"Wandering child, so lost, so helpless, yearning for my guidance."

"Angel or Phantom, friend or father? Who is it there, staring?"

"Have you forgotten your angel?"

"Angel, oh speak! What endless longings echo in this whisper?"

"Too long you've wandered in shadow, far from my fatherly gaze,"

"Wildly my mind beats against you…"

"…You resist…"

"But the soul obeys! Angel of music, I denied you, turning from true beauty! Angel of music, do not shun me! Come to me, strange angel!"

"I am your angel of music! Come to me, angel of music!"

I had to put that in there! Sorry! Lol. I wrote that all from memory. I think I've almost memorized the entire play. I'm such a freak, lol. Incase some of you were wondering, that was from the graveyard scene, right after Christine sings 'Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again.'

And now, on with the story!

Chapter 10

Father,

If there is a curse, then please tell me what happened!

-Draco

It had been two days since Draco sent out that letter to his father. He had sent no reply as of yet. It was Thursday morning, and Draco was sitting down at the Slytherin table at breakfast, trying his hardest not to look at Ginny and Harry at the Gryffindor table. He was waiting, rather impatiently, for the owls to come.

Finally, Draco heard a fluttering of many wings, and he looked up to see owls flying in with letters and newspapers for the students. Draco recognized his owl and smiled to himself hopefully. The owl dropped an off-white colored envelope into his hands.

Draco turned the envelope around and was pleased to see the seal of the Malfoy family; a blood red skull, holding the envelope shut. He gently tore the envelope open, and took out the parchment inside. He recognized his father's handwriting at once.

Draco,

I cannot tell you anything now. But do not get discouraged. I understand your school has a trip to Hogsmeade this weekend. I will meet you Friday at 7 o' clock sharp at the Hog's Head. This meeting must be in private!

-Lucius D. Malfoy

Draco smirked at the formality of his father. He couldn't even write, 'love, your father.' And he had to meet him in person to discuss this… it was so asinine.

Draco did not feel like getting up to go to the Gryffindor table just to tell Ginny that he'd gotten a response. Especially not since Potter was there. He waited until that afternoon, when they had Muggle Studies together.

When Draco entered the classroom, Hermione and Ginny were chatting about something. Annoyed, he walked over to them.

"I need to talk to Ginny alone, Granger," he said.

"Well you'll have to wait, Malfoy," Hermione responded.

"Oh, come on! This is more important than anything you have to say, mudblood! Why are you even taking Muggle Studies? You know everything you need to about muggles!"

"Some people like to learn all they can," Hermione said, sighing, "Besides, this is the only class where you get to read and learn about muggle literature."

"Hermione," Ginny said, "Um… if you don't mind, could Draco and I just have a moment?" Hermione looked questioningly at Ginny. Then she nodded.

"Okay." She walked over to her desk and sat down, leaving Draco and Ginny alone.

"I got another letter," said Draco, "and I think you and Potter were right."

"I knew it! What did your father say?"

"He said to meet him privately at 7 in the Hog's Head on Friday," he explained.

"Okay. Then I guess we'll find things out Friday. See you, Draco," she said before turning around to go to her seat.

"Ginny, I wasn't finished talking…" Draco went to go after her, but Professor Flagg entered the room and class had already begun…

Draco never got the chance to talk to Ginny until Friday. He went to Hogsmeade Friday evening by himself. He got to the Hog's Head early, and saw Ginny standing outside, as if waiting for him.

"Ginny, what are you doing here?" he asked.

"I want answers, Draco!" she said.

"And? My father told me to meet him in private, so you can't be here. Now go!"

"Draco, please. I'm a victim of this curse more than you are. So I want to know everything about it," she said.

"And I promise you that I will tell you all I know. But until then, I need you to leave."

"…Fine. Goodbye, Draco," she said, turning on her heel and walking away.

"Goodbye," Draco sighed. He entered the Hog's Head and looked around. It was a dingy looking place, and the tables looked as if they'd been unoccupied for a while. One table was occupied by a man in dark robes, wearing a hood to cover his face. Then again, it could have been a woman. The bartender studied Draco before greeting him.

"Welcome to the Hog's Head," he said grimly. Draco acknowledged the man with a wave of his hand and made to sit down at a table, when the hooded figure stood up.

"Are you alone, then?" It asked in a male's raspy voice.

"Erm, y-yes," said Draco. The man removed his hood to reveal a pair of silver eyes, and long, white-blond hair.

"Father!" Draco ran towards Lucius with a smile on his face.

"Shh! Sit down," Lucius ordered. Draco obeyed and sat down quietly at the table. Lucius took a seat next to him and stared at his son, deep in thought.

"Well," he said after a moment, "how have you been doing, son?"

"Rotten." Draco said glumly.

"Is that so? You shouldn't have to feel that way! Now, tell me what it is that's been troubling you," Lucius said.

"Well, I think you know… that is, I'm under a curse," Draco said. Lucius raised an eyebrow.

"A curse? ...I see. Tell me more about this curse."

"Well, erm, I've been having dreams, father. And I think I'm falling in love with…" Draco stopped short. What would his father say? Especially if this curse thing was all a fluke?

"With who?"

"…A Weasley." Lucius narrowed his eyes at his son.

"I see. So it is true then," he said.

"What is true?" Draco asked stupidly.

"You indeed are under a curse. A curse that I, regrettably, have put you under. Now before you jump to conclusions, please allow me to explain," he said calmly.

"Please do," said Draco.

"Alright. Now, when I was your age, 7th year, and attending Hogwarts, I was Head Boy. Head Girl was the beautiful… Gryffindor… Lily Evans. She was… enchanting. I was in love. And I thought she returned that love. But she was too pure, too innocent… She was good, and I, evil, swayed by the preachings of the Dark Lord. She could not love a monster like me. But I was a stubborn fool. I loved her so much, I thought that I could make her love me back. I… I kidnapped her. But she'd been seeing that good-for-nothing git, James Potter. And I told her that if she did not confess her love for me, I would kill Potter. But Potter found us; he found her, and he stopped me. I couldn't go on… the two of them were so damn in love with each other, it made me sick… I left Hogwarts, never wanting to see them again. I never wanted to see Lily again. She'd betrayed me. And then I joined the Dark Lord, and I was gladwhe he'd killed the two fools," Lucius explained.

"But, Father, what about the curse?" Draco asked.

"Ah yes, the curse. I was getting to that. Now before I joined the Dark Lord, and right after the kidnapping incident, I was so angry at the both of them. I tried putting a vengeance curse on them, but something went wrong. The curse took no effect. It wasn't until years later that I found out the curse I used would affect our descendants. The descendants of the Potters, and, of course, of me," Lucius explained.

"But what about Ginny? What did she do to deserve this?" Draco asked.

"Ah, the Weasley girl. Yes, I suppose it was fate that the curse would choose her to represent Lily. It's strange, though. The girl is very pretty, not like Lily was, but in her own way. Her hair, though, is not like the regular, Weasley-red colour. It's darker; it's the same exact shade as Lily's. Yes, I'm sure that fate chose her for a reason. It must be the girl's destiny…"

"But why? I don't get it! Why does she have to be involved? She can't choose between me and Potter! It's not fair!"

"She can choose, and she will. And in the end, she will not choose you."

"No!" Draco shouted, not caring how loud he was.

"Draco, calm down! Listen to me, son. The curse was an accident, and I don't know very much about it… but there's still a chance you can change the ending! Don't let Potter get the girl, Draco! You have to do this… do this for me!" Lucius said.

"Father… I can't…"

"Yes, you can! Make me proud, son!"

"I… I'll do my best," Draco said.

"Good.Imust leave now. Your poor mother's at home, waiting for me," Lucius said, getting up.

"Dad?" Lucius stopped and looked at his son.

"Yes?"

"If you loved Lily, why'd you marry Mum?"

"…Because she was an old family friend. And she was deeply in love with me," Lucius explained tentatively.

"Oh."

"Well, enough of this. I must be on my way. Goodbye, Draco, and don't forget what I've told you!"

"I won't. Goodbye." Lucius left the shop and Draco sat there for a moment or two, thinking about what he'd just found out. He got up and left the shop a moment later, wondering where he could find Ginny…

Draco took in the scent of butterbeer and firewhiskey as he walked past the Three Broomsticks. He stopped in front if the store, looking in the window. There was Ginny, sitting in a small booth, next to Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Draco sighed before opening the door and stepping inside.

Ginny looked up at him and smiled, before telling Harry, Hermione and Ron that she'd be right back. She stood up and walked past Draco, nudging him slightly, and then out the door. Draco guessed that she wanted him to follow her, and turned around.

When they were both outside and alone, Ginny spoke.

"Well?"

"Well? Oh…" Draco suddenly didn't feel very comfortable around her. He didn't want to talk about what he'd just heard from his father. Not with her. "…My dadtried to put a curse on Potter's parents, but it went wrong, and now the curse is on us. He doesn't know how to stop it, but he thinks we can change it," he said, trying to avoid talking about the kidnapping part.

"But… what happened between your father and Harry's parents?" Ginny questioned.

"Oh… well, they were in love. I mean, My dad and Potter's mum. Well, actually, I don't think Potter's mum loved him back. Um…"

"Oh."

"Oh? What do you mean by oh?" Draco asked.

"I mean- Oh, so that's why you're in love with me. Because of a curse, and not of your own free will," Ginny said.

"What? Ginny, that's not true! I mean, the curse part is, but that's not why I love you! If there were no curse, I'd-"

"You'd hate my guts," Ginny finished the sentence for him.

"No. I'd still love you! Sure, I'd be a little ignorant towards you at first, but then I would see you flying on your broomstick in the middle of the night, and I'd offer to give you flying lessons. And then we would become friends, and I'd grow fond of you. And then I would take you under Lover's Tree and kiss you, and you'd kiss me back. And we'd be in love with each other."

Ginny was at a loss for words. She sighed deeply, before resting her hand on Draco's shoulder.

"Exactly," she said, before leaning in and kissing him on the lips. He kissed her back intimately, placing his arms around her, vowing never to let go…

"Ginny?" A voice broke their embrace, and Ginny looked up at it's owner.

"Harry! I…"

"You what? You can explain? I think seeing this explains more than enough for me," Harry said.

"Harry, no!"

"I'm sorry, Ginny, I just can't put up with this," he said.

"Harry… forget about that! You didn't see it… It was nothing, it was…" Ginny couldn't explain, after all. Because she knew that it had meant something to her.

"Don't tell me that didn't mean anything!" Draco's words from that day still rang clearly in her head. She moved closer to Harry and put her arm out to touch him, but he just pushed her away.

"What's the matter, Potter? You didn't know that Ginny still loved me? Oh, that's a shame…" Draco smirked.

"Shut up, Malfoy!" Harry said sternly.

"Why should I? You lost, Potter! It's over!" Harry took out his wand and pointed it at Draco, but Draco was quicker.

"Crucio!" In a moment, Harry was on the ground, in pain. Ginny screamed. Draco lifted his wand and put a hand over Ginny's mouth. She grabbed his arm and twisted, before taking out her own wand.

"What do you think you're doing?" Draco asked her.

"Stopping you. I love him!" she said plainly.

"No, you don't! You can't love him!" Draco said.

"I do!" she screamed at him. Harry slowly got up and stood behind Ginny, putting his arms around her protectively.

"You lost, Malfoy. It's over," Harry said. Draco scowled and walked away from the scene, angry. He hadn't lost yet. He couldn't have!

Well? What did you think? Was Lucius enjoyable enough? And how do you think the ending will go now? If you haven't all realized yet, we are nearing an end. There will be 2 chapters left, at the least. So please enjoy them. And don't forget to review!