Chapter 8

Christmas Break

Ginny released Sirius as they appeared before the Potter's house. "Yippee." he said. She laughed. "Come on." he said. They went inside and took their trunks to their rooms. Then they went down and saw Mr. and Mrs. Potter greeting Remus, Lily, and James.

"Ginny, Sirius." Mr. Potter smiled. Ginny smiled and hugged them. When the hello's were complete, the fivesome went up to Ginny's room.

"So, what did you guys have in mind for break?" Ginny asked.

"I have no intention of leaving your side." Sirius said.

"I'm going to go through a few books." Remus smiled.

"We're going to see if we can get James into a few muggle habits." Lily said.

"Why?" Sirius asked.

"Because WE want to teach US the imprtance of getting along with muggles." James said. Ginny laughed.

"What about you?" Lily smiled.

"I don't know. Sleep all day and sneak out at night." she shrugged. James smiled.

"Sirius, your children are going to be little hellians."

"Yes, they will be. And I'll cherish all ten of them." Sirius smiled.

"So, who exactly is having ten children for you? Because I'm not having more than four." Ginny said.

"What if they're all girls?"

"Then you get four daughters."

"What about carrying on the family name?"

"Pheonix Black has a nice ring, why can't a girl take over the family?"

"Simple, I do have some pride in the name Black."

"Well, I can't see why! Your mother is naggy, your father is a moron, your brother is a deatheater, your sister is marrying Malfoy."

"But some people in my family are good people and Black is an old family name."

"Riddled with decades, nay centuries, of dark wizards!" she snapped.

"Oh, Riddle, the ex!" he spat. She gasped.

"You have no right to go there. I told you about all of that because I trusted you with the information." she said quietly. She went to the door and held it open. They all walked out, leaving Ginny and Sirius alone. "You, too." she said. He opened his mouth to speak. "I don't wanna hear it right now, Sirius. Just go." she said.

"Ginny, I..."

"I said go." she looked away from him. He walked to her and kissed her cheek gently.

"I love you." he whispered, walking out. Ginny closed the door and sighed. She laid on her bed and looked out the window. The snow had fogged the pane up.

"Fog the pain." she whispered, standing. She went outside, ignoring Sirius, James, Lily, and Remus' objections that she wan't wearing a coat. She walked to the forest, not noticing the cold. She looked around and saw a small clearing. She ran to it and fell in the center. She stayed there, looking up as the snow fell on her, until she heard a voice.

"Ginny." Sirius said, approaching her slowly. She looked at him and sighed.

"I'm not dead, asshole. I wanted to get away from you." she said.

"You shut me out of your room, isn't that enough?"

"No. You linger, I don't know how to explain it."

"I left the room, Ginny, you're going to freeze."

"I'll be fine." she said.

"Well, I'd like to be sure of that." he said, holding out her coat.

"Dammit, Sirius, why can't you be like all of the other stupid boyfriends and pretend it's all my fault?" she sobbed, standing. She hit him in the chest repeatedly, crying. He wrapped the coat around her shoulders, ignoring the punches to his chest. He just held her until she stopped.

"Let's get you inside." he said. She didn't respond, head leaning against his chest. He looked down at her and chuckled gently. She was asleep. He picked her up and took her back to her room before explaining shortly to James, Remus, and Lily. Heleft Ginny to sleep, not noticing the pained expression indicating her nightmare.

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Ginny watched as Tom circled her. They were in the chamber. "Why are you making me do this to you, Ginny? I'm here to stay, you can't get rid of me, I'm a part of you. We'll kill him, you know. Eventually we'll kill all of them. You can't love anyone but me." he said. She glared at him.

"I'm not eleven anymore, Tom!"

"You may not be eleven anymore," he stood in front of her and she frowned. "but you'll always be little Ginny in the chamber. No one will let you out, you can't leave." he said. He brushed her hair out of her face, smirking. "Not that you want to leave me." he said.

"I killed you. I hate you." she said. He laughed.

"You hate me? You're so cute, you actually believe that. You don't hate me, Ginny, you still love me."

"I do not! I love..." she stopeed, seeing his green eyes change red. "What are you doing?" she asked.

"You know what I'm doing, Ginny. Let's see just how sweet your dear mutt is after this." he said.

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Ginny sat up, smirking. There was one difference in her. Her eyes were red. She looked out at the dark sky and went to Sirius' room. She opened the door and saw him drawing.

"Siri." she said gently. He looked at her.

"Ginny, why are you awake?" he asked. She pouted cutely.

"You don't want me here, Siri?" she cooed, leaning against the wall vulnerably. He stood.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"What do you mean, Siri? It's me." she said.

"No, Ginny isn't that affectionate. You aren't Ginny." he said. She smirked. "You're Tom, aren't you?"

"Of course not, Siri, baby. It's me." she moved toward him, hips swinginng seductively. She pushed him onto the bed and climbed over him.

"Get off, Tom." he grabbed her arms gently, picking her up.

"No. I want to hurt her." she said.

"You can't use me to do it." he said.

"Really?" she smirked. She scrunched her eyes for a second and his arms and legs were tied down. She climbed back onto him and he glared at her. "Siri, baby..." she cooed. She kissed him.

"Ginny, Siriu..." James stopped, walking in. She looked at him.

"She's possessed." Sirius said.

"I'll be right with you." Ginny said. James pulled out his wand.

"Petrificus Totalis." he said. Ginny fell stiff as a board. James helped Sirius out of the imaginary binds. "What's going on?"

"She's being possessed by Tom Riddle."

"I thought she said he was gone."

"Well, she was wrong, wasn't she?!" Sirius snapped. He set a hand on Ginny's cheek and she began convulsing on the floor and passed out, a dark cloud moving out of her mouth and dissapearing. A second later, she sat up.

"Siri." she said quickly, eyes still closed. He held her face in his hands, trying to calm her.

"Ginny, is it you?" he asked. Her eyes opened and she looked at him.

"Siri, I'm so sorry." she sobbed, flinging her arms around him. He stroked her back gently, sighing.

"It's not your fault, love. It's okay now. Shoosh shoosh." he whispered. She fell asleep and he covered her on his bed before turning to James. "What is it?"

"Uh...I came to ask if you knew the name of a good date place. You've been wooing, I gave it up after I met Lily. I want to take her somewhere special." James said, glancing at Ginny's sleeping form.

"Take her to a muggle restaraunt, she'll appreciate the gesture to understand muggle customs." Sirius sighed. James nodded and walked out, closing the door behind himself. Sirius turned back to watch Ginny sleeping. "What will I do with you, faerie?" he sighed. He kissed her forehead tenderly and pulled a chair up to sit beside the bed.

Ginny woke the next morning and looked around. She saw Sirius watching her, obviously exhausted. "Siri..." she began. He immediately hugged her.

"Why didn't you say he was still with you?"

"He hadn't bothered me for a couple years, I thought he was gone." she said. He sighed.

"I love you, Ginny, you need to trust me."

"I do."

"Then tell me everything. What was up with you last night? Or him, rather?"

"He got jealous of you and wanted to hurt me."

"So he was going to make you seem like a whore?"

"What did he do?" Ginny frowned.

"You...he tied me to the bed. Then James came in and petrified him. Then a smoke shot out of your mouth and vanished."

"That's not like me. You know I wouldn't...tie you down." she blushed. He chuckled.

"I knew it wasn't you." he said.

"You did?"

"Yes. You don't do that hip thing. Too bad, it looked nice." he sighed. She hit him.

"What hip thing?"

"You know, the walk where your hips go into different time zones when you swing them." he said. She nodded.

"Oh, that. I've never been good at that. I don't have hips." she said. He laughed.

"You do, Ginny." he looked her over.

"Hey." she objected. He smiled. "So, um...we didn't..."

"No, I knew you wouldn't do that." he said.

"Oh...okay." she nodded slowly.

"You okay?" he asked, getting up. She nodded, sighing. "What's wrong?" he sat next to her.

"Nothing. Come on, we should get down to breakfast." she said.

"Breakfast can wait, what's wrong?" he touched her shoulder gently.

"Why do you think I wouldn't do that?" she asked, looking hurt. He frowned. "Really, what is it? Do I act like I'm not interested in it or something?" she asked.

"I...you...there's no correct answer to this."

"Sirius, honestly." she said. He sighed.

"You don't act...uninterested. I just don't get the same slut-for- Sirius vibe off of you. And you've never tried anything, so..." he shrugged.

"Because I don't do that. And you share a room with two guys." she said.

"You're shy? You? Miss Fire and Stars? But everyone notices you."

"I know, I just am. It doesn't make sense." she sighed.

"It doesn't have to. Now, come on." he smiled. She smiled and nodded. They went down to breakfast.

Afterwards, they all went up to Sirius' room. Ginny jumped onto the bed and took all of the covers, making him laugh. "Gin." he said.

"What?"she smiled. Heshook his head, beaming.

"I think this is the point an old friend of mine would say barf." James said. Lily smiled.

"I'll say it. Barf." Remus said.

"Aww, we need to find you a woman." Ginny said. They all laughed.

"I'm bored." Sirius said.

"Well, we can play quidditch. Train for tough weather."

"Ugh! What's with you Potter's and trying to kill your team?" Ginny glared at him. He laughed.

"Aw, how are mommy and daddy?"

"We're fine."Lily said. James kissed her forehead. "So, did you two work everything out?"

"No." Ginny laughed.

Christmas rolled around and nothing changed between the fivesome except James love of muggle things. He had as many batteries as Mr. Weasley and he even learned to use the fellytone. Ginny and Sirius had spent the day after Christmas on a constant picnic and had used a heating blanket and hot cocoa to keep warm.