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Chapter 9: Harry told me

Ginny opened her eyes and blinked several times at the sudden light and tried to regain focus of her surroundings. When she had succeeding in doing so she noticed that the three figures illuminating above her were in fact Fred, George and Hermione. They all looked very worried and let out sighs of relief as they saw her wake up

She began to wonder what had happened when it all came flooding back, including her vision. Had it been real she pondered. She didn't have time to find an answer as she was bombarded by the same question by all of them

"Ginny, are you alright?"

"Well" she began but she faltered; she didn't know how to answer.

Her heart was broken in a million pieces, she felt her head pang with a headache the size of Jupiter, her wrists hurt like hell and she felt like she was shaking all over. But she didn't have enough strength to go through all of that

"Been better" she managed to mutter as she tried to sit up

Fred saw her action and held her down "Oh no you don't. You should lie down Gin. Doctor's orders. And you need your rest" he told her, his voice overflowed with weariness, "Do you want some tea?" he asked her softly

"Err.. sure" she mumbled miserably. Merlin her head hurt

When she had received her tea she was allowed by Fred to sit up and drink it. Fred, George and Hermione sat around her and waited intently for her response

"What?!?" she asked frustrated after a while

"What do you mean 'what' Gin? Are you gonna tell us what happened out there and why?" Hermione asked her, her voice full with concern

"I.. I.. I' m not really ready to talk about it yet" she replied in a whisper. Hermione placed her hand over Ginny's and smiled at her with understanding and reassurance

"Whenever you're ready, Gin" she told her "We're all here for you"

Yea, all except Harry she thought bitterly. "Who.. who pulled me-" she began without being able to complete the sentence. Nevertheless they all understood what she was asking

"Ron" George replied gravely, looking down at his intertwined hands. He did this when he was nervous and in loss of words. "He was a real wreck when he came back Gin" he looked at her "He's a real wreck." Ginny looked down at the tea in her hands

"I'm gonna go see how he is" she said a few moments later

She tried to stand up but she was still shaking. George and Fred helped her steady herself against Hermione

"I'll come with you. I need to see him" she told Ginny as they headed upstairs

When they reached Ron's room, they pushed the door open and walked in. The floor was covered in unidentifiable objects as they appeared to have been shattered against the wall

As they made their way towards the bed they noticed that the covers were thrown everywhere in every angle except over Ron's body. Ron lay with his legs spread out, with one hand dangling over the end of the bed while the other rested over his face, as if he had been crying silently as he drifted to sleep. He was wearing only boxers

Even though he was asleep they both saw that George was right; Ron really was a wreck

When they reached the bed, Hermione leaned over and held Ron's hand and kissed it softly. She whispered his name. He lifted his arm from his face and looked at Hermione through half closed eyes

"Mmm" he mumbled, "Hi, babe" he tried to smile. Hermione leaned over and gave him a quick kiss on the lips

"Hey" she whispered, "You have a visitor" she added, getting up still holding his hand, while bringing Ginny into view. As soon as he laid her eyes on her, he shot out of bed and strode to her capturing her in a bear hug

"Gin, are you ok?" he asked through her hair

"Yea, thanks to you" she replied weakly, her voice hid hints of both relief and disappointment. Ron drew away from the hug but kept his hands on her shoulders, his eyes boring into hers

"Why Gin?" he asked softly. He wanted, he needed to know. "Why did you do it?" Ginny closed her eyes and looked down at her feet

A few moments passed until she finally looked back up, straight at him

"I wanted to do it. I don't know what got into me" she answered truthfully without blinking. "This morning I had this dream. It took me out of this world. I wanted to reached that world and the only way to do so was to.." she let her voice trail off. Ron hugged again, tighter

"I'm so sorry Gin" he managed to say

"There's no reason to be sorry Ron" she answered weakly. "Voldemort is going to be defeated soon, very soon in fact, and Harry will come back".

For a second time, Ron pulled away from his sister and surveyed her closely

"What?" he asked surprised "How do you know?"

"He told me" she replied simply

"Who told you?" he asked again, his voice was beginning to crack with worry

"Harry, Ron" she answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Harry told me. I saw him. And he told me not to worry and that everything will be fine. He's going to defeat him soon" she said, with a fresh image of Harry in her mind

Ron looked at his sister quizzically. He then looked at Hermione who spoke for the first time, more to break the awkward silence than anything else

"Ron, I'm going to take Ginny to her room so she can get some rest. I'll be right back" she said while edging towards Ginny, taking her hand and leading her outside without a backward glance at Ron

Neither said anything on the way to Ginny's room, but as they entered the room, Ginny turned to Hermione

"You believe me don't you?" she asked, tears threatening to escape her

"Honestly Gin I don't know what to believe. You're in a state of shock and you could have easily imagined it, like a hallucination. At the moment nothing is sure" she answered honestly. "I forgot your potion. I'll be right back" she added exiting the room leaving Ginny alone with her thoughts

She looked around her room blankly. It couldn't have been a hallucination. Would it? She thought, No! it was definitely real. Voldemort will die soon and Harry will come back to me.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of footsteps, as Hermione ran up to Ginny's room. Soon her door opened and Hermione came in holding a glass of the watery-like liquid that Ron had earlier on

"Your parents are downstairs" she whispered urgently, "but I told them not to come up and bombard you with questions and let you rest" she looked at her. "They're really worried you know"

Ginny just looked around her room, avoiding Hermione's piercing gaze and moved to her bed, where she sat. Hermione followed, sitting down next to her and rested her hand on Ginny's

"Why?" she asked softly, her eyes never leaving her face

"Mione, I'm really tired. Do you mind if we talk about this another time?" she asked pleadingly, her eyes transfixed on the opposite wall

"Yea, sure" she replied softly, "whenever you feel ready. We're all here for you Gin. Don't forget that ok?" he told her while leaning to hug her

"I know" she whispered back. "I know" she repeated more firmly, whilst she hugged her back.

She was grateful to have such an understanding and patient friend as her, she thought, as silent tears ran down her cheeks

Needless to say, Ginny didn't sleep that night

A/N so? Whaddya think? Good? Bad? Reaches your expectations? R&R