QL, Wigtown Wanderers, Beater 1, Round 7.

Theme: Movies that killed their franchise - Scream 4

Prompts: [Object] Letter [Object] Toy Car [Word] Watch

Word Count: 1603

Beta's: 2DaughtersofAthena, Aya

Ginny's eyes were wide as she stared at the screen. She still wasn't totally used to the television or movies. It just seemed so real sometimes. Hermione said that this animated movie would be a fun family film, but it was so torturous! The happy ending wasn't enough to to calm down her racing heart.

"What'd you think?" Hermione asked casually as she turned off the television.

"What'd I think? That was scary! He was lost and trying to find his way home… narrowly avoiding being killed several times! Why would anybody watch something so… so…"

Hermione stood up. "It's a kid's movie, Gin. Besides, Nemo made it home safely."

Ginny nodded. One day she'd get used to movies. They were like books, so she wasn't sure why she got so affected by them. She knew that Hermione found her reactions hilarious - maybe she subconsciously played them up just for her. "Well… no more movies until you tell me what's going on with you."

"Nothing's going on with me," Hermione defended as she walked into the kitchen part of the open living area.

"Really? Because you hardly see Ron anymore."

She received a confused glance from her friend. "I see him all the time."

Ginny watched Hermione look around before pointing over to the side. There laid the toy car that Ron had brought for Teddy but hadn't quite got around to giving it to him. Ginny had seen Ron with it this morning when he left early for work - she couldn't doubt that proof.

"When are we next seeing Teddy?"

"No changing the subject."

"Ron and I see each other all the time. We are fine!" Hermione declared.

"Then how come you've moved into an apartment alone in the muggle world? Why didn't you move in with Ron?"

Hermione gave her a questioning look. "Ron lives in the Burrow."

"Your point?"

"I'm not moving in with him and his parents. Besides, we're taking it slow."

"Slow–" Ginny stopped immediately and starred in the direction of an unexpected sound.

"It's just the phone, Gin," Hermione explained before answering. "Hello? Who is it? Sorry, you have the wrong number."

Ginny watched her friend put the phone down on the side. "Who was that?"

"Just a prank-caller."

Ginny looked at the phone suspiciously before continuing - no point getting worried over a prank call. Movies weren't a reality. The horror she watched last week was not going to happen. She took a deep breath before continuing her line of questioning. "Slow?" she prompted.

Hermione sighed as she opened the fridge and pulled out two bottles of water. She handed one to Ginny before answering. "It was in the heat of battle that we really connected with our feelings. Then we only had a short while together before I went back to Hogwarts. Now that I'm out… I think we both need time to figure out who we are individually and as a couple before we make any big decisions like moving in with one another."

Ginny, unfortunately, couldn't find any fault with that reasoning. Her friend was always the rational one of the two, she would happily move in with Harry if he asked - then again, they had been on and off dating for longer than Hermione and her brother. "One day we'll be sisters," she declared.

A laugh filled the room but the curly haired girl didn't deny it.

The phone rang again. Hermione looked at it confused before answering it. "Hello? You have the wrong number again." She hung up and placed it back down.

"Prank call?" Ginny asked. She received a nod in response. "Is that not strange? Maybe we should go to the Burrow for girls' night?" The ginger had a bad feeling about these calls. She knew Hermione would try to convince her otherwise. It was only because she wasn't used to muggle technology, but there was just something not right about two prank calls within a few minutes.

"The idea of a girl's night was so we wouldn't get interrupted, Gin. The Burrow is really busy, that's why you insisted we come to mine," Hermione reminded her.

"We are getting interrupted. Your phone has gone off twice."

Hermione gave her a soft smile. "It won't happen again."

Just as the last word left her mouth, the phone began to ring again.

The slightly older women looked at the object in disbelief.

"Are you just going to watch it?"

She received a nod in reply.

"You're not going to answer it?"

"No, Gin. I haven't really given my home number out to anybody important. It's probably some kids messing around."

Ginny nodded, accepting her answer, she would still feel safer at the Burrow, though.

"That movie really freaked you out. I'm not sure we should watch movies anymore."

Just as the younger woman opened her mouth to debate, somebody knocked at the door.

"Who could that be?" Hermione asked out loud as she watched towards the door, the knife still in her hand.

A sudden panic filled Ginny. "Don't answer it!"

Thankfully, Hermione paused, but it wasn't due to her words, it was because of the letter that had been slipped underneath the door. The brown-haired woman bent down and picked it up. As she unfolded the letter, the phone rang again.

Ginny looked at the phone and then read the letter over Hermione's shoulder. It read: Answer the phone or you and your friend dies.

"'Mione…"

"Fine. We'll go to the Burrow. This is probably just a prank from Harry or one of your brothers, though," Hermione said. She pocketed the letter and grabbed the toy car from the side.

There was another knock on the door.

Ginny watched as Hermione pulled out her wand and cast a protection charm before grabbing hold of her arm. "Ready?" As Ginny nodded, she felt her whole body being pulled through space.

Reality left her.

Finally, her feet touched the ground.

She took a deep breath and just before she let it out she saw a single letter on the table in front of her. "What's that?"

"It has your name on it," Hermione pointed out.

With shaking hands, the younger of the two women reached forward and picked up the letter. She read it slowly, repeating the words continuously before looking at her friend for support. "It says to go outside."

"Let's go outside then."

Ginny shook her head vigorously. "What if there's a man with a knife?" she asked. She still hadn't gotten over that horror Hermione had shown her last week. She was constantly making Harry wake up in the middle of the night to make sure there was nobody hiding in the room. The hope was by watching 'Finding Nemo' that she'd feel better and know it wasn't real, but that wasn't working.

"What if there's a man with a wand?" countered her friend.

"I'd rather take on a man with a wand than a man with a knife," Ginny responded.

The younger girls felt Hermione grab her arm and drag her towards the back door.

"No. 'Mione! Don't! Please! It's a trap. It's not a prank! You're going to get us both killed!"

"Calm down!"

Ginny couldn't face watching this all happen so she squeezed her eyes closed and waited for the pain. Her feet stumbled over something but her eyes still remained closed. Suddenly, the stopped. Hermione let go of her and Ginny felt exposed. A chill ran up her back from the cool wind that was blowing her hair out of her face.

When nothing happened - no sound, no smell, no ax-murderer or a man with a knife, she opened her eyes. A gasp left her lips as Harry was a few feet in front of her on one knee with a small box in his hand. He opened it to reveal an engagement ring.

"Ginny. Ginevra Weasley. You have always been a good part of my life. As the years went by we drew closer. I wouldn't have it any other way. I hope that we continue to grow closer together. Ginny… Will you marry me?"

Her mouth hung open for a second as it turned into a massive grin. Before she managed to reply, a squeak left her mouth. "Yes! I will!"

She threw herself into Harry's arms. A few seconds later he pulled back and slipped the ring onto her finger and they shared a kiss.

At first Ginny thought she was imagining the claps and cheers until she was pulled away from her fiance of two seconds and was embraced by her mother. She pretended that she hadn't jumped at the sudden contact before hugging her mum back.

Ginny couldn't believe it. She was engaged! She was going to marry Harry.

"Aren't you glad it was just a man with a ring," Hermione teased a few minutes later from behind her.

Slowly, Ginny began to realise something. She turned around and looked at her friend. "You set me up! You… you…"

Hermione smirked. "It wasn't my idea," she admitted.

Ginny shook her head in disbelief before looking around at everybody. Her whole family was here. Another reason for them all to get together. A blue and white toy car caught her attention. She watched the glee in Teddy's eyes as Ron handed him the present. Hermione must have already given it back to him.

She continued to look and saw Bill and Charlie in fits of laughter as they were reading something. Instantly, Ginny recognised it as the letter that was pushed under the door at Hermione's - it was them! She was going to kill them!