This is a Harry Potter, Star Wars The Old Republic Crossover Fanfiction only.
The second I heard those words and did the necessary memory checks, I realized that the criminal I captured was, in fact, telling the truth. I know that Ginny was cruel to me, but somewhere deep down in my heart I hoped that I was the only person whom she unleashed her venom against. In the end, I wish I had just killed the crook, but no amount of wishing would change the facts.
Ginevra Weasley was the mastermind of the massive kidnapping we just discovered, and what is worse, she didn't do it to get money for their eventual release, the reason according to the criminal was to force them into becoming prostitutes in one of the several brothels Ginny herself opened.
It appears that she got a massive inheritance when one of her brothers died, to think that she used some of the money from the Tri-Wizard Tournament bet that her brothers made to do something like this. I guess I really never knew my supposed girlfriend. If I ever considered forgiving her and trying to patch up our relationship, this revelation pretty much killed any chance of that ever happening.
With Mad-eye Moody and every member of our division, we began raiding the locations of the brothels. One after another they were shut down, and each of the women would need long treatment to get their health and mind well again, Ginny used the oldest ploy known to the Magical World, a potion that was a thousand times more addictive than heroine. She first made them into addicts, and use their addiction in order to force them to sleep with as many clients as possible.
This was all recorded in the business journals of each of the brothels, what was really surprising is that one name often came up when we looked at the names of the clients, who if the journals were, in fact, accurate they were also going to be blackmailed into giving Ginny mass amounts of gold to keep it hidden.
The name that kept repeating over and over across all the journals was surprising because through it all, I always believed Draco's parents truly loved each other, well that was not true at all, the name was of Lucius Malfoy. Apparently, Lucius had been a repeat customer, what was worse is that he always asked for a girl that looked like Ginny back when Sirius first escaped from Azkaban.
The brother went even to the trouble of using Polyjuice on one of their prostitutes to make it happen. That would mean Ginny had a bit of her own hair when she was barely in her teens and used it each time Lucius was to sleep with his prostitute. To think Ginny would go even to these lengths to gain as much money as she could.
I didn't like this one bit, the fact that we needed to ask Arthur for his cooperation during our plan to capture his daughter I like even less. It took quite literally five memories and us having to show her that the once sweet and innocent girl was not the mastermind of an international kidnapping and forced prostitution ring.
George flat out broke in tears as he realized what his sister had used the money he had been giving her, he told us that he gave it to her to diversify their investments, the thing is he never expected to get involved with something like this.
Molly was the one that needed the most convincing, and she never actually believed us. She kept making excuses for her daughter's apparent criminal acts, she made excuses that ranged from the Imperius curse to outright a person faking to be her to discredit her husband.
This is one instance I wish I was wrong, Molly didn't deserve to go through this, no mother would ever want to admit that the precious baby girl she brought into the world became a monster, especially not the one child that always was the most innocent and kind growing up.
"Molly I hate to do this to you, but if she broke the law she must pay. I can honestly think of one way for us to corner her and capture her. I will have to pretend to do something that will really upset her, upset her enough to drop her act and show her real colors."
George looks at me and for a second I could see sympathy in the eyes of my partner. "What do you plan to do Harry? You know you can always count on me." I tried not to smile but then again George and I were assigned as a team because we worked so well together.
"Molly, Arthur I want you to send a word to every member of your family, we both know you all have a way to keep in touch with each other, the message will be that you and Arthur are holding a party to celebrate my upcoming nuptials. That is right, I want you to tell every member of your family that you are throwing me and my bride a party to celebrate our engagement."
George began to laugh as he heard me say that, "That would be the best prank I ever heard, and I only got one ear. I definitely will need to shut down the joke shop for this. I have an even better idea why don't we give mom a youth potion, she can pretend to be your blushing bride. Why everyone looking at me like that? Dad used to say she was an absolute knockout when they were dating."
Molly slapped George so hard, half of the men in the room almost felt it. "I will not be unfaithful to your father for any reason, and I am still good looking, just you wait till you marry, and see how much pregnancy and age can change a woman."
One of the Aurors was actually a good friend that we enjoyed a bit of dueling, it helps to work out the stress, and having a significant other that was a complete idiot, her lover, is a very good source of stress it seems, so she jumped at the chance to actually pretend to be my future bride, I actually had to remind her that this was to capture a criminal and not an actual engagement.
She smiled at me and placed a hand around my waist and rested it against my hip, "Your loss Potter, I can be quite the inventive lover you know."
Mad-Eye had the good sense to say that since the plan was pretty much ready, we all just needed to wait for the party. Molly not wanting to wait for this sorted affair to be over with, I still think she was secretly hoping that we were wrong. She decided to set the day for the party to the next Friday, which ironically only gave me three days to prepare.
I know that Dobby is my house elf, and I called him my roommate more times than I can remember, but even I was speechless as I saw the decorations and things he got ready in only two days, the weirdest thing even the painting of my godfather's mother was happy about this.
I could only guess they were actually relieved that I was supposed to be getting engaged after all. The woman in the painting and Dobby were so happy I simply didn't have the heart to tell them this was actually a sting operation to capture an international criminal.
Angela was looking rather nice, you would never guess this woman is the same one we all called the Beast of the Aurors. It's not really her fault, it is never easy for a young woman to work as an Auror which by some reason is a mostly male profession, but being a werewolf too, well Angela really had it rough.
It is not that she was bitten, attacked, scratched or anything like that, her mother was married to her husband, a hunter, she often laughed when she told me the story that he once woke up and found a full grown werewolf sleeping in his bed, he took it rather nicely. They both been married for the last thirty-five years.
"Angela I have to tell you something, you look lovely in that summer dress." She smiled and she knew I was already in character. She placed her hand on mine and we began walking towards the home of our target. "Why that is so nice of you to say so my love, you think this nice, wait till you see me in our honeymoon."
That is when Ginny finally decided to put an end to her concealment spell. "Alright, I been watching Harry be so lovey-dovey with this Witch that if I was diabetic I would be going into a sugar induced coma, can someone please tell me why in all burning hell is Harry with her on my family's front yard?"
Molly simply walked between me and Angela, she placed her hands one on me and the other on Angela, "Why we are having a party to celebrate the engagement of Harry and Angela, you two better not forget to call me, I can't wait to help Angela pick her wedding dress."
Ginny looked so furious I was sure she was about ready to go blow up. "Oh but Ms. Weasley don't forget you are also helping me pick my underwear for our honeymoon, tell me Harry do you prefer silk or cotton? How would you think you feel seeing me in silky lacy lingerie?" I got to give credit and recognition to Angela she sure knows how to push a person's buttons.
I took hold of Angela pulled her closer to me, "It will not really matter, it will all end up on the floor of the main bedroom in our manor. What you should worry more is should we tell our boss of your coming maturity?"
That finally did it, Ginny began to shoot hexes at her and then at me, "I was your girlfriend not for a month, not for two months but years. You broke up with me for one lousy mistake! You never held me like that, or even treated me like you do that mangy bitch! Mother, Father you should be ashamed of having an engagement party for the man who broke you only daughter's, heart!"
Angela and I were not Aurors simply because we liked the pay, we were because we liked a challenge. Angela began to turn on every single recording Rune that we placed around the yard. When I saw her blowing a kiss at me, and saw the look of rage on Ginny's face I knew it was the right time to strike.
"One mistake, how about the kidnapping of helpless women, and using a potion to make them addicts, just so that you can put them in your brothels? How many women have you scared for life? How many brothels do you own that you use to ruin lives?"
She was far too mad to realize what was going on, "Oh, Harry you have not even touched the tip of that iceberg, I also used the Imperius curse to make dozens of wizards and witches my very own minions, I used the money you won in the tournament to make the potions and yes I do own over thirty brothels but your name is on the deed of every single one of those brothels."
"You think I only did this for the money? Don't be so naive, I also did it to drag your worthless name through so much shit that if I flushed it down the toilet it would be cleaner than now. It's true I wanted to marry you for your family's vault, but that was not all, I wanted the recognition, the power, the praise, I wanted it all."
She fired a killing curse at Angela and she evaded that just before it hit, instead it hit a chicken that was walking around the yard. "Damn it, what will it take to kill this stupid bitch! You don't need to worry Harry after I am done with your bitch of a bride, you are next!"
I had enough of this and flat out blasted her wand hand with lightning, it had the intended purpose of paralyzing her but not enough so that she could answer questions. I stood in front of the young woman that once was my girlfriend and looked at her eyes, her eyes had lost all light in them, her iris became a deep red, and the white of her eyes was so covered in red veins that I could not tell what part was white at all.
"Ginny I just got one question before they take you into custody." She spat on my shoe and looked at me with a look that screamed utter hatred. She then demanded that if she was to answer any questions that I answer the equal number of question I asked.
"Why Ginerva? Why did you do all this?" Knowing that her mother asked this question, she pretended to be sad, even remorseful. I and the other Aurors present did not believe it at all. She proceeded to give the most pathetic excuse I ever heard, and that was worse than the time Peter Pettigrew begged for his life.
"I did all this because I hate to be poor, I had to use second-hand books, cauldrons, potion equipment, clothes, and even brooms. Due to our family being so poor Lucius got to give me that cursed diary and nearly killed me. I knew then if I ever wanted to live any sort of life, and enjoy both happiness and freedom I needed money."
"I was the best student Snape ever had, I learned from him to be a potion master, and even became a potions researcher, but not one of you ever noticed. The other thing you and my family never noticed is the fact that I lost my virginity when I was eleven years old. Did you think Snape was teaching me out of the goodness of his heart? No mother, power always costs and I paid the price of those lessons and tutelage with my own flesh."
"I thought that finally with the fortune that Potter would get it would mean my dreams were one step closer, but then the doctors told me my soon to be cash cow was a good for nothing cripple, so I did the only thing I could and tried my best to have him killed, I used the Imperius curse on the doctors and that is why they could, in fact, throw him into a garbage bin, that I knew was full of rats."
She looked at me, "But he had to survive, he even got out of that death trap and broke up with me in front of my own family, and what did my family do? Nothing. Since I could not get money the old way, I thought of an easier and faster way to make money, and those lessons Snape taught me became my means to an end. You can't become as rich as I wanted in one generation mother, so I had to be inventive."
I looked at her, the hatred was so easy to see, it was as if she was wearing it as a badge of honor as if she did not only feel it but became clothed in it. When I knew her she was a beautiful, kind, and caring person, but knowing everything she did, and now why, I could finally see her what she was, a monster. This was quite the revelation and considering that the Auror pretending to be my bride is a werewolf, it also became a little ironic.
I looked at her and tried my best to remain calm, it took all my willpower to keep myself from telling those around me to bind her, take her to court and make sure such a monster was entombed within the walls of Azkaban as a warning to all those that wish to follow in her footsteps.
I looked and tried to smile, but in truth, I couldn't. "Why did you do this Ginevra? You said you wanted to drag my name through a sewer. So the question is why did you do all this if you said you loved me?"
She smiled and almost like a charm breaking I saw her sneering face, "That is two questions Harry, hope you are ready to answer my questions. I already told my mother fool, I hated growing up in poverty, I wanted to have more money than I could spend in a lifetime, and enjoy the life I knew I deserved. As for the second question, how stupid can you be? I have been sleeping with Snape for years before you even noticed me."
"I had been Snape's favorite sex toy for years, and you never noticed, never realized the reason why I was sometimes a little ill, or why the way I walked was because of some pain I was feeling. Love you? I never did. You were no better than those whorehouses Harry, a means to an end. Now answer my questions if you have any sort of honor left!"
I looked at her and made sure she was bound with the next spell I sent at her, the very earth came up and became chains that wrapped around her and the shackles behaved as snakes as they clasped on her wrists and ankles.
"Ask your questions, I have more important things to do than sitting here hearing just how depraved you actually are." She looked at me and she was no longer even hiding the venom in her voice, I swear that dementor that almost kissed me by the lake looks kissable compared to how she was looking, or at least how she looked to me.
"Is that bitch really your bride? Are you so callous that you would accept an engagement party in my own home, given to you by my own parents?" I smiled and looked at Angela, she was actually laughing her werewolf head off, I swear I am never going to end hearing about this back at the office.
"I guess you get a two for one because the answer to both questions is the same, the answer is no. This entire thing was a trap to get you to confess, your confession has been recorded from twenty different angles." I made a motion with my hand and Angela came to stand right beside me, she made a motion from her wand and she slowly began to change right before everyone.
"I do believe I have to introduce you two, Ginny you really never let me have the chance to introduce you to the fabulous actress that played the part of my soon to be bride, Ginevra Weasley, allow me to introduce to you Angela Bones, Deputy Chief of the Ministry's Magic Law Enforcement Division, she is not my bride or wife, but she does get a kick from bossing me around, don't you boss?"
She smiled and kissed me on my cheek, "I sure do Harry, now what shall we do with this criminal?" Molly begged for mercy, and I looked at her with an actual smile, "Don't worry Miss Weasley, Aurors aren't usually judge, jury, and executioners, the courts will take care of her, but considering that she did cast an unforgivable I imagine she had a long prison sentence coming her way.