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"Just as I thought, " he whispered. " You will be mine, no matter what you choose. This is a guarantee of that." Tom pulled up the sleeve on her robe, revealing the serpent tattoo. "This is the mark of those who are truly mine. You can fight me, but you will never escape, for in your heart you know you love me. You know that I am the only one that can deliver you from a damned life. You know I am the only one that you have and ever will desire."

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"My Lord, it is ready," said Lucius Malfoy from behind a cauldron.

Tom smiled. He brushed his lips against hers and walked away. Ginny was furious. That arrogant bastard did not know a thing. Alright, perhaps he knew a bit, but it didn't matter. With a bang, she threw off the large Death Eater who had been holding her. Ginny threw all her anger a Voldemort, hurling herself at him. She knocked him over and with a crash they fell to the ground. She punched him with all her strength. Yet, Ginny realized that in her anger, she had underestimated him. He soon had her pinned; she could feel pebbles digging into her back.

"Never do that again," he breathed murderously. Ginny glared up at him with a stubborn gaze. He leaned down to kiss her. Ginny could take no more. A burning fury raked through her. Anger spurted from her very skin. She threw Tom back with more force than could be conceived. He hit the wall twenty feet away from her and he slumped to the ground.

"Petrificus Totalus!" shouted a voice behind her. Ginny did not have time to turn around before Lucius had hit her with a curse from behind. She fell to the ground. Lucius went to help Tom, who was quick to his feet. Tom walked over to her and gave her a sharp kick to the side.

"You will pay dearly for that. You will join me, willingly or not. Power like that, especially in such a beautiful young woman, is not something to be passed up. Cru—" something bowled into Tom.

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Draco seethed as Voldemort brushed his lips against Ginny's. He had heard him talking about making Ginny his "Dark Lady." Potter had to hold him back from running out and pummeling Voldemort.

"Not, yet," whispered Potter.

Draco was then shocked to see Ginny's display of power. He knew she was really something, but he had never expected that she was that powerful. He could not stand just sitting back in the shows. His anger at Voldemort and at the Death Eaters became to much as Voldemort kicked Ginny in the side. With out warning, ignoring Potter's grab at the back of his robes, he ran at Voldemort, barreling into him, so that they both hit the ground with a smack. Draco then, forgetting about his wand, proceeded to hit everything in reach. Draco soon found himself with his back on the ground; a wand jabbed into his neck.

"My Lord, I am very sorry for my idiot son's behavior. I would have never expected anything of this sort from him," his father said. Voldemort ignored him.

"You are very stupid, boy," said Voldemort.

"You will not touch her again," growled Draco through his teeth. Voldemort just laughed.

"So this is a noble action? I see you harbor some type of feelings for Ginerva as well. I say, it is not surprising. Nevertheless, make no mistake, she has been, is and will be forever mine. You would do well to give up now."

"Never."

"So be it. Avada—"

"Expelliarmus!"

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Harry cursed as Malfoy tackled Voldemort. If Malfoy really cared about Ginny, he could not blame him. Harry could hardly stop himself from doing the same. He could tell that Colin was having trouble as well.

"Stupid Malfoy," said Colin as they ran out to save Malfoy, as well as Ginny.

"Expelliarmus!" shouted Colin, Voldemort's wand almost coming out of his hands.

"Colin, get Ginny and run!" said Harry, preparing to face off against Voldemort.

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Ginny hopped up after Colin lifted the hex on her. Harry was dueling with Tom and Draco was dueling with his father, which left the large Death Eater for her and Colin. He stood in front of them imposingly.

"Stupefy!"

Ginny dodged and sent a well-aimed Bat Bogey hex, which nailed the Death Eater on the face.

"That was easy."

"Yeah, come on. I need to get you out of here," said Colin.

"We have got to help Harry and Draco," said Ginny shaking her head as she stunned the distracted Death Eater.

It was impossible to tell who was winning between Harry and Tom (also known as Voldemort). Ginny knew, although she still had to restrain herself, that it was best to leave them alone for the time being. Draco and his father were a different story. Draco's father, Lucius, seemed to have the upper hand. Yet, Lucius was intent on his task at hand. He had yet to realize that his fellow Death Eater was down.

"Stupefy!"

Lucius was down. Draco fell backward and was left panting on the floor.

"Avada Kedavra!"

Ginny spun around fast. Harry had just dodged a stream of green light. If she could distract Tom, Harry may have a good shot. Ginny was thinking fast, because she couldn't risk distracting Harry as well. She got a plan.

Ginny thought back to everything that had happened: Draco's betrayal, Tom's return, how Tom had wanted to make her his 'Dark Lady.' Anger welled up inside of her. Ginny aimed this anger directly at Tom. She, yet again, sent him flying into the wall.

With a sickening crunch, he fell to the ground. Tom didn't stay down for long. A second later, before Ginny had realized what happened, he had his wand pointed into her neck, his face askew with rage. She braced herself.

"Avada Kedavra!"

This time the spell curse came not from Tom, but from Harry. Tom's lifeless body fell back from her, landing with a thud on the ground. He contorted and twisted. His face grew paler, his nose flattened into snake-like slits. Voldemort's body rapidly decayed until nothing was left but a pile of old bones.

Harry was on his knees a few feet away. He looked deathly pale.

"It's over," he whispered.

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A/N: Well, will you look at that, it is Chapter 20! Sorry I did post it sooner, but I was away. Thank you to everyone for reading! A special thank you to my reviewers: Angelique Collins, louey31, sweetsugarbabe13, ice princess grl, and SonMina!

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PS--louey31- The tattoo is a snake, but not the dark mark. See Chapter 11.