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Summary: Betrayal. Need I say more?
Author's notes: Enjoy and please review!
Draco entered Ginny's room only to find the bed unmade, vases shattered on the marble floor, and the doors leading to the balcony wide open causing rain to pour into the room. Draco immediately ran onto the balcony, cutting his feet on shards of glass, grabbed the metal railing, and looked beyond it to the surrounding woods. He could see Ginny no where in sight and quickly re-entered the room. Draco ran his hands through his now soaked blond hair. Ginny wasn't there. But where could she be? She couldn't have climbed down from the balcony; it was nearly thirty feet from the ground. Draco didn't quite understand what was going on. Why would she have left? And why leave in such a hurry? Draco sat against the silky white sheets of Ginny's bed. He looked down at the marble, which was now covered in blood from his wounded feet, and clutched his chest.
Draco's throat began to clench and tingle. His heart got so warm that he could feel the heat traveling through his body. His stomach began fill with those unforgiving butterflies that almost instantly sparked the flow of tears. Draco knew right away that his heart was breaking. It was by far the worst feeling that he had ever felt. He just wanted to grab a piece of the shattered glass and pierce his bleeding heart with it just to make the pain go away. Just as Draco was about to stand up and leave the room he heard footsteps coming very quickly towards Ginny's room. Moments later Draco made a sharp intake of breath as Ginny appeared in the doorway.
Ginny was dressed only in a white nightdress and was clutching her wand tightly. She wore an expression of hatred mixed with betrayal. Her eyes were bloodshot and her eyebrows were furrowed. Draco stood up and took a step forward causing Ginny to gasp and step backward. Ginny's reaction caused great confusion for Draco.
"Ginny," he whispered as he took another step towards the startled girl, "Ginny…what happened?"
Ginny eyed Draco questioningly before speaking, "You should know," she said hoarsely, "You set me up. This was all a lie."
Draco's eyes widened at hearing this news. "What are you talking about?" he asked; his voice now above a whisper.
"I heard your father talking to some man," Ginny cried as she ran into the room and pulled a bag out from under the bed. "He said that you were supposed to make me fall in love with you. And then you were going to lure me into some kind of a trap--" Ginny broke off and fell into a coughing fit.
"Ginny," Draco said as he stood in shock by her bedpost, "I would never do anything like that. Don't you see? I lo--" Just then there was a loud popping noise and Lucius Malfoy appeared between Ginny and Draco with a smug look on his face. Draco immediately knew what was going on.
"You knew all along that she is Ginny, didn't you?" he asked.
"Of course I did," Lucius answered, "Did you really think that you could keep this from me?"
Draco glared at his father while Ginny frantically grabbed her things and threw them in her bag. Draco himself had never felt so betrayed. He would have killed Lucius if he thought he could. Lucius shook his head and looked at Draco disappointingly.
"I thought you were better than this, Draco," he said, "Really, messing around with a weasel…pitiful. You don't understand. She is the enemy. She is all we need to bring the Dark Lord back to power!"
"What are you talking about?" Draco asked, "Harry destroyed all of the horcruxes! And he fought the Dark Lord! Voldemort is dead!"
Lucius laughed menacingly causing Draco to jump and Ginny to stop what she was doing. "Don't you see Draco? Ginny is the last piece of the puzzle. The Dark Lord thrives off of her very life force!"
"W-what do you mean?" Ginny asked from beside the bed.
"Do you remember the Chamber of Secrets, Ginny? Do you remember Tom's diary? A part of him still lives within you. A younger, stronger Dark Lord is waiting to come to power!" Lucius laughed madly and pointed his wand at Ginny.
"What about the Hunters?" Ginny asked, "What do they have to do with this?"
"Those stupid Muggles are under the Imperius curse! Since most of the Death Eaters were killed in the last battle we needed someone to help us bring the Dark Lord back to power. It was so simple, really. But, you see, young weasel. You were supposed to die the night that the muggles attacked your home, because for the part of the Dark Lord that lies within you to be free, you have to die. It's the only way."
Ginny stared at Lucius fearfully then quickly glanced at Draco. Draco didn't know what to do. He didn't want to let Lucius kill Ginny. If he tried to stop him then he would betray his father. But if he let him he would be betraying Ginny. Draco stared at Ginny and saw that she was beginning to change. The spell that he had cast upon her was now wearing off. Within seconds Ginny's red hair and light brown eyes and freckles were back. Draco looked deep into Ginny's eyes and he knew what he had to do.
"Avada--" Lucius was cut off as Draco threw his arms around him and tackled him to the ground.
"Ginny!" Draco yelled, "Get out of here!"
Ginny stared at Draco whom was barely able to keep Lucius down. "Not without you!" she cried.
"Just go!" Draco pleaded.
"I won't," Ginny whispered. "I won't." Ginny then grabbed her wand and pointed it at Lucius and Draco. She closed her eyes and cried, "Stupefy!" and the struggling stopped.
Draco lay on top of his father breathing heavily and he quickly pushed himself off. Draco ran over to Ginny and grabbed her hand. "Take your bag Ginny," he said, "We must leave now." and, together, the two of them apparated away.
Harry stood in the waiting room with Ron and Hermione. They Healers were about to release Fred. It had taken them longer than they had thought to heal him. Hermione had told him Fred about their baby just a week before and Fred took it very hard. HE refused to even eat anything for days. But he was doing a little better now and the Healers felt that it was alright to release him. Harry looked at Hermione and smiled slightly. He knew that she was relieved that Fred was going to be okay. She probably would have died if she had lost him too. Harry sighed. Today was going to be a good day. Fred was being released and they were all going to live with Hermione's parents in London. When they arrived there Harry was immediately going to owl Ginny and tell her to come and be with him. Everything was going perfectly.
Just then there was a loud pop in the room and Ginny and Draco appeared. The two of them stumbled and fell in front of Ron, Harry, and Hermione. Harry stared down at the two of them in shock. Ginny was wearing only a very tiny nightdress and was covered in sweat. Harry immediately reached down to help Ginny up. She seamed very upset; frantic, almost. Harry took a moment to examine Draco, whom Hermione was helping up, and noticed that he, too, was in his night clothes. Except Draco had small cuts on his face and larger gashes in his feet.
"What happened to you two?" Hermione asked.
"Yes," Ron said with a quizzical look on his face, "Do tell."