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If Ever A Star Shone Brighter, Chapter 8
It was still dark, and pretty well late into the night when Ginny walked down the hall. If any one had been watching her, they'd say 'Now that's a girl who knows where she's going, but no one would KNOW where she's going. She stopped in the doorway of a darkened room. She stood, looking in. Draco Malfoy looked up from what he was doing.
"Weasly," He growled, staring at her flaming hair.
"Malfoy," Ginny spoke calmly.
"What do YOU want?" Malfoy snapped
"What are you doing?" Ginny said curiously, ignoring his previous remark. She walked into the room gracefully and sat next to him.
"What are you doing up so late? You'll get in trouble."
"So? You're up this late."
"I'm not a little Weasly girl."
"Don't be so sure."
Draco laughed, "I'm constructing a plan to destroy your little boyfriend."
Ginny peeked over Draco's shoulder with a thoughtful look, and then leaned back.
"He's not my boyfriend, you know."
Draco looked over and snorted. Ginny brought her knees up to her chest and hugged them, her chin on her knees, "He deserves better than me. He will never love me."
"If anything, HE doesn't deserve YOU." Draco looked over at Ginny to see tears running down her cheek. Draco sighed and gathered her up in his arms, he held her awkwardly. She cried on his shoulder, and he rubbed her back, "Don't worry, sister, for he will die soon."
Ginny sniffed, and looked up, a smile on her tear-stained face, "Yes, he will-"
Cho lie asleep in Harry's arms, hours after curfew. Both lie peacefully . . .
It felt so warm in his arms. He kissed her repeatedly, and she felt as if she could die, with him kissing her here. He made her feel special. Like, she was limited, and hard to come by. Like gold. But she felt as if he deserved someone better, but she was scared at the same time, for fear that he might leave her. He had stopped kissing her, and was now holding her tight in his arms. She sighed and leaned against his chest, inhaling his special potent sent. She raked her fingers through his raven hair, and looked deep into his emerald eyes. He was special, and it wasn't his scar that made him special, either. It was his heart.
Cho opened her eyes slowly and saw the sun streaming in. He was kneeled above her, watching her sleep. His raven-colored hair looked almost blue in the sunlight. When he saw her eyes where open, he seemed shocked at first, but then he blushed. She smiled. "Hey, lover" she greeted him, making him blush more. "We didn't do anything," he mumbled as he got off the bed and get dressed. She stretched and sat up. She gasped, "What time is it?!"
"Don't worry, it's Saturday." Harry replied
"Oh, good." Cho sat back on the bed, "Why are you getting ready?"
"Well, we can't all stay in bed all day, can we?"
Cho sighed, "Oh, please?"
He looked over at her and climbed into bed, then gathered her up in his arms, held her there.
"Ginny? GINNY?"
Ginny awoke. She was in the same classroom as last night, and a thick blanket covered her body. She smiled when she remembered the previous night. She got up quickly.
"Ginny, what-" He looked at her, "Did you even go to sleep in your own bed last night?" He asked.
"I was really tired, and, and I don't know what happened- I just fainted in the hall, and next thing I know, I'm here!"
"Mabe you should go and see Madam Pomfrey."
"No, I'm fine. It's probably just. just one of my fainting spells. I've been really tired lately, but everything is going to be just fine, Ron."
"Well, hurry up, then. We're going to Hogsmede today,"
"Oh, I'm still really tired, Ron. I think I'm going to just stay it today."
"Well, alright, then." Ron said as he turned to leave.
Ginny smiled and soon, she, too, left the room.
Soon enough, everyone left to Hogsmede, and Ginny was roaming around the halls. She had a rather large headache, but it wasn't because she was too tired, or too stressed. There was- these voices. Although the voices told her to do bad things, she still trusted them. Then last time she did what those voices told her, it led her to the happiest week of her life.
* Flash Back * Ginny stood, her back to her parents' door, listening. Her eyes where shut tight, a single tear ran down her cheek. She clutched two pistols in her hands,
Ginny sighed, 'Please don't make me. I'm happy right now! Everything is going perfectly!'
'Yes,' the voices said, 'But wouldn't you want MORE of this superb happiness??'
'Yes,' she thought tiredly, thoughtfully, 'but by killing him won't make me any more happier. Come to think of it, he hasn't even DONE anything to cross me."
'He hasn't done anything to make you happy, either, has he? He makes excuses for you, Ginny. Whenever you do something out of the ordinary, he tells your friends, "Oh! Our mother and fathers' deaths have been hardest on poor wee little Ginny!"'
"NO!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY??!!" Snape sighed, "5 points taken from Gryffindor! Now go back to your common room before I get REALLY angry and take off 10! I shouldn't have to REPEAT myself to you."
Ginny looked up, startled to see Snape walking in the opposite direction. She hadn't even noticed him there; she was too busy arguing with these voices. Ginny sighed once more and turned, 'now that's a man I wouldn't hesitate to kill-' she thought as she heard someone call her name. She turned to see none other than Draco Malfoy, jogging over toward her.
"Why aren't you in Hogsmede?" Draco stood in the middle of the hall, hands on hips.
"I was- tired. I- I was just about to go and, and take a nap, back in. . . in Gryffindor." Ginny didn't know why, but she wasn't as smooth a liar when it came to Draco Malfoy.
"Oh please, Virginia. Don't you DARE think I'm as stupid as Ron."
"I- I don't!"
"Oh yes you do! You fed that same lie to HIM, but it's not going to work on me! Come on, let us go before you get into any more trouble."
They where sitting on a rather large rock in front of the lake, just looking out, watching the giant squid. They where silent, which was bad for Ginny, in a way, because the voices could come to her.
'Cho. . .' it whispered like the wind through her mind, 'Get Cho. . ."
Ginny shook her head, and looked up at Draco, "Hey, Draco? Have you heard of the term. schizophrenic?"
She could hear shouts of anger from the voices, and Draco first looked at her in shock, but then looked thoughtful.
"I- I don't think so-"
Ginny just nodded and looked on.
"What does it mean?"
Ginny looked at him again, "It's when, when you can hear things, and sometimes even see things, that aren't really there."
"Ginny, you know, that that's not good. Even here, in the wizarding World, it isn't good."
"I know!" She said sweetly, "I didn't say that I had it."
Draco just nodded and looked on.
"Well, just say if you had a friend, and they had it, what would you- how would you react?"
Draco looked at her suspiciously, then, "Well, I don't know, exactly. I'd tell them to go get help before they hurt someone special to them" he looked thoughtful
Ginny laughed, though, "That special someone being you?"
He laughed, but shrugged.
"What if they wanted to hurt someone, and they already killed people, but they didn't want to kill you?"
Draco looked at her suspiciously once more, "Ginny, is there something you want to tell me?"
But she could hardly hear him any more. He was just an echo in her mind. She heard wind, rushing in her ears, the voices, loud, high-pitched, and felt like they where hurt. And Ginny hurt, inside.
'CHO!!! IT'S CHO!! GET. THE KNIFE!'
Draco was in shock. He stared at his beloved sister; she was bent down, behind the rock, holding her ears. Her eyes where nothing but empty nothingness.
"Ginny?" he didn't know what to do, but when she started to rock back and forth, he started to get worried, "GINNY?" He reached out to touch her, but she shot up, and dashed across the lawn and into the school, "GINNY!!!!" Draco dropped off the rock and went running after her. She was too fast, though.
'You mussst hurrryyy!!!' scream the voices, 'HHUUURRRYYY!!'
She ran as fast as she could, turning the corner, she bumped into someone, and she saw Cho. First Cho was shocked, but she smiled, seeing it was Ginny, "Hello, Ginny!"
Ginny growled, and took the knife out from behind her back, "You. . ."
Cho looked at her, frightened, "Ginny, Ginny please, put down the knife!" her voice was trembling, "Ginny, we went through this before! GINNY PLEASE!" She was ready to burst into tears when Harry ran up behind her. He gasped when he saw Ginny pointing a knife at Cho,
"GINNY?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? PUT THAT THING DOWN!"
Ginny ignored him as she pointed the knife at her throat, "YOU AREN'T- DOING- WHAT- YOUR- SUPPOSED- TO- BE- DOING!!"
Cho looked at her in shock.
"Ginny, I-"
"NO!!! YOU CAN'T- LOVE HIM!!!"
Cho and Harry stared at her in shock, and looked at the angry girl. Her eyes where still empty nothingness.
"Ginny, just put the knife down-" Hermione was standing next to Harry and Cho
"GINNY?!" Ron came running in from the other side of the hall, "GINNY, ARE YOU OK-" he stopped dead, seeing the knife in her hands. He was shocked, and angry to say the least, "GINNY!" he ran up to her and grabbed her wrist. He shook her angrily.
"GINNY! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! DID YO UTRY TO KILL HER, HUH?! DID YOU TRY TO KILL HER?! LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU, DAMN IT! LOOK AT ME! DID- YOU-TRY- TO- KILL- HER?! WHY, GINNY?! GOD, DAMN IT!"
Ginny seemed to break out of her trance, and Ron was still shaking her angrily. Ginny suddenly burst into tears, but Ron didn't stop shaking her.
"GINNY! WHY WOULD YOU TRY TO KILL MY FRIENDS, HUH, GINNY?! WHY?! LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU!! ANSWER ME!!" Ron grabbed Ginny by the cheeks firmly.
"Ron, stop, let her go, Ron-" Hermione edged toward Ron.
"Ron, stop, stop, Ron-" tears where falling from Cho's eyes, she was staring at Ginny.
"SHUT UP!! THIS ISN'T ANY OF YOUR BUISNESS!! GOD DAMN IT! GINNY! ANSWER ME!!" he shook her harder
"RONALD WEASLY GET YOUR FILTHY DIRTY POOR HANDS OFF HER!"
Everyone, including Ron, looked up to see Malfoy in the middle of the hall, wand out.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!" A blast came from his wand, and Ron flew all the way across the hall. Ginny lay on the floor, still sobbing into her hands, the knife was on the floor. Hermione walked forward, picked up the knife, handed it to Cho, and went to comfort Ginny.
"EVERYONE GET AWAY FROM HER!" He shouted. Hermione stood up, her chin high in the air, and said, "She's our friend, Malfoy."
"AND SHE'S MY FUCKING SISTER!"
They stared at him in shock, and slowly backed away from Ginny. Draco walked calmly up to Ginny, kneeled beside her and stroked her hair.
"Are you ok?" Ginny nodded her head, sobbing into Malfoys' chest, "Yeah? Ok, come on, you're going to tell me what's going on here, and everything's going to be ok, alright? We'll work things out-" Ginny nodded again as Malfoy stood up, bent down again, and picked her up in his arms. They disappeared down the hall; Ginny was still sniffing her nose, and Malfoy soothing her with his words.
If Ever A Star Shone Brighter, Chapter 8
It was still dark, and pretty well late into the night when Ginny walked down the hall. If any one had been watching her, they'd say 'Now that's a girl who knows where she's going, but no one would KNOW where she's going. She stopped in the doorway of a darkened room. She stood, looking in. Draco Malfoy looked up from what he was doing.
"Weasly," He growled, staring at her flaming hair.
"Malfoy," Ginny spoke calmly.
"What do YOU want?" Malfoy snapped
"What are you doing?" Ginny said curiously, ignoring his previous remark. She walked into the room gracefully and sat next to him.
"What are you doing up so late? You'll get in trouble."
"So? You're up this late."
"I'm not a little Weasly girl."
"Don't be so sure."
Draco laughed, "I'm constructing a plan to destroy your little boyfriend."
Ginny peeked over Draco's shoulder with a thoughtful look, and then leaned back.
"He's not my boyfriend, you know."
Draco looked over and snorted. Ginny brought her knees up to her chest and hugged them, her chin on her knees, "He deserves better than me. He will never love me."
"If anything, HE doesn't deserve YOU." Draco looked over at Ginny to see tears running down her cheek. Draco sighed and gathered her up in his arms, he held her awkwardly. She cried on his shoulder, and he rubbed her back, "Don't worry, sister, for he will die soon."
Ginny sniffed, and looked up, a smile on her tear-stained face, "Yes, he will-"
Cho lie asleep in Harry's arms, hours after curfew. Both lie peacefully . . .
It felt so warm in his arms. He kissed her repeatedly, and she felt as if she could die, with him kissing her here. He made her feel special. Like, she was limited, and hard to come by. Like gold. But she felt as if he deserved someone better, but she was scared at the same time, for fear that he might leave her. He had stopped kissing her, and was now holding her tight in his arms. She sighed and leaned against his chest, inhaling his special potent sent. She raked her fingers through his raven hair, and looked deep into his emerald eyes. He was special, and it wasn't his scar that made him special, either. It was his heart.
Cho opened her eyes slowly and saw the sun streaming in. He was kneeled above her, watching her sleep. His raven-colored hair looked almost blue in the sunlight. When he saw her eyes where open, he seemed shocked at first, but then he blushed. She smiled. "Hey, lover" she greeted him, making him blush more. "We didn't do anything," he mumbled as he got off the bed and get dressed. She stretched and sat up. She gasped, "What time is it?!"
"Don't worry, it's Saturday." Harry replied
"Oh, good." Cho sat back on the bed, "Why are you getting ready?"
"Well, we can't all stay in bed all day, can we?"
Cho sighed, "Oh, please?"
He looked over at her and climbed into bed, then gathered her up in his arms, held her there.
"Ginny? GINNY?"
Ginny awoke. She was in the same classroom as last night, and a thick blanket covered her body. She smiled when she remembered the previous night. She got up quickly.
"Ginny, what-" He looked at her, "Did you even go to sleep in your own bed last night?" He asked.
"I was really tired, and, and I don't know what happened- I just fainted in the hall, and next thing I know, I'm here!"
"Mabe you should go and see Madam Pomfrey."
"No, I'm fine. It's probably just. just one of my fainting spells. I've been really tired lately, but everything is going to be just fine, Ron."
"Well, hurry up, then. We're going to Hogsmede today,"
"Oh, I'm still really tired, Ron. I think I'm going to just stay it today."
"Well, alright, then." Ron said as he turned to leave.
Ginny smiled and soon, she, too, left the room.
Soon enough, everyone left to Hogsmede, and Ginny was roaming around the halls. She had a rather large headache, but it wasn't because she was too tired, or too stressed. There was- these voices. Although the voices told her to do bad things, she still trusted them. Then last time she did what those voices told her, it led her to the happiest week of her life.
* Flash Back * Ginny stood, her back to her parents' door, listening. Her eyes where shut tight, a single tear ran down her cheek. She clutched two pistols in her hands,
Ginny sighed, 'Please don't make me. I'm happy right now! Everything is going perfectly!'
'Yes,' the voices said, 'But wouldn't you want MORE of this superb happiness??'
'Yes,' she thought tiredly, thoughtfully, 'but by killing him won't make me any more happier. Come to think of it, he hasn't even DONE anything to cross me."
'He hasn't done anything to make you happy, either, has he? He makes excuses for you, Ginny. Whenever you do something out of the ordinary, he tells your friends, "Oh! Our mother and fathers' deaths have been hardest on poor wee little Ginny!"'
"NO!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY??!!" Snape sighed, "5 points taken from Gryffindor! Now go back to your common room before I get REALLY angry and take off 10! I shouldn't have to REPEAT myself to you."
Ginny looked up, startled to see Snape walking in the opposite direction. She hadn't even noticed him there; she was too busy arguing with these voices. Ginny sighed once more and turned, 'now that's a man I wouldn't hesitate to kill-' she thought as she heard someone call her name. She turned to see none other than Draco Malfoy, jogging over toward her.
"Why aren't you in Hogsmede?" Draco stood in the middle of the hall, hands on hips.
"I was- tired. I- I was just about to go and, and take a nap, back in. . . in Gryffindor." Ginny didn't know why, but she wasn't as smooth a liar when it came to Draco Malfoy.
"Oh please, Virginia. Don't you DARE think I'm as stupid as Ron."
"I- I don't!"
"Oh yes you do! You fed that same lie to HIM, but it's not going to work on me! Come on, let us go before you get into any more trouble."
They where sitting on a rather large rock in front of the lake, just looking out, watching the giant squid. They where silent, which was bad for Ginny, in a way, because the voices could come to her.
'Cho. . .' it whispered like the wind through her mind, 'Get Cho. . ."
Ginny shook her head, and looked up at Draco, "Hey, Draco? Have you heard of the term. schizophrenic?"
She could hear shouts of anger from the voices, and Draco first looked at her in shock, but then looked thoughtful.
"I- I don't think so-"
Ginny just nodded and looked on.
"What does it mean?"
Ginny looked at him again, "It's when, when you can hear things, and sometimes even see things, that aren't really there."
"Ginny, you know, that that's not good. Even here, in the wizarding World, it isn't good."
"I know!" She said sweetly, "I didn't say that I had it."
Draco just nodded and looked on.
"Well, just say if you had a friend, and they had it, what would you- how would you react?"
Draco looked at her suspiciously, then, "Well, I don't know, exactly. I'd tell them to go get help before they hurt someone special to them" he looked thoughtful
Ginny laughed, though, "That special someone being you?"
He laughed, but shrugged.
"What if they wanted to hurt someone, and they already killed people, but they didn't want to kill you?"
Draco looked at her suspiciously once more, "Ginny, is there something you want to tell me?"
But she could hardly hear him any more. He was just an echo in her mind. She heard wind, rushing in her ears, the voices, loud, high-pitched, and felt like they where hurt. And Ginny hurt, inside.
'CHO!!! IT'S CHO!! GET. THE KNIFE!'
Draco was in shock. He stared at his beloved sister; she was bent down, behind the rock, holding her ears. Her eyes where nothing but empty nothingness.
"Ginny?" he didn't know what to do, but when she started to rock back and forth, he started to get worried, "GINNY?" He reached out to touch her, but she shot up, and dashed across the lawn and into the school, "GINNY!!!!" Draco dropped off the rock and went running after her. She was too fast, though.
'You mussst hurrryyy!!!' scream the voices, 'HHUUURRRYYY!!'
She ran as fast as she could, turning the corner, she bumped into someone, and she saw Cho. First Cho was shocked, but she smiled, seeing it was Ginny, "Hello, Ginny!"
Ginny growled, and took the knife out from behind her back, "You. . ."
Cho looked at her, frightened, "Ginny, Ginny please, put down the knife!" her voice was trembling, "Ginny, we went through this before! GINNY PLEASE!" She was ready to burst into tears when Harry ran up behind her. He gasped when he saw Ginny pointing a knife at Cho,
"GINNY?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? PUT THAT THING DOWN!"
Ginny ignored him as she pointed the knife at her throat, "YOU AREN'T- DOING- WHAT- YOUR- SUPPOSED- TO- BE- DOING!!"
Cho looked at her in shock.
"Ginny, I-"
"NO!!! YOU CAN'T- LOVE HIM!!!"
Cho and Harry stared at her in shock, and looked at the angry girl. Her eyes where still empty nothingness.
"Ginny, just put the knife down-" Hermione was standing next to Harry and Cho
"GINNY?!" Ron came running in from the other side of the hall, "GINNY, ARE YOU OK-" he stopped dead, seeing the knife in her hands. He was shocked, and angry to say the least, "GINNY!" he ran up to her and grabbed her wrist. He shook her angrily.
"GINNY! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! DID YO UTRY TO KILL HER, HUH?! DID YOU TRY TO KILL HER?! LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU, DAMN IT! LOOK AT ME! DID- YOU-TRY- TO- KILL- HER?! WHY, GINNY?! GOD, DAMN IT!"
Ginny seemed to break out of her trance, and Ron was still shaking her angrily. Ginny suddenly burst into tears, but Ron didn't stop shaking her.
"GINNY! WHY WOULD YOU TRY TO KILL MY FRIENDS, HUH, GINNY?! WHY?! LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU!! ANSWER ME!!" Ron grabbed Ginny by the cheeks firmly.
"Ron, stop, let her go, Ron-" Hermione edged toward Ron.
"Ron, stop, stop, Ron-" tears where falling from Cho's eyes, she was staring at Ginny.
"SHUT UP!! THIS ISN'T ANY OF YOUR BUISNESS!! GOD DAMN IT! GINNY! ANSWER ME!!" he shook her harder
"RONALD WEASLY GET YOUR FILTHY DIRTY POOR HANDS OFF HER!"
Everyone, including Ron, looked up to see Malfoy in the middle of the hall, wand out.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!" A blast came from his wand, and Ron flew all the way across the hall. Ginny lay on the floor, still sobbing into her hands, the knife was on the floor. Hermione walked forward, picked up the knife, handed it to Cho, and went to comfort Ginny.
"EVERYONE GET AWAY FROM HER!" He shouted. Hermione stood up, her chin high in the air, and said, "She's our friend, Malfoy."
"AND SHE'S MY FUCKING SISTER!"
They stared at him in shock, and slowly backed away from Ginny. Draco walked calmly up to Ginny, kneeled beside her and stroked her hair.
"Are you ok?" Ginny nodded her head, sobbing into Malfoys' chest, "Yeah? Ok, come on, you're going to tell me what's going on here, and everything's going to be ok, alright? We'll work things out-" Ginny nodded again as Malfoy stood up, bent down again, and picked her up in his arms. They disappeared down the hall; Ginny was still sniffing her nose, and Malfoy soothing her with his words.