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The Source - Chapter Thirty Seven
"Speaking"
<Thinking>
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Draco wasn't affect by the cold of the water so he could concentrate on searching for Ginny. The water in the lake was rather clear but sea grass was getting in the way. It was good that Ginny had red hair though because it was because of the rich colour that helped him find her so quickly.
Draco managed to drag Ginny onto the shore after he found her and laid her down. He pulled the ropes off of her, but she wasn't waking up.
"Wake up, Weasley," Draco said desperately as he patted Ginny's face. Ginny didn't give any reaction and Draco checked to see if she was breathing.
She was breathing faintly, and Draco knew that he had to get all the water out of her. He placed his palms over her stomach and pressed down hard.
"Come on, Weasley," Draco chanted as he continued to press down on Ginny's stomach.
After many tries Ginny still wouldn't cough up the water and Draco was starting to panic.
"Wake up, Ginny," Draco yelled desperately, "You can't die on me. You can't," he said and pressed down harder. After a couple more pushes water spurted out of Ginny's mouth and she started coughing.
Ginny rolled onto her side so that the water could come out and Draco was immediately relieved. Her eyes cracked open and she looked at Draco while coughing. Draco lifted Ginny up and hugged her fiercely.
"Thank Merlin you're alive," Draco said while clutching onto Ginny very tightly.
Ginny was weak from all the coughing and spitting of water but managed to hug Draco softly, and rested her heavy head on his shoulder. "Thank you," she whispered.
Draco squeezed her once more before picking her up and carrying her back to the castle quickly. Ginny had her arms loosely around Draco's neck while her head was pressed against his shoulder. Ginny was very weak so she blacked out in Draco's arms.
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Draco had taken Ginny to the hospital Wing immediately so that Madame Pomfrey could see if there was anything else that was wrong. Dumbledore, McGonagall, Sirius and Ron were notified immediately about Ginny falling into a coma from the injury to her head as well as the trauma from nearly drowning. Draco was on the other side of the room explaining, for the twentieth time; to Dumbledore, McGonagall and Sirius what had happened when Ron and his friends came bursting into the hospital wing. Ron rushed to Ginny's bed side immediately and looked at his sister with so much care that everyone stood back to let him have his time.
Ron slid into a chair slowly and took Ginny's hand in his. Madame Pomfrey stood next to him and explained that Ginny was not dead but was in a coma, which meant that she was sleeping and they didn't know when she would be waking up. There was also no magical way to wake her up and it was up to herself to overcome this obstacle.
"Please be alright Ginny," Ron said on the verge of tears, "I couldn't bear losing my only sister," he said and tears began sliding down his face.
Harry placed a hand on Ron's shoulder and smiled weakly at his friend. "It's alright Ron," Harry said, "Madame Pomfrey said that Ginny will wake up eventually."
Ron wiped away his tears and placed Ginny's hand back down. Dumbledore and McGonagall walked over to the group of Ginny's friends and told them what had happened, while Sirius wanted to talk to Draco alone.
Draco and Sirius walked out of the Hospital wing towards the little garden situated just outside.
"I think I should Thank you for saving Ginny," Sirius said to Draco as they stood outside looking into the window of the Hospital Wing.
"You don't have to," Draco said, "Ginny's already thanked me."
"So when did you give Ginny the tracer?" Sirius asked.
Draco smiled faintly at how observant Sirius was. "It was her birthday present," he said "I didn't think I'd ever need to use it, it just looked like a nice piece of jewellery."
"With what Ginny does, she needs all the protection she can get," Sirius said with a hint of amusement in his voice.
Draco didn't think it was funny though. "Well I don't like what she does," he said coldly.
Sirius could detect the displeasure Draco had and smiled sadly. "Neither do I, but she won't stop because of what you, or I think."
"Then when will she stop?" Draco asked.
"Soon," Sirius said, "but until then, there is nothing we can do except support her."
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Dumbledore told Ron, Harry, Hermione, Colin and Amy about how Draco saved Ginny from Felicity's attempt to kill her and they were all quite puzzled as to how Draco knew where Ginny was and that she was even in Danger. They were even more puzzled to hear that Felicity wanted to kill Ginny. Hermione and Colin knew very well why Draco had saved Ginny but Harry and Amy only had a faint idea as to why. Ron was just full on puzzled.
Ron was permitted to stay behind with Ginny while everyone else returned to classes, and he was now seated in a chair next to Ginny's bed watching her.
"Please wake up Ginny," Ron said softly, "Mom and Dad would be devastated if anything happed to you. Bill would miss his baby girl, Charlie would miss his favourite sister, Percy would start pestering us non stop if your not there to control his bossiness, Fred and George would miss spoiling you rotten with their treats." Ron's voice then began to crack. "And most off all I would miss how you can beat me at chess." Ron was about to cry again but sucked it back in "I'm so sorry Ginny, I'm so sorry for yelling at you. I promise I won't ever yell at you again if you wake up. I won't boss you around or control what you do. I'd never question your decisions or demand anything from you. I just want you to wake up, just please wake up." Ron buried his face in the side of the bed trying to control his emotions.
A figure walked towards him and stood next to Ginny's bed. Ron lifted his head up and saw that it was Draco. Ron stood up to face him but didn't know how to react to his enemy; his enemy who saved his sister.
"Stop thinking she'll never wake up, Weasley," Draco said coldly.
"I'm not thinking that," Ron retorted.
"Then stop acting like you're mourning," Draco snapped
Ron was getting mad and had all this anger boiling up inside him. For one split second Ron was able to stop the sadness and it helped him control it. Ron calmed back down and gave Draco a weird look.
Draco smirked and then handed Ron something.
"What this?" Ron said while looking at a ring.
"Wear it, Weasley," Draco said. "If anything happens to Ginny again, you'll know and then you can go help her."
"Is this how you helped Ginny today?" Ron asked.
"Yes. And now I'm giving it to you."
"Why are you helping me?" Ron asked cautiously.
Draco laughed. "I'm not helping you, Weasley." he said coldly. "You and I will always be at odds, except we now have one thing in common. We both don't want Ginny to get hurt."
Draco then turned on his heel and strolled out of the Hospital wing. Ron plopped down into the chair and looked at the ring Draco had given him. He looked at Ginny and then back at the ring.
"What is Malfoy playing at?" Ron mumbled curiously to himself. "What is it between you two, Ginny?"
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The next day Draco had received a message from Madame Pomfrey to go to the Hospital Wing and collect his cure, so he was now heading towards the Hospital Wing. News of Felicity Lateris running away from school had spread around the school quickly but no one really knew what had happened and didn't know that her departure was linked to Ginny being in a coma.
Ron had asked Dumbledore not to notify their Family just yet. He didn't want their parents to start worrying, and his brothers were all very busy trying to earn a living. And since it had only been a day, he was hoping that Ginny would be waking up very soon.
Draco entered the Hospital Wing and saw Ron, Harry and Hermione visiting Ginny. They were sitting around her bed and talking to each other where Ron would occasionally touch Ginny's face or hand. Seeing them there Draco didn't think it was appropriate for him to go and visit Ginny.
Draco walked into the back room and saw Madame Pomfrey already in there waiting for him. She had a silver cauldron boiling in a metal box and Draco thought it was rather weird.
"Interesting set up isn't it?" Madame Pomfrey said to Draco.
Draco looked at it weirdly "Why is that cauldron in a box?" he asked her.
Madame Pomfrey smiled and then levitated the cauldron out of the metal box. "Ginny put it in there. You won't believe how concerned she was about this cure of yours. She would check it at least three times a day and she even had it placed in a box with a lock on it, she treated it like it was a pot of gold."
Draco thought about all that Ginny had done for him and it made him ache for her even more. He missed her so much it hurt.
Madame Pomfrey had spooned some of the potion into a bottle and handed it to Draco. The liquid was a mercury green colour and Draco drank the foul tasting medicine. He couldn't help but think that Ginny might have made it taste better.
"Alright then Mr. Malfoy," Madame Pomfrey said. "You'll have to come back every month to have another dose until you've had four doses. Today was your first, so come back in a month, and you won't need any other medication during this time. Any questions?"
Draco shook his head. "Thank you. Madame Pomfrey," he said.
"You should thank Ginny," she said and smiled.
Draco simply nodded his head and left the room. He saw that the trio were still there with Ginny so he decided to come back later.
Later turned out to be midnight, and Draco stepped into the Hospital Wing quietly as not to disturb anyone. The area around Ginny was deserted so Draco felt it was safe for him to talk to her. He sat down in a chair very close to Ginny and took her hand in his.
Draco had so many emotions running through him, but he didn't know what they were let alone know how to put them into words. But he still tried his best.
"I don't know if you can hear me," Draco started while looking at Ginny's face and slowly rubbing her hand. "But I guess it's easier for me to tell you if you can't yell back," Draco said and smiled a bit. "I don't really know how I feel about you but I do know that I miss you a lot, Ginny. Ginny; I don't think I've said your name very much but now it's running through my head constantly. I didn't know you were such an important part of my life until you left, and now that you're not with me I'm just not myself." Draco held Ginny's hand in both of his and pressed it to his lips. "Please wake up. I'm begging you now Ginny, please wake up. If not for me then for your family and friends, I know they couldn't bear losing you, because I couldn't bear to lose you either."
Draco looked at Ginny hopefully once more before getting up and leaving the Hospital Wing. After Draco had walked out of the room Ron stepped out of the bathroom and sat down next to Ginny feeling very confused.
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Ginny could feel tingles all over her body but couldn't quite move, she tried her fingers and managed to grab onto some kind of fabric. Ginny tugged on it a little and tried to open her eyes but it was too bright.
Ron was resting his head on his arms sleeping when he felt something pulling on his sleeve. Ron lifted his head and looked at his arm where he saw long slim fingers clutching his jumper. Ron's head flew up quickly and he looking into the squinting eyes if Ginny.
"Ginny!" Ron yelled while shooting up from his chair. "You're awake. Madame Pomfrey! Madame Pomfrey! Ginny's woken up," Ron called loudly.
Ron clutched Ginny's hand and Ginny managed to open her eyes a bit more to see her brother.
"You're so loud," Ginny managed to whisper.
Ron cracked a smile but was bombarded with so much emotion he was having trouble standing.
"You scared the hell out of me, Ginny," Ron said while holding her hand very tight.
Ginny managed a smile at her brother. "Didn't know you had hell in you," she said.
They both managed a smile.
Madame Pomfrey came walking out quickly and moved Ron aside so she could examine Ginny. Ron waited outside as Madame Pomfrey checked Ginny behind the curtains. Harry and Hermione came in at that time and Ron was ecstatic about telling them Ginny had woken up. Harry and Hermione were very happy for him and also relieved that Ginny was now awake.
"I better go tell Sirius," Harry said happily.
"Yeah," Ron said, "Thanks Harry."
And then Harry went to tell Sirius. Hermione was standing next to Ron waiting for Madame Pomfrey to finish examining Ginny.
"Hermione," Ron said softly.
"Yes," she said.
"Could you do something for me?"
"Of course Ron," Hermione answered.
Ron cleared his throat uncomfortably. "Could you go tell Malfoy that Ginny has woken up?"
Hermione was a bit confused as to why Ron wanted Draco to know, but thought she wouldn't ask him.
"Alright Ron. I'll go now then."
"Thanks Hermione." Ron said.
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Hermione was standing in front of the Head boy room and knocked on the Portrait. The portrait swung open and Hermione walked into the room to find Draco was sitting at his desk doing some work. Draco looked up at Hermione expressionlessly.
"What can I do for you Granger?" He drawled out.
"Nothing actually," Hermione answered him. "I just wanted to tell you that Ginny has woken up."
Hermione detected a slight change in Draco's posture for a short time but then he returned back to normal.
"That's nice," He said flatly.
Hermione was expecting a bit more excitement but seeing as it was Draco, she thought it was as much excitement as he could muster. Hermione then left his room without another word.
As soon as Hermione had gone, Draco ran his hands through his hair and couldn't help smiling. <Thank Merlin she's finally awake>
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Madame Pomfrey had finished examining Ginny and found that she was in perfect health except that she was feeling a bit tired. This was normal after she had slept for nearly two days and so she instructed Ginny to rest for a while before she could leave.
Ron, Harry, Hermione, Colin, Amy and Sirius were all surrounding her bed and chattering non stop. Ginny was smiling at how much her family and friends cared for her.
Dumbledore and McGonagall came into the room and asked to speak with Ginny alone.
"Can you tell us what happened, Miss. Weasley?" McGonagall asked.
Ginny nodded her head and then started telling them what happened. "That day I was walking down the hall when I bumped into someone and while I was apologising I felt a pain at the back of my head and then blacked out. When I woke up I was dangling from a tree above the lake and Felicity Lateris was telling me that I would die. She was on her broom hovering above me and had a knife at the rope ready to cut it so I would fall into the lake. She eventually did cut it and I fell into the water. The last thing I remember after that is Malfoy saving me and carrying me back into the school."
"Thank you Miss. Weasley," McGonagall said and then walked out of the Hospital wing.
"Professor Dumbledore," Ginny said.
"Yes, Ginny," he replied.
"I have something about Felicity Lateris I have to tell you. It is quite important."
Dumbledore nodded his head which told Ginny to continue.
"She's a Deatheater," Ginny said softly.
Dumbledore didn't look like he was affected by the news. "Thank you Ginny, I will attend to this information carefully. You should rest now." He said with a smile and then left.
The headmaster left the Hospital Wing and Ginny was once again surrounded by her family and friends. They too asked her what had happened and asked her why Felicity had wanted to kill her. Ginny said that she didn't know why Felicity wanted her to die but they all had a rough idea as to why. Surprisingly, Ron didn't continue to pester Ginny about the issue. Ginny's near death experience seemed to have shocked him so much it changed his attitude towards her.
Everyone had left to go to classes but Ron was still sitting beside Ginny peeling an orange for her to eat. Ginny found Ron's behaviour was very out of character so she spoke up.
"Alright Ron," she said, "You can come out with the lecture now."
Ron looked up at Ginny with a blank expression "What lecture?" he asked innocently.
Ginny sighed in annoyance "You know the one I always get when something weird happens to me. Come on, I know your dying to say it so you might as well get it over and done with."
Ron had a hurt look on his face when he spoke to Ginny. "I don't have a lecture for you Ginny." he said sounding very sad. "I don't have one because it is not your fault that you were nearly killed. It's my fault and I'm sorry."
Ginny was surprised at what Ron was saying. "Ron, how is it your fault?" Ginny asked softly.
Ron looked at Ginny apologetically. "I should have looked after you more carefully." He said "This is the second time Ginny. The second time I've nearly let you die because I wasn't a good brother. First it was the Chamber and now it's with that Lateris girl. I'm a complete failure at being a brother."
Ginny was shaking her head. "No, Ron. You are not a failure at being a brother; you have all it takes to be the perfect brother." And then she leaned forward to hug him.
Ron smiled sadly. "Somehow I find that hard to believe," he said
Ginny pulled back and smiled at him. "How can that be?" She said. "You have all the traits of a good brother." She said exaggeratedly.
Ron raised an eyebrow and smiled at Ginny. "Really," he said disbelievingly, "and what might they be?"
"Well, you're annoying, bossy, possessive, and violent toward any guy who looks at me…"
Ron was beginning to look sad again.
"But most of all you care," Ginny said while smiling at Ron and he smiled back.
"I guess I'm not that bad then," Ron said arrogantly.
Ginny giggled and hit Ron on the shoulder. "Don't you get big headed," she said and Ron laughed.
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It was rather late that night when Draco crept into the hospital wing to visit Ginny. He walked over to her bed but found that she wasn't in it. Draco's first reaction was to think if something else had happened but then he thought maybe she already left the hospital wing.
There were some clanging sounds coming from the backroom so Draco walked over to investigate. He opened the door slowly and saw a figure with long red hair standing at a bench doing something.
"Ginny?" Draco said softly.
Ginny whirled around and looked at him. Draco strode towards her quickly, until he was right in front of her. He was so happy to see that she was alright; he didn't know what to do.
They both stood there just looking at each other not knowing what to say or how to act.
Ginny cleared her throat uncomfortably and moved her gaze away. "Thank you Malfoy, for saving me," She said quietly.
Draco's face fell. "You've already thanked me," he said, slightly hurt at the use of his last name when he used her first.
"Oh," Ginny said, "well, it doesn't hurt to say it again."
"But it does." Draco said sadly. "After all that's happened, thank you is all you have to say to me."
Ginny looked into Draco's eyes and saw how hurt he was.
"What do you want me to say?" She said softly.
"I don't know," He answered. "I just know it's not Thank you."
"But Thank you is all I can give right now," Ginny answered and then turned around to continue what she was doing.
Draco stood there looking at Ginny's back. "I've taken the cure," he said.
"I know," Ginny said with her back still facing him. "Did Madame Pomfrey tell you how it works?"
"Yes," Draco answered. "I have to come back every month."
"Good," Ginny said. "You understand then."
Once again there was an uncomfortable silence. Draco didn't know what he was expecting from Ginny, but he didn't like how it was between them now. Ginny knew that Draco wanted them to go back to how it was before but it wasn't possible. They were from two different worlds and it would never work between them, even if Felicity was now gone.
"I just wanted to see how you were going that's all," Draco said and then started walking out of the room. It was obvious that he was making her uncomfortable. "Good night, Weasley." And then he was gone.
"Goodnight, Draco," Ginny whispered.
End of Chapter Thirty Seven. Thanks for reading and I Hope you Review.
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