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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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Lady Darkness
by Emcee and rain
Rating: R
Summary: Ginny's treachery is discovered, but it may be too late.
Author's Notes: Thanks to Pablo for the beta. Lyrics in the chapter title from "I'm Looking Through You" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
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vii. 'I thought I knew you. What did I know? You don't look different, but you have changed.'
Robes billowing around him, Severus swept into the kitchen of Twelve Grimmauld Place. He eyed the people gathered around the table. Their plates were almost empty, the last dredges of food abandoned.
He focused on the pale redheaded girl. She wiped her mouth delicately with her napkin and then smiled up at him.
Severus narrowed his gaze. Her mouth had become quite dark. The faint, dark veins around her lips proved the effect wasn't makeup.
"Severus." Remus put a hand to his stomach. He looked more ashen than normal, especially considering the distance from the full moon. "Hello. We weren't expecting you."
He kept his eyes trained on Ginny. He would not stop looking at her. There was something wrong with her. He wasn't sure of all of the details yet, but he would find it out. This was what he did. Even greater than his knowledge of potions was his knowledge of people. For nearly two decades he had lived as a spy. No little girl would be able to trick him. "I needed to speak with the Order. Now. It is a matter of some urgency."
"Is this about..." Snape looked away from Ginny long enough to see Sirius cast a glance towards Luna.
Snape centred back on Ginny. Her cold, emotionless eyes stared back into his. She may have been able to fool her family, but she would not fool him. "Possibly."
Molly stood up. "All right then." She waved her wand, divesting the table of the remnants of dinner. "Kids, clear out. We have business to attend to."
Ginny stood up slowly. She brushed a lock of her fiery red hair off her face.
He didn't want to be right about this. As cold-hearted as everyone believed he was, Severus did not want to tell the Weasleys what he saw in their daughter. He did not want to face that a traitor had been among them all along. She had been sitting in his classes all this time, but he had done nothing.
But there was no explanation for what she had done, if she didn't have devious intent.
Severus brought his attention to the Order once the final teenager had filed out of the room. Severus crossed his arms over his chest. "I saw Lucius Malfoy yesterday. He gave me some very disturbing news."
Sirius tilted back in his chair, putting his hands behind his head. He shot Severus his infuriatingly cocky smile. "Well, what did Malfoy have to tell his pet?"
"Your daughter--" Severus eyed Molly and Arthur carefully, gauging their reactions "--Was to see him. Left him with quite a nasty knife wound in the shoulder."
"Ginny?" Bill sat up so quickly he knocked the table. "Why would Ginny go to see Malfoy? And--Wait, you said she injured him?"
Molly threw her hands over mouth, gasping. "Oh no! Ginny's seeing someone she thinks we wouldn't approve of! She wouldn't-- She's couldn't be seeing Draco Malfoy... Could she?"
Severus could feel the bile rising as the image of Draco Malfoy and Ginevra Weasley as a romantic couple assaulted his mind. He was shocked to say he would have welcomed such disgusting pairing. "As obscene as it is to say this, it's worse than that. Ginevra came to claim the diary from Lucius."
"The diary?" Remus repeated. He was swaying slightly. Remus' state was slightly worrying. There was no trace of colour left in his face and he appeared very unsteady. Severus knew he wasn't one to imbibe in too much alcohol.
Never mind his state, Severus had no wish to have his statements repeated for him ad nauseam. "Yes, the diary. I do not believe I need to tell you of which diary I speak. Now, I do not know why. I suggest we do not wait to find out."
Molly was already on her feet. "Ginevra Molly Weasley!"
Severus steeled his jaw, putting a hand to his forehead. This was the perfect solution. They should gang up on Ginny, berating her like a child. Ginny would feed them some sob story and the innocent victim routine and everything would go back to normal. Soon enough the day would come that Ginny would turn on them, making her true loyalties known.
Ginny skipped into the kitchen, smiling at her mother. Severus clenched his fist, fighting the urge to stride up and smack the smile of her face. She might have been fooling everyone else, but shuld uld not fool him.
"What is it, Mum?" Ginny asked. She looked around the room. "Am I in trouble?"
Arthur stood up, crossing his arms over his chest. "Young lady, did you go visit Lucius Malfoy to get the diary?"
"Diary?" Ginny scuffed her toe against the floor, curling a lock of hair around her finger.
"You know which diary," Severus snarled in response.
The innocent act was dropped in a heartbeat. Ginny looked up, her eyes hard, her dark lips drawn tight. "Who told you that? Him?" She nodded her head curtly at Severus. She glared at him, her eyes seeming to penetrate him.
Severus quickly put up his Occlumency walls. He didn't dare give her the opportunity to get into his head. "Lucius Malfoy told me you were to see him."
A wicked smile spread across Ginny's lips. "Just because he buggers you up the arse you believe everything he says? He's a bad guy, Snape."
Molly went wide-eyed, gasping, "Ginevra Molly--"
Severus stumbled backwards. Had Ginny been able to get through his defences? She couldn't be an Occlumens. She was not that talented.
Ginny laughed, hand going over her mouth to stifle her giggles. "You know, I wasn't sure you really were shagging Malfoy. Just rumours you hear around school. Guess they're right."
"He's not lying," Severus hissed. He wouldn't let this little girl get to him. He didn't care who knew about his relationship with Lucius. It was inconsequential. "We all know it."
"You all know it..." Ginny's gaze flickered around the room, her features losing their bravado, fear creeping into her eyes. "You all believe him." He voice was filled with shock.
"Do you have the diary, Ginny?" Molly asked. Even Severus was unable to keep his heart from breaking from the hurt in her voice. Molly loved her children so much. Ginny was lucky to have a mother who cared so much, yet she threw it away to dally with the dark side.
"Yes," Ginny replied. She made herself as small, as innocent, as was possible. "I mean, I did have it. I don't anymore."
"Why would you go to Lucius Malfoy to get that diary?" Sirius asked. "After what it did to you?"
"Because of what it did to me." Ginny commenced fingering her hair again. She stared down at her shoes and chewed her lower lip. "I needed to destroy it. I hated the idea of Lucius Malfoy keeping it, maybe using it to help the Da-- You-Know-Who. I wanted to get rid of it once and for all."
Severus desperately wanted to believe that. He wanted to believe this innocent act was Ginny's true face. It would make things so much easier. In his heart, he knew that it couldn't be true. It was never the simple answer.
"Why would you--" Remus gasped. Severus whirled around to face him. Remus had stood. He was clutching his chest. He reached for Sirius to steady himself, but his fingers refused to clench. "Damn." His eyes rolled back in his head as he slid to the floor.
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Not a moment too soon, Ginny thought. She gasped along with the Order as Sirius caught Remus. He barely got him before he hit the floor.
The silver had managed to get into his system now. Remus was dying. Of course, the Order was smart enough that they would be able to heal him before he actually expired. There wasn't enough silver in him to kill him right off. If they didn't figure it out in time, well... That would just be a bonus.
Bill picked Remus up. "Come on, let's get him upstairs in his bed."
Remus was gasping, his chest rising and falling with the sharp breaths.
Sirius was racing behind Bill. He kept knocking into his heels. "I've seen this before!" He growled. "This is like-- He got stabbed back in the first war. This is silver poisoning."
Remus had been poisoned by silver before? Ginny didn't know that. Oh well. So they knew how to cure him. It made little difference. They didn't know who had done it.
Ginny needed to keep up the charade. She rushed closer to Remus, getting in Bill's way. She looked closely at Remus. "What's wrong with him? Is there anything I can do to help? Is he going to die?"
Molly grabbed Ginny, pulling her out of Bill's path so he could rush up the stairs. "Stay out of the way, Ginny. Go to your room."
She waited for a moment, then followed the Order up the stairs. They had shut the door. She pressed her ear against it, listening intently.
'He's going to die!'
'Not if we neutralise the silver.'
'Who cured him last time?'
'Professor Sloane. But he's dead.'
'I know how to make the potion. There are just a few ingredients I need.'
'Get them!"
"Hey, Ginny," Ron called out. Ginny turned to face her brother, who stood with Harry, Hermione and Luna. Ginny made sure to keep the panic-stricken look on her face. "What's going on?"
"Remus has been poisoned!" Ginny gasped. "Sirius says its silver!"
The response was predictable. Gouys uys were hardly ever surprising. The quartet ran to the door, pounding on it, demanding to be let in.
Ginny moved away, heading down the hall.
"Where are you going?" Ron asked.
"Mum told me to go to my room," Ginny replied. "I'm trying to stay on her good side. I don't want to get into any more trouble."
She indeed went to her room. It was easier to sneak out that way than to attempt the front door.
Ginny slid open the window. She waved her wand, conjuring a rope. She tied it to her bed and extended the rest down the window. She looked down, feeling her stomach lurch. She had no problem with heights normally. However, climbing down a building was slightly different than riding a broomstick. On a broom, you weren't trying to reach the ground.
It took all of her courage, but Ginny began to climb down the rope. Her muscles cried out at being abused in such a manner. She lost her grip with her feet partway down, dangling helplessly.
She began to slide down the rope. She tried desperately not to cry out in pain as the rope tore at her skin. She could not alert anyone in the house to her escape.
She hit the ground with a thump, groaning. She got up, rubbing her backside.
Hopefully, there wouldn't be many more times she would have to sneak out like this.
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Two men shuffled through the darkened streets of Knockturn Alley. Both kept their faces covered by cloaks. They moved quickly across the cobblestone street.
"I do not see why you had to come with me," Severus muttered darkly to his companion.
"Moony is my best friend." Sirius pulled his hood up further around his face. "I'm not jusing ing to let him die. Knowing you, you'd get ingredients to speed the process along."
"I'm not going to let Lupin die. We've still got a three-hour window before it's fatal. The potion will be ready long before that." Severus cast a look of distain to Sirius. "It will take even longer if you get caught."
"No one's looking for me anymore, remember? They all think I'm dead."
Severus snorted. "And imagine how much panic there will be if you show up unharmed. At least transform into that mongrel form of yours."
"Just keep moving," Sirius demanded, quickening his step. "I'm not going to lose another friend."
Severus directed Sirius down a narrow alley between two run down buildings. The connections he had to visit for potion's ingredients were not too reputable and had to stay under the radar. "All right, Black, this particular seller doesn't take kindly to stranger's. You have to wait ou--"
Severus cried out in shock as he tripped, hitting the ground with a hard thud. He rubbed the side of his face, wincing. He had slammed so hard against the cobblestone he was seeing spots.
But he could see clearly enough to see what had tripped him.
"Borgin?" Severus looked closer at him, examining his face. He was tempted to reach in, to touch the dark veins coming from his lips, but he knew better. His entire mouth had been turned coal black. It looked creepily familiar.
"Come on, Snivellus," Sirius urged. "So he crossed the wrong customer. Who cares? We have more important things to worry about."
Severus rose, glaring at Sirius. "Fine. I will be right back. Don't touch him."
"I'll try to contain myself," Sirius snarled back.
Fifteen minutes later, Severus emerged from the basement shop. He clutched a small satchel in his hand. "All right. Now give me a moment. I need to be sure of something."
"Remus is dying!" Sirius yelled.
"And more are going to die if my theory is correct!" Snape pulled a knife from his robes, cutting off Borgin's lips.
Sirius gagged. "That's disgusting."
"Well, he doesn't need them anymore." Severus tucked the severed body parts away. "And I need them for tests."
He rose, striding out of the alley. Sirius followed close behind. "So are you going to tell me what your theory is?"
"We have to go save Lupin," Snape mocked. "Besides, you wouldn't believe me."
"Why do you care if Borgin is dead?" Sirius asked. "He probably just got the wrong customer angry."
"Borgin was poisoned," Severus explained. "And it wasn't ingested. It was applied directly to the mouth. And if I'm not mistaken, and believe me, when it comes to poisons I rarely am, it's basilisk poison."
"And your point is--"
"Do you know how rare basilisk poison is, Black? A millilitre alone can cost thousands of galleons. The amount that was spread across Borgin's mouth--" Severus shrugged. "Probably a half a million alone. I doubt someone has that much to spare on a peddler like him. Unless, say, they've acquired a neat little trick."
"What are you saying?" There was a dangerous edge to Sirius' voice, challenging Severus to go on.
"Ginervra Weasley's wearing a very dark shade of lipstick, wouldn't you say? Nearly black. Almost the same shade as Borgin's lips. You know, Borgin always liked young girls. I bet he couldn't resist kissing Ginny. That diary was filled with basilisk venom, and she's already channelled that thing's energy once. Maybe this time she got a bonus."
"You think Ginny did that?" Sirius shook his head. "Why would Ginny do that?"
"Why would Ginevra take the diary in the first place? And, if I'm correct... why would Ginevra poison Lupin?"
Sirius grabbed Severus by the shoulder, whirling him around. "That's a pretty dangerous accusation you're making there."
"He would have had to ingest the silver within the last hour. She's the only one in Headquarters who didn't show concern."
"She showed concern."
"Not where it mattered." Severus tapped his temple. "I make it a practice of regularly doing Legilimency on you people. You were radiating when Lupin fell. I didn't even need to probe. Now, tell me, Black, what is the most frightening thing a Legilimens can see in a person's mind?" He didn't wait for an answer. "I will tell you: Nothing. Normal people give you thoughts, emotions. Even normal Occlumens will let out thoughts they are not protective of to a Legilimens. Not so with Ginevra Weasley. She hides everything that is inside her. Because everything she is, all of her being, is a deception. We can't trust her."
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