A/N I'm so sorry! I know I left you with an awful cliffhanger and then didn't update for forever but I went out of town on three separate occasions and I had a bit of a writers block on this one……I know it's not an excuse but here it is and I hope it was worth waiting for because it was a bit of a challenge for me…. I know this is a shorter one but I hope you enjoy it all the same…and everyone needs to give some love to Augurey Song who is my fabulous beta...

And thank you everyone who reviewed...even the threatening ones (treck, SaintEmo) lol...and i dont want anyone to die (Ragnorak, harrysangel)...To magiclifer and Samantha + Brigid - chapter 13 will answer your questions as it picks up from the moment he leaves the compartment...To Amanda - yes we all will find out exactly what was in the letter but not for awhile so youre just going to have to stick with me...thank you to everyone else who reviewed you enthusiasm really inspires me to work harder and faster...so a million cyber cookies to you!

A special shout out for Sirael for being my 100th reviewer! throws a party but I dont suppose you went to Moorpark did you?

"NOOO! No no no no no no no! Harry, come back! Why? God damnit why!" Ginny cried hysterically, pounding her fists against the window as the train began to pick up steam. She watched helplessly as one of the Death Eaters picked up Harry's lifeless body and threw it over his shoulder as if he was a sack of potatoes, then disappear right as the train went around a bend.

When she lost sight of the spot where Harry had stood, her knees gave out from under her and she slid down the wall into a crumpled heap on the floor. From where she lay, she could hear Hermione's muffled sobs and Ron release a string of cursing that would have made Mundungus blush. However, it didn't even register with Ginny, as she was concentrating on trying to catch her breath.

Ginny hadn't even moved from that spot when about ten minutes later the compartment door burst open and Dumbledore swept into the room, his robes billowing behind him.

"Where's Harry?" Dumbledore asked seriously, looking at each of the remaining teens in turn.

Ginny couldn't bear to answer, so she looked to the others. Hermione was still sobbing into Ron's chest who was bright red and looked so angry that he seemed in danger of exploding.

"Gone," Ron finally managed to choke out.

Ginny looked up at the headmaster for the first time since his arrival and saw that he had what she assumed was his letter from Harry clutched in his left hand and his wand, held at the ready, in his right.

To hear Ron say it out loud took her breath away, and she had to focus on simply taking air into her lungs once more. This took so much effort that she didn't even hear her name being called until someone kneeled down beside her. She glanced up again and saw Hermione and Ron holding onto the forgotten copy of The Quibbler.

"It's time to go," Dumbledore said quietly.

She didn't remember doing it, but Ginny somehow found herself standing and grasping the magazine along with the others. After a familiar tug behind her navel, she found herself in the kitchen of Number 12 Grimmauld Place.

"Oh, thank heavens!" Mrs. Weasley cried, jumping up from the table when she saw them, "But where is Harry?"

"I was too late Molly," Dumbledore said sadly.

"What! What happened?"

"I don't know yet," he replied, glancing at the other new arrivals, "but I think we should wait for the others to arrive before we try to find out, so we only have to go through it once."

At that moment Tonks and Lupin fell through the fire. "Professor, we got your alert. Where's Harry? Is he okay? We just got this letter from him and it sounds like he was saying…" Lupin trailed off as he saw the horrified look on Mrs. Weasley's face and Dumbledore motioned for them to join the others who were seated at the table.

While they waited for the rest of the Order to arrive, Ginny watched blankly as both Ron and Hermione opened and read their letters. Silent tears fell in rapid succession from Hermione's eyes as she read Harry's message and even Ron was tearing up by the time he put the letter down and pulled his girlfriend into a comforting embrace.

With no one to give or take comfort from, Ginny just sat there, staring at her shaking hands sitting in her lap, where she held onto Harry's letter and his copy of the Quibbler. Her mother had tried to take the magazine away from her upon their arrival, but she had refused to let go. He had been reading it only a few hours ago and it was like a lifeline for her to him.

She was in such a state of shock that she was completely oblivious to what was going on around her and hence, had no idea that all the other members of the Order of the Phoenix had arrived until Dumbledore placed a hand on her shoulder and called the emergency meeting to order.

"I am sure you are all wanting to know why I have called you here on such short notice. The reason you are here is because at this very moment, somewhere, Harry Potter is fighting the final battle in the war against Lord Voldemort." Several people flinched but the headmaster took no notice and continued. "It is all going to end tonight and we need to do everything we can do to help. However, we have no idea as to where this battle is taking place and we need to find out everything we can, so hopefully one of you," he looked at the three teens, "can tell us what happened."

Ginny looked at Ron, Ron looked at Ginny, then they both looked at Hermione, who by this time had stopped crying, and silently elected her to relay what happened on the train. Hermione looked at the two redheads and saw that she was out voted and began to tell the tale.

"Honestly, there is not much to tell. We were sitting in the compartment talking, when Harry got very serious and started going on about friendship and family and how much we meant to him and then he handed us our letters and…"

Hermione continued talking, but Ginny had stopped listening. All she could think about was how he was gone, gone, gone, gone, gone. She was only vaguely aware that Hermione tactfully skipped over the part where Harry kissed her and she brought a trembling hand up to her mouth where she could still feel and taste his lips on hers. She looked around the room and suddenly nothing felt real. She felt like she was in a dream, or watching a play take place. Everything just felt wrong and surreal.

"Why did Harry let himself be captured like that, and what makes you so sure that this is going to be the final battle?" Hestia asked eventually.

"Well," the old wizard said, "I suppose it is time everyone knows. You all know that there was a prophecy made about Harry and Voldemort before Harry's birth, but what you don't know is what it says. It basically foretold that either he or Voldemort would die at the hand of the other. Harry is the only one who can defeat him and I believe that he allowed himself to be taken so that this can all finally end."

"But Harry always said that he didn't know when the final battle was going to be. But these letters show that he was prepared," Lupin mentioned.

"By the looks of these letters and from what Hermione said, it looks like he thinks he is going to lose," Bill muttered, voicing what everyone was thinking.

That was it; all the emotions that Ginny had been suppressing bubbled over at once.

"Of course he knew it was going to happed today!" she spat at her former professor. "He lied to you, just like he lied to me, to all of us. And I should have seen it a mile away. Last night makes perfect sense now! How sad he looked when I talked about the things we would do this summer," she said laughing in a dark and unnatural sort of way. "'I don't want to be alone tonight Ginny.' 'Promise that you will always remember how much you mean to me Ginny.' 'I don't want to die, but I'll win if it kills me Ginny!'"

Her eyes were flashing with raw power and emotion and the whole room was staring at her with a mix of shock at her outburst, horror at what she was saying, and fear at what she might do next.

"And you!" she said rounding on her oldest sibling. "How dare you say that Harry might not win! Of course he is going to win and I can't believe that you would have the gall to even think otherwise--"

"But Ginny," Ron interrupted quietly. "We don't know for sure what is going to happen and neither does he. Remember I woke him up before he saw how it ended?" he said, obviously still beating himself up over it.

"That doesn't matter anymore. I know he is going to win and he knows he is going to win and that should be enough for the rest of you," she was now speaking in a deadly whisper through her gritted teeth. "He has a plan; Sirius gave him a plan which he is going to use to win." She looked around the room as if she had just noticed she had everyone's attention. "It's just that he doesn't know what's going to happen after he wins…he doesn't know if he…" her voice broke as tears began to well up in her eyes, "he doesn't know…if he is going to survive it."

Her anger once again boiled up, even as tears began streaming down her face. "So why are we just sitting here discussing this? We should be out there helping him! He is doing this for us so that we might have a chance at a life free from fear and sorrow and all this violence and we're sitting around like we're here for a bloody cup of tea! WHY AREN'T WE DOING ANYTHING! We should be out there; I should be out there with him! He practically told me yesterday but I was to blind to see what he was saying. I should have told someone, I should have gone with him, instead he is out there alone, he could be dying--" her hand flew up to her mouth in horror at what she just heard herself say.

No, he is not dying, he cannot die, I'm not going to take some bloody letter as a goodbye because he isn't going to die, she thought desperately. Everyone turned and looked as Hedwig flew into the kitchen and into the hallway to go upstairs. Except she is going to my room, not his because he told her that I would look after her, she thought darkly.

"I think I'm going to be sick," she announced suddenly as she made to move towards the bathroom.

However, a chill passed through the room that made her feel light headed and stopped her in her tracks. She was going to bring it up when suddenly Hermione collapsed, Ron jumped to her side, gave Ginny a queer look and too passed out. Ginny was on the verge of having a complete breakdown when a voice that was not her own spoke in her head, and she suddenly understood the look Ron was giving her.

Ginny, I need your help.

Harry! What's going on?

There is no time now; Ron and Hermione are already here. I just need to know if you are willing to help me.

Of course Harry, I will do anything.

Thank you.

Ginny felt as if she were plunging into a warm bath as everything around her turned fuzzy and gray then black.

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Ginny sat straight up and looked around desperately as she gasped for air. She could sense Ron and Hermione stirring in the beds next to her but she ignored them, having more important things to worry about. Her mother, Dumbledore, and Lupin rushed to her side when they saw her awaken.

"Oh my goodness, Ginny are you alright!" Mrs. Weasley asked kneeling at her side.

Ginny put up a hand to silence her mother as she struggled to find her voice. "I know where Harry is--"

"Is it over?" the headmaster questioned.

She nodded solemnly, willing herself not to pass out again out of sheer exhaustion. "He asked me, to ask you to bring his bo-…to bring him home."

A/N And there it is…was it worth the wait? I know, I know, I answered none of you questions and raised all kinds of others….but besides that what did you think? I promise that the next chapter will answer all kinds of questions such as, what happened to Harry after he got off the train, or where is Harry, or what happened to everyone when they passed out, or the big one how did the battle turn out and did Harry survive it…dun dun dun….if there are any other questions you have stick them in a review and if I haven't already answered it in the next chapter then I will try to do so…I promise the wait wont be as long for the next chapter I already have started it….

B/N: And the plot thickens….Another brilliant, shiny new chapter! Anyone who wants a faster update say "review!"