Dreamless Sleep
Chapter Nine
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Sorry the last chapter was so short. I did that on purpose though. *sweatdrop*
Virginia cracked her eyes open, hoping that what she had seen before was just a dream. That was the it, of course. Just her imagination.
That was when Virginia was struck with the realization that she wasn't in her own bed. She assumed that it wasn't Severus's either, because of the starched white sheets.
"I'm sure Miss Weasely had a good reason for being where she was. We can't assume anything."
"That girl has worked with You-Know-Who once already! She may be one of his spies! Did you check her for the Dark Mark?"
Two voices carried on a conversation over her head.
'They probably think I'm asleep.' Virginia stated the obvious to herself.
"Get a hold of yourself, Pomfrey. Have the medications been going to your head? Of course the girl isn't working for You-Know-Who." Severus's now familiar voice cut in.
"We have no proof that she isn't. They found her underneath that message, and we know that she was the one that wrote them all before, why wouldn't she do it again?" The mediwitch pointed an accusing finger down at Virginia.
"Do you have any idea how terrified she is of You-Know-Who?" Severus again, trying to defend her, maybe?
"So? Most of his followers were scared of him."
"Madame Pomfrey! Hold your tongue! We are sure of nothing. Have the girl's parents been notified?" Dumbledore stopped the conversation before any more damage could be done.
Virginia decided that now was the appropriate time to fully open her eyes.
"She's awake." Madame Pomfrey looked down her nose at her supine form.
"Miss Weasely, is there something you would like to share with us? It is important that you tell us all you know about last night." The silver- haired headmaster looked kindly down at his student.
Virginia pulled herself into an upright position, staring at the wall above their heads.
"I-I was leaving my detention, a-and one of the staircases moved, so I had to walk through that corridor."
"What exactly did you see?" Dumbledore hated pressing his students for information, but this was a special case. After the Weasely girl's first year, he had kept a close eye on her progress.
"I saw that writing on the wall." Virginia was trying to hold back tears, and they all knew it. She didn't like to cry in front of people, but Severus was different, though.
"What did it say?" Dumbledore, even though no one could tell, was trying not to get annoyed with her. He knew that it must have been a shocking experience, but it may help with the war against Voldemort.
"It-it said 'I'm coming Ginny, wa-wait for me.'"
She couldn't help herself then, the tears broke through her defenses, and she curled into herself.
"Albus? The Weaselys are here." McGonagall's head poked through the doorway to the Hospital Wing.
"Good. Poppy, come with me to explain this mess." The headmaster and mediwitch headed out the door without a backwards glance.
Severus walked closer to the bed, and proceeded with the familiar action of holding the small redhead.
She pulled herself closer to his warmth and buried her head into his shoulder.
"Don't cry. I won't let anything hurt you ever again."
