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A/N: Sorry it took so long for this chapter I was having problems with managing my time but Finals week is over now so I can spend more time on Writing. Enjoy. R&R. ::kicks Draco in the Shins and laughs as he hops around in pain::
Chapter 10: The Maze
Draco walked into the Malfoy Manor. He wasn't feeling to good about fighting his father, but he didn't think he really had a choice because Lucius would just keep coming back and trying to kill Ginny or himself.
He was pretty sure that Ginny was mad at him for not promising. He wanted to promise her so bad, but he knew he couldn't make that promise because he wasn't sure if he would come back.
He had fought his father before but that was all just practices. He was really scared but he wouldn't show it because fear was weakness, and the more weakness his father knew, the more of an advantage Lucius would have and Draco needed all the advantages he could get.
He wasn't in a hurry to get to where his father was, he knew where he was. Lucius also probably knew Draco was coming and if he didn't he should've guessed it after everything he had done. But Draco was sure the bastard knew, Lucius may be an idiot but he wasn't a fool, that was something Draco had respected when he was a child.
He turned onto the main Corridor. His father would be in his cramped office, waiting for Draco.
Lucius did this on purpose because he knew when Draco found out he would come straight to him, but Draco knew this as well and was prepared to cheat if he had to.
This wasn't going to be a fair fight. Lucius always cheated somehow, and Draco thought that if Lucius could cheat then he could use his title Slytherin and cheat as well.
He felt as if he was walking to his death because of the so many turns and corridors, it was like they were longer just because he had somewhere to be, even when he was a child he didn't remember them being this long.
Draco stopped. He looked at his surroundings. He was very annoyed now. What the hell was going on, he asked himself.
As he started to walk again, he heard a voice. "Well lets hope you can get through my little Maze, Draco." He voice laughed.
"Playing childish games now? Father I thought I knew you better!" Draco said looking around trying to find where the source of the voice was coming from. He knew it probably wasn't even around him, but it was worth a shot.
"When you find the end of the Maze, you'll find me waiting for you. Oh and Draco by the way, watch your back, you don't know what kind of things I could've put in here." The voice said as it faded away.
"Damn it!" Draco yelled out in frustration. Leave it to his father to do something like this. He was trying to tire Draco out, so that when the fight does happen Draco won't be as fast.
"I have all day you know!" Draco said hoping his father heard.
He started to walk around aimlessly to see if he could accidentally stumble on the exit, but of course he wouldn't because he wasn't like Potter.
This isn't going to work! Why did you even come back? His mind screamed, but he blocked it out.
He turned onto any another Corridor and ran straight into something. He looked up to see what it was and it was a Giant Mountain Troll.
He stared at it for a second and then his mind commanded him to run.
He ran as far as the corridor would take him. He stopped when he was facing a wall with no exits. The only thing he could do was face the Troll; so he took out his wand and turned around.
"Incendio!" Draco yelled pointing his wand at the Troll's eyes.
The Troll groaned and started to rub it's eyes giving Draco the advantage to run past him.
Draco didn't waste any time getting as far away as possible.
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Ginny didn't talk very much as her brother and his friends talked her ears off. It seemed like they didn't shut up. It really didn't bother Ginny very much, she was actually grateful for the company, but she just wasn't really in the mood to talk at that moment. She was more worried about Draco.
She knew that even if he did promise he that there was a chance he couldn't come back, but it still would've made her better if he did. He had just said he couldn't promise her something he couldn't keep and walked out without looking back.
"Are you okay Ginny?" Hermione asked concerned. She moved closer to the bedside.
"I'm fine." Ginny answered with a far away gaze in her eyes.
"You look like you're detached or distant." Harry said biting his bottom lip.
"I'm alright." Ginny almost screamed.
Hermione noticed the frustration on the girl's face and glared at Ron, knowing he was going to open his mouth. "What's wrong?" She asked in a soothing voice.
Ginny was about to say nothing but she saw the real concern on each of their faces, they were really worried about her and here she was about to yell at them for it. "I'm just worried about Draco."
Ron's face went red. "Why are you worried about the stupid git?" He said earning another glare from Hermione.
"Maybe because she loves him." Hermione said bitterly and hit Ron in the arm, really hard. Everyone heard the smack.
"Oww." Ron complained rubbing his now bruised arm.
"Do you love him?" Harry asked, looking back at Ginny.
Ginny looked at them all for a couple of seconds and then answered, "Yes."
"Where is he?" Ron asked still in pain.
"He went to go fight his father. Sorry correction, he went to go and kill his father." Ginny said in a sad voice as new tears filled her eyes.
"And you let him go?" Hermione asked in shock. "You're going to let him murder his father?"
Ginny wiped her cheeks and looked down at her hands. "There's nothing I can do. I can't tell him he can't after everything he's told me that Lucius has done to him. And then him figuring out it was his father that killed his mother. I couldn't tell him no. I asked him to promise me he'll come back but he wouldn't even do that."
"What a bloody." But Ron was interrupted. "He couldn't!" Harry blurted out.
Everyone stared at him.
"And why not?" Ron asked.
"Because think about it this way. Lets say you had to go off and fight in the war and Hermione made you promise you would come back, but you didn't. Even though she knew there was a chance of you not coming back she made you promise, but now that you technically broke that promise she is heart broken." Harry said trying to explain.
"I don't like Hermione." Ron said defensively.
"I don't like you either." Hermione said back.
Harry and Ginny rolled their eyes and Harry continued. "What I mean is that it would hurt the person more if you made the promise and broke it, then it would not making the promise and breaking it. Even if the person knew there was a slight chance you couldn't come back it still hurts them more." Harry noticed the look Hermione was giving him. "I'm not saying that it still doesn't hurt, but it doesn't hurt as much." He finished sheepishly.
Ginny nodded understanding what Harry had said. So basically what Harry told her was Draco didn't make the promise because he didn't want to hurt Ginny if he wasn't to come back. But didn't Draco know that if he promised or not that it would hurt so much if he didn't come back, that she wasn't sure if she would live?
"Don't worry Ginny. I'm pretty sure Draco will come back. In fact I'm positive he'll come back, and if he doesn't you can beat me to a bloody pulp." Harry said smiling. He grabbed her hand and gave it a squeeze.
"Thanks Harry." She said smiling back at him.
"Feel better?" He asked uncertainly.
"Much." She pulled Harry into a hug.
He smiled and hugged her back.
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Draco sighed. This was getting very annoying. He had run into a Troll, a Dragon, a Chimaera, and to top it off he was carried off by about 200 Cornish pixies.
He was really starting to hate this maze.
Just when he thought that things couldn't get any worse, he was jumped by a dozen of gnomes.
He lay on the ground as they jumped all over his body. He was very annoyed; he wasn't sure how much more of this he could take.
He knew his father was also testing him. Even when Draco was going to kill him, his father was always testing him. But this time it was for patients and Draco knew he was losing. He was about ready to say fuck it but the little voice in the back of his mind to him not to.
Draco decided that he would try to follow that voice for now. He stood up and started kicking the little gnomes into walls. He let a laugh escape when he thought about this was just like playing Muggle Soccer.
"Hey, that was fun." He said to himself, as he kicked the last gnome into a door he hadn't noticed was there before.
He walked to it, opened the door and peered inside. He could've almost, almost, jumped for joy when he realized it was the end, it had to be, it was his father's office. What else could be the end?
The chair behind the desk whirled around and showed a very angry Lucius Malfoy.
"Well it looks like I beat your stupid Maze. Now lets get this over with." Draco said taking out his wand.
Lucius laughed. "You couldn't beat me at a wizard Duel boy." He said taking out his wand and pointed it at Draco. "Expelliarmus!" He yelled, making Draco's wand fly out of his hands.
"Accio, Draco's wand." Lucius caught the wand. "What are you going to do now, there's no way you can beat me without your precious wand." He smirked.
Draco glared and started to think of something quickly before his father decided to kill him.
A/N: Well people it seemed like a good place to stop. I promise it shouldn't take me too long to get the next chapter out. And BTW for you stupid people Harry is just being NICE to Ginny, nothing is going to happen between the two of them, Ginny loves Draco to much. I already know what I'm going to do so bear with me here. Please Review and tell me what you think.
A/N: Sorry it took so long for this chapter I was having problems with managing my time but Finals week is over now so I can spend more time on Writing. Enjoy. R&R. ::kicks Draco in the Shins and laughs as he hops around in pain::
Chapter 10: The Maze
Draco walked into the Malfoy Manor. He wasn't feeling to good about fighting his father, but he didn't think he really had a choice because Lucius would just keep coming back and trying to kill Ginny or himself.
He was pretty sure that Ginny was mad at him for not promising. He wanted to promise her so bad, but he knew he couldn't make that promise because he wasn't sure if he would come back.
He had fought his father before but that was all just practices. He was really scared but he wouldn't show it because fear was weakness, and the more weakness his father knew, the more of an advantage Lucius would have and Draco needed all the advantages he could get.
He wasn't in a hurry to get to where his father was, he knew where he was. Lucius also probably knew Draco was coming and if he didn't he should've guessed it after everything he had done. But Draco was sure the bastard knew, Lucius may be an idiot but he wasn't a fool, that was something Draco had respected when he was a child.
He turned onto the main Corridor. His father would be in his cramped office, waiting for Draco.
Lucius did this on purpose because he knew when Draco found out he would come straight to him, but Draco knew this as well and was prepared to cheat if he had to.
This wasn't going to be a fair fight. Lucius always cheated somehow, and Draco thought that if Lucius could cheat then he could use his title Slytherin and cheat as well.
He felt as if he was walking to his death because of the so many turns and corridors, it was like they were longer just because he had somewhere to be, even when he was a child he didn't remember them being this long.
Draco stopped. He looked at his surroundings. He was very annoyed now. What the hell was going on, he asked himself.
As he started to walk again, he heard a voice. "Well lets hope you can get through my little Maze, Draco." He voice laughed.
"Playing childish games now? Father I thought I knew you better!" Draco said looking around trying to find where the source of the voice was coming from. He knew it probably wasn't even around him, but it was worth a shot.
"When you find the end of the Maze, you'll find me waiting for you. Oh and Draco by the way, watch your back, you don't know what kind of things I could've put in here." The voice said as it faded away.
"Damn it!" Draco yelled out in frustration. Leave it to his father to do something like this. He was trying to tire Draco out, so that when the fight does happen Draco won't be as fast.
"I have all day you know!" Draco said hoping his father heard.
He started to walk around aimlessly to see if he could accidentally stumble on the exit, but of course he wouldn't because he wasn't like Potter.
This isn't going to work! Why did you even come back? His mind screamed, but he blocked it out.
He turned onto any another Corridor and ran straight into something. He looked up to see what it was and it was a Giant Mountain Troll.
He stared at it for a second and then his mind commanded him to run.
He ran as far as the corridor would take him. He stopped when he was facing a wall with no exits. The only thing he could do was face the Troll; so he took out his wand and turned around.
"Incendio!" Draco yelled pointing his wand at the Troll's eyes.
The Troll groaned and started to rub it's eyes giving Draco the advantage to run past him.
Draco didn't waste any time getting as far away as possible.
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Ginny didn't talk very much as her brother and his friends talked her ears off. It seemed like they didn't shut up. It really didn't bother Ginny very much, she was actually grateful for the company, but she just wasn't really in the mood to talk at that moment. She was more worried about Draco.
She knew that even if he did promise he that there was a chance he couldn't come back, but it still would've made her better if he did. He had just said he couldn't promise her something he couldn't keep and walked out without looking back.
"Are you okay Ginny?" Hermione asked concerned. She moved closer to the bedside.
"I'm fine." Ginny answered with a far away gaze in her eyes.
"You look like you're detached or distant." Harry said biting his bottom lip.
"I'm alright." Ginny almost screamed.
Hermione noticed the frustration on the girl's face and glared at Ron, knowing he was going to open his mouth. "What's wrong?" She asked in a soothing voice.
Ginny was about to say nothing but she saw the real concern on each of their faces, they were really worried about her and here she was about to yell at them for it. "I'm just worried about Draco."
Ron's face went red. "Why are you worried about the stupid git?" He said earning another glare from Hermione.
"Maybe because she loves him." Hermione said bitterly and hit Ron in the arm, really hard. Everyone heard the smack.
"Oww." Ron complained rubbing his now bruised arm.
"Do you love him?" Harry asked, looking back at Ginny.
Ginny looked at them all for a couple of seconds and then answered, "Yes."
"Where is he?" Ron asked still in pain.
"He went to go fight his father. Sorry correction, he went to go and kill his father." Ginny said in a sad voice as new tears filled her eyes.
"And you let him go?" Hermione asked in shock. "You're going to let him murder his father?"
Ginny wiped her cheeks and looked down at her hands. "There's nothing I can do. I can't tell him he can't after everything he's told me that Lucius has done to him. And then him figuring out it was his father that killed his mother. I couldn't tell him no. I asked him to promise me he'll come back but he wouldn't even do that."
"What a bloody." But Ron was interrupted. "He couldn't!" Harry blurted out.
Everyone stared at him.
"And why not?" Ron asked.
"Because think about it this way. Lets say you had to go off and fight in the war and Hermione made you promise you would come back, but you didn't. Even though she knew there was a chance of you not coming back she made you promise, but now that you technically broke that promise she is heart broken." Harry said trying to explain.
"I don't like Hermione." Ron said defensively.
"I don't like you either." Hermione said back.
Harry and Ginny rolled their eyes and Harry continued. "What I mean is that it would hurt the person more if you made the promise and broke it, then it would not making the promise and breaking it. Even if the person knew there was a slight chance you couldn't come back it still hurts them more." Harry noticed the look Hermione was giving him. "I'm not saying that it still doesn't hurt, but it doesn't hurt as much." He finished sheepishly.
Ginny nodded understanding what Harry had said. So basically what Harry told her was Draco didn't make the promise because he didn't want to hurt Ginny if he wasn't to come back. But didn't Draco know that if he promised or not that it would hurt so much if he didn't come back, that she wasn't sure if she would live?
"Don't worry Ginny. I'm pretty sure Draco will come back. In fact I'm positive he'll come back, and if he doesn't you can beat me to a bloody pulp." Harry said smiling. He grabbed her hand and gave it a squeeze.
"Thanks Harry." She said smiling back at him.
"Feel better?" He asked uncertainly.
"Much." She pulled Harry into a hug.
He smiled and hugged her back.
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Draco sighed. This was getting very annoying. He had run into a Troll, a Dragon, a Chimaera, and to top it off he was carried off by about 200 Cornish pixies.
He was really starting to hate this maze.
Just when he thought that things couldn't get any worse, he was jumped by a dozen of gnomes.
He lay on the ground as they jumped all over his body. He was very annoyed; he wasn't sure how much more of this he could take.
He knew his father was also testing him. Even when Draco was going to kill him, his father was always testing him. But this time it was for patients and Draco knew he was losing. He was about ready to say fuck it but the little voice in the back of his mind to him not to.
Draco decided that he would try to follow that voice for now. He stood up and started kicking the little gnomes into walls. He let a laugh escape when he thought about this was just like playing Muggle Soccer.
"Hey, that was fun." He said to himself, as he kicked the last gnome into a door he hadn't noticed was there before.
He walked to it, opened the door and peered inside. He could've almost, almost, jumped for joy when he realized it was the end, it had to be, it was his father's office. What else could be the end?
The chair behind the desk whirled around and showed a very angry Lucius Malfoy.
"Well it looks like I beat your stupid Maze. Now lets get this over with." Draco said taking out his wand.
Lucius laughed. "You couldn't beat me at a wizard Duel boy." He said taking out his wand and pointed it at Draco. "Expelliarmus!" He yelled, making Draco's wand fly out of his hands.
"Accio, Draco's wand." Lucius caught the wand. "What are you going to do now, there's no way you can beat me without your precious wand." He smirked.
Draco glared and started to think of something quickly before his father decided to kill him.
A/N: Well people it seemed like a good place to stop. I promise it shouldn't take me too long to get the next chapter out. And BTW for you stupid people Harry is just being NICE to Ginny, nothing is going to happen between the two of them, Ginny loves Draco to much. I already know what I'm going to do so bear with me here. Please Review and tell me what you think.