Shut up, Tom!

by Airri Phlyer

Ginny struggles against Tom Riddle's power, helped by a song. Set in CoS, from Ginny's PoV. The song is Shut Up, by Simple Plan. A filk.

SHUT UP!

Disclaimer: The song isn't mine, the characters aren't mine. Basically, please don't sue me.

A/N: This is based off the song called Shut Up, by Simple Plan. I thought it was a cool song and fit into this scenario perfectly, and I used it. I thanx Adele, my unofficial beta, and all my friends for their support and smiles. Fangs, guys. No, I'm not going to continue it, to those who wondered.

There you go
You're always so right
It's all a big show
It's all about you

For some reason, the American song that she had heard last summer came into Ginny's head as tears coursed down her face. Ginny was clinging to her bed-post at Hogwarts, trying her hardest to resist Tom Riddle's orders.

You think you know
What everyone needs
You always take time
To criticize me

"STOP IT, TOM!" She thought as loudly as she could. She heard a cold chuckle in reply.

"Stop it, you say?" Tom responded. "No, I do not think so. You cannot resist me. You cannot resist my power. Go on, little Ginny, go on and do as I bid. Down to the first floor girl's bathroom, now."

It seems like everyday
I make mistakes
I just can't get it right
It's like I'm the one
You love to hate
But not today.

"Not today," Ginny repeated in her mind. "No, today I will fight! You will not have me today, Tom. I will not go down to Myrtle's bathroom. You can't make me."

"Girl, you are growing quite tiresome. Do as I say, NOW!"

So shut up shut up shut up Don't wanna hear it
Get out get out get out
Get out of my way
Step up step up step up
You'll never stop me
Nothing you say today
Is gonna bring me down

Ginny, in a tremendous effort of will, got shakily to her feet and swung herself down onto her bed. By doing so, she had moved farther away from the door, and disobeyed Tom's orders.

"What is this?" Tom voice in her head was sharp. "You are employing music against me? Rather crude music, at that." he mused. "Well, this is one aspect of you I did not foresee. You're less of a weakling than I thought. Ginny, my dear stop trying to block me. You do this any longer, and I will make you hurt your poor dear boyfriend, Harry Potter, before killing him. You will hurt him, then you will kill him.

"No," Ginny gasped "I will not. Don't hurt. . . ." and she broke down into tears again.

There you go
You never ask why
It's all a big lie
Whatever you do

"You lied to me, you hurt me, and you possessed me." Ginny struggled to shield her mind against the teenage Voldemort's ravaging, "I can't let you hurt everyone."

You think you're special
But I know and I know and I know
And we know
That you're not

"My dear girl, you do not understand," Riddle's tone was amused. "I will take you over. I will do more damage. See, your feet obey me already. It is only a matter of time until your legs do, and then. . . ."

You're always there to point out
My mistakes
And shove them in my face
It's like I'm the one you love to hate
But not today

"No." Ginny thought as she grasped her bedpost as tightly as she could, ignoring her twitching feet. "No, I won't. I won't hurt Harry. I won't hurt my friends. I won't hurt my family."

So shut up shut up shut up
Don't wanna hear it
Get out get out get out
Get out of my way
Step up step up step up
You'll never stop me
Nothing you say today
Is gonna bring me down
So shut up shut up shut up
Is gonna bring me down
So shut up shut up shut up
Is gonna bring me down

"SHUT UP, TOM!" Ginny tossed her head angrily, trying to shut out the nagging whispers in her ear, insulting her, insulting Harry.

"Dear, dear, what a temper we have. Come on, you brat, stop resisting me. Let go. Come on, girl, walk!"

Don't tell me who I should be
And don't try to tell me what's right for me
Don't tell me what I should do
I don't wanna waste my time
I'll watch you fade away

Ginny did not answer. Instead, she redoubled her efforts to hang on to the bed , tears mingling with sweat as fought against the tremours that were coursing through her legs as well as her feet.

"Ginevra, I now control your legs. Be reasonable. There is no way to stop me." Tom Riddle's voice carried only a tiny bite of impatience.

So shut up shut up shut up
Don't wanna hear it
Get out get out get out
Get out of my way
Step up step up step up You'll never stop me
Nothing you say today
Is gonna bring me down

"Ginny, you do remember our last conversation, do you not? My memory is possessing you, Ginevra." The icy laugh sounded again. "You are a weak and foolish girl, to be possessed by a mere memory. You do know that, don't you?"

"No, Tom! No, no, no! I won't!" Ginny panted with the effort of keeping her own will.

Shut up shut up shut up
I don't wanna hear it
Get out get out
Get out of my way
Step up step up step up
You'll never stop me
Nothing you say
Is gonna bring me down
Shut up shut up shut up
Won't bring me down
Shut up shut up shut up
Bring me down
Won't bring me down
So shut up shut up shut up.

Slowly, she regained feeling in her legs and then feet. As a last, parting whisper, Tom growled, "You will pay for this, brat. You will die slowly and painfully as I regain life. Never disobey me again."