Chapter 22 Truth Revealed
"You
can't abandon me
You belong to me
Breathe in and take my
life in you
No longer myself only you
There's no escaping me,
my love
Surrender
Darling, there's no sense in running
You
know I will find you"
-Evanescence
"Get their wands, quickly!" a distant voice commanded.
Ginny let out a soft moan as she began to awaken to a pounding head. As she opened her eyes, the people were blurry and indistinct but the voices were so familiar. No, not the voices, just his voice. Ginny let a small tear fall, as the people around her began to come into view. How could she be so foolish?
"Looks like the sleeping princess has awoken," he said as the men around him sneered.
Ginny tensed at the sound of his voice. She let out a small whimper as another tear fell down her cheek. This was it; she wasn't going to come out of this alive, she wasn't going to be able to tell her family good bye. She was going to be tortured and murdered by the man who abused her for almost a year and she wasn't coming back this time.
"Don't tell me you're afraid already," he said with a cruel laugh, "We haven't even had our fun yet, dearest, and when we do you know the real meaning of fear."
The men surrounding them gave out more chuckles and sneers as Ginny felt the tears well up in her eyes. She fought with all the strength she had to keep them back, but they just kept falling.
She felt Draco's hand tighten around her wrist. She had almost forgotten he was there with her. Why did they need him when what they really wanted was her? He began to loosen and tighten his grip on her wrist, almost as if he was trying to tell her something. She thought frantically as her eyes slowly began to scan the room. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a white envelope lying ten feet from her. The portkey! If her and Draco could reach it in time they would be safe.
Ginny began to slightly tug her arm away to get his attention. He took his hand and gripped hers. Draco slowly positioned himself so that he could make a fast break for the envelope.
Even if Ginny didn't make it back with him, he could at least get help. He didn't like the idea of leaving her alone in a room full of men, but it was their only chance of coming out of this situation alive. Draco gathered up his courage and made a quick dive for the envelope, but Stephan was quicker.
"Accio! Pretrificus Totalus!" Stephan shouted pointing to the envelope first then to Draco.
"You're a quick one, boy, but not quick enough."
Ginny scrambled to Draco's side and tried to think of something to help, but she was powerless without her wand.
"Take him, Lucius," Stephan commanded.
"There's no need to order me about, Stephan. I am well aware of what must happen for this plan to work," Lucius replied coldly.
"Well if you are aware of the contents of this plan then you are also aware of my authority. The Dark Lord put me in charge; therefore I will give you any order I please. And I believe you know from first hand experience that the Dark Lord does not like to be defied, Lucius, so I suggest you take your leave."
"I love you," Ginny whispered into to Draco's ear before Lucius walked over and dragged him out of the room.
"I believe the rest of you have business to attend to, you may also take your leave," Stephan said gesturing the other death eaters away with a flick of his hand.
He followed them to the cell and then locked it tight.
"Let the fun begin," He said with a cruel smile.
Draco felt the anger surge through his body as he fought to rid himself of the spell.
"There is no point in fighting it, son," Lucius said.
Although he knew he could not rid himself of the spell unless the counter spell was said, Draco kept fighting.
They soon reached another cell and Lucius dragged Draco in.
"Tie him up," he ordered to the death eater that had come in with them.
Draco glared at the death eater who began to tie him up but could not see his face under the cloak.
"Leave us now," Lucius ordered again. He then said the counter spell.
The second the spell was taken off Draco opened his mouth to speak but was silenced when Lucius raised his hand.
"I do not normally give explanations to prisoners, but seeing as you are my son and only heir this is an exception," he began.
"What do you want with me?" Draco snapped.
"Watch your tone boy, Lucius replied coldly, "seeing as you only have two options, you need to choose very wisely. Neither of them will prevent you from becoming what you are destined to become, and neither will prevent her death."
"What are my options?" Draco asked with a sigh. The only way to even have a chance of rescuing Ginny he would have to go along with his father.
"Glad you asked," he replied with a vicious smile, "You can either willingly become a death eater or I will have to resort to other methods to get you to comply. Choose wisely son. No matter what, you will become what you have always been destined for and it would be much easier if you accepted now rather than later."
He thought furiously about his choices. There was a very unlikely chance that he would ever see Ginny again. Would it be best if one of them survived instead of both ending up dead? There could always be someone else he might fall in love with. Maybe. Most likely not. If Ginny was going down fighting then so would he. He would fight for her.
"What exactly are these other methods?"
Ginny began to back her way into the corner. She looked up toward the ceiling in hope that there was a window she might be able to escape through. But she only saw black.
"Is this going to be like old times? Are we going to play hide-and-seek again in your little corner? I thought you weren't scared anymore," Stephan said with a sneer.
Although she did her best to remain calm, Ginny couldn't help but feel fear. Fear for her own life and fear for Draco.
"Undress, now!" he ordered.
"No," Ginny whispered.
"What was that?" he shouted.
"I said 'No'," she replied angrily.
"Come here you little bitch!" he yelled again, "You're always making things difficult!"
Stephan strode up to Ginny and grabbed a handful of her hair. She let out a cry of pain as he dragged her to an opposite wall. She struggled to get him to release her hair but he was too strong.
He then harshly grabbed her wrists and then bound them in shackles connected to the wall. Ginny let out another cry of pain as he slapped her across the face.
"Next time I give you an order, whore, I suggest you do it or I will resort to excessive violence, as I have now," he said and then slapped her across the face again.
Stephan began to tear at her clothes until she was only left in her bra and underwear, chained to the wall. Ginny began to let out loud sobs as he laughed in her face.
"You know, I rather happen to like this look. Who knew you had such a great body behind your over-sized clothing?" he laughed before delivering a blow to her stomach.
Ginny took in a raspy breath and let more tears fall, as she knew this was only the beginning. Her loud sobs started up again until she saw something glinting in his hand. She stopped when she saw the glinting object was a knife. Her knife.
"Where did you get that?" she asked quietly.
"I have my connections," he said before kicking her in the stomach, "You will only speak when I give you permission to, slut. Now, as I seem to recall, this little beauty was your friend, you only love, your world, and your savior. Now it will be your enemy, your worst nightmare, your torturer, and your murderer. Funny how friends can betray you so easily isn't it?"
Stephan let out another cruel laugh.
"But before all of this happens, I suppose you should know why I've decided to kill you. For now I'll just humor you and let you ask any question."
"You're not really an Auror, are you?"
"Of course not! I could never work for you pathetic defenseless ministry. All filled with imbeciles who run around hiding up secrets and plans just to make everyone feel safe. No, I am no Auror, I'm a death eater."
Stephan rolled up his sleeve to reveal the mark of the Dark Lord engraved into his arm.
"Why are you trying to kill me?" Ginny asked suddenly.
"I thought you would know by now, girl," Stephan said raising his eyebrows in surprise, "It's not because I hate you, or because I kill for the fun of it. Sooner or later you would have figured everything out, it was only a matter of time. You're too smart, you're too suspicious and that will get you into trouble, just like your brother. It's all for the greater good."
"And the greater good is killing innocent people?" Ginny shrieked.
"No one is innocent anymore. The innocent ones would kill us in a heart beat without hesitation if they got the chance. There will always be good and evil no matter what. And doing what I have to do to survive, even killing those you consider innocent, is all for my greater good and the people who share my belief. Even you are not as innocent as you appear," he whispered, "I know what lurks in your every thought. Or should I say whom? He would have been an excellent choice if only you were like us. Now hurry up with your questions, my patience is running thin."
"Your were the one who killed my father and brother, weren't you?" Ginny yelled as tears stained her cheeks.
"Of course, you stupid girl. Your father was a must if I had to insert myself into the family. Your brother was too nosy too suspicious, like you, so he was taken care of as well. Now it is your turn. Enough with your questions its my turn to have fun," he said with a laugh, " You know it's a real honor to have a virgin in my presence. Most of the girls I've had were all whores, so maybe I'll take my time with you. Make the experience more enjoyable, for me at least."
"You're fucking sick," she snarled.
"That may be true, but I'm not the one who massacred my arms just because I had a few mental problems. Who's the fucking sick one now? By the way how is my little scarred princess doing?" he asked walking toward her.
Stephan grabbed her arm and examined it closely.
"You seem to be letting off, no matter, we can just say you lost control and committed suicide. Everyone will believe it when they see the old scars on your arms. That was the original plan anyway," He said with an evil smile.
Stephan took the knife and ran it across Ginny's arms and then waist making her cry out in pain.
"What? Not used to the knife yet? You should be, you've been using it for almost seven months, you stupid little whore," he snarled slashing the knife across her cheek.
Draco lay panting on the floor, blood slowly trickling to the ground. His wrists had been bound too tight and were cutting into his skin causing them to bleed. He had been whipped several times on his back, which was also bleeding.
"Have you changed your mind yet, boy?" Lucius asked coldly.
"No," Draco said with a raspy breath.
How long had he been in this cell? Minutes? Hours? He couldn't feel or think anything except the pain that was filling his body and his mind.
"Well if we can't break you I'm sure Stephan can," Lucius replied.
"What makes you think that bastard can break me when even you can't?" Draco snarled.
Lucius slightly flared his nostrils as anger flashed in his eyes. He drew his hand back and slapped Draco across the face with all his strength.
"You will show respect boy! I dare say he will have more leverage over you than I do. Maybe if we're lucky enough he won't be finished completely. Up boy!" he shouted.
Draco slowly rolled over and got to his knees and then to his feet. The death eater at Lucius' side grasped the rope and led Draco out of the cell and down the hall. The walked the halls with a quick pace as he heard the cries of various men and women from other cells. They finally stopped at the cell Draco and Ginny had arrived in and stepped in.
"Stephan have you finished your part yet?" Lucius asked.
"I barely just started, why do you ask?"
"This one," he began pointing to Draco, "seems to be stronger than we thought. I figured a few minutes or hours in this cell would change his mind."
Stephan glared briefly at him before replying, "Very well. Untie the ropes binding his wrists and then tie him to the chair. It would be unfortunate if he managed to escape."
Draco was led to a small chair that stood directly across from Stephan. He was placed in it as the ropes around his wrists were cut and his upper body was tied to the chair.
As his eyes began to focus he could see a figure tied to the opposite end of the wall. After a few moments he could see the figure clearly and gave a gasp when he realized it was Ginny.
"Lucius you may leave, I work better when I am alone," he stated.
"Fine then," Lucius replied turning his back as he and the death eater exited the cell.
Stephan walked over to Draco and then sneered, "The best way to break a strong man is to let him see the one he loves tortured, raped, and murdered before his eyes."
Draco desperately fought against his bounds as her heard the sobs of Ginny.
"Ah-ah," Stephan tutted, " we'll have none of that now."
He walked up to Ginny and then began to beat her with the whip as Draco heard her loud cries of pain. After each shriek he would cringe out of fear and anger knowing he could do nothing to stop it.
The beating went on for a while until Draco heard Stephan let out a cruel laugh.
"This is only the beginning my dear. We still have plenty of time for this with no one to hear your screams except for the boy sitting in front of you. And then I will take what belongs to me and you will be mine. You will belong to me and you will know it until I end your life," he said.
Ginny could feel the metal cutting into her wrists and ankles. With each cry of pain she watched hopelessly as Draco cringed and struggled against his bonds without luck.
"Now the fun will really begin."
Ginny could feel him tear down her underwear and stick the handle of the blade inside of her as she let out another cry of pain.
It was the worst of all. Nothing else compared. Her whole body surged with pain as he shoved the handle into her without mercy or concern. All she could think of was the death that would soon belong to her. Then the pain would all be over. She then felt the knife slide in as she felt it cut her insides. She let the tears fall hard as she could only think of the pain.
Draco watched as he tortured her with the knife. He felt the anger surge through him as he saw the tears on her cheeks and the pain in her eyes.
Then something happened. Something he thought wouldn't occur. The bonds against his chest were looser than before. He could almost move back and forth in them. With each struggle he could feel the rope loosen slightly. For once his luck was good. The death eater must have not tied the ropes properly for he could now almost lift his arms up enough to escape. With one last push he raised the rope over his head and escaped from the chair.
Draco ran toward Stephan and tackled him to the ground. He shot up instantly and unlocked the chain that was holding back Ginny's wrist. As he reached for the next one he felt a foot collide with his stomach.
Ginny watched as Draco fell to the ground. She could do nothing with only one hand free but when Stephan came at her she used all her might to punch him in the face. That was all she needed as she watched Draco unlock the other arm and then Stephan stumble backwards.
"Get yourself out," he whispered and then turned to face Stephan.
As both of them fought against each other, Ginny quickly pulled up her underwear and unlocked the chains around her ankles. As they wrestled on the ground she saw her wand fall from Stephan's pocket and she ran to grab it.
Stephan had Draco pinned against the floor as he fumbled for his wand.
"Now, boy, you will die. Avada –"
"Expeliarmus!" Ginny shouted from across the room as his wand flew from his hand and into hers.
"Silenco! Petrificus Totalus!" she shouted again and Stephan fell flat as a board on the cell floor.
"Ginny are you okay?" Draco whispered running to her side.
"No," she said beginning to walk toward the chains on the wall and bent down to grab the knife that had been dropped.
"How are we going to get back, Draco?"
"I think the portkey is still in his pocket," he said walking over to Stephan and then grabbing the envelope from his pocket.
"Hurry and get your clothes we have to get out of here before they come back."
Ginny picked up her clothes and quickly threw on her tee shirt and jeans.
"Are you ready to go?" he asked quickly.
"Not yet," Ginny replied glancing toward Stephan.
She made her way toward him and looked deep into his eyes. She raised the knife so he would know that she had it in her hand.
"This will be a constant reminder of what you did to me. When you run your fingers across the scar or see it in the mirror you will remember my face and remember all of the pain you caused," she whispered with hate in her eyes.
She took the knife and plunged it into the side of his cheek and dragged it to his chin as she felt the warm blood cover her hands. She saw tears form in his eyes as she began to pull the knife from his wound.
"Ginny! What in the bloody hell are you doing?" Draco asked frantically pulling her back and seeing the blood on his hands.
"That was nothing compared to what he did to me," she whispered.
She could feel her breath become shallow as her knees began to buckle.
"Let's get you out of here before you collapse. Portus!"
Then she felt the familiar sensation as if something was pulling her through the air. She could feel Draco next to her holding her tightly to his chest not letting go.
They landed back in Draco's bedroom and Ginny fell to the ground as her legs collapsed. The last thing she felt was Draco lift her up in his arms before her world went black.
A/N: sorry for the long wait everybody. I wanted this chapter to be extra long and I've been very busy lately. Don't worry this isn't the last chapter and I hope I can update the next one soon. Hope you enjoyed.