Ginny woke in a hazy fog the next morning. Her limbs stiff from such a peaceful sleep, with no interruptions, no nightmares from Tom. Shuddering from the thought of that monster, she opened her eyes slowly and sat up. Gasping in pain as some of the many cuts she had made before stretched and cracked open in protests. The night before seemed to come flooding back to the young girl, looking down at her arm so saw something that she did not remember, she would never bandage her cuts. Pulling her arms up she looked at them some one with care made sure that her for arms were neatly bandaged and cleaned. She was a bit dazed as the door of her room swung open to admit Dracornis carrying a food tray, laden with food.
"Morning." Ginny said tightly realizing that he must have bandaged her cuts. Dracornis nodded but would not look her in the eye.
Putting the food he had brought up in front of Ginny, Dracornis moved to the other side of the room and started to clean what ever mess was around. Pausing only momentarily to turn and glance in Ginny's direction, "I brought that up for you to eat; I thought you might be hungry." He murmured quietly then turned back to cleaning around the other girls' things. Picking things up off the floor, whipping this, dusting that, just cleaning and tidying things in general.
"Thank you." Ginny said quietly biting into a Cornbread biscuit, with butter spread on top. "For bandaging my arms… I know what you must think, that I'm disgusting-"
Ginny didn't have a chance to finish her statements as Dracornis interrupted her with a fierce glint in his silver eyes. "No, never say that about your self. You are a beautiful young lady with a wonderful talent for writing and singing. Don't doubt that. You will never be disgusting; you are too perfect to amount to anything disgusting." He soothed willing the shocked girl in front of her to believe his words. It had taken a lot out of him to say that to her. He didn't think he would be able to. Not with his track record on standing up to people as of late.
Ginny was a bit perplexed by all the kind words coming from the once Prince of Slytherin, now seemingly human Dracornis. Ginny chewed the words he said thoughtfully thinking them over. How could she be those things that he said, while being everything that her mind screamed at her every night with out a doubt. She was alone, worthless, a freak, a whore, a slut, and so many other names it seemed. "I'm not any of what you say." Ginny whispered quietly, not wanting to admit the words to Dracornis, afraid that she would loose the one person that wasn't revolted at the site of her.
Dracornis hesitantly walked up to Ginny unsure of how close was too close... For both of them even. When he saw the muscles in Ginny's arms twitch he knew he had come close enough to her and stopped. "You are, I have been watching you for weeks. I'm not always there to hear you singing but I wish I were, your voice your words. It seems as if they can unlock any secret about anyone. They are truly amazing, just as you are. Please you have no reason at all to believe the words I say. But I beg you dear Ginny, believe me when I say you are a truly gifted and amazing person.
Dracornis said sincerely looking the younger girl in the eye. Something in him yearned for this girl, how he wanted her to love him….
Ginny had no idea what to think. How was she to believe this boy that she had hated her entire life, then suddenly believe him so easily. Yet as she looked up into the stormy grey eyes, she knew something in his words were the truth. His words would be able to settle with in her and bring her out of the daze that she had been living in it seemed. There was no telling what the words would unlock, but what ever it was it would take time and energy to be able to get past the high walls Ginny had set up around her heart, and in some ways her mind.
"Thank you." Ginny said once again, scared of what to say in case she scared the wonderful man away. Dracornis was about to interrupt when Ginny shook her head slightly and looked away from him. "For my arms… thank you…" Ginny stood quickly and raced for the door to the dorm room. As she pulled the door open it slammed shut again. Ginny panicked slightly willing thoughts from the past to leave her be, she didn't need this now.
Dracornis, held the door closed pinning a heavy breathing Ginny to the door. He looked down into her hazel eyes before tearing away from the girl. Shaking with his own inner furry of how he was becoming his father... The way his father treated him…
Ginny stood puzzled as Dracornis backed away quickly, her breathing let go and she was able to breathe peacefully once again. The blond boy was crouched in a window sill shacking noticeably from across the room. Torn between anger and care Ginny took hesitant steps over to the boy. As she got closer she saw his lips were moving silently pulling a duvet from a bed Ginny pulled it over the shivering boy climbing onto the window herself. Gently pushing the other hurt and misguided teen to lean against her for support, guiding Dracornis' head down onto her shoulder, she felt his tears slowly drop onto her arm.
Causing a jerk from Dracornis, Ginny soothingly stroked the boys blond hair. "It's okay, I'm not hurt." Ginny said quietly, knowing what she would do to her self later if she was wrong and none of this had been about her at all. At her words Dracornis let out an anguished cry as he scolded himself. The words that he spoke, just loud enough for Ginny to hear, the words he spoke were filled with such pain and misery that it made Ginny choke back a sob, hearing such words knowing that it was meant about her.
"I will not hurt her. I will not become my father."