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Faerie Gifts: Chapter 2
Ginny awoke and stared at the white ceiling above her. She'd seen that ceiling before. Then it hit her. She was in the Hospital Wing.
"What day is it, and why am I in the hospital wing?" Ginny asked, expecting no reply.
A voice nearby drawled "It is the 15th of August, and you are in the hospital wing because you and Harry Potter were found lying on the beach, unconscious and, since then, have not woken. Well, I lie. Harry woke three days ago. You, however, have been asleep for the last two weeks."
"TWO WEEKS!" Ginny shot upright, and the room suddenly spun around her.
"Easy now, let's not upset yourself." A hand suddenly curled around her back, holding her steady, as a bucket appeared in front of her, held by a tanned hand that could have belonged to anyone. After Ginny had finished emptying her stomach through her mouth, she looked along her arm to see the person who was being so nice to her. And her stomach almost flipped when she saw who it was- Draco Malfoy.
He was different though. Leaner, with more muscle on him. His hair had grown, and was in a ponytail. His skin, which used to be lily white, was tanned all over. One of his eye sockets gaped at her, with no eye inside it. Ginny reached for it, not really knowing why, more on instinct. Draco flinched as a sea blue flash lit up the area, and when it faded, his eye was whole. Completely and totally whole, and a bright blue.
"What the-?" Draco exclaimed, before realising that he could see through both eyes. His hand grabbed Ginny's wrist, as his eyes examined her hand, looking for something that would show him what she had done.
"How did it happen?" she asked.
Draco replied "I'll give you the full story, seeing as you fixed it. It happened at the start of the holidays. Father came home, and gave me and mother an ultimatum. Join Voldemort's ranks, or die. Mother had never really approved of fathers allegiances, but as long as he didn't involve her, she allowed him to continue. This was the final straw though. She refused, and he" Draco gulped back a sob, but Ginny could see the unshed tears in his eyes. "He killed her. I ran, avoiding fathers curses and hexes, managing to get to the back of our property safely. Father had placed anti-apparition wards on the property, you see. I struggled across the river boundary, but father appeared as I disapparated, and shot the killing curse at me. Luckily, it only took out my eye." "Why didn't it kill you, and why didn't you just disappear? I've seen Fred and George do it, a there gone like that!" Ginny asked, snapping her fingers. "I've only been practicing, and it took me a minute or so to fully disappear. I had decided to keep an eye out for father, so it was the only fully solid thing still there. I apparated to Hogsmeade, to the middle of the Three Broomsticks. Rosmerta called Dumbledore. The sobs were almost literally being pulled out of him now. "He brought me. here, incoherent, almost dead. Madame Pomfrey healed me." He started to sob quietly, tears leaking down his face. "She-she couldn't heal my eye. Thank you." Ginny couldn't bear to see someone like this, even someone she had disliked as much as Draco, so she hugged him, cradling his head against her shoulder. He sobbed brokenly as she rocked him back and forth. She felt differently towards him now. A sort of warm, fuzzy feeling all over. She had felt something like this when she had adored Harry, but this was somehow nicer.
Ginny, who could see the door to the Hospital Wing, saw Hermione enter. Hermione saw Ginny, who immediately put a finger to her lips. Hermione nodded, confused, but understanding, and was backing out, but unfortunately bumped into Ron and Harry, who were coming to see if Ginny was awake yet. "Silencio" Hermione whispered, casting the spell on both Harry and Ron, dragging them both out of the ward. Ginny knew she would have to face them sooner or later, judging by the furious looks on their faces.
Draco had fallen asleep, and Ginny pondered how she had healed Draco. Was it part of these powers those people on the beach had mentioned? She eased Draco into her bed, and covered him with blankets. Then on impulse, she leant down and kissed his forehead. Then she left the hospital wing, ready to face the world.
Faerie Gifts: Chapter 2
Ginny awoke and stared at the white ceiling above her. She'd seen that ceiling before. Then it hit her. She was in the Hospital Wing.
"What day is it, and why am I in the hospital wing?" Ginny asked, expecting no reply.
A voice nearby drawled "It is the 15th of August, and you are in the hospital wing because you and Harry Potter were found lying on the beach, unconscious and, since then, have not woken. Well, I lie. Harry woke three days ago. You, however, have been asleep for the last two weeks."
"TWO WEEKS!" Ginny shot upright, and the room suddenly spun around her.
"Easy now, let's not upset yourself." A hand suddenly curled around her back, holding her steady, as a bucket appeared in front of her, held by a tanned hand that could have belonged to anyone. After Ginny had finished emptying her stomach through her mouth, she looked along her arm to see the person who was being so nice to her. And her stomach almost flipped when she saw who it was- Draco Malfoy.
He was different though. Leaner, with more muscle on him. His hair had grown, and was in a ponytail. His skin, which used to be lily white, was tanned all over. One of his eye sockets gaped at her, with no eye inside it. Ginny reached for it, not really knowing why, more on instinct. Draco flinched as a sea blue flash lit up the area, and when it faded, his eye was whole. Completely and totally whole, and a bright blue.
"What the-?" Draco exclaimed, before realising that he could see through both eyes. His hand grabbed Ginny's wrist, as his eyes examined her hand, looking for something that would show him what she had done.
"How did it happen?" she asked.
Draco replied "I'll give you the full story, seeing as you fixed it. It happened at the start of the holidays. Father came home, and gave me and mother an ultimatum. Join Voldemort's ranks, or die. Mother had never really approved of fathers allegiances, but as long as he didn't involve her, she allowed him to continue. This was the final straw though. She refused, and he" Draco gulped back a sob, but Ginny could see the unshed tears in his eyes. "He killed her. I ran, avoiding fathers curses and hexes, managing to get to the back of our property safely. Father had placed anti-apparition wards on the property, you see. I struggled across the river boundary, but father appeared as I disapparated, and shot the killing curse at me. Luckily, it only took out my eye." "Why didn't it kill you, and why didn't you just disappear? I've seen Fred and George do it, a there gone like that!" Ginny asked, snapping her fingers. "I've only been practicing, and it took me a minute or so to fully disappear. I had decided to keep an eye out for father, so it was the only fully solid thing still there. I apparated to Hogsmeade, to the middle of the Three Broomsticks. Rosmerta called Dumbledore. The sobs were almost literally being pulled out of him now. "He brought me. here, incoherent, almost dead. Madame Pomfrey healed me." He started to sob quietly, tears leaking down his face. "She-she couldn't heal my eye. Thank you." Ginny couldn't bear to see someone like this, even someone she had disliked as much as Draco, so she hugged him, cradling his head against her shoulder. He sobbed brokenly as she rocked him back and forth. She felt differently towards him now. A sort of warm, fuzzy feeling all over. She had felt something like this when she had adored Harry, but this was somehow nicer.
Ginny, who could see the door to the Hospital Wing, saw Hermione enter. Hermione saw Ginny, who immediately put a finger to her lips. Hermione nodded, confused, but understanding, and was backing out, but unfortunately bumped into Ron and Harry, who were coming to see if Ginny was awake yet. "Silencio" Hermione whispered, casting the spell on both Harry and Ron, dragging them both out of the ward. Ginny knew she would have to face them sooner or later, judging by the furious looks on their faces.
Draco had fallen asleep, and Ginny pondered how she had healed Draco. Was it part of these powers those people on the beach had mentioned? She eased Draco into her bed, and covered him with blankets. Then on impulse, she leant down and kissed his forehead. Then she left the hospital wing, ready to face the world.
