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Ginny's eyes glanced over in fear as the figure above her come more fully into view, standing there in a true form was Tom Riddle, the sixteen, black haired, dark eyed boy so much unlike the red slit eyes of Voldemort. Her body became to shake, trembling as she backed away from him.
"I said you would Ginny, I gave you my word a long time ago, before this life" Tom's voice sent shivers down Ginny's spin as she moved closer to the lakes edge, only realizing what she did when she felt the cold water lapping at her hand.
"What are you talking about?!" She screamed at him her voice raising in fear, another figure was coming up behind the first, a tall thin pale figure, red eyes and a slit of a nose that made the face appear snake like. Gasping in horror Ginny couldn't believe what she was seeing, standing next to Tom Riddle was his older self, his self as Voldemort.
"Hello Ginny" the high-pitched cold voice that send cold shudders down the trembling Ginny's spin as she looked up at the two of them standing next to each other, seemingly towering over her, standing from the ground she was almost the same height as Tom.
"H—How" She stubbled over her own wards as she looked from one to the other, it couldn't be, it was unbelievable. Tom's hand shot out and grabbed her wrist trying to pull her over towards them. "NO!" She screamed pulling back her red hair flying over and in her eyes as she flipped her head to the side and back, her body pulled tight with fear and the need to run away from the danger that was in front of her.
Pain rippled through the mark on her arm, she looked down at it, her eyes opened wide, and the rose was dripping blood off it, into the rippling puddle that was under it, the snake, its head bent down tongue darting out to lick at the puddle of blood. The thorns on the rose stem cut into the snake deep green blood running down it and the words turning a deep red.
"Merlin" She whispered cold tears falling down her cheeks as her body trembled in long shudders, she looked up at the two standing there and stopped fighting, letting Tom pull her to him, she could not fight this, not now, after everything she had gone through over the time.
"GINNY!"
Harry? The voice came to her and the vision in front of her was gone, both Tom and Voldemort. Sitting up fast Ginny became aware that she was wet, her hair pasted to her face and she was sitting in the shallows of the lake, coughing as she spit out the water that had gotten into her mouth.
"Thank god" Malfoy's cold voice and gray eyes looking down on me as Ginny sat up in the water, looking around at the other people standing about her, at the time she could not remember who was who but Harry helped her out of the water.
"I think we need to—Merlin what is this?" Harry looked down at the mark on her arm; it was still now, not moving but it was dark against her pale skin. Harry looked up at Ginny and Malfoy moved closer to his lover to see what was going on.
"Let go of me Harry" Ginny pulled away from him, in a stunned tranquility Ginny walked away from the group to the castle, she could not tell them. "You were to busy to help me" She murmured in pain and betrayal, fear of what was going to happen now.
A sob grabbed hold of Ginny and would not let go, in pure despair she fell to her knees and let out a sob letting herself go for the first time since her second year of school. The crystal droplets spilling down her cheeks and a single drop falling on her hand as she bent her hand, in the moment she could have sworn she felt arms around her.