Chapter 14
It was night, that much was ascertained as Ginny woke to the sight of a thousand stars shinning through the forest's canopy.
She moaned, shaking her aching head and wincing as the forest's night sounds grated on her tender ears.
She pushed herself up to a sitting position, waiting for he roaring in her ears to pass. She gazed about, stretching a tentative strand of thought to the Forest around her.
There was nothing. All connections to the Forest had been severed completely. There was only silence where there should have been thoughts, nothing but empty echoes of her former power.
She sniffed tentatively, using her wolf's sense of smell to distinguish her surroundings. She smelled fear...she felt her eyes widen, this was one of the areas that she could not feel in the Forest. She was dead to the voices of the People.
She let her gaze wander, picking out the familiar forms of looming trees and thick underbrush. A sparkle of silver caught her eye, looking at it closely she realized it was the still form of Malfoy.
She rose and trudged to were Malfoy was. She crouched, wincing as her head throbbed, and checked for his pulse. It was not quite strong, but there. Knocked unconscious? Ginny grabbed his shoulders and shook him, watching as his head lolled about.
"Fine." She sniffed and let him fall back.
She carefully cleared debris away from a spot to start a fire. On principle, she didn't like fires, but they were useful in their own way and used correctly, very helpful.
She gathered dead wood and kindling after making a ring of stones; she quickly muttered a spell and then fed the growing fire.
She cast a long look to Malfoy, finally heaving by his armpits to the fireside. He didn't wake and Ginny huddled in her cloak to gaze at the fire.
It was near midnight when he woke, giving Ginny, who had lapsed into quiet contemplation, a scare when he moaned and levered himself up.
He moved with an easy grace that Ginny, who had always been at odds and ends with her gangly body, envied. He shook his head and his hair caught the light, flashing like a blade of silver.
But that was her mood talking.
"Weasley?" He rasped out, his voice scratchy with surprise. She didn't answer, preferring to ignore him for the moment. "What happened?"
"I don't know." She had been pondering the same question for some time, that and more importantly what they were going to do about their current situation.
"Where are we?" She let him figure that out for himself. "The Forest!" Again, she said nothing.
"How...?" She shook her head and let him talk himself out.
"Well, now what are we going to do?" He asked her crossly.
"Find our way out." She avoided looking him in the eye.
"And just how will we do that?" He asked again.
"I don't know, alright!" She snapped at him and he subsided into silence.
"Goodnight Malfoy." Ginny said a rolled over to sleep.
Review Response:
3roken5oul- Don't worry on that count, I have NO intention of fallowing that story line. Wow, TWO reviews, sorry for making you wait so long. I won't say much in the way of excuses except that I signed up for bagpipe lessons and my dad's a real stickler for practice. (sighs sadly, looking mournfully at the computer) At any rate, I'll update as much as I can and do all in my power to make that as often as possible, but it'll be more of a wait. Sorry to all of you!
Hoppers- I know it's short but I have way too many demands on my time, and even though I'd love to be doing the computer 24/7/365, I can't. Sorry! And thanks for the review.
JessicaDracoMalfoy- Eep! Sorry! I know...:(
emikae- Wow, good questions! Yes, it was a spider and yes, it did belong in the Forest. And, well, Ginny's more of a person to guide them, but she can administer justice as she sees fit; unfortunately for her, she's not quite in control of her powers yet.
Lily Dwarf- Meep...sorry...wince
Terrasina Dragonwagon- Oh but of course! Don't you just LOVE cliff hangers?! (It was a retorical question! Don't kiiill meeeeeee!!! runs away) At any rate, well, Ginny is living in solitude...and I'm also having a hard time with that aspect of the story, but I'm really working hard on it.
AngelofHell- YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!! (She's back! Huzzah!) Good to know you've broken free!...iiiiiiinteresting message there.....-
Eowyn- Thanks! Lurve yur pen name!
Arran'sApprinticeMeahow- clutches side laughing Yavi, you are a NUT! :D
