"Ginny!" Harry, Ron, Hermione, and her oldest brother Bill were searching through the crowd of students and teachers for Ginny but she was no where to be seen. Harry was frantic. What if a Death Eater had taken her? Harry pushed through the crowd of students, desperate to find her, screaming her name. He had to find her. He could hear Ron, Hermione and Bill calling out to her as well. None of them were having any luck finding her. He could hear the panic in their voices as well as his own.
"Harry! Harry!" Harry spun around to see Lavender Brown running towards him with a concerned look on her face. "Harry! It's Ginny. I saw her. She was outside running into the Forbidden Forest. She wasn't alone. I think she was with Malfoy but I didn't get a good enough look."
Hermione and Ron had joined up with Harry as Lavender told them what she saw. Harry felt a surge of urgency and more panic sweep over him. She was out in the forest alone with Draco Malfoy, son of a Death Eater. Harry spun around to face Ron and Hermione.
"We have to go get her. We have to save her!"
"I'm afraid, there is nothing we can do Harry." Harry looked up from his two best friends to the Headmaster, Professor Dumbledore. "Not at this moment anyway. We will have the Order out looking for her as soon as we can, I assure you. The three of you must stay here for your own safety."
"Ginny.." Ron's voice cracked as he spoke, his eyes watering slightly.
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Ginny held Draco's hand tightly as they continued running through the forest. It was pitch black and Ginny could hardly see Draco in front of her. Fear was washing over her. They were so deep into the forest and Ginny couldn't remember all the turns and twists they had made to get where they were. All she knew was that they had to keep moving. As Ginny continued to run, her foot got caught under a root. She began to fall forward until she let go of Draco's hand, grasping a tree so she wouldn't recede to the ground. Draco had stopped and walked quickly back to where she was. Ginny pulled her foot out of the nook and tried to walk.
"Oww oww.. I think I sprained it." Ginny held onto the tree for leverage, standing only on her good leg. She felt the wings being pulled off her costume, then Draco's arms grab her around the waist. She gasped as he swung her over his shoulder and continued down the path. Soon the path started getting lighter as they came up towards the edge of the forest. She could see the sky between the branches as she looked up. At the very edge of the forest, Draco stopped in his tracks. Ginny tried her best to look from her position. All she could see was that they were standing on a cliff, stuck there with no place to go.
"Nice going Malfoy, now what?" She didn't mean to sound so cruel. She was thankful for him trying to save her, at least that's what she thought he was doing.
"Shut up and play dead. Don't ask questions. Just do it." At first she didn't know why she obeyed his orders but she did, then seconds later she knew why. She heard footsteps appearing out of nowhere, coming closer to them.
Draco stared at the three Death Eaters that had just landed off of their brooms near him and the little Weasley. He hoped for her own safety that she listened to him. The cloaked figures walked towards the couple, their expressions unreadable under their masks.
"What do we have here?" One of them spoke but Draco didn't recognize the voice. "Looks like we're about to capture two of Dumbledore's ickle students." The Death Eater pulled his wand out and pointed it at Draco.
"Put that away. Do you not know who my father is?" Draco was hardly phased by the Death Eater's threat. He was a Malfoy and that protected him from them. The Death Eater drew back a bit, shocked by the reaction of the boy. The other two looked him over.
"Young Mister Malfoy, we apologize for his behavior. We did not know it was you. We had thought you had left with the others when they first arrived."
"Well, obviously, I didn't. Stop with the apologizing and take me to the others, since that is where I am obviously supposed to be." Draco watched as they eyed Ginny's form over his shoulder. "Yes, she is coming too. Don't ask questions just do as I've told you."
It was apparent to the Death Eaters that stood there that Draco Malfoy would be an excellent high ranking Death Eater as they handed him one of their brooms. Draco mounted the broom and kicked off slightly before moving Ginny off of his shoulder. He placed her in front of him as she continued to pretend that she was unconscious. He had her seated facing him so that once they were in the air, she could hold onto him, and he had his arms on either side of her gripping the broom as they flew up into the air.
Ginny's hands clutched onto the cloak Draco was wearing as they sped through the night sky. As she looked at him, she asked him a silent question but he never answered. Once they had landed, Draco hoisted Ginny over his shoulder again and walked into the dark castle-like mansion.
"Continue playing dead or we'll get caught." Ginny gulped as she dangled limply over his shoulder. She wasn't about to risk her life just to be comfortable or satisfy her curiosity.
"Draco, what have we here?" Ginny gasped silently as she listened to the voice of Lucius Malfoy. A shiver of fear washed over her as she heard his footsteps coming closer. Draco pulled Ginny off his shoulder and carried her in his arms.
"Miss Virginia Weasley. I'm sure you remember her. You gave her Tom Riddle's diary in her first year."
"My, my.. She has grown up." Lucius's voice seemed to slither from his lips. Ginny tried to remain as still as possible and it took all of her courage to refrain from jumping from Draco's arms and running for her life. "You can put her down in the dungeons. I'm sure Mr Potter will come looking for her. We'll be able to capture him once he does."
"Actually father, I think that I would be able to convince Miss Weasley into becoming a Death Eater. I was able to convince her to follow me into the Forbidden Forest alone easy enough. She would serve useful to the Dark Lord. She is a very powerful witch."
"Very well Draco. You may put her in one of the bed chambers then. The Dark Lord will be expecting your presence at the initiation ceremony in a fortnight. Do dress your best." Ginny heard footsteps walking away from them and she began to relax a tiny bit. Thoughts started racing through her head. She didn't feel safe at all anymore.
After a moment of walking, she heard a door open. As soon as they were inside the room with the door closed, Ginny jumped out of Draco's arms and gingerly stepped over to the bed. Her eyes narrowed as she looked at him.
"You... you... UGH! Get out! Get away from me!" Ginny screamed at him. She hated him at that moment. She felt like he had betrayed her. He had promised his father that he would convince her to be a Death Eater.
"Weasley, shut it! I just saved your life and your sanity. Do you have any idea what Death Eaters do to prisoners or should I just remind you of the Longbottoms?" That had shut her up. He watched as she collapsed onto the bed. She looked so tired. He walked over to the bed, sitting down next to her. She was starting to drift off to sleep. He helped her remove her shoes and climb into the bed. He would take care of her ankle in the morning.
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Ginny could feel a tiny trickle of sunlight casting down upon her as she awoke slowly. As her eyes opened, she remembered the events of the night before and remembered where she was. She sat up immediately and looked around the room. She was still in Malfoy Manor. She hadn't realized before how the room had been decorated. She had been too scared, angry and tired to notice. The room was decorated in dark green and black, almost typical for a Slytherin. In the room, there was a large armoire, two bedside tables, a dresser, and the large four-poster bed on which she was sitting. She heard a soft click as the door opened. A small house elf waddled in and jumped up onto the bed.
"Master Malfoy is sending me so I is to fix ankle, Miss Weezey." The house elf took the ankle she had injured and began to heal it. Ginny looked away and continued to look around the room. How the elf healed her didn't concern her at the moment.
The house elf finished what it was doing and disappeared as another soft click came from the door. This time, it was Draco who entered into her temporary bedroom. He walked over to the bed and looked at her with his cold gray eyes, his expression unreadable. She was still unsure if he had been lying to her, or to his father.
"I'm going to get you out of here today. I would have taken you back to Hogwarts after the attack if we hadn't been caught."
"Well, we wouldn't have been caught if you hadn't run all the way to the cliff." She snapped suddenly at him. He looked taken aback by her comment before a sneer crossed his face.
"Stop being so ungrateful you little weasel. You'd be dead if I hadn't saved your arse." Ginny considered smacking him for a moment, but she knew he was right. Had he not fled with her into the forest, she probably would have been caught by a Death Eater.
"I shouldn't have gone anywhere with you. I should have gone by myself, especially after that little bet you placed about me."
"Look Weasley, it's not as simple as you think." It really wasn't. The whole point of Draco agreeing to the bet was so that he could try to get over the feelings he had towards her. He had been hoping that it was some other girl that was coming around the corner at the time. He believed that if he went about trying to woo another girl, the feelings he had developed, whatever they were, would go away.
"So explain it to me then." Ginny crossed her arms over her chest in anger as she demanded to know what was so complicated.
"I don't need to explain myself to you Weasley." He sneered at her. They glared at each other, neither of them budging. "Look Weasley, you're not out of danger yet so shut up and do as I tell you. They still think I am going to convince you to be a Death Eater so until we're out of here, you're not exactly safe."
"Fine." Ginny continued to glare at him. "Why do you keep avoiding my question about the bet?"
"Because you don't need to know. It's none of your business."
"It is so my business because I am involved." She spoke hotly to him. She wasn't about to let this go. She wanted to know what the bet was all about.
"Fine, you want to know? The truth is it had nothing to do with you. It could have been any girl. You just happened to be the first one to walk around the corner." Ginny stared at him with a mixture of shock, hurt, and anger.
"I'm not sure if that's worse or not." Ginny turned her head away from Draco as she closed her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest. She was at a loss for words over the confession. She didn't know how to react. After a moment, she looked back at him. He was still looking at her.
Without a word, he leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers, savoring her taste. It had been months since he had last kissed her and he realized at that moment that he missed it. He felt her hands push against his chest but he didn't break the contact. He longed for her kiss and her touch for too long. After a moment's struggle, she slowly gave in as they descended back onto the bed.
Ginny closed her eyes as she let Draco move his kisses to her neck. Her fingers ran softly through his short silver blonde hair. His kisses soon returned to her soft lips and as much as Ginny was enjoying this attention from Draco, she knew that it would have to stop before it went too far. Ginny's hands travelled over his muscular chest as she slowly pushed his shirt up and over his head. Draco's hands pulled the skirt of her dress up slowly then they moved under her dress to caress her soft silky thigh as he kissed her. She knew it would take all her strength to stop this but she didn't want to just yet. She would let herself give in to her desires for the time being. She moaned softly into Draco's ear as he nibbled softly on her neck.
"Wait... we have to stop... We have to get out of here." Ginny reluctantly tries to push Draco away but he continues kissing her. "Draco, come on. We've really got to get out of here." Draco grudgingly pulled away from her as he pulled his shirt back on.
Ginny and Draco collected the things they would need to leave. They quickly went up to his room to get the things they would need. He wrapped his Slytherin cloak around her before he grabbed one of this plain cloaks for himself. He quickly grabbed his Nimbus 2001 while he was in his room and they ran out to the gardens before anyone saw them.
They stopped running as soon as they were far enough away from the manor. Draco looked back behind them, paranoid that they were being followed. Ginny looked at him as his eyes turned back to her. He could read the fear in her hazelnut-colored eyes as he looked into them. He pulled her into a passionate kiss, trying to offer some form of comfort. Draco pulled away from her abruptly as he heard voices approaching where they were standing.
"Get going, now."
"But.. what about you?" Ginny asked as she started to worry.
"I have to stay. Just go before you get caught trying to escape."
"Please, come with me. I'll give anything if you just come with me."
"I can't Ginny. Please, understand. Lucius wouldn't stop chasing after us until we're both dead if I go with you. There's no turning back for me. Just go!" Draco was frantic to get her out of there before they were caught. Ginny pulled Draco into a quick kiss goodbye before she kicked off the ground. Ginny flew quickly into the air and sped towards the Hogwarts grounds as tears prickled her eyes.
"Harry! Harry!" Harry spun around to see Lavender Brown running towards him with a concerned look on her face. "Harry! It's Ginny. I saw her. She was outside running into the Forbidden Forest. She wasn't alone. I think she was with Malfoy but I didn't get a good enough look."
Hermione and Ron had joined up with Harry as Lavender told them what she saw. Harry felt a surge of urgency and more panic sweep over him. She was out in the forest alone with Draco Malfoy, son of a Death Eater. Harry spun around to face Ron and Hermione.
"We have to go get her. We have to save her!"
"I'm afraid, there is nothing we can do Harry." Harry looked up from his two best friends to the Headmaster, Professor Dumbledore. "Not at this moment anyway. We will have the Order out looking for her as soon as we can, I assure you. The three of you must stay here for your own safety."
"Ginny.." Ron's voice cracked as he spoke, his eyes watering slightly.
Ginny held Draco's hand tightly as they continued running through the forest. It was pitch black and Ginny could hardly see Draco in front of her. Fear was washing over her. They were so deep into the forest and Ginny couldn't remember all the turns and twists they had made to get where they were. All she knew was that they had to keep moving. As Ginny continued to run, her foot got caught under a root. She began to fall forward until she let go of Draco's hand, grasping a tree so she wouldn't recede to the ground. Draco had stopped and walked quickly back to where she was. Ginny pulled her foot out of the nook and tried to walk.
"Oww oww.. I think I sprained it." Ginny held onto the tree for leverage, standing only on her good leg. She felt the wings being pulled off her costume, then Draco's arms grab her around the waist. She gasped as he swung her over his shoulder and continued down the path. Soon the path started getting lighter as they came up towards the edge of the forest. She could see the sky between the branches as she looked up. At the very edge of the forest, Draco stopped in his tracks. Ginny tried her best to look from her position. All she could see was that they were standing on a cliff, stuck there with no place to go.
"Nice going Malfoy, now what?" She didn't mean to sound so cruel. She was thankful for him trying to save her, at least that's what she thought he was doing.
"Shut up and play dead. Don't ask questions. Just do it." At first she didn't know why she obeyed his orders but she did, then seconds later she knew why. She heard footsteps appearing out of nowhere, coming closer to them.
Draco stared at the three Death Eaters that had just landed off of their brooms near him and the little Weasley. He hoped for her own safety that she listened to him. The cloaked figures walked towards the couple, their expressions unreadable under their masks.
"What do we have here?" One of them spoke but Draco didn't recognize the voice. "Looks like we're about to capture two of Dumbledore's ickle students." The Death Eater pulled his wand out and pointed it at Draco.
"Put that away. Do you not know who my father is?" Draco was hardly phased by the Death Eater's threat. He was a Malfoy and that protected him from them. The Death Eater drew back a bit, shocked by the reaction of the boy. The other two looked him over.
"Young Mister Malfoy, we apologize for his behavior. We did not know it was you. We had thought you had left with the others when they first arrived."
"Well, obviously, I didn't. Stop with the apologizing and take me to the others, since that is where I am obviously supposed to be." Draco watched as they eyed Ginny's form over his shoulder. "Yes, she is coming too. Don't ask questions just do as I've told you."
It was apparent to the Death Eaters that stood there that Draco Malfoy would be an excellent high ranking Death Eater as they handed him one of their brooms. Draco mounted the broom and kicked off slightly before moving Ginny off of his shoulder. He placed her in front of him as she continued to pretend that she was unconscious. He had her seated facing him so that once they were in the air, she could hold onto him, and he had his arms on either side of her gripping the broom as they flew up into the air.
Ginny's hands clutched onto the cloak Draco was wearing as they sped through the night sky. As she looked at him, she asked him a silent question but he never answered. Once they had landed, Draco hoisted Ginny over his shoulder again and walked into the dark castle-like mansion.
"Continue playing dead or we'll get caught." Ginny gulped as she dangled limply over his shoulder. She wasn't about to risk her life just to be comfortable or satisfy her curiosity.
"Draco, what have we here?" Ginny gasped silently as she listened to the voice of Lucius Malfoy. A shiver of fear washed over her as she heard his footsteps coming closer. Draco pulled Ginny off his shoulder and carried her in his arms.
"Miss Virginia Weasley. I'm sure you remember her. You gave her Tom Riddle's diary in her first year."
"My, my.. She has grown up." Lucius's voice seemed to slither from his lips. Ginny tried to remain as still as possible and it took all of her courage to refrain from jumping from Draco's arms and running for her life. "You can put her down in the dungeons. I'm sure Mr Potter will come looking for her. We'll be able to capture him once he does."
"Actually father, I think that I would be able to convince Miss Weasley into becoming a Death Eater. I was able to convince her to follow me into the Forbidden Forest alone easy enough. She would serve useful to the Dark Lord. She is a very powerful witch."
"Very well Draco. You may put her in one of the bed chambers then. The Dark Lord will be expecting your presence at the initiation ceremony in a fortnight. Do dress your best." Ginny heard footsteps walking away from them and she began to relax a tiny bit. Thoughts started racing through her head. She didn't feel safe at all anymore.
After a moment of walking, she heard a door open. As soon as they were inside the room with the door closed, Ginny jumped out of Draco's arms and gingerly stepped over to the bed. Her eyes narrowed as she looked at him.
"You... you... UGH! Get out! Get away from me!" Ginny screamed at him. She hated him at that moment. She felt like he had betrayed her. He had promised his father that he would convince her to be a Death Eater.
"Weasley, shut it! I just saved your life and your sanity. Do you have any idea what Death Eaters do to prisoners or should I just remind you of the Longbottoms?" That had shut her up. He watched as she collapsed onto the bed. She looked so tired. He walked over to the bed, sitting down next to her. She was starting to drift off to sleep. He helped her remove her shoes and climb into the bed. He would take care of her ankle in the morning.
Ginny could feel a tiny trickle of sunlight casting down upon her as she awoke slowly. As her eyes opened, she remembered the events of the night before and remembered where she was. She sat up immediately and looked around the room. She was still in Malfoy Manor. She hadn't realized before how the room had been decorated. She had been too scared, angry and tired to notice. The room was decorated in dark green and black, almost typical for a Slytherin. In the room, there was a large armoire, two bedside tables, a dresser, and the large four-poster bed on which she was sitting. She heard a soft click as the door opened. A small house elf waddled in and jumped up onto the bed.
"Master Malfoy is sending me so I is to fix ankle, Miss Weezey." The house elf took the ankle she had injured and began to heal it. Ginny looked away and continued to look around the room. How the elf healed her didn't concern her at the moment.
The house elf finished what it was doing and disappeared as another soft click came from the door. This time, it was Draco who entered into her temporary bedroom. He walked over to the bed and looked at her with his cold gray eyes, his expression unreadable. She was still unsure if he had been lying to her, or to his father.
"I'm going to get you out of here today. I would have taken you back to Hogwarts after the attack if we hadn't been caught."
"Well, we wouldn't have been caught if you hadn't run all the way to the cliff." She snapped suddenly at him. He looked taken aback by her comment before a sneer crossed his face.
"Stop being so ungrateful you little weasel. You'd be dead if I hadn't saved your arse." Ginny considered smacking him for a moment, but she knew he was right. Had he not fled with her into the forest, she probably would have been caught by a Death Eater.
"I shouldn't have gone anywhere with you. I should have gone by myself, especially after that little bet you placed about me."
"Look Weasley, it's not as simple as you think." It really wasn't. The whole point of Draco agreeing to the bet was so that he could try to get over the feelings he had towards her. He had been hoping that it was some other girl that was coming around the corner at the time. He believed that if he went about trying to woo another girl, the feelings he had developed, whatever they were, would go away.
"So explain it to me then." Ginny crossed her arms over her chest in anger as she demanded to know what was so complicated.
"I don't need to explain myself to you Weasley." He sneered at her. They glared at each other, neither of them budging. "Look Weasley, you're not out of danger yet so shut up and do as I tell you. They still think I am going to convince you to be a Death Eater so until we're out of here, you're not exactly safe."
"Fine." Ginny continued to glare at him. "Why do you keep avoiding my question about the bet?"
"Because you don't need to know. It's none of your business."
"It is so my business because I am involved." She spoke hotly to him. She wasn't about to let this go. She wanted to know what the bet was all about.
"Fine, you want to know? The truth is it had nothing to do with you. It could have been any girl. You just happened to be the first one to walk around the corner." Ginny stared at him with a mixture of shock, hurt, and anger.
"I'm not sure if that's worse or not." Ginny turned her head away from Draco as she closed her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest. She was at a loss for words over the confession. She didn't know how to react. After a moment, she looked back at him. He was still looking at her.
Without a word, he leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers, savoring her taste. It had been months since he had last kissed her and he realized at that moment that he missed it. He felt her hands push against his chest but he didn't break the contact. He longed for her kiss and her touch for too long. After a moment's struggle, she slowly gave in as they descended back onto the bed.
Ginny closed her eyes as she let Draco move his kisses to her neck. Her fingers ran softly through his short silver blonde hair. His kisses soon returned to her soft lips and as much as Ginny was enjoying this attention from Draco, she knew that it would have to stop before it went too far. Ginny's hands travelled over his muscular chest as she slowly pushed his shirt up and over his head. Draco's hands pulled the skirt of her dress up slowly then they moved under her dress to caress her soft silky thigh as he kissed her. She knew it would take all her strength to stop this but she didn't want to just yet. She would let herself give in to her desires for the time being. She moaned softly into Draco's ear as he nibbled softly on her neck.
"Wait... we have to stop... We have to get out of here." Ginny reluctantly tries to push Draco away but he continues kissing her. "Draco, come on. We've really got to get out of here." Draco grudgingly pulled away from her as he pulled his shirt back on.
Ginny and Draco collected the things they would need to leave. They quickly went up to his room to get the things they would need. He wrapped his Slytherin cloak around her before he grabbed one of this plain cloaks for himself. He quickly grabbed his Nimbus 2001 while he was in his room and they ran out to the gardens before anyone saw them.
They stopped running as soon as they were far enough away from the manor. Draco looked back behind them, paranoid that they were being followed. Ginny looked at him as his eyes turned back to her. He could read the fear in her hazelnut-colored eyes as he looked into them. He pulled her into a passionate kiss, trying to offer some form of comfort. Draco pulled away from her abruptly as he heard voices approaching where they were standing.
"Get going, now."
"But.. what about you?" Ginny asked as she started to worry.
"I have to stay. Just go before you get caught trying to escape."
"Please, come with me. I'll give anything if you just come with me."
"I can't Ginny. Please, understand. Lucius wouldn't stop chasing after us until we're both dead if I go with you. There's no turning back for me. Just go!" Draco was frantic to get her out of there before they were caught. Ginny pulled Draco into a quick kiss goodbye before she kicked off the ground. Ginny flew quickly into the air and sped towards the Hogwarts grounds as tears prickled her eyes.
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