A.N Bit of a short chapter but with what I needed to happen in this chapter I thought it should only focus on Ginny, so here we go… And I apologize in advance if this chapter upsets people.

Ginny

I sat off to the side of the Infirmary and watched as Pansy's parents sat by her bedside, crying and making deals with any number of deity's as they watched their daughter slowly dying. Tears slipped silently from my own eyes, in a way, I was jealous of the couple. I was forced to sit where I was just to give Pansy a little more time, I couldn't hold her hand, stroke her hair or kiss her on the forehead or… Just… Anything.

I watched as the heart-broken couple approached me, there faces pale and empty as they seemed to look straight through me rather than actually at me. Mrs. Parkinson stood before me, a ghost of the woman that Pansy had described as happy and full of life. Her father, on the other hand, knelt before me, his face filled with sorrow and pity as he rested a hand on my shoulder, squeezing with a firm but comforting pressure.

"Ginny, we wanted to thank you," The older man said, holding up a hand to quieten me as I opened my mouth to speak. "Please, just let me speak," I nodded before waiting for him to continue, "I don't know if you know this, but Pansy used to send us a letter every week. She always described you as the light… Her light, at the end of her dark world. You were the only thing that kept her going through all of the name calling, all of the bitterness and ugliness that she had to endure. You kept her strong, kept her brave. Did you know that she asked us to pull her out of school just a few weeks after it started?" The man asked and I just shook my head, I had no idea about any of the things he was telling me.

"Well, she did, of course we refused as we were sure that everything would calm down eventually. And then you came along and suddenly her pain filled letters were filled with love and happiness…" Mr. Parkinson stopped speaking as I was no longer able to hold back the tears, he pulled his hand away as his wife knelt down and wrapped me in a warm hug. Instantly I felt comforted, her body reminded me remarkably of her daughters and I reveled in the feeling, imagining Pansy voice whispering in my ear, telling me that everything was going to be okay.

"Just know this," Mrs. Parkinson started speaking now, "None of this is your fault… And no matter what happens, we're glad that our daughter found love in you, found someone she could trust in you… Even found more friends through you…"

I broke down into broken sobs as the woman finished her what her husband was trying to tell me, I couldn't help thinking that this was the end, and as I looked over at Pansy's pale, limp body, the feeling was really driven home. I clutched at the woman as the thought that this was the end gripped my heart, threatening to pull me into a darkness that there was no escape from.

A groan emanated from someone in the Infirmary, I looked around to found where the sound had come from, wanting any kind of distraction. It didn't take long for a second groan to sound from somewhere in the Infirmary and I looked around even more. But the only patient in the entire room was my black-haired love.

Slowly I rose to my feet, Mr. and Mrs. Parkinson following me as I did so, "…Ginny…" The voice was soft, quiet, but unmistakable and in an instant, I was by Pansy's side, clutching her hand as it seemed to be searching for something. She sighed in contentedness as I took her hand, a soft smile spreading across her lips as her eyes fluttered open.

They closed again quickly as she was bombarded by the light, "Pansy, I'm here, your parents are here too."

The couple sat on Pansy's other side, both of them holding her hand as tears flowed freely down their face. "We love you Pansy, both your father and I, and we always will."

"I know…" Pansy spoke breathlessly, "I love you too, and I love you, Ginny…"

I chocked back a sob, fighting to keep my composure, "I love you too," I sniffed. I could feel Pansy's grip loosening by the second, and as it did, I couldn't help but tighten my grip on her. "Don't leave me… Pansy, please, I need you…" I whispered, holding her hand up against my face. I didn't know what I was doing, but I needed to do something.

Pansy didn't respond, she was becoming too weak, to even hold my hand. I sat there with Pansy's parents, time seemed to have come to a halt as Pansy's breathing became shallower. "I love you…" She breathed and time seemed to start up again.

Madam Pomfrey rushed out of her office, her hair a mess as she had fallen asleep at her desk for the third time since Pansy arrived. "Everyone back away!" She yelled as she approached Pansy.

I watched in horror as the older woman worked on my love, I didn't know what the hell she was doing, but I knew something bad was happening. Then the woman sighed in defeat, one of Pansy's hands hung limply from the bed as the nurse pulled the girl's blankets over her head.

I ran up to the girl and ripped the blanket off her face, I kissed her hard on the lips, willing her to respond as I wrapped my arms around her limp body. Firm arms wrapped around my waist and started to gently tug me away but I threw the persons arms off of me as I gripped harder at the girl's body.

"Pansy… Pansy, you can't leave me… Please, I need you… You can't leave me like this!" I started yelling as I ran my hand over the girl's face. Tears flowing freely down cheeks. "Pansy… Pansy I-" I was cut off as I finally broke down completely, the limp, lifeless body of the girl I loved in my arms.

I would have sat there holding the girl for an eternity if Mrs. Parkinson hadn't wrapped me in a hug from behind, I immediately turned in her arms and hugged her back. Quickly allowing my imagination take hold of my reality, forcing myself to accept that the woman I was currently holding was in fact, Pansy.

I started to kiss the older woman on the lips, convincing myself that it was Pansy and that she was kissing me back, I pulled away still crying, as I buried my face in the older woman's chest. "I love you, I love you, I love you," I repeated over and over again, wanting Pansy to hear me, to come back to me.

I was ushered away by the older Parkinson woman, my hands wandering over the familiar body that was holding me. She didn't say anything, didn't try to stop me until we had reached a corridor that was filled with students. The usual chattering halted as we walked through the hall, the students taking in our broken and disheveled appearances before the whispering started. I ignored all of it as I was pulled into a private room somewhere on the seventh floor. Inside, the room was almost empty, holding only a double bed and a small couch sitting beside a roaring fire.

The woman pulled me towards the small couch and sat me down, before sitting beside me, the couch was obviously meant for a couple as we were basically sitting on top of each other. The woman forced me to look at her, forced me to open my eyes and see that it wasn't really Pansy in front of me. It was devastating to take in the sight before me, to take in the fact that the beautiful woman currently sitting before me looked quite a bit like Pansy, but wasn't her.

"Ginny, Pansy is…" The woman held back her tears as she spoke, "She's gone… I know its hard, I know how you must feel… But its something that needs to be accepted." The woman tried to explain.

I shook my head, I couldn't accept the fact my love was gone, just like that. It wasn't fair, wasn't fair that someone so young, someone so beautiful could be taken from the world in an instant. I sobbed even more as the fact that Pansy was gone was actually starting to sink in, the older woman held onto me, no matter how much I struggled against her she kept her arms wrapped around me.

I gave in to the comfort when the older woman refused to let me go, she whispered assurances in my ear, telling me that it would be okay in the end, that things would get better. I knew immediately that she wasn't just trying to convince me but herself as well as she started to shake. I started to rub a hand up and down the woman's back, offering what small comfort I could for the older woman.

"You know, when Cassius and I first found out about the whole Gryffindor thing, we were mortified. Especially when Pansy's letters turned just a little darker thanks to her treatment at the hands of the Gryffindor's," Rose started to talk about her daughter. "But slowly her letters started to change, she started to become happy, at first we just assumed that it was because everything started to calm down. But then she mentioned you, and as each letter came, she continued to talk about you more and more until eventually, she'd started writing basically two letters, one about you and one about school."

The woman smiled fondly at the memory, "Honestly, we were worried about her getting involved with a Gryffindor girl. Not only because we were worried you were just dating her so you could hurt her, but we were also concerned how it would make the family look. It was scandalous really, a Parkinson dating a Weasley? And a Gryffindor to boot? Unthinkable." The woman shook her head, "But with every letter, with every nice thing she said about you, everything you did to help our daughter, we started to see you for what you truly were. A lovely young woman that was… Let's face it, you were saving my daughter.

And it made both Cassius and I look at ourselves, and I mean really look at who we were, what we were willing to do to gain higher status among the other Pure-Bloods." The woman shook her head, clearly upset at herself, "We should have raised Pansy better, should have told her that she was fine to do what she wanted rather than push what we wanted… What we thought we wanted anyway onto her. She could have been so much happier for so much longer. I… What I'm trying to tell you is that even though Pansy is gone," She raised her hand and placed it on my chest, "Thanks to this, Pansy was able to be happy. You gave her so much happiness that you changed her into what she should have been… Who she really was deep inside."

A long silence followed after Rose's speech, neither of us willing to break it as we both just stared at each other, tears running down our faces. I knew exactly what she was trying to do, trying to help me, trying to stop the downward spiral that I could already feel changing me, but I didn't allow it too. As I saw held Pansy's limp, lifeless body in my arms, something changed inside of me. My mind went blank before it was filled with two things, the pain and the burning need to do something about what happened to Pansy… Something violent.

I nodded at the older woman before standing up, "Thank you, Mrs Parkinson," I held out my hand to the older woman, "I'm glad that I was able to make such an impact on her life."

The older woman smiled before taking my hand and raising with me, she looked around the room and shook her head softly, "Have you ever heard the story of the Room of Requirement?" I shook my head as I looked around the room. "Well," the woman started, "It's the room we're in now, it only appears when a student really needs it, and it appears with what the student wants most." She looked around the room once again before looking back at me with a knowing look in her eyes.

I shrugged my shoulders, "With my eyes closed there isn't much of a difference in feel between you and your daughter," As I remembered the feeling of Pansy in my arms a pang of grief almost pierced my slowly growing armor.

The older woman said nothing as she followed me out of the room and into the corridor, I started walking in the opposite direction to her, heading towards the outside of the Castle. She grabbed my hand before I could get out of her reach and smiled sadly at me.

"We'll owl you about the Funeral," She said before letting my hand go.

"Thank you," I nodded and smiled an empty smile back at her before heading towards my original goal.

I breathed in the cold winter air and reveled in the slight pain it generated in my warm lungs before heading towards the lake. "Why does it need to be so cold still? It's Spring dammit!" Another student nearby groaned loudly. I just rolled my eyes at his griping as I continued, not caring about my fellow students.

I sat down beside the lake, allowing the moisture to seep into my clothes as I stared out over the glistening water. At least I thought the water was glistening, it could have just been the tears that once again shone in my eyes. I closed my eyes and shook my head, but as I did my imagination ran wild once again and I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist. I smiled as a very familiar warmth wrapped around me.

"Hey you," I said dreamily, as I turned around in the arms, I leaned forward to kiss those warm lips that I'd grown so accustomed too but instead I fell down, face-first into the cold grass. I sighed sadly as I started to cry again, my fists coming down to the floor over and over again as I balled my eyes out. "Why, Why, WHY!?" I screamed into the floor. "Why did you leave me!? Who took you away!? WHO!?"

The sound of heavy footfalls on the grass drew my attention before I was able to hear the voice, "Red!? What's wrong!?" Sera called out. I quickly stood up and glared at the older girl, I wasn't in the mood for a lecture.

"Just leave me alone," I said as I clenched my fists.

The blond stopped in her tracks and held up her hands in surrender, "Okay, okay, just let me-"

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" I screamed, and all around us, the wind seemed to pick up massively. I saw the fear grow in the other girl's eyes as she backed away slowly.

"Okay, okay," the older girl said before turning around and practically running off.

I stood there, still glaring at the spot Sera had just left when the familiar head of short blond hair entered my vision and I growled audibly as Draco approached. He just grinned widely at me, "Growling at people now? I always knew you were a bitch." He said as he stopped, mere inches away from me, clearly not afraid now that my wand was limited.

I growled once again, "How's the arm?" I asked with a sneer set deeply in my features.

He whipped out his wand, holding it at my throat in an instant wincing a little before trying, unsuccessfully, to cover it up before I noticed, "Better than ever he grinned."

I chuckled dangerously at his statement, "Whatever you say," I cooed before stepping away from his wand ever so slightly. His eyes flashed in anger as he pulled his wand back, ready to attack me, but before he could, I stuck out with an already clenched fist to the side of his head, sending him to the floor.

I enjoyed the feeling of power mixing with the pain that now throbbed in my fist as I smiled down at the boy now laying on the ground. I sent a swift kick to his gut and cackled as he groaned, "Maybe next time you'll think twice before attacking me… But then again, you are a total moron since you still haven't learned."

I walked back to the school, my whole body buzzing with excitement after the thrill of putting an ass like him into the ground. Suddenly I couldn't wait for the next year to come so I could have my wand un-limited, preparations needed to be made after all.

For the next few days school was easy, easier than it had been all year, everyone ignored me, aside from a few side-ways glances I was completely ignored. Draco even had the decency to look ashamed when he learned of Pansy's death and had been actively avoiding me. I just hoped that he kept doing it… For the rest of my life.

Whenever I passed Sera in the hall or came face to face with Emily back at the dorm, they both looked at me sadly before turning away. I was glad that the both of them left me alone, I couldn't deal with others… At least I couldn't deal well with others. But today, today was going to suck, today was the day I had to say goodbye to my love forever.

I sighed and shook my head as I looked at myself in the mirror, I wore a simple black dress and black trainers as I hated what high heels did to my feet. My hair was done up in a bun, and I wore zero make-up, today wasn't a day for me to tart myself up, I was simply here to say goodbye to Pansy.

Which was more than I could say for others, as I walked out of the bathroom and towards Pansy's grave I took in everyone else. Wearing flashy dresses with their hair and makeup seeming to have been done professionally or something. I grumbled as I passed each one of them, they made me feel as if they were here to look good rather than pay their respects and it was horrible.

I stood by Pansy's grave, the ceremony had come and gone, and now everyone else was just milling about waiting till they had to go back to school or wherever. I knelt down and rested my hands atop the freshly filled in ground, feeling the soil that covered my love's casket.

"I love you," I whispered, hoping that somewhere, somehow, Pansy could hear me, "I'll never forget you, you never forget how happy you made me… I… You mean the world to me, and now you're gone, just like that… And I swear, I will find the person that did this and they will pay ten-fold for what they did to you." I leaned down and kissed Pansy's headstone, "They must pay," I finished before standing up and walking away. I needed to get away, the pain was building again and the other student's uncaring faces weren't helping my situation at all.

"Ginny!" A familiar voice called out, stopping me in my tracks, I turned around and couldn't keep the smile from my face as growing Hermione walked up to me, Fleur following after her as she always did. I instantly wrapped the pregnant girl and her girlfriend into a tight hug, "I'm so sorry Gin," Hermione said her voice wavering as she spoke.

"Me too," I replied with a sniffle, clutching the two girls tightly, not wanting to let go.

Eventually, I had to release the two older girls, but being unable to be too far away I made sure we sat close together. We looked around at the other students awkwardly as they stared at the three of us, apparently scandalized by the fact that we are sitting on the ground. After a quick glare from me, each of the students turned away and continued with what they were doing.

"What was that all about?" Fleur asked as she turned to me, "I mean, we're just sitting on the grass," she shrugged.

"Don't worry about it, they're all just morons," I grumbled, "Anyway, how have you guys been?" I asked curiously.

"Pretty good," Hermione replied, "Do you remember Sammy? Well, the school actually gifted her to us and we've now freed her." Hermione replied happily as the House Elf in question popped up beside her.

"You called Hermione?" She asked with a smile, causing the brunette to groan.

"How many times do I have to tell you? The only time you're allowed to do things for us is when we're at home and you're already doing it for your self anyway." She complained to the small creature.

Sammy chuckled as she placed a small bag in between the three of us, "And how many times do I have to tell you that I'm free now, I can do what I want, and what I want is to take care of you three."

The brunette grumbled away as Sammy Disapparated, leaving us with a small bag of food sitting between the three of us. Hermione opened the bag and frowned as she pulled out a stack of sandwiches each one filled with a mixture of chicken and salad.

"She didn't have to go to so much trouble," She grumbled as she tuck into one of the sandwiches, "We need to get some money of our own Fleur, then we can start paying Sammy."

Fleur smiled as she wrapped an arm around the younger girl, "I know love, but you know what Mama wants, I need to go to university."

Hermione shook her head as she continued to grumble, "Well then get a good job when you finish so we can pay her back pay as well."

"Yes, love," Fleur smiled, holding the other girl close.

I felt a pang of jealous spread through me at the sight, suddenly missing Pansy all the more as she could never do that for me anymore. I sighed before lying down on the grass and stretching my outwards, renewed tears filling my eyes as I thought about all the things I was going to miss.

I stayed with Hermione and Fleur until I was forced to back to Hogwarts, forced to go back to the, now, very lonely halls of the large school. I shook my head as I entered the dorm room, Pansy's bed has now been taken along with all of her things, everything except her wand which was currently resting in my drawers.

I opened the drawer and pulled out the wooden box I'd put the wand in and smiled as I pulled the thing out. I swung it and smiled as the slightly longer wand responded well as the bed before me levitated an inch off the floor before dropping back to the ground. I gripped the wand in my hands as I laid down on my bed, clutching my only connection to Pansy close to my chest. I Allowed the pain to sweep through me as I cried myself to sleep once again.