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Chapter 5
The forbidden forest
Things did get slightly better upon arriving at Hogwarts. Harry hadn't changed his attitude towards her but at least Voldemort hadn't spoken to her the two weeks she'd been at school.
Ginny wondered if maybe he was afraid she'd go tell Dumbledore. He was after all the wizard Voldemort apparently feared most.
Ginny sighed sadly. At least here she could pretend like everything was normal.
She was sitting on a wooden bench on school grounds overlooking the lake on a Saturday afternoon. Really she preferred to be outside during the late hours of the night but the school rules were ten times stricter because of Voldemort.
"Really? I'm flattered"
Voldemorts sugarcoated yet icy voice sounded out through her head and Ginny froze, her eyes widened. She knew things were too good to be true!
"What do you want?" she asked harshly, transmitting the message back to Voldemort her voice dripping with anger.
"Well, well, well. You'd think you'd be a little more grateful after all the time I left you to yourself. Listen to me. If you don't want me to kill your mudblood parents then you'll do as I say." He said his anger very evident in his merciless voice.
Ginny gulped and nodded her head.
"Good girl. Tonight at exactly midnight you will go into the forbidden forest. There's a little pond five minutes in. I want you to go there sit by the pond and wait." He demanded and Ginny quivered in fear.
He was going to kill her. She knew he was, but that was better than him killing her parents. She'd never be able to go on if he killed them.
She choked on tears and nodded her head.
This was very possibly going to be her last day on earth. A smothered sob burst from her throat and she raced back up to the castle.
Harry sat at in the great hall during dinner and pushed food around on his plate. He felt absolutely miserable.
He'd never wanted to hurt her and he had and it was killing him not to go to Ginny and apologize.
"Harry did you hear me?" Hermione said beside him her face etched with worry.
"Sorry, 'Mione. What did you say?" he asked looking up.
"I said that-" she lowered her voice. "I said that tonight me you and Ron should go out and visit Hagrid." she stated and Harry shook his head.
"We'll get caught. Its too strict" he replied and Hermione groaned in exasperation.
"Honestly Harry, Ron said the exact same thing. What is going on with you two? Since when did the roles change? I'm supposed to be the one to convince you two not to break the rules. Not the other way around. " She stated in a bewildered tone and Harry chuckled.
"Besides we have your cloak remember?" She said and raised an eyebrow.
Actually he hadn't remembered.
"Uh...Right." he said and Hermione was about to comment when Ron sat down across from them.
"Hey guys." he stated and began piling food onto his plate.
Hermione and Ron started bickering leaving Harry alone with his thoughts.
"Hey Ron what's the matter with your sister?" Neville asked and Harry's head shot up at the mention of Ginny.
"Nothing, why?" Ron asked Harry could hear the concern in his tone.
"She was acting really weird. Like someone was talking to her in her head. She freaked out and she hasn't been out of her dorm since." Neville said and Ron and Harry both shot out of their seats.
She was having another one of those attacks.
They both raced to the common room followed closely by Hermione. When they entered the common room they found Ginny sitting on an armchair by the fire.
"Ginny!" Ron exclaimed and stared at her oddly.
"What?" she asked startled out of her thoughts.
Then Ron did something Harry never would have expected. He knelt down in front of Ginny grasped her shoulders and started to shake her forcefully.
"Dammit! Ginny! I've had it! Tell me whats wrong with you! Tell me!" He cried angrily.
Harry yanked Ron off of her.
"Ron! You Prat! You could have hurt her!" he said and Ginny looked up at both of them curiously.
"What is this about?" she asked and Harry noted that she seemed sincere. But not enough to pass him.
"Neville said you had another attack," Ron said while standing up looking really irritated.
"Well Neville was misinformed," she said curtly but Harry could see that her eyes were slightly red like she'd been crying and the cheerfulness was forced into her voice.
"Ginny you-" Harry started but Ginny cut him off.
"I don't even want to speak to you, you insufferable Prat!" She exclaimed and ran up the stairs.
Ron looked at Harry curiously. "Why is-" he was suddenly cut off by Harry.
"Drop it," he warned dangerously then he stalked up to the boys' dormitory where he'd no doubt brood until he'd fall into a restless sleep.
That night Harry had spent three hours worried about Ginny. He couldn't stop seeing her beautiful brown eyes full of unshed tears.
He finally drifted off into sleep when he was shook awake by Ron.
"C'mon Harry, we promised to go see Hagrid tonight." Harry groaned and realized it was only ten o'clock.
"Alright" he muttered. It wasn't like he'd get much more sleep anyway, and besides he really wanted to see Hagrid.
He got out of bed pulled on his trousers and a cotton jumper that Miss Weasley had knitted for him and put on his glasses.
He pulled the invisibility cloak out of his trunk and followed Ron out of the room.
Hermione was waiting on the bottom step. The common room was empty and they quickly threw the cloak over them and tiptoed out of the common room and down the hall out of the castle and onto Hogwarts grounds.
They made it to Hagrids with no trouble at all. After knocking three times softly onto the door it flew open to reveal the towering figure of Hagrid.
" 'Ello? Anyone there?" His voice boomed out over the grounds and they removed the cloak.
"Hagrid!" Hermione squealed excitedly while hugging him tightly.
Hagrid chuckled. "'Ello there 'Mione." He responded then after seeing Harry he pulled them all into the hut.
"Wha' do yeh think your doin'?" he exclaimed staring at the trio in fierce disapproval.
"Hagrid we only wanted to see how you were doing." squeaked Hermione and Hagrids features softened.
"Well I guess that'll be aright." he said. "But no more late night visits yeh here? Its not safe." he said and the three nodded.
"Aright then how 'bout a spot er tea, then yeh can tell me all 'bout yer summers"
After a very interesting chat with Hagrid about their summers they moved on to chat about Grawp that had been sent away by Dumbledore to a very safe area. At that point Hagrid had started bawling and the trio had looked at each other helplessly.
They eventually moved onto other topics when Hagrid realized that it was five minutes to midnight and had shooed them out of the hut and told them to be careful while going back to the castle.
They were tucked under the cloak and Harry was trying to stifle laughter at Ron and Hermione who were bickering behind him.
"Ron! That's my foot! You're so clumsy!" Hermione yelped.
"I am not, Hermione watch it!" Ron said.
Suddenly Harry froze and Ron ran into his back. "Oy Harry what did you stop for?" he asked.
"Ron look, its Ginny" Harry whispered and all three were staring at Ginny who was really upset and was hurrying past them right into the forbidden forest.
"Where is she going?" Ron asked questioningly and Harry shrugged.
"We should follow her," Hermione stated worriedly staring at the retreating figure of the redhead.
The boys nodded their agreement and followed her. She stopped suddenly beside a pond and was chewing on her lower lip nervously while pacing back and forth. Tears were running down her cheeks.
"Well, Well, Well. We meet again Virginia." A dark figure emerged from the shadows and the trio under the invisibility cloak froze.
Harry shuddered in anger as he recognized Bellatrix Lestrange's voice.
"What do you want?" Ginny whimpered but stood her ground the trio stood there frozen in shock at the sight before them.
"My lord isn't happy with you little Virginia, he wants you dead." she let out a heart wrenching inhumane laugh. "Goodbye Weasel brat!" she screamed and pulled out her wand. "Avada Kedav-"
Before she could finish the curse Harry burst out from under the cloak at surprising speed.
"Stupefy!" he screeched and Bella fell to the ground in a lump of surprised fury.
Harry was shaking in rage. He'd wanted to kill her he wanted to watch her fall to the ground and writhe in pain before he ended her miserable life. She had killed Sirius and just now had tried to kill Ginny.
Harry was only distinctly aware of Hermione who had sent up red warning sparks in the air, no doubt to alert the professors.
"What have you done!" Ginny yelped as she jumped up her eyes wide with fear and her face the color of ash.
"Ginny! Harry just saved your life!" Ron exclaimed outraged but Harry was looking at Ginny oddly.
"No! NO!!" Ginny screamed and fell to the ground bawling. "Why did you have to be the hero! No! How could you!" that was the last thing they heard before she burst into tears and everything she said was incoherent.
Harry strode beside her and lifted her roughly off the ground he grasped her shoulders tightly.
"Tell me what's wrong! Why is Bella after you?! Damnit Ginny tell me! TELL ME!" he was shaking her now but she wouldn't look him in the eyes and she was still bawling.
Professor Dumbledore and Professor Mcgonagall and several other professors' ran to the scene.
They stood there in shock at the sight before them.
Ginny suddenly went white and her eyes glazed over.
"No, don't hurt my family please don't hurt them!" she screamed then suddenly fell unconscious and went limp in Harry's arms.
He cradled her against his chest and was stunned to taste the salty wetness in his mouth.
He realized that they were tears. They were his tears, he was crying.
She awoke from the light pouring into the hospital wings window. She blinked rapidly and wished she hadn't woken up at all. The events of the night before flooded back to her with such intensity that she almost burst into tears.
Why did Harry, her sweet gentle handsome, Harry have to save her? Why did he have to come to her rescue? Now Voldemort was going to kill her family. He'd told her last night after Harry had stupefied Bellatrix. Now she'd have to tell someone. Then at least her family could go in to protection.
"Don't even think about it you conniving little bitch."
She sighed. She was resigned to the fact that Voldemort entered her mind at will. She'd never be free.
"If I find out that you have ever uttered a word to anyone about me, bitch, you'll pay. You'll pay dearly. It's lucky for you I'm not entirely pissed off."
And then just like that he was gone, his voice disappearing from her mind as fast as it had come.
The door to the hospital wing opened and Professor Dumbledore Hermione, Ron and Harry burst through.
"You're awake!" Ron said happily and rushed to his sister's side.
Professor Dumbledore however was not fazed.
"Miss Weasley, Death eater Bellatrix Lestrange has been brought into custody. I need you to tell me Ginny, who is hurting you. You need to tell me what is happening." Dumbledore stated kindly and Ginny wanted to tell him.
"You do and you'll pay!"
She steeled her mind off as hard as she could push him out with all her might. She was sweating from the effort and her face was pale.
"Fleur...Delacour." she sputtered and they all looked surprised.
"Fleur is hurting you?" Dumbledore inquired gently and she shook her head vigorously. "No... Fleur Delacour... would...say, flee from death." She said and passed out from the effort of trying to push Voldemort out of her mind.
Chapter 5
The forbidden forest
Things did get slightly better upon arriving at Hogwarts. Harry hadn't changed his attitude towards her but at least Voldemort hadn't spoken to her the two weeks she'd been at school.
Ginny wondered if maybe he was afraid she'd go tell Dumbledore. He was after all the wizard Voldemort apparently feared most.
Ginny sighed sadly. At least here she could pretend like everything was normal.
She was sitting on a wooden bench on school grounds overlooking the lake on a Saturday afternoon. Really she preferred to be outside during the late hours of the night but the school rules were ten times stricter because of Voldemort.
"Really? I'm flattered"
Voldemorts sugarcoated yet icy voice sounded out through her head and Ginny froze, her eyes widened. She knew things were too good to be true!
"What do you want?" she asked harshly, transmitting the message back to Voldemort her voice dripping with anger.
"Well, well, well. You'd think you'd be a little more grateful after all the time I left you to yourself. Listen to me. If you don't want me to kill your mudblood parents then you'll do as I say." He said his anger very evident in his merciless voice.
Ginny gulped and nodded her head.
"Good girl. Tonight at exactly midnight you will go into the forbidden forest. There's a little pond five minutes in. I want you to go there sit by the pond and wait." He demanded and Ginny quivered in fear.
He was going to kill her. She knew he was, but that was better than him killing her parents. She'd never be able to go on if he killed them.
She choked on tears and nodded her head.
This was very possibly going to be her last day on earth. A smothered sob burst from her throat and she raced back up to the castle.
Harry sat at in the great hall during dinner and pushed food around on his plate. He felt absolutely miserable.
He'd never wanted to hurt her and he had and it was killing him not to go to Ginny and apologize.
"Harry did you hear me?" Hermione said beside him her face etched with worry.
"Sorry, 'Mione. What did you say?" he asked looking up.
"I said that-" she lowered her voice. "I said that tonight me you and Ron should go out and visit Hagrid." she stated and Harry shook his head.
"We'll get caught. Its too strict" he replied and Hermione groaned in exasperation.
"Honestly Harry, Ron said the exact same thing. What is going on with you two? Since when did the roles change? I'm supposed to be the one to convince you two not to break the rules. Not the other way around. " She stated in a bewildered tone and Harry chuckled.
"Besides we have your cloak remember?" She said and raised an eyebrow.
Actually he hadn't remembered.
"Uh...Right." he said and Hermione was about to comment when Ron sat down across from them.
"Hey guys." he stated and began piling food onto his plate.
Hermione and Ron started bickering leaving Harry alone with his thoughts.
"Hey Ron what's the matter with your sister?" Neville asked and Harry's head shot up at the mention of Ginny.
"Nothing, why?" Ron asked Harry could hear the concern in his tone.
"She was acting really weird. Like someone was talking to her in her head. She freaked out and she hasn't been out of her dorm since." Neville said and Ron and Harry both shot out of their seats.
She was having another one of those attacks.
They both raced to the common room followed closely by Hermione. When they entered the common room they found Ginny sitting on an armchair by the fire.
"Ginny!" Ron exclaimed and stared at her oddly.
"What?" she asked startled out of her thoughts.
Then Ron did something Harry never would have expected. He knelt down in front of Ginny grasped her shoulders and started to shake her forcefully.
"Dammit! Ginny! I've had it! Tell me whats wrong with you! Tell me!" He cried angrily.
Harry yanked Ron off of her.
"Ron! You Prat! You could have hurt her!" he said and Ginny looked up at both of them curiously.
"What is this about?" she asked and Harry noted that she seemed sincere. But not enough to pass him.
"Neville said you had another attack," Ron said while standing up looking really irritated.
"Well Neville was misinformed," she said curtly but Harry could see that her eyes were slightly red like she'd been crying and the cheerfulness was forced into her voice.
"Ginny you-" Harry started but Ginny cut him off.
"I don't even want to speak to you, you insufferable Prat!" She exclaimed and ran up the stairs.
Ron looked at Harry curiously. "Why is-" he was suddenly cut off by Harry.
"Drop it," he warned dangerously then he stalked up to the boys' dormitory where he'd no doubt brood until he'd fall into a restless sleep.
That night Harry had spent three hours worried about Ginny. He couldn't stop seeing her beautiful brown eyes full of unshed tears.
He finally drifted off into sleep when he was shook awake by Ron.
"C'mon Harry, we promised to go see Hagrid tonight." Harry groaned and realized it was only ten o'clock.
"Alright" he muttered. It wasn't like he'd get much more sleep anyway, and besides he really wanted to see Hagrid.
He got out of bed pulled on his trousers and a cotton jumper that Miss Weasley had knitted for him and put on his glasses.
He pulled the invisibility cloak out of his trunk and followed Ron out of the room.
Hermione was waiting on the bottom step. The common room was empty and they quickly threw the cloak over them and tiptoed out of the common room and down the hall out of the castle and onto Hogwarts grounds.
They made it to Hagrids with no trouble at all. After knocking three times softly onto the door it flew open to reveal the towering figure of Hagrid.
" 'Ello? Anyone there?" His voice boomed out over the grounds and they removed the cloak.
"Hagrid!" Hermione squealed excitedly while hugging him tightly.
Hagrid chuckled. "'Ello there 'Mione." He responded then after seeing Harry he pulled them all into the hut.
"Wha' do yeh think your doin'?" he exclaimed staring at the trio in fierce disapproval.
"Hagrid we only wanted to see how you were doing." squeaked Hermione and Hagrids features softened.
"Well I guess that'll be aright." he said. "But no more late night visits yeh here? Its not safe." he said and the three nodded.
"Aright then how 'bout a spot er tea, then yeh can tell me all 'bout yer summers"
After a very interesting chat with Hagrid about their summers they moved on to chat about Grawp that had been sent away by Dumbledore to a very safe area. At that point Hagrid had started bawling and the trio had looked at each other helplessly.
They eventually moved onto other topics when Hagrid realized that it was five minutes to midnight and had shooed them out of the hut and told them to be careful while going back to the castle.
They were tucked under the cloak and Harry was trying to stifle laughter at Ron and Hermione who were bickering behind him.
"Ron! That's my foot! You're so clumsy!" Hermione yelped.
"I am not, Hermione watch it!" Ron said.
Suddenly Harry froze and Ron ran into his back. "Oy Harry what did you stop for?" he asked.
"Ron look, its Ginny" Harry whispered and all three were staring at Ginny who was really upset and was hurrying past them right into the forbidden forest.
"Where is she going?" Ron asked questioningly and Harry shrugged.
"We should follow her," Hermione stated worriedly staring at the retreating figure of the redhead.
The boys nodded their agreement and followed her. She stopped suddenly beside a pond and was chewing on her lower lip nervously while pacing back and forth. Tears were running down her cheeks.
"Well, Well, Well. We meet again Virginia." A dark figure emerged from the shadows and the trio under the invisibility cloak froze.
Harry shuddered in anger as he recognized Bellatrix Lestrange's voice.
"What do you want?" Ginny whimpered but stood her ground the trio stood there frozen in shock at the sight before them.
"My lord isn't happy with you little Virginia, he wants you dead." she let out a heart wrenching inhumane laugh. "Goodbye Weasel brat!" she screamed and pulled out her wand. "Avada Kedav-"
Before she could finish the curse Harry burst out from under the cloak at surprising speed.
"Stupefy!" he screeched and Bella fell to the ground in a lump of surprised fury.
Harry was shaking in rage. He'd wanted to kill her he wanted to watch her fall to the ground and writhe in pain before he ended her miserable life. She had killed Sirius and just now had tried to kill Ginny.
Harry was only distinctly aware of Hermione who had sent up red warning sparks in the air, no doubt to alert the professors.
"What have you done!" Ginny yelped as she jumped up her eyes wide with fear and her face the color of ash.
"Ginny! Harry just saved your life!" Ron exclaimed outraged but Harry was looking at Ginny oddly.
"No! NO!!" Ginny screamed and fell to the ground bawling. "Why did you have to be the hero! No! How could you!" that was the last thing they heard before she burst into tears and everything she said was incoherent.
Harry strode beside her and lifted her roughly off the ground he grasped her shoulders tightly.
"Tell me what's wrong! Why is Bella after you?! Damnit Ginny tell me! TELL ME!" he was shaking her now but she wouldn't look him in the eyes and she was still bawling.
Professor Dumbledore and Professor Mcgonagall and several other professors' ran to the scene.
They stood there in shock at the sight before them.
Ginny suddenly went white and her eyes glazed over.
"No, don't hurt my family please don't hurt them!" she screamed then suddenly fell unconscious and went limp in Harry's arms.
He cradled her against his chest and was stunned to taste the salty wetness in his mouth.
He realized that they were tears. They were his tears, he was crying.
She awoke from the light pouring into the hospital wings window. She blinked rapidly and wished she hadn't woken up at all. The events of the night before flooded back to her with such intensity that she almost burst into tears.
Why did Harry, her sweet gentle handsome, Harry have to save her? Why did he have to come to her rescue? Now Voldemort was going to kill her family. He'd told her last night after Harry had stupefied Bellatrix. Now she'd have to tell someone. Then at least her family could go in to protection.
"Don't even think about it you conniving little bitch."
She sighed. She was resigned to the fact that Voldemort entered her mind at will. She'd never be free.
"If I find out that you have ever uttered a word to anyone about me, bitch, you'll pay. You'll pay dearly. It's lucky for you I'm not entirely pissed off."
And then just like that he was gone, his voice disappearing from her mind as fast as it had come.
The door to the hospital wing opened and Professor Dumbledore Hermione, Ron and Harry burst through.
"You're awake!" Ron said happily and rushed to his sister's side.
Professor Dumbledore however was not fazed.
"Miss Weasley, Death eater Bellatrix Lestrange has been brought into custody. I need you to tell me Ginny, who is hurting you. You need to tell me what is happening." Dumbledore stated kindly and Ginny wanted to tell him.
"You do and you'll pay!"
She steeled her mind off as hard as she could push him out with all her might. She was sweating from the effort and her face was pale.
"Fleur...Delacour." she sputtered and they all looked surprised.
"Fleur is hurting you?" Dumbledore inquired gently and she shook her head vigorously. "No... Fleur Delacour... would...say, flee from death." She said and passed out from the effort of trying to push Voldemort out of her mind.
