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 Seventeen: And the Sun Wakes to Moon
Ginny was running free in a grassy field filled with flowers of every color. The sky above her was a beautiful clear blue and the wind was snipping playfully at her cheeks, causing her hair to billow around her face. She turned her face back behind her and saw him running to catch up, his soft gray eyes sparkling.
Laughing, she ran ahead again hurrying behind a tree to wait for him, as if they were playing a loveable game of hide and seek. He caught up with her quickly, and pulled her into his arms with his own smooth laugh. Together they sat in the grass, putting flowers in each other's hair and enjoying the time they spend together.
It was a happiness Ginny knew she never had felt before. Yet it was so right, so perfect that she knew that he loved her. She loved him too. Perhaps call it love at first sight, or fate but it was true and it was there. Looking up at him she could see it.
He reached a hand down and pulled a piece of red hair out of her face. Looking into his eyes, she felt herself move closer, inhaling the smells of chocolate and leather and feelings his soft lips on her own. It was a feeling above all bliss in the world and it chased all the pain away....
"Ginny," He whispered.
Oh how she loved his voice. It was so strong and wild, just like the wind. He was intense, those eyes gave it away, but his voice carried it further. He was everything she wanted and more. Draco would always be there for her no matter what. She knew it.
"Ginny!"
Even when his voice suddenly became tense and worried she still felt his strength. There was no fear in his eyes, just happiness and warmth that was unique for a Malfoy. She liked to think it was because of her it was there.
"Ginny, wake up!"
Her eyes snapped open. It the darkness she could make out a figure above her, shaking her. The wind blew in from the window beside the bed, and a ray of moonlight flickered into the room, probably because of a moving cloud. Her eyes traveled back to her visitor.
"Your awake," He sounded relieved, "Get up we don't have much time..."
It had all been a dream. Tears filled up her eyes when she realized that she wasn't having a wonderful time with Draco in a meadow. She was in Voldemort's castle, locking up in this bedroom awaiting rescue. But if that all had been a dream, why did this person have his voice?
"Draco?" Her question was hardly audible, but he managed to hear it.
"Yes me," She could see a grin flash across his face, "Am I that good looking you can see me even in the dark?"
Ginny was so excited and happy that she didn't have time to tell him off for his arrogance. "Oh Draco its really you!"
"Of course it is, but keep your voice down!" His head whipped around and looked at the door. No one was outside it, but his voice held the fear that something or someone might be around. "We have to hurry up, come on."
With his hand still wrapped around her arm, he helped her get up out of bed. As her feet touched the floor, he pushed a cloak around her shoulders and a wand in her hands. She felt it, and noted the familiar cracks and bumps. This was her wand.
"What are you doing here?" She questioned as he let her go and started towards the doorway. She made to follow him but he waved his hand frantically at her to stop. With his head out in the hallway, she continued. "Draco, I was so worried about you."
"There's no time for that now." Draco told her urgently, "I have to get you out of here."
Ginny felt rather confused as Draco reached over and took her hand. For some reason it made her feel giggly. He tugged her gently out into the hallway, looking around as if taking in everything even the shadows. He was nervous, she could tell.
"If you see or hear any movement," He breathed into her ear, "Stun it, don't check to see what it is." She nodded obediently. He began to walk again, his hand squeezing her own gently. A million questions surfaced in her mind, each one begging her to ask but she didn't dare speak. This had to be a rescue mission of some kind.
They came to a staircase, and Draco wasted no time in practically flying down it. Ginny almost tripped, but his other hand appeared and helped her back up. It was then that Ginny heard it. A dizzying amount of noise coming from nearby. She could make out spells being shouted and as they moved past another staircase, flashes of lights.
"Draco," Ginny whispered as they moved past the staircase and down the dark and eerie hallway, "What's going on?"
He didn't answer right away, he waited until the sounds had faded before even looking at her. "The Order is keeping the Death Eaters busy so I can get you and get you to safety."
The mere fact that the Order had trusted Draco to do something like this was astounding. She couldn't believe that her own parents had okayed something like this. It made her feel very proud to be a Weasley. Her parents had taken a risk to get her back.
Suddenly Draco stopped, and pushed Ginny to the right. She lost her balance because of her surprise and fell backwards into a closet. Draco pushed the door closed with his hand. Ginny scrambled up onto her knees and looked through a crack in the door. There were two Death Eaters coming down the hall.
"Well, what do we have here?" the first Death Eater called. Ginny knew that one was Avery.
"It seems our slippery Mr. Malfoy has returned to us," the other Death Eater said in a crisp voice. Ginny's stomach tightened as she realized that this was Bellatrix. "Or rather has returned to help the Order. It was you to gave away our location wasn't it?"
It happened so fast that Ginny knew Draco had no time to respond or try and defend himself. His wand fell to the floor in a clatter as the two Death Eaters advanced, Avery quickly grabbing a hold on the young Malfoy. Draco struggled, pounding his fists and feat backwards against him. Bellatrix had her wand out, and Ginny suspected that she knew Avery would not be able to hold Draco for long.
"Crucio!"
Ginny's hand flew up to her ears as Draco's scream echoed through the hall. Her wand, which was still in her right hand poked her but she ignored it. Shaking, she felt Draco's pain through his howls. She closed her eyes tightly so she didn't see him shaking and trembling through the crack in the door.
"Tell me boy, where'd you hide Weasley?" Bellatrix had dropped the spell, but Ginny could still hear Draco's rasping breath.
"Go to Hell Lestrange," Ginny heard Draco say quietly.
"Crucio!"
This steadily became the way the female Death Eater worked. She'd ask Draco questions, he'd tell her off and she'd curse him. After a few minutes of this Draco was steadily becoming weak and Bellatrix was loosing her patience.
There was a thud and Ginny finally opened her eyes. Avery had dropped the weakened Draco on the floor and was now beginning to kick Draco repeatedly. With such strength Ginny was amazed the boy could muster, he reached up and punched Avery square between the legs. The Death Eater screamed and fell backwards.
"Really Avery, your as much of a wimp as he is." She reached forward and pulled Draco to his feet. Ginny watched as she tied up his hands and began to prod him in the back to walk forward. "Lets see your Order friend's surprise as they see we've caught you."
"Ginny's safe," Draco said with a weak voice, "She's still in this castle but she's going to run and be free. Your wasting your time with me."
She knew that he had said that only to give Ginny the idea to run for it as soon as they were gone. Her heart was pounding now, and she knew she would have to... but she couldn't leave Draco to whatever fate would surely come. The Order would think Draco failed and leave him here. That much she was sure of. She would not leave Draco again.
"Come on Avery," Bellatrix commanded. The man hobbled after her and Draco, down the hallway and Ginny knew down the staircase to where all the noise and lights had come from. As soon as she was sure they were gone she pushed the door open and walking in the shadows followed them.
When she got to the top of the stairs and looked down, she saw that all the sounds and lights had stopped. There were voices now, and Ginny recognized one of them as her fathers. Her heart began to beat even faster. Without thinking, she hurried down the stairs and into the main hallway of Voldemort's castle.
She came out right behind Voldemort, Bellatrix, and Avery. The Order member's eyes widened as they saw her, but tried their best to pretend nothing was out of the ordinary. Ginny was suddenly too fearful to move, but could see Draco laying at Voldemort's feet, obviously unconscious.
There it hit her. She was behind Voldemort, her wand out and had the perfect opportunity to curse him and make a daring run for it. Yet she stood there looking at their backs with a horrified expression on her face. She was shaking, and slowly began to raise her wand.
"If you do it Ginny, you would have finally learned something from me," Voldemort said coldly. Ginny felt frozen. He knew she was behind him. Bellatrix and Avery alike, both turned their heads and gave her amused stares. "Although if you curse me, I will have to have Draco killed...but he doesn't look like he has long to live right now anyway. Bleeding eternally I believe."
Her heart almost stopped. Another impulse ran through her and again without thinking she ran forward. Pushing her away through Bellatrix and Avery she knelt down beside Draco and gently touched his face. He was very cold and pale, and was bleeding in several spots... all for her...
From behind her Voldemort moved and picked her up by her hair. She let out a cry, mostly for Draco, and struggled to get free. It felt as if Voldemort was trying to pull out her hair. He shook her violently, and Ginny could just make out the looks on the Order member's faces.
"Let her go!"
"Let her go? Now why would I want to do that? She's my heir whether she is with me or not and will forever be subjected to my ways. You might as well change her name to Virginia Riddle for all she is to you anymore."
Ginny struggled some more, and managed to turn her head. She spit at Voldemort, hitting him directly in the face. In outrage he dropped her and she landed on top of Draco. Her dropping let off a explosion of curses from the Order to Voldemort and his Death Eaters.
Hiding her face in Draco's limp shoulder she closed her eyes tightly and waiting for the wave of spells to stop. When it did stop and she looked up, all she could see was a thick layer of smoke. She slipped off Draco and pulled him with her towards where she thought the Order had been moments before.
Off to the right of her, Ginny could vaguely see some kind of commotion. Her eyes drifted off in that direction for a moment and when she turned back to what she was doing, she found Voldemort's wand pointed at her face. In her surprise she let out a cry.
"No! Ginny!"
What happened next happened very fast. One minute, Voldemort was standing in front of her and Draco, the next he was on the opposite wall. Her father had just thrown himself at the evil Dark Lord in an attempt to protect Ginny. Her mouth slightly open, Ginny watched as Voldemort's wand landed on the floor with a clatter.
Arthur Weasley began to get up from the floor, his own wand elsewhere. Voldemort was quicker then he was- he was up before Arthur and Bellatrix threw him her own wand. Ginny watched in horror as Voldemort pointed the wand at her father.
"NO! DADDY!"
Ginny made to run forward, but something caught her foot and she fell. She looked up just in time to see her father fall to the floor before her, his eyes open and hollow. There wasn't a hint of fear in them either, just determination to keep Ginny safe.
Ginny made to crawl forward, but again something stopped her. She kicked at it with all her might, her eyes now filled with tears that were beginning to fall. Voldemort looked over at her, her red eyes narrowing. He stepped forward, as if to pick up the fallen girl, but whoever had been holding onto Ginny let go, and was now the focus of Voldemort's attention. Ginny couldn't bare to look away from her father to see who it was.
"Don't touch her!" The voice demanded. Voldemort looked rather amused.
"Mr. Malfoy, I believe the time has now come for your unfortunate death...."
Ginny looked away, her eyes blazing. She lost her father, but she would not loose Draco too. She stood up shakily, as Voldemort turned his wand upon Draco. She turned, and saw that Draco was barely standing. With a bout of energy, she through herself at Draco just as Voldemort whispered a dark spell.
Although the spell brought to Ginny a splitting pain all over her body, she was soon relaxed by darkness....
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Note: Yet another chapter! Well, three more chapters of Lune Soleil left before this fic is finished. Wow, its come a long way. Again I want to thank all my wonderful reviewers! Your the best! Oh, and about the sequel- If I write it, its going to be slightly more humorous then you might expect and other ships would include H/Hr. (Harry and Hermione.) Let me know if your all interested in a sequel and then I'll see if I can get it up!
Oh and please read my newest Draco/Ginny fic called Assassin of the Shadows. I just posted the prologue and I'd love some input! Thanks!