It was very busy. It seemed like everyone in the world had gone to the Dragon Run. The dirt road that Ginevera and Draco were walking down was bustling with people. There was barely any room to squeeze in between two people, it was that crowded. Hawkers were yelling out their goods from their shops, people were buying things, and everyone was getting ready for the excitement of a Dragon Run.

Draco and Ginevera were supposed to meet Charlie in front of the large convenience store in the middle of the block. He was going to take them to their hotel from there. The only problem was, they couldn't find the store. It was boiling out and Draco was swearing quietly as he wiped sweat of his forehead.

"When we get to the hotel I am going to take a really cold shower." Ginevera sighed, wringing out her t-shirt with a look of disgust.

"I think the store is over there," Draco hissed in between his snarled profanities. He was pointing over the heads of the crowd in a direction in front of them.

"If you say so," Ginevera answered back with a sweat soaked sigh. They continued walking forward, pushing their way through the crowd, earning glares and snarls for their troubles. It took them nearly five minutes to reach the store. They walked in and saw a red head standing right by the door. Charlie nodded to them, held a finger to his lips and pointed to the back of the store. He led them through the shelves selling anything a witch and wizard could want. In the back of the store there was a doorway. Charlie led them through the door and as soon as the door closed behind them, he started to explain.

"I got you a room in the actual dragon complex. If anyone out there recognized me, or followed us to the back of the store, I would get into trouble. Follow me, I'll show you to your rooms." He walked of down the mercifully un-crowded dirt road they were standing on. They reached a huge building and walked inside. It was very cool inside the building and Ginevera began to shiver. Charlie noticed Draco putting an arm around Ginevera's shoulders to keep her warm and smiled.

"It's only a little further. You can turn down the cold air spell in your room if you want." Charlie walked up a short flight of stairs and took a right turn. The second door on the left had a plaque that read, Malfoy, on it. Charlie handed Draco a small silver key and smiled slightly. "There is a map in your room of this building and of the surrounding area. Feel free to go anywhere you want, as long as you don't antagonize the dragons." Charlie turned and walked off down the corridor.

Draco unlocked the door to their room and opened the door. Ginevera stalked in and walked right into the bathroom.

"Maybe I will take a hot shower," she muttered as she closed the door behind her.

That left Draco to unpack. The first thing he took out of their bags was a large padded bundle. Draco carefully unwrapped the bundle to show the egg. The egg had grown since the time that Voldemort had given it to them. It weighed about ten pounds and was nearly too big for Draco to get his arms around. Carefully picking up the egg, Draco placed it in his unlit fireplace. With a flick of his wand, Draco lit the fireplace.

"You had better hatch soon," he sighed. "If you get any bigger we wont be able to take you with us." Draco shook his head and sighed again. "I wish I knew what you were." He stood back up and went to finish unpacking.

"I'll just bet you wish to know what I really am. But trust me, you don't. I will either be your worst nightmare, or I will be your best friend. If you take me to see that snake again, I will most certainly kill you. That red eyed evil thing want to use me for himself. I refuse to be used.

"You will have one chance to prove yourselves to me once I hatch. You mess up and I destroy the world. You get it right, and I help you with your convoluted plans. Good luck my little heirs."

The egg was hatching.

Of course at the moment, Draco and Ginevera were in the stands cheering on Charlie as he raced his Dragon. There were long jagged cracks running along the sides of the egg and a ripping sound could be heard as whatever was inside forced its self out. It wouldn't hatch completely, at least not until the heirs were back in its presence, but, it was willing to give them a good scare for their abandonment of it in its time of need. Large chunks of the shell fell away to shatter on the floor.

"Go! Go! Go!" Ginevera was jumping up and down in her seat, her hair bouncing with her energy and her arms waving frantically in the air. Charlie was in the lead, his Dragon, Starbright, at least a full Dragon length ahead of the second place Dragon.

At first Ginevera had been confused about how the Dragon Runs worked. It was really just an endurance race. The riders had to mount their Dragons when the starting wand shot sparks into the air. Then the riders had to maneuver their Dragons through various obstacles that had been set up in the air. They had to go around the track ten times, with different challenges every time you flew around.

The less experienced Dragon Riders couldn't get their Dragons in the air at the start of the race, or they couldn't steer their Dragons through the obstacles. It was very fun to watch the foolish Riders fall hundreds of feet onto the ground screaming in their fright.

Charlie was on his seventh lap and was performing admirably. Starbright hadn't even faltered once. They had smoothly flown through everything in their way and it didn't look like anyone could overtake them. Charlie started his eighth lap and Ginevera jumped up again in excitement.

Charlie flew through a circle of burning fire and around pillars of stone. It was brilliant.

Draco, Ginevera and Charlie were walking back to their rooms talking quietly. In Charlie's arms was a very large trophy. He had easily won the Run. Draco and Ginevera stopped at Charlie's room to say goodbye before going to their own rooms. They had one more day of freedom here before they needed to go back and report their findings to Voldemort.

They walked into their room together, intent of having a nap after all of the excitement of the day. Draco went into the side room the check on the egg while Ginevera wearily sat down on the bed.

"Ginevera!" Draco gasped. "Did you touch the egg!"

"No," she answered, quickly getting up to join Draco in the side room. She gasped as soon as she got there. "Oh my! What happened?"

The floor was littered with black pieces of eggshell. On the table, where the egg had been was a shapeless black lump.

"What was in the egg?" Ginevera asked. "If it hatched while we were away, wouldn't it still be here?"

Draco shrugged and had his mouth open to say something when he heard Ginevera gasp. He span around and gasped loudly too.

A small head was rising out of the black mass. It opened piercing blue eyes and focused on the two people in the room.

"Maybe I should kill you," it croaked.

Ron and Hermione were hiding in the back of the library. They needed to have a private conversation somewhere they wouldn't be interrupted by another student or by Harry.

"Hermione," Ron sighed. "I don't understand my sister anymore. She used to be so nice, but suddenly she became a Death Eater and betrayed us, and even more surprisingly, she has joined back up with us against Voldemort. I don't know which Ginny is my sister, and which Ginny is being influenced by the bad people she has been associating with."

"I honestly think that the Ginevera who has been standing up in front of the entire Order, telling everyone Voldemort's plans is a facade." Hermione answered quietly. "I think that she is caring to those that she thinks are deserving of her love. She clearly loves Draco with all of her heart. Ginevera doesn't seem to trust very many people either. Somehow, Dumbledore gained her trust."

"But Ginny never cared about anything like that before. She loved her family, and trusted Gryffindor house. She knew how horrible the Slytherins are. Why did she suddenly change? I still think Ginny is under the Imperious curse." Ron sighed mournfully.

"She isn't under the Imperious curse Ron. I'm sure that Dumbledore would have noticed of she was, and also, Ginevera wouldn't be able to put any feeling into her life if she was controlled by the curse. She would speak in a monotone, and would stand completely still. At the next meeting you should check for those signs. Honestly, the whole time she was with us was an act. I think she is a very good actress. She was able to fool everyone, including Dumbledore, about where her loyalties really lie. She looks after herself and Draco. No one else matters to her."

Ron nodded mutely. "Do you think we can trust any of the information they are telling us?" He asked in a rare sign of intelligence.

"I'm not sure," Hermione sighed. "Ginevera has fooled Dumbledore before. She could be telling us lies and we would never know. I don't know what to think where Ginevera is concerned. Every time we finally think we understand her, she goes and changes. Lets tread lightly around her until we figure out what she is really after. Then we can decide what to do about Ginevera."

"Yessss, maybe I should rip you limb from limb. But I have a proposition to make." The black blob melted away leaving a beautiful black bird. It had long black wings that spanned the whole table length and beautiful black plumage on its tail. It turned its head and pierced the heirs with its dark green eyes. "I will offer you my aid in your quest to defeat Voldemort and defeat the Order. I will help you both become immortal rulers of both the wizarding and muggle word. Yesss, I do have that power. First though, you must to something for me." It spread its wings and took flight.

"You're a phoenix!" Ginevera gasped. It dived at Ginevera's head with a screech. Draco grabbed her and pulled her protectively behind him. The phoenix flew harmlessly past them, back winged, and turned around.

"Tell us what you want," Draco snarled as the bird flew back to the table.

"I want a mate." It snarled back. "I want to have an egg to hatch on my own." It lapsed into silence with a final snarl.

"So you're a girl phoenix right?" Ginevera asked slyly.

It nodded a yes to her.

"Draco, can you find out if Dumbledore's phoenix is a male?" She asked quietly. He nodded.

"I'll go check now. You take care of our prospective mother." He grabbed his cat that had been hiding in the corner away from the crazed bird and disapparated.

"So…" Ginevera started cautiously. "Can you tell me your name?"

"Piceousa."

"How come you are a black color? Dumbledore's phoenix is scarlet."

"A phoenix takes the color of its heart. I am not a good or brave phoenix like this Dumbledore's appears to be. What is the name of Dumbledore's phoenix?" Piceousa asked eagerly. "You are trying to see if it will mate with me and I wish to know more about it."

"Well," Ginevera sighed. "Lets see. Fawkes is scarlet, and very noble. He helps Harry a lot and ummmm, oh it's very loyal to Dumbledore. I've seen Fawkes catch an Avada Kadavra spell for Dumbledore."

Piceousa nodded regally.

Draco reappeared with a small pop. "Fawkes is a he phoenix and Dumbledore thinks it is okay if we borrow Fawkes for a couple of hours each day."

Piceousa shivered excitedly. "Thank you very much. Now here is my plan for your future ruler ship- "

Harry had been practicing the spell that would ensure Voldemort's destruction for the past three days. He had it nearly perfect. A couple more tries and he would have it.

Dumbledore walked into the empty classroom that Harry had been practicing and sat down on an old, dusty desk.

"May I see you try the spell please?" He asked. Harry nodded and pulled out his wand.

"Amourcium!" He screamed. A large scarlet heart flew out of his wand. Harry concentrated on the spell until it became a beam of scarlet light. He carefully focused it at the target he had fixed to the wall. He slowly moved the beam until it was going straight into the bull's-eye.

Harry stopped the spell with a jerk of his wand. "I'm so close to getting the spell correct. I'm just missing one important piece." Harry sighed.

Dumbledore smiled brightly at Harry. "I think it is amazing how far you have come in the past seven years. To be able to even get a wisp of color for a spell as strong as this one is extremely difficult. You should be proud of how well you have done."

Harry smiled back.

"I think I may have an answer to your dilemma though," Dumbledore went on. "Draco and Ginevera are planning something. They seem to have a good grasp at your difficulty with the spell and I think they are working on an answer. We will hear from them tonight at the meeting. Please be there."

Harry nodded and looked at Dumbledore sharply. "Are you sure that they can be trusted?" Harry asked quietly.

"I believe that they want Voldemort dead as much as we do, but I believe that they have a different motive. Harry, do not trust them beyond the destruction of Voldemort. We may have to kill Voldemort's heirs as well." Dumbledore stood up and smiled at Harry before walking out of the room.

Harry sank onto his knees. If only he had watched out for Ginny. Then she wouldn't have been pulled over to the allure of the darkness. If he had protected her like he should have, Harry wouldn't have to contemplate killing his best friends little sister. He wouldn't even have to think about killing a person he knew and loved.

Ron was sitting with Hermione again in the back of the library. They were curled up next to each other, knowing that once the battle started, and it was going to start soon, they wouldn't have nearly as much time together. Ron was optimistic about the battle to come though.

"Hermione, as soon as we destroy Voldemort, Ginny will be free of whatever spell Voldemort put on her. Then she can come back to us."

Hermione couldn't help smiling at Ron's naivety. "Ron," Hermione breathed carefully, "I don't think Ginny is under a spell. I think she has made her choices of her own free will. You have to understand Ron. You never paid enough attention to Ginny when she was around us. Neither of us knows what she is really like."

Ron pulled away from Hermione with a snarl. "How can you think that? How can you say that Ginny doesn't love us? How could she not love her family?"

"Because, Ron, you never acted like a family around her. We always pushed her away and ignored her problems. How is that like a family?" Hermione shook her head quietly. "It is all our fault Ron. We can't blame Harry for her desertion any longer because we know the truth. Ginny Weasley left because she felt like she didn't have a family to depend on. Look what Ginny has done now! She got a boyfriend who cares for her more than anything. That is her family."

A/N: Do you all know that feeling that you get when you're looking for something that you think should be easy to find but you can't find it anywhere? Well this story that I'm looking for is driving me crazy. I am looking for a story that I read on this site a few years ago that I want to re-read but I can't seem to find it. I don't remember the title or the author but I do remember a general summary of what happened in this fanfic and I was wondering if anyone remembered the title. Draco has been hiding in Hogwarts for a while. He has a private room in one of the towers and attends classes in an invisibility cloak. Dumbledore hires Ginny to tutor Draco (for Dumbledores' usual convulted reasons) and after the usual confrontation they become friends. Ginny spends Christmas with Draco in his tower room and eventually she helps him feel comfortable coming out of hiding. Does anyone remember this story? I would love it if someone could help me find it. Mell8