Harry started pacing frantically, hebegan beating himself up for not using the map earlier. He didn't know what to do first. Ginny, his Ginny was somewhere in this school. He glanced at the map again, with someone named Sammy. Sammy, that was a man's name. Was she really with another guy? Well Sammy could be a girls name as well. Harry was still pacing waving his arms wildly. He didn't know what to do first. He abandoned rationalism and didn't wake Ron. He slipped on robes and put his invisibility cloak on. He then tucked the map under his arm and went on his way.
He rushed through the common room and no one was alert to his presence. It must have seemed odd to see the common room door swing open of it's own accord, but Harry didn't care in the least. Ginny was gone and he was going to find her.
The place smelled fresh as he was in the Entrance hall. He then looked at the map and his eyes grew wide. This place where Ginny was being held was across the hall from where he had taken Ginny the other day. It must be the Head Girl's room. Why was Ginny there? He had no idea and could no less answer that question as lick his elbow.
He took wrong turns twice because of his frantic and often erratic pace. He found himself near the Transfiguration classroom once and tried to force his way into a empty room. He worked on the door for nearly ten minutes before realizing his mistake.
The second time he went up one too many staircases and found himself totally lost for the better part of twenty minutes, Harry was angry at himself for this but he couldn't afford to waste time stewing in his anger at himself. Ginny safety was at stake, he wouldn't risk that for anything.
He approached the door cautiously, he had no plan. What was he going to do when he burst through the door. He was no Zorro, he couldn't just rush around like a superhero trying to rescue the damsel in distress. He would most likely find himself in the same situation as Ginny, captured by a nut with no one having a clue where he'd gone. He just realized that he should have told Ron what he was up to, Ron wasn't great with a wand but at least Harry wouldn't be alone. Harry considered going back to fetch Ron but at the moment that didn't seem to be an option. He didn't want to leave Ginny in danger any longer than he had to. He had already waited a whole day.
He cautiously pressed his ear up to the door and heard voices one of them he recognized as Ginny's "What did you put in it!", she yelled.
"Oh like I said before don't bother yourself about that, it should kick in in a bit." , Someone laughed and Ginny didn't speak for a bit.
"What's it's going to do to me", she said finally.
Harry heard more laughing , Harry was worried. He had no idea what Ginny and this other girl were speaking of. But he could tell by the worried tone of Ginny's voice that it wasn't good. "Don't bother yourself now", Harry froze at the sound of the voice and listened intently, "you shouldn't die, that is if I dosed you correctly. "
"Bloody hell", Harry whispered. This girl had poisoned Ginny! What was he to do. He had to get a plan together. He sat down quietly leaning against the wall by the door. He had no idea, he needed Hermione right now. That wasn't an option at the moment, or was it? He suddenly started to fold the Marauders Map into the shape of a paper airplane. He then wrote on the back of the map a short note to Hermione. He sat the plane on the floor and pulled out his wand. He waved his wand and muttered the incantation, "Banisha".
He then said a little prayer to whoever was listening, He prayed for many things. For Ginny, For Hermione, For Ron. But mostly he prayed for himself, he prayed for courage and intelligence. And after he prayed he talked to his mum and dad. He didn't know if they could hear him but that didn't really matter to him. "Mum, Dad", He whispered into nothingness, "Please help me, give me strength in your memory, and love in your shadow. I love you two dearly, but right now I love Ginny. And she's in trouble. I know you've helped me with Voldemort but I need you now, for this." He then looked at the ceiling and spoke again. "Sirius, I need your help too, you were rash. But you were brave and strong. Even as you died your stared fear in the eye and conquered it. So please help me Sirius."
Hermione tossed in her bed, she was barely asleep when something pointy hit her in the head, hard. "Mmph", she said loudly. The pointy thing hit her again. "WHAT!" she yelled.
"HUSH!", Lavender yelled.
Hermione felt herself being poked for the third time, this time she grabbed whatever it was and brought it to her face. She could tell it was paper but she couldn't read it. She lit her wand and let out a small gasp. It was the Marauders Map, She flipped it over and saw some very sloppy writing. It said:
Hermione,
This is Harry and I need you to come and help me. I
Found Ginny. Follow the map to where we are. Ginny's
With some girl named Sammy, I think she's been poisoned.
Hurry. I'll explain the rest later.
-Harry.
Hermione didn't waste any time. She flopped herself into some robes, and rushed down the steps. She was about to leave when she decided to get Ron. She rushed up the steps of the boys dorm and accidentally went into the seventh year dorm and before she could rectify her mistake she woke a very confused boy. She said a very rushed "sorry" and left. She got it right the next time and pulled Ron out of his bed.
"What do you want!", Ron said in a very tired way.
Hermione spoke very fast, "Harry's found Ginny, he needs our help. Get up we've got your sister to save. So get up NOW!" Ron didn't answer but he rushed around his room throwing on clothes. They then ran down the steps and out the portrait hole. Ron clasped Hermione's hand in his and they slowed their pace and looked at the map again. "I've neverbeen there before have you", Hermione said gesturing towards the three dots labeled, Ginny, Sammy, and Harry. They were all clustered closely together and Hermione assumed that was where they were going.
"No, I've never been there, I didn't know it existed." Ron said, "But Hogwarts has so many places we'll never know about, even if we live for a thousand years."
Hermione said nothing, she just quickened he pace. Ushering Ron to go faster. They had to look at the map frequently to keep from getting lost. They walked along and ran into no one except Mrs. Norris. But they hid in a closet until she passed. Their footsteps echoed hauntingly in the empty halls. The air smelled older the closer they got to their destination.
"I don't think this place is used very much", Hermione said very quietly.
Ron nodded and the tuned down a corridor and they saw no one. "Look at the map", Hermione ordered.
"We're in the right place", Ron answered. "But I Don't see Harry"
They went further down the hall and the place seemed abandoned. They heard no voices and saw no one. "He's here", Hermione whispered, "I see him on the map."
"I'm right here." Ron and Hermione both jumped and let out little gasps.
"Harry!", Ron said, "Don't scare us like that."
"Shhh", was Harry's reply. "look Ginny's in there."Harry gestured towards the large door at their left."I think she's been poisoned. But the girl who's holding her hostage won't tell her what the effects are. Just that they should be kicking in at any time. Ginny sounds scared. I don't have any plan for getting her out that's why I got you Hermione. I don't know what to do we just need to get her out now."
"Alright." Hermione explained, "This is what we'll do. Harry you'll go in first. Ron and I will go in after you under the invisibility cloak. You do have the cloak?" Harry nodded. "Wellshe'll probably senda spell that will leave you bound or incapacitated. But while you distracting her Ron and I will get her with the bodybind spell. Then we'll have to get Ginny to Dumbledore as fast as possible, he'll know what antidote to give her."
The were huddled together and the air was tense with worry and anticipation. Though no one would say it they were afraid something would go wrong, and someone would be hurt. Harry pulled Ron and Hermione both into a loose hug and whispered into their ears, "Whatever happens, I want you to know that your the best friends I've ever had."
"Nothing will happen Harry, We'll get Ginny out and thing's will go back to normal." Hermione spoke soothingly and her confidence, whether real or fake calmed Harry's nerves. Ron said nothing but he gave him the look of sureness that Harry knew what he meant, there was no need for words. It was the kind of bond that two best friends share.
Ron and Hermione slipped themselves under the cloak and stood behind Harry. Harry took his position next to the door and held his wand at the ready. He knew he had the courage for this now. He could feel his mother, his father, and Sirius. They were with him know to provide unspoken support. But in a way this helped Harry more than anything else. That these people loved him so much that they had died for him and their presence streched from beyond the grave. Now he loved someone so much that he was willing to die for her. Harry had an idea of what he was going to ask Ginny when this was all over. But first he had to get it over.
"For Ginny", he whispered. And he pushed the door open. To his suprise it came open easily.
Ginny lay on the cot with increasing dread. Sammy paced around her looking smug. Was she going to die? Not before she saw Harry again. But what if she did and Harry thought she was a cheating bitch. But he cheated on her as well. Of course that may have been rebound. But even so. She was at the lowest point in her life when the door sprung open. It seemed to happen in slow motion. The door opened noislessly but Sammy still noticed. She was caught by suprise and Ginny saw her face contort into a range of emotions so tangled that Ginny couldn't decipher her feelings at the present.
Then all off a sudden Ginny started to feel sick. She leaned over on her cot and vomited voilently shaking all over like a wounded animal. Then the vomiting subsided and she returned to watching. Sammy immediatly sent a spell at Harry which sent him sprawling across the room.
"I'm so so sorry Harry." She said looking genuinely sorry she had hurt him.
"I din't mean to I"
That was all she got out because out of no where two spells were shot at Sammy and she fell to the floor into a bodybind. Ginny was intensly relieved but before she could celebrate her rescue she began to vomit again, this time liquid only came out as she had already spilled most of the contents of her stomach in the moment earlier.
She then felt herslef being freed and lifted. She smelled Harry's familiar scent through her nostrils. Harry was running, to where she didn't know but she was begining to become extremly drowsy.
"Harry", she said muffled by his chest.
"Shh Ginny, it's all over now. Your gonna be fine, just fine." Harry spoke as calmly as he could but Ginny could detect a hint a fear in his voice. She then threw up again, all over herself and Harry. There wasn't much left as she had vomited two times before in a short amount of time, so all that came out was stomach acid and it burned her throat and she craved water to cease the pain.
She felt intensly aware of the pain that was growing throughout her body. First in her legs, then slowly it creeped through the rest of he body like a fast moving snake. She looked up at Harry's face and he was talking to someone but she couldn't hear the words. She could tell he was panicking but she stopped looking as he small frame writhed voilently as it tried to vomit again but only succeded in dry heaving.
She looked around once more and saw Dumbledore's ancient outline covered by hazy smoke. Was the smoke of her imagination or was it really there? She didn't know. All she knew was that she hurt. She hurt and she wanted to go to sleep, maybe forever. But no, not forever. Because forever without Harry would be an unbearable hell.
"Professor she needs help now", She heard harry say.
"To the hospital wing , run boy. She'll die if we don't go now." Dumbledore spoke in a panicked way.
So she was going to die, she'd always wondered what dying felt like. She tried to tell Harry she loved him but she only succeded in breathing more heavily.
She was flying now. Though a open abyss of brightness, it was wonderfull. She never wanted to leave. She was barely aware of Harry holding her. Then she flew though a cloud of bright smoke and saw her family standing over a casket weeping. She didn't understand why they were crying. She was so happy, then felt helself being set down.
Then she saw a street made of the purest gold and knew no more.
A/N- So im gonna need to explain why Harry didn't use the map. Well here it is, Simple human error. At the end of Odrer of The Pheonix you probably said to yourself stupid Harry why didn't you use that mirror. Well same thing here. But thanks to everyone for reviewing, oh and I might not be taking so long to update now as my friend is doing so much better! Thanks for you support. It really means alot even though you people are complete strangers, it relle doesn't matter. So thanks again. Well now I guess its your job to review this chappy, do you think i can be greedy and ask for five reviews? well Im gonna so please REVIEW! lol
