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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 went into work the next day with Ginny on his mind. She wasn't herself this morning and he wasn't even sure if he should've come to work at all with everything going on with her. She was very short with him this morning and her temper was almost explosive.
He walked into the office and was surprised to see Harry there already.
"Early start I see."
Harry didn't say anything.
"Harry? Hello, POTTER!" he called.
Harry finally looked up from his paperwork. "Oh, hey."
"How long have you been here?"
Harry shrugged. "I don't know, a few hours."
Draco just watched him for a moment, he could tell he wasn't taking in any of the information from the file he was going through. He just kept flipping back and forth between the two same pages.
"I think you need some fresh air," Draco suggested, taking a seat behind his desk.
Harry just sighed before he leaned back in his chair. "How's Ginny?" he asked, locking eyes with him for a quick moment.
Draco knew he was actually asking how she was since he used his powers on her. "She's fine... everything else though..." he just trailed off as he shook his head.
Harry just nodded at his words, he knew what he meant without him going into detail.
"Did you ever talk to James yet about Noah?"
"I meant to... after dinner the other night, but then everything with Ginny happened and... the conversation was about something else instead."
Silence filled the room.
"Harry, what happened with Dean's father-" Draco stopped talking when he saw Harry start to shake his head, making him become annoyed at Harry's constant guilt. "Harry, you didn't kill Dean... and what happened with Mr. Thomas that night was an accident. He was going to kill Luna and James, I don't give a fuck who the guy is if it was me, I would have happily killed him for even trying. You need to stop doing this to yourself, it's been seventeen years and you've suppressed your powers and have kept them quiet, but you knew it was only a matter of time before they surfaced like this again."
"I really don't want to talk about this," Harry said, getting up and walking towards the door to leave.
"Well, you should and you should talk to James."
"Draco, I appreciate what you're saying, but I don't need parenting advice from-"
"James has powers!" Draco shouted out suddenly.
The look on Harry's face made Draco regret saying anything. He looked shocked, but there was more fear than anything.
"What?" Harry asked again, his words almost inaudible.
Draco let out a defeated sigh. "James has your powers... he's had them for a couple of months now-"
"You've known for months and you're just now-"
"No, I had no idea until about a week ago and I was giving him time to tell you. He only told me because something happened that freaked him out and-"
"What happened?" Harry asked as he closed the office door and walked back over to Draco.
"Well, apparently he almost killed my son with them, by accident of course, but it happened the night they both went to Noah's house and Scorpius almost killed him. That's why you need to talk to him, tonight. You need to put everything you feel about the past behind you and talk to him and help him because he needs you." Draco said firmly.
Harry sat back down as he took in all the information Draco was telling him.
"Have you seen them?"
"Seen what? His powers?"
Harry nodded.
"Yes, just when he showed me. They seem powerful and I'm not going to lie... it was pretty awesome to watch."
Harry surprised himself when he felt a small smirk form on his lips.
"Go get some fresh air, we are having a big dinner at the Manor tonight and after that... talk to James." Draco said, giving him a hard stare.
"This coffee is only just warm. Can I please have a fresh one and make sure it's actually hot this time!" The woman snapped at the counter, handing her coffee back to Ember.
"Of course," she said with a forced smile before she turned around with a sneer on her face and walked to the back.
She wrapped her hands around the cup and let the heat from her powers warm the coffee until she saw steam start to appear on the surface.
"Ember Malfoy, are you taking advantage of your powers for convenience purposes instead of making a fresh coffee for that woman?" Jake asked sarcastically.
She jumped when she heard his voice and then a smirk crossed her lips. "It's perfectly fine, it's warm like she wants." Ember snapped.
"No, it's actually scalding hot now and it's not fresh," he said, levitating the steaming hot mug over to the sink. "Now make a fresh cup," he said firmly.
"Are you ordering me around?" she asked with a smirk.
"I'm ordering you to make a fresh cup of coffee for that customer," he said with a small laugh. "I'm sure you're not used to being ordered around."
"No, I'm not," she said. "But when you do it, I kind of like it," she whispered over his shoulder before she went off to make a fresh cup of coffee.
He looked up at her retreating form and then stared at her through the small window from the kitchen. He swallowed the lump that formed in his throat at her comment, he liked Ember a lot, but he was a bit intimidated by her. Not because of her powers, he loved how unique she was, it was her last name that was the intimidating part. He was so worried about disappointing her in some way or messing things up that she wouldn't want to see him anymore or that her parents would forbid her from seeing him. He hadn't kissed her since their date and he wouldn't probably do it again until she initiated it, he definitely didn't want to overstep his boundaries with her, especially after everything that she told him happened with Noah.
"There, another happy customer," she said with a smile as she walked into the back again.
"Well, I wouldn't say happy, she still looks irate." he laughed.
Ember shrugged, "She'll get over it."
Jake just shook his head.
"So, we are having a big dinner thing tonight at the Manor... you should come over."
"Oh, are you sure?"
"Yes, then maybe we can go back to your spot under that tree again," she said with a smile.
He smiled back at her. "I'd like that."
Draco had just gotten home from work and was on his way to his bedroom when he saw Ellie standing in one of the hall bathrooms with the faucet running. She was just staring at it, she seemed to be in deep concentration.
"What are you doing?" he asked as he walked over to her.
She quickly snapped her head up at the sound of his voice before she let out a frustrated sigh. "I'm just trying to conjure up my powers. I don't understand Dad, I feel them, but nothing is happening," she said, looking at the water once again as she tried to freeze it.
Draco smirked at her words. He was glad Ellie wasn't afraid of her powers after everything she went through with them.
"Just give it time Ellie, they will surface again," he said as he touched the faucet and made the running water turn into a long icicle before he broke it off and handed it to her. "Just be patient."
"Thanks, Dad," she said before she gave him a quick hug and headed down the hall.
He watched her for a moment before he continued on towards his bedroom. He walked in to see Ginny walking out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel.
"Oh, I guess I got home at the perfect time." he joked as he closed the bedroom door behind him.
"Ha. Ha." she sarcastically said. "I'm actually trying to use some kind of concealment charm so I won't scare all our company off tonight, but... no luck. Guess I'll just be this hideous beast forever." she sighed before she stood in front of the mirror once more.
He wrapped his arms around her from behind and placed a few kisses on her bare shoulder.
"You're gorgeous to me, black eyes and all," he said as she turned around to face him.
"Pft, please, I'm just an evil, monstrous, bad-tempered bitch these days."
He pulled her closer to him. "Yes, but you're my bitch," he smirked before he undid her towel and watched it fall to the floor.
She watched him look her naked body up and down before his eyes locked with hers. She could tell both of their minds went back to their intimate encounter from the previous day. Her body covered in goosebumps just from the memory of it; the way it made her feel was something she wouldn't soon forget.
"What are you thinking right now?" she whispered to him.
He took a few steps towards her, forcing her to back up against the wall. She felt him slide his hands down her back and cup her ass tightly.
"Why don't you tell me what you're thinking about," he whispered back before he started to kiss her neck.
She let out a soft moan. "I'm thinking about the way you make me feel."
"And how's that?" he asked her, his warm breath hitting her bare chest now before he covered one of her nipples with his mouth.
She took in a sharp breath at the unexpected pleasure that ran through her body. She looked at him again, his eyes filled with this yearning for her. She would have thought Draco would be more hesitant about being so close to her like this in the condition she's been in. She thought he would feel a bit unsure or the tiniest bit intimidated by how her powers were affecting her, but he wasn't. If anything, the way he looked at her and wanted her made her feel intimated and for some strange reason, she loved that he had that kind of effect on her.
"Fuck me." she breathed out suddenly as her body grew hot against his.
He smirked at her comment. "Are you asking me to fuck you or are you telling me to?"
She was breathing heavily as he continued to kiss her breast. She reached forward and practically ripped his pants open before she gave him a deadly glare.
"I'm telling you... fuck me," she said firmly.
The words barely left her mouth before he picked her up, letting her legs wrap around his waist as he pinned her against the wall. He pushed himself into her hard and fast and she welcomed every thrust into her. He could feel how much she wanted him, the feel of her hands and nails grabbing him to her fueled his desire to please her. Every moan she let out made him lose more control as his hands turned cold.
As soon as she felt his body turn cold, he could feel herself getting ready to orgasm already. He could feel her squirming against him as he continued to pound into her and soon he felt her release around his rock hard cock. He kept pushing into her, although her body continued to tremble from her climax still.
The overwhelming pleasure she felt made her try to instinctively push him back a bit, but he pinned her hands above her head with one hand as he continued to fuck her. After a few moments her body gave in once more and the noises she released made Draco have to cover her mouth from how loud she got. She finally felt him explode inside her, the feeling of his throbbing cock making her orgasm again.
There was a knock on the door suddenly.
"Mum... Dad? Grandma and Grandpa are here." Harper said through the door.
Ginny locked eyes with Draco. "Ok, we'll be right out!" she called before he leaned forward and kissed her softly.
"Hello, my Ginbug, how are you feeling?" Arthur asked, squeezing her tightly.
"I'm ok Dad, what about you? You're looking a bit rough today." Ginny said, taking in her father's exhausted appearance.
"I am hanging in there, just very tired this evening," he said, waving his hand at her as always to dismiss it. "Besides, you look worse than me." he teased, making her shoot him a slight smirk.
"Where's Mum?"
"Already in the kitchen seeing what else needs to be done of course," he said with a light chuckle.
Ginny turned her attention to the front door when she saw Harry and Luna walk in.
"Hey guys, just in time, dinner will be ready soon. Everyone's inside." she nodded towards the dining room.
"Go ahead, I'll be right there," Harry said to Luna.
He turned his attention back to Ginny as they both just stood there for a moment in silence.
"I'm sorry." they both said in unison before they exchanged a small laugh.
"I'm sorry about using my powers on you like that," Harry said.
"There's nothing to apologize for, I'm glad you did... I don't know what would have happened," she said, turning her gaze towards the floor. "If I would have hurt James or one of the kids..." she trailed off before he pulled her into a hug.
"But you didn't." he softly reminded her.
"I know, but I could've. Harry... something is really wrong with me." she quietly said.
She felt him hug her tighter before she finally broke the hug and turned towards James and Aurora making their way downstairs.
Harry couldn't help but just stare at his son, the conversation he and Draco had earlier had been weighing on his mind.
"Dad? Are you ok?" James asked.
"What? Oh yeah, can I talk to you for a second?" Harry said waving him over.
James made his way over as Ginny and Aurora made their way into the dining room.
"What's up?"
"I was hoping to talk to you when I got home from work, but you left earlier than us."
"Yeah, I just figured I'd hang out with Aurora for the day... just get my mind off of some things."
Harry nodded. "Listen... I think later after dinner when we get back home the two of us need to have a long talk."
James just stared at him for a moment. He was hoping it was about his father's powers so that he could start telling him about his own. To be able to talk to his father openly about his powers and have any feelings of uncertainty laid to rest would be a huge burden off of his shoulders.
"Alright, sounds good," he said before his dad pulled him into a hug.
Dinner that night was just like Ginny remembered it being only a few weeks ago before all the chaos started. She had almost forgotten that she was slowly losing control and how awful she must look to her family and friends.
She had started clearing the table and made her way to the kitchen when she almost dropped a plate, but someone caught it before it hit the floor.
"Let me give you a hand," Jake said as he was making his way back towards the dining room.
Ginny just stared at him for a moment, her last encounter with him was when she found out Warren was his father.
"Oh, thanks," she said as he followed her into the kitchen. "You can just put them down right here."
He placed the dishes down on the counter and went to walk away when he stopped and looked at her again. "Mrs. Malfoy... I just wanted to apologize to you for upsetting you that night I was over about bringing up my father."
She just stared at him again. "What makes you think I was upset?"
"Well, it was pretty obvious. I really appreciated the offer your husband extended about finding out information about him, but I think maybe it's best not to know."
She just nodded before he turned to leave.
"He's dead," Ginny said suddenly, making him stop and then turn to look at her. "Your father... he's dead. He was killed." she continued.
He just nodded at the information, he assumed he was dead all this time. "Do you know who killed him?"
Ginny just shook her head, she couldn't tell him that it was her that killed his father.
"No."
He just nodded again. "Anything else I can help with?"
She shook her head as he started to leave. "Jake?" He stopped and turned back to her. "Thank you for being so nice to Ember, she hasn't smiled this much in a long time."
He just smiled at her comment. "Honestly, it's I who should be thanking you for allowing me to hang out with her... she's extraordinary," he said.
The sound of the doorbell and a loud, hard knock filled the hallway, making them both walk towards the front door.
"Are you expecting someone?" Ginny asked Draco, who met her in the foyer.
"Nobody I invited anyway." he drawled before he opened the door.
His heart sank when he saw who it was. "Minister Beckett? What brings you here?"
"Good evening Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy, I wouldn't normally make an appearance for something like this, but I felt my presence may be needed in case things got... out of control."
"Out of control?" Ginny asked.
Mr. Beckett took in her appearance before his eyes traveled to the crowd forming in the hallway. "Oh good, Mr. Potter, you're here as well," he said before he stepped aside and four Aurors made their way inside.
"Scorpius Malfoy?" one of them said.
Scorpius' stomach dropped before he took a step forward.
"You're under arrest for the murder of Noah Adwell."
Draco jumped between Scorpius and the man before he could bind his son. "I expect you have evidence to back this up?" he said with a sneer.
"Indeed Mr. Malfoy," said Mr. Beckett, walking up to him. "Now step aside."
Draco turned to Scorpius, he wanted so badly to grab him into a hug and keep him safe, but he knew there was nothing he could do right now. He tried to think of something encouraging to say to him, but the look Scorpius gave him ripped his heart apart. They both knew there must have been a great deal of proof for Aurors to show up and arrest him on the spot.
The one man walked behind Scorpius and put a binding charm on his hands. "Scorpius Malfoy you're under arrest for the murder of Noah Adwell and will be immediately escorted to Azkaban Prison where you will await..."
Scorpius drowned out the rest of the words the man said, all he could think about was how he was responsible for killing someone. How he was now... a murderer... a killer. Everything seemed to be in slow motion, his eyes locked with Raven for a moment as a look of shock covered her face. The look of surprise and fear on his sisters' faces made it hard for him to even keep his head up. He felt like such a disappointment to them as a brother, a disappointment as a son... to everyone.
"No, please don't take him, stop!" Ginny cried, as she went to grab Scorpius back to her but Draco pulled her to him before she could attempt it.
"Ginny, we need to stay calm... you need to stay calm. We can't help him if you give them a reason to turn any more on us. Do you understand?" Draco whispered in her ear firmly.
She looked at him, tears in her eyes before she nodded.
"Don't forget the other one." Mr. Beckett said as he nodded towards James.
Another Auror grabbed James roughly by the arm and Harry shoved him off of him.
"My son has done nothing wrong," Harry argued.
"Your son helped Mr. Malfoy kill a young man... I think there is plenty wrong in that." Mr. Beckett said.
"He's only sixteen; you can't send him to Azkaban," Hermione said anger apparent on her face.
"Ah, but he does turn seventeen in just under a week... I'm sure it won't be an issue. Bind him and if you intervene again Mr. Potter I will have you arrested as well and you'll be dismissed from your job at the Ministry." Mr. Beckett warned.
"Harry, what is going on?" Luna cried.
The Auror grabbed James once more and bound his hands and read him the charges. James eyes locked with one person and one person only in that room and that was Aurora. Their conversation still ringing in his ears, the memory of their date flooded his mind. The look of disbelief on her face shattered his heart and he was forced to look away from her.
"Wait!" Ember yelled, as she ripped her arm from Ron's grip and ran to her brother. She hugged him tightly. "I'm so sorry Scorpius, this is all my fault." she cried quietly in his ear.
She felt someone grab her arm again and she realized it was another Auror.
"We'll also be taking Ember with us for questioning." Mr. Beckett explained before he nodded for them to start heading out.
Ginny couldn't help the instincts that kicked in, she felt herself wanting to set every one of those men on fire. Seeing her son being dragged out of their home and sent off to Azkaban wasn't something she could just stand by and watch, she didn't care what he had done. Before she could even let her powers fully surface, she was hit hard with a disabling charm that brought her to her knees.
Mr. Beckett pocketed his wand. "I would get that under control, Mrs. Malfoy, before I return for you as well," he warned her before his eyes fell on Draco once more. "You know as Minister of Magic I must abide by all Wizarding laws and although both of your names are well established with the Ministry and the Wizarding World... a crime is a crime and it doesn't matter what your last name is... justice will be served," he said looking from Draco to Harry.
They left the Manor as Ginny pulled herself to her feet again and attempted to run after them when Draco grabbed her again.
"No! Scorpius! Stop!" she yelled.
Once the front door closed the entire Manor fell silent, all of them staring at the front door as if it was all just a misunderstanding and Scorpius and James would be running back through them again.
"I'll head down to the Ministry and see what's going on," Hermione said wasting no time before she left the Manor.
"Draco, dear, why don't I take the kids back with me for the night?" Molly suggested.
Draco nodded at her words as he held Ginny in his arms as she silently sobbed.
"Come on, children, let's go have some dessert at Grandma and Grandpa's," she said loudly as she gathered all her grandchildren up and left the Manor with them.
Ember kept wiping the tears from her eyes as she waited in the small room for someone to question her. She felt so guilty for going to Scorpius in the first place about what Noah did to her and implying that he pay for what he did. She never thought Noah would end up dead over it, especially by her own brother.
"Good Evening Miss Malfoy, my name is Auror Stephenson and this is Auror Rolon. We just want to go over a few things with you." the man said as he took a seat and the other man stood in the corner.
She saw him pull a small vial from his pocket and place it in front of her. "Do you know what this is?"
She nodded.
"Very good, so it's my hope that you'll cooperate so we won't have to use Veritaserum on you. Because we both know I could get you to tell me a lot more than I need to know from you right now."
She nodded again before she quickly wiped another tear that slid down her cheek.
"So let's get started. Let's start with some basics, how did you and Noah Adwell know each other?"
"From school."
"Hogwarts right? And you two were dating... yes?"
She nodded.
"Were you guys still together before today?"
"No.," she said in a small voice.
"So your relationship with Noah was over... when did that end?"
She closed her eyes tightly and swallowed the lump in her throat. "I don't know... a few days before he was hurt maybe."
"Interesting, we have confirmation from some witnesses that say you and Noah were still a couple up to the day right before he was attacked."
She shook her head. "I mean... I guess... I can't remember."
"Ok, why don't you tell me why the relationship ended... who ended it?"
"I ended it."
"Why?"
She became angry at the question. "Because... because we wanted different things." she finally said.
"Like what?" the man pressed on.
Ember grew annoyed; she knew he knew the answer already. "Because he wanted to have sex with me and I didn't, ok? He was forcing it on me and I became quite uncomfortable and I ended things right then and there."
"So do you think Noah would have sexually assaulted you had you not stopped him?"
"I don't think so, I mean... I don't know... maybe? He just..." she trailed off when she felt an enormous amount of pressure come over her. "Why does that matter? The point is that he tried to force himself on me and I broke up with him for it. He was only using me." she said in a small voice. "You know the answers already so why are you even wasting your time asking me?" she snapped suddenly.
"You're right, I do know the answers, but I want to see if our answers match up, to see if you're lying."
"Well, I'm not."
"Not yet. Why don't you tell me why you asked your brother to kill Noah?"
She looked at him with wide eyes. "I didn't."
"See now our answers don't match."
"But I didn't ask him to kill him... I-I just vented to him about what happened... and..." she wasn't sure what to say, she didn't want to get any more of them in trouble.
"Listen Ember, your brother is going to Azkaban for murder... unless Jack Adwell drops the charges and makes a request on your brother's behalf for some type of leniency... there's no helping him and I think we both know that won't ever happen."
Fresh tears spilled down her cheeks at his words before he started to continue his questioning.
Silence filled the dining room at the Manor that night as Draco and the others sat around the table; each one of them deep in thought about the events from earlier.
"How long have you both known about this and said nothing to me about it?" Luna asked, her tone angry, which was very rare.
Luna was not an angry person at all, but the fact that her son was dragged off to Azkaban for murder was hard for her to take in.
"We weren't sure of anything yet and I wanted to talk to James before I told you about it." Harry tried to explain.
"I'm his mother Harry, why the hell would you not tell me something like this?"
The room grew quiet once more until they all turned their heads towards Hermione returning from the Ministry.
"Did you see them?" Ginny asked.
"No, they brought them both straight to Azkaban. I reached out to Kingsley to see if there was anything he could help with. I spoke to Minister Beckett and he agreed to let you see them tomorrow."
Ginny let out a tiny sigh of relief when she found out she could see Scorpius tomorrow. She needed to make sure he was ok, although she knew he wouldn't be, she just had to see him.
"And Ember?" Draco asked.
"They were still questioning her when I left."
"What about proof or evidence? Was anything mentioned?" Harry asked.
"I have some information, but I had to break into an office or two to get it. The ward around the house isn't really anything I've seen before. I couldn't get details, but I just know it picked up Scorpius and James entering the wards and breaking into the house. It's like the ward has a memory or something. The other proof came from the housekeeper that was apparently hiding in a closet. It's everything that went on inside the house that isn't clear, but... they have enough to go on." she explained.
"What about James being underage?" Luna asked.
"Yes, I did address that, but Minister Beckett said that he doubts snapping his wand in half is punishment enough to keep him from murdering someone else."
"But he didn't murder anyone... Scorpius did." Harry said, shooting a deadly glare at Draco.
"I'm well aware of that Potter," he said with a sneer.
"Why should my son be sent to Azkaban because of something your son did?" Harry snapped.
"Nobody dragged him along, he went willingly, he's old enough to make his own decisions."
They were both out of their seats at this point arguing back and forth.
"STOP IT!" Ginny yelled. "Are you kidding me? Our kids are sitting in Azkaban right now for murder and you two are going to argue over who is responsible? They both messed up, even if James didn't initiate the attack, he was still there and took part... he's just as guilty." Ginny stated, her eyes daring Harry to try and pin the whole thing on her son again.
Draco and Harry finally sat down and the room grew silent again.
"I'm going to pick up Bella, I'll see you back at the house," Luna said quietly before she quickly left the Manor, a few tears falling down her face.
Hermione let out a soft sigh. "Listen, guys, I will do everything I can to help and find any loopholes to help them... I promise."
They all nodded.
"Come on Ron," she nodded for him to follow her home. "I'll meet you guys at the prison tomorrow around ten."
"Thanks, Hermione," Harry said before she and Ron left. "I guess I'll see you there." Harry quickly said before he got up to leave.
"Harry, wait." Draco stopped him.
They both stood there looking at each other unsure of what to say. Eighteen years ago Draco would just have wanted to deck him in the face and vice versa, but as much as he hated to admit it, Harry was his best mate now.
"I'm really sorry that James got mixed up in this," Draco said, looking down as he realized how horrible he felt for letting Harry's son get sentenced to Azkaban for something his son did.
"Yeah, me too, but Ginny's right. They both knew what they were doing. I just don't know what to do right now."
The only thing Harry could think about right now was the talk, he wanted to have with James tonight. When Draco told him how lost he was and needed guidance, Harry wanted so badly to rid his son of that burden and now it was too late it seemed.
There was silence yet again that filled the space between them.
"I see you tomorrow," Harry said before he left the Manor.
Draco closed the door and then turned to see Ginny standing there looking at him.
"You need to do something," she said.
"I don't know-"
"No! You need to do something!" she said loudly.
"Ginny, I know how hard this is and I'm going to try to do everything-"
"Try? No, you need to fix this... you need to get our son back home to us. He doesn't belong in prison."
"YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT GINNY?" he bellowed at her.
His rage only angered her more. "THEN DO SOMETHING!"
"LIKE WHAT?"
"I DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE A MALFOY FIGURE IT OUT!" she yelled.
"Mum? Dad?"
They both snapped their heads over to the front door to see Ember standing there.
"Ember... how did it go?" Draco asked.
She just lost it as her body shook with sobs and she fell to her knees. Draco and Ginny ran to her side and Ginny pulled her into a tight hug.
"I'm sorry, this is all my fault." Ember cried.
"It's not, it's not your fault Sweetheart," Ginny said calmly in her ear.
Ginny's eyes locked with Draco's, an unspoken apology was exchanged between them before he wrapped his arms around them both.
Draco stood outside Azkaban Prison waiting for Ginny and Luna to show up. He and Harry hardly spoke a word to each other the whole time, they were both still trying to take the situation in.
"I told Luna about James last night." Harry finally said.
Draco looked at him. "What did she say?"
Harry just shrugged. "She was more concerned about him being in Azkaban."
"Yeah, that does seem to be the bigger problem here, doesn't it?"
There was a light pop in the distance and they watched Ginny and Luna being escorted to the entrance where they waited for them.
Draco just stopped and stared at Ginny. "Your hair... there are black streaks in it," he said.
She rolled her eyes and shook her head at his words. "Yeah, I know, it's the least of my worries right now." she snapped.
Draco was forced to put any emotions he felt aside about Ginny's powers taking over her body and focus on the Prison in front of him. He and Harry had been here plenty of times to escort inmates or to just simply fill in for guard duty, but being here visiting their sons... was a whole different experience.
"Hermione, thanks for meeting us here?" Harry said.
"No problem, I just wanted to come down here to make sure they didn't give you any issues on seeing them," she said with a small smile.
"Why would there be any issues?" Ginny asked.
Hermione shook her head as she looked down at the ground. "Because they're in solitary confinement... because of their powers."
Draco didn't think the situation could get any worse, but it did.
"How do they even know about James?" Harry asked.
"Apparently, it's in the report the night Noah was... " she trailed off before silence grew around them. "The guard right there will take you to them... you guys know the drill," she said, looking at Draco and Harry.
They both nodded and walked up to the guard and turned in their wands along with Ginny and Luna before he led the way to the cells. They walked down the long dim, cold hallway lined with sealed doors until they stopped in front of one. It was a solid metal padlock door with a tiny window that showed nothing but the pitch black that filled the room.
Watching the guard unseal the door and hearing the scraping of the heavy metal unlock made it so much more real to all of them. Draco couldn't take in that his son was being kept like this... like he was some animal, some sort of bloodthirsty killer.
"Draco?"
He heard Ginny call his name before he snapped out of his flashback from when he once visited his father in Azkaban. He took a few steps inside until a bit of the light from the hallway lit up a small section of the room where he could make out the blond hair he knew belonged to his son.
"Scorpius?"
"Dad?"
The sound of his hoarse voice reaching his parent's ears made them both run the rest of the way to him.
"Hey baby, we are here," Ginny said, throwing her hands around him.
She felt him try to hug her back, but the sound of scraping metal chains made her look at his restrained hands and feet. Ginny shook her head as tears stung her eyes.
"Hey, Scorpius, look at me," Draco said once he realized his son could barely keep his head up.
Scorpius looked up into his father's eyes.
"What did they do to you? Did they give you something?" Draco asked him as he took in his dilated eyes and tired appearance.
"We have strict orders from the Ministry to keep both of your sons on a strong sedation potion for the safety of the other inmates and guards."
"What the fuck is this?" Draco demanded. "So you have them in solitary confinement, chained up like some animal and now drugged into oblivion that they can barely hold their heads up? And he's supposed to carry out his entire sentence here like this?"
"Mr. Malfoy, I just take orders... I've known you and Mr. Potter for a long time now... you know I'm just doing my job." the man said.
"Who ordered that they be sedated?" Harry asked.
"That was strongly suggested by Jack Adwell, naturally he would have input on inmates like your sons because of their magic abilities."
Ginny held Scorpius' face in her hands and stared into his eyes. She could see the fear he had of being here like this. She placed a kiss on his forehead and then leaned down to his ear.
"Just hang in there a while more, I'm going to get you out of here... I promise," she whispered before she hugged him tightly.
"Mr. Potter, your son is down this way, if you want to see him." the guard said, leading the way a few cells down.
Harry locked eyes with Draco for a moment before he and Luna followed the man down the hall. After seeing the way they kept Scorpius locked up they knew what to expect, but when their eyes fell on James it was still just as shocking. He was being held the same way, chained and sedated just like Scorpius although he was less coherent than Scorpius was.
Luna broke down into tears as she kneeled down in front of him and cupped his slumped face.
"James?" she softly called to him.
He barely opened his eyes to look at her before they fell closed again. She cried harder at his inability to interact with her and she got up and quickly left the cell.
Harry's heart broke to see Luna so upset, this was the total opposite of how she acted. He squatted down in front of his son and took in his condition; he tried to hold it together.
"Hey, James? Can you hear me?" he called softly.
Again, James was barely able to keep his eyes open long enough to take in that his father was there in front of him. Harry rubbed his eyes hard to keep the tears that stung his eyes from falling.
"I'm sorry James, I'm sorry I wasn't there for you when you needed me most." he choked out before he started to cry. "This can't be it... I won't let it be."
He ran his hand through his son's hair before he placed a quick kiss on top of his head and stood up.
"I love you, James."
Draco was walking down the hall in search of Ginny before he stopped at Ember's bedroom and poked his head inside.
"Hey, have you seen your mother?"
Ember shook her head. "No, I haven't seen her since before you guys left to see Scorpius."
"Where the hell is she?" he said more to himself than to her.
He walked down the hall and then knocked on Aurora's door before he poked his head inside of her room.
"Do you know where your mum is?"
She just shook her head silently before she went back to reading her book.
He was getting ready to leave when he stopped and looked at her again. He could tell she had been crying, which instinctively made him walk over to her.
"Are you ok?"
She looked up over her book at him, her eyes instantly filled with tears and she shook her head again.
He sat down beside her and held open his arms for her to come cry in which she wasted no time doing.
"I'm so mad at him Dad... at both of them." she cried.
"I know, I want to be too, but after seeing them today..." he trailed off.
"What's going to happen to them?"
Draco didn't answer right away until he realized he didn't have an answer.
"I don't know... I really don't know."
He heard the front door open and gave Aurora one last squeeze before he got up and made his way to the foyer to find Ginny.
"Where were you?"
"I just needed to clear my head after the visit." she snapped.
He didn't say anything, he just followed her down the hall. "Do you want to talk about-"
"Talk about what? About how our son is going to rot away in a prison cell, chained and drugged for the rest of his life? Or that I'm turning into a fuckin monster that's about to explode and probably kill my entire family? Which one should we talk about?"
Draco became annoyed by her tone towards him "I'm sorry, but are you implying that what's going on is my fault? Because you sure are yelling at me like it is."
"I'm not saying it's your fault!" she shouted.
"Oh, that's right, but it is my fault now because I haven't come up with a way to fix it yet... right?" he asked as he grew angry with her.
She didn't say anything.
"HOW THE FUCK DO YOU WANT ME TO FIX IT GINNY? DO YOU THINK I JUST HAVE THE MAGICAL ABILITY TO CLEAR OUR SONS NAME AND MAKE YOU FUCKIN NORMAL AGAIN? BECAUSE IF I DID I WOULD DO IT, YOU KNOW THAT I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ANY OF YOU!" he screamed at her.
He had more anger bottled up than he thought he did. He had tried to stay strong for everyone these past few weeks, but his emotions were starting to boil over.
She started walking away from him and he quickly caught up with her and grabbed her arm to turn her around.
"Do you not believe that?" he asked her.
"Of course I do!"
"Then stop treating me like I'm the bad guy."
"Treating you like the bad guy? Draco have you seen what I look like? If anyone is looked at like the bad guy, it's me." she snapped.
"I haven't once looked at you that way," he said through clenched teeth.
"You were practically shoving sleeping draught and sedation potions down my throat the other day."
"YES, SO YOU WOULDN'T ACCIDENTALLY KILL US ALL!" he screamed at her.
"I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, I KNEW YOU WOULD START TREATING ME LIKE YOU DID THAT TIME I GOT THAT CURSED LETTER!" she exploded before she started walking down the hall again.
"WHAT? I HAVE NOT AND THAT WAS EIGHTEEN FUCKIN YEARS AGO, ARE YOU COMPLETELY MENTAL? AND JUST A REMINDER FOR YOU DARLING, YOU TRIED TO KILL THE TWINS, SO OF COURSE I KEPT YOU AWAY FROM THEM!" he roared at her.
They were face to face at this point, both of their anger turned to rage as past feelings surfaced.
"PFT, PLEASE, YOU DIDN'T EVEN THINK THEY WERE YOUR KIDS!"
"ARE YOU SERIOUS? OH, I'M SORRY THAT I WAS BEATEN AND TORTURED WITHIN AN INCH OF MY LIFE AND SUFFERED SOME SLIGHT MEMORY LOSS FOR A FEW DAYS. SORRY FOR THE FUCKIN INCONVENIENCE!" he yelled back.
"Mum? Dad?"
"WHAT?" they yelled in unison.
They both turned their heads to see all the kids staring at them. The sounds of their argument had filled the Manor. Ginny and Draco hardly ever argued at all and if they did it was in their bedroom away from the kids.
The look of anger never left Draco's face as he sneered at Ginny before he walked away.
She felt so bad for pushing Draco to this point. Her mind was all over the place and whatever was inside her was setting her anger off.
"Everything is fine guys. I'm going to start dinner in a few moments, why don't you go wait in your rooms." Ginny said.
She watched them all walk off before she went in search of Draco. It wasn't long before she found him out in the garden sitting down on one of the stone benches.
What was she doing? Why would she bring up stuff that didn't matter? Why couldn't she stop being so angry? She walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around him.
"I'm sorry Draco, I don't know why I said that stuff, I'm so sorry."
She was surprised when he didn't say anything and instead noticed he was crying. She quickly walked in front of him and grabbed his face to look at her.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean-"
"It's not that, I know you didn't mean it. I just don't know how to help our son and it's killing me, Ginny. That I don't know how to help you... and I'm tired of trying to pretend that I know what to do."
She sat down next to him and held him in her arms. Draco hardly ever cried, she had only seen it a few times and every time she could feel his pain and it was horrible. She was being insensitive to his feelings, she wasn't thinking about what he was going through, not as much as she should have.
"It's going to be ok... like you said... I'm a Weasley and you're a Malfoy and we both hate to lose, so you know we're going to conquer this obstacle," she said softly.
He looked up at her before he gave her a small smirk. "Are you sure I said that?"
"Well, something like that." she smiled before she softly pressed her lips against his.
A/N: I know a lot happened in this chapter and things just seem to be going from bad to worse for them. What are your thoughts? Our poor Drinny is falling apart!. Please review!
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