When they reached their room Draco shut the door behind Ginny. Without turning to look at her, he crossed the room and sat on the bed with his face in his hands.
"Draco?" Ginny asked quietly approaching him.
Draco made no sign he had heard her, but he didn't move away from her either, Ginny took that as a good sign and sat down beside him.
"You don't believe him do you Draco?" Ginny asked as her voice quivered.
"Believe him? That you came here with me for my power?" Draco laughed as he lifted his face from his hands.
"Of course I don't believe him Ginny, he's crazy, and besides what power do I have here? I'm not even a death eater yet. And my father no longer holds the respect of the dark lord that he used to," Draco sighed as he turned to look at Ginny his expression softening.
"Then what's wrong?"
"Those dreams you were having, they were more than dreams weren't they? 'How long have the dreams called to you.' He said that Ginny, they were more than just dreams if he knew what was happening," Draco said as he ran his fingers through his blonde hair.
"Draco-"
"I'm so sorry Ginny, you came to me, you confided in me. I could have done something, I-" Draco sighed, exasperated as he shook his head.
"Draco," Ginny said, reaching for his hand.
But to her surprise he pulled it away. "What blood runs through your veins Ginny?" Draco asked looking her straight in the eye.
Ginny held his gaze for a few seconds before she looked down at her hands folded in her lap.
"I don't know, but I always thought there was something different in me, something that no one understood," Ginny answered.
"All teenagers feel like that," Draco said.
Ginny looked up to meet his gaze but Draco's eyes were across the room on the fire.
"Maybe," Ginny replied biting her lip.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Draco asked as he tore his gaze away from the fire and searched her face.
"What that I felt like I didn't belong, that some part of me hoped that I didn't just to prove I wasn't crazy?" Ginny asked.
"You're not crazy," Draco reassured her, taking her hands.
"But how could I have so many doubts, when I look just like every other Weasley? When I know I am one? How could I want to be anything else? I just want to know where I belong," Ginny stammered, blinking hard.
"Well don't," Draco said softly.
Ginny looked at him, curiosity shining on her face.
"Don't worry about where you belong," Draco continued, pulling her close.
Ginny tilted her head to the side but still said nothing.
"Because you've already found it, you belong with me," Draco answered, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
He cupped her face with his warm hands and brought his lips to hers.
There was a knock on the door, and Blaise walked in.
Draco and Ginny grinned jumping up to greet their friend.
Blaise smiled tightly, the smile never reaching his eyes, as he regarded his friends with unease.
"What is it?" Draco asked.
"It's time," Blaise said softly.
It was time for them to get the dark mark, and then Ginny would turn her back on everything she ever knew, everyone she ever loved, and attack members of the Order.
"Bu-"Draco opened his mouth to protest but stopped when Blaise shook his head.
"Good, seems someone can keep you in line," Yaxley said smirking, as he grabbed Ginny by her arm and shoved her in front of him.
"Keep your hands off of her,"Draco hissed.
Blaise stuck his arm out, stopping Draco from drawing his wand.
"That I think will be enough Yaxley," Lucius Malfoy said calmly.
"You think I'm going to trust a Weasley just because-"
"Yes I think you will Yaxley. The dark Lord trusts her, and as such, so do we," Lucius Malfoy said as he walked up to Yaxley with a small smirk.
"And yet, it seems even you are too stupid to follows the Dark Lord's orders Lucius," a voice came from the shadows.
Ginny held her breath, she knew that voice.
"Ah Bellatrix, and what is it that brings you here," Lucius asked, trying to hide his surprise.
From the way Lucius's voice changed tones, Ginny could tell that he was no longer in charge, Bellatrix was.
"And I think that since none of you can decide, Draco you can go with Yaxley, and Lucius you take the Zambini boy," Bellatrix crooned.
Nobody said anything, Ginny looked up to meet Draco's eyes, he paled slightly, and bowed his head signifying that it was out of his hands now.
Ginny stood there confused as the silence carried on; she assumed she would be with Yaxley and Draco, until she looked over at Bellatrix to see that she had a cruel smirk on, and then Ginny understood.
"And Miss Weasley will come with me," Bellatrix said smiling, as she curled a lock of her hair.
"Ginevra," Ginny said, as she raised her chin, not wanting to show her fear.
"What?" Bellatrix asked.
"Not Weasley, Ginevra. It seems we both have family we'd like to forget Bellatrix." Ginny said smirking.
The muscle bellow her jaw twitched but Bellatrix said nothing, she motioned for Lucius and Yaxley to talk about the plan a few feet away from the three teenagers, and both men followed, giving the impression that neither liked being told what to do.
"Are you alright?" Draco whispered.
"Yeah," Ginny said quietly, even though they both knew it was a lie.
"Did you both get yours?" Blaise asked quietly, barely above a whisper.
Draco nodded and rolled up his sleeve exposing his forearm, where a blazing dark mark stood. Blaise like Draco pulled up the sleeve of his robes showing both of them his mark. Both boys turned to look at Ginny, and she did the same pulling up the sleeve of her new death eater robes, not meeting their eyes. She was afraid that if they knew how much the mark affected her. How much she liked the way it shone against her pale skin, and how she she could feel it's pulse slowly beating. And how much she hated that she liked having it there.
"Can you feel it?" Ginny whispered quietly not taking her eyes off it.
"No," Draco answered.
"Yeah," Blaise replied.
Ginny looked up to meet his gaze.
"And it sickens me," He replied quietly, with venom in his voice.
"Let's go," Lucius said as he approached the three of them, pulling on his mask as they went.
Ginny looked over to see that Yaxley had done the same.
"Not you Ginevra," Bellatrix said smirking. "I want to see the look on your father's face, when he sees his little girl killing him."
Ginny said nothing just smiled; she didn't look over to see the look on Draco and Blaise's face before they pulled on their masks. Ginny knew what she would see there, the same thing she was feeling inside.
Ginny looked over at Bellatrix not at all surprised to see that she wasn't wearing her mask.
"Where are we going?" Ginny asked.
"To your lovely Burrow." Bellatrix said as she laughed, thinking she was giving Ginny a treat.
Bellatrix grabbed Ginny by her arm, hard enough to leave bruises and apparated just outside the Burrow.
Ginny let out a same sigh of relief,the Weasley's had wards all around their home, put up by different ministry and order members, there was no way they would be able to set foot in her yard.
But then Bellatix took a step forward, and continued on, as she walked proudly past the chicken coop and approached the house. Ginny stood frozen in place, this wasn't right, they shouldn't have been able to get in.
Bellatrix turned around when she didn't hear Ginny's footsteps and Ginny quickly strode over to her, pulling her face into an unreadable mask.
"It seems Severus came through after all, taking down the wards," Yaxley said, with some surprise in his voice, as he and Blaise landed nearby with a crack.
"Oh course he did," Lucius replied coldly.
It didn't take long for them to make plans, from what they were saying a few members from the Order were here, having a meeting, or dinner, Ginny wasn't sure. She was a bit confused as to why they were here and not at Head Quarters where it would be much safer, but Ginny said nothing.
Bellatrix liked to have her fun, as Ginny watched her kill each chicken as the boys went on ahead to the house, her and Ginny would come later. Ginny stood there too afraid to talk and unsure of what to do. After Bellatrix had killed the chickens, she beckoned Ginny to follow her with her finger as they went around the back of the house busting each window as they went. When they came through the back of the house Ginny froze. She could see both a crowd of family and friends, shooting jets of coloured light at the death eaters. Ginny's first instinct was to rush and help them, only before she realised that she was one of them. She looked sideways at Bellatrix who seemed to know what Ginny was thinking. Ginny wouldn't give her the satisfaction as she raised her wand and walked calmly into the battle.
