Author's Notes: Yeah...another chapter. xDD I was bored again, so yeah. To tell you the truth, I had never ever planned this story to go in this direction, seriously. When I just type along, I just think of things for the next chapter. I guess people can kind of tell. xD Heh..I'm not good at romance, but I tried. XD Hopefully, I didn't kill the D/G ship. Oo Well, back to the story. Draco and Ginny just went into the forest, and somebody has come. They don't know who the person is, but you'll find out in this chapter. By the way, to know what's going on you need to read the 3 other chapters!

Chapter 9: Stranger In The Shadows

The young adult was a bit tall. It was a young man. He looked a little older then them, but he had their uniform on. Draco guessed he was a Slytherin, since he wore a green tie, and he had the badge on, but he had never seen him around before.

"I asked you many times, and I'll ask you once more until you tell me. Who are you?!", Draco shouted.

"Hmmm..You don't recognize me?", the young man asked.

"No, I don't.", Draco replied.

"Such a pity for Ginny. ", the young man said pointing to Ginny.

Draco looked back at Ginny. She was unconscious, and the crimson red blood was all over her face. Her eyes were closed, but her wand was still in her hand.

"Ginny!", Draco shouted as he shook Ginny to make sure she was alive and well. "Ginny!", Draco continued shouting.

He looked back at the young man. His eyes narrowed, and he stared at him coldly.

"You did this, didn't you? You know about this? You know?", Draco asked.

"Yes..yes, and yes.", the man answered.

"I want to know. Who the hell are you?!", Draco asked angrily.

"Me?", the man said while laughing. "Such a shame you don't know. I'm Tom.", the young man said.

"Tom who? I demand you to say your full name!", Draco shouted.

"Tom Marvolo Riddle", he answered.

"You're..you're him...I thought Potter got rid of you.", Draco said.

"I'm back, and revived.", Tom answered.

"What did you do to Ginny?! I never saw you!", Draco shouted.

"Ahh..but a simple, one touch can do the trick. One touch lasts forever.", he answered.

He walked around them, and stared at Draco.

"You see..I put a spell on Ginny when..she opened up the Chamber for me a little while ago. And you see, that spell. That spell would make her die slowly. So slow, that she wouldn't even realize it. First, she bleeds in the inside, and then she bleeds on the outside. She would bleed so badly, that she wouldn't be able to stop it. Nobody ever can. I knew right from the beginning. I planned it out perfectly. Potter wouldn't be with her, and that he wouldn't stand in my way this time. I made her fall in love with you, and I also made you fall in love with her. She ruined me the first time she helped me. I wanted revenge. I wanted to pay back. This was perfect. I knew it from the first time. A painful, slow death was the best idea, and nobody would even realize it until now.", Tom explained.

"You...I HATE YOU!", Draco shouted.

"But now you're the only person who is standing in my way. I'm warning you. Go, run away, before you get killed too!", Tom shouted.

"Never!", Draco yelled back.

"Fine then. So be it, but you've been warned!", Tom yelled.

Draco ran, and held up Ginny as he ran away. Tom ran to catch Draco from behind.

"I'm going to get you!", Tom shouted.

It felt hard for Draco to run, because of all the trees and plants in his way, and he was carrying Ginny also. Before he knew it, Tom caught up with them, but instead of bashing them. He got hold of Ginny's wand.

"Any last words to say?", Tom asked as he smirked.

"Yes! I love Ginny from the bottom of my heart. Although maybe I don't have a heart, I still love her!", he shouted.

"Mhmm..sure you do.", Tom laughed.

"I do..I really do, and if I could. I would die for her!", Draco shouted.

"Very well then.", he said while laughing.

"Come on..Do the best you've got!", Draco shouted.

"No. I'd like to have a little fun. Stupefy!", he shouted.

Draco closed his eyes, and nothing came out of the wand.

"Stupefy! Stupefy dammit! Stupefy! Come on!", Tom shouted.'

Draco opened his eyes. Was this a miracle?, he thought. If it was though, they would be out of here, and Riddle would be gone.

Suddenly, the wand flew away out of Tom's hand, and in the air it was glowing. It floated into Draco's hand.

"What?! What is the meaning of this?!", Tom shouted.

"It's my turn to have fun. This is for harming Ginny! Stupefy!", Draco shouted.

Tom couldn't block the spell so, he went and crashed into a tree.

"This is also for Ginny! PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!", Draco shouted.

Tom tried to block the spell, but somehow it managed to go through, and hit him again. It was so strong, he became unconscious and fell to the ground. Soon, his soul had went into the air.

"I'll come back soon! One day! I'll get revenge on you too!", Tom, as his soul, shouted.

Draco watched as his soul went up, and he decided that Ginny and him should go back to Hogwarts. He carried her back up again. He looked upon her face, and saw that the blood was gone, but she was still not awake. So, he gave her a sweet kiss on the lips.

"W-w..wha..?", Ginny said as she awoke.

"You don't need to worry about a thing. We're going back to Hogwarts, and taking you to the hospital.", Draco said.

"N-n-no!", Ginny shouted.

"You'll get more better there.", he said.

"Stay with me then!", Ginny said as he grasped his clothing and kissed him.

"Fine, I will.", Draco said as he smiled.

"But..what about..What if we get in trouble?!", Ginny asked.

"So, what if we do? What if you were in danger, and what if you got saved?", he asked jokingly.

"Saved..but what if we get caught when we go back?", she asked.

"Then we'll tell them the truth.", he replied.

"All right...and Draco I really..I really do love you so much.", Ginny said.

As they got closer, and closer to Hogwarts, Ginny's heart was pumping more. What will her brother, Harry, and Hermione say and will she get in trouble with them? More importantly, will they accept Draco and Ginny as a couple now? Will Draco and Ginny get expelled from Hogwarts? There were so many questions unanswered. They just needed to find out when they got to Hogwarts.

Author's Notes: I hope this chapter answered some of the questions you all had. Looks like the next chapter will be the last one for this story ::hears everybody aww:: , but yeah..like I said there's another Ginny/Draco fan fic. I'm typing, called The Battle Royale of Hogwarts, well at least in the upcoming chapters it will be a Ginny/Draco fan fic. So far the first chapter is only up, but check that out. I'd never knew this chapter would turn out this way. This is my favorite chapter of this story, and I hope you all liked it also.