Come Away With Me

By: Punkin/Buttamellow

DEDICATION: To my wonderful friend Guerry who read and reviewed my story. She told me in so many words to UPDATE NOW! She has been my best friend since the 7th grade and I love her to death. Guerry, this chapter is for you because you have always been there for me. Thanks for everything! MUAH!

DISCLAIMER: Yet again.I own nothing that has anything to do with the wonderful world of Harry Potter.although there are times I wish I did. I mean who wouldn't want to be a world renowned writer that has created a world of magic and mystery?

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Chapter 4: The Long Day

Feeling tired

By the fire

The long day is over

The wind is gone

Asleep at dawn

The embers burn on

With no reprise

The sun will rise

The long day is over

"The Long Day is Over", by Norah Jones

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She was gone and he knew it. All he had to do was look at the expression portrayed on Professor McGonagall's face in order to realize that she had disappeared again, bringing back memories of second year. He knew what he had to do. He couldn't let him get to her once again.

Harry stared into the fire, feeling as though the weight of the world was on his shoulders. McGonagall had looked straight at Harry telling everyone that if they even put one foot outside the Common Room that they would be immediately expelled from Hogwarts, no exceptions. Everyone had started whispering and had returned to their dormitories. Ron and Hermione had settled near the window seeking the comfort of each others arms. Harry turned his head slightly and saw that they had fallen asleep, Ron leaning again the window sill holding Hermione in his arms. Fred and George had lost the twinkle in their eyes and had grabbed a book that turned out being one of the many Weasley photo albums. Harry had watched them flipping from page to page whispering about times of old and watching as their eyes started to become glassy with tears. Fred and George had eventually fallen asleep as well.

Harry looked down at his hands noticing that he was clenching them so hard that his knuckles had turned white and his nails had started to break the skin of his palms. He blinked his eyes and took in a stifling breath and hung his head between his hands. He knew that they were waiting for him in the Chamber and that nothing would happen until he could get down there. He had to save her. He had to do something or he would never see her again, and that thought scared Harry more than he could fathom.

Harry lifted his head once again and looked into the fire. It was amazing how the fire reminded him of her. She had a fiery passion and a will that would never break, her eyes could burn into his soul, and she seemed to melt away all that was bad in the world when she entered a room. Her hair was also the color of the fire; her hair contained shades of crimson, scarlet, and gold. He longed to touch it but he was afraid that it might burn him, he was afraid that if he ever got too close to her that he would be hurt. Love hurt and love killed. It was because of love that his mother was dead. If she had not have loved him so much then she would still be alive. He began to laugh at the irony of the situation; he could picture Ginny telling him that they both knew that that wasn't true and that his mother hadn't died because of love but because of hate. He knew that she was right. Tears began to sting his eyes. What would he do with out her? Well, he thought to himself, hopefully I'll never have to know. With that, he reached over and grabbed his invisibility cloak and his wand.

He was making his way to a place he had hoped he would never have to see again, a place that had almost taken his life once before. He passed the sign on the wall that had read five simple words "POTTER, IS SHE WORTH IT?"

'Is she worth it?' he thought to himself. He didn't even have to answer that. No one was ever going to have to know what the world was like without Ginny Weasley in it, at least not if he had anything to do with it.
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When Harry finally reached the girl's lavatory on the second floor he was out of breath. When he arrived at the sink which led down to the Chamber of Secrets he gripped the sides, took in a deep breath, and then he looked up into the mirror; he was almost frightened by his appearance. His hair, although always messy, was basically standing on end because he had run his hands through it so many times. His cheeks were flushed, his eyes flashing, and his scar was a burning red due to the burning sensation caused by coming closer to Tom.

'Tom.' he thought suddenly back to a night when Ginny and he had both woken up from nightmares and he had found her sitting by the fire. They had started talking about their nightmares. With a wry smile on his face, Harry remembered asking Ginny why she constantly kept referring to Voldemort as Tom. He then remembered her response; it stuck with him wherever he went. "Harry, why should we call him by a name which is not truly his? He uses the name Voldemort to instill fear into others, when in actuality his real name is Tom, Tom Riddle." He then remembered Ginny looking down and fiddling with the sating lining of the blanket she had used to wrap around herself. She exhaled deeply and looked straight into Harry's eyes. "Harry, you're only giving him more power by calling him Voldemort. At one point he was just like you and I, well, maybe not just like." she had sad with a nervous giggle but then suddenly looked very serious. ".but I refuse to call him by the name of Voldemort. He shall always be Tom Riddle in my mind because that was who he started out as. No matter how much he tries to hide his past he will always be. Tom and that is it."

He had realized the sense behind Ginny's words and had taken to also thinking of Voldemort as Tom. Yes, Tom Riddle's image from the diary was dead. He was actually going to face the creature everyone referred to as You Know Who and secretly thought of as Voldemort. Harry briefly wondered how Tom had managed to get into Hogwarts but the thought quickly left his mind.

Although it felt as though he had been standing in front of the mirror looking at his image for several hours he had in fact been standing there for only a minute. Harry fixed his jaw into a look of determination and stood up straight preparing to open the entrance to the chamber. With a sneer he spoke the word 'open' in Parseltounge and watched as the entrance slowly began to open. When it was finally open Harry inhaled deeply and steeled himself for what was about to come. He then stepped to the edge of the pipe, closed his eyes, and jumped.

After what seemed like an eternity of twisting and turning through pipes Harry finally hit the ground. He stood up and resolved that it was probably better to not look down at his clothes because he knew that they'd be covered in slime and other various and disgusting substances that he didn't even want to think about at the moment. He gripped his wand tightly in his hand and noticed that the ceiling was still caved in from when Lockheart had tried to hex him and Ron three years prior. He looked around trying to find the small hole that Ron had dug out while Harry was trying to save Ginny from the memory of Tom Riddle. He grimaced at the thought. Finally after only about two minutes of searching he found the small entrance and after a lot of difficulty finally squeezed his way through. Harry shook his head. He was not the same size he was three years ago.

'Ginny.' Harry thought, 'I have to get to Ginny.' He made his way to the huge doorway to the chamber. Again he commanded the door to open and he watched as the snakes writhed around on the door until they came to a certain point and the door opened. 'Well, here's goes nothing. Or rather, everything.'

No sooner had Harry entered the Chamber then did he smell the putrid scent of decay that had been left due to the rotting form of the basilisk. Harry gagged at how thick the smell was, yet he put it behind him and moved onward. When he had made it half way to the front he started to hear the maniacal laughter of Tom. He couldn't hear where it was coming from due to the layout of the Chamber because it was echoing and coming from all directions.

"Well well well, what do we have here? Ah, look Potter has come to save his damsel in distress." the irony of the fact that Tom sounded so much like Malfoy plagued his mind but he continued to steel himself as Tom finally exposed himself. He came out from behind a statue holding his wand level to Harry's heart. Harry raised his wand with the speed of lightening and could see the stunned look on Tom's face. "Ah, it looks like I've touched a soft spot. Potter, you are just as stupid as your father was. Putting a girl's life ahead of your own. No, actually you are more stupid than your father because this girl isn't even yours. Come on Potter. Why all the fuss? IS SHE WORTH IT?" Tom's blood red eyes were dancing with malice as he spoke the last words.

Harry could feel the anger coursing through his veins but he wasn't going to let him control his emotions. "Tom, you've hurt her enough as it is. Let her go. This is between you and me. She doesn't deserve this. Let her go and let's get on with it," he pleaded.

Tom sneered. "Why should I let her go when she is so valuable to you Harry? It's so obvious that you care for the little Weasley."

"Leave her out of this!" Tom laughed. He knew that he had gotten to Potter now.

"Harry?" Harry heard a slurred voice coming from the corner hoping that it was Ginny. He turned his head. "Harry, I.I think I've been bit." Harry swore under his breath as he looked to see that Nagini was guarding Ginny. He shook his head and just as he was turning back to Tom, Tom threw the Cruciatus curse at Ginny. Harry could feel the tears welling up in his eyes as Ginny started to writhe under the curse. For a moment he was petrified by the scream that was being emitted from Ginny's throat. Harry knew what it felt like to be under that curse and he never wanted her to have to experience something as awful as that. He threw a curse at Tom that threw him across the chamber forcing him to let go of the curse he was forcing on Ginny.

Tom picked him self up and turned toward Harry his eyes flashing with malevolence. He grabbed his wand and turned on Harry so fast that Harry didn't know what to do. Tom started throwing curses at Harry one right after the other. Although he tried, Harry knew that he was only so fast and that he could only dodge so many before one hit him and when it did and it happened to be another Cruciatus curse, this time aimed at Harry. It hit him square in the chest. Harry started writhing under pain. It felt as though he was being stabbed by thousands of knives and pins and that his skin was on fire. He refused to let Tom have the satisfaction of hearing him scream and bit down on his tongue. Soon the metallic taste of blood began to fill his mouth because he was biting so hard. He soon thought that he heard someone screaming for him.

"Harry!" Ginny screamed. "No Tom, not Harry. Why Harry? Stop!" Tom turned on Ginny and threw the Imperius Curse at her. Harry was relieved that that the Cruciatus was released on him but he began to tense yet again once he realized that Tom was going to make Ginny kill him.

Harry could tell that Ginny was using a lot of her energy to fight off the Imperius Curse. He heard hear whisper "No.will not! You can't make me!" He knew that it was taking the last of her energy. He then heard her sigh with relief when she was finally able to throw it off.

Harry had finally gained enough energy and slowly made his way to a standing position. Tom had been focused on Ginny and was extremely surprised when he heard Harry yell, "Is she worth it, Tom? IS SHE WORTH IT? She just sacrificed her last energy to save me. Me! Someone who has nothing! You better believe that she is worth it. She is worth everything and I'll be DAMNED if you're going to take that away from me!"

Tom didn't even have enough time to react. He was suddenly hit with a spell he had never felt before. A bright purple light was being emitted from Harry's wand and Harry had to brace himself in order to keep his balance. He, too, was surprised because he didn't even recognize the spell that he had used on Tom. He could see that the reptile-like man was beginning to crumble. Harry even had hope that he might even defeat Tom today. Then he'd be able to live the rest of his life in peace. But he had hoped too early.

Harry suddenly heard Ginny's voice rasp, "Harry! No.what have you done Tom?" He was thrown off guard and his spell weakened for a second giving Tom just enough time to activate the portkey that was in his pocket and for Nagini to slither over to her master.

"Well Potter, it's been fun. Take care of the little Weasley. We'll, meet again," and with that Tom and Nagini were gone leaving Harry and a hyperventilating Ginny alone in the Chamber.

"Harry! Where are you?" He heard Ginny suddenly whimper. "Why did you leave me?" Harry felt his heart constrict and he raced to where Ginny was laying. By the time he reached her, she had passed out. He knelt beside her, lifting the top half of her body into his lap. He lowered his head to her mouth, tilting it so he could hear if she was breathing.

Panic began to course through his veins when he realized that she was no longer breathing. He looked down and saw the bite on the outer thigh of her right leg. He ripped a piece from his cloak and covered the spot, tying a knot over the wound to stop the bleeding. He then picked her up, amazed at how light she was, held on tight to Ginny, and started to run as fast as he could in order to make his way out of the Chamber.

Harry had used the last of his energy to make his way to the Infirmary, all the while using a spell that would help Ginny breathe. He knew that her pulse was starting to slow and he only had so much time. He raced through the hallways not caring about who saw him or who he awoke. When he finally ran into the Hospital Wing he began to bellow for Madame Pomfrey. Madame Pomfrey stumbled out of her room less that a minute later in her pink bathrobe covered in white bunnies.

Madame Pomfrey had exclaimed at the state that Harry and Ginny were in. She led Harry over to a bed and asked him to set Ginny down. She then told him to wait for a moment while she raced to her office to gather her supplies and contact the Headmaster and Professor McGonagall.

Harry watched as Madame Pomfrey disappeared into her office and he gently placed Ginny onto the bed. He kept renewing the spell to help Ginny breathe and he once again felt for her pulse. It was almost nonexistent. Harry slowly began to panic and called out for Madame Pomfrey yet again.

"Goodness gracious child! I'm here. I told you that I had to retrieve my supplies and the Headmaster and Professor McGonagall are on their way. Now what exactly happened to Miss Weasley?"

Harry felt his head start to get light but he tried to maintain consciousness long enough to inform the mediwitch exactly what had happened. "I went down to the Chamber," he was interrupted by a slight gasp, "and Tom was there. Ginny called out for me and told me that she had been bit. She was being guarded by Nagini therefore I think she was bit by a snake. She was also put under both the Cruciatus and Imperius curses and urgh! Can you just hurry! She isn't breathing on her own and he heart beat is starting to stop. Please help her!" Harry felt his head start to sway and his eyesight beginning to dim. He also knew that he was hyperventilating.

"Mr. Potter." but it was too late, Harry's last bit of energy had ran out and he was surrounded by darkness.
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When Harry awoke a day had passed and it was once again night time. His whole body ached as though he had been hit by the Hogwarts Express. Finally after a lot of effort he reached over and picked up his glasses. After putting them on he turned his head to the side hoping to find any sign of Ginny. What he found scared him. By the light of the moon, Ginny looked almost translucent because she was so pale. Her eyes were sunk in and surrounded by black circles. The only sign of life was that her chest was barely rising and falling. She was surrounded by several sleeping Weasleys.

It hurt for Harry to look at her so he turned his head back closing his eyes. He was surprised by the weight he felt at the edge of his bed. He struggled but barely managed to lift his body in order to look at his feet. He felt the edges of his mouth creep into a smile when he saw a huge shaggy, black dog asleep at the foot of the bed. 'Sirius' he thought to himself and he slowly drifted back to sleep.
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Harry was once again sitting in front of the fire in the Common Room. He was due to see Professor McGonagall in the morning because of his "absolute lack of following directions." It had been two days since the incident in the Chamber and Ginny had yet to wake up. Madame Pomfrey had told the Weasley family, along with Hermione, that if Ginny hadn't awoken in 72 hours that she wasn't going to wake up ever again. The 72 hour deadline came to an end tomorrow morning.

He had been greatly comforted by the presence of Sirius when he had been told the news the morning after he had awoken. Sirius had nudged his hand with his nuzzle and Harry had begun to rub Sirius's coarse coat. It was still hard for Harry to fathom that Ginny may never wake up again. Ginny had so much vibrancy and life to give. The world would seem darker and sadder without Ginny in it.

Harry thought back to the night that Ginny had yelled at him for not opening up to her. He had been sitting in that exact spot. He suddenly began to smile as the memory came back to him.

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"Ginny?"

"Hmm."

"How about we make a deal?"

"What kind of a deal?

"I'll tell you about Snuffles if you tell me what's wrong."

"And you have to promise to start telling me more things. I don't like it when you hide things from me. We're supposed to be friends. Remember I know a lot about the things you've gone through because I've gone through them too."

"I know. I promise," Harry whispered.

Ginny looked into his eyes. "You better or I'll get Fred and George to teach me a new hex that will knock you off your socks."

Harry chuckled. "Well, I definitely will comply then. You'll never know what Fred and George will come up with." Ginny started to giggle while still in Harry's embrace.

"Deal?" Ginny looked up at Harry with pleading eyes.

"Deal." And Ginny knew that Harry would be true to his word.

"Ok Gin. Are you ready to tell me what's wrong?" Harry asked while still holding her.

Ginny leaned her head back onto his shoulder and nodded. "Yeah, just as long as you don't forget your part of the bargain."

"I won't. I promise."

"Ok, I've been having this nightmare where I wake up in the Chamber of Secrets. It's not like my other nightmares though. It's.different somehow. It hasn't happened yet. Well, I hear voices and I look up to see you and Tom holding your wands level with each other's hearts. You're yelling at each other about something and I call out for you. I think I tell you that I've been bit by something. I get put under the," Ginny's voice lowered to a whisper, "Cruciatus Curse and then you curse Tom. Tom curses you and then puts me under the Imperius. I fight it with all my might and then overcome it, but then I lose my sight and hearing. I scream for you and I suddenly can't breathe and begin to black out. That's where I wake up."

"Ginny, this is really serious. How long have you been having this dream?

"I don't know. Since Halloween I guess."

"Ginny, you need to talk to Dumbledore about this."

"I don't know Harry. Everyone always treats me as though I'm some little kid and everyone has acted strangely around me since my first year. I don't want people to start thinking I'm crazy."

"Ginny, you have to tell him. He'll know what to do. I'll even go with you."

"Really? I guess. Just as long as you're there with me. Promise?"

"I promise." Harry stated, looking into her eyes.

"Now," Ginny said, raising her eyebrows, "you have to tell me who Snuffles is."

Harry chuckled. "Well, once upon a time there were four best friends. One was a werewolf and the other three became illegal animagi in order to keep him company during the full moon. One became a rat, he went by the name of Wormtail; one became a stag, and he went by the name of Prongs; and the third one became a dog, he went by the name of Padfoot."

"Wait! Padfoot, Prongs, and Wormtail? Like on the Maurader's Map?" Ginny exclaimed and then suddenly clamped her hand over her mouth, her eyes becoming very large.

Harry raised one eyebrow and chuckled. "How do you know about the Maurader's Map, young lady?"

"I.er.well, Fred and George sort of left it out one time at the Burrow and I.er.well, I kinda looked at it. But, so who are these people?"

Harry chuckled. "Well, Prongs was my father and Moony, the werewolf was... duh duh duh! Remus Lupin."

"You mean, Professor Lupin?"

"Yes the one and only. Well, Wormtail was Peter Pettigrew."

"The guy that Sirius Black killed?"

"Well actually that's where things get complicated. Padfoot was my godfather, Sirius Black. Sirius was supposed to be my parents Secret Keeper but at the last minute it was changed to Peter. Peter betrayed my parents. He was the reason why my parents were murdered. He was the reason why Remus was exiled from the Wizarding world. He was the reason why Sirius was put in Azkaban for 12 years for no reason. He destroyed everyone's lives and he got away with it!" Harry's voice slowly got louder and louder to the point where he was beginning to scare Ginny.

Ginny grabbed Harry's hand and began to rub it. "Harry it's alright. Calm down. Ok, so Sirius isn't guilty. All that you have said still doesn't explain who Snuffles is. Can you please explain it to me?" Ginny said calmly.

Harry inhaled deeply, looked at Ginny and smiled. "Ah, there's the rub. Well, Sirius is Snuffles. When Sirius escaped and disappeared after my third year we started writing letters back and forth between each other. He told me that I should call him Snuffles in case one of the letters was ever intercepted. Well, basically that's it. That's the story behind Snuffles."

Ginny sat silently for awhile fiddling with Harry's fingers trying to take it all in. She then squeezed Harry's hand and looked up into his eyes smiling. "Thanks Harry."

"For what?"

"For trusting me enough to confide something so personal in me. It means a lot."

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Harry smiled when he remembered the way she fiddled with his fingers. It had given him butterflies in his stomach, but he'd never let her know about that. He knew that he had to see Ginny again, had to make her wake up somehow. He didn't know what he would do if Ginny wasn't there anymore. Harry quietly snuck up to the dormitory, making sure not to wake up his roommates. He grabbed his invisibility cloak and the Maurader's Map and headed his way down the staircase, through the Common Room, and out the portrait hole.

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When Harry arrived in the Infirmary, he was surprised to see that Ginny was alone. He supposed that Madame Pomfrey had forced all of the Weasley's to go and get some sleep. Harry quietly made his way to the chair beside Ginny's bed, gently placing his invisibility cloak and the map on the floor beside the chair. Harry reached over and picked up Ginny's hand.

He felt the tears begin to prick his eyes as he began to whisper to her. "Hey Gin. It's me, Harry. It's so strange without you being here. You should see Fred and George. They've been so serious that even your mother has been worried." Harry began to chuckle, a tear sliding down his cheek. He lifted his other hand and wiped it away.

Harry began to rub Ginny's hand. "Everyone misses you Gin. I know that you think that no one notices you but, they do. I miss you. I've always noticed you, even if it may not have always seemed as if I have. I. I just don't know" Harry felt a lump form in his throat and he swallowed it down. "I just don't know what I'd do without you Gin. You've got to wake up. Please.Gin, don't leave me alone." Harry was surprised at his own words. He had never known that he could feel so much for one person. It scared him. He continued to rub her hand as tears leaked over the brim of his eyelids. "Gin, please wake up. Please."

Harry laid his head down beside her body continuing to hold her hand. He knew that he was crying but he didn't care. Soon he drifted off into sleep.

About an hour later Harry felt something begin to move in his hand. He lifted his head and noticed that he was still holding Ginny's hand and that she was moving her fingers. He felt his heart leap for joy and he knew that he couldn't put faith into his voice.

Soon, Ginny slowly opened her eyes. They blinked a few times before coming into focus. She turned her head and looked Harry in the eyes. "Harry?" she whispered.

Yeah Gin, it's me. How are you feeling?" Harry choked out.

"Hmm.a little sore and tired. But, other than that, I feel fine. Are you okay Harry? I was so worried. I knew that I had to come back to make sure you were okay."

"I'm fine Gin. I'm great actually. I'm so glad you're awake. Go on back to sleep alright."

"No, Harry I'm fine." Ginny tried to say between a yawn.

"Well, Miss Fine, how about I stay here until you fall asleep?"

"That sounds nice. Goodnight Harry." Ginny yawned one more time and then shifted in order to get comfortable in her bed, all the while holding on to Harry's hand.

"Goodnight Gin. Sweet dreams."

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Harry had stayed until her breath had once again evened out and she had fallen asleep and then had reluctantly let go of her hand. He walked across the room taking one more glance at her sleeping form before walking out the door.

When Harry finally got back to the Common Room he noticed that the fire had died. He once again lit the fire and then sat down on the couch. The words that Tom had said continuously racked his brain. "Why should I let her go when she is so valuable to you Harry? It's so obvious that you care for the little Weasley."

He never wanted Ginny to be in the hospital wing again because of him. He never wanted her to ever have to feel the pain that she had experienced that night. He knew that as long as she was close to him that she would never truly be safe. He knew what he had to do but he wasn't sure that he could do it.

Harry clenched his teeth and looked into the blazing fire. The fire that had once comforted him because it reminded him of her only served as a constant reminder that he would never be happy. He knew one thing and one thing only. He would rather have Ginny alive and never be with her than to have loved her fully and to have Tom kill her. He stood up and put out the fire. Yes, he knew what he had to do and he was going to do it. It was the only thing he could do to make sure that Ginny would remain safe.

From that point on Harry Potter was going to cut off all communication with Ginny Weasley.

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A/N: Alrighty, so that's the end to this chapter. I apologize for it taking me so long to get out this chapter. Over a month. Ouch. But, the schedule in the life of a college student is very busy and hectic and finals are in less than a month. But, that's all I'm apologizing for. This chapter is very long and so far I love it. But, I have to say I'm a little biased. I hope I satisfied you all and for those of you I didn't.oh well. Life's hard isn't it. (Silly grin at this moment.) I'm just kidding you guys. Thank you all for the fabulous review. I hope to get more. I know I'm aiming high but I hope to get around 50 or so review in total by the end of this chapter. That's about 26 reviews for this chapter so get crackin'! Hmmm.let's see what else. Oh yes, this chapter has over 5000 words and is 10 pages long. My longest chapter yet!!! Wahoo! Well, that's enough of my rambling. I'm just glad I've finished this chapter. Now onto the next!

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