"DRACO!" Ginny yelled and hugged him.
"Humph" he said. "Easy, that stunt cost a lot of energy"
Ginny relented her grip a bit.
"Oh Draco, I thought you were dead!" Ginny shouted, half in tears and half mad. Draco caressed her cheek with his hand.
"Sorry love, I did what I had too"
"Yes, I'm getting to that...how the hell did you know what to do what you had to?" Ginny questioned.
"That...is a question for me to answer" Ares' voice boomed over the grass field. They were back now in the Great Chamber of Ares. A second of silence before an applause started. Draco was still sitting on the ground with Ginny beside him. Ares waved his hand and all creatures including Iris and Rosie left.
Ares continued. "When you were not moving, because of the stunning-potion Voldemort send you, I talked to Draco in his head. I told him, should your plan (That they used at Rosie's) fail, that he should do nothing anymore. I also told him that Voldemort will use the killing curse on him and that my power would lessen the curse to such an extent that he was able to separate his soul and body. The rest you probably have figured out already. He entered your body, you've defeated Voldemort and Draco returned"
Ginny took all this in. Then she turned to Draco.
"So...let me get this straight. YOU did nothing against Voldemort when you knew he was going to send you the killing curse, only because ARES god of the freaking WAR said so?" She shrieked.
"Yes" Draco answered. He had the decency to blush a little.
Ginny turned back to Ares. "And why exactly did you help us for no reason that I know of?"
"Simple, When you were fighting Rosie, Voldemort was already done fighting Iris. We made a bet. Should he win, I would grant him immortality. Should you two win then I would get a few powerful souls of certain Death Eaters that I have my eye on"
Ginny opened her mouth to ask another question, but Ares silenced her. (He seems to do that a lot) "No more questions, You shall return to your world now. Rosie will show you the way" Ares left after that. He didn't go poof but went for a 'whoosh' and disappeared.
Draco tried to stand up, but Ginny had to support him. Both were broken, tired and their magical energy levels were low. Ginny had a huge gash on her right arm. A few scratches from the overgrown garden gnome in the maze. She also suspected a broken rib, from when she was thrown backward. And certainly not to forget: The awful taste of grass in her mouth!
Draco, he felt pain everywhere. Like muscle ache after a intense work-out. Everything hurted. Also a few scratches. A weird feeling that you get when you are separated from your body. bruises everywhere. And a cut that was definitely going to leave a tiny scar on his abdomen.
They walked (half stumbled) to the doors where they met Rosie, leaving the Great Chamber of Ares empty.
"Oh! You were so wonderful! It was the most exiting fight EVER!" Rosie gushed.
"Glad at least you've enjoyed it" Ginny muttered, remembering Draco dying and all. Draco's hand tightened on hers, giving her comfort. They walked in silence as Rosie rambled on about how all the other fights were nothing compared with theirs. Ginny and Draco had a hard time keeping up pace with her as they walked through mist. Suddenly they stopped in what Ginny could only assume was the same misty room with no shape as where they had first landed.
They turned to Rosie to say goodbye. Ginny knew Rosie could be weird at times, but she would miss her! She was a positive figure in this adventure and you had to hand it to the girl; She had spirit!
"Well, you will return to Hogwarts on the quidditch pitch together with the remainings of Voldemorts body" Rosie explained.
"Thanks Rosie, for all you've done for us" Ginny said sincerely.
"Believe me! It was all my pleasure...I'm gonna miss you guys!" Rosie said. "To bad you have to leave...hey! maybe you could...like stay!" She said hopefully.
"Sorry...I…uh...need people who use...doors and you don't do that here" Ginny said quickly. Draco was getting heavier. He looked paler then he usual does with his usual pale-complexion.
"I understand...well here!" Rose said, giving them a beautiful rose. It was blood red and just by looking at it, you were in awe.
"It's beautiful!" Ginny said.
Rosie nodded. "And quite exquisite, I hear they are rare in your world...I'm not even sure they have them there anymore...but anyways...you get them, because your fight was so great" She said.
Ginny accepted the rose. "thanks, but could we leave now?" Draco (being the ever patient person that he is) said.
"Of course" Rosie clapped her hands and things started to get hazy in front of Ginny's eyes. When her vision cleared, she felt...airy. Looking at her left, Draco was there too. Problem was...nothing else was there.
Sky.
They were falling. Looking down, Ginny saw grass.
"aaaahhh!' She yelled as she plunged through the air. Landing was not soft. Then again, her experiences with landing weren't so great the last couple of hours.
Ah, the sweet scent of grass Ginny thought. I almost missed it since last time
Groaning, she sat up, trying to ignore the pain it cause about...everywhere. Looking again at her left, Draco was lying on the ground, on his back and eyes open.
"Draco!" Ginny gasped. She crawled over to him and put her head on his chest. No heartbeat.
No! Ginny said desperately. Not now! You can't do this to me!
Ginny felt hot tears running down. She had thought they'd made it! She thought that she and Draco would be okay, that they could live their lives now...together.
She heard noises and looked up. Teachers, students (including the dream team, Pansy and Blaise) came running. Ginny didn't care, she focused back on Draco.
She began to resort to giving him CPR. She closed his nose and descended her mouth upon Draco's, giving him two breaths of air. She stopped and looked for any signs of life. She followed routine CPR. Two breaths, followed by chest compressions. The student and teachers arrived and started shouting things.
"What happened?" A boy shouted.
"Is he dead" A girl shrieked with fright in her voice, though trying to get a better look.
Madam Pomfrey arrived and Ginny went aside, leaving Pomfrey to check Draco over. She scanned her wand over his body. She pulled her hand back and looked solemnly to Dumbledore.
"Well?" Ginny said, panic evident in your voice. "Why aren't you doing anything!" She shouted. Pomfrey looked at her sympathetically.
"There's nothing I can do" she said.
"NO! TRY! HE'S NOT DEAD! DO SOMETHING FOR MERLIN'S SAKE" She yelled, hysterically. But Pomfrey did nothing. Ginny pushed her aside.
"I'll do it myself then" she said through tears. She began to apply CPR again.
"Come on, Draco! Don't do this to me"
Pansy, Draco, Harry, Hermione and Ron sat beside her and simultaneously hugged her. Ginny struggled.
"No let me go! He's not dead, he was just alive, we won the duel! How can he- " But she choked on her words. Everyone didn't say anything, just continued hugging. Vaguely Ginny could hear Severus say that the body of Voldemort was found at the other end of the quidditch pitch...in pieces. He would be carried away in secret. The teachers began to bring the other students back. Dumbledore retreated, giving them some time.
Ginny continued sobbing.
"He cant...Just alive...won duel" she rambled. After a while they pulled back. Ginny had stopped rambling, but tears were still flowing. She leaned over Draco and closed his eyes with her hand. She reached down to give him her last kiss.
As her lips connected to his, she heard something.
'illic est quispiam nefas' It was Draco's voice.
Ginny pulled back and thought it over. She didn't know any Latin. It was probably just imagination. He mind wasn't clear right now.
She stood up. She saw the rose that they had gotten lying on the grass, forgotten. She summoned it secretly and hid it under her robes. But Dumbledore saw and looked thoughtful. He had just gotten back and levitated Draco's body with him. The rest of the students helped Ginny to the hospital.
She said nothing anymore, just cried. When they arrived at the hospital, she laid down on a bed. Madam Pomfrey came bustling in and began healing Ginny, checking for curses etc. Madam Pomfrey was crying too. To be honest, everyone was crying. Hermione, Harry, even Ron, Pansy, Blaise. Outside were all the students of Hogwarts. All the teachers. They were also crying. Professor Snape, Headmaster Dumbledore. Neville, Seamus, all the Slytherins, Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws. Everyone could feel the pain radiating from Ginny, all the pain for the loss of Draco.
They all left, giving Ginny time to heal. But there was one wound that would never heal. But her best friends steadfastly refused to leave and thus stayed.
Madam Pomfrey gasped. Hermione jumped up.
"What is it! A powerful curse! A terrible wound?" she shrieked.
"N-no...I was just checking her health situation" Poppy said.
Ginny looked at her.
"Miss Weasley, you're pregnant!"
Aww! I'm thinking of a sequel! This is the end of my first fic! Please tell me if you liked it? And also...If you would like a sequel? It would give more explanation of what exactly happened to Draco...wanna know?
Review!...please?
