Chapter 8. Staffs, Swords & Other Weapons (part 2)

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The rain had come over so suddenly that Ginny didn't have much time to collect her artwork and head back to the safety that was called home. Running, she fell headfirst into a muddy puddle, losing all her artwork. Anger and embarrassment over came her, at her own stupidity. Clouds started to rumble, then out of the darkness surrounding the Borrow, Ginny Weasly was hit with a powerful thunderbolt…

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"I'm okay Madame Promfrey, honestly!" said Harry Potter, who had just 30 minutes before almost drowned in torrential rain, was getting checked over by Madame Promfrey school nurse even when school was out.

"Nonsense! You're staying the night whether you like it or not! You may not feel affected now but it could kick in at anytime!" she replied.

Harry sighed, this is just what he wanted a night in the hospital wing, alone with nothing to pass the time.

Madame Promfrey had gone off to do business elsewhere, thank Merlin, thought Harry, he thought about the storm, he hadn't known it was raining until Dante had brought him in side, although Harry had felt something, he wasn't entirely sure what it was, his body had tingled with anticipation subconsciously, the pressure in the back off his head lasted only a small while. But that was because he had cried about Cedric. Right?

Harry had dozed off to sleep, it didn't last long though. He was woken up by the sound of shouting and frantic voices.

"Put her there!"

"Hurry!"

"Be gentle!"

"I am!"

Harry got up to see what the big fuss was over, walking over quietly careful not to make anyone jump. To say that he was shocked to see his best friends sister laying on the bed, hair fanning out over the pillows looking incredibly peaceful. Shocked was an understatement.

"What happened?" he asked. Madame Promfrey jumped and scolded him,

"You should be in bed! Get right back over their Potter!" Harry slowly walked back over to his patch of the infirmary, thinking about what could have happened to Ginny. 'Could it have been Voldemort?'

Leaving with those disturbing thoughts Harry fell into an uneasy sleep.

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Pain. And blackness. That was all she could remember. Rain. There had been rain. And thunder. It came flooding back to her, the rain had come over so quickly she'd had hardly anytime to collect her artwork, then oh god then there was the pain. It had been so intense! A tear slide down he cheek at the memory of the pain.

The room she was in was painted white and had the lingering smell of disinfectant. The mattress was hard, the sheets tucked in tight, Ginny then came to the only possible conclusion. She was in a hospital. Not any hospital but Hogwarts Infirmary, as Madame Promfrey walked into her line of sight.

"My word, you're awake!" came the completely surprised voice of Madame Promfrey

"Yea. How come I don't feel any pain anymore? I mean shouldn't I feel pain from the entry burns?"

"There were no entry burns dear, you are the only person in history* that has survived a thunderbolt, and you have no entry burns which makes this incredibly weird."

"So how long was I out? School hasn't started yet has it!?" 'what if it has? I'll have to do a lot of catch up!'

"School hasn't started yet dear, you've only been unconscious for a day, which I might also add is surprising."

"You mean I should be dead" it wasn't a question, it was a statement.

"Yes, to but it bluntly, you should be dead."

Ginny sat and contemplated the fact that she should be dead and have been cremated at the same time, she slowly sunk lower and fell into an incredibly strange and realistic dream.

"Ahh…good everyone is now here." said very, very old man, "Lets get down to business." Ginny looked around and she was shocked to see Harry standing with four other people she didn't know. "Yes lets start with introductions shall we? We can not start with out the most powerful people in the world not knowing each other we can we?" the latter part was spoken as if he was talking more to himself than anyone else.

"Miss Virginia Weasly, you already know Mr. Harry Potter here so lets skip him, this is one Miss Buffy Summers," he pointed to a girl with the blond hair,* " This is her best friend, who also happens to be a witch Miss Willow Rosenberg," he then pointed at a girl wit mid-length red hair, it was a red enough that they could pass as sisters, "this is Dante," he pointed at the big man with a sword on his back he pointed lastly at a girl with long golden hair, it ended at her waist,** " and this is Trish.

Now the reason I have called you here is to tell you of your destiny to be the best, the greatest. You are already the greatest in your respective worlds but united you WILL be the most powerful force of good the world has ever seen. Your powers have already started to grow but you all will need an object to channel your powers so I will give you these," he clicked his fingers and out of no-where six weapons appeared.

"Mr Potter you will have a staff, the one with the Dragon, Miss Weasly the other but with an Angel on. Miss Summers you will have power over the Scythe,*** Miss Rosenberg you will have the knowledge and power over the Wiccan Magiks you possess, Dante you will have power over this," the old man held up a beautiful sword it had carvings and runes on the hilt, "and lastly, again, Trish you will have the sister sword," he held it up the difference of this sword was the designs on the hilt, they represented sister and something unreadable. "Now this is all for now, your weapons shall find they're way to you, you will all find out more in due time. Good day!" and with that he disappeared.

Ginny woke up with a start and heard a gasp from the other side of the ward, Harry was sitting there with the Dragon's Staff on his lap giving off a faint glow of green…

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(A/N:: everyone like? I hope so. Um… please review. Okay so explanation time:

*/**I didn't know whether to go into detail of the characters already introduced. So I I didn't, the characters that haven't been properly introduced aka: Willow & Trish I'll go into more detail later on when they are seen properly, in person for the first time 'k?

***I couldn't really think of any other weapons to give to Buffy as I gave swords to Dante & Trish and Staffs to Harry & Ginny I'm sorry if it was clichéd. Well I hope this was okay.

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Miss Prongs, my constant reviewer. Read her writing it's way kool!

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~Ryan~)