I Dreamed a Dream

by Lia06

Songfic Ginny loved Draco and she thought he felt the same way about her. Set to “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables.

Title: I Dreamed a Dream

Summary: Songfic; Ginny loved Draco and she thought he felt the same way about her. Set to "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables.

Author: Lia06

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or anything related to Harry Potter. I also don't own the song "I Dreamed a Dream". That's from Les Miserables which I also don't own.

There was a time, when men were kind
And their voices were soft
And their words were inviting

When I was young, I believed in true love. I believed that when a man said, "I love you" it because he wanted to spend the rest of his life with you. Those words were a promise. And he made me that promise one summer. It was the summer between my fifth and sixth years. Oh I knew he was a Malfoy, but I didn't care.

There was a time, when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting

I was young and in love. I thought I knew everything. I still loved Harry but he had gone off to fight in the war and Draco was there. He said he loved me. He said he wasn't really a Death Eater. He said he could protect me. He said that if I stayed with him, I would be safe forever. And I believed him because I was in love and I wanted to be safe.

There was a time it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high and life worth living

Life was perfect that summer. Those were the best days of my life. My brothers warned me that it was dangerous. So I ignored them. My friends told me it was wrong. But I didn't listen. I knew that the battle was coming and I wanted excitement. For me, it was a summer of peace-the calm before the storm-and I believed that everything was perfect because I wanted everything to be perfect.

I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid

I thought I knew everything. I thought I knew better than everyone else. I thought that Draco would stay with me forever. He told me he loved me so he must have meant it. I was young and naïve. And everything seemed so wonderful. So I listened to his promises.

And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted

It seemed like a dream come true to me. I had a man who adored me, who spent every moment he could with me. We did everything together. When Hermoine told me to be careful, I just laughed in her face. How could this be wrong? It was a dream come true and we were exploring the all the possibilities. We had the world on a string.

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder

But I should have known better. All of Draco's promises were merely empty words. He had just told me those things to get what he wanted. He was using me and he had been acting under You-Know-Who's orders.

As they turn your hope apart
As they turn your dreams to shame

He left me at the end of the summer. At first, I didn't know where he went but eventually, I learned. He had gone straight to You-Know-Who and left me alone. Forever meant nothing to him. I love you was just another phrase. He didn't really care about me.

He slept a summer by my side
He filled my dreams with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride

I gave him everything. I thought it really would be forever. I thought that summer was the beginning of a beautiful life together. I thought he was the answer to all my prayers, all my wishes. But really he was just using me to get to Harry.

But he was gone when autumn came
And still I dream he'd come to me
That we would live the years together

When I found out I was having the baby I sent him word as soon as I could. I thought that surely when he knew we were going to have a baby together, he'd come running back to me. He would have to love this child. And we would marry and spend forever together. We would be a happy family and everything would be perfect.

But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather

He didn't come back. He sent me a letter saying that was what I got for being a whore. Everything between us was over. And I was alone again. I watched as Hermione and Ron fell in love during the war. I watched as Fred and Angelina fell in love and then George and Alicia. I knew I still had a special place in Harry's heart, but he was so busy fighting You-Know-Who he didn't have time for me or the baby I was going to have. After all I was going to have Draco Malfoy's baby. How could Harry ever forgive me for that?

I had a dream my life would be
So different from the hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed

At the end of the war, I was still alone. I was just alone with the baby. I had a little baby girl with strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes. She was a daily reminder of Draco and what might have been, of the lies I had believed. Harry found someone else to spend the rest of his life with and I was alone. All of this was because I had believed Draco Malfoy and refused to wait for Harry. Nothing had turned out the way I wanted it to be.

A/N: Please review! I hope you liked it.