When Ginny's eyes opened she was upto her knees in ice cold water, all around her she was engulfed in the most vivid sunset she had ever seen. The reds and pinks tainted the sky making it look like the back drop was on fire. There was a small wood behind them and a lake before them and nothing else was there no sign of muggle or witch , not even the twitter of birds. Spinning around madly Ginny caught a Harry in her line of view his red robes lit up in the warm tones of the sun set. Harry's left arm was pinned fiercely by Sonora. Her blonde hair was glowing brightly in the sunlight shinning a breath taking gold colour. Against her beauty her violet eyes were burning with flames of crimson making her look like a demon. Sonora appeared to be performing an incantation. Ginny instinctively began to run forward to the shore where they were, the water hindering her like some horrid nightmare. Reaching for her wand she couldn't find it, she must have dropped it back at the quiditch field her heart twisted in horror. Opening her lips no sound could come from her, Ginny tried screaming but nothing. Even from the distance she was Ginny could see Harry's emerald eyes were glazed over and he was under some sort of trance. Reaching the shore her body now soaked through and through Ginny scrambled forward seemingly unnoticed since Sonora was focusing all her energy on the spell she was casting over Harry. Looking around Ginny's mind flapped wondering how to break Sonora's concentration without her wand. Just as Ginny got an idea a sort of fog began emitting from Sonora and slithering around about Harry like a strangle hold. Ginny fell to her knees and scooped up a hand of silky sand from the beach and blew it directly at Sonora's face blinding her. Screeching Sonora reeled releasing Harry letting him fall limply to the ground with a loud thud. Her petite hands over her blazing eyes Sonora stumbled forward, towards the bedraggled Ginny who was hastily backing up again to the water's edge terrified. Ginny managed to get to her feet and take a few steps back before the heel of her shoe encountered a slippery wet rock which sent her flopping backwards into the water again. Unfortunately Ginny took a breath at this point and took in a lung full of water through her mouth and nose and found herself floundering the in the shallow water choking. By now Sonora had regained her sight and was raging with fury, lifting her hand up Sonora hissed the summoning charm her sceptre flew across the sand to her out stretched hand. "You know brat, I feel rather sorry for you, if you had just stayed out of this I doubt I would have tortured you before killing you. But now, well .." A cruel smirk played over her lips her mad eyes seeming to light up in anticipation "Crucio!" as she said this Sonora thrust her sceptre forward sending bright rushing lights at Ginny engulfing her. Harry's eyes opened briefly before the black swallowed him again he must be having a nightmare because what he saw was horrific. But the screams of his nightmare persisted, he could hear Ginny's loud screams of agony as if she were being disembowelled with a rusty hook. Opening his eyes Harry forced himself to rise and look. What he saw was Sonora standing on top of the water using her wand to hold Ginny in some sort of luminous sphere of light which was obviously causing her a lot of pain. Harry raised his hand up and croaked "please don't..please hurt me instead please!", Harry collapsed at this point because Sonora's spell was having effect. Inside of Harry his heart was slowly coming to a halt and the blood in his veins was becoming thicker and killing him. Open eye still opened he felt like he was going to vomit not just from the pain he was in but the sight of Ginny's torture. He couldn't figure out what he had ever done to this woman or what Ginny could have done to have her come after them with such vengeance. Sonora noticed out the corner of her eye that Harry had begun to come around and turned around and walked back to him across the water, bringing the suspended Ginny with her. Kneeling before Harry a cruel unflinching smile was printed over her pretty face Sonora reached one hand out and drew her nail down Harry's cheek, leaving a nasty scratch pink and ready to bleed. "I bet your wondering boy, maybe I should explain" looking up at Ginny for a moment who was twitching and flinching from the pain coursing through her every nerve Sonora paused. "You know that happened to me once, I know how that feels and like Ginny I too was pregnant at the time". Harry's face registered what she had just said his heart thumping hard against his chest his eyes raising up to Ginny wanting more than anything to protect her and kill this woman. "Your father, James, he preformed that curse on me you know, thought he was doing the ministry a favour..it killed my child, shall we sit and wait and see how long it takes for Ginny to loose hers!" the laugh that followed was almost inhuman. Harry could feel his head becoming a lot lighter he could feel he was dying and there was nothing he could do, his blood was slowing down barely reaching his heart. Weak as a kitten Harry used his last effort to try and swipe at Sonora but soon found his head hitting the ground hard his eyes closing into an eternal sleep.

Sonora smirked to herself thinking that it would have felt more satisfying she should have kept him alive longer.

"You know if only James could have lived to see this..." She began speaking to Ginny who by now was hallucinating from pain. "A child, a simple teenager destroyed me practically, lucky for me I am strong and revenge really does keep you young you know." Sitting down on Harry's still form Sonora took up viewing Ginny's torment her piercing laughs echoing over the still lake. "All I wanted was Severus and he betrayed me, then I loved a man I thought cared for me, no, betrayed but you know that baby brought me new life and Potter took it".

"Sonora !"

Snape's voice was like a crash of thunder causing Sonora's concentration to break and to drop her wand with fright, freeing a half dead Ginny from the spell and dropping limp beside Harry.

"Severus" her voice was like ice but already she could feel her heart betray her, she still loved him and longed for him . Snape moved forward his dark cloak flowing back from his chest bringing his hands forward bearing a small package. "Sonora.you know nobody believed you had switched, Potter was just a fool in the wrong place at the wrong time and why were you going to visit Albus anyway!?". "That's my affair Severus ! .I've had my revenge so why don't you just kill me...I don't feel much like living anymore, broken hearted and baron and now I have blood on my hands. Kill me." Snape shook his mop of hair "No...I came to take these two home and to give you this, I think its what you came for all those years ago before you lost your soul" thrusting his hands forward Snape pushed the parcel into her hands. Sonora gingerly pulled apart the paper, sitting in her hand was Merlin's crystal, the holy gem he used to heal the wounds of the world. Legend said that parts of this crystal had been poured into the alloy that made up the blade Excalibur which had been given to the king of men all those years ago, with the power to heal the earth and the hearts of mankind. Looking up her eyes filling with tears Sonora blinked "I thought it was broken..I thought..". "You cannot break something that cannot be broken!" Stepping back Snape bowed his head "Use it...speak the charm and make amends, most of all heal yourself Sonora!". Already the crystal was taking a hold of her and using its power to worm its way into her heart turning it from black to pink again.

Throwing her hands forward from her holding the crystal Sonora closed her eyes and speaking in an ancient tongue speaking the charm of life and healing. Her voice becoming silent but her lips ever moving the crystal took on life and no longer plain began glowing a brilliant colour of white light. Sparkling and rippling the light began spanning outwards causing everything it touched to light up luminous and bright. Suddenly with what seemed like a bang the light went out and Sonora was no longer standing there.

Harry sat up in a daze, life had returned to him and his view was totally distorted and shady from what he could see a stunning woman was floating like an apparition above the ground kissing professor Snape, Harry promptly passed out again.

Snape pulled his lips apart and gazed up at Sonora "Who was the father..." the smiling image swished from side to side in the air its white robes hiding it for a moment before remerging with a laughing child in its arms.

"She was the daughter of our love I created., the night I came to you was no dream.I used my powers to confuse you". Snape could feel his cheeks twitching with the torn feeling of wanting to cry and laugh at the same time, reaching his hand forward he reached into the light touching the child's cheek. "Now you're an astral being and all ..will I see you again?". "In your dreams .." with that Sonora slowly faded with her child into the mist that was gathering over the lake. Snape walked over to Ginny picking her up in his arms since she was as light as a feather, she rolled limply in his arms. Perking a bushy brow Snape frowned the crystal should have healed her properly but it hadn't. Walking over to Potter still passed out Snape kicked him in the ribs to see if he was alive or not. Harry groaned in response and clamoured to his feet feeling oddly good. This happy feeling was instantly killed when he saw poor Ginny and remembered exactly what Sonora had said. Taking her from Snape he cradled her like a baby his lips pressed to her cheek hoping it would wake her up but to no avail. Ginny's head just rolled like she was dead every time he moved her. Harry spoke to Ginny in a soft tone of voice trying to coax her back from where ever she was "Ginny darling please wake up, please, I need you and our baby". At this Snape formed a rather shocked expression on his usually bland face "P..p..poter!".

Ignoring this Harry continued walking with Ginny in his arms suddenly without warning Ginny opened one eye and gazed at Harry "I..I... have to tell you, I'm pregnant.are you mad?". Harry dropped a kiss on her eyes lids and hugged Ginny tightly "God of course not, I am just so happy your alive, both of you". Ginny smiled weakly then passed out again.

(a/n well thought I would just add a random twist and see I finally got Ginny to admit she was pregnant!! Concluding chapter coming soon )