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Murder in the Night
Hearing the scream the trio of heroes rushed to the noise to see what was the matter. They found a very pale Gryffindor girl backing slowly out of a room, shaking her head. "No, no it can't be," she was saying. "No."
"What happened?" Harry asked gently.
"I, I wanted to find her, I hadn't seen her all day, I knew she liked this spot, but she, and now, and…" she trailed off, and was backed up against the other wall of the hallway.
The three turned away from the girl and faced the room, none of the three were prepared for what they were about to see. Laying on the floor of an old unused defense against the dark arts classroom, was Ginny Weasley in a puddle of her own blood.
All three were too shocked to move or speak. Harry stood with both arms down to his side eyes wide with horror, Hermione clutched her mouth and stomach, and Ron grabbed at his hair with both hands; he didn't want to believe his eyes, none of them did.
Hermione was the first to break the silence, "I think I'm gonna be sick." Then, she turned and expressed what all of them were feeling.
Harry moved over to Ron and put a hand on his shoulder. Ron began repeating the same word over and over, "No," and shaking his head. Hermione recovered from the sickness that had taken her and she walked to Ron's other side and put her small hand on his shoulder. Ron dropped his hands and whispered, "Ginny, why?"
The three pulled into a group hug, all of them unable to remove their eyes from the horrid scene on the floor.
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Hermione sat at the foot of her bed with her knees pulled up to her chest, her eyes red from crying. How she longed to have Harry with her at that time, but she knew that as much as she needed him, Ron needed Harry more right now. So that was why Hermione Granger was sitting all alone in her room right now.
I can't believe what happened! Who would do such a hideous thing? Poor Ginny! I miss her! I wish we had still been friends like we were before, now it's too late to fix our relationship! It's too late for anything!
Fresh tears streamed down Hermione's face. Just then there was a knock at her door. "C-come I-in," she managed in a rather shaky voice. Draco opened the door to her room.
"You weren't at dinner, and well I don't much figure that you in the mood to eat, but incase you get hungry…" he put some food on Hermione's dresser.
Hermione looked up at Draco with wet eyes. She could tell that he was trying to help console her, he just hadn't had much practice in the past.
"Thank you, Draco." Some how the mere fact that he was attempting to comfort her made her feel somewhat better. Draco crossed the room and stood by Hermione's bed. He ruffled her hair, "You know where to find me if you need some one." She attempted a weak smile and nodded. After giving her hair one final rub, he exited her room and softly closed the door. He couldn't believe what was happening.
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I need to clear my mind, Draco thought. He walked down to the lake: a practice that he had been doing often recently. It was a good place to think, and if he was lucky…
"Hello stranger," came a seductive voice from behind him.
It was her! She was here! Perfect as can be, a great distraction from life. He walked over to her quickly and without hesitation kissed her passionately. After a moment went by, he pulled away slightly.
"I want you to have something," he said and reached into his pocket. He pulled out a beautiful necklace. It was a silver chain with a silver charm. The charm was made up of small snakes that created a cage and inside this cage was an emerald. The stone itself was the most brilliant shade of green she had ever seen and the whole charm was about the size of a dime. It was intricately woven and beautiful!
"For me?"
"Yes," he put the necklace on her and kissed the side of her neck. His kissed moved up gradually and finally landed on her lips. She returned his kisses with all the hunger and passion he put into them. Then after a few moments it was her turn to pull away.
"I have to go."
"Why?"
"I have a busy night." She kissed him once more, softly this time on the lips, and then disappeared. He watched her go. This time, she was not escaping so easily. By tomorrow night this girl would no longer be a mystery.
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And that wraps up another chapter! I'm sorry to have to kill Ginny (I like her I do, being a red head I am always partial to them) but I just had to do it! Thanks again to all of you that reviewed! I promise to have more chapters up soon! Until we meet again.
~Atiannala
