Darkness Falling
Chapter 4
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me. All Buffy characters and fictional places belong to Mutant Enemy and Joss Whedon, all Harry Potter characters belong to J K Rowling.
Later that night, Ginny lay in a room in Malfoy Manor and tried to get to sleep. She found it difficult mainly because of the unfamiliar surroundings, but also because she was wondering what had happened after she had left the Burrow. And how long it would be before Mr. Weasley (she had already stopped thinking of him as 'dad') came to demand her back. She guessed that it would be the next morning. But mainly she was uncomfortable with the silence that pervaded the large building. And she felt as if someone or something was watching her. Dismissing her fears, she rolled over and tried to get to sleep, but something else troubled her. When she had kicked Draco, it had felt good. She was not normally vindictive, but she had wanted to go on kicking him until he was a bloody mess. She had stopped because she had thought of something better but she was still troubled. "Oh well," she thought "he deserved it."
In the bowels of the Manor, black robed Harbingers chanted and shouted the complex spells necessary to focus the power of the First Evil on this mortal plane. Lucius Malfoy stood and watched, as did Caleb. Finally the First appeared in the form of Lucius' father, a distinguished looking gentleman with blond hair. "Lucius, Caleb report." It snapped to them.
Lucius was first. "The girl is asleep in one of our spare rooms, Great One. She attacked my son earlier; I think she is what we are looking for."
Caleb spoke next. "The Bringers are ready, oh Lord. Just say the word."
"Good." The First smiled. It was not a pleasant expression. "Very good."
Ginny was still unable to get to sleep. Then she heard - or thought she heard - a voice. She heard the voice of her dead grandmother calling to her. Her eyes snapped open and she sat up in bed, staring into the far corner, where the voice had originated. There stood her grandmother, exactly as she had looked in life. "Ginny!" she called again. "Grandma!" Ginny cried "Grandma!" She was almost in tears.
"Ginny, things are coming. A war. You need to be on the right side. From here, I know all about what happened in the Chamber of Secrets, and I know that you want revenge on he that brought it upon you! Well, the two who forced you to suffer through that are LUCIUS MALFOY AND LORD VOLDEMORT!"
Ginny gasped, spinning around to stare into every shadow, every recess, desperate to make sure that she was safe. Then it hit her, of course she wasn't safe. She was at the heart of Malfoy Manor. Suddenly she realised that the ghost was speaking again.
"Lucius was one of Lord Voldemort's lingering supporters." At that Ginny started to look angry. "It was Voldemort who told them what to do if he should fall, Voldemort who made the diary," Ginny now looked furious, with her skin pale as ice, the freckles standing out in sharp relief. "And I can help you find him." Ginny looked up.
"What?"
"Or rather, an entity known as the First can. It can give you enough power to go and kill Voldemort. You'll be a hero, even more so than Harry Potter." This last comment, made with such maddening innocence, decided Ginny.
"I'll do it!"
Down below, Caleb fell to his knees and bowed his head in awe and reverence, while the Bringers circled and chanted. Lucius glanced around at the dark energies flaring all around him and shivered.
In Ginny's room, her grandmother said, in a voice not her own, "SO BE IT!"
It mushroomed up, out of her grandmother's shape, and dove at Ginny, dragging the shadows along with it. It flew into her, filling her up with darkness and evil and power, until her eyes went black and she smiled. The First resumed its original shape and watched as Ginny disappeared from the room.
She reappeared in the cavern, where Caleb bowed to her in awe. Lucius, on the other hand, backed away in horror. "It was not my fault! I did not choose to give it to you!" He screamed at her. "Help me! Help me!" He yelled to Caleb and the Bringers. They stood still and watched the show. Seeing this, Lucius pulled out his wand, and pointed it at Ginny. "Not one more step," he warned her "I'll do it."
Ginny smiled at him. "I am sure that you will." She stepped forward.
"Avada Kedavra!" The words rang across the cavern. A green light flared from his wand and struck Ginny Weasley. She gasped and clutched at her chest. She fell to the ground.
Lucius shrugged and turned to walk away. As he did so, he heard a noise. He stopped, spun around. "What on earth?"
Chapter 4
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me. All Buffy characters and fictional places belong to Mutant Enemy and Joss Whedon, all Harry Potter characters belong to J K Rowling.
Later that night, Ginny lay in a room in Malfoy Manor and tried to get to sleep. She found it difficult mainly because of the unfamiliar surroundings, but also because she was wondering what had happened after she had left the Burrow. And how long it would be before Mr. Weasley (she had already stopped thinking of him as 'dad') came to demand her back. She guessed that it would be the next morning. But mainly she was uncomfortable with the silence that pervaded the large building. And she felt as if someone or something was watching her. Dismissing her fears, she rolled over and tried to get to sleep, but something else troubled her. When she had kicked Draco, it had felt good. She was not normally vindictive, but she had wanted to go on kicking him until he was a bloody mess. She had stopped because she had thought of something better but she was still troubled. "Oh well," she thought "he deserved it."
In the bowels of the Manor, black robed Harbingers chanted and shouted the complex spells necessary to focus the power of the First Evil on this mortal plane. Lucius Malfoy stood and watched, as did Caleb. Finally the First appeared in the form of Lucius' father, a distinguished looking gentleman with blond hair. "Lucius, Caleb report." It snapped to them.
Lucius was first. "The girl is asleep in one of our spare rooms, Great One. She attacked my son earlier; I think she is what we are looking for."
Caleb spoke next. "The Bringers are ready, oh Lord. Just say the word."
"Good." The First smiled. It was not a pleasant expression. "Very good."
Ginny was still unable to get to sleep. Then she heard - or thought she heard - a voice. She heard the voice of her dead grandmother calling to her. Her eyes snapped open and she sat up in bed, staring into the far corner, where the voice had originated. There stood her grandmother, exactly as she had looked in life. "Ginny!" she called again. "Grandma!" Ginny cried "Grandma!" She was almost in tears.
"Ginny, things are coming. A war. You need to be on the right side. From here, I know all about what happened in the Chamber of Secrets, and I know that you want revenge on he that brought it upon you! Well, the two who forced you to suffer through that are LUCIUS MALFOY AND LORD VOLDEMORT!"
Ginny gasped, spinning around to stare into every shadow, every recess, desperate to make sure that she was safe. Then it hit her, of course she wasn't safe. She was at the heart of Malfoy Manor. Suddenly she realised that the ghost was speaking again.
"Lucius was one of Lord Voldemort's lingering supporters." At that Ginny started to look angry. "It was Voldemort who told them what to do if he should fall, Voldemort who made the diary," Ginny now looked furious, with her skin pale as ice, the freckles standing out in sharp relief. "And I can help you find him." Ginny looked up.
"What?"
"Or rather, an entity known as the First can. It can give you enough power to go and kill Voldemort. You'll be a hero, even more so than Harry Potter." This last comment, made with such maddening innocence, decided Ginny.
"I'll do it!"
Down below, Caleb fell to his knees and bowed his head in awe and reverence, while the Bringers circled and chanted. Lucius glanced around at the dark energies flaring all around him and shivered.
In Ginny's room, her grandmother said, in a voice not her own, "SO BE IT!"
It mushroomed up, out of her grandmother's shape, and dove at Ginny, dragging the shadows along with it. It flew into her, filling her up with darkness and evil and power, until her eyes went black and she smiled. The First resumed its original shape and watched as Ginny disappeared from the room.
She reappeared in the cavern, where Caleb bowed to her in awe. Lucius, on the other hand, backed away in horror. "It was not my fault! I did not choose to give it to you!" He screamed at her. "Help me! Help me!" He yelled to Caleb and the Bringers. They stood still and watched the show. Seeing this, Lucius pulled out his wand, and pointed it at Ginny. "Not one more step," he warned her "I'll do it."
Ginny smiled at him. "I am sure that you will." She stepped forward.
"Avada Kedavra!" The words rang across the cavern. A green light flared from his wand and struck Ginny Weasley. She gasped and clutched at her chest. She fell to the ground.
Lucius shrugged and turned to walk away. As he did so, he heard a noise. He stopped, spun around. "What on earth?"