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Chapter 12: The Mistake

"I hereby pronounce you wed."

"No…" His voice echoed as he ran down the aisle.

"Yes." She murmured, as her groom slipped the ring onto her forefinger.

"No! No, it's not too late! You mustn't!" He desperately tried to stop.

They kissed were married.

A moment froze in time as she looked down at him from the platform.

They were centuries apart now.

He had missed his chance.

It was too late.

And now the two look at each other through a century made glass.

It's a moment froze in time.

"Ginerva Weasley! What is the meaning of this! You very well know that Weasleys do not get along quite well with Slytherines!" Molly Weasley hysterically cried at her daughter.

"Mom, he's not like them! He loves me!" Ginny tries to reason.

"Ginerva! We disapprove! You are to no longer see him!" Bill firmly states.

"We are against it too!" The twins give their word on the situation.

"Ginny! What could've gotten into you? He's just a user! You know Slytherines are liars!" Percy scolds.

Ron and Mr. Weasley hasn't said a word since they've came. They were in Dumbledore's office, the Weasleys all surrounding Ginny and Draco.

"Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, I will treat Ginny with the utmost care." Draco tries to convince them sincerely, he knew his chances with them were low, so he was careful with his wording.

No member of the Weasley family says anything.

Ginny looks pleadingly at her parents.

The silence seemed to last a lifetime.

"Mom, Dad, don't worry, Draco's really not like his father, and he'll never hurt me." Ginny pleads.

"Alright Ginny, you two may be together, but if your grades drop a slight bit or if you skip class or anything of that sort, I will take back this approval." Her father says at last reluctantly.

"Ginerva, you had better think about this some more, because if you come crying back at us about how he broke you heart, you're going to have no one to blame but yourself." Mrs. Weasley warns Ginny, clearly still not happy that Ginny was with Draco.

"I promise you that will most certainly not happen, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. You have my word for it." Draco assures them once again.

All the Weasleys merely scoffed, but Ginny knew that they had approved if not straight out.

"Well I'm glad that's over with! I was so nervous I could've gotten a bloody heart attack!" Draco truthfully confesses.

Ginny couldn't help but smile. "Draco Malfoy nervous? And nervous about meeting my parents?" Ginny mocked, she couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.

Draco just turned away, but on the inside he couldn't help but smile that some of him had rubbed off on her.

"Do you remember the dream?" Ginny asked quietly, not wanting to disturb the natural peace along the lake outside Hogswart.

Draco nodded.

"Did you mean what you said before you died." Ginny questioned, gazing up at him, directly into his silvery eyes.

He didn't reply for second. Then he leaned over and whispered a 'yes and always' into her ear that sent thrills throughout her body.

"Oh Draco, I love you." She murmured back, as they embraced. Their bodies seem to be in perfect unison. It wasn't long before Draco's lips captured Ginny's. Draco's arms wrapped around her waist and Ginny's hands running through Draco's hair. Their love was forever, that's what they were both thinking of. They couldn't live without each other, they needed each other. There love was so strong that nothing could get between them. Ginny had lit up everything dark inside Draco, and in a way she had changed his heart on things. Draco had, in a way, restored hope for Ginny that there was such thing at true love, and that there was a happily ever after. Yet what they didn't know what that Collin was viewing all their actions from the Hogswart window, and he didn't need to be told of who Ginny had chosen…and deep inside he hoped that Draco would never hurt Ginny in the slightest, because her heart was weak from the events with Harry. He had known her for a long time and he knew she didn't deserve anyone that would make her cry.

Throughout the past three weeks, Ginny and Draco were inseparable, their bond became so strong that it reached Lucius in no time.

"Ginny, Hogsmead this Saturday?" Draco asked.

"Sure." Ginny smiled, as she pulled Draco towards the lake.

"What?" He asked blankly, as she starred at him endlessly.

"Nothing…" Ginny mischievously said, whipping around to face the lake.

"Com'on! Spit it out Ginerva!" Draco insisted, hugging her from behind.

"I've been thinking about the dream, you know?" She says.

"Ah… the dream." He agreed, they both knew what each other was thinking, the part when they thought Draco would die…but they also knew that if it wasn't for the dream, they would've never started to love each other.

"Oh Draco, I would die without you…" Ginny says, turning around to hug him too.

"Me too." Draoc replies. They hugged for a long period of time. And it felt like this moment was the most perfect, most sincere ever and that it would last forever.

"Hogsmead! I couldn't wait!" Ginny squeals as she pulls Draco into The Three Broomsticks after a day of exploring every part of Hogsmead. "I love butterbeer!"

Draco simultaneously goes and gets some for them as she finds a booth for the both of them.

"Oh Draco, I've never felt like this before. It's like some sort of escape when I'm with you! Like I can just forget everything else in the world-" Ginny starts to describe but she gets cut off.

"If it isn't young Malfoy and the Weasley girl." A voice that doesn't even sound human says, looking up they see a ghastly figure all covered in black, their face hidden in a hood, looming over them.

"Bellatr- I mean, madame, how can we help you?" Draco shakily greets as he tries to be as casual as possible.

"Would you like to have a seat mame'?" Ginny asks being friendly.

"Why of course." The figure replied, taking a seat beside Draco. Draco shifts uncomfortably in his seat, as far away as possible from the figure.

"I've meant to come see you Draco. Your father has a message for you." The figure says, looking at Draco straight in the eye. He knew what she was saying, and his eyes averted to the innocent Ginny who was taking a sip of her butterbeer.

"So madame, what is the message?" Ginny asks, out of curiosity, looking around.

Draco held his breath, he didn't know how to react, what if his father had sent Bellatrix Lestrange to come and harm Ginny, and he simply could not let that happen! Yet he knew that if he just blurted that there was a deatheater in the Three Broomsticks, the professors would rush here and that would only result Ginny dying later.

"Oh, Mr. Malfoy only wanted to know the relationship between Draco and you, Ginerva." The figure casually says, but Draco could hear the tone of malice in it.

"Us? Well we're dating, right Draco?" Ginny replies to the figure, smiling, as she looked at Draco for agreement.

"Draco? Are you and Ginny dating?" The figure persists.

"Uh…" Draco stutters, petrified.

"Draco, honey, just tell her, your father has the right to know anyway." Ginny insists.

"We are, uh…madame, we are." Draco daringly says.

"Are you…?" The figure questions once again, and Draco could feel the cold glare that threatened him with Ginny's life.

"No." Draco replies the same moment Ginny says 'yes.'

Ginny, frozen in her spot, stares at Draco for an explanation. At that moment, Draco felt a knife pierce his heart, he didn't want to hurt Ginny, but he had no choice, because Bellatrix was starring intently at him too.

He casually stood up and continued with his story coolly.

"That's what you think, Weasley. How childish of that thought, it was all a prank indeed. Blaise and I had set it to get back at you for the comment in the Great Hall." Draco non-chantly says, his voice echoing through the Three Broomsticks.

Bellatrix smirked.

Ginny looked at him, her eyes close to tears. "But-" She started.

"But what? Did you actually think I would like you?" Draco questions, raising his voice so everyone could hear him while he smirked and took pleasure in Ginny's humiliation. Yet inside, his heart was shattering, and the knife pierced deeper and deeper.

"But you said you love me. That you'd die for me…" Ginny sobs, looking up at him heart-broken.

"That?" Draco dryly chuckled. "That dream was all part of the plan Blaise and I had set for you. And you the blind oblivious stupid Weasley girl fell for it head over heels. You just wanted to become popular and liked, so Harry Potter would like you. But no, he doesn't care, he's just going out with every other girl but you." Draco concluded, laughing.

Now, Ginny's tears were rolling off her cheeks and into her butterbeer. She looked crest-fallen and crushed.

"I guess it's a good thing I'm telling you now, because I can't possibly stand you any longer! No wonder Potter doesn't even glance at you. I'm sorry you're scheme to become the most popular girl and to get Potter failed, Weasley. Best let you know the truth." Draco continued his act, though inside, his heart bled with every tear Ginny shed.

"And that is…?" Ginny questioned, her voice choking on her tears.

"That I'll never like a user like you." Draco finishes with all the venom he could possess, before exiting the Three Broomsticks leaving Ginny to cry by herself.

Pleased that her job is accomplished, Bellatrix made a silent exit out too, smirking all the way through.

Students who viewed the whole thing, looked away from Ginny disgusted. They, of course believe Draco, because he had a point, and because Ginny had fallen head over heels for Malfoy. Sulking, she left the shop with her hair curtaining her tear-stained face.

She was greeted by a cold gust of wind that knocked her senses back into her. Her family was right, Collin was right, Malfoy was just a user! And he had made everyone in the school think it the other way around! Did she actually think that a Malfoy's love would be true? She shouldn't have blown Collin off, at least he loved her and would never hurt her like that! Malfoy had just thrown her away like what he had done to Amber several months earlier. Ginny had told Amber how Malfoy lies, but she herself had gotten close to him, only to be thrown away like yesterday's old newspaper that is of no value. And as these thoughts poured in her head, the tears she shed could've filled a pool.

Her eyes stung from producing so much tears, but they didn't stop, they just continued to come out, and all night long, she walked along the lake, just like she had not so long ago with Draco…except this time, she was alone, and no matter how much tears she cried, they would not wash away all the memories she had with Draco.

"That bloody git! I'm going to pummel his face up!" Ronald Weasley rages angrily, standing up so fast that the whole game of chess on the table in the Gryffindor Common Room flipped the other way.

"I'll come along!" Harry says, standing up too

"Count me in! I've been wanting to break that vain face of his for a long time!" Collin adds walking into the Common room rather angry, and he started to follow the two seventh years out the portrait. Yet what blocked their path was Hermione.

"Stop it!" She commands, putting a hand in front of them all.

"'Mione! You heard what Malfoy did to Ginny, we're giving him a beating!" Ron explains.

"I know, of course I know! It's all over the school! But have you ever even wondered where Ginny is!" Hermione demands.

None of them say a word, because they had completely forgotten about that.

"Exactly. It is more important to find her than to pummel Malfoy! You can deal with him later! Right now, we must find Ginny!" Hermione instructs. The boys all nod in agreement.

"I'll ask the prat if he knows where she is. He might know." Hermione says before they all go their separated ways to find Ginny.

Hermione rushed down the hallway, not knowing where Malfoy may be. Yet fate was in her favour for she collided right into him.

"Watch it Mudblood Granger!" Draco warns, shoving past her.

"Hold it, Malfoy!" Hermione calls, grabbing onto him. "Where is Ginny?"

Draco froze in his path. "She's not in the Gryffindor Common Room?" He asks, his attention caught.

"No, I would've thought you'd know where she was, since you were probably the last one to see her." Hermione explains.

"No. I haven't seen her since nine." Draco says, glancing at his watch worrisome. It was half past twelve.

"All the professors have gone searching for her! She hasn't been found yet." Hermione explains.

Draco didn't reply, he just hurried down the corridor and disappeared around the corner.

"Strange…" Hermione regarded before going off to look again.

"Ginny, Ginny, Ginny…" Draco murmured under his breath full of worry as he searched through the Hogswart grounds on his newest broomstick. "Where are you? Please don't be in any trouble."

He continued to fly around the grounds, lower this time, but it wasn't until the started to rain that it hit him. Of course that's where she'll be! He quickly dove down near the lake, and sure enough, Ginny's small figure was curled up beside it.

"Ginny-y-y!" Draco shouted through the rain. Ginny looked up for a second before looking down again. Draco leapt off his broom and rushed to her side. "Ginny?"

She didn't look up again, her face was hidden by her thick red hair. "Ginny? Answer me Ginny." Draco says.

Slowly and cautiously, Draco pushes the hair out of her face, and the sight he saw was truly horrific. Her eyes were red and swollen, her nose pink from the cold, and her whole body seemed to be sucked out of energy. This was the result of his doings.

"Ginny, Ginny, we have to get out of here! You're going to get sick! Your brother will kill me!" Draco shouts, lifting her off her feet. She let him move her, she was too weak to fight back.

"You're going to be alright, I'm going to take you to Madame Pomfreys and she'll take good care of you." Draco reassures her, carrying her.

"You don't care about me… No one does…" Ginny murmured before her head fell onto his shoulder and she lost conscience altogether.

Yes I took me another forever to update but show pity! I'm so busy that I RARELY have time to sleep! I hope you like this chapter, and I hope Ginny dies lol mwahahaha! R&R Sorry I don't have time for thank yous, but I DO give all HEARTFELT thank you for reviewing! And as for those who don't review, DO review! Because as I said before, your thanks is only reluctant lol. jk. Enjoy ;)