Chapter 7: Rash Decisions
Ginny jumped up as if her butt was on fire, and back
pedaled until she was against the wall. No! She
wouldn't believe it! She couldn't believe it!
"You're caught, Ginny," Hermione said calmly,
standing up and walking calmly towards her. "The gig
is up."
Ginny gaped at Hermione, speechless.
Hermione crossed her arms, and her eyes flashed. "I
can't believe you, Ginny! How could you go behind our
backs like this!?"
Ginny lowered her gaze to the floor, and muttered in a
weak voice, "Does Harry know?"
"Yes." Hermione snapped. "Yes, he does."
Ginny in a smaller voice still, "I guess you gave him
an antiodote…"
Hermione shook her head. "As a matter of fact, I'm on
my way to do that now."
Ginny took a step forward and grabbed Hermione's
shoulder.
Without turning around, Hermione shook her off. "Get
off of me, Ginny."
Ginny raced around and blocked her path.
"Out of the way!" Hermione yelled.
"I can't let you do that!" Ginny cried, pulling out
her wand.
Hermione looked from Ginny's wand to her face. "Don't
be foolish."
Ginny pointed it between Hermione's eyes. "Don't make
me do this, Hermione."
Hermione looked around the empty common room. She
pulled out her own wand.
"I WON'T let you take Harry!" Ginny cried.
"He's not yours!" Hermione yelled back.
"I swear to you, Hermione!" Ginny yelled. She pointed
her wand at a lamp. "Lufursio!"
And the lamp shattered to pieces.
"Next is your face!" Ginny yelled.
"Ginny!" Hermione yelled. "Stop acting so crazy!" She
pointed her wand at Ginny. "Expelliarmus!!! And
Ginny's wand flew into Hermione's hand.
Ginny narrowed her eyes and charged at Hermione.
Hermione was knocked to the floor. And the two wands
skidded across the floor. Ginny was on top of her, her
fists swinging. Hermione gritted her teeth, and with
strength she didn't know she had, she flung Ginny off
of her, and started to crawl towards the fallen wands.
Ginny was too quick, and Hermione felt something very
heavy come down on her head. She looked up, and saw
Ginny over her, a book in her hands. She was getting
dizzy… she was losing the fight, she would lose Harry…
Ginny stepped over her and gobbled up the wands. She
aimed it at Hermione. "Maybe you should have learned
how to fight instead of just read about it," Ginny
told her. "Goodbye, Hermione. You can't love Harry if
you don't remember him." And as she started to say the
spell, there was quick movement.
"Ginny, no!"
There was a gasp, the blast of a spell, and a thud as
a body hit the ground.
But it wasn't Hermione who had been hit…
"HARRY!" Ginny screamed, dropping the wands and
throwing her hands up to her face.
Hermione willed her vision to focus, and as it did,
she saw Harry slumped to the floor.
"Harry, you alright?" Ron was hovering over him,
shaking him.
"It was only a memory charm… only a memory charm,
Ron!" Ginny muttered.
Hermione got to her feet and dashed over to Harry.
"No…" she moaned, feeling his pulse. It was there, but
weak…
"Is he going to be okay?" Ron asked shakily.
"The Memory charm and the Potion… he's overdosed…"
Hermione drew in a shuddering breath. "If he walks
away from this without brain damage, he won't have any
memory left at all."
Hermione stayed by Harry's bed side throughout the
night. She was treated for the bump on her head, and
released, but Harry still hadn't regained
consciousness. She feared for him, and their love, and
somehow, they'd have to make it through this. They'd
just have to…
Ginny jumped up as if her butt was on fire, and back
pedaled until she was against the wall. No! She
wouldn't believe it! She couldn't believe it!
"You're caught, Ginny," Hermione said calmly,
standing up and walking calmly towards her. "The gig
is up."
Ginny gaped at Hermione, speechless.
Hermione crossed her arms, and her eyes flashed. "I
can't believe you, Ginny! How could you go behind our
backs like this!?"
Ginny lowered her gaze to the floor, and muttered in a
weak voice, "Does Harry know?"
"Yes." Hermione snapped. "Yes, he does."
Ginny in a smaller voice still, "I guess you gave him
an antiodote…"
Hermione shook her head. "As a matter of fact, I'm on
my way to do that now."
Ginny took a step forward and grabbed Hermione's
shoulder.
Without turning around, Hermione shook her off. "Get
off of me, Ginny."
Ginny raced around and blocked her path.
"Out of the way!" Hermione yelled.
"I can't let you do that!" Ginny cried, pulling out
her wand.
Hermione looked from Ginny's wand to her face. "Don't
be foolish."
Ginny pointed it between Hermione's eyes. "Don't make
me do this, Hermione."
Hermione looked around the empty common room. She
pulled out her own wand.
"I WON'T let you take Harry!" Ginny cried.
"He's not yours!" Hermione yelled back.
"I swear to you, Hermione!" Ginny yelled. She pointed
her wand at a lamp. "Lufursio!"
And the lamp shattered to pieces.
"Next is your face!" Ginny yelled.
"Ginny!" Hermione yelled. "Stop acting so crazy!" She
pointed her wand at Ginny. "Expelliarmus!!! And
Ginny's wand flew into Hermione's hand.
Ginny narrowed her eyes and charged at Hermione.
Hermione was knocked to the floor. And the two wands
skidded across the floor. Ginny was on top of her, her
fists swinging. Hermione gritted her teeth, and with
strength she didn't know she had, she flung Ginny off
of her, and started to crawl towards the fallen wands.
Ginny was too quick, and Hermione felt something very
heavy come down on her head. She looked up, and saw
Ginny over her, a book in her hands. She was getting
dizzy… she was losing the fight, she would lose Harry…
Ginny stepped over her and gobbled up the wands. She
aimed it at Hermione. "Maybe you should have learned
how to fight instead of just read about it," Ginny
told her. "Goodbye, Hermione. You can't love Harry if
you don't remember him." And as she started to say the
spell, there was quick movement.
"Ginny, no!"
There was a gasp, the blast of a spell, and a thud as
a body hit the ground.
But it wasn't Hermione who had been hit…
"HARRY!" Ginny screamed, dropping the wands and
throwing her hands up to her face.
Hermione willed her vision to focus, and as it did,
she saw Harry slumped to the floor.
"Harry, you alright?" Ron was hovering over him,
shaking him.
"It was only a memory charm… only a memory charm,
Ron!" Ginny muttered.
Hermione got to her feet and dashed over to Harry.
"No…" she moaned, feeling his pulse. It was there, but
weak…
"Is he going to be okay?" Ron asked shakily.
"The Memory charm and the Potion… he's overdosed…"
Hermione drew in a shuddering breath. "If he walks
away from this without brain damage, he won't have any
memory left at all."
Hermione stayed by Harry's bed side throughout the
night. She was treated for the bump on her head, and
released, but Harry still hadn't regained
consciousness. She feared for him, and their love, and
somehow, they'd have to make it through this. They'd
just have to…