(Ha. I think I'm going to do two or three extra chapters before I post the capturing scene. I've already got the chapter made! I'm so excited.)
Chapter 10:
Normal Pov
Mrs. Weasley had come upstairs with a tray of food to Ginny's room for Juliunna, only to discover that it was not only clean, but Juliunna wasn't there. "Oh, she must be in the bathroom." Mrs. Weasley thought to herself, and knocked on the bathroom door when she reached the second floor. It opened at her touch. And was void of any life force. Biting her lip now, she continued to open every door and peer inside.
Mr. Weasley, who had been currently sipping down a cup of french vanilla coffee, scolding hot, jumped and spilt it all over his clothes when Molly let out a heartbroken scream.
"What's wrong?!" He called out, pulling out his wand and hurrying to the stairs. "Arthur! Arthur! She's not here!"
"What?!" He met her at the top of the stairs. Molly had dropped the tray and was trembling. "I looked in all the rooms! She's gone! Arthur. What if they got through? What if You Know Who was here and we didn't even know it? She's not here!?"
"Alright. Molly, go check the attic. I'll look in these rooms." Arthur assured her, and the both of them were white. Arthur ran into Percy's room and looked in his closet, and Molly, who had just came down from the attic, trembling still, walked inside Fred and George's room. To her surprise, there was the sound of a music box playing in the closet. She found herself getting drowsy and sleepy. She spotted Juliunna's foot laying out of the closet door, and stood back so that she couldn't hear the music.
"Arthur she's here. The boys have this music box that makes people fall asleep. What spell should I use?" Molly asked. Arthur walked out of Ron's room and drew his wand. "Silencio, how about that?" He asked.
"But I have to point my wand at the object, but for that, I'd have to get into the closet, or near it. But I'd fall asleep before I could utter the spell."
"How about this." Mr. Weasley said. He pointed his wand to Juliunna and with a small burst of light, she woke up. "What was that one?" Molly asked. Juliunna pushed herself up, and uttered a word. Upon seeing that she couldn't hear herself, she ran to the door.
"She can't hear anything. Hmm, apparently this thing puts anyone who listens into a deep sleep, and when the music stops, they wake up." He said. "I hope that's not illegal." He said, making Molly put her hands on her hips at the thought of it.
Juliunna patted her ears hurriedly, a frightened look on her face. She began to scream loudly, as if she was deaf. "I can't hear! I can't hear! What happened?!"
"It's alright." Arthur said, holding out his hands in a comforting motion. He reached behind Juliunna and closed the door, and the sound of the music box was wiped out completely. He pointed his wand at Juliunna's terrified face, and there was another burst of light. Juliunna gripped her throat thankfully, and then sounds flowed through her ear. She could hear the morning birds chirping outside. The ghoul upstairs dropped a pipe and there was a loud creaking and clanking sound upstairs.
"You might want to stay out of their room for a while sweetie. Why, when I see those boys…" Mrs. Weasley drifted off, too angry to continue speaking. Juliunna smiled and slipped pass the two. Arthur was trying to edge off in the opposite direction, not wanting to be the direction of Mrs. Weasley's anger. Juliunna slipped inside her room after muttering a rushed thank you, and laid back down on Ginny's bed. Curled up, and alone.
The Next Day, Afternoon
Juliunna was standing at the door with Mr. Weasley, smiling brightly. Ron walked forward and embraced her, and they hugged like siblings. "Was Hogwarts attacked?" She asked. Ron shook his head no.
"Harry told us about what happened." He said in a low murmur, leading her away from the careful ears of his parents and Ginny. "Aren't you like, terrified?"
"Nope." Juliunna said, shrugging. Ron raised an eyebrow at her. Mrs. Weasley was now telling Ginny about Juliunna's new living arrangements.
"But its bleeding You Know Who we're talking about!" He hissed at her, both admiration and speculation brewing in his blue eyes. "Aren't you a little bit scared?"
"Not really. If he gets me, he gets me. I mean," She started, but Mrs. Weasley had just starting walking towards the two of them, a smiling Ginny in tow. Ron pinched her arm hard, a signal to stop talking, and they both turned to Mrs. Weasley.
"And what are you two talking about?" Mrs. Weasley said, and Ron smirked. "Nothing Mom."
"Well in that case Ron, I want you to go out and gather the eggs."
"You guys have a chicken coop?!" Juliunnna smiled. I remembered that Draco had told me that if I went to live with the Weasleys, I might just get to see their chicken coop. Sure, he was joking at the time, well… Insulting actually.
"Yes." Mrs. Weasley said. "Ginny dear, why don't you take Juliunna upstairs and make friends with her." Mrs. Weasley said, but Juliunna smiled widely.
"But I want to see the chickens!"
"But its hard work dear. Work." She said, putting emphasis on the word work. " Wouldn't you rather go upstairs and play with Ginerva?" Molly smiled at her, and Juliunna got the distinctive feeling that Mrs. Weasley didn't want her alone with Ron, or at a better thought, outside.
"Well if Ginny wants to come with…" Juliunna started, raising an eyebrow over Mrs. Weasley's shoulders, which Ginny nodded quickly. "Of course."
But Mrs. Weasley's smile went grim.
"Sweetheart, I don't think you should be outside." Mrs. Weasley said, and Ron glanced at Juliunna, and back out the door.
"Mrs. Weasley," Juliunna groaned. "The chicken coop, including the whole yard, all the way up to a perimeter that almost stretches to the cornfield, is where the protective boundaries lay. I'll be completely unseen and safe. There are corn stalks that go above my head. And the corn maze go on for miles. No one can see or hear me from the village. And the Fidelus charm makes me and the burrow completely unplotable and completely invisible." Juliunna said, putting her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, she's got a point, mom." Ron said, shrugging softly. Molly pressed her lips together, looking to Arthur for support. He shrugged and sank low into the couch. "Oh, I guess I have no reason to keep you in here."
"Remember what happened to Sirius? What keeping him locked up did to him?" Ron said, crossing his arm tighter. Molly's face went white. "You know what, fine. Arthur, just watch them from the door while I go make lunch." She said. But as the three of them went out the door, before Arthur could stand, Molly quickly stood in the door, as if no one could do this job better then she could.
Juliunna, Ron, and Ginny walked down to the chicken coop, muttering to themselves quietly. "Sorry about that." Ginny said with a small shrug. "She's gotten really clingy with you."
"She's got her heart in the right place." Juliunna said with a shrug. Ron, Ginny, and Juliunna sat down, protectively obscured by Mrs. Weasley's eyes from the walls on either side of them.
"So what were you saying? About You Know Who?" Ron whispered, and Ginny hissed as she realized what Ron was doing. "Mom made us promise-!"
"She doesn't have to know!" Ron hissed, but now he was rubbing his elbow with a frown on his face.
"What did she make you guys promise?" Juliunna asked.
"It's nothing really. Just not to mention You Know Who to you. But what we really wanted to know, was if you knew why You Know Who is after you." Ginny said, and Juliunna saw her raise a finger to her lips in secrecy.
"We promised Ginny." Ron moaned sarcastically, smirking at Ginny. "No, you promised. I had my fingers crossed behind my back. So anyway Juliunna, solve this mystery."
"But you said Harry told you." Juliunna said with a shrug, directing it at Ron. "He told me you were coming here because the Dark Lord is after you. He wouldn't tell me why, he said it was your business." Ron said with a small shrug.
"Well, in retrospect, its more personal. It turns out that after a long and substantial-!"
"Eh?" Ron said. "Substantial…" Ginny smacked Ron's shoulder hard. "Continue Juliunna."
"I'm the… Daughter of the Dark Lord." I said, continuing throughout their loud gasps of shock. "I'm not sure if my last name is Riddle. After all he shed the name Tom Riddle when he became the Dark Lord, and started calling himself Voldemort."
'Don't say the name!" Ginny hissed loudly. Ron turned to me, his eyebrows stretching to the top of his head.
"Sorry, I forgot." I said with a shrug. "Are you seriously not afraid?" Ron asked.
"I'm not afraid." I repeated. "Though granted, I probably will be when the time comes." I said with a shrug. "But hey, why sweat the small stuff. Come on Ginny, let's go make friends." I said, and the both of us got up and laughed. We started to walk back to the house, but Ron hissed. "Hey! I got to do this all by myself?"
We both looked up and along the chicken coop. There were eighteen nests up on shelves. Each of them had approximately three eggs each, and were guarded by big chickens with huge claws.
"Yes." Ginny said, and she grabbed my hand and pulled me toward the house. "Have you had the tour yet? We're going to have so much fun. We can break into the broom shed, and we can play Quidditch. Mione never wants to play Quidditch with me."
Neither do I. Juliunna thought to herself, but out of sheer respect, she allowed Ginny to drag her into the house. She was never a physical being. She preferred books and knowledge to games and 'fun'.
"I… I'm not allowed outside." Juliunna said feebly. Ginny chuckled when they passed Mrs. Weasley, who was narrowing her eyes at Ginny. "What are you two girls planning? Do you want her to be captured?"
"Of course not!" Ginny snapped, and turned to Juliunna. "But you said it yourself, as long as you stay within the boundaries, your fine." Ginny said. Juliunna scowled greatly when Ginny turned around and continued to walk into the kitchen. She let go of Juliunna's hand and sat down. Mrs. Weasley came bustling into the room. "Girls, I don't think that it would be wise to go outside. Dumbledore said-!"
"Dumbledore isn't here." Juliunna said, crossing her arms. Ginny smirked. "She's right mum. Can't we play for an hour or so?" Ginny frowned. When Juliunna was one hundred percent sure Ginny couldn't see her, she shook her head furiously at Mrs. Weasley, telling her to deny Ginny.
"Oh." Molly said, crossing her arms. "Ginny no. Maybe some other time, but not today. Let's try and get through a few weeks with a quiet environment, and then we'll see about it, okay?" Mrs. Weasley asked, and Juliunna breathed soundlessly in relief. Ginny frowned, but didn't say much more about it.
"Oh, mommy I just remembered. How are we going to visit Fred and George with Juliunna here?" Ginny asked. Mrs. Weasley froze. Evidently, she had forgotten just as Ginny had.
"No worries. I'll ask Professor Snape to brew us up a Polyjuice potion. I don't want to leave you here alone dear, it's really no fair to you." She said with a small smile.
…
One Day Later (Kitchen)
"So let me get this straight, Professor. Your going to sit here and tell me that you had a supply of Polyjuice potion at your finger tips?" I said with an annoyed eye roll. Professor Snape was sitting with me at the Weasley's table. Professor Snape's fingers were jetting the tall glass of Polyjuice potion, waiting for me to take it.
"Yes." He murmured, and his lips twitched at the corner. He seemed agitated with me, greatly.
"What do you do, use it to sneak into woman's shower rooms-!" His reached forward, about to wrap his hands around my throat. There was a vein pulsing in his forehead. He stopped, his fingernails brushing my soft skin, and he dropped his hand with a frown.
"No I don't. I'll have you know that I have a supply made for the order." He snarled at me.
"Oh yes, of course." I drawled out sarcastically. He snarled angrily.
"I'll have you know, Miss Riddle, that I despise you. And if you keep acting like a Neanderthal, I might just slip a little extra something into your potion the next time this happens." He snarled. He picked up the cup and handed it to me. He must have seen the brief uneasiness on my face, because he smirked.
"Go obscure a hair, then come back when you have completely your transformation." He snarled. I stood up and walked into the room. Ginny was sitting on the couch, along with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, and Ron.
"Hair please." I asked Ginny. Without questioning me, she pulled out a few strands of hair from the top of her hair. She dropped it inside the cup and instantly, it started to sizzle. "Whoa." I smirked. Mrs. Weasley raised an eyebrow.
"What? But wouldn't it raise questions if there were two Ginny's?"
"Who cares? We're twinsies! Lost at birth!" I squealed. Ginny's potion looked delicious. It turned pink and it looked like a strawberry smoothie. I lifted it up and started to pour it down my throat. It did taste like strawberries.
I dropped the glass halfway through. "Ah." I arched. I bent over at the waist. I was starting to transform. My hair grew longer, my feet went smaller. Lifting my hand, I saw my skin go lighter. The hair on either side of me was turning a dark, flaming red. I leaned up, sighing.
"How do I look?" I asked. Nothing changed about my voice. Ron spoke up first. "You could be identical twins. But when we go to their shop, people are going to notice that there are two Ginnys." Ron said. Ginny smirked.
"She's my cousin Aurora from America. Ron was planning to use Polyjuice potion to sneak into the Girls Locker Room as me in one of the Quidditch Clubs, and she accidently drank it, thinking it was a strawberry smoothie." Ginny said, and Juliunna smirked, impressed at how fast she was able to come up with the plan. Ron scowled at his part in the plan, but didn't say anything.
"Well," Mrs. Weasley started, trying to think of a flaw in the plan.
"It's foolproof mum. And she's got more if it starts to wear off." Ginny said with a shrug. Juliunna smiled widely. With a sign, Mrs. Weasley waved her wand, and the glass Juliunna had dropped and its contents, were gone.
"Fine. But let's hurry. We have an hour." She said. Juliunna walked back into the kitchen as the Mrs. Weasley started to look for her purse.
"Hello Snape a doodle." Juliunna smiled, sitting down at the table. "You," He started, but rolled his eyes. "You know what, in exactly one hour I want you to walk down Knockturn Alley." He smirked at her. "Just wait for the potion to wear off, and then-! Try Borgin and Burkes. You might just meet someone interesting in there." Snape said, but Juliunna chuckled.
"Yeah, right." She smirked. Mrs. Weasley entered. "Are you ready Juliunna… I mean Aurora." She started, and Juliunna held two thumbs up, a smile curling at the lips that weren't hers.
…
They all entered the house again, Mrs. Weasley in bad spirits, and the kids hopping up and down as if they were hacked up on sugar. Juliunna was dancing around, trying to escape Ron, who was throwing snapping pellets at her feet. They were small pebble sized things that blew into sparks when they hit the floor. She had to stomp repeatedly at the end of the witch robes she was wearing, for they had just caught fire when the sparks ignited her robes.
"Ron!" She snapped at him, and she and Ginny starting setting Dragon Bomb firecrackers off at him. It was a peaceful moment, watching Ron being chased by a flying firecracker which seemed intent on smashing into him.
"Mom!" He cried out, and shut himself into a closet. The dragon styled firework crashed into the closet door and disappeared instantly with a lazy flick of Mr. Weasley's wand.
"I can't believe you did that." Mrs. Weasley said, clutching her fingers at her sides worriedly. She was looking at Juliunna, an angry snarl on her face. Juliunna and Ginny sat down immediately, looking identical. Mrs. Weasley had only allowed the family to dawdle for a half hour or so.
"I'm sorry. I don't think he really had the chance to know it was really me." Juliunna said quietly.
At Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, (A/N: I think I got that right) She had exited the shop rather abruptly and ran into Draco Malfoy. She said hi, Draco called her a blood traitor and told her to go on back in the store, thinking she was Ginny Weasley, and she gave him a hug. Draco, wrapped up in shock, disgust, and surprise, was then told of by Mrs. Weasley and continued to walk away.
"You were told not to talk to him!"
"If Dumbledore told you not to talk to Mr. Weasley and sent you to live miles away, would you obey his orders?!" I said, throwing my hands up in the air.
"He is my husband!" Mrs. Weasley said. "The Malfoy boy is just some petty crush you have!"
"Yeah right! I had more love from Draco in the last two weeks then you did from Arthur in the last two years!" Juliunna snarled. Mrs. Weasley gasped.
"Ginerva Weasley you get up to your room right now!"
"I'm Juliunna!" She snapped.
"Juliunna get up to your room right now and don't come out for nothing! I will bring you dinner!" She snarled. Juliunna growled and stomped up the stairs, leaving Ginny quietly giggling on the couch. Ron peeked out of the closet door. "What's for dinner?" He smiled. Ginny picked up the nearby couch cushion and threw it at Ron, who hit the ground hard.