Chapter 8: Happy Birthday, Genevieve!
It had been over a month since Ginny heard them talking. She had gotten many owls from Andromeda and Tonks, but she just couldn't bring herself to read them. She sat with the Slytherins at meals, hung with the Ravenclaws when the Slytherins couldn't, and only spoke to the Gryffindors when she was in her dorm. That didn't bother them, the Gryffindors didn't want to speak with her. Not after she called someone a mudblood and started hanging with the Slytherins. She got many owls from her mum and dad, but she ignored those as well. Though, some letters weren't really avoidable, seriously, how do you avoid a Howler?
--Flashback--
Ginny was sitting with Pansy, Grace and Millicent at Slytherin Table for breakfast. They were laughing and having a good time with playing pranks on the boys.
The mail arrived half-way through breakfast, and unsurprisingly, an owl dropped a red envelope in front of Ginny. She just stared at it wide-eyed, while Pansy shrieked, "OMG! Gin! I can't believe your parents sent you a Howler!!" That did it. All heads turned to Slytherin Table, looking at Ginny, the Gryffindors smirking.
Ginny just continued to stare at the envelope, even when it started smoking. She was just about to run when the envelope exploded, her mother's voice ringing through the hall,
"GINEVRA MOLLY WEASLEY! HOW DARE YOU USE SUCH FOUL LANGUAGE! I AM ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED WITH YOU! AND HOW DARE YOU BEHAVE IN SUCH A MANNER TOWARDS PROFFESSOR DUMBLEDORE! WHERE ARE YOUR MANNERS?! YOUR FATHER AND I HAVE NOT RAISED YOU TO BEHAVE LIKE THIS, AND WE WON'T STAND FOR IT!! IF I GET ONE MORE LETTER, JUST ONE MORE, YOUR FATHER AND I WILL BRING YOU RIGHT HOME! AND I CANNOT BELIEVE IN THE SLIGHTEST, THAT YOU WOULD TURN ON YOUR FELLOW GRYFFINDORS! WHERE IS YOUR HONOR?! WHERE IS YOUR HOUSE PRIDE?! WHY IN GOD'S NAME DO YOU HANG AROUND WITH THE KIND OF PEOPLE YOU ARE WITH?! I EXPECT A RESPONSE FROM THIS, AND IF YOUR FATHER AND I DON'T GET ONE, YOU SHOULD EXPECT MORE LETTERS FROM ME!" Molly Weasley's voice died down as the letter tore itself up. The Gryffindors busted out laughing, while the Slytherins comforted Ginny.
The Ravenclaws came over to Slytherin Table to talk with Ginny. Ginny just sat there in shock, not knowing what to do, completely ignoring everyone around her. She got up and walked out of the Great Hall, followed by smirks from the Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs, and her friends from Slytherin and Ravenclaw(Grace, Millicent, Pansy, Luna, Cho, Padma, Parvati).
--End Flashback--
--Flashback--
Ginny, Cho, Parvati, Padma, and Luna sat under a tree by the Lake. It was chilly but they didn't feel it, they had a portable fire with them. Pansy and Grace joined them under the tree right as a couple owls arrived next to them. Each had a Howler, one for Ginny, as expected, but also ones for Luna, Padma and Parvati, and Cho. Pansy and Grace just stared, this was the seventh Howler Ginny got from her parents, even though she had responded to the others. The others grabbed their Howlers and ran off to where no one would hear them, or at least, wouldn't see their expressions. Unfortunately they didn't get away from the tree in time, and their Howlers exploded one after the other.
Cho:
"CHO KIMI CHANG! YOUR MOTHER AND I ARE ABSOLUTLEY HORRIFIED AT WHAT WE HAVE JUST FOUND OUT! WHY WOULD YOU BE HANGING OUT WITH SLYTHERINS?! JUST BECAUSE GINEVRA WEASLEY IS?! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR OWN PERSON!! DON'T FOLLOW HER! YOU KNOW WHAT? DON'T HANG OUT WITH HER!! DON'T SPEAK TO HER!! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT GINNY WEASLEY! WE HAVE SPEAKEN TO HER PARENTS, AND THEY AGREE! GINNY IS A BAD INFLUENCE AND WE DON'T WANT YOU OR THE OTHER GIRLS BECOMING LIKE HER! DON'T DISOBEY US!" and the letter tore up and Cho was crying.
Luna:
"LUNA SELENE LOVEGOOD, WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU BETRAYING YOUR HOUSEMATES?! I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT YOU WERE BETTER THAN MOST! YOU NEVER CARED WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT OF, BUT NOW, JUST BECAUSE GINEVRA IS WITH THEM, YOU ARE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST JUDGEMENTAL! WHY? NO MATTER, IT'S YOUR LIFE, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE GOTTEN INTO ANYMORE FIGHTS! I DO NOT WANT YOU GETTING EXPELLED!" Luna sat there smiling. Ginny was smiling too. Luna's father was always understanding and had a soft spot for her. He would never let anything get between him and his daughter and Ginny.
Parvati and Padma:
"PARVATI AND PADMA PATIL! WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?! WE GET LETTER AFTER LETTER FROM DUMBLEDORE SAYING YOU GIRLS ARE CONSTANTLY BREAKING RULES! AND YOU'RE HANGING WITH SLYTHERINS?? YOU KNOW WHAT MOST OF THEM ARE, YET YOU STILL WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THEM?? ALL BECAUSE OF GINEVRA WEASLEY?! YOUR MOTHER AND I CAN'T FORCE YOU NOT TO TALK TO HER, BUT DON'T LET US GET ANOTHER LETTER LIKE THE LAST ONE WE GOT! WE ARE NOT PLEASED IN THE LEAST!" We all smile. It seems everyone's, except Cho's, parents are understanding, and won't break them apart. But Ginny's letter is left. She reads who it is from and sees that it isn't from her parents, but her Aunt Nia, who she hasn't heard from in years. She cautiously opens it, glad that no one is around except for Slytherins.
"WAY TO GO, RIA! I'M SO PROUD OF YOU FOR FINALLY FIGURING OUT WHO YOUR TRUE FRIENDS ARE! I ALWAYS TOLD YOU NOT TO TRUST MUDBLOODS, AND I'M SORRY YOUR PARENTS HAVE KEPT ME FROM SEEING YOU BECAUSE OF MY VIEWS! I ALWAYS KNEW YOU WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THE WEASLEYS, EVEN WITHOUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT YOU AREN'T THEIR CHILD! YOUR TRUE MOTHER WOULD BE PROUD, IS PROUD, WILL BE PROUD, JUST LIKE ME! I MUST GO NOW, MY LITTLE RIA, BUT I WILL SEE YOU SOON! DON'T TELL ANYONE YOU CAN'T TRUST ABOUT THIS HOWLER, FOR I AM ON THE RUN FOR SUPPORTING THE DARK LORD! I WAS, AND AM, YOUR MOTHER'S BEST FRIEND AND KNOW SHE WILL BE PROUD OF YOU!" Ginny smiled. She had not seen her Aunt Nia since she was a little girl, and missed her deeply. Pansy and Grace had a look of recognition on their faces after hearing the voice. Ginny could tell that her aunt was a HUGE supporter if they knew her.
--End Flashback--
Ginny was sitting in the Slytherin Common Room with the Slytherin Royalty (we all know who that is!), along with Parvati, Luna, and Padma. Cho could not make it. Since that letter from her parents, no one leaves her alone, making sure she isn't with Ginny. They were just sitting there staring into the fire when an owl appears in front of Ginny.
Ginny took the letter and saw it was from Nia. She hastily opened it and read it aloud for everyone to hear:
My dearest Ria,
I hope you are alright. I've heard of what is happening at Hogwarts. Do not worry, you will be seen for the shining star you are. I am quite pleased to learn from my Lord that the Slytherins are taking good care of you. I, myself, was a Slytherin, one of the few Weasleys who know where loyalties should lye. I believe in you, Ria, for you are a powerful witch who will help us win the war. I am sorry if I'm being blunt, but you need to join the Dark Lord. Potter doesn't deserve your loyalty since he is ignoring you for one comment. If he wasn't so blind, he'd know that you are with the Slytherins because no one from your house is forgiving you. He is also blind to not notice he loves you, even when everyone else sees it. Whoever you have your heart set on is lucky, and you will be lucky when you help the Dark Lord. Your housemates? Don't worry about them. When the time comes for them to pick their side, I can honestly say that most will join you. You are more powerful than even you realize, more powerful than Potter, maybe even more powerful than the Dark Lord. I must go now, my Ria, but I will be seeing you soon.
All my love,
Nia
"What does she mean by some of that, Retina?" Pansy asks.
"I don't know. My Aunt Nia has always spoken in riddles. It was our game when I was younger since she couldn't let my mum know what we talked about. She told me that it would help me in the future, that just the idea of riddles would help me with the biggest puzzle I'd ever face, and the skills from our game would help me figure it out."
"Why'd you emphasize 'riddles'? When she said that, did she emphasize it? If so, what could the word 'riddles' mean in this? What is the biggest puzzle in your life? When is it?" Millicent says.
"I only emphasize 'riddles' because she used to. I have no idea why she….. OMG!"
"What?!" they all shout.
Ginny sat there muttering, to where no one could hear her, "She disappears, but now she shows up when I'm the most confused. What am I confused about right now? Hmm… well, I'm wondering about my parents, and she says she knows my real mum. But she can't tell me. 'Riddles'. Why emphasize that? The only thing I can think of, is that it's part of the name. The only name I know with 'Riddle' in it is Tom Riddle. That can't be right, though. Voldemort doesn't have a daughter, at least, one I never heard about. Hmm? I'll have to right to Tonks and ask her and 'Meda what they know." Ginny then looked up to see everyone staring at her. "What?"
"I do believe that we asked 'what?' first, Retina, love." Blaise said.
"OH! That? It was nothing. I was just going through all the rules of the game to see what I could find. No biggie!"
"Retina, pray tell, what did you figure out?" Damion asked.
"Oh nothing!" everyone stared at her, "Okay, maybe something," the girls look away, but the boys are still staring at her, "Alright! Maybe almost everything! Sheesh! Stop staring!" Ginny said, giggling.
"What did you figure out?" Theo asked,while smiling.
"Well, my aunt disappears after I master our game, only to reappear now when I'm really confused. Then I figured out what I'm confused about. My parents. Who are they? She knows my real mum, but can't tell, sworn to secrecy. Then 'riddles' pop up. She told me that would help me answer the biggest question in my life. 'Riddles'. It could be part of a name, but I only know one person with 'Riddle' in their name. Tom Riddle."
"T-Tom Riddle?" Briant says, looking at the other Slytherins, who are just as shocked. "You d-do know who T-Tom R-Riddle is, don't y-you, Retina?"
"Of course! He's Voldemort! That's why I concluded in writing to Andromeda and Tonks. They were the only two who wanted to tell me of my adoption. They should have the answers, and can give them to me. They aren't sworn to secrecy like Nia, she only had to swear because she was a Slytherin and friends with my mum. I doubt it's Voldemort, though! He's never had a daughter, at least, not from what I've heard, and my information from the Order isn't much when it comes to Voldemort's personal life." The Slytherins tensed up at his name, and glance at the fireplace. Ginny doesn't notice.
"Don't say his name!" Draco hisses.
"Oh, right. Sorry." The Slytherins relax a bit, but still glance at the fireplace.
October 29th:
"It's almost Retina's birthday! It's almost Retina's birthday! It's almost Retina's birthday! It's almost Ret--" Luna kept saying this in a sing-song voice.
"ENOUGH, LU!! Sheesh! You're majorly annoying! How can you be so perky in the morning?" Damion says, followed by nods from the others.
"How can you not be perky in the morning?" Luna asks, smiling and skipping down the aisle between Ravenclaw and Slytherin Tables. She suddenly stopped, her eyes glazed over and said, "Has anyone seen Retina since last night? After she left?"
They all looked at each other, then around the hall, then back at Luna, their faces worried. Luna's eyes went back to normal and she ran from the Great Hall, down to the Dungeons, towards a hidden passage. She had been followed by the others and the Slytherins looked confused when Luna stopped at the dead end. Luna stepped forward and tapped the a stone in the center with her wand. The wall opened to reveal a dark passage.
As Luna stepped into the passage, she lit her wand and cast the light over the floor. Down a little ways, they saw Ginny lying on the floor, unconscious. She didn't look hurt, but she wasn't alright either. Draco rushed forward, picking Ginny up and running towards the Hospital Wing.
"Madame Pomphrey! Come quickly!" Parvati said, running in front of Draco towards Madame Pomphrey's office.
"What is it, Ms. Patil?" they heard her voice.
"It's Retina! We found her in a corridor, unconscious!"
"Who?"
"Oh, sorry. Retina is Ginny's nickname, but that's not important."
Madame Pomphrey came running out, looking terrified. Dumbledore had warned her that Madame Pomphrey came running out, looking terrified. Dumbledore had warned her that Ginny might end up in the Hospital Wing, being an enemy of her own house, but she didn't think they'd do what she found they did. But, who was 'they'?
October 30th:
Ginny woke up the next day, seeing the white ceiling of the Hospital Wing. She groaned out, "God, how many times am I gonna end up waking up here?"
"Well, Retina, if you keep pissing them Gryffs off, you'll just end up moving here." came Theo's voice.
"Stop it, ya goof! That's not gonna help her!" a girl's voice came. Ginny could place it until she remembered a little blonde girl.
"Oh shit! Trinity! Oh, Trinity, I'm soooo sorry for not spending time with you!" Ginny said as she sat up quickly.
"It's okay, Retina! Dray's told me about all that's going on, and not to mention, everyone's been absolutely wonderful to me. I completely forgot about you, to be honest, until Proffessor Dumbledore announced your attack. Sorry 'bout that." Trinity says happily.
"You're not mad that I ditched you for your brother and his friends? More than once, I might add." Ginny said, relieved when Trinity shook her head.
"Nope! No reason to be upset!" Trinity says before running to Ginny and hugging her. And they stayed like that. Trinity climbed onto the bed with Ginny, and Ginny kept her arms around Trinity, as if she was going to disappear forever at any moment.
After about a half-hour of sitting like that, Draco, Millicent, Pansy, and Luna walked around the curtain. Theo was just sitting there, watching Ginny and Trinity, when the others showed up. He just looked up, then signaled for them to look at Ginny and Trinity, who apparently dozed off together. Luna and Pansy just giggled. Draco was smiling, he didn't know why, but he was. His little sister was cute, and having someone just as cute as her being friends with her was the best thing ever.
'Wait! Did I just think of Retina as cute?! God! I'm going insane!' Draco thought. Draco signaled Theo back, saying with this motion 'Let's go, they'll be out for a while. Retina needs rest and you know my sister.' So all of them left, leaving Luna who insisted on staying with Ginny.
Ginny woke up right before dinner to Trinity moving to get up. Ginny looked around, seeing Luna sitting in a chair right next to the bed, sleeping. Trinity smiled at Ginny before jumping onto Luna, waking her up. Ginny busted out laughing as Luna looked around shocked, saying, "I'm up! I'm up!"
"We can see you're up, dearest Luna." Ginny said between giggles.
"Oh! Retina! Finally you and Trin woke up! Although, I must say, you guys are really cute together. You should've seen Draco when we showed up and he saw you guys! He was smiling, actually smiling! Not just a smirk, an actual smile! Anyways, Madame Pomphrey said that if you woke up, for you to take that potion on the table, and if you want to, go down to eat. So, shall we, Lady Retina? Lady Trinity?"
"Of course, Lady Luna! Lady Retina and I would be most delighted to join you!" Trinity says giggling like mad. Ginny just stares at them like they've gone mad.
"Coming, Lady Retina?" Luna says from the doorway.
Ginny catches on that they're just fooling and says, "It'll be an honor, Lady Luna!" and she leaves with Luna and Trinity. After drinking the potion, of course.
At dinner, Dumbledore announces that there'll be a ball. A Masquerade Ball on Halloween, causing all the girls to start chatting animatedly. "How are we supposed to get costumes?! It'll take hours to find the right ones!" Pansy complains.
"We can use one of the secret passageways to get off the grounds, then we can apparate to Diagon Alley! We all have our Apparation Licenses, right? I mean, I know Trinity will wanna come and we'll take her, even with the Trace on her. Or we can use the Floo from the Common Room." Grace says.
"YAY!! We're gonna go shopping! We're gonna go shopping! We're gonna go shopping! We're gon--" Luna, Ginny, and Trinity sang in sing-song voices.
"STOP THE TORTURE! STOP THE TORTURE!" Briant yells to the other boys as Pansy, Millicent and Grace join in. The other Slytherins started laughing at how their Princesses were acting, and at how the Princes were reacting to it. Parvati, Padma and Cho arrive at the table and burst out laughing before joining in with the other girls.
"Do you girls love torturing us?!" Draco yells.
"Well, I like to torture you, Draco, but I can't do it how I wanna, so I have to settle with this." Ginny says before realizing what she was saying. Trinity caught the message and busted out laughing. Grace and Pansy look at her questioningly, while Draco looks stunned. Trinity leans over to the two girls and whisper the meaning behind Ginny's word, causing them to burst into a fit of giggles. They then told Luna and Cho, who told Padma and Parvati, who in turn told the other boys.
Ginny was blushing like crazy at what she had said and Draco was turning pink as well. The others merely laughed harder at their embaressment. Trinity looked from Ginny to her brother before pouting and saying, "Well, Dray? Are you going to kiss her yet, or are we gonna have to wait?" This brought all the others to the floor laughing, causing many heads to turn to them. Everyone saw a blushing Ginny and Draco, and eleven others rolling on the floor laughing so hard they can't breathe. Draco got up and walked from the hall, while Ginny just sat there staring into her food, blushing madly.
"God, Trinity! Did you have to say that?!" Ginny said an hour later, when walking with Trinity and Parvati to Gryffindor Tower.
"Yeppers! I mean, how does he expect to start dating you if he won't even admit he likes you?! Like, seriously, all he writes in his journal is about you. You guys need a push in the right direction if you wanna end up shagging!" Trinity responds. She stops skipping when she hears a thump behind her. She sees Parvati rolling on the floor laughing again, while Ginny is standing there blushing like crazy.
"Trinity! I do not want to shag your brother!" Ginny says defensively. A little too defensively.
"Suuuree! Retina, just keep telling yourself that, and maybe all that you wrote in your diary will disappear. Remember, Retina, I descend from snakes, and they sneak around and figure out people's secrets. I read your diary, and believe me, I can tell you sometimes just space out, not knowing what you are writing, and end up writing what you truly feel, not what you want to. You got it bad for my brother, and I know that he can't stop thinking about you. I can tell by the way he looks at you that he wants to shag you, but he respects you more than any other girl he's been with."
"Really?….I-I mean, n-nice to know, b-but I'm not interested." Ginny said, causing Parvati to laugh harder, if even possible.
They finally reach Gryffindor Tower, but don't think they want to go, for behind the Fat Lady they hear yelling. They finally decide to go in, finding that Ron and Hermione are having another row, and sit down on the opposite side of the room. Ginny isn't paying attention to the room, but right as her eyelids close, she sees Harry collapse while clutching his scar.
Ginny is standing in Gryffindor Tower, just how she had been in her own time, but now she's an apparition. She looks around to see Godric Gryffindor sitting in the armchair by the fireplace. He had a bottle of fire-whiskey in his hand, his wand in the other. He seems to not hear the window creak open, or the sound of someone jumping in through it. Ginny hears. She turns around to see the blonde boy from her last vision standing by the window, wand drawn.
The young boy looked different now. He was no longer short and slim, but tall and muscular. His hair was no longer short, but longer, down past his ears.
He approached the armchair before saying, "Hello, Godric, it's been a long time." Godric Gryffindor jumped up from his chair, dropping the bottle, and raising his wand. He couldn't stand straight, he was too drunk. The young man knew that, Godric knew that, Godric knew he was going to die.
"Draconas Mafia. It has been a long time. Three years ago, was it not, that I murdered your precious Slytherin. Three years since that bitch daughter of his got away, and yet, here you are. Standing right in front of me. What brings you to my castle, Draconas?"
"Your castle?! This castle belongs to the Great Lord Slytherin and Wise Lady Ravenclaw! You do not own this castle, no matter if you are the only one still living! Which reminds me, so sorry to hear about Kind Lady Hufflepuff. She was your wife, was she not, Brave Lord Gryffindor? No? Then, she was your whore? It quite fits actually."
"How dare you! How dare you call her that! I'll kill you! I'll --"
"You'll what?! What will you do, Brave Gryffindor?! NOTHING! That's what you'll do! Absolutely nothing! Because you are not brave! You are a self-centered, arrogant, sexist pig! I am less known than you, yet I have better manners than you! People follow me when I tell them it is wrong to rape women! You are nothing in this world! You don't deserve to live while Great Lord Slytherin and Wise Lady Ravenclaw rot in the ground! You don't deserve to live while Kind Lady Hufflepuff joins them because you don't know how to act! In fact, you won't be living anymore! AVADA KEDAVRA!"
With that, Gryffindor died, the last of Hogwarts Four. Forever to be known as BraveGryffindor, when he was the coward, the one to murder his enemy because he didn't want to fight. He had murdered Slytherin three years ago, Imperioized Hufflepuff to curse Ravenclaw, murdering her with a slow painful death, hiring the Bloody Baron to murder Helena Ravenclaw, just in case she wished to get revenge, after he had been asked to find her. He was the one who had raped Hufflepuff mercilessly throughout the years, the one to beat her, the one to abuse students and use the Cruciatus.
Slytherin will forever be known as Evil Slytherin because of the lies Gryffindor had told, because of Gryffindor people believed Slytherin had murdered Genevieve, his own daughter. And because of Gryffindor, the goblins were enslaved, the werewolves rejected, dragons and unicorns hunted, centaurs banished to certain locations, and witches and wizards forced into hiding. Him having painted a picture of fear in the muggles' minds. Slytherin would never be known for who he was, Great Lord Slytherin, husband to Wise Lady Ravenclaw, best friend to Kind Lady Hufflepuff. This all hit Ginny after Gryffindor dropped, she now knew the true story behind the four Hogwarts Founders, or at least three of them. 'What happened to Hufflepuff? How did she die?' Ginny thought.
As if knowing her question, her vision faded back to black, coming back moments later. Ginny now stood by the Lake. A women with long, curly, brunette hair stood on a high rock. She wore a golden yellow dress that revealed her arms. Ginny could see bruises all along the woman's arms, even from the distance she was at. She knew immediately, this was Helga Hufflepuff.
Next to her stood a young girl, dressed in a school uniform. Yellow. One of Helga's students. Ginny ran towards the rock Hufflepuff stood on, wanting to be closer, to hear what was being spoken. She got to the top of the rock just in time to hear the young girl's next question.
"Lady Hufflepuff, why do you always have bruises? You say nothing is wrong, and to stay in my place, but we are worried. Lord Gryffindor took another girl yesterday. She didn't return. We saw both of you fighting after dinner and you didn't return to your chambers last night. Why? Why is Lord Gryffindor so cruel? Why did he have to do that to Lord Slytherin, and force you to hurt Lady Ravenclaw? Please, Ma'am, I need to know."
"It's alright, Trinity, you are just curious. Lady Ravenclaw always said that curiousity can be a good thing, it leads to wisdom, but don't forget Lord Slytherin's words. Curiousity may bring wisdom, but consequences can come with that wisdom."
"I understand, Ma'am, but please, give me some answers. Does Lord Gryffindor really abuse you? Does he really kill the students he takes away? I don't want to die, Lady Hufflepuff, I really don't!"
"Shhh, shh, don't worry Trinity, I won't let him hurt you. He's already hurt your family enough by chasing Draconas away. I don't think your family will survive losing you as well as your brother. I know for a fact, that your brother is proud of you for what you have accomplished in your training. Unfortunately, Trinity, I can't tell you what is going on. It is part of the riddle. You are to train to fight and then join Genevieve Slytherin and your brother, along with another couple who were selected, and help make the world a better place. Should you fail, all of you will die, and war will continue throughout the world until you are all reborn in the same generation. It will be fourteen of you against the world, which puts you at a great risk, just by training, you become a target. Unfortunately, Su Li Xnoui, the girl taken yesterday, was a one of the girls training. Gryffindor found her out. I must keep you and the other ten students safe. That is why I called you out here, to tell you that I am sending you and the others away."
"Are you coming with us, Lady Hufflepuff?" Trinity asked quietly.
"Maybe, but not likely. My goal is to get you eleven out of here safely and bring Lord Gryffindor down. I may die during the fighting, but you must get away. You and Selene especially. Selene Slytherin, known for safety as Selene Lewis. She is Genevieve's sister and will be in every life you all live, either by blood, marriage, or by their spirits. Same for you. You will be the one to unite Genevieve with her soul-mate making her unstoppable with power. She needs you and Selene to complete the Power of Three. The Charmed Ones. Will you promise me? Promise me that no matter what, you will always, always stick with Genevieve and Selene! Never use your magic against them! They will never use their magic against you, and if so, you'll remain in harmony, you'll have control over your powers."
"I promise, Lady Hufflepuff. I promise." Trinity says before she spins around. "Lady Hufflepuff! He's here! He's angry! I can feel him! Why can I feel him?! He's behind the one tree! Oh, Merlin!"
"Oh, no! Trinity! For the Greater Good, jump over the cliff! Before you pass on, visit Selene, tell her to kill herself, but to tell the others as well. She'll know who they are! Go!"
"B--"
"Trinity!"
Gryffindor stepped out from behind the tree, looking curiously between the two women. He steps towards Trinity, only to have Hufflepuff step in front of her. "Now, Helga, step aside and let me have my fun."
"NO, GODRIC!" and with that Hufflepuff threw herself over the edge, bringing Trinity with her. Neither used magic to save themselves, neither breathed after hitting the water at the bottom, neither moved again. Ginny's vision faded again.
October 31st:
Ginny woke, once again, to see the white ceiling of the Hospital Wing. She sat up, looking around, she saw Harry on the bed next to hers. He was sitting up too.
"Harry?…Harry?….What did you see? Did you see anything?" Ginny asked quietly, she almost thought he didn't hear her.
Harry turned to her and replied in a shaky voice, "No, nothing but blackness. I heard a young girl screaming mixed with someone else's right before I woke up, but nothing else. You?"
"I didn't only hear the young girl, Harry. I saw her, her and Helga Hufflepuff. They were talking but I couldn't hear what they were saying. Something terrified the girl and Hufflepuff grabbed her and jumped over the edge of a cliff, a shadow stepping out of the trees beforehand. They didn't save themselves, they didn't want to save themselves. They committed suicide, Harry."
"Gin, I'm sorry. I should've known that you experienced more, you passed out right before I did. I saw it as my scar burned and I fell. I passed out to everyone screaming your name and then seeing me and yelling for me to wake up. I'm sorry."
"Harry, it's not your fault that I'm having visions. Not at all, is this your fault." Ginny said. Harry got up from his bed and sat down on Ginny's. He pulled her into a hug, which she accepted, and said, "I'm so sorry for ignoring you, Gin. It's just… you called Hermione a mudblood, and you started hanging out with Slytherins. I'm sorry."
Ginny didn't respond. She just sat there in Harry's arms crying. Harry had finally, in his own weird way, admitted to liking her as more than a friend. She was happy, for she still had feelings for him, but as he held her, she couldn't stop thinking about another guy who had held her like this to comfort her. She pushed it aside and hugged Harry tighter, telling him he was forgiven.
"Hem hem," a voice said. It was Luna. "Oh, hi, Lu. How's everything?" Harry says.
"Oh! Hello, Harry! Are we on speaking terms again? We must be, for our little Retina is still holding you. Everything is fine, except for Retina constantly being put in the Hospital Wing." Luna says cheerfully.
"Lu, what time is it?" Ginny asks.
"It's an hour before breakfast. Pansy and Grace sent me here to see if you were awake so that we can leave to go shopping now."
"OH! SHOPPING! I gotta go, Harry, but I'll sit with you at lunch, and apologize to Hermione if that'll help." Ginny says while getting up.
"Okay, Gin."
"Oh, and Harry? Don't call me Gin or Ginny or Ginevra. Make up a nickname for me. Kay?"
"Okay." Harry says smiling. Ginny leaves the Hospital Wing and heads to Slytherin Common Room with Luna.
When they get there, they say the password and enter to find everyone else by the fireplace. "YAY! Retina's here!" Trinity says as she ran and hugged Ginny. "All ready?" Theo asks.
"Yeppers!!" the girls say together. The boys roll their eyes at the girls, only to get slapped in the arms by them. They each step into the fireplace, coming out in the Leaky Cauldron. The girls headed in one direction to get costumes, while the boys left to do their own thing, having already gotten costumes.
Pansy led them to a store Ginny's never been in before, and she can tell it's expensive. "C'mon, Retina! We're all putting money together to get your's and Luna's costumes." Millicent said as she walked in. Ginny followed, thinking of how she has great friends.
An hour later, Ginny and the girls had their dresses. They had tried on nearly every dress in the store. They hadn't been looking for costumes in particular, just any dress that could go with a mask. They went back to school and had lunch, Ginny surprising all of them by sitting with Harry, Ron, and Hermione. They then went to get ready.
Ginny's dress was a beaded, spaghetti strapped dress with a sweetheart bodice with bands of crystals trimming the empire and wrapping onto the plunging back neckline. It's a slim gown with a high, side front slit and flowing back streamers. It's a pure black dress, and her shoes are black stiletto heels. Her raven-black hair is hanging loosely down her back, her blood-red lips contrasting with all the black and her pale skin. Her mask is a blood-red color, with crystals all around it.
Luna is dressed as a Moon Goddess. Her dress is a light, baby-blue two piece. The top is a strapless, sweetheart bodice, that ends right below her breasts on the left side, coming down as it goes over to the right. Her skirt had a high, front slit, right in the middle, and came down to the floor. The bodice has tons of crystals on it, while the skirt had a moon design. On it, near the top. Her shoes and mask are both baby-blue, her mask having crystals on it. She had purple crescent moon-shaped wings coming from her back.
Cho wore a light purple two piece outfit. The top was long-sleeved and ended right under her breasts. There was a see-through veil connected to the top that came down over her stomach, leaving her back bare. The bottom half of the outfit was the same color as the top. It was so long that it pooled around her feet, giving her the look of standing in water. She wore her hair down straight with only her bangs curled a little bit. She wore light purple eye-shadow and a light purple lipstick(not the kind that makes someone look goth but the elegant color). Her mas was a darker purple, with beads along the top.
Parvati wore a traditional dress her mother had sent for her. Her dress was yellow with blue trimming on the collar. It came with a waist wrap that connected in the front of her dress and got longer as it went behing her. It was long leeved and the sleeves were sorta poofy. She left her hair down almost exactly like Ginny's except that she had jewels in her hair and she left her bangs straight as well. She wore a blend of yellow and blue on her eyes and left her lips alone. Padma wore a dress similar, just in red with gold trimming. Their masks, the same colors as their dresses with no decorations.
Pansy was wearing a simple black silk kimono that had red flames on the bottom and coming from the end of the sleeves. The fire design went all the way up past her waist and, on her arms, past the elbows. She put her hair up in a Chinese style using chop-sticks to hold it in place. She wore black eye-shadow and red mascara and blood red lipstick. She didn't need a mask, for she was a geisha and her makeup made up for the mask.
Grace was wearing a red, one strap dress. The bottom of the dress tilted sorta. On one side, the dress went half way down her thigh while the other side went to right below the knee. Grace's dress would shimmer and sparkle and change colors with her mood. When happy it would be a bright yellow, when mad it would change to blood red, when sad it would turn to a baby blue, when jealous it would turn a dark green, if worried it turned purple, if she was lying it turned pink. The colors were endless and she made sure that her friends didn't know what each color was. Her hair was kept down but was curly. She wore white eye-shadow, black mascara and a clear lip gloss. Grace's mask was pure white, but it changed colors along with her dress.
Millicent wore a pure white, strapless dress that went to about her knees. It was very tight so it complimented her figure. She wore pure white, high-heeled boots that came half way up her calf. Her eye-shadow was a bright white color and she didn't wear lipstick. She also had angel wings connected to her shoulder blades magically. She had a glowing halo above her head, and a pure white mask with black beads on it.
Trinity a sparkling purple, floor length dress with a long sleeved black corset. She had matching black shoes and her blonde hair was hanging in a loose braid that had a purple ribbon plaited into it. She had vampire fangs, and her mask was a swirl of black and purple mixed together.
Luckily for the boys, the girls were getting ready in the Room of Requirement, so they were able to use the Floo without them asking questions. Draco, Blaise, Theo, and Damion Flooed to Malfoy Manor to get instructions from Voldemort. Briant staying behind to make an excuse if the girls showed up before they got back.
Each of the four boys stepped out of the fireplace, walking towards where Voldemort sits. All the inner circle Death Eaters were staring at them as they walked forwards, their parents looking at them with pride. They finally got in front of Voldemort and knelt down on the floor.
"Hello again, Draco, Theo. Ah, and Blaise and Damion as well. Very good. Now, you are going to meet a very important Death Eater and she shall give you your orders for tonight. Alecto?" Voldemort turned to the doorway behind him as another figure came through. "This is Alecto Carrow." he added as Alecto stood next to him.
The boys' jaws dropped. They were shocked to learn that Alecto Carrow was real. They knew of her brother, Amycus, who had always spoken of Alecto, but they always thought him nuts. But that was not the only reason for their shock. Alecto Carrow was an older version of Ginny. She had raven-black, long, curly hair, her skin was pale, not as pale as Ginny's, and her lips were naturally red, not as red as Ginny's either.
She stepped forwards and put her hand under each of the boys' mouths, pushing them up and saying, "Pick your jaws up off the floor, it's not very attractive." Then she stepped back smiling at them. "Now, I want you to give me a description of Ginevra Weasley. Will that be too hard for you?" The boys shook their heads. "Good."
So Blaise began speaking, "Ginny Weasley is tall, skinny, and pale. Her skin is paler than your's, ma'am. Her lips are naturally blood-red and her hair is waist length, raven-black. Her eyes are black with specks of different colors in them, they change with her moods. Most of the time they are black, but the other color they are most is red. She is very beautiful, curves in the right places, not too skinny, not too tall. She has a nasty temper, too."
"That's all?" Alecto says, hiding her excitement.
"Yes, ma'am." Blaise says.
"Very well. Your assignment for tonight is to convince Ginevra Weasley to come here. Do not, I repeat, do not kidnap her. We want her to trust us. Do what you can to convince her, if she does not come, convince her to come for Christmas Break. Got it?" the boys nod, "Good. You may go now."
The boys stepped back into the fireplace and out into the Slytherin Common Room. Unfortunately, Ginny and the girls were standing right next to it. Damion having been the first through, stopped while stepping out, causing the others to run into him and fall, them taking some of the girls down with them. Ginny had tried to catch Draco but wasn't successful and ended up on top of him. Damion had ended up on top of Cho, while Blaise was next to Luna and Theo had Parvati on him. Everyone started laughing, the girls forgetting that they were curious of where the boys had been. They stopped laughing when Trinity sighed and said, "Are you guys gonna kiss each other? I'm getting tired of waiting."
The eight that were on the floor blushed and hurried to get up. They then brushed all the ash off of themselves and left the Common Room. They arrived in the Great Hall later than everyone else, so when they entered, they were the center of attention. No one could mistake who these people were, the Slytherin Royalty and their Gryffindor-Ravenclaw friends, the Six Chicks(Parvati, Padma, Cho, Luna, Ginny, and Trinity). Everyone then started dancing and talking again, while some still stared. Why wouldn't they? All of the girls were dressed in extremely nice outfits.
The Slytherin Royalty went over to talk to other Slytherins, while the Six Chicks went to find Harry and some other Gryffindors that they were talking to again. Ginny ran into Harry and before she could say anything, he asked her to dance. It was a slow song and Ginny felt comfortable but uncomfortable. She had a feeling that she shouldn't be dancing with Harry but Draco. 'Wait! What?! Draco? God, I'm going insane! First visions of the Four Founders, and now feelings for a Malfoy. Can it be any weirder?' Ginny thought. Then it did get weirder. Harry kissed her, and she didn't push away.
The night passed perfectly, breaking the tradition that had lasted all Ginny's life: Something bad always happened on her birthday, always. Draco and the boys had been trying all night to get her and the others to go to Malfoy Manor, but Ginny had a feeeling that she shouldn't go. Not a bad feeling, just a feeling that something big would happen in her life, and she was scared to find out what it was. She would stay in Hogwarts. Stay with Harry, her boyfriend, her enemy.
A/N: Hey peeps! Sorry I haven't updated this in awhile. I've been busy with my two new stories and trying to finish my first fic, and then to top it all off, school is a bloody nightmare!! I'll try to update a lot more, but it's gonna get harder because my parents are limiting my time on the computer now. Thanx to all of you who reviewed!!
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