Chapter Fifteen
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"Wow! Look at all the people I get to kill! There's the weasel, and his girlfriend the Mudblood, the lunatic, and the girl who actually dated Potter. You could have done so much better, Chang. Like maybe Crabbe or Goyle, here," Malfoy snickered, and motioned to his left and right, and the thug-like Crabbe and Goyle appeared beside him.

"And then there's the boys who follow Potter and Weasley around, but it looks like one's missing! Oh, that's right! I kill-" Malfoy was tackled by Ebony and sent to the ground.

Though it was extremely funny, no one dared laugh because they knew that Nott, Crabbe, and Goyle wouldn't hesitate in hurting them. But the three young Death Eaters bent down to Malfoy, and Ginny signaled that Ron, Hermione, Luna, Dean, Seamus, and Cho run over to where she was.

Ginny instructed them to stay there while she went to help Ebony.

"So now you have forty-year olds helping you out, weasel-girl?" Malfoy asked as he pushed himself up and attempted to brush the mud off his robe. The rain was really pouring down now, and their vision was being impaired. 'If Harry was here, he could tell us the spell to use to keep the rain off our faces…' thought Ginny.

"You think I'm forty? Try sixty-five. Ashamed to be knocked down by an old woman, Malfoy? Oh, and is your dear old dad still serving To-," Ebony stopped herself, not wanting to give any clues about her relations with Voldemort, "Voldemort?"

"How dare you speak his name! Well at least you're pure-blood unlike this blood-traitor filth next to you," Malfoy whispered as though he was horrified.

"How dare you talk about Ginny like that! And for your information, I'm Muggle-born. But you master's no better than I. He's a half-blood you know. Or hasn't he told you? I was just assuming he mentioned it at your last tea party, or something…" Ebony retaliated, and Ginny realized that Ebony needed to stop before she got them both killed.

"Eb, no, just stop. He'll kill us both!" Ginny whispered urgently as she nudged Ebony in the ribs. Just in time, Lupin, Tonks, Mr. Weasley, and Moody appeared beside Ebony and Ginny, with their wands out.

Curses and hexes were shot back and forth, and Ebony looked jealously at them all. She cantered back over to the First-Aid station she set up, and sat down with her chin in her hands. Dumbledore and McGonagall were busy keeping everyone who wasn't dueling away from the battle. Ginny was pulled out of the fight seconds before Nott sent a Cruciatus Curse her way.

Ginny walked slowly over to Ebony, to watch the battle. They both sat there, disappointed that they couldn't be in the action.

When the Order had clearly won the duel, and Ebony patched everyone up, Dumbledore bound Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, and Nott together with invisible ropes and sent them somewhere with a flick of his wand.

"So, you're sixty-five? I wouldn't have guessed much higher than Malfoy did. Are you a Metamorphmagus?" Ginny asked, still shocked from when Ebony declared her age.

"Yep, you're exactly right! I could've been an Auror, but I wasn't really into risking my life everyday. Once in a while's fine, but I couldn't do that for a living," Ebony joked. Ginny let out a short laugh, and Ebony watched the young, youthful sixteen-year old beside her with just the slightest bit of envy.

The two girls sat there and laughed for a few minutes, until Dumbledore and McGonagall walked over to them.

"Minerva? I-I can't believe it's you!" Ebony exclaimed, and jumped to her feet. McGonagall smiled, and replied, "It's me. I was thinking about our school days last night. Even though I was five years older than you, we were inseparable. I can't believe you're actually here, though," McGonagall smiled like Ginny had never seen her before.

"Well, ladies, I'm afraid you'll have to be separated once more, as Ginevra and Ebony must be leaving. Ginny, do you remember where Krum's body is? Because we need to get him back. So first, do that and then you must take the London Underground, and act as Muggles for a while. I will alert you when you must separate again," Dumbledore instructed.

Ginny and Ebony moved a few feet away. Hermione came over and hugged them both, and everyone else waved goodbye. In two loud cracks, they were gone.