Chapter 6:

Ginny was sitting on her window seat in her room when Harry found her. Her knees were drawn to her chest with her arms and chin resting on them.

"Ginny?" he said, standing in the doorway.

"Go away!" Ginny snapped.

"No." Ginny looked at him very confused. "No, last time I listened to you; I didn't see you for five years. I'm not making that mistake again. I need to talk to you. I have a feeling I can change you mind about not telling me what happened."
"Oh yeah, and what's that?" Harry leaned against the doorframe.

"The fact that Ron heard us fighting." Ginny's eyes nearly doubled in size. "It's no secret anymore that you're talking. Now, the best thing to do would be to tell me the whole story. From the beginning. Maybe I can help." Ginny looked out the window. Harry crossed the room, and stood next to her, stroking her hair. She leaned up against his strong body. "We'll start small. Who did this to you?" Ginny remained silent. Harry crouched down next to her. "Okay, I'll ask a yes or no question, and all you have to do is nod or shake your head. Okay?" She nodded. "Was it someone we know?" She nodded again. "In the Order?" Ginny shot him a deadly stare. Harry put his hands up in defense. "Hey! I just thought that I'd ask. Okay, not in the Order. School? Did they go to school with us?" Ginny nodded slowly. "A boy?" She nodded again. "In our house?" Ginny shook her head. She was close to tears now. "Slytherin?" She nodded. Harry knew who it was. "Malfoy. It was Malfoy wasn't it?" She nodded, and buried her face in his chest. "He's in Azkaban now, Ginny. There's nothing to worry about. Now, tell me what he did. Please?"

"I was drugged. Grabbed from behind, and all I felt was a cloth held over my nose and mouth. Next thing I knew, I was in this room, tied up to the bed. Malfoy came in, and then he, he…" Ginny trailed off. Harry took her face in his rough hands, and gently stroked her cheek with his thumb.

"What did he do to you, Ginny? Please tell me," he said with a surprisingly calm tone. Ginny bit her bottom lip, and shook her head. "Please tell me. I can't help you if you don't tell me what's wrong. Did he beat you?" She nodded. They were back to simply yes or no questions. Harry realized that he would have to be patient in order to get through to her. "Did he do anything else to you?" She nodded again. Harry was almost afraid to ask her, but he knew he had to. "Did he rape you?" Ginny burst into tears, and buried her face into Harry's robes. Within minutes, they were soaked. Harry could barely control his anger. How dare Malfoy rape Ginny! She didn't do anything to him. Harry waited until Ginny had cried herself to sleep before carrying her to her bed, and leaving.

Harry Apparated outside Ron and Hermione's house, and knocked on the door. Hermione opened it, and let him in.

"Ron told me about Ginny," she said quietly when they got into the kitchen. "He also explained to me why you didn't tell us, and I want you to know that I think that that's very sweet of you."

"Thanks 'Mione, but I'm afraid that I must be the bearer of bad news. Where's Ron?"

"I'm right here," Ron said as he came into the room. "What's wrong? Did you get in another fight with Ginny?" Harry shook his head.

"You should probably sit down for this you guys."

Hermione asked in a worried voice, "Harry, what's wrong? You're starting to scare me? Is Ginny alright?"

"Ginny's fine, but I know what happened to her. I managed to get through to her for a little bit, but not much. She's still deeply traumatized by the whole ordeal."

"Was it really that bad? I mean, I guessed that it was horrible and everything, but what exactly happened? Who did this to her?" asked Hermione.

Harry took a deep breath, and said, "Malfoy. Malfoy's the one that kidnapped her. She said that she was drugged, and the next thing she knew she woke up tied up to a bed in a room. She was beat, but I don't know how badly. There's more, but I want you both to stay as calm as you can for this part." Both Ron and Hermione nodded, but Harry knew that they would immediately flip out as soon as he told them. "She was raped." In an instant, Ron stood up, and sent his chair flying. Hermione looked silently at her hands which were folded in her lap.

"What? He raped her?" Ron roared.

"Ron, please, calm down," Hermione said quietly. A tear slid down her cheek.

"Calm down? You want me to calm down? Maybe you didn't hear what that, that, that bastard did to my baby sister, Hermione!"

"I did hear. There's no need for such language, Ron. Yelling won't get you anywhere. There's actually nothing we can do about it now. He's already in Azkaban."

"Hermione's right, Ron," Harry said. "As much as I'd hate to admit it, she's right. There's nothing we can do about it. He's already been tried. Plus, even if we did bring it up in court, what would they do? He's already stuck in Azkaban for the rest of his life. There's nothing more that they can add to that sentence."

Ron opened his mouth to say something, but Hermione said, "No, they can't kill him because of this. It doesn't work like that. As much as I'd like that to happen too, it simply won't stand up in court. Besides, Ginny waited too long to come out about it, and there's no proof. I'm sorry, Ron, but there's nothing we can do about it now, except support Ginny." Harry stood up.

"Well, I really should be getting home. I'm sorry I stopped by with such bad news, but I felt like you had to know," he said before he Disapparated with a pop.

When Harry got back to his house, he found an envelope on his kitchen table. When he opened it, he found a note from Ginny.

Harry, could you please come over? I know I just saw you, but I keep having bad dreams, and I'm really scared. Could you please stay over tonight? -Ginny. Harry returned the note to its envelope, and Apparated back to Ginny's house.

Ginny was waiting for Harry when he arrived. She threw her arms around his neck, and buried her face in his shoulder.

"Come on, Ginny, let's get inside. I want to talk to you about what you told me earlier." Ginny slipped her hand into Harry's and led him up to her room. Harry lay down on the bed, and Ginny curled up next to him, resting her head on his chest.

"I hope you don't mind, but I told Ron and Hermione about what you told me. They're both furious, but I'm afraid that there's nothing we can do about it. Malfoy's already locked up in Azkaban for life for being a Death Eater, so bringing this up in court would just be pointless. Plus, you've waited too long. You should have come out right away and told us."

"I couldn't. For some reason, I couldn't. I should have though. It would have made things a lot easier. Harry, I'm sorry I yelled at you. I guess I overreacted. You were right, it was all my fault that you left in the first place," Ginny said. Harry kissed the top of her head.

"Let's not worry about this right now. That's probably what's giving you nightmares. Let's get some sleep." Both closed their eyes, and quickly fell asleep.

The next morning, Harry woke up with something heavy covering him. He was confused for a few seconds, until he saw the fiery red hair. It was Ginny. It was great to have her back. Harry was about to wake Ginny up half an hour later when she began to moan and cry out in her sleep. He tried to calm her down, but she only broke free of his grip, and started to hit him.

"Ginny! Ginny! Wake up!" Harry yelled. Ginny's eyes flew open.

"Oh, Harry," she moaned, burying her face in his chest. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked you to come. I thought that if you were here that I wouldn't get anymore nightmares, but I did anyway. I'm sorry." Harry stroked Ginny's hair, and shushed her.

"Don't worry about it. Do you want to talk about it?" Ginny shook her head. "I was more than happy to come and stay here, because I missed you. I missed us." He kissed the top of her head. She closed her eyes, and snuggled closer to his body, and they laid there in silence for another half an hour.

A/N: See! This chapter makes up for the fact that the other one was really short! I have writer's block, but my beta gets back in town today, so yeah, I'll update as soon as I get some good ideas! Much love!

Tina101