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The Source - Chapter Thirty Eight
"Speaking"
<Thinking>
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N.E.W.T.s and O.W.L.s were coming up for the senior years so the following weeks were very busy for Draco and Ginny. There was still the awkwardness between them and since Draco didn't need medicine everyday, Ginny didn't go to Draco's room anymore so they didn't really have an opportunity to really talk about things. Ron stopped keeping an eye on Ginny after she was allowed to leave the hospital wing; he said something about not wanting to be a suffocating brother and wanted to treat Ginny like an adult or growing woman. Ginny also noticed that the whole trio (including Ron) started to be a bit more civilized towards Draco and Draco was also holding back on the snide remarks.
It wasn't long before Ginny became the invisible girl again. Hardly anyone besides her friends and a few close housemates noticed that she had been out of class for a week. Ginny only ever saw Draco in the great hall where he would be sitting across the room from her chatting to his friends. No body else knew that Draco had saved Ginny from Felicity so there was no worry about more gossip about anything between them. Felicity's disappearance was questioned for a few days but Dumbledore had informed the students that Felicity had left because of a family emergency and so she too was soon forgotten.
It was early May and one more month before the N.E.W.T.s and O.W.L.s. The library was super busy and the common rooms were packed full of study groups. Madame Pince was having an extra hard time because all her books were being borrowed so the library looked practically empty, not to mention it would take her days to stack back the books when they would all come back at the same time (after the exams).
Ginny was in the library late one night when she witnessed Draco arguing with their librarian.
"But I need that book," Draco hissed.
"I'm sorry Mr. Malfoy but it has been damaged and I have to fix it before anyone can use it again," Madame Pince was explaining.
"But I've been on the waiting list for weeks, and now that it's my turn you tell me I cant have it," Draco was practically yelling.
"Mr. Malfoy," Madame Pince warned. "You will keep your voice down in here, and this is my library. If I refuse to give you a book then that is that. No more arguing."
Draco was about to debate some more but Ginny placed her hand on Draco's arm which made him look at her.
Ginny was shaking her head telling Draco to drop the subject and though Draco was reluctant to, he knew there was no use in arguing with the Librarian.
Draco stomped away grumpily towards his seat with Ginny following behind him. When Draco reached his desk, he started packing his things up roughly and mumbling to himself because he was obviously pissed.
"Is that book very important?" Ginny asked.
Draco was so busy getting angry that he had forgotten Ginny was still there. The anger drained out of him and he looked up at Ginny tiredly.
"It's for a project in Magical History. It's due next week and I was hoping to get that book so I could do it tonight but she wouldn't give it to me," Draco said and then began packing his things again.
Draco had packed his things and now stood up, ready to leave. Ginny also stood up and smiled at Draco.
"Follow me," she whispered into his ear and then started walking out of the library.
Draco didn't have time to ask her where she was taking him and so he just followed Ginny. Once they were out of the library and in a small hallway, Ginny grabbed Draco's sleeve and started pulling him very fast down the halls twisting and turning. Draco had a feeling of familiarity and knew that Ginny was probably taking him to another secret place.
Ginny soon stopped in front of a wall and tapped on the bricks with her wand. An old oak door materialized and Ginny opened it so they could step in. Once they were inside, the lighting on the ceiling went on and the room was lit brightly. The first thing Draco noticed was that the room was even bigger than the great hall and was filled with loads and loads of books. The room had a very warm woody feeling to it, probably because everything in the room was made out of wood. Directly in front of Draco was a long wooden table with a dozen chairs surrounding it, and on the table tops were some lanterns and candle's which gave light. On either side of the room there was a set of stairs that led up to another level and Draco could see that the upper levels had many shelves that were all filled with books.
"This is the passage of Knowledge," Ginny said and then walked towards the table to put her things down. Draco followed her and also placed his things onto the table.
Draco was overwhelmed by the size of this room and about how many books there were. It looked like a massive library that was very, very old. He didn't notice that Ginny had walked up a flight of stairs and was now coming back down with a book in her hand.
"Here," She said and handed Draco the book.
Draco looked at the cover and saw that it was the book he wanted to get from the Library. "Thanks," He managed to say and then walked over to the table to sit down and start reading it.
"You'll have to use it in here because you can't take the book out," Ginny told Draco.
"Sure," Draco answered and then started reading again. Ginny also took out her own work and started doing it next to Draco.
<Just like old times> Ginny couldn't help thinking.
Draco had copied down some information on a parchment and then closed the book. "Do you come here often?" Draco asked.
Ginny looked up from her work and shook her head. "No. These books are very old and shouldn't be used too much. I only come here if it's very important information I need."
"Oh," Draco said.
"Was the book helpful?" Ginny asked.
Draco sighed and shook his head. "It wasn't as good as I though it was. I'm supposed to study the origins of Merlins magic and how he developed them, but this book doesn't go that far back."
"We can use another book then," Ginny said and then got up from her chair and walked up the stairs.
Draco didn't know how the books were organised in this room so he just followed Ginny up the stairs. Ginny was standing in front of a shelf and reading the spines of some books. She took out two and handed it to Draco.
"Look through these and I'll see if I can find some more," She said and then walked off to another isle.
Draco looked at the two books before heading back down the stairs to the table. He flipped through the two books and found some good information which he copied down onto parchments but it wasn't enough. As soon as Draco had finished with the two books another two were placed in front of him.
"Here's some more," Ginny said and then took the other two Draco had finished with and walked back up the stairs. They continued this routine with Ginny bringing Draco books while Draco copied down any useful information he found.
It soon evolved to a whole stack of books being piled in front of Draco so Ginny had to help him flip through them looking for information.
Ginny handed Draco a book and pointed to a paragraph. "Here," She said. "I think this could help you."
Draco glanced at the page that was written in Latin and then looked up and stared at Ginny.
"What?" Ginny asked innocently "Do I have something on my face?"
"No," Draco said while smiling. "It's just I didn't know you knew Latin."
Ginny smiled. "There are a lot of things you don't know about me," she said teasingly.
Draco smiled and then began reading the paragraph.
They continued to research until it was very late and Ginny had slowly drifted off the sleep, resting her head on her arms which were on the table. Draco saw Ginny sleeping and didn't want to wake her up so he took his school robe off and placed it over her shoulders. Draco then continued his research by himself.
Ginny woke up and the first thing she did was stretch. As she did this Ginny felt something fall off her shoulders, so she turned a bit and picked up the school robe that had slid off her shoulders.
Ginny immediately scanned the room and found Draco sleeping in a chair with his hands crossed over his torso. Ginny walked over to him quietly and placed his cloak back onto him. She then started close all the books which were on the table and took them back to their shelves.
Mid way through Ginny's packing up Draco woke up and was now rubbing his eyes.
"Ginny?" He said and then started looking around for her.
"I'm up here," Ginny called down from where she was stacking the last few books.
Draco put his robe back on and walked up the stairs. Ginny emerged from one of the isles and smiled at him.
"Good morning," Draco said while smiling at Ginny.
"Good morning," Ginny said back. "We should get going now." and then she started to walk back down the stairs.
Draco packed up his parchments and they both left the room. The oak door materialised back into the stone wall while Draco and Ginny made their way back to their rooms.
"Thank you for the help," Draco said while they were walking down the deserted hallways. It was rather early in the morning so no one was up yet.
"You're welcome," Ginny answered back with a smile.
Last night had broken the awkward silence which had developed between them and now they seemed to warm back up to each other. They reached the main staircase and had to go their separate ways.
"You have to go get your cure next week," Ginny reminded him.
"I know," Draco answered. "Madame Pomfrey owled me."
"Oh, that's good then," Ginny said while nodding.
They stood there for a moment in comfortable silence.
"I should get going now," Ginny said and then started walking backwards.
"Yeah," Draco said. "I should go too." And then he started to also walk backwards towards the dungeons.
They kept eye contact for as long as they could but when they couldn't any more they turned around and headed in the opposite direction.
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The weekend came but not that many students were going to Hogsmeade because they were all studying for the up coming exams. Ginny and Ron however had to go to Hogsmeade because it was time for them to pay some of their loan off.
Ron and Ginny got out of the carriage and headed towards the Bank where they would meet their other brothers. The procedure went like usual and their loan was reduced by a further 200 Galleons. Bill was shaking Mr. Grouch's hand when the door to the bank burst open and figures dressed in black cloaks were marching in with Wands pointed at people.
Screams were emitted and people were trying to run away, but those that ran were stunned and fell to the floor. All of Ginny's brothers were quick to react and pulled their wands out but didn't confront the Deatheaters. That's what they were, they were Deatheaters.
"Charlie," Bill whispered. "Apparate out of here and notify the Ministry."
Charlie nodded and did as he was told.
"Fred, George," Bill said softly.
"Yeah," the twins replied.
"Do you still carry a supply of your bombs?" Bill asked.
The twins nodded and Bill smiled. "Good," He said.
The Deatheaters weren't killing anyone and looked like they were robbing the bank. Everyone in the bank was now crouching on the ground huddled in little groups while the horde of Deatheaters was standing in the middle of the foyer while some were at the counters, telling the Goblins to take them to the vaults.
When there was only about ten or so Deatheaters left in the foyer Bill began his plan.
"Ok Percy," Bill said. "On the Count of three we perform the captivity charm to hold the Deatheaters together for a while so that the other people can escape. The captivity spell can only last for a few minutes so after it has failed Fred and George, you two throw all of your bombs at them so that they can be distracted and we can run out. The ministry people should have arrived by then. Do you all understand?"
Everyone nodded except Ginny and Ron.
"What do we do Bill?" Ron asked.
"You two leave with everyone else."
Ginny wanted to complain but Ron shook his head. Bill counted to three and the caging spell was performed on the Deatheaters. As soon as they were held in place Fred and George ran around to the people and told them to get out. Ginny and Ron also helped to direct the people to leave. When nearly everyone was out of the building Bill and Percy were already sweating from holding the charm in place for so long. Fred and George yelled at Ron to get Ginny outside because they knew it was nearly time for them to throw the bombs and it would be dangerous if they were lost in the smoke.
Ginny started running towards the exit but a Deatheater appeared at the door and blocked her way out. Ginny screamed at the sudden appearance and her brothers turned to see what was wrong. This caused Bill and Percy to lose their concentration therefore allowed the captivity charm to disappear. Within a few minutes, the Weasley siblings were surrounded by Deatheaters and cornered.
Bill instinctively pushed Ginny behind him and Percy while holding his wand up, but he was then quickly disarmed.
"If it isn't the Weasleys," One of the Deatheaters said and then stood at the front of the group.
"I thought you lot would have given up after we won," Percy said to him.
The Deatheater lifted his wand and pointed it as Percy's head. "We'll win this time round," He said. His lips started moving to hex Percy but Ginny pushed forward just as the spell was coming out of the Deatheaters wand.
The hex was absorbed by a blinding blue light and the Deatheaters all stepped back while shielding their eyes.
Ginny was now standing in front of her brothers with her arm held in front of her. The Heirloom Sirius had given her was emitting a shield that protected her and her brothers.
"Get out of here," Ginny called to her brothers.
"No!" all of them answered automatically. The bright light was still able to keep the deatheaters at a certain distance away from them but Ginny didn't know how long it would hold them off for. The heirloom had a limit to its power and Ginny wasn't sure it could protect all six of them.
"Please go now!" Ginny said. "I can't protect all of you with this."
Bill and Percy were hesitant but then nodded to each other; they knew that Ginny was right.
"Come on," Bill said and then guided all of his brothers towards the exit quickly.
As soon as the Weasley brothers were out of the door, Auror's from the ministry came running forward with their wands out.
"They're in there with my sister," Bill said to the head Auror. The man nodded and ran in with a horde of men.
Charlie was at the back of the group and ran up to his brothers.
"Are you all alright?" He asked them and everyone nodded. Charlie then noticed that Ginny wasn't with them.
"Where's Ginny?" he asked starting to panic.
"She was holding the Deatheaters off with an Heirloom." Bill informed him.
Charlie was about to ask where Ginny had gotten an heirloom but right then a man walked out holding onto Ginny.
All the Weasley brothers ran towards Ginny and the man. Ron, Fred and George Hugged Ginny tightly between them while Bill, Charlie and Percy was asking the Auror what had happened.
"When we walked in we found her struggling to stand up while keeping the Deatheaters in a corner with some sort of force field."
Charlie thanked the man and the three brothers walked over to see if Ginny was alright.
Ginny was now standing up surrounded by her brothers. Fred, George and Ron were glaring at her but Ginny was still smiling.
"Don't you ever do that again young lady," Fred was saying in a Molly Weasley kind of voice.
"What if something bad happened?" George chipped in with and Arthur Weasley tone.
Ginny couldn't stop the giggle from escaping her mouth.
"Don't you start laughing," Ron said sternly. "You still haven't told us where you got that Heirloom from."
"I gave it to her," said a voice from behind them.
All the Weasleys turned and looked at Sirius who was standing in front of them along with professor Dumbledore and professor McGonagall.
"Sirius," Ginny said happily.
Sirius smiled at seeing Ginny and went to give her a brief hug.
The Head Auror walked towards them and asked to talk to the whole Weasley clan. Ron and Ginny were not required to stay behind so they said goodbye to their brothers and went with their Headmaster.
"We should head back to the school," Dumbledore said. "We have much to discuss."
End of Chapter Thirty Eight. Thanks for reading and I Hope you Review.
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