Help Me Cause Im Breaking Down
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Rating: R for language, violence, sexuality, and nudity (nothin descriptive). ^__^
Pairing: Ginny/Draco, Harry/Hermione, Ron/Luna, Blaise/OC
Disclaimer: I own Angelina, her family, Kit Lanchester, and any one else you don't recognize from the Harry Potter series
Ginny suffers through so much in her sixth year, and who's there to help her pick herself up? No one… for now.
Chapter 12: My Immortal Life
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They walked in as one, through the Titans' lair, the Family Circle, and into the first stone, cold, cruel-looking room of Hephaestus.
It had a 10-foot high statue of Hephaestus holding a hammer over his right shoulder, and the moving statue swung it down to pound on the sword on the stone. There was surprise through all but Angelina as no sound echoed from the pounding. A volcano he used for forging stood behind him, repeatedly spewing harmless lava that would disappear when it touched the ground.
Angelina, Ginny, Blaise, Draco, Harry, and Ron walked quietly into the next room of Artemis, twin sister to Apollo. Her room was warm, loving almost. She stood in the middle of the room with a deer around her protectively, she held a bow, with a silver arrow, aiming at whoever entered the room. She set the arrow off and it headed towards Ginny. She gasped but the arrow disappeared in front of her.
"It's holographic." Angelina whispered as she waved her hand through the second one the had been aimed.
Vines stuck to the wall and a statue of a mother holding her child rested in the left corner, a moon rising repeatedly over Artemis.
They split around Artemis and went into the next room, to the Messenger Hermes.
An olive tree, lyre, pipes, musical scale, stars, astronomy chart, weights and measures, boxing gloves, and a balance beam created the things Hermes had created. He stood in the room with the wings on his sandals and hat fluttering lightly, making him levitate occasionally while he waved his magic wand.
"Well, guess we have him to thank for gymnastics." Ginny whispered, "I'd wondered who'd invented it."
They followed Angelina's tip toeing into the next room of Aphrodite.
There the Goddess of Love lay in all her glory on a bed of cushion, accented, pillows on her side, left leg flung over her right one so they entwined. Her hand occasionally went from her right temple, through her hair, and then back to her temple. Sparrows and doves flew around her head and the room, and a swan rested on its own pillow at her feet. A myrtle trees' branches swayed lightly in the imaginary breeze from its rotted spot in the right corner.
Apollo, the next room, walked around going from a Healer, to a musician, to an Archer, to a laurel tree with a crow on a branch, and then a lake with a dolphin. He's fingers pressed against his lyre as he passed it by.
The next two rooms were depicting scenes from the two Olympians' lives.
The reenactment in the next room was gross to the six people as Athena sprung in armor from Zeus's forehead. No one bothered to take in the scenery of the room as they ran through it to the next one, Ron looking green.
The next room was sadder as it depict the hanging of Hera. She crumpled her face and let out a soundless scream of pain as Zeus watched her with a sick smile on his face.
The next room held nothing but a statue of Hestia looking over a miniature of some sort, what of they couldn't see.
Hades' hell house came next. He stood over a pool of crying (soundlessly of course) souls. The Erinyes' standing behind him, looking over his shoulder. The room was unnaturally cold and dead-feeling.
Poseidon was the last to come before Zeus's room. He stood on the rippling sea, his trident gripped tightly in his hand.
"Just walk through the water, a path'll form." Angelina whispered as she stepped into water, but it parted like she had said.
They walked straight into Zeus's room, wands ready, expecting… something… except.
"Ok… not Zeus's room." Angelina said slowly, "They expanded it. Oh god… what door? WHAT DOOR?" She whispered loudly looking at all fifteen doors.
"Lets try that end door." Ginny answered pointing to the left at the last door.
"No backing out guys. This is it." Angelina whispered, her face giving away the calm in her voice. Her chest heaved with terrified breathing, a scared look in her eye.
"Love you." Ginny said to Ron and wrapped her arms around his neck, "If something happens… and I don't make it out alive. Let Mom and Dad know how much I love them." She whispered.
"Gin…" Ron started but she pulled away and kissed his cheek.
Blaise hugged Angelina and refused to let her go, "I know we made a sorta silent agreement we wouldn't get and or say all mushy shit but…"
"Blaise, don't." She whispered.
"I love you." He said, kissing her temple.
A tear slipped down her face and into his sweater, "I love you." She whispered back.
Draco's hand caressed Ginny's cheek and he lent his head down to capture her lips, one last time.
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"Ton-Tongue Toffee!" Luna growled to Albus Dumbledore's stone Gargoyle. She stomped up on to the steps and tapped her foot impatiently. When the Gargoyle stopped spinning, she let the queasy effect sink in and disappear, before she stalked over to Albus's office door.
"Headmaster Dumbledore…" She started.
"No sense in continuing Miss Lovegood, I know why you're here. I know everything. Come, come. Sit down, and I'll explain."
Sighing, Luna plopped down into a cushy crimson chair, "They went without me."
"Mister Weasley loves you. He wouldn't want you in harms way."
"I was two years ago!" She said with a pout, tossing her blonde hair over to one shoulder.
"Uhm… Miss Lovegood, how'd you know my password."
"It was quite easy. You're obsessed with candy and you laugh whenever someone eats Ton-Tongue Toffee. Plus, I heard Professor McGonagall and Snape talking."
"Ah, right." He smiled, "And what are you doing up at three am Miss Lovegood?"
She blushed, "Uhm…" She coughed, "I rolled over and Ron wasn't in bed with me." She was dieing of embarrassment and Dumbledore was laughing.
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"Who's the boss here?"
"You take care of Harry, I'll talk, Draco, Blaise, and Ron stay in the hall till uhm… I sneeze, I guess." Ginny took control.
"Uhm… guys." Angelina started, "I think I should tell you something."
"It'll have to wait, Angelina." Ginny told her.
"Fine, just… Ginny, switch bracelets with me… trust me." Angelina said as Ginny looked oddly at her. Ginny gave Angelina her gold bangle and Angelina gave Ginny her silver one.
The guys looked at each other confused, but turned their attention back to the girls.
"Give Harry to me." Angelina said, Blaise shoving Harry towards Angelina. She turned him around so that his back pressed against her chest, and her hand coiled around his throat, "Move and I'll kill you!" She threatened.
Ginny, Angelina, and Harry made their way to the door at the end of the hallway. Ginny sighed and her hand tightened on the knob before she twisted it and flung the door open.
No words could describe the utter dread and terrified feeling that dwelled in the pit of her stomach as she looked across the room, straight at the face of Lord Voldemort himself.
"Oh God, what have I gotten into?" She asked herself in her mind.
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Ginny sighed, and smirked cruelly, stepping into the light of the dank cold room.
"Lord Voldemort. So lovely to see you again." Ginny drew sarcastically, "Last time I saw you face to face, you were merely Tom Riddle. And you were trying to kill me so you could come back to full power." Her eyes darted to Voldemort's right and locked eyes with, "Peter Pettigrew. You bring whole new meaning to the saying 'Filthy-traitorous-rat'."
"Ginny, dear." Peter said, "S-s-so nice to s-s-s-see you again." He bowed pathetically.
"Get up you disgusting excuse for a Wizard." Ginny spat venomously, her hands clutching at her side, she wanted to strangle him with her bare hands.
"Virginia." Voldemort stood from Zeus's throne, "So lovely for you to willingly join us."
"Stand down Voldemort, I'm not here to join. I'm here to bargain for the safe return of the Weasley family and the Michaels' family."
"There's no bargain."
"I have Harry Potter." Ginny said, Angelina walked forward into the lightly with her hand around Harry's throat, "If we don't get our families, alive, and safe, Auror's will be sent when we don't send Albus a letter by ten am. It's three thirty already. Frankly, I don't give a flying fuck what you do with Harry. And I swear on pain of death I won't tell anyone of your secret hiding place."
"Move and I kill him." Angelina said as a Death Eater walked towards her. Ginny watched from the corner of her eye as Angelina slipped Harry's wand in her front pocket and worked on his ropes.
"Where are they?" Ginny asked.
"I'm afraid your valiant attempt was foolish, Virginia, darling." Voldemort laughed cruelly and sat down, "Two to two dozen, not very smart."
"We've got a Mudblood for you to torture as well." Ron said loudly as he walked in carrying a struggling Hermione.
"R-r-r-Ron! M-my p-p-p-p-p-previous m-master." Peter bowed again and Ron's jaw clenched.
"Ron! Let us go! Why're you doing this to Harry and I?" Hermione shouted.
"Hermione, shut the hell up and don't say a word. I can't believe you were stupid enough to follow!" Ron hissed lowly in her ear, his mouth barely moving.
"Still, it seems the whole Weasley clan to torture and kill, as well as a Mudblood, Potter, and the lovely Miss Michaels, is better than giving up your families." Voldemort's fingertips pressed together, "I'm sure we can find a suitable pastime for Miss Weasley, and Miss Michaels before we kill them. And Miss Christina as well."
Angelina's jaw tightened and her hand around Harry's throat accidentally gripped tighter till the point where he coughed. She lightened her grip and looked curiously at a door behind Voldemort that creaked open slightly and a glow from a spell being cast flooded from the room.
"Fine, then, we'll kill Harry."
"Go ahead."
"And spare you the satisfying feeling of torturing his lifeless body? After all, he, was the one that made you weak, vulnerable, a laughing stock for fifteen years." Ginny tempted.
Voldemort was silent, "Hand him over, along with Mister Malfoy, and Mister Zabini and your families go free."
Ginny didn't look surprised, so she yanked the door open and shoved Draco and Blaise into the room, "I broke their wands earlier, figured you'd want more traitors." She said nonchalantly, "It was so easy to get Malfoy here to fall in love with me. The banter, the damsel act, child's play. And he fell for it." She laughed cruelly, her eyes sending him a signal to play along.
"Lying bitch!" He shouted, making for her but she pointed her wand threateningly at him,
"I'll kill to get my family back, don't try me, boy."
"So, Lord Voldemort, are you going to give me my family?" Ginny asked, "As well as the Michaels'?"
"No." He stated simply.
"Wrong answer." Ginny told him, "Altraya (Said All-tray-uh) Expelliarmus." Ginny and Angelina shouted, everyone but Ginny, Ron, Draco, Blaise, and Angelina lost their wands.
Harry's hands fell free suddenly and he grabbed his wand from Angelina's front pocket. Ron shoved Hermione's wand into her hands and they all ducked as a Death Eater grabbed a wand and the spell backfired and he ended up with a beak and wings, running around squawking.
Harry understood the plan finally and started casting charms and spells back and forth, Hermione, Ron, and Blaise doing the same. Ginny, Angelina, and Draco took to physical combat.
"Oh, Angelina." A voice taunted from the door behind Voldemort.
Angelina whipped around, "Riddikulus!" The Angelina-Boggart didn't falter and Angelina flung her knife outward and slashed Angelina-Boggarts' arm, blood dripping from it.
"Oh, my God!" Angelina breathed before a boot to the face sent her flying to the ground.
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One more chapter out, two more to go.