Disclaimer: I am in no way the owner of any of these characters
Warning: Contains mature themes of femslash
Too Far Gone
Chapter 2: The Cure
Hermione spent the next few days tending to Ginny's lifeless body. During the day she gave Ginny her potion 3 times a day and moved her arms and legs every hour on the hour. All the time talking to her. She was telling stories about her Ron and Harry, Ginny knew all these stories of course but it comforted Hermione more reliving what they all had gone through. Beating what seemed like impossible odds and wondering if this was the time the luck would run out.
At night Hermione laid next to Ginny and held her tightly. She was telling Ginny about how things would be when she came back, about how their life would be. They would be together and get a little flat somewhere. All of this will be a bad memory and although they won't look back on it and laugh…they would look back on it. Hermione assured Ginny that she never violated her trust or privacy and she has all the confidence in Harry and Ron to help her. Hermione talked and talked until she drifted to sleep out of pure exhaustion.
I
didn't hear you leave
I wonder how am I still here
And I
don't want to move a thing
It might change my memory
Oh I
am what I am I do what I want
But I can't hide And I won't go
I
won't sleep I can't breathe
Until you're resting here with me
And I won't leave
I can't hide I cannot be
Until you're
resting here with me
I don't want to call my friends
For
they might wake me from this dream
And I can't leave this bed
Risk forgetting all that's been
Oh I am what I am I do
what I want
But I can't hide And I won't go
I won't sleep I
can't breathe
Until you're resting here with me
The day came and so did Madam Pomfrey with potions, spell books and a very worried look in her eyes. She unpacks her things and sets up the bedroom with protective spells and incantations. She explains to the 3 of them that incase something goes wrong she wants to contain any damage to this room. They agree that caution would be best.
"Are you sure you won't be going dear? Madam Pomfrey addressed Hermione
Hermione shook her head, hugged Harry and Ron, kissed Ginny and stepped out of the bedroom as the last protective spell was cast. Harry and Ron looked at Hermione and gave her a reassuring smile. She tried to muster a smile of her own but it didn't happen. Harry and Ron turned back to Madam Pomfrey who started to instruct them on what they would have to do.
"You'll be lying down on either side of Miss Weasley. While I recite the incantations you will ingest this potion which will prepare your mind for the task ahead. You will be astral projected into Ginny's mind. Once there you will find the core. After you get to the core the images should tell you what she's fighting and at that point you can assist her to resolve the conflict. If you fail…Ginny may remain this way forever"
"Do we take out wands?" asked Harry
"Dude, it's my sister. If were about to go mucking around in her head I don't want to be blasting bits of it away" Ron said defensively
"Wands will not help you, you will need strength of will" said madam Pomfrey
"We NEED Hermione" concluded Harry as he glanced at the doorway where she was standing.
"Yes well be that as it may…are there any other questions?"
"How do we get back?" asked Harry
"The potion and spell have a time limit depending how much you take, I'm only giving you enough for thirty minutes, any longer and things get very risky." Madam Pomfrey held up her hand to the protests that were obviously going to come. Madam Pomfrey stood at the foot of the bed and spoke out an incantation. Harry and Ron's bodies glowed with an eerie bluish light and then they went still.
Harry and Ron opened their eyes to a large room with a long corridor off to the right. There were just stone walls and candles. As they proceeded through the corridor they noticed that it was lined with archways. Looking closer at the arches Ron recognized a familiar scene. It was at the Burrow on Christmas, Charlie hand given Ginny his old broom. Harry and Ron watched. Molly Weasley was yelling at Charlie for giving it to her. Ron turns to Harry
"I remember that Christmas." Ron smiled
"These must be Ginny's memories" he said as he looked further down the hallway. He looked to the end of the hall and there was a light and an odd noise but Harry was too far away to determine what it was. He prodded Ron away from this memory
"C'mon we have to keep moving, we don't have a lot of time" Harry urged and they walked along at a quick pace. They were still looking into the archways just incase they found something to help them. Almost with out their notice the corridor was changing in appearance instead of smooth stone walls it was circular and it got colder and larger. Ron looked around
"What's going on? Where are we?" he asked confused
"Chamber of Secrets" Harry replied coldly
"What? Why?" Ron was getting nervous
"This is where Ginny was most scared and where I rescued her. It makes sense she must know we would come for her so she thinks if I saved her from here once I could do it again." Harry was speculating.
They were in the Chamber of Secrets just as Harry remembered it. As they came to the large archway the corridor opened up to a huge room where Harry could now make out screams and voices. They approached slowly. Peering cautiously into the room they can see several things; in one corner Malfoy's murder is playing over and over. Next to that is Malfoy calling Hermione a Mudblood. On the other side is Tom Riddle, he appears to be raping Ginny. The other images are a jumble of distorted faces and sounds. The visions that play before them are in constant flux. The death of Malfoy is changing as they approach it. Some times it's Ginny who dies, or Harry, or Hermione…it all happens so fast. It looks like Ginny is sitting in her chair smoking, watching the whole ordeal. Riddle changes too, his face melts away in a river of liquid flesh and blood and it's Hermione he's raping while Ginny watches, Hermione is covered in filth and blood. Melting again Riddle is attacking Harry and kills him. Another image is Death Eaters torturing the Weasley's and they all die one by one but not with curses, they are being beaten, set on fire, shot, decapitated, electrocuted, hung…you name it and Ginny was thinking it. A small image in a far corner shows Hermione screaming at Ginny that she doesn't love her or never wants to see her again.
"Ginny's fears?" asked Ron. Harry nodded in agreement.
The visions were the worse things Harry has ever seen. Ron turned away and threw up as he watched himself and Harry being disemboweled by Malfoy. They make their way over to the version of Ginny who's smoking on the chair she looks at them and draws her wand quickly
"GO AWAY!" She yells
"Ginny it's us Harry and Ron" Ron says
"No you're dead…they're all dead, you're not tricking me again" Ginny held her wand on them
"Ginny we are not dead, we came to help you. You have to come back with us" Harry explained as Ginny shot a stunning spell over his shoulder at what appeared to be Inferi bodies of the DA members. Horrific zombie versions of Cho, The Creevys, Neville, Luna, Lee and Seamus all lumbering toward them with their white pasty arms outstretched.
"Harry are they real?" asked Ron as he turned toward them.
"They must be…." Harry said
As the words left his mouth Harry was grabbed from behind by Seamus and Lee, Ron was grabbed by Neville and The Creevys. Soon the rest of the DA formed a circle around them pushing them down. Their bodies are in various stages of decomposition and the smell was becoming unbearable. Harry tries to yell above the din
"Ginny help us…use your wand…burn them! then we can go"
"We're not going anywhere Harry…you're not fooling me, I know your not real…because your standing over there."
She points her wand to the image of Malfoy's death and sure enough there is the other Harry standing holding Jinx, then Jinx and Harry both explode. When the smell of burning hair and flesh reaches them Harry and Ron both throw up. The Inferi now have them securely on the ground clawing at them.
"Harry we have to do something they are gonna kill us…and we are running out of time" yelled Ron
"Ok I'm thinking."
"Think faster….what would Hermione do?"
"Grab my hand" Harry said
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!!" Harry screams and a small stag about the size of a dog erupts dispersing the crowd around them. Ron follows suit and his patronus was smaller then Harry's, about they size of a large rat. The patronus lead them toward Ginny and the look on her face tells them that she knows he's the real Harry and Ron. She tries to run toward them but is yanks back by Malfoy. When Harry fixes his eyes on where she went the stag and dog are gone and Ginny is standing with Malfoy
"Not so fast Weaslette I have you for all eternity" sneers Malfoy as he pushes Ginny into a chair where she is quickly surrounded by Inferi.
"Harry…go…I'm stuck…it's my punishment" Ginny tells them
Ron tries to advance on Malfoy but he's surrounded by the Inferi. Malfoy laughs as the copy of Hermione leans over in front of him so he can take her from behind while Ginny watches.
"I have all the time in the world to do whatever I want to the little Mudblood and the Weaslette has to watch every degrading moment." Malfoy laughed
Ginny tried to attack him but the Inferi were all over her. She looked at Harry and Ron who seemed to be fading from view
"Tell Hermione I love her."
"No Ginny come on with us…we're right here. Make a patronus" yelled Ron. Ginny tired raising her wand and uttering the incantation but the Inferi overpowered her.
"GO NOW AND LEAVE ME….. Before you're stuck here too" Ginny screamed. Everything went grey
When they open their eyes Harry and Ron were lying on the bed next to Ginny tears were coming from her eyes. They jumped up and fell back to the floor unable to stand. Hermione came in and helped them back to the bed. Madam Pomfrey administered another potion.
"You have to send us back we almost had her we need more time." Begged Ron
"Yeah come on, we have to go…" Harry was interrupted by Madam Pomfrey
"You can't even stand; the effects of the spell will take a few hours to wear off. Until then bed rest for you both." With that she left the room to get more potions. Harry and Ron laid back down everything was spinning. They told Hermione what had happened about the images and the Inferi and Harry's patronus. With every word she looked more horrified at what they were describing to her.
"Well that explains why you both turned white as sheets" Hermione said
"We have to go back, we just have too…and we need more time" explained Ron
Hermione stood up and paced the room. Harry and Ron know this gesture; Hermione is deep in thought. She turns to them picks up the potion and sits on the bed.
"Hermione NO! You don't want to go there" said Harry
Ginny didn't want you there" Ron agreed
"I have to" she said "call madam Pomfrey make sure she does the spell" Hermione downed the rest of the potion far more then Harry and Ron took. They yelled for Madam Pomfrey and she came running in. Once she saw Hermione and heard what Harry and Ron were explaining in high pitched voices she grabbed her spell book and read the incantation. The bluish light illuminated Hermione and she was gone.
Here With Me-Dido