"I have been waiting for you. Finally, you're home. Here with me to stay…forever…"
Ginny tried catching her breath as she rose to sit up on her bed. For the past few nights, Ginny has been having the same strange dreams as of that of tonight. Ginny then tries to wipe off the sweat from her forehead, but all of the sudden, scenes from her dreams kept coming back.
*Flashback*
'What is this place?' Ginny asks as she walked amidst the darkness. All of a sudden she hears footsteps coming somewhere in the dark. She hears it. Coming closer, and closer till… it stops. Ginny follows where the footsteps were coming and then saw a ray of light shining down on a figure sitting on a chair. She knew that figure. It looked so familiar to her. She approached it, and was devastated by the sight of what she beholds.
"What is this? Who are you?!" Ginny asks the lifeless form of her sitting on the chair. Ginny was frightened seeing the motionless body sitting there with both eyes wide open; never blinking, never hinting life.
Ginny was frightened. She was scared of what this nightmare may bring. She was lost in her own thoughts, but the sound of the footsteps brought her back to reality.
*Footsteps coming*
"No… There back." Ginny then slowly looked at the figure for the last time, and then began towards the darkness. She hid in it till she saw a cloaked person approaching the lifeless Ginny. She saw him (or possibly her), with his hand clasping the other. He stood there with his majestic air, looking down on the mere puppet sitting immobile on that chair. He then knelt down, pushed away some of her locks back, and muttered, "I have been waiting for you. Finally, you're home. Here with me to stay…forever…"
*End of Flashback*
"What is this dream? What does this mean?"
"Ginny? Are you all right?" came the voice of Hermione from the couch she was sleeping in. "Ginny, did you have another dream? What was it about?" asked Hermione as she stood from the couch and approached Ginny's bed.
"Nothing, Hermione. I just can't sleep because of the cold." Ginny tried covering up, knowing how Hermione reacts on whatever that seems to be "wrong". Ginny then remembers how Hermione fought everybody just to get herself to sleep in Ginny's room. She then began to giggle.
"What?" Hermione asked.
"Nothing."
"Oh, Forget about it." With that, Hermione walked back to her bed. She then looked towards Ginny and said, "Go to bed. Remember, tomorrow's the 21st and we have to buy our gifts for everybody."
"Yeah, yeah. Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Ginny"
'It is the 21st tomorrow. I wonder…what will this dream bring me…' Ginny though as sleep slowly claimed her.
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(The next day…)
"Ginny! Wake up you lazy head." Hermione giggled as she pulled a drowsy Ginny up to her feet. "What? Gimme a break, Hermione it's just… *looks at the clock* 7 in the morning." "So? The earlier we get to Hogsmead, the better. SO C'MON NOW YOU SLEEPY HEAD!!!" "Arghh…" Ginny then stood up and was about to go to the bathroom. She then turned around and said, "Alright then! You win." With that she entered the bathroom and took a nice long bath.~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~
(A few hours later at Hogsmead…)
"Wasn't that fun, Ginny?" Hermione said with her utmost smile plastered on her face.
"Fun? That was more like killing me, Herm"
"Oh c'mon now Ginny, don't be a sour sprout. Cheer up! At least you get to buy Harry a wondrous gift." With that, Ginny's face turned from regret to sadness.
"Ginny? Are you alright?" asked Hermione.
Ginny couldn't answer; instead, she just nodded her head and smiled once again at Hermione. "C'mon now Hermione. All this walking and shopping has gotten the best out of me." She then flashed Hermione a great smile.
"Alright then, Ginny." With that, the two went towards where some of the carriages were waiting. They entered one carriage and remained silent for the rest of the trip.
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'Hmm…what is this place? Is this heaven?' Ginny thought as she once again engaged into another dream. Only this time, it was more like a real dream, and not a nightmare.~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~
A/N: Hehehe…I'm finally back from the dead. I'm really sorry for taking all so long before updating. I was forever busy since I've just got through my final periodical exams this morning. Phew…I never thought I'll make it through. So anyways, I like to dedicate this chapter to all the people who reviewed:
1. Iselin- Thank you so much for always reviewing:D I really appreciate all the time you've given just to give me your reviews. Hey, thank you…I really want to dedicate this to you, and I'm glad that you've liked Ginny's reaction, Ron's character, and the letter. I hope that I won't bore you with my nonsense writing. Hehe…
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