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Chapter 21 Against Your Will

Draco ran up to the two bodies that were facing down on the ground.

"Potter, Potter, you alright?" Draco lightly kicked Harry.

"Don't kick me!" Harry sat up straight, knowing he was alive. Harry started to look around; he looked at Draco then to the ground. Harry widened his eyes when he saw Lucius laying flat on his stomach, looking helpless.

"You killed him?" Harry looked at Draco in shock. Before he could answer, a green swirl came shooting their way. Both of them ducked and landed hard on the ground.

"Yes I have, Now go and do what you gotta do," Draco looked at Harry. Harry stared back with a look of surprise.

Draco gave Harry a push and Harry left to look for Voldemort. Draco went the other way looking for Blaise, but he was nowhere to be found. He then started to curse a Death Eater to back away from him, so he could find his friend. Suddenly, Draco dropped to the ground and clenched his stomach in blinding pain. He couldn't figure out what was happening, and when he tried to think of why, it hurt. He wasn't sure if it's the curse was increasing or being lifted. The pain became so intense that he passed out. Little did Draco know that not far away Harry had killed Voldemort once and for all.

The war had ended...

Ginny and Hermione opened the doors to the Hospital Wing and looked around the room. The room was crowed with students and some parents, all staring at their wide wake children. Ginny looked around the room nervously. 'What if they didn't survive? No Ginny do not think that! They're fine, all of them.' Ginny fought with herself in her head.

Ginny began to cry softly until she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and looked at Hermione. She was pointing her finger at an area where there were barely any students. Ginny looked over at where Hermione was pointing. Draco and Harry's beds were by the door of Madam Pomfrey's office. Blaise was also on the other side of the room sound asleep.

Ginny quickly ran to Draco's bed. He looked so worn out. His face had a few cuts and scratches, and his robes were ripped. Then, Ginny remembered about the curse. Who did Draco end up killing? Ginny lifted her head and saw Harry in the next bed over; looking the same as Draco, but he had more cuts on his face. She looked at Draco and smiled, but it faded away quickly, knowing he probably wouldn't wake up soon. Ginny began to cry again, and laid her head down on his bed.

Time passed by and most of the visitors had left to go back up to their towers. Ginny wiped off her tears and looked down at Draco sleeping peacefully. She gently pushed back some of his hair that had fallen into his face. Ginny got up from her seat and started to look for Hermione. She found her kneeling by Blaise's bed and she walked over to her.

"Hermione, are you ready?" Ginny's voice squeaked. Hermione nodded, and with one last look back at Blaise, she walked away. Ginny watched Blaise sleeping. He looked relaxed like Draco, but it seemed like something else was bothering him. Ginny smiled slightly and then caught up with Hermione in the hall.

When Ginny reached Hermione, she knew something was wrong. Hermione wiped away the tears that were slowly rolling down her cheeks.

"Hermione what's wrong?" Ginny asked worriedly.

Hermione sniffed a few times before speaking. "He-he s-saved m-me." Hermione stuttered.

"You mean Blaise?" Ginny asked in amazement and Hermione nodded. "Well, can you tell me what happened or are you still too amazed to talk about it?" Ginny asked.

Hermione shook her head. "No, I'll be fine. Ok. after we left each other, I had seen Harry fighting off some Death Eaters and I didn't even realize a Death Eater was following me. So when Bla- Zabini heard me scream, he ran after me and blocked the spell. He was thrown to the ground and I ran over there to him to see if he was alright. He told me to go back into the castle and stay there where I would be safe and then he was knocked out." Hermione had broke down and cried and Ginny kneeled beside her and hugged her in the empty corridor.

The next morning was very quiet. Harry and Ron were in the hospital wing, though Ron was perfectly fine. He thought that he broken his leg when he fall down the steps. So now, Madam Pomfrey had to give Ron a potion to control his insane mind. Draco and Harry didn't wake up yet, but Madam Pomfrey predicted that they would soon.

"Do you want to go check on them?" Ginny asked at the breakfast table. Hermione nodded and the both of them got up and walked inside the hospital wing.

When the two girls went inside, they were greeted by Ron, who was smiling brightly at them. Hermione and Ginny smiled back and continued to the end of the room. Ron went back reading his Quidditch magazine.

Hermione sat on the chair by Blaise's bed and waited for him to wake up. Since he wanted the same thing, he moved slightly. He thought he was in a nightmare, so he was struggling in the sheets. He slowly opened his eyes to see if he was actually in his nightmare. But, instead of in a dark corridor with Voldemort's pure red eyes staring down at him, he was facing rows of beds lined up neatly. He looked to his right was startled by Hermione's appearance.

"Hi," Hermione said brightly.

"Hi," Blaise seemed petrified when he said it. All he remembered was being asleep and now he was awaken with Hermione was staring at him.

"I just wanted to thank you for saving me last night." Hermione said shyly.

"Ok," Blaise sounded like he was not sure what was happening.

Ginny looked over at Blaise's bed. He was awake with his eyes wide open. Ginny ran over to him and hugged him.

"Oh Blaise! Thank goodness you're alive!" Ginny said in excitement.

"Yeah apparently I am." Blaise looked at Hermione darkly. He said it as if it was her fault that he did not die. Hermione didn't notice this, but Ginny did.

The next day Blaise was free to go. He was quiet happy about it, though he hoped that Draco would have woke up by then. Blaise ran into Ginny in the corridor on his was back to his room.

"Hey so I guess Madam Pomfrey let you out," Ginny said happily.

"Yeah I actually made her, unlike your brother. He gets to stay a little bit longer." Blaise laughed. Ginny rolled her at the mention of her insane brother.

"So Hermione told me what you did, so my question is, why did you do it?" Ginny asked.

"Aww, jealous Red?" Blaise winked at her.

Ginny faked laughed. "No I'm just curious."

"To tell you the truth, I honestly don't know why I did that. Granger ended up getting caught in the action and it scared me, so I went for it," Blaise explained.

"Well if that's how it happened, why did you look so angry at Hermione before?" she questioned.

Blaise was silent for a second and looked seriously into Ginny's eyes. She had never seen him so serious like that before. He spoke quietly, "Because I kind of hoped that I wouldn't come home from the war…" Ginny's eyes widened and she waited for him to go on. "Nothing has ever gone well for me. My whole live I've dealt with nothing but anger, abuse… Nothing that I would want to live for. I've never had anyone to go home to." His voice trailed off.

Ginny felt her heart ache for him, but then she thought about something. "Blaise…"

He looked up at her again.

She pulled him into a hug. "You absolutely have people to go home to."

They pulled apart and he smiled at her.

"You have me, Draco, and who knows… now you may even have Hermione," she nudged him suggestively.

"Reeeddd…" He said warningly through gritted teeth. Ginny laughed at him and they were all back to joking again.

"But I can tell you this?" Blaise added as an afterthought. "I was the one that shot the spell when you and Granger came out of the castle." Blaise laughed as Ginny gasped. She had socked him on the arm and the both of them laughed in the corridor.