Help Me Cause I'm Breaking Down
Rating: R for language, violence, sexuality, and possible brief nudity. ^__^
Pairing: Ginny/Draco, Harry/Hermione, Ron/Luna
Inspiration: Opening lyric to Trapt's song 'Still Frame' Please Help Me Cause I'm Breaking Down - Hence the title :D
Disclaimer: I own Draco, Ron, and Lucius Malfoy… not! If I owned anything, would I be writing a FAN fiction? Nope. I don't even really own Alex or Cassie, they're based on two girls I know.
Authors Note: Has Yuri (f/f relationship scenes). If you don't like that, leave.
Spoilers? Character only, Luna Lovegood, who will be 100% OOC most likely.
Ginny suffers through so much in her sixth year, and who's there to help her pick herself up? No one… for now.
Chapter 3: Vivid Dreams
The lights flashed across her eyes blindingly as she ran, ran as fast as she could through the open plain of grass and a flower field. Her hair whipped in the wind against her face, her arms becoming tired after pumping them for more speed, her legs scratched from thorns. Her breathing was shallow, sweat dripped down her face. She looked behind her. She could hear him. His taunting laugh, his rustling in the grass. She turned back around and screamed. He stood right in front of her. Her eyes went wide, her mouth dry, "Please! Don't do this!"
"Virginia, why do you run, why do you cry? I'm only going to kill you. Its natural, it'll happen sooner or later." He smirked cruelly and shoved her roughly down to the ground. She let out a short scream. Begging someone for help. Her breath came in ragged gasps as a knife pressed against her throat, "Hush little baby, don't say a word. It'll be over soon, when I cut your vocal cord." The knife's tip pressed hard against her throat and the first sliver of blood was drawn, "ARG!" Her attacker was thrown off.
She coughed and shoved herself up from the ground to meet the eyes of her savior. The light became bright, "Charlie?" The light dulled and her eyes grew wide again, "Oh my God! You!"
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Ginny sprung up in bed and gasped for breath. Her hand went immediately to her throat to check for blood. Withdrawing her wet hand, she saw the copper staining the pale skin of her fingertips. She coughed lightly and looked around. Reaching under the bed, she pulled out a journal and quill and quickly jotted down her dream. With a sigh and low angry grunt, she threw her covers off and got out of her bed.
"Bloody impossible." She muttered as she stalked through the empty castle halls. She opened the Entrance Hall doors and stepped out into the fall air.
"Oi!" A voice called, scaring Ginny, "I followed you!"
"Bill! You scared the hell out of me!" Ginny's hand clutched at her chest.
"Sorry. I noticed you pass by the quarters Dumbledore gave all of us. I've been meaning to talk to you about something but you've been busy." Bill's hands clutched around something small.
"About what?" Ginny asked curiously and perched her lips cautiously, "What did you do?" She asked, placing her hands on her hips. Her eyes adverted down to his hands, "What's in your hands?"
"Charlie gave it to me… a few weeks before he died. He told me if something happened to him in Romania, to give this to you. Its got a shrinking charm on it apparently. If you say the counter-curse it'll return to normal." He handed it to her and kissed her temple, "Mum and dad are going home tomorrow, I'm going back to Gringotts, and Fred and George are going home to Hogsmeade to continue running their shop. Love you." He turned and ran.
"Coward!" Ginny shouted, thoroughly knowing her eldest brother didn't want to admit that Charlie was dead and have to sort through his stuff. She walked over to the Willow tree by the Lake and sighed while sitting down. She whispered the counter-charm and unshrank the box in her hand. It was a large box the was chest high, and filled out an extra three inches on each side of her lap.
Opening the box, she felt around and pulled out an envelope. Reading the envelope's front it said "Gin-gin" in Charlie's handwriting. Taking a deep breath, she opened the letter and felt tears well up in her eyes as she began to read aloud.
"Dear Gin-gin,
You know I've never been the one to be fond of cliché's but I'm gonna use one: If you're reading this, Bill gave it to you, and I'm dead. I know you know who it is that did this and you can't tell anyone Gin. He'll hurt the others and then come after you. He's got this sick twisted delusion built up in his head. If I am dead, and you're at Hogwarts, I'll be there to protect you. I'm not going to be allowed to follow you everywhere like, bedrooms, bathrooms, outside, I'll be restricted to the free access of the school halls and classrooms. But only if you're feeling scared or in danger. Otherwise I won't watch in case you're with a boyfriend or something.
Gin… I'm sorry I failed you. Being closest to you, I promised I'd always be there for you, and that I'd walk you down the isle and give you away with Dad. But I won't be able to do this. I love you Gin-gin.
But you must, you MUST, promise that you will not give up your gift. It is important. You are part Seer. You cannot give up that birth-gift. If you do, terrible things will happen.
I must go now, dear. I'm leaving for Romania. I love you.
Love your wise handsome older brother, (Ginny laughed here)
Charlie"
Ginny sniffled and choked on a sob before laughing angrily, "Terrible things will happen? You're dead Charlie… what more terribleness can happen?" She folded the letter of parchment back up and put it in the envelope. Shoving it into the box, she re-shrunk it.
She sighed and closed her eyes and rested her head back against the Willow tree and closed her eyes.
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Water splashed up on the bank and awoke Ginny three hours later at 7 am. She groaned and stretched. Yawning, she looked down at her watch, "Bloody hell!" She gathered the shrunken box and ran back all the way to her Dorm room.
"Where the hell have you been?" Alex asked immediately, her arms crossed over her chest. Cassie sat besides her snoring slightly.
"Down by the lake. I needed to think."
Alex waited, and waited, and waited, "Well?! Think about what?"
"This dream I had. No biggie." Ginny danced around the subject.
"Dream? No biggie?" Alex sounded shocked, "Ginny, your dreams are completely irregular. After what Voldemort did to you in your first year, your dreams have been far from normal, there for aren't a no biggie!" Alex said this all in one breath. She calmed when her girlfriend stirred and turned over.
"Alex!" Ginny sounded a tad angry, "Chill out dammit! It's none of your business!" Ginny huffed and ran into the bathroom to change.
"Where're you going? Its Saturday!" Alex shouted.
"Down to see Bill before he leaves!" She came back out in dark blue jeans, black boots, and a red bare midriff tank top. Grabbing the leather jacket that had been Charlie's, she placed the shrunk box in her pocket and left the room.
With an angry and sad sigh, Alex lay down and curled up to the sleeping Cassie. With a quick peck to Cassie's lips, she went to sleep.
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The next chapter'll be up either later today or tomorrow (Sunday 1/11/04) afternoon