(A/N: POP! I was walking up the stairs and this idea just HIT me! I would say literally, but no, it didn't fly out of the sky and HIT me HIT me, but it did HIT me… Hehehehe… I know that you've probably gotten the feeling that this is going to be a funny one shot, but no… it's not… it's going to be… romantic… maybe… I need to get a life away from ships…)
Disclaimer (yes, I finally remembered it!): I own no characters, only the plot. The characters are the official property of J.K. Rowling. The plot is mine, sorta… J.K. Rowling owns part of it, considering she coined the two characters that will be mentioned…
The Dead of the Night
Harry and I stole out of the dormitories and down the steps, under Harry's invisibility cloak. We rushed as fast as we could out onto the grounds and ran to the Quidditch Pitch. Everything was so dark, so quiet, and so serene; not a sound broke through the night.
We reached the pitch and through the cloak off of us, it landing in a heap next to me. We sat down on the grass and Harry held me close.
"I can't see you die, Ginny…" he whispered to me.
"I… I can't help the fact that I'm dying… it's incurable." I had just told Harry about my illness that I had had since I was born. My illness, Sickle Cell Anemia could never be cured, and it had just hit its peak. I had days, at the most, left to live. You could see a distinct paleness in my skin, my once flaming-red hair now lank and dull.
"There isn't a thing I can do to save you?" he asked me, looking into my eyes, boring into my soul with his vibrant green eyes.
"No… they say there's nothing. Just a lot of rest, and to live my life… I shouldn't expect to die for another week, but that's just a week… I'm only sixteen, Harry… I can't die… not yet, anyway…" I could no longer hold it in; my tears we flowing freely, my eyes leaking.
He held me close again. "I'll never leave your side again. You won't be alone though this, Ginny… I promise…" he kissed my lips softly, a loving calmness passing though his body into mine.
I looked at him. He was so handsome in the light of the moon and stars. His raven hair seemed to alight with magic and his emerald green eyes shone enough to be compared to the brightest star.
I grasped his hand, closed my eyes for one more time, and began to sing…
When you look back on times we had I remembered seeing him for the first time at the train station… waking up from the basilisk…
I hope you smile His smile when he
kissed me… his smile when ever I magically appeared… the smile
that never seemed to leave his face…
And know that through the good and through the
bad When we broke up last year because of his noble personality…
I was on your side I agreed with him,
though no happy… I stuck by him in the final battle just mere
months before…
When nobody could hold us down No one could
tear us down from that day forward… we were soaring…
We claimed the brightest star It seemed as
if we really had claimed the brightest star… looking back on
everything…
And we, we came so far Look at where we are
now…
And no they won't forget, yeah Ron and Hermione surely won't forget anything Harry and I had accomplished together.
Whenever you remember times gone by He
joined me now… his light voice floating up with mine.
Remember how we held our heads so high We
sang together, silently remembering everything we had together…
When all this world was there for us
And we believed that we could touch the sky
Whenever you remember I'll be there
Remember how we reached that dream together
Whenever you remember
When you think back on all we've done We
mixed our perfectly harmonized voices, thinking about everything…
the final battle… Quidditch…
I hope you're proud Surely he was proud
of everything… I know I am…
When you look back and see how far we've come
So… so far…
It was our time to shine Shining like the
brightest star that we claimed…
And nobody could hold us down Nope, not
even Lord Voldemort succeeded…
They thought they'd see us fall Boy, did
we show them…
But we, we stood so tall Together, we were
taller than the highest mountain peak in the entire universe…
And no we won't forget, yeah He won't, and neither will I…
Whenever you remember times gone by We
soared again, looking at each other with that same love we had
always, but never realized it, shone each other…
Remember how we held our heads so high
When all this world was there for us
And we believed that we could touch the sky
Whenever you remember I'll be there
Remember how we reached that dream together
Whenever you remember
We claimed the brightest star
And we, we came so far
You know that we, we showed them all Showed
them all that even us, a very unlikely couple could be together…
And no they won't forget, yeah Never will they forget us together…
Whenever you remember times gone by Something
was wrong now… I could feel my blood starting to congealed, but I
continued…
Remember how we held our heads so high A pain… a pain… I continued…
When all this world was there for us I keeled over, a searing pain over taking my will… he halted the song, kneeling down to caress my head.
It was over… all over… the world was spinning faster and faster, my disease taking my will to live from me.
Wetness on my arm; tears falling from The Boy Who Lives eyes… I reached up and ran my hand along his face… I pulled my voice back through, enough to carry…
And we believed that we could touch the sky
The phoenix tears; how I wished for those tears…
Whenever you remember I'll be there
"Never forget me, Harry." I told him…
Remember how we reached that dream together
"Dream of me, Harry…"
Whenever you remember "I'll remember
you, Ginny…"
Whenever you remember times gone by "I'll
remember us, Ginny…"
Remember how we reached that dream together My
eyes closed, but I proceeded to finish the last of the song, my voice
high and shaky, and his sweet and strong…
Whenever you remember
My eyes were shut; my voice was numbed… but my ears were wide open…
"I never got to tell you this, Harry, but…" I whispered…
"Ginny? What is it?" he asked me, the tears in his voice…
"I love you…" I whispered, my soul now leaving to soar high into the sky…
"I love you, Ginny… I always will…" he broke down in tears, still clutching my dead body… The dead of the night finally has its true meaning…
