Accidents
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Chapter 4: She's Gone
HERMIONE
"What do you mean 'she's gone'?" I asked. Lavender, Pansy, and Luna sat on the couches in my common room. I looked to Blaise where he stood with Draco and Harry (who had decided that Auror training would be easier with all 7 years of school completed).
"She's not here! She was walking up to our dorm last night, but she wasn't there when we went up!" Lavender sobbed. "She never came and we woke up without her there!"
"Lavender," Blaise said, moving over to the seat next to her and putting an arm around her shoulders, "Listen, we'll find her. We are all going down to see McGonagall, alright?"
"Yeah," she sniffed, before wrapping her arms around Blaise's waist and sobbing into his shirt. He placed one arm around her and he tangled the other into her hair.
There was a knock at the door. I opened it and Remus entered. "You called?" he asked. I had used my new werewolf-mate abilities to alert him that something was wrong.
"Ginny's gone."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that she's not here. She disappeared."
"You don't think…" Sirius came into the room, shooting a look at Remus.
"I do think," Remus said. "Come on, all of you. I think I know where Ginny is."
We all walked down to Minerva's office. We entered and Sirius said, "She's gone."
"Who has gone where?" Minerva asked.
"Ginny's gone… I think you know where," Remus said. An understanding passed between them.
Minerva turned to us and said, "Everyone, Ginny has traveled into the past. She'll return. All in due time. I won't worry you any more—get to class."
DRACO
I looked to the beautiful blond girl that stood in the corner. "Luna, what's wrong?"
"Ginny has always been nice. She was my first friend. My only—until I found Harry and Hermione. I worry for her."
"You shouldn't. She's with Harry's parents and Professors Lupin and Black."
"She's in the time of war, though."
"I didn't think of it, but I've seen Ginny do spectacular things."
"She is smart enough to handle herself, but I worry about how the findambles will affect her. They attack when someone undergoes time-travel. Hermione was lucky enough to escape them."
"What's a findamble?"
"Like I said, they attack during time-travel, and they are blue with yellow stripes. They are about the size of a cat, and they have no fur. Really mean creatures, they are."
BLAISE
"I feel like it's my fault," she said, still sobbing into my shirt. Not that I minded having a pretty girl sobbing onto me.
I grabbed her chin with my fingertips and forced her to look into my eyes. "It isn't. It was fate's choice."
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"For this," she said, leaning forward and placing a kiss to my lips.
HARRY
"She's… she's just gone. We were friends," Pansy said. I pulled her to me so that she could lean into my shoulder.
"We all miss her, but she shouldn't be gone for long. She has to come back because Sirius and Remus said that she would."
"I know, but I miss her. I was looking forward to spending this year with her."
"After graduation, she wants to move out of the Burrow. I offered her a place at my, well, Sirius's house. You can come, too, if you'd like. You, Ginny, and Hermione can spend all the time you want, together."
She immediately brightened. I decided that she looked even prettier when happy. "Really?"
"Yep."
"Thank you, Harry! Thank you so much!" she said, hugging me tightly.
"No problem."
"I didn't have anywhere to go, anyways."
"Why not?"
"My parents Impiriused me throughout my life. I never wanted to follow Him. I was forced to. They haven't been arrested. I escaped. I can't go back."
"I didn't know."
"Only Ginny, Luna, Lavender, and Hermione know."
"You have somewhere to go, now. I'd love to have you."
"Thanks. Thanks for looking past all of those years when we were kids. I don't deserve—"
"You deserve the world, Pansy. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise."
REMUS
My fiancée leaned into my side. "She was your friend?"
"Lily's best friend. Actually, Ginny was the only girl that I've ever seen Lily get along with, come to think of it."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Lily was a lot like you are. Smart, muggleborn, beautiful, funny. She also acted like Harry. I think Ginny saw you and Harry in Lily. It made her feel more at home."
"Did you know where she was from?"
"Only James, Sirius, and I did. Lily found out, later on. We never questioned why she didn't tell Peter. Should have."
"Couldn't have. She would have screwed up time too much. Did you resent her?"
"A bit. I think that Sirius resented her, the most. We got over it, though."
"When you met her, did you realize who it was?"
"Not until now. We knew that there was a girl named 'Ginny' and that she was from the future. Heck, I still remember some things that she told us. But I didn't remember a lot until now. She wouldn't tell us her last name. Or her middle. She went by 'Ginevra Luna Weatherby'."
"Percy would love her last name."
"She said it was an old joke."
"It is." I looked at her, questioningly. "I'll tell you another time. Where's Sirius?"
"Sulking?"
"Why?"
"Sirius always held a soft spot for Ginny. She was different than the other girls at school. It was… complicated. Well, it will be, at least."
"Why?" I couldn't tell her, though.
SIRIUS
"Sirius, how're you holding up?" Minerva asked.
I sighed, "You know how Ginny and I were in school. Finding out that she's been this close for all of those years… I don't know."
"What do you remember?"
"I remember her telling me that James and Lily got together. She told me about Hermione, but I didn't remember that one until about 10 minutes ago. I remember… good times."
She took a seat next to me. "I wouldn't mind, you know."
"Wouldn't mind what?"
"You continuing."
"She's 20 years my former."
"No, she's about 11."
"I forget the affect of the veil."
"I do too, sometimes. I forget the affect of time, actually. I forget that James and Lily died so many years ago. It seemed like just yesterday when they were in school with you and Remus."
"And Ginny."
"Yes, and Ginny. I never knew if she was a conquest of yours."
"No. She meant something."
"Why?"
"Excuse me?"
"Why was she different than everyone else?"
"Other than Evans, she was the only one who ever rejected me. At first, she was just a prize to be won, but I talked to her. Not only is she exceedingly beautiful, but she's got more wit than James ever did."
"I notice that you're talking about her in present tense."
"I never stopped loving her."
"You never had regrets?"
"I resented her for not telling about Peter for awhile, but I knew that it was pointless because she couldn't tell us. I knew that I'd meet her, again, but I couldn't remember when she said she was from. She, Harry, and Remus were the only reasons that I stayed sane. And remembering how much I wanted to throttle Peter."
"So you still love her?"
And I said one word. The word that I always said to Ginny, when we were young. It was a word that meant the world. The word that kept me going during Azkaban. One simple, little word. "Always."