'Dora took a step down the hallway. It was dark and gloomy, something just wasn't right. She reached in her pocket and was unable to find her wand. She turned around quickly. That was impossible, she had just had it in her pocket. She had just put it there! She started to go back, but she stopped mid-step. The passageway seemed to disappear. She turned back the other way. A figure stood there.
"Little, little, little girl. What are you doing out here all alone?" asked the robed figure. It seemed to be wearing a mask, one made of bone. She couldn't distinguish as to whether or not it was a female or male voice. Its vocal tones changed pitch after nearly every syllable.
"Wh...who are you?" she said, her breathing was starting to speed up, she could nearly feel her heart in her head. The figures head, at least that was what she was sure it could be called, twisted and its hand went deep into its robes. Out came a wand, whiter than the moon. She guessed it was about seventeen to nineteen inches long. It too seemed to be made of bone, which bone she dared not guess.
"Death m'dear," he tapped his wand forward, "Avada Kedavra," a green light filled the dark area. She screamed.
"'Dora!" cried Ginny as she stood over 'Dora's bed staring at her friend who had been screaming aloud, thrashing about in her bed. Ginny had thought it was just a dream, at least she did, but when 'Dora's face was filled with blood from a nose bleed, her thoughts of a dream were thrown out of the window. She had her wand in her right hand, little good it was doing, and she was screaming "'Dora" over and over again, the rest of the dorm now standing over the bed.
Ginny screamed her name once more, now engrossed in tears. Someone next to her pointed their wand forward and whispered, "Tergeo," causing the blood on 'Dora's face to suck into the wand tip as though being vacuumed up. 'Dora let out another piercing scream, then was still. Ginny, who was now hysterical, was sitting against the bed frame muttering to herself. The other girls stood over 'Dora, one with her hand on 'Dora's throat monitoring the pulse. She shook her head, and Ginny nearly fainted. 'Dora lay there, her body still with death.
'Dora shot up in a sitting position, her eyes open wide, and she screamed so loudly that within seconds of the scream Professor Higgins came running in, along with a few of the boys from the boys dorm, whom had been woken up by her screams.
"Ms. Grindelwald," said Higgins, her hands on 'Dora's shoulders. 'Dora sat there her mouth wide with a piercing scream that wouldn't end. Her eyes were wide, unblinking, and glossed over. Her pupils were so dilated that Ginny could have stuck her wand tip into it, perfect fit. Higgins pointed her wand at 'Dora and the silencing charm suddenly activated itself canceling the scream that had been causing everyone to cover their ears.
'Dora's jaw relaxed, her eyes rolled back into her head, and she lay there, no breathe escaping her lungs. Ginny felt a pang in her heart. She couldn't believe that she was losing 'Dora, the love of her life. She couldn't believe that she was leaving her alone in this world. She felt pings of hatred towards 'Dora for leaving her. Felt pings of hatred because 'Dora was getting the easy way out of facing the world. Yet, at the same time, she felt so much sorrow, she wasn't even sure she could bare looking at her lost love, her lost friend, anymore.
Higgins placed her hand over the eyes of 'Dora, and pulled the eyelids closed. She sighed. Never before had she ever had a student die, or seen on die, while she was working as staff for Hogwarts. But, there was always a first for everything.
'Dora gasped. Her eyes darting open, everyone in the room letting out the scream this time. 'Dora sat there shaking, her eyes normal, though her skin pale. She looked around, trying to speak, but no voice came out. Higgins flicked her wand removing the charm, her hands shaking. She was not sure what to think.
"What..." 'Dora coughed repeatedly, "What happened?" She had the covers of the bed pulled tightly around her. She was freezing. She felt as though she were sitting in the middle of the Black Lake, in December, naked. Ginny, unable to control herself, ran over and hugged the girl. 'Dora heard her whisper, "Don't you ever scare me like that again.." as tears ran from her eyes and onto 'Dora's shoulder. She still wasn't sure what Ginny was talking about, but whatever it was was apparently not good.
"We need to get you to the Hospital Wing, Ms. Grindelwald," said Higgins walking over to her. She helped her up, 'Dora having trouble at first to stand. Ginny helped Higgins guide her as they headed to the hospital wing, all the other students wanting to come also. Higgins waved them back telling them that they would have plenty of time to see her later.
Once they had arrived at the Hospital wing, and 'Dora had been placed in one of the beds, a varied amount of potions on a table next to her that she had to take, she looked over to Ginny and asked, "What exactly happened?"
"You scared the living shit out of me, that is what!" said Ginny, her eyes red and swollen from crying, " How could you not know what happened. You were screaming, your eyes looked like those of death-"
'Dora twitched at the word.
"-and you were so pale. It was dreadful, you had me so scared. And at one point you were dead! I mean, there was no pulse, no breathing, no nothing. You were just laying there, cold as could be. And then you woke up. I mean, what the hell was that?!?" Ginny sat on the bed next to 'Dora, her hand grasping 'Dora's for support.
"I just remember my dream...and that is all. I remember swirling in darkness, being hit from all sides. It felt like someone had blindfolded me, and had me standing in a room where people were able to hit me repeatedly. I hear laughing. Lots and lots of laughing," she swallowed, "and then nothing was dark anymore. And there you were lying before me...dead...broken..pale.." her voice died. She couldn't even go on to recount what all she had seen. She couldn't stand having seen her dearest friend, her greatest love, dead before her eyes.
She had seen Ginny's body lying on the ground, her legs wide open, blood pouring out from her vagina onto the ground where it puddled. Her entire body was covered in bruises. Her eyes were open wide in horror. She was missing her left nipple. Her beautifully carved breasts now looking like nothing more than lumps in her skin. The missing nipple was lying not two inches away from her head. Her feet had holes that had been drilled in the center of them, from the bottom, and out of the top. She had burns all over her body, to muggles it would have seemed to be cigarette burns, but to 'Dora it looked like someone took their wand tip and placed it on her repeatedly allowing heat to radiate and burn into her skin. Her nose had been broken, and her beautiful teeth were gapped, her mouth flooded with blood.
'Dora knew that she would, from this day, always fear losing Ginny even more. And she knew that the image of her in such a state would forever be imprinted in her mind haunting her over and over. Ginny could see the look of pain on 'Dora's face. She placed her left hand on the right cheek of 'Dora, and she leaned down, slightly pulling 'Dora's faced towards her, and their lips touched. 'Dora felt Ginny's tongue slide into her own. She tasted Ginny again, the first time in a summer. The kiss was filled with so much passion, had anyone been near them, they would have been able to feel it as much as the ones kissing could. 'Dora thanked the lord she had Ginny in her life, and she silently vowed that she would never let her friend end up in that state she had foreseen.
