Author Note: Hello Readers. Sorry I haven't updated in a while. It's summer vacation so I will be updating as much as possible. I'm hoping to finish this before summer ends. I dont have many more chapters left. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter.

Chapter 12

Not Coming Back

The next few weeks were rough. Alecto Carrow decided to start ranting about Harry and, on occasion, the Order now, saying that they hope that anyone who even talked to someone who was in the Order should be killed and hopes everyone gets caught and gets taken down. She would say that Harry should be killed in public and everyone who has been in contact with him at all in his life should be tortured. Amycus was teaching them how best to kill people painfully and cruelly. Ginny spoke out even more than usual, saying that Alecto should have been taken out when Harry defeated Voldemort before. She was tortured and beaten for half the class from Alecto, Amycus, Zambini, and Draco. Neville responded by stunning Draco when he was going to practice the cruciatus curse on him. He was tortured for about 10 minutes until Ginny stunned Zambini who was holding her back, as always, while they tortured Neville. She was tortured as well. She and Neville were tortured on a daily basis now. Seamus would intervene with Avery, getting tortured as well in the process and then all the other D.A members would try to stop them, getting tortured as well. The D.A started having daily practices to make sure everyone was alright. They tuned into potterwatch keeping up with the wizard world whenever it was on, and continued to write the messages on the walls.

Finally it was Easter break, and the D.A was having their last meeting. Ginny, Neville, and some other D.A members had been tortured today hard. Ginny and Neville had many cuts and bruises and looked worse than they usually do. Ginny was packing that night for Easter break, glad for a break but worried as well. The D.A meeting was the same as always, practice spells; talk about what happened today, and to talk about plans for break. They finished the meeting early to pack, because most of the D.A was leaving for break. Ginny told Neville to hide out in the Room of Requirements with all the other D.A members that were staying. Neville told her not to worry about him and to just relax during break. Ginny looked uncomfortable and Neville didn't want her worrying about them if she was going home to a house that was filled with Order members to worry about. Ginny and the members that were leaving said their goodbyes as they boarded the train and sat in a compartment together, just in case. Fortunately, they had no problems and all departed on the train station, Ginny, again, meeting only her mother. Her mother looked at her and saw her injuries, but didn't ask until they had apparated to her Great Aunt Muriel's house.

"What happened to you, your covered in bruises and cuts and even a swollen eye?!" she yelled.

"The Carrows are ruthless," Ginny said.

"Come here," she said. She pulled her daughter into a tight hug. She let her go and pulled out her wand. "I'll try and fix them up the best I can." Her mother, yet again, ranted about how magical wounds cannot be healed by magic and some might not heal at all. Ginny knew this already because of what happened with George. After most of Ginny's worse injuries were healed, Mrs. Weasley began to make dinner. Ginny could hear some of her parents' conversation about what happened to Ginny in their room. After a while, she stopped hearing them. She figured her mom put a spell on their room in case Ginny was eavesdropping. They ate dinner in silence, then Ginny was sent to her room because of the adults were having an Order meeting. Ginny stayed in her room, laying on the bed, until Bill and Charlie came up to her room.

"Hey Gin," greeted Bill as Charlie pointed his wand to the door and muttered a spell, "how are your injuries? Mum told us what happened."

"They're okay," said Ginny, sitting up. "What did you do?"

"We have to talk to you," Charlie said, "and we don't want others eavesdropping."

"What do you have to talk to me about?" asked Ginny.

"About you going back to Hogwarts after break," said Bill.

Ginny looked at them confused until Bill elaborated.

"We think, that is mum, dad, and us, believe it would be better if you don't go back after the holiday."

"WHAT?!" Ginny screamed, jumping to her feet. She couldn't believe this was happening. She knew she couldn't leave the D.A in the state that they were in. "I can't," she said, "I can't leave my friends to defend themselves against the Carrows."

"There are the reasons you can't go back," said Charlie.

"You two don't understand what I've done at Hogwarts and why I can't stay here."

"Why don't you tell us Ginny?" said Charlie.

Ginny paused for a moment, debating if she should them or not. She thought she should. She took a deep breath and began.

"I formed Dumbledore's Army which is a secret organization that meets every day after classes and finds ways on fighting the Carrows and Snape. We write messages on the walls, talk out during Defense against the dark arts and Muggle studies, and we fight against the people who are supposed to torture us. That is why we get tortured. Neville, Luna, and I sort of lead the D.A and we help teach spells and curses to prepare us for classes and, maybe, a battle that may happen. We've been doing it all year. It's because of me that it is formed and people are getting tortured and if I'm not there, there is no thinking on what will happen. All those people joined and I was supposed to help them. I'm the reason some of them joined."

Charlie and Bill listened to Ginny the whole time she talked.

"I can't believe you did that," said Bill, quietly and firmly. "You could have been seriously hurt, or worse, you could have been killed."

"They wouldn't kill us because we are pure bloods," said Ginny.

"It doesn't matter!" shouted Charlie. Ginny looked at him. He had never yelled at her before, and it shocked her a bit. "We are your family and we just want the best for you. Seeing you come back from the one place we thought was safe injured, bruised, and tortured, it makes us feel we are letting you get hurt. It's hurting us so much!"

"Also," said Bill, who was staying calm, "You don't also know the other reason why we think you should stay."

"Taking you back would risk Death Eaters finding out where the Order meets," said Charlie, "and on top of that, it gives them an advantage of taking you to find out about the Order. You saw what happened to Xenophilius Lovegood."

"We care about you," said Bill, after a moment's silence, "and we do understand what is going on at Hogwarts, but this is about you, the family, and the Order."

Ginny turned her back to her brothers. She didn't know what to say or do anymore about this. Bill and Charlie waited for her to say anymore.

"What have they done to you while you were there?" asked Charlie, unexpectedly.

"The same that they always use," said Ginny, "the Cruciatus Curse, punching us, kicking us, and pushing us around."

Charlie nodded and Ginny sat back down. She looked at the clock and noticed it was very late.

"We'll eat dinner then we'll all get some sleep," said Bill. "We'll talk about this more tomorrow."

Dinner was a silent affair that night. Remus and Tonks were still there and stayed for dinner. Mrs. Weasley whispered something to Bill and Charlie and they whispered back. Ginny couldn't hear what they said, but she had a feeling it was about her and them talking to her. Everybody sat down and Ginny didn't pay any attention to anyone else at the table, still thinking about what her brothers had talked to her about. She went to bed after eating but Tonks followed her up.

"Hey," she greeted, "how are you?"

"Fine," she said shortly.

"You're mother wanted to tell you that she thought it was best for you to stay, but your brothers were dead set on telling you. They said that it might be better for them to hear you out if there was anything you had to say."

Ginny nodded. Tonks pointed her wand at the door and muttered the same spell Charlie did earlier.

"Don't want others listening in," she said, smiling. Ginny smiled too.

"I know your parents, brothers, and Remus would kill me if I told you this, but I admire what you did while you were at Hogwarts."

"You do?" Ginny asked, shocked.

"Of course," Tonks said, "but I do admit also that maybe speaking out during class is a bit extreme. The secret stuff is awesome, but very dangerous."

"I know," Ginny said, deciding to confide in her friend, "but we had no choice. They always said bad things about Harry, the Order, and would torture younger students for no reason. On top of that, they would torture my friends and hold me back, so I couldn't interfere. I would always break loose and then I get tortured as well. I've tried everything to keep everyone I can safe, and it works most of the time."

"Do other Dumbledore's Army members help you?"

"Yes, some more than others. Neville, Avery, and Seamus intervene the most out of everyone. The Patils intervene sometimes, and so do Michael, Anthony, and Terry."

"Sounds to me like you all are friends."

"We are. We help each other, we teach each other spell and curses, we looked up new spells to learn sometimes and help others learn them if they need it. We were a strong group, and that's what we needed."

They were silent for a while.

"Is there a way you can contact Neville to tell him what's going on?" Tonks asked.

"Yes," said Ginny, thinking about the D.A coin, "I just hope it work."

"I hope it does," Tonks said. She lifted the charm on the door, and left. Ginny pulled out her coin and messaged Neville about her not being able to come back after Easter Break. She then lay down and fell into a restless sleep. The next couple days were the same, Ginny would get up, eat breakfast and lunch with everyone, occasionally giving Fred and George ideas for the next potterwatch, went to her room during Order meetings, ate dinner, then went to bed. During her free time, she would worry about the others at Hogwarts, or try to read a book to keep her mind off of Hogwarts and what will happen after break. Ginny sometimes even thought of escape plans so she could sneak out and catch the Hogwarts Express after break, but thought against it, feeling extremely bad that she even thought about doing it. The next thing she knew, the break days were over and the train was leaving the station, without Ginny on it.

Neville

Neville had his hands full at Hogwarts. The Carrows took to torturing anyone who stayed behind if they were alone in the corridors. Neville had saved a couple younger students getting tortured again. Neville let them stay in the Room of Requirements. Neville and the D.A members that were left behind during break only left the room for food. The Carrows noticed this and tried to figure out where most of the students were hiding at, sending Slytherins to try to find out as well, but couldn't figure it out. Neville never had time to check his coin for messages from anyone for the first couple days of break. Two days before break ended, Neville looked at his coin and saw Ginny's message.

Can't come back after break, Family and order in danger. Stay safe. Love, Ginny.

Neville understood that Ginny had to stay if her family and the Order were in danger. Neville came to realize that the D.A might have to go into permanent hiding if this continued the way it did. The next thing Neville knew, all the other D.A members returned to Hogwarts, except Ginny. Classes started immediately, so no one had time to ask what happened to Ginny. Classes were harder because of the Carrows frustration that, even if all the D.A members returned, there were a lot of students who didn't return. Even more than the number who didn't return after Christmas Break. He had a meeting and explained what happened to Ginny. Neville gave a speech when people started saying that they should just give up.

"We will never give up!" he said. "No matter what happens, we should continue fighting and meeting. This is why we do it. It's so we won't ever give up. We are friends and should finish this. We are Dumbledore's Army. If Ginny were here, she would be yelling. I'm telling you I'm not giving up. Who's not giving up either?"

"I'm not," said Avery.

"Me neither," said Seamus.

"Nor us," said the Patils.

There were murmurs of agreements, and Neville smiled when the person who said about giving up said that he was sorry and refuses to give up either.

This is going to be hard, Neville thought, but we are going to keep going.

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