Back to School
Chapter 3
Hiding the wounds
A/N: I don't own anything you recognize. However the verses you see are mine. Um... I hope you enjoy it. I really enjoyed writing this chapter.
There stood Isla with crossed legs and a pained look on her face, along with Lux and Rena with their hands on their hips. What a sight. The three girls look at me with a curious stare and then Isla spoke.
"Are you done yet? I really have to pee like a damn race horse and you've been in here for over an hour."
Thought they had caught me didn't you. I had been doing this for quite a while and I had gotten the healing charm down pretty quick. Yes, a healing charm does heal but it doesn't take away any scars. It just speeds up the process. I pulled my little basket as I stood and shuffled to the door. "Sorry," I mumbled as I made my way towards the bed. This sharing a room thing was tough, since I was the only girl at home I always got my own room, I got too used to the privacy over the summer.
I lay in my bed later that night staring at the canopy. The deep red color swirled in my vision as I felt my eyes turn an icy silver color. I sat up slowly and slipped on my house slippers as quietly as possible. Mikoo didn't even stir a bit. I glided towards the door. A walk would clear my mind, I thought.
I felt my world come crashing down today
The chain on which you keep me broke
And all my umbrellas have holes in them.
I hummed to myself as I wandered down the lonely dark corridors. I didn't really care about being caught, the head's weren't anywhere to be seen and all of the prefects weren't doing their jobs. I knew none of the teachers would be out at this time so I was
perfectly safe. As soon as I finished that thought around the corner came the blonde haired, blue eyed, Draco Malfoy.
The sky fell through the cracks in my ceiling
And the world and its inhabitants went spinning.
He looked directly at me and smirked. "Weasley, new one to find in such a dark, scary hallway." He teased. "Why are you out skimming the foyer? Got you a little boyfriend here for a little snogging?" My eyes were changing… a glowing orange. I myself found it amazing how I could tell what color they were without looking in a mirror. I looked down to the ground to try and disguise them. I didn't want this to happen. I had to fight what was tearing at my soul.
I'm loosing the feeling of this earth
My feet are barely skimming the dirt.
"None of your damn business Malfoy." I replied in a low growl. I decided just to evade his taunting and hopefully he wouldn't catch on to what was really going on. All of a sudden he was upon me, hand around my throat and up against a wall. My feet left the ground and the air was abruptly much thinner. He looked up at me with a hateful glare in his eye. "Ok Weasley, that's it, you don't curse at me. No one curses at me and gets away unharmed!" He was positively fuming and his face was flushed even in the shadows.
Without this rope to tie me down
I'm afraid in the stars I will drown.
The wind had slowly seemed to pick up in the hallway since my encounter with Draco and it blew dust in little tornados. My hair whipped like a cat of nine tails and my eyes began to glow an angry red. I tried to compose myself. I tried to hide it. I don't want this. I don't want it; I don't want it to happen again. I had no control over my body as I pushed a hand against Draco's chest and slammed him against the opposite wall. I watched his as his eyes grew wide and he fell against the hard stone, knocking against the wall. Though he towered over me a good four inches I somehow had overpowered him.
Malfoy stared at me in shock as I collapsed to the floor crying silently. "… Look at this…" I pushed my hands out and laid them palm up on the floor. My fingers were cut up and bleeding, scars shown underneath new wounds. "I'm such a monster and no one knows… I am a horrible beast and I try my hardest not to be." I whimpered. I had suddenly lost all energy and could barely move. I lay writhing on the cold stone, my insides felt like they were on fire. I leaned over and wretched, but the only thing that came up was what looked like soot.
As I lay on the granite floor, Malfoy slowly crawled toward me. He cautiously brought my eyes to face his. "That… came from you?" he whispered in what sounded almost like awe. "How- What… I don't understand." He stuttered in a quiet voice.
"NEITHER DO I!" I screamed suddenly facing him, only inches away. I was on my knees ready to bolt. Tears were streaming down my face as I felt the all the pain of the last few years flood over me.
Then Malfoy did two things I had never seen him do before. First, he flinched. As if he was afraid of me. Then he placed his hand on the back of my head and smoothed my hair. Malfoy was actually trying to calm me. "Hey, it will be okay…" he said a bit unsure of what he was saying. He pushed stray hairs from my face that had been plastered there by tears and sweat.
I finally collapsed against him and cried for a good while. All the misery I had bottled up came washing out like a flood. I sunk down lower onto the ground. Later, I awoke to his voice. "Ginny… you have to go back to your room now. We both do." I opened my eyes to see Draco leaned against the wall with my head in his lap. I slowly moved to get up and sullenly tiptoed back to my dorm. I was too tired to think. I was too tired to process any of what had happened that night. All I did was fall into my bed and sleep until the sun went down the next day.
A/N: I hope you liked that one. Sorry it took longer than usual, theater just got insane. Um, the next one will be up... I don't know when but it will be. I am hoping for sooner than later. Keep reviewing! Thanks tons!
Lady Delphinea- Sorry if I got the name wrong. And thanks tons for the advice!