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Lady Darkness	By : AngstPuppies Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Voldemort/Ginny Views: 16453 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Title: Lady Darkness
Author: Emcee and rain
Rating: R
Summary: Ginny hits a snag in her plan to care for Tom, while Ron's date with Luna takes a horrific turn.
Author's Notes: Thanks to Pablo for the beta. Lyrics in the chapter title from "Cry Baby Cry", by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Disclaimer: "Harry Potter" and the characters, places and things related to it do not belong to me. They are from the brilliant mind of JK Rowling. They belong to her and her publishers. I am not making any profit from this fan fiction.
**** iv. 'Cry baby cry. Make your mother sigh. She's old enough to know better.'

Molly was on her feet before Ginny had even crossed the threshold of the kitchen.
Ginny yawned as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes. As soon as she had gotten into the house the night before, the excitement and adrenaline built up over bringing Tom back had drained from bod body. All she had felt was the exhaustion of her personal energy. She had collapsed on her bed, not even hearing Hermione come in-- if Hermione had come in at all.
Breakfast was long over by the time she made it to the kitchen. Sirius, Bill, Remus and Snape were at the table with what looked like maps. They had stopped their discussion when Ginny came in.
"Ginny!" Molly grasped her by the shoulders. "I have a good mind to swish you!"
Ginny blinked, trying to pry her mother's hands off her. "Mum." She yawned again. "Do you mind berating me after I have a cuppa? My head's not together yet and I doubt I'll be able to take in what you're yelling."
The look of furyMollMolly's face didn't fade. "You were out until Merlin-knows-when--"
"I was in by ten, mum." Ginny rubbed her eyes again. She could not get rid of the feeling of lethargy. "You were with the Order. I didn't want to bother you."
"I'm a mother!" Molly threw her hands up in the air. This gave Ginny the opportunity to slip past her, going to the stove to put the kettle on. "It's more of a bother if you don't bother me! I didn't realise you were in your bed until after midnight! I almost sent the Aurors out after you!"
Ginny rolled her eyes, tightening her grip on the edge of the counter. She had to stay cool. Tom told her not to let anyone in on what had occurred. She would listen to her Lord. He knew what was best for her. She couldn't let Molly get to her. "Sending Aurors out after me is overkill, wouldn't you say, Mum?"
"George said yoate ate didn't show up." Ginny glanced back at Molly. She had her hands on her hips, trying to look as menacing as possible. It was almost laughable. Like a fat, annoying bloodtraitor could intimidate her after the Dark Lord had kissed her. "Where were you for so long, then?"
"I met up with some friends on the way home. We decided to have some fun." This was getting very annoying. She felt it welling in her stomach. Just take them out. There was Basilisk poison coursing through her body. She had been blessed by the Dark Lord, yet she was still allowing this simpleton to run her life.
"Just where, exactly, were you 'having fun'?" Molly asked.
Ginny shrugged. "I don't know. Places teenaged wizards congregate."
She put a hand to her forehead. She was developing a throbbing headache. Usually listening to Molly's rants didn't affect her this badly for at least ten minutes.
"Hey, Ginny." Sirius got up, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Are you all right? You look a bit off-colour."
Ginny shrugged Sirius' hand off. "I'm fine. I'm just tired."
Molly gasped loudly. "Ginny, were you--" She lowered her voice. "--experimenting with something illegal?"
Ginny's jaw dropped. Part of it was honest indignation, but most was for show. Yeah, that would make things really simple for you, wouldn't it, Molly?
She placed her hands on her hips, a mirror of her mother's pose. "I was not--!" She strode to hetherther, hissing, "Can we please not do this in front of S-N-A-P-E?"
"Miss Weasley," Snape drawled, "need I remind you I am quite capable of spelling, especially my own name?"stoostood up, donning his outer robes. "I will also take this opportunity to tell you I have absolutely no interest in your domestic squabbles."
pe gpe glared at Ginny for a moment, then swept out of the kitchen.
"I don't care what Severus thinks of you, Ginevra Molly Weasley." Molly moved hends nds off her hips, crossing them over her chest. "In fact, I don't care what any of the Order thinks of you right now. You messed up big time, young lady. You are barred from leaving this house."
"What?" This time, reaction was one hundred percent honest fury. She couldn't be trapped in this place! Tom needed her! What if he needed more energy and she wasn't around to take it? "You can't do that!"
Molly's look didn't soften. "You are to stay in Headquarters until I tell you otherwise."
"That's so unfair!" Ginny cried. Her mind raced through her options. How many people inside Headquarters could she get away with draining before she was brought down? Probably not many. She most definitely wouldn't be able to kill Harry, with that prophecy and all.
"Hey, Mum." Ron stuck his head in, not even noticing the tension in the room. "I'm going over to Luna's. I'll be back by eight."
"Fine, Ron." Molly turned her head to him, hissing through gritted teeth.
Ginny's mouth fell open further. This was absolutely inexcusable! "How come he gets to leave just likat? at? No lectures or anything!"
"Because I'm cool, strong and adult," Ron said with a grin. "You, on the other hand--"
Remus furiously shook his head, standing up quickly. "Ron, say hello to Miss Lovegood for me." He gestured emphatically for him to leave.
Molly whirled back around, eyes narrowed on Ginny once again. "In those two sentences, your brothold old me where he's going, who he's going to see and when he's going to be back. That's not something you've offered me yet." She poked Ginny in the chest. "I suggest you get up to your room before I get really cross."
Ginny stamped her foot. This just didn't do with any of her plans! How was she supposed to help Tom if she was trapped? "I can't believe this! I hate this place and most of all I hate you!"
She knew, at one time or another, every teenager said they hated their parents. Unlike other teenagers, she truly meant it. She loathed absolutely everything about Molly. She had reservations before about what she migave ave to do in the future, but they were gone now.
Ginny was going to enjoy killing her. She deserved every bit of torture that could be devised for trying to keep heart art from her beloved Tom.
She would find a way out of the prison of Twelve Grimmauld Place, even if she had to kill everyone there to do it.
****
Apparating was still an interesting experience for Ron. He had only learned to do so in March. He lorded it over Harry and Hermione every chance he got, since they still weren't able to. Of course, it was a hollow victory: The only reason he knew how was because he was of age and they weren't just yet.
He strolled through Ottery St. Catchpole, making his way towards Luna's house. He passed by the Fawcetts. Sarah, a very pretty Ravenclaw in his year, was outside, weeding her garden. He gave her a wave.
"Going to see Luna, are you?" Sarah asked, giggling.
Ron could feel the heat going to his ears. He was sure they were a deep shade of red. "What makes you think that?"
Sarah giggled again, flouncing over to him. "Are you kidding, Ronald? Luna told everyone in Ravenclaw Tower you two are dating. She's been mad about you for years."
His ears felt like they were on fire now. While he knew Luna had fancied him for a while, he didn't know how long or what the intensity was. He shoved his hands in his pockets, shrugging. "So what if I am?"
Sarah held out the weeds she had in her dirty hands. "Here you go."
Ron looked down at the proffered thistles. They were slightly crushed and dusty. "Those are weeds."
Sarah smiled, offering them again. "Trust me."
Ron looked at them from every angle. "Just what am I supposed to do with these?"
ah rah rolled her eyes, thrusting the weeds into Ron's hands. "It's no wonder Luna's the first girl you've ever dated."
"Hey!" Ron pointed the bouquet at Sarah as if they were a wand. "It so happens I dated Hermione last summer! OW!" He pricked his fingers on the thistles clutched in his hand.
"Say hello to Luna," Sarah said, laughing and waving Ron off. "You don't to to keep her waiting."
Ron sighed, watching Sarah go back to her weeding. He clutched the bouquet of mangled weeds in his hand and continued onward.
The Lovegood house was a small, non-descript cottage just down the road from where the Burrow was. Well, it would have been non-descript if it weren't for the fact all of the window borders were covered in runes. The windows were almost completely blocked by talismans and charms. When they first started dating, Ron had asked Luna about that. Luna had replied her father was very superstitious. It came as little shock to Ron, considering what he knew of Mr. Lovegood.
Ron went to knock on the door, but it opened at the slightly touch. He proceeded cautiously, pulling out his wand with his free hand. Over the past year, he had grown careful about walkintointo places that seems disquieted. "Hello?" He called out. "Luna?"
Luna ran from the kitchen into the hall. Her overlarge eyes were shining with tears. "Daddy?" She withered visibly when she saw who it was. "Oh. Hello, Ronald."
Ron frowned and put his wand back in his pocket. He strode to her, touching her cheek. "What's wrong?"
"Daddy's missing," Luna replied. The tears began to wet her cheeks.
Ron nodded, trying to think if any of the Death Eaters would have a vendetta against Luthor Lovegood. He stroked Luna's cheek with his thumb. "Hey now, don't cry. We'll find him. How long has he been missing?"
"Since yesterday afternoon." Luna looked down. "You don't think he's--"
"No," Ron said firmly. "There are lots of reasons why he mightwellwell... Maybe he--" He was coming up blank on alternatives for Mr. Lovegood disappearing. There didn't seem to be any happy reasons why he might have been gone. "Maybe he went to his girlfriend's?"
"Daddy doesn't have a girlfriend," Luna admonished. "He's not at the office. I already checked. And he didn't have any interviews scheduled for today."
"Maybe he got a really hot scoop," Ron said, stroking Luna's hair. "But here's what we're going to do. We'll send an owl to my dad telling him. Does your dad have an owl?"
Luna nodded, hiccupping. "We do, but he's out on a delivery right now."
Ron nodded again. He wrapped his arm around Luna's shoulders. "All right, then. We'll go to the Fawcetts aee iee if they have an owl we can borrow. If they don't, we'll take the Knight Bus to London and see Dad in person."
Leading Luna outside, Ron felt a sinking feeling in his stomach. There was definitely something wrong here. There didn't seem to be any reason for the Death Eaters to go after Mr. Lovegood, but that didn't mean they weren't involved. Of course, the Death Eaters weren't exactly subtle these days. Something wasn't adding up.
"Are those for me?" Luna asked quietly as they walked along.
"Huh?" Ron looked down at the thistles he still clutched. "Yeah. They are. Sorry they're so... ugly."
Luna took them, giving him a half-hearted smile. "No. I like them. Everyone always likes flowers, but I think thistles are prettierfeelfeel bad for them. Thistles should be better liked."
Ron leaned in, giving Luna a kiss on the forehead. "I'm sure your dad is all right."
As they walked, Ron caught a glimpse of the Burrow. He winced slightly, feelings of loss stirring up inside of him.
No. But something was wrong there. Why was the door ajar?
Ron moved his arm off of Luna's shoulders, clutching her hand in his. "Come on, Luna. There's something wrong here."
Ron and Luna walked up the dirt road leading to the Burrow. His grip tightened as they got closer to the ruins of his old home. "What is it?" Luna asked.
"I don't know." Ron pushed the door open further, stepping inside. He felt his breath catch in his throat at the sight before him.
Mr. Lovegood was lying face down on the floor.
"Daddy!" Luna let go of Ron's hand, racing towards her fallen father.
Ron seized her up before she could reach Mr. Lovegood, crushing her to his chesidiniding her face. He stroked her hair, never taking his eyes off the grisly sc "Do "Don't." He held Luna tightly to himself. "There's nothing we can do for him."
****
After Molly and Ginny's raucous argument, the Order cleared out of the kitchen. Bill went to join Tonks for lunch at the Ministry of Magic. Sirius and Remus had commandeered the study, to go over Remus' many volumes on Defence Against the Dark Arts.
�6�5This meant that Harry and Hermione were forced to study at kit kitchen table. They sat close together, a single textbook shared between them.
Harry pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, moving closer to Hermione. They were sitting in the kitchen. "I don't get it."
Hermione sighed, pointing to the textbook in front of them. "It's really not that complicated, Harry. In an animagus transformation, the wizard usually goes through several stages before actually completely shifting to their--" She giggled as Harry nuzzled her neck. "If you fail and turn yourself into a half-man, half-squid, half-wolf, it's your own fault."
"That's three halves," Harry teased. "Now who's the dummy?"
Hermione wrinkled her nose. "You're starting to sound like Ron. And you're the one who wanted to study this. Now listen, I'm trying to help. If you do it wrong you'll end up looking like an idiot."
Hermione was just about to continue with the lesson when Sirius strode in, followed by Remus. Harry brightened considerably, gesturing is gis godfather. "Ah! Someone who can really help me!"
Hermione slammed the textbook shut, gaping. "Fine! If you want to be like that--"
"What's going on?" Sirius asked. "What can I help with?"
"Hermione's teaching me about the animagus transformations." Harry got up, trying to avoid meeting Hermione's scowl. "Which she's very good at, by the way." He turned back to face Hermione briefly, giving her a small smile. "I'm thinking about trying it. Seems like it would be a good thing to know. You've actually done it. So tell me how you did it."
Sirius shrugged, pulling a cup out of the cupboard. "Prongs did most of the book stuff. Would've gotten Moony to do it, but we didn't tell him until we'd gotten it down. But did I hear Hermione say something about transformations going wrong? I've got a really funny story about that. See--" He grinned. "--back when I was in school, I was dating this girl--"
"You dated all the girls," Remus commented wryly.
Sirius shot him a look. "Not all the girls. Didn't go out with anyone in Slytherin, did I? Now can you please can the commentary? I'm trying to tell my godson a story. Anyway, this girl had decided to become an animagus for her Independent Study project... They still got Independent Study projects at Hogwarts, right?"
Harry nodded. He had been continuing his Occlumency lessons, this time with Dumbledore, while Hermione was studying Wizard Laws and Regulations.
Sirius paid no mind to the affirmation, continuing. "--And sometimes she'd end up walking around the school with these cat ears sprouting from her hair and a tail poking out from under her skirt. I tell you, it was one of the most entertaining things I've ever seen. Of course, I kept on having the impulse to chase her up a tree."
"As it was, he just chased her into his bed." Remus smiled, then got cuffed in the shoulder by Sirius.
"And nothing like that ever happened to you or my dad?" Harry asked, furrowing his brow.
"Of course not!" There was a distinct blush in Sirius' gaunt cheeks, leading Harry to believe that this wasn't entirely true. "We were really careful about that sort of stuff. Couldn't let anyone know we were doing it. No room for error."
"Actually--" Remus' smile grew. "--I seem to recall James telling me once--"
"Hey, that's a lovely neck you you've got there, Hermione," Sirius commented, a bit louder than usual.
Hermione looked down at the silver, heart-shaped necklace resting against her chest. She touched it fondly. "Oh, thank you. Harry gave it to me."
"Real silver?" Remus winced.
Sirius, on the other hand, grinned. "Harry got it for you, did he?"
Harry blushed, sitting back down. He opened the book again. "So where were we?"
Sirius put a firm hand on Harry's shoulder. "Do we need to ha taa talk, Harry?"
Harry was about to commehen hen the front door slammed shut, causing Mrs. Black's portrait to begin howling. Harry, Hermione, Sirius and Remus ran up the stairs to quiet her down. The noise had, in fact, attracted most of the Order.
Ron was standing just by the door. He was pale, his breathing heavy.
Remus and Sirius went to the portrait of Mrs. Black, wrenching the covers closed. "You know better than to rush in like that," Remus admonished.
Ron ignored Remus' chastising. Ginny had just come down the stairs, looking at the scene. "Hermione, can you go outside?" Ron asked, finally finding his voice.
"What?" Hermione stood up. "Why do I need to go outside?"
"Luna's on the sidewalk. Someone needs to stay with her until we can let her into the house. I don't want to leave her alone too long. Go!"
"All right." Hermione headed out.
Ginny bit down on her lip. "I'll go with her." She skipped out after Hermione.
"Why is Luna outside?" Sirius asked. "She's not supposed to know where Headquarters is."
"Ron, I know you're dating Miss Lovegood." Remus shook his head. "But she's not sup--"
"Mr. Lovegood is dead," Ron blurted out, looking between the two adults. "We found him in the Burrow."
There was a collective gasp. Ron continued, "Someone had slit his throat. All of the blood was drained from his body."
Remus nodded, his face pale. "I'll go out with the girls." He went out the door.
Sirius took a deep breath, pushing his long hair out of his face. "All right. I'll contact Dumbledore. Ask him if Luna can come in."
"No," Ron said darkly. He looked up at Sirius, his eyes hardened. "You don't ask Dumbledore. You tell Dumbledore Luna is coming into Headquarters."
Sirius nodded. "All right. I'll get him to write a note for her."
Harry put a hand on Ron's shoulder. "Do yhinkhink it was Death Eaters?"
Ron s his his head sadly. "I don't know. The only thing I do know is whoever did this..." He paused, taking a deep breath. "I don't see how someone sane could do that."
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