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Chapter 7: The Threats
"Dwelling where one ought not to be dwelling does not do good for a boy of your stature, Draco!" Lucius Malfoy yelled.
"What are you on about, Father?"
"You know bloody well what I am on about! First the mudblood and now the rat? I thought I taught you better than that, Draco!"
"I don't understand. What have you been hearing?"
"Your friend, Zabini, informed his father of your mishaps. I heard Zabini's mother gossiping to your mother last night. I am ashamed to call you my son!"
"What did you hear? Did you hear that I have to share this bloody room with Granger? Or did you hear that the Weasel has a thing for me? Which one would disgrace you so?"
"I heard both and more! I heard that you have feelings for the mudblood! It makes me sick to say it! I felt rotten and raving mad, Draco, and I will not have it!"
"It is not up to me to decide who fancies me and who doesn't. It is not my fault the Weaselette likes me!"
"But it is your fault that you care for Granger! Please, Draco, save me the trouble with telling me I heard lies!"
"And what if I can't? What if they aren't lies? What will you do?" Draco asked, staring intently at his father. He was not afraid of him. Lucius Malfoy's bark was definitely worse than his bite.
"I will be forced to tell Lord Voldemort that you are not fit to become a death eater. You will also be cut off from the family. This includes the family funds, Draco. If you take this crush another step forward, I will not cease to take actions, Draco."
"Am I supposed to be shivering in my shoes, Father? Do you honestly think that I care whether or not I receive the family funds? Did you truly believe that I wanted to be a death eater in the first place?"
"I believed that you were capable of doing what is right. Clearly, I was mistaken."
"Clearly," Draco spat.
"You watch your tongue boy. You disrespected the family name, but you will not disrespect me."
Draco glared at his father asLucius pushed past him and flew through the door. Draco cursed under his breath.
Trying to calm his nerves, Draco muttered a charm and the firepitwas filledwith hot flames. He sat on the couch facing the fire and sighed. Draco became lostinthe dancing flames.
The door to the roomopened andbroke him of histrance. Draco looked up into a pair of beautiful brown eyes. Draco's eyes traveled down her delicate body. He could not believe what his were seeing.
9
Ginny awoke with a pounding headache. She opened her eyes and found the room spinning. "Ohh. Am I drunk?" She grabbed her head and tried to remember the events that led up to her blackout. She remembered kissing Draco and him pushing her across the room. "That bastard," she spat under he breath.
Ginny looked around the room, trying to regain focus. She could make out a few things. One being a tall, dark figure looming in the corner of the room.
Ginny gasped as the figure made his way slowly towards her. Her vision remained cloudy and she could notsee who it was, but her heart was practicallypounding out of her chest.
"Draco, is that you? If it is, I swear I am going to beat your arse!" Ginny swore.
"Tisk, tisk. Such a dirty little mouth you have. Are you alright, dear? I wouldn't want this pretty little Weasel to be hurt." The words slithered off of his tongue like poison and Ginny had never heard anyone's tone that violent before.
"W-who are you?" Ginny squeaked.
"You listen to me, rat! You stay away from my boy, do you hear me? You stay the bloody hell away from my boy or you and your whole family will pay painfully!"
Ginny felt a hand grab a handful of her flaming red hair. She tried to struggle away, but his grip was too strong. Her vision slowly became clear and her eyes met a pair of piercing grey ones. Ginny gasped as she recognized who it was.
Ginny began to speak to the man grasping her hair but he cut her off as he muttered a few inaudible words under his breath. With a flicker of green light, Ginny was blacked out once again, her last vision being one of Lucius Malfoy.
