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CHAPTER 37- Flying
Hermione had dashed from Ron's side and headed towards the forest. Ron whirled around, wand drawn, and watched in utter horror as his sister was being dragged from the woods…his best mate, in Hagrid's arms…
"GINNY!!!" Hermione cried but was thrown to the ground by the force of a spell. Ron shouted vehemently, and charged at the army of hooded cloaks, but was too cast onto the ground with two blows.
A crowd soon developed to aid Hermione and Ron to stand whilst the wall of Death Eaters and Voldemort came to a standstill before them at the edge of the forbidden forest.
The battered girl was thrown to the ground.
"Ginny!" Hermione cried out on the ground, hoping to reach out and rescue the abandoned girl. However, the longer Hermione held out her hand, the more she thought Ginny was dead herself.
"Ginny" Ron called out to his baby sister. The girl stared into space, another silent tear trickling down her porcelain skin, her eyes still refusing to look at her two close friends. Ron caught a glimpse of her eyes.
"What have they done to you?!"
Harry's body was then laid down upon the ground only fifteen feet from the crowd.
Ginny could barely hear the quarrels, shouts, threats, and mourning about her as Voldemort struggled to control the angry mob of students and professors.
All Ginny could feel, was the intense discomfort in her stomach and the pain in her chest which grew more unbearable by the minute.
She peered her head towards the fallen boy, not three feet away from her.
Keep breathing…keep breathing…
Ginny began to choke for air, her own tears were suffocating.
All you can do is keep breathing Gin, please, breathe…
His voice sounded so close, so surreal, that Ginny had to remember how far away he was even though his body lay not a few feet from her own.
The strength of another contraction brought her back to the present – and once again, she was watching in agony her beloved friends bravely defying Voldemort.
Even if she could not save herself, she knew in the depths of her soul that she could still save her unborn child from a worse fate…
The thought was too much to bear as she rubbed her stomach gently. But then again,…my child would be with Harry…even if I can't be…
Don't do it Gin, you can do this.
But I can't Harry, not without you…
You can be strong. Be strong for me.
Ginny's eyes flashed open, and she was once again eye to eye with his lifeless body.
Harry won't die in vain…Harry can't die in vain…
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!"
Dolohov fell to the ground. Bellatrix and Voldemort instantly whirled in Ginny's direction while the other Death Eater's eyes scurried amongst the crowd. All hell began to break loose.
"Expel-"
"Impedimenta!"
The force of the spell sent Bellatrix's wand flying from her hand, landing only feet from Ginny. Quickly she reached over and snapped the wand in two.
"NOOOOO!!!!!!" Bellatrix's eyes blazed in fury, but before she could charge at Ginny – she was struck by two spells.
Amidst Ron dodging a spell, and Hermione helping Ginny from the ground, Voldemort's screams pierced through the commotion.
"HE'S GONE!"
Every head was turned in the direction of the pasty villain who grappled at the empty sight below his feet, where Harry's body once lay.
Ginny's eyes ignited with light - flashing wider than they ever had shown that evening. She faced Hermione, hope lighting up her features.
"Hermione, he's-"
"Come on, we need to get you to a safe spot!" Hermione interrupted, trying to hoist Ginny from the ground. Spells whirred left and right about the two as they dodged behind a large stone portion of the castle that had been chipped off. They were secluded and safe as long as they weren't seen.
"Breathe Ginny," Hermione held Ginny's hand tightly. Ginny hadn't even noticed the weak state of her body until another spasm rippled through her.
Tears began to fall down her cheeks once again.
"Things would have been so much easier if Harry-"
"Shhh" Hermione was releasing her own quiet tears as she stroked Ginny's hair back. "Ron and I will always be here for you, and your family. We're always going to be here for you and the baby."
Ginny nodded unconsciously. Sobs were already starting to wrack her small form.
"Ow, Hermoine-" her hand squeezed Hermione's tightly. When the wave of pressure passed, her head fell back in exhaustion, resting against the cool stone.
"I…I can't do this Hermione…I need him…"
"Yes you can!"
"No, I can't have this baby yet…" Ginny aimed to sit up, but Hermione pushed her back down.
A cry of pain from a familiar voice reached their ears.
"RON!" Hermione jolted. "Ginny, stay here I'll be right back! Don't move!!!"
Hermione fled to Ron's aid, just beyond the fallen castle remnant.
"We meet again"
Ginny recognized that voice. She peered around her blockade…
The assailant who had injured Ron, was none other than Jason, who looked about ready to attack Hermione as well.
"JASON!" Ginny struggled up, leaning upon the rock. Jason caught eyes with hers…their malicious nature dissolving quickly.
Yet within a few moments, their vicious stare turned back to a dark red – he slowly raised his wand-
A tall, dark figure coincidently jumped in front of Ginny and instantly headed Jason off.
Spells were thrown at such speed, Ginny was growing dizzier by the second.
"Jason no!" Ginny cried, holding onto the rock. A spell hit the dark figure, but he only stumbled back slightly before regaining composure.
"Please Jason! Stop it!!"
"Avada Kedavra!" Jason whirled his wand at the figure.
Ginny screamed in fear and in a split second move, jumped in the way of the spell.
The strong transparent blue shield deflected the red jet of light.
She watched Jason as he fell to the ground.
Within a second, Ginny – now shaking badly – realized what she had done. Before she collapsed, her darkly cloaked savior wrapped his arms around her from behind, hoisting her into his arms.
Ginny tentatively turned around…
He looked down at her, revealing his messy black hair and striking green eyes.
She was no longer falling, but flying.
"Harry" she breathed, her arms clutching to his body more desperately than before. Ginny caught the blaze within his eyes. She would have eternity now, to tell him all she felt…
Within a sweeping, frantic second – Harry's lips were upon hers, his arms around her waist to help her stand. Ginny clutched at him for dear life, her hands placed on his neck.
"Is it too late to apologize?" he looked into her eyes with those watery green orbs. She looked up in confusion. "For what?"
"For almost leaving you…"
"I thought I h-had lost you f-forever" Harry tucked her body into his, her head burying deeply in his chest.
"I'm so sorry Ginny" he whispered into her hair. Ginny opened her teary eyes.
She didn't have a chance to think, before she saw the dagger raised.
Ginny twisted Harry around, her arms still thoroughly wrapped around him. She could see Ron running at them, screaming. Ginny felt Harry's hands tighten in shock that instant and realized, then, at that moment – the dagger had dug in.
Bellatrix's laughter filled the void of silence as the dagger was cutting it's way up the side of her rib cage by her spine, barely missing the lungs.
She was dying. The second she felt the sharp object enter her back, she knew it, she was dying. But she couldn't move- the penetrated knife was too thickly ridged into her body, that it would cause more damage if it were disturbed from its home within her.
The attacker removed the object unmercifully, and now Ginny was free to move. Ginny stopped screaming before realizing she had started. Finally the mute silence surrounding her was turned on full volume.
"Ginny, GINNY!" Harry called out as he lowered her to the ground. "Ginny wake up, can you hear me?"
There were noises around her – she thought she heard Ron and Hermione furiously spitting out curses, and Harry uttering the killing curse, but everything was now surrounded by blinding white pain.
She bit her lip, trying to keep herself from begging to make the burning pain to stop.
"We have to get her out of here, NOW!!!"
The voices around her were so familiar…and Harry, her Harry, was alive…
A smile seeped onto Ginny's lips.
"Harry…"
"I'm here Ginny. I promise, I won't leave you ever again"
I must be in heaven… "Harry, I…-"
"Sh,…save your strength Ginny. We need to get you out of here. I love you so much Ginny."
She could feel his hands holding something sopping wet on her back – it was a bunched torn piece of fabric.
"Why did you do it Gin?"
Ginny could hear the sobs in his voice. "I didn't want to lose you again…"
"But now…I'm…I'm so scared…I don't want to lose you Ginny."
"Keep her still, I need to administer this spell-" Hermione was nearby.
Ginny flet her body being shifted so that her back was exposed. She inhaled deeply as the pain stung through her arms and fingers.
"Damn it, Ginny!" Harry's voice came out strained and broken. Suddenly there was more pressure on her back than before.
"I can't make it stop Hermione" Harry's frantic voice made Ginny's heart swell in fear.
"I don't know how long I can hold them off!" Ron's voice echoed in the distance.
"Ginny, this may hurt a bit. Try and keep still." Hermione spoke directly to Ginny's failing figure.
As soon as the pain started to begin, before Ginny could grimace, lips were upon hers.
All pain melted away in an instant, and Ginny instead welcomed the blackness willingly.
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