Revelations, memories of a hidden past.
"Oliver's and Marguerite's wedding is during Christmas holiday. The whole Quidditch team is invited." Harry read his letter aloud to the group before practice. Chatter began up between Dean, Seamus (The Beaters), Ron ( The Keeper), and Colin (Chaser). Ashley(Chaser), uninterested in in the announcement, never having met either one, fiddled with her robes."Gin, can I have a word with you?" The green eyed boy pulled the girl aside, far from the others, so they wouldn't hear. " Would you.............will you...............do you................" He fidgeted as he attempted to get the word's out. " Harry I'd love to be your date for the wedding." She inwardly smiled at his sigh of relief and quick kiss.
"Well what was that all about?" The vampire inquired as they walked to the pitch. The red head blushed "Nothing". Ginny hadn't talked to Malfoy since the night of the ball. Now it being mid-December, she doubted she'd talk to him before the holiday, if not ever. But she had put those thoughts aside, she was with Harry now, and was happy, or trying to be. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Later that day
"So tonight is the night. Are you sure this is going to work Night? Everyone will be out at 7?" Draco looked up from the cauldron that was bubbling to the vampire that paced the empty potions class. An amused Ashley couldn't help but laugh at his insecurity. She had made the month of November a living hell for the Slytherin. He had been forced into politeness, blackmailed to wear pastel colors, the torture went on and on. "Yes Silver, I told you, I told you for the billionth time, they'll be gone, they'll be gone, they'll be gone. ( He gave her a confused look, to which she banged her head against the wall) That's it, you have crossed the line. When you don't know who John Leguizamo is, that hurts me. You're coming to visit me in muggle New York, once, just once. Now, Emma will be in the library with Colin, I will be with Niko and Gin at the Ravenclaw party, and Vanessa will be with McGonagall serving detention. It's set, just drink enough to last a half an hour. Fifteen minutes or so before you change you'll be left in the room. Everything will be fine!" She answered, annoyed with repeating it for the umpteenth time.
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"So poor Colin has had detention every evening for the past month, stuck in the damp, cold, dungeons with only Finnegan and Tho-" Emma stopped talking when Ashley walked into the room holding a white teddy bear wearing what appeared to be school robes. "Aww, how cute. He's adorable, gift from Nikolas?" Ginny asked as she hugged the teddy bear tightly, but then she looked at it again. That's odd, did this bear just smirk? Must be my imagination. "Adorable? That thing? It's not cute at all, actually, it's a transfigured rat . I'm planning on leaving it some where Parkinson can find and thinks its from Mal-ferret. You see it even has Slytherin robes on. It's just a harmless little prank, that will make her shriek with terror when she cuddles with it at night."
The bear (actually Malfoy) tried his best not to turn and glare at the girl, he couldn't risk getting caught. You'll pay for that Night! Me a rat? he thought, and an amused voice entered his mind. Not if you want to wear pink bunny slippers to practice again. "Well girls its seven o'clock, time to get where we must go. Just leave Mal..................that rat here and lets be off." the Vampire had to catch her self before she slipped, but no one noticed. They all started heading out the room, leaving the teddy on Ginny's bed. "Finally! Okay where is that pensieve." The white teddy bear stood on the bed and looked around. "Hmm.........clean room, with the exception of that pile by what I figure is Night's bed." He walked to the edge of the bed and hopped off.
"VW. This must be her trunk, but how to get it open, I'm only 61 centimeters tall and made of fluff." He looked down at him self in disgust, then to the bewitched clock the youngest Weasley had on her night stand. It read '7:05 and in small read letters 'Bored'. The bear smirked "Okay, 5 more minutes to go." then he felt it. A stomach wrenching pain that he was sure would rip him in two. The pain slowly branched out to his arms, legs and soon his whole body. The boy shut his watering eyes, biting down on his lip to keep him from yelping out. He fell to the ground, clutching his stomach. His body shook from as a bright red light radiated from his being.
When the transformation was over, he laid on the floor, soaked with his own sweat. He looked down at his now human hands. He pushed him self up off the floor and reached for the trunk's lid. Once open he searched its contents. Photo album, useful. "Reducto" he placed the now miniaturized book into his pocket. Old teddy, under garments, Hmm.....................No, no focus, Diary? But Night said......................."Deletrius". The diary disappeared slowly and now he held a small black pensieve. It's silvery liquid surface rippled and an image began to form as he was sucked into the pensieve.
"Virginia Louise Weasley! How many times have I told you to stop blowing up Ron's toys." He now was standing in the kitchen of the burrow. A little, one year old baby girl sat in a high chair pouting as a two year old male cried, cradled in his mothers arms. "You're only one for merlin sake, you've come into your magic way too early and it's not fair to your brothers. We still can't get the smell of burnt rubber out of poor Percy's hair " The baby giggled, then smiled while the soot got cleaned off her brothers face. The room spun, and his surrounding's changed, he was still in the kitchen, except it was now different. It was more cluttered.
"Ginny, I will not have you making up such wild stories" The same plumped woman entered with a four year old following behind. "But it true mummy. Perthy pet ith bad, heth really a bald man." Again the scenery changed, this time he was in a village playground, one he recognized from his childhood. The he saw him, a little five year old version of himself leaning against a pole, smirking as mini- Crabbe and Goyle pounded on a small boy. "Who are you?" Draco turned to look at who his younger self was talking to, and gasped in awe.
It was her. "I'm Lou-Lou, I'm only four, who are you?" His miniturized version approached the small red head , as his cronies continued their beating session. "Snako, the super snake." He announced proudly as the older Draco smacked his forehead. Why was I so dense?!? The little girl laughed. "Ith not funny! At leath my name ith not a potty. You will apo- apo- thay thorry right now." Demanding little wanker wasn't I ?!? Merlin! But then he saw her do something, he never seen her do, Smirk. She smirked, but not just any smirk, the Malfoy smirk. He observed to two as they began to play. A Malfoy and a Weasley getting along before any feuding, any hatred build up, it was almost ...............endearing.
"You'll be the Mummy, and I'll be the Daddy, and they can be our hen men." The small girl backed away. "I don't wanna be the Mummy, can I be a hen men?" The little blonde rolled his eyes. "No! Only boyth can be hen men, thupid." She slapped him. "I don't want to play with you no more, you're a meanie." and with that she ran off with tears in her eyes. His surroundings spun, changing to what looked like a hall way. He was standing behind a ten year old Ginny, with her ear pressed against a door. "Dumbledore will give Ginny the proper training, he knows about her growing powers, love. Smart man that Dumbledor." Draco recognized that voice, it belong to Author Weasley. Another sobbing voice was then heard. "But what if the school singles her out for being a seer? My baby will be lonely. Can't she be home schooled?" and then loud crying. Must be Ginny's mum.......................What a minute, Seer? She's a seer? The scenery began to spin . He no longer recognized where her memories were taking him to.
"I'm sorry Ginny love, but this is the only way." A tall, dark haired young man gently laid the small red head on the floor of a large dimly lit chamber. He bent down and sweetly kissed her forehead, cheek and lips. " I will always love you Virginia Weasley. Always." And strode away into the shadows. Hurried foot steps approach along with the unmistakable voice of Harry Potter.
" Ginny!" The Slytherin watched as the boy tried to revive the young Gryffindor, Pleading that she was not died. " She's won't wake" Said a the soft voice that had spoken before. " Tom- Tom Riddle?" Riddle nodded, not taking his eyes off Harry's face. "What d'you mean, she won't wake?" The blonde watched on realizing Ginny had witnessed everything before losing complete consciousness. "How is it that you- a skinny boy with no extraordinary magical talent- managed to defeat the greatest wizard of all time? How did you escape with nothing but a scar, while Lord Voldemort's powers were destroyed?"
There was an odd red gleam in the hungry eyes of Riddle. They were narrowly watching Harry, waiting for his answer. "Why do you care how I escape? Voldemort was after you time........." But the tall boy evilly smirked. "Voldemort is my past, present, and future, Harry Potter....." He pulled Harry's wand from his pocket and began to trace it through the air writing three shimmering words:
Tom Marvolo Riddle
Then he waved the wand once, and the letters of his name rearranged themselves:
I am Lord Voldermort
The chamber began to spin, he now was in the Great Hall, the way it look three years earlier for the Yule ball. That was a night that Draco yearned to forget, the awful night he had to spend with Pansy Parkinson clung to his arm. Ginny looked beautiful, yet one factor of her presence annoyed him. The disgusting fact that she was with Neville Longbottom. If he had noticed her then, if he had seen her for the true beauty she was, none of this would have happened. But enduring the torture of each memory was something he had to do to get HIS Ginny back.
"G-G-Ginny, w-w-would you like to dance?" The round face boy nervously asked her as she drank the last of her refreshment. Smiling, she nodded in response. " I l-l-like you Ginny. W-w-would you.....................Do you..................youwanabemygirlfriend?" The red head's eyes went wide, as did the blonde's. Both boy's nervously awaited her answer. "Gee- Nev, I - I, well, you're a nice guy, but...................." Draco 'happily' smirked as Neville frowned and eyes furrowed. "It's 'arry isn't it, you fancy him don't you?" The Slytherins ears perked up once more."To be honest with you Neville, Yes I do, but I.................I think you are a great friend, and that's the only way I see you. Im sorry." The room faded out as it transformed into his chambers.
"Your body is a wonder land, your body is a wonder land, I'll use my hands, your body is a wonder land, your body is a wonder land, I'll use my hands......" He froze, there he laid in his bed with the petite figure in his arms. Their first of many night's together, in which he discovered and explored not only her body but everything else about her as well. " I want to be with you like this Virginia, forever and always My Virginia" All he could think of was Bullocks! she heard me, she must've if it's in her memory. He began to feel that all too familiar ache in his stomach as the room spun.
"Gin.............I had to kiss you. I'm in love with you. You're meant for me and I for you." She moved away, turning her back to him. "You don't want me Potter, you never did. You were so wrapped up with your precious Cho, then Hermione of all people, not only hurting me, but almost killing Ron. You barely remembered little, old Ginny. The girl who lived and breathed you for five straight years, who nursed your wounds after your last encounter with To............the dark lord. And now.............now your telling me that I'm meant for you? Why? Because you can't stand seeing with Dra-Malfoy?" Draco couldn't believe what he was seeing and hearing, That bloody wanker, this is the night of the Halloween ball. Oh that bastard will pay. But then what Potter did next caught his attention.
Harry pulled out two rings, his parent's wedding bands."You see these? These were my parents. After you were dragged away by that git, Lupin gave them to me. Inside there is an inscription in each, my father's had 'J&L Love', my mother's had 'L&J Forever', but when he handed them to me, other initials appeared on them, on this one (He held out the larger of the two) 'H&V' appeared, and the other now has 'V&H'. Don't you see Gin? I love you so much and this confirms we are destined to be together, and by any means necessary we shall." The Slytherin couldn't take it any more as he felt himself be pulled away.
He was now back, he replaced the charm on the pensieve and put it away. He now searched for the book that Ashley had told him about. 'Forbidden Magic: Spells & Potions for the Mischievous Witch or Wizard.' He went straight for the page she had marked for him and pointed his wand to himself.
"Oliver's and Marguerite's wedding is during Christmas holiday. The whole Quidditch team is invited." Harry read his letter aloud to the group before practice. Chatter began up between Dean, Seamus (The Beaters), Ron ( The Keeper), and Colin (Chaser). Ashley(Chaser), uninterested in in the announcement, never having met either one, fiddled with her robes."Gin, can I have a word with you?" The green eyed boy pulled the girl aside, far from the others, so they wouldn't hear. " Would you.............will you...............do you................" He fidgeted as he attempted to get the word's out. " Harry I'd love to be your date for the wedding." She inwardly smiled at his sigh of relief and quick kiss.
"Well what was that all about?" The vampire inquired as they walked to the pitch. The red head blushed "Nothing". Ginny hadn't talked to Malfoy since the night of the ball. Now it being mid-December, she doubted she'd talk to him before the holiday, if not ever. But she had put those thoughts aside, she was with Harry now, and was happy, or trying to be. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Later that day
"So tonight is the night. Are you sure this is going to work Night? Everyone will be out at 7?" Draco looked up from the cauldron that was bubbling to the vampire that paced the empty potions class. An amused Ashley couldn't help but laugh at his insecurity. She had made the month of November a living hell for the Slytherin. He had been forced into politeness, blackmailed to wear pastel colors, the torture went on and on. "Yes Silver, I told you, I told you for the billionth time, they'll be gone, they'll be gone, they'll be gone. ( He gave her a confused look, to which she banged her head against the wall) That's it, you have crossed the line. When you don't know who John Leguizamo is, that hurts me. You're coming to visit me in muggle New York, once, just once. Now, Emma will be in the library with Colin, I will be with Niko and Gin at the Ravenclaw party, and Vanessa will be with McGonagall serving detention. It's set, just drink enough to last a half an hour. Fifteen minutes or so before you change you'll be left in the room. Everything will be fine!" She answered, annoyed with repeating it for the umpteenth time.
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"So poor Colin has had detention every evening for the past month, stuck in the damp, cold, dungeons with only Finnegan and Tho-" Emma stopped talking when Ashley walked into the room holding a white teddy bear wearing what appeared to be school robes. "Aww, how cute. He's adorable, gift from Nikolas?" Ginny asked as she hugged the teddy bear tightly, but then she looked at it again. That's odd, did this bear just smirk? Must be my imagination. "Adorable? That thing? It's not cute at all, actually, it's a transfigured rat . I'm planning on leaving it some where Parkinson can find and thinks its from Mal-ferret. You see it even has Slytherin robes on. It's just a harmless little prank, that will make her shriek with terror when she cuddles with it at night."
The bear (actually Malfoy) tried his best not to turn and glare at the girl, he couldn't risk getting caught. You'll pay for that Night! Me a rat? he thought, and an amused voice entered his mind. Not if you want to wear pink bunny slippers to practice again. "Well girls its seven o'clock, time to get where we must go. Just leave Mal..................that rat here and lets be off." the Vampire had to catch her self before she slipped, but no one noticed. They all started heading out the room, leaving the teddy on Ginny's bed. "Finally! Okay where is that pensieve." The white teddy bear stood on the bed and looked around. "Hmm.........clean room, with the exception of that pile by what I figure is Night's bed." He walked to the edge of the bed and hopped off.
"VW. This must be her trunk, but how to get it open, I'm only 61 centimeters tall and made of fluff." He looked down at him self in disgust, then to the bewitched clock the youngest Weasley had on her night stand. It read '7:05 and in small read letters 'Bored'. The bear smirked "Okay, 5 more minutes to go." then he felt it. A stomach wrenching pain that he was sure would rip him in two. The pain slowly branched out to his arms, legs and soon his whole body. The boy shut his watering eyes, biting down on his lip to keep him from yelping out. He fell to the ground, clutching his stomach. His body shook from as a bright red light radiated from his being.
When the transformation was over, he laid on the floor, soaked with his own sweat. He looked down at his now human hands. He pushed him self up off the floor and reached for the trunk's lid. Once open he searched its contents. Photo album, useful. "Reducto" he placed the now miniaturized book into his pocket. Old teddy, under garments, Hmm.....................No, no focus, Diary? But Night said......................."Deletrius". The diary disappeared slowly and now he held a small black pensieve. It's silvery liquid surface rippled and an image began to form as he was sucked into the pensieve.
"Virginia Louise Weasley! How many times have I told you to stop blowing up Ron's toys." He now was standing in the kitchen of the burrow. A little, one year old baby girl sat in a high chair pouting as a two year old male cried, cradled in his mothers arms. "You're only one for merlin sake, you've come into your magic way too early and it's not fair to your brothers. We still can't get the smell of burnt rubber out of poor Percy's hair " The baby giggled, then smiled while the soot got cleaned off her brothers face. The room spun, and his surrounding's changed, he was still in the kitchen, except it was now different. It was more cluttered.
"Ginny, I will not have you making up such wild stories" The same plumped woman entered with a four year old following behind. "But it true mummy. Perthy pet ith bad, heth really a bald man." Again the scenery changed, this time he was in a village playground, one he recognized from his childhood. The he saw him, a little five year old version of himself leaning against a pole, smirking as mini- Crabbe and Goyle pounded on a small boy. "Who are you?" Draco turned to look at who his younger self was talking to, and gasped in awe.
It was her. "I'm Lou-Lou, I'm only four, who are you?" His miniturized version approached the small red head , as his cronies continued their beating session. "Snako, the super snake." He announced proudly as the older Draco smacked his forehead. Why was I so dense?!? The little girl laughed. "Ith not funny! At leath my name ith not a potty. You will apo- apo- thay thorry right now." Demanding little wanker wasn't I ?!? Merlin! But then he saw her do something, he never seen her do, Smirk. She smirked, but not just any smirk, the Malfoy smirk. He observed to two as they began to play. A Malfoy and a Weasley getting along before any feuding, any hatred build up, it was almost ...............endearing.
"You'll be the Mummy, and I'll be the Daddy, and they can be our hen men." The small girl backed away. "I don't wanna be the Mummy, can I be a hen men?" The little blonde rolled his eyes. "No! Only boyth can be hen men, thupid." She slapped him. "I don't want to play with you no more, you're a meanie." and with that she ran off with tears in her eyes. His surroundings spun, changing to what looked like a hall way. He was standing behind a ten year old Ginny, with her ear pressed against a door. "Dumbledore will give Ginny the proper training, he knows about her growing powers, love. Smart man that Dumbledor." Draco recognized that voice, it belong to Author Weasley. Another sobbing voice was then heard. "But what if the school singles her out for being a seer? My baby will be lonely. Can't she be home schooled?" and then loud crying. Must be Ginny's mum.......................What a minute, Seer? She's a seer? The scenery began to spin . He no longer recognized where her memories were taking him to.
"I'm sorry Ginny love, but this is the only way." A tall, dark haired young man gently laid the small red head on the floor of a large dimly lit chamber. He bent down and sweetly kissed her forehead, cheek and lips. " I will always love you Virginia Weasley. Always." And strode away into the shadows. Hurried foot steps approach along with the unmistakable voice of Harry Potter.
" Ginny!" The Slytherin watched as the boy tried to revive the young Gryffindor, Pleading that she was not died. " She's won't wake" Said a the soft voice that had spoken before. " Tom- Tom Riddle?" Riddle nodded, not taking his eyes off Harry's face. "What d'you mean, she won't wake?" The blonde watched on realizing Ginny had witnessed everything before losing complete consciousness. "How is it that you- a skinny boy with no extraordinary magical talent- managed to defeat the greatest wizard of all time? How did you escape with nothing but a scar, while Lord Voldemort's powers were destroyed?"
There was an odd red gleam in the hungry eyes of Riddle. They were narrowly watching Harry, waiting for his answer. "Why do you care how I escape? Voldemort was after you time........." But the tall boy evilly smirked. "Voldemort is my past, present, and future, Harry Potter....." He pulled Harry's wand from his pocket and began to trace it through the air writing three shimmering words:
Tom Marvolo Riddle
Then he waved the wand once, and the letters of his name rearranged themselves:
I am Lord Voldermort
The chamber began to spin, he now was in the Great Hall, the way it look three years earlier for the Yule ball. That was a night that Draco yearned to forget, the awful night he had to spend with Pansy Parkinson clung to his arm. Ginny looked beautiful, yet one factor of her presence annoyed him. The disgusting fact that she was with Neville Longbottom. If he had noticed her then, if he had seen her for the true beauty she was, none of this would have happened. But enduring the torture of each memory was something he had to do to get HIS Ginny back.
"G-G-Ginny, w-w-would you like to dance?" The round face boy nervously asked her as she drank the last of her refreshment. Smiling, she nodded in response. " I l-l-like you Ginny. W-w-would you.....................Do you..................youwanabemygirlfriend?" The red head's eyes went wide, as did the blonde's. Both boy's nervously awaited her answer. "Gee- Nev, I - I, well, you're a nice guy, but...................." Draco 'happily' smirked as Neville frowned and eyes furrowed. "It's 'arry isn't it, you fancy him don't you?" The Slytherins ears perked up once more."To be honest with you Neville, Yes I do, but I.................I think you are a great friend, and that's the only way I see you. Im sorry." The room faded out as it transformed into his chambers.
"Your body is a wonder land, your body is a wonder land, I'll use my hands, your body is a wonder land, your body is a wonder land, I'll use my hands......" He froze, there he laid in his bed with the petite figure in his arms. Their first of many night's together, in which he discovered and explored not only her body but everything else about her as well. " I want to be with you like this Virginia, forever and always My Virginia" All he could think of was Bullocks! she heard me, she must've if it's in her memory. He began to feel that all too familiar ache in his stomach as the room spun.
"Gin.............I had to kiss you. I'm in love with you. You're meant for me and I for you." She moved away, turning her back to him. "You don't want me Potter, you never did. You were so wrapped up with your precious Cho, then Hermione of all people, not only hurting me, but almost killing Ron. You barely remembered little, old Ginny. The girl who lived and breathed you for five straight years, who nursed your wounds after your last encounter with To............the dark lord. And now.............now your telling me that I'm meant for you? Why? Because you can't stand seeing with Dra-Malfoy?" Draco couldn't believe what he was seeing and hearing, That bloody wanker, this is the night of the Halloween ball. Oh that bastard will pay. But then what Potter did next caught his attention.
Harry pulled out two rings, his parent's wedding bands."You see these? These were my parents. After you were dragged away by that git, Lupin gave them to me. Inside there is an inscription in each, my father's had 'J&L Love', my mother's had 'L&J Forever', but when he handed them to me, other initials appeared on them, on this one (He held out the larger of the two) 'H&V' appeared, and the other now has 'V&H'. Don't you see Gin? I love you so much and this confirms we are destined to be together, and by any means necessary we shall." The Slytherin couldn't take it any more as he felt himself be pulled away.
He was now back, he replaced the charm on the pensieve and put it away. He now searched for the book that Ashley had told him about. 'Forbidden Magic: Spells & Potions for the Mischievous Witch or Wizard.' He went straight for the page she had marked for him and pointed his wand to himself.