1A/N: I really wish I could use all of the song "Beautiful Love" by the Afters but it all doesn't fit. I love this song, and hope someday to go back and write a fic about it. Just to catch up I do NOT own the song "Beautiful Love" or any of the Harry Potter characters! (Sorry, but I do not want to get sued!)
Chapter 14
"If Anything Happened To You..."
"Larger than the moon, my love for you,
World's collide as heaven pulls us through.
The secret of the world is written in the stars,
I'm carrying your heart in mine."
-The Afters "Beautiful Love"
Ginny rolled over in her bed.
"You..."
Draco's words echoed over and over again in her mind. Her? HER? She had pulled Draco out of the depths of darkness? She had changed destiny? Draco was supposed to be a death eater. He was supposed to be mean, vile, cruel, and heartless. Can one person really change that? Was that even possible?
Draco's clear, clouded, grey eyes fogged Ginny's vison. They were so enchanting, so hexing. They weren't dark, but they weren't light either. That was exactly how Draco was. He wasn't on the dark side. He wasn't evil, and engulfed in darkness and pain. But still part of that remained with him. That kept him from being fully light. He had good intentions, but that darkness still clouded over him, like a rain cloud covers the sun. He would never be light. He would never be dark. Only a mixture of them both; a mixture of grey.
Ginny could slowly see the streaks of light poking and shining through the storm cloud. Draco was finally who he never was. He was good.
And that was enough to send Ginny off into a dreamless sleep...
But that wouldn't last long.
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Cold, chilling winter slowly turned into bright, colorful spring. Flowers began to bloom, and the trees shook the cold ice sheets off of their limbs. With spring came exam time. The teachers were cracking down more than ever since O.W.L.S and N.E.W.T.S were coming up soon. Draco and Ginny barely had anytime to spend with each other. Most of their time was spent on studies and homework.
"The less time you spend talking the more time you have to finish your assignments!" Professor McGonagall snapped. Her cat-like eyes slitted and focused on the students.
"There shall be no talking, only working. If I see one mouth open, I'll transform you into a matchbox faster than you can say pumpkin juice!"
Draco concentrated on his bird that he was supposed to be changing into a goblet. They were reviewing old spells for their upcoming exam. Draco had been having a hard time concentrating on the squawking bird. Something kept clouding his mind. He couldn't quite figure it out, but something was definitely there. And it was keeping him from changing this stupid bird into a damn goblet!
"Fereveto," Draco spoke soothingly. The bird shook momentarily until it changed into a feathery-looking goblet. Draco let out a long sigh.
Concentrate! What was wrong with him? He used to be able to do this easily!
See what I can do? A voice hissed.
Draco jerked his head around. His grey eyes scanned the classroom, but everybody seemed to be paying attention to their birds. Had no one heard the voice?
Of course they didn't. I'm here in your mind, Draco. It's just you and me, the voice smirked.
"Who are you?" Draco spoke quietly. He didn't want to attract any attention to himself.
That is not important at the moment. The only thing that is important is what I'm doing, or rather, what I want...
"What do you want?" hissed Draco.
You notice how much I can control your powers? Brilliant, isn't it, how the mind can be so easily transfixed? Stupidity is all it is. You should not have left your mind so easily vulnerable, young Draco. See what a little girl can do to you? The voice laughed dangerously.
"Ginny had nothing to do with this," Draco spoke threateningly through clenched teeth. He had his hands balled up into fists.
There, Draco, is where your mistake lies. Ginerva Weasley has everything to do with this...
"You touch her and I will kill you," Draco hissed. He shut his eyes to try and flood out the faces that swarmed around him.
A cold, heartless laugh echoed throughout Draco's mind. It chilled his bones and froze the blood flowing through his veins.
Bravery. I always thought it a silly attribute. The brave are the ones that die a painful death, when they could have prevented it all. Some people call that courage, but I call it foolishness. Why die, when you could live, Draco? Why suffer a painful death, when you could just do as I command? I reward my servants beyond all. And I punish the foolish. I punish the brave...
"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO HER!" Draco screamed. The feathery goblet in front of him suddenly changed into a fine glass. Draco picked it up and threw it across the room. It hit the wall, smashing into tiny fragments.
The voice chuckled viciously.
Love. Another thing I do not completely understand. Love is what crushes the powerful. Love is what breaks the impossible. Love is what caused you to change that goblet I have been preventing you from changing, into a gleaming glass. But you smashed it, just like you will smash the love you already have let so sneakily slither its way into your heart...
Draco let out a heart-wrenching scream. He fell to the floor, his hands slamming into the marble. Pieces of glass dug into his pale skin. Everything around him blurred, until it all faded into a sickening black.
A dark, sickening, black...
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Draco was in the hospital wing.
Draco was in the hospital wing.
Draco was in the hospital wing.
Ginny pushed aside the kids standing in her way. Ron had told her about Draco, and what happened to him. Whatever it was, it was bad. She had to see Draco now.
Ginny shoved a blonde-haired boy out of her way. He bounced lightly into the wall.
Her Draco was in the hospital wing...
And that's all that mattered.
Ginny turned a sharp corner and broke into run. The hospital wing was just down the hall...
Ginny thrust open the doors, and her eyes met the familiar, clean, white. No one was in the beds but someone on the far left. Ginny looked around her. No one was there. They all must be in Madam Pompfrey's office talking about what happened to Draco.
Ginny ran over to Draco's bed. His electric blonde hair was spread out against the sheets. His normal icy grey eyes were closed peacefully. His bandaged hands lay at his sides.
What had happened to him? Ron and Harry had told her about him screaming something to himself, and throwing a goblet at the wall. What made him mad enough to do that?
"Draco..." Ginny whispered softly to herself. She knew he couldn't hear her, but she didn't care. Just the sound of his name was comforting. It made everything seem alright. It made it seem like everything was going to be okay.
The door to the right of Ginny creaked opened. Madam Pompfrey strode briskly into the hospital wing. When she caught sight of Ginny, she jumped.
"Miss Weasley! What in heaven's name are you doing here?" Madam Pompfrey spoke breathlessly, clutching her heart.
"Sorry I just– I wanted to see– Is he–"
Madam Pompfrey placed her hand out in front of her to silence Ginny. Her features softened and her bright blue eyes bore into Ginny. They were filled with sadness and worry.
"Enough Miss Weasley. He will be okay, don't fret.." she spoke as she walked over to Draco and placed a hand on his forehead.
"Are you sure–"
"Yes, Miss Weasley, he will be fine. Now I will have to ask you to leave so I can tend to my patient."
"But–"
"Go."
Ginny turned around and trudged back towards the door. She didn't want to leave Draco. She knew something bad had happened and she wanted to be there with him when he woke up. She had to talk to him, to figure out what made him so angry. She had to be there, she just had to!
Ginny took one longing look back towards Draco. He still looked the same as before, only his hand hung limply off the side of the bed.
She turned back towards the door and gripped the shiny, cold, door knob.
Whatever had happened, could not have been good...
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Images flashed once more through Ginny's mind.
A pair of big, red eyes.
Harry.
Draco's limp hand hanging off the side of the bed.
Rain dripping off the eyelash of a grey eye.
Ginny jerked awake.
No. Not again.
She had taken her potion tonight! Why did she have another strange dream?
Ginny rubbed her swollen, red eyes. She rolled over lazily onto her side. Why did this always have to happen to her?
Ginny rolled back over on her back. She opened her eyes and was engulfed instantly by blackness. She knew she was looking towards the ceiling, but she couldn't see anything.
What was she supposed to do now? Fall back asleep to have another nightmare?
Ginny let her thoughts wander to Draco.
Something was wrong, and she knew it. She could feel it, but she didn't know what it was. It was the feeling you had when you forgot something, but you can't figure out what you forgot. The feeling that you had something to do, but you don't know what. The feeling that something is going to happen, but you don't know when...
She sighed. If she could only figure it out! Maybe it would stop all of the horrific nightmares she had been experiencing since the first day she arrived at Hogwarts. She would finally feel free, and not as stressed.
Still there was Draco to worry about.
Ginny felt her eyelids drifting closed.
She would visit him again tomorrow. He might have woken up already, and she could talk to him.
Ginny's eyelids closed.
She had to talk to him...
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Draco heard distant voices.
"Madam Pompfrey, please!"
"Five minutes!"
"Ten pleas–"
"Five minutes, and not a minute longer!"
"Yes mam..."
Draco heard approaching footsteps. He tried to open his eyes to see who it was but they wouldn't open. What was wrong with them?
He heard someone kneel down beside him. He could feel their hot breath against his cold skin. The scent of flowers drifted up to his nose. It smelled so familiar...
"Hey Draco.." a soft, soothing voice spoke from beside him. Draco automatically knew who it was.
Ginny.
He wanted to call out to her, to scream to her, but his body wouldn't move. The only thing that seemed to be working was his ears and nose.
"I miss you, you know. You gave me quite a scare. I thought something really bad had happened to you..." Ginny continued.
Draco tried desperately to call out to her, to warn her of what he heard. He wanted to wrap his arms around her warm body. He wanted to kiss her pink, soft lips. He wanted to touch her, kiss her, hold her. Anything to know that she was still there with him and safe.
Draco felt a warm hand rub gently along his cheek.
All at once, everything seemed to work. His eyes shot open, and his hand grabbed Ginny's wrist. Draco's vison became clearer and he could see her terrified face. Her wavy dark-red hair tumbled along her shoulder, and her green eyes were wide in fear. Draco tightened his grip on her wrist.
"Ginny–" He croaked. He tried to tell her about the voice and about how he thought Voldemort might be coming to get her.
"Ginny, Vol–". He couldn't finish his sentence. Something was holding him back, forcing him to not say what he wanted to. Draco mouthed the words but no sound escaped.
His body went rigid and he fell stiffly onto the bed. He let go of Ginny's wrist, and he felt her jerk away. He saw her in the distance clutching her wrist, tears pouring down her freckled face.
Draco's body shook madly. Every part of him shook. His toes, his eyes, his back, his arms. It was as if some strong, invisible hand was tossing him everywhere, ripping him limb from limb.
Draco felt his eyes roll back into his head. His body continued to shake and he felt his arms hit the table beside him. He could hear shouts and screams in the distance, but he couldn't make out what they were saying.
"GINNY!" Draco screamed, tears pouring down his face. His body shook harder and harder.
I don't think so...
And everything went black.
A/N: Sorry it wasn't that long, and I know it took FOREVER to update! I didn't want to add anymore to it, because then it would get to be to long. I think I might have around three chapters left. YAY! Sorry about the long wait. I finally finished exams, and now I'm out for summer! I'm so excited! I should update more over the summer, and get working on some of my other ideas for fanfics. I can't wait to write them! Please review! Thanks again!
Adalee