenix after you." Stumbling forward Draco fell on the bed. And so the three friends fell asleep on the great green bed, plotting the downfall of the Phoenix.
PHOENIX RIDDLE'S LIAR
Bent over a piece of parchment, with her wand out touching the page, Phoenix cast a spell to find Draco. A few minutes later, she looked up, with her wicked smile spread across her beautiful face.
Authors Note: Hey! Sorry it took so long to update, but my brothers are evil.so if you loved this, hated this, review! Hehe (Such a single minded person I am).Thanks for reviewing this Swanny =) CHAPTER THREE: THE HUNTED is already written and just needs to be typed.so expect more soon -Feens
The moment she breathed in the pale, glittering translucent smoke, Ginny felt immense pain. It was worse than any curse she had ever felt. Her body burned within a fierce fire, and her soul was being ripped from her body. And then, she was floating, she felt no pain, she was just floating. Floating into nothingness.
THE DUNGEONS
Then, Suddenly, she was in a body, her body. She slowly opened her eyes and blinked them a few times. Looking down their short stubby noses at her were no less than fifty children in billowing black Hogwarts robes. Standing up and looking at the grimy desks, and the grimier cauldrons, she quickly recognized her classroom at the school. Dumbledore had made her the new "Potions Master" after the unfortunate demise of Professor Snape. She had been the best potion student in her year, and being a member of his most trusted family (the Weasleys) guaranteed the job. Not that she had asked him for it, he had asked her. Probably to spy on the son's and daughter's of death eaters, and to inspire Gryffindors to be good, brave, fearless, and usually utterly stupid in the face of danger.
"If only we knew then what we did now.but wit a tick, then is now!" she mused to herself, finally understanding the wonderful opportunity they had stumbled across.
Glancing up at her class, she saw all her students staring at her with a look of shock and terror. Standing up and brushing her robes off, she snapped. "WHAT ARE YOU ALL STARING AT?!"
"Well you fainted, and all this white.em.stuff came out of your mouth. And then you stared wriggling, and then you just lay there-"
"Like you were dead or something."
"And then you opened your eyes and looked around like you had no idea were you were-'
"So we were just curious as to what happened to you, Professor"
Looking between the two Ravenclaws, battling to tell her what happened, she could feel he mouth twitching at the corners. Deciding that she needed to talk to Dumbledore, rather than teach the fourth year Ravenclaw-Hufflepuff class, she said, " I've got to go and speak to the headmaster about this odd.occurrence. The lesson is over for today. I want a two-scroll essay on the properties of Gillyweed. This should include two potions in which it is used in, and two instances that either the plant itself was used, or that one of the potions was used. You may use the remaining hour of this class to go to the library and being.class dismissed."
Sitting in her stood behind the big black desk, the watched the class file out until only one, tiny, freckled blonde girl remained. Smiling at her niece (Fluer and Bill's daughter), she smiled expectantly.
"Are you all right auntie?"
"Of course love, no go off and start your work. Don't worry about me, I'm just fine."
"Are you sure? You seem different, older.. Somehow."
"I had a rather eye opening experience a little while ago Bri, nothing to worry about."
"OK, if you insist." Conceded Brianna hesitantly, "Love you Auntie"
"Love you too baby.Now go!" Ginny said pushing Brianna out the door with a fake whack and shove.
As she watched her smiling niece ran down the hallway, she smiled as well. Brianna was the first Weasley ever to be sorted into Ravenclaw. It was a shock to Arthur and Molly, but the hat had wanted to place Ginny in Ravenclaw too, but she was to scared to be in a different place than her brothers. Bri had courage that she would never have. Her smile was gone as she remembered the little girl's fate. 'But I can change all that now' she convinced herself. Forcing herself to think of something other than the family that she would find again in this.place, she began to wonder about the white smoke, Draco, and Blaise. Slapping herself in the face, she stormed out of the dungeons. "How stupid can I be?" she chided herself as she walked down the hall. Hearing her feet hit the cold stone floor life seemed interminably slow; she broke into a run towards the south tower.
At the end of the hallway that ran underneath the tower, there was a large heavy door made of the darkest mahogany. The words 'Blaise Zambini, Defense Against the Dark Arts" was written in gold, fading cursive. Taking a deep breath, she gathered all the courage that she should have, and pushed the ancient door open. As it slowly swung forward with a groan, she walked into the dark, warm room. As the door clicked shut, the lights turned on and the fire blazed.
As the looked around the room, her jaw hung open, and all recent events slipped from her mind. This was the most beautiful place she had ever seen. This was heaven, and she never wanted to leave. The floor was pure white, light, soft, and foamy. Her feet sunk inches into its cloud like softness, and she had a feeling it went much deeper. The stone walls seemed to shimmer and glisten with a silver sheen. The bed was a mammoth four poster made of the same dark wood as the door. It was covered in deep emerald green covers, comforters, and curtains. 'Always the Slytherin' she thought to herself. As she turned around to look for Blaise, something caught her eye and held her spell bound.
------- (Same time Ginny re-appeared)
BLAISE"S ROOM
"Well at least the landing was soft." were the first words to cross Blaise's lips after his mind-boggling trip through time. Stretching out his long muscular arms, his fingers brushed against something silky, something smooth. Opening his eyes, he looked around only to find himself in his old teacher's room at Hogwarts. Groaning he rolled out of bed, and shuffled into the shower.
As the steaming hot water pounded his body, he let the events of the last few hours drift through his mind. Breathing in the smoke.the pain.. Weightlessness..freedom.hope.Where am I? Then he thought it best not the think at all.
After his long sojourn in the shower, Blaise reluctantly turned off the silver tap, and wrapped a towel around his waist. Quickly running his hands through his jet-black hair as a way of combing it, he walked into his room in search of clean clothes.
When he walked in he saw a figure at his window. Standing with her back to him, was Ginny. With a few quick steps across the room, he was standing beside her. With out turning to look at him, she murmured, "It seems so long, doesn't it? Since the last time we saw the sunset and were unafraid of what the night would bring."
Enchanted and entranced by the fiery glow of the setting sun on her face, he nodded in mute agreement. Swallowing, he slid his arm around her shoulders, and turned her towards him. She wrapped her arms around his body, and together they watched the sun drift into nothingness behind the mountains. As the last colors faded into the blackness of night, a whir in the fireplace behind them pulled them from their enchanted state. Reluctantly letting go of each other, they turned towards the fire.
------- (Same time Ginny re-appeared)
AZKABAN PRISON
Gasping for breath, Draco forced himself to remain upright, with his face impassive. Rule number one, never show emotion. Looking around he found himself in a sea of black cloaks and hooded faces. He looked at the steel bars, and the glass ceiling. Immediately he knew were he was, Azkaban Prison, Voldemort's strong hold. Looking at the stage, he, like all the other 200 death eaters waited expectantly.
With a soft pop, Voldemort appeared on the stage. As he sat down on his black throne, the death eaters erupted into cheers, stomping their feet, and swaying to an unknown beat. Still and silent as a stone, the Dark Lord watched his evil minions. The skulls on his chair glowed with a sinister gray light, and the snake crown encircling his pale head, glowed a poisonous red. The room itself was filled with raw power, and it was rank with fear.
As the cheering and stomping subsided, Voldemort rose to his feet, and walked to the end of the stage. "My Fellow Death Eaters, the time has come for an assault on Beaubaxton's School. Tomorrow morning, I expect Malfoy senior, Phoenix, Crabbe, Nott, and Lestrange to meet me in my study to being arrangements. For tonight, eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we kill!" And he disappeared.
Behind him he heard an evil, sinister cackle. Turning around he found himself looking into her face. "Hello Phoenix." He said warily.
"Ah Malfoy. We need to have a word, you and I." She said with an evil smile. 'Here is were she promises all my dreams will come true if I help her.' He thought.
"And why is that?"
"That interesting little fainting incident, don't think I didn't notice. Care to share?. Dear friend."
"No, not really. I know what you're up to."
"And what is that?"
"You want him dead. You will seize power for yourself! You want the world to fear the name Phoenix Riddle, and forget that your father ever existed." He muttered as to not attract attention.
"And I suppose you think that you can help me achieve this..Madness." she replied slowly.
"I would never betray my lord!" he hissed.
"You're a wicked little boy. Never mention this again, or I will kill you."
"Am I really that important?"
"You may be, in time you may well be."
With out replying, he strode in the direction of his father, thinking about how to tell Voldemort that his own daughter was going to kill him. He ran over possible ways to break it to him: "Sir, I'm from the future and your daughter is going to assassinate you and seize power for herself." "Lord Voldemort, Phoenix is going to kill you." "Your Beloved daughter wants you dead." "Hey Voldie, Phoenix is going to kill you.so don't take the ruddy wine if you want to live!" Everything he thought of sounded ridiculous, even in his mind.
Watching him walk away, Phoenix had plans of her own. 'He knows to much, how, I can not say, but he must be eliminated before he can tell my father of my plans'. Walking over to a dark corner, she disapparated to Voldemort's secret hideout.
THE SECRET HIDEOUT
Phoenix quietly watched her father struggle across the room to his burgundy chair. His weakness disgusted her. If the death eaters had known his strength was an act, they wouldn't have followed blindly behind his lead. He was incapable. Coughing he sat down and stared in the fire, oblivious to the blood trickling down his chin.
"Father." She whispered, soundlessly advancing on his chair. "There is a traitor in our midst. The young Malfoy is plotting to kill you, and take the throne for himself."
"Malfoy? The boy knows he doesn't have the power to defeat me!"
"He knows of your sickness father, how, I can not say." She whispered poisoning his mind, turning him away from the truth. She made him believe that she was his only friend, his only ally. The only one who cared for him, in his dark and destroyed state. She used his weakness for her to manipulate him to her every wish, her every whim. And she always succeeded.
"So you would have me make the father kill the son, daughter?"
"Yes, father. Lucius has to high an opinion of himself, and thinks he is the only one in your favor. Draco is a traitor who must die. If will also prove to the others that you are not weak, and that you care not for sentimental family values. If he does not kill his son, then he must die as a traitor!"
"We can not kill him, he is our strongest supporter. He's my friend."
"You don't have any friends, father. Only me."
"Yes, of course. A dark lord has no friends, only allies, and a daughter." Said Voldemort drawing himself up proudly for the first time that night. "A daughter who loves me." He whispered, "Who would do anything for me."
"Anything father, just say the word." She answered. Love disgusted her. It was nothing, only an excuse for people to act on their weaknesses. She hated the fact that he loved her, just as she hated the fact that Malfoy's father loved him. She knew that he would never kill his son, even if it meant dying. In one night she would be rid of any real threats to her plan. And then, the dark powers would be hers for the taking.
MALFOY MANOR
Two tall pale blondes sat in arms chairs across the fire from each other sipping brandy, and talking about many things. If Lucius noted the change in his son, he said nothing. As the shadows from the sun changed their angles, a red head appeared in the fireplace.
"Mr. Malfoy, and Mr. Malfoy, you have been summoned to the prison. The dark lord requests the.pleasure.of your company." Said the voice in a menacing way.
"My dear Phoenix, to what do we owe this honor?" asked Lucius in a sweet voice, coated with honey.
"Oh, I think your son knows that answer to that." She said pointedly, and disappeared in the green flames.
"What is she talking about son?"
"I found out that she wants to kill the Lord, yet I don't see how this affects us."
"You fool!" he hissed "Now she has made it seem like it was your intention to destroy him, and in doing so, she has destroyed you."
"But I didn't-"
"Have you learned nothing of her? She is ruthless, and will destroy anything or anyone who stands in her way!"
With out another word, they hugged each other for one last time, and disapparated to the prison.
IN THE PRISON
Using all the strength he had to remain tall, upright, and sneering, Voldemort surveyed the two men on their knees in front of him. With out a word, he turned to the guards next to him. "Bring in the prisoner!" he yelled.
"Yes, my lord." The two masked guards left the room in a swish of black cloaks, and clicking heels. The courtroom was filled with an impervious silence after the massive doors swung shut. Moments later, the guards returned dragging a screaming black haired green eyed man behind them. Demented by the torture he had endured at the hands of the Dark Lord's guards, he fell to his knees and began to beg to be released.
As soon as he began to speak, Draco recognized the familiar face. 'Potter', he thought. He knew that he would have to watch the "boy-who- lived' die again. "Don't hurt me." He whimpered. "Just let me go, I'll never come after you again."
"You lost that chance long ago boy." Sneered Lord Voldemort. "And now at long last, I get to kill you." He advanced on the boy, tall, dark, and intimidating. Drawing a sharp sword from his robes, he plunged it deep into Harry's body. "And now Harry Potter, I will watch you die, as I should have long ago." He stood over Harry's body until it stopped twitching, and his body released the last breath it had been struggling to hold. Lifting his robes above the pools of blood forming at his feet, Voldemort turned and walked up the black stairs to his throne. Sitting down, he turned to the two men still kneeling in front of him. Their faces were blank, and emotionless. Only their eyes betrayed their disgust at what they had just seen.
"So do you see what happens to the good and famous who dare to challenge me?" he asked softly.
"Yes my lord." They answered as one.
"So, Malfoy Junior. It has come to my attention that you want me dead, to be a dark lord in my place. To kill the famous Harry Potter and prove to the world that you could do what I could not. Is this true?" He asked, as if questioning a schoolboy about the color of a colorless potion.
"No, my lord." He said fearfully.
"Lair! Everyone wants to be the next Dark Lord, if you hadn't denied it, I may have encouraged your ambition. But now you have to die." He turned and faced Lucius. "Old friend," he began, " Kill the boy to prove your loyalty."
"But he is my son!" Lucius yelled, "No father can kill their own child!"
"I feared it would be so." Said a voice emerging from the shadows of the throne. "A father to afraid to kill his son. This is treason you know. And now you must die."
"Daughter, this is not your place."
"Father, it is my duty to do what you will not, for the good of the cause. For your own good."
"Yes, of course, do as you must." And with an uncustomary loud crack, he apparated.
As soon as her father disappeared, a wicked grin appeared on her face. She motioned for the guards to leave, and soon was alone with two death eaters. The fact that they stared at her with blinding hatred didn't seem to phase her at all. It almost seemed to energize her and fill her with a greater power than anyone who had ever lived.
"I'm sorry Lucius, it is your time. You lived well, and now, you shall die in a way befitting of the former right hand of the Dark Lord. AVADA KEDAVRA!" A green light shot out of her wand, and he fell to the floor dead. It seemed ironic to Draco that his father, the man he loved most, and Harry Potter, the first person he ever hated, should die next to each other.
"Are you going to run now Draco, or will you face death straight back and proud like your father did?" Instead of answering her question, Draco disapparated silently. "Where ever you go, I will find you."
With in minutes of finding out about Draco's disappearance, Voldemort sent out Phoenix to trail Draco. He wanted her to find him and kill him. She was only too happy to comply.
AT THE MANOR
He had lost and found his father within a day. The sun had only just set, and for 2 hours only, he had a loving parent. Hope was gone; there was nothing for him here now. 'Yet maybe', he thought, ' there is something for someone else.' And for the first time that day, he thought of Ginny and Blaise. He knew were they were. Hogwarts. They were both teachers there. Blaise was supposed to be spying for Voldemort, but Draco now knew that he was a double agent. Hogwarts was one place were he would be safe. Running to his room, he quickly grabbed some clothes (and other items), and shoved them into his bag.
AT HOGWARTS(Blaise's room)
"Zambini!" a fearsome voice yelled "Malfoy is one the loose, he betrayed us, betrayed the dark lord. If he contacts you, let him know that The Phoenix is after him, and she will kill him when she finds him."
"Of course Nott." Blaise answered, stepping in front on Ginny to hide her from his sight. And with the same popping hiss, the head disappeared.
"He sent Phoenix after Malfoy. He is as good as dead. She never fails. When he wants something done, she does it. She is his greatest weapon, and now he is using it against one of our own." Sighed Blaise sitting down heavily on the edge of the bed.
Ginny crawled up behind him and began to rub his back softly. "We'll find a way." She assured him, "We were given a chance to do this over, and we shall not fail. Not this time."
"I wish I could believe you."
Before she could reply, the fire burned a brilliant green, and a tall man swathed in black stepped out. "Blaise! Ginny!" He choked out when he saw them.
"Malfoy, what have you done?" Groaned Ginny.
"What do you mean?" he asked in his hoarse voice.
"He sent the Phoenix after you." Stumbling forward Draco fell on the bed. And so the three friends fell asleep on the great green bed, plotting the downfall of the Phoenix.
PHOENIX RIDDLE'S LIAR
Bent over a piece of parchment, with her wand out touching the page, Phoenix cast a spell to find Draco. A few minutes later, she looked up, with her wicked smile spread across her beautiful face.
Authors Note: Hey! Sorry it took so long to update, but my brothers are evil.so if you loved this, hated this, review! Hehe (Such a single minded person I am).Thanks for reviewing this Swanny =) CHAPTER THREE: THE HUNTED is already written and just needs to be typed.so expect more soon -Feens