Declaimer: Although I haven't updated this story for a while (so sorry) I assure you nothing has changed and I still don't own anything (*sigh*). Anywayz I hope you enjoy this chapter 'coz it's the last chapter for this story. There might be a sequel if you people want one but first you are going to have to read it and you ain't doing that till I shut up right? But first…
Many thanks to my reviewers:
Angelface58 ~I actually didn't say that he was dead did I? I only said he was gone, but oh, well, we'll see.. Hope you like this heh
BuckNC ~ Thanks. The end actually depends on the amount of people that want the story to finish here or if they want a sequel heh
Child-of-the-Dawn ~ You are absolutely right. You are one of the two people that don't think its Harry heh. Enjoy!
Dk Lili ~ Nope, not Harry but hope you like the outcome anyway
Fairy Dust ~ Thanks, enjoy!
Griffindor lady ~ Thanks, sorry for the late update, hope you enjoy it
Hedwig55 ~Nope, not Harry but hope you enjoy the chapter anyway
Infinite Moment ~ Thanks. It will hopefully get less sad in the sequel (if I haven one)
Katie John ~ Thank you so much for your kind words. I got your e-mail as I was going to update this very chapter and I had to put you in here. Your e-mail has got me smiling for (I predict) all week. I'm very sorry I haven't updated for so long. I've started reading James + Lily stories and I cant seem to get enough of them. Plus the bloody teachers that rule our "school" seem to forget that we have external exams in a month and so pile our work load with homework, projects, tests along with the coursework that we are suppose to be doing and so I cant seem to find the time to update as frequently as I would like. This is actually my very first fic and I'm happy to see the response I'm receiving. There is a plot attached to all this but this is actually the first part only, there's a sequel all planned out and I only needed to see how many would like the prequel of it so that I continue it. Again thank you so much. I'm actually going to dedicate this chapter to you and one of my other favourate reviewers VastityCheerleader. And I would like to give you the same preposition I gave to her. Would you like to be my beta reader? Due to the school period I understand there won't be enough time to check it thoroughly so I would like two to be sure. What do you say? Let me know in a review or e-mail
LAoR (Lady Arwen of Rivendell) ~ Thank you so much! I know what you mean about the guy thing as well but oh well. I hope this ok for you, and sorry for the late update
Lady Fae ~ Sorry babe, not Harry, hope you like it anyway
Lady Macbeth10 ~ *rubs ears* sorry not him, but I hope you enjoy it all the same though
Pumpkinpiebaby ~ Thank you so much, I feel so loved. About the cliffy, I had no other place where I could have stopped the chapter heh. Enjoy!
Rayssa Radcliffe ~ Thanks. I haven't found time to check your stories yet, but rest assured, that I will
Rhiain ~ Thank you, hope you enjoy the ending
Sherryn ~ Nope not Harry's ghost either, enjoy the chapter anyway
Siriusremusjames ~ Its not Harry, you're right. The second to do so! Heh. Not Remus either but I hope you wont get angry at who it actually is. Enjoy
VastityCheerleader ~ thank you so much! I really love it when you review my stories as you were with me from the beginning. I really feel so loved. You are one of my most faithful reviewer of all and I would like to give you a preposition to repay you for your loyalty: would you like to be my beta reader for the sequel? (if I have one that is, I'll get back to you on that ) I asked another reviewer to do it as well as I know the stress in school and I believe that it would be easier if I have two beta readers. That is if you accept. What do you say? By the way this chapter is dedicated to you and Katie John, who is the other reviewer that I've mentioned before. You could give me your answer through a review or e-mail if you want. Enjoy!
And anyone that reviewed
Now on with the story…
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Chapter 11: Goodbyes
"Ron", Ginny exclaimed, "What on earth are you doing here?"
"What, no hello dear favourate brother of mine?" Ron smiled at her
"Hello, dear brother of mine", she smiled back, "now what are you doing here?" she added in a much more demanding tone
"Well, I actually came to watch your graduation as mum, dad and everyone else had to do some important business or something, and Professor Dumbledore called me here to tell me something" he replied. He then turned o Professor Dumbledore and added, "So sir, what did you want to discuss with me?"
"The matter, which I want to discuss mister Weasley, concerns both you and your sister" he answered as he made his way to his desk. "I did wish to involve Miss Granger in this particular discourse as I foresee the outcome already, but alas a great mind never ceases searching for more information" he smiled fondly
"Please take a seat" he said a few seconds later, "and I'll explain everything"
Ginny felt the blood in her body freeze and her heart began beating faster and faster, and she began wondering if Ron or Professor Dumbledore could hear it banging against her rib cage.
She wanted to leave
NOW!
Neither of them made a move as they waited for the headmaster to continue. Both her and Ron knew what was coming. Their suspicions were proven as Dumbledore spoke again.
"As you wish," he and took a deep breath.
"As you know, Harry has left us," he said solemnly. Ginny felt her legs give away as she sank into the chair opposite from Dumbledore, as her blood unfroze and rushed to her head. She indistinctly heard Ron draw in a sharp breath. "He went missing the day Lord Voldemort died; at least his body is missing but many witnesses saw a very great bright light that night, in area which Voldemort was reported to be
"The Avada Kadavra curse gives out a certain amount of light, depending on the power of the person who conjured it. Neither Voldemort nor Harry was that powerful to conjure that much and due to the amount of the light that was seen. It can easily be presumed that two identical curses were fired at the same time thus causing the force to become more than ten times deadlier as it may increase the body temperature and burn a person alive, " he paused to let this information to sink into their minds before continuing.
"But-" he began, only to be interrupted by Ginny
"NO!" she exclaimed.
Ron looked at his little sister in surprise while Dumbledore looked as if he was expecting this reaction
"Harry is not dead," she stated, trembling slightly. "Yes, he might have gone missing that night but that doesn't mean he's dead. He's not!" she repeated silently
Her blood was boiling; didn't Dumbledore trust Harry enough to believe he's not dead?
"Miss Weasley- Ginny, please sit down" he said calmly. Ginny, didn't realize she had gotten to her feet, sank back into her chair, still boiling.
"There's something you should know" Dumbledore told her. He glanced at Ron, who had a begging expression on his face, as if he didn't want Dumbledore to continue. Ginny looked at him with an expression mixed with expectancy and fear
"Harry did not leave the day you last saw him," he said. Ron brought his hands up and buried his head in them, while Ginny's eyes shot out
"What do you mean, he didn't leave that day?" she asked after a few long seconds.
"Harry, came to me, a year ago today, asking to find the whereabouts of Voldemort. He wanted to reach him as soon as possible so he would be able to return to you, Ginny", he paused before continuing again, "he did love you Ginny. More than you will know. He loved all of you. But he knew he had to go through with it and he knew it would be hard. He gave his life for all of us. He saved us-" he was once more cut off by Ginny
"He gave his life for us. That's the whole point. He was useful to you because of that, wasn't he? Everyone expected him to save us a second time around. Well he did! Are you all happy now? He wasn't even ready to go out there. He was only eighteen!" she shouted in outrage.
"Ginny I know how you feel. I do agr-" he began but he didn't manage to complete his thought
"You do NOT know how I feel! No one does. How could you?" she bellowed
"Ginny calm down" Ron spoke for the first time, trying to reason with her
"Ron, how can you just sit there like that and act like you-" she went silent as realization dawned on her. "You knew!" she exclaimed. "You knew he was here. Ron how could you not tell me!"
"I just wanted you to be safe, Ginny. I knew you would want to see him, but it was easier to just let him leave" he ended silently
"Ginny, it was his destiny. But now he's gone. We all have to try to accept it. His bravery will never be matched and he will always live in our hearts. He was a great man, Ginny. Though he is gone, he is never forgotten" Dumbledore voiced
"NO! He is NOT dead!" she cried, tears escaping her eyes
"Ginny, you have to accept the fact that he's gone" Ron breathed, tears forming in his own eyes
"No! There's nothing to accept because he's not gone!" she shrieked.
She was going crazy. She needed to get out of there. NOW!
She headed towards the door
"Ginny, there is something you should know about the prophecy" Dumbledore spoke to her back. Ginny ignored his pleading tone and didn't turn around
"No. I'm leaving. I've had enough. I don't want to know anything" she replied coldly. With her hand on the doorknob she turned around one last time before she went through
"He will some back. You'll see. He'll come back" she mumbled and left, leaving Ron to feel apprehensive and Dumbledore t feel drained and exhausted.
After a few minutes of deafening silence, Ron got up to find his sister without uttering a single word to the headmaster
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Ginny stormed out of Dumbledore's office, tears streaking down her face, blood boiling and heart pounding
When she was a safe distance away from Dumbledore's office she collapsed against a wall panting hard. A few seconds later, she regained some control over her breathing as well as her mind. Stood up and ran back to Gryffindor Tower.
She knew Dumbledore was right but she didn't want to accept it. Maybe Dumbledore did know how she felt but not entirely.
He didn't know it felt to give yourself to the person you loved. He didn't know how it felt when you woke up the next day to find out that he's gone to save the world and doesn't come back but you keep having reminders thrown to her face.
And her dreams didn't help either. She kept having dreams of Harry saying goodbye that were then filled with green light.
She needed to leave. To go somewhere and start over
Just as she had planned. By the end of the night, she would be in New York.
As she stepped into the Gryffindor common room she was instantly reminded of Harry's departure. This is where it all began.
She stretched out her wand
"Accio trunk" she ordered
A few seconds later her trunk came flying down the stairs and hovered in the air beside her. She looked around her one last time, taking in her surroundings. She was leaving.
She was really leaving.
She had to
She needed to start over. To find herself again, without Harry.
She walked to the fireplace and dug her hand in her pocked, withdrawing it with floo powder. She was about to throw it in the fire when the portrait hole opened revealing a very exasperated Ron.
"Ginny!" he exclaimed, "what are you doing?" he asked stopping in his tracks
"I'm leaving," she said simply
"Wa- Why? Is this because of Harry?" he asked
"Yes.. No.. Partly. Ron I need time to find myself again" she replied, lowering her hand from the fire
"But Ginny-" he began
"No, Ron. You don't understand. This year I've lost myself and I need time to be found," she breathed. Ron took in a deep breath, defeated
"Where are you going to go?" he asked finally
"I can't tell you. But I'll owl you when I get there. I promise" she told him
"Is there anything I can do to make you stay? For a while?" he pleaded
"Ron, no. I've made my decision. Please don't make it any harder than what it already is. I'm leaving," she said in a low whisper
"Ok," he whispered back. "So I guess this is goodbye?" he added after a few moments of silence, in which they both tried to settle their eyes on anything but each other.
At his words, Ginny's eyes snapped at him. She rushed to embrace him, with tears in her eyes
"This is most definitely not goodbye," she whispered in his ear between sobs. "This is see you soon," she added as she stepped back
"Ron don't tell anyone that you saw me leaving ok? Tell them that you didn't find me,"
she told him
"But Gin-"
"Ron, please. Promise me," she begged. Ron hesitated
"I promise. Take care of yourself ok? If ever you need any-" he started
"Ron, I will take care of myself. I will contact you if I need anything. I will send owls every so often. I will, Ron, but I have to leave to do so," she said exasperatedly, albeit with a small smile playing on her lips
"Ok, ok, I get it. We love you Gin and we'll be waiting for you to come back," he said sentimentally.
Ginny hugged him one last time and stepped to the fireplace once again. Still holding the floo powder in one hand, she dug her other hand in her other pocket and pulled out something glittery, leaving it to drop to the floor before stepping into the fire.
Ron was left behind to pick up a golden necklace. It was a small emerald fairy tied to a golden chain. As Ron studied it, his eyes wandered to the fireplace, where Ginny was a few seconds ago
She was gone now.
Ron didn't know how long he had been there, studying that small necklace, watching the fir die out, but he later left casting one last look on the now empty common room
THE END
A/N how's that for an ending? You like? Now if you want a sequel all you have to do is say so in a review heh. Go on, it wont kill you.. I hope (jk)
