A/N: as always I only own the characters not recognised from the books

The lyrics at the beginning are from 'You're My Hatred' by Closure

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Chapter Sixteen – Betrayal

How's your halo

Broken and fading

Selfish and hating

I see through you

You're good at lying

Running and hiding

Now you've been caught

I thank you

What's that, solar sound

Play it back, slow it down

Can't erase what's all around

You are my hatred

What's that, crawling out

Back in black

Now the light is shining down

I can't erase

What's all around

You are my hatred

Draco made his way across the room further down than the dungeons and equipped with every weapon you could imagine. Dumbledore had told them that since the Prophecy had first been heard of headmasters at Hogwarts had taken all necessary precautions to be ready when it started.

Passing Noah who was helping Juno strap on a knife to her upper thigh with a very red face, Draco rolled his eyes and nodded at Blue who was testing out two large daggers. Frankie had managed to appropriate a bow and arrow and was busy checking the sharpness of the arrows as she filled the matching black leather quiver. He finally reached Ginny and watched her silently as she slipped a thick leather belt on over her black leather pants and pushed a dagger into each side at the back by her hips.

Her cleavage was rising out of a black leather corset as her chest heaved at suppressed anger as she slipped a long silver sword, very like the Godric Griffindor one in Dumbledore's office, into its matching sheath at her left hip. He examined the sword in the few seconds before she sheathed it and was stunned to find it looking more like a Slytherin sword than a Griffindor one.

This sword's handle was made of a black metal, very similar in rarity to his signet ring, with jade and silver patterns swirling around its hilt. Where the hilt met the sword was a serpent's mouth with huge emeralds as its eyes that flashed in the light of the flickering torches lining the dark damp walls.

"Ginny?"

She spun around when her name hit her and her face softened slightly when she saw him. Anger was good for her, Draco reflected, her hair fell in softly curled loose ringlets around her face like liquid fire dipped in red wine and her eyes were sparkling an odd amber colour. Her cheeks were flushed and her freckles had all but faded, her nails were painted a dark black that seemed almost blue and had grown slightly so they looked like talons, she was almost into the Change.

"Ginny, just..."

She raised a blood red eyebrow at him, a smile curved her luscious lips painted ruby red and he couldn't resist smirking back, his lips meeting hers as they talked telepathically.

'Be careful?'

'At least try.'

Breaking apart he left his hand cupping her cheek which was icy cold despite her flushed, fevered appearance before returning to gather his own weapons.

"Alright here's the plan; once we're in we only speak telepathically. Juno and Noah, one of you needs to take the North side and one the South working clockwise, security is going to be very tight so a suggest you Change before you even try anything."

Juno and Noah nodded at Blue from the cushions on the floor, already agreed telepathically on who would take which side.

"Frankie and I will be making our way to the Main Chamber, here."

Blue waved a hand at the huge map of the Dark Kida's base on the wall and a blue dot appeared in the largest room.

"Where we've been told the Dark Kida's are having a meeting."

Blue was obviously enjoying himself as he was sounding more and more like an FBI agent organising a mission by the minute.

"Draco will be working on keeping the area around us secure as we deal with the Dark Kida's and Ginny will be..."

Blue trailed off and they all turned warily towards Ginny who was sat in the window seat with her booted legs propped up against the wall as she once more stared out at the rising sun, a dagger twirling in her fingers.

"Never mind."

He glanced over at Draco who was looking thoroughly boot-faced at the minimal part he was playing in this mission and who was also watching Ginny with hooded eyes as she pulled on her floor-length black leather jacket.

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Appearing in a heavily secluded wood with no sunlight whatsoever piercing the thick canopy of leaves above their heads, they made their way through the undergrowth towards the edge where a huge castle shaped building was perched on the edge of a cliff. Taking a closer look at the apparently deserted building Ginny could detect the slight coloured haziness surrounding the outer walls that proved it was heavily guarded along with the hooded figures patrolling the edges that made it quite obvious something big was going on inside.

'How about we clear the outer perimeter to get us in the mood?'

Blue's voice rang in Ginny's head and she was sure she detected something odd, what was his personal vendetta against the Dark Kida's? Grimly the group nodded and set off in separate directions, a rough estimate told Ginny they had about two guards each to deal with.

A rush of anger fuelled adrenaline pounded through her and she drew her sword, more grateful than ever for the extra fencing and fighting lessons Draco had given her, which had more often than not, because of the heated passion Draco poured into his fighting, had ended up in wild sex on the exercise mats. Out of the corner of her eye she saw the others branch off and draw their own weapons before two hooded figures descended on her and all her attention and focus snapped into the ensuing battle.

Ducking the first punch she shoved her sword back into its sheath and grabbed the fist aimed at her. She gripped the wrist attached to the fist and wrenched it around, feeling the bones and muscles give under her hold as she brought her knee up to his face. His nose broke in the bone-crushing contact with her knee and he fell back clutching his face with one hand and cradling his injured wrist to his chest.

Feeling a furious arm wrap around her neck she dug her fingernails into it and threw him over her shoulder, waiting patiently for him to climb to his feet and renew the attack. A vicious upper-cut to her jaw sent her sprawling backwards and she shook her head to clear the ringing in her ears. Swinging her leg under his she brought him to his knees where he grabbed her throat and lifted her up, throwing her backwards against a tree, one hand burrowing inside her jacket as he grinned manically at her. She kicked him back and clung to the tree trunk, gasping for breath as he got steadily to his feet and advanced on her again.

"If you touch me again, I'll kill you." She hissed, her vision clouding as the Change flooded into her, she pushed it down furiously and watched him advance on her again.

He reached out to grab her waist but she was too fast, throwing the heel of her palm upwards into his nose with a brutal crack. He lay spread-eagled on the ground with staring eyes and blood pouring from his nose as her friends formed a circle around them as she fought to get her breath back.

'She killed him.'

Juno's statement rang in Ginny's head and she clung onto Draco's arm as he held her up, checking her over for any life-threatening wounds as she stared at the body before her, his hood falling off his face and revealing a boy not much older than themselves.

'How?'

Ginny shuddered and waved her wand at the body, the hood flying back over his face as she turned to Frankie who was looking green at Noah's question.

'She shoved his nose into his brain.'

There was something akin to admiration in Blue's mental voice and Ginny snapped her head up to look at him but he was already scanning the walls, a plan forming in his brain.

'Noah?'

Noah nodded at him and summoned all his power ready to disrupt the earth around the building as he had in the lake and hoping the wards would be down logn enough for them to Apparate in.

'Did it work?'

Frankie's mental voice was half question half statement as she looked at the others who were already taking in their surroundings. It appeared to have worked as they were stood on the opposite side of the walls in a large courtyard very similar to the one outside Draco's house.

'How do we get in?'

Everyone turned to look at Juno curiously and she licked her lips nervously taking a step back from them.

'What?'

'Juno dear.' Blue purred. 'You're the one of Air aren't you? Well did it ever occur to you that you may be able to manipulate the air.'

She looked from him to the other with a look of incredulous disbelief on her face. She shrugged and squeezed her eyes shut; nearly dropping out of the air when they opened and the six of them were clinging onto each other as she levitated up to the open window.

'Right, Draco, Juno, Noah; security.'

The three of them nodded at Blue and followed him and Frankie down the hallway, glad he had memorised the map Dumbledore had drawn them as the corridors were a maze of twisting passages that were badly lit. Draco turned slightly to look at Ginny who had the same furious determination burning in her eyes as she had just after reading Ivie's letter. Without looking back at him she sniffed slightly and headed purposefully in the opposite direction, her hand on the sword at her hip waiting for any sign of movement, she didn't have to wait long.

Entering a long room with floor to ceiling windows, covered in grime and thick black velvet curtains hanging off the rail, which was completely empty and irrationally reminded her of Draco's house, she saw a shadow detach itself from the walls as the door slammed behind her.

"Do we really need magic for this?"

Ginny's voice was cold and hard as it rang out through the room and Ivie grinned over at her from the opposite side, her wand held out before her.

"I kind of like the idea, all the sparks and pretty screams."

Ginny narrowed her eyes and tossed her wand onto the window-sill besides her where it rolled with a clatter against the window as Ivie did the same looking oddly beautiful in the dull light. She was in a floor-length dark green velvet dress cut in at her waist and rising into a black bodice beaded with green beads, her long hair sweeping down behind her to touch her waist.

Summoning her sword she took a step to her left, Ginny doing the same and resulting in the pair of them pacing the room in a wide circle with their swords outstretched before them.

"Do you know how to defend yourself?"

Ginny never took her eyes off Ivie as she sneered at her, her eyes plainly telling her she assumed Ginny was no threat to her.

"Do you know how die painfully?"

In a blur of dark colours the pair of them ran at each other with a loud clashing of swords and flashing of nails as Ginny sliced open Ivie's cheek as their swords met. Ivie backed away snarling and touching her hand to her cheek, withdrawing it and seeing it coated in blood she licked it off hungrily and returned to circling with Ginny, their eyes never leaving each other.

Darting at each other again their swords were mere flashes of silver as they raced around the room, fighting desperately for the upper hand as time ceased to have any meaning and Ginny blocked out her friend's concerned voices from her head. She bit back a shriek when Ivie's sword punctured her side, somehow missing all major organs but causing her side to explode in burning pain as the blade withdrew and blood dribbled down her side causing dizziness to sweep over her.

She stumbled back and Ivie smirked smugly, seeming to think she had wounded Ginny a lot more than she actually had as she backed away and wiped her sword on the curtain, her back foolishly turned on Ginny. Gasping for breath and leaning heavily against her sword as she pulled herself to her feet, her hands slippery on her sword with sweat as she crossed the room silently towards Ivie who was humming to herself as she sheathed her sword.

"You... murdered my sister."

Ivie spun around, her hand flying to her sword but it was too late; with an effort that caused her to nearly black out Ginny plunged her sword into Ivie's stomach and took a step back, easing her sword out of her and falling to her knees in pain as the door burst open and her friends piled in, freezing in the doorway and staring at the pair of them. Ivie was on her back now, blood seeping out from behind her and matting her long hair as it spread across the floor towards Ginny who was already covered in blood from her own wound as she clamped a hand against her side to try to stop the bleeding.

Draco moved first, sprinting across the room, falling to his knees and catching Ginny as she fell backwards in pain. Fumbling to feel her pulse he was relieved to find it still strong and grabbed a dagger from her belt to cut into his palm to help heal her but she was leaning away from him with a horrified look on her face.

"What's wrong?"

Ginny continued to gape at him before reaching towards Ivie with a shaking, blood-coated hand and grabbing something from the folds of her dress, she held it out to Draco who took it silently with a plummeting heart.

"Who is she, Draco?"

Draco raised stony eyes turned black to her face and tossed the shiny object over his shoulder where it clanged to the floor and rolled over to their friends, Blue stooped to pick it up. It lay glinting innocently in his palm as they all stared down at a small ring identical to Draco's signet ring.

"My cousin." Draco's voice was hoarse and he swallowed harshly, his hands digging into his knees as he tightened his grip at the look on Ginny's face.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

He winced at the pain in Ginny's accusing voice and his eyes flickered from the body steadily covering them both in blood to Ginny's empty eyes bright with pain as she fought for breath and fell forwards, one hand supporting her as the other was clasped to her wound.

"I wasn't sure if it was her or not, and she hasn't been a part of the family since my father left." He added defensively, the shutters flying up in his eyes again so she couldn't see what he was thinking.

"Guys, look I know this is something serious and whatever but we need to get out of here... now!"

Neither of them turned to look at Blue whose eyes were darting from the door where faint noises of running feet and angry shouts were issuing to the couple on the floor their eyes locked.

"Come on! We only stunned the Dark Kida's so we could steal their research which we have. And if you hadn't noticed Ginny is bleeding to death, and that's a wound that will take more than her vampire blood to heal so let's move!"

At Frankie's order Draco moved over to Ginny, ignoring the burning reproach in her eyes and lifting her to her feet, catching her legs with his other arm and carrying her out of the room, her blood dripping over his arm as her face paled from the blood loss and she fought for consciousness.