Chapter 6 (remember this story is set pre-OoP, with some of my own twists)
Hey guys. Thanks so much for reading this, and favoriting, and reviewing, and all that stuff. You all rock. I know it's taking a while to update; I'm sorry. But sadly, this is ending very soon. So in trying to come up with the perfect ending, I had some major writer's block. Here's the second-to-last chapter. Hope this goes well! :)
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, blah blah blah; you know the deal.
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Harry's view
"What in bloody hell were you thinking, Dad?" Harry, Sirius, and Dumbledore had just questioned whether the Dark Lord had used Legilimency again on Harry.
"I told you! I wasn't there when he used it the first time-," Snape yelled and broke off.
"The first time? WHADDYA MEAN, THE FIRST TIME?" Sirius shouted.
"I – I asked the Dark Lord to use Legilimency to find Harry for me," Snape mumbled.
"But now he knows where we are! How could you be so stupid, Dad?"
"I –I'm sorry, Harry. I just wanted – needed – to find you."
"I assume we'll need a new place to stay," Dumbledore said quietly as Sirius nodded in agreement. They stood up to start packing.
"Wait. I have one more question for my dad," Harry said. The three men turned.
"Where's Ginny?"
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Ginny's view (ooh, that's a new one! LOL)
She woke up in a dark and dank basement. She sat up, and tried, once again, to shout for help. Ginny learned that in the past, what was it now? Three days? Four? Anyway, she learned that she was being held prisoner in the Malfoy's basement. She would be sent food down once a day; moldy bread and cheese, and something that seemed like water – probably deadly. She knew she was deep underground, and no one could possibly hear her unless they were right outside the door. All of a sudden, it opened. Oh, no. This cannot be good, she thought.
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Back to Harry
"You've known? You've known? This whole time? And you didn't tell me?"
"I – I'm sorry, son."
"No. No. I don't wanna hear your crappy apologies. Get her out of there. Get her out of there, now."
"I CAN'T!"
"WHY IN HELL NOT?"
"Do you think Lucius would really let me in? Do you?"
"No. Of course not. That's why you'd break her out."
"WHAT?"
"Dad, you said you'd do anything for me; anything. Can't you defy this order for me? Break tradition!"
"I'll see what I can do," Snape said quietly. Harry ran up and hugged his father.
"Thank you."
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Ginny
Narcissa Malfoy descended the stairs and walked over to Ginny. She had her wand out, and Ginny became scared. I could try to jump her; no, she'd just jinx me. What do I do? I'm not surrendering, I know that much.
"Do whatever you want to me. I'm not surrendering."
"Oh, silly girl. The Dark Lord needs you. You'll lure the Potter boy to him!"
Ginny gasped, "No! Y – you can't do that!"
Narcissa laughed maliciously, "Watch me." With that, she turned to walk back upstairs. This is my only chance, Ginny thought. She crouched and pounced on Narcissa, stealing her wand in the process. The two scuffled, and Ginny somehow got the upper hand by throwing Narcissa off her with her strong Chaser's arms. Narcissa looked bedraggled and stood up, and tried to get her wand back, but Ginny was too quick for her, and used Petrificus Totalus on her. She was bound by invisible ropes.
"No, watch me," Ginny said and walked upstairs. She reached the room above her, the drawing room, and was met by Lucius and Draco. They both made a move to grab her, but she was too quick and slipped between them. She managed to use the Bat Bogey Hex on Draco and Stun his father. Then, she ran for it. She was met by house-elves and either ran around them, or jumped over them like a hurdle. She made it outside and thought, Where in hell am I?
"Great. I have no effing idea where I am, and I don't know how to Apparate. I guess I could try Floo Powder….but that means going back in there. It's my only chance," she said to herself. She ran back inside the mansion, heading for the grand fireplace. She saw her wand locked up in a bell jar. Ginny ran over to it, exploded it with Narcissa's wand and grabbed hers. She ran to the fireplace, grabbing a handful of Floo Powder. Draco ran into the room she was in, obviously he finished fighting off the bogeys, and tried to grab her leg as she shouted, "The Burrow!" and disappeared into a swirl of green flames. She landed in the living room of her own home, covered in soot, and looked at the grandfather clock with her family's nine faces on it. She watched as hers moved from "mortal peril" to "home."
"Hello? Mum? Dad? Fred, George? Ron? ANYONE?" A sleepy looking George walked into the living room.
"Oi! What's with all the ruckus? It's 5:30 in the morning! Ginny? GINNY! MUM! DAD! GINNY'S HOME!" George yelled, as he took his little sister in his arms. The rest of the family ran sleepily, but excitedly into the living room.
"Ginny? Where were you? How? My little girl," Mr. Weasley said quietly.
"Three words: Bat. Bogey. Hex," Ginny said. Her family laughed.
"How's Harry? Has Snape done anything horrible to him?" Ginny asked.
"Well, er, we don't know Ginny," Mrs. Weasley said quietly.
"What?" she said, barely audible, tears filling her eyes.
"The last thing we heard was that he was with Dumbledore and Sirius were with him. That was the day that you went missing. We haven't heard anything since."
"Well, we can contact them somehow, right? You guys are in the Order! You can talk to Dumbledore!"
"Ginny, I'm sorry. We don't know where Dumbledore is, and even if he is with Harry anymore."
"Well, we have to find him!" Ginny stood up and tried to make her way to the door.
"Ginny, stay here. We're not losing you again," said Mr. Weasley.
"But Dad, I-," Ginny began to say, "I love him."
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Harry (a day later)
Harry was sitting at the table, eating breakfast, waiting for everyone to ready to relocate. He didn't sleep much; he was worried about Ginny. Shortly after Harry had questioned his father, Snape went off to see what he could do. At that moment, the front door of the cabin opened. It was his father.
"She escaped. She's home with her family. She is now wanting to look for you," Snape said as Harry let out a sigh of relief.
"Do we know how she did it?"
"She used the Bat Bogey Hex or something silly like that."
"Have you ever been on the receiving side of one of her hexes? It SUCKS."
"Oh, well at least she's safe."
"I have to see her. I'm going to the Burrow."
"No, Harry. You can't leave; you should stay with us."
"No, Dad. I'm going. Tell Dumbledore and Sirius," Harry said. Snape stared at his son as he left, knowing he couldn't change Harry's mind.
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(Later that Day-Harry's View)
Harry Apparated to the Burrow and knocked on the door. Mrs. Weasley answered the door.
"H-harry? Oh, Harry! Ginny! GINNY! COME HERE!" A redheaded figure came to the door and ran up to Harry, tackling him with a hug.
"Harry! Oh, Harry, you're okay!" They stood up, holding each other. Mrs. Weasley backed away from the door, leaving them alone outside.
"Harry, I was so worried about you," Ginny whispered.
"You were worried about me? Ginny, I was scared to death about you! You were captured!"
"That was just the Malfoys; Voldemort is after you."
"But Ginny, I couldn't see you hurt."
"The same to you. But I managed to get out of this one." Harry laughed and they went inside. The Weasleys were all glad to see that Harry was alright and that he and Ginny were together again. At one point, Dumbledore came to the Burrow and informed Harry that they were staying at the Lovegood household, right over the hill. It was requested that Harry come home for dinner. So, Harry and Dumbledore left and went to stay with Luna and Xenophilius Lovegood. They sat down to dinner, and Harry was introduced to Luna.
"Yes, I know who you are. You're Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived. I'm Luna, a year behind you and in Ravenclaw."
"Oh, well nice to meet you." The night proceeded of a very odd, and very boring conversation in Harry's opinion. It was something about Crumpled-Horn Snorkacks, and Knargles, and other odd creatures that Harry doubted existed. He just wished he could be spending time with the Weasleys, and in particular, Ginny.
"Er, may I be excused?" Harry asked. Everyone nodded their approval, and he walked outside. He went to lay down on the side of the hill the house sat on. He did so, but felt eerily alone. He muttered the spell for a Patronus, and a beautiful white stag exploded from his wand tip. It cantered around, and stopped, staring at him confusedly, seeing that there was no danger.
"I just needed a friend," he said quietly, as the stag began to trot off down the hill. "No, wait, come back…" A few minutes later, a figure was walking alongside the stag. Harry sat up to see who it was.
"Ginny! How did you know I was out here?"
"I didn't. Your Patronus came and found me as I was sitting outside," she said.
"Oh. Yea. It seemed confused that I conjured it when there was no danger. I told it I just wanted a friend, and it kind of found you."
"That's actually sort of sweet," she laughed. She laid down next to him, and he took her hand.
"Ginny, I love you," Harry whispered.
"I love you too." The two sat and had a very long conversation about what had been going on over the summer. At one point, Ginny yawned and started to fall asleep.
"I'm sorry Harry, I'm just really tired. But, I don't want to go home."
"It's alright; you can fall asleep here; I'll watch over you."
"You better not do anything to my face."
"I'm not like Fred and George…..completely."
"Oh haha. Night." She fell asleep with her head on his chest, both of their breathing in unison. Harry was about to fall asleep when he heard a loud crack and felt the stag rush past him. His scar seared with pain.
"He's here," Harry whispered.
Alrighty! That's the end of Chapter 6! One last chapter, sadly.