Chapter 11
A/N: Not much to say here. Except my finger hurts from writing all this. So, I should probably stop. One more thing, just incase some people still haven't gotten the message...
Important note:
Chapter ten was previously posted. It stared out at Harry's surprise birthday party, and ended with Hermione crying and telling Dawn: "Ricky's dead." If this is the last chapter you read, you should know that I have taken it down. Ergo, it never happened. I decided to go in a different direction. The chapter ten, now posted is newly written. So, I suggest you read it. I'm working on chapter eleven now, but as above mention, it may take a while. It's taken me ten minutes to write this paragraph!
Dawn felt her back up against a rough tree trunk, but didn't mind one bit. Her arms were wrapped around Harry's neck and her lips were up against his. She felt her whole body be pressed against his, and opened her mouth under his. His tongue immediately entered her mouth. She felt as though everywhere he touched was on fire. His hands wrapped themselves around her waist, sending shivers all through her body.
"Ahem, Ahem," came a cough from a person neither of them had noticed. Regretfully Harry pulled away and Dawn glanced behind him to see Ron. Jokingly he smiled at the sight of Dawn. "Well, I see your relationship has changed quite a bit since I last saw you."
"Yeah, mate. Now, if you don't mind, I would like to go back to our previous activit-"
"I'm actually here to talk to you this time."
"What about?"
"'Ginny's in the hospital."
Dawn's jaw dropped. "Is it serious?" she asked urgently.
Ron shook his head, "She was very angry and slammed her hand into a wall in aggravation and apparently this knock a painting of the wall and it fell on her. She's gotten damn strong. Anyway, she had a few broken ribs, but she's fine. The healer's patched her up right away."
"Then why is she still in the hospital?"
"I don't know actually. Dumbledore and Giles came to see her and told her to stay put for a while." Ron shrugged, but did not appear to be giving the matter much thought. "Anyway, she's really lonely, so I thought she could use some company."
"We'll come," Harry said simply. He turned to Dawn. "Floo powder's probably fastest since you can't apparate." He took Dawn's hand in his and began to lead her back to the castle.
"You coming, Ron?"
He shook his head. "I'm going to walk back down to the village and apparate." Dawn gave him a wave before continuing with Harry.
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As usual, as Dawn entered the hospital, she felt a wave of memories over come her. Her mother with the brain tumor. When Xander lost his eye, and countless others were harmed. When Giles's heart stopped and when Willow went into a coma. Bad memories upon bad memories.
It surprised Dawn, how much a wizarding hospital was like a muggle one. White from top to bottom, not silent yet a sense of seriousness consumed it. That was until Dawn opened the door to Ginny's room.
The hospital room was unlike how Dawn usually saw it. Instead of being solemn and morbid, Ginny's room was filled with laughter. Inside there was one bed upon which Ginny sat, fully clothed. There were two couches up against the walls on either side of it. And one chair. Hermione and Ron sat on the couch closest to the door, and a girl Dawn didn't know with blond hair was in the chair.
"Hey," Ginny said as she saw Harry and Dawn enter the room. "My favorite couple."
Dawn smiled as she and Harry took their seats on the couch. "Glad to see your recovered."
Ginny waved her hand simply. "I'm fine. Dumbledore has insisted that I stay here tonight. Oh, Dawn, meet Kat." Ginny indicated to the girl in the chair.
Dawn smiled, "Hi, nice to meet ya."
"You too," Kat replied.
"So, why do you have to stay here?" Harry asked putting his arm around Dawn.
Ginny shrugged. "I haven't the foggiest. Something about finding out why I'm so strong."
"I'm just afraid to hug you, cause you'll probably crush all my bones," Ron joked, and they all laughed.
"I'm not that strong-" Ginny protested only to be interrupted by Ron.
"I'm not so sure. Remember the first time it happened? It was right before she was leaving for her trip to America, and you opened the door. As soon as you pulled it, it came right of."
They all continued talking for a long time. Eventually Dawn got up and offered to go get people drinks.
The way you get food at his hospital was not the machines she was used to. You said what you wanted into a devise that reminded her of a speaker and the food appeared on the table next to it.
On her way to this, however, she bumped into a person she was not expecting.
"Sorry," Draco said, "didn't see you there."
"What are you doing here?" Dawn's voice came out a little colder than she intended, but was, in truth, a little upset at him, so she didn't correct it.
He must have sensed her tone because he glanced around, and then lowered his voice to a whisper before replying. "You know I had to keep that a secret." He seemed to think she was upset about not her about his relationship with Hermione.
"Oh, I've no objection to keeping secrets, the problem is keeping the reason why it was a secret from the person who has already figured out the secret."
"You do know that that made absolutely no sense, right?" Draco said simply.
Dawn waved of this comment. "I'm allowed to be upset at you."
"Can you do me a favor?" He asked obviously ignoring that last comment.
"Maybe your not getting this, I'm mad at you."
"Is Hermione in there?" Draco asked still ignoring her.
"Yes." Dawn's voice was short and simple.
"Can you maybe get across the message to her to meet me out here without taming it obvious?" Draco asked.
Dawn was about to say no when she changed her mind. "Go up to the next floor, I'll tell her to meet you there. If anyone else asks, you're here visiting a friend."
"Thank you."
Dawn continued on getting all of the drinks and returning to the room. "So," she said upon entering, "I've got a selection of beer and butterbeer, take your pick." She had gotten a lot seeing as how most of them would be here the whole day.
"Well, this is fun," Kat stated. "A bunch of us sitting in a hospital room getting drunk." They all laughed.
"Yeah," Dawn said remembering in her conversation with Draco. "And all of my friends are here."
"What about the ferret?" Harry asked. Dawn smiled to herself, she had been hoping he'd ask.
"Oh, he's here to." Dawn looked over at Hermione after saying this, whose face was neutral.
"What's he doing here?" asked Ron.
"He's meeting a friend upstairs." Dawn shot Hermione a look again. Hermione gave a short nod to show she understood. But only Dawn noticed.
Exactly seven minutes later Hermione excused herself with the famous bathroom excuse, And only Dawn noticed her turn toward the stair instead of the bathroom.
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"Mr. Potter," Dumbledore said from behind Harry, who had left the room temporarily to stretch his legs, "Can I have a word with you please?"
"Sure," Harry answered, and Dumbledore lead him to the corner of a hallway.
"I have reason to believe that one of your friends is in danger."
"Ginny?" Harry asked, assuming it had something to do with her strength.
"No, Miss Summers," Dumbledore corrected.
"What's going on?" Harry asked immediately, panic in his voice.
Dumbledore sighed, "There may be a reason why Voldemort would want her in his possession. Tell me, Harry, has Dawn ever mentioned the key to you?" Harry shook his head seeming confused.
"Then, I'm afraid I cannot be more specific than that."
Harry's eyes widened with shock. "What? Why not? If she's in danger don't you think tha-"
"I'm sorry, Harry, but it is personal. It's Dawn's to tell. I need to get back to the castle, I have a meeting with the spies for Voldemort. Dawn is here, right?"
"No, sir," Harry answered terror rising in his chest. "No, she went back to the castle for a lesson." Harry immediately turned and ran out of the hospital and aparated to Hogwarts, where he ran up to his dorm and got out the Mauraders Map.
"I solemnly swear, I'm up to no good," Harry said his voice shaking.
What he saw on the map confirmed his worse fears. Dawn was not at Hogwarts.
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Dawn had to run back up to her dorm to get some books. She was the only person in the Common Room, because everyone else was no doubt finishing lunch and on there way to the lesson. Dawn had a few minutes to spare, so sat down for a moment in an armchair facing away from the room and to the fireplace.
She, soon, heard a shuffling of clothes, and a muter of a spell. She was, however, not worried, figuring it was just some auror. But soon she realized she was all to wrong.
A firm hand came from behind the back of her chair and covered her mouth. The hand was rough and uncaring. Dawn bit the hand, and stood up quickly turning to face the room.
Before her, she saw a room had at least five men in dark clothes, there faces covered with masks. The man whose hand she bit cursed loudly. Every figure was turned toward her and several rushed forward and grabbed her arms. Dawn screamed and flailed to no avail. They're grips were tight.
These men grabbed her arm and brought it forced it to a small book. Dawn was confused only momentarily as she soon realized it was what Harry had told her about once.
It was a portkey. They were taking her away.
And she felt a consuming feeling of helplessness.
A/N: Two more chapter, or maybe three. Any way, we have officially reached the climax of the story. Are you excited? You should be excited. You should also review. You should be reading this anymore, you should be reviewing.