Chapter 9 Controlled
Ginny had suddenly disappeared off of the ranks of the social ladder as she had taken her friendship away from Harry and Hermione and disowned Ron as her brother. She had been completely reckless of Mariesii's feelings and told her to 'sod off', but couldn't allow the blame to reside on herself. The voice had left her since that night, but she hadn't been able to sleep because her dreams were filled with Chamber of Secrets reenactions that she couldn't bare to face. The worst part about all of this was that she had gone back to being the little, unnoticed Weasley that she had always been. She had fought back the tears that she knew had been biting at the entrance of her tear ducts, trying to force her to give way. She knew it had to be Tom doing this, he was trying to hurt her. Trying to make her vulnerable as she had promised that she would never again be since that awful day that she was forced against her will (more or less) to enter the Chamber of Secrets. Not only did Ginny feel like crap, but she looked it also. She looked like she hadn't slept in months, with dark circles appearing under her newly bloodshot eyes, and her hair was in desperate need of a good taming spell.
"Ms. Weasley! Wake up this instant!" Professor Perry scolded, "Five points from Gryffindor for this rather sleep deprived Weasley. May I suggest getting a full night's sleep tonight?" he tormented, causing Ginny to jump awake.
"Yes Professor, sorry," she managed to yawn out. She caught Draco's eye. He smirked at her, hoping to make her feel uncomfortable, and yet she could still sense the concern seeping from his pores. She chose to ignore it by flashing him her most devious glare and turning back to her rather poorly drawn doodle of the back of Colin Creevey's head. She crumpled it up and looked at it in her hand.
'Have you really allowed your art to slack off that much, Virginia?'
She jumped and looked around her again, hoping that nobody had noticed. She tried her best to ignore the voice that she, and only she, seemed to be able to hear.
'Ouch, that really hurts. Ignoring me, are you? Don't you get it, Virginia? I control you!'
Ginny's hand suddenly contorted itself up into a pitching position and she unwillingly tossed the paper at the back of Professor Perry's head. The students in the class contorted with laughter, well all except for Ginny who stood out like a thorn on a rose.
"Well, Ms. Weasley. I can't wait to hear what you have to say about that one," Professor Perry asked as the class turned and faced her, causing her face to turn deep shade of fuchsia.
"Erm...Peeves threw it?" She lied. She bit her lower lip, hoping that he would accept that as a proper excuse.
"Nice try, Ms. Weasley, but looks like you've just earned yourself a detention. You will need to stay behind so that I may tell you when you will serve this detention," he said. She was sure he was just doing it to make her feel even more humiliated than she did. She put on a fake smile as he turned back to his lesson.
'Now, wasn't that exciting? Don't you just enjoy our little walk on the wild side?'
She began to tap her foot against the hard stone floor, hoping to drown out the sound of his voice. It was sure to prove unsuccessful.
"Our walk on the wild side? If I'm correct it was you who forced me to throw that at him," she whispered through gritted teeth. She kept her mouth contorted into an awkward smile and didn't move her lips as she spoke, hoping to keep attention away from herself.
'Oh, but you loved it. You love the power that pulses through your veins when I'm here..inside you..' She could feel him smiling inside of her, even though she couldn't see it.
"You....are...WRONG!" she yelled, causing attention to be drawn her way once again, and causing Professor Perry another annoyance.
"Ms. Weasley, you disrupt this class one more time and I assure you that you will be on the next train out of Hogwarts!" he threatened, causing the class to laugh at her once again. She heard Tom Riddle's malicious laugh swirl around in her brain, and squeezed her forehead in hopes of forcing it out or smashing in her skull so that it would go away.
"Professor Perry, may I please speak with Ms. Weasley outside, regarding this rather poorly done assignment you just had me correct of hers?" lied Draco as he walked over to Ginny's side. She scowled as se heard the class break once more into a nasty bout of sniggers. Professor Perry looked back and forth between the two with something of amusement glistening in his eyes.
"Alright, but do hurry back so I can discuss with Ms. Weasley her detention," he answered. Ginny looked up at Draco stupidly, refusing to move. He grabbed her by the arm and maneuvered her easily out of the room without a protest or fight.
'My, this is interesting...' she heard Tom cackle in her ear as Draco pulled her out of the room.
"SHUT UP" she yelled, earning herself another worried stare from Draco as he let her go and looked questioningly at her.
"Ginny, what is the matter with you?" he asked her, though he sounded more angry than concerned. She glared at him.
'Yes, Virginia, what IS the matter with you?' She could almost feel his breath against her neck as Tom said that to her.
"Go away, go away, go away, GO AWAY!" she screamed as she threw herself against the wall and sat on the floor, curling up in a ball.
"You're insane, Weasel," Draco scoffed angrily as he watched the poor, pathetic looking Ginny beating herself up and having conversations with herself.
"Shut up, Malfoy, or I'll use every inch of energy that's left in my body to hurt you!" she threatened as she stood back up and glared murderously at him.
'Surprise, surprise! Virginia's won herself a backbone..'
"If I could hit you.." was all that Ginny let out of her mouth as she spoke violently to Tom Riddle for the first time. Draco took a step back, seeming to think that she was talking to her.
'Hit me? Hit me? Never...but, if you really want to be hitting somebody, I can help with that,' he promised rather sardonically, making Ginny realize the sudden mistake she had just make. She looked up at Draco, shocked.
"Run," was all that she could say, but her words seemed to fall on daft ears. She felt her body lunge itself at Draco, her fists pounded against his body. She had a newfound strength she didn't know she possessed, but she seemed to like it. She pounded and pounded and pounded, not becoming aware that she had begun to do this without Tom Riddle's help.
"Oh my god! Professor Perry! Something's wrong with Ginny!" The class had been dismissed. Students had made their way into the hall and caught sight of Ginny attacking Draco. She turned to look at them, her eyes bloodshot.
"I-I-I . . . GO AWAY!" She yelled, her voice sounding raspy, as Tom's high-pitched squeal rang in her ears. She clamped her hands over her ears and applied pressure as she screamed.
"We-we just heard!" Hermione said as she, Ron, and Harry ran to Draco's side who now lay in one of the bed's in the Hospital Wing. It was the first time in his life that he was there for an actual reason, and not just because he felt like bringing attention to himself. That bloody Weasley had beaten him to a bloody pulp! He spat up more blood into the cup that Madame Pomfrey had left by his side just for that cause.
"Come to gloat, have you?" he replied sardonically as he tried to grab at his sides, only to cause himself more pain.
"You-you're telling me that Ginny di-did THIS to you?" Ron managed to mutter out in utter disbelief.
"Feisty little bit, isn't she?" Draco's laugh quickly turned into a hacking cough as he forced the words to roll out of his mouth in the most Malfoy way possible.
"But.....Why?" The three of them asked him at the same time. He sat himself up in his bed and stared at them, as if wondering if he should trust them with the information he had or not. "I have no idea why! She interrupts Professor Perry's class, throws a paper at him, I take her out of the classroom, HOPING to relieve some of her embarrassement where she continues to threaten –SOMEONE– and then –BAM– she jumps at me!" He explained, wincing every time he yelled.
"S-so, you're saying she attacked you for no reason at all?" Harry asked with disbelief. Draco clapped his hands.
"Gee, what a smart one you are, Potter! All I know is that she was talking to someone who I couldn't see, she looked at me and said 'run' and then attacked me!" he coughed.
"I'm finding this rather hard to believe. What did you do to her you slimy . . . " started Ron, but Hermione put er hand over his mouth and stared at him disapprovingly.
"Ron Weasley! Of all the nerve!" she shouted disdainfully as she made her way towards Draco's side. "Do you have even the slightest idea of who she might have been talking with?" she asked him in a sickeningly sweet tone.
"I haven't a bloody clue! That woman's gone stark mad, she has!" He complained as he ran a hand through his hair.
"OUT! OUT!" shouted Madame Pomfrey as she entered to tend to Draco once again. The famous trio left Draco's side to search for the youngest Weasley.
Ginny had suddenly disappeared off of the ranks of the social ladder as she had taken her friendship away from Harry and Hermione and disowned Ron as her brother. She had been completely reckless of Mariesii's feelings and told her to 'sod off', but couldn't allow the blame to reside on herself. The voice had left her since that night, but she hadn't been able to sleep because her dreams were filled with Chamber of Secrets reenactions that she couldn't bare to face. The worst part about all of this was that she had gone back to being the little, unnoticed Weasley that she had always been. She had fought back the tears that she knew had been biting at the entrance of her tear ducts, trying to force her to give way. She knew it had to be Tom doing this, he was trying to hurt her. Trying to make her vulnerable as she had promised that she would never again be since that awful day that she was forced against her will (more or less) to enter the Chamber of Secrets. Not only did Ginny feel like crap, but she looked it also. She looked like she hadn't slept in months, with dark circles appearing under her newly bloodshot eyes, and her hair was in desperate need of a good taming spell.
"Ms. Weasley! Wake up this instant!" Professor Perry scolded, "Five points from Gryffindor for this rather sleep deprived Weasley. May I suggest getting a full night's sleep tonight?" he tormented, causing Ginny to jump awake.
"Yes Professor, sorry," she managed to yawn out. She caught Draco's eye. He smirked at her, hoping to make her feel uncomfortable, and yet she could still sense the concern seeping from his pores. She chose to ignore it by flashing him her most devious glare and turning back to her rather poorly drawn doodle of the back of Colin Creevey's head. She crumpled it up and looked at it in her hand.
'Have you really allowed your art to slack off that much, Virginia?'
She jumped and looked around her again, hoping that nobody had noticed. She tried her best to ignore the voice that she, and only she, seemed to be able to hear.
'Ouch, that really hurts. Ignoring me, are you? Don't you get it, Virginia? I control you!'
Ginny's hand suddenly contorted itself up into a pitching position and she unwillingly tossed the paper at the back of Professor Perry's head. The students in the class contorted with laughter, well all except for Ginny who stood out like a thorn on a rose.
"Well, Ms. Weasley. I can't wait to hear what you have to say about that one," Professor Perry asked as the class turned and faced her, causing her face to turn deep shade of fuchsia.
"Erm...Peeves threw it?" She lied. She bit her lower lip, hoping that he would accept that as a proper excuse.
"Nice try, Ms. Weasley, but looks like you've just earned yourself a detention. You will need to stay behind so that I may tell you when you will serve this detention," he said. She was sure he was just doing it to make her feel even more humiliated than she did. She put on a fake smile as he turned back to his lesson.
'Now, wasn't that exciting? Don't you just enjoy our little walk on the wild side?'
She began to tap her foot against the hard stone floor, hoping to drown out the sound of his voice. It was sure to prove unsuccessful.
"Our walk on the wild side? If I'm correct it was you who forced me to throw that at him," she whispered through gritted teeth. She kept her mouth contorted into an awkward smile and didn't move her lips as she spoke, hoping to keep attention away from herself.
'Oh, but you loved it. You love the power that pulses through your veins when I'm here..inside you..' She could feel him smiling inside of her, even though she couldn't see it.
"You....are...WRONG!" she yelled, causing attention to be drawn her way once again, and causing Professor Perry another annoyance.
"Ms. Weasley, you disrupt this class one more time and I assure you that you will be on the next train out of Hogwarts!" he threatened, causing the class to laugh at her once again. She heard Tom Riddle's malicious laugh swirl around in her brain, and squeezed her forehead in hopes of forcing it out or smashing in her skull so that it would go away.
"Professor Perry, may I please speak with Ms. Weasley outside, regarding this rather poorly done assignment you just had me correct of hers?" lied Draco as he walked over to Ginny's side. She scowled as se heard the class break once more into a nasty bout of sniggers. Professor Perry looked back and forth between the two with something of amusement glistening in his eyes.
"Alright, but do hurry back so I can discuss with Ms. Weasley her detention," he answered. Ginny looked up at Draco stupidly, refusing to move. He grabbed her by the arm and maneuvered her easily out of the room without a protest or fight.
'My, this is interesting...' she heard Tom cackle in her ear as Draco pulled her out of the room.
"SHUT UP" she yelled, earning herself another worried stare from Draco as he let her go and looked questioningly at her.
"Ginny, what is the matter with you?" he asked her, though he sounded more angry than concerned. She glared at him.
'Yes, Virginia, what IS the matter with you?' She could almost feel his breath against her neck as Tom said that to her.
"Go away, go away, go away, GO AWAY!" she screamed as she threw herself against the wall and sat on the floor, curling up in a ball.
"You're insane, Weasel," Draco scoffed angrily as he watched the poor, pathetic looking Ginny beating herself up and having conversations with herself.
"Shut up, Malfoy, or I'll use every inch of energy that's left in my body to hurt you!" she threatened as she stood back up and glared murderously at him.
'Surprise, surprise! Virginia's won herself a backbone..'
"If I could hit you.." was all that Ginny let out of her mouth as she spoke violently to Tom Riddle for the first time. Draco took a step back, seeming to think that she was talking to her.
'Hit me? Hit me? Never...but, if you really want to be hitting somebody, I can help with that,' he promised rather sardonically, making Ginny realize the sudden mistake she had just make. She looked up at Draco, shocked.
"Run," was all that she could say, but her words seemed to fall on daft ears. She felt her body lunge itself at Draco, her fists pounded against his body. She had a newfound strength she didn't know she possessed, but she seemed to like it. She pounded and pounded and pounded, not becoming aware that she had begun to do this without Tom Riddle's help.
"Oh my god! Professor Perry! Something's wrong with Ginny!" The class had been dismissed. Students had made their way into the hall and caught sight of Ginny attacking Draco. She turned to look at them, her eyes bloodshot.
"I-I-I . . . GO AWAY!" She yelled, her voice sounding raspy, as Tom's high-pitched squeal rang in her ears. She clamped her hands over her ears and applied pressure as she screamed.
"We-we just heard!" Hermione said as she, Ron, and Harry ran to Draco's side who now lay in one of the bed's in the Hospital Wing. It was the first time in his life that he was there for an actual reason, and not just because he felt like bringing attention to himself. That bloody Weasley had beaten him to a bloody pulp! He spat up more blood into the cup that Madame Pomfrey had left by his side just for that cause.
"Come to gloat, have you?" he replied sardonically as he tried to grab at his sides, only to cause himself more pain.
"You-you're telling me that Ginny di-did THIS to you?" Ron managed to mutter out in utter disbelief.
"Feisty little bit, isn't she?" Draco's laugh quickly turned into a hacking cough as he forced the words to roll out of his mouth in the most Malfoy way possible.
"But.....Why?" The three of them asked him at the same time. He sat himself up in his bed and stared at them, as if wondering if he should trust them with the information he had or not. "I have no idea why! She interrupts Professor Perry's class, throws a paper at him, I take her out of the classroom, HOPING to relieve some of her embarrassement where she continues to threaten –SOMEONE– and then –BAM– she jumps at me!" He explained, wincing every time he yelled.
"S-so, you're saying she attacked you for no reason at all?" Harry asked with disbelief. Draco clapped his hands.
"Gee, what a smart one you are, Potter! All I know is that she was talking to someone who I couldn't see, she looked at me and said 'run' and then attacked me!" he coughed.
"I'm finding this rather hard to believe. What did you do to her you slimy . . . " started Ron, but Hermione put er hand over his mouth and stared at him disapprovingly.
"Ron Weasley! Of all the nerve!" she shouted disdainfully as she made her way towards Draco's side. "Do you have even the slightest idea of who she might have been talking with?" she asked him in a sickeningly sweet tone.
"I haven't a bloody clue! That woman's gone stark mad, she has!" He complained as he ran a hand through his hair.
"OUT! OUT!" shouted Madame Pomfrey as she entered to tend to Draco once again. The famous trio left Draco's side to search for the youngest Weasley.