Alright, I know I haven't updated in a while, but I've been on vacation and also had a little writer's block. But here I go, ready to write the next hopefully marvelous chapter of Red Headed Lover.

Chapter 8

Sister Saviors

Draco led the rescue team quietly through his old house. He listened carefully and made sure they didn't pass his step-father's rooms for fear he may be heard. They wound themselves up five floors of the Malfoy home, stepping and breathing as though every moment was their last, for it definitely could be.

"Emmaline's room is right up here…" He stopped dead in his tracks because he heard that horrid sound he had heard a million times before.

"Where is he?" Crack.

"I don't know." Crack.

"Liar! Where is he?" Crack.

"I don't know." Crack.

Draco listened to his father accuse his sister over and over and then whip her. She still doesn't cry… Draco got his wand ready and motioned for his group to follow. They slowly crept towards the door. Crack. Draco grasped the door knob. Crack. He flung open the door and screamed with fury in his voice, "PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" Lucious Malfoy's arms snapped to his sides and his legs were glued together and he fell with a thud on the ground at his daughter's feet.

"Draco?" Emmaline's voice was faint and blood was still dripping down her back. She looked around, bewildered.

"I'm here, Emmy, I'm here." He ran to her side and supported her. "Don't worry, we'll get you fixed up in no time, I promise." He looked his father in the eyes. "Just to let you know, she had no idea where I was." And with that, he took her and began to walk her out of the house. They didn't care about the long detour they took before, they ran their way through the house with Emmaline's limp body. When they ran out of the house, they saw a sight for sore eyes.

Severus Snape sat in the driver's seat of a car with Ginny in the passenger seat. "Hop in." Severus started up the engine. His hair was really short and messy. Harry and the Weasleys took that as a sign that he was free of the imperious curse as well. They all piled in the back and Snape zoomed off as Lucious ran out of his house screaming.

Draco had eyes only for his sister. "Emmaline? Emmaline! Come on, we're going to get you fixed, remember my promise? Come on. Stay with me."

"Draco, I'll be fine for now. Don't worry, alright? You just get back to that little red head in the front and my father and thank them." She smiled up at Severus. "Thank you, father. You came in the nick of time."

"Yes, thank you, Severus."

"Wait a minute! You're father is Sirius and her father is Snape. What's going on here?" Harry was looking from Emmaline to Draco to Snape and back again.

"Well you see, Lucious Malfoy is infertile, he can't have children. So, he shoved my mother on Sirius and Severus so that he could have pureblood children. And, he kind of did. But we aren't his." Draco gave a sheepish grin.

"I hate Lucious, and I'm glad he's not our real father. He's a bastard and deserves to be treated as such. But if my father, my real father, is always here I'll be ok…." She let out a small groan and arched her back, hoping, Draco guessed, to get rid of the pain.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine Draco. You have someone else to thank, I think."

Draco looked over at Ginny. "Ginny?"

Ginny looked him in the eye and slapped him. "You promised never to scare me like that again, didn't you? What if you had a fit while you were trying to save her, huh? What would I have done?"

Draco looked back at her and looked down. "I'm sorry, Ginny. I didn't mean to upset you or make you worry. That's why I told your mother and brothers not to tell you where I was going. I left before Severus arrived at Grimauld Place." He looked up at her. "Thank you, though, for coming to get me. I always new you were brave."

Ginny blushed and looked down at her hands. "I forgive you. And don't worry about repaying me for coming to save you or anything, knowing your okay is good enough for me."

"You're one lucky boy to have a friend like her. I had to chase her halfway through the neighborhood before she stopped. She was determined on saving you." Draco smiled at Ginny and she blushed even more.

"Here we are, 12 Grimauld Place, London." Everyone jumped out of the car and Emmaline leaned gently on Draco's shoulder as he guided her inside. "Be careful with her back, Draco. You won't want to hurt my daughter, would you?"

"Of course not Severus." But he was having difficulty carrying her up the steps, so Snape came and took her in his arms bridal style and carried her into the house. They all came down the stairs and Severus laid her down, back up, on the kitchen table. He ripped the remainder of her shirt open to get a good look at the cuts. There were cuts that were new and some that were old that had been opened.

"Emmaline… that's worse than mine ever were. I'm so sorry." Draco looked away from her back. Ginny went over to him and held him, trying to comfort him.

"Alright now, you lot, out of the way. I hear there's a hurt- oh my goodness! You poor dear. I'll have you fixed up in no time, don't you worry." Mrs. Weasley pulled out a bottle of greenish liquid and started to dab it on the wounds. "This is going to sting." But Emmaline didn't make a sound. No gasp, nothing. She sat perfectly still, her face blank.

"Draco, come on. Let's go up to our spot." Draco just nodded and Ginny led him up the stairs to the roof door. She sat him down on the roof and sat next to him. "Draco, she'll be alright."

"Did you see her, Ginny? She looked terrible. And I left her. I should have brought her with me but I left her behind and she got hurt. Hurt more than both of us combined had ever gotten before. Oh Ginny." He put his face into his hands and sobbed. Ginny had never seen a boy cry like this before. She put her arms around him and attempted to sooth his crying with a song her mother used to sing to her:

Gently fly, to your dreamland.

Gently cry, for we all need to release the sadness from within.

Cry little angel,

Just let it out for all to hear.

Just cry little angel

And go to sleep.

"Thank you, Ginny. By the way, your voice is beautiful. Much better than mine." Draco looked at her with love in his eyes.

"No, my voice is horrible."

"No it's not. The notes that touch your lips are very lucky. I mean- what I meant to say is- oh jeez." Draco blushed and looked down at his feet.

"No, don't worry about it." Draco looked back up at Ginny. Ginny leaned up and kissed him full on the lips. They stayed that way for a moment, love at it's innocence.

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