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The Source - Chapter Thirty Two
"Speaking"
<Thinking>
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The next morning Ginny was up bright and early ready to leave. She didn't have to pack anything and was dressed in her school robes with her shrunken box of ingredients in her pocket. Ginny then folded Draco's pyjama's up and was taking them back to him.
Ginny reached Draco's room and knocked on it lightly. 'Come in' she heard and opened the door to go inside. Draco was half dresses, meaning he was only in his school pants with his shirt hanging off his shoulders, and was running around the room trying to pack things into his trunk.
Ginny was surprised, to say the least, at how Draco could make his room so messed up when he only stayed here for one night.
"I wanted to return your pyjamas," Ginny said and handed them to Draco.
"Ok. Can you put them on the bed for now," he said quickly and then ran to shove a shirt into the trunk while trying to put a sock on and comb his hair at the same time.
Ginny sighed and stopped him from jumping around. "Malfoy," she said sternly "You just go freshen up and I'll clean this stuff up, alright?"
Draco looked around and then nodded. "Ok. Thanks," and then he dashed off into the bathroom to brush his teeth and dress himself.
Ginny pulled most of the stuff out of the trunk and started folding them quickly. Only folded clothes, of this amount could fit into a trunk this size, and Ginny was very efficient in completing the job. After a few minutes all of Draco's things were packed into the trunk and ready to go.
Draco burst out of the bathroom tying his tie and talking to Ginny without looking up. "Thanks Weasley but I can fini…" Draco had looked up to see the trunk was packed and his room was clean.
"Wow Weasley. You should be a professional cleaner," he said surprised.
"AHEM," Ginny cleared her throat loudly. "What is that supposed to mean Malfoy?" and she gave Draco a glare.
"Uh nothing," Draco said quickly and then returned to doing his tie but then Ginny started laughing.
"What's so funny?" Draco asked looking at her.
Ginny was pointing at him and suppressing her laughter. Draco looked down to see that his buttons were all done wrongly and he groaned in frustration.
Ginny sighed and felt sorry for him. "This really isn't a good morning for you is it Malfoy?" she said and then walked towards him to help him fix his buttons.
Draco let Ginny dress him while he just stood there massaging his head with his fingers. His headache was gone very soon and he relished in the feeling of being dressed by Ginny and how it would be great if she would do this for him every morning.
Ginny had finished fixing his buttons and also done his tie, so she patted his chest lightly to signal she had finished.
Ginny handed Draco his jumper and he put it on himself. After he had finished Ginny had his cloak ready and slipped it on to him. Draco buckled the cloak up and ordered someone to come in to carry his trunk.
"Make sure that is delivered to Malfoy Manor," Draco told the servant and then he guided Ginny outside so they could go back to school.
They reached the doors Draco had entered from yesterday, and was greeted by Francesca.
"Good morning," she said cheerfully.
"Good Morning," Draco and Ginny answered back.
"Your portkey is ready Draco," Francesca said and then handed Draco a small wooden box. "It's in here, and you know how to use it."
"Thank you Francesca," Draco said.
"Thanks," Ginny also said.
"That's alright. I'll see around then," Francesca said and then left the two.
Draco turned to face Ginny and smiled. "Ready to go back to school now?" he said.
Ginny pressed her lips together and shook her head. "Can we go look around? I've never come to Italy before and I want to see what it's like. Please?" Ginny said with puppy dog eyes.
Draco smiled and nodded his head silently. How could he possible say no to Ginny?
"Yay!" Ginny shouted. "Thank you Malfoy," she said cheerfully.
"Let's get going then," Draco said and started walking out of the big doors which led out of the stadium.
Ginny was fascinated by all the different things she saw and found it interesting how the wizards and witches in Italy used their magic.
Ginny was moving from store to store looking at artefacts and trinkets, while Draco just followed her with a small smile constantly plastered on his face. Ginny arrived at a store that was fully covered by black cloth so the inside was hidden from passer bys.
"What's in there?" Ginny asked.
Draco stood next to Ginny and spoke into her ear. "That's the potions store. Nobody goes in there because you can only buy from them with body parts."
Draco took Ginny's elbow and was pulling her away but Ginny wouldn't move and continued staring at the store.
"Weasley," Draco said warningly. "You better not be thinking what I think you're thinking."
Ginny kept her eye's glued to the store and smirked. "What are you thinking then?"
"We are not going into that store," Draco hissed.
Ginny turned to face Draco with a determined look on her face. "Ok. I'll just go in by myself then," She then moved her arm out of Draco's grasp and walked towards the store.
Draco groaned in frustration and stomped after her. <This girl in going to be the death of me>
Ginny pushed the black cloth, which was the door, aside and stepped in to the room with Draco just behind her. The room was rather bright and Ginny could see jars upon jars of ingredients and also bottles of different coloured liquids. Ginny walked to one of the shelves and was scanning the dried ingredients looking for something.
"Do you really want to buy something?" Draco whispered
Ginny nodded and continued looking.
"You don't pay with money here," Draco hissed quietly.
"I know," Ginny whispered back "Don't worry, I've got it covered. Now be quiet, I'm trying to look for something."
Draco huffed indignantly and just stood there waiting for Ginny to finish what she was doing. He heard Ginny shout a 'yes' quietly and looked at what she was holding. It was a dried, shrivelled up looking piece of twig and Ginny was smiling while looking at it. She then turned around quickly and headed in the direction of the counter.
"How much for this?" Ginny asked an old wrinkled lady. The lady picked up the twig and then smiled at Ginny.
"What can you give little one?" the old lady said in a deep European accent.
Ginny smiled and took a very elegant looking crystal vial filled with red liquid out of her pocket. She then opened the lid and put the bottle under the old lady's nose so she could smell it. The old lady inhaled the smell and afterwards looked like she was in heaven.
Ginny smirked and then put the lid back onto the bottle. "Would this be sufficient payment?" Ginny said smugly.
The old lady cackled. "You are a talented one," she said and cackled some more. Draco was very confused but just watched as Ginny waited patiently for the old lady to calm down.
After the old lady had calmed down she wrapped Ginny's twig in a piece of cloth and placed it on the counter. Ginny in turn also placed the crystal vial onto the table and took the twig. "Thank you," Ginny said politely and then turned to walk away with Draco following her.
Once they were outside Ginny put the twig safely in her robe pocket and smiled. Draco didn't give Ginny time to say anything and immediately took her hand dragging her to a near by café. He sat Ginny down and told the waiter to come back later.
"Ok," Draco said sternly. "You better explain to me what the hell went on in there Weasley."
Ginny smiled innocently at him. "What if I don't want to tell you?" She said teasingly.
"Then I'll leave you here all alone in Italy," Draco threatened.
Ginny's eyes widened and then she sighed in defeat. "Ok, I'll tell you," she said grudgingly. "That twig I just bought is the last ingredient I need to start making your cure, and I have been looking for it for months now. It's very hard to find in England and since we happened to come across a potions store here, I thought I would take a chance to see if I could find it, and I did."
Draco was waiting for her to continue but she didn't. "What about that vial you used to buy it. What was in it?" he asked.
Ginny looked uncomfortable and was trying to avoid the question.
"I'll leave you here if you don't tell me," Draco threatened.
Ginny pouted and gave Draco a dirty look. "It was blood. Phoenix blood to be exact."
"From Fawkes?" Draco cried incredulously.
"NO," Ginny said disgustedly. "I would never hurt Fawkes."
"Then where did you get it?"
"From the black market, now can you stop questioning me?" Ginny said angrily. "I go to all this trouble to find ingredients for your cure and here you are questioning me like I'm some criminal," Ginny then crossed her hands over her chest and looked away from Draco angrily.
Draco felt bad but didn't regret questioning Ginny. Everything she did was just packed full of danger and he worried about her. Especially when he didn't know what she was doing, which was usually everything she did. However, before in the store he really was scared that she was going to lose a finger or something. Ginny was still angry at Draco and wasn't looking at him, instead she was looking out of the window.
Draco saw that she was still angry so he thought of an idea to cheer her up. He got out of his seat very quietly and since Ginny was still so mad, her senses didn't detect him leaving.
<Stupid Malfoy. I do so much for him and he still has the nerve to interrogate me. I should just let him die from an attack and then that'll teach him> Ginny thought angrily.
In fact Ginny had been hoping to come across that particular potions store. She had heard about it and once she knew she was going to be going to the Dragon Race with Draco, she prepared a bottle of Phoenix blood just in case. Phoenix's are a very rare and special bird. There were only 3 that were known to the wizarding world, while there were few wild ones. Their tears could heal practically any wound and their blood makes any spell which needs to use animal blood ten times more powerful. Though Ginny knew that this particular store sold with body parts no one could pass up on Phoenix blood.
Ginny had calmed down a bit now and could sense someone standing next to her. She looked away from the view outside the window and saw Draco standing there with a big cup of ice-cream in his hands.
Draco placed the dessert in front of Ginny and sat back down opposite of her. Ginny was just looking at the treat and not moving.
"Couldn't you just taste a little bit and accept my apology?" Draco said sincerely.
Ginny saw in his eyes that he was really sorry and so she lost all her anger. She smiled at him and then started to eat the big cup of ice-cream. Draco smiled when Ginny started eating and he just sat there watching her.
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The portkey Francesca gave Draco transported them back to the front door of the school and they had arrived back at the school just before morning tea.
They walked up the stairs and when Ginny was about to walk into the school Draco stopped her.
"Hey Weasley," Draco said nervously. "I just wanted to say that I'm really glad you came to the Dragon race with me."
Ginny smiled brightly at Draco. "Well I'm really happy that you invited me. It was a pleasure to go with you."
Draco was very pleased to hear her say this. "Well I better get going then," he said and then walked into the school along side Ginny. "I'll see you tonight," and then he walked off quickly.
Ginny watched him go and then headed for the hospital wing.
In the shadows of the stone walls stood a figure who witnessed the whole conversation between Draco and Ginny, and it (the shadowed figure) was not happy.
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Ginny spent the rest of the day hiding away in the hospital wing preparing Draco's cure. She had to get it started as soon as possible because it would take a month for the potion to be ready, but that wasn't the end of it. After the first month she would give Draco his first dose but she still had to keep the potion cooking because a month after that she would have to give him another dose. The cycle would continue until Draco had received four doses of the medicine, and only then would he be 100% cured of his Vervexia.
Ginny had finished putting all the ingredients into a special cauldron, which she could lock away, when she heard someone noisily entering the hospital wing. Ginny levitated the boiling potion into a metal box so it could be protected and then locked it. She then made her way out to the main room to see who had come in.
Madame Pomfrey was helping Felicity Lateris onto a bed when Ginny came out into the main room.
"Ginny," Madame Pomfrey called over her shoulder. "Could you please bring me the 'Scalier' potion?"
"Ok," Ginny said and then went back into the backroom to get the potion. She came back out and walked over to the bed to give the potion to Madame Pomfrey. But at the same time the Hospital wing doors burst open and two students carried a moaning little girl in. It looked like the little girl had broken her arm because she was cradling it protectively.
"I'll have to attend to them, Ginny," Madame Pomfrey said. "You can take of Miss Lateris." and then she walked off leaving Ginny with the potion.
"Hi," Ginny said politely to Felicity "Can you tell me what happened?" Ginny asked and held up Felicity's arm.
"A potion was spilled onto my arm," Felicity answered coldly.
Ginny noticed the lack of emotion in her voice and wondered if she felt the pain. Most of her right arm was very red and was slightly bleeding from skin which had started peeling. Ginny cringed just by looking at it and found it amazing how Felicity could remain so calm.
Ginny didn't ponder the matter any longer and took her wand out to perform a cleaning spell on the wound. Ginny was extra gentle when lifting Felicity's hand, being very careful to not make the wound hurt anymore. Even though Felicity didn't seem to feel the pain it was still a policy of Ginny's to try and not inflict pain while healing.
'cle-infectum' Ginny said while pointing her wand at Felicity's wound. A white mist came out of her wand and covered the wound on the girls arm. The white mist evaporated away and the blood and left over potion on the wound had disappeared. Felicity's arm was still scorched and her skin was peeling badly so Ginny placed the arm down carefully and poured a few drops of the potion onto the wound. Felicity hissed at the stinging feeling and Ginny blew on the wound to relieve some of the pain. Ginny then took some bandages and wrapped Felicity's arm up carefully.
"All done," Ginny said after she finished. "Don't take that bandage off until tomorrow morning because only then will your arm be fully healed," Ginny instructed Her.
Felicity just smirked and gave Ginny a dirty look. "I understand how you managed to do it now," she said maliciously. "You sure are cunning Ginny Weasley."
Ginny frowned. "What are you talking about?" she said confused.
Felicity frowned. "Don't act all innocent with me," She growled. "I know that you're the one Draco is obsessed with, and I also know what dirty tricks you used to get him to like you."
Ginny was looking at Felicity like she was crazy. "I don't know what you are talking about," Ginny said and started to walk away but Felicity lashed out and grabbed Ginny's hand in a tight grip. Ginny was struggling to pull her arm away but Felicity was very strong and her nails were digging into her arm.
"You're pathetic you know that," Felicity hissed. "Acting all caring and gentle when Draco was vulnerable so that he would open up to you and then start to like you. It was in your plan all along to lure him into your hands and then control him. Well let me tell you something you stinking little Weasel, you wont get him, I wont let you."
Felicity's expression was of pure hatred and Ginny was getting scared. Her grip on Ginny's arm tightened and her nails dug in so deep that it started to draw blood. Ginny yelped at the pain and managed to snatch her arm back.
Felicity gave Ginny an evil glare and then walked out of the Hospital wing. Ginny gripped her arm and got a cloth to wipe away the blood. <There is seriously something wrong with her. I better get that background information on her quickly>
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Ginny didn't tell Draco about what had happened in the hospital wing and in the next week or so Felicity hadn't done anything so Ginny just left it at that.
Ginny was walking down the hall after class one day when someone grabbed her hair and pulled her into a deserted corridor. This person had their other hand covering Ginny's mouth so she couldn't scream and then they slammed her into a wall. Ginny could see her captor now and it was Felicity Lateris. Felicity still had her hand over Ginny's mouth while the other amazingly strong hand kept Ginny against the wall.
"Wasn't the warming I gave you last time enough Weasel?" Felicity hissed very close to Ginny's face. "Why are you still going to Draco's room at night?"
Ginny couldn't answer because Felicity's hand was over her mouth and it didn't look like she was going to let Ginny talk either.
"Maybe I should remind you where your position is," Felicity growled and then took out a pocket knife. "A few stabs here and there should help you remember what I've said," She said evilly and had the flat side of the knife on Ginny's face. Ginny wasn't going to take this anymore and lifted her knee to hit Felicity in the stomach. Ginny managed to get a hit in but it didn't seem to affect Felicity because she just cackled and then got mad.
"You're going to pay for that now, Weasel," and she started to press the knife harder against Ginny's face.
End of Chapter Thirty Two. Thanks for reading and I Hope you Review.
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