A/N – YAY! Another chapter! This ones a bit longer. You should be proud of me! Theres not much important-ness to this one but wtv. Sry for the long term waits! Its summer, I'm lazy hehe
10 – Malfoy Gets Desperate – 10
When the final hour of the day was over, Harry quickly packed up his things and bolted for the door. He made his way to the common room, but Ginny wasn't there. Panting, he figured he would just set his books down and wait for her to arrive.
As the minutes slowly passed, other Gryffindors gradually made their way into the common room as well, but Harry still didn't see Ginny. He got up and went to put his books back into his trunk while waiting for her.
The days mail happened to get dropped off on his bed, probably Ron's doing. Sirius's face still stared back at him and still made his insides churn with anger. He grabbed the magazine and thrust it over on his way back down the stairs.
Ginny still wasn't there so he decided to go look for her. Her last class was Divination so he headed there. Sure enough, he found her walking towards the common room, face scrunched up in annoyance.
"Ginny! Where've you been? I've been waiting for nearly an hour." Harry said, pulling her into a hug. She grabbed hold of his hand and continued back towards the common room.
"Oh, just detention with Trelawny." She huffed.
"Why? What happened?"
"We got in a row and you know…I speak my mind because it hurts to bite my tongue." Harry laughed.
"Yeah, but what did you get in a row about?"
She just eyed Harry up and down. He raised an eyebrow, intrigued. Thirsting for more, he questioned her again, "What do you mean? Me?"
"Yes, you." They reached the common room and sat down in front of the deserted fire. "We were working on our tea leaf readings and Trelawny insisted on demonstrating with my cup. I'm not quite sure what she saw exactly, but it must have stood for something along the lines of love or lust of something. And of course, your scar appeared as well."
"Why would my scar appear? It's not a sign just anyone could read…"
"Yeah well, almost anyone could these days so…Anyway! She looked at me with this little smirk so I asked her what she saw and of course she has to say it out loud for the whole class to hear!
"What did she say?" Harry asked, a grin playing on his lips.
"Don't laugh!"
"I won't! I promise!"
"Okay…she said... 'Well it seems Miss Weasley here isn't planning on staying a virginal goddess much longer.'" Ginny said, imitating Professor Trelawny's shrill voice.
Harry bit his knuckle to keep from laughing out loud. Ginny just rolled her eyes at him as he burst into a fit of giggles. "I'm sorry! I couldn't - Help it!" he said through gasps of air. Ginny actually let a laugh escape her lips as well. "See? It's funny!" Harry told her
"Yeah, I guess it is…but it wasn't at the time! That's why I grabbed my cup from her hands and once I realized that I couldn't read the images due to my eyes being so blurry with anger, I smashed it on the table and told her she was a brainless git and didn't know what she was talking about. Then she asked me to sit down and clean up the mess I made. Naturally, I refused so she gave me a detention and failed me for the day."
Ginny finished by crossing her arms over her chest and leaning back into the couch.
"Harsh…" Harry said.
"Tell me about it."
After hearing that news Harry wasn't sure if telling Ginny about Sirius was the best thing for her yet.
"Gin, listen…" he said, stroking her hair. "I've got something really important to tell you…but your not gonna like it…"
Ginny sighed, "Well you better just tell me now then, once I feel happy again I won't want to be brought back down again." She leaned her head on Harry's shoulder, picking at her fingernails.
Harry sighed, still not wanting to tell her. "Well, Sirius is…um…well he kind of…left…"Ginny looked confused, "Where did he go?"
"Um…"Harry tried to explain without making it seem like Ginny was a child. "Hopefully heaven…"
"What!" She shot up and looked at him with sharp eyes, threatened by tears.
"Yeah…he got attacked Gin…by Voldemort. It was in the Quibbler."
Harry didn't take the information to be much of a shock since he was able to go through 2 years without Sirius anyways.
"Oh Harry, I'm so sorry." She pulled him into a hug.
"No, don't be. I saw this coming." They pulled apart.
"Are you going to do anything about it? I mean, just because I really don't want you to get hurt." Ginny turned away, rubbing her arms which were now spotted with goose bumps.
"Don't worry about me…" Harry said, cupping her chin in his hand and turning her face towards his. "I can take care of myself. Just promise me that you won't try and stop me. "
A look of worry crawled upon Ginny's face. "What are you going to-" She was interrupted by a soft kiss from Harry.
"Don't worry." He said after they broke apart. "It's just something I have to do." He tucked a lock of her hair behind her ear, resting his hand on her shoulder. "Trust me on this…"
Ginny could tell that he meant he had to fight Voldemort. Of course she didn't want him to, but she could also see that it was something he had to do. Tears began staining her face as she slowly gave a nod that said she wouldn't keep Harry from what he had to do. She knew it would only be worse if she did.
There wasn't much that Harry could do to stop her tears. He just gave her a sympathetic look and one last kiss before walking to his bed. Ginny stayed in front of the fire, watching the flames lick the edges of the fireplace.
This news came too fast. It seemed so unreal, like a nightmare. I'm going to wake up…it will all be okay... she kept telling herself. With that, she put out the fire and walked up to her bed as well
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Harry was woken by Ron the next morning, well, afternoon. It was already 12:00.
"Harry! Get UP!" Harry groaned and shielded his eyes from the sunlight that poured into the room. "C'mon man! You're going to miss lunch!"
"Alright! I'm up…" He slowly got to his feet and was instantly blinded by clothes being thrown at his face.
"Quick, go change, I'm starving!"
"Okay, okay!"
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Meanwhile
Ginny was sitting with Hermione on her bed. They had just finished a long conversation about what Harry had told Ginny yesterday. She could always rely on Hermione if she ever needed a good friend to talk to.
"I guess we should just listen to him and not worry. It won't change anything and worrying will just make us more miserable."
"Yeah, your right."
Suddenly, hunger struck Hermione. "You know, we've been talking for a while now. Missed breakfast, so-"
Ginny had the same thing in mind, "Yeah, let's go!" They both hopped off the bed and headed for the stairs. They ran into Ron and Harry on the way out the portrait hole.
"Hey guys!" Hermione said, linking her and Ron's arms. Ginny laughed and did the same with Harry. The four of them marched towards the Great Hall like that, only to be stopped by no other than Peeves.
"Oooh! A parade! Can I be in it? Pleeeease?" he screeched, flying through their arms.
The group just laughed and kept walking. "How rude!" Peeves called after them. They didn't think much of this until they felt something hitting them. Breaking apart from Ginny, Harry turned around and got hit in the face with a rather large spit ball.
"Egh! Peeves!" he yelled, wiping it off. Peeves merely snickered and flew away off to torment another poor group of kids.
Out of nowhere came a pair of voices laughing. Next to the doors of the Great Hall stood Draco and Pansy laughing at them. Ginny rolled her eyes and led the trio through the doors. Seeing that the laughing didn't get a rise out of them, he decided to try something else. Something a bit different.
He looked at Pansy and to the group of friends making their way into the Great Hall, then back to Pansy. Making his decision, he grabbed Pansy by her waist and laid a kiss on her lips. At first she struggled a bit, but came to find the kiss quite enjoyable.
Ginny saw none of this because she didn't hesitate to walk away, but the trio saw. Hermione shook her head at the sight of Malfoy being so arrogant. "Disgusting…" she muttered walking past them. Harry and Ron followed, both with smirks on their faces.
Draco pulled away from Pansy, who was now left in a sort of dazed trance, and stared after them, anger in his face. "How dare they talk about us that way!"
"Can you imagine a worse attempt at getting us jealous?" Ron laughed.
"Nope, that one pretty much wins the gold." Harry responded.
The 4 of them took their seats at the Gryffindor table right asMcgonnagal walked over to the podium. "Now as I'm sure you all know, Winter Vacation begins the day after tomorrow-" she was cut off by cheering from all over the Hall. "Yes, yes. I know you're excited. I would like all of those who are leaving to have their belongings packed and ready to go by the end of tomorrow." She stepped down and returned to hier seat at the staff table.
Ron looked at Harry as if asking if he was going to be staying at the burrow again. Harry just shook his head and picked up a grilled cheese sandwich.
"HEY!" Hermione yelled.
A burst of noise suddenly came from the Slytherin table, causing Harry to throw the grilled cheese sandwich at Hermione accidentally.
"What the bloody hell!" Rom exclaimed, turning to see what was going on.
Malfoy was standing on top of the Slytherin table playing air drums to a song that seemed to be coming from nowhere. It seemed as if every Slytherin was cheering him on or trying to join in on the fun. Pansy was still swooning over him.
"Why doesn'tMcgonnagall stop him?" Ginny asked.
They all looked over at the staff table and noticedher stifling her laughter.
"It seems as though Draco hexed the staff table so they wouldn't see what was going on!" Hermione yelled over the noise.
"Yeah…but obviouslyMcgonnagal still knows what's going on…" Harry yelled back.
"She also noticed what a fool Malfoy's making of himself and decided that was punishment enough!" Ron said, noticing how many students from other houses were laughing. They all turned back to their food and tried to ignore the loud music and Malfoy's feeble attempt for attention.
Writing On The Walls – UnderOath
Maybe we
Why don't we
Sit right here for half an hour
We'll speak of what a waste I am
And how we messed up it again
I swear we need to find some comfort in this run down place
To preach the cup of this constant state that we live in
And I try, I try
How can you try
To place us all
To fit the shape of
Until we break
Falling down, Yeah
You to move on, move on!
You must do what they show you
At this rate we cant give up
I'm thinking back on the things I've said
We're thinking back on the things I've said
My seconds just stand still
Hear me through then I swear I'll go
We walk alone
We walk alone
We walk alone
We walk alone
We walk alone
We walk alone
Back home
Alone, Back home
You're almost gone and I'm okay
I still see your sorrow
To give you time to be afraid
Put over your face again
I remember your presence
I'll hope to god you come down
I'll hope to god you feel this now
I'll hope to god you come down
I'll hope to...
I know there must be some way out of here
And part of them will be waiting there
A/N – FINALLY ANOTHER CHAPTER OUT! Ha ha sry bout the wait..again! So just to let you all know, I portray the trio to NOT like this song but I personally LOVE the song…just don't wanna send false messages that this is a bad song…cuz its not!
