Disclaimer: I don't own any part of HP, and am making no money from this, also I can't be bothered writing this anymore, so I'm just gonna stop.
A.N. I noticed a couple of people are wondering about Bellatrix, so I'll explain, Bellatrix is the same from the books just with my own backstory that I probably won't actually put in this fic. Although I think I'll write a side story about her and maybe explain it in the sequel that I'm planning, but I'm not sure yet. Anyway, Bellatrix isn't really Ginny's aunt, it's just easier than saying she's a very distant relative every time they talked about her. Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
Hermione
I was sitting by Emily's bedside once again, only this time I was across the room, no longer near Harry as he still lay unconscious with Ron by his side. Emily glanced over in their direction every now and then, her face full of worry, fear, and anger, all three emotions cast at the black-haired boy. She wouldn't tell me why, however, so I just sat with her, wondering what the hell had gone down just two nights ago.
"How was your Christmas night?" Emily asked, relieving some of the tension that had washed over after I asked what had happened.
I instantly flushed as memories of that night flitted through my mind, a shy smile spreading across my face, "I'll tell you when we get out of here," I whispered, worried someone may overhear in the annoyingly quiet Infirmary.
"That good huh?" She asked suggestively, clearly understanding what had transpired, but I nodded in confirmation, either way, causing a soft laugh to slip from the girl's mouth, "I'm happy for you."
I smiled at her, glad things had loosened up, "So am I, how much longer do you think Madam Pomfrey will be? She said she'd be back in ten minutes about half an hour ago."
"I know," Emily groaned, "I just need to get away from him…"
She started glaring at Harry again, the tension returning as quickly as it had dissipated, just as I was about to say something a small hand tapped on my shoulder. Looking behind me, I saw the ever-smiling face of Sammy the House Elf. I smiled back at her, hoping she'd come bearing good news about S.P.E.W.
"Good morning Miss Granger and Miss Everton," the house elf greeted the both of us, shocking me slightly as I just realized I'd never asked for Emily's last name or anything like that, making me feel like a massive ass. "I am pleased to inform you that I shall be the new House Elf representative for S.P.E.W."
"That's fantastic!" I exclaimed as I jumped from my seat, pulling Sammy with me and spinning around like a little kid. "Sorry," I mumbled once I realized exactly what I'd done, gently placing the small creature back onto the floor.
"Think nothing of it, Miss Granger, it was actually sort of fun. But I must be off, plenty to do."
And with that the Elf was gone again, I sat down a little disappointedly, upset that the others weren't here for the announcement, upset that so quickly after telling me the House Elves answer, she had to leave straight away. Noticing this, Emily placed her hand on my shoulder, looking at me with a sad smile.
"We'll help them, don't worry," I smiled at her words, but I was starting to have doubts, how much change could we really effect, we were just kids.
"I know we will," I lied, I wanted to be hopeful, but I really wasn't too sure we'd be able to help.
The doors to the infirmary burst open, drawing my attention to a fairly disheveled Pansy as she looked around the large room frantically. Noticing us she bounded over, before tackling Emily into a hug, a laughing Ginny walking up behind her, but I something was off, the laugh didn't seem exactly genuine, close, but not quite.
"I'm sorry I wasn't here," Pansy apologized as she pulled away, only to pull the girl into another hug.
"I'm fine," Emily laughed, "And Hermione's been with me since I woke up, so everything's good."
Pansy pulled away and stood up, smiling down at the formerly injured girl, Ginny quickly wrapped a possessive arm around Pansy, causing the older girl to lean into her side a little. I smiled at the interaction, but I get the feeling that something bad may be lurking beneath the surface. Deciding to ignore it, for the time being, I stood up to hug the two girls.
"What are you two doing back? I thought you'd be gone for a couple of weeks."
"Well, you know… things happen…" Pansy shrugged, avoiding eye contact.
"Dad didn't react well to this," Ginny said, motioning between her and Pansy, "And when he tried to hurt me Pansy did something incredible."
"It wasn't that good… just a rage filled haze," Pansy said, further avoiding any form of eye-contact.
"Not that good?" Ginny asked indignantly as she looked up at the black-haired girl, "You used wordless magic to throw him into a wall! It was amazing!" Ginny gushed as she kissed her girlfriend on the cheek. Pansy just shrugged, but I could see her lips were curved into a smile, whether it was from the praise or the kiss I wasn't sure, but it was there.
"That is amazing!" Emily exclaimed, "Almost no teenaged witches or wizards can do that, but you did!"
I smiled along as I listened, but I couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy, I may be the brightest witch in the school, but I couldn't do that. No matter how hard I tried I just couldn't do make it work, neither wandless nor wordless. Standing next to Pansy now I felt incompetent, inferior, a feeling I hadn't felt in a very long time. I pushed the feeling down as much as I could, right now was about Emily, not me.
As I came out of my inner thoughts, I noticed Madam Pomfrey had finally returned from her office and was now walking away from the bed. Pansy had gone completely red in the face from the praise of the others while Emily was getting ready to head back to the dorm.
"Oh, by the way, guys, Sammy's going to be the House Elf representative," I announced as we headed for the door to the Infirmary.
"That's great news!" Pansy exclaimed, making me smile, and forget about my jealousy.
"It sure is, only she had to Disapparate tight after telling us which was unfortunate."
"That is," Pansy sighed, a little disheartened, "But at least they agreed."
I nodded, but I still felt bad around the black-haired girl, which just made me feel worse as I felt guilty for feeling like that when Emily had gone through something horrible. I groaned as the feelings fought inside me, deteriorating my mood very quickly as we walked through the hallways. I knew the other girls were speaking, but I couldn't hear them, I needed to get away, get to the one person I could count on to make me feel better before I did something I'd regret.
"I'm sorry, but I need to go," I said quickly, interrupting whatever they were discussing, "I need to see Fleur." I rushed off before anyone could respond, moving as quickly as I could as I had no idea where Fleur was, and I really needed her right now.
Pansy
I was sitting with Emily and Ginny in the Gryffindor common room, most of the other Gryffindor's still kept their distance from me, which was a little upsetting but it gave us privacy, and at least they weren't bullying me. Emily and Ginny were still going on about how cool I was to be able to use wordless magic, but all I felt was guilt. I had attacked Arthur in a fit of rage, what if I ended up doing it to someone else? At that moment I had lost control, I'd acted without thinking and could have killed the man, which was my biggest fear.
When it first happened, I was excited as adrenaline the coursed through me, but now I just felt guilty, and terrified. Wondering if and when I'd get that angry again and attack someone without thinking, possibly killing them. And what if I hurt Ginny in one of those rages, I had no control, I'd already bruised her but what if she got hit by some stray magic. Or worse, what if my rage was somehow turned on the girl I wanted so much to protect.
"Please guy's, stop," I groaned as they progressed into another round of praise, "It wasn't me."
"Of course it was you," Ginny laughed, not understanding what I meant "No one else was there."
"That's not what I meant when I said it wasn't me, I meant that I had no control… It was like someone had taken control of my body and just used me to do their bidding," I explained, hoping they'd understand.
"It was still cool though," Emily said, not understanding. But Ginny, on the other hand, I could see in her eyes that she did, somehow, she understood, at least partially.
She smiled at me, "It was cool, but I understand, you're afraid it might happen again, and what you might end up doing if it does," her hand came to rest on top of my own, squeezing gently as she did so.
I nodded to her, "Yeah… And what if I attack you? It's just a, very scary thought…"
"It's okay baby, we'll make sure that doesn't happen," she reassured me.
"Thank you. Anyway Emily, how did you end up in the Infirmary? We've been talking about my what I did for far too long."
Her smile disappeared as I broached the subject, "Uhm, that's a long story…" I was looking into her eyes and could practically see the war raging inside her, she wanted to talk about it but also didn't want to. I hoped she would, although I knew I wouldn't push her should she refuse.
"You can tell us," Ginny said placing the hand that was once on mine onto the other girl's shoulder, I whined involuntarily at the loss of contact, going red immediately afterwards as both girls turned to me.
"What?" I asked, trying to play it off as nothing, even though my face was easily giving it away.
"Nothing," the girls said at the same time, although I could clearly see the smirks on each of their faces. Ginny not so subtly moved over to me and made a big show of putting her arm around me.
"Happy now?" She asked, to which I simply nodded, too embarrassed to speak further.
"Aww, you're so cute together," Emily cooed dramatically before both she and Ginny cracked up laughing at my expense. "Anyway," she said wiping her face before standing up, going back to being serious, "We should talk in the dorm."
Ginny and I nodded and followed her up to our room, hand-in-hand, which put a small smile on my face, even with the situation being what it was. In our room, Emily sat on her bed while both Ginny and I pulled up a chair each to sit in front of her.
"Harry… attacked me, after the ball," she sighed, wrapping her arms around herself. "He just seemed to change in an instant once we were alone, started screaming, calling me a whore and things like that before drawing his wand and attacking me. He was like an animal casting curse after curse and causing so much pain. I know it wasn't really him… That someone had taken over his mind and forced him to do that, but whenever I look at him or think about him, I see his face contorted in rage. His wand flinging back and forth as he came down on me like I had killed his parents or something…"
I watched as tears gathered in the girl's eyes, as the memories seemed to bombard her and I couldn't help but wonder if this was what Ginny saw when I was in pain like this. I moved to sit next to Emily and wrapped her in a hug, hoping to provide some sort of comfort as she bawled her eyes out. Ginny watched us sadly, tears filling her own eyes and it was then that I knew I was right.
The redhead lunged at us, taking us down to the bed as she started bawling, her head resting on my chest. I couldn't help but hope that my being here was offering them comfort, as I held back the tears that threatened to spill from my own eyes. Listening to these two was the hardest thing I've had to endure in my fifteen years of life. Harder than the bullying, the guilt over my rage filled attack, harder than when Malfoy first found out about me, and I was kicked out of Malfoy Manor while my families name was cursed by our closest friends.
It seemed to take hours before the two girls had calmed down and I was allowed to get up from underneath them. My robes now soaked with tears and more than a little bit saliva thanks to the position we'd landed in. I smiled at Ginny and then Emily, happy when they smiled back at me.
"Sorry," Ginny said as she wiped her eyes, "This was supposed to be about Emily, and I got caught in my own thoughts."
"You don't need to apologize, you never need to apologize for your feelings," I told her, still smiling at the beautiful girl.
"She's right," Emily agreed with me, "And it was kind of nice, in a weird way, to have someone crying with me, definitely not something that's happened to me before." A soft giggle from the redhead caused my heart to flutter, as it always did whenever the girl giggled like that. "Anyway, I'm famished, I'm gonna grab some food from the Great Hall."
Nodding I waved goodbye to the girl before rising to my feet, pulling Ginny with me and walking her over to my bed, we laid down facing each other on the tiny thing. A smile was tugging at her lips, but she seemed to be fighting it, wanting to see it I leaned over and kissed the side of her mouth, effectively making her smile.
"That was cheating," she huffed, although the smile stayed in place.
"I don't care," I shrugged, "I got to see your smile again, so I'm happy," I said before smiling myself. "Hey, I want to ask you something… Why'd you start crying so hard earlier? You said you were in your own thoughts so… I was just wondering."
Her smile disappeared before she sighed and moved closer, so her head was resting on my chest again, "Seeing the pain on Emily's face… It was the same pain I would see on yours, and it didn't take long before I was seeing your face instead of Emily's." I was stroking her hair softly, loving the feeling of the silky strands passing through my fingers, "Your chest is a little wet…"
I laughed at that, "That's because you were crying in that same position."
"Oh, right… Can you blame me though?" She asked as her hand came to rest on my breast, "This place is very comfy, feels nice," she finished with breathy, sensual voice as she squeezed the breast that lay under her hand. "Amazingly soft and warm," she sighed nuzzling her face against me, "I could die happy here."
I groaned as a problem quickly raised between my legs, "Why do you do this to me," I sighed as I pulled the sexy girl on top of me, my problem pressing into her.
"Because I love you," she smiled as she grinded her thigh against me.
I grinned up at her, "Maybe you should show me how much," I said pushing my bulge against her thigh.
"Maybe I will," she replied as her hand moved down my body agonizingly slowly.
Fleur
I stood on the edge of the water, drops slipping over my body and down my hair as my breath came quickly and hard. I smiled as my breathing came back under my control before I raised my wand and cast the bubble charm over my face again. I submerged myself underneath the water once again, swimming around in the dark as I trained my body to get used to the frigid water, hoping my efforts would not prove to be in vain.
Another hour passed before the charm faded and I rushed back to the surface, taking a deep breath of the cool air above the lake before swimming back to the shore. As I approached, I noticed the familiar brown frizzy mane of my mate, even with the sour face she was making she looked to me like the most beautiful woman in the world.
"Hello, mon amour," I greeted my love as I walked towards her.
Her jaw dropped as she fully focused on me, her eyes raking over my wet body for a few minutes before she looked into my eyes, "Wow," she breathed out.
"You like what you see I take it?" I asked, her answer was a simple nod before she leaned in and kissed my lips, I felt tongue rub against my lips asking for entry, but I pushed her away before I gave in and granted it.
"Why'd you stop?" she asked looking a little hurt.
Turning her around I motioned towards a group of students that had gathered ever since I had started my training, "Because of them, I don't want us to be some horny teenagers fantasy… Even though we probably already are."
"Go away!" Hermione yelled at the gawking boys and girls, causing them to break out of their stupor and scatter in different directions. She turned back to me, a frown still on her face, "Why do you just let them watch you?" She demanded.
"It's not like I could stop them for long," I sighed, "When I was younger I tried everything to get them to leave me alone, but they always came back. I either had to stay home or get used to the constant gawking, so I got used to it, if I didn't I might never have met you."
She smiled at that, but I could see she was still upset, quickly drying myself off and getting dressed into my blue uniform I led the girl back to the carriage. Glad that none of my classmates were around to gossip about me not taking the Tournament seriously and was just hanging out with my girlfriend.
Once in my room I smiled at Hermione as I closed the door, I charged at her, taking her down to my bed as I attacked her lips, forcing my tongue into her mouth, kissing her with a desperate need. The kiss lasted for as long as I could make it last before needing to breathe, I pulled away and sucked in a large breath of air as I watched the flushed girl beneath me pant desperately for air.
"I forgive you," she panted before sitting up.
Her face went back to the dour look from before, worrying me greatly, sitting down next to her I wrapped my arm around her, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing… just a little jealous of Pansy is all…"
"What about her?" I asked, worried about what might come, while I don't have a choice about her, she has a choice about me.
"She used wordless magic," Hermione explained.
"Oh thank God," I breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought maybe you wanted Ginny or something…"
The brunette burst out laughing, doubling over, her head resting on her knees, "You… You thought I wanted… Ginny?! She's like my sister!" She continued laughing rather hard, slightly annoying me.
"Whatever," I grumbled crossing my hands over my chest.
"Aww baby, don't feel bad, she placed her hand on the side of my face, turning me to face her, "It's also because I love you," she smiled, kissing me softly on the lips.
"And now I forgive you. But she really used wordless magic? That's amazing, I've only been able to do it a few times."
"You can do it too?!"
I frowned at the brunette, "Well, yeah, there's a reason I'm the Beauxbatons champion."
"How do you do it?" She asked, eyes wide, eager to learn how.
"Well, you just have to really concentrate, at least, that's how I did it. Wordless magic isn't really something that can be taught, or so I've been told, it's just something that happens… Everyone has their own way of getting it to work. You just need to find your muse," I explained.
"What's your muse?"
"My family seems to set me in the right mood to be able to do it."
"Ok…" she trailed off, appearing to be in deep thought. Shrugging my shoulders, I decided to lay down and rest after my hard day of training, slipping into unconsciousness rather easily.
Ginny
I lay in Pansy's arms basking in the afterglow of a rather intense orgasm while listening to the older girl breathe heavily. We hadn't gone all the way yet, I was worried about doing that too early, but if it was half as good as what we have done, then I couldn't wait.
"That was great," Pansy cooed in my ear, her hand rubbing small circles on my back.
"I agree, very good," I sighed as her wandering hand squeezed my ass once again.
"Such a nice, firm, buttocks you have," she whispered.
I smiled as I shifted my position, so I was able to look her in the eyes, "Then I guess we're a match," I giggled as I squeezed hers.
The door to the dorm room burst open, startling the both of us before we scrambled under Pansy's covers, hiding our semi naked bodies. Emily stomped in, groaning in frustration as she sat down on her bed.
"They just won't stop asking questions," she whined.
"Who won't?" My Pansy asked from her position next to me.
"Everyone! It's like something happens to one person and that gives everyone the right to just ask question after question. It's such a pain in the ass!"
"Don't worry, they'll stop soon enough… Believe me," my beautiful girl reassured the distraught girl.
"Thanks, but I take it it's going to be frustrating all the same," Emily guessed quite correctly.
"Yep," she said as she got out from under the covers and began getting dressed.
"I didn't spoil any fun, did I?" Emily asked with a smirk on her face, her eyebrows waggling as her eyes moved from Pansy to me.
"You didn't. We finished before you came in," I replied matter-of-factly, causing Pansy to choke on nothing.
"Ginny, come on," she groaned at me.
Emily sat in shocked silence at my bold statement, "What's wrong Em? Cat got your tongue?"
Shaking her head, she smirked once again, "Too bad I wasn't here a few minutes earlier, that would have been a sight."
I smiled at the other girl before getting out of Pansy's bed and getting dressed, "I'm gonna go see what's going on with Harry, he has to have woken by now," I announced.
"Okay," both girls said at the same time as I headed out the door. I wished Pansy would have come with me, but I knew it was better for her to stay with Emily for now, especially since I'd been taking all of her time since we became a couple.
Making my way to the Infirmary by myself was boring, and something I never wanted to do again, although I assumed it would be the same since I'd been going everywhere with Pansy recently. On my way, I ran into a familiar blond girl, she was sitting on a windowsill with another, much younger girl, sitting in her lap.
"Hey Luna, how have you been?" I asked the girl, peering at the girl that was perched on her lap.
"I've been well," she replied in her usual dazed voice, "And you?"
"Very well, Pansy and I have been having a lot of fun together recently."
The girl sitting on Luna's lap nudged Luna, peering up at her with questioning eyes, "Sorry, where are my manners, Gabrielle, this is my friend Ginny, Ginny this is Fleur sister Gabrielle."
"Hello Gabrielle," I waved at the little girl, a smile on my face.
The girl waved back shyly, "Hello," she greeted in a beautiful French accent.
"Anyway, I should get going, I'm on my way to find out what happened to Harry."
"You can't, he's gone."
"Gone? What do you mean?" I asked confused, he was in the Infirmary only a few hours ago.
"His parents pulled him out of school," Luna explained, "Took him to St Mungo's since he wasn't recovering."
"He still wasn't recovering?"
"Apparently not, whoever did this really went all out on that poor boy. Ron is inconsolable at the moment as well, he's apparently locked himself in the First-floor girl's lavatory with Moaning Myrtle. Fred and George are trying to get him to come out."
"How do you know all of this?"
"I was going to introduce Gabrielle to Moaning Myrtle, ran into Fred and George when I got to the door," she explained.
"Well, that's too bad… I wonder if there's anything I can do, he's been distant ever since I started dating Pansy, even if though he said he was okay with our relationship."
"Maybe just leave it to your brothers," the blond shrugged.
"Yeah, I guess, so what are you two going to do now?" I asked, hoping I could give Pansy a little more time to be with her friend.
"Nothing really, we were trying to think of something but couldn't."
I tapped my chin in contemplation, "Oh I know, do you want to see the kitchens?" I asked the two girls.
Gabrielle nodded enthusiastically causing Luna to giggle a little, "I guess it's settled then, take us to the kitchen, Ginny."
I nodded and quickly headed in the direction of the entrance of the kitchen, Gabrielle stood next to me with Luna next to her, they were holding hands which gave me an idea. I grabbed Gabrielle's free hand and smiled down at her as she looked up questioningly, I looked to Luna, who was now looking at me and lifted Gabrielle's hand a little, winking at the blond. Catching on she nodded and started to count down from three.
"Three… Two… One… Go!" On go, we both lifted the younger girl off the floor, before swinging her a little. The girl laughed like mad as she hung in the air, instantly begging us to do it again once we'd put her back on the floor.
The game kept us entertained all the way to the kitchens, although by the time we arrived, I could barely feel my arm. I reached up to the green pear and gave it a tickle, just the same as we did before, and just like last time the pear turned into a green door knob.
"Okay, before we head inside you need to promise me you'll stay out of the Elves way, they'll probably be very busy."
Both girls nodded even though I was directing the command to Gabrielle, I just shrugged before I opened the door and led the other two girls into the hot, damp kitchens. Gabrielle and Luna both looked around in wonder as the busy Elves worked to make the food we ate every day.
"You here to ask our answer?" One of the House Elves asked, "The answer is no, we thank you for your concern, but we are happy the way we are."
My brow furrowed and I went to ask what the Elf meant, but as I did it turned away and got back to work, now I was confused, Sammy said that they accepted and that she was going to be the representative. I filed the thought away for when I saw Hermione again, she needed to know what I was just told as soon as I saw her next.
As I looked around at the busy Elves a feeling of longing washed over me, I was somehow instantly lonely, I needed to get back to Pansy. "Alright, we should head out now, we don't want to get in the way." The two girls nodded and followed me back out of the kitchens, "I'll see you two later, I can't stand being away from Pansy anymore."