Chapter Nine
Ginny left the Burrow in a fit of righteous female rage. Some how she wasn't surprised. Not by the fact that Ron had failed. Not by the fact that She was out here rescuing his fiance. Not by the fact that Draco Malfoy was the culpret.
Not by the fact that Hermione was still in love with her.
Hermione was stubborn. She wouldn't let this stop her. But she wasn't supposed to be. She was supposed to be mad at Ginny for dying. She was supposed to be over her. But she wasn't.
Ginny mounted her broom with a sigh. Damn it Hermione. You couldn't let go, could you?
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Malfoy Manor was surrounded by sixteen foot hedges of intermingled holly and cedar. On top of them was three inches of climbing roses mixed with beautiful wisteria.
The scent of the mid spring blooms was nearly over whelming as GInny skirted the hedge on the Firebolt. She had considered stealing Ron's LightningBolt, but that would add an extra half inch to her height, a half inch she didn't need.
The ground below the bushes was fortified for a hundred feet straight down before arching into a bowl. No one got under it. Above there was an invisble barrier of the same calibre. There was only one flaw. There was a half inch gap between the bottom of the barrier and the top of the hedge.
Ginny was exceptionally good at Charms. She aimed a reducing charm at the hedge. The nearest Cedar shrunk by about seven inches. Leaving an eight inch by two foot gap.
Ginny moved to another patch about sixty feet away and repeated the test. This time she counted how long it took the tree to return to normal. Seven seconds. Damn. It was gonna be close.
She leaned over her broom, as flat as she could get. Then she fired the spell. THe moment the tree began to reduce she zoomed forward. She scraped through the gap provided. THe moment the back of her broom was through, she angled and brought her broom parrallel to the trees.
She had made it past the first obstical.
She swung her broom around and sighed. Now to get in the fortess before her.
Ginny never heard the small click as the security was tripped.
(A/N: Wow. No dialoge. I'll get to it soon enough.
To willowROX- (laughes) glad you like it! hope this chapter pleases!