Chapter Nine
A/N: Sorry I'm a little late with the update- I caught a bad cold. I hope you like this chapter, and again, thank you to all of those who favorite, reviewed and followed this story.
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January 20
Dear Harry,
Malfoy has been acting strange lately. For as long as I could remember he would sneer at me and call me "Weaslette" and "blood traitor" every time he looked at me. He would purposefully start a fight just to get me in trouble. But now he's been oddly quiet. Sometimes I catch him glancing at me from across the Great Hall with a weird expression on his face- almost like guilt. I'm not sure what he's thinking, but as long as he isn't hurting any of the students, I'm okay with whatever it is. I expected him to rude and even crueler to me then he has been in the past, but he has barely said two words to me since school started. I know you said last year that you don't think he would have killed Professor Dumbledore, and I guess I see where you're coming from. He doesn't seem evil, just sort of lost. He acts all jumpy when others are around him, and he's constantly looking over his shoulder like he expects You-Know-who to jump out and kill him. If I didn't hate him so much for what he and his family have put us all through, I might even be concerned. I wonder what you would be thinking if you were here…. I know last year you were sort of obsessed with finding out what he was up to. You probably would have felt the same this year. After all, while he may not have killed him personally, he definitely held a lot of the blame for Professor Dumbledore's death. I think I will keep an eye on him just to be safe. Be careful, and be safe, Harry.
All my love,
Ginny
January 26
Dear Harry,
You'll never guess what happened last night. Malfoy cornered me last night in the third floor corridor while I was making my way back to the Common Room after a DA meeting. I was all expected to fight, but when he faced me, he didn't even have his wand out. He talked to me a lot that, about many things I didn't expect. He told me about how he never wanted to be a Death Eater, and about how terrible it was to be one. He told me about watching You-Know-Who torture and kill people, and about how much danger he and his parents were in. Apparently Lucius Malfoy lost some of his Death Eater enthusiasm when he was doing time in Azkaban. Malfoy said that he wanted to help us, and see if we could at least be on civil terms with each other. He seemed like he was telling the truth, but I'm not sure. I told him I would get back to him tomorrow night with my decision: to let him in on the DA, or to completely leave him alone. What would you have said I wonder? Would you have taken the risk? Or would you have left Malfoy to his own problems? I'm torn at the moment. On one hand he would be a great source of information on what was happening with the Death Eater's, but if he is lying, I could be putting us all in danger by telling him about Potterwatch and the other things the DA have been focusing on. Ugh, this is so bloody confusing….. Maybe I should just sleep on it. Figure it out in the morning. Be safe Harry.
All my love,
Ginny
January 28
Dear Harry,
So I've made my decision. I will give Malfoy a chance. I think you would have made the same choice, especially after seeing him as desperate as he was last night. I haven't told him anything important, so far. He told me he would find out as much as he can about Luna. I think that's what made me choose to trust in him. We all desperately need to know if she is okay or not. The DA, particularly Neville, was furious at me when I told them today. I guess I can understand where their all coming from. All they see when they look at him is a bully who has been tormenting us for years. But I still think that I made the right choice. Because when it comes down to the end, when we are all fighting for our lives, and for each other's, we're going to need as many allies as possible. Hopefully the others will come to see this too. I don't trust him completely yet, but if he is willing to help you at all, then I will give this a chance. I suppose you could call it a leap of faith. Faith in you and faith in all of us. We've all made our decision to stand by your side until the end, and I guess it's Malfoy's turn to choice his side. We will find out eventually if I made a mistake, but I pray that I didn't. Until then, be safe love.
All my love,
Ginny
A/N: okay, so I know I'm not following cannon completely, but I feel that Malfoy needed some sort of back ground as to why he hesitated when he saw Harry at Malfoy Manor. I think that he had to of at least try to correct the mistakes he made, however afraid he is. I'll update soon. Feedback is appreciated.
-hawkeyeforever