Chapter 17- Burning
Ginny walked up to the portrait that Draco's room was behind and spoke the password. "Loyalty." The door quickly swung open and Ginny walked inside.
"Hope you two weren't waiting to long?" Ginny said smiling as she walked over to the couch Ryan was sitting on and sat down next to him. Draco was sitting on a chair across from them watching her every move.
"We were, but that's ok." Ryan said then looked over at Draco. "So where do we start?"
"Well how about we start at the beginning. Lets tell her everything." Draco said looking at Ryan strangely.
Ginny knew something fishy was going on here and was dying to find out what it was. "Ok, so spill it. What's going on?"
Ryan sighed and began speaking first. "Ginny there are a couple things you do not know about me."
Draco chuckled. "You can say that again."
Ginny looked at Draco then back at Ryan. "Well tell me then. What don't I know?"
"Well first off I'm not who you think I am." Ryan looked past her into the fireplace then quickly glanced back at her. "My name isn't Ryan Adler."
Ginny looked at him puzzled. "Well what is it then? And why didn't you tell me this before?" She asked a bit confused. He was supposed to be her best friend, yet it sounded like he hasn't been completely honest with her at all.
"My name is Ryan Riddle. I am Tom Riddle's son." He said proudly. This was the first time he actually told anyone this. His father had forbid him to tell anyone because he didn't want to put his heir into danger.
Draco looked over to see Ginny's reaction and she was wide eyed with shock. He wasn't exactly sure how Ginny was going to take this new information, but so far she seemed to be taking it well.
"My mother got pregnant with me a month and a half before the night the Potter's were killed. So obviously when I was born my father wasn't around, but my mother never let me forget who he was and what a brilliant wizard he was and that one day I would get to meet him." Ryan paused for a moment to let Ginny process the information he had just given her.
"I grew up secretly learning all I needed to know about the Dark Arts from Draco's father. I've been friends with Draco all my life." Ryan explained. "So you could image how hard it has been for us to barely talk all these years."
"I've always gone by the name Adler because it would protect me from anyone ever finding out who I actually was." Ryan said grinning. "But you have to admit now that you know, that Ryan Riddle sounds better."
Ginny nodded her head. "So let me get this straight. You are the son of Lord Voldemort?" She asked grinning. "I had no idea, but now that you mention it you do kind of look like him."
Ryan nodded his head. "That is what my mother always said."
"So you're a Death Eater too?" Ginny asked Ryan.
Ryan nodded his head. "I've been one since my father came back in our 3rd year." He then rolled up his left sleeve and showed her his mark. "I have to admit Ginny, when Draco told me about you getting the mark I was very surprised." He smirked.
"I'm sure anyone would be." She smirked. "Now will you two please tell me about what your father wanted me to know." She said looking at Ryan then at Draco.
"I think I'll let you cover this one, Draco." Ryan said looking at him.
Draco nodded his head and began talking. "Lord Voldemort wants me to just carry on how I normally would with Harry and for Ryan to get information out of him." Draco paused for a second. "Now he wants you to not yell at him when he talks to you. He wants you to be Harry's distraction. Make him think you can do no wrong. Make him turn against his friends. And hopefully get him on our side." Draco sighed. "Now I know this is a long shot, but Lord Voldemort believes you can do this."
Ginny's jaw dropped. "He wants me to get Harry to turn against his friends and become a Death Eater? Why would he want that?" Ginny asked curiously.
Ryan and Draco simultaneously shrugged their shoulders and Ryan spoke. "We have no idea. He didn't say. He just told us what to tell you."
"And said not to start the plan until after Christmas." Draco quickly added.
"Alright I'll do it, but I'm not sure how long this is going to take." She said calmly. "Does anyone else know about this?" She asked.
"Only my parents." Draco said before grabbing his shoulder in pain. "Oh my god!" Draco yelled and looked over at Ginny and Ryan who were also holding their arms in pain. "We have to go!"
Ginny, Ryan and Draco all stood up, put their cloaks on and headed outside to meet Draco's father Lucius in the forbidden forest.
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"Ah, So I assume you have informed her of what I want her to do?" Lord Voldemort asked when the three of them walked into his room.
Ryan walked over to his father and stood beside him. "We have."
Lord Voldemort looked at Ginny and nodded his head. "Have you any idea how you will go about this?"
"I have a couple things in my head, but no plan yet." She said. "Draco said I have until after Christmas to come up with a plan. Am I right?"
Voldemort nodded head at her. "You do and I think you should start slowly before Christmas with trying to get him to look at his friends differently." He thought for a moment. "You should start planting idea's into his head. Make him think about what kind of friends he has now and if they are worth keeping around." Voldemort said slyly as he walked over to her. "I am counting on you Virginia. I need this to be done by the time he graduates." He looked down at her. "I want Harry to have the Dark Mark before he graduates."
Ginny nodded her head. "I will my lord, I will."
A second later Voldemort disappeared leaving the three of them alone in the room.
"I think I'm going to need both of you to pull this off." Ginny said looking back and forth between her boyfriend and her best friend.
"I'll do whatever I can for you." Ryan said as they left the room and followed Lucius to the spot they could use to transport them back to the forest.
"Thank you." Ginny said just before they were transported. When they were in the forest she looked around to make sure no one was watching and the three of them ran across the lawn of the school over to the doors.
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Ryan, Draco and Ginny decided to head back to Ginny's room now. When they got inside Ginny and Draco sat down on her couch and Ryan sat down on the foot of Ginny's bed.
"Any idea's boys?" Ginny said as she cuddled up closer to Draco. She had really missed doing that when she was in the hospital.
"Why don't you try and become better friends with him." Ryan suggested. "I mean if he likes you then he shouldn't mind being friends with you. This way you can get out some of his secrets and tell him observations that you are noticing about how Ron and Hermione are acting."
Draco smirked. "That is a good idea, Ryan. I say you try and do that first and if that doesn't work then try and break up the group."
"Ok, so I'll start tomorrow morning then. I'll pull Harry aside from his friends and talk to him. I'll say that I would really love to be his friend, but I don't have feelings for him romantically." Ginny said looking at Ryan. "And I guess we will see where it goes from there." Ginny sighed and looked up at Draco.
"Ryan I think we should get going. It's getting pretty late and Ginny needs her rest. Even though she is out of the wing, Pomfrey said she needs to rest." Draco said looking at Ryan.
"Your right. Gin I'll talk to you tomorrow. Good night." Ryan quickly got up and headed out the door that leads to their common room.
"Well I'll see you in the morning then, Draco. Good night." Ginny said standing up with him. "Thanks for everything you've done for me lately." She said smiling up at him. "I just want you to know, I love you." She said then watched his face for his reaction.
Draco smiled and pulled her into an embrace. "I love you to, Gin and your welcome." He kissed her softly on the lips then headed down to his dorm room to go to sleep.
After he left Ginny got changed, got into bed and fell asleep thinking of Draco.
To Be Continued…
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