Chapter five: A new start or the beginning of the end?
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A few hours before.
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Harry ran through the dark and empty corridors, trying desperately to stop himself from crying, how could this hurt so much, he thought, the aching pain trapped in his chest grew stronger as the dryness of his throat became worse.
He could stop it no longer, as he kept on running the tears streamed steadily down his face. He turned the corner sharply and kept running. He saw lavender brown up in the distance, he started sprinting, never stopping even when Lavender called out from behind him.
He reached a steep stairwell that led up to the Astronomy tower. Quickly he began to scale the stairs, two at a time and in less than a few minutes had reached the top landing.
He started to calm down slightly his breathing no longer as rapid. The feeling of hurt had now become numb. His arms hung limply at his sides as he walked slowly towards the large open windows, unaware of where he now was. His mind was spinning, his insides swelled with emotion as the tears started again.
He reached the large window and slowly looked down at the dark lawn far below. His mind spinning he stepped up on the window ledge the cold night air fiercely blowing in his face. Harry stood there for hours taking in everything, remembering what had happened, staring out in to the open sky.
Harry was now starting to have second thoughts about what he was going to do. Dusk was now setting in. He decided to step down but someone was coming up the stairs, what should I do he thought panicking. He put one foot down off of the ledge. Ginny ran through the doorway straight towards Harry, startling him,
"No Harry, don't jump!" she yelled, but it was too late. Harry tripped over the ledge behind him and fell in slow motion backwards through the open window. Ginny ran to catch him but it was too late, he was just out of reach,
"GINNY."
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A terrified scream was heard from above while Ron and Hermione were deciding what to do, wether to go and find him or let him cool off. Everybody in the common room stopped what they were doing and looked around to find where it came from. Immediately the sound of scraping chairs and dropping of books were heard as everyone ran out of the common room, the first people out of the door were Ron and Hermione. They started running down the corridors where in the opposite direction they found Ginny streaming towards them at full speed. Then Ginny, her face red with tears that were streaming down her face pushed passed Ron and Hermione, the rest of the crowd parted to see what was happening. Ron and Hermione followed Ginny. They were running for a few minutes when they went into the school grounds.
A crowd of students had gathered behind them, trying to keep up with their running. In the distance they saw a limp figure laying on the ground in an awkward fashion. Ginny let out a scream and ran towards the body. She dropped to her knees next to him and started sobbing.
"Harry. please, please be okay." She said through her tears. She wrapped her arms around him and bent into his chest, Her face in his shoulder. There were no obvious sounds of life but the small distant sound of a heartbeat and the struggle to breathe stopped Ginny from losing it completely.
Ron and Hermione had stopped a few feet away from Harry's decrepid body. They stopped the crowd moving in further to have a look. Hermione let out a small cry,
"What have I done?"
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Hey guys, sorry I've taken so long to update I hope you like it. I noe this was supposed to be the last chapter but I can't help it! Pls read and review and tell me what you think, ill try and get the next chapter up by Tuesday, but I'm going to be busy cause its my birthday Monday. I noe I've gotten a bit off track with Ron and Hermione but don't worry the next chapter is mainly about them ( have fun reading
Luv AllyC@t
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A few hours before.
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Harry ran through the dark and empty corridors, trying desperately to stop himself from crying, how could this hurt so much, he thought, the aching pain trapped in his chest grew stronger as the dryness of his throat became worse.
He could stop it no longer, as he kept on running the tears streamed steadily down his face. He turned the corner sharply and kept running. He saw lavender brown up in the distance, he started sprinting, never stopping even when Lavender called out from behind him.
He reached a steep stairwell that led up to the Astronomy tower. Quickly he began to scale the stairs, two at a time and in less than a few minutes had reached the top landing.
He started to calm down slightly his breathing no longer as rapid. The feeling of hurt had now become numb. His arms hung limply at his sides as he walked slowly towards the large open windows, unaware of where he now was. His mind was spinning, his insides swelled with emotion as the tears started again.
He reached the large window and slowly looked down at the dark lawn far below. His mind spinning he stepped up on the window ledge the cold night air fiercely blowing in his face. Harry stood there for hours taking in everything, remembering what had happened, staring out in to the open sky.
Harry was now starting to have second thoughts about what he was going to do. Dusk was now setting in. He decided to step down but someone was coming up the stairs, what should I do he thought panicking. He put one foot down off of the ledge. Ginny ran through the doorway straight towards Harry, startling him,
"No Harry, don't jump!" she yelled, but it was too late. Harry tripped over the ledge behind him and fell in slow motion backwards through the open window. Ginny ran to catch him but it was too late, he was just out of reach,
"GINNY."
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A terrified scream was heard from above while Ron and Hermione were deciding what to do, wether to go and find him or let him cool off. Everybody in the common room stopped what they were doing and looked around to find where it came from. Immediately the sound of scraping chairs and dropping of books were heard as everyone ran out of the common room, the first people out of the door were Ron and Hermione. They started running down the corridors where in the opposite direction they found Ginny streaming towards them at full speed. Then Ginny, her face red with tears that were streaming down her face pushed passed Ron and Hermione, the rest of the crowd parted to see what was happening. Ron and Hermione followed Ginny. They were running for a few minutes when they went into the school grounds.
A crowd of students had gathered behind them, trying to keep up with their running. In the distance they saw a limp figure laying on the ground in an awkward fashion. Ginny let out a scream and ran towards the body. She dropped to her knees next to him and started sobbing.
"Harry. please, please be okay." She said through her tears. She wrapped her arms around him and bent into his chest, Her face in his shoulder. There were no obvious sounds of life but the small distant sound of a heartbeat and the struggle to breathe stopped Ginny from losing it completely.
Ron and Hermione had stopped a few feet away from Harry's decrepid body. They stopped the crowd moving in further to have a look. Hermione let out a small cry,
"What have I done?"
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Hey guys, sorry I've taken so long to update I hope you like it. I noe this was supposed to be the last chapter but I can't help it! Pls read and review and tell me what you think, ill try and get the next chapter up by Tuesday, but I'm going to be busy cause its my birthday Monday. I noe I've gotten a bit off track with Ron and Hermione but don't worry the next chapter is mainly about them ( have fun reading
Luv AllyC@t