Ginny had managed to hide out at the Burrow for three days without any incident. Ron was moaning because Hermione was spending all of her time at the Ministry Libraries and he couldn't figure out why, Ginny usually disappeared before he could start to press her. Molly had her hands full since she was now housing six extra people but she seemed to be in her element.
It was at the end of the third day that all hell broke loose. Ginny was sat in the front room her legs tucked under her trying hard to concentrate on the book in her hands. Of in the distance she heard a boom, her head snapped up as she turned in the direction.
Ron's head popped around the door a little frown on his face, "did you hear something?"
Ginny realised she'd heard it so clearly because of her acute hearing. Putting her book down she climbed to her feet and headed towards the back door in the direction she had heard the noise. When she reached the door she stood scanning the now quiet area around the Burrow unable to see anything out of the ordinary.
"Maybe it was one of the twins testing something," Ron said as he leant his shoulder against the doorframe.
He was relaxed but everything inside of her was screaming that something else was happening. Ron was just turning to head back inside when there was another boom, this one a lot closer and unmistakable. Ginny was running before her mind even registered and she was aware that Ron was behind her as well, but not having the strength she did was starting to lag behind.
Another explosion rocked through the air, the percussion from it threatening to knock her off her feet, but she managed to keep up enough speed to get through it. She broke into a clearing and skidding to a halt at the sight in front of her. Huddled in the middle of the field were a group of young wizards, obviously terrified, and trying their hardest to protect them was members of the Order. What drew a hiss from her though was the fact that they were surrounded by death eaters firing curses at them. Ginny realised this was the safety point at which the port key dropped off anyone coming to the safety of the Burrow. Unfortunately it was outside of the wards placed around the Burrow and its lands, it was the only way to allow people to come and go.
Ginny slipped back into the underbrush since no one had seen her, and grabbed Ron before he could go barrelling into the fray.
"We need to distract them, we need to give the others chance to get those kids inside of the wards," she turned her head gauging how far they were away.
It wasn't too bad, they were only a few seconds from the wards and Ginny knew if they could break up some of the death eaters the Order members would be able to herd the kids in the right direction. Thinking on her feet Ginny realised her best weapon was surprise, and being down low.
Making her decision she turned to Ron, "I swear to god Ron if you don't keep me covered I will claw you," she said as she stood up picking out her targets.
"What do you..." but he didn't get to finish his sentence as Ginny suddenly shifted in front of him.
He watched as a snow leopard went streaking off into the tall grass instantly disappearing and suddenly he knew what she meant. In this form she couldn't cast spells so he was her cover encase things didn't go the way she planning. Swearing he got this his feet and tried following her mumbling about the fact that she was too fast.
Just then a scream ripped the air as a death eater was pulled backwards into the tall grass. It seemed as if an unseen force had grabbed him, but Ron had seen the flash of white fur as Ginny sank her claws into the Death Eaters leg. The scream still emanating from the man was cut off suddenly, and all of a sudden the field had fallen deathly silent.
"Now!" Ron screamed running forwards and firing off a curse at the nearest death eater before he could recover.
The order instantly got what was happening and concentrated their efforts in making the gap Ginny and Ron had made wider. The group began moving towards that whole, but the death eaters began advancing as well sensing that they were about to lose their prey.
Suddenly Ginny burst from the underbrush loping across the field and leaping onto the back of the closest cloaked figure. She roared as she landed, digging her teeth into the man's neck. As his body collapsed under her weight she was moving again, a ripple of pure speed and muscle. Ron ran out as well, coving her as death eaters turned their attention to the highest threat. More than once she had to suddenly change direction or risk being hit, but her speed was her greatest asset, they were finding it hard to keep pace with her.
"Move!" she heard a familiar voice bellow and turned to see Charlie directing people.
He winked at her as she ran passed heading for a death eater that was trying to break ranks. Her sleek body moved across the field in a second and she dug her teeth into the calf of the man, to late realising it was a trap. Another Death Eater appeared not far from her, firing a curse that she couldn't avoid. It hit her in the side and she screamed, letting the death eater's leg go. He limped for a moment and then disappeared in a puff of black smoke.
She felt her body collapse to the ground, unable to hold herself up anymore. She whimpered as she collapsed knowing she was now a sitting duck but had no way to move. Her fur was growing warm and tacky with blood and the corners of her vision were turning black. She wanted to get to her feet, to follow her family to safety but she could no longer even hold her head up.
To her surprise her thoughts filled with green eyes as she felt her life slipping away and she regretted not seeing where they could have gone.
Just as she was about to succumb to the darkness she felt a hand on her head, "hold on sis, please hold on," she heard Ron say but it seemed as if from the end of a long tunnel.
She tried to swim against the darkness that was taking her, tried to reassure him it wasn't his fault for she knew he'd blame himself. But she couldn't seem to fight it anymore, her body was too heavy and her mind was too tired. She finally lost the battle as she felt other hands on her body.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed it was wonderful to have so many in my inbox this morning and it spurred me on to write this. Now I have to warn people in advance I litrally post as I'm writing, and I have no idea where the story is going until I start to get it down. I usually have a vague idea of the storyline and what it entails but then i just got with where ever the story leads me. For this one Ginny is the only shifter in her family, since she's the only girl, but that doesn't mean Harry and Ginny are going to be the only shifters. Their will be things like Horcruxes and the confruntation with Voldermort but it's not going to follow the books in how it happens. There is more to them being Shifters than what I've revealed I've got a few idea's up my sleeve still, and we'll be thowing in some twist and turns as we go. Hope you're enjoying everything so far and once again thank you so very very much for the reviews they always spur me on!
