Disclaimer: I do not own anything from the Harry Potter Universe. The characters, thelocations and some of the words, nothing.I simply just like to toy with them.

A/N: Hey everyone. I'm back. I'm sory for the wait but There has been a lot going on. But any ways...Let's get on wit the story. Here's chapter 5, Enjoy.

A Tormented Soul

Chapter 5: To Befriend A Mystery

Ginny stood there in a state of shock. Frozen like the air around them. Thoughts like 'did she hear everything I said? Did she hear me cry?' were all that were going through her mind.

They said nothing for a couple of minutes. All they could hear was distant shuffling in the woods, which were probably caused by creatures that inhabited that area of the forest.

Ginny tried with all her might to avoid Luna's misty blue eyes. Instead, she fidgeted with her fingers and kept her hazel eyes fixated on the earth below her feet.

Luna on the other hand was watching Ginny inventively and was contemplating, and trying to choose the right words to say to her so she wouldn't have to deal with the Weasley temper. This was hard considering that fact that Luna wasn't all that great in starting conversations, let alone keeping one.

A few more minutes of silence past by and Luna was now becoming impatient with herself. Then it came to her. It was like the light bulb in her head lit up. She was somewhat proud of herself.

"Ginny… I heard what you said and I just want to know if you wanted to talk about it. But if you don't it's fine with me, I'll just leave you alone." Luna offered, timidly, as if she was walking into harmful territory.

Ginny was about to retaliate and lash out at Luna for eavesdropping on a very personal conversation with herself, but Ginny found that she was too weak to argue. This new information she just received took a great toll on her body and she wasn't emotionally stable for and argument. And ever so slowly, the famous Weasley temper seemed to cease.

With that, Ginny fell to her knees with rivers of salty tears cascading from her eyes down and to her pale cheeks. She didn't even try to wipe them away because she knew it would be only a matter of seconds before they would come back again.

Luna didn't even hesitate and ran over to Ginny's side. At first she didn't know what to do. She could just sit there and be a shoulder that Ginny could cry on or she could try and sooth her and get her to stop and talk about it. She decided to just let Ginny cry for a while, so she could get it all out. A good cry never hurt anyone. In the end, it did make you feel a bit better.

She would know. Some nights she would just cry. Life was so unfair at times and in those times, she wouldn't be able to take it and that was when she unleashed her tears and cried for hours on end.

To Ginny, it seemed like she was crying for hours. She was thankful that Luna didn't just walk away because she needed someone to talk to, someone to listen and someone to understand. But Ginny wasn't that sure if she could find someone like that.

Yes, Luna was staying with her while she cried but would she understand the reason why? Could she listen to the things she has to say? Was she able to depend on her?

'I guess I'll just have to find out. If I am willing to take that chance, that is. There could be consequences. A lot of them. I might not be able to trust her and she might tell everyone my secrets. Can I actually take that chance? And she is so mysterious. Come to think of it, I hardly even know her. She keeps her life just as questionable as I do. I don't know if this makes trusting her easier or harder.' Ginny thought as her tears started to die away.

'There is only one way to find out' said a voice in her head.

' I guess so.' She concluded in her mind.

Luna didn't mind sitting there waiting for Ginny to talk. She just felt that Ginny probably needed someone to talk to and she was just merely applying for the job. She too need someone to talk with, some one to share her secrets that have been eating away at her with. What it all came down to was that she needed a friend.

" They say he loves me." Ginny suddenly said, with all the strength she could summon but it only came out in the quietest whisper possible.

" I know." Luna whispered back. She wasn't sure if it was the right thing to say but she knew that she couldn't say anything else.

"Why? Why now? Why not 2 bloody years ago when I was head over heels in love with him?" Ginny asked, with her voice getting stronger and louder with every word.

"I don't know" Luna answered in a whisper. Ginny didn't need someone to talk to her she just needed someone to listen and that was what Luna did.

"What is it? Can he read my bloody mind? Was he waiting until I was finally getting over him to fall in love with me?" Ginny wasn't even aware that she was now yelling.

All Luna could do was listen. She wasn't sure what to say, so she didn't say anything at all. She just sat there and took in every word that was spoken by the red head.

"Oh Merlin, I can't take this any more. I can't fucking move on when what I heard today is still in my head. How can just hearing that, makes me fall in love with him all over again? I took so long damn to get over him. And just with a few words, all that time I bloody spent doesn't matter any more!" She was now yelling at the top of her lungs and she didn't even seem to notice. Neither did she notice that a few tear had escaped from her eyes and fell to the ground.

" Luna…" Ginny went from a yell to a whisper in only a matter of seconds.

"Hmmm?" Was all that she could muster after Ginny's sudden outburst.

" I'm so pathetic." She stated more to herself then to Luna.

"Oh come on Ginny, no your not. You're anything but pathetic. Your strong, and witty, smart, funny, and a good person. Notice how I didn't mention pathetic?" Luna said with a small smile.

"Oh but I am. Harry doesn't even know what he's doing to me. I'm slowly falling apart." Ginny said. Her big brown eyes were holding every emotion she was feeling. Hurt, bitterness, love, confusion and most of all depression.

" I know you're confused about this whole situation but you have to ask yourself, are you ready to go through that again?" Luna asked wisely. And that very question made Ginny wonder into deep thought.

'Do I? He caused me so much pain before. He put me through things unimaginable. There was only one person who caused me more pain than Harry did and that was Tom. No matter how hard I try I will never forget what he and Harry put me through. And I have the scares to remind me. I don't think I could go though it again. I don't think I would survive' She thought as she reminisced.

Everything came flooding back to her. The heart break, all the tears, all cuts, the things Tom made her do, the things he said to her, all the things he did to her, everything. She would never go through that again.

'Well then I guess you have your answer.' Said that voice in her head.

" No." Ginny answered flatly, with bitterness in her voice.

"I will not let him do it again. He can't control my life. I am no longer his slave nor will I every be."

Luna had a confused look on her face but replied all the same. "Well then, I guess your wall was never broken to begin with." She stated and then stood up and dusted herself off.

She looked down at Ginny who was still on the sitting on the ground, deep in thought about the last thing Luna had just said. She offered Ginny her hand to help her up and she took it. Ginny brushed herself off and both her and Luna started off towards the castle.

It was nighttime. Probably well after curfew and the sky grew darker and darker as the stars became more visible. The moon was their only source of light other than the light coming from the castle. They walked across the fairly moist grass, which was still damp from the rain that started from the morning and stop well into the early evening.

"Umm, Luna?" Ginny said, while they both walked past Hagrid's hut.

"Hmmm?" she replied.

"I- I just wanted to say…thank you." Ginny admitted.

"Oh, well, no problem. I'm always here if you need to talk." Luna told her.

" Thanks. Sometimes I need to talk to someone. You know, just for someone to listen and understand. And I'm always here if you need to get something off your mind." She confessed. 'Here it goes'

" Okay. I'm glad we can talk to each other." Luna agreed with a meek smile appearing on her pale face.

" Me too." Said Ginny, smiling as well.

'Maybe this will be ok after all.' She thought to herself as her and Luna reached to great oak doors of the castle.

A/N: Well there you go. A chapter come and gone. So... What do you think? How about you drop a review and tell me? I'm gonna take that as a yes. So thats all you have to do. Press the Go button and type your review. Constructive criticism is alwayz welcomed but please (as always) no flames. They do burn. So until next chapter (which will be sometime in the week, no promises),
-Scarlet Blood