Harry grabbed Ginny's arm and began to pick her up. After she was out from behind the statue, she fell to her knees, obviously too weak to walk. Harry picked her up and carried her to the room of requirements and sat her down on the couch. She was still hysterical and it took Harry the better part of an hour to calm her down. Finally, she had stopped crying and Harry decided that it was time to ask her questions. "Ginny, what happened?" He asked. She gave him a look of pure terror and said "I can't tell you Harry or he'll hurt me again." "Ginny, I'll protect you! He won't be able to harm you! I promise." Harry said confidently, but Ginny just shook her head. "No, I'm in trouble enough for right now! If I tell you, he'll hurt me even more and then go after you. Just like he is Draco." Ginny said. Harry stared at her in shock, then he demanded "Who is going after Malfoy? Why are they hurting you?" Ginny just shook her head again and said "I don't want you hurt Harry." "Ginny, I've defeated Voldemort 3 times already, I think I can handle whatever this guy will dish out." Ginny shrieked at the dark lords name but shook her head again. "Come on Ginny, spill." Harry said determinedly. Ginny began to sob violently again, and Harry pulled her close. "You don't understand Harry! He'll come when you're asleep cause he knows that you're so strong! He'll hurt you so badly that you have to go to St. Mungo's! That's what happened to the last person." Ginny sobbed into Harry's chest. Harry thought for a moment of what she was talking about, but then he remembered… Blaise. When they found his body, it was barely recognizable. He had been sleeping in his bed when it happened. What it was, they didn't know. Dumbledore had thought that someone, who was no where near powerful enough, had tried Avada Kerdava. The result was leaving Blaise in near death. They had been able to save his life, however, at one expense : Blaise would be soulless. It was a lot like a dementors kiss, but inflicted by another wizard. Harry knew all this because Dumbledore thought that it might have been a death eater and he wanted Harry prepared. Harry felt his anger growing inside of him. Not only for what happened to Blaise, but also to what this guy was doing to Ginny. If he ever found out who it was, Harry swore to himself that he would personally curse them on Ginny's behalf. He turned his attention back to Ginny, who had stopped crying and was just laying there on his chest. "Ginny, why haven't you told Dumbledore?" Harry asked. Ginny looked frightened again and said "There is no need for Dumbledore to worry himself about me! He doesn't do it that often." Then Ginny realized what she had just said. "You mean, he's hurt you more than once?" Harry asked as his anger rose even more. "Yeah, but it's not really like he's hurting me. I mean the first time at the burrow he did but not…" Ginny quickly stopped, realizing that she was really close to telling Harry. She got up and said "Thanks for helping me Harry, I'll be fine now." Then she ran out the door before Harry could say a word. He tried to run after her, but she quickly disappeared. So, he decided to go talk with Dumbledore about what was going on.
Draco was walking towards his room when someone tried to attack him from behind. He quickly dove out of the way and ducked behind a statue. He looked around to see who it was but only caught a glimpse of the back of the person's robes as they ran in the opposite direction. He was about to get out from behind the statue when he heard someone running down the hallway right beside him. He stayed hidden for a few moments then saw Ginny emerge. He quickly grabbed her and pulled her behind the statue with him. He put his hand over her mouth so that she wouldn't scream, and they watched as Harry came down the hall and turned to the left. After Harry was out of sight, Draco took his hand off of Ginny's mouth and turned her around to face him. "Any idea who's trying to curse me Ginny?" He asked thinking that she might have seen the person on her way down the hall, but the look on her face told him she knew more than that. "OK, Ginerva, you are going to come with me and tell me everything you know!" Draco said as he dragged her with him out from behind the statue and down the hall. "No Draco! We'll be in trouble!" Ginny said as she tried to get out of his grasp. He slammed her up against the wall to his right and said "And we aren't already? Someone is trying to hex me and you know who it is! Just tell me Ginny!" "No! Lee has told me what he would do if I so much as warned you!" Ginny said before she could stop herself. Draco looked at her for a moment then said "Lee Jordan?" Ginny began to gently cry as she nodded her head. "That's what happened to Blaise! He found out sort of like you did. Lee over heard us and immediately went ballistic." Ginny said. Draco let go of her and asked "And how did Lee find out?" Ginny just shook her head indicating that she didn't know. Draco looked her over and saw her torn robes, guessing what happened he said "Come on Ginny, you need to go to the hospital wing."
Harry walked up to the stone gargoyle and was about to start guessing words when Dumbledore stepped out of the hall way beside him. "Ah, Harry, Did you need to see me?" Dumbledore asked Harry. "Yeah sir, it's about Ginny Weasley, I think that she's in trouble, but to afraid to tell anyone." Harry said. Dumbledore thought for a moment, then said "Let's continue this conversation inside the office." They walked in and sat down. Harry wasted no time in telling Dumbledore about how Ginny started being depressed the last summer at the burrow. Then, he told Dumbledore about all that Ginny had said just a few minutes before. Dumbledore thought for a few minutes, then said "Well Harry we don't have much evidence of foul play…" "But sir! Her robes were torn!" Harry said angrily. "Let me finish, if you get proof that Ginny is in fact being hurt, inform me at once! But until then, there is nothing we can do." Dumbledore said. "Can we at least move her to a different room, so that she won't have to worry about someone coming after her in the night." "I'm sorry Harry, but there is nothing we can do at this point in time." Dumbledore said. Harry angrily got up and stalked out of the room. He was cursing Dumbledore in his mind when he heard Ginny talking to someone in the hospital wing. Curious, he peeked in to see her speaking with Draco. "Ginny, you really should tell professor Dumbledore." Draco was saying, but Ginny was shaking her head in terror saying "No, I won't! things are fine this way! I've been dealing with it all year, I can handle it!" "But you shouldn't have to!" Draco said. At this Harry cleared his throat, then entered the room. Ginny looked over and for a second, she looked pleased to see him, but quickly turned her head away as if she heard a noise. "What's going on here?" Harry asked. "Has she told you about what L…" "DRACO! SHUT UP!" Ginny screamed desperately. Draco got the hint and said "So she hasn't told you. I'm shocked! I thought you'd be the first one she told since she's nearly head over heels for you." Draco said. "Draco, what we've talked about in the last few days, is in no way Harry's business, and if you insist on telling people my secrets, I'm sure the school would just buzz about your crush on…" Ginny was angrily saying before Draco interrupted with "All right! All right! I get the message Gin. But you should tell Harry. This is so hard to say, but he could help you, if you let him." Draco said then he left the room. Harry turned angrily to Ginny. "You told Malfoy?" he asked. "Y-yeah, I did. It was an accident though! He wasn't supposed to know! That's why he'll be hurt soon." Ginny said. She said the last part as if in a trance and it gave Harry chills just to hear her talk like that. "Well, since you trust ferret face more than me, I'll leave you alone." Harry said as he turned around and began to walk away. Ginny didn't want him to leave but she didn't know what to say so she made sudden movement and ended up falling off the bed. Harry rushed over to her to make sure that she was OK. She gratefully thanked him as he helped her up, then they both paused as they made eye contact. She saw safety, security and love in his deep green eyes and it made her blush brightly. Then, Harry leaned down and pressed his lips to hers really gently. She closed her eyes and savored the kiss. They were both so into each other that they never noticed Someone pass by the room glaring at them, or even Madame Pomfrey walking in and asking if they could leave since Ginny wasn't too badly hurt. At the moment, all that mattered in the world was each other.
Authors note: Interesting? Hope so, next chapter will be nice and long I promise! And you'll finally find out what happened to Ginny! Review soon plz!
