It was when I saw the
flames licking away at the door to our room that I panicked.
"Harry!
Harry!"
The smoke was now turning to billowing clouds.
"Harry...Please wake up!"
I began coughing, almost
choking on the smoke.
Thankfully, Harry sat
up.
"Ginny!"
"Thank god," I threw my arms
around him.
"We've got to get out, Come on!"
"We
cant! The doors blocked by flames!"
"Come on then,
we're going out to window,"
Harry practically dragged me up
and we ran for the window.
Onto the window sill we climbed just
as the fire burst into the room.
We were falling but
something abruptly slowed us.
"Harry...," I grabbed for
his hand.
In his other hand he held his wand; he levitated us to
the ground.
When we touched on the ground Harry pulled me away.
The building was in full flame and I could hear the screaming of the
man who'd shown us into the inn. My body was shaking as we walked
slowly away from the scene, heading out of the town.
It was early dawn time
when we walked into the forest. It was cold, damp and scary.
What
could we do with no food and no water? We'd die in days...
Days passed by and the
water supply was low.
"Ginny," whispered Harry as we
sat down
"Yeah." I replied
I was dying of thirst as
I'd stopped drinking the water all together. Harry was stronger he
deserved to survive even if I didn't.
"Drink something,"
he whispered
"I'm not thirsty," I lied
"Ginny,
you are, so don't lie to me ok? You need to drink otherwise you'll
die, you mean too much to me and I cant let you die,"
"But
you need the water more than me,"
"I don't
Ginny...You gave birth only a little while ago and needs to drink,"
I sighed and gave in, taking a drink from the water container.
For days more we
struggled on through the forest, sleeping on the floor under the dark
canopy of trees.
"Harry," I whispered my throat dry.
"We're out of water," Harry spoke "And almost out
of food,"
"What about our wands? Can't we conjure
something?"
"I've tried, this forest has some sort of
magical border protecting it, our wands are useless,"
The night, we collapsed
against a tree. No food, no water, no shelter...
We had
nothing...we were going to die...
Suddenly a piercing cry
filled the air.
Harry weakly stood in front of me to stop the
thing from hurting me. We were both too weak to fight, wand less and
powerless.
"Leave us alone!" he spoke fiercely but with
hoarseness to his voice
The thing advanced on
us, a lock of blonde hair visible from beneath the hood.
"Leave
us alone!" he shouted again
"No," a male voice
came out from under the hood.
He was tall, a lot taller than
Harry and also looked a lot stronger.
"It has been a while
Harry," The deep voice spoke out gently
"Who are you!"
"And you Ginny, out here with Harry, you reckless pair!"
"Leave us alone!" I yelled
"Oh I am not going
to hurt you,"
The man took the hood down and Harry
gasped...
The man stood tall. His skin had a scar from the top of
his ear to his jaw & his eyes were gentle.
"R...r...Remus,"
I stuttered
"Hey Ginny," smiled Remus
I launched
myself at the old werewolf who I had come to call my friend and
hugged him tightly.
"Aw I missed you guys too. Hey Harry,"
"Remus!" Harry hugged him tightly.
We stood their
in the old mans arms as he held us.
Remus walked with us
and led us out of the forest. Apparently, this was where he used to
live. He told us stories and we talked and laughed and for the whole
walk.
"So Remus...What are you doing here?" Harry asked
"Well, Dumbledore sent me to find you...," he eyes grew
instantly grim.
"What's wrong...," I asked instantly
"Its about...Amanda and Danny,"
"Wha...what's
happened...,"
"They've been struck down by a rare
virus...Its a magically transmitted virus which only pure blood
wizards can contract and pass on,"
"Will they be ok,"
I stuttered
"They will if we can find the cure...We need
your blood to heal them...but even then we don't know if they'll
make it,"
I looked over at Harry, tears streaming down my
cheeks.
"You should come back with us Ginny...They need
someone's care and Madam Pomfrey is only so qualified...,"
"Harry...," I turned to him
"Ginny, go,"
"But what if...what if...," I stuttered
"Nothing
will happen, I promise you I will make it to the plane of
existence...and I will defeat Voldemort. Then I will return safely
too you,"
"Ok," I whispered as I hugged him
tightly.
"Go sweetheart," Harry whispered as he held me
to his chest then kissed me gently.
I stepped away from Harry and
towards Remus who began to lead me away.
I got back to the
castle 3 days later and I ran to the hospital wing.
"Hello
Madam Pomfrey,"
"Hello Miss Weasly...We have you
children right here,"
Madam Pomfrey wheeled two prams into
the room and I rushed over to my kids and scooped them up.
It had
only been two months since I had last seen them but I had missed my
kids so dearly.
I cradled their small bodies to my chest and
whispered;
"They're so tiny...,"
"Its the
disease...It stops them from growing,"
Slowly, Amanda opened
her eyes and began to cry. This set off Danny.
"Shhh,"
I whispered "I'm your Mommy...,"
The words only just
sunk in as I sat down in a chair and began to feed them for the first
time in two months. My breasts had started to ache so badly due to
milk build up, but now as they sucked gentle at my teats, I felt
relief, relief to me home with them.
When I'd fed and burped
them, I lay them down in their twin crib and watch them snuggle into
their cotton blanket.
Gently, I began to sing them to sleep with
a lullaby, the tears falling down my cheeks.
That night I laid
beside the cribs in the hospital wing. I'd eaten and drank to my full
and now all I could do was wait. Madam Pomfrey had decided that she
would wait until my strength was back to take the blood from me. I
prayed with all my heart that it would work.
I heard Amanda
slowly awaken with a whimper and immediately I scooped her up, hoping
that she didn't wake Danny.
"Shhhh," I whispered "I'm
you're Mommy,"
I gently wiped her baby tears away and held
her close to me, gently rocking her.
She looked so much like
Harry, she was adorable. Slowly, her whimpering ceased and she began
to close her eyes. Slowly, I placed her into the crib and covered her
up.
Then I laid down to sleep myself, bringing the cribs just a
little closer incase I needed to get to either of them in the night.
Just as my eyes closed I heard a little baby voice...
"Mama,"
I smiled brightly and a tear rolled down my cheek. Amanda called
me Mama.
Madam Pomfrey came
towards me and I looked at her nervously. She gently put the needle
into my arm and I whimpered. This was all for my kids I remembered.
She had to take 3 needles full and in the end I felt weak. Holding my
babies close I lay down.
Amanda was sleeping peacefully while
Danny was sat tugging at my hair.
I smiled and freed him.
"Mama," he grinned
"Well," I sniffed and
hugged him close.
Both my kids could talk.
