Chapter 15
The Library
Later that night, the four were back in their so-called home. It was late, and they decided to turn in. Harry walked out of the bathroom and got into bed. "Harry? Can I tell you something?" Ginny said to him. "Of course." He said. Tears suddenly came streaming from her eyes. Harry put his arms around her. "Ginny-" he started. But she cut him off. "I don't think it's safe here. I want to get out." She said. "What? But the ministry is the safest place there is." He protested.
"Harry, listen to me. Yaxley isn't going to stop looking for us. I know the ministry is safe, but once he finds out where we are he'll find a way to get to us. We need to keep moving." She said. There was a period of time when she stared him straight in the eyes without stopping. "I don't want anything to happen again." She said. Harry hugged her. "Listen, I won't let anything happen to you." He said. "I'm not the one I'm worried about Harry." She said. Neither of them talked for a long time. "I think we just need to get some rest." Ginny said to Harry. He nodded. She leaned into him and kissed him. "Goodnight Harry." She said.
The next morning, Ginny got up early and waited for Hermione to get up. When she did, Ginny told her about not staying in one place for too long. She agreed. But now the only problem was convincing the guys. Once they were all up, they tried convincing them to keep moving. They disagreed so they came to a compromise. They would stay at the ministry for one more week and then leave.
Later that day Ginny started walking down the halls on the floor. She turned to the left and saw a door that was cracked open. She knocked on it, but there was no answer. So she pushed the door open and saw an enormous room with bookshelves covering the walls. Her jaw dropped wide open. Ginny walked along the walls reading the titles of the books. Half way across the room, she saw another door, but this one was different. It was pure glass, but you couldn't see through it. Then, she heard voices. She turned around and saw that the door she came in started to open. She pushed open the glass door and left it cracked open so she could hear what the people were saying. Ginny then heard a noise that sounded like something boiling. "Now, I must find that book so I can destroy Potter. Then she'll go crying back to the boss and I'll get my pay." said a familiar voice. Ginny started breathing harder. She knew who it was now and now she knew his plan. Yaxley was right here, and he needed to find a certain book so he could destroy Harry. And Dean Thomas was behind it all! What did I ever see in him? She thought. "Book of most powerful potions… Book of most powerful potions… by Laurel Plzak… by Laurel Plzak…" Yaxley kept repeating while he ran his fingers over the books. Ginny took out her wand and pushed the door open. Yaxley turned around and gave her an evil smile. "Reducto!" she screamed. But before the spell hit Yaxley, "Crucio." She screamed louder than ever and fell to the ground. She only had the strength to say "Expelliarmous-" and with that, Yaxley's wand flew out of his hand. Ginny got up and hexed him. He stood frozen for a few minutes. Ginny opened the door to the hallway and screamed as loud as she could. Security came running down the hall, but before they could get Yaxley, he was recovered and jumped out the window without what he came for- that book. Ginny told security what happened and they asked her to go to her room. But she told them she wanted a book first. She looked for about a half hour and finally found it on the top bookshelf. She stood on the ladder and held the Book of Most Powerful Potions in her hands. She got down and told them she was leaving. One woman led her to her room and left afterwards. She told Harry, Ron, and Hermione, what had happened and Yaxley's plan. Then they all agreed that they would leave in two days, not a week. That night, Ginny sat in bed and opened the Book of most powerful potions. Each page had a terrible recipe to a potion that was always bad. "This is a terrible book." She said aloud. "You mean the book you told us about?" Harry said from the bathroom door. She nodded. He went over to her and put his arm around her. Harry turned the pages and put an expression on his face as though someone had just said something offensive to him. He closed the book and looked at Ginny. "I really don't know which potion they were planning to give me, but I wouldn't like any of them… wait a minute. How could've Yaxley gotten here? There is security everywhere." Harry asked. Ginny gave a fake smile. "Well, I heard a boiling noise right after he closed the door. He could've used the Polyjuice potion." Ginny responded. He sighed. Harry kissed her forehead and turned the lights out. Ginny lay down and reminded herself about the cruciotous curse. She hadn't told anyone about it, not even Harry. It hurt so badly. She thought. I think I need to tell Harry about it. She shook Harry's arm. "Harry I need to tell you something…" He rolled over and turned the light on. "What's wrong?" he asked her. She shrugged. "He used the Cruciotous curse on me again. But this time, it was different. Of course it hurt like hell… but I had the strength to fight back this time. That's why he didn't get the book- because I fought back." She said. Harry gave her an odd look. "You fought back?" she nodded to his question. "That's odd… did it hurt as bad as the last time?" he asked. She nodded again. "But as I already told you- it was different. It was like my inside was in pain, but my body didn't feel it. So it fought back naturally." She said. "I've never heard of anything like that. But maybe we can figure that our later." Ginny laughed and kissed him lightly. He looked at her and kissed her more passionately. She pulled away and said, "I thought you were tired." He smiled at her, "Not when I am kissing the most gorgeous and amazing girl on the planet." He said. Ginny laughed lightly and put her hands on his shoulders. He kissed her again. She deepened the kiss. Soon they were in full make-out mode. A few minutes later Ginny pulled away again. "I am sorry Harry but I am really really tired. And I promise that we will continue tomorrow okay?" she said with a flirtatious smile. He smiled back and turned the lights out.