Author's Note:

'This is a contest entry for the Dracolov challenge! If you would like to enter you must e-mail Dracolov, her e-mail is in her profile. The last day to enter is 12/1/04. Please R R (read and review) and thank you for reading my story.

Disclaimer:

I don't own any of the orginial Harry Potter character because I am not that creative...but I wish i was...I only own the plot and my characters.

chapter 18: A Fool's Paradise

It was Marcus's turn to disperse some surprises of his own. Everyone automatically assumed that simple in his thoughts and planning but the truth of the matter was that he was actually the wolf in sheep's clothing. After he chat with the Priory's talking head, he did some plotting of his own along with a little research in the muggle realm of genetics. That was when the most interesting of conclusions came to him, something that Jacq in all his glory hadn't considered. The switching of minds does nothing to deter the gene pool from staying intact.

That's when his aspirations of power came full circle. A most unlikely but ludcrative of opportunities has been afforded to him. Now to let his little pet in on the change of events. The apple does not indeed fall to far from the tree.

"I am in favor of the switching but not in the way that you were thinking. I assume that Parisa has informed you of why she needs Draco so badly, correct" He posed to the timid little vixen before him.

A feeble nod was her only response.

"Good then we can move to good stuff. Currently you are the heir of the blessed mother, genetically speaking of course."

"Genetic...what" Ginny questioned.

"Well you see, in the muggle world, they have determined that family genes which connect bloodlines are present in all of us and when we do are switching, it's only the minds. The bodies and the genes stay intact so that would mean that if Draco impregnants Parisa's body, which you currently occupy, then we would still have the desired heir." Flint began methodically.

"I'm not sleeping with him."

"No, you're not. You're going to sleep with me after we switch his mind for mine." The simplicity of it was astonishing but true.

"But what about Harry" Wrong question, yes, but she was consummed by it.

"That chance has come and gone. Now we're on to bigger and better things, don't you see, we will be the parents of the ruler of the world. With the Priory's protection and financing, we will live like royalty and indulge our every heart's desire." The hunger was pumping through his veins now like molten lava.

"All but one" she whispered weakly knowing that she hitting rock bottom with no recourse.

-

Draco proceeded to slump against the desk under the weight of the new information. This was his destiny, to produce the anti-christ and bring about the end of the world as he knew it along with everything that worked the five years for. Now there's irony for you, lose everything, build it back up only to lose it all again. This is one sick and twisted God that these people have, he thought to himself completely ignoring the wand pointed at him.

"Don't you dare Harry, do hear me" Hermione commanded as she stepped in between Harry and Draco as a sort of human shield.

"It's the only way to guarantee that this doesn't happen. His death will end the line and all threat. Haven't you learned anything from the whole Voldemort threat" Harry reaffirmed.

"That's murder, he's done nothing wrong and don't think I won't protect him and you from that."

"She's right Harry. Put the wand down before we have to make you." Dumbledore threatened from behind him.

"How can you all take his side on this? Doesn't anyone remember who we're talking about here" He bellowed back.

"Two wrongs don't make it right, besides he has no intention of sleeping with her." Hermione snapped letting her heart override her mind.

"He doesn't have to want to, remember the body switching"

"Body Switching" Madame Maxine chimed in quizzically.

"Well that's where the Priory does this spell..." Sapphire started to explain but cut off by several voices telling to shut up at the same time. "Well, I never."

"HELLO" Draco shouted finally coming to his senses. "This is my life and my seed, so, it's my call and I think that Harry may be right."

"What" Hermione gasped with Harry in tow.

"Not about killing me but, yes, about the ending the threat." He sighed heavily.

"But..." she was speechless and lost.

"What about sterilization" Not how he wanted to end the day but desperate times call for desperate measures.

-

Leaning down to calm his mother, Ron tried to break the last of the news as gently as possible. "There is a bit more that I should tell you."

"Oh" Molly tried to compose herself but the strain was growing unbearable.

"Sev is pregnant." At first she smiled broadly thinking it was a bit of light humor but, as she looked into her youngest son's eyes and saw it was the truth, she simply broke down into quiet sobs.

"Does Albus know about this" Arthur bolstered.

"I don't know but usually know everything that happens in Hogwarts."

"You did this at the school" Humilation was stinging through rapidly.

"That's not what I meant. Merlin, it's not as bad as you would think and we're goint to have to..."

"Don't lecture me! I am in this knee deep and only because you said that Hermione was involved in this from the beginning. Where did we go wrong, Molly? The others turned out so well, oh..change that...the first three did so well and now this." Arthur began to ramble.

"I never meant for this to happen but now that it has..."

"Don't even speak. You've done enough, I need to find Dumbledore and see what can be done and then.." Mr. Weasley was pacing and talking animatedly to himself.

"Mum, we need to find Harry and the others for I think that Ginny may be in terrible danger now that everything's falling apart." Ron explained realizing that his father was in full cover up mode.

"Without the Order, I'm afraid that we may be powerless to stop this." she confessed.

-

Shortly after shipping Ginny off to cohort with Flint and reorganize, Parisa sat to finalize the plans for the ritual. Like most girls fantasizing about their weddings as children, she wrote out the guest list, planned the colors and other mundane details. The only thing left was to locate the groom, capture his partners in hiding and notify the Priory. Easy right? She was a woman on a mission but there was one last preparation to organize. The body count.

In her mind, for happiness to be achieved, all the others would have to die. No witnesses, no heroes.

And with that being decided she wrote out her other guest list...

Hermione Granger...poison

Harry Potter...falling

Albus Dumbledore...sleep

Tara Balistery...something painful...torture perhaps?

Avery Thomas...Avada

Marcus Flint...Azkaban

The Weasley's...explosion

Ginny...hanging (suicide)

The last one made her laugh a bit at the inspiration of it. While reading up on the muggle relegion's and her ancestry, she came across the account of Jesus's downfall. Betrayed by one of his own apostles for thirty pieces of silver, Judas had hung himself at daybreak. It was classic and fool proof. A simple note revealing her obsession with Potter and the secret relationship with Flint. That was to be my next project, she laughed to herself, ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.

She sat on her bed to author the most distraught and pathetic suicide confession ever written, reaching over she placed a healthy spoonful of caviar on a cracker and started to each it. Within seconds she wretching in her bathroom uncontrollably. That's when it hit her like a kneazle, Ginny never could stomach caviar. And if while in Ginny's body, she couldn't eat it then the spell only transfers the mind and that could mean only one thing...

The gullible red headed git was caretaker of her future and quite possibly sleeping with Flint at that very moment...good heavens, that could be extremely bad and horribly fertile!

Author's notes:

Welcome to new readers: ReginicSade87 and red-e-2party...hope you enjoy...

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HarryPotterLover242...hope you like the new twist for Draco...but at least it's not death...

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Also, I will not be updating the next chapters for about two weeks as I will be feeding another obsession of mine...college basketball fanatic...Go KU Jayhawks...going on vacation to see some games but as soon as I come back, I will have a couple of chapters for you all.

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