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A/N: I made a change. In the previous chapter I asked if anyone wanted to make suggestions and someone did. Here is what's going to happen: When the story is in someone's point of view that doesn't know about Harry, Dudley and Draco, I'll refer to them as Hale, Darwin and Lukas. When someone knows, then I'll use their real names, Harry, Draco, Dudley.
Ex: "It was midnight so she was sure everyone was asleep, except for Draco of course."
However, Ginny would not know that he was Draco, therefore she would be thinking of him as Lukas. So it should be like this: "It was midnight so she was sure everyone was asleep, except for Lukas of course."
Chapter 7: Revelation
Draco sat on one of the green couches and felt oddly at home. He looked around the dark Slytherin common room and saw Goyle grinning in front of him sitting on a wooden chair.
"Isn't it good to be back here?" Goyle asked him.
"Yeah, I guess this place didn't change too much. This is better than seeing red everywhere. I swear, if I see anymore red I'm going to go blind," Draco told him.
Goyle chuckled, "Really? What about the Weasley girl? I'm sure her hair isn't the only thing that's going to blind you."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Draco asked.
"Her beauty you git. Did going to America make you dull? You used to like the girl remember? And she has changed, a lot."
"Do you like her or something?"
"No, of course not. I'm just saying. I know you've noticed too. She could easily be the most beautiful girl in school in school if she wanted. Do you know how hard it was to protect her?"
"I never asked you two to look after her like some watch dogs. I just asked you guys to leave her alone."
Draco got up and paced in front of the fireplace. All the things that happened in this common room were rushing back to him, all the parties, studying and all the times he spent with his small group of friends. He ran his hand through his hair. It was starting to get long. He needed a haircut.
"Hey, are you all right? We just thought that if you liked her so much, you didn't want her to come to any harm. A lot of guys here thought that since you were gone, it would be okay to mess with her. That girl does attract attention. Youngest and only girl of the Weasleys and the heir of Slytherin," Goyle explained.
"She is not the heir of Slytherin," Draco snapped.
"Okay fine, didn't want to make you mad. I'm surprised that no one else outside of Slytherin knows she opened the chamber. I guess we were ashamed to say that a Gryffindor opened it instead of one of us."
"Make sure that no one else finds out about that. She…she is still haunted by that experience," Draco said softly. He sat back on the couch and bowed his head.
"I can't believe I'm spending time here with you, instead of going to Hogsmeade."
Goyle put a hand over his heart, "I'm hurt. Anyway, this is the only time we could talk without sneaking around."
Draco was silent.
"That girl is getting to you isn't she…fine don't answer. Okay, what were we supposed to talk about? Oh I remember, two years ago. You're death really got to a lot of people here."
"Glad to know that I was loved."
Goyle looked up at him, "I don't think that it was love that got to them. I mean think about it. You were only fifteen when you supposedly died. Nobody wants to die at that age and that is what made some of these people think. Too many got scared after your death, but they were mostly the younger students. The seventh years at that time thought you were foolish to betray that Dark Lord. Did you know that after Potter's death all the teachers were practically breathing down our necks? They were too busy watching us Slytherins that they didn't notice the other houses turning to the Dark Lord. They are so blind and narrow-minded. They will never win this war if they don't open their eyes to all the possibilities."
"The other houses? Do you know any other people turning?" Draco asked.
"Sure, I could list all the people that became Death Eaters and those involved in Dark Arts. I could tell you most of them are Ravenclaws. You know how everyone looks down on the Hufflepuffs, but those people have an evil side too. There are also a few Gryffindors out there, but the Dark Lord has his eyes on one of them. I doubt that she'll join him though."
"She?" Draco questioned. She must be really powerful or something, because Voldemort looks down on women. He thinks that a woman should just stay home and bear the children.
"You'd never guess who it is, but I'll just tell you. Your girlfriend."
"My girlfriend? I don't…Ginny?" Draco asked. He was surprised.
"Yeah, but like I said. I don't think she'll ever turn to the Dark Arts. Besides, you won't let her. Also, everyone knows she and her brothers are part of the Order. That isn't some secret. All the goody goodies together in one room. Speaking of the Order, you know that Black is free right?" Goyle asked. Draco nodded.
"They caught that klutz Pettigrew. The person went back to the house they raided to get his mask. Can you believe that? Anyway, they caught him and he was stupid enough to believe that the Aurors will let him free if he snitched on everyone," Goyle said as he let out a snort. Draco was staring out in space. Goyle shook his head upon seeing Draco. He walked in front of him and waved his hand in front of his face. Draco caught his hand.
"Are you even listening to me?" Goyle asked.
"Yeah, you were talking about Pettigrew," Draco answered and he stood up. He looked at his wristwatch and saw that it was past noon.
"I have to go. Can you get me that list of the possible candidates and those that are Death Eaters?" Draco asked him.
"Um sure," Goyle told him, "Are you going to Hogsmeade?"
"Yes," Draco answered as he started to walk out the common room. He turned and said bye to Goyle.
*_*_*_*_*
"Look at all these sweets," Dudley said. Dudley, Lavendar, Harry and Ginny were in Honeydukes. It was a Hogsmeade weekend and almost everybody came. Harry was ecstatic about the visit. Dudley didn't even know Hogsmeade was a place. Ginny invited Draco to come along but he said that he had to do something else.
Harry saw that Ginny looked gloomy and he knew the reason why, Draco. He couldn't believe that Draco would pass up the chance to go to Hogsmeade. Draco said he had more important things to do.
"Hey, you all right?" Harry asked Ginny.
Ginny let out a breath, "Yes, I'm fine. I'm just thinking about Lukas."
"I pretty much assumed that you were," Harry commented. Ginny had been acting weird ever since she kissed Draco. Sometimes Harry would catch her watching Draco sadly, but whenever they were together she seems happy.
The door opened and Harry turned around to see who came in. It was Draco and his clothes and hair were disheveled. His face was flushed and he was breathing hard. Ginny immediately rushed to him. Draco was holding onto the door for support.
"I…I ran here," Draco explained.
Ginny smiled at him and helped him up.
*_*_*_*_*
Draco took a long sip from his cup of butterbeer.
"It's been such a long time since I've had one of these," Draco commented.
"What made you come? I thought you said you had more important things to do," Ginny told him.
Draco just chuckled and took another sip. He put a hand over Ginny's on the table.
"I don't think there's anything more important to me than spending time with you," Draco told her.
"Oh my gosh did you hear that Darwin. That's so sweet," Lavendar commented.
"Hmhm. Hey, do you guys want some?" Dudley asked the guys, holding a bag of sweets.
Lavendar glared at him and hit him on the back of his head.
"Ow, what was that for? I was listening to you. Besides, Lukas that was a corny pick-up line."
"That wasn't corny, I thought that it was pretty romantic," Ginny commented.
Dudley just shook his head and threw a chocolate frog at Draco. Draco caught it and opened the package. He took out the card and scowled.
"Exactly how many of these cards did they make?" Draco asked.
Draco threw the card on the table. The card of Harry Potter was glaring at him. Lavendar squealed when she saw the card.
"What are you talking about? This is one of the rarest cards around," Lavendar remarked.
"I don't think they had a right to make a card of him," Harry said.
"I agree. The guy didn't even do anything great," Draco added.
"That's not what I meant," Harry said.
"Not do anything great?" Ginny asked, "Harry brought a time of peace in the wizarding world."
"Peace? Are we in peace now? We will never be in peace unless we embrace the Dark Arts."
"What are you talking about? The Dark Arts are forbidden for a reason," Ginny told him. What was Lukas talking about? Did he even know what he's saying?
"If they forbid us from doing something, doesn't that make you curious as to why? All spells could be considered as Dark Arts. It's just that some spells are more powerful than others, that's why everyone is so afraid of it."
"Dark Arts are evil," Ginny countered.
"Ginny, there is no such thing as good and evil, just power."
Ginny suddenly became terrified of him, "You sound like a Death Eater."
Draco suddenly realized whom he was talking to. He couldn't believe that he said all those things to Ginny. After he started talking he couldn't stop.
"I'm sorry. I'm starting to sound like Voldemort," Draco said.
Everyone around them stopped talking and turned towards Draco. Draco glared at everyone looking his way.
"Is there something wrong?" Draco asked, "I'm sorry, I have to go."
He threw a bag of coins on the table and left the Three Broomsticks. Ginny watched him leave.
"There is definitely something wrong with that guy," Lavendar said.
*_*_*_*_*
It was midnight again and Ginny went down to the common room. She needed to talk to Lukas. After he left the Three Broomsticks she couldn't find him anywhere. She was sure that he would be in the common room, he always was. She saw him sitting in front of the fire.
"Did I scare you at the Three Broomsticks?" Draco asked. He turned around to look at her. Ginny walked towards him and took a seat next to him.
"Do you really believe in all that stuff you said? Or is that your father talking?"
"What would you know about my father?" Draco snapped. He turned back towards the fire.
"It seemed as if he was expecting a lot from you. Did he live with you guys in America? You never talk about him. You make it seem as if he's just some memory."
Draco stood up, "My own father doesn't even know that I'm alive. To him I'm dead and a disappointment."
Ginny also stood up and put a hand on his shoulder, "That not true."
Draco turned to face her, "You don't know anything about me or my past. You wouldn't know what happened between me and my father."
Draco was about to leave her but Ginny held onto his hand.
"You're not going to leave me again. I don't know anything about you because you never tell me anything. You never talk to anyone else either, you don't even talk to your own brother."
"He's not my brother!" Draco yelled. The thing he hated most about going to America was posing as Perfect Potter's brother. Everybody was telling him how he was nothing like his brother. All his teachers told him he should be more like his brother. And even Katie…she even compared him to Harry. It was so irritating.
"What do you mean?" Ginny asked.
"Just forget it," Draco said as he tried to shake Ginny's hand off, but she wouldn't let go.
"No, just answer me first."
"Why do I have to answer you? You are nothing to me," Draco said getting annoyed.
Ginny finally let go of his hand. Draco saw that she had tears coming out of her eyes.
"Ginny…I'm sorry," Draco said as he tried to take her hand.
Ginny backed away and now her tears were flowing freely. She turned to run up the dormitories, but Draco ran faster to catch her. He caught her around the waist and held her from running. Ginny was struggling out of his grasp, but he just held her tighter.
"Please…just let go of me. Let me go Lukas," Ginny pleading.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that, it just came out."
"Things just don't come out of your mouth! Am I really nothing to you?" Ginny asked, her voice was quivering.
"No, you are…Ginny please just listen to me. I didn't mean what I said. I was just angry and like what happened in the Three Broomsticks, I said some things I didn't even know I was saying. Ginny please forgive me, I didn't mean what I said. You are…"
"What am I to you?" Ginny asked, "Do you hate me or something? I don't even know if you like having me around. One minute we're kissing and the next we're yelling at each other."
"Ginny, if I let you go do you promise not to run from me?"
Ginny nodded and Draco released her. Draco walked in front of her and lifted her chin so he could see her face. Her eyes were red from crying.
"Ginny…I don't even know what I feel for you. But I know that we can't just be friends. Ginny please look at me."
Ginny was looking down. She eventually looked up at him. His eyes were gray again. Ginny liked it better whenever his eyes are gray. She feels as if he's truthful whenever they're like that. It's as if he can't hide anything.
"We can't be just friends because you're more than that. You don't know it, but you know more about me than Hale or anybody in this school. You're probably the only one that knows that I come here at midnight. You're also the only one in this school that knows about Emily. You're one of the few people that know I'm a Death Eater. I want to tell you that…"
"Do you know that I love you?" Ginny asked.
"Yes," Draco answered.
"But how?"
"I heard you the other day, here in the common room after I kissed you. You whispered it. Ginny, let me finish please. You mean more to me than you know and that's starting to get to me. Ginny, if we start a relationship I'll only end up hurting you."
"How do you know? How do you know that you'll hurt me?"
"You hate me," Draco said.
"You hated him didn't you?" Draco asked. He thought that she probably did. All Weasleys hate Malfoys. She turned to face him. Draco saw loathing in her eyes.
"Yes, I hated him. Maybe hate isn't even strong enough of a word to describe how much I didn't like him."
"What are you talking about? I just told you I love…"
"If you knew my name then you would take that back."
"But isn't your name Lukas?" Ginny asked. She was starting to get confused.
"That's the thing, it's not. My name is not Lukas, Hale is not my brother and I don't belong in Gryffindor. This is a lie, all of it! The thing that's eating me the most is that I can't tell you any of those things. I have feelings for you Ginny. It may not be love but it's really close to it."
Draco took Ginny's hands and kissed them. He looked up at her eyes.
"I'm afraid that if we start a relationship and you find out the truth you'll leave me. You said it yourself, you hate me."
"I never said…" Ginny started. The only person she told Lukas that she hated was…Malfoy. It couldn't be. Ginny looked up at him, he did look like my Malfoy. Wait…His eyes… no wonder they looked familiar.
"You said hate isn't strong enough to describe how much you didn't like me," Draco told her.
"But you're dead."
"I'm standing in front of you aren't I? I'm as alive as you are."
"You killed Harry!" Ginny exclaimed.
"For the last time I never killed Potter! How many times do Harry and I have to say that? You look surprised, yes Potter is alive and guess who it is," Draco said spitefully. Ginny was thrown aback at the tone of his voice. He never talked to her like that.
"Hale?" Ginny asked.
"Congratulations, you figured it out. Now I'm waiting for Granger. Now that you know that everybody's hero is alive and I'm everybody's most hated person, you'll forget that you ever loved me," Draco told her. He walked around her and walked up the stairs leading to the dormitories.
This time Ginny couldn't stop him, she couldn't even move. It was hard for her to believe that Lukas is really Malfoy. Why didn't she see it before? He's so different from the Malfoy she knew. Malfoy was a bully and Lukas…he stays away from everyone. Malfoy and Lukas seem as if they are two different people. She had to talk to Harry tomorrow.
*_*_*_*_*
Ginny was sitting on one of the couches in the common room. She had a hard time sleeping after Lukas told her he is Malfoy. It is already morning and Ginny was waiting for Hale or whomever he is to come down. She saw Hale come down with Darwin. Darwin? Ginny didn't even know who he is yet. She looked over to Lavendar who smiled upon seeing to two. Lavendar walked to Darwin and dragged him out of the common room. Ginny got up and walked towards Hale.
She whispered in his ear, "I need to talk to you…Harry."
Harry's eyes widened after he heard what Ginny called him. Did Draco tell her? Harry took her hand and led her to the boys' dorm. After both of them got inside, Harry locked the door and put a silencing spell around the room. He turned towards Ginny.
"Did Luk…"
"Malfoy told me," Ginny interrupted, "Is that really you Harry?"
"Yeah."
Ginny smiled, walked to Harry and hugged him.
Harry was worried about what happened to Draco. Why did he tell Ginny?
Ginny released Harry and stepped back.
"I can't believe you're really alive," Ginny said.
"Did you and Draco get into an argument? How are things between you two?" Harry asked, "I haven't seen him so I wouldn't know."
Ginny bowed her head and walked to Draco's bed. She sat down and took the pillow on the bed. She buried her face in it. It smelled like him.
Harry was starting get worried about what happened to the two. He sat down next to Ginny.
"Are you all right?" Harry asked.
Ginny looked up, "No, I'm not all right. How did this happen? What happened two years ago? Why did you let everyone think that you were dead?"
Harry took a big breath, "That's a lot of questions, but let me ask you something first. What really happened between you and Draco?"
"It started with an argument. I told him I loved him and he said he didn't want to start a relationship because he'd end up hurting me. I asked him questions and he eventually told me."
"You love him?" Harry asked. He never expected this. Ginny just told him she had a crush on the guy.
"Yes, I don't know what to do now. The guy that I love is the same guy that I hate most," Ginny said.
Harry put a hand on her back, "Do you still love him now that you know he's Malfoy?"
"I don't know."
"I guess this is the reason Draco tried to avoid spending time with you. This is hard for him too. I've been watching you two and I see that he cares about you, more than he thinks. The guy's different somehow, you would have never guess that he was Malfoy. I won't say he changed because he never did. All his beliefs are the same, he…he just secluded his self from everyone. He was never acting when he was with you, he just never told you his real name. Ginny you fell in love with Malfoy."
Ginny thought about what Harry said. Did it really matter if it was Malfoy that she fell in love with? All the terrible things that he had done to her rushed back to her mind.
"What really happened Harry?" Ginny asked.
"The day I supposedly died was the day Draco saved me. He was a spy for Dumbledore; you already know that. He didn't have time to warn all the members of the Order. Dumbledore told him to fake our deaths; he said it was the only way to protect me. For two years we lived in America posing as brothers. Draco gave up everything to save my life and now I'm indebted to him," Harry explained.
"Who's Darwin?"
"Who else? My cousin Dudley," Harry answered happily.
Harry turned serious, "Ginny, talk to Draco. Maybe you could still fix things between the two of you."
"Do I even want to?" Ginny asked.
*_*_*_*_*
Harry woke up. He looked around the room and saw it was still dark. He smelled something familiar, a cigarette? Harry pushed the curtain of his four-poster bed and saw Draco sitting on the window smoking a cigarette. When did Draco start smoking? Harry walked to Draco.
"I couldn't sleep," Draco told Harry when he saw him. Harry coughed when he got closer to him. He hated the smell of the smoke.
"Where did you get that?" Harry asked. Draco brought the cigarette to his lips and took a drag. He blew out smoke.
"I bought it from Jimmy. Do you know how much that guy overcharges?"
"Jimmy…Katie's cousin?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, that's the one. You want one?" Draco asked holding out the pack at him.
Harry shook his head. He walked to Draco, took the pack of cigarettes from him and threw it out the window.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing? Do you know that's a whole day's salary? That was my last pack too."
"Did you ever listen in health class? That stuff if bad for you. People die from smoking too much."
"I won't die from a little smoke. I have like one cigarette for every what? Three months. You can't die from smoking four cigarettes in a year. Besides, wizards have a better immune system than muggles."
Harry shook his head at him. At least the guy's not smoking pot. He remembered the time he walked in on Draco doing just that. Jimmy gave him the stuff. Draco complained of a headache afterwards and swore never to smoke the stuff again.
Draco took a long drag from his cigarette, "So, how are things between you and Weasley?"
"Who, Ron?"
"No, Ginny. I'm sure she ran to you, she knows you're Harry and I'm Draco. I told you she'd leave me if she finds out I'm Draco. Did you bed her yet?"
"What are you talking about? Are you sure you're not smoking some illegal drug?"
"Never mind, she's too innocent for that. She's not like Katie, that…that… what's a nice word for a whore?" Draco asked laughing.
Harry stared at him. Does he know?
"What? You think I didn't figure it out? Did you think that it was a coincidence that my motorcycle accident happened the same day you slept with her?" Draco asked, "You're stupider than I thought?"
"Did you drink something?" Harry asked. Never once did Harry hear Draco talk badly about Katie. Harry looked on the floor and saw a half empty bottle of fire whiskey. He bent down to get it.
"Where did you get this?"
"That?" Draco asked, "Bought it. I think."
Draco scratched his head, "Oh now I remember. I asked Goyle for something to get me drunk, fast. Hahaha."
"Oh shit, you are drunk. Come on, we have to get you to bed."
Draco pushed away the hand Harry offered, "I'm not done talking to you. What were we talking about?"
"Draco, you're drunk and you don't know what you're saying."
"I do know. I remember now. I wanted to tell you I hate you. Yup, I hate you. Not because you're Potter, but because you took everything from me. I didn't hate you until that day you got under her knickers. I'm just wondering how you did it. How did you get her to sleep with you? I couldn't even get her to take off her shirt for me. That bastard really ruined her."
"Draco, you don't know what you're saying."
"You know, that's the second time you said that. She told me what he did to her and I understood. I never tried to force myself unto her, unlike him. I know you didn't do that either. I saw you two. She wanted you and you…don't tell me you were drunk when you slept with her, because if you do I will push you off this window. I saw everything, I was ready to give my heart to her and you ruined it! You took everything I always wanted. You took my father away from me, you took Katie, and now Ginny."
"I don't have anything to do with Ginny," Harry tried to defend his self.
Draco didn't seem to hear him, he just continued to talk, "I came early to surprise her that weekend, and boy, was I surprised. It was then and there that I came to hate you. I guess I was fooling myself. Everyone always thought that you were better than me. You were more athletic, more popular and…just plain better. We were twins, why have me when she could have the better half?"
"That's not what happened!" Harry yelled at him. He shook Draco. Draco was surprised and accidentally dropped his cigarette out the window. He watched it fall.
"You don't know anything about Katie. So don't talk about her like that. She felt guilty for what we did, so did I. After your accident we just couldn't tell you. That was like a sign that what we had could never happen again. You thought you hated me. I hated you for that. Things were never the same between us afterwards."
Draco pushed Harry away, "She never loved me and I never loved her, but I cared about her. Maybe, I was ready to love her. But you…she loved you. I guess I knew that from the start, I was just too stupid to think I could win her. Now history is repeating itself over and over and…look there's a bird."
Harry looked at where Draco was pointing. It was an owl and it was flying towards them. The owl held out its leg at Harry. He took the letter and the owl flew away. Harry read the letter and frowned. They had another Order meeting. He turned to look at Draco and found he was gone. He looked around and saw him behind him drinking rest of the contents of the bottle of fire whiskey. Harry took the bottle and threw it out the window.
"That's mine!" Draco yelled.
"You idiot, now you're getting drunker. We have an Order meeting, try to compose yourself," Harry told him.
"How do I do that?"
Harry made a sound of frustration. Of all the days for him to get drunk, he chose one with an Order meeting. Harry decided to wake up the other boys before dealing with Draco. Ron made a look of disgust when he saw Draco. Harry explained that he was drunk. Harry, Ron and Dudley changed first before they tried to help Draco. Ron didn't want to help but Harry pleaded with him.
"Wait we can't go yet. The list," Draco said.
Harry was glad he knew what Draco was talking about. Draco tells everything he knows to Harry in case he can't go to one of the Order meetings. Harry ran to the table next to Draco's bed and got out he list.
*_*_*_*
Hermione was pacing in front of the stairs. She and Ginny have been waiting for the boys for five minutes already.
"Where are they?" Hermione said. She looked at her watch.
"Careful. Take one step at a time," A voice said.
"Just push him off the stairs," Ron said.
"Let me go. I can walk by myself."
Hermione saw that it was the boys. When they got close to her she smelled something. Cigarette? She was sure that it was. She has been to so many places where people smoked that she would recognize the smell from a mile away. Hermione walked to them and found out the smell was coming from Lukas.
"He smokes?" Hermione asked Hale.
"Unfortunately. Hermione, you have to help us. He's drunk," Harry explained, "He also has a presentation. We can't let the rest of them see him like this. They don't need another reason to distrust him."
Ginny watched Draco. She couldn't believe he would act like this. Did he drink because of her?
"Okay fine," Hermione said. She muttered a spell, "It'll take some time to take effect. We have to go, we're late again."
Draco pushed Harry's hand away. He said he could walk by himself, but he was wrong. He staggered forward. Ginny went to him to help him.
"Go on ahead guys. I'll help him," Ginny told them, "Just tell them we're on our way."
Ron looked as if he was going to protest but Harry told him they would be all right. When Harry and Ron left, Hermione and Dudley followed.
"Why are you doing this to yourself?" Ginny asked.
'Why am I even with you?' Ginny asked herself. She was supposed to be mad at him, be glad to see him like this because he is Malfoy, but she wasn't. She was worried about him.
"I don't need your help. I don't need anybody," Draco said. He tried to brush her off.
"Why are you even with me? Shouldn't you be with wonder boy? Go, just leave me. I'll get to Dumbledore's office."
"In your state? I don't think you could get out of the common room. Why are you doing this to yourself Draco? Is it because of me?"
Draco laughed at her, "Because of you? HA! You think too much of yourself. I drank because of Potter. I know you went to him, he was your crush remember. He is everything you always wanted, right? You didn't answer my question, why are you with me?"
"Just because you're Malfoy doesn't mean I'm not worried about you," Ginny said. She tried to take one of his hands but he backed away from her.
"You don't have to act as if you care, because I know you don't. Dying wasn't enough for me remember? I'm the person you hate most in the world," Draco told her.
"Do you want me to hate you?" Ginny asked. After she talked to Harry, she realized exactly how much she did care about Draco.
I won't say he changed because he never did.
Harry told her she fell in love with Malfoy, maybe he was telling the truth. She remembered the times she spent with him during the past months. She remembered just talking to him here in the common room. She always felt she could open up to him. She remembered just watching him. She could easily watch him doing nothing for hours and she could never tear her eyes from him. And the kiss…Ginny felt something when she kissed him. She found out she loved him when she kissed him.
*_*_*_*_*
"Where is your brother?" Sirius asked. He was getting annoyed at waiting so long for Rooke. Who does the boy think he is wasting their time?
"He's coming. He's feeling sick right now," Harry said, "Why don't we just start? He told me what he was going to say."
"I don't think we could wait for him any longer. Go ahead and start," Dumbledore said.
Harry nodded and started talking.
*_*_*_*_*
"I don't know what I want," Draco said, breaking Ginny from her thoughts, "Everything is so confusing. Maybe you should just go on hating me and maybe then you could just leave me alone and let me live my life in peace."
"You said you had feelings for me and it's close to love. Is that true?"
"Why would you care now? It wouldn't make a difference for anything."
"Just answer me!"
Draco was taken aback by the tone of her voice, "What would you do if I told you I do love you? Because I do. I told you you'd leave me if you find out who I am. I guess love doesn't conquer all."
Draco started walking towards the portrait hole but Ginny grabbed his hand.
"Why do you always leave with the last word? Are you scared of my reaction? You didn't even wait to see how I would react last week."
"And see what? See you look at me as if you wish I'd die?" Draco yelled.
"Ginny you love him don't you? Who cares if you look like a fool? Do anything, cry, beg do everything to get him back," Hermione said.
Draco was startled when Ginny hugged him. He didn't know whether to hug back or push her away.
"I love you Draco and you never gave me a chance to tell you."
Draco got out of her embrace.
"You don't love me. You love the idea of Lukas and you yourself said I look like Potter. You don't love me."
Draco continued to walk towards the portrait hole. Ginny grabbed his shirt.
"You are not going to leave me!" Ginny yelled, she was getting desperate.
"What do you want from me?"
"Draco, please believe me I'm begging you. I love you and I mean it. You just told me you love me. Why can't we be together? I know who you are, what else is there that I don't know about you?"
*_*_*_*_*
"Um…Lukas made a list of the students that are involved in the Dark Arts," Harry said. He gave the paper he found on Draco's desk to Dumbledore.
Dumbledore read over the list of students. He looked questionably at Harry. Most of the people on the list never caused any trouble to anyone. He wondered how Draco made the list. Dumbledore noticed that there were very few Slytherins on the list; he expected them to be the majority. Dumbledore performed a spell and copies of the list were given to everyone.
People started to whisper upon seeing the list. They seriously doubted that these people have even read a Dark Arts book.
"Are you wasting our time?" Sirius Black asked.
'Where are you Draco?' Harry was thinking.
*_*_*_*_*
"Why would you want to be with me?" Draco asked. This girl really doesn't give up, does she?
"Draco, I love you."
"You keep on saying that, but you never give me reasons why you do. Do you even know what love is?" Draco asked her. He looked at his watch, "Can we talk about this later? We have a meeting remember?"
He didn't wait for her to answer when he left the common room leaving Ginny behind.
*_*_*_*_*
Draco and Ginny entered Dumbledore's office together. Everyone looked their direction when they came in.
"Here they are," Sirius muttered.
Harry looked relieved when he saw Draco. When Draco sat next to him he told him what he has done so far.
"What took you so long?" Harry whispered.
"Nothing, we just had to talk. Um…so did you guys read the list?" Draco asked.
"Are you the one that made this?" Ms. Figg asked.
"Actually a friend of mine made it. He's a reliable source."
"A friend? Who is this person?" Sirius asked.
Draco scratched his head. He didn't want to tell him it was Goyle. They would probably dismiss the list if he did. To them Goyle is probably another Death Eater. Draco knows for a fact that they discriminate against Slytherins.
"Well?" Sirius said.
"Goyle. Gregory Goyle."
Sirius laughed at him and everybody started whispering. 'Goyle? Isn't he a Death Eater?'
"Greg Goyle is not a Death Eater," Draco said, defending his friend, "I know for a fact he turned his back on the Dark Arts along with Parkinson, Crabbe, Nott and most of those Slytherins."
Sirius chortled, "You expect us to believe you? All the people you just listed have been involved for centuries. Why should they change now?"
Draco stood up and was glaring at Sirius, "You have no right to judge those people through their families. You know nothing about them. This is the reason you are going to lose this war. You don't open your eyes to the possibilities. If you don't do anything now, the forces will become too great to stop."
Sirius stood up so he would be face to face with Draco, "How do we know you're not twisting this around? For all we know, this is some elaborate plot you made with Voldemort."
Draco laughed, "You know, Potter said the same thing." His eyes widened after he said that. It just came out of his mouth. Before he knew it, Sirius' wand was pointed at him. His face was scrunch up in anger.
"Sirius, leave him. He's not worth it," Remus said. He glared at Draco and tried to get Sirius to sit down.
"I think we should end the meeting now," Dumbledore said, "I'll decide what to do with the list some other time. I don't think that anyone could make decisions today. You are all dismissed."
Everyone except for the people that knew Harry, Draco and Dudley are alive left. The three boys along with Professor Snape, Ginny and Bill were still in the office.
"Ms. Weasley, you cannot tell anyone about Harry, Draco and Dudley. It is crucial nobody else finds out. The reason we have kept the secret for so long is because very few people know," Dumbledore told her.
"Don't worry Headmaster, I won't tell anyone."
"Okay, you may be excused."
Everyone left the office. Draco was about to walk to the tower but Ginny held him back.
"You said we were going to talk."
A/N: Well, that's all folks. (I've always wanted to say that.) ;-). Sorry for the cliffy.
Thank you to everyone that reviewed. A special thanks to hasapi for making a suggestion for this fic. Also, I used her example in the author's note above. Another special thanks to my beta, Blazefury.
Next Chapter: Ginny and Draco have that talk. We find out more about Draco's relationship with him parents. Was Narcissa a good mother? What about Lucius?