"You have got to be kidding me," Harry said looking at Ron's arm with disgust.
"Ron...why?" Hermione said, her eyes now shining with tears.
"No, I didn't join them willingly." Ron said,trying to make them understand
"You got captured again?" Hermione said, now sitting down next to Ron.
"Well, no, see, I didn't tell you guys this when you brought me back six years ago. But they gave me that mark then. They were trying to turn me over. They figured that having the famous Harry Potter's best friend on their side would help." Ron explained.
"So, why are you showing this to us now?" Harry asked.
"Well, see, I wouldn't have even known about Ginny if I didn't have this." Ron continued, chancing a glance at Harry, who looked down at the mention of Ginny's name.
"It grew brighter when she was taken in. So I decided to go into the dungeons which the death eaters used to inhabit and found out that they were still there. I thought I could find out some information. Luckily, everyone there was so excited about whatever was happening, no one noticed me. I saw you and Hermione in the final battle. But I also saw what you didn't. I saw where they killed Ginny." Tears were now shining in the eyes of all three of them. "I know that it seems impossible, but, Harry," Ron now looked at Harry, who stared back at him as though not even daring to hope, "I think that your daughter is still alive, if not Ginny herself."

"Ouch." Ginny said quietly.
"What happened are you okay?" Draco said, stopping to look at her. "I'm fine, we have to keep going. Come on." Ginny walked in front of Draco, limping slightly and hoping that Draco wouldn't notice.
"Gin, you're limping." Draco said, still standing in the same place.
"No, I'm not." Ginny said through gritted teeth.
"Ginny, sit down, you are going to hurt yourself more."
Ginny obliged only after she felt herself getting dizzy. She sat down on a pile of boxes in front of a dark and broken window. They were in an alley, making their slow progress towards Harry.
"I still don't understand why we can't apparate there." Ginny said as Draco lifted the ankle that was hurting her and examined it.
"I told you, we can, just not yet." Draco rotated the ankle slowly without taking his eyes off it as he answered Ginny.
"And, of course, it's safer to go walking down dark alleyways next to abandoned buildings." Ginny mocked.
"Of course," Draco said, not really paying attention.
Without saying another word, Draco got out his wand and tapped Ginny's ankle twice. "That should do it for now. When we get back to Harry and everyone, I'm sure Hermione can whip up something better."
Ginny stood up and tested her weight on the ankle. She could walk without wincing now. Ginny felt herself get dizzy again and sat back down.
"Draco, did you bring any food?" Ginny asked, looking up at him. He was now standing and looking around. "What is it?" Ginny asked.
"I thought I heard something." Draco answered softly. He reached into his small backpack and brought out a tuna sandwich. Ginny wrinkled her nose at it. "Hey," Draco said, mock offended. "This is good stuff," Ginny reluctantly took the sandwich and bit into it hungrily, finishing it in four un-ladylike bites.
"Alright," Draco said, "I think it may be safe to apparate now. Just one more thing," Draco waved his wand and Ginny's hair was red again. "Don't want to scare anybody." Draco turned around and looked around the alleyway once more. Just then, two strong arms came through the glassless window behind Ginny, pulling her through. She barely uttered a sufficient enough scream for Draco to turn around again. He ran to the window and tried to look through it, but all he saw was a red light, and he was out.

"Wait, you're not making any sense," Harry said to Ron. "You just said you saw where she was killed."
"That's the point," Ron said trying his best to convey what he meant. "I saw it, I wasn't supposed to. They were putting on a very lame show for whoever may be watching. They thought you were watching, Harry. They didn't think I was."
"And what did you see that I wouldn't have been able to see?"
"What anyone who spent copious amounts of time around Hermione would see."
Hermione didn't know whether to be offended or pleased.
"They were using a very advanced sleeping potion, the draught of living death. The git, Snape, mentioned it in our first year, remember? Asphodel and Wormwood? One night, Hermione was going off on one of her usual shoving-textbooks-into-my-head tangents and mentioned its effects" Ron said

"Exciting relationship you guys had." Harry laughed slightly to lighten the mood.
"It was in context!" Hermione said, going red.
"Yeah, Anyway," Ron continued, "I knew a lot about it. So when I saw Ginny, I knew immediately that she wasn't dead. She was strong enough to fend off an ordinary sleeping potion if she really wanted to, that's why they had to use that one. I went back recently, and what I found out then is why I came back now."
"Why didn't you tell us that she wasn't dead then?" Harry demanded.
"I figured you would save her and everything would be fine. I heard how you guys saved the world and it didn't say anything about her. I didn't know. But listen, I went back to their dungeons and they were very excited. I kept a low profile so I wouldn't be recognized. I found out that Ginny's hiding out somewhere and that they have your daughter. They've had her all her life, three years. I think that they're trying to turn her." As Ron said this there came a very insistent knock on the door. Harry and Ron glanced at each other then at Hermione.
"I'm not expecting anyone," Hermione said with a roll of her eyes.
Ron and Harry went to the door and opened it, careful to keep their wands on it at all times. It was Draco. Harry lowered his wand, but Ron kept it trained on Draco's face.
"What are you doing here, Malfoy?"
"Save your breath, Weasley," Draco said, stepping into the apartment. Hermione gave him a hug and Harry looked at him with decently kind eyes.
"What is going on here?" Ron demanded.
"While you were running off and breaking hearts, I was here. So lower your bloody wand," Draco said to Ron.
Then he turned to Harry, "I saw Ginny, we...we were coming here. We were about to apparate but someone grabbed her and stunned me. As soon as I came to, I apparated here. She was supposed to keep quiet or they would kill Lily, that's what she told me. I told her that she should come here with me and we would sort things out. I didn't tell her this, but I think that if they wanted to kill Lily, they would have done it already."
"Yeah, that's what I was thinking. They probably would have killed Ginny if they wanted to, instead of risking the chance of her telling someone. We have to find out what's going on here, and we have to get her back." Harry said.
"Well, I can probably take you to where I got in from," Ron stated.
"Alright, that's a good start, but we need a plan." Harry said.
"Why can't we just go in and snatch her up? By the sounds of it, we have two death eaters here. One of them less conspicuous then the other." Draco said looking at Ron.
"The problem is that Ron risked a lot even going in there twice. The chances are greater if both of you go in. Someone is bound to recognize Draco. And I'm pretty sure that Ron won't get lucky again," Hermione reasoned
"And there's no way no one will recognize Potty, here, " Draco added.

"So, how do we do it?" Harry asked, "Cause no matter what, we are going in there."
"I have an idea," Hermione said timidly.
"What is it?" Ron was concerned. He noticed the look that Hermione had on.

"You're not going to like it," Hermione answered.