A/N; this chapter is shorter than usual because i wanted just Ginny's pain and Lexis story here, before Harry comes to find them both.
Ginny woke feeling dazed and disoriented. It took her a long time to realise she was still locked up in her prison and not with Harry. Fresh tears spilled down her face as she felt the pain that still echoed around her body, even worse now with the fresh loss of her love. She slid her hand down her stomach and relaxed slightly as she felt her bump under her finger tips. She could feel her babies kicking, seemingly none the worse for ware. Ginny curled herself around her stomach again as she heard the locks click.

Suddenly a shaft of light burst through the door and for one glories moment Ginny though Harry was there, but soon the imposing figure of Lexis blocked the door.

"Ready for another go my dear," she said as she crossed the room in threes strides.

Ginny pulled away from her the best she could, but the woman was to strong. She scratched out with all her mite, kicking at the bulk that loomed over her. Lexis only laughed, sending shivers of fear up Ginny's spine. Soon Ginny had exhausted the little energy she had and Lexis just stood waiting for her to stop moving. As soon as she did bonds appeared at her wrists and ankles, lashing her up so she was lying on her back, her stomach completely exposed.

"Now my dear where were we," she paused for a moment, her cool eyes locking with Ginny's, "ah yes I remember now."

She slammed both her hands onto Ginny's stomach this time, causing Ginny to instantly scream. The pain that racked her body this time was so much worse. It burned her ever cell and all she could do was lye there and fell it. Despair began to set in that she would be there forever, until the pain took her, or Lexis took her babies. She clung desperately to the memory of Harry, or more to his voice telling her to hold on. She played it over and over again in her mind, knowing if he didn't come soon she would go insane.


Lexis bolted the doors shut as she left, frustration rippling through her body. She couldn't understand why she wasn't getting anywhere. She had learnt this technique from one of the best healers in the world. It was simple really, forcing your own energy into a body or body part to cause muscles and tissues to grow at accelerated speeds. She knew it was possible to do this on babies, she had been told that. But as she tried, draining herself of most of her energy, she could only feel them growing by days at the most. Not the months that she needed to be able to take them from their mother soon.

She sighed to herself as she headed towards her own rooms, deciding she had done enough for the night. The only thing she could do was rest herself, regaining her energy, and try again tomorrow. She still hadn't decided exactly what to do with the girl child yet, whether it would be worth raising her or not. She knew men where the only ones to get respect, she knew women couldn't make it in the world even now, when it came to the power struggles that took place. She laughed to herself at this point why else would I need a man.

She closed her bedroom door silently behind her, not caring to lock it since there was nobody around but her. Oh and of course Ginny but she was locked up tighter than anything. She slid her long black coat robes off, hanging them on the door behind her. Sliding onto her seat in front of her vanity Lexis examined her skin. To those who saw her she had a luminescent untouched quality about her. But for those that saw her bare skin totally they saw more. As she slid her arms out of the long sleeved top she wore it became apparent that she wasn't all she seemed. Long thin scars criss crossed her entire torso and upper arms. A remnant of her fathers reign in the house.

Lexis fought back the memories as best she could, but as always they won, flooding over her like a tidal wave. Memories of her mothers screams as her father bet her for talking to the wrong witch or wizard. Times she had been locked in her room for days on end without food or water. Or the many times she had said something out of turn, causing him to life his wand and slashing her across her bare skin. Lexis shuddered at the thoughts, pushing them back into the recesses of her mind. She did let one memory linger though, the one memory that empowered her. Lexis watched again as she stood over the cowering body of her father, a once strong and satanical wizard, reduced to a blundering mass beneath her feet. With one last cast of her wand he had died, but she had made it last an eternity, dragging out very last bit of pain she could inflict.

She had pledged then that she would hold onto all power she could posses. Taking wizards and stripping them clean of all their knowledge and strength before tossing them aside. Lexis stared at her reflection, seeing the same thing she had seen for over twenty years. She hadn't aged past the age of about twenty, knowing the younger she stayed the more power she could attract. That in itself had been a feat, but she wouldn't stop there. Not until she ruled, eve through someone else, and had all the power she would need to punish thoughs her punished her.