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A/N - I have the attention span of a gnat. I procrastinate from other forms of procrastination. However, all one must do to get me to write is to pressure me into it. Luckily, not too many people are interested in my stories, *whew* I can keep being procrastination queeeeeeen. Anyway, as you can see, Luna Sea is the only thing that gets me to shed my slackerness. (Is that even a real word?) So here's "kono sekai no hate de" much D/G abounds. Of course how this works post-mortem you must discover for yourself...

Disclaimer - Luna Sea, J.K.Rowlings. Owners of all you survey. I think there was probably a time when I once had very very serious disclaimers but that was many moons ago. When the green fox was in the sky and the blue hare swallowed the silent treeses.

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kono sekai no hate de {At the End of This World}

Part 2 - kara wo yaburu {ripping off your shell}

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kami wo kitte kara wo yaburu KIMI kakegae no nai toki no wa no naka

Cutting off your hair, ripping off your shell; only the irreplaceable part of yourself left within the circle of time

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Ginny stumbled down the corridor, her head throbbed unmercifully, her mouth tasted like crap, and the dim hall lights stung her eyes. Whatever she'd been doing last night, she vowed never to do again. As soon as she remembered what it was...

God damn, I can't even remember the password! She thought to herself. Which of course promptly kicked her headache up a notch.

Luckily for her, a group of happy, chattering Gryffindors sounded like they were heading her way. Unluckily for her headache, they were very loud.

Clutching her head to block out the sounds, she slumped wearily into the soothing darkness of the shadows lying thick along the walls, waiting for them to say the magic words that would get the Fat Lady to let them in.

Their voices got louder, and Ginny realized what they were saying.

"Yeah, no one can figure out where Ginny ran off to Wednesday. Maybe she finally stopped mooning over Harry and made a move on someone she actually had a chance of getting!" The speaker was a tall girl she vaguely remembered sitting behind in Potions last year. Bitch.

Colin Creevey's piping voice broke in, "That's not very nice Twilla, you know Harry and his friends are worried sick about her. Besides she's not like that!"

Awwww Colin's a sweetie, Ginny thought to herself. She considered marching up and confronting Twilla. Slap! And she'd knock her to the floor! Kick! Oh yes, that'd leave her writhing on the floor! But then she remember all 13 stone of Twilla and decided that discretion was the better part of valor. So instead, she snuck into the common room after Twilla called out the password, mentally filing it away for later use.

Her best bet was probably Harry and Ron's room, she figured. Skulking through the shadows she grinned in anticipation at the surprise they'd get when she flung their door open, bursting in dramatically. Unfortunately their door was already half opened. Well, no flinging of doors today it seemed...

She peeked in. God, Ron looked like a wreck, and Harry and Hermione didn't look much better. Did her other brothers know she was missing too? What day was today anyway?

Now she was feeling vaguely guilty about wanting to surprise them. Best to play it off cool, but not too casually, she decided. That would probably cut down on necessary explanations and emotional breakdowns.

"Hi!" She said, walking into the room smiling brightly, even though her head still hurt and she felt like she was forgetting something really important.

Well, she expected lots of things, like anger or shock or relief, but this response was beyond weird... They didn't say a thing. Just sat there like they didn't hear her at all...

What's going on? She wondered to herself.

"Helloooo? It's me the prodigal sister?" She said, waving her hand up and down in front of Ron's eyes.

"I still can't believe she's gone Harry. I mean she just said she'd forgotten something in the dungeons and she'd meet me upstairs and now... God it's been a week!" Ron thumped his fist against his palm in frustration. Totally ignoring aforementioned sister standing in front of him.

"Uhhh... Harry? Hermione?" Ginny ventured tentatively, reaching out for Harry. This was not looking good. Was she cursed? Maybe she had a permanent Invisibility spell on her or something?

Suddenly Harry clutched his scar, screaming and falling to the floor in pain.

Ohshitohshitohshit. Ginny thought, snatching her hand back from were she had lightly brushed his scar. I didn't do that did I?!

Professor McGonagall, came running into the room, looking tired and worried, the crow's feet a little deeper around her eyes. "Harry! Are you alright? Is it your scar..."

"Ummm no, no, just a headache." Harry smiled weakly at her, hoping she'd believe him.

"If you say so..." Professor McGonagall still looked dubious. But then she gave a slight shake of her head and drew herself up, as thought bracing herself for what she had to say next. "Children... I'm afraid I have some bad news."

Ron looked like he was about to burst into tears, and Hermione and Harry both patted his shoulders awkwardly, their eyes suspiciously wet as well. Ginny was touched, even though she was just fine, really.

"Your sister's body has been found next to the lake in the Forbidden Forest. Experts are coming in to try to discover the cause of death... I'm sorry," she paused awkwardly. "Do you need to be alone?"

"That's a lie!!" Ginny flung herself in front of them. "I'm right here!! Look at me!! Can't you hear me!!!" She panted. "It must be a curse or something but I'm still alive!"

Her headache blazed up again, glaring white and sharp as knives. She stumbled through the doorway, not really noticing that McGonagall had closed the door behind her for privacy when she came to deliver her news. Then all she saw was red red tinged blackness.

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to be continued...

aww yeah, looks like she's gonna figure out she's dead soon. Tune in next time to see Draco in the showers. O.o

Thank you *Altra* for liking the first part. (I think Altra was very cool! Almost as cool as the gryphons!) To everyone else... sorry I was confusing. It'll get better and less confusing I promise!