Chapter 14

Draco, Blaise, Severus and Ginny all walked quickly out of the room they were in and down the hall past where they had found Ginny earlier, being held captive. They didn't stop to see if they were being followed, although Ginny had a bad feeling in the back of her mind that they were, they still walked on. Ignoring the warning bells going off inside her mind, Ginny followed the boys in front of her as they just kept running down the hall. Severus was being dragged down the hall just in case they needed to escape the golden Trio or anyone else involved in the kidnapping.

Hearing footsteps coming closer, Blaise whispered for the others to run. Draco sensing the urgency in his voice threw Severus over his shoulder in a fireman's hold and started a light jog down the hall, keeping a tight hold on the heavy adult over his shoulder. Running he kept a tight hold on Ginny also so that they wouldn't lose her. 'Again' he thought to himself, panting slightly as the weight of his unconscious godfather began to take its toll on him. The dead weight was slowing him down and he knew that if they didn't get somewhere safe soon they would surely be found.

Hearing footsteps coming towards them, Ginny groaned and looked towards the ceiling in annoyance. 'Why now? Why us?' She complained to herself.

Panting with exertion, Ginny gasped, "Draco – Blaise,"

They both looked at her, not looking tired at all, actually Draco looked a bit tired, but that was probably because he had a grown man slung over his shoulder, shaking her head, Ginny shook the thoughts from her mind and went back to what she was trying to tell them. She had to warn them that someone was coming towards them before it was too – oof!

'Damn, here I was thinking, that we wouldn't end up bumping into people', she thought wryly.

"Look what we have here," sneered a voice she didn't recognize, although she knew it was a male voice.

Looking up from dusting her pants, Ginny noticed that she had bumped right into one of the very people she was trying to avoid; Rodolphus Lestrange.

'Fuck', she cursed mentally.

Clearing her throat, she looked at Lestrange confidently, fixing a smirk on her plump lips.

Opening her mouth to speak, she quickly closed it when she heard his name being called by one of the other Death Eaters. Closing her mouth quickly, she strained her ears to hear what they were saying.

Catching a small part of the conversation, she heard the other Death Eater say, "don't know what happened with her body. But someone must've killed her. I have a feeling as to who it could be…Malfoy."

Gulping quickly, she averted her eyes to behind her to be sure that Draco and Blaise were still behind her, when she saw them she relaxed slightly, only to tense up again at the sound of a low growl from Lestrange. Shifting her eyes back to him, she saw him glaring at all three of them but soon they found a main focus, when his eyes landed on her.

Clearing her throat again, she sneered at him and stated, "Looks like your wife can't be with you any longer, isn't it such a shame. Though, I'm sure you could keep her company when you join her in hell." She spat the word wife, smirking at him sinisterly.

Seeing his eyes fill with unadulterated rage pleased her, she didn't know why, but for some reason it pleased her that she had some sort of control over the man before her. That she could piss him off with minimal effort on her part. She knew that all she would have to do was mention his recently late, wife's name, and he would blow a casket. She also knew that the memory being still fresh on his mind, would tear at him from the inside, and despite all Rodolphus' evil actions in the past, he seemed to have had a genuine love for his psychotic wife. Smirking to herself as she thought, she threw a few more insults at him involving his late wife, basking in the reaction she received from the feared Death Eater she walked past him with Draco and Blaise following her in complete shock; neither man could believe Ginny had done such a thing, and gotten away with it as well.

Once they were at a relatively safe distance from him, Ginny sagged against the stone wall in relief and exhaustion, allowing the thousand year old walls to give her strength when she needed it most. She did not like being mean towards people no matter what their situation in life may have led them to be, including becoming a Death Eater. Every time, she was even slightly mean to someone, she would flash back to those same instances when she had been the victim, with one of her many bullies beating on her.

"Gin?" she heard a soft male voice.

Looking up, she looked in a pair of brown-gold eyes that were so much like her own, and wished she could be like Blaise.

"Blaise," she whispered, her voice catching slightly. Now that they were free of everyone, everything that had happened was finally catching up with her, and she was starting to panic.

Noticing the sudden panic lighting up her eyes, Blaise quickly pulled her into a hug, whispering soothing words softly in her hair. Feeling Draco wrap them in his arms, he felt safe finally, now that both Ginny and Draco were with him.

He had no idea what he would have done if he had found out that both of them were dead; or even if Ginny was dead. He wondered how Ginny had managed to escape their bonds, but deciding that now was not the time to be asking such questions, especially when they were still vulnerable to attack, he resolved to ask her that later when she was in a calmer state than she was currently in.

Feeling that she had stopped shaking, he loosened his arms, feeling Draco do the same with his arms, and slowly they both stepped back, letting Ginny breathe more easily.

"You ok Gin?" he asked, but then realized what a stupid question that was and almost kicked himself for asking something like that. 'Of course she isn't OK you dumbass!' He screamed to himself.

"I'll be fine." She said smiling weakly at him and Draco.

Mumbling something under his breath, he smiled in relief that she was honest with him. Pulling her and Draco towards him, they continued walking towards the Great Hall.

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Draco, Blaise, Ginny and Severus stepped up to the doors of the Great Hall. Hesitating for only a moment, Ginny took a deep breath before releasing it with a slight sigh. Placing her hands firmly on the door she pushed against the great hall doors watching them swing open noisily before slamming into the inner walls of the dinning hall. Jumping in surprise at the sudden bang, every student and teacher turned to look at what had made the commotion, some jumping from their seats and screaming in fright, while some of the younger students huddled into the closest person to them seeking comfort in each other.

Hearing the screams, Draco smirked to himself, before clearing his throat distractedly at the heated glare Ginny sent him for smirking.

They walked slowly to the front of the hall with Ginny taking the lead, Draco and Blaise took up the position at her back, not willing to leave her alone anymore than was necessary. Severus was still draped over Draco's shoulder limply as they stopped at the top of the hall directly in front of the Staff table. Ginny stopped directly in front of Dumbledore looking at the professor calmly; she had yet to say a word.

Watching him stand up slowly, Ginny monitored his every move before nodding to Draco slightly, silently telling him to put Severus down. Nodding Draco placed his head of house on the stone floor as gently as possible, careful not to jostle any of his wounds. Not once in this little interaction had Ginny taken her eyes off of the headmaster.

"Professor." She stated his name coldly, her face expressionless; she knew she gave nothing away, she had learned from the best after all. Smirking to herself at the thought of Draco and Blaise trying to teach her incessantly on how to control her emotions, and how Draco always almost lost his temper when she just wouldn't learn fast enough.

Dumbledore cleared his throat, to cover up his outrage at the cold disrespectful tone of the young girl standing before him, hesitating for a moment; he said her name clearly but softly.

"I hear," she started slowly and deliberately "that you were the one who got the Golden Trio," she spat their name as if it were an awful disease, "to kidnap me and Severus." She finished, glaring at him with so much hate and rage he almost stumbled back, unable to believe that such a young and innocent girl could harbor such strong feelings.

"I - " he started, but before he could continue, he heard the door to the Great Hall slam open again, revealing none other than the Golden Trio. As usual, they walked into the hall, looking around as if everyone there was below them, not worth so much as a second glance. Looking at them now just made Ginny's blood boil; she could see the smug looks on their faces as if they knew they would get away with everything. After all who would believe her?

Watching them walk down the isle between the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw tables, she put up her mask of emptiness before turning back to Dumbledore and continuing on her calm spats with the old fool.

Hearing Draco say something out loud to Dumbledore, she tuned into what he said only by chance catching the last fragment of the sentence, "…you're doing this to Ginny!!"

Looking at him confused, she shook her head and turned back to Dumbledore and opened her mouth and told him about what had transpired down in the dungeons while she was kidnapped, she knew she couldn't speak for Severus; but she most certainly could speak for herself and that's exactly what she did.

While she was talking she watched Dumbledore carefully for even the smallest hint of a reaction, but she didn't see anything. She looked in his eyes and noticed the glee, lighting his eyes up. This shocked her so much that she hadn't realized that she had stopped talking, making Draco and Blaise look at her in shock and concern.

Ginny paid them no attention as she stared at her Professor, in shock, anger, sadness, and disbelief, there were so many emotions running across her face in that instance it was almost impossible to pinpoint one exactly. Draco and Blaise looked on in shock, unable to believe one person could show such emotion in one turn without becoming emotionally unstable.

Wondering what it was exactly that she was seeing, Draco looked to where she was looking, straight at Dumbledore's eyes, and he couldn't believe what he was seeing. He was happy; the ignorant old fool was happy hearing what Ginny had gone through. He was happy his precious Golden trio had put his beloved in so much unbearable pain. Just seeing that in the old man's eyes, his fist curled in anger, it was the first sign of emotion he had shown since first stepping into the great hall earlier. Uncurling his fist slowly with a deep breath, he fought to calm himself down, before nudging Blaise in the side, making him look at the old man as well.

Clearing his throat, Draco nudged Ginny slightly to shake her out of whatever daze she was in and say something or at least close her mouth. Feeling Blaise shift at his side, he shook his head and looked up to Dumbledore again and felt his blood boil at the smug look on his face.

Growling low in his throat, he was about to rip the old man's eyes out before he felt a small, warm hand on his arm. Looking to his right, he saw Ginny shaking her head at him. He forced himself to calm down and re-enforced his mental shields before covering his face with his usual emotionless mask and standing up straight. Feeling somebody right behind him, in his personal space, he stiffened before slowly turning around to find a pair of brown eyes and a bushy head of hair looking at him in what they must have thought was a seductive manner. Finding Hermione Granger looking at him like that made his blood run cold; but he didn't show any sign of noticing to her like she wanted. Instead, he raised a condescending eyebrow before putting his hands on her shoulders, and shoved her away from him roughly.

"If you ever look at me like that again Granger, a shove wouldn't be all that you get." He said coldly, his eyes a dark, stormy grey instead of their light mercury eyes.

He turned back towards Dumbledore and said, "Well Professor, it looks like we've bested you again. If you ever go near our Ginny, you will pay."

Dumbledore looked at his student and gulped discreetly, he had never had anyone look at him with such a look of stone cold murder, in his life, like there was nothing in the world that would make that person happier, than seeing him dead. Now that it was directed at him, he wished he would never be on the receiving end of such a look again, but knowing that there would definitely be a recurring appearance if he wanted Ron's sister out of the way for good. That was all he needed so he could proceed with his brilliant plan.

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A/N: Ok, I'm really sorry about the late update, but I have way too many excuses that you guys probably wouldn't care about anyway, if so, then PM me hah. But anyway, review please! I'd like to thank my Beta Mrs. T. Felton for a wonderful job in helping me, especially with this piece of work of a chapter…stupid chapter!! Anyway, review! And I'll bring you cookies!!