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Unhinged 2: Til the Flame Burns Out	By : nikki13088 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Ginny Views: 3348 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Draco gave a quick knock on his son's door before he opened it and once again found an empty bed. This was the third attempt he made to talk to Scorpius about his night out with James and every time, Scorpius was nowhere to be found. He would even attempt first thing in the morning, but Scorpius would already be up and out of the house before Draco could get a chance.
"Hey, where's your brother?" He asked Aurora who was walking by.
"I don't know," she shrugged.
Draco let out a frustrated sigh before he closed the bedroom door and walked into Aurora's room behind her. "How's Potter?"
She laughed at his question. "I wouldn't know, he's avoiding me," she said glaring at him.
"Don't look at me like that."
"Well, you're constantly pushing him away, he probably just decided not to even bother with me any more thanks to you." she snapped, pushing past him and making her way down to breakfast.
"I haven't said anything new to him besides the usual shit. Maybe you should go... you know, go see him." Draco said.
Aurora stopped walking and looked at her father like he was crazy. "You want me to go hang out with James? Who the hell are you?" she said, shaking her head before she kept walking.
He quickly caught up with her and stopped her again. "I just mean, go check on him. He seems like he's going through some stuff and needs a friend."
She started laughing. "You are acting mental, but I would have to agree, James has been acting rather off lately. Perhaps I will go pay him a visit," she said before she turned and walked downstairs.
"Dad, where's Mum?" Ellie asked, taking a seat at the table as she watched her father place a giant plate of french toast down on the table.
"She's not feeling well this morning so she is resting. Why? You don't trust my cooking?" he asked with a smirk.
"It's french toast, it's not that hard so I hope you've managed to make it edible." she laughed as she took two pieces.
"Ember, any idea where your brother is?" Draco asked as she entered the dining room.
She just shook her head.
"How was your date?" he asked her.
"It wasn't a date. We just hung out as friends." she snapped.
"Mmhmm, so how was your... friend... date thingy?"
She rolled her eyes. "It was fine, why? Am I forbidden to hang out with him again? Where is Mum anyway?"
"She's sick," Riley said.
"Sick?" Ember asked. "With what?"
"Never mind with what, just finish breakfast and then take your sisters to your grandparents. I need to get to work." Draco said firmly.
"Yeah, so do I," Ember said.
"Believe me, I'm sure the third floor could manage without a receptionist for a half hour while you escort your sisters to your grandparents."
She saw the look her father gave her and she could see something was troubling him. She watched him give each one of the girls a quick kiss goodbye before he grabbed a piece of toast and headed for the door.
"Hey Dad, wait up!" she called as she ran into the foyer.
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Is everything ok?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't it be?" he said, throwing his suit jacket on and opening the front door. "I'm just running late, you ok?"
She nodded. "Is everything ok with Mum?"
He stopped for a second before he looked at her. "Ember, everything is fine. I need you to take your sisters to your grandparents for the day. Your mother needs to rest."
She nodded before she gave him a small smile as he gave her a quick hug and then quickly left the Manor.
Ember took a seat at her desk and slid the pile of paperwork closer to her to get to work. She barely got through the first file when Robert and Noah's father, Jack Adwell came walking out of the office.
"Ember, it's nice to see you. I thought I would have seen you up at the hospital by now." Jack said.
"Mr. Adwell, I-Um... I'm so sorry to hear about Noah." she finally managed to get out.
"Please come see him, maybe he needs to hear your voice," he said, almost pleading with her.
She couldn't stand the look he was giving her. She felt so guilty for not going up to see Noah regardless of his forceful ways into trying to persuade her into sex. She never really thought Noah would go as far as forcing her into something like that and didn't think he actually would, but at the moment she didn't take any chances.
"Of course... I'll go see him," she said with a small smile before he gave her a nod and walked off.
She turned to Robert Adwell standing in the doorway of his office. "Ember, can I see you in here for a moment?"
She walked into his office and took a seat as she watched him close the door and take a seat behind his desk.
"How are you doing Ember? With the news of Noah and everything going on with your family?" he asked her with a kind smile.
"Um, I'm ok," she answered in a small voice.
He nodded at her response. "You know your mother paid me a visit a short time ago," he said locking eyes with her. "She said some hurtful things to me and made some strong accusations."
Ember was silent.
"She also seemed rather riled up over some things that went down between you and Noah."
Ember broke eye contact with him at this point, she felt quite uncomfortable with the conversation.
"I just wanted to apologize on behalf of my nephew if anything inappropriate took place. You're a lovely young lady and should be treated with respect," he said softly.
She looked at him once more. "Thanks," she managed to mumble out.
"I'd like to send you down for some questioning on Noah's attack." he suddenly asked.
"What? Why?"
"Well, you two were dating, we just want to ask you a few questions." he casually said.
"Am I being summoned for questioning? Or are you asking if it's ok if they question me?" Ember asked, glaring at him.
"Asking-"
"Then no," she said firmly before she stood up to leave.
"May I ask why not? It's not like you have anything to hide, right?"
Her hand firmly gripped the doorknob as she held it open to leave before she turned back to him. "What exactly are you implying Mr. Adwell?"
"Nothing Dear, I am positive you would never hide information that would help conceal the monster that beat my nephew close to death."
A sneer covered her face as she stared him down. "I appreciate the opportunity to work here Mr. Adwell, but like my father warned me... I really would rather not get caught up in the corruption that is about to take place within the Ministry. So with that being said... I quit." she said before she slammed the door shut.
Draco and Harry were sitting in the office in silence as they flipped through a few files. Each one lost in their own thoughts. Draco glanced over at Harry for a moment and saw he wasn't even taking in the information on the file before him.
"Hey, has Scorpius been at your plac-" he stopped speaking when he realized Harry started asking him the same question about James.
"Sorry," Harry started. "Something is up with James, but every time I attempt to talk to him, he's either running out the door with fake plans or sleeping or out of the house before dawn. Was just wondering if maybe he's been hanging out with Aurora."
Draco sighed as he tossed the file down. "No, he hasn't been over, just the other night for a few minutes. I'm going through the same thing with Scorpius. Harry, has James said anything to you about the night of this so-called party him and Scorpius went to?"
Harry shook his head.
"The night before Noah was attacked Ember was over there and the little bastard tried taking advantage of her. She said something to Scorpius about it and then the next day I just find it coincidental that Noah ended up in the hospital."
"I seriously hope you're not implying what I think you are," Harry said, his eyes growing a bit wider.
"I think Scorpius and James went there. I'm not positive, but Ember practically confirmed it the other night."
"Why James though? Maybe he really did go to a party."
Draco looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Or maybe not," Harry mumbled.
Draco could see the concern in Harry's face if what he was saying was true and he almost felt guilty for saying anything at all without being certain.
"Listen, Harry, we don't know anything for certain, but I think we need to have a talk with them."
Harry just gave him a quick nod as he ran his hand wildly through his hair.
There was a knock that filled the silence that formed between the two men as they turned their attention towards the door.
"Afternoon boys," said Hermione, walking in.
"Hey." they both mumbled.
"So I just came from the third floor to check on Ember."
"And?" Draco asked, grabbing the file off his desk once more.
"And apparently there was no Ember to check on because she quit this morning."
"What? Why?" Draco asked, throwing the file down again.
"I'm not sure, I do know that they were looking to question her."
Draco jumped out of his seat and stormed from the office, making his way to the third floor. He passed Bridgette and ignored her attempts at trying to stop him from walking into Mr. Adwell's office, but once he shot her a deadly glare she sat back down and kept quiet.
"Good afternoon Mr. Adwell, do you know where Ember is?" he asked as he barged into the office.
"Mr. Malfoy, if only I had a Galleon for every time one of your family members came storming into my office, I'd be able to retire," he said calmly not looking up from his paperwork.
"What happened with Ember?" he demanded.
"Your daughter decided to quit after being asked to answer a few questions about Noah's attack."
"What kind of information do you think she could possibly have to offer you?" he asked angrily.
"Well, according to your wife there was an incident between my nephew and your daughter the night before someone almost killed him. Then, with your wife's visit the other day and her threats and accusations..." he trailed off before he finally looked up at Draco. "Mr. Malfoy, I have been quite patient with everything going on with your family, but now my patience is wearing thin. This idea that your wife has in her head that I drugged her and injected her with something?"
"Something is wrong with her and it happened that day in the hospital."
"Well, believe what you will, but I didn't do any such thing. Now the next time I'm accused of something like that I will seek disciplinary actions. Now please leave my office."
"Gladly," he said through clenched teeth before he left, slamming the door behind him.
"James!"
He finally snapped his head over to his mother.
"Haven't you heard me calling you?" Luna asked, a concerned look on her face.
"Sorry, I was just lost in my thoughts," he said.
"Anything you want to talk about?" she asked as they walked the streets of Diagon Alley.
James' gaze fell on his little sister Bella as she twirled about in front of them in her own little world.
"Not really."
"I suppose that's alright for now, but you know eventually you'll have to tell me," she said with a smile.
He smiled back before he gave her a small nod.
"Bella, do not wander that far ahead!" Luna called to her as Bella ran back to her side. "What about Aurora? Anything new with her?" she asked, turning back to James as they all entered a crowded bakery.
"Not really, Mum. Why are you asking so many questions?" James asked, some slight annoyance in his tone.
"Well, it's not very often we hang out alone anymore. This is the second time you've joined me on a trip to Diagon Alley and it would be nice to spend some quality time together. Maybe know a bit of what's going on in each other's lives?" she suggested with a casual shrug.
"I guess," he mumbled.
"Bella! I won't tell you again, come here!" Luna called over to Bella who was getting ready to leave the shop on her own. "James, can you keep an eye on her while I grab what I need?"
"No problem," he said as he made his way over to Bella and gently pulled her away from the door. "Bella, stay close to Mum, ok?"
She stopped twirling for a moment and looked up at him. "What's wrong James?"
"What do you mean?"
"You look sad," she said in a small voice as a small frown crossed her lips.
He squatted down to her level and smiled at his little sister. "Maybe a little bit."
"Are you going to be ok?" she squeaked out.
"I think so. Now stay close and maybe Mum will get you those cookies you like so much," he said as he reached forward and straightened out the yellow bow that lay at the top of her ponytail.
She nodded before she gave him a tight hug.
He watched her go back to spinning about, but a lot closer to him and Luna before he turned his attention back to his mum.
"So your birthday is only a few weeks away... so is Aurora's. What do you have in mind this year?" Luna asked.
He just shrugged.
"Alright James Potter, what is going on? You're not acting like any son of mine. Talk to me... please." she begged.
He looked at the worry on her face and he felt so guilty. He was always open and honest with his parents because they were always so easy to talk to, but the thing with Noah had him feeling ashamed. Then the secret of his powers had his head in a whirlwind, he just wasn't sure how to bring it up. Draco was so sure his father would understand, but he wasn't as sure of that.
"Mum, I need to tell you something... I..." he trailed off.
He felt her give his hand a light squeeze. "James there is nothing you can tell me that would make me love you any less. Just say what's on your mind," she reassured him.
He gave her a small smile before he went to open his mouth in an attempt to tell her about his powers. He stopped when he saw his mother's eyes start to dart all around the small bakery.
"Bella?" Luna called.
He turned to locate his sister, but she was nowhere in sight. "Bella!" he called out.
He quickly pushed through the crowd forming in the shop as he searched all around for any sight of that yellow bow. "BELLA!"
He ran out into the street and looked down each way and still no sign of her. He felt his mother latch onto his arms as she fell into a panic.
"Do you see her, where is she?" she cried.
He turned to his mother. "Mum, I'll find her; she probably just wandered off to the side of the building or something. I'll go check this way. Why don't you go that way and see if you spot her." he suggested to her in an attempt to keep her calm, even though, his heart was racing right now.
James started looking through the crowd on the busy street looking for some sign of his sister.
"BELLA!" he kept calling over and over until he looked down the first side alley.
He was instantly relieved when he saw someone saw she had wandered off and was walking her back over to him.
"Bella, what did I say? I told you to stay-" his breath caught in his throat when he saw it was Jack Adwell who found her.
"Ah, Mr. Potter, I see this little one here belongs to you."
"Yeah, thanks," he said, attempting to reach forward to take Bella back over to him, but he stopped when Mr. Adwell placed both of his hands on her shoulders to keep her put.
"Mr. Potter, I'm glad I have you here. You know my son right? Noah? I mean, of course, you do."
James tried to swallow the lump in his throat before he turned to look down the alley out to the busy street to see if there was any sign of his mother to break up this uncomfortable encounter with Noah's dad.
James nodded. "What about him?"
"Unfortunate about what happened to him, my housekeeper had a lot more to say than we all thought."
James couldn't breathe, he tried, but it became strained. "Oh, well, that's a good thing right?"
"Indeed it is."
They were both silent, their eyes locked on one another and James thought he would just throw up right then and there from how much his stomach was twisted into a knot.
"Do you ever think about whether she has them or not?" Mr. Adwell asked him as he nodded down to Bella in front of him.
"Has what?"
"The same thing you possess?"
James finally managed to swallow the lump in his throat, but now it just sat in his chest as it felt ready to explode with how fast his heart was beating.
"What are you talking about?"
Mr. Adwell just smiled at him before he leaned down and had Bella face him. "Make sure you stay close to your mum from now on. You wouldn't want the wrong people getting their hands on someone like you," he told her as she nodded before he reached up and tightened her bow.
Bella ran over to James who scooped her up in his arms.
"You do the same Mr. Potter," he said before he apparated from the alley.
"BELLA! THERE YOU ARE, WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU?" Luna screamed as she caught sight of them down the alleyway.
She ran forward and ripped her from James' grasp and hugged her tightly as she cried in relief.
"Don't you ever scare Mummy like that ever again, do you understand me, young lady?" Luna said firmly, fresh tears spilling from her eyes.
James just stared at the spot where Mr. Adwell stood moments ago, his words ringing in his ears before he felt his mother take his arm and apparate them home.
Ember walked into the Manor and walked by the kitchen to see if her mother was in there making dinner.
"Mum?"
She gave a shrug and assumed she must have gone to her grandparents to pick her sisters up. She climbed the stairs to her bedroom and started walking down the hall when she stopped. She sniffed the air a few times and followed the scent before she realized something was burning. The closer she walked to her parents' bedroom the stronger the smell got and she soon found smoke coming out from under the door.
"Mum?" she called as she walked over and opened the door.
Once she was in the room, she realized it wasn't smoke, but steam that clouded the room. When she didn't see her mother she noticed quite a bit of smoke and steam coming from under the bathroom door.
"Mum!" she called louder as she ran to the door and went to open it.
She realized it was locked and waved her wand to unlock it before she burst through the door. Once most of the steam cleared out into the bedroom, she saw her mother submerged in the tub fully clothed.
"MUM!" she yelled before she reached in and pulled her up.
Ginny's eyes snapped open when she felt someone grab her out of the water and she stared at Ember with wide eyes.
"Mum, what the hell are you doing? Are you ok?"
Ginny just stared at her for a moment before she pulled herself up out of the water. "I'm fine, I just needed to cool down."
"In your clothes?" Ember asked with a raised eyebrow.
She looked around the room and then back at her mother before she put it all together.
"Mum, are you having trouble with your powers?"
Ginny squeezed her eyes tightly shut and composed herself before she turned to face her oldest daughter with a smile. "Everything is fine, Love. I promise, I'm just not feeling too well and they just go a bit wacky on me when I'm sick. Don't worry sweetheart." she said, waving her hand before she walked into her bedroom with a towel wrapped around her.
Before Ember could question her further Ginny spoke up again. "Listen, I wanted to apologize for how I reacted about you going out with Jake. I didn't mean it, you are right, all because his father was..." she trailed off before she cleared her throat and looked at Ember again. "I'm sure Jake is a very nice young man." she finished before she grabbed a fresh pair of clothes and walked back into the bathroom and shut the door.
Draco knocked on Scorpius' bedroom door twice before he walked inside and saw him lying in bed.
"We need to talk," he said.
"Dad, I'm trying to sleep, we'll talk in the morning," Scorpius mumbled.
"Perfect, this way you can slip out at the crack of dawn before I get to you, right? No, it's only nine o'clock, now stop pretending to sleep and get the hell up."
Scorpius gave a hard sigh before he threw the blankets off of himself.
Draco took in his attire and shook his head. "So you go to bed fully clothed now?"
Scorpius ignored him as he just sat on the edge of his bed. He watched his father close his bedroom door, making his stomach start to turn.
Draco took a seat beside him. "Where were you the night Noah was attacked?" he jumped right to the question that was weighing on his mind.
"I told you, I was at a part-"
"A party, yeah, I know what you told me. Now I want to know where you really were," he asked.
Scorpius turned and locked eyes with him, he could see that his father knew he was lying.
"I was at Raven's."
Draco shook his head, "Wrong, try again."
"Why are you asking if you already know?" Scorpius asked.
"Because it has always been my hope that my children would never lie to me. Especially when it comes to something like this." He locked eyes once more with his son. "Scorpius, were you at Noah's that night?"
Scorpius closed his eyes tightly as he tried to hold himself together as he answered the question. After a few moments, he started to nod.
Draco's heart sank, he knew that this was most likely the outcome, but a small piece of him hoped he was wrong. "Was it you and James that attacked Noah?"
Scorpius nodded again. "It was mostly me... I never should have gotten James involved."
"No, you shouldn't have. Tell me what happened."
Scorpius just shook his head. It was a day he didn't want to relive and to explain it to his father wasn't something he was likely to get through without falling apart.
They were both silent for a few moments.
"I just... lost control." Scorpius finally choked out. "I was just so angry, Dad. At that moment... I wanted him to pay for what he did to Ember. I didn't think I could do something so brutal... I hate myself for it."
Scorpius couldn't hold it in any longer, the pain and guilt he felt over his actions came to surface and he started to fall apart right in front of his father.
Draco stood in front of his son and watched him for a moment. It was always amazing to him when he would realize that he was a father and this young man before him was his son. A young man that was hurting and struggling with life like he did at his age. Their situations were a lot different, but he knew what it felt like to feel like a bad person, to see yourself as nothing more than a monster.
He pulled Scorpius into a hug as he fell apart in his arms. He couldn't stand to see Scorpius so upset, he wished he could turn back time and undo these past few weeks.
Scorpius looked up at him. "You told me once that you knew I was a good person because I had Mum's heart." he choked out through his sobs.
Draco nodded. "That's right, I did."
"What if... the darkness that was inside of your father... is inside of me?"
Draco just stared at him with wide eyes; he was appalled that Scorpius would think such a thing.
He quickly shook his head. "No, don't you ever think that." He grabbed Scorpius roughly by the shoulders and gave him a hard stare. "That is not true; there is not one ounce of darkness inside of you. I know this because the day I fell in love with your mother all the darkness in me died. She saved my life, I was free from all the hate and anger that once consumed me and it was replaced with nothing but love for her and now for you kids. You all come from a place of love and happiness, there is no darkness... do you understand?" he asked him, his own eyes welling with tears.
Scorpius nodded.
"Your intentions to protect your sister come from a place of love... the rest of what happened... was a mistake and we all make mistakes," he said before he pulled him into a hug once more.
"What should I do, Dad?"
Draco pulled back and looked at him before he gave a hard sigh. "Well, first I need you to stop going to see Noah at the hospital."
Scorpius looked at him in surprise.
"Yeah, I know you've been up there because Raven came by looking for you yesterday asking where you've been and said how distant you've been."
Scorpius nodded.
"I want you to try and get back to some normal life until we figure things out," he said making his way to the door. "I love you, Son."
"I love you too, Dad."
James sat on the steps of the porch to the farmhouse after dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's house. He could hear the laughter through the screen door coming from the kitchen and a small smile crossed his face. He couldn't help but feel so lost right now with everything going on. How did things get to this point? He hated feeling so ashamed and in the dark about his powers. He was wondering if maybe he should ask Draco and Ginny to help him practice with his, but he felt out of place since they didn't know anything about his kind of powers.
"You're quite deep in thought, dear James."
He turned to see Aurora standing beside him. She was smiling down at him before she took a seat.
"Hey," he mumbled.
"Alright, I've been patient enough. I'm sick of seeing you like this, what happened to our friendship? Don't you trust me? You trusted me enough to tell me about your powers, why can't you trust me with whatever else you're hiding?" she asked, her eyes held concern and he could tell she was hurt by him giving her the constant cold shoulder.
"I'm sorry Aurora. I honestly never meant to make you feel like you were untrustworthy."
She just shook her head before she locked eyes with him again and they both became silent.
"Will you go out with me? Tomorrow night around six?" she suddenly asked him.
"Out with you? Like a date?" he asked.
"Yes, will you go on a date with me?" she repeated.
"You're asking me out?" he asked again, surprised at how open she was about it.
"Yes, I'm asking you out on a date, because quite frankly, I'm sick of waiting for you to ask me," she said with a small smirk.
He laughed. "In my defense, your father keeps me from asking."
She laughed at his comment. "Well then perfect. I'm the one asking, so what do you say?"
He was mesmerized by her smile and he soon realized he was smiling too. It was something he hadn't done in so long and this moment with Aurora made him remember why he loved her so much. For a moment he forgot all about the pain and fear he was feeling... for a moment he felt like his old self again.
"Yes, I would love to go out with you."
She smiled brightly at him before she reached forward and laced her fingers with his. "Good."
"Hey, are you ok?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. I'm just tired." Ginny said.
Ron raised an eyebrow at her response. "If you say so, but Mum is already whispering behind your back to Draco about you seeing a doctor," he said with a smirk.
She sighed. "Of course she is." she laughed.
"Alright, time for dessert!" Molly called out, placing a cake down on the table.
Ron got up off the couch and held his hand out for his sister as she pulled herself up. "How's Ellie doing?"
Ginny just shook her head. "Honestly, I wish I knew. There has been so much going on lately I feel like I haven't had any time with the kids. I'm a horrible mother." she sighed.
"Stop that." she snapped her head up at the sound of Draco's voice, who had overheard her conversation with Ron.
She looked at Ron, who gave her a smile before he walked over to the table and left her and Draco in the living room.
"You're an amazing mother and an even more amazing wife. We are just being tested right now and I know how much of a sore loser you are, so you know we're going to conquer this," he said with a smile before he pulled her into a hug.
She gave a small laugh before she looked up into his eyes. She could see his smile fade a bit when he looked at her.
"They're changing again?" she asked him.
He nodded when he saw her eyes turn black.
She looked at her arm and saw her concealment charms failing her. "I'll be right there, let me go take care of this," she said softly before she made her way to the bathroom.
Ginny locked herself in the bathroom and quickly pulled her wand out to work on her concealment charms. Once they were put in place she looked herself over in the mirror, noticing just how dreadful she looked.
"Ugh, I look like I just woke up from the dead," she mumbled to herself.
She had a sharp pain shoot through her head suddenly forcing her to take a seat on the side of the tub. Her heart started racing and a high pitch ringing filled her ears as she slid off the tub and onto the floor.
"GINNY! DESSERT!" yelled Molly from the kitchen.
"C-Coming!" Ginny strained to call out.
She let out a growl of pain as she laid her forehead against the cold tile floor. The pain spread throughout her body and all she tried to focus on was not screaming at the top of lungs. She grabbed the towel from the rack and balled it up and bit down on it while a wave of pain made her body completely fail her. She couldn't move, it was like something was taking over her body as she desperately tried to pull herself up off the floor. The towel she was grasping tightly became engulfed in flames and she fought with everything in her to drag herself up over the sink and turn the water on. She threw the towel under the faucet to put out the flames and soon the water started to slow down.
Ginny watched the water start to pour out but before it hit the sink it turned to ice. She looked at her hands, her fingertips were covered in a light frost and then as quick as the ice-covered her hands, she watched the fire within her take over and melt it away.
"Mum? Are you coming out? Grandma said you better hurry before Ron eats it all." Ellie laughed through the door.
"Yes, I'll be right out!" she called.
After another minute or so, when Ginny was able to tolerate the pain a little more, she composed herself and left the bathroom.
"Well, it's about time, here, come sit Sweetheart," Molly said, pointing to the chair beside Draco.
Draco looked her over, he could tell something was off as she neared the table. He watched her stop walking all of a sudden and just look at him.
"Gin, are you ok?"
He just watched her eyes roll to the back of her head as she fell with a hard thud to the floor.
"Ginny!" Draco ran to her side and pulled her into his arms.
She almost immediately regained consciousness, her eyes looking up at him.
"Sweetheart are you alright?" Molly asked, kneeling on the other side of her and grabbing her face in her hands.
Ginny looked up at the crowd of people around her, the worried look on her children's faces made her feel horrible.
She suddenly felt something start to take over, something she knew she wouldn't be able to control. Whatever had been injected into her was finally activated and she was scared to death of the outcome.
She suddenly scrambled out of Draco's arms and pulled herself up, losing her balance and falling into the wall.
"Hey, let me help you," Draco said, trying to help her balance herself.
"No, I need to get out of here," she whispered out.
Her concealment charms no longer had any effect on her and her eyes became those deadly black orbs.
Draco could see the fire waiting to erupt from within her as she quickly made a run for the back door.
She could feel it surfacing and she didn't want to be anywhere near her family when her powers took over. She barreled through the back door and slammed right into Scorpius, knocking him to the ground. She pushed past anyone that stood in her way as she ran as fast as she could across that grassy field. As she ran, her mind went back to the war that took place on this same field almost eighteen years ago. The familiarity of it all was haunting and she didn't dare let her mind go to that dark place again, but she was afraid that right now she had no say in it.
She could hear Draco yelling for her to stop, but she couldn't, she knew she had to let out this power somehow. She felt her legs give out on her as she fell to her knees and with a blood-curdling scream she erupted into a blazing inferno.
Draco stopped in his tracks when he saw a massive wall of flames coming right at him and he quickly changed direction and ran back towards the house.
"GET BACK INSIDE!" he yelled across the field.
He soon realized he wasn't going to be able to outrun the rapidly approaching fire. He stopped running and quickly formed a solid wall of ice in front of everyone to shield them from the deadly blaze.
Ember watched the icy wall form, her father still on the other side. The last thing she could see before the wall grew to high for her to see over, was her dad being swallowed up by the raging inferno.
"DAD!" she screamed as she attempted to run to him.
Harry grabbed her arm and pulled her back as they watched the flames finally hit the icy wall in front of them. It was quickly melting the ice away and they started worrying it might still get through.
"Scorpius, try and reinforce the wall," Harry said.
Scorpius felt his stomach drop, he hadn't used his powers since the night he attacked Noah.
"SCORPIUS!"
He heard his name being yelled out again and this immense amount of pressure overcame him. He locked eyes with Ember, fear covered her face, but she gave him a small nod that somehow gave him the courage to let his powers surface. He held both of his hands out and soon the icy wall before them started to thicken and heighten; stopping any flames from getting through.
When they saw all the flames stop, everyone fell silent; not sure what they would see on the other side. After a few moments when they were sure there were no more raging flames, Ember slowly melted a part of the wall so they could get through to the other side.
"Dad?" she called out.
Her eyes fell on a large icy shield that she knew her father to be encased in and she let out a relieved sigh when she saw him finally emerge from it. She ran over and threw her arms around him before she looked him over to make sure he was ok. She could see his clothes were a bit singed but he was fine overall.
"You guys ok?" he asked her before he looked up at the rest of them.
They all nodded.
"Draco," Hermione called his name before she nodded behind him.
He turned to see Ginny walking towards them, he wasn't sure what kind of mental state she was in. He gestured for Ember to get back as Ginny continued to approach them, he could see her powers were still raging.
"Ginny?" he called to her as he took a step towards her. "Are you in there?"
He tried to search her eyes for any sign of her, but the deep black orbs that stared back at him made it hard to find any trace of her. All her concealment charms were off and the monster that she was slowly being forced to become was on display for them all to see.
He walked right up to her this time and gently grabbed her shoulders, his hands fighting against her burning skin.
"I know you're in there, Ginny... what did they do to you?" he whispered out.
He felt her slowly drop to her knees before she buried her face in her hands and started crying.
"I didn't want them to see me like this... as a monster."
"You're not a monster Ginny, and the kids love you no matter what," he said, looking over his shoulder at all of them staring anxiously at the both of them, waiting to see what would happen next.
"I'm scared Draco, I don't want to hurt anyone. I could've killed you... the kids. I don't know how much more I can hold on."
"You can... you have to until we figure this out."
She just fell silent, her crying coming to an abrupt stop before she looked back up at him. "Get away from me."
"What?"
"Get back," she said through clenched teeth as she fought the powers inside her from overtaking her mind once more.
He got up and took a few steps back, he wasn't sure if he wanted to leave her. As he took another step back, he heard something crunch beneath his shoe. He saw the grass beneath his feet was starting to frost over and it wasn't him doing it. He instinctively turned to his son, who noticed the change as well, but he soon realized it wasn't him either. His eyes fell back on Ginny, the ground beneath her turning to ice.
He saw her body fight against the ice that wanted to take over, but he knew Ginny's fire powers would try to overtake it. It was hard to see her in so much pain, he could see the battle raging inside her body. He went to approach her again when she suddenly threw a fireball at him, making him fly back onto the ground.
Ginny was on her feet again, her face unreadable as she quickly ran at him again. Draco quickly formed a shield of ice over him as she released a steady stream of blazing flames on him. He felt the heat fighting against his powers and just when he thought he would lose this fight against her, he felt a stronger cool wave come over him and he blasted her backward off of him.
She pulled herself up off the ground, but instead of her going after him she turned her attention to the crowd of people behind her.
"No! Ginny stop!" he yelled to her.
Without looking at him, a fiery rope emerged from the ground and wrapped itself around Draco tightly as he fought against the burning sensation.
She walked over to the porch, all signs of Ginny were gone at this moment.
"Don't say or do anything, maybe if she doesn't think you're a threat she won't hurt you," Hermione said to them as Ginny walked right up to her.
Hermione's heart felt like it stopped beating altogether with how stiff she became by the close encounter with Ginny. Her lips trembled and a quiet sigh of relief left her mouth when she saw her back away. Ginny started walking away when she stopped and turned to Ember and Scorpius, she walked so quickly up to the both of them that Ember released a small whimper of fear. Ginny furrowed her brow at the sound and she just looked at the both of them, her expression turning sad as she backed away.
But her attention was suddenly caught by something else and she walked over to Aurora and James. Aurora could feel the hairs on the back of her neck stand up as she looked at James. She could tell his powers were trying to surface and he was trying so hard to not let them show.
"James?" she squeaked out in a tiny whisper.
He just turned to look at her. "I'm trying," he whispered back.
He took in a sharp breath when Ginny was face to face with him. She reached up and placed a hand on his chest. She suddenly grabbed him, her grip burning him and then in a moment, it all stopped when a bolt of electricity sent Ginny flying backward.
James was confused, it wasn't him that did that... he didn't think anyway. When he suddenly saw Ginny jump to her feet and run past him and over to his dad, it all made sense.
Ginny went to send out two fiery streams at Harry, but he sent out an electrical shock that ran up her legs and brought her to her knees as she let out a loud scream.
"I'm sorry Ginny," he said before he hit her with another small bolt of electricity that made her fall unconscious.
He closed his eyes tightly as he heard Draco run up to him. He didn't say anything, he knew right now the hardest thing Harry had to face, was the look his son gave him.
Harry turned to James, he had a permanent look of shock covering his face... they all did. He quickly glanced at Luna, who gave him a sad look before he apparated out of sight.
A/N: SO WHAT DID YOU THINK? A LOT MORE OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH GINNY WILL BE REVEALED IN THE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS. PLEASE REVIEW!
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