Chapter 24: The Traitor
"I was wondering when I would see the two of you today. Dumbledore said to Ginny and Draco as they walked into his office holding hands.
"We decided to come after dinner. I hope we didn't keep you waiting." Ginny said politely to the headmaster.
Dumbledore shook his head no and got up from his seat. "Well if you two are ready to see your new living quarters follow me. Dumbledore quickly walked past them and out the door.
Ginny and Draco glanced at each other then followed Dumbledore out of the office.
After heading down many corridors and up many flights of stairs Ginny and Draco stopped in front of what looked like a family portrait. "This is your new room." Dumbledore said quietly. "Gummi Bears." Dumbledore said to the portrait before it swung open to let the three of them inside.
Ginny walked in ahead of Draco and looked around the beautiful room. "Its lovely, Professor. Thank you for giving it to us."
"Yes, thank you. It is very nice." Draco said looking ahead at Dumbledore.
"I thought you two would like it. This room used to belong to one of the old Headmasters many years ago. He lived here with his wife and two kids during the school year. So when I found out you were expecting, Ms. Weasley. I immediately thought of this room."
Ginny and Draco nodded their heads in unison and waited for Dumbledore to continue speaking.
"Well this here is the living room. Upstairs there are two bedrooms and two bathrooms, through the door on the left is a small kitchen and through the door on the right is a room the two of you can use as a study." Dumbledore said quickly. "Now I must be going. I have business to attend to. I hope you enjoy the room and if you have any questions or problems you can come find me." Dumbledore said before exiting the room and leaving Ginny and Draco standing alone in the living room.
"How about we check out this small house." Draco said as he lead her towards the kitchen.
The kitchen was small. It had all the necessities a kitchen would have. "This is nice." Ginny said as she looked around the small room. "It will be just fine for the three of us." She said as she placed one hand on her belly.
Draco nodded his head then headed towards the study. The study was bigger than the kitchen. It had a large desk towards the back wall and book cases filled with books. It also had a fire place and a comfy couch. "This is very nice." Draco said as he walked along the bookcases and looked at the books. "I wonder if this was the old headmasters personal collection from when he was here."
Ginny shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, but how about we go check out the bedrooms."
When they got upstairs they went into the bedroom that was farthest down the hallway. When they got inside it had two small beds and was decorated for children. "This room looks so adorable." Ginny said as she looked around. "This room will definitely be the nursery."
Draco nodded his head. "Although we will redecorate it ourselves."
Ginny nodded her head then headed down to the Master Bedroom. When they got inside Ginny was the first to speak. "This is beautiful." She said as she looked around the large room. There was a fireplace against one wall with a love seat in front of it. Two huge walk in closets. All the furniture in the room was made from the finest wood and the bed looked to be a king size.
Draco who was inside the Master Bathroom yelled to her. "You think that is nice, wait until you see the bathroom."
Ginny quickly walked to where Draco was. The Bathroom was lovely. It had a large shower, a hot tub and his and her sinks. It was done in dark green and black. Which made Draco very happy. "Wonder if he was a Slytherin when he attended school." Draco said as he looked at the colors.
Ginny laughed. "Yea, I wonder."
Ginny walked out of the bathroom and sat down on the bed. "Comfy." She said smiling. "I think I'm going to go to bed now. Today has been a long day and I'm exhausted."
"Yea, I think I'm going to turn in too." Draco said as he started undressing. As soon as he took off his shirt he felt the excruciating pain of his Dark Mark. "Damn!" He said aloud then looked over at Ginny as he began putting his shirt back on.
"I know what you mean." Ginny said smirking then she went to retrieve her hooded cloak from her closet. When she came back out Draco already had his on and was standing outside there bedroom door. "Ready?" He asked as she walked over to him.
"Yes." She answered flatly then followed him out of there living quarter, out of school and into the Forest.
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When they arrived to the meeting many other people were arriving too. They took their places at the front of the room and waited for Voldemort to arrive. "I wonder what this is about." Draco asked Ginny as he watched more Death Eaters file into the room.
"I don't know. I guess we will just have to wait and see." Ginny answered back quickly.
Within a matter of minutes Voldemort appeared in front of the large group and he didn't look happy. "It has come to my attention that we have a traitor amongst us." Lord Voldemort said furiously. "Someone in this room and been spying for the light. And that is something I will not stand for!" He said as he glared at his followers.
No one in the room uttered a word. It was completely silent.
Voldemort looked at the two men standing beside him and whispered something to them. They then went into the crowd and pulled out a person. They dragged this person up to where Voldemort was standing then left him there.
"Remove your hood!" Voldemort shouted at the unknown person.
The person quickly removed their hood and almost everyone in the room gasped. The person under the hood was Rabastan Lestrange, brother of Rodolphus Lestrange.
"What have you got to say for yourself? Did you really think I would never find out about this treachery?" Lord Voldemort said as he circled around Rabastan. "Did you honestly think I would never know!" Voldemort screamed angrily in his face.
"I umm…I was uh…" Rabastan began stuttering.
"Silence!" He screamed and pulled out his wand. "Give me one good reason why I should kill you right here and now?" Voldemort questioned him.
"I umm, I can give you information about the light side." Rabastan said in a scared tone. "I can tell you what they are planning."
Voldemort lowered his wand and looked at him questioningly. "And why would I believe a traitor like yourself?"
"Because I have no reason to lie to you. If I do you will kill me." Rabastan said truthfully.
"Very well." Voldemort said sternly. "What information have you acquired from them? And what information have you told them about the Dark Side?"
"I have only told them that you are planning a major strike against them. I never told them what it was and I didn't name any names to them." He said looking up at Voldemort scared. "They said If I didn't cooperate they would throw me back in Azkaban." He said lowing his eyes to the ground.
"So you just figured you would save your own ass and try to get us all caught? Is that what your intentions were?" Voldemort yelled.
Rabastan did nothing but shake his head yes.
Voldemort looked at him angrily. "What have you learned from them?"
"I learned that they are initiating students into their ranks now. They are desperate. They don't think they will be able to defeat you without extra help." Rabastan stated. "They are also planning on Harry Potter to defeat you again." He said honestly.
"Well I don't think Harry Potter is going to be much of a threat to us anymore." He said looking out over his followers then back to the traitor in front of him. "And neither will you." Voldemort said as he pointed his wand back at Rabastan.
"My Lord, Please. Don't." Rabastan begged for his life.
"Shut you mouth you piece of trash." Voldemort shouted at him. "Finding out you did this to me is beyond forgivable. I would have never thought you capable to this kind of betrayal." Voldemort sneered at him then shouted those two words no wizard ever wants to here shouted at them. "Avada Kedavra!" A green light shot out of Voldemort's wand and hit Rabastan straight in his chest then he fell to the ground dead.
Voldemort faced back to his Death Eaters. "Now that he is taken care of does anyone want to add anything else to this meeting?" Voldemort asked then turned his attention to the two men coming up to collect Rabastan's body. "Make sure this body is never found." He said shortly then turned back to his followers.
Once man stepped forward and began talking. "My Lord, what is this you said about Harry Potter no longer being a threat to us. How is this possible?"
An evil smile spread upon Voldemort's snake like face. "That will be told in due time, but tonight I will not give any details. Just know that you will not have to worry about him."
The man shook his head yes then stepped back into the group.
"Now if that is all you are all dismissed." Voldemort said looking amongst the crowd then disappeared quickly from the room.
"I can't believe uncle Rabastan did such a thing." Draco said as they began walking out of the room. "I wonder what father thought of all this."
"I'm sure your father is just as surprised and angry as you are." Ginny said while following close behind Draco.
Draco nodded his head then looked down at Ginny belly then back up at her. "Are you feeling alright?" He asked.
"I'm fine, but I'm exhausted." Ginny said as they walked to the place they could use their portkey at.
Once they got their Draco pulled it out and both of them grabbed hold of it. Instantly they were in the Forbidden Forest. "Doing that is safe for the baby, right Gin?" He asked about Portkeying.
"Madam Pomfrey said it was and so is using the flew network." She responded then began walking.
"Ok, I was just curious." Draco said as they walked out of the forest. Soon they were heading up the steps to their private quarters.
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"Ginny, Draco!" Pansy yelled from the other end of the hallway.
"Hey Pans." Ginny said as she began walking towards her to meet her halfway. "What are you doing up here?" She asked.
"I live up here." Pansy said smiling. "Blaise and I got a room over there." Pansy gestured to the side of the hallway she just came from. "This is great. We are like neighbors." Pansy said happily.
"That is great. So how are you feeling?" Ginny asked Pansy about her pregnancy.
"Sick. I've been throwing up all day. How about you?" She asked then looked down the hall at Draco who was standing there waiting for Ginny.
"I haven't felt sick at all. And I hope it stays that way." She said smiling.
Pansy nodded her head. "Well I think you should head off to your room. Draco is still standing there waiting for you." Pansy said.
"Alright. I'll see you tomorrow. Tell Blaise we said hello." Ginny said before turning around and going back down at Draco.
"How is she feeling?" Draco asked.
"Very sick to her stomach." Ginny said as they walked into their room.
"Oh that's to bad." Draco said as they headed up the steps to their bedroom. "I hope you don't get sick like that."
"Me too." Ginny said as she followed him into their room. "Well I'm going to bed." Ginny said as she began undressing.
"Me too." Draco said as he watched her undress then get into their bed in her underwear.
Draco smiled at her then got undressed and got into bed next to her in his boxers. He wrapped his arms around her and whispered in her ear. "Good night, love."
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The next morning they were awoken by a loud banging on their door. "You get dressed, Gin." Draco said getting out of bed and heading to the door. "I'll head down and see who it is."
Ginny nodded her head and got out of bed. She grabbed her wand and did a quick cleaning spell on herself then went into the closet to change. She pulled a red fitted shirt off the hanger and a pair a faded jeans off the shelf. Once she got dressed she left the room and headed downstairs to see who was there.
"Good morning, Ginny." Ryan said.
"Hello Ryan. Hi Harry." Ginny said looking from Ryan to Harry who was sitting next to him.
"Hello." Harry answered. "Sorry we woke you up. It 11:00 and we figured you guys would be up. "Dumbledore told us where you guys were staying so we figured we would come up and see you guys."
"Well I'm going to go get dressed." Draco said as he headed for the stairs. "I'll be down in 5 minutes." He quickly headed up the steps to get dressed.
"So what is up guys?" Ginny asked as she sat down in a chair close to them.
"I've come to announce that I'm going to be getting the Dark Mark." Harry said. "I received am Owl this morning at Breakfast from Voldemort. "He told me the next initiation was in one week and if I wanted to join the invitation to come with you and Draco." Harry said.
"So you've decided to join then? That's great!" Ginny said as she got up and gave Harry a friendly hug.
"Harry since you are joining there is something you should know about me." Ryan said in a serious tone.
"Let me guess. You're a Death Eater too." Harry said looking at him.
Ryan nodded his head. "Well I am, but I'm also Lord Voldemort's son." He paused for a moment to let this information sink in. "My real name is Ryan Riddle."
Harry's eyes went wide. "You're his son?"
Ginny smiled. "That's about the same reaction I had when he told me." Ginny said laughing.
Ryan nodded his head. "I am."
Slowly Harry's wide eyes went back to normal and he nodded his head. "That's cool. I didn't think he had any children." Harry said.
"Only me." Ryan said proudly.
"So have Ron and Hermione been bothering you at all?" Ginny asked concerned. "Cause if so I can go tell off Hermione and Ron for you." Ginny said smiling. "Its been a while since I had it out with one of them."
Harry shook his head no. "Not not really. They just keep trying to talk to me, but I just ignore them."
Ryan nodded his head laughing. "You should see them. Its so funny."
Harry smiled. "It is."
"What's funny?" Draco asked as he walked down the steps.
"Ron and Hermione. They keep trying to talk to Harry." Ryan said.
Draco said down in the chair beside Ginny laughing. "See aren't you upset that you didn't take me up on my offer our first year about us being friends."
"I should have listened to you." Harry said to Draco. "If only I knew then what I know now I would have." Harry laughed then calmed down. "So I'm getting the Mark next week, Malfoy."
"Cool." Draco said smiling. "Its about time."
"Does it hurt?" Harry asked.
"Like hell. It hurts like hell." Draco said smiling.
"Great." Harry said. "But I'm sure I'll be fine." He smiled. "But I'm going to go now. I've got a paper to work on. I'll catch you guys later." Harry said before getting up and leaving the room.
Ryan sat for a couple seconds after Harry left then stood up. "Well I'm going to go so you two can be alone. I'll see you later guys." Then he walked out of the room.
"Isn't that great about Harry." Draco said to Ginny. "If you would have told me two years ago that I would be friends with him I would never of believed it."
Ginny nodded her head. "I wouldn't have believed it either." She laughed. "But I'm still tired. I think I'm going to go lay down."
"Alright. I'll be in the study doing some research." Draco said standing up. "Have a good nap."
"I will." She said as she got up and went over to the couch and laid down.
To Be Continued…
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