Author's Note: This is the shortest chapter, but it needs to be short. I need to fit too much into it and I don't want to just yet.

Chapter Ten

~An unforgettable experience~

Ginny noticed as Tom untangled himself from her and left her side. However, she remained to lie on the bed as she was extremely weak. She had needed of someone to hold her last night, and that's what she had gotten. True, she had said that she would give up everything to be with him, but that wasn't entirely true. Her confusion was reaching a state of extreme madness that made her want to cry out in rage.

She was torn between two sides, two sides of which she would have to choose one. For she knew what he would become, she knew that in time he will be stripped of feelings and become merciless. Time, oh that damned dimension, everything happened on its account. It all came down to time, everything.

Her love for him was fading with every minute, and something new was taking place. And it all came back to the same dream which she had had that one night, it all seemed to fit, then again, it all seemed to not.

And it was on a busy mind that she drifted off to sleep once again. Again to the world of her dreams, dreams that revealed more than she could see consciously.

She immediately came into view of Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. She saw Tom there, talking to a girl, a girl which she did not know. She saw the scene as if she was seeing it from above. The girl was a mildly-pale girl with long, deep black, curly hair; dark brown eyes, on her forehead she wore a topaz gem, in her arms she had numerous silver bangles, on her neck dangled a single amulet with a Topaz stone, on her fingers she had numerous rings, her eyes were lined in black, and her lips were glossed. She was wearing a Hufflepuff robe; she was thin, and tall.

They were talking, but Ginny could not hear their words. Ginny saw Tom's expressions change quickly with every word that strange girl said. The girl danced and laughed apparently gleefully. Ginny scowled down at them, it was a very strange scene. The girl was now very close to Tom, and however, she stepped back and her face showed accusation, however, after a several exchange of words, she caressed his face. He examined her hand and his own, then he said something which Ginny knew not.

As Ginny saw them, their expressions changed greatly, they almost seemed like they knew each other. There was something there, something which remained a mystery to Ginny but she almost was certain that she would know soon enough. Now the girl was being her odd self again and she was dancing out of the bathroom. Tom just stared after her. He seemed to hesitate for a moment and then followed her out.

Ginny sat up on the bed and winced around the room. Her head swam, she felt dizzy again. However, she stood up and paced about the room. After perhaps two minutes, she extended her left hand and Salazar Slytherin's book appear in it. She sat down on the bed and fumbled through the pages. Soon enough, she found what she was looking for; she smiled, and began reading.

***

"Dimaia! Dimaia!" called a voice. Dimaia turned around in the hall that led to her common room and saw three boys approaching her. The one that had called her was a very good friend of hers. She smiled as she came to a halt and waited for them to near her. When they finally did, she greeted him.

"Hello Scott," she said kindly and waved at the other two as well. "Hello, Stuart, and David, is it?"

"Very funny, Dimaia," said David mockingly. Dimaia laughed.

"Well what is it, then, Scott?" she asked tossing her hair, which caused the three boys to stare at her.

"I need to know," said Scott "If you are still up to accompany us to Hogsmeade next weekend."

"Well, of course I am," she said but she froze. She blinked to fully capture the image she saw in front of her eyes. She shook her head to snap out of her trance and looked up at the three boys again. "Oh, I'm sorry…" she said sadly. "Something just came up."

"Oh," she heard Scott said; a note of disappointment on his voice. "Another time, then."

"Yeah," said Dimaia and looked behind Scott to see Tom Riddle standing cross-armed leaning against a wall. He looked at her and began walking towards her and the three boys.

Tom came to a halt before Scott, Stuart and David, which were turning around to leave, and he looked at Dimaia. "I need a word with you," he said. Dimaia nodded.

"Merlin's Beard!" she heard David Potter murmur. "That prick has every girl… first Evans, and now Dimaia."

***

Ginny stood before the yellow door with golden hinges in which behind was an Avius Memoriola. Ginny put her hand on the iron bar which unlocked the door and hesitated, She knew what would happen and her mind shouted to her that she shouldn't do what she was about to do; but she didn't care.

Slowly, she pulled the iron bar up and put it next to her, against the wall. She then pushed the door open and stepped inside the Avius Memoriola.

This time, the image she saw was very different from the one she had seen the time she had entered before. That time, she had been pulled from within the Memoriola, but now there was no Tom to do so, nor was there anyone that cared enough to. Not this time.

She saw a wonderful beach, it was sunset. The water reflected the orangey-pink of the sky; the sand was silky white and she could hear the call of the seagulls. She took a step further inside the Memoriola and she could feel its effects. She closed her eyes to allow all of her memories to run out of her freely. And then, she felt a breathing on her face, she opened her eyes and came face-to-face with that person that haunted her dreams oftenly. He looked down at her and scowled. And then he touched her Drop of Inroro again, and he ripped it away from her.

She felt like she was choking in her own feelings and in her own memories. She was allowed to maintain sanity, and it wasn't fading. She looked at him and he tapped her chin with his forefinger. He didn't say anything, no words needed to be said. He then pushed her away and she fell onto the cold chamber floor. The Memoriola door was open in front of her, and she saw him standing there, his cold eyes boring into her own. He then slammed the door shut.