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The Source - Chapter Forty Two
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Ginny knew Draco well enough to know that he would hide the book in his room. After she had woken up, Madame Pomfrey told her that Draco had gone back to the forbidden forest so she took this chance to go to his room and get her book. She honestly thought that Draco was over reacting. Just because she was going to use Dark Magic, it doesn't mean she'll become some evil witch. She had used Dark Magic before; it was Tom Riddle who introduced her to it. It was how she opened the Chamber of Secrets.
Ginny entered Draco's room and walked over to his secret vault. She moved the little painting aside and punched in the code, but it wouldn't open. Ginny laughed at her own stupidity. Draco was smart, and he would have changed the code so she wouldn't be able to open it. But Ginny had her own way of getting it, like blowing open the door. She took her wand out and pointed it at the little vault. A spell was muttered and the door flung off the hinges to land on the floor. As Ginny expected, the book was inside and she took it back to the hospital Wing to start on her plan.
I guess you could say that great minds think alike. With the information that Ginny managed to gather from different sources like Dumbledore, Sirius, Remus, other officials talking to one another and from Andrew, she had a good idea as to who this Dark Lord was and what he wanted to do. He was Felicity's guardian and he was going after the item inside the Box Lucius Malfoy had given to Draco. Ginny didn't tell anyone about it though, because they would want to deal with it the right way and that would mean a lot of lives would be sacrificed, including those of her brothers. No, Ginny was going to do this her way, with the use of Dark Magic, and no one would be hurt, except maybe herself.
A few days had passed after Draco had come back to the school and Ginny managed to find out a change in the Deatheaters patterns of attack. A large portion of them had retreated, so only a little were left to attack the school. The Strategy team thought that they were probably giving up, or sending their people to other places where the ministry had more Aurors. However, Ginny knew what they were really up to and took this as her chance.
Ginny took her time walking to Draco's room while occasionally patting her pockets to make sure the items were still there. She reached the portrait and saw that it was slightly open. Ginny smirked at how right she had guessed. Stepping inside, she kept her cool demeanour as she faced Felicity Lateris.
Felicity pointed her wand at Ginny as soon as she stepped inside, but Ginny only smirked as she walked slowly over to a chair and sat down leisurely. Ginny kept her cool smile on as she raised her eyebrow at Felicity. "Don't stop because of me," she said mockingly.
Felicity walked closer until the tip of her wand was between Ginny's eyes. "Do you want to die, Weasel?" She spat.
Ginny pushed the wand away from her face and laughed. "You won't find it here Lateris, or should I call you Caruso?"
Felicity tensed up and tried not to panic. "I could kill you right now," she tried to say confidently but failed.
Ginny stood up steadily to face Felicity. "I know what you're looking for," Ginny said. "But you won't find it here."
"I presume you know where it is then?" Felicity asked.
"Naturally," Ginny said with a smile, "Take me to you're guardian and then I'll hand it over."
"Why would I be stupid enough to do that?" Felicity answered back.
"Because it's the only way you can complete this assignment."
Felicity pondered the idea for a moment before shoving her wand roughly into her robes and walking out of the room. "Follow me," she told Ginny.
They made their way to the grounds outside where Felicity had a broom and invisibility cloak. Because a lot of the Deatheaters had retreated, the Aurors had slacked off therefore allowing Felicity the chance to get inside the school. Straddling the broom and being covered with the invisibility cloak, they flew off away from the school.
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Felicity and Ginny landed in front of an old dilapidated stone building. They both got off of the broom and Felicity led Ginny inside. Amazingly, the inside was far from old and broken; it was rather clean and extravagant, though the stone walls emitted a lot of cold and darkness. Felicity led Ginny up a long flight of stairs and entered through a door. The room they were now in was lit brightly with torches and was rather large and long. There was a fireplace, large dinning Table and comfy chairs littered around. There was a long row of windows on one side of the wall, but they were not covered with glass and were just openings in the walls, but they must have been charmed to not let the wind in. A tall slim man with silver blond hair stood by the fireplace looking into the fire. Ginny could see him from the side and one look was enough to tell her who it was.
"Sir Edward Malfoy," Ginny said gracefully while standing next to a rigid Felicity. The man turned so that he was fully facing the two and gave Ginny a smile.
"Miss Virginia Weasley," he said politely and walked towards them. "Please come in and take a seat." He gestured.
Ginny complied and sat in a chair near the fireplace so she could warm up. Edward Malfoy also sat down in a chair so that he was facing Ginny. Felicity stood stiffly behind her Guardian and watched Ginny.
Edward flicked his wand and a tray with a bottle of wine and two glasses appeared. "Wine, Miss Weasley?" He asked while Felicity poured her guardian a glass.
"No thank you, Sir Malfoy," Ginny answered.
"Please, call me Edward," he said as he picked up his glass. "Sir Malfoy makes me sound so old."
"Then you can call me Ginny, rather than Miss Weasley."
Edward took a sip of wine and then for the first time since Ginny had walked in, he looked straight into her eyes. Ginny simply looked straight back at the eyes that were so much like Draco's yet different at the same time. Ginny didn't blink or try to move her gaze away as Edward continued to stare at her. She looked back at him with equal power. After some time Edward laughed and stood up from his seat. He stood next to the fireplace and turned to face Ginny again.
"They've trained you well," he said approvingly. "When faced with Death, not the slightest movement gives away your fear. You would make a wonderful Deatheater, Ginny."
Ginny stood up and smiled at Edward. "As tempting as it sounds I don't think it's really one of my interests."
"Then what are your interests?" Edwards asked curiously. When she didn't answer, he just smiled. "I had a background check done on you, Ginny. Very impressive I must say. You have talents in all fields of magic and are very resourceful. But don't you think you're a waste of talent in the crowd on the good side. I can promise that you would never be ignored if you come and help me. Anything you ever wanted I could give to you."
Ginny smirked at Edward. "I don't think you're background check was very thorough," she teased. "I'd recommend changing your spy in the future. You can't offer me anything I would want Edward, but I on the other hand can offer you something you really want."
Ginny took a black leather bound book out of her pocket and Edward's eyes widened when he saw the object, but he remained calm. Ginny flipped the empty pages of Tom Riddles diary casually and then looked back up and Edward. "The only remaining essence of Tom Riddle," Ginny said to him. "I know you've been looking for this, but unfortunately you looked for it in the wrong place. It was in the possession of Draco Malfoy but it was very soon kept safe with me."
After Gilding had attacked Draco earlier on the year, Ginny had looked through the box Lucius gave Draco to try and find what Gilding was after. Ginny saw what Draco had missed because he hadn't possessed Tom Riddles diary for a whole year. One look at the book and she knew what it was. Suspecting that the book would be important but didn't yet know for what reason, Ginny took the book and kept it for the time being.
"You Bitch," Felicity yelled and attempted to attack Ginny, but Edward held his hand up to stop her. Seeing her Guardians gesture, Felicity moved back to where she was standing.
"What can I do for you, Ginny?" Edward asked calmly.
Ginny smiled innocently. "I'm surprised Edward," she said feigning shock. "I thought you would just kill me and then take the book. Why do you waste time to bargain with me?"
Edward smiled. "Because I believe you are smart enough to only allow that book to be willingly given and not forcefully taken."
There was a spell which could be cast so that if the item left Ginny's hand without her saying a secret word, the item would instantly blow up.
Ginny gave Edward an appreciative smirk. "It's good to finally find someone with enough intelligence to compete with," she said with amusement but then quickly turned serious and lost her smile. "I want you to call off all your Deatheaters, now."
Edward only laughed and looked at Ginny with amusement. "Really Ginny, I thought you would be smarter than to have that request," he mocked her. "Sure I could call them off, but then once I get the diary, I could tell them to attack again."
"Sure you could do that," Ginny said casually and picked up the bottle of wine to inspect it. "But then I could so this." Quick as a flash she threw the diary into the fireplace along with a splash of wine and the diary was ashes within seconds.
Edward was furious and held his wand out. "You little Brat!" he yelled.
"Calm down, Edward," Ginny soothed before taking out a vile of charcoal coloured liquid. "This is what you really wanted from the diary. The essence of Voldemort."
As soon as Ginny knew who the New Dark Lord was she was able to guess what he was up to. Being a Malfoy, Edward would have known at lease a bit about Lucius possessing something of Lord Voldemort's, and this diary had even contained his spirit for quite a long time. Though Harry had eliminated Voldemort from the Diary, a small part of him still remained. The small part however was still very powerful. Not powerful enough to let Voldemort rise again, but powerful enough to make Edward Malfoy want to get it. Ginny had used magic from that Dark Arts book to retrieve that little amount of Power and captured it inside a bottle.
Edward calmed down and put his wand away. Ginny knew how to play the game and he had to tread carefully. He took a deep breath and composed himself. "Very well Ginny, I will call them off," he agreed.
"And they must not attack anywhere within the next year," Ginny said. Edward gave her a questioning look and she started to explain. "All I want is to graduate Edward. That's why I'm bargaining with you. One more year and then you can do whatever you want."
Edward only nodded; he'd have to agree with everything for now if he wanted that bottle of Voldemort's essence. "I better get that organised then," he said like his old suave self again.
"I'm feeling kind of peckish too; could I get something to eat?" Ginny asked.
"Of course," Edward answered while he was halfway across the room. "Felicity will attend to your needs." Then he was gone.
Felicity had her fists clenched and was glaring at Ginny. "You little tramp!" she growled.
"Ah, ah, ah," Ginny shook her finger. "I wouldn't get me angry if I were you. I could accidentally drop the bottle of very important essence that your guardian wants."
Felicity could only growl. "What do you want to eat then, Weasel?"
Ginny smiled evilly. "Mash potatoes and a lemon meringue pie."
Felicity stomped out of the room to go and get Ginny's food.
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Back at Hogwarts, everyone was surprised to see that the Deatheaters were all retreating. The head officials were happy but thought that it was kind of weird. But since everyone was celebrating they didn't see that it was anything they should worry about. Draco didn't have a very good feeling about this and couldn't help thinking that Ginny had something to do with this. But could a single girl have such an affect? He hoped not.
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Felicity presented the tray of food on the table in front of Ginny and sat down in a chair.
Ginny swirled the spoon around in the mash potatoes and then lifted up a spoon full of it. "Did you get close to Draco because you wanted to get the diary?" Ginny asked her tonelessly.
Felicity snorted. "Of course," she answered and a blob of mash potatoes landed on her nose. Felicity flicked it off with her hand and glared at Ginny who was holding the empty spoon. Felicity growled and wanted to hit Ginny but Ginny shook her head.
"Remember my warning Felicity," Ginny said. Felicity could only sit back down and wipe her nose with a napkin.
"Did you enjoy being with Draco?" Ginny asked calmly.
Felicity only smirked. "Yes I did. Are you jealous?" Another blob of mash potatoes landed on Felicity's face.
"Of you?" Ginny said, "of course not. I just don't like people using Draco like that."
Felicity laughed. "Admit it Weasley! You're jealous that at lease I was able to be with him for some time, whereas you were always hiding away. Sure I didn't really like him, but he brushed me off because of a low life like you. I could have finished my assignment easily but you had to make him dump me. Only I can say when it's over."
"It never began anyway," Ginny said smugly. "You were only a replacement for me, and even then you weren't even good enough." Ginny then lifted the lemon meringue pie and mashed it into Felicity's face.
Felicity was shocked and was frozen still for a minute. She was finally able to snap out of it and got her wand out to clean off her face. She then pointed it at Ginny while glaring daggers at her. "I don't care what you've warned me of, I will not tolerate this insult from trash like you."
Ginny rose from her seat quickly and gripped the arm Felicity was holding the wand with. One quick twist and Felicity's wand was on the floor and her arm was held behind her back. Ginny kicked the wand away and let Felicity go. Felicity was rubbing her arm while glaring at Ginny. Ginny didn't hold back her anger anymore and slapped her across the face.
"That," Ginny said with venom, "is to teach you not to mess with people out of your league." Ginny then slapped her again on the other cheek. "That if for threatening me with a knife." Another slap. "That if for burning my hair." Another slap. "That is for trying to kill me," one last slap. "And that is just for being a bitch!"
Felicity's cheeks were red and she had her hands pressed against them. She was about to lash out at Ginny but Edward Malfoy stepped in at that moment and looked at them with a raised eyebrow. Felicity walked over to him while pouting and he whispered into her ear. Felicity nodded before leaving the room and giving Ginny one last glare.
Edward smiled as he walked into the room. "Revenge can be so sweet, cant it Ginny?" he asked.
Ginny smiled back at him. "You should know better than me. You're revenge is coming along just fine."
Edward laughed. "Yes, it was going fine, until you popped up."
Ginny only shrugged her shoulders. "What's another year, when you've waited seventeen?"
Edward only nodded and summoned a chess set onto the table. "How about a game while we wait for the news?" Edward asked.
"Why not?" Ginny said before making the first move.
"How much do you know about me anyways, Ginny?" Edward asked after he made a move.
Ginny was playing the game while answering him with a half-hearted tone. "It's funny you should ask that when Draco asked the exact same question. Maybe it's a genetic thing."
Edward smirked as he played. "Maybe it's because it's rare to find someone who knows a lot about a Malfoy. So tell me Ginny, how much do you know?"
Ginny smiled as she made a move. "You are Edward Malfoy, younger brother to Lucius Malfoy and Uncle to Draco Malfoy. You were banished from the Malfoy Family Seventeen years ago when you attempted to kill your brother and his family. You moved to Bulgaria where you made friends with wizard Royalty and was pronounced Sir Edward Malfoy for your services. You helped a lot of Deatheaters escape from going to Azkaban by acting as their Lawyer under the name Edwin Malloy, and you were very good. After saving their lives, they pledged their loyalty to you and you found this chance to get your revenge on your bother. But he is now dead, so you decided to take over the wizarding world instead. However, to do that you would need to get Voldemort's diary so you could gain even more power from him. You were smart and adopted a girl many years ago, and had her become a Deatheater so you could know what was happening in the dark aspects of England. You managed to blackmail an official from the order to try and get the Diary, but he was threatened by you sending Felicity in so he acted first but failed. Felicity was up next but she didn't succeed either so you thought that taking over the school could allow you to go in and search for what you wanted."
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Meanwhile at Hogwarts all the Aurors and helpers were making their way back up to the castle to rest. Draco was packing up the last of his things when a hand landed on his shoulder. Draco turned around and glared when he saw that it was Felicity. He held his wand out and pointed it at her.
Felicity only smiled. "Calm down Draco. I just want to take you to see your little Weasley girl."
Draco frowned. "What are you talking about?" he asked.
Felicity smirked. "Virginia Weasley is with us, and if you don't come with me, she will die."
"Why should I believe you?" Draco said.
Felicity frowned. "Don't believe me then. But if you find her body dumped somewhere, just know that she died because you wouldn't come." She then turned around and began to walk away.
"Stop," Draco called and then walked up to her. "I'll go with you."
And then they both left on Felicity's broom.
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"Maybe I should replace my old spy with you," Edward said and moved a piece.
Ginny smirked. "I don't do business outside of Hogwarts," she answered calmly as she made a move.
"Even if it depended on the life of someone very important to you?" Edward said suggestively.
Ginny's hand froze for a second while she was moving her piece, but she controlled herself quickly. "What are you saying?" She asked coldly.
Edward smirked after he moved his piece. "Checkmate, Ginny." The door flung open and in walked two men dressed in black holding up an unconscious figure. Ginny stood up so abruptly that her chair toppled over behind her. They had Draco.
Ginny glared at a smirking Edward. "What is the meaning of this?" She demanded. The men dumped Draco on one of the chairs and left the room while Felicity walked in. Edward walked over to Draco and placed a hand on top of Draco's head.
"I just wanted to see my only nephew. You know, get acquainted after all these years," Edward said innocently.
Ginny knelt in front of Draco and checked his pulse just to make sure he was alright. He was fine, just knocked out. "What do you want?" Ginny asked.
Edward smiled as he crouched down next to her. "I'm letting you have the experience of a lifetime, Ginny. I'm going to absorbed Voldemorts essence tonight, and after I have all the power, you are going to be the first of my followers. I'm going to give you my first Dark Mark." Edward then stood up and straightened his robes. "I'll get the bottle off of you after all my followers have arrived."
Edward then left with Felicity so that Ginny and Draco were alone in the room.
End of Chapter Forty Two. Thanks for reading and I Hope you Review.
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