A/N: Again I own none of these characters besides Tab and Cliff
The lyrics are from 'There You'll Be' by Faith Hill
This chapter aint very long but once again its necessary for the story line. Well spotted slytherinchick4, the rose comes into this chapter and is a big part of it actually.
Keep reviewing please peeps, it helps! thanx to all who have already reviewed! Enjoy =) cheers babes xx
Chapter Ten – Roses
There'll always be a place
For you for all my life
I'll keep a part
Of you with me
And everywhere I am
There you'll be
"Yoo hoo? Anybody home?"
Tab yelled up the stairs, grinning at Cliff as he dropped their bags onto the drawing room floor. She winked at Cliff and darted up the stairs, Cliff right on her heels. She pushed open Draco's bedroom door and the pair of them pushed their heads around the door, grinning when they saw their separate best friends wrapped around each other sleeping peacefully.
"I told you that weekend away was a good idea."
Tab said loudly to Cliff, jerking the two on the bed awake.
"Aaah!"
Ginny cried, rolling off the edge of the bed and landing with a thump on the floor, taking most of the sheets with her. Draco groaned and sat up slowly, still coming back to earth after the night before.
"Oh, hi guys."
He said yawning and stretching, before leaning over and pulling Ginny back into bed.
"Draco, get off."
She giggled when he tried to drag her back under the quilts and wriggled out of bed, wrapping the sheets around her.
"When did you guys get back?"
She asked, hugging Tab and heading out of the room towards her own.
"Just now. So tell all, what's going on?"
Tab asked eagerly, dropping onto Ginny's bed and listening to her replies over the thunder of the shower.
"What do you think?"
Ginny giggled, wandering out of the bathroom in a matching pair of light blue hot pants and t-shirt pyjama set, gently rubbing her still wet hair with a towel.
"I know it!"
Tab shrieked, going into fits of laughter and falling backwards onto the bed.
"Come on, let's go down and get some food, Cliff and I haven't eaten since this morning and we're starving."
Ginny snorted and shook her head, tossing the wet towel at Tab, catching her in the face and ducking as a pillow was thrown back in retaliation.
"In other words, Ginny can you cook us something?"
She laughed, raising an eyebrow as Tab grinned boldly back at her.
"Pretty much, yeah."
Ginny laughed and led the way downstairs, kissing Cliff on the cheek on the way to the cooker. She pulled a wok out from the cupboard next to the cooker and she chucked in some oil before lighting the cooker with her wand and waiting for it to heat up.
"Damn it!"
She cursed, after dropping some vegetables into the wok they had splashed boiling oil all over her top.
"Bet that stings."
A voice whispered in her ear, and she smiled when she felt Draco wrap his arms around her waist from behind, his lips kissing their way up her neck as he nudged her hair out of the way.
"Yeah, I better go get changed."
She replied, not moving.
"Go on, I'll look after the pan while you're gone."
They both turned to look at a grinning Cliff and Ginny glanced at Draco who had his eyebrow raised before replying.
"Cliff it's a wok not a pan."
Tab snorted into her coffee and he shot her a dirty look while Ginny and Draco hid their own smiles.
"So? No difference is there?"
He said cheerfully, wandering over to the cooker and giving the vegetables a poke with a spatula.
"Be right back."
Ginny called to the room, reluctantly breaking out of Draco's embrace and heading for the stairs. Wandering into her room she didn't bother to look around her room, just headed straight for her chest of drawers and began rummaging through. Hearing a noise behind her she spun around, her hand flying to her pocket for her wand but it wasn't there. She scanned the room nervously before remembering it was downstairs by the cooker.
She took a step into the middle of the room, her eyes roving the darkness and she cursed herself for not turning the lights on when she first came in. She took another step and gasped as an ice cold hand clamped over her mouth and another grabbed her waist.
"Miss Weasley."
A cold voice rasped in her ear, making her tremble all over. She felt the cold clammy feel of his skin chill her through her flimsy clothes and she suddenly realised how vulnerable she was. Her eyes widened and her heart beat sped up as he began to drag her backwards towards where she knew her window was.
"Ginny's taking forever."
Cliff grumbled, poking the now burnt vegetables with his finger and grimacing.
"I wonder if something's happened to her. I did get a creepy feeling when I was in her room before."
Tab said nervously, looking over her shoulder and shivering.
"Don't be stupid."
Draco said, more to convince himself than her that it wasn't possible. Cliff and Tab both looked over at Draco and Tab suddenly realised he didn't know.
"I forgot you didn't know, I'm half Seer, my mother is a pure Seer and I have visions. Well actually it's more like I get an odd feeling if something's about to happen and I see things in my sleep sometimes."
Tab said, shifting uncomfortably under his speculative gaze, his mind was on Professor Trelawney and the vision Ginny had told him about that she had when Harry was with her in third year.
"And anyway, if something did happen she's got protection..."
Cliff trailed off when Draco suddenly bolted for the stairs. Tab looked at him before they both turned to look at Ginny's wand lying innocently by the cooker.
"Ginny!"
Draco bellowed, racing into her room to find it empty, the long white curtains billowing into the room like hands. Tab and Cliff collided into him when they dashed inside, their eyes taking in the emptiness of the room.
"No."
Tab whispered, her eyes filling with tears as she slumped down on the floor, Cliff taking her in his arms as he watched Draco's face drain of colour.
Ginny awoke to a blinding headache and pain in every part of her body. She groaned as she sat up, lifting a hand to her head and wincing as she pulled it back stained with blood. Her hair was matted with blood and water and her clothes were ripped and covered in dirt. Looking down she saw her hands were bound together and she was sat on a damp stone floor.
Surveying her surroundings she grimaced as she noticed a couple of rats fighting in a corner. She was in a plain square, made of the same stone as the floor and there was a high arched window above her head on the way next to her. She used the wall to hold her up as her weak legs buckled beneath her. She limped over to the window and saw acres and acres of woods, followed by empty fields dotted here and there with a few cows or sheep.
Beyond the fields was what looked like the sea and her heart sank; she was sure she wasn't in London any more and no one knew where she was. Glancing down she saw her bare legs and feet were covered in little scratches as though she had been dragged through bushes.
"Ah, you're awake."
The same cold voice she had heard in her bedroom filtered into the room through the heavy wooden door behind her. Spinning around she caught sight of a pale white face, completely black eyes and long coarse black hair staring at her through the iron bars that made the window.
"Who are you and what am I doing here?"
She demanded, terror giving way to anger at the man's daring, taking her away from her home in the middle of the night.
"We'll have time for that later; right now I need a sample of your blood."
Ginny blanched; she'd always hated needles and somehow she knew this man wouldn't exactly be gentle. He advanced on her and grabbed her arm, taking out a knife and slicing her arm. He held out a small green crystal tube and held it against the cut to allow a small trickle of the blood to fill it up.
"That will do for now."
He mumbled, putting a stopper in the tube and handing it to a waiting minion who bowed low and scurried out of the room with it.
"You aren't going to kill me then?"
Ginny asked hopefully, cradling her injured arm to her chest. She flinched as he leaned in close to her, his putrid breath making her wrinkle her nose in disgust.
"No, not for the moment anyway."
He flashed her a cruel crooked grin before sweeping from the room and slamming the door closed behind her, magically locking itself. Ginny whimpered and sank onto the floor, pulling her knees up to her chin and breaking down in despairing sobs.
"How the HELL did this happen?"
Ron raged, pacing backwards and forwards in front of the fire, his hands clasped behind his back.
"We don't know, Ron. She went upstairs to get changed and she didn't come down for a while. So when we went looking for her we found her wand still in the kitchen and her bedroom empty."
Tab said, sniffling and wiping her tears away with a tissue, her other hand grasping Cliff's firmly in her lap as Draco patted her absently on the knee. The entire Weasley family, with the exception of Percy of course, had been owled minutes after they had discovered Ginny missing and they were all now assembled in the drawing room of Sparrow House.
Mrs Weasley was sobbing onto Mr Weasley's shoulder who was sat there looking shell shocked, his hand vaguely patting her heaving shoulder. The twins were sat on the other couch, Fred cradling a sniffling Angelina in his arms and George twisting his wand over and over in his fingers as he stared blankly at the floor. Bill was leaning against the fireplace staring into the fire and Charlie was slouched in an armchair, his hands clasped and his elbows resting on his knees as he leaned forward and stared at the rug. Hermione was in another arm chair crying silently, tears coursing down her cheeks as Harry patted her knee occasionally from his seat on the floor besides her.
"Please stop doing that Ron."
He sighed wearily, his eyes tired from the tears he had shed earlier when he had first found out in the privacy of his own room. Ron looked across at him blankly before dropping onto the arm of Hermione's chair and putting an arm around her shoulders, pulling her towards him. There was a loud crack and a group of people appeared in the hallway, one of them conjuring a set of chairs and an extra sofa to squeeze into the room for them to sit in.
Dumbledore gave Mr and Mrs Weasley a weak smile before dropping into a seat and looking around at the family who were all staring at the newcomers. Hermione glanced up and stared at how ragged Professor Lupin was looking and she got to her feet and enveloped him in a hug before pulling him down into the chair next to her. Ron shook his hand over Hermione's head and Harry and Lupin embraced briefly, clapping their hands on each others shoulders.
Tonks grinned at them slightly, her hair waist length, completely straight and raven-black this time and her eyes huge and pale green. She sank onto the floor next to Harry on the other side of Hermione and smiling at Charlie who she knew from her Hogwarts years.
Moody clunked into the room after doing a thorough check on the house and dropped into a chair by the fair, his magical eyes swirling all around and Draco knew he was checking the outside of the house for intruders.
Sirius stalked into the room casting a long shadow and Draco's eyes widened when he saw him. Looking around he realised no one else was surprised besides Cliff and he let it pass, watching as Sirius dropped onto the floor in front of Harry and gave a small grin. The two of them had become closer than ever after Sirius' trip through the Veil and that was where Harry was living now; number twelve Grimmauld Place.
"I'm sorry to have to ask you to do this, Tabitha, but could you please tell us all once more what happened this evening here with Ginerva?"
Dumbledore said gently, so all eyes turned to Tab who nodded slowly, tears filling her eyes again for fear for her friend.
Draco glanced around the room as the story was once more relayed to the newcomers and he winced at the sadness on everyone's face. How could he have let this happen to this great family, how could he have let Ginny get taken? Tears filled his eyes and he lowered them quickly before anyone could see, his hands shaking as he brought his Butterbeer to his lips, merely for something to do with his hands then actually wanting any.
Excusing himself quickly he left the room and crept quietly up the stairs, drawn to Ginny's room by the frail hope that she might be there and this all be a misunderstanding. But the room was empty and he sank onto the bed in despair, staring blindly around he suddenly noticed something he was sure wasn't supposed to be there. Crossing the room he knelt down by the window and plucked it up from the floor. It was a single red rose, crushed a little as though someone had stepped on it. Searching the floor he found a small black card with one word in silver imprinted on it;
Soon
It didn't look a like a love letter and Draco was getting some pretty bad vibes from it. He quickly ran down the stairs and presented it to Dumbledore, telling him exactly where he had found it.
"And you say you got a bad feeling from it?"
Dumbledore asked seriously, the rose now lying in the centre of the coffee table in the drawing room and the card besides it.
"Yes sir."
Dumbledore looked over at Tab who was staring at the rose with a curious look on her face.
"Tabitha? Do you have an idea?"
He said suddenly, startling her and making everyone turn to look at her.
"I was just thinking, well I got a bad feeling in Ginny's room earlier and maybe..."
She swallowed nervously, glancing up at Dumbledore who smiled at her encouragingly, seeming to know what she was getting at already.
"Maybe if I channelled my thoughts into the rose like I was taught to in my last two years at Hogwarts. Then I might be able to get a sense of where Ginny might be or who took her."
As one the room turned to look at Dumbledore who was watching her pensively.
"Are you sure you want to do this? If Mr Malfoy here who only has an eighth Seer blood in him can sense something it must be powerful Dark Magic at work."
Tab gulped and Cliff turned white and gripped her hand tightly as she nodded.
"Tab, come on? If something goes wrong..."
George began trailing off, he had been about to say 'we don't want to lose you too' but felt it was better not to bring out what they were all trying to deny.
"I want to George, I need to. For Ginny."
Dumbledore sighed and everyone either looked at the rose on the table, at Dumbledore or at Tab.
"Alright then, if you're sure lets get started."
Dumbledore got to his feet and conjured up a heavy black book and a small bouncy mattress. He motioned for Tab to lie down and she did so without a sound, slowly closing her eyes as Dumbledore placed the rose on her chest, gently lifting her hands and crossing them, laying them over the rose.
"It's very important that no one makes a sound. Now I need you all to take hold of each others hands, do not break the chain and I need you all to sit cross legged in a circle around Tabitha."
The group silently formed a circle around her and dropped to the floor, sitting as Dumbledore had instructed and linking hands. Their eyes all fixed on Tab whose breathing was getting steadier as her Seer instincts took over.
Dumbledore sat cross legged at Tab's head, the big black book open on his knees as he joined hands with Harry on one side and Draco on the other. The writing on the open pages glowed gold and he chanted the words, slowly and rhythmically.
The room gasped when Tab's eyelids flickered wildly and her hands trembled slightly over the rose.
"What's going on?"
Cliff demanded, only just preventing himself from breaking the link of hands.
"It's starting."
Draco looked sideways at Dumbledore as most of the room was doing the same.
"So now what do we do?"
He asked, trying desperately to keep his voice steady but he heard Ron wince anyway next to him as he gripped his hand so hard it was almost numb.
"Sorry."
He mumbled, glancing at him briefly.
"It's alright."
Ron replied looking up at him with a weak smile before turning his terrified gaze back to Dumbledore and Tab.
"We wait."
Dumbledore replied, resuming his chanting as the others stared avidly at Tab.
"For what?"
Bill asked, no one's eyes leaving Tab to hear the answer.
"For Tabitha to come back and tell us what she's seen."
Dumbledore replied, not shifting his gaze from Tab's face.
"And if she doesn't?"
George asked, speaking aloud what every person there was thinking as they watched Tab tremble slightly, her eyes flickering once again as Dumbledore continued his chanting for a few seconds before answering George.
"Then all is lost."
The lyrics are from 'There You'll Be' by Faith Hill
This chapter aint very long but once again its necessary for the story line. Well spotted slytherinchick4, the rose comes into this chapter and is a big part of it actually.
Keep reviewing please peeps, it helps! thanx to all who have already reviewed! Enjoy =) cheers babes xx
Chapter Ten – Roses
There'll always be a place
For you for all my life
I'll keep a part
Of you with me
And everywhere I am
There you'll be
"Yoo hoo? Anybody home?"
Tab yelled up the stairs, grinning at Cliff as he dropped their bags onto the drawing room floor. She winked at Cliff and darted up the stairs, Cliff right on her heels. She pushed open Draco's bedroom door and the pair of them pushed their heads around the door, grinning when they saw their separate best friends wrapped around each other sleeping peacefully.
"I told you that weekend away was a good idea."
Tab said loudly to Cliff, jerking the two on the bed awake.
"Aaah!"
Ginny cried, rolling off the edge of the bed and landing with a thump on the floor, taking most of the sheets with her. Draco groaned and sat up slowly, still coming back to earth after the night before.
"Oh, hi guys."
He said yawning and stretching, before leaning over and pulling Ginny back into bed.
"Draco, get off."
She giggled when he tried to drag her back under the quilts and wriggled out of bed, wrapping the sheets around her.
"When did you guys get back?"
She asked, hugging Tab and heading out of the room towards her own.
"Just now. So tell all, what's going on?"
Tab asked eagerly, dropping onto Ginny's bed and listening to her replies over the thunder of the shower.
"What do you think?"
Ginny giggled, wandering out of the bathroom in a matching pair of light blue hot pants and t-shirt pyjama set, gently rubbing her still wet hair with a towel.
"I know it!"
Tab shrieked, going into fits of laughter and falling backwards onto the bed.
"Come on, let's go down and get some food, Cliff and I haven't eaten since this morning and we're starving."
Ginny snorted and shook her head, tossing the wet towel at Tab, catching her in the face and ducking as a pillow was thrown back in retaliation.
"In other words, Ginny can you cook us something?"
She laughed, raising an eyebrow as Tab grinned boldly back at her.
"Pretty much, yeah."
Ginny laughed and led the way downstairs, kissing Cliff on the cheek on the way to the cooker. She pulled a wok out from the cupboard next to the cooker and she chucked in some oil before lighting the cooker with her wand and waiting for it to heat up.
"Damn it!"
She cursed, after dropping some vegetables into the wok they had splashed boiling oil all over her top.
"Bet that stings."
A voice whispered in her ear, and she smiled when she felt Draco wrap his arms around her waist from behind, his lips kissing their way up her neck as he nudged her hair out of the way.
"Yeah, I better go get changed."
She replied, not moving.
"Go on, I'll look after the pan while you're gone."
They both turned to look at a grinning Cliff and Ginny glanced at Draco who had his eyebrow raised before replying.
"Cliff it's a wok not a pan."
Tab snorted into her coffee and he shot her a dirty look while Ginny and Draco hid their own smiles.
"So? No difference is there?"
He said cheerfully, wandering over to the cooker and giving the vegetables a poke with a spatula.
"Be right back."
Ginny called to the room, reluctantly breaking out of Draco's embrace and heading for the stairs. Wandering into her room she didn't bother to look around her room, just headed straight for her chest of drawers and began rummaging through. Hearing a noise behind her she spun around, her hand flying to her pocket for her wand but it wasn't there. She scanned the room nervously before remembering it was downstairs by the cooker.
She took a step into the middle of the room, her eyes roving the darkness and she cursed herself for not turning the lights on when she first came in. She took another step and gasped as an ice cold hand clamped over her mouth and another grabbed her waist.
"Miss Weasley."
A cold voice rasped in her ear, making her tremble all over. She felt the cold clammy feel of his skin chill her through her flimsy clothes and she suddenly realised how vulnerable she was. Her eyes widened and her heart beat sped up as he began to drag her backwards towards where she knew her window was.
"Ginny's taking forever."
Cliff grumbled, poking the now burnt vegetables with his finger and grimacing.
"I wonder if something's happened to her. I did get a creepy feeling when I was in her room before."
Tab said nervously, looking over her shoulder and shivering.
"Don't be stupid."
Draco said, more to convince himself than her that it wasn't possible. Cliff and Tab both looked over at Draco and Tab suddenly realised he didn't know.
"I forgot you didn't know, I'm half Seer, my mother is a pure Seer and I have visions. Well actually it's more like I get an odd feeling if something's about to happen and I see things in my sleep sometimes."
Tab said, shifting uncomfortably under his speculative gaze, his mind was on Professor Trelawney and the vision Ginny had told him about that she had when Harry was with her in third year.
"And anyway, if something did happen she's got protection..."
Cliff trailed off when Draco suddenly bolted for the stairs. Tab looked at him before they both turned to look at Ginny's wand lying innocently by the cooker.
"Ginny!"
Draco bellowed, racing into her room to find it empty, the long white curtains billowing into the room like hands. Tab and Cliff collided into him when they dashed inside, their eyes taking in the emptiness of the room.
"No."
Tab whispered, her eyes filling with tears as she slumped down on the floor, Cliff taking her in his arms as he watched Draco's face drain of colour.
Ginny awoke to a blinding headache and pain in every part of her body. She groaned as she sat up, lifting a hand to her head and wincing as she pulled it back stained with blood. Her hair was matted with blood and water and her clothes were ripped and covered in dirt. Looking down she saw her hands were bound together and she was sat on a damp stone floor.
Surveying her surroundings she grimaced as she noticed a couple of rats fighting in a corner. She was in a plain square, made of the same stone as the floor and there was a high arched window above her head on the way next to her. She used the wall to hold her up as her weak legs buckled beneath her. She limped over to the window and saw acres and acres of woods, followed by empty fields dotted here and there with a few cows or sheep.
Beyond the fields was what looked like the sea and her heart sank; she was sure she wasn't in London any more and no one knew where she was. Glancing down she saw her bare legs and feet were covered in little scratches as though she had been dragged through bushes.
"Ah, you're awake."
The same cold voice she had heard in her bedroom filtered into the room through the heavy wooden door behind her. Spinning around she caught sight of a pale white face, completely black eyes and long coarse black hair staring at her through the iron bars that made the window.
"Who are you and what am I doing here?"
She demanded, terror giving way to anger at the man's daring, taking her away from her home in the middle of the night.
"We'll have time for that later; right now I need a sample of your blood."
Ginny blanched; she'd always hated needles and somehow she knew this man wouldn't exactly be gentle. He advanced on her and grabbed her arm, taking out a knife and slicing her arm. He held out a small green crystal tube and held it against the cut to allow a small trickle of the blood to fill it up.
"That will do for now."
He mumbled, putting a stopper in the tube and handing it to a waiting minion who bowed low and scurried out of the room with it.
"You aren't going to kill me then?"
Ginny asked hopefully, cradling her injured arm to her chest. She flinched as he leaned in close to her, his putrid breath making her wrinkle her nose in disgust.
"No, not for the moment anyway."
He flashed her a cruel crooked grin before sweeping from the room and slamming the door closed behind her, magically locking itself. Ginny whimpered and sank onto the floor, pulling her knees up to her chin and breaking down in despairing sobs.
"How the HELL did this happen?"
Ron raged, pacing backwards and forwards in front of the fire, his hands clasped behind his back.
"We don't know, Ron. She went upstairs to get changed and she didn't come down for a while. So when we went looking for her we found her wand still in the kitchen and her bedroom empty."
Tab said, sniffling and wiping her tears away with a tissue, her other hand grasping Cliff's firmly in her lap as Draco patted her absently on the knee. The entire Weasley family, with the exception of Percy of course, had been owled minutes after they had discovered Ginny missing and they were all now assembled in the drawing room of Sparrow House.
Mrs Weasley was sobbing onto Mr Weasley's shoulder who was sat there looking shell shocked, his hand vaguely patting her heaving shoulder. The twins were sat on the other couch, Fred cradling a sniffling Angelina in his arms and George twisting his wand over and over in his fingers as he stared blankly at the floor. Bill was leaning against the fireplace staring into the fire and Charlie was slouched in an armchair, his hands clasped and his elbows resting on his knees as he leaned forward and stared at the rug. Hermione was in another arm chair crying silently, tears coursing down her cheeks as Harry patted her knee occasionally from his seat on the floor besides her.
"Please stop doing that Ron."
He sighed wearily, his eyes tired from the tears he had shed earlier when he had first found out in the privacy of his own room. Ron looked across at him blankly before dropping onto the arm of Hermione's chair and putting an arm around her shoulders, pulling her towards him. There was a loud crack and a group of people appeared in the hallway, one of them conjuring a set of chairs and an extra sofa to squeeze into the room for them to sit in.
Dumbledore gave Mr and Mrs Weasley a weak smile before dropping into a seat and looking around at the family who were all staring at the newcomers. Hermione glanced up and stared at how ragged Professor Lupin was looking and she got to her feet and enveloped him in a hug before pulling him down into the chair next to her. Ron shook his hand over Hermione's head and Harry and Lupin embraced briefly, clapping their hands on each others shoulders.
Tonks grinned at them slightly, her hair waist length, completely straight and raven-black this time and her eyes huge and pale green. She sank onto the floor next to Harry on the other side of Hermione and smiling at Charlie who she knew from her Hogwarts years.
Moody clunked into the room after doing a thorough check on the house and dropped into a chair by the fair, his magical eyes swirling all around and Draco knew he was checking the outside of the house for intruders.
Sirius stalked into the room casting a long shadow and Draco's eyes widened when he saw him. Looking around he realised no one else was surprised besides Cliff and he let it pass, watching as Sirius dropped onto the floor in front of Harry and gave a small grin. The two of them had become closer than ever after Sirius' trip through the Veil and that was where Harry was living now; number twelve Grimmauld Place.
"I'm sorry to have to ask you to do this, Tabitha, but could you please tell us all once more what happened this evening here with Ginerva?"
Dumbledore said gently, so all eyes turned to Tab who nodded slowly, tears filling her eyes again for fear for her friend.
Draco glanced around the room as the story was once more relayed to the newcomers and he winced at the sadness on everyone's face. How could he have let this happen to this great family, how could he have let Ginny get taken? Tears filled his eyes and he lowered them quickly before anyone could see, his hands shaking as he brought his Butterbeer to his lips, merely for something to do with his hands then actually wanting any.
Excusing himself quickly he left the room and crept quietly up the stairs, drawn to Ginny's room by the frail hope that she might be there and this all be a misunderstanding. But the room was empty and he sank onto the bed in despair, staring blindly around he suddenly noticed something he was sure wasn't supposed to be there. Crossing the room he knelt down by the window and plucked it up from the floor. It was a single red rose, crushed a little as though someone had stepped on it. Searching the floor he found a small black card with one word in silver imprinted on it;
Soon
It didn't look a like a love letter and Draco was getting some pretty bad vibes from it. He quickly ran down the stairs and presented it to Dumbledore, telling him exactly where he had found it.
"And you say you got a bad feeling from it?"
Dumbledore asked seriously, the rose now lying in the centre of the coffee table in the drawing room and the card besides it.
"Yes sir."
Dumbledore looked over at Tab who was staring at the rose with a curious look on her face.
"Tabitha? Do you have an idea?"
He said suddenly, startling her and making everyone turn to look at her.
"I was just thinking, well I got a bad feeling in Ginny's room earlier and maybe..."
She swallowed nervously, glancing up at Dumbledore who smiled at her encouragingly, seeming to know what she was getting at already.
"Maybe if I channelled my thoughts into the rose like I was taught to in my last two years at Hogwarts. Then I might be able to get a sense of where Ginny might be or who took her."
As one the room turned to look at Dumbledore who was watching her pensively.
"Are you sure you want to do this? If Mr Malfoy here who only has an eighth Seer blood in him can sense something it must be powerful Dark Magic at work."
Tab gulped and Cliff turned white and gripped her hand tightly as she nodded.
"Tab, come on? If something goes wrong..."
George began trailing off, he had been about to say 'we don't want to lose you too' but felt it was better not to bring out what they were all trying to deny.
"I want to George, I need to. For Ginny."
Dumbledore sighed and everyone either looked at the rose on the table, at Dumbledore or at Tab.
"Alright then, if you're sure lets get started."
Dumbledore got to his feet and conjured up a heavy black book and a small bouncy mattress. He motioned for Tab to lie down and she did so without a sound, slowly closing her eyes as Dumbledore placed the rose on her chest, gently lifting her hands and crossing them, laying them over the rose.
"It's very important that no one makes a sound. Now I need you all to take hold of each others hands, do not break the chain and I need you all to sit cross legged in a circle around Tabitha."
The group silently formed a circle around her and dropped to the floor, sitting as Dumbledore had instructed and linking hands. Their eyes all fixed on Tab whose breathing was getting steadier as her Seer instincts took over.
Dumbledore sat cross legged at Tab's head, the big black book open on his knees as he joined hands with Harry on one side and Draco on the other. The writing on the open pages glowed gold and he chanted the words, slowly and rhythmically.
The room gasped when Tab's eyelids flickered wildly and her hands trembled slightly over the rose.
"What's going on?"
Cliff demanded, only just preventing himself from breaking the link of hands.
"It's starting."
Draco looked sideways at Dumbledore as most of the room was doing the same.
"So now what do we do?"
He asked, trying desperately to keep his voice steady but he heard Ron wince anyway next to him as he gripped his hand so hard it was almost numb.
"Sorry."
He mumbled, glancing at him briefly.
"It's alright."
Ron replied looking up at him with a weak smile before turning his terrified gaze back to Dumbledore and Tab.
"We wait."
Dumbledore replied, resuming his chanting as the others stared avidly at Tab.
"For what?"
Bill asked, no one's eyes leaving Tab to hear the answer.
"For Tabitha to come back and tell us what she's seen."
Dumbledore replied, not shifting his gaze from Tab's face.
"And if she doesn't?"
George asked, speaking aloud what every person there was thinking as they watched Tab tremble slightly, her eyes flickering once again as Dumbledore continued his chanting for a few seconds before answering George.
"Then all is lost."