You Set Me Free
By Duck Goddess
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Chapter Seven
The Death Eaters threw the trio and Ginny into some more cells and locked them up. Ginny's mind screamed 'fuck fuck fuck shit shit shit' as she sat there, waiting for her death to arrive.
Leah and was beside her, looking helpless.
"Hi," Ginny said, trying to smile. Her smile was strained though, as she knew she was about to die. At least I'll die with my best friends, she thought.
"Draco, guard Weasley," Lucius said, nodding at her. Draco put on his mask and walked over to her.
"Crabbe, go with Potter, Goyle, go to the mudblood, Nott, the half-blood and Parkinson, the other Weasley."
The Death Eaters walked over to their said prisoner. Ginny stared as Draco blocked the door and sneered at her. She narrowed her eyes at him.
"I'll be getting back to the Dark Lord," Lucius said, "He would like to kill you all soon, I expect." He laughed cruelly and left the room.
"Draco," Ginny hissed. He looked at her. She looked around the cell and found a sharp rock. 'Are you spying?' she inscribed on the wall.
"Your level of stupidity really astounds me, Weasley," Draco drawled. Okay, that means yes.
'When are the Order members going to come?' Ginny wrote again. She saw the littlest shrug and swore.
'Are you going to get us out of here or not?' she embellished. Draco's eyes snapped to the other Death Eaters and shook his head very slightly.
'Why the hell not?' she wrote.
"Oy, Draco!" Crabbe called.
"What, Crabbe?" he asked.
"When are you gonna have some fun with Weasley? Heard she was really good," he said, snickering.
Harry and Ron stood up heatedly and glared daggers at him.
"Take that back," Harry snarled.
"You can't do anything to me," Crabbe said, "You're in there." He proceeded to laugh loudly.
Ron stared accusingly at Draco. Draco looked at Ginny.
'He knows' she wrote. Realization dawned on Draco but he didn't change his expression.
Draco opened the door and sat down. He knew the other Death Eaters would think that he was torturing her.
"Are you okay?" he asked quietly.
"Considering the fact that Voldemort's about to kill me, my brother, my boyfriend –" Draco winced, "- and my friends, yeah, I'm good."
"Look, the Order members will come. I think. I told Dumbledore. He thinks that Potter will be able to defeat Voldemort now," he said under his breath.
"What if he can't? What if the Order members don't come? We're all sitting ducks," Ginny hissed. (A/N: DUCKS! MWAHAHAHAHA!)
"He's Potter. Of course he can," Draco said.
"I knew it would end like this. All of us getting killed with our loved ones watching," Ginny mumbled. Draco's mind flashed back to the training session with McClaggan.
"I'll try to find some way to get you out, okay? Get someone to distract them and I'll stun 'em or something. Potter can confront Voldemort and etc etc. You two get married. Everyone lives happily ever after!" Draco muttered.
She stared at him. She could see the hurt in his eyes and her heart cried out for him. So much for being cold, she thought.
"Draco, I –" Ginny was interrupted by someone's cry of pain.
Ginny's head snapped towards the sound. It was Harry. He was in the cell next to her. She ran over to the wall, followed by Draco.
"Harry?" she shouted.
"My – scar," he managed to say, "He's – here." Ginny and Draco exchanged glances. Voldemort.
"It's time," she whispered. He could see the determination in her eyes and nodded.
"I have your wand," Draco said. He reached into his pocket and gave it to her.
"Thanks," Ginny said softly, "But how do we distract them?"
"Get Harry to cry out again. The Death Eaters will rush towards him. We'll stun them," Draco devised.
"Harry?" Ginny whispered through the wall. Draco's heart sank as he could hear the affection in her voice. Don't think about that, he told himself, shaking his head.
"Ginny?" Draco heard Harry ask quietly.
"Cry out again," she muttered.
"Why?"
"No time, just do it!" The old, snappy, Ginny was back.
Harry screamed and like Draco predicted, the Death Eaters rushed over to him.
"Aw, poor Potter is crying from all the pain," he heard Nott taunt.
Ginny and Draco snuck out of the cell. The Death Eaters' backs were to them.
"One, two, three," Ginny said.
"Stupefy!" they cried in unison. Crabbe and Goyle fell.
"What the –" Pansy Parkinson said but Ginny stunned her as Draco stunned Nott. They grabbed the wands and Ginny tried to throw it to their owners but it rebounded off the wall.
She rushed over to a cell to open the door but she flew backwards. Draco ran over to her. Ginny sat up hurriedly.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"Same answer as before," she said.
Draco opened the door and Harry, Ron, Hermione, Leah and Colin ran out.
"What do we do now?" Leah asked.
"You should stun me so they won't get suspicious," Draco said.
"No!" Harry said indignantly, "You're my partner, remember? We're about to kill the Dark Lord. Do you think they would know? They'd be in Azkaban!" Ginny's jaw dropped. She had never heard Harry speak like that before.
"But my father would try to kill me," Draco said coolly.
"We're all going to be killed at this rate," Ginny snapped.
"I have to be stunned," Draco argued.
"For Merlin's sake, Draco, just come with us!" Ginny said.
Draco looked into her chocolate brown eyes. It was filled with determination and rage. Who could argue with Ginny Weasley?
"Alright," he said.
"Let's go!" Hermione said. They ran up the stairs, wands held steady.
"I'll go first," Harry said boldly.
"I'm right behind you," Ginny said. Draco nearly threw up from the smiles they shared.
"Try to find out what Voldemort's doing," Ron said. Harry put on a strained expression as he tried to look into the Dark Lord's mind.
"He's just finished discussing something with Lucius Malfoy. He's going to try to kill me," Harry finally said.
"Well, we'd better kill him before he kills us," Ginny said bluntly. Suddenly, a phoenix appeared with a note.
"Dumbledore," Leah said.
"The Order's coming," Draco said.
"What are we waiting for? Let's kick some Death Eater arse!" Ginny said and she ran out to face them, followed by Harry, Leah, Colin, Ron, Hermione and lastly, Draco.
"Stupefy!" Ginny cried and a Death Eater fell, unconscious.
"Avada Kedavra!" a Death Eater shouted but she dodged it.
"Petrificus Totalus!" she shouted and the Death Eater's arms and legs snapped together.
Suddenly, there were cracks and the Order members arrived. Ginny's heart filled with worry as she saw her mum, dad, Bill, Charlie, Fred and George. The whole Weasley family was in this battle.
The battle went on and on and spells and charms were shot everywhere. More Death Eaters and Order members were stunned and dead. Ginny could see her friends with scrapes and burns but still fighting.
There was a loud, cold laugh that sent shivers down Ginny's back. She spun around and her whole body froze. Lord Voldemort had finally appeared. His eyes were directly on Harry who noticed his appearance as well. His scar burned bright red against his fair skin.
All the Death Eaters and Order members stopped dead in their tracks, staring at Voldemort. At his red slits for eyes and his snake-like nose. There was an aura of evil and death around him and Ginny couldn't help shivering.
She saw Draco, looking expressionless but Ginny knew better. He was scared and worried for Harry. Draco looked at her. She felt a bit of her soften.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Voldemort drawled.
Ginny froze in fear. She looked at her family and she knew what they were thinking. Not all of them were going to get through it. Her heart broke at the thought. Who was going to lose their lives at the hands of this…thing?
"We meet again, Potter," Voldemort said softly. Harry stared coldly at him.
"This time I'm ready. You're going to die," he said boldly.
Voldemort laughed the same cold laugh as before and Ginny shivered again.
"Your ignorance and stupidity has always amused me, Potter. I know that you are worried – worried for your precious friends and…" he trailed off and turned around.
"Ginevra Weasley. We meet again. I must say, you have grown prettier since I last saw you," Voldemort said, smirking. Ginny could feel her family trying to save her. She looked at them.
Her mother had a look of pure fear on her face, as well as her father.
"So you're Potter's little girlfriend," Voldemort said, "That certainly makes things…interesting."
Ginny felt Draco's gaze on her and took a deep breath.
"Hello, Tom," she spat. Voldemort's 'eyes' narrowed, he took his wand and made a slashing movement. Ginny fell and touched her cheek. It was bleeding. She suddenly felt faint.
"Ginny!" she heard Draco cry out. Voldemort turned to him.
"Draco Malfoy," he sneered, "You care for this filthy traitor as well?"
Harry's jaw dropped, as well as her family's.
"You betrayed us. You're not a Death Eater at all. You're Dumbledore's pathetic little spy. I can show you suffering," Voldemort said, "Crucio!"
But the Cruciatus curse wasn't directed at Draco. It was at Ginny.
Ginny screamed. She had never felt pain like this before. It was like a thousand knives were stabbing her body over and over again. When it finally stopped, Ginny's eyes couldn't focus. She could still feel the pain.
"Now, you've seen what I can do to that filth. I can do that to you," Voldemort snarled, with a malevolent smile on his face. Harry's eyes widened. Draco's face didn't give away anything. He just looked Voldemort in the eye.
Ginny's eyes finally focused. The first thing she saw was Draco on the floor, writhing in pain. God, Harry, if you don't kill Voldemort, I will! she thought weakly.
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