A/N: Finally.
Ginny turned to where Hermione had pointed and gasped. Ron was running as fast as he could out of the water.
"GO! GET OUT OF HERE!" he screamed, grabbing both of them.
"What about Harry?" Ginny cried, eyes on the water.
Ron glanced back at the water quickly before shaking his head and pulling them towards the castle. They could now see the forms of teachers rushing over to them from Hogwarts. Ron was about to call for help when Hermione started screaming, pointing at the water. It was hard to tell what it was, but it was ghastly as it crawled out of the water. Behind it there were two large moving humps in the water that were quickly closing in on the shore. Ron's eyes got large and he shoved the two women towards the teachers.
"Run!" He screamed before running himself. "RUN!"
"HARRY!" Ginny screamed as Ron pulled her towards the castle. "HARRY!"
The thing that had pulled itself out of the water looked up upon hearing the name and then behind it before it too started to run towards the castle. By the time they had gotten to the doors, the two masses in the water had become two angry creatures charging flat out towards them. The thing that had responded to Ginny's call had turned out to be Harry, who was lagging behind, but close to the doors which were now starting to close.
"HARRY! RUN!" Ginny continued to scream as the doors began to close.
"Oh my God," Hermione gasped, starting to back up.
"What is going on?" Professor McGonagall demanded, eyes on Harry as he tried to make it.
"He's going to make it…" Hermione whispered, still backing up.
Professor Flitwick frowned.
"What?"
Hermione pointed to the stairs.
"We have to get out of here!" she yelled.
"Why?!" Ron asked.
Hermione met his gaze and pointed to the door.
"Harry's not the only one who's going to make it through that door," she said.
"HARRY!" Ginny screamed just as the two creatures launched themselves at him. The three went tumbling and barely slipped through the doors. Suddenly everyone was scrambling up the stairs, screaming and going off to warn students. Ginny watched in horror as Harry struggled against the two ravenous creatures, which tore at his clothes and skin.
"Ginny, get out of here!" he screamed. "GO!"
"GINNY!" Ron shouted, starting back down the stairs when he realized his sister had not followed him.
"HARRY!"
"ARGH!" Harry cried out in pain and there was a quick movement, a snap, and a whining howl. Suddenly Harry shot up and ran over to the stairs, grabbing Ginny and charging up the stairs.
"GO!"
Rachel appeared from the woods and looked up at the castle in anger. She pointed to the door.
"I WANT THAT BABY!" she screeched.
Hermione and Ron ran into one of the classrooms and slammed the door behind them. Ron leaned against the door as something crashed into it, howling something dreadful as it scratched and tore at the oak barrier.
Hermione turned to Ron and gasped. Since the light had gotten better, she could now see the tears in Ron's clothing and the gashes that bloodied his clothes and skin.
"Ron," she whispered, moving up closer and reaching out to remove the cloth from the wounds. "You're hurt…" He grabbed her hand, preventing her from touching his wounds and suddenly her heart stopped and she stopped breathing. "Oh Ron…"
He met her frightened gaze and she knew what had happened.
"Ron…"
"Hermione-" Suddenly an electrifying pain shot up his back. He doubled over, clutching his stomach as the pain intensified.
"Ron…" Hermione whispered, backing up as he let out a cry of pain. "Ron, please…"
The door continued to shake as Ron fell to the ground, panting in pain as his skin began to stretch agonizingly. Hermione could feel tears come to her eyes as she continued to back up, begging Ron to answer her while the door began to creak under the onslaught from the other side.
"Hermione," he moaned.
"Ron, please… the door," she told him, taking out her wand as she finally made it to the back of the classroom. "Ron, please…"
He looked up at her and she felt fear consume her heart. His face was growing a greenish color as his eyes narrowed.
"I'm sorry," he moaned before letting out another cry of pain.
"Ron…" She glanced behind her and could see the storm raging on, lightening cracking and illuminating the dim classroom.
"ARR!"
"RON!"
CREEEEAAAACCK!
The large oak door was ripped from its hinges and dragged back into the corridor where the monstrous creature glared into the room, straight at her.
Hermione covered her ears when the thing let out a screeching howl.
She looked up just in time to see a large scaly claw plummet towards her face.
Harry shoved Ginny behind a tapestry and scrambled in after her, pulling her to him and leaning his back against the wall. He heard the creature charge past the tapestry, in search of them.
"Harry-"
"Shh!" he hissed, hearing someone else approach at a much more patient pace.
"The itsy, bitsy spider, went up the water spout. Down came the rain, and washed the spider out. Out came the creature, and tortured the little spider, and the itsy bitsy spider, never saw the light again..."
Ginny buried her face in his chest, her whole body shaking as the footsteps grew closer. Harry held her close, hearing her heart beat and feeling her blood course through her body at top speed. Closing his eyes, he tried to concentrate on the matter at hand, but the taste of blood lured him into the trap that caused him to change again. The lusting for death began to consume him as the footsteps drew closer, bringing with them the promise of blood...
"Ginny," he whispered urgently. "Can you make it to Dumbledore's office?"
He felt Ginny freeze as she looked up at him in horror.
"What?"
He glanced out from the tapestry and then looked back down at her.
"Can you make it?" he asked again.
"Harry, no… please don't," she pleaded, looking down at his chest. "You're hurt. You can't."
Harry took her face in his hands and looked into her eyes, his own eyes blazing.
"You need to get out of here, Ginny. It's not safe," he hissed.
Ginny shook her head.
"I'm not going to lose you, Harry. I can't lose you," she whispered.
"Harry," someone called. "Oh Harry! I want that child."
Harry felt a low growl rise up in his throat and Ginny whimpered, moving close to him as the footsteps finally stopped.
"Come out Harry! I just want to play. Obey your master and come out to play," the person said.
"Ginny, go," Harry growled, glancing out.
"No."
"GO!"
He shoved her out from behind the tapestry, following her and facing Rachel, who smiled upon seeing Ginny stumble out.
"Oh, so we're playing fetch?" she asked playfully, cocking to her head to the side girlishly.
Harry could sense Ginny's hesitation and he stepped back towards her, not taking his eyes off of Rachel.
"Ginny, go," he hissed.
"Harry, please," she begged, not wanting to leave him behind.
Rachel shook her head.
"Now Harry. Are you going to bring her to me or are we going to have to send someone else after her?"
Just then the other creature appeared behind Rachel, rearing up on its hind legs and glaring down at Harry and Ginny.
"Ginny, go," Harry pleaded. "Please, go."
Ginny sensed Harry's urgency and finally took off running. The creature moved as well, screeching and charging forward, only to meet Harry head on, sending the two tumbling to the side.
"GINNY RUN!"
A/N: I'm sorry it took soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long, but I've been really busy with a lot of things, especially school since it just started. I'll try to start posting regularly, but please bare with me. I've still got to work out the kinks.
Dwindlingcandle: I'm sorry that I didn't update for a while. I know this doesn't make up for it, but I hope you like it anyway.
GoodbyeYBR: Well, technically, she only created one monster, but after the attacks, Harry and that ministry guy were infected.
kerosinkanister: Well, to be perfectly honest, until I started writing that chapter, I had just decided to make it be a revealing of Alex or just introduce a whole new character all together, but after I started writing, I was like, "Hmmm, this would be such an awesome plot twist. The girl no one paid any attention to ends up being the woman scheming to kidnap Ginny and Harry Potter's child." It was just perfect in a twisted sort of way. :-)
OzDust: I know it was a bit confusing, but I was trying to find a way to do the three way creature fight without making it too confusing. Which is much harder than I thought it would be.
Wesker888: Will do!
Sorry, no chapter tease. I know you guys deserve one, but I prefer not to write one if I don't know what I'm going to do for the next chapter. It just makes my life more difficult, trying to sculpt the chapter around those exact words. Which is much harder than it looks.
SORRY!