Chapter Ten
Ginny sighed with exasperation. This wasn't as easy as she thought it would be. Not that she had really thought it would be that easy. Wishful thinking.
She pulled her crimson hair back into a ponytail and surveyed the scene before her. She wasn't stupid enough to try the front door and she knew all the doors were locked and closed.
She hovered on her broom thinking. She flew around the veritable fortress before her. No open windows. No convient drain pipes to climb up. She sighed as she knew what she had to do.
Ginny landed neatly on the wall, clinging easily to the medeval stone work. Her broom hovered beside her, but she knew she wouldn't need it. Not for a while.
She looked down her body at the window sill below her. The Malfoy Manor was designed to keep the intruder out. If one tried to reach the windows from ground level they would be in for an unpleasant surprise. If you mangaged to land your self level with a window and tried to shimmy to the hole, you would be picked up and dropped from a height of one hundred feet.
But if you tried a window from above... Well, there was no saying what would happen.
So Ginny decided to try.
She threw caution to the wind, trusting in her broom and Quiddtich skills, and dropped. Her fingers caught easily on the window hood above the window. She hung there for a moment, feeling like Jet Li in Cradle to the Grave. She felt a moment of pride that was quickly enveloped in angst as she remembered who introduced her to that movie.
She sighed and studied the window before her. Simple French style, delicate lattice work, opening in the center. Ginny brought her foot up and pushed open the windows. She waited for a moment, to see if the action had triggered any unwarrented surprise. When none was forth coming she swung herself into the room.
She landed easily on her feet and turned. She was not surprised to see Draco holding Hermione captive.
(A/N: Ok, so it's a cliffie. I'm sorry. The good news is, thisfic is almost done!
To Carolyn- she won't find out for a bit. that comes in the epilogue. but she does get to save her!