You Set Me Free
By Duck Goddess
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.
basketball15 – He IS 17…he's in his seventh year and he turned seventeen before his seventh year as his birthday's June 6th…I thought you would figure it out as you're the mathematical one…sniggers don't kill me!
superspunky7 – "What the fuck were you thinking?" do you mean that as in 'aarrgghh that chapter sucked. What were you thinking?' or 'oh my God! Colin and Leah are with Death Eaters! What were you thinking?' Sorry, I'm just a little confused with the meaning of your review.
NikkiEvans – LOL, people are so worried. I can kill them but I won't. Lucius Malfoy likes to hurt people while killing 'em.
eatingmania – Well, no one's said that yet. They're all saying: don't kill them! Update soon!
blackfox – LOL, yeah, I love Draco. He's so cool. I like him best in the Draco Trilogy by Cassandra Claire. Love his sarcasm in those stories.
Chapter Six
Colin woke up to find Leah lying in the cell beside him. He jumped and looked around carefully. There were no Death Eaters in sight. Colin was grateful to have Malfoy on their side but he was a bit wary of him.
After all, he did cause Ginny to cry and she NEVER cried. What if the Death Eaters found out that Malfoy was working for the Order? There would be no way out for them.
He heard a moan and looked at Leah. She opened her eyes wearily and sighed.
"We're still here?" she asked absentmindedly, "God, my head hurts. Damn Malfoy and his stupid Crucios."
"Yup," Colin replied.
"What I don't get is why my parents let the Death Eaters take over my house. How could they do that?" Leah asked herself, frowning.
Colin remained silent. She caught the look on his face and gasped.
"They're dead? How can they be dead? I – my – oh, I'm so going to kick their sorry little arses!" Leah rambled, her eyes filled with rage.
"Leah, calm down. What we need to do right now is get out of here," Colin said soothingly, looking around nervously. They're not doing a good job of watching me.
"How can you just sit there and tell me to calm down? MY PARENTS WERE MURDERED BY THOSE COLD-BLOODED BASTARDS, FOR MERLIN'S SAKE!" she screamed, her eyes shut and her face red with anger.
Colin heard footsteps and froze. Leah was still ranting and Lucius Malfoy appeared.
"As her man-whore, you should do a better job of shutting her up, mudblood," he sneered. Leah caught sight of him and stood up heatedly.
"You should watch who you're calling a man-whore, Lucius," she spat, "You're You-Know-Who's, after all."
Why the hell are you so hot-headed? Colin thought helplessly.
Lucius' eyes narrowed. Colin gulped.
"I should care that you insulted me but I don't. Potter, Weasley and their little gang are coming to rescue you. I'm not killing you yet because I want them to watch you two die," he said, smirking.
Leah's eyes widened, as did Lucius' smirk.
I shouldn't have come.
If you didn't come, Colin would be dead by now.
Well, because of ME, FOUR MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THEIR GRAVES!
Colin's the love of your life!
Ginny's my best friend!
"I'll send someone to look after you kids," Lucius taunted. He left the room and his son appeared.
"What the hell are you doing here?" he hissed, glaring at Leah.
"Hello to you too, Malfoy," she replied, "Just get us out of here so I can warn Ginny! You don't want her to die, do you?"
"I can't," Malfoy snapped, "They sent me here to guard you. If they find out that you're gone, they'll kill me!"
"Malfoy's right, Leah," Colin said. She glared at him.
"You're meant to be my boyfriend and best friend! Well, I'm not going to sit here and die!" Leah exclaimed. She pulled out her wand.
"Accio!" Malfoy mumbled and her wand zoomed into his hand.
"What the hell was that for?" Leah asked angrily.
"Shut up and listen, Campbell," he snapped.
"Bite me," she hissed. Colin rolled his eyes.
"Silencio!" Malfoy muttered and Leah couldn't make a sound.
"Lesson for today, kids," he said mockingly, "Don't cast spells inside the cells otherwise an alarm will go off and the bad guys will rush in here! Here's the plan: you guys wait here, Ginny and the others arrive and a battle ensues. People die and Potter defeats Voldemort. Ginny and Potter get married and they'll have lots of kids while I stick pins into a voodoo doll of Potter that doesn't work!"
Leah and Colin exchanged glances. How jealous is he? they thought in unison.
"Now, you kids just sit here and have a snog session or something and I'll try not to regurgitate the tuna sandwich I just had," Malfoy said.
"Why did you say those things to Ginny if you're in love with her?" Colin couldn't help blurting out.
"Why should I tell you?" he sneered.
"I'm her best friend," Colin said simply.
"That makes you really special, Creevey," Malfoy replied sarcastically.
"You know, she loves you too. You can still get her back," he said, ignoring his previous remark.
"Try to keep up with the gossip, Creevey," Malfoy said, "She's with Potter."
"Ginny doesn't like him the way she likes you, Malfoy. Although she admires him for being all…good, I know she doesn't love him."
"Why would she be with Potter if she doesn't like him?" Draco pondered.
"Ginny thinks that she likes him but she doesn't. She's just confused. She'll know that she doesn't like him in time," Colin said wisely.
Draco frowned. Would that really happen?
"Hey, can you take the spell off Leah now?" Colin asked.
"Finite," he said.
"I hate you," Leah said grumpily, "First, you force us to stay here and then you take my wand. And then you cast the silencing spell on me!"
"I had to," Draco said, "Has Ginny said anything about me to you?"
"Oh, now you want information from me! Well you're not getting any!" she replied haughtily and turned her back on him.
Colin rolled his eyes.
"You want information? I'll give you information," Colin said, "Ginny really liked you even though you were a Malfoy. But she was really upset when you said you couldn't trust her because she was a Weasley etc etc. She never liked Harry and she never will. He's a brother to her."
Draco considered this information and nodded.
"Thanks, Creevey," he said.
"You better keep us alive, Malfoy."
Ginny sat on her broom, feeling numb from the cold. Harry flew beside her, constantly looking over at her to see if she was okay. Although she knew he cared about her, Ginny couldn't help but feel pissed off. He was acting like Ron, too overprotective and thinking that she couldn't take care of herself.
If Draco was here, he would just concentrate on getting there, Ginny couldn't help thinking. She shook her head to clear her thoughts.
You're going out with Harry! she shouted to herself.
"Are you okay, Gin?" Harry asked loudly.
"I'm fine! I can take care of myself!" she shouted back. Ginny looked down. London seemed to be closer and closer.
"We're nearly there, guys!" Hermione shouted from the front. She was sharing a broom with Ron since she didn't have one of her own. Ron was very happy about that.
"Yes, Herm, we're capable of seeing!" Ginny shouted to her. They dived and the four of them landed neatly outside the house.
"Um, how do we get inside? It's probably flooding with Death Eaters," Ron said worriedly.
"That's a good question, Ron," Hermione said. They all looked at Ginny.
"Er…I'll try to remember what Leah's told me," she said sheepishly.
Ginny searched through her mind to find details about Leah's house protection. 'It has a charm so that only my family can go in. You have to remove the charm to let people in', Leah's voice said in her mind, 'I built a tunnel once and it lead straight to the basement. My dad closed it up though'.
"There's a tunnel!" Ginny said excitedly.
"Where's the entrance?" Harry asked quickly.
"Er…I dunno," she said.
"Think, Gin," Ron said encouragingly.
"Near one of her favourite places, maybe?" Hermione suggested.
"That's it! Herm, you're a genius! Leah loved building and she told me she built a tree house once! Come on, we have to find it!" she said, sprinting off.
They found the tree house and began digging. Harry went first, Ginny second, Ron third and Hermione fourth. They ran along the tunnel quickly and met the part Leah's father closed up.
"Reducto!" Harry cried. The wall shattered and the quartet was squashed by debris of rocks and soil. Ginny pushed the rocks off her and resurfaced at the same time as Harry. They helped Ron and Hermione and pushed past the remaining rocks.
"No offence, Harry, but that was just stupid," Ron said.
"Whatever, the tunnel's clear now," Ginny said, defending him as they climbed over the remains of the wall.
The tunnel became narrower and narrower and soon they had to crawl to move along it. They finally reached an end and there was a trapdoor. They climbed through it and went inside.
Suddenly, Harry stopped dead and Ginny bumped into him.
"What the hell – oh," she said. The room was full of prison cells and Colin and Leah were watching with wide eyes. Draco was outside both of them with a smirk on his face.
"Welcome, Potter," Lucius Malfoy sneered. Ginny, Harry, Ron and Hermione raised their wands.
"Oh, you can put those down now. You won't need them. Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, Parkinson, Nott. Guard them. If they move a finger, you know what to do."
A/N: please review!