For the Pairing Diversity Boot Camp Challenge
Pairing: Tom/Ginny
Prompt: merry-go-round
It all started with a diary
A harmless book for silly, little girls to fill with nonsense
and dog-eared p/a\g/e\s where lurked the _shadow_
of a man.
And that's how she bought her ticket isn't it, Tom?
Her ticket into your sick, tWiStEd carnival.
Enticing her with that
topoftheworldfeeling
before the .:roller coaster:. inches over the edge
and
Down
dOwn
doWn
dowN
she goes…
Full of adrenaline&hormones
and all those ::sweet:: things that
silly, little girls are made of.
Because, you see, just one {taste} is all it took
to get her hooked on your attentions
and to forget about what ((common sense))
and her father told her
about things that talk but don't have brains.
And now that you've ~humored~ her a little bit,
you lead her in
to your House of Mirrors where nothing is clear
except that she's hopelessly lost
and everything's distorted
and true_and_false don't exist.
She's unsure if she's awake
but if she is sleeping
this has turned into a nightmare,
stuck on a merry-go-round
(this sick, TwIsTeD carousel)
while familiar faces simply pass her by.
All but One
with a scar like lightning.
That boy she told you about, Tom.
You know the one
With eyes like a =fresh pickled toad=
and a sword
[how Gryffindor]
He tells her to hold on so she does
with everything she has
And they leave
the rollercoasters
and mirrors
and merry-go-rounds
and sick, twisted, carnivals
behind.
"It's all behind you now, Ginny."
But she can't help but wonder,
if the ride is over,
then why won't the world stop spinning?