Ahh! I've been so busy with work i haven't had much time to write... so much for enjoying summer vacation -_-
buuut it's 3am here and I wrote ya'll this 'uuuuuper long chapter to make up for my absence, hope you enjoy it!


Ginny sat upright, her scream jolting her out of her dream, her clothes were soaked to her body and her hair was sticky with sweat. Quickly looking around the room, she saw the sheets on her bed scatter half on the mattress half on the floor and that there was someone sitting on the end of her bed. Ginny let out a yelp as thoughts of Tom ran through her head as she frantically searched the top of her night table for her wand. He heart skipped a beat as panic sunk in when she couldn't find it she reached over to search further when she fell off her bed. Ginny's head was still a mess from her nightmare and how real it felt that she scanned the room to make sure she was alone to her horror she saw that there were lots of people standing around her bed, and even more lingering and whispering in the hall.

"Get away!" Ginny screamed hoping that someone would hear her, and that someone would come.

"Ginevra," Lily's voice came from the end of the bed- the silhouette that she saw sitting on her bed.

"Lily," Ginny breathed a sigh of relief as she skeptically shot a glance at all the other bodies.

"Ginevra it was just a nightmare," Lily said soothingly as she approached Ginny.

"Where's Alice?" Ginny asked scanning the room again as she searched the floor for her wand.

"She went to go get Professor McGonagall," Lily answered as she kneeled down in from of Ginny.

"Ginevra you need to calm down ok? It was just a nightmare," Lily stated worriedly.

"Who are all these people?" Ginny demanded ignoring Lily.

"Ginevra, you were screaming really loudly," Lily said shooting a glance towards the door. "And you sort of woke up a lot of girls."

Ginny could see Lily's lips moving, she could see some of the girls leaving and new one's coming in, but they all stated to blur together, their faces, their voices, and soon they were all whispering the same thing
Tom
And then suddenly the room began to clear out, a lamp was lit and Professor McGonagall, closely trailed by an out of breath Alice were in front of her. Dressed in a green tartan nightdress with matching cap, Professor McGonagall wrapped a blanket around her and led her out of the dorm and into the hospital wing, where both Dumbledore and the Madame Pomfrey were waiting.

Ginny's walk to the hospital wing was quiet; Professor McGonagall seemed to realize that Ginny wasn't registering anything that was being said so instead walked quietly beside her. Madame Pomfrey gave Ginny some dreamless sleeping draught and told her she's prefer if she stay in the hospital wing for the rest of the night- she was even excused from classes.

Ginny took the goblet without looking at the contents; all she could stare at were the piercing light blue of Dumbledore's twinkling eyes through the dimly lit hospital wing. Ginny closed her eyes as she tipped the goblet back. It tasted bitter and salty and smelled like lavender. The three adults went into Madame Pomfrey's office as Ginny lay her head down on the pillow. It was just a dream and she knew that, Tom Riddle couldn't hurt her, yet she couldn't shake the feeling that it didn't feel like a dream.

"How do you think she's going to feel when she wakes up and see's your ugly face," James whispered to Sirius who was sitting in the chair beside Ginny's bed.

"Well we don't want to scare her by seeing yours," Sirius replied with a grin.

"I don't think either of you are taking this seriously," Remus whispered from where he sat on top of the bed besides Ginny's.

"She had a nightmare, she didn't fall off her broom," Sirius laughed dismissing Remus.

"From what Lily said she woke up the whole girl's dorm," Remus added.

"Exactly, so if anything she should be embarrassed," James laughed.

"Embarrassed?" Sirius questioned.

"Well yea, obviously she was dreaming about you, and got scared," James laughed as Sirius threw a textbook at James's head.

"Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, don't you have somewhere to be?" Madame Pomfrey asked as she walked out of her office looking from the textbook lying open on the floor and back to the two boys.

"Yes but, I mean how much will we really use care of magical creatures in the outside world?" Sirius joked.

"Well you will never know unless you attended your classes," She replied as she pointed to the door.

"But Ginevra-"

"Is sleeping, and your presence here is only a nuisance," She added with her hands on her hips.

"Fine, let's go," James said marching over to pick up Sirius's textbook.

"Mooney?" Sirius asked after he plated a kiss on Ginny's cheek before hopping out of the chair.

"I have a free period now," he shrugged.

"Suit yourself, but we're already late," James added gesturing to Sirius and himself.

"I'll see you both later," Remus nodded as he watched his two friends leave.

Ginny who wasn't entirely awake throughout their ordeal, was also not entirely asleep. Although she was no longer tired, in fact it was some of the most calming sleep she had, had in a long time. She just wanted to sit in the warm hospital bed for a while and not have to worry about classes, homework or exams.

"Your breathing gives you away," Remus said casually, scaring Ginny. "I can leave if you want," he added as he hopped off the bed across from her.

Ginny opened her eyes and peeked over at Lupin "No I-"she began, not sure that asking him to stay because he once made the nightmares go away was going to go over well as her excuse.

"It's ok, I don't mind," he said, smiling genuinely.

"No, it's ok Remus, you can stay," Ginny continued as she slide into a sitting position.

"Did you want to talk about it?" He asked as he sat back down on the bed opposite her.

"I'm sure you could all hear me," Ginny said as he cheeks grew red.

"We couldn't actually," Remus assured her.

"Really?" Ginny asked, perking right up.

"But it didn't take long for the girls to gossip," Remus added apologetically.

"You don't hold back do you," Ginny laughed.

"Well I figured there is no point in safe guarding you, you're going to find out whether I tell you or not, I just figured you'd rather hear it from a friend," Remus answered.

"I know, thanks," Ginny replied sheepishly.

Remus just nodded still staring at her, but not in a prying annoying way. It was one of the things Ginny like best about him in the future both when he was her teacher and when he was at headquarters. He never pried, but he was always there to talk.

"My first year at school didn't go well. Where I'm from there was an - well let's just say I trusted the wrong person," Ginny choked.

Remus said nothing, just nodded encouraging Ginny to continue.

"I did, well I did some horrible things, things I didn't know I was doing. And the worst part is sometimes they come in flashes and I can remember how I felt while doing it," Ginny added as her eyes swelled with tears.

"And this person is Tom?" Remus asked gentry as he slid off the bed and walked over to the empty chair that Sirius had occupied earlier.

"How did-" Ginny begain but stopped when seeing the look on his face.

"Girls like to gossip," Remus repeated apologetically, as he lowered himself onto the seat.

"It just- he possessed me, he took me over and made me do things and that's scary, and I can still feel him sometimes- inside of me, and that's more frightening, knowing I have this darkness inside of me that I can't change, that haunts me," Ginny whispered no longer stopping the tears.

Remus stood up and wrapped his arms around her, and Ginny saw his eyes were all filled with tears that threated to fall.

"I know how you feel Ginevra, and what happened to you does not define you," he whispered as Ginny's tears soaked his robes. "My father worked for the ministry, and when I was eight years old, my father offended a man, his name was Fenrir Greyback…"

Although Ginny already knew what Remus was, he himself had never personally told her, she had found out in her second year from the Parvati twins, who heard it first hand from Snape in class. Yet this moment meant just as much to her that night in that dusty bedroom at number 12, because Remus trusted her enough here- in his time to open up to her, to make her feel less alone.

Only what Ginny didn't know was there was a Slytherin boy laying just three beds down with the curtains drawn that heard every word.


Ezriella:thanks, glad you're still enjoying my stories!

icebabesfire:awh, well i'm glad you take the time to read it !

Slytherin's Strumpet: aha, it's a twist with a point! don't worry :P

Sliverwing and Shiver: haha, there is a point trust me :P and I do love writing about bad boys, and Tom is the perfect one :3