Angel of the Apocalypse
Chapter Two: The Guardian
Ginny thought that she still had to be passed out because nothing could have prepared her for the words that Gavin had just said. She was going to decide the fate of human kind? That was a joke. She was the one who was having all her decisions made for her. She couldn't be held responsible for everything and everyone else. No way. No how.
"Get away from me," she hissed through her teeth as she glared at him. She pulled her blankets closer to her body.
"I am afraid I cannot do as you ask. I have my orders," said Gavin calmly as he leaned back in his chair and continued watching her. He didn't seem to realize that Harry, Hermione, and Ron would notice that he wasn't with them any longer. Fred and George came up to Ron right after class. "Ginny, she's in the infirmary. Something happened while she was at Potions," said George.
"What? Is she all right?" asked Ron anxiously.
"She passed out, but that's not the weird thing. Things started breaking in class and the flames under the cauldrons went up and flamed people. There are at least three other kids in the infirmary for burns. Hey, where's that new kid?" asked Fred.
"Uh? I don't know. Where'd he go?" asked Ron to Harry and Hermione. They exchanged looks of bewilderment.
"Gavin was with us when we were at Hagrid's. And he solved the sphinx's riddle before everyone else, but I didn't see him after that," said Hermione.
"Never mind that now, let's go to the infirmary and look after Ginny," said George impatiently as he moved forward down the hall.
Gavin was still sitting at Ginny's side when they got there. Fred and George had surprised, annoyed looks on their faces. "She's all right. Just passed out. It was too much for her," he said calmly.
"Hello to you, too," said Ron sarcastically. Ginny had her head buried underneath her sheets because she didn't want to look at Gavin, or to know that Gavin was looking at her again. Gavin gave them all a pleasant smile. "By the way, Potions is cancelled until the dungeons are back in order," added Gavin.
"Really?" asked Ron happily. Gavin nodded.
"The dungeons must be a mess if Snape has to go as far as canceling class," said Harry.
"Oh no! I did my essay for Potions early. I was hoping to turn it in early and get it over with," said Hermione woefully.
"Who cares? No Potions! Just be happy!" said Ron with a smile.
"Wait, how did you get here first?" asked Fred suspiciously. George was walking over to Ginny's side and lifting the blankets to have a look at her, but she was fighting him.
"Decided to leave after I was done with the sphinx," said Gavin.
"Do they just let people go after they're done with their work before class is up in America?" asked Hermione with a frown; she was beginning to feel as suspicious as the twins were about him.
"I just left because I felt like it. Is that so hard to believe?" said Gavin with an innocent look on his face.
George had finally gotten the sheets off Ginny, but she was still pulling them back. "I'M FINE! GIVE ME BACK MY BLANKETS!" she shouted.
"I guess you are fine," said George as he let go of her blankets. Her face was red with embarrassment because Harry was there. She threw a look at Gavin who didn't seem the slightest bit affected by. "Snape didn't seem that happy to cancel class," commented Gavin as he looked at her.
Ginny felt something cold go through her body. Was she the one who caused the disaster in Potions? She could remember the pain in her chest and the way the room pulsated. Somehow Gavin knew what was going on, but she couldn't ask him with her brothers standing there. All of them were an owl away from their parents. She lay back down. "I'm tired," she said as she closed her eyes. George pulled the blankets on her. "We should get going," he said to Fred.
"Yes, we might as well get some Quidditch practice in. It's been a year since the last game," said Fred. The Triwizard Tournament replaced the usually Quidditch Cup Championship against the other houses, but it had returned with much favor from the students. Harry was the seeker for the team, and with Oliver Wood gone; Ron was now the keeper for the Gryffindor House. Gavin had no real choice, but to leave with the others.
Ginny fell back to sleep without much trouble because she really was tired, but that didn't mean that she didn't see anything in her dreams. What she saw was the sky with white, long feathers falling from it. The ground was covered in something red. Ginny bent down to touch it and found out that it was blood. She felt herself go pale as she walked onward. Everywhere she went everyone was dead until she reached the Great Hall. Her brothers were dead. Harry was dead. Hermione was dead. She stopped cold when she saw that Dumbledore and Voldermort were dead. It looked like they were killed in mid duel. She started to run out of the hall looking anything that was alive. The plants around the grounds were brown and withered. Ginny broke off running even more. She couldn't hear any sounds from the owlery. She ran up there and found every single owl dead. Ginny felt a pain go through her chest like before. A golden glow emitted from her body. Her upper back began to ache…
Ginny woke up from her dream to find that everything was already dark. Gavin was once again at her side. Madame Pomfrey had gone to bed for the night after checking up on her and the students who were burned in class were healed at back at their respective houses. Ginny clutched at her heart, trying desperately to calm back down. Gavin looked at her with unyielding eyes before he came to her side and place his hand on her head and alleviated her pain.
"What is happening to me?" she whispered as she looked down at her hands, thinking that they were covered with blood.
"It has already began," said Gavin simply.
"I don't understand. You said that the fate of human kind is in my hands. That's impossible," said Ginny.
"It was prophesized before you were born. Did you ever feel like you could see visions of the end of the world? Did you ever feel some greater power go through your body before today? You're afraid because you know it's true. You know that you are a danger to yourself and everyone else around you," said Gavin.
Ginny clutched her sheets and bit her lip. She knew everything he was saying was true. She remembered, breaking all the water glasses at the dinner table once when she was just seven. Her parents immediately blamed Fred and George, thinking it was some kind of prank. She swore to herself that it must have been her magic developing back then and didn't tell her parents because she didn't want to be punished. She nodded numbly as she looked at him. "I can't be the one you're talking about. How about me just being a freak?" she asked with a hopeful smile.
"It is not that simply. You are the judge. You will decided whether or not this world is worth sparing," said Gavin.
"I'm fourteen years old, Gavin. I can't possibly be held responsible for everyone else. I'm not an adult. There are people who are more able to do that than me. People like the teachers, someone like Professor Dumbledore," said Ginny.
"My duty is to help you as a guide and guardian," said Gavin.
"My guide?" asked Ginny.
"I will show you what you must judge, but at the same time not influence your decision," he said.
"This is too much," said Ginny. She was still sweaty from the nightmare she had just seen. "I saw some horrible…terrible things in my dreams…"
"There is nothing I can really do for you there. I can guard you when you're awake. I have to protect you and everyone else," said Gavin.
"People got hurt today because of me. Why weren't you there sooner?" she asked with angry look on her face. She remembered the students who were burned moaning in pain.
"You're powers are just really starting to surface. I couldn't catch them in time because I was away from you," he said apologetically. Ginny wasn't really mad at him, but she was angry at herself for hurting people.
"I didn't agree to do anything," she muttered as she pulled the blankets back up.
"It is has already been decided for you," he said sadly. "The only decision that is left to you is everything else." He sounded sympathetic. The decision was out of her hands and she was too tired to fight him right then. Gavin placed his hand over her eyes and cast a sleeping spell over her.
~*~
Gavin returned back to his room and found that everyone was still asleep. Sleeping was something that humans required. People of his kind didn't require such things as eating and sleeping. These things were new to Gavin. He was given a human name when he was born by his leader. He walked over to his bed and found his little lizard sleeping on his pillow.
The stupid thing really didn't need sleep either, but it liked to snooze. Gavin resisted the urge to wake it by flinging it across the room. The lizard was no ordinary lizard he was actually a dragon. In his small form, he was actually quite cute. In his large, normal form, he was a fierce dragon. He couldn't spout fire when he was in his small form. He could however spout smoke. Gavin had to be careful to stop him because others would think it was strange.
What a strange world this one is. The people are strange. The girl is strange. Is this world worth saving? What is it about this world that is worth saving? Gavin wasn't sure himself if the world he was in was worth sparing. The people who were blessed with magic were having an underground war. This Voldemort was no concern of Gavin's. And he shouldn't be a concern to the Angel. Her powers were getting stronger and stronger over time.
Gavin spent his night looking out the window. Perhaps there is something worth saving in this world that she will deem worthy.
~*~
It took more than a day for the dungeons to be restored back to normal. In the meanwhile, Snape had to assign two essays to all the classes, so that they wouldn't be lulled into a false sense of security. The essays were two rolls of parchments long apiece. Still, Neville was happier to do the essays rather than be in class with Snape over his shoulder telling him what he was doing was wrong.
Over the next few days, Gavin kept watch over Ginny from a good distance. He was watching her almost twenty-four hours a day. He had no choice because Ginny would get away from him and her brothers were also on the look out for him.
"Are you pining away for a certain Gryffindor?" asked an annoying voice of a pug-faced girl.
Gavin didn't know who the girl was. Nor did he care for that matter. As far as he knew the girl was from the Slytherin House. She had taken a liking to him.
"No. I have to watch her," responded Gavin. The girl scowled which made her face even more ugly.
"You had a choice in the houses you could have joined. To think you choose that house for a Muggle loving, poor Weasley," said a pale, blonde haired boy with gray eyes.
Gavin had no idea what he was talking about. Muggle? Was that what they called people without magic? He had more magic in him than anyone in the school could ever hope of welding. He was the only who was protecting everyone else from Ginny Weasley. He had no time to deal with these people and their questions. He had no time for such petty human bigotry when there were other things at stake.
Ginny knew that he was watching her constantly. She was more than annoyed, she was starting to get nervous and more jumpy. To compensate, she spent time with her brothers, Harry, and Hermione. Actually, she opted to spending time with Hermione in the library. She didn't want to be around Harry.
Harry noticed that Ginny was jumpy. "Ginny, what's wrong?" he asked out of concern the last time that Ginny acted so strangely was with the diary of Tom Riddle during her first year.
"Nothing. Nothing is wrong," said Ginny as she went along the hallway. She walked down the hall full of armor. A flash happened again and the room pulsated. The swords and lances started fly in the hallway. Gavin froze time at that moment as soon as he felt the flash. The only person who wasn't frozen was Ginny. She was clutching her head.
She stopped. She looked at the hallway and saw that Harry was about to the turn the corner, but he was froze. He could have been stabbed by one of the swords or lances. Fear ripped her body at that moment. She could have killed Harry without a second thought. "What the Hell am I?" she cried out.
Gavin walked up to her and embraced her. "You are the Angel. You can either go light or dark. You can destroy or restore. You can harm or head. You cannot control yourself right now. You must be able to wield your powers fully before judgment can be made," said Gavin seriously.
Ginny's eyes filled with tears. "This isn't fair. I can't be the one to make this decision. I was the one foolish enough to be fooled by Riddle before. I can't do this. Why me?" sobbed Ginny.
"There is no one else," said Gavin. He didn't know why either. He wasn't told why. "I will stay with you from now on," he promised her.
Ginny sighed and nodded as she looked at how close one of the swords was to Harry. Gavin flicked his wrist and the swords and lances dropped on the floor. He nodded and apparated back to where he was before. He unfroze time and Harry came running up to where Ginny was. She looked shaken.
"What happened here?" asked Harry.
"One of the ghosts did it," answered Ginny.
"Someone could have gotten hurt. Which ghost?" asked Harry. He suspected Peeves, but Ginny walked away from him instead. "Are you all right?" he asked.
"I wish," she muttered under her breath as she walked away. She had to get away from him. The last person she wanted to hurt was Harry. She took off running outside as soon as she was on the grounds.
Ginny ran until she was out of breath and far away from everyone else. There was another problem that Ginny didn't know about. The four horsemen were waiting in the shadows.
They were dressed in black armor on black stallions as one watched her with a telescope. She shuddered from fear. The hairs on the back of her neck were up. Gavin apparated at her side.
"What's wrong?" he asked her.
"There is someone watching us," she whispered.
Gavin looked around. He sensed what she was talking about. "They have found us," he whispered.
"Who?" asked Ginny.
"The horsemen. The ones from the dark," said Gavin.
Ginny saw off a black raven in the air. One of its eyes was large than the other one. She raised her hand up. A shockwave emitted from her hand. The bird was knocked out of the sky. Her eyes flashed gold. Gavin grabbed her hand and forced her down to the ground. "Why?" she asked.
"You shouldn't do that. Your powers are what draws them to you. I doubt that your powers are strong enough to kill them," warned Gavin.
Ginny gave him a terrified look. What did she do wrong now? She looked around and found that the feeling had disappeared.
"It's safe now," said Gavin as he helped her to her feet.
Ginny dusted off her robes and walked with Gavin to the castle. The fear didn't leave Ginny at all. She now realized how close she was to hurting Harry. She saw her brothers waiting for her at the doorway. "What's going on?" demanded Fred with his fists clutched he was ready to beat the Hell out of Gavin.
Gavin decided to do something he hoped he wouldn't have to do. He made a gesture with his hand behind his back and cast another spell.
The anger and the suspicious immediately faded away from their faces. Ginny thought a miracle just happened. "Thank you for being our sister back," said George in a dazed sort of voice. All three of them had a dazed look.
"We'll be going inside now," said Gavin as he guided Ginny inside. She didn't even look back at them. "I thought that the people couldn't apparate on and off the grounds," said Ginny out loud.
"I'm not a wizard or a non magic. I am not human," he said simply.
"What are you then?" asked Ginny. They were standing so closely together. Harry and Hermione spotted them. As they walked inside together. He didn't give her an answer. Harry wondered what was going on. For the first time ever, he wondered what was going on with Ginny and Gavin. It didn't matter before.
"Ginny. Gavin," he said as he and Hermione walked up to them.
"Get away from me. Both of you," warned Ginny. She didn't sound mad. It sounded like she was sad. She wanted to get away from everyone. The vision that she had seen in her dream played out in her mind. She was the only left alive.
Because she had destroyed everyone.
AN: I am also drawing a little bit from X. Not the movie, but the series. It's supposed to be darker than some of my other work. I am not sure what the pairing is here, yet. I typically don't pair off with original characters. We'll just have to wait and see. Someone said that Harry Potter is a lot like most of the anime out there, so I thought it would be good to combine and see what I get.
Disclaimer; Same as always. Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling and whomever else…Warner Brothers, Bloomsbury, and Scholastic Books. I own Gavin and this story.