"You Only Live Twice"
Sequel to "Leah"
by Dorthey Star
Prologue: Land of the Dead
Ginny stepped up to Hermione's coffin. Hermione was dressed in a pretty Muggle black dress. Her eyes were closed and she was pale. Ginny reached down and put an hand on Hermione's arm. It was ice cold. She closed her eyes and suddenly felt as if she'd moved from where she'd been. Ginny opened her eyes. She was no longer at the funeral. She was by a river, in a forest. Suddenly she saw Draco and Hermione standing by the river, talking. Hermione was mad at Draco and he seemed to be trying to explain something to her.
"Hermione? Are you…alive? Am I dreaming?" Ginny asked, her voice coming out oddly distant.
"G-Ginny?" Hermione flew around, startled. "Are you dead, too?"
"No, I'm not. At least, I don't think I am," Ginny said.
"Then how…? This is the land of the dead," Draco said, sounding as bewildered as Hermione was.
"Necromancy!" Hermione said, "She's trying to bring us back from the dead!"
"But, I don't even know how!" Ginny said.
"I read a book about it once-" Hermione started, but was interrupted by Draco.
"What a surprise," he muttered dryly.
"As I was saying," Hermione said and glared at Draco, "I read a book about it once, but all I can remember was something about leading the dead ones somewhere. I wish I could remember more. All of my knowledge and memory is fading…fast."
"Here, hold on to me and I'll try and get you both out," Ginny said. She closed her eyes and felt two sets of cold hands clamp onto her arms. She concentrated on the funeral. She opened her eyes once again. She was still in the forest by the river. She closed her eyes again and concentrated once more on the funeral. This time when she opened her eyes she was at the funeral, freezing. Harry put a hand on her arm.
"You okay?" he asked, but she did not answer. She was staring at her hand which was touching Hermione's arm. It was glowing faintly, but suddenly stopped. Then, without warning, Hermione's eyes flew open.
"Ginny?" Hermione asked, sitting up the same time Draco did in his casket. Before she passed out, Ginny said one thing.
"Oh my God."
Disclaimer: everything belongs to JKR, except for the title which belongs to…well, I can't remember, but its the guy that write the James Bond novels (well, I'm assuming it belongs to him. It's a title to a Bond movie).
Author's Note: Is this better? Hopefully I should get more of this up soon. I KNOW that JKR said that people couldn't be raised from the dead, but…it was just so tempting, especially after they raised Buffy… Please, R/R. All flames will be used to dry my hair while it has curlers in it so it will be all curly…
