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Chapter 14

" I knew it! I knew Lucious was planning something!" Ron yelled.

Harry sat there, shocked. He knew something was going on, considering the Quar… but he hadn't expected Professor Snape and Lucious Malfoy to be working together no matter how foul of a wizard Snape was… or at least that's what he had thought.

" Oh hush Ron." Hermione said looking at Harry.

" Harry you okay?"

" Huh, oh yeah, I'm fine." Harry replied.

" So what're we going to do?" Ron dreadfully asked.

" WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING!" Hermione yelled, " We're not going to go and put ourselves in harms way like we do every year! It's just too dangerous! Harry has come too close to dying too many times!"

Ron sat there. He wasn't going to argue with Hermione but he was concerned about Harry…

" But Hermi-,"

" No Ron, Hermione is right… you two don't need to get hurt at my expense."

" Wait Harry, you're not doing anything either! I meant the three of us should stay out of harms way!" Hermione protested, " We should go to Professor Dumbledore."

Harry nodded. He stood up and Ron did the same.

" Okay let's go now." Hermione said and they walked away from the lake.

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Draco sat and watched the Hufflepuff Quidditch team play for about ten minutes before getting bored with it. He decided to go looking for Ginny. I'll tell her everything… if that's what she really wants. She's so stubborn! He entered the castle and checked the Great Hall first but she wasn't there. Then he made his way around just walking through corridors and up stairs yelling her name out randomly. And finally after about 25 minutes he got an answer.

" Ginny!" Draco yelled out.

" What do you want…", Ginny came out from behind a statue of Dumbledore. Her eyes were red and he could tell she'd been crying.

" Ginny, I'm sorry… if you want to know what's going on… I'll tell you. But I really don't want to tell you…"

" But why Draco? Why don't you want to tell me?" Ginny asked pathetically.

He looked at her. His pain was so great, but he'd always hidden it. He didn't want to make her carry around his pain too, but he would if that's what she really wanted.

" I just, I don't know… I don't want you to feel sorry for me…"

" I won't, well actually I can't promise I won't…" Ginny smiled up at him and looked into his eyes. Please tell me Draco, please.

"  Alright."

Ginny and Draco went back behind the statue and to Draco's surprise there was a lot of room. He figured this is where Ginny always ran off to when they fought considering she had a blanket and a few books back there. The statue covered it all up from the front.

" My mum… She's umm, she's dying. And my dad beats her. He puts curses on us, horrible curses. And that doesn't help her condition at all. He acts like an angry drunk muggle would, but… he's knows what he's doing and he continues doing it. He's tortured my mum in ways I can't describe. I usually just hide in my room if I can get to it. But if he gets to me before I can get away… And then he's in the Dark Order. Sometimes he has these weird wizards, sometimes witches, over at our house. You can tell their evil just by looking at them… Sometimes I over hear them, but I only hear a few words. And then I leave. I don't want to hear something I'm not supposed to. They could easily scan my mind when asking me questions to see if I'm telling the truth. It's horrible, living there. Hogwarts is my only escape. And having you… you have no idea how much you mean to me." Draco finished. He couldn't look at Ginny. He felt so ashamed.

Ginny didn't know what to say. She had known something was wrong but hadn't expected to hear about his dad torturing him and his mum and his mum… What's wrong with her… she thought, but couldn't get up the courage to ask him. She looked at him. Suddenly she wrapped her arms around him and a tear ran down her cheek.

Draco pushed her off. He thought this was an act of sympathy and he didn't want her to feel sorry for him! He suddenly found himself so angry… he didn't know why. He hated the world.

" Get off!" Draco said standing up, " this is exactly why I didn't want to tell you! Because you'd feel bad for poor Draco Malfoy. Well Weasly I don't your sympathy!" And with that he left.

Weasly? Ginny thought, Why did he call me Weasly. I didn't do anything! All I did was give him a hug. This is exactly why you shouldn't have gotten involved with that, that boy! You knew you'd get hurt. It's in his blood. He's hateful and cruel to people and you knew he couldn't change. It was all just an act! A tear rolled down Ginny's cheek. She quickly whipped it off of her face and became angry. She'd have nothing more to do with Dra-Malfoy.

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"…and then I ran all the way to the Gryffindor common room, sir." Hermione finished. She told Professor Dumbledore about all the incidents with the Quar and then finished with her getting chased through the castle by something.

Dumbledore sat there stroking his beard. He was clearly in deep thought.

" If there is something in this school, then we best find it. But you three shall not go looking for it. At night you shall remain in your common room. I'll arrange for a few members of the staff to guard the corridors at night. If this thing is still in the castle we will find it." Dumbledore finally said.

Ron, Harry and Hermione left the room and went to the Great Hall. Dinner was being served and they hadn't eaten since their early breakfast. Ron was moaning and groaning and making a big deal out of his hunger, causing Harry and Hermione to walk a lot faster, out of irritation.

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Harry lay in bed again thinking about Dumbledore. Seeing him made him think about something he'd said to him while he was in the hospital. He had said someone out there was trying to hurt him while someone else was looking after him. Dumbledore said they might have been ashamed to show their identity… but Harry couldn't think of anyone under those circumstances.

And then Ginny… after dinner they had gone into the common room and she had been curled up in a ball in a chair, sleeping. Harry had gotten closer and there were dry tears on her face. He wondered what was wrong. If Malfoy did anything to her!! He didn't trust Malfoy at all.

His mind drifted to Eliza. He hadn't seen her all day. He wondered where she'd been. I'll ask her tomorrow… and with that thought he doze off to dream about her.

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