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Prologue
Numb. That was the best word to describe Ginny Weasley. She lay in the hospital wing, near Harry Potter and she couldn't bring herself to care. Not after what had happened. Not after finding out that Tom Riddle was really Voldemort.
She had tried to tell someone that she thought she was the cause of the attacks but Percy had ruined that. Now she had to bear the guilt of putting her hero and brother in danger. She shuddered slightly at the thought of the basilisk. It was a horrid, evil creature. The thought of Harry having to face that alone with only a sword was horrifying. Especially because it was her fault.
She quietly turned over on her side as she thought about what had happened in the Chamber. Ginny remembered very little until 'waking up' to see Harry, the dead snake, and the destroyed diary. But she did remember unbearable pain. She remembered feeling like her very soul was being ripped from her and consumed.
Ginny Weasley felt quite a lot that night after she was rescued from the Chamber of Secrets. Unfortunately none of it was good. She closed her eyes and tried to go to sleep and forget the past year all at the same time. It didn't work.
Miles away from the troubled first year, a man and a woman sat together, watching as a phoenix trilled and burst into flame. The small emaciated form that emerged from the ashes was nothing like the beautiful bird that it had been a few moments ago. Somewhere in the house, a clock struck twelve signaling the beginning of a new day.
The two human inhabitants glanced towards a very special crystal, not surprised in the least that there was now a dancing flame at its heart. The woman said softly, "So it begins." The man nodded and replied, "We must be ready. She will come to us. And we must guide her. For the world's sake."
The woman agreed and the two moved to retire to their bedroom. After all sleep becomes rather important after six-and-a-half centuries.
Well, this seems to be an interesting thing I have going. I always seem to start off my stories with short depressing prologues that make absolutely no sense. That's all I'm going to say in this update 'cause I'm going to upload the first chapter in about five seconds.