Disclamer: I don't own, so don't sue!
A.N.: I haven't touch this fic in a long time. I wrote the first two
chapter not long after 9/11 and my view of things have changed a bit since,
and I wanted to change her location, but I kept it that way. NY is still a
cool city.
p.s. Sorry about the last upload, I've had trouble with my computer. This is the real third chapter!
Lyny: This stranger from my past Chapter 3: The secret box
Ginny didn't know what had gotten into her lately. Since the day she had met the wizards in the restaurent(sp?) she felt completely empty. Why did they had to show up? She was living peacefuly and now even David didn't regonized her. He was mad at her for not telling him what was on her mind, but she couldn't tell him. Things had been hard for her.
She was standing in front of her bathroom mirror, looking at herself. She had changed a lot since she left England. She had short, wavy auburn hair, lighter than they used to be. She wore fashionable red glasses that matched her hair and she had a lot more feminine curves. She was used to have men turning at her sight. She wore short kaki pants ans tops. She looked a little like Lara Croft. She also had a bad habbit of smooking cigarettes. She knew she had to stop, but just couldn't.
Her eyes still missed a part noody had seen since she was 15 or 16. Happy times with Ron, arry and Hermione were long gone now. She saw tears running down her cheek. David was working at night this week and she was alone. She could have gone with her friends at the Karaoke bar they often go, but she was in a bad mood.
Getting back to real time, she suddently went to her dresser in her room. Inside was a false buttom that only her knew about (at least she hoped so). She trew the clothes on her bed and opened it. Inside there was a single box, the size of a show box. It was beautifuly decorated and a glimmering GINNY was writen on it. She had decorated it herself was she was in her second year at Hogwart. She took the box and went into the kitchen.
She pulled the box on the table, sat down and clearly said the word " reveal". The locker opened like magic. Ginny had put a charm so her secret box would only open at the sound of her voice. Nobody knew about her secret box, not even her brothers.
Inside the box was all Ginny kept from her past. At the top was her wand, her precious wand that had saved her and others on several occasion when she went on adventures. After there was her Hogwart's diploma. She didn't quite remembered graduation because her world had fallen appart already at that time. The day after she came back, she had packed her things to go away.
Then there was what she was looking for. Pictures, tons of pictures. Some were of her when she was a young kid, but most were of Hogwart. Most of them contained her ex boyfriend and source of her tourment: Draco Malfoy. On almost every picture she was standing lifeless beside him.
At first, he had been a good boyfriend, but he had done something she would never forget. She didn't quite lived after that.
***FLASH BACK***
"Draco, we souldn't do this, we'll get caught!" She said nervously "Come on Ginny, aren't you a Griffindor? You ain't seem one to me. You knw you want me!" He replied coldly.
"Draco, you are scaring me. I'm not ready, you know that!"
"IMPERO!"
*** END FLASH BACK***
He had used the imperus charm on her and it didn't stop until he graduated Hogwart. Not until their final breakup so he could be a death eater in peace. Almost two years she a lived under his influence. The friends she had finaly made, she lost them. She started being mean to everybody, even if she tried to resist. A few times she succeded but she was so tired she collapsed. She never told anyone this, not even Ron.
There was another picture that cautch her eyes. It was a muggle one taken by Harry's aunt on his 15 birthday. It was the day Ron and Hermione finaly got together.
Harry's aunt had finaly forgotten Harry for being a wizard. She and Vernon and divorce over the school year and she had kept the house (and unfortunatly Dursley part time). She told Harry all about her family, his mother and his grandparents. She told him she used to date Sirius Black but he played a sick joke on her and she never fogave him. Never would. That's when she started HATING magic. Anyway, Petunia had allowed Harry to invite his friends for his birthday. He had invited the Weasley and Hermione. Hermione had just come home from Bulgaria where she had been dumped badly with Viktor Krum, showing up with an older girl. Anyway, the twins and the idea to play truth or dare and they (Ron and Hermione) ended up kissing each others (Ginny had to kiss Dudley!).
The picture was one of all the kids trowing a big cake into Harry's face. Ginny and Harry had started going along well since the two others were always liking each other's face.
She rapidly put the pictures back, carefuly putting the last one she had gotten from Ron earlier that day in front. It was Nathan in his father's arms, trying to pick up his wand. She could tell it had been taken at the Burrow, where her mother still lived with Fred and George, at least the last time she saw them. Ginny felt bad leaving her mother to deal with the pain of losing her husband, but she just couldn't stand the pressure anymore.
Forgetting to put the box back to it's place, she went to bed alone. Tomorrow she still had to work.
*** What do you thinks? Sorry for the bad spelling!
p.s. Sorry about the last upload, I've had trouble with my computer. This is the real third chapter!
Lyny: This stranger from my past Chapter 3: The secret box
Ginny didn't know what had gotten into her lately. Since the day she had met the wizards in the restaurent(sp?) she felt completely empty. Why did they had to show up? She was living peacefuly and now even David didn't regonized her. He was mad at her for not telling him what was on her mind, but she couldn't tell him. Things had been hard for her.
She was standing in front of her bathroom mirror, looking at herself. She had changed a lot since she left England. She had short, wavy auburn hair, lighter than they used to be. She wore fashionable red glasses that matched her hair and she had a lot more feminine curves. She was used to have men turning at her sight. She wore short kaki pants ans tops. She looked a little like Lara Croft. She also had a bad habbit of smooking cigarettes. She knew she had to stop, but just couldn't.
Her eyes still missed a part noody had seen since she was 15 or 16. Happy times with Ron, arry and Hermione were long gone now. She saw tears running down her cheek. David was working at night this week and she was alone. She could have gone with her friends at the Karaoke bar they often go, but she was in a bad mood.
Getting back to real time, she suddently went to her dresser in her room. Inside was a false buttom that only her knew about (at least she hoped so). She trew the clothes on her bed and opened it. Inside there was a single box, the size of a show box. It was beautifuly decorated and a glimmering GINNY was writen on it. She had decorated it herself was she was in her second year at Hogwart. She took the box and went into the kitchen.
She pulled the box on the table, sat down and clearly said the word " reveal". The locker opened like magic. Ginny had put a charm so her secret box would only open at the sound of her voice. Nobody knew about her secret box, not even her brothers.
Inside the box was all Ginny kept from her past. At the top was her wand, her precious wand that had saved her and others on several occasion when she went on adventures. After there was her Hogwart's diploma. She didn't quite remembered graduation because her world had fallen appart already at that time. The day after she came back, she had packed her things to go away.
Then there was what she was looking for. Pictures, tons of pictures. Some were of her when she was a young kid, but most were of Hogwart. Most of them contained her ex boyfriend and source of her tourment: Draco Malfoy. On almost every picture she was standing lifeless beside him.
At first, he had been a good boyfriend, but he had done something she would never forget. She didn't quite lived after that.
***FLASH BACK***
"Draco, we souldn't do this, we'll get caught!" She said nervously "Come on Ginny, aren't you a Griffindor? You ain't seem one to me. You knw you want me!" He replied coldly.
"Draco, you are scaring me. I'm not ready, you know that!"
"IMPERO!"
*** END FLASH BACK***
He had used the imperus charm on her and it didn't stop until he graduated Hogwart. Not until their final breakup so he could be a death eater in peace. Almost two years she a lived under his influence. The friends she had finaly made, she lost them. She started being mean to everybody, even if she tried to resist. A few times she succeded but she was so tired she collapsed. She never told anyone this, not even Ron.
There was another picture that cautch her eyes. It was a muggle one taken by Harry's aunt on his 15 birthday. It was the day Ron and Hermione finaly got together.
Harry's aunt had finaly forgotten Harry for being a wizard. She and Vernon and divorce over the school year and she had kept the house (and unfortunatly Dursley part time). She told Harry all about her family, his mother and his grandparents. She told him she used to date Sirius Black but he played a sick joke on her and she never fogave him. Never would. That's when she started HATING magic. Anyway, Petunia had allowed Harry to invite his friends for his birthday. He had invited the Weasley and Hermione. Hermione had just come home from Bulgaria where she had been dumped badly with Viktor Krum, showing up with an older girl. Anyway, the twins and the idea to play truth or dare and they (Ron and Hermione) ended up kissing each others (Ginny had to kiss Dudley!).
The picture was one of all the kids trowing a big cake into Harry's face. Ginny and Harry had started going along well since the two others were always liking each other's face.
She rapidly put the pictures back, carefuly putting the last one she had gotten from Ron earlier that day in front. It was Nathan in his father's arms, trying to pick up his wand. She could tell it had been taken at the Burrow, where her mother still lived with Fred and George, at least the last time she saw them. Ginny felt bad leaving her mother to deal with the pain of losing her husband, but she just couldn't stand the pressure anymore.
Forgetting to put the box back to it's place, she went to bed alone. Tomorrow she still had to work.
*** What do you thinks? Sorry for the bad spelling!