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Ginny's POV
Harry and Draco returned home, both looking worried and a little worn out. I sat next to Harry, as Draco headed upstairs to Hermione
"Did you find Ron this time?" I asked
"Yeah and he attacked us"
"He what?"
"He attacked us, using the Body-Bind jinx on me! On me, his best friend!"
"Did he say why he's teamed up with Draco's father?"
"Yeah, it's because he loved Hermione and because Draco's with her, he turns himself over to the Death Eaters"
Harry sighed and leaned back
"Ah well, at least there's only two of them. We'll get Fred and George to help us take them down and maybe knock some sense into Ron's head"
"Well, let's hope so anyway"
"What's the time?"
I looked up at the clock
"Ten o'clock. Why?"
"Has the Dailey Prophet come in yet?"
"I don't know why you would want to read it"
"Maybe there's something that's happened we don't know about"
"Uh-huh, well, Hermione reads it, so go and ask her, okay"
Harry got up and left the lounge room. I followed him up the stairs and went into my room, before brushing my hair and getting changed. Once I was dressed in a blue, long sleeved shirt and black jeans, Harry came into the room, carrying the newspaper, a look of shock, anger and worry on his face
"What's wrong?" I asked
"They've done something we don't know about until now"
"What?"
"Snape and the other remaining Death Eaters have escaped from Azkaban. Also, the Dementors had joined them"
Harry folded up the newspaper and tossed it aside
"This is not good at all," he said
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Draco's POV
I entered the room, just as Hermione laid Elizabeth down into her crib. She looked up at me, her hands on her hips
"So, did you find anything?"
"Yeah, we found Ron and my father, teaming up together against us"
"Ron attacked you!"
"Pretty much, yeah"
"Why would he?"
"Well, he turned against us for the Death Eaters because, well, he's in love with you"
Hermione looked shocked
"I knew he liked me, but I never knew he would do such a thing like this to get his way"
"I know, it's stupid and he's an idiot, so it's no big loss"
Hermione glared at me, as she sat down on the bed
"Ron is my friend, Draco, so this concerns me. I know you hate him and he hates you, but we can't leave him to the Death Eaters"
"So, you're going to rescue him and leave me?" I asked
Now she looked angry
"No, Draco, I wouldn't do such a thing. Yes, I want to help him, but no I won't leave you. I love you and Elizabeth. Why would I leave the both of you?"
"Sorry," I said, looking away in shame
"It's okay"
I walked over to the crib and peered at Elizabeth's sleeping face, before sighing
"You know, I hope Ron doesn't come back here," I said, looking at Hermione, "because if he comes here and attempts to kill my daughter, then I will kill him"
"Draco!"
"I'm serious, Hermione, I won't let him harm her in any way"
"If you say so"
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Ron's POV
Now we had a force
Lucius and I had travelled to Azkaban and after persuading the Dementors to join us, we freed all the former Death Eaters, including Professor Snape, Goyle, Lestrange (Bellatrix had been killed during the battle), Avery, Wormtail and more, up to about seven others whom I did not know. We were assembled in the dungeons of Malfoy Manor, after cleaning the place up. Lucius stood up from his throne
"My fellow Death Eaters welcome back"
Snape bowed, along with Avery
"Now that we are together once again and we have the Dementors on our side, now we can take on the wizarding world and avenge our glorious master's death," then as an afterthought to Wormtail, "Though I'm not so sure about you, Wormtail"
"I am loyal to the Death Eaters," Wormtail squeaked, "And I can prove it to you"
"Oh shut your blabbering," I said, "We have no time for this"
"Lucius, how do you propose we take on the wizarding world with only fourteen Death Eaters and a bunch of Dementors?" asked a Death Eater named Zabini
"We are the children of the Dark Lord," Lucius answered, "Surely you are not that incompetent. We can use the Imperius curse, the Cruciatus curse, fear, werewolves, whatever, until we have full control"
He descended from the stairs and walked right up to Zabini
"And I wonder, where is your step-son?"
"He's not here right now"
"Oh I know that, that's why I asked"
"Blaise is currently unavailable"
"Oh dear, what a shame. Crucio!"
Zabini dropped, screaming in pain. I laughed at his misfortune. Lucius lifted the curse and walked away, as Zabini painfully got to his feet
"That is a taste of what shall happen if you disobey me or play games with me," Lucius hissed, "We shall move out tonight and gather what we need for an attack"
"Yes, our new Lord," the Death Eaters murmured
I smiled
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