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Chapter 5: Can it Be True?
Theodore Nott was a follower of Draco, and by extension, the Dark Lord. He had not yet proven himself a loyal follower, so he had not gotten the Dark Mark yet. That would hopefully change for him after this. Hopefully.
Nott left the Great Hall and headed towards the dungeons. He wound through many corridors before reaching a portrait of a snake entwined with a badger. He said the password, Salazar, and entered the Common Room, where he went to the fireplace. He then took a handful of green powder, threw it in the fire, stepped in, yelled, "Malfoy Manor, West Wing" before disappearing.
Nott went flying out of another fireplace, onto the floor in front of some higher rank Death Eaters. They all stared at him as he approached the figure sitting at the end of the table. He seemed not to have noticed the young Slytherin, but a woman Nott hadn't seen before, noticed. She said, " My Lord? Someone is here to speak with you."
"Who, Alecto? I do not wish to be disturbed from my thinking.
'Alecto? Alecto Carrow? So this is the woman who betrayed us? No! Father said she didn't betray us, that she was doing something to help the Dark Lord. But seventeen years?' Nott thought to himself. He had heard a lot about an Alecto. She had been rumored to be the one the Dark Lord had chosen to carry his child, but there was no proof.
"What is your name, boy?" Alecto asked, or rather snapped.
"Theodore Nott. I'm a student at Hogwarts."
"Do you have information about Potter that will please me, Theodore?" Voldemort asked.
"N-No, m' Lord." Voldemort was about to curse him so he hurried, "It's about a girl at Hogwarts, one that showed great power. One that has plenty of information about the Order, she said so herself that she knew their plans. And there was one other thing about her that made her interesting. Her eyes, when she's angry and looks like she's about to murder someone. They turn red, m' Lord, just like your's do."
Voldemort had lowered his wand a bit, keeping it pointed at Nott the whole time, before asking, "Who is the girl? Who is she?!" He was upset. He wanted to meet this girl, for Nott had mentioned her eyes. They had been like his?
"Her n-name was….. Ginevra Weasley."
"Bring her here."
"M' Lord, please, allow me time. She is pretty pissed off at the moment, and wouldn't it be better to gain her trust?… Since she's powerful, we'll want her on this side, right?"
Voldemort thought about his words. He knew Nott was right, but there was something in his eyes that showed another reason for his wanting to wait. He asked, "Why are you afraid of her, Nott? What has she done to terrify you and my other Slytherins? No matter, I will find out in two seconds." Voldemort then entered Nott's mind to see two particular memories.
Memory One:
Ginny was laying on one of the seats in the compartment her and her friends had chosen. Parvati, Cho, Luna, and Hermione were on the other seat, while Neville, Michael Corner, and Terry Boot sat on the seat with Ginny. Her head restng on Neville's shoulder, while Michael and Terry were on the floor playing chess. Ginny then woke to the compartment door being slammed open and a voice saying, "Well, it's true then? Ginny Weasley's had a make over?"
"Shove off, Malfoy!" Ginny said as calmly as she could. Malfoy took a step back when her eyes flashed red. Her eyes had just done what Voldemort's did when he was pissed off, but that was overlooked by everyone except the Slytherins.
They wanted to see more so they continued, "Now, Weaslette, that's no way to talk to your --" but Malfoy stopped mid-sentence.
The lights in the compartment on in the hall way had started to flicker, as if about to burn out, Ginny's eyes had turned pure red, and she whipped out her wand, sending Malfoy and his gang backwards. They went flying through another compartment door, shattering the glass. Malfoy and his followers got up and ran back to their compartment.
Memory Two:
Ginny stalked out of the Common Room, and headed for the Great Hall. She sent looks at everyone who saw her, and they knew to get out of her way. Even the Slytherins were terrified, for she her eyes had turned redder than they had on the train. She walked into the Great Hall, and immediately sought Hermione, who she saw sitting in the middle of Gryffindor Table.
"HERMIONE! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Ginny yelled as she got behind Hermione.
"Ginny, I don't know what you --" the whole room had quieted down to listen, not that it was hard to hear what was going on.
"DON'T LIE, GRANGER! YOU TOLD HARRY AND RON!! WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU DO THAT?! WHY WOULD YOU BETRAY MY TRUST?!"
"Gin, I…. They had a right to know. They were worried bout you! You were paler than usual, not talking to anyone, not even them! You only talked to Parvati, Cho, Luna, and Padma, include me occasionally. What was I supposed to do? Lie to them?!" Hermione snapped.
"YES!! THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD'VE DONE, HERMIONE! THAT WAS PERSONAL! MY BUSINESS!! MY CHOICE ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEW!! I CAN'T BLOODY BELIEVE YOU!! I TRUSTED YOU!!" Ginny's eyes were now pure blood red, and her hair color was changing too. The more she yelled, the more pissed off she became, resulting in her hair changing from raven-black to blood red, directly from the roots to the ends.
The whole hall had been quiet from the beginning and they were beginning to get very interested. Especially the Slytherins, who seemed to be the only ones to notice Ginny's eyes turning red, just like their Master's.
Hermione had remained quiet after Ginny yelled. She had been focused on her hair changing color and the fact that the windows had burst open, letting the wind whip around her and everyone else. The hall was so quiet, that you could hear a pin drop. For several minutes, everyone remained quiet, staring at the two Gryffindor girls who had trusted each other forever, before Hermione said, "I'm sorry, Gin, but it was best for someone to know! People have to know what you are! Not everyone, but most people who are putting their trust in you."
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!! TALKING ABOUT TRUST WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T PUT THEIRS IN YOU!! THE ORDER KNOWS! THE WHOLE BLOODY ORDER KNOWS, GRANGER!! IF THEY THOUGHT I COULDN'T BE TRUSTED, DO YOU THINK I WOULD KNOW ABOUT THEM?! DO YOU THINK I WOULD KNOW WHAT THEIR STUPID, BLOODY PLANS ARE?! NO! I DOUBT THEY WOULD TELL ME! SO DON'T YOU THINK, DON'T YOU DARE THINK FOR A SECOND THAT WHAT YOU DID WAS EXCUSABLE!! BECAUSE IT WASN'T! YOU ARE DEAD TO ME, GRANGER! I'LL NO LONGER ASSOCIATE WITH A MUDBLOOD!!" Ginny shouted before leaving the Great Hall.
Hermione's eyes were wide with shock, the Gryffindors looked ready to faint, the Ravenclaws were speechless, the Hufflepuffs were confused (big surprise!), and the Slytherins looked shocked, yet amused. No one noticed the fact that the teachers had entered the Great Hall during the fight, and no one noticed a 7th year Slytherin boy, by the name of Theodore Nott, exit the Hall.
Voldemort then pulled out of Nott's mind. Those were the only two interesting memories Nott had about her. He agreed, it would take time to get her here. She was, indeed, a powerful witch, and it would be better to get her trust first. There was something familiar about the girl, though. Something he couldn't place. "Alright, Nott. You, Malfoy and anyone you two agree on, will have the job of getting her trust. You have until October 31st to update me. Understand?"
"Yes, m' Lord."
"Then go."
Nott then got up and walked back to the fireplace. He stepped into the flames yell, "Hogwarts, Slytherin Common Room," before disappearing, only to reappear in the Common Room. When he stood up, he noticed Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini, Damion Cowe, and Briant Wilson sitting in the armchairs. Pansy Parkinson, Grace Jones, and Millicent Bullstrode sitting on the couch. They all looked up and stared at him.
Then Parkinson said, "Where'd you go, Nott?"
"I went to speak to the Dark Lord. I got us an assignment, one the Dark Lord sees as very important. Malfoy and I are to be in charge of it."
"What is it?!" Zabini asked. Malfoy was looking somewhat pleased, he had been bored out of his mind over the summer with nothing to do.
"We are to befriend Ginevra Weasley. I told him about how her eyes turn red, and I showed him my memories of the past two incidents. He says we have until October 31st to update him, meaning we have to get close to her by then."
"How are we to get close to the Weaslette in that amount of time? There's no way it'll work!" Millicent said.
"I don't know, Bullstrode, I really don't know how we'll do it, but we have to." Nott said.
"Then, we better start coming up with a plan."
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