Disclaimer: Anything that's from the Harry potter world, belongs to JKR. I
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Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you
O can't you see
You belong to me
Sting- "Every Breath You Take"
Chapter 2 - Dreams and mirrors
'Ginny! Ginny!'
There was nothing but darkness around her, and her name sounding in the back of her mind.
'Ginny! Ginny!'
She felt hands shaking her, her face wet, and she could still hear her name, this time sounding louder.
'Ginny! Wake up Ginny! Mums gona kill us! Come on Ginny, your scaring us!
Ginny opened her eyes slowly. There was too much light in the room, and her eyes were hurting. She could see two shapes before her. She blinked a little to make her eyes focus. Hairy shapes. Then she blinked some more and her brothers came in to focus.
'Ginny.? Are you alright?'- Fred had her head on his lap, and George was holding a glass of water. She ran her hands through her face. It was wet. They obviously had been trying to wake her up. She still felt dizzy, and when she sat up the room started spinning again. Holding on to her brother, Ginny waited for her head to clear.
'What happened?'- she asked looking around.
'We should be asking you that!'- George was looking at her as if she was about to faint again. The both of them were white in the face, and looked very concerned.
'The rose! It has a funny smell!'
The twins looked at each other, and then back at her.
'What rose Ginny? We don't have roses in our shop!'
Ginny got to her feet, and looked around the store. The rose was gone, and judging by the light outside it was still the middle of the afternoon, witch made her feel she wasn't out for long.
Her brothers were still looking at her as if she was about to fall down at any minute. Feeling more tired than anything, all she wanted was to go home.
'Forget the rose, it's not important. I'm just tired, I guess that's why I fainted.'
Fred and George, who were still kneeling on the floor, got up looking a little relieved.
'Well, were closing the store and taking you home!'- Fred picked up his wand, and got ready to close the store, but Ginny, already feeling that she hag given more trouble than help, tried to stop him.
'There's no need to close, I can go home by myself!'
'Oh sure! As if we weren't in enough trouble by making our little sister work till she fainted, lets get in to even more trouble by making her go home alone, wile she's still weak!- said George out lout, wile waving his arms for a dramatic effect.
Ginny watch wile they closed the store, her mind on today's strange events. She wondered about the rose and the letter. They both smelled the same. And the strange woman with the dark hair. Why had she left? Her mind started spinning once more with all those thoughts, so she set them aside and decided to think about it after she got some rest.
Her brothers were ready in a minute. The three stepped out to the street and made there way home.
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Ginny could still hear the sound of her mother's voice telling off the twins. She got really angry when they told her that Ginny had fainted. And them her mother demanded her to eat all that she had put in front of her. Soon she got full, and made her way to her room, claiming she was sleepy, before her mother could fill her plate again.
She put on her night gown, got in to bed, and fell asleep.
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Ginny was walking in a maze made of very high hedges. There was a starry sky above her and the air was warm. Though it was the middle of the nigh, it wasn't dark. There was a strange blue light all around her, as if the hedges were glowing.
She kept walking in the maze, trying to find a way out, when she found a dead end that ended in a mirror.
She took a look at herself and gasped. She was wearing the most beautiful dress she had seen in her life. It was black, with long sleeves and a dulbulging neck line. The sleeves ended with a silky fabric of deep red. As the black dress glittered in blue light, Ginny felt beautiful.
Ginny kept walking around in the maze, feeling lost, until she found the maze's center. Again she gasped, because it was just beautiful. It was a large clearing surrounded by the hedges. There was a large fountain in the center, with fresh water a white fishes swimming happily. On the opposite side of were she was standing was, a pure white marble bench. There were a few white peacocks around the clearing, and some white birds Ginny didn't know were singing happily on a white cage.
When she was making her way to the fountain, a roar came from behind it and made her stop. Coming around the fountain was a tiger, or maybe a puma, Ginny didn't know. But like all the other animals in this strange dream it was pure white. The tiger looked at her, wile Ginny stand still, too afraid to move. But them the tiger walked up at her, leaned against her legs and purred like an overgrown kitty cat.
With a trembling hand, Ginny reach down and pet him. The tiger immediately laid on his back, and moved its paws as if asking for more. Laughing, Ginny got on her knees and scratched the tiger's belly. He purred with satisfaction.
Ginny didn't notice time going by, wile she walked around the clearing, playing with the animals and listening to the birds singing. She was too busy having fun.
Had she been a little more alert she would have noticed she was being watched.
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Ginny woke up feeling wonderful.
The dream had been so real that she forgot to worry about yesterday's events.
She had loved dreaming about that garden. It was wonderful in every way. If only she could dream about it again.
Ginny got up and went to the bathroom. It was early and her brothers were still sleeping. She took a quick shower, and went back to her room to get dressed. The sounds of her family waking up and heading for the bathroom were all around her, and she felt very peaceful.
She finished dressing wile hearing Percy shouting at George to get out of the bathroom. It wasn't usual for George to take that long in there, so she knew he was taking his time to get Percy on his nerves.
She turned to her mirror and brushed her wet air, taking out all the knots, and making it look its usual sleek self. The brush magically dried her hair, and Ginny was very distracted thinking about her dream.
That's when she noticed that she wasn't alone. There was someone in the back of her room, leaning against the wall. She turned around suddenly, but there was nobody there.
Looking back at the mirror she could see the figure of a young man with black hair, looking at her with a cold smile. Turning around again she saw that the room was empty.
But in the mirror the man started walking towards her, wile Ginny froze as she realized who it was.
Tom Riddle.
This cant be true!-she thought- He doesn't exist anymore, he disappeared.
But them, Tom got behind her, and Ginny watched in the mirror as he put his hands on her shoulders and leaned down his face to kiss her cheek. Before he could kiss her, Ginny ran out of the room and crashed in to her brother Percy, who was still waiting for George to come out of the bathroom.
'Careful Ginny! What!?'- but he didn't have time to finish what he was saying. Ginny grabbed his arm and pulled him in to the room.
'Percy, you got to see this! My mirror, its.'
But she stopped. They were in front of the mirror, and there was no one else on it besides her and Percy.
'It disappeared!'- she said to herself.
'What? What disappeared? Ginny, what his this all about?'- Percy was loosing his patience, and Ginny, feeling like he would consider her insane if she told him what she saw, made up an excuse.
'The. The spider! Yes! The spider that was walking on my mirror disappeared!'
'A spider. You dragged me in here because of a spider.!'- Percy turned around-'Kids!'- he said in an upset voice. Just then he saw Fred run in to the bathroom. He tried to reach it first but Fred bet him to it. Percy ended up beating on the door, and calling Fred, telling him it was his turn to go there.
Not really wanting to be alone in her room, Ginny made her way to the kitchen.
Her mind was playing tricks on her. She was sure. Either that or she was going insane. How could Tom Riddle be in her mirror. She sat on the kitchen table and said good morning.
Her mother loaded her plate with more food that she could possibly eat in a day. Her brothers were all eating and chatting, except for Percy and Fred who were still in the bathroom.
'Good morning!' said a voice outside. Ginny's heart jumped, as Hermione granger entered the kitchen.
'I hope were not to early!' -she was followed in by her parents and Harry Potter.
'We just thought of saying good morning before we go!'-Said Mrs. Granger, wile greeting Ginny's mother.
Ginny's forgot that her brother's friends were coming today. She was quite happy to see them. It was usually fun to share a room with Hermione in the summer.
Her brothers helped the newcomers with there trunks. Her face went red has Harry said hello to her, following them upstairs.
Ginny went with Hermione to her room, and helped her putting her things away. The boys soon joined them, and Ginny's small room got filled with conversation and laughter.
Them Hermione's voice went louder then the rest.
'Hey! I got an idea! There's a muggle fair in the town! Why don't we all go there tonight?'- Hermione's voice was filled with excitement.
'Sure! That sounds great! Let's do that!'- everyone seemed to like the idea.
Ginny was exited too. She had never been to a muggle fair before, and the night promised to be fun.
When the night arrived, it found six young witches and wizards, walking happily down a road.
They were all dressed as muggles, talking and laughing. Ginny had made her best to look cute. She was wearing jeans, a pink t- shirt, and a black wool jacket. She even let Hermione do her make up.
She remembered stopping for a minute, wile in her room, wondering if she was doing it all for Harry. No, she was doing it for herself. She had long decided to stop dreaming about him, and get on with her life.
Now on the road to the fair, Ginny was having fun by hearing the boys trying to talk about Quidditch in a code, because of the muggles, but in the end they just didn't understand each other and gave up.
Finally they reached the fair. Ginny mouth opened as she saw strange and huge machines, with muggles screaming on them, wile they were twisted around.
This did not look fun! But watching closely she saw the muggles laughing hysterically when they got out of the rides.
They walked around for a wile to see the rides there were. Ginny refused to go to most of the rides, but agreed to go to the ones called the ghost train, and the bumper cars.
The ghost train was disappointing since there wasn't a single real ghost in it, just stupid dummies that jumped out of nowhere, to scare them. But the bumper cars were actually quite fun.
The boys all went to a ride called "The Death Twister". Ginny and Hermione both refused to go, and so decided to wait for them, while sitting near a cotton candy shack.
There were a few muggle boys nearby, viewing them with interest. One of the boys, with black hair and pretty blue eyes, was smiling at Ginny. She pretended not to notice and kept talking with Hermione.
'Looks like you got a fan!'- said Hermione giggling.
'Look whose talking! The tall guy hasn't take his eyes of you yet!'- Hermione blushed at this, but then her face turned white. The boys were walking in their direction.
'Oh great! Now there coming here! What are we supposed to do now?'- Hermione looked nervous, at the prospect of being flirted by the muggle boys. Ginny felt the same way. It was one thing to be flirted back at school, but it was completely different to be flirted by a group of complete strangers.
But them her brothers came back, and the muggle boys stopped and looked at then with disappointed looks. Ginny felt a bit disappointed to, but Hermione looked relieved.
'Our knights in shining armor!'- said Hermione with a smile. At that the girls giggled, and the boys looked confused.
'What are you on about?'- said Ron, with his hair all messy from the ride they came back from.
'Oh nothing!- said Ginny with an innocent look-' So were do we go next?'
They started to discuss were they should go next. Much to Ginny's dismay, they settled on the house of mirrors. She didn't feel like going anywhere near mirrors. But she couldn't refuse, since everyone else was going.
They all went in the maze of mirrors. It looked like a room for a narcissistic person, there were mirrors everywhere.
'Hey!! I bet Malfoy's room just like this! He just can't get enough of himself, can he?'- they all laughed at Harry's joke, and Ginny felt a bit less insecure.
'Why don't we all split up and make a race to the exit. The first one out gets to chose were we go next.'- they all agreed at George's proposition and started scattering. Ginny was felling a bit of despair as she saw everyone disappeared around the mirrors. They had lefth her alone.
She started walking, tying to keep her calm, and looking for the exit. Her reflection was on every mirror, and it made her fell uneasy.
She walked around, feeling like it was leading her nowhere. It was all very confusing. All the corridors looked the same, and Ginny thought she was going around in circles. What scared her the most was that there was a shadow in the mirrors. Something that seemed to be following her from place to place. She looked around, everything looked the same in the blasted labyrinth.
Then she saw someone moving, reflected on the mirrors. Not wanting to be alone, she followed, she didn't care if it was a muggle or anyone else, all she wanted was to get out of that hall of mirrors. Looking at the mirrors she saw another movement but when she turned, whoever it was, was already gone. She walked faster trying to follow, looking for the person's reflection on the mirrors.
A glimpse at a black hair head, made Ginny think that the person there with her was the muggle boy from outside. She kept trying to find him, ready to play a little damsel-in-distress act, and ask for him to help her out of there.
Then she saw him standing behind her, in the reflection of a mirror. With immense relief she turned around ready to ask for help, no mater how silly she looked. But there was nobody there.
Slowly she turned back in to the mirror, with a sense of deja-vu. There he was standing behind her, with his arms folded, and looking at her with an amused expression. Ginny just stared at him, disbelieve all over her face.
Tom Riddle again!
He only seemed to find her stare even more amusing. He gave her a wave, with a big smile on his face as if expecting her to be happy to see him.
Ginny stepped away from the mirror, and turned around to run, but he was in the mirror right in front of her. Ginny looked around. He was in all the mirrors. So she did the only thing she could do. She ran.
But everywhere she went he was there. There was an infinity of mirrors and she didn't seem to be able to get rid of him. She didn't understand how this could be happening to her. He wasn't real! He couldn't be there! But still his image followed every step she toke, with a smile on his face that made him look like he was having the time of his life.
Ginny, lost in her desperate run, found herself in a corridor. She stopped to catch her breath, and notice he wasn't anywhere to be seen.
Slowly she made her way through the corridor, only to face a dead end. She looked at herself in the mirror. Sweat was coming down her face from running, and her hair was in total disorder.
Suddenly her image began to change.
A deep red gown was replacing her muggle clothes, her hair was up in a knot, and her face didn't look sweaty anymore. She looked down at herself, but nothing had change. She was still wearing the same simple muggle clothes, but in the mirror. In the mirror she looked beautiful!
Tom appeared next to her reflection. He was smiling at the real Ginny in a very tender way, as he put his arms around her reflection. The Ginny in the mirror smiled, turned to face him, and to Ginny's surprise, kissed him!
Ginny watched as her reflection held Tom, in a deep passionate kiss, and has he held her by the waist pulling her closer to him, and caressing her back.
Her face was blushing furiously, and her mind was screaming at the vision.
This was not possible! This was not happening! Ginny closed her eyes and wished to wake up! But this wasn't a dream, it was real, and she was sure she was going out of her mind.
A hand landed on her shoulder, and Ginny gave a little scream from the fright. Turning around she saw Harry looking worried.
'Sorry if scared you, Ginny!' - He said as Ginny put her hand on her chest, trying to calm from the scare.
'It's ok! Just don't that again, you scared me to death!'
'Sorry!'- he said again.
'I can't find the way out of his maze! I thought that you could help me!'
' Well, I'm a little lost myself!'- she said suddenly aware of her less- then-tidy state.
Harry held her hand, which would make her blush if she wasn't already red from what she saw in the mirror, and they both started walking.
Ginny felt so scared and strange, that the only thing on her mind was to get out of that stupid maze.
'Oh there you are! I had to ask the ticket man to come back in to look for you!'- Hermione did not look happy.
'Why are you two still here?'- At this Harry let go of Ginny hand, and ran his fingers through his hair.
'Well. We couldn't find the way out of the maze!'- He looked a bit nervous.
''Where's the way out?'- Ginny didn't like the grin appearing on Hermione's face, when she had seen Harry holding her hand.
'Follow me!'- Hermione lead them out of the maze in a minute, and as soon as they got out, Ginny felt a sense of relieve.
The others were waiting outside in happy conversation, and turned to see them coming out of the maze.
'What took you so long?'- They were all grinning at them, and Ginny could guess what went through their minds.
'I'm tired! Let's go home!'- George had a really sleepy face, and everyone agreed it was best to return home.
They went back to the Burrow, with tired looks and happy thoughts. All but Ginny, who couldn't help to think about what happened. Had it really happened, or was she loosing her mind?
As soon as they reached the Burrow, Ginny ran for her room. As she got ready for bed, she couldn't help thinking that somehow it had been real. Not just in her mind.
She twisted and turned in her bed, listening to Hermione's snores. Her thoughts were too troubled to let her sleep. Visions of the mirror maze came flashing through her mind.
Tom smiling at her from the mirror. Tom following her through the maze. Her reflection kissing him, wile he held her.
Finally the exhaustion won, and she fell asleep.
A smile came to her face, wile she was sleeping. She was dreaming of the garden again!
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Ok, first of all I would like to thank you, for the wonderful reviews.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
They are the reason why I'm updating so soon. It really got inspired after I read your reviews. Anisky, you don't say, in your review, what you could use a bit more explanation about, and I would like to know, so that I can improve the story. Oh, and to A Devilish Angel, you're right; she did leave the store unattended. I'm gona pay more attention to those details from now on.
If your wondering if Ginny's getting crazy, don't worry, she's not.
Just one more thing. I not sure if my description of Ginny's dress in her dream is any good. I made a drawing of the dress, but then I had problems in putting it in to words. I made a drawing of the hedge maze too, and I would put it on the net, if I knew how. Oh well.
Please review! Those reviews are what encourage me to go on writhing. Kitty D
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you
O can't you see
You belong to me
Sting- "Every Breath You Take"
Chapter 2 - Dreams and mirrors
'Ginny! Ginny!'
There was nothing but darkness around her, and her name sounding in the back of her mind.
'Ginny! Ginny!'
She felt hands shaking her, her face wet, and she could still hear her name, this time sounding louder.
'Ginny! Wake up Ginny! Mums gona kill us! Come on Ginny, your scaring us!
Ginny opened her eyes slowly. There was too much light in the room, and her eyes were hurting. She could see two shapes before her. She blinked a little to make her eyes focus. Hairy shapes. Then she blinked some more and her brothers came in to focus.
'Ginny.? Are you alright?'- Fred had her head on his lap, and George was holding a glass of water. She ran her hands through her face. It was wet. They obviously had been trying to wake her up. She still felt dizzy, and when she sat up the room started spinning again. Holding on to her brother, Ginny waited for her head to clear.
'What happened?'- she asked looking around.
'We should be asking you that!'- George was looking at her as if she was about to faint again. The both of them were white in the face, and looked very concerned.
'The rose! It has a funny smell!'
The twins looked at each other, and then back at her.
'What rose Ginny? We don't have roses in our shop!'
Ginny got to her feet, and looked around the store. The rose was gone, and judging by the light outside it was still the middle of the afternoon, witch made her feel she wasn't out for long.
Her brothers were still looking at her as if she was about to fall down at any minute. Feeling more tired than anything, all she wanted was to go home.
'Forget the rose, it's not important. I'm just tired, I guess that's why I fainted.'
Fred and George, who were still kneeling on the floor, got up looking a little relieved.
'Well, were closing the store and taking you home!'- Fred picked up his wand, and got ready to close the store, but Ginny, already feeling that she hag given more trouble than help, tried to stop him.
'There's no need to close, I can go home by myself!'
'Oh sure! As if we weren't in enough trouble by making our little sister work till she fainted, lets get in to even more trouble by making her go home alone, wile she's still weak!- said George out lout, wile waving his arms for a dramatic effect.
Ginny watch wile they closed the store, her mind on today's strange events. She wondered about the rose and the letter. They both smelled the same. And the strange woman with the dark hair. Why had she left? Her mind started spinning once more with all those thoughts, so she set them aside and decided to think about it after she got some rest.
Her brothers were ready in a minute. The three stepped out to the street and made there way home.
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Ginny could still hear the sound of her mother's voice telling off the twins. She got really angry when they told her that Ginny had fainted. And them her mother demanded her to eat all that she had put in front of her. Soon she got full, and made her way to her room, claiming she was sleepy, before her mother could fill her plate again.
She put on her night gown, got in to bed, and fell asleep.
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Ginny was walking in a maze made of very high hedges. There was a starry sky above her and the air was warm. Though it was the middle of the nigh, it wasn't dark. There was a strange blue light all around her, as if the hedges were glowing.
She kept walking in the maze, trying to find a way out, when she found a dead end that ended in a mirror.
She took a look at herself and gasped. She was wearing the most beautiful dress she had seen in her life. It was black, with long sleeves and a dulbulging neck line. The sleeves ended with a silky fabric of deep red. As the black dress glittered in blue light, Ginny felt beautiful.
Ginny kept walking around in the maze, feeling lost, until she found the maze's center. Again she gasped, because it was just beautiful. It was a large clearing surrounded by the hedges. There was a large fountain in the center, with fresh water a white fishes swimming happily. On the opposite side of were she was standing was, a pure white marble bench. There were a few white peacocks around the clearing, and some white birds Ginny didn't know were singing happily on a white cage.
When she was making her way to the fountain, a roar came from behind it and made her stop. Coming around the fountain was a tiger, or maybe a puma, Ginny didn't know. But like all the other animals in this strange dream it was pure white. The tiger looked at her, wile Ginny stand still, too afraid to move. But them the tiger walked up at her, leaned against her legs and purred like an overgrown kitty cat.
With a trembling hand, Ginny reach down and pet him. The tiger immediately laid on his back, and moved its paws as if asking for more. Laughing, Ginny got on her knees and scratched the tiger's belly. He purred with satisfaction.
Ginny didn't notice time going by, wile she walked around the clearing, playing with the animals and listening to the birds singing. She was too busy having fun.
Had she been a little more alert she would have noticed she was being watched.
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Ginny woke up feeling wonderful.
The dream had been so real that she forgot to worry about yesterday's events.
She had loved dreaming about that garden. It was wonderful in every way. If only she could dream about it again.
Ginny got up and went to the bathroom. It was early and her brothers were still sleeping. She took a quick shower, and went back to her room to get dressed. The sounds of her family waking up and heading for the bathroom were all around her, and she felt very peaceful.
She finished dressing wile hearing Percy shouting at George to get out of the bathroom. It wasn't usual for George to take that long in there, so she knew he was taking his time to get Percy on his nerves.
She turned to her mirror and brushed her wet air, taking out all the knots, and making it look its usual sleek self. The brush magically dried her hair, and Ginny was very distracted thinking about her dream.
That's when she noticed that she wasn't alone. There was someone in the back of her room, leaning against the wall. She turned around suddenly, but there was nobody there.
Looking back at the mirror she could see the figure of a young man with black hair, looking at her with a cold smile. Turning around again she saw that the room was empty.
But in the mirror the man started walking towards her, wile Ginny froze as she realized who it was.
Tom Riddle.
This cant be true!-she thought- He doesn't exist anymore, he disappeared.
But them, Tom got behind her, and Ginny watched in the mirror as he put his hands on her shoulders and leaned down his face to kiss her cheek. Before he could kiss her, Ginny ran out of the room and crashed in to her brother Percy, who was still waiting for George to come out of the bathroom.
'Careful Ginny! What!?'- but he didn't have time to finish what he was saying. Ginny grabbed his arm and pulled him in to the room.
'Percy, you got to see this! My mirror, its.'
But she stopped. They were in front of the mirror, and there was no one else on it besides her and Percy.
'It disappeared!'- she said to herself.
'What? What disappeared? Ginny, what his this all about?'- Percy was loosing his patience, and Ginny, feeling like he would consider her insane if she told him what she saw, made up an excuse.
'The. The spider! Yes! The spider that was walking on my mirror disappeared!'
'A spider. You dragged me in here because of a spider.!'- Percy turned around-'Kids!'- he said in an upset voice. Just then he saw Fred run in to the bathroom. He tried to reach it first but Fred bet him to it. Percy ended up beating on the door, and calling Fred, telling him it was his turn to go there.
Not really wanting to be alone in her room, Ginny made her way to the kitchen.
Her mind was playing tricks on her. She was sure. Either that or she was going insane. How could Tom Riddle be in her mirror. She sat on the kitchen table and said good morning.
Her mother loaded her plate with more food that she could possibly eat in a day. Her brothers were all eating and chatting, except for Percy and Fred who were still in the bathroom.
'Good morning!' said a voice outside. Ginny's heart jumped, as Hermione granger entered the kitchen.
'I hope were not to early!' -she was followed in by her parents and Harry Potter.
'We just thought of saying good morning before we go!'-Said Mrs. Granger, wile greeting Ginny's mother.
Ginny's forgot that her brother's friends were coming today. She was quite happy to see them. It was usually fun to share a room with Hermione in the summer.
Her brothers helped the newcomers with there trunks. Her face went red has Harry said hello to her, following them upstairs.
Ginny went with Hermione to her room, and helped her putting her things away. The boys soon joined them, and Ginny's small room got filled with conversation and laughter.
Them Hermione's voice went louder then the rest.
'Hey! I got an idea! There's a muggle fair in the town! Why don't we all go there tonight?'- Hermione's voice was filled with excitement.
'Sure! That sounds great! Let's do that!'- everyone seemed to like the idea.
Ginny was exited too. She had never been to a muggle fair before, and the night promised to be fun.
When the night arrived, it found six young witches and wizards, walking happily down a road.
They were all dressed as muggles, talking and laughing. Ginny had made her best to look cute. She was wearing jeans, a pink t- shirt, and a black wool jacket. She even let Hermione do her make up.
She remembered stopping for a minute, wile in her room, wondering if she was doing it all for Harry. No, she was doing it for herself. She had long decided to stop dreaming about him, and get on with her life.
Now on the road to the fair, Ginny was having fun by hearing the boys trying to talk about Quidditch in a code, because of the muggles, but in the end they just didn't understand each other and gave up.
Finally they reached the fair. Ginny mouth opened as she saw strange and huge machines, with muggles screaming on them, wile they were twisted around.
This did not look fun! But watching closely she saw the muggles laughing hysterically when they got out of the rides.
They walked around for a wile to see the rides there were. Ginny refused to go to most of the rides, but agreed to go to the ones called the ghost train, and the bumper cars.
The ghost train was disappointing since there wasn't a single real ghost in it, just stupid dummies that jumped out of nowhere, to scare them. But the bumper cars were actually quite fun.
The boys all went to a ride called "The Death Twister". Ginny and Hermione both refused to go, and so decided to wait for them, while sitting near a cotton candy shack.
There were a few muggle boys nearby, viewing them with interest. One of the boys, with black hair and pretty blue eyes, was smiling at Ginny. She pretended not to notice and kept talking with Hermione.
'Looks like you got a fan!'- said Hermione giggling.
'Look whose talking! The tall guy hasn't take his eyes of you yet!'- Hermione blushed at this, but then her face turned white. The boys were walking in their direction.
'Oh great! Now there coming here! What are we supposed to do now?'- Hermione looked nervous, at the prospect of being flirted by the muggle boys. Ginny felt the same way. It was one thing to be flirted back at school, but it was completely different to be flirted by a group of complete strangers.
But them her brothers came back, and the muggle boys stopped and looked at then with disappointed looks. Ginny felt a bit disappointed to, but Hermione looked relieved.
'Our knights in shining armor!'- said Hermione with a smile. At that the girls giggled, and the boys looked confused.
'What are you on about?'- said Ron, with his hair all messy from the ride they came back from.
'Oh nothing!- said Ginny with an innocent look-' So were do we go next?'
They started to discuss were they should go next. Much to Ginny's dismay, they settled on the house of mirrors. She didn't feel like going anywhere near mirrors. But she couldn't refuse, since everyone else was going.
They all went in the maze of mirrors. It looked like a room for a narcissistic person, there were mirrors everywhere.
'Hey!! I bet Malfoy's room just like this! He just can't get enough of himself, can he?'- they all laughed at Harry's joke, and Ginny felt a bit less insecure.
'Why don't we all split up and make a race to the exit. The first one out gets to chose were we go next.'- they all agreed at George's proposition and started scattering. Ginny was felling a bit of despair as she saw everyone disappeared around the mirrors. They had lefth her alone.
She started walking, tying to keep her calm, and looking for the exit. Her reflection was on every mirror, and it made her fell uneasy.
She walked around, feeling like it was leading her nowhere. It was all very confusing. All the corridors looked the same, and Ginny thought she was going around in circles. What scared her the most was that there was a shadow in the mirrors. Something that seemed to be following her from place to place. She looked around, everything looked the same in the blasted labyrinth.
Then she saw someone moving, reflected on the mirrors. Not wanting to be alone, she followed, she didn't care if it was a muggle or anyone else, all she wanted was to get out of that hall of mirrors. Looking at the mirrors she saw another movement but when she turned, whoever it was, was already gone. She walked faster trying to follow, looking for the person's reflection on the mirrors.
A glimpse at a black hair head, made Ginny think that the person there with her was the muggle boy from outside. She kept trying to find him, ready to play a little damsel-in-distress act, and ask for him to help her out of there.
Then she saw him standing behind her, in the reflection of a mirror. With immense relief she turned around ready to ask for help, no mater how silly she looked. But there was nobody there.
Slowly she turned back in to the mirror, with a sense of deja-vu. There he was standing behind her, with his arms folded, and looking at her with an amused expression. Ginny just stared at him, disbelieve all over her face.
Tom Riddle again!
He only seemed to find her stare even more amusing. He gave her a wave, with a big smile on his face as if expecting her to be happy to see him.
Ginny stepped away from the mirror, and turned around to run, but he was in the mirror right in front of her. Ginny looked around. He was in all the mirrors. So she did the only thing she could do. She ran.
But everywhere she went he was there. There was an infinity of mirrors and she didn't seem to be able to get rid of him. She didn't understand how this could be happening to her. He wasn't real! He couldn't be there! But still his image followed every step she toke, with a smile on his face that made him look like he was having the time of his life.
Ginny, lost in her desperate run, found herself in a corridor. She stopped to catch her breath, and notice he wasn't anywhere to be seen.
Slowly she made her way through the corridor, only to face a dead end. She looked at herself in the mirror. Sweat was coming down her face from running, and her hair was in total disorder.
Suddenly her image began to change.
A deep red gown was replacing her muggle clothes, her hair was up in a knot, and her face didn't look sweaty anymore. She looked down at herself, but nothing had change. She was still wearing the same simple muggle clothes, but in the mirror. In the mirror she looked beautiful!
Tom appeared next to her reflection. He was smiling at the real Ginny in a very tender way, as he put his arms around her reflection. The Ginny in the mirror smiled, turned to face him, and to Ginny's surprise, kissed him!
Ginny watched as her reflection held Tom, in a deep passionate kiss, and has he held her by the waist pulling her closer to him, and caressing her back.
Her face was blushing furiously, and her mind was screaming at the vision.
This was not possible! This was not happening! Ginny closed her eyes and wished to wake up! But this wasn't a dream, it was real, and she was sure she was going out of her mind.
A hand landed on her shoulder, and Ginny gave a little scream from the fright. Turning around she saw Harry looking worried.
'Sorry if scared you, Ginny!' - He said as Ginny put her hand on her chest, trying to calm from the scare.
'It's ok! Just don't that again, you scared me to death!'
'Sorry!'- he said again.
'I can't find the way out of his maze! I thought that you could help me!'
' Well, I'm a little lost myself!'- she said suddenly aware of her less- then-tidy state.
Harry held her hand, which would make her blush if she wasn't already red from what she saw in the mirror, and they both started walking.
Ginny felt so scared and strange, that the only thing on her mind was to get out of that stupid maze.
'Oh there you are! I had to ask the ticket man to come back in to look for you!'- Hermione did not look happy.
'Why are you two still here?'- At this Harry let go of Ginny hand, and ran his fingers through his hair.
'Well. We couldn't find the way out of the maze!'- He looked a bit nervous.
''Where's the way out?'- Ginny didn't like the grin appearing on Hermione's face, when she had seen Harry holding her hand.
'Follow me!'- Hermione lead them out of the maze in a minute, and as soon as they got out, Ginny felt a sense of relieve.
The others were waiting outside in happy conversation, and turned to see them coming out of the maze.
'What took you so long?'- They were all grinning at them, and Ginny could guess what went through their minds.
'I'm tired! Let's go home!'- George had a really sleepy face, and everyone agreed it was best to return home.
They went back to the Burrow, with tired looks and happy thoughts. All but Ginny, who couldn't help to think about what happened. Had it really happened, or was she loosing her mind?
As soon as they reached the Burrow, Ginny ran for her room. As she got ready for bed, she couldn't help thinking that somehow it had been real. Not just in her mind.
She twisted and turned in her bed, listening to Hermione's snores. Her thoughts were too troubled to let her sleep. Visions of the mirror maze came flashing through her mind.
Tom smiling at her from the mirror. Tom following her through the maze. Her reflection kissing him, wile he held her.
Finally the exhaustion won, and she fell asleep.
A smile came to her face, wile she was sleeping. She was dreaming of the garden again!
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Ok, first of all I would like to thank you, for the wonderful reviews.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
They are the reason why I'm updating so soon. It really got inspired after I read your reviews. Anisky, you don't say, in your review, what you could use a bit more explanation about, and I would like to know, so that I can improve the story. Oh, and to A Devilish Angel, you're right; she did leave the store unattended. I'm gona pay more attention to those details from now on.
If your wondering if Ginny's getting crazy, don't worry, she's not.
Just one more thing. I not sure if my description of Ginny's dress in her dream is any good. I made a drawing of the dress, but then I had problems in putting it in to words. I made a drawing of the hedge maze too, and I would put it on the net, if I knew how. Oh well.
Please review! Those reviews are what encourage me to go on writhing. Kitty D