Random Scene 1
In Spite of Everything
She stood at the window of the tower, trapped in a place she had once loved as much as her home. She gazed over the grounds and the glittering lake, wondering how anything so beautiful and so peaceful could remain that way after all the battles that had been fought on its surface. After all the blood shed had turned the waters red. She turned her gaze to the forest, the one thing that had changed. The creatures all patrolled the edges, killing all who dared to come even three feet close to the border.
Those who had fled had fled to those very woods. No one had any idea whether they lived or died. Those who had stayed were given away as slaves or sex toys or forced to work on the grounds or in the kitchens like common house elves. But she, she had escaped to the tower. She had watched the battle through the very window she now stood at. She had watched her friends and family die. She had watched the final battle occur between the Dark Lord and Dumbledore, for their savior had disappeared a week earlier.
Footsteps rang up the stairs leading to the tower door. Several pairs of them. She turned from her spot at the window to face the door. The footsteps stopped and someone knocked on her door. She made no move to answer. She hadn't left in a year and made no move to leave now. And just as she hadn't left, she hadn't let anyone in either, no matter how long they knocked at her door.
"Ms. Weasley we need you to come out now." said a voice.
More footsteps rang up the steps. They were slower and accompanied by grunts and odd sounds-as though someone was carrying something heavy. She took a step closer to the door.
"Ms. Weasley open this god damn door before I blast it down!"
Not wanting her door destroyed she crossed the room and called through the door in a soft voice.
"Who is it? And what do you want?"
"Lucius Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, Crabbe Sr. and Goyle Sr. We want you to open the door!"
"Why?"
There was a sound of frustration and a familiar voice started talking.
"Weasley will you open the door? The Dark Lord wants Potter to stay in your bloody tower."
The door flew open and a wand was pointed directly between Draco Malfoy's silver eyes. She was glaring at him and her eyes were flicking from one figure to the next before coming to rest on the unconscious figure of Harry Potter. She lowered her wand and stood aside to let the men enter her sanctuary. When the men had deposited Potter on the floor, they left the room. She shut the door after them and locked it.
"Ennervate." She whispered.
Harry Potter slowly sat up. He looked around the room and his gaze rested on Ginny. His face twisted into a sneer and he stood up, only to walk menacingly toward her. She was still by the door and, unlocking it, she yanked it open and ran down the stairs, followed by the once kind savior. She ran. Not caring where she was going. She yanked open a door at the end of a hall to find herself in the Death Eaters' meeting chamber, and every Death Eater was there! The footsteps behind her grew louder and she turned back to look at the door.
The Dark Lord smiled at her.
"Nice of you to join us Ms. Weasley."
She was slowly inching her way to the only other way out: a side door blocked by several Death Eaters. The main door was jerked open and in walked an obviously insane Harry Potter. She had moved to hide behind a Death Eater, hoping he would leave. And in a sense, he did. For the moment he spotted Voldemort lounging on his throne, he attacked. Promptly, several Adva Kedavras were thrown and all but two hit him. He fell to the floor dead. She moved out from behind the Death Eater and walked calmly out the door and back toward the tower. A Death Eater followed her.
"Hello Weasley."
"Hello Draco. Why are you following me?"
"You know, it's not good to lock yourself up in the astronomy tower."
She stopped. "Not good? Not good? IT'S BETTER THAN BEING A SLAVE OR A HOUSE ELF OR A TORTURE TOY OR DEAD OR IN HIDING! IT'S BETTER THAN COMMITTING MURDER OR RAPING SOMEONE TO STAY ALIVE! IT'S BETTER THAN BEING RAPED OR LISTENING TO THE SCREAMS OF YOUR VICTIMS OR BEING SEPARATED FROM YOUR WAND! SO DON'T TELL ME THAT IT IS NOT GOOD FOR ME! I GET A CHANCE TO THINK AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT YOU LOT! I THINK YOU ALL ARE THEIVES AND MURDERERS WHO DESERVE TO DIE! But……..in spite of everything………..I still believe people are truly kind at heart." she finished with a whisper. Then turned and ran the rest of the way to her tower, leaving a shocked Draco Malfoy standing in the hall.
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