Chapter 17 – Being torn away from another
Ginny felt the tug behind her navel and the forest disappeared until she was standing at the edge of another, she could hear waves crashing against cliffs in the distance and smell the salt that accompanied it.
Harry and she were dragged roughly through the trees until a huge shadow overtook them; Ginny looked up at the tall castle, the turrets reached for the clouds. Tall wrought iron bars surrounded it with death eaters standing guard over the grounds.
Harry could hear Ginny screaming abuse at the death eaters behind him as he drifted in and out of conscious, his whole body throbbing in agony. But that wasn't the worst of his pain, knowing the death eaters had Ginny terrified him more, his worst nightmare was turning into reality and he was unable to stop it. He clung to the hope that Ron and Hermione discovered they were missing quickly, discovered the abandoned brooms and rescue them before anything happened to Ginny. He couldn't bare this, he'd fought to stop this happening and now they had her. He'd tried to stay away from her, deny his feeling, but his selfishness had landed them here. He blamed himself for this; if he had kept his emotions hidden he would have kept the most important person in his life free from harm.
The death eaters pushed Harry and Ginny roughly through the heavy castle doors, into the entrance. Sunlight lit the area as Harry and Ginny were dragged through it and down a flight a stairs where it immediately became darker. Ginny was close enough to Harry now to touch him, she freed one of her hands and reached out holding onto one of his bound hands, squeezing it reassuringly.
"I'm so sorry Ginny," Harry whispered in defeat as they were led into darkness.
"Don't...we'll get through this, this isn't your fault!" she tried to reassure him as the fear stretched throughout her body; she couldn't see a way out of this.
Harry just let his head fall forward onto his chest as they carried on down the steps towards what he assumed were the dungeons. His mind was in overdrive as he tried to work out a plan of escape. They had to get out of there, they just had to. His surroundings swam before his vision and he could barely hobble down the stairs due to his bound legs. He tried concentrated on the feel of Ginny's hand holding his.
The dungeons were dark and held no natural light, they smelt damp and metallically. They were being pushed deeper and deeper into the darkness of the dungeons. They passed solid looking wooden doors, with huge metal hinges and tiny flaps that must be used for meals, if the prisoners got any.
Ginny could feel the anger pulsing through her veins as she looked at a distraught and broken Harry in front of her. She left go of his hands and dug her heals into the ground. Using all her strength she pushed against Malfoy, who still held her, knocking him into a wooden door of a nearby cell with a bang.
Harry heard the commotion behind him and saw Ginny fighting, he ignored the pain soaring through his body and joined her. He lifted his leg kicking his enemy in the side before pushing his body into the stone wall, just as he heard Ginny grunt in pain as Malfoy's hand collided with her cheek. She retaliated and swung her fist at him knocking him to the side. She ran to fallen death eater by Harry and grabbed his knife from his robes. She quickly moved in front of Harry point the blade at anyone who got too close to them.
"Get back!" She ordered her eyes locked of Lucius as he moved towards her with his hands in the air.
The remaining death eaters had finally getting their heads out of their arses and had their wands trained on the couple.
Lucius turned to them, "Don't fire...just yet!" he instructed them as he turned again to face Harry and Ginny again.
Ginny managed to move Harry to the side quick enough to cut the rope bounding his hands together, and quickly turning it back to the death eaters before they had even noticed.
"Very feisty indeed you are Miss Weasley, but we'll soon sort that!" Lucius drawled at them, taking another step towards them.
"I heard what you both did to my son and there is no way you're getting away with it!" He taunted again, "There's no way out for you, guards on every entrance. You have no wands just that little blade of yours!" He spoke inching closer to them.
"Get the fuck away from us!" She screamed as Harry started to move in front of her, taking the blade carefully in his hand.
"Ah Potter, there you are! I thought you were letting your little girlfriend here to do all the work," Lucius sneered trying to keep their attention focused on him.
"She's quite capable, unlike your son!" He spoke as he spat some residue of blood from his mouth. "What a loser!"
"You're the only 'loser' here Potter; there's no way out, no-one knows your here."
"They'll find us, and when they do, you'll be the one who needs help!" Harry retorted keeping Ginny firmly behind him.
"Ha I'd like to see that, a teenage boy defeating me!"
They kept throwing insults back and forth at each other until an orange jet of light flew towards the blade Harry held, sending it flying through the air until it hit the floor with a loud ting.
Harry spun grabbing Ginny round the waist and brought his lips crashing down onto hers, not knowing if he would ever get another chance. Everything seemed to go in slow motion as they heard the death eaters move in around them; Harry quickly moved his hands to cup her face.
"I love you, no matter what happens I love you!" He spoke urgently as the death eaters tried to pull them apart.
"I love you too!" Ginny replied and her eyes glistened with unshed tears, as Harry hands were torn away from her. She could feel someone pulling her away down the corridor, away from him, she flung her body again trying to free herself as Harry was pulled away too.
"Stupid bitch!" muttered Draco Malfoy, who held Ginny yet again and was pulling her towards her prison, but she wouldn't make it easy for him as she pummelled his body until he threw her against the stone wall of the corridor, pressing his body up against hers.
"GET OFF HER!!!" She heard Harry's screams echoing towards her.
He placed his fingers round her neck as he whispered, "Poor Potter and Weasley being captured...and separated. And look at this here, we're all alone! How convenient for us Ginerva... how convenient indeed!"
Ginny struggled for breath as Draco held her tighter, making her tender neck sting as her head began spinning and his speech became blurred. Little stars flashed before her eyes as a black curtain drifted over her body until she felt herself collide with the ground.
Malfoy tensed his hand he had been holding Ginny with before looking at her crumpled, helpless form lying at his feet. He stepped to the side opening a cell door and throwing her body inside, he smirked at her on the ground before slamming the door shut and walking back up the corridor to accompany his father.
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The hour was drawing late at the Burrow as Mrs. Weasley fussed around the kitchen making tea for her family. Ron and Hermione had returned from their walk alone hours ago without Harry or Ginny. They would be here for supper, they always are she thought as she stirred one of pans in the kitchen.
Ron and Hermione entered the kitchen and started setting the table for the family. Dusk had drawn in and Mrs. Weasley was becoming more and more concerned; she kept glancing out the kitchen window to see any signs of the couple.
"You alright mum?" asked Ron, coming to stand at her side also looking out of the window.
She looked down, brushing her apron with her hands before looking at her son, "Yes, just being silly wondering where those two have gotten to."
"They'll be back any minute," Ron reassured her before moving to take his seat at the table.
Mr. Weasley joined them along with Fred and George; the tension grew as they all took their places round the kitchen table and began trying to eat. Mrs. Weasley kept thinking she was silly for worrying about where they were, they'd properly run through that door any minute and apologise. But it was odd for them to be this late, and they usually popped back to the kitchen on hot days for drinks. However they were all loved up, properly just fallen asleep in the meadow or forest she thought. But what if something had happened to them? Ron and Hermione did say they were going flying, what if they've fallen off their brooms or crashed?
She glanced at the two empty seats at the table when all of a sudden Ron dropped his knife and fork onto the table, stood up and moved to the back door. "I can't stand this waiting, I'm going to go and find them. I'll see if they're returned their brooms to the shed first," he decided as he opened the back door of the kitchen.
"We're coming too," announced Fred and George as they joined Ron outside.
"Hermione can you stay here and if they return send some blue sparks into the air so we know to come back?" Ron asked as the three of them ran to the broom shed to discover the brooms hadn't returned.
Ron turned to his brothers, "I don't have a good feeling about this!" He admitted as he lit his wand as they moved into the forest.
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About an hour later Ron, Fred and George burst through the burrow's kitchen door to see the shocked faces of their parents and Hermione.
"What's going on, have you found them?" asked a frantic Mrs Weasley running to her sons.
"No, but we found their brooms miles away! We've searched the woods and shouted their names...but nothing!" explained Ron, trying to catch his breath. "I haven't seen them since right after breakfast."
"Oh god, where are they!" yelped Mrs. Weasley as she fell into one of the kitchen chairs.
"I'll alert the order!" Arthur decided, running to the fireplace.
Within minutes the order had arrived at the burrow ready for action, they all set off into the dark hunting for the teenagers. Ron and the twins showed the group where they had found the broomstick laying abandoned, and they scouted the area until Hermione cried out she'd found something.
She held her wand towards the ground towards a glittering object; she carefully picked it up examining it closely. Molly Weasley moved closer to her and let out a deep sob. "It's Ginny's button off the shirt she was wearing this morning!" she cried as she fell to her knees, broken. "They've got them...haven't they...they've got my...my little girl and Harry!"
"We don't know that yet Molly, let's try and stay hopeful!" soothed her husband wrapping his arms around her, trying his hardest to remain strong for his family.
Behind them Professor Dumbledore moved closer to the ground pointing his wand into the grass below, he ran his fingers over the top of the blades of grass. Coating his fingers in a substance and brought them to his nose to smell, "Remus!" he shouted.
Remus Lupin ran toward the Professor's crouched figure, "What is it?" he questioned trying to achieve better lighting.
"I'm afraid it's blood!" croaked Dumbledore moving his wand round the area and discovering drop and patches nearby. "Human blood...their blood!"
Dumbledore rose to his feet shakily looking round the area before he raised his wand and shouted, "Lumos maximum!" Dumbledore's wand light the whole area, some of the trees held marks from where a spell had hit them, the long grass flat in places from where people had stood or lay.
Reality hit him roughly in the chest, he looked around at the order and their hopeful faces that they would find them. He looked at the Weasley's and Hermione who held tears in their eyes as reality hit them too.
"They're gone! He's got them!"
Authors Notes: Sorry to be mean but I'm going to ask for 5 reviews before I post the next chapter, don't forget I want your opinion even if it's to say something thats bad about my story! Thank you to the loyal people who have reviewed my story every chapter I have wrote, you know who you are!
One last thing, I' recently wrote a one shot about Harry and Ginny seeing each other for the first time after Harry left for the Horcrux hunt, it's called 'The one he left behind' please read it if you get a chance and please review!!