back to the past
Ginny laid with her eyes closed, memory's began flooding in of the events that had happened she sat up suddenly "Draco" she gasped looking around wildly.
she was in the hospital wing at Hogwarts, darkness had fallen and only a few lamps lit up the ward, she looked over to see a lump in one of the beds and made her way over. She grabbed the bed as dizziness took over, she stumbled over to see a young healthy Draco sound asleep, she hugged him, tears rolling down her face.
"Hey" she heard him whisper.
"Oh Draco" she said tearily "that was horrible".
"I know, I'm so sorry it's all my fault".
She shook her head "how do we change it Draco".
"Its simple, i don't take the mark".
She looked at him hope in her eyes "how does that change what will happen".
"Because gin...i can protect you, i could of stopped what happened to you if only i was by your side".
"What about my family"?
He shook his head "i don't know, but whatever happens il be by your side".
She laid down on his chest as he hugged her tight "i don't know whether il ever get those images out of my head" Ginny whispered, she laid in his arms until she fell asleep, images of her future plagued her dreams.
Ginny woke to Draco stroking her hair "hey" she smiled up at him, he smiled down at her "morning".
"I've been thinking" he murmured.
"hmmm"?
"When you were captured, you were brought in with your brothers..the twins"?
"Yea"?
"You know what happened when you were caught"?
"Only what Fred told me".
He looked at her questioningly.
"deatheaters had attacked at my graduation ceremony, we ran for it, to the forest but were caught".
Draco nodded "and your other brother, the one who was headboy".
"Percy"? she said confused.
"I saw him get hit when he was dragging you away, i saw the deatheater aim at you and knocked him out of the way".
"You did"? she said incredulously.
"Don't you see"?
"No"?
"If it was me by your side, none of them would have died".
"What about Ron and Bill and my dad"? "you saved bills life, you wouldn't be able to do that from by my side".
He shook his head "yes i saved him, to a fate worse than death, his daughter tortured and murdered in front of his very eyes, his wife raped and murdered while he watched on helpless to do anything.....when i saved him he told me the only way to save him was to kill him".
She stayed silent contemplating his words.
"What happened to Ron"? he asked.
Ginny looked up at him again "your dad killed him".
His eyes widened then narrowed in anger "he set a dementor on me".
They were interrupted by the hospital wing doors opening, Ginny made to get up but Draco held her "by your side" he murmured.
They both waited as the light footsteps approached "professor dumbledore" Ginny squeaked as the old wizards came into view.
He gave them a warm smile "ah i see you have awoken, wonderful, how are you feeling"?
Ginny was confused, why had dumbledore come?
"Erm.....ok...i guess, a bit dizzy and nauseous".
"That will be the after effect of Sinicuichi" he said brightly.
Ginny looked up at dumbledore "sir"?
"Side effects are nausea, dizziness, sleepiness and life changing decisions" he chuckled.
"Sir how do you know"? she asked.
dumbledore held up the potions book
"professor snape found this next to your unconscious
bodies".
Ginny sat up on Draco's bed, dizziness
beginning to overwhelm her again, "sir we're sorry we were just
trying to ......see the future".
"Alas the future, a many sided thing, twists and turns in any road you walk, so many paths to take, so many possible outcomes".
"How do you know which one to take"? Draco finally spoke.
dumledores searching gaze fell upon Draco sadly "ah Mr Malfoy that is one of life's mystery's, in my experience when we reach a path, we have two choices, do we take it or do we not, the decision is your and yours alone".
"So everything that happened, may not happen"? Ginny asked hopefully.
dumbledore inclined is head "the future is not written miss weasley".
Ginny's eyes went wide "oh my.....harry, voldermort hit him with the killing curse, but he didn't die, how is that possible"?
dumbledore smiled warmly at her "that's not your future though, is it"?
"No its not" said Draco a little harshly "Ive made my decision".
dumbledore nodded pleased "wonderful, now miss weasley if you are feeling well enough i will see to it a house elf gets you safely back to your worried friends".
Ginny nodded.
"Oh and miss weasley do not tell of the details of events that unfolded, as in doing so may create havock and paranoia".
Ginny nodded again and followed the house elf out.
She arrived back at the common room to find it full and wondered briefly what time it was before Harry, Ron and Hermione spotted her and ran over.
She heard calls of "its Ginny"
"Shes ok"
"Ginny weasley shes back"
She looked at Ron in a new light and felt overwhelming love, she hugged him tight crying into his shirt "i love you Ron" he patted her back awkwardly, then she was hugging Hermione.
"What the hell happened" said Ron "did malfoy do something"
She shook her head before hugging Harry then Hermione, then feeling dizzy again sat down the three of them sat down with her.
"We just heard that you and malfoy had been found unconscious in the potions classroom, we've been out of our minds with worry" said Hermione.
"Its stupid really" Ginny said "we were experimenting with a potion, how long have we been unconscious"
"All day yesterday" said Ron
"You missed the match" said Harry
"Oooooh" Ginny groaned "I'm so sorry"
"Its ok" he grinned "we won, not that we've felt like celebrating".
"What potion was it" asked Hermione.
"And why was you taking it with Malfoy" asked Ron incredulously.
"Because hes a good person Ron".
All three of them stared at her as if she had gone mad.
"Huh"? said Ron dumbly.
Ginny laughed and opened her mouth to say more but was interrupted by Laura Flinging her arms around Ginny "oh Ginny we missed you".
"I was only gone a day" smiled Ginny.
"So what was the potion"? Hermione interrupted.
"Oh just a sleeping potion".
"A sleeping potion"? she said in disbelief "because the way you was rambling about...." She looked at Ron "people dying...well it sounded like a nightmare potion to me".
"I was rambling"? how would she explain this?
Ron itched his nose uncomfortably.
"Yes Ginny, it sounded pretty horrific, you was sobbing and screaming at one point".
"Not all the time" Harry added seeing Ginny squirm "dumbledore said you would be fine so we left you in peace".
Simone thankfully changed the subject and Ginny sat talking to her friends, occasionally her mind wondering back to her future, she wondered what dumbledore was saying to Draco. Finally tiredness overtook her sense of happiness that her friends were all safe and she retired to bed while everyone else went down to breakfast.
The next morning Ginny woke to Simone and Laura giggling, she opened her eyes groggily, they were both sat on Laura's bed looking at a card, Ginny sat up and stretched "what you two doing" she said yawning.
"Opening valentines cards" Simona giggled.
Ginny noticed cards spread out on Laura's bed "how many did you get" she laughed.
"Thirteen" grinned Laura "this one" she said holding up a card with a bunny holding flowers "is off a first year".
"It isn't" snorted Simone "he'll be trying to disguise his writing".
"You opening yours" Laura nodded to the foot of Ginny's bed.
"What"? Ginny scrambled to the bottom of her bed and saw 4 envelopes "wow".
"Bet ones off harry" Simone said.
Ginny shrugged.
"And Draco" added Laura winking.
"Na, he wont have had time" said Ginny ripping open a lilac envelope, she chuckled and Laura and Simone swept over to her bed, it turned out harry had sent her one stating to a dear friend. She opened the last one, it was silver with a red lily on the front, Ginny opened the card and her eyes went straight to the earrings attached, white gold in a teardrop shape with a green emerald inlaid in each one.
"Aaaaaawwwww" said Simone "he's so sweet, see he did have time".
Ginny read the message:
To my love, will you accompany me to the valentines dance tonight, its time we told the world. D x
Ginny could feel her heart beating, this was it everyone would know tonight.
"Oh no, i didn't give him a card" Ginny moaned.
"Its ok, have one of mine" offered Laura.
"I cant take your cards"
Laura swept off the bed and brought over her cards "just pick one you like and we will magically erase it....oh not that one though, that's from Greg".
Ginny looked through the cards "aw bless Dennis creevey, signed Dennis creevey".
"Yea he's so cute" smiled Laura, Ginny shook her head smiling.
"What about this one" she held up a card with a sunset over a lake and a lone tree off to one side, Ginny didn't say but it reminded her of her and Draco's first kiss.
"Yea sure take it"
Ginny wiped the card clean and sat poised with her quill, thinking what to put, she finally smiled and wrote down her message:
Drake my love, i agree, see you tonight at eight o'clock in the entrance hall, all my love gin xxx
She borrowed Simone's owl 'jet' and sent off her late valentines, practically skipping down to breakfast, professor mcgonagol immediately approached her.
"Miss weasley I'm glad your feeling well enough to join us"
"Thank you professor"
"If you don't feel up to lessons today, i will understand and make sure your teachers know".
"No miss its fine" said Ginny truthfully she couldn't do with sitting around all day waiting for 8 o'clock to arrive.
Professor mcgonagol nodded "it was very silly experimenting with unknown potions Ginny, i hope you learnt your lesson".
"I did miss" she answered truthfully.
Ginny sat at the table next to Simone, Laura was wrapped up with Greg and Simone was rereading through her homework, Ginny scanned the slithering table but saw no silver blonde head, Zabini caught her eye and winked at her Ginny smiled back.
Ginny quickly caught up with Luna after breakfast, assuring her she was fine then she was rushing off to dada, dinnertime still saw no sign of Draco, maybe he had taken advantage of the fact he could have a day off.
"Wonder where dumbledore is" said Harry.
"dumbledore"? Ginny said looking at the head table and noticing he wasn't there. Potions passed quickly and all to soon it was the end of lesson.
"Miss weasley a word" said snapes silky voice and she traded glances with her friends before gathering her bags and headed to the snapes desk. Professor snape waited until the last student had left before waving his wand and closing the door, Ginny wracked her brains to any mistakes she may have made.
"Miss weasley i am impressed and disappointed all in one".
Ginny frowned "why sir"?
"Sinicuichi is an extremely hard and complex potion to brew miss weasley, i knew you had talent but this is extraordinary".
Ginny gaped at him.
"I trust it worked for you"?
"Yes sir...i think....i mean it wasn't how i planned".
"The future never is...the reason i bring this up is because i wish to thank you".
"Thank me"?
"Mr Malfoy is my godson and very dear to me, he has been teetering on the edge for some time now, seems he believes himself in love with you and it has pulled him back to the light".
"Yes sir"
"Although i must stress how very dangerous taking that potion was, as i explained to Draco the potion works by transporting your soul to your future self, a minor mistake could end in catastrophe, i advise you never to make or take or recommend that potion to anyone".
"No sir" she said genuinely, horrified of the though of taking the potion again.
"I trust you will hand your Hemia falicifolia in to professor sprout, i believe there is still a hundred housepoints to be won".
"Yes sir"
"That will be all" he said returning to his papers.
Ginny turned at the door "thank you professor" heading back up to the commonroom in a state of shock.
