| rogue77 | 07-31-2006 12:03 AM | Here's A New Post!!!! Chapter 26:The Truth
Ginny went to see Draco the minute Madam Pomfrey okayed it. All Draco did was toss and turn in bed. "FATHER!!" Draco screamed out as he awakened. "Draco. Are you alright? You...yelled out for your...father." Ginny said uncomfortably knowing that his father was dead. Draco sat up in bed and messed around with his hair. "My mother. Is she alright?" Draco asked worried. Ginny looked at him questionable. He had changed the subject about his father very quickly. Ginny decided not to push the issue about what happened that night, because Draco was more concerned about his mother right now. Plus, Ginny was so thankfully to see the love of her life alive again. "Your mother is recovering right now." Ginny said. Draco removed his covers and was about to get out of bed when Ginny strongly pushed him back down. "And so are you. Please Draco, you need to rest." Ginny pleaded. "Fine. But my mother is going to be ok right?" Draco asked eagerly. "Yeah, she will be fine. It will just take her awhile to get there." Ginny replied. Draco said "Good." and made himself as comfortable as possible. "I'm more worried about you. What happened at your house?" Ginny asked just as The Minister Of Magic walked past Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Hagrid. "I would like a word with you Mr. Malfoy. Alone." Said Cornelius Fudge as he glanced at Ginny. "Whatever you have to say to me, you can say in front of my girlfriend." Draco replied as he looked Fudge square in the eyes. "Very well. As you know, The Ministry Of Magic is aware when someone has performed an Unforgiveable Curse. We knew that someone had performed one at Malfoy Manor. When we got there, we discovered Lucius Malfoy's dead body." Draco moved uncomfortably in his bed. "I want to know what happened, and I want to know now." Fudge said strictly. Everyone including Madam Pomfrey were waiting to hear Draco's answer. "My father's dead. That's what happened." Draco answered coldly. Fudge gave Draco a look of anger, because Draco dared to be rude to the Minister Of Magic. "I know he's dead. Tell me how it occured." Fudge said losing his patients. "My father was a cruel Son of a B***h, so I killed him." Draco lied. Ginny looked Draco in the eyes, searching for an answer that made more sense than that. "That can't be true mate." Ron said, not believing a word of it. "Come on Draco. That can't be." Hermione said. "Silence! I want the truth, and I'm not leaving here until I get it." Fudge said. "Calm down Cornelius." Dumbledore said as he entered the Hospital Wing. "Albus, Mr. Malfoy refuses to tell me the truth about what happened between him and his father." Fudge replied hotly. "Perhaps he won't talk to you Cornelius, but maybe he will talk to me." Dumbledore said as he looked at Draco consideratly through his half-moon glasses. Fudge looked outraged. He couldn't believe that Dumbledore had the nerve to undermine a Ministry offical. "No Albus. I will not allow it." Fudge said to Dumbledore as he let his pride get in the way of being a good Minister Of Magic. "You will not allow me to get the answers you so desperately want?" Dumbledore asked cooly. Harry grinned at how smart and cool Dumbledore handled himself. Fudge looked very embrassed at Dumbledore's remark. "This is not over Albus. I expect you to inform me with any answers you recieve." Fudge replied trying to come out looking as in charge as possible. Then he stormed out, bumping into Hermione as he walked out and didn't turn to apoligze. "Hey." Harry said angryly. Harry went to go after Fudge to get an apology for Hermione. "Just forget it." Hermione said as she tugged at Harry's p.j. shirt. "We have more important things to deal with." Hermione said as she turned to look at Draco. Harry nodded back in agreement. Draco looked at his friends looking at him, then turned his attention back on Dumbledore and Ginny. "I think you would feel better talking to Professor Dumbledore Draco." Ginny said with a simpathic smile. "Ok Gin. But I don't want you to leave my side." Draco said bravely. Ginny squeezed his hand tight. "I'll never leave you." Ginny replied. Dumbledore showed them a faint smile. He admired how much Draco and Ginny had been through and still persevered. "Guys, no offense, but can you leave?" Draco asked Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Hagrid had made sure Fudge left the castle. "Ok Draco." Hermione replied with a tiny nod of her head. "Whatever you say mate." Ron said. "Just get better. I hope your mother gets out of here soon." Harry said as they all left. Draco said a quick thanks and looked back at Ginny and Dumbledore. "Let's get this over with." Draco said to Dumbledore. "Normally, I would use the legilimens spell, but I respect you Mr. Malfoy. I would like to hear from you what happened tonight." Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eyes. "Thanks sir. I appreciate that." Draco said tiredly. He had not gotten his recommended amount of sleep yet. Draco looked at Ginny nervously, and she gave him a reassuring look. "Well, ever since I could remember, my father..." Draco paused as the image of his father's dead body falling to the ground flashed across his mind. He continued with great difficulty. "My father has beat me. He would come home upset about something that happened at work, and take his anger out on me. He never used a spell. He beat me the old fashioned way, the way his father beat him. He never use to beat my mother. Then... he started when Harry gave him back Tom Riddles diary." Draco paused again looking at Ginny. She had a guilty expression on her face. Draco regretted mentioning Tom Riddle's Diary. "Father said that Harry Potter had meddled in his affairs again. He said Lord Voldemort would be furious if he ever found out that his diary was destroyed. So... that's... when...he started...hurting my mother. She kept begging him to stop. But, he... wouldn't. He...just kept hitting her...over and over and over again." Draco said as tears started to form in his eyes and anger grew in his voice. Ginny had the saddest look on her face. She could feel how much pain Draco was in. "I understand this is most difficult, but please continue." Dumbledore urged. "I tried to stop him. To get him away from my mother, but he was always too strong. He was too smart too. Whenever I was home, he would take my wand away, so I couldn't use magic against him. So...I knew that I had to stop him. I couldn't sit back and let him hurt my mother any longer. So...tonight, I went to my house and discovered it was a wreck. My father had trashed the place...like he's done so many times before. I searched for my mother everywhere, and finally found her in magical binds in the basement." Draco said with pain in his eyes, as he clenched his fists together as if he were ready to punch a wall. Ginny stroked Draco's hand, trying to comfort him. "When I went to free my mother, my father appeared. He told me why he had done this to my mother, and why I had betrayed him. He yelled at me alot. Then he pulled out his wand, ready for a fight. I pleaded with him not to do this. He said...that...he...had no...son." Draco struggled to say as his tears began pouring out of his eyes. Ginny quickly got him a tissue. "Thanks Gin." Draco said as he took the tissue and wiped away his tears. "So my father and I started to duel. After a couple of spells, I managed to conjure my father's wand out of his hands. Then...the next thing I know, my father is coming at me and knocks me down. I dropped both wands. He starts hitting me. He was hitting me harder than ever before. I thought he was going to kill me. So...I used my last bit of strength and got him off of me. Then..." Draco paused trying to catch a breather. "I got myself to a wand and used...The...Killing Curse on him." Draco said as more tears ran down his white cheeks. "I swear Sir, it was Self-Defense! I didn't want to kill him, but I had too. I had to stop him." Draco managed to say in between sobs. Ginny started to cry as well. She never imagined that Draco could be in so much pain. She didn't think that Draco had actually killed his own father. But, now she knew the truth. Dumbledore sighed. "Mr. Malfoy, Draco. I am eternally grateful to you. You have showed me some real courage to tell me what happened. I will inform The Ministry at once. I will leave you now. I'm sure the both of you have much to talk about." Dumbledore said as he got up to leave. "One last thing Draco, get well. We need someone like you up and about." Dumbledore said with a smile. Dumbledore left the Hospital Wing very quietly, it was still very late at night. Draco layed back down on his bed. He looked at Ginny for a moment. All was silent. "I know we have a lot to talk about. Can we talk tomorrow? I do have to rest." Draco asked tiredly. "Sure. We'll talk tomorrow." Ginny replied. Then Ginny got up and climbed into bed with Draco. Draco looked at Ginny in surprise and joy. Ginny smirked. "Don't get any ideas. I've just missed you so much. I don't want to leave your side." Ginny said sweetly. Draco grinned at her. Then they both fell asleep quickly, in eachother's arms. |