Ginny screamed as she felt the bite of a knife along her skin, but she didn't let the pain overcome her instead she fed it into the power and felt as she slipped her skin and her cat took over. A growl ripped into the air and it took her a moment to realise that it had spilled from her throat. The figure that had had hold of her a moment ago, was now backing up quickly. She caught the flash of the knife that he had pressed to her skin as it disappeared up his sleeve, but she didn't care, he was her prey and he was going to die.

With another strangled growl she dove at the figure her claws slicing out and along his stomach. She skittered back as a splash of blood hit her muzzle and she was moving away from him before his body hit the deck. She moved into the crowds of people that were still running panicked around, searching out the attackers that were threatening her. Buried in her leopard's body she felt the injustice of all of it all the stronger. The cat saw these people as her clan, and this was an attack against everything she held dear.

With a growl she dove into a crowd of black clad figures that were surrounding a group of teenagers who were battle them off valiantly. A few of them gasped and tried to aim a spell her way until they realised that she was there to help, cutting through the figures with lightning speed.

She had just sunk her teeth into the leg of the nearest figure when a shockwave hit her flinging her to the ground. She hit the deck hard, her breath being forced from her lungs as she landed, the magic in the air so thick that it was hard to catch her breath again. For a moment she was disorientated unsure of what had happened, but then an awareness bloomed to life in her mind, like a bomb going off. It was so shocking that it pushed Ginny to the forefront forcing the leopard back so that she shifted.

Lying on the floor panting trying to regain herself she let her senses flare out trying to catch what it was that had brought this power surge. A part of her knew but she didn't want to admit it, not when she was choking on his power. This was all the darkness she had sensed before, come to life.

Taking a deep breath she pushed herself to her feet and looked around finding that she wasn't the only one to be knocked over. Every person that had been in the open was knocked onto the floor, some of them unconscious others regaining themselves just as she was. Shaking her head and pulling on her shifter strength she got to her feet, moving away from the group of black cladded figures that had been knocked out, searching for the power.

It felt like a cord wrapped around her middle pulling her towards the epicentre. It felt like moving through molasses, every step taking much more effort than it should have. She could see people on the floor trying to move, but they were unable to get any further than sitting, the force seemingly pushing them back down.

She had to use every bit of her power to move forwards but as she drew closer she found that the tug in her stomach grew stronger and stronger. When she turned the corner rounding a building that had blocked her view of the main green she spotted what she had feared most.

Stood in a crater in the middle of the green as if he had landed from space, was Harry. His head was bowed, his hands clenched into fists at his side, but worst of all she could see power cracking off him in waves. It was like static lightening flaring from his skin, but it was black almost like anti-light.

Shiver of power rocked through her body at the sight of him, something dark inside of her shivering to life. Some part of her liked what she was seeing, liked that it was her mate that had brought a whole warring village to its knees, but she pushed that feeling aside knowing that it would do any good for anyone. She stepped forwards carefully knowing that if she moved to abruptly that she could cause him to snap. Instead she pulled on their link sending every bit of love she could muster through it.

The second their bond flared to life his head snapped up and she stopped dead the blood in her veins turning cold. His eyes were completely black, like holes pulling in every bit of light she had to give him. His stare was completely blank, and she knew he wasn't seeing her, just feeling what was inside of her. She wanted to scream, yes they had been fighting but she had never in a million years wanted to give up on him. She worried now that he was so far down a dark path that she couldn't get him.

"Harry!" she yelled over the sound of blood rushing through her ears.

He didn't move, his face not even twitching at the sound of her voice, something that had once made him quiver with need. She wanted to touch him, her body aching to be next to him, but she knew she couldn't this wasn't Harry anymore.

She felt a wave of power wash through her body and she didn't think anything of it until the building behind her collapsed. She spun on her heel as the rubble landed a few feet from her, she wanted to scream at the sight but another part of her brain was telling her to be calm, that the power that he had sent out hadn't hurt her in anyway. In fact it had felt warm and caressing like she had felt from him before. Somewhere in there Harry must have still been conscious; there connection must have been enough to keep her safe. But that didn't mean the rest of the people in the area would be safe. In his state he wouldn't see the difference between death eaters and innocent people.

"Ginny," a voice called from behind the rubble and she turned slightly to find her father crouched behind it, "what's happening?" he whispered worry obviously plain on his face.

"Don't move dad, Harry isn't himself, I don't know what he'll do," she moved back to Harry keeping her eyes on him at all times as she talked, "get everyone out of here dad, I'm going to do my best to control this, but I don't even know if it will last."

Her eyes flicked to her father's eyes for a moment and she could see that Arthur was scared more scared than she had ever seen him before, but she could also see that he understood what she was asking him. He nodded once and he was gone, and Ginny preyed that he could get everyone out in time.

Placing everything aside she put all her mind into Harry. She pushed every bit of herself into the connection between them, opening as wide as she possibly could. A shockwave of power pushed at her skin, but she held her ground not moving against the power that tried to take her. Instead she moved forwards, pulling on all the love that she had for Harry to power her. This wasn't going to be easy she knew it, but he was worth it all, worth her life.

Harry watched as the woman moved towards him, moving through his power like a ship moving through water. He knew this shouldn't be possible, that no one should be able to reach him, and yet she was slicing through everything so very easily. In the back of his mind something was pulling at him, some tickle that was trying to tell him something but he was blocking it. He knew what had called him here, the power of the fight that had been taking place, he knew that he was there to stop the fight no matter what it took and there was nothing else. This was what he had been born for, this was the prophecy, and from the darkness that he was now held in he knew this.

But the woman, the woman with the shocking red hair, was haunting him. She was moving towards him, saying something that he just could hear but every time she said something he felt a shiver run down his spine. There was something about this woman something that called to him and he didn't like it. She stood in the way of what he was there to do, and nothing could stand in the way. All obstacles had to be removed for the good of all wizarding kind and so this woman would have to die.


A/N I know I know another short chapter but at the moment its shorties or nothing haha! husband has bought a new laptop so I've stolen it for the moment so I'm hoping to get some more chapters up for you guys. I promise to do my best when it comes to making them a little longer since everyone has been so great, was fantastic to find so many reviews in my inbox. So baring any earthquakes knocking out my internet (which it keeps sodding doing!) I should get some great chaps up for everyone this week! so lets see those reviews and let me know what you think so far i live for the reviews haha and they usually make me want to write (everyone can thank Kiwifan13 for this installment their review made me smile so hard I gotta typing straight away haha)

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