(Author's Note: I should really get to the dramatic stuff...right? I'm sort of not sure how to go about the whole rest of this now. It's only October...very close to Halloween. Draco could still persuade her to go...he could be the Phantom of the Opera. ::squeaks:: Oh, in that cape and that tux and the mask...::ponders idea:: Perhaps not. He's sexy the way he is in the previous chapter, if I do say so myself. Anyway—-On with the rest of the story!)

Chapter Nine:

It was getting closer to Halloween and Ginny was getting tenser. She hadn't heard from Tom in over a few weeks, and it worried her. Sometimes she found herself wondering if he would really go through with this plan and hurt her love and this child. She stepped into the Great Hall and looked around. People stared at her, it was making her nervous. Had they found out? No, that was impossible...the people who knew would never let it slip.

Her thoughts returned to the previous night as she looked over at the Slytherin table. Draco sat there looking at her rather then eating. She watched the corners of his mouth turn up as she sat down.

"You certainly have no respect for me, do you?"

She damn near dropped her goblet before raising up in a panic. He'd never tried to contact her unless she called for him first. He was horribly angry with her, and it scared her. People stared at her while she rushed out of the Hall.

"Answer me!"

"No..." Ginny shook her head and staggered up the stairs, her vision was unfocused.

"You've disappointed me thoroughly..."

She was screaming...something was wrong, her stomach hurt terribly. She fell to her knees on the stone steps and wrapped her arms around her middle. She could barely breathe, and that was about the time she started retching up blood. Soon her fingers were covered in it and she started to cry.

"STOP IT! YOU'RE GOING TO KILL YOUR CHILD!"

"You think I care?" Something happened just then that Ginny didn't expect. Fingers stroked her chin and she looked up. He stared back at her, with his windswept hair and hungry red eyes.

"Y-You're here." She moaned as she dropped her outstretched hand. Her whole body felt numb.

"I don't care for this demon any longer. It's as unworthy as the Malfoy boy."

"Oh...don't you say that this child is not worthy...this is part of you." Tom smiled as she struggled with her speech. It was most enjoyable.

"He doesn't belong. That child would have killed us all in the end. He would have ruled this realm."

"This boy...he sounds just like you." Ginny had managed a laugh that turned into a screech. She bowed her head more to the floor and continued to retch up blood until it stained her lips.

Tom gently bent down and licked the corner of her mouth. He felt her shudder as his tongue grazed her skin.

"In a way he does. But now that you have fucked everything up, my love, I do not need the child. You will come to me when I call for you...or you will lose them all. I have power over you, Ginevra. You should do well to listen to me from now on. Stay away from those men...they will only cause you eternal pain."

"Like you haven't?" That was a mistake. He had picked her up by the hair and growled at her, called her a bitch and precariously flung her down those steps. It was almost as though he had taking a rag doll and thrown it. As the loud echo of her body hit the ground, Tom's words swept the hall as he vanished.

"Time is all you have left..."

(A/N: Lovely part. Tom's so ruthless. So, he does not need the child...so this story seemed almost a waste to write. ::panics:: Crap, I'm sorry...::hangs head:: I should just stop writing now. But no! Can't...stop...must...finish. Do any of you realize that I am completely insane? I'm just wasting time because I can't think of what else to write. It's stupid to put this long an Author's Note in the middle of my story. Well...I'm very insane, so live with it! On with the darkness....)

Things started to completely unravel in her mind as she hit the stones. She could hear all her bones breaking and the mortal danger her child was in. But she didn't care. As she hit the ground and finally lay there, barely conscious...she screamed his name. She felt almost calm as she passed out, finally she could rest...until the next time.