A/N- About Ginny's attitude. This is the summer after her first year with the Chamber of Secrets. I'm not going to follow j.K. Rowling's attitude that she gave Ginny because I think the Chamber would have a bigger effect on Ginny. I think that she should be a bit less forward yet a bit cheeky. I hope you don't hate me for this! Please continue reading and hope you enjoy the long chappie!
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Ginny woke up the next morning to the sound of rapping on her door.
"Who is it?" she asked tiredly.
"Me," answered a manly voice form outside. From the sound of the me Ginny guessed it was her dad.
"Come in," she said. Her dad strode in and sat down next to her on the bed. He picked up her arm and looked at the mark that haunted him. To see it on his arm was something. But to see it on his only daughter's hand felt as if he had betrayed himself by allowing her to get it.
"It took the house-elves 3 hours to get the blood stains off the floor. And why is it still bleeding heavily? How did they do it?" he asked somewhat angrily.
"Well, you-know-who asked Draco to do it. He gave Draco a dagger and he pierced my arm with it. Then a second later the mark appeared. Lastly, he did the Crucio curse again and Draco dragged me back here."
"A dagger and a curse? That isn't how it's done. I need to go talk to Draco, I'll be back later. Go eat breakfast. Then I have a surprise for you downstairs." He got up off the bed and left the room gently closing the door behind him. Ginny got out of bed slowly to find it soaked with blood. She carefully washed up and put on her clothes. She picked out the orange tank top with velvet yellow pants and a velvet yellow jacket. The jacket covered her mark but it wouldn't stop bleeding so before putting on the jacket she looked for a couple of band-aids. She found some and put them on. It stopped bleeding for a while. She put the jacket on and walked downstairs.
As soon as she entered the kitchen she found all her brothers sitting down as they watched Ron and Bill play chess the muggle way. But when she stepped in all eyes were on her.
"What?!" she asked. They didn't respond until Draco walked in.
"What's everyone staring at?" he asked.
"Where were you two last night?" asked Ron somewhat mad.
"None of your business," Draco said in an icy tone that he hadn't used for along time.
"It is our business! And why on Earth are you wearing a jacket! It's 116 degrees! Are you mad?" Ron commented.
"Again, it's none of your business," Ginny replied. But it was no use. They stared at her and then Ron walked up to her and pulled the jacket off suddenly, knocking Ginny of balance. When she got up the band-aids had somehow disappeared and there lay in bright daylight, for everyone to see, her Dark Mark all bloodied up.
"What on-" Ron said. But he couldn't continue. It was too much. " Dad," he cried, "Dad! Come see what happened to Ginny!"
"He already knows," she said calmly.
"And I suppose Malfoy went with you! And I wouldn't be surprised if he did it too!" Ron yelled at the top of his lungs. "Are you mental! What on earth is your problem! What were you-" Draco cut him off.
"Would you stop making such a fuss about it! It's not like she had a choice!" Ginny stared at him. Had he just defended her? At that moment her father walked in.
"What's all this shouting for?" he asked. Bill spoke up before Ron could.
"Ginny's got the Dark Mark." He stated plainly.
"Yes, I'm quite aware of that. Now if you all don't mind, leave her alone. Ron, come to my study later on in the day. Charlie, a dragon hatched and you need to go. Fred and George, take Ron for now and go play outside. Draco and Ginny, stay here." Everyone followed his instructions, even Ron. But you could tell he was looking forward to the talk. He would make sure he was heard. When everyone left, her father spoke.
" It's almost Potter's birthday and as much as I despise it, you will be attending his birthday at the Weasleys. You will act as if nothing happened. Draco will teach you how to cover up your mark and as for the blood, I put a potion I your room. Take it today and that should suffice. After that, you two will be allowed to go to Hogsmeade to go shopping for Potter's present. Draco, to make sure there is no suspicion, you, of course, will not attend the party. But you will have to accompany Ginny to Hogsmeade. If anyone sees you use the excuse that Ginny is your maid and that she was forced to come with you by your mother. You are not to tell your father anything that happens here at this house or this summer. Leave that to me. And leave Ron to me, too. Try your hardest to not rub in anything. He already despises the fact that I'm allowing you two to go to Hogsmeade. I would've told Bill to go with you but he has business to finish. Now leave and don't come back soon."
Ginny and Draco sat there for a while before Draco got up and Ginny followed him upstairs to his room. He took out his wand and tapped it twice on Ginny's mark, made a circular motion with it, and muttered, "Screetus Disapras." The mark disappeared and Ginny stared at her arm where it had been a second ago.
"It's still there but it should not show unless you spill any form of liquid on that spot." Draco said. Then he followed her back to her room as she retrieved her wand and drank the potion her father had left for her. Instantly, all the pain was gone. She followed Draco downstairs to the fireplace. He took some floo powder and Ginny did the same. They went into the fireplace and a second later, they were gone.
They landed right in the center of Hogsmeade. Ginny had never been there before but Draco had come many times with his father.
"Follow me," he stated simply.
"I have a question." She said.
"What?" he didn't feel like answering nay of her questions, but he didn't have a choice.
"Why are you so cold?"
"What?"
"You heard me, now answer me," she stated stubbornly.
"It's none of your business."
"Would it kill you to smile once in a while or be nice?"
"Yes, it would. Now silence, a teacher's approaching." And he was right. Right in front of them was Professor McGonagall.
"Hello, you two! How's summer been so far?" she asked sweetly.
"Excellent professor," Ginny replied.
"Oh, that's nice to hear. What are you two doing here?" she asked.
"I need to pick up something for my father and Ginny, as my maid, is accompanying me on behalf of my mother's orders." Draco said. And with that he pulled Ginny and got lost in the crowd.
"Why'd you do that?" Ginny asked.
"Because, if we didn't leave, she'd ask more questions. Like why you're wearing a velvet jacket in the middle of summer." Ginny instantly took it off and tied it around her waist.
"Why are you so cold," she asked again.
"Drop it."
"Why?"
"Because." Ginny sighed and followed him around Hogsmeade. She looked around and gazed at the sites. Draco walked into a store and Ginny followed suite. It was a broom store. Ginny looked around and found out that they had a new broom on sale. The Electricbreeze 67. It was beautiful. It was built form Rosewood and it was as shiny as could be. The bristles was soft and it was the best broom you could ask for. A salesperson saw Ginny staring at it and came up behind her.
"Yes, it's an excellent broom. Perfect steering directions and listens to your thoughts. If you spot the snitch it locates it using the mental picture you have and heads directly to it. It's perfect for seekers and all the positions. But a seeker's treasure."
"How much?" Ginny asked.
"267 galleons and 5 sickles." Draco took out a bag of gold and counted out the money before placing it on the desk.
"Where did you get that money from?" Ginny asked.
"Your father gave it to me this morning." He replied. 5 minutes later the broom was neatly wrapped and a card lay neatly on it that said: Happy Birthday! Enjoy your Quidditch matches! Love, Ginny
"It wouldn't hurt to get him a present."
"Are you mad?"
"Your hopeless." At that moment Draco's dark mark burned and he clutched his forearm.
"I'm coming," Ginny stated. Draco held her hand and a minute later they landed in an empty cell.
"I didn't know you could Apparate."
"It's part of the training. Now stay here and out of sight." With that he left into the door to their right. Ginny couldn't help peeking in.
"Draco, a pleasure to see you respond so quickly. Death eater material, you are." Voldemort's voice droned out.
"A pleasure to be allowed to do business for you," Draco replied coldly.
"I have a task for you to perform. It's very important so listen up. I want you to drop in on the Changs for me. I want the daughter killed along with the dad. I want it done in front of the mom so that she may weep for eternity. Later, erase her memory of you but keep the killing. Got that?" he asked.
"Yes, my lord." And with that he walked out of the room. Ginny got back in her previous state so he wouldn't know she was listening in. Was he really going to kill them? She wanted to see what would happen next.
"I've got something to do. You can come but you must stay outside at all times. Don't let anyone see you. After I'm done we'll go back to your father's house. Got it?" he said.
"Yes," she replied. Her voice was a bit shaky. Was he really going to go through it? A couple minutes later they landed in front of a neat 3 story peach house. The lawn was neatly done and there was a huge palm tree in the front obscuring a window on the 3rd floor. Draco walked in without knocking and Ginny peeked through the crack in the door. Draco sauntered in as if nothing was going to happen and two seconds later she heard two thumps. Tears rolled down her cheeks. Two innocent people had been murdered right before her eyes and by Draco. She was going to kill him. Then she heard "Obliviate" and the frantic crying of Mrs. Chang as Draco walked out. Ginny assumed her original position and tried to wipe of her tears. But she couldn't. Draco stared and her and figured out she had seen it all. This was going to be harder then he thought.
"H-how c-c-could you?" she asked between hysterical sobs.
"I told you to stay outside. You didn't listen. Now if you don't mind we have to go back to your father's house so clean yourself up or their going to think something bad happened."
"S-somet-thing bad d-d-did happen! H-how c-c-ould you d-do t-that? You k-killed innocent p-people!"
"It's part of being a death eater, okay." And with that he grabbed her arm and they landed in her kitchen. Her father looked up form his work when they entered.
"What happened?" he asked.
"Dad! He killed innocent people! He killed them! It was horrible!"
"Who?" he father asked.
"The Changs." Draco replied.
"They weren't due dead until the end of August." He said.
"How could you two talk about this as if they're some kind of toys?! They're humans! How could you be so cold?" And with that she ran up to her room.
"She saw it?" her father asked.
"Yea. I should've returned her first. But he likes the job done quickly."
"I'll have a talk with her later."
Draco headed for the library. When he entered her heard crying in the fairytale section. He walked there and found Ginny sobbing hysterically.
"Look. It's not my fault. It's not like I wanted to do it. I have no choice. It's either follow the job or get killed yourself." But that didn't help much. Ginny stopped her sobbing for a while.
"Life's not fair. Why is the world so cruel. Why can't I go back to being a Weasley and having a happy family full of sunshine. Why?" she asked.
"The world's not perfect. There's evil and all we can do is try to fight it. But in our case we can't fight. Don't go trying to do anything stupid when your called or you'll end up with a lot more then what you asked for. Anyway, at least you don't have to life with the guilt."
"How many people have you killed before this?"
"7. A family of four: mother, father, and baby twins both girls, 2 5 year old boys, and a 16 year old girl. All wizards and witches."
"How?"
"I don't know." Ginny couldn't believe she had had an actual conversation with Draco. His last words lingered in her mind. They sat there for a while without talking to each other. Then Draco spoke up," Are you still up for those lessons?"
"Yea," she said. She got up and followed him up to his room. She didn't notice a mysterious figure in the shadows.
They entered his room and he took out a book. He opened it up and began to talk. They spent 3 hours there rehearsing spells and incantations before Ginny yawned and Draco said they should go to dinner. She nodded sleepily and walked downstairs. She sat at the table and no one spoke the whole time. Charlie and Bill had gone off to work and Percy was in the library. Fred and George didn't say a single word which meant trouble since they were usually noisy. Ron ate quickly and ran up to met their father in his study. Ginny finished rapidly, too, and went up to her room. Draco left after her and Fred and George sat there in silence. This went on for weeks and soon Harry's Birthday arrived.
Ginny looked through her closet frantically and finally decided upon a black dress that reached just above her knees. It had spaghetti strings and a bow that wrapped around her waist. She found black suede shoes to go along and tied up her hair in a green bow to add some color. But when she looked in the mirror she found herself looking as if she was going to a funeral. So she quickly changed into a red party skirt that reached her knees and a white tank top that had a little red bow on the side and mini red dots at the bottom on the hem. She picked out a little white purse and headed downstairs.
Her brothers had already left and she supposed Draco was probably in the library. Her father was not going so she disappeared and landed in her old room. She looked around and when she found tears welling up in her eyes she left the room. She walked downstairs to find her brothers running around as usual. Fred and George held a couple pills in their hands and were trying to test them out on Ron and Percy. Bill and Charlie sat in a corner watching the mayhem. She smiled at the familiar site that she hadn't seen in a long time. She wished her life had never changed. Little did she know that what was happening right now was nothing compared to what's going to happen later on. Then she heard two familiar voices she thought she would never hear again.
"Fred! George! Stop pestering your brothers! Harry's almost here," her mom said. No, nut she wasn't her mom anymore. She was merely Mrs. Weasley. Ginny sighed and sat down awaiting Harry's arrival. 10 minutes later the doorbell rang and the toilet Mr. Weasley installed flushed at the same time. Ginny giggled remembering all of Mr. Weasley's old inventions. She'd never see them again.
"Why hello there Harry! It's so nice to see you again," Mrs. Weasley said. (I'm going to use Molly and Arthur for now on since it's faster to type). She pulled Harry into a tight hug and Harry was glad when it ended.
"Hey Harry!" Ginny said before Ron ran up to greet his best friend. Harry winked at Ginny to tell her that he had acknowledged her and she smiled back. They day went like any old day full of singing, eating, and frantic screaming when George gave Harry a pill that turned Harry into a mini-Scabbers. Luckily, Fred had the antidote and Harry turned back to normal. Then gifts came and Harry stood there in shock as he opened up Ginny's present. Then realization hit Ginny. She was still poor! She couldn' afford that. But she quickly got an idea.
"We all pitched in to get you that. Hope you like it," she said innocently. She hated this lying thing. She wished she could tell him. But she obeyed her father and stayed silent. Harry was going to spend a week at the Weasley's before going back so Ginny had plenty of time to enjoy scenes she would never see again. The next morning Ron woke up blue, literally. His face was completely blue along with his body. Screams were heard all through the neighborhood. They spent the rest of the day searching through Fred and George's room looking for an antidote. The next day they went to play Quidditch while Ginny stayed in her room and practiced the spells Draco had taught her. She also spent a lot of time reading muggle stories. Her favorite was The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Days went by and she was careful to avoid Harry. But one day she slipped.
It was the 6th day and Harry was going to leave tomorrow. She walked downstairs to eat breakfast when her forearm started to ache terribly. Draco's arm must've hurt, too, because a couple seconds later he apparated into the kitchen. Harry sat there gazing at this odd morning. Draco grabbed Ginny and apparated off with her. All Ginny heard was the voice of Percy trying to calm Ron down. Little did she know that later on she would be dying to hear his voice again.
They landed in the same spot that Draco had took her to when his arm had burned. The pain was unbearable and Ginny was whimpering from pain when they landed in front of Voldemort.
"We must teach you how to Apparate soon. We don't want everyone figuring out our little secret do we?" he stated. Ginny just stood there.
"Your training must start before school. So it will begin now. Lucius will train you as he trained Draco. Draco, take her to the playground and you may watch if you want." Draco nodded his head and yanked Ginny out through the door at the end to reveal a huge playground. It had swings, monkey bars, ropes, tires, and a merry-go-round. Ginny wondered what the training would be.
"Listen up. My father's tough and he won't let you go until you do everything perfectly. It's hard so you've got to work fast and monitor your breathing. Now go!" and with that Draco shoved her forward and Ginny walked up to where Lucius was standing.
"You must run from here to that hill over there in less than 6 minutes and 48 seconds. You must go through the whole obstacle course, too. Now, ready, set, go!" And with that Ginny ran for her life. She was quite good at the monkey bars and the ropes and jumping over the swings was simple enough. But running through the tires was hard and she messed up a couple fo times. So she decided to slow down since she knew she wouldn't make this. Why are they using muggle items? She thought to herself as she ran the last step.
"7 minutes 35 seconds. Lousy. Again. Ready, set, go!" And she ran again. But this time she did the tires perfectly and her time came up as," 6 minutes 15 seconds. Congratulations. You may now leave." She was so tired she couldn't move a muscle. She just stood there catching her breath when Draco came up behind her and Apparated her back to the Weasleys.
Ginny arrived to many glares and stares from her family, Molly and Arthur, and Harry.
"What on earth just happened?" Harry asked. Ginny sighed. Draco had disappeared so she would have to tell him everything all by herself. Her dad was going to kill her. She explained to Harry and her fake parents what happened and her brothers listened eagerly when she told about the playground. They wanted to know what was part of the training. When she finished she sat silently waiting for an outburst. But none came. Then she heard a thump upstairs and noticed someone was missing. She saw Ron run upstairs and heard him scream.
The rest of the family went upstairs including Harry. Along the way they found a vial that contained some sort of pale green liquid and a note that was blank. But the scariest scene was the one in Ginny's bedroom. There on the floor lay a body. And it lay on her bed. And next to the body lay the letters: DEATH EATER OR NO DEATH EATER, DEATHS WILL STILL OCCUR. SOMEONE IS NEXT, AND YOU WILL CRY FOR SURE. A MYSTERY LAY UNSOLVED BEFORE YOUR EYES, LOOK CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT HAS A BIG DISGUISE. But that wasn't the worst part. The worst part was who was laying on the bed. And not only that but half of her brothers thought it was her who had killed him. Ginny was the first to speak.
"Poor _____!
WHO DIED??
Who died? You'll have to wait for the next chapter to figure out. Hehehe! Anyway here r the thx:
1. Janet- Omg thanks soo much for the review! U rock!
2. PercyWeasley12- I'm a first time writer and I know this story is completely well written. I thank you
very much for your critiques.
1.Hogwarts was founded all the way back HUNDREDS of years ago. Yes. I was aware of this. But I wanted to change
it a bit and play around with the years in my story.
2.if the Snape works in Europe at Hogwarts, then why have a house in California? I don't know. Snape just
spoke to me and said gimme a house in California. So I should why not?
3.I thought that someone who would had just learned that basically their whole life was a complete lie would have
showed some kind of pain. You're right, they would. And I am sorry that I totally neglected this. But I was
thinking along the lines that Ginny's life hadn't been an exact haven. With all her brothers to compete
against, and her family was so overprotective of her. But I do understand your point and I'm sorry that I passed
over that fact in my story.
4.why would ginny's mother go along with giving up her children? You mean Molly? Well, Snape had already
talked it over with her and she and Arthur knew that this would happen sometime. So, they were a bit resigned to the
fact. But you are right, they wouldn't do it willingly. I just didn't want to put in a whole conversation
between Snape, Molly, and Arthur but I had written it in my mind. I guess I made a mistake by not posting
it.
5.no weasley(i don't care how old they are or what year they're in) would ever let a Malfoy buy anything for
them. Well, Ginny was sort of in a daze at that moment. But you are right. Yet Ginny and Malfoy have never
fought before. Ginny had just finished her first year so she doesn't know Draco that well.
6. even though the weasleys(and they aren't her real parents) are dead poor they have pride and they would've
never let Ginny go work for the Malfoys. But they were in dire need of money so I made it that they let her go
work there. But you are right.
7.what kind of parents sends their twelve year old daughter of to work? A poor family in need of
money. But I do see your point.
8.The Ginny i've read about over the last five books is strong and independent and wouldn't act as dumb and
childish as your Ginny(who acts like a two-year old) But this story takes place in Ginny's summer after her
first year with the Chamber. And that has left her a tad weak and in a daze. So that explains why she has been acting
the way she has.
Thanks for your critiques I really appreciate it! Thanks for sticking with the story even though it has mistakes and holes that don't make sense to you. I took all you said into consideration and it has really helped me write better. I hope you see a difference in the next chapter and I hope my story doesn't continue to have this horrible hole-filled plot. Thanks again for the review! You rock for taking time to find all my mistakes and help me become a better writer!
3. SexyTexy- I'm glad u remembered my fic! Lol! If my worst enemy grabbed a knife and split my hand in half I'd freak! Glad u think Ginny's acting cute with Voldemort. I wanted to portray her more weakly than J.K. Rowling because I believe the Chamber might have had a stronger affect on her and she might have been less forward with life and more cheeky. Right, she's not related to the Weasley's at all but she is related to all her brothers, just not Molly and Arthur. Thanks for another long review! U rok! Cheers!
4. xnishax08-Yay! Me happi that u like my stori!
1.you should post more in your chapters, and you could go more in depth with a few things. I Will try to do
this but this is my first time writing an hp story so my story doesn't have that good of a plot. I had thought up
of this whole ginny/harry story over my 3 month summer but I forgot it all! I came to write it down and it had all
slipped. I just remembered tid bits and formed this story from it.
2. you should watch out for typos i spotted a few and it can sort of confuse people to try and figure out the words.
I Will try to be more cautious. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for critiquing my story! It helps me a lot! Thanks for the review! U Rock!
5. Cassie-Lol! I'm so happy that you like the story and that you can relate to Ginny! Thanks for the review! It keeps my happi! U rock!
6. Kathy- Thanks for the review! U really rock!
Well that's it! Review review review! And don't forget to tell me if u think my characters r OOC or if
some things wrong in my stori! I need to know so I can fix it! Tell me! Plz in ur reviews!!