Chapter Twenty Two
Ghosts of the Past
Luna smiled. "I can do that. In fact, both stories inform each other, so it would be a touch awkward to tell one and not the other."
Draco leaned forward even as Luna motioned him so.
"It started back in our first year, your second, I believe."
Draco waited.
"You remember the thing with the Chamber?"
"I know Riddle possessed her and she opened it if that's what you mean."
Luna's smile broadened. "So I don't have to start from scratch. Good. You know who rescued her then, don't you?"
"Potter," Draco spat.
Luna nodded, "Good. Harry is the reason Ginny has that scar. She's also the reason he's still alive. That's why he's dating her."
"Wait, how did she get that scar?" Draco asked. "And you make it sound like Ginny started this relationship."
"She did."
"Why?"
"Dunno. Guess she was tired of waiting around for the guys she liked to figure out they liked her."
"And the scar?"
"When Riddle went after Potter he used the basilisk. Potter's fan club Fawkes managed to blind the critter, but it could still smell him. He had been bleeding earlier and the basilisk could smell the blood. It might have killed him but Ginny managed to wake up then. She took a few things from Riddle when they bonded. She knew about the basilisk and everything, but she still wasn't enough to kill it herself. So she took a shard of glass and stabbed herself in the chest."
Draco winced.
"Yeah. The basilisk could smell her blood better than Harry's so it came after her. Harry had the upper hand then and killed it before it got to her. That's how she got her scar. Harry has been a little uncomfortable around her since then. She saw him fail and he doesn't like to remember that, but Ginny is really perfect for him."
Draco wanted to know what she was thinking.
Ginny and Potter weren't perfect for each other because... because Ginny was perfect for him. She should have been his, not Potter's. She should have been a Slytherin. They should have been together.
"Ginny told me she got that scar when someone broke her heart."
"Riddle did break her heart. He was her first love. Even more than Harry. He was her first crush. And he tried to kill her."
Draco nodded. Suddenly he was very tired. He needed to get away from it all. He wanted Ginny to come and sit in his lap and they could watch the sunset.
But she was with prince handsome now and she most likely wasn't going to give him up for Draco.
(A/N: ahahah! Poor Draco. I really feel for him.
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