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The Dragon's Egg
Thats So Raven
Chapter Eight: The Usual Suspect
Nirvana let out a low, dry laugh. "Yes, yes."
Ginny looked at her, shocked, "What? How? Why!?"
"Ginny dear, Draco love," Nirvana began, "Why don't you come join us for dinner?"
"We'd rather not...thank you though." Draco said never forgetting his manners.
"I suggest you sit down. Or will we have to resort to unnecessary tactics."
Ginny looked at Draco and shrugged as she walked towards a chair on the side of Skylar, Draco taking a seat on the other side. Skylar smiled at both of her parents as Ginny leaned over and kissed her on the cheek, "Are you okay, love?"
Skylar nodded, "I missed you mummy."
"I missed you too."
"What put you two up to this? Is it money that you want?" Draco asked.
"Answers will come soon enough, now eat some food. I can assure you its going to be a long night," Bryan said motioning to their plates, "Or maybe even week, or month. Who knows?"
Ginny and Draco stared at the food, "Go on Mummy its good food." Skylar said smiling at them.
"Skylar...are you sure you're alright?" Draco asked.
She only nodded and ate some Macaroni. "Have you done anything to our daughter?" Ginny asked Bryant and Nirvana who were now seated.
Bryant sighed and rolled his eyes, "There has been no harm inflicted upon Skylar."
"As for you, we can't say the same. Stupefy! Stupefy!" Nirvana yelled, pointing her wand at both of them.
"Mummy!" Skylar screamed at seeing her parents stiff bodies laying on the ground.
Bryant slapped a hand on his forehead, "Ana! You weren't supposed to do that yet!"
"I'm sorry! I'm new at this whole being evil and taking over the world thing!"
Bryant sighed, "Give me your wand."
"Why? You're just a half blood. You don't even deserve a wand."
"Give me your damn wand, Nirvana!" Bryant was getting angry.
Skylar looked at her parents who were on the floor and got out of her chair. She shook her mother, "Mummy! Wake up, we have to leave now!"
Nirvana threw her wand across the table at Bryant and he stood up. He pointed his wand at her and shouted, "Petrificus Totalus!"
Her body went stiff and she slid off of her chair under the table.
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Draco let out a low moan and rubbed his eyes. He couldn't see anything, he blinked a few more times, letting his pupils adjust to the darkness, yet still registered.
He felt the ground by him for someone else when his hands cam in contact with something. "Ginny?"
"Obviously, who else would it be?" Before Draco had the chance to respond Ginny spoke again, "Do you
still have your wand? I believe mine was taken from me." She dug in her robe pockets but felt nothing.
"If yours was taken away, what makes you think I have mine?"
"You're a Malfoy; slick and cunning." Ginny became skeptical when she heard the zipper of Draco's trousers. "What are you doing?"
"I'm getting my wand, you dunce."
"Don't call me a dunce! Why is your wand in your trousers?"
"Because if someone were to search me for it, they would think it was a…well…you know what I'm trying to say."
"No, Draco, I don't. I'm a dunce remember?" Ginny joked.
Draco chose to ignore her and instead pointed his wand at the ceiling and said, "Lumos Solem." A bright white light came out the tip his wand, and reflected off the ceiling, lighting up the tiny room they were in. and went up to the ceiling.
"How are we going to get out of here?"
"Do you just assume I know everything?"
"You were supposed to be the brains of this operation."
Draco glared at Ginny before walking towards the door. The room was dark again as Draco said, "Alohamora." Nothing happened, "They've got a locking charm on it."
"Do a destruction spell."
"Okay, stand back," Draco ordered.
"Destructo!" The door shattered, the pieces flying outwards.
Draco looked to his left and saw that it was a dead end. The only way to go was right. They took a right and walked down a long hall until they came to two oak doors. Draco pushed them open and walked through. They were in a sitting room of some sort.
"What idiots, you'd think they at least lock their prisoners in a place separate from the rest of their house."
"And you have personal experience in this area?"
Draco turned around to glare at her, again, yet he said nothing. They continued on their way through the house until they reached black doors, with voices coming from behind them.
"How are we going to get in there without them seeing us!?"
"Invisibility spells?" Draco suggested.
"You know how to do those? I thought only Aurors and a few other people could do those."
"Are you forgetting who I am…and who my father is?" whispered Ginny.
Draco said an incantation and looked down at his hands to make sure he could not see them. Ginny grinned, "This is wicked."
Draco rolled his eyes, "Your turn. How are we going to get in there, genius?"
"How should I know? You're the Slytherin."
Draco sighed, "Apperate."
"They'll hear the pop."
"The spell prevents them from hearing it."
"Fine." Ginny closed her eyes and apperated to the other side of the wall, which she guessed to be the same one they were in last night.
She opened her eyes to see Nirvana and Bryant standing over Skylar, clad in black robes. Skylar was on the floor, staring at a something which Draco and Ginny both could not see.
Nirvana crouched down and said to Skylar, "Come on sweetie concentrate for us."
Draco took a step towards Skylar but stopped when Bryant looked directly at him. Before they had time to move Bryant was in front of them, his hands on their throats; the spell had worn off.
Nirvana stood up, pulling Skylar with her.
"How did you two get out?"
"Anyone could have escaped from that excuse for a dungeon." Draco said, his face growing red from the pressure around his neck.
"I suggest you stop being sarcastic if you don't want anything to happen to your daughter."
"You won't hurt her because; obviously you need her for something." Ginny said prying at his hand around her throat.
"What do you need Skylar for, anyhow?"
Bryant sighed, "Well...with you both being her parents I suppose you have the right to know."
"Yes we do."
Bryant let out a dry laugh and took his hand off their throats. He walked towards the right corner of the room and sat in a black chair. "Hmm...Where to start?" Bryant leaned back in his chair and put his feet up on the desk. "Neither of you really know who I am…"
Draco raised an eyebrow, "That has to be the worst start to an explanation I have ever heard."
"Did I ask for your comments, Malfoy?" Draco smirked and let Bryant continue, "I must say that the both of you knew my father very well before his untimely death."
Ginny looked over to Draco who shrugged, "My father, was the one and only, Lord Voldemort."
Ginny looked to her left and right, waiting for someone to jump out and say that he was joking. When no one did she began laughing, hysterically.
"What, may I ask, are you laughing at?" Bryant asked, standing up to look at her as she doubled over in laughter.
"Who would sleep with Vol-Vol-Voldemort!" She said through her giggles, which were turning into loud guffaws.
"You saw him when he was sixteen, he was quite the charmer, eh, Virginia?" Bryant asked as Draco frowned at Ginny.
Ginny stopped laughing and looked up at Bryant, "I still don't believe you."
Bryant smirked and rolled back his left sleeve. He showed Ginny the Dark Mark, causing her to gasp, "Do you believe me now?"
"Anyone could get the Dark Mark!"
'The one that I bear has been there since birth."
Ginny stood up straight and crossed her arms over her chest, "That still gives me no reason to believe you."
"Whether you believe me or not, I am the only heir of Lord Voldemort."
Draco sighed, "Could we please get on with why you took Skylar. Ginny, if the bloke says that Voldemort is his father, just let it be."
Bryant nodded and turned to look at Draco, "About Skylar…there is no easy way to tell you this but…as long as I am alive, a part of me will be with her."
"How so?" Ginny asked, glancing at Skylar, who was still standing next to Nirvana.
"If you don't interrupt me, this will be over with, much sooner." Bryant sat down and leaned back in the chair and put his feet on the desk again.
"Skylar was born on August 30th, 1999, correct?" Ginny and Draco both nodded, "In the eight month, a child will be born. This child would have the power to become the greatest wizard of our time. Even though the Dark Lord has vanished, another can rise. What would make this child so easy to find is that, it would be born of Fire and Ice." Bryant did a trumpet sound, "Ta-da, Skylar!
"The only reason I went out with you, Virginia, was to be closer to Skylar. Well…that and I thought you'd be a good shag." Ginny gasped and Draco glared at Bryant, "But you had to be a Gryffindor and have morals." He put his feet on the floor and rested his arms on the table so I could be closer to her. "The first five years of their life are crucial, if they will live up to have full potential."
"Their, they?" Draco questioned.
"Yes they….super-wizards if you will. There are three that I know of; Skylar, myself and that great prat Dumbledore." Bryant looked over to Skylar and smiled sweetly, "Every time I went to your house, Virginia, I would do simple mind spells on Skylar. You've noticed how clever she is?" Ginny and Draco nodded, "Surely you didn't think it was down to your tutoring?"
Ginny glared at him as he laughed, "There is no way to sop her from receiving her powers. Even if I am killed, by the age of 13 or 14 she will be able to do anything she wants."
"If she's getting her powers, what do you want her for?"
"To speed up the process, of course. Two super-wizards together would just be madness…chaos would ensue!"
"Where does Nirvana fit into this plan?" Ginny asked.
"Well I figured I needed to be closer to you. I asked for her help…and she agreed."
"Nirvana why would you do that?" Ginny asked, turning to her neighbor.
Nirvana sighed and dropped Skylar's hand, "I hate being at the bottom of anything. I can not deny that my heart has desired to be on top of the wizarding world." The room went dark and there was a green glow surrounding Nirvana, "For in place of a Dark Lord you will have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Treacherous as the see, stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me and despair." The light flickered off of her and the room was again lit by candles. (A/N: From Lord Of The Rings, Heh, slight humor, I couldn't help myself!)
Bryant put his head in his hands, "Damn it Nirvana, will you cut the Lord of the Rings shit!?"
"Don't use that language around Skylar!" Ginny shouted, earning a glare from Bryant.
"I shall diminish into the west corridor." Nirvana said and began to leave the room.
Bryant opened a desk drawer and pulled out a knife, though Nirvana got out just before the knife came in contact with her back.
"Damn that woman. I can't stand her."
Ginny looked over at Skylar who was left standing by herself. Skylar looked at Bryant before running to her mother.
Bryant chuckled and shook his head, "Silly girls."
"Bryant, why couldn't you have found some other 'super-wizard' to get to do this?" Draco asked.
"You do not address me as Bryant, Malfoy. It's Lord Voldemort."
"I wouldn't call you Lord if my life depended on it. I do not worship the ground you walk on…you aren't even a Lord! No one knows you exist, and you know what…I pity you."
"You pity me?" Draco nodded, "Is that so…why?"
"Your father was a half blood, that must have been terrible. And here you are, following in his footsteps, preparing to kill Mudbloods. None of it makes any sense, your not worthy of hate, only pity."
"You'll wish you never said that." Bryant stood and pulled out his wand from his robe pocket; "Avada Kedav-" Before he could finish, the same killing curse was shouted from the entrance door.
Ginny stepped in front of Skylar as she turned around to see Nirvana entering the room, eyes blazing red.
Draco turned from staring at Bryant's lifeless body to see Nirvana making her way towards them. Draco took a step in front of both Skylar and Ginny.
"Draco do something." Ginny whispered, gripping on the back of his robe.
"Do what? Kill her?"
"No, you can't go to Azkaban! Stun her…body bind!"
Draco took out his wand, "Petrificus Totalus!" Nirvana's body went stiff and she fell to the floor.
"What do we do with their bodies?" Ginny asked moving forward a little.
"Contact the Aurors some how and they'll come and get them."
Ginny nodded, "The fire place!" Ginny went to the fire place, found some floo powder and used to contact the Aurors.
Within minutes Aurors were at the manor. "Hello Ms. Weasley, thank you for contacting us. You three should get home, we will hand everything else. If we need you for questioning, we'll owl you."
Ginny and Draco nodded. Draco picked up Skylar, "Come on, let's leave this place." Skylar wrapped her arms around Draco's neck and hugged him tightly.
"I never thought I would use such a simple spell to stop a mad woman."
Ginny chuckled and stepped into the fireplace first, Draco following after, "The Burrow!"
"Oh Ginny, dear, thank heavens you're safe!" Molly screamed as she kissed them each on the cheek.
Ginny said, "How long have we been gone?"
"Today would be the third day."
Ginny nodded, "Well, it's great to be back." Ginny took Skylar from Draco's arms and walked up to her room
"Thank you again, Mrs. Weasley." Draco said, his grey eyes shining with something that Molly couldn't put her finger on. He watched Ginny go up the stairs, as a million thoughts ran through his head.
"Before I forget," Molly moved towards the couch which held quite a few presents, "These are for you. From the family."
Draco smiled, "Thank you." Draco put a shrinking spell on the presents and put them away in his robe pocket. "I've got to talk to Ginny." Molly nodded, and Draco turned around and walked up to Ginny's room.
"Hey Gin." He sat on her bed by a sleeping Skylar, bending down he placed a soft kiss on her cheek. Draco sat up straight and tried to avoid Ginny's gaze, "I need to talk to you."
Ginny eyed him suspiciously, "Okay…talk?"
"Outside," Draco said, making Ginny feel uncomfortable and worried.
She stood up and began to leave the room. Not wanting to leave Skylar alone he picked her up and carried her to the couch by Molly. "Where are you two going?"
"Outside Mum, we'll be back soon."
"Alright, be careful."
Ginny went outside, Draco following behind her. She stopped walking and leaned against the pig pen, "Talk."
Draco ran a hand through his hair, "Gin…after everything that's happened I…Right now I," Draco sighed and stopped talking to gather his thoughts. "Ginny, I don't think I can do this right now."
"Do what?"
"This…you, me…us. We've been dating for just five months and already I feel things that a Malfoy is not supposed to. I need time to sort some things out."
"Draco you can't do this! No, you can't we need you. I need you!" She stood up straight and crossed her arms over her chest.
"You can't be selfish, Weasley."
"So it's Weasley again?"
Draco looked away from her, "Don't make this any harder than it already is."
"So that's it? You're just going to leave me and Skylar?"
"Ginn-"
Before Draco could finish, Ginny cut him off, "You're a cold, bitter, nasty, and heartless bastard." Ginny slapped him and stalked(Is this the right word?) towards the house, tears coming out of her eyes.
"For fucks sake!" He yelled. Draco didn't even bother to soothe his stinging cheek before aperating home.
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Chapter Eight! *Runs from the tomatoes* Okay, so I suck at Action/Adventure stuff but…hmm I tried exercising my ability, but I guess I should stop with that ha! Anyway…how do you like this Draco? He's Ba-a-ck!
As always, Petunia, best beta ever! =D
Thats So Raven