Author's Note: I'm sorry I have taken so long...haven't exactly decided what I wanted to do, but I hope this chapter suffices.

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Black Hole

She could hear the rasping, almost feel it rattle her lungs. Her eyes flashed open, and instantly she realized the horrible noise…was her.

Swirls of colors danced in front of her eyes, swinging back and forth like an uneven pendulum. She could only hear the whooshing of her own chest…in and out, in and out...the loud thumping of her heart filled her ears.

Her hand passed over her stomach, her heart giving an uncomfortable palpitation when she felt the kick within her.

"Her heart rate is jumping quickly, it is too risky to make her continue with the birth"

"We have to Hippocrates-" a second voice interrupted the deep resonating overtones.

"Oh, my baby! Oh Ginny, deary- Ginny?"

"She's comatose Mrs. Weasley-"

"Comatose? Are you bloody mad, what on earth- Ginny, Ginny wake up-"

"She's lost too much blood, we have no other option"

"But Hippocrates-"

"Ginny!" a new, higher panicked voice flew into her altered reality of black. She recognized that voice.

"Is she going to be alright mum?" another piped in behind.

"I don't know" there was struggle in her voice "where is your father, I…I can't do this-"

"He's taking care of Fred" the voice choked on the words.

"It's okay Ron, to let it out-"

"No it's not Hermione, no it's bloody not" there was movement and then everything was quiet once again…not even the familiar fluttering and worrying of her mother filled her void.

The pressure in the background of her body began to build. Without the voices and commotion, all she could hear was the beeping…and then feel the pressure in her back and between her thighs start to build…the beeping was escalating…how much more of this silence could she take?...

"The monitor! - we need to give her an elixir quickly" the voice rushed in.

"Not this close. She's in labor for Merlin's sake-"

"But she's in pain Hippocrates!"

"We can't risk damaging the child"

The burning wouldn't stop, it flowed freely like the rain, always pelting and stripping away the surface until it was bare and raw underneath. The fire between her legs was causing her entire body to writhe and arch in intense discomfort.

"Please" her throat ached as the words escaped her entrapment.

There were no more voices, just pressure, burning, and sharp pain- her entire body felt blockaded from movement.

Ginny

Her chest constricted, her stomach lurching pleasantly. She knew that sound, that heavenly voice echoing her name, bringing her out of the dark…

"Ginny I'm here"

Her savior wrapped her hand in a delightful coolness which also trickled around her ear and down her throat.

Color replaced the darkness- and she was once again swimming in emerald green.

"Harry" she breathed, lying her head back down onto the soft comfort of the semi-soaked pillow.

"I'm here Gin, I'm never leaving you again"

She couldn't feel them, but she knew tears were streaking down her face.

He had won, they had won…

"I…am s-so…proud…of you" Ginny breathed, opening her eyes to the light of his face.

Harry squeezed her hand "It's going to be okay Ginny" his eyes stared deep into her own as his other hand traced her face, pulling her hair back from sticking to the shimmering sheen of sweat that soaked her skin.

Without thinking Ginny leaned up and latching onto his lips. Immediately Harry sunk into the kiss, leading her back down onto the pillow. It was starting to deepen, when the beeping suddenly became louder and faster-

"Save your strength Ginny" Harry parted, his whispered words blowing into Ginny's face - making her dizzy with his scent. "They don't want you to overexert yourself. Soon they'll have to take you under"

"W-what?" her eyes flickered.

"Ginny, it's all my fault" Harry shook his head, tears already forming in the crests of his eyes. "You've lost so much blood that they don't think it's possible for you to go through with the labor"

Ginny's eyes drooped "What…are…they planning…to do…then?"

There was a long pause and Ginny didn't know if she had finally slipped under again, or if she was overestimating the time between Harry's words. But when Harry finally spoke, Ginny couldn't help but revive herself once again at the sound of his voice.

"They don't think they can save the baby" he whispered softly.

Ginny's eyes burst wide open. Harry was staring into her face intently, those glistening drops falling down relentlessly and unmercifully. He turned away, as if ashamed.

"Harry," Ginny reached up to touch his face – surprised by the IV cord her arm was hooked up to. Harry turned his face back to her, quickly wiping the tears.

"We can get through this Gin, we will."

"Harry-"

"I'm so sorry Gin, this is my fault. If only I was fast enough-"

"Harry!" she cut in, her voice stronger now. Harry furrowed his brow, biting back his words of regret.

"Harry listen to me," Ginny took his face in her hands. "I am NOT losing this baby"

"Ginny, don't be ridiculous" Harry held onto her hands "you are not going to risk your safety and health- it's too dangerous"

"I can do this Harry" Ginny stared at him sternly "I want to do this, so much that I don't care if I die trying-"

"Don't say that!" Harry exploded, grabbing her shoulders "I won't let you Ginny! I almost lost you once- and I won't lose you again…" he trailed off, panting.

Ginny's eyes bore into his in wonderment. "You won't lose me Harry…I promise, I am forever yours"

"Gin that's not the same-"

"But I don't want to lose our child Harry..." she cut in with narrowed eyes.

Harry bit his lip "You're not strong enough, Ginny"

"Yes, I am. With you by my side, I can make it through anything." Ginny breathed "For the last couple months my life was a shell. It seemed I wasn't able to make it through the daily motions and rituals of life without knowing that I had a part of you, still inside of me. That's what kept me going…and I'm not going to lose faith now Harry."

Ginny watched the trickles of wet cascade down his face. He nodded solemnly.

"But if there is any sign, at all, that you may be in danger, so help me Ginny!-"

"I know Harry" she stroked his face. He held onto her hand, turned, and kissed her fingers.

"They say that delivery will be within an hour or two, you're a week ahead of schedule"

Ginny's big chocolate eyes peered up into his in fright.

"And I will be with you, the entire time" he smiled down, chuckling as he kissed her forehead tenderly.

Harry held onto Ginny's hand, and let her squeeze it till his hand turned purple whenever she had another contraction. He dabbed her forehead with cool water when she lay, exhausted and covered in a thin layer of glittering perspiration, having gone through another contraction, all the while cursing and muttering incoherent and nonsensical words under his breath.

"Mate!" Ron rushed in suddenly in exuberance. Hermione followed in behind, but stopped at the doorway.

"AHHHHH!!!!!" Ginny screamed in pure torture, lurching foreword- Harry's hand was past the purple stage.

Ron's eyes, wide, looked from Harry to Ginny to the doctor to Ginny and Harry again- and petrified, muttered "good luck mate" before dashing from the room. Hermione grimaced, forcing a small smile at Ginny before leaving in Ron's nervous wake.

Soon after Mrs. Weasley bustled in, already dabbing Ginny's forehead furiously with a cloth and adding other pillows behind her head.

"Harry dear, are you sure you don't want to wait in the lobby-"

"NO!" Ginny cried, the same time Harry answered Mrs. Weasley. Harry smiled at Ginny, chuckling at her terrified expression.

"No, Mrs. Weasley, my place is right here, with Ginny"

Harry braced himself instantly when Ginny shuddered. Another contraction.

"Alright everyone, are you ready?" Hippocrates came in, slapping the other glove onto his hand.

Harry nodded before looking at Ginny for confirmation. "You don't have to do this Ginny" his eyes pleaded.

She shook her head viciously, her eyes blacking out as she did so.

"No Harry, I do" she turned to Hippocrates, the nurse, and other two doctors "I'm ready" she squinted through the pain.

"Okay, now you are going to need to push for me"

Harry held Ginny's back when she began to lurch foreword, her forehead straining.

"I…I can't…" she panted, collapsing back down.

"You have to Ginny, if you want this baby. You have to try Ginny" the doctor edged on.

"You can do this Gin" Harry spoke in her ear "I'm right here, Gin, I love you so much"

Ginny could feel her strength renewing at his words. Another wave of pressure quickly began to build. Within seconds she was doubled over with Harry helping her.

"I-I…can't!-" she struggled in her screams. The monitor beside her was going crazy when she tried to catch her breath.

"No, you can Ginny!!"

Ginny felt the bed shift, and soon Harry's arms were around her from behind, his legs on either side of her own.

"Come on, push!" Harry urged, holding her up. Blackness covered her vision, but her body responded to his command.

"Push Ginny, push" the doctor encouraged.

She could feel the release within her- the unbearable pain shooting through her abdomen, and then springing up through her body to her back.

"It…hurts…" she mumbled deliriously as she lay back on Harry.

"Maybe we shouldn't do this- she is already losing too much blood" the voice of the second doctor mumbled within the room.

"No!" Ginny suddenly shouted. Harry helped her as she jolted foreword, pushing before the doctors could stop her- pushing foreword until she could see nothing but redness and black- perceive nothing but her muscles straining to the point of defeat- the burning in her body from the seeping liquid that slowly took her with it - the only thing keeping her going, was his voice in her ear.

"C'mon Ginny you're almost there!"

"A couple more pushes Ginny-" the doctor's voice was so far away.

The atmosphere was so hot and unbearable, Ginny could only grip onto Harry's hands that were holding her waist, for support…her only support...keeping her afloat before she fell overboard...

The hospital room started to fall away from her, the voices mixing to a hum except for Harry's excited, elated voice in her ear.

"C'mon Gin!!!"

Then the sweetest sound of all rung through her last shred of consciousness…that sound of new life- the loud wailing of her new born child.

"Ginny, you've done it! You've done it!" Harry's jubilant voice echoed. She could feel his heart behind her racing.

With a small trickle of a smile, exhaustion took over and she slipped and fell into him...falling overboard...into the supermassive black hole...

"Ginny?"

"She's still bleeding-"

"Ginny?!"

"Hurry Knolland, I need the scissors and kit-"

She couldn't perceive any feeling in her body any longer. She was gone, floating, distant and drifting into another reality…she had done it.

"No, no please no" the panicked voice resonated as she traveled farther away.

"Ginny, oh please Ginny…don't do this to me, please"

"Nurse, the monitor-" the other voices faded off finally.

Ginny, no! the cries carried with her as she fell...