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Chapter 12 Christmas Fears

"Harry, you're dead." said a confused Ginny.

"Thanks, Gin, glad to see you too." replied Harry laughing.

"No, Harry, you really are dead I saw Voldemort hit you with the killing curse." said Ginny trying to sit up only to have Harry push her gently back down.

"No, Miss Weasley, Tom just miscalculated, in his efforts to get you to join him, and hit the wall just above Harry's head fortunately." said Dumbledore, who had just appeared behind Harry.

"Oh, well that's good," said Ginny still dazed, "What happened to Voldemort?"

"Dumbledore chased him off. The coward ran for his life." said Harry.

"Oh, but he- he's probably going to come back, isn't he?" asked Ginny nervously.

"I'm sorry to say but yes, Ginny, he is." replied Voldemort.

"How are Sirius and Professor Lupin?" asked the redhead.

"They only had minor wounds they'll be fine by tomorrow." replied the headmaster.

"That's good." said Ginny looking around the hospital wing for them. She spied Sirius asleep in one of the beds across from her, but Moony was nowhere to be seen. Harry saw the curiosity on her face as she looked around and said,

"Professor Lupin was fine so he went back to his office for the night, Sirius decided to sleep here for tonight."

"Oh, how are you, Harry?" Ginny asked the boy who lived.

"I'm fine, but I have a wicked headache." he replied simply.

"Good. What time is it?" inquired Ginny.

"It's about 4 o'clock in the morning. And I think that's enough questions for tonight, Miss Weasley, now go back to sleep. You too, Mr. Potter." concluded the Headmaster and walked out the door as Madame Pomfry came in with two potions bottles.

"Now, Ginny, you take this it will give a dreamless sleep for tonight." she said pouring some of the liquid from one bottle into a goblet and handed it to her. Ginny drank it and coughed a little. She was suddenly overcome by an intense desire to lie down and go to sleep. As she drifted off Madame Pomfry's disembodied voice was saying,

"Drink this, Harry, it'll sure your headache." Right before Ginny became lost to the world she heard Harry say,

"Ew, what is this stuff?"

~*~

The next time Ginny awoke it was light out and she looked out the window to find that it was snowing. She stared out the window for a few minutes before she was brought back to reality by Madame Pomfry coming over to see if she was in condition to leave. After a checkup Ginny was told she was healthy enough to leave. When Ginny goy back to the Common Room she found it to be empty, she figured it must be Monday morning. She walked up to her dorm room to get her books and to see what time it was. As she walked into her room she saw that it was 9:45. That gave her 15 minutes to get to her next class, Care of Magical Creatures. They'd be starting with the mooncalves today. She picked up her books and began walking to her class. When she was half way through the castle the first classes for that morning let out. She again had to endure the people that whispered and skirted her in the hallway. As she opened the door to get on to the grounds she spotted Harry coming up the steps.

"Hey, Gin!" he said.

"Hey, Harry." she replied.

"Feeling better?" he asked.

"Yeah, I guess. How do you feel?" Ginny inquired.

"Better. Sorry, gotta go Transfiguration." He said beginning to walk away.

"See ya at lunch!" Ginny yelled at his retreating back.

"Okay!" he yelled back. Ginny then began to run to her class or else she was going to be late. Fortunately she made it with a few seconds to spare.

"Hi, Gin. Feeling better?" asked Joan.

"Yeah. Thanks." replied Ginny. She would have said more but Hagrid began his class.

"Mooncalves!" He boomed putting the wooden crate on the ground so the student could see. The class crowded around them. The little silver creatures looked up frightened by all the people.

"Now, don't frighten 'em they are shy. Go ahead and pick 'em up." said the half giant. The 6th years began picking up the little animals, who wanted to badly run away.

"Now, ye have to sheild them from the sun, because they usually only come out during a full moon." instructed Hagrid with a demonstration. The entire class held their hands over the animal's eyes as Hagrid had done.

"Your assignment for today is to find a shady spot around the edges of the forest and try to get your mooncalf to dance." Hagrid said. After he was finished the class separated in search of spots at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. For the next 40 minutes Ginny tried hopelessly to get the little creature to dance, but the Mooncalf, however, had other plans. His plans were to sleep, which he did. When Hagrid called for them to come back because class was over, Ginny was only too happy. She returned her Mooncalf and waited for Joan and Ann so they could go to lunch together. During lunch she sat with Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ann, and Joan. Lunch and the rest of her day went fairly well and she returned to the Common Room after dinner that night to finish her homework. At about 11 o'clock, Ginny went up to bed. She fell into what she thought would be a peaceful sleep, but she was wrong.

"Master, where is the girl?" asked the Dark Lord's most faithful servant.

"She is at Hogwarts. The crack pot old fool, chased me off again before I could get her to join us." replied Tom.

"What are you going to do now, Master?" asked Wormtail.

"Now, I am going to retire to my chambers. Tomorrow we are going to continue our task of capturing Virginia. I do believe Christmas would be an excellent time to capture her and Potter; he's staying at the Weasleys for the holiday. But for now I am going to retire. Good night, Wormtail." said the Dark Lord.

"M-m-master?" asked Wormtail.

"What is it, Wormtail?" sneered Voldemort.

"Well, sir, what are you going to do about Dumbledore? You know he'll be hovering around them during the holidays." asked Voldemort's servant.

"Oh, well I have a plan for him!" laughed Voldemort.