A/N: Thanks for all of the reviews! :) I'm trying to be better with this whole updating thing again…
Warning for an F-bomb! ;) Though, I'm sure you all can handle it. Considering all of the British cursing I've put in here already…
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. However, I am trying my best to destroy his fictional psyche. It's just fun.
Ginny primly opened the book, adding one more unnecessary glare in Hermione's direction while she smiled smugly back, and then settled back into her chair.
"It'll be all right, love," Harry assured her. "You just have to keep in mind that it's all fake." Ginny managed to break her second stare down with Hermione to smile back at him. Harry secretly worried about Ginny's emotional state. She hadn't been holding up well just listening to the story. Now she would have to say the words herself…
"Maybe I should go check to make sure Teddy is okay with Luna," Neville began to say, slowly getting up out of his sitting position.
"Sit down!" Ginny snarled, turning her glare onto Neville. Obediently, Neville sat back down quickly and quietly.
Chapter Seven
Everyone reaaaaaaaaly loved Tanya Aquamarine. She was very pretty and very nice and Acacya and Sophye even considered letting her into their Hawt Girl Club. So far, only Acacya and Sophye were in it but they were willing to make an exception for Tanya Aquamarine.
"Why couldn't MY sister be as beyotiful as you are?" Ron wondered, sighing longingly. ("Well, that's not creepy in any way," George said sarcastically while Ginny grimaced uncomfortably at Ron.) His sister had truly been a hag. That everyone hated. Even more than Hermy.
"Yeah, your sister was really ugly," Draco chortled. "I can't believe you almost hooked up with her Harry!"
Harry laughed loudly. "I know! She was so disgusting and gross. Luckily, Acacya saved me from that fate." Harry then turned and nuzzled noses with Acacya while she giggled happily. (Ginny's knuckles turned white from the somewhat threatening death grip she held on the book.)
"This is really bonkers," Ron gasped, looking around the room nervously. "It's as if the book somehow knew that Ginny would be reading this chapter. She saved the worst insults for right now."
"You're right," Harry said. "It's as if PrettySprinklesSparklesRainbow was in the room with us right now or something."
"Or that she planned all of this perfectly beforehand," Dean added seriously.
Hermione snorted in disbelief. "Oh, please. No Mary-Sue author could anticipate that I would be angry with Ginny and force her to read after me. It's the most ridiculous load of rot I have ever heard." Dean, appropriately embarrassed, fell silent.
"… How do you know so much about Mary-Sues anyway?" Ron suddenly wondered, turning to stare at his girlfriend with a perplexed expression. Under his stare Hermione blushed slightly but managed to keep her composure.
"I had to research them before for the Ministry," she sniffed, a haughty air to her tone of voice. "Mary-Sues are a surprisingly huge threat, you know." Hermione paused, sent a pointed look at the book in Ginny's hands, and added, "Obviously." Ron did not look convinced but Ginny was growing impatient over in her chair.
"I'd like to get this over with," Ginny snapped, tapping her foot on the ground. Everyone quickly turned their attention back to her.
"So, wut happened to make you guys leave Hogwarts?" Tanya Aquamarine wanted to know. "I never was able to go because of Daddy." Draco put a hand on her shoulder sympathetically.
"Someone's trying to kill me!" Acacya cried sadly. She buried her face in her hands, cuasing her hair to swirl around her body dramatically and beauituflly. "I don't know who, but we think Lord Moldy Wart has come back from the dead!"
"But you defeated him last year!" Tanya Aquamarine disagreed. "You two are heroes!"
"I don't know who else would want to hurt me," Acacya sobbed, shaking her head in distress. "I'm just so likeable! I don't often get death threats." ("Well, there are ten people in this room that would be more than happy to add to your supposedly short list!" Hermione hissed.)
"I know," Harry said comfortingly, holding Acacya close to him.
This turned Acacya on. Very much.
There came a sudden halt in the reading. Then, quite suddenly, Ginny burst into action.
"It's just bloody sickening!" Ginny cried, tearing her eyes away from the page. "This woman cannot go for five fucking minutes without getting a good shag. What is wrong with the bloody world?"
"Nothing is wrong with the world, Ginny," Harry began soothingly, trying to ignore the fact that his sex life was once more brought into the story by focusing on his wife.
"If there are people like this loony girl, then yes there is!" Ginny fired back, her face turning increasingly red the more she ranted. "This is a clear bloody corruption of the youth of today and I am getting so tired of it—"
"Ginny," Harry tried once more but found himself viciously cut off.
"I can't bloody take it, Harry!" Harry was shocked and horrified to see tears forming in Ginny's eyes. She was crying because of this situation. Again. "It's not right! It's so unfair!" As far as Harry knew, Ginny rarely cried. She was surprisingly unemotional, despite her quickly ignited anger. Yet this was at least the second time she had burst into tears that day. Harry once more found himself afraid of his wife.
"I think someone needs a break," Ron said, standing up so he could pull on his sister's elbow. He looked equally if not more shocked at his sister's display. Hermione, however, could sense Ginny's reluctance to go with her older brother for some quiet time so she quickly pushed Ron away.
"I'll take care of it," Hermione offered, shooting a meaningful look at Ron. "It'll be fine."
"I don't want to go anywhere with you!" Ginny said childishly, planting herself in her seat. "It's your bloody fault that I'm having this mental breakdown right now."
"She has a point," Harry agreed timidly from the side. He was still shocked to see his wife suffer what he could only label a psychotic episode. It didn't help when he realized that he was only moments away from one himself. Ginny was always more high strung than the rest of them, but that didn't mean they were safe from a similar fate.
"Shut up," Hermione replied nonchalantly and still held her hand out for Ginny to take. "Ginny, I'm sorry about choosing you to read. This book does strange things to all of us. Please come with me for a moment so I can talk you through this."
Ginny stubbornly held out for another two minutes. Then, she reluctantly relented and allowed Hermione to guide her to a secluded area of the very large library.
Seamus quietly turned aside to Dean after the two girls were safely out of hearing distance. "What does that mean for the bet?"
Dean shrugged. "Well, Hermione gave up first, didn't she? I was right. Ginny held out the longest."
Seamus frowned. "Well, that's not fair, is it? You dated one of them so you had extra information," he complained, still holding on to his ten galleons.
"Hand it over," Dean snapped, snatching the money right out of Seamus' clenched fist. "This is going straight into my therapy fund. I can't believe that I'm going to have to pay those loons who call themselves wizard psychiatrists after this madness…" Seamus still looked rather put out.
Meanwhile, Ron and Harry were having a discussion of their own.
"I bet you've never seen that side of Ginny before, have you?" Ron joked, elbowing Harry roughly in the ribs. "That's what you get for marrying a Weasley woman."
Harry was admittedly rather traumatized from the outburst, which meant that on top of his fear of the story being read he now had to fear more terrorizing from his wife. "Shut the bloody hell up."
Ron raised his eyebrows but knew better than to push his luck with Harry. "So, when do you reckon that we'll be getting out of here?"
Harry shrugged his shoulders pessimistically. "Probably never, Ron." At Ron's horrified expression, Harry hastily added, "Well, you asked for my opinion and I gave it to you. Don't be so bloody surprised about it."
Ron shook his head, still looking horrified at the prospect of being stuck forever. "You've all gone completely mental. It's downright scary when I'm the only one who hasn't gone bonkers yet." Ron then turned away from his friend so he could sit in a normal silence.
Draco, George, and Neville all sat awkwardly away from each other. None of them had anything to say to the other and didn't have any friends to join. They were actually beginning to look forward to Ginny reading the story once more if only to ease the awkward tension.
Finally, Ginny and Hermione returned to the distressed group. Ginny's tears seemed to have dried and Hermione looked rather worn but relieved. She managed to joke that girl talk cured all madness but no one seemed to find it particularly funny.
Ginny sat back down her chair, glaring at the book in question. She muttered something about not crying so much since she was fifteen and glared even harder. Harry stood up and perched on the arm of the chair, giving her some company. Ginny seemed to barely register this as she finally began to read again.
"We're gonna go for a few minutes," Acacya winked, her tears drying now that she was in the safety of Harry's embrace. The two of them disappeared into their bedroom, slamming the door shut behind them.
Sophye and Tanya Aquamarine turned to their friends Draco and Ron.
"Let's play strip Truth or Dare!" Sophye giggled, making the others form an excited circle.
"Okay!" Draco agreed enthusiastically.
"Draco," Sophye began, turning to face him. "Truth or Dare?"
Draco seemed to contemplate for a moment before leaning towards her sexily. "I'm always up for a Dare," he purred and Sophye felt her breath stop short. He was beautiful and all at once she forgot the dare that he had planned for her. He was like her own personal Edward Cullen!!!11!! (TwittertwittergiggletwitterteeheeheeEDWARD!)
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(Ginny raised her eyebrows, regaining some of her previous composure. "I don't know what all of those numbers and letters mean…" She paused and added, "Or why this Edward Cullen bloke is so special.")
However, Sophye was quick on her feet. "I dare you to take your shirt off!" she squealed, causing the others to gasp in surprise. No one saw that coming! What a tough dare!
Draco did not hesitate as he pulled his shirt off of his finely sculpted body, revealing his perfect abs. He smirked devilishly at Sophye and then threw the shirt sexily over onto one of the chairs. "Done." ("Oh, Malfoy, you're such a hunk!" George squealed, fanning his face with his hand.)
He was about to ask Sophye a Truth or Dare but they were interrupted by a most terrible scream coming from Harry and Acacya's bedroom. It was not like the normal screams ("Eww!" everyone simultaneously screamed.) so the others were quickly afraid of what was happening.
"Let's go!" they all cried and flew over to the door. Draco and Ron both wrenched it open, displaying their manly strength, and the girls pushed past them to see what was inside.
It was horrifying.
"Ten galleons says that she already gave birth to the baby," George said, raising a small bag of money in order to entice the others into a bet. He set the bag on the ground in front of him. Dean and Seamus exchanged surprised looks at the introduction of another bet.
"Excuse me?" Hermione asked, her surprise outweighing her irritation.
"I bet ten that it was just a sex noise and that it will entice the others to join in," Seamus disagreed and added his own money next to George's. He wanted to win some money, for Merlin's sake!
Hermione glared at the two boys before reaching into her robes and pulling out ten galleons. "I bet ten that she's fainted after getting a glimpse into the future," Hermione said, setting her coins into the growing pot.
"Aw, bloody hell," George grumbled. "You're going to win." He turned to the others. "No one else wants to get in on this?"
Dean just rolled his eyes. Neville was just sitting quietly and shaking his head. Draco shrugged his shoulders and didn't seem to have an opinion on the matter. Ron didn't dare to go against his girlfriend and therefore had nothing to bet.
"I don't really care," Harry snapped. "No matter what it's going to be bad for me. I can find no amusement in whatever ridiculous thing is about to happen to me." Ginny seemed to agree with her silent nod. No one knew what to say after that. No response was necessary, apparently.
Acacya was in a dead faint in Harry's arms. He had managed to clothe the both of them but was sobbing over Acacya's delicate body.
"No!" Sophye screamed, kneeling next to her best friend's body. "Is she…?"
"She's alive," Harry sobbed. "This is the second time she has fainted! I do not know what the matter is!"
"Help me get her to the bed," Sophye said softly and Harry lifted Acacya while Sophye watched. Once she was safely on the bed, Sophye allowed herself to crumple into a ball with fear.
Draco and Ron were horrified while Tanya Aquamarine was crying loudly into her hands. Harry was also sobbing and was sprawled against the bed next to Acacya's body.
All they could do was wait.
Suddenly, Acacya's eyes snapped open. She gasped, sat straight up, and shouted, "I have seen into the future!"
There came a moment of silence as everyone turned to look at Hermione. Ron looked especially suspicious.
"Hermione… really… how do you know so much about Mary-Sues?" Ron demanded as everyone silently handed their coins to her. Hermione just shrugged although the blush returned to her face.
"I told you already," Hermione snapped. "Now hush, Ginny needs to get through her chapter." Ron reluctantly caved and did not ask any more questions. This allowed Ginny to read aloud once more.
"You're alive!" Harry cried, wrapping Acacya into a warm embrace.
"Of course!" Acacya sighed, nuzzling Harry's neck. "I will never leave you, Harry. Never again." ("Damn!" Harry muttered.)
"What was in the future?" Sophye demanded, floating over to Acacya's side. "What was so terrible that you fainted?"
"I saw the men who tried to kidnap me from before," Acacya explained, her voice trembling with terror. "They were huge and mean and they—" Acacya stared sadly at all of her friends. "They hurt all of you. They forced you to watch the History Channel and made you listen to boring teachers all day!" Everyone screamed in terror, hardly believing it to be true. (Hermione shook her head sadly at this news. She could not imagine a world where learning was so inconsequential.)
Acacya made eye contact with Sophye and added, "I ALSO SAW THE BABY. SOPHYE, MY BABY WILL BE SO BEAUTIFUL. I DID NOT SEE HARRY IN MY VISIONS, THOUGH." Sophye smiled sadly at her friend with sympathy.
"I AM SO SORRY, ACACYA." ("Yeah. You WOULD be dumb enough to jump to the conclusion that Harry will not love the baby," Neville sighed sadly, causing everyone to give him strange looks.)
"Did your visions say when they would be coming?" Harry wanted to know, holding on to Acacya tight. Acacya shook her head.
"It could be any time," she explained although her heart was breaking. She could not believe that Harry would leave her when she had the baby. She thought that he loved her! Why was he being so cruel?
"I'll warn the hotel," Ron said and dashed down to the lobby, followed by Tanya Aquamarine. She was willing to risk her identity to warn the hotel of the impending attack.
"Do you need some cool towels?" Draco asked, leaving before Acacya could answer him.
Harry was busy fussing over Acacya, petting her hair and asking if she needed water. "You must be thirsty. Just lie back and I'll get you something to drink."
"Harry," Sophye said softly, a sad tone to her voice. "Just let her be."
This was a foreign concept to Harry. He was supposed to leave Acacya alone? "I want to stay with her," Harry said protectively.
Acacya smiled sadly at him. "I'll be okay, Harry. I just need a minute alone." Harry still looked confused but he left the two girls in the room alone.
"Sophye," Acacya said lowly. "He hates me. He doesn't love me. I have to leave."
Ginny shook her head. "And that's the major cliffhanger," she said sarcastically, although her voice had little venom in it. She was too drained for that. Her eyes searched the room briefly and then she settled on Draco Malfoy.
"You haven't read yet," she stated and then motioned. "Come on, Malfoy. It's your turn to read."
A/N: Please review!
So, Ginny's meltdown finally occurred. There was plenty of build up. ;) I kind of feel that Ginny is especially OOC in this story, but I also kind of thought she would be the first to crack in this sort of situation. She's so easy to anger. xD