POV Ginny W.

Maybe

Ginny Weasley was beyond mad, or furious, or even rage. There are no words to describe the feeling that was racing through her veins. While the boy-

'No wait' she stopped herself mentally. 'Harry Potter was no longer "the boy who lived" she had heard in the bed time stories her mom told her sitting in her warm bed at night so many years ago. He had gone through so much that he had stopped being a "boy" the moment he first stopped Voldemort from stealing the Philosopher's Stone.'

While the man that she loved was out in the halls of the former safe haven Hogwarts with her family and her friend Hermione risking his life again she was safely stuck here in the Room of Requirement. Alone.

There was a loud creek from the wall indicating that someone had just entered the room from Hog's Head. Ginny sprang to her feet with her wand aimed at the face of… "Tonks?" she asked confused and unsure, "I thought that you were with Teddy and your mom."

"I was but I couldn't help not knowing. What are you doing in here why aren't you out there helping?" she asked almost like she was disappointed in the way Ginny was acting. Like she wanted to be here instead of where the action was.

Before she was able to answer another woman walked out of the wall, but this woman was considerably older. Ginny had never laid eyes on this woman or on even a picture, but by the way she carried herself even with a cane from just things she had been told Ginny knew who this was. She was looking at Neville Longbottom's grandmother.

"Look alive girls there is a war going on here. Come on. Get moving," said Mrs. Longbottom shuffling in her house slippers.

"I want to fight but they won't let me." She sighed frustrated.

"I'm sorry Gin. Really I am but I don't have time for sympathy right now. Have you seen Rem-" she was cut off by the entrance of Harry, Ron, and Hermione who rushed in breathless. Harry looked right at Ginny and her heart could have burst with the elation and furry she felt at that moment.

'He is alive,' her heart screamed but it was shadowed by another quieter but still acknowledged scream; 'How dare he be alive and here.' But before she could say anything Mrs. Longbottom beat her to it.

"Ah, Potter you can tell us what is going on."

But me and Tonks didn't let him answer as we asked in unison, "Is everyone O.K."

"'S far as we know," Harry panted. That was when Ginny toned out. Everyone was ok… they might win this thing yet.

"Ginny," the sound of her name on his tongue snapped her out of her trance. She noticed that the other three and her were alone Tonks and Mrs. Longbottom had left. "I'm sorry," Harry was saying "but we need you to leave too. Just for a bit." He said sternly as he saw my smile "Then you can come back in."

She didn't even hear what the last part was nor did she care. She was filled with happiness to be released from her prison. She rushed past them trying to catch up with Tonks ignoring what Harry shouted back at her though when she heard Ron say something about the kitchen she stumbled. Quickly she regained her composer and raced up the endless stair case taking three or four at a time.

When she reached the top it looked like the DA meetings with more rubble and the air was filled with the lust to actually kill. Curses and multiple hexes rushed past her blowing her hair in all directions. When a silver streak highlighted a tuff of pink hair flying to the court yard Ginny raced after it without a second thought.

When she got there she forced herself not to look down at the many bodies and blood strewn across the ground. She had no clue or desire to know how many were friend and how many were foe.

"NO!" the yell made Ginny want to be sick. She turned towards the sound and saw a sight she had never wanted to see. Tonks was lying with her arms thrown over Professor Lupin desperately trying to protect and revive his lifeless body. An evil cackle caused a chill to rush down her spine and through every nerve in her body. The Death Eater responsible for this monstrosity was closing in on Tonks. It was hopeless and Ginny knew it but her feet thought for her as she sprinted in that direction waving her wand to deflect the jets of light in her way.

"TONKS!" she yelled in a final attempt to save her dear friend, but it was too late. The green light crept from the things wand and it was as if Voldemort slowed down time in order to torment Ginny as Tonks body went slack and fell onto Lupin's.

Ginny knew this would happen, she knew that there would be death and she knew that leaving the safety of the Room of Requirement meant she would witness some of them. Maybe even cause some, but knowing and experiencing were two very different concepts. She knew this now as she looked, not at her friends faces but, at their intertwined hands. Ginny knew this is how she wanted to die as she faced the monster in front of her. The complete confidence that they would win this war was not entirely extinguished inside her, but it was greatly decreased. The fire inside her burned bright as she drew her wand and without thinking fought the monster as she tried to comprehend what made it burn.

'Maybe,' she thought as the Death Eater fell over dying. 'Maybe it knows it only has a couple hours at the most to burn. Maybe it knows it won't burn after today. Maybe it knows I am going to die' and with this Ginny turned with a new passion to help in the war as she looked for a new opponent.