Hey to all. I guess I better update. Sorry for the 'no' emotion in the other one. Yeah I do see what you're saying but I was just trying to get it out and updated and Draco and Harry won't have emtion because Draco doesn't care what Harry says/ thinks because he's there for the Ginny part. And Harry is just kinda like oh lets save Ginny because I love Ginny. Yeah, and Madeliene and Gabriel have a lil thing going on so he wouldn't rush right back and he wants to do whatever Ginavera says…..
Chapter 20
Hermione slept on the couch for another couple of hours until Travis and Brittany came rushing in.
"Hermione! Hermione, wake up!" Travis said while Brittany began to shake her awake.
Hermione sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Guys, what time is it?"
"Herms, its noon. Come on, we can't find Cory anywhere. Ron told us about what happened." Brittany said, looking at the still sleepy Hermione.
"Yeah, I feel sorry for the guy." Travis said quickly, grabbing Brittany's hand.
"Wait, Ron told you everything?" Hermione asked, looking down at her hand. There it was, her ring. 'It wasn't a dream after all,' she thought, rubbing her hands together. It was cold.
"Hermione! What is that rock doing on your finger? Did Ron…" Brittany trailed off, giving Hermione a big hug, causing them to both fall back on the couch. Hermione returned the hug and nodded at the girl. Travis smiled and laughed.
"Hermione, that's awesome. But we still need to find Cory. Let's go. You two can talk about that stuff later." Travis said, standing Brittany up and walking towards the door.
"Wait, Travis. Give me five minutes. I just woke up remember?" Hermione said, running up the stairs to get ready. She grabbed her wand and did a simply make up charm and put her hair in a pony-tail, letting stray hairs fall in curls. She put on some blue jeans and a white tank top and grabbed some flip-flops and a black robe. She put her wand in her pocket, took one look at the mirror and ran back downstairs. Brittany and Travis were at the door.
"So, where to first? Hermione asked, looking at the couple.
"Whoa that was fast. Well we were going to get Ron then both of us split up. Let's go." Travis said, walking out of the door.
"I wish we had the Marauder's Map" Hermione muttered under her breathe. "We would have no work. I wonder what Harry did with it."
"Come on, Hermione." Brittany said. Hermione ran to catch up and they walked quickly to the dorms. Hermione said the password and they walked inside. Hermione flew up the stairs and knocked on the door. She heard someone mumble a somewhat yes and opened the door. Ron was still in bed and everyone else was gone out of the dorm except for Colin, who was snoring in his bed in the corner. She walked over to Ron's bed and shook him gently.
"Ronald, time to get up. We have to go find Cory. He's been missing since last night." Hermione said, looking around for Harry's trunk. She got out her wand and broke the simple lock on it and looked inside.
"Herms, what are you looking for?" Ron asked, rolling over. "And don't turn around," he added, quickly putting on pants while her back was turned. He walked over to the trunk and got on his knees, looking inside.
"I'm looking for the Marauder's Map. I thought why look for Cory when we can find him on the map." Hermione said, shifting through books and papers in Harry's trunk. "Found it. Ron, please go fix your hair and meet us downstairs." And with that, Hermione left the dorm and went downstairs to Travis and Brittany, sitting on the couch.
"Is he coming?" Brittany asked, looking at the brown-haired girl.
"Yes, he's doing something to his crazy hair." Hermione said. She got the sheet of paper out of her robe and laid it out on her lap. She got out her wand and pointed at what looked to be a blank sheet of paper.
"What are you doing, Hermione?" Travis asking, looking at the folded piece of paper.
"You'll see." She said, not looking up. Ron came down the stairs and went over to the corner couches where they were sitting. "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good," she said to the map, waiting for it to look. Suddenly it came to life and she opened it to look for Cory.
"Oh, I see now." Ron said, standing above her chair. "Look, there he is," he said, pointing at the paper. Brittany and Travis got up and came to look at the map.
"Look, and theres Ember. Why are they both in a secret dungeon thingy?" Brittany asked, looking over Hermione's shoulder.
"I don't know why their together or even where they are. I didn't know anything was past there. Come on guys, let's go." Hermione said, standing up, still holding the map. They walked out of the door and down corridors and stairs. Finally they reached the place on the map where it said that Cory and Ember were but there was no door or anything.
"It's just a wall." Travis said, looking at the map in Hermione's hands. "There's no door. How could they have gotten in there?"
"I'm not sure. Maybe there's a passageway hidden or something. Here, feel along the wall and between loose stones." Hermione instructed, still looking at the map. It showed Cory and Ember inside, right past the wall in front of them, pacing back and forth. Hermione looked on the map for another entrance but saw none. Dead-ends were everywhere.
Suddenly Brittany dropped a stone on the floor and made a huge crack in the floor. The crash echoed down the hall as Brittany looked inside the crack. "Nothing in there," she said, reaching for her wand. "Lumos," she commanded. "No, nothing in there."
"Well that did us no good." Travis said replacing the stone. He backed up behind Hermione, looking over her shoulder at the map. Brittany was standing on the other side of her, next to Ron. Ron stared at the wall and proceeded to walk back a couple of steps. He turned and started to run towards the wall.
"Ron! What are you doing?" Hermione asked quickly, hoping he knew what he was doing. Ron never heard her because he disappeared as soon as he touched the wall.
"So, Ginny, do you like Hogwarts?" Ginavera asked, looking back and forth between the door and Ginny.
"Yes, I do. I'm a prefect," she answered, straining her ears for footsteps. Finally she heard a growl and stiffened. She looked at the door and back at Ginavera.
"So, do you like it here?" Ginny said, trying to make it look like they had been talking for a while. Ginavera opened her mouth to answer but the door knob turned and in walked Gabriel. He let both dogs in the bedroom when closed the door.
"Did you have a lovely chat, My Lady?" Gabriel asked, bowing to Ginavera.
"Yes, I did. Thank you. Did Madeliene attended to what was needed?" she asked, looking him in the eye. Just when she asked that, the door opened again and Madeliene walked into the room.
"Yes, madam. Now, on to business." Gabriel said, turning to Ginny.
"Yes, Why am I here… my Lord?" Ginny asked, looking at the vampire with worry.
"You are only bait, my dear. I don't need you for anything really. I should have just gotten my good-for-nothing daughter to get it anyway." Gabriel said, muttering the last part.
"Do not talk about Ember like that. She is your daughter after all." Ginavera said tersely, glaring at him.
"Bait? I'm bait for what?" Ginny asked, looking at Gabriel.
"My dear, did Ginavera not tell you?" he asked, shifting his gaze to his wife. "I thought she was going to."
"No, she didn't. Now tell me." Ginny demanded, getting a little annoyed. "please..." she added, getting a glare from Madeleine.
"Well, I am 612 years old, you know. Before this Voldemort came along, I was that bad guy that everyone hated. People cringed at my name, like they do to his. So some one had to try to stop me of course, like your little friend Harry Potter did. And they did. I was defeated and banished here. Silently for the past 500 years I've been searching for a stone, an ultimate power source. I lost track of its where-abouts about 250 years ago. I just recently found it again. Turns out the person that defeated me past it down from generation to generation. So about now, Harry Potter should have my stone." Gabriel said, smiling at Ginny.
Harry looked at Draco from behind the bed and clutched his necklace. He had always worn it. It had his birthstone in the pedant, or so he thought. Draco looked at him then looked around the bed. He saw Gabriel standing by the three chairs with the two dogs at either side. 'That must be Atriel. She's beautiful. Hades is too. But he looks mean as hell though.' Draco thought as he turned back to Harry. He covered Harry's mouth and whispered, "Okay, on three." Draco got out his wand and counted to three before jumping out from behind the bed. Ginny turned around and looked at him, gasping.
"I was wondering when you'd come out. I guess you wanted the girl to know why she'll die. All because you have my stone." Gabriel said, looking at Harry. "Now, if you will hand it over, you won't die. Well you probably won't." he said calmly, Hades growling at Harry.
Draco eyed the dog and stepped forward, in front of Ginny. "You won't get the stone," he said, pointing his wand at Hades. "Imperio" he said, the black dog immediately laying down. "Go, attack." Draco said, pointing at Madeliene. The black wolf-like dog looked at Draco then immediately ran and jumped on Madeliene, snarling his teeth. She fell to the floor with him on top of her. She tried to fight him off but she was smaller than the mad dog. She was overpowered by the dog and soon after she stopped trying to fight the dog and lay still. Ginny looked at the pool of blood around Madeliene and gasped in horror, fainting on the bed.
Draco used that to attack Gabriel while he wasn't looking. He yelled "Crucio" while pointing his wand at Gabriel. Gabriel cried out in pain and fell to the floor, clutching his side. Draco yelled the curse again and again until Gabriel fell unconscious. Harry bent over Gabriel and took the wand out of his hand, while Draco looked towards Ginny.
Draco rushed over to the bed to look after her. She was breathing heavily and Draco said a charm to bring her back. Immediately her eyes filled with horror as she looked around the room. She flung on to Draco, her arms around his neck, crying.
"Draco, he said he was going to kill me. Kill me," her words faded as Draco tried to calm her down.
"Ginny, it's alright. I won't let anything happen to you." He told her, pulling her to face him.
He wiped the tears from her face and her lip trembled as she asked him, "Why are you here?"
"Ginny, I…"
"Draco,help. Get this bloody dog off of me," Harry said, yelling and righting to fight the hugedog offof him.
Atrielhad sprung on top of him, trying to protect her master from Harry. She was biting into his arm and his robe turned into a dark red. Ginny gasped and Draco turned around. Ginny ran from the bed and tried to soothe the white beast. Atriel snarled at Ginny and Draco pushed her back away from the dog, sending her flying against the hard oak bed. Draco pointed his wand at the dog and quickly cried "Imperio". Atriel fell to the floor and Draco told her to stay.
Draco heard crying and looked back. Ginny was on the floor, curled up, with tears streaming down her face. "Ginny, what's wrong?" Draco asked, looking at her. She just shook her head and cried harder, a look of fright in her eyes.
"Tend to Harry, I'll be fine." Ginny said, sobbing. She didn't even look at him and turned away, trying to get on the bed. "Draco, make Atriel come to me, please."
Draco nodded and pointed his wand from Atriel to Ginny, demanding the dog to go. The dog looked at Draco and immediately jumped on the bed, lying down. Ginny collapsed on top of the white dog and lay there in silence, watching Draco.
Draco was bent over Harry. Harry was clutching his arm, his face in extreme pain. Draco quickly used his wand to put Harry to sleep. He took of his robe and looked at the bite. It was very deep and was still bleeding strongly. He used a simple spell to stop the bleeding and conjured up bandages and wrapped Harry's arm up tight. He then woke Harry and turned to face Ginny. She was still staring at him, not really looking at anything.
"Ginny, are you alright?" Draco asked, bending down to look her in the eye. Her soft green eyes looked away from his grey ones as she sat up.
"Draco, why are you here?" Ginny asked, finally looking at him. She petted the dog. Atriel was still under the spell and Draco pointed his wand at the dog and quickly took the spell off, trusting the dog with Ginny.
Draco looked uneasy and opened his mouth to speak but closed it slowly, deciding not to. His gaze turned to Madeliene and Gabriel, both lying on the floor unconscious. He pointed his wand at Gabriel and ropes appeared and tied both him and Madeliene. He turned back towards Harry, who was rubbing his bandages on his arm.
Ginny swung her feet around and jumped off the bed. Atriel followed and Ginny went and rung the bell cord on the other side of the bed. She heard a little pop and Dreip, the house elf, appeared.
"What can Dreip do for you, Misses?" the little house elf asked, smiling up at Ginny.
"Dreip, can you please show me to my room so I can collect my things?" Ginny said, bending down to face the house elf, smiling.
"Of course, this way," the house elf said, nodding. She proceeded to walk towards the door and Ginny, followed by Atriel, walked beside her. Ginny paused at the doorframe and turned to the Slytherin.
"Are you coming, Draco?" she asked. Not waiting for an answer, she turned and left the room, following the house elf down the hall.
Draco, not wanting to be left alone, told Harry to stay there, and followed Ginny out the door. He ran to catch up with her and slowly walked a safe distance behind Atriel. They turned and after going up many a staircase and going down many a hall they came to Ginny's room.
Ginny and Draco entered the room and Ginny turned to him, saying, "Draco, I love this room. When I get married, this is what my room will look like, hopefully."
Draco smiled and opened his mouth but Ginny cut him off. "Why did you come to get me? I understand why Harry did but I just can't figure out why you did." Ginny just looked at him with a smirk on her face.
Draco turned away and walked over to the bookshelf. He looked through them and picked one up. "This is a good book." He said, walking slowly towards her. "Theres a small love story in it, but the whole thing is romantic. They fight for what's right, even if they stand alone and even when they know they will lose. Here, you should read it." Draco handed her Return of the King.
"Draco, you know I've read that. I have posters of the movie all in my room." Ginny said, pushing the book back at him.
"I know you've seen the movie but have you read the book. It's a love story. Ginny, the reason I came to save you…was that I've…"Draco looked down, away from Ginny's eyes. Ginny lifted Draco's head and stared at him. "I've fallen in love with you." Draco looked at her with his soft grey eyes, searching hers for an answer.
"Draco, I… I don't know what to say." Ginny said, looking at the ground, letting her hand fall from his face.
"Surely you've felt it. There's something between us, you can't deny it." Draco said, looking still at her. "You can't just give up like that," he said, taking her hand in his.
"I know. But what about Cory?" Ginny asked, turning away from the blonde.
"You asked him to the dance and then you both are an item. I've watched you two together. He's always stiff, is he not?" Draco asked, touching her shoulder. Ginny jumped then relaxed. 'It is different. He was always tense and stiff, I just never noticed because…Draco had dumped me. He had broken me,' she thought as she turned to face him and took both his hands in hers.
"Draco, I asked him to the dance, he didn't ask me. You had dumped me for your old friends. I was heart-broken and I didn't know what to do. You're right, he was always tense. It didn't feel right but I didn't stop it because…" Ginny said, eyes glistening on the verge of tears.
"Ginny, don't cry." Draco said, pulling Ginny closer to him. "Because why?"
"Because I've fallen for you too, I guess." Ginny said, burying her head into his robe. He smiled at wrapped his arms around him. They stood there for a while until they heard a scream. Draco ran for the door and followed the screams with Ginny on his heels.
When Ginny finally caught up with him, he was standing in the door way of Gabriel's bedroom, mouth wide open. She looked over his shoulder and inside the room. Harry was lying on the floor, not moving at all. Gabriel was standing over Madeliene's body, yelling the Crucio curse again and again.
"Can't you see he's dead? He's not moving. STOP IT." Ginny screamed at him through tears. She pointed her wand at Gabriel but she couldn't speak. Words failed her as he threw a curse at her. She fell to the floor in pain, screaming to make it stop.
Draco pulled out his wand, but Gabriel was faster. "Crucio," he yelled. Draco fell to the floor and lay next to Ginny. He yelled Crucio again at Draco he turned his attention to Harry. He proceeded to take his necklace off of Harry. Ginny, clutching her stomach, steadied herself on the doorframe and slowly got up. She raised her wand and pointed it at Gabriel. Through tears, she screamed at him "Avada Kedavra". Draco raised his head and looked as Gabriel fell to the floor on top of Harry, dead. Ginny, realizing what she had done, fell to the floor on Draco, knocked out cold.
After a few minutes, Draco slowly got up and picked Ginny up. He walked inside the room and laid her on the bed. Turning around, he walked over and looked at Gabriel. He used his wand and lifted him up and set him off to the side. He bent over Harry and looked at the Gryffindor. Harry's expression of shock was still on his face and Draco closed his eyes and laid him back on the floor. He got the necklace from Gabriel's hand and put it back around Harry's neck.
"Draco, is he...really dead?" Ginny asked, sitting up on the bed. She swung her legs over, but Draco put up his hand, meaning for her to stop.
"Yes, Gin, he really is. Both of them. I'm going to take you to your room and you go lay down for a while. I need to floo Dumbledore." Draco said, walked over to the bed. He helped her off the high bed and offered her his hand. She looked at him then took it and let him lead her to her room.
They made their way down corridor and corridor, Draco leading Ginny along. They got to the door and Draco opened it, leading Ginny inside. He turned to leave but she didn't let go of his hand. He smiled at her, turning back to face her.
"Draco, please come back. Don't leave me here." Ginny said, looking up at him. He leaned in, as to kiss her but she turned away. He simply nodded.
"Of course, I'll be back as soon as possible. I promise," he said, turning to leave. She caught his hand, causing him to turn around. She got on her tiptoes and reached to kiss him on the check. He turned to the door and left, Draco Malfoy slightly blushing.
She watched him leave the room, a meek smile of her face.
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