A/N: enjoy ;) Last chapter… sniff sniff.. ive made it waaaay longer than my usual chapters because, of course, it's the last one.. nd yeah.. :P nyways, dnt 4get 2 review.. dedications r at the end.
Chapter 19
They landed right outside Draco's mansion, and Ginny hurriedly opened the door. She dragged Draco inside, where he lay screaming on the floor.
"Draco!" Ginny shouted, horrified. "Tell me what to do! What do I have to do! Draco!" Draco wasn't answering. He was now rolling around on the floor, clutching his arm in pain. Thinking quickly, Ginny ran over to the fireplace and threw in some floo powder. Saying his parent's address clearly, she felt the usual dizzy sensation before seeing a familiar living room.
"Narcissa! Lucius! Narcissa! Narcissa!" said Ginny desperately. No one answered. Ginny continued to call for them until her voice started to become hoarse. She returned to Draco, who was now panting slightly, though the pain seemed to be ebbing away.
"He's gone, Ginny… He's gone…" Draco said, his face in his hands.
"Who's gone? Voldemort?" asked Ginny.
"Yes… yes… Voldemort's gone…" Draco said, as Ginny gasped. It was the first time she'd heard him speak Voldemort's name, a true sign of his death. Ginny didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"He's gone! He's gone!" she cried out joyfully. She bent down and kissed Draco happily, taking no notice of the miserable expression on his face. Suddenly the door burst open. Draco was up on his feet in seconds, the pain now having left him completely.
"Potter," Draco sneered.
"Good to see you too, Draco." Ginny's breath caught. There, standing in the doorway, was the man she'd been waiting for for the past few months; Harry Potter.
"Harry?" she whispered, shocked.
"Stay right there Ginny, don't worry about a thing!" Harry's reassuring voice came from her left. Draco snorted.
"Should I be afraid, Potter?" he laughed derisively.
"If you've got any sense left you'd try to run," Harry said unflinchingly.
"How can you even suggest that? I thought Gryffindors were supposed to be brave!"
"Impedimenta!" Harry shouted at once.
"Protego!" Draco said, just as quickly. Harry ducked just as the spell flew towards him. Ginny continued to stand against the wall, unable to move.
"You can't win, Draco. I was better than you in school, and I'm better than you now. Even if you did get away, where would you go? You have no friends left. Everyone knows you for what you are, a filthy Death Eater!" Harry said hatefully.
"Oh yeah? Well if that's the worse fate, then let me go!" Draco laughed and Harry aimed another spell at him, which Draco dodged. "Losing your touch are you?"
"STUPEFY!" Harry shouted, and this time his spell hit his target. Draco fell to the ground, stunned. Harry sent green sparks out the window and then rushed over to Ginny, who was looking at Draco's body, appalled. Harry slipped his arms around her tightly and kissed her on the forehead.
"I've missed you, Gin," he grinned. Ginny smiled weakly. Then, as her mind sorted through her memories at a breathtaking speed, she pulled away abruptly.
"Where have you been, Harry?"
"Everyone thought you were dead… I saw you fall, and next thing I know, the Daily Prophet was saying you were dead. I only found out you were alive when we looked through Lucius Malfoy's memories, and we found out that you were actually here, enslaved. That was right before I finished off Voldemort, of course. After that I used a tracking spell, and found out where you were. I used a spell to bring you to me, but you were protected by some unknown force, and so I decided to come straight here."
"So he's… really dead?" Ginny asked.
"Yep, for real this time," Harry laughed, and pulled her close to him. Ginny's emotions were tangled up, and she couldn't make herself undo the knot… not yet anyway. "How are you, anyway? Were you hurt?" Harry's concerned face looked down at her. She managed a small shake of the head as she remembered that had actually had a great time at the Malfoy mansion… a great time…
"I'm fine."
"Ready to come home? Everyone will be thrilled. Ron was out of his mind with worry, you know."
"Yeah." Harry bent down and kissed her on the lips, his tongue searching her mouth. Ginny couldn't help noticing how awkward it felt, how different from…
"Are you sure you're okay?" Harry said, breaking away from her kiss.
"Of course," she said, unconvincingly. Just then Tonks, Remus, and Ron came running in. After making sure that Ginny was in fact, alright, they spirited Draco's body away to Azkaban. Ginny sighed. Life was going to be very different now.
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"Coffee, Gin?" Harry asked. She'd been home three months now, but it felt like much longer. And she still couldn't help jumping at his voice, unaccustomed to his company as opposed to the lanky blonde that had filled her heart not too long ago. Ginny couldn't help but notice how nice Harry was being, almost as though he felt guilty over something.
"Harry, is there something you want to tell me?" she asked, her voice distant.
"No, why would there be?" he asked, startled.
"Just wondering." Just then, they heard a knock on the door and Harry, looking immensely relieved, went to get it.
"Parvati! How erm nice of you to drop in! You'll be wanting to see Ginny of course?" Parvati walked in, wearing a revealing dress and a very surprised facial expression.
"Yes, erm… how are you then?" Parvati asked Ginny uncertainly, throwing questioning glances at Harry. Ginny looked from one to the other, and suddenly she understood. She giggled.
"Is something… going on between the two of you?" Ginny asked.
"Erm… no?" Harry said, looking her over in a calculating way.
"Oh come on Harry, she's not stupid. Sorry Ginny, but while everyone thought you were dead… Harry and I hit it off… but it was about two months later, so he stayed faithful for a while and all… we were supposed to get married this week actually, but Harry's been afraid to tell you as he thought the shock might prove to be too much for you. Well, there it is…" Parvati finished off lamely. Ginny couldn't help admiring her for the strength it must have taken for her to wait two months while Harry continued to live with Ginny…
"I'm really sorry Ginny… I just thought you were really gone… and Parvati was there for me… I know we were going to get married, and that this might be hard for you… but… I love Parvati now. It wouldn't be fair to you or me if we stayed together…"
"It's perfectly ok," Ginny said, cutting him off.
"It is?" Harry said, taken aback.
"It so happens that I also fell in love with someone else… and even though we were really happy together, I don't know if we could ever go back to being like that again, even if we tried… I think we've both changed a lot…" Harry nodded, understandingly, and Ginny noticed he had taken Parvati's hand. She felt a slight pang when she thought of Draco, all alone in a cell.
"You're invited to the wedding, of course!" Parvati said brightly, now that she saw that Ginny was actually fine with it. Ginny smiled.
"Thanks, it means a lot to me… but now, if you don't mind, there's somewhere I have to be… and I think you didn't come here just to talk anyway," Ginny laughed as Parvati blushed. Ginny hugged Harry and Parvati and left the house, glancing up at the sky as she did so.
"Hope it doesn't rain," she muttered under her breath. She was glad that Harry and Parvati were together now. Over the past two months she had realized how different she was from Harry, and the idea that they weren't right for each other had sprung to mind quite often. She supposed that she had had to be with Harry once again to understand this, because otherwise she would have continued to waste time wondering of what could have been. Of course, the fact that he was with Parvati meant she felt less guilty about being with Draco, and that the break up was a friendly one.
She suddenly felt reckless; as though she wanted to do something wild and crazy… maybe hook up with some random guy… But no… she knew that wouldn't satisfy her… not even close… there was only one thing that would…
Ginny apparated into the Minister of Magic's office.
"Rufus," she said, smiling. "I think it's time for me to call in some favors..."
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"What are you doing here?" Draco's voice echoed through the room. Oh, how she'd missed that voice…
"Minister gave me permission to visit."
"Harry not keeping you entertained?" Draco said bitterly.
"We broke up Draco… I realized something wasn't right between us… and he agreed." Ginny was edging nearer to him.
"Took you long enough," he said gruffly, but Ginny could already feel him warming up to her.
"How've you been?" she asked quietly.
"Ok… I mean, I'm getting along splendidly with the Dementors," he said sarcastically, and Ginny noticed the slightly haunted look he had in his eyes.
"I'm really sorry," she whispered. "I should have helped you… I could have protected you…"
"You couldn't have done anything without getting put in here yourself," he said fiercely.
"I still wish… but anyways, we don't have much time Draco, I'm going to get you out of here. You've got to hold on to my arm, and repeat exactly what I say."
"But how do you…?"
"The minister owed me a favor… and there's an incantation that can get us out of here which was made up for security purposes…" Ginny said impatiently. "Now repeat, Portus Me Duori di Aquiens." Ginny was gone in a flash, and dumbfounded, Draco repeated the words carefully. Next thing he knew, he was standing on what seemed to be a tropical island.
"Where are we?" he asked, looking around at the new surroundings.
"No clue. But it doesn't matter. We won't be staying here long anyway."
"We? You mean you're staying with me? Willing to live life on the run?" he asked, his eyes widening.
"You didn't think I'd just leave you on your own, did you! You're not getting rid of me that easily! Think of the excitement! Besides, I set you free, they'll be looking for me too, though Rufus said he'd give me a 48 hour head start. We won't even have to run forever, just until all this has died down a bit, then we can start living normally again… erm… we might need different identities though…" Ginny paused, deep in thought.
"And you don't care about any of this?" Draco said, skeptically.
"Don't you understand? All I want is to be with you! I don't care if we have a million ministry officials after me if we're happy together!" Ginny smiled, and pulled him closer so she could kiss him. Draco resisted for only a second before responding passionately.
"I love you," Draco said, ruffling her hair fondly. Ginny gazed deeply into his icy blue eyes.
"I love you too," she said softly, and they shared another kiss.
"So," Draco said, breaking off. "What now?"
"What do you think?" Ginny said, grinning. "We live happily ever after, of course!"
And as they sat there, holding hands and simply enjoying their time together, they both knew it would be true…
THE END
A/N: so there it is, the END… lol I hope you've all enjoyed reading this as much as I've enjoyed writing it. Nd now… for DEDICATIONS
This fic is dedicated especially to: me :P lol jk jk read on
First of all, for the person who inspired me to write the fic in the first place… Nikki Flynn.. yeah read her fic "All in the Game of Love" :P I luvd it ;) nd it's where I got the initial idea for this fic from… it's another "ginny works for the malfoys" fic, but it's pretty different, so yeah, enjoy!
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