Here I am, with the final chapter! Don't forget to review and say your goodbyes! Because no, I don't think there will be a sequel. Unless I get an interesting idea. We'll see. Enjoy!
Desclaimer: Harry Potter and it's characters belong to JK Rowling. Romeo & Juliet belongs to W. Shakespeare. Thanks to both writer and poet for writing such wonderful things! And I'm sorry I took the liberty to change one of Shakespeare's verses at the end… You'll see what I mean.
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"You will pay, Draco! Hey red-head, move out of the way! It's him I want! If you don't, I'll kill you as well!"
Ginny only clenched herself more onto Draco, not wanting him to get hurt. But Draco saw the mad look in the man's eyes and knew one thing: blood thurst was the only thing the Death Eater was seeking to relieve before being caught. At Draco's dismay, the mad man smirked in delight, and started speaking out a spell, to which Draco didn't answer with another spell. He spinned around to turn his back to the ennemy and protect what was the most precious he had. The spell made its way towards his heart, and striked him. As his mouth sprang open to scream out the pain, holding Ginny more thightly than ever, he saw a red-headed man running towards him as he crumbled on the ground. Arthur.
"Ginny!" Arthur's spead increased, and realized what the son of his loathed ennemy had done for his daughter. He couldn't understand it yet, but didn't try to as he saw Ginny shaking Draco, trying to wake him up. She let out a shriek and looked back at the cool-blooded killer. Draco had been like that once, she thought. Or that is what people used to say.
She quickly jumped to Draco's other side and made sure she was shielding him from any curse. She looked at the man straight in the eyes.
"Ginny!"
Father?
"Crucio Totali!" She heard the man bark out the curse, and then saw a dozen other wands pointed at him, sending spells to stop him. But she saw the purple bolt aiming for her heart, and pierce it, sending out rays of unbearable pain througout her body, speeding in every vein. She stared falling backwards, with a cry, and saw her father bend over when her head hit Draco's chest. All went black after that, releaving her of the pain.
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"Oh Arthur, how could this happen? She told me she was going out for a date, and this is how she returns to us!" Molly covered her face with her hands and started sobbing hysterically again.
"Date?" Arthur took his wife's shoulders and sat her down in the waiting room.
"Do you mean your daughter has been seeing my Draco?"
Arthur looked up when a cold and harsh feminine voice cut through his questionning. Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy had just arrived, and had caught a bit of the conversation.
"Hello, Lucius. Narcissa." Arthur lowered his eyes again. He really didn't want a fight here, in the hospital, when his daughter was fighting for her life.
"What has happened here Weasley? What has happened to my son?" snorted Lucius, ignoring the greeting.
Arthur looked up again, his eyes filled with grief and angst. He slowly started explaining the situation, as he had been able to built it up during the waiting. He watched the Malfoy's reactions, who normally so cold and uncaring, now did seem to care for once. Narcissa got paler than before - if that was possible - and grabbed onto a chair next to him, letting herself fall into it.
"My little Draco has been hurt? My little Draco protected a girl?" Narcissa muttered under her breath in disbelief and gazed to her husband. Lucius just stood there, anger obviously boiling inside.
"Foolish boy." He finally managed to spit out and turned away. Narcissa let out a cry seeing she wouldn't get any support out of Lucius as Molly got from Arthur. But afteral, she never had before, so why start now?
Malfoys do not love.
Lucius paced around angrily, thinking about all the times he had told this to the little Draco, drilled it in his head, and smirking in satisfaction as his son replied "Yes, father."
"Damn him!" He cried out loud, making Narcissa, Arthur and Molly jump. He pushed the doors and fled into the street, dissapearing for their view.
"Mr and Mrs Weasley, Mrs Malfoy, Virginia and Draco are out of danger now, you may see them." A healer held the door open for them as they rushed in.
Ginny opened her eyes and saw her parent's faces bending over her.
"Mum, dad?"
At the same time, Draco noticed a teary-eyed Narcissa.
"Mother?"
But then, both of them sat up, as if they had received an electrick shock and asked:
"Where's Draco?"
"Where's Virginia?"
And both looked at their sides, discovering each other's faces and let out a loud laugh. A laugh that showed their relief, their happiness, of being both there, in this room, alive.
Their parents couldn't resist and laughed too, altough it was mixed with tears. When they calmed down, Ginny accepted to tell what had happened and grinned to Draco. Arthur added that the man had been caught by the dozen Aurors who were after him.
Then, Arthur strolled over to Narcissa.
"Narcissa, look, I find it a very brave action of Draco to have protected Ginny like that. I must say I am very grateful." He looked into her eyes, eyes that didn't contain any tears anymore from falling.
"A-Arthur, Molly, d-do you realize that… I-if your daughter hadn't- hadn't protected him aswell, he would be… d-dead?"
She almost chocked on her last words, and went to hug her son as she had never done before. She was never used to show any motherly love, not with the Malfoys, not with the Blacks. But now, she didn't care anymore, for a situation she had feared had happened, only Draco wasn't guilty of being a Death Eater.
Molly did the same to Ginny and after what seemed an eternity, she let go. Narcissa did too, and dried her eyes with a handkerchief.
"Please, let's put all these quarrels behind. I am so grateful my son is alive, thanks to your daughter. I am so glad my son knows love as I never have."
Narcissa stared at them, pleading, until her face suddenly changed to show atonishement. Molly had pulled her in a small embrace.
"Yes, let's bring this non-sense to a stop." She said when she let go.
The parents smiled at their children and realized they wanted to be alone. When they had left, Draco and Ginny stared at each other, not sure of what to say.
"Well, I'm glad our tale didn't have to end as Romeo & Juliet." Ginny grinned widely.
"Yeah, especially that it's only the beginning, right?" Draco replied sweetly -which wasn't in his habit - and grinned back.
Both fell silent again after a nod from Ginny. They reached out their hands and held on to each other, even if they had to strech a little bit.
"Thanks." Whispered Ginny.
"For what?"
"For loving me like you do."
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"A resting peace this morning with it brings;
The sun, with joy, has showed his head:
Go hence, to have more talk of these wonderful things;
Some shall be prais'd, and some loved:
For never was a story's ending more happy
Than this of Draco and his Ginny."
Clapping resonned again, as Ron sat down after his little speech. Today, being three years after the incident, at the wedding of Virginia and Draco, their story was told again to the entertained public. And they all came to the same conclusion, which said:
"Shakespeare was all it took."
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THE END! Can't believe it^^;. I finally posted it. Sorry for the long delays, but several things got in the way. And now, on to the final thanks! I'm sorry if I forgot someone, but to all my readers kisses and hugs! You were wonderful!
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