Chapter 4
Ginny's eyes fluttered open. She must have fallen asleep. She checked her watch and it read 2:30. They couldn't be at the school yet. Then why was the train stopped? The lights suddenly flickered out, and everything grew very dark, and quiet.
"Ron? Ron? What's going on?" Ginny called out but no one answered.
"Herm? Harry? Where did you guys go?" Ginny called. She was getting worried, and her voice turned to a slight whisper.
She ran out of the bunk. She called their names, but nobody answered. She opened doors to bunks, but she couldn't see.
"Lumos." Ginny pulled out her wand, and was now using it to search the bunk she was currently in.
Ginny gasped. She looked down in horror. Once again she had stumbled into Malfoy, Pansy, Crabbe, and Goyle's bunk. But this time four dismembered bodies lay on the floor.
She screamed, even if it was just Malfoy. Ginny ran down the train, searching in each of the bunks as she went.
With her wand she saw more and more bodies scattered across the ground. On the floor, inside the bunks, all of the students were dead!
"Ron? Ron please, answer me! Where are you guys? Ginny pleaded into the darkness, as her vision became blurry, for her eyes were filling up with tears.
Then Ginny tripped over something, and she fell to her knees. Right across from where she was lying, she saw red hair, glasses, and brown bushy hair.
Ron, Hermione, and Harry lay motionless and limp next to each other.
"No!" Ginny screamed as she crawled towards them and picked up Ron's hand.
She fell to the ground and started crying uncontrollably.
Ginny had blood on her hands. It was warm, as if somebody had just died.
Ginny heard a voice that she recognized as her mother's.
"You did it! You killed us! We're all dead because of you!" Her mum called out, her voice filled with rage.
"No! It wasn't me! I didn't do anything." Ginny barely managed to whisper as she stared at Ron's cold numb face.
"Yes, it was you! Except your fate Ginny. No one will like you now you weak, pathetic, meek little mouse. You're a criminal. Look at the blood on your hands! Spilt from your own kin it was! YOU GINNY! IT WAS ALL YOU!" Ginny's mother screamed she had never heard her mum so angry. It was if she were standing right next to Ginny, while yelling in her ear.
Ginny cried and cried. Everything went even darker than it was before, and she heard her mother's terrifying voice no more.
"Gin. Gin! Wake up! We're almost there, and you're screaming like hell!" Ron shook his sister lightly.
Ginny was sweating, and her face was very pale. She had dark circles under her yes, and Harry as well as Hermione was staring at her with very worried looks on their faces.
"Gin, are you all right? You fell asleep, so we let you rest, thinking you were tired. About an hour later you started twisting and turning. Just now you were screaming! A-are you okay? Is there something wrong?" Hermione stared deeply into Ginny's eyes, pressing into the matter.
"No Herm, I'm okay. I was just having a silly nightmare." Ginny wiped her forehead. She didn't want to go into detail about her dream; they would just treat her like a little kid, like they always do. And something told her they would not like if she told them that everyone on the train was dead, and that her mum blamed her for doing it. No, that would just make them scared of me. Ginny shuddered.
"You've been having a lot of those lately." Ron muttered under his breath, still looking at Ginny.
Ginny turned towards the window. The train was slowing down. They had arrived at Hogwarts.
She heard her mothers voice in her head.
"If those nightmares of yours get to be too much, please, Ginny, tell someone! I don't want you to spend the year a dreadful mess!" She remembered the worried look that her mother had had on her face.
She shook the thought off, and ignored Hermione's curious stare as they walked out of their bunk, and continued their journey to Hogwarts.
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Back in the Great Hall, everyone seemed to have forgotten Ginny's embarrassing moment on the train, and everyone was happily enjoying their feast, as they all watched as the nervous first years lined up to be sorted. One by one, each student was granted access to his or hers house. After what seemed to be hours, the sorting was over, and Professor Dumbledore stood up to make a few announcements.
"I congratulate the first years, and hope they are satisfied with their new houses. As for old familiar faces, I once again am glad to see you back at Hogwarts. As for those who should not be here..." Dumbledore glanced quickly at Fred and George, and Ginny giggled.
"We have a new teacher this year students. Madame Casein has agreed to be your new professor for your Defense Against the Dark Arts classes. Hopefully she will be here for a while!" Dumbledore's slow raspy voice came to a halt as he turned to smile at Professor Casein.
Ginny remembered that every year she had been at Hogwarts there had been a new teacher for Defense Against the Dark Arts. Rumors said that the job was jinxed... Ginny's attention was adverted when she heard Dumbledore begin to speak again.
"Students will do well to remember that The Forbidden Forest is strictly against the rules, and completely off limits. Any one who dares to venture inside, will surely meet their deaths..." Dumbledore paused, making sure he scared and confused the first years.
"Now, enjoy your feast, and eat!" Dumbledore smiled as he clapped his hands and surprised the first years when the tables began to fill with wonderful delicious food.
Ginny was starving and reached for a chicken leg. She ate quietly as she listened to Harry, Ron, and Hermione continued talking to each other.
An hour later, after a full stomach, and only contributing to the conversation once, Ginny decided that she was ready to get some sleep, and see her old friends. She walked with Hermione and Harry, not listening to their conversation. Ron had gone to lead the first years to their rooms.
Ginny was staring at the walls around her and smiled. She was pleased to be back in school. Her thoughts wondered as she pondered on sending a letter to he mum, telling her that her first day in school was not so bad.
Then she bumped into someone, and scowled as she fell to the ground.
"Watch where you're going Weasel! If you didn't have such a dreamy look on your face, maybe you would have seen my handsome self coming!" Malfoy smirked as he got up from the ground and dusted himself off.
Ginny blushed as Harry helped her off the ground.
"Your so full of yourself Malfoy. Why don't you go talk about your "handsome features" to one of your dirty Slytherin friends? Everyone knows they'd be willing to listen." Hermione snapped at Malfoy.
"Shut up Mublood, I don't remembering anyone asking you to join in the conversation!" Malfoy's face darkened and he was on the verge of laughing.
"Go to hell Malfoy! Nobody wants to hear what you have to say, so go waste your time somewhere else." Ginny snapped, not realizing what she had said.
"You little—, but before Malfoy could say anything else, Ginny had slapped him in the face, and pushed him back on the ground.
Malfoy got up and walked away, as Hermione and Harry stood gaping at Ginny. They had never heard her talk that way, let alone hit someone!
Ginny thought to herself, pleased with the looks Harry, and Herm were giving her. "Maybe this year will be different."
But just as her spirits lightened, they shot right back down. For right out of the shadows it seems, professor Snape had just appeared.
"My, my miss Weasley. That was quite a show. But I do not congratulate you. Back on your first day are you? And already serving your first detention. Well, well ..." Snape walked away, quite pleased with himself.
Yup, this year was defiantly going to be different.
@uthors note: *backs away quickly* I know, I know, that wasn't action packed like I said it would be! I'm sorry, I'm still trying to get the characters set up to where I want them to be. Ahh.... Only 4 reviews? *tear* come on guys... don't you love me??? Thanks to moonlightandroses for my four and only reviews! Could you help me spread the word of my story, if you really like it? I would be much obliged. I really hope it's not that bad.... But thanks anyways!
Ginny's eyes fluttered open. She must have fallen asleep. She checked her watch and it read 2:30. They couldn't be at the school yet. Then why was the train stopped? The lights suddenly flickered out, and everything grew very dark, and quiet.
"Ron? Ron? What's going on?" Ginny called out but no one answered.
"Herm? Harry? Where did you guys go?" Ginny called. She was getting worried, and her voice turned to a slight whisper.
She ran out of the bunk. She called their names, but nobody answered. She opened doors to bunks, but she couldn't see.
"Lumos." Ginny pulled out her wand, and was now using it to search the bunk she was currently in.
Ginny gasped. She looked down in horror. Once again she had stumbled into Malfoy, Pansy, Crabbe, and Goyle's bunk. But this time four dismembered bodies lay on the floor.
She screamed, even if it was just Malfoy. Ginny ran down the train, searching in each of the bunks as she went.
With her wand she saw more and more bodies scattered across the ground. On the floor, inside the bunks, all of the students were dead!
"Ron? Ron please, answer me! Where are you guys? Ginny pleaded into the darkness, as her vision became blurry, for her eyes were filling up with tears.
Then Ginny tripped over something, and she fell to her knees. Right across from where she was lying, she saw red hair, glasses, and brown bushy hair.
Ron, Hermione, and Harry lay motionless and limp next to each other.
"No!" Ginny screamed as she crawled towards them and picked up Ron's hand.
She fell to the ground and started crying uncontrollably.
Ginny had blood on her hands. It was warm, as if somebody had just died.
Ginny heard a voice that she recognized as her mother's.
"You did it! You killed us! We're all dead because of you!" Her mum called out, her voice filled with rage.
"No! It wasn't me! I didn't do anything." Ginny barely managed to whisper as she stared at Ron's cold numb face.
"Yes, it was you! Except your fate Ginny. No one will like you now you weak, pathetic, meek little mouse. You're a criminal. Look at the blood on your hands! Spilt from your own kin it was! YOU GINNY! IT WAS ALL YOU!" Ginny's mother screamed she had never heard her mum so angry. It was if she were standing right next to Ginny, while yelling in her ear.
Ginny cried and cried. Everything went even darker than it was before, and she heard her mother's terrifying voice no more.
"Gin. Gin! Wake up! We're almost there, and you're screaming like hell!" Ron shook his sister lightly.
Ginny was sweating, and her face was very pale. She had dark circles under her yes, and Harry as well as Hermione was staring at her with very worried looks on their faces.
"Gin, are you all right? You fell asleep, so we let you rest, thinking you were tired. About an hour later you started twisting and turning. Just now you were screaming! A-are you okay? Is there something wrong?" Hermione stared deeply into Ginny's eyes, pressing into the matter.
"No Herm, I'm okay. I was just having a silly nightmare." Ginny wiped her forehead. She didn't want to go into detail about her dream; they would just treat her like a little kid, like they always do. And something told her they would not like if she told them that everyone on the train was dead, and that her mum blamed her for doing it. No, that would just make them scared of me. Ginny shuddered.
"You've been having a lot of those lately." Ron muttered under his breath, still looking at Ginny.
Ginny turned towards the window. The train was slowing down. They had arrived at Hogwarts.
She heard her mothers voice in her head.
"If those nightmares of yours get to be too much, please, Ginny, tell someone! I don't want you to spend the year a dreadful mess!" She remembered the worried look that her mother had had on her face.
She shook the thought off, and ignored Hermione's curious stare as they walked out of their bunk, and continued their journey to Hogwarts.
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Back in the Great Hall, everyone seemed to have forgotten Ginny's embarrassing moment on the train, and everyone was happily enjoying their feast, as they all watched as the nervous first years lined up to be sorted. One by one, each student was granted access to his or hers house. After what seemed to be hours, the sorting was over, and Professor Dumbledore stood up to make a few announcements.
"I congratulate the first years, and hope they are satisfied with their new houses. As for old familiar faces, I once again am glad to see you back at Hogwarts. As for those who should not be here..." Dumbledore glanced quickly at Fred and George, and Ginny giggled.
"We have a new teacher this year students. Madame Casein has agreed to be your new professor for your Defense Against the Dark Arts classes. Hopefully she will be here for a while!" Dumbledore's slow raspy voice came to a halt as he turned to smile at Professor Casein.
Ginny remembered that every year she had been at Hogwarts there had been a new teacher for Defense Against the Dark Arts. Rumors said that the job was jinxed... Ginny's attention was adverted when she heard Dumbledore begin to speak again.
"Students will do well to remember that The Forbidden Forest is strictly against the rules, and completely off limits. Any one who dares to venture inside, will surely meet their deaths..." Dumbledore paused, making sure he scared and confused the first years.
"Now, enjoy your feast, and eat!" Dumbledore smiled as he clapped his hands and surprised the first years when the tables began to fill with wonderful delicious food.
Ginny was starving and reached for a chicken leg. She ate quietly as she listened to Harry, Ron, and Hermione continued talking to each other.
An hour later, after a full stomach, and only contributing to the conversation once, Ginny decided that she was ready to get some sleep, and see her old friends. She walked with Hermione and Harry, not listening to their conversation. Ron had gone to lead the first years to their rooms.
Ginny was staring at the walls around her and smiled. She was pleased to be back in school. Her thoughts wondered as she pondered on sending a letter to he mum, telling her that her first day in school was not so bad.
Then she bumped into someone, and scowled as she fell to the ground.
"Watch where you're going Weasel! If you didn't have such a dreamy look on your face, maybe you would have seen my handsome self coming!" Malfoy smirked as he got up from the ground and dusted himself off.
Ginny blushed as Harry helped her off the ground.
"Your so full of yourself Malfoy. Why don't you go talk about your "handsome features" to one of your dirty Slytherin friends? Everyone knows they'd be willing to listen." Hermione snapped at Malfoy.
"Shut up Mublood, I don't remembering anyone asking you to join in the conversation!" Malfoy's face darkened and he was on the verge of laughing.
"Go to hell Malfoy! Nobody wants to hear what you have to say, so go waste your time somewhere else." Ginny snapped, not realizing what she had said.
"You little—, but before Malfoy could say anything else, Ginny had slapped him in the face, and pushed him back on the ground.
Malfoy got up and walked away, as Hermione and Harry stood gaping at Ginny. They had never heard her talk that way, let alone hit someone!
Ginny thought to herself, pleased with the looks Harry, and Herm were giving her. "Maybe this year will be different."
But just as her spirits lightened, they shot right back down. For right out of the shadows it seems, professor Snape had just appeared.
"My, my miss Weasley. That was quite a show. But I do not congratulate you. Back on your first day are you? And already serving your first detention. Well, well ..." Snape walked away, quite pleased with himself.
Yup, this year was defiantly going to be different.
@uthors note: *backs away quickly* I know, I know, that wasn't action packed like I said it would be! I'm sorry, I'm still trying to get the characters set up to where I want them to be. Ahh.... Only 4 reviews? *tear* come on guys... don't you love me??? Thanks to moonlightandroses for my four and only reviews! Could you help me spread the word of my story, if you really like it? I would be much obliged. I really hope it's not that bad.... But thanks anyways!