A/N: Ok this will be the final chapter of part one of the story, then it is going to shift gears for a while. Enjoy. Thank you to all who reviewed, please continue doing so.
Chapter 7: Betrayal?
Ginny took a breath and leaned forward into the angry, howling winds. "Ginny!" a hand grabbed her around her middle and ripped her backwards. She stumbled back on to the black stone, her head landing with a soft thud. "Ginny! O thank god. You're alive," he said as her eyes fluttered open.
"Harry? What's going on?" She looked around, and suddenly got the idea that something was wrong. She knew it.
"Your alive." Harry said to himself as he caught his breath. He stood up
"Well, the famous Harry Potter has found his way to the tower again, and just in time too."
"You tried to kill her." Harry snarled, cradling Ginny in his arms.
"Indeed, I did."
"Quinn," she croaked, "why?"
"Oh dear Ginny, you must understand this. I did not want to hurt you." Ginny doubted this though as a foul smirk spread across his face. "I simply had to."
"Why?" horrified, she gripped more tightly onto Harry's arm.
"Ginny, Please-"
"Bloody hell! Will you tell-"
"Quiet girl! You must know before I tell you anything that I do love you. But there are far too many complications for you to love me back. In this there should be one obvious reason." She stared at him blankly so he continued. "So we could be together! So I wouldn't be lonely. So you wouldn't be lonely."
"I wasn't lonely."
"Ginny I wouldn't advise you to start lying to me now. I know very well from our lovely little chats that you were."
"And it would have gotten better for me when I was laying cold and dead in my coffin. Alone!"
"Trust me. You would be able to be with me. You would become a ghost as I did. Oh yes-" he paused while there was a loud rumble in the sky, "-You do not know the story of my death, or of my stupid life. I betrayed my master and came back to ol' Hogwarts. He easily tracked me down and killed me for my foolish mistake...in fact, I think it was this very tower that I was pushed from."
"Your master?"
"Voldemort." He pronounced the name very slowly and clearly. "I am still very loyal to him, and I will always be. I have no choice. See?" He had rolled up his sleeve and was revealing a blood red tattoo of a skull with a snake curling out of the mouth and trailing up his arm. It burns now more than ever. I will always be able to feel it, even in my death"
"I don't like this side of you, Quinn. Not at all."
"Ginny, It is essential that you know that I did not want to kill you. But I was cornered. It was, what should we call it? Like a two in one deal for me. I could prove to my master that I was worthy and could help him carry out his plan."
"His plan?" Harry spoke to Quinn for the first time in a while.
"Yes," he sneered eyeing Harry carefully, "He will take everyone. Every one you know and love. There will be no one left to rescue you. Not a one. Not even your precious Dumbledore. You will be the one who is lonely. But don't worry, it won' be for that long."
"I hate you!" Ginny sobbed.
"Ginny, we could have stayed together. I would not have been so deserted."
"Why didn't you kill me before then?"
"I can't push you. I can only convince you to do something at your own will."
"You're awful!"
"Come on Gin, let's go." Harry pulled her towards the staircase.
"Shouldn't we do something?"
"What can we do? He's already dead." He scooped up Ginny's small frame and carried her back to the common room. The two sat on the couch, in front of the fire, for a while chattering madly.
"I'm so sorry Harry. I should have listened to you." She began to cry all over again.
"Its ok. Its all over." He pulled her close and hugged her. "Promise me you won't go back there alone." She nodded.
"You've done so much for me already."
"You're worth it Gin. You more than anybody, are worth it."
"Thank you" She whispered and kissed him on the cheek. He smiled down at her and kissed her back.
***
Ginny, Ron, Hermione and Ron all sat at one of picnic the tables in the courtyard, gathered around Ron's chess set. "So Harry, you're going to come and visit us this summer right?" Ron said. "Knight to E7"
"Of course. Staying with you is a thousand times better then the Dursleys" He squeezed Ginny's hand under the table.
"And you, Herm?"
"I'm goin home for a week but then I'll come stay with you too."
"I Won!" Ron said as one of his stone figures clicked forward. "Anyone for another go?"
"Nah, I have to go pack." Said Harry.
"Me too." He and Ginny set off of for the castle, leaving Ron and Hermione behind. He turned back to see them disappearing into one of the gardens, hand in hand. Everything was perfect, with Graduation coming up and the summer with the Weaslys, not even the constant, faint, burn in his forehead could bring him down.
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The end of part the first. Review!
Chapter 7: Betrayal?
Ginny took a breath and leaned forward into the angry, howling winds. "Ginny!" a hand grabbed her around her middle and ripped her backwards. She stumbled back on to the black stone, her head landing with a soft thud. "Ginny! O thank god. You're alive," he said as her eyes fluttered open.
"Harry? What's going on?" She looked around, and suddenly got the idea that something was wrong. She knew it.
"Your alive." Harry said to himself as he caught his breath. He stood up
"Well, the famous Harry Potter has found his way to the tower again, and just in time too."
"You tried to kill her." Harry snarled, cradling Ginny in his arms.
"Indeed, I did."
"Quinn," she croaked, "why?"
"Oh dear Ginny, you must understand this. I did not want to hurt you." Ginny doubted this though as a foul smirk spread across his face. "I simply had to."
"Why?" horrified, she gripped more tightly onto Harry's arm.
"Ginny, Please-"
"Bloody hell! Will you tell-"
"Quiet girl! You must know before I tell you anything that I do love you. But there are far too many complications for you to love me back. In this there should be one obvious reason." She stared at him blankly so he continued. "So we could be together! So I wouldn't be lonely. So you wouldn't be lonely."
"I wasn't lonely."
"Ginny I wouldn't advise you to start lying to me now. I know very well from our lovely little chats that you were."
"And it would have gotten better for me when I was laying cold and dead in my coffin. Alone!"
"Trust me. You would be able to be with me. You would become a ghost as I did. Oh yes-" he paused while there was a loud rumble in the sky, "-You do not know the story of my death, or of my stupid life. I betrayed my master and came back to ol' Hogwarts. He easily tracked me down and killed me for my foolish mistake...in fact, I think it was this very tower that I was pushed from."
"Your master?"
"Voldemort." He pronounced the name very slowly and clearly. "I am still very loyal to him, and I will always be. I have no choice. See?" He had rolled up his sleeve and was revealing a blood red tattoo of a skull with a snake curling out of the mouth and trailing up his arm. It burns now more than ever. I will always be able to feel it, even in my death"
"I don't like this side of you, Quinn. Not at all."
"Ginny, It is essential that you know that I did not want to kill you. But I was cornered. It was, what should we call it? Like a two in one deal for me. I could prove to my master that I was worthy and could help him carry out his plan."
"His plan?" Harry spoke to Quinn for the first time in a while.
"Yes," he sneered eyeing Harry carefully, "He will take everyone. Every one you know and love. There will be no one left to rescue you. Not a one. Not even your precious Dumbledore. You will be the one who is lonely. But don't worry, it won' be for that long."
"I hate you!" Ginny sobbed.
"Ginny, we could have stayed together. I would not have been so deserted."
"Why didn't you kill me before then?"
"I can't push you. I can only convince you to do something at your own will."
"You're awful!"
"Come on Gin, let's go." Harry pulled her towards the staircase.
"Shouldn't we do something?"
"What can we do? He's already dead." He scooped up Ginny's small frame and carried her back to the common room. The two sat on the couch, in front of the fire, for a while chattering madly.
"I'm so sorry Harry. I should have listened to you." She began to cry all over again.
"Its ok. Its all over." He pulled her close and hugged her. "Promise me you won't go back there alone." She nodded.
"You've done so much for me already."
"You're worth it Gin. You more than anybody, are worth it."
"Thank you" She whispered and kissed him on the cheek. He smiled down at her and kissed her back.
***
Ginny, Ron, Hermione and Ron all sat at one of picnic the tables in the courtyard, gathered around Ron's chess set. "So Harry, you're going to come and visit us this summer right?" Ron said. "Knight to E7"
"Of course. Staying with you is a thousand times better then the Dursleys" He squeezed Ginny's hand under the table.
"And you, Herm?"
"I'm goin home for a week but then I'll come stay with you too."
"I Won!" Ron said as one of his stone figures clicked forward. "Anyone for another go?"
"Nah, I have to go pack." Said Harry.
"Me too." He and Ginny set off of for the castle, leaving Ron and Hermione behind. He turned back to see them disappearing into one of the gardens, hand in hand. Everything was perfect, with Graduation coming up and the summer with the Weaslys, not even the constant, faint, burn in his forehead could bring him down.
***
The end of part the first. Review!