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Ginny's heart was pounding as she slowly backed away from the table, staring disbelievingly at the perfect long-stemmed rose resting there. She backed out of the kitchen and ran up the stairs to her bedroom. Ginny headed straight to the mantle piece and threw some powder into the roaring fire.
"Severus Snape, Hogwarts." she shouted into the poisonous green flames.
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Ginny stepped out of the fireplace and into Severus Snape's elegant sitting room. He looked up from the potions text he was reading in his armchair, his face blank, and nodded at her. Ginny suddenly remembered her skimpy nightgown and blushed to the roots of her fiery hair.
"Miss Weasley, to what do I owe the pleasure?" Severus drawled.
Always the gentlemen…
"Someone was in my house," Ginny explained nervously, "They sole a top-secret file on Lucius Malfoy and left a…a…"
"A what, Miss Weasley?"
"A rose. In place of the file."
"Lucius always was a charmer." Severus mused aloud.
"You think it was him?" Ginny squeaked.
"Who else would steal that particular file, Miss Weasley?"
"Well, I just…didn't expect him to do it himself. If he's in contact with you surely he has other people he uses to do his dirty wok." she said.
"I do no one's 'dirty work', Miss Weasley. Lucius is in hiding. It's not as if he has anything better to do." Severus muttered silkily.
"I suppose you're right…"
"Miss Weasley, there is an extra robe in the guest room, you are shivering. Get some sleep, you won't want to go home tonight, I presume?"
"Thank you, Professor."
Snape merely nodded. This would take some work.
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Ginny woke the next morning cold, hungry, and in a strange bed. It was already shaping up to be a bad day. She pulled on a robe from the closet and magically altered it before heading for Severus' sitting room. She saw Severus sitting in his regular armchair by the fire, waiting when she entered.
She hadn't taken the time to notice the finer points of his sitting room in her panicked state of the previous night. The room was furnished with furniture of black wood and deep green velvet hangings adorned the walls and couch. Ginny crossed the room and sat down in front of him. He gestured to a letter on the small table between them. Ginny read:
Severus,
I know she is with you. I know she won't believe me if I try to explain the seriousness of this situation. Therefore, I had to take drastic action. I stole the damn file. I am currently changing locations, and will be in touch soon. Please do your best to convince her.
-Lucius Xavier Malfoy
"Convince me?" Ginny hissed.
"Lucius turned spy in the last months before the final battle. Cornelius Fudge fully supported Voldemort, and knew of Lucius' treachery. He arranged for him to be arrested after the defeat of Voldemort under charges of allegiance to the Dark Lord." Severus said blankly.
"You're telling me Lucius Malfoy, Death Eater extraordinaire, is innocent and a spy for the Light? Ginny asked.
"Yes." he sighed.
"Okay."
There was a pause, while Severus stared at Ginny in apparent confusion. If it had been any other time, she would have etched his expression into her mind to share with her friends. It would be good to have a laugh after all of this.
"Okay?" Severus looked surprised at her acceptance.
"Okay. I trust you, Professor. And I'll try to help, but Fudge is already suspicious of my involvement with the Order. Malfoy's case was my last chance to throw off the paranoid little prick." Ginny sneered.
"Then you have a plan?" Severus asked, eyebrow raised.
"No." Ginny mumbled.
"I do." a voice said.
Ginny whipped around to find herself face-to-chest with a very tall, very blonde Lucius Malfoy. His cologne drifted to her as she let her gaze slowly wander up to stare at his chiseled face in disbelief. She looked down. He held a single rose in his outstretched hand.