Chapter 2 : Harder Everyday
They had been back at Hogwarts for almost a month and were enjoying every minute of it except for the work. Harry and Ron were getting geared up for Quidditch while Hermione was as per usual shoved in her books. Not everything was right though. No one had heard from Halle and he was getting increasingly worried.
"Mr. Potter. Mr. Potter. Mr. Potter!" Professor McGonagall bellowed.
Harry snapped out of his daze. "Sorry Professor what was the question?"
"Do try to save daydreaming for times when you aren't in my class Mr. Potter." She replied.
Harry looked down at his desk as the class chuckled at her remark.
When class was over he was immediately quizzed by Hermione. "Harry are you okay?"
"I'm fine Hermione. Just tired I guess." He replied.
"Hey guys." Ginny said catching up with the group. "How was class?"
"The same." Ron stated. "Harry zoning out in class."
Harry looked at his girlfriend and smiled slightly. Ginny simply grabbed his hand and squeezed it. "It'll be okay Harry."
"Come on guys we'll miss dinner." Ron exclaimed.
"The food will still be there Ron." Hermione laughed.
"Have you seen Dean and Seamus eat?" he replied rushing down the hallway.
The three simply laughed and followed the hungry teenager.
He fumbled with the door knob as they continued to kiss. He was finally successful and he led her into the room closing the door behind him. Slowly they moved to the bed. She laid back and he looked down at her. However much he wanted to be in that moment the past seemed to haunt him.
flashback
He knew that a student shouldn't be in his bedroom, especially a female student; but at the moment he disregarded all the rules. She looked up at him and the pain in her eyes caused a pang in his stomach. He couldn't stand to see her like this. He tried to smile at her but was unsuccessful. Her eyes were swollen from the tears yet he still found that they were undyingly beautiful. He reached and brushed a wild strand of hair out of her face. Their eyes locked. It was at the moment that he let all apprehensions, all rules, and all matters of conduct escape from his mind. Leaning forward he kissed her lightly on the lips. He waited for the slap on the face and the look of repulsion to come but they never did. Instead she simply lay down on the opposite side of the double bed. He lay down next to her, draping one arm over her waist.
end flashback
"Remus is something wrong?" Tonks asked as she looked up at the still man.
He nodded. "I'm fine." He leaned in and started kissing her again. Her hand drifted down to his pants and she slowly unbuttoned them. He couldn't stop it. His mind flew to her.
flashback
"Did I ever tell you how much I love your laugh, and how much, how much I er love you." He stated awaiting a comment.
Halle stood there staring at him. After about a minute went buy Remus spoke. "Are you going to say anything?"
Halle shook her head. "No, I'm going to show you." She said and with that she leaned in a kissed him. Opening her mouth she let her tongue trace his bottom lip until he opened his mouth and brushed his tongue against hers. He slowly led her to his bed and gently laid her down without breaking the kiss. He laid on top of her deepening the kiss. Halle gasped mid kiss and she felt his erection growing against her thigh. He shifted so that it was now directly against her heat. She could feel his want pulsating through their clothes.
Remus moaned as Halle shifted, rubbing up against him. They broke apart briefly, long enough for Remus to hear the words he longed for. "I love you." Halle whispered. Their lips touch again. This time there was more fire and passion which each movement of Remus's. Halle entwined her hands in his hair as he gently rubbed her waist where his hands lay.
end flashback
"Remus what's wrong?" Tonks asked.
"I can't do this I'm sorry." He replied somberly.
"It's okay I understand." She got up slowly and he walked her to the door.
He smiled slightly at her. "It's just not the time yet." He said as he opened the door.
"I understand Remus, really I do." Tonks replied. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight." He said pulling her into him and kissing her lightly on the lips.
As she walked away he took a deep breath and closed his eyes. No matter what he did he couldn't get her out of his mind. He was drowning in her. But she was gone and he knew he had to try and move on with his life, even if he didn't want to.
It was a habit she had gotten into. After work she would consistently go to the library and pull up all the muggle papers from London. She needed to know what was going on. She still received the Daily Prophet however her subscription was under a fake name. After all she didn't want to be found. The moving pictures made her think of Harry and Sirius, and him. She wondered what Harry was doing at that moment.
Her mind flashed back to Ginny's owl as she crawled between the thin sheets of her bed. She cried herself to sleep just as she had every night since she arrived.
The two men sat at the bar in Hogshead. "Have you heard anything?" The light haired man asked.
"I thought you weren't going to ask that anymore." Replied the raven haired man.
"I just want to know that she's okay." Remus said solemnly.
Sirius smiled at his friend. "She's okay."
The quiet pub suddenly became noisy. The two men turned around and saw Hagrid rushing in with a look of alarm on his face.
"What is it Hagrid?" Remus asked.
He spouted out trying to catch his breath. "There's – been - an - attack."
Trying to be someone that you know your not
It gets harder everyday
All the lonely days
There's no one left to love
You wish life would go away
You wish life would go away
I know one day ill get through this
I know one day we'll be done
I know one day ill find a way
To see you
In the middle of her morning cup of coffee a tawny owl swept through the open kitchen window and dropped the paper in front of her. Taking a bite of her toast she picked of the paper and began reading it however mid chew she dropped the paper as she read the headline.
Hogwarts Teacher Injured and One Student Missing
During Hogwarts students' routine visit of Hogsmead Professor Serverus Snape was injured while protecting none other than Harry Potter. Though he succeeded in the prior 6th year Hogwarts student Ginerva Weasley is now unaccounted for. She was last seen with Mr. Potter outside of Flourish and Blotts. Her father Arthur Weasley and brother Percy, who are both employed by the Ministry of Magic, declined comment as they rushed after the news of the young girls dissapearence.
Professor Snape is currently at St. Mungos where we have received conformation that he is not in any critical condition.
Harry Potter returned to Hogwarts without a scratch however many wonder whether this attack was not meant for Harry but his sister Halle and the kidnapper mistook Ginny for her. After emergence into the wizarding world last year, Halle Potter has been MIA since the last school term. Numerous sightings have been reported though all have proved false.
We here at the prophet wish Serverus Snape a speedy recovery and offer anything we can do to help find the young Weasley girl.
As if on cue a popping sound came from behind her. She knew who it was, after all, he was the only person who knew where she was. She hadn't planned on telling anyone where she was but when Voldemort sent him to the states to gather more supporters he ended up at the diner.
"How is he?" She asked without turning around.
"Snape or Harry?" Draco Malfoy asked as he sat across the table from her.
"Both." She replied rubbing her temples as she contemplated everything.
"Snape's recovering. The Order is standing watch by his door 24/7. He knows now, Voldemort. He knows that Snape was working for the Order." Malfoy said picking up the piece of toast that Halle had dropped and began eating. "Crabe yelled at him, 'Voldemort or the boy' when everything happened at Hogsmead and well, I'm sure you can guess who he picked."
Halle smiled slightly wishing she had been there to see Snape doing something nice for Harry.
"As for Harry, he's in a right state of course. First his sister is gone, now his girlfriend. Haven't gotten to talk to him face to face of course seeing as we're supposed to hate each other and all." He explained.
"Why did he take her?" Halle asked looking out the window.
"To do what he does. Get to Harry. Take everything away from him." He said pausing, he was afraid to continue. "We need you Halle."
She shook her head. "No you don't Draco, you have Harry."
"Halle he's pretty much cationic right now. What good is that going to do? Dumbledore is growing weak. He can't scare Voldemort away forever and with Harry like this who's going to be there to stop him?" Malfoy insisted
"I'm seventeen years old. I shouldn't be worried about whether or not I'm going to see the next sunset. I should be out having fun, being carefree, enjoying life. But no, I had to get the whole wizarding world on my shoulders too." Halle exclaimed.
"Don't let the same thing happen to Ginny that happened to your parents." He said quietly.
Halle sighed and merely gazed out the window at the cloudless sky.
His face had haunted her dreams for six years yet the one she was looking at now was much older and harsher than what she had encountered all those years ago. His followers were whispering all around her. None of them seemed to know exactly what the Dark Lords plan with Ginny Weasley was.
When Ginny had awoken in the damp cell she immediately called out for Harry. Icy cold laughing had come from outside and she knew it was him. She saw him walking towards her as she scrambled her way to the very corner of the room. The last thing she heard was the raspy cry of "Crucio" as she collapsed to the floor in pain.
He hadn't really spoken to anyone since the incident. The wall had become his best friend as he sat in his dorm room consistently staring. The Weasley's had all immediately arrived at Hogwarts, even Percy. They tried to assure Harry that it wasn't his fault but Harry knew they were just trying to be nice. He knew in the back of his mind that this was bound to happen someday. He was beginning to realize why Halle left. She didn't want to end up like the rest of them, dead.
'The best aurors are on the case' was what Dumbledore told Harry. He wouldn't let him leave. Wouldn't let him save the girl that he loved because he wasn't ready to face him. The only thing Harry could think about was how many more people would have to die before he was ready?
She awoke to the sound of scampering feet. Staring at her was a very familiar rat. "Scabbers." She whispered unable to move from the stinging after all the pain she had endured.
The rat slowly morphed into the slimy man that was Peter Pettigrew. He leaned down and picked her up and with a loud pop they reappeared in a wooded area. Wormtail looked at her with utter fright at what he had just done. "I owe Harry Potter my life." He said before he disappeared into the night.
She heard a dog barking in the distance and the loud scruffy voice that she would recognize everywhere. Ginny opened her mouth to yell but all that came out was a whisper. She swallowed drying and tried again. Forcing her voice up through her throat she finally yelled. "Hagrid!"
"Who's out 'ere? The forest is forbidden to students!" He hollered coming closer.
"Hagrid!" She yelled again, her voice sounding more desperate. As the world began to grow dim around her she felt the large arms of her friend pick her up. For the first time in days she felt a calmness come over her and she invited the darkness that consumed her eyes.
When she woke there were flowers and balloons everywhere she looked. People were whispering around her as she began to move. When everyone around noticed she was awake the room was in an uproar.
"Oh Ginny dear!" Molly Weasley began crying and hugging her daughter.
"We asked you to take over pranking for us Gin, not to get yourself into real trouble!" George exclaimed.
Everyone from the Weasley family took their turns hugging her. Ron looked at Ginny, then at the silent person sitting in a chair across the room. "He blames himself of course Ginny. Nothing too different there though."
Ginny saw Sirius and Remus pull Harry out of the chair and take him over to her. Harry's eyes were bloodshot and his face doned tear stains. "Hey." She said sternly. "It's not your fault."
Harry looked down at the ground. She reached out and grabbed his hand and he looked back up at her. "I love you Harry." She whispered.
"I love you too Gin. I thought I lost you, I can't deal with that." He finally cried out wrapping his arms around her and planting a kiss on the top of her head.
"You won't lose me Harry." She replied pulling him closer.
Everyone in the room couldn't help but smile at the two teenagers. Ron put his arm around Hermione and Remus followed suit with Tonks.
"Hope I'm not interrupting anything." Came an oddly familiar voice from the door. All eyes shot to the door. "I just wanted to make sure everything had gone smoothly."
"Halle." Sirius said walking over to her and immediately pulling her into a hug.
When he finally let go she and Harry exchanged looks. Slowly he got up and walked towards her. Halle was unsure how to take his reaction. His face was unreadable. He did just the same as Sirius and hugged her.
When the reuniting of the sibilings was done Halle walked over to Ginny with Harry. "How are you feeling?" She asked the red head.
"I'm okay. Thanks for coming." Ginny paused. "Halle what did you mean about seeing if everything went smoothly."
"It's nothing important. What's important is that you're okay." Halle responded.
"It is important." Came another voice from the door. Draco Malfoy stood in the door frame with a half smile. "When she heard about what had happened to you she asked me to help her find Pettigrew. Once we did and he was alone she told him to either rescue you or she'd finish what Harry didn't."
"That's my girl." Sirius responded.
Halle frowned at Draco obviously not wanting them to know the story. "It had to be in inside job. It was too risky for one of us to do it. So who else better than him? After all, he owed Harry his life."
"Why did you do all of this? I thought you just wanted to be a muggle again." Harry asked.
Halle looked at Draco then back at her brother. "Because someone reminded me that running away wouldn't bring back our parents or my adopted ones. It would only put more people I loved lives at risk." For the first time Halle locked eyes with Remus. She felt like she had only been gone an hour when he looked at her. She was immediately distracted by the movement of his arm adjusting around Tonks. She whipped her attention away and looked back and Sirius. "Can we go home now?"
Sirius smiled at her. "Sure."
"You're not going back to Hogwarts?" Hermione piped up.
Halle laughed. "God I missed you Hermione." She ran and gave her friend and big hug. "Not just yet though. I'll visit though, I promise. I have some things to take care of first."
"I can't thank you enough for helping me out today." She said to the man.
"You're going to have to tell everyone eventually." Dumbledore stated.
She looked at the ground. "I know. But right now, I just can't." Halle picked up her belongings and exited the Headmasters office. And now it was time to go home.
a/n : Sorry it's taken me so long to update. I've been working non stop with barely a day off. As you may have noticed I scrapped the original chapter 2 because it wasn't going in the right direction for my story. I appologize for any inconvience this has caused you. Please review!
