A/N: If you've read any of our other stories, you might want to know that this is not going to be like that.  Yes, last time we told you we had a serious fic, it had almost as many jokes as our intentionally funny fics.  This is not like that.  You will be sad.  Very, very sad.  Enjoy!

Disclaimer:  We do not own Ginny, Harry, Tom, of the song for that matter.  We don't even own the dialogue, as I took it right out of the book.  Do not fret, though.  This will be the only chapter coming straight out of the book.

Chapter 1

Twelve year old, Ginny Weasley looked around her in surprise.  She hadn't remembered coming into this room, this cold stone room.  Water was dripping from somewhere far away, making her feel so lonely.

She turned around and let out a soft scream.  There was a large statue of Salazar Slytherin staring right at her, his cold eyes almost boring into her.

"My Virginia," she heard a voice whisper in her ear.  Ginny jumped slightly, looking around to see who had spoken.  She spotted Tom's Diary resting on the floor.

She quickly put two and two together.  "Tom?" she whispered, wondering if the diary had, in fact, spoken to her.

"Yes...my Virginia.  I am... here," Tom's voice came through slowly, as if he was having trouble speaking.  She remembered how long it took him to answer her in the diary when she first got him.

"How did we get here, Tom?" she asked.  "Where are we?"

"We are... in the... Chamber... of Secrets," he replied.

"What?  Oh, God.  It was me.  All along."  Ginny took a deep breath.  "I petrified those people."

A weak laugh filled her ears.  "No... my Virginia.  I did.  I... hurt those people."  His voice was gaining strength.

"What?" Ginny asked, not comprehending this.  "What do you mean?  You can't..."

"I can.  I did it... through you.  Now... you are of no use to me... my Virginia."

A tear slid down her cheek.  "But, Tom.  Tom, you didn't..."  Ginny paused, trying to form words, but they wouldn't come.  She suddenly felt extremely tired.

"I did.  And rather soon...I'll be out of this diary.  And... you will be dead."  Ginny's knees buckled and she collapsed onto the floor, yet Tom continued to talk.  "Can you feel it?  It's draining your energy, your life... your very soul.  Soon, my Virginia, you will have served... your purpose."

Ginny saw something emerge from the diary then.  A shape, more transparent then a ghost.  It, however, acted very solid as its feet touched the ground.  She knew that Tom had escaped from the diary.  And that it was her fault.

And that was the last thing she knew as she drifted into darkness.

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She heard a sound.  A strange sound, a singing, beautiful singing.  She felt as if it was lifting her up, making her float. 

But Ginny couldn't see anything.  Nothing at all.  The realization hit her suddenly.  She thought she was dead, yet she didn't care.

She didn't care that she couldn't see, either.  All she cared about was the music.  Ginny imagined the angel that was making this unearthly sound.  She imagined him looking at her, into her, reaching a hand out to lead her on.

How can you see into my eyes

Like open doors

Leading you down into my core

Where I've become so numb

As a wave of warmth spread across her, she realized how cold she had been.  And how much she wanted to leave this place.  She tried to reach out, to grasp the angel's hand, but she couldn't move.  As hard as she tried, she couldn't move at all.

Then a terrifying thought came to her.  What if she couldn't move because she wasn't allowed to go with him?  What if what she had done would send her to hell?

Without a soul

My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold

Until you find it there

And lead it back home

Please, she thought, please take me.  Please don't leave me here.

But then the singing left.  It turned to sounds of shrieking, fighting, none of it sounding of this world.  Then some shouting, something about a bird.

Ginny tried to call out to her angel again, begging him to let her leave this terrifying place.

Wake me up inside

Wake me up inside

Call my name and save me from the dark

Bid my blood to run

Before I come undone

Save me from the nothing I've become

And he did.  She felt herself focusing.  She was still in the chamber, the cold, hard floor uncomfortable against her.  She sat up slowly, hoping that she would be able to.

Where's Tom? she thought, glancing around, but her eyes rested on the form of a large dead snake.  And then upon Harry.  Her Harry.  Harry who was covered in blood, and held Tom's diary in his hand.  A hole was punched through the diary.

And Ginny knew Tom was gone forever.

Now that I know what I'm without

You can't just leave me

Without Tom, she needed something.  Someone.  Harry.

"Harry- oh, Harry - I tried to tell you at b-breakfast, but I c-couldn't say it in front of Percy - it was me, Harry - but I - I s-swear I d-didn't mean to - R-Riddle made me, he t-took me over- and - how did you kill that - that thing?  W-where's Riddle?  The last thing I remember is him coming out of the diary-"

Ginny briefly thought of explaining what she had heard, but Harry cut her off.

Breathe into me and make me real

Bring me

To life

"It's all right.  Riddle's finished.  Him and the basilisk," Harry told her proudly.  And Ginny felt as if she would cry.  She tried to imagine what living without Tom would be like, and couldn't.

Wake me up inside

Wake me up inside

Call my name and save me from the dark

Bid my blood to run

Before I come undone

Save me from the nothing I've become

"C'mon, Ginny, let's get out of here-" Harry said, as if that was the most important thing.

No longer able to hide her tears, Ginny sobbed.  She quickly thought of a reason for her tears.  "I'm going to be expelled."

Harry's hands grasped hers as he helped her up, and she momentarily lost all train of thought.  Part of her was thinking that this was the person who killed Tom.  The other was thinking about how much he looked like Tom.  And how wonderful it felt to be holding his hands.

Bring me to life

I've been living a lie

There's nothing inside

Bring me to life

"I've looked forward to coming to Hogwarts ever since B-Bill came and n-now I'll have to leave and - w-what'll Mum and Dad say?"  Ginny wept, though the thought was not very prominent in her mind.

Harry let go of her hands and she suddenly felt so, so empty.  So hollow.  So alone.

Frozen inside without your touch

Without your love, darling

Only you are the life among the dead

All of this time, I can't believe you couldn't see

Kept in the dark, but you were there in front of me

Harry had brought her back, she tried to convince herself.  Harry had kept her alive.  Harry had made her live again.  She couldn't hate someone who had done that.

I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems

Got to open my eyes to everything

Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul

Don't let me die here

There must be something more

Bring me to life

And Ginny Weasley fell in love with Harry Potter as he led her out of the Chamber of Secrets.

A/N: What do you think?  Are you depressed yet?  If you're not, you will be.  Trust us.  Review and tell us what you think, please.