A/N last chapter everyone! Thanks to everyone who's stuck by me through the whole thing, it's going to be sad to have to end it, but I had tons of fun writing it and I hope you all had just as much fun reading it.
I'd like to say a huge, big thank you to GinnyGINvampire00 for being my BETA reader and helping to make my fic much better. THANK YOU!!!
This chapter is in the style of a song fic. Only because I thought this song was perfect for this chapter. It's called 'stay with me' and this version is by DJ Ironik. I suggest you listen to it, I think it's great.
The chorus is in italics and I've highlighted the part I think are the most apt for this chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot. Everything else belongs to the great J.K.Rowling, I'm just playing in the world she created.
Brother and sister together will make it through, ohh yeah,
Someday a spirit will take you and guide you there,
I know you've been hurting but I've been waiting to be there for you,
And I'll be there just helping you out whenever I can,
(Everybody's free) everybody's free, oh yeah yeah,
(Listen this is for all the one's sharing love it's appreciated,
Life's crazy man, now listen to the lyrics)
Stay with me, don't fall asleep to soon,
The angels can wait for a moment(they can wait for a moment)
Stay with me don't fall asleep to soon(I won't)
The angels can wait for a moment, (listen, listen to the words)
Don't cry for me when I'm gone, no point in wasting tears.
Are time will come one day and I'm just confronting my fears,
Though it's not really a fear it's more like a destiny.
Sometimes I Sit and wonder is this life really for me?
Coz I've seen, seen, heard, felt, I'm done.
I hope you're proud of where I've come,
You've seen me grow and helped me through and
There is no repaying you. I'm here and I feel like
I'm delaying you, betraying you and when I'm gone
I hope that someone's saving you.
Stay with me,(am gonna stay and listen)
Don't fall asleep to soon(am gonna try not to)
The angels can wait moment,(they can wait man, I swear)
Stay with me, don't fall asleep to soon,
The angels can wait for a moment,(hold on, hold on, hold on)
I wanna see your face every time I come home,
Coz I can't leave you like this, in this cold world alone,
But in this life we're living who knows when I'll be gone,
I don't wanna leave you with 'what ifs' now I'm in for long,
To the world! There's too much to prove but sometimes
I wonder what I really have to lose, then I really see,
It's not all about me, I wanna shoo you from this mad reality, its real.
Stay with me, don't fall asleep to soon
(Look, life's risky sometimes, but a really gotta take chances)
The angels can wait for a moment,
(It's crazy)
Stay with me, don't fall asleep to soon,
The angels can wait for a moment,
(Listen to the words…)
To the world!
Life's a game and you need to play it correct,
Do the right moves and don't caught up in loadsa mess,
Be calm, don't be stressed, be sure to pass your test,
Stand your ground and don't let other put you to the test. (2x)
Stay with me, don't fall asleep to soon,
The angels can wait for a moment,
Stay with me, don't fall asleep to soon,
The angels can wait for a moment,
Stay with me, don't fall asleep to soon,
The angels can wait for a moment.
"No! Don't you dare, Draco Malfoy! You promised! Don't you dare leave me!" Ginny spoke in angry determination, but then she saw his greying face and heard his ragged breathing and changed her tone to a plea "Please, I'll do anything, anything you want, just stay with me. Please just stay with me. I'll give you anything, anything you want! What do you want, I'll give it to you?!"
Draco summoned up all the energy his frail body had left to wrap his arm around her waist, pulling her down so half of her was lying on his chest, with her head in the grove of his neck. He now had access to her ear.
What did he want? He knew what he wanted. What he'd always wanted since he first laid eyes on this weeping girl who clung to him, begging him not to leave her. His lover, his best friend and his soul mate. He was unworthy of her love, but yet he had it. He didn't believe he deserved to be loved by someone as pure and good as her, but yet she did.
He once thought the world hated him and that someone up there must have had it in for him. How wrong he had been. He'd been the lucky one to find this angel, who'd fallen from heaven, who'd been broken. He'd been lucky enough to know all she needed was someone to trust and love and who trusted and loved her in return.
He would have to leave her now, good things don't last forever. At least he'd helped her; at least she now knew someone loved her more than anyone else in the world. He'd picked up the pieces of her broken heart and glued them back together with his love. She was no longer broken and that's all that mattered. He strongly believed each live has a purpose and he'd fulfilled his. All that was left to do was to tie up the lose ends by telling Ginny for the last time what he really, truly wanted.
So, hoping and praying to the gods that what he wanted above all else was not impossible, he whispered with his dying breath "Just Be Happy".
After those three words Draco's eyes closed and his grasp on Ginny's waist loosened. She could no longer feel his chest moving up and down beneath her and his heart stopped with a promise never to beat again. Never again would she hear him tell her he loved her, never again would he kiss her lips and never again would his scent intoxicate her into light headedness.
She wrapped her arms around his waist and cried freely into his bloodstained chest. Just like the first night they'd met, only this time his strong arms didn't snake their way around her shoulders and he didn't whisper comforting words in her ear. He Was Dead. Hearing herself think that unleashed a monster, it ripped open her insides as though it was desperate to break free. It hurt her more than a thousand crucio's. A crippling sensation overtook her, as though a huge hole was being punched through her chest every time she so much as thought of something that reminded her of him.
She knew her lungs must be intact, yet she gasped for air and her head spun as she sat up. She was Still holding onto his hand, afraid of what letting go of it might mean. She felt an aching loss that radiated out of her, Sending wave after wave of hurt through every bone in her body.
For the first time, in what felt like a life time, Ginny started to take in her surroundings, Death Eaters killing, people screaming and curses flashing through the air. Why was the war still raging on? Draco had died! Her world was over, yet people were still fighting as though nothing had happened. Then Ginny realised, to all these people nothing really had happened. Draco was only one man, what was one man in the whole scale of things? One man meant nothing in the great battle against Good and Evil.
Knowing this only made her cry harder, she was angry at everyone. At Voldemort and his Death Eaters for killing a countless number of people, at her friends, family, the Ministry and the Order for making people believe what they were doing was right; that they should settle things by fighting. How many more people had to lose their parents, partners or children before they realised how barbaric, unnecessary and devastating war is? But most of all, at that moment, she was angry at Draco, for telling her to be happy and then leaving her. There was no way she could be happy while he rotted away, decaying until only bones were left, to forever be seventeen even while she was eighty. He'd given her an impossible task. 'Why even bother trying' she thought to herself 'Why not just end it all now, and then I'll be with him forever. 'He wanted me to be happy and if this is the only way I'm sure he'd understand' she was trying her hardest to justify what she was about to do, Draco would be furious she'd even considered it if he were alive, but he wasn't. She reached into her inside pocket where she kept her wand. She'd never used an unforgivable on herself 'Would I even be able to?' she asked herself as she plunged her hand into her pocket, but instead of finding her wand she found a piece of paper, a crinkled, folded and refolded piece of paper, a piece of paper that, along with another, had been read over a hundred times. She pulled it out and started to read…
"Dearest Ginny
I'm terribly sorry my darling, for leaving you when you need me. But it really is best this way. If anyone found out, how deeply I care for you it would put both our lives in danger. I beg your forgiveness and pray you understand. But remember just because I'm not holding you, doesn't mean I'm not there with you, I'll always be with you, protecting you from anyone or thing trying to harm you. I am your guardian angel and you will never be alone. So long as my heart still beats, it shall forever be yours.
All my love forever and always
Your angel"
She read the letter twice through, smiling despite herself.
'Remember just because I'm not holding you in my arms doesn't mean I' m not there with you…'
'How very ironic' she thought to herself still smiling. She clutched Draco's hand tighter and laid a soft kiss on his dead lips. "Thank you" she whispered to him "for saving me from myself…again." She then pulled off her white gold ring and lay it on Draco's open palm She closed his fingers around it and let go of him. Taking one last look at the man whom she loved with all her heart before turning and walking away, ready to put her best efforts into giving Draco what he really wanted…
A/N: I'm guessing this might not have been what everyone wanted? I'm sorry. I hope you did like the fic even if you'd rather have had a happier ending, but I did ask after chapter 9 whether I should carry on. Please, please review this chapter after you've read it, I'm really interested in what you thought of it. Thank you!