Title Lune Soleil
Author: Samantha Riddle aka Slytherish
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by J.K. Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. Oh, and it has some Order of the Phoenix Spoilers.
Summary: Ginny Weasley has always been stereotyped as the youngest, innocent Weasley. No one in her family seems to understand her, and she secretly wishes for her chance to show them the truth. When she's captured by Death Eaters, her new backbone is put to the test. Why does Lord Voldemort want her? What does it have to do with her first year at Hogwarts?
Meanwhile Draco Malfoy is asked to gain Ginny's trust and watch her in between her 'lessons' with Lord Voldemort. When he's not frustrating himself with thoughts of Ginny, who is the only girl who manages to make him speechless, Draco is worried about his now broken family. Determined to make sure his mother is happy, Draco must turn against his father.
But what happens when a love forms between them, and suddenly the most important issue at hand is how can they stay together forever? Will Draco break away from Voldemort? Will Ginny turn on her family?
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Chapter Sixteen: And the Moon Is Involved In A Plan
Draco did not leave the room until the next morning, and then only because he was rather hungry. Slipping out into the empty hallway, he stifled a yawn in case Weasel was still around and wanted another go at him. He just really wasn't in the mood for the moron.
Remembering the direction back to the kitchen, Draco went down two flights of stairs and into the main hallway of the house. It just then occurred to him where he actually was. Although there were a lot of objects to suggest the house of a dark wizard, this had to be the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.
Rather amused, and surprised, Draco again went down another flight of stairs into the large basement kitchen. Almost at once, every head in the room turned to look at him. Several of the faces held the distrust and suspicion Draco suspected, but a few of them- like Professor Lupin- were very pleased he had come down.
"Good morning," Lupin greeted. Draco didn't say anything, instead his eyes swept the table in search of Professor Snape, and found to his most displeasure that Snape wasn't there. Suddenly feeling uncomfortable, Draco reluctantly sat down at the table after Lupin motioned to it.
As soon as he had settled himself, Mrs. Weasley put a plate of food before him on the table quiet roughly. Draco glanced over at Ron, and found Ron had a satisfied smirk on his face. Maybe he told his parents about Ginny and I, Draco thought, give Ron a look of pure hatred.
He didn't know, and he didn't find out either. Breakfast continued, and the members and family of the members ate and talked as if the seat that held Draco was completely invisible. Finding this actually the best way to handle this situation, Draco let his mind wander.
He found himself thinking about Ginny and what she was probably going through. Dragging his fork across his plate he hoped she was alright. Last time she had been prisoner he had been able to keep an eye on her- even if he had originally despised the job. Now she was all alone.
Being so deep in thought, Draco didn't notice when the chatter of the table died down and some of the adults began to stare at him intently. When he finally did glance up and see, he felt rather indifferent and looked back down at his plate.
"We've come up with a plan Draco," Lupin said into the silence.
"A plan for what?" Draco questioned a hint of drawl in his voice.
"To get Ginny back!" Ron harshly told him, "Or do you even care about my little sister!"
"Of course I care about her," Draco snapped angrily. Ron opened his mouth to retort something but Lupin caught his eyes and kept him from doing so with a very firm look.
"But we're going to need your help Draco," Lupin continued, rather businesslike, "It will be dangerous, especially for you- returning to their midst when right now they want you dead."
"Yeah and you could die," Ron said from across the table. Draco realized that he sounded almost hopeful.
"Wouldn't you wish Weasley," Draco called back.
"Enough," Mr. Weasley interrupted annoyed, "Its important we explain to you what we are going to be doing here."
"Yes," Lupin agreed nodding, "So please Ron, just stay quiet."
"Right," Draco said once Ron had begun to sulk in his goblet of juice, "What are you going to do?"
And so they explained it. Snape was going to get the Order into Voldemort's lair. One person would go and find Ginny while the rest created a diversion downstairs. In Draco's opinion it was a real bad plan, but obviously the only thing they could come up with on short notice. It was like a rush to get Ginny, and Draco couldn't see why; she was in no immediate danger.
"So what do you need me for?" Draco asked once they had finished.
"We need you to get my daughter from wherever they are holding her and return her to safety." Mr. Weasley explained gravely.
"Your going to trust him with Ginny's safety?" Ron looked horrified.
"Yes, Ron," Even as he said it Mr. Weasley didn't not seem very sure of what he was doing here. Lupin on the other hand was looking at Draco as if he was his personal hero.
"I'm sure Draco can easily pull this off and return Ginny to us. That is of course, if your willing to do this." Lupin added as an afterthought.
Draco didn't hesitate, "Of course I am!"
"How do we know he's not a spy?" Harry asked suddenly, and Draco started. He had forgotten that Potter was even at the table. He and Granger had been unusually quiet. Draco opened his mouth to say something really horrible to him, but a voice from the stairs stopped him.
"Because he is not." Professor Snape had returned, and Draco couldn't have been more thankful. "And if your finished with him, I would like to have a few words with him Lupin."
Draco's old Professor looked slightly surprised, but dismissed Draco without much thought. Draco had never moved from a table so quickly in his entire life. He followed the Potion's master up the stairs and down the hallway, all the way by the front door. That was when he turned and gave Draco a hard look.
"Are you aware," Snape began in an icy cool voice, "That Malfoy Manor and the great deal of money invested in your father's name now belongs to you?"
Draco had completely forgotten he was the soul heir of the Malfoy fortune. His mind had been pretty well tied up around Ginny and his mother's unfortunate demise. At first Draco was going to point out that he wasn't old enough, and then he remembered that he was indeed sixteen and able to take the heirlooms.
"Yes sir," Draco replied.
"I took the liberty of taking some of your father's money to see to the funeral of your parents and their burying." Draco didn't say anything, he felt sort of empty inside. "I did as you asked and had them placed on opposite sides of your family cemetery." Snape added.
"Thank you," was the only reply Draco could think of.
"I also had all the money in the family vault moved to your own so Bellatrix could not get to it. She'd very gladly take everything that rightfully belongs to you if she could. However I secured as much of that as I possibly could."
"Thank you," Draco repeated, "Is that all?"
"No." A flicker of emotion passed Snape's face, "We have to talk about your mother."
He suddenly felt as if his stomach had flipped over. Looking up into Snape's eyes he realized there was something more to his Professor then he had ever imagined, and he wanted to know it all. As much as it was going to hurt to talk about it, even Draco knew he had to. It was just Ginny had once said.... well, she had said something about it once.
"What about her?" He asked very lightly.
"About what she should have told you years ago, and what I have to tell you now."
"Well what is it?" He demanded.
"When your mother was sixteen, she very stupidly got herself drunk while at a party. She met Lucius, they had sex, she got pregnant. She was scared, and fell for your father's tricks. He forced her into a marriage that she never really wanted. Seeing no way out of it, she decided to kill the baby. She did, but he used her family against her and she knew if she divorced they would disown her. So she stayed with Lucius. Then a few years later, you were born."
Draco had never heard this story before, and it stunned him. He didn't know what to say, so he let Snape
continue.
"Before she had foolishly gotten herself married, I had a very school boy crush on her. It grew into something, and she felt rather attracted to me as well. However, we never got our chance as Lucius was very possessive over her and had his ways to keep her his wife. She got used to him, and maybe even began to love him. I don't know. When she found out about him and Bellatrix, she returned to me. I loved your mother very much Draco and I am fulfilling a promise I made to her two nights ago."
Draco found his voice, "Which was?"
"I will allow you to remain with me. I will be a father figure for two years until you are old enough to be out on your own." Snape didn't seem very enthusiastic about this, "Mainly I will keep you alive and away from Voldemort."
"Oh," Draco was still very numb and stunned. He didn't know what else to say then that. Snape was looking almost livid, and he couldn't understand why. If he didn't want to do this, then why had he agreed to the promise? "So she killed my older brother?" He questioned quietly.
"That is what I said," Snape's voice was very irate now. "Now get yourself prepared..... we'll be going for the Weasley tonight."
And then Snape walked off, leaving Draco standing in the hallway, much of his feelings empty.
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Notes: This is a really bad chapter. I apologize. I have been really busy lately, and I just couldn't write this very well for some reason. There will be 20 chapters in this fic, so we only have four left. I'm going to see if I can finish this fic before September 3rd as that's my first day of school. ^.^ As for the sequel, I might hold that off for a bit, we'll just have to see. I just want to say thank you to all my reviewers, and a special thanks for waiting so long for this horrible piece of work. Hopefully the next chapter will be out tomorrow, and much better then this. Happy reading, and please review.