Worried, Ginny ran to the hallway, hoping to find a young girl crying, but what she found was something she wasn't ready for.
There, in the middle of the air, was a small white cat with pink eyes that were now shining with tears and an extremely sad cry came from her little body. A cry so similar to humans' crying, tears so real falling down her fur and an extremely bright white light surrounding her body.
"Angel! Not now, please… Angel, don't die!" Ginny cried, trying to reach her little friend without succeeding. "What can I do? DRACO! DRACO!"
What else could she do? And so Ginny screamed and screamed for Draco, until the Great Hall's doors finally opened and all the student body came running to the hallway, standing still before the sight. Only Draco, Hermione, Harry, Ron and Dumbledore, came to stand beside Ginny, trying to calm her down.
"Draco, she's dying… She's DYING!" Ginny screamed, between tears of frustration and anger, weakly punching his chest.
"Calm down… There's nothing we can do, now, it's too late." Draco told her, gently kissing her forehead. "Please, calm down. Think about our baby…"
Waking up from her despair, Ginny turned in his arms to face Hermione, who was looking at Angel with a worried and sad face.
"Have you made your decision, Hermione?" Ginny asked, in an amazingly soft voice, while Angel's cry kept on echoing in the school's hallways.
Hermione looked at Ginny, then at Angel and Harry, and finally back at Ginny again.
"Yes, I'll do it, but hurry up…" Hermione agreed, placing herself in front of Ginny.
With a smile and a nod, Ginny stepped out of Draco's embrace and raised her wand. With the spell she had found on the book, Ginny performed the transfer of a small foetus inside of a soft pink placenta, from her womb to Hermione's.
When the transfer was complete, Ginny let out a breath of relief, and almost fainted in weakness. The spell had taken too much from her and she felt has if something was missing inside of her… And in fact, something was missing: her baby.
"Are you ok, Ginny, Hermione?" Draco asked, worried, looking at both girls.
"I'm fine…" both girls answered.
"What's going on over here? What's all this… noise?" Snape yelled, trying to pass through the crowd, to see what was going on. When he finally reached Dumbledore's side, his mouth hung open and his eyes went wide with shock.
"I've tried to warn you, Professor. I will never forgive you…" Ginny replied, furiously, turning her back on him to face Angel and she got ready for the spell to lift the curse.
`Many Springs away, I've cursed you to suffer for your lack of loyalty. You should learn to love those who loved you back and when they lost their love for you, you would die… But today, I see you've changed your ways and true love has found its way inside of your heart. I, Queen of the Fairies and of all the Creatures from the Light, forgive you for your ancestors' sins and give you the right to come back to the human shape, so that you can freely love. Finite Animus Semper!'
A silver light left Ginny's chest and flew to Angel's body, surrounding her… When the silver light and the white light, surrounding Angel, touched, Angel's body disappeared, leaving nothing but empty air on the place where she had been floating seconds before.
Ginny screamed in agony and fell on the floor crying. It hadn't worked and Angel had died…
Two gentle arms held her strongly and Draco whispered soothing words in her ear.
"Gin, please, don't be like this… You did your best to help her, it's not your fault it didn't work." he whispered, kissing her temple. "It's not anyone's fault…"
"It's my fault, Ginny… I'm sorry I didn't agree with this, sooner." Hermione kneeled on the floor in front of Ginny, crying as well. "I should've helped you the moment you asked me to, but I was so scared…"
"I know, `Mione, I don't blame you, I really don't…" Ginny sobbed, hugging her friend. "Thank you for accepting my baby tonight."
With soft words, Ginny transferred the baby back into her womb. This time she took a good look at it. The foetus was still very little and it still didn't have a human shape. Surrounding the baby was a soft pink balloon that glowed softly.
"Look, Draco, it's our daughter…" Ginny whispered, as the foetus merged with her belly.
"It's a boy, but today I'm not going to fight about this… Let's go, you need to have some rest." He smiled sadly, as he helped her up.
"Ginevra, I admire what you did today, and I'm very happy with the results you had." Dumbledore smiled knowingly. "I'm sure you'll want to talk with the Fairies about the whole curse…"
"What do you mean? This spell was supposed to make Angel change into her human shape…" Ginny asked, confused.
"Go have some rest now, so that tomorrow you can visit the Fairies and talk with them. They'll explain everything…" he replied, walking away with a smile on his lips.
"Draco, we have to go now." she gasped, running through the crowd of students, but she was too weak and tired, and ended up falling.
"No, darling, right now you have to rest…" he replied softly, holding her in his arms as if she were a baby and walked to their room, followed by Harry, Ron and Hermione.
In the corridor, outside of the Great Hall, the crowd was talking about what they had just witnessed and started going back to their common rooms. Only one person remained there, against a stonewall, staring at the spot where Angel had been floating in the air.
If there was anyone to blame, it was he… Angel had probably died because she had heard him saying he didn't love her. The classroom's door had been open and she had told him earlier that she would meet him there.
"I've caused her death…" Snape whispered, hiding his face with his hands and for the first time in over 18 years he allowed himself to cry. The last time he had cried was when Voldemort had forced him to kill his own wife as a proof of his loyalty. That same day he had joined the Order and became a Potions Teacher at Hogwarts.
Tonight, he wasn't crying for his wife, although he was crying for someone he loved as much as he had loved his late wife.
"Why did I deny it? WHY?" he screamed and then ran to his room, not wanting to be seen in a moment of weakness and pain.
Ginny woke up in her bed, tightly held in Draco's arms. Turning around in his embrace, she watched him sleep and smiled. He looked so cute when he was sleeping, with his hair in front of his eyes and his lips in a soft pout.
Sighing, she kissed him softly and left the bed without waking him up. She needed to go to the Forbidden Forest and talk with the Fairies. It was still the middle of the night, but she really needed to find out what was going on.
She quickly got dressed and ran through the school's corridors, then through the school's grounds and at last, she entered the forest. Yes, it was creepy during day and yes, it was even worse at night…
Carefully, with her wand at ready, she jogged to the Fairies' trees and when she finally got there Ginny breathed a sigh of relief.
"Twinkle! Twinkle!" she called to the trees, waking up all the Fairies.
"My Queen, what's wrong?" the Fairies asked, flying around her, sensing her preoccupation.
"I've removed the curse from Angel, but she disappeared… Is she dead? What happened?" she asked, sitting on the forest's dark ground and waited for an answer.
"I didn't tell you the entire story because I had never expected our Queen to do it… Have you lost your baby?" Twinkle asked with worry, flying to one of Ginny's knees and landed there.
"No, the baby is fine, Twinkle… Tell me the rest of the story, please." Ginny asked, her heart beating way too fast for her own good.
"Well, the Pulgas are born in the shape of a cat, so, when the curse is removed, they don't have a human body to change into… That's why Angel disappeared; she doesn't have a human shape." Twinkle explained gently.
"But, she's not dead? Where is she then? How can I give her a body?" Ginny asked, desperately.
"Angel is not dead… Right now she's a soul, wandering the castle's walls. To give her a body, you have to perform the Corporeum Mutate inside the room she's in and she'll take the shape she desires to have, probably the shape her loved one wishes." Twinkle explained. "First of all, you need to find the room she's in and then perform the spell…"
"The shape her loved one wishes…" Ginny whispered, understanding it all. "I think I know where she is! Thank you Twinkle, I'll be back soon…"
A new hope had settled in her heart and Ginny ran like she had never ran before, praying that she could have a human Angel by her side in less than 5 minutes, from now.
That's when everything went black and she fell to the floor, her body going numb, not obeying her orders to keep on running. A pair of black dragon boots stopped before her still semi-open eyes and laughed evilly, before she fell in a deep slumber.
"OW…" Ginny mumbled, when she woke up from the strange sleep. She took a hand to her forehead and felt the red sticky fluid on her fingers.
When she fell, she must have hit a rock with her head… But why did she fall? Who was the owner of the boots? Where was she?
Ginny was curled on the cold stone floor of a small empty room, with no windows and only a candle on the wall, next to a black door.
She knew who she was with, but not where… It was easy to guess that she was in the same place as Voldemort. He wanted her powers and kidnapping her was the best way to access them.
"Ok, I need a plan to get out of here…" she mumbled, pacing the small room and gently rubbing her belly. "I need… Twinkle! I can call her, wherever I am… TWINKLE!"
Ginny called the Fairy, but got no reply. Probably there were too many wards surrounding the place where she was being kept.
"Isn't this great? Now I can't warn Draco and Dumbledore…" she sighed sadly.
A few moments later, the black door opened and three hooded figures walked in, two of them were tall and the third one was very short and slim.
"Oh, I'm sorry, but I wasn't expecting any visits so early… Would you like a cup of tea?" she asked with a fake smile and with extra sweetness in her voice.
"Don't pretend to be a fool, you Mudblood Lover." one of the figures yelled.
Yes, her plan was working… Those people were talking and she could recognize their voices. The one who had just yelled was none other than Lucius Malfoy, her dear Father-in-Law.
"Hello Daddy, it's so good to finally see you. I was so sad when you didn't come to Hogwarts to congratulate us on our wedding." she smiled, although she felt like killing the bastard with her bare hands.
"Don't you dare calling me that! You are nothing to me or to my son…" he growled, losing his control.
"Oops, I've upset Daddy…" she sighed, trying hard not to laugh. She could imagine how his pale face must have been looking, at the moment. `If only he would remove the hood…'
"I told you she was a bitch! Now you can see that I was telling the truth…" the shorter person said, with disgust in her feminine voice.
"I know this voice…" Ginny whispered, truly surprised and then went back to her playful voice. "Oh, Pansy Parkinson, dear, I haven't seen you for a while… How are you? Have you seen Draco lately? I truly miss him."
"YOU BITCH." Pansy yelled, removing her hood, revealing a furious red face surrounded by her long blond hair. "After the Dark Lord kills you, Draco will be mine, all mine…"
"Poor Pansy, should I floo-call St. Mungo right now? I think you're crazier than Professor Lockhart…" Ginny said in a sad voice, leaning against a stonewall. "And who are you? I'm sure you're not Tom or I would have felt his presence… You're not either Draco or Dumbledore, who are you?"
The third figure slowly removed the hood, revealing black long hair and the face of her Potions teacher, Severus Snape. For the first time, she showed real shock in front of her enemies.
Yes, she had known he was a Death-Eater and worked for the Order of the Phoenix, but seeing him there, side by side with the people that wanted to kill her, was extremely hard.
"Hello Professor, isn't it a beautiful night to kill a Queen-Fairy?" she asked with a sad smile. "Not everyone can be saved, isn't that right?"
Snape just stared at her and nodded his agreement.
"So, tea for everyone?" she asked, smiling again.
"Don't be a fool, the Dark Lord wants to see you right now…" Lucius Malfoy replied coldly, leaving the room with Pansy by his side. "Severus, bring the freak."
"Does Dumbledore know?" she whispered to Snape.
"Yes, he's arranging everything to get you out of here…" he whispered back and started to lead her through the dark hallways of the huge house.
"She's not death, Professor, and I can give her a human shape as soon as I arrive at Hogwarts…" Ginny whispered again, watching his eyes grow dark and sad. "I know that you love her and that you've lied to me, yesterday. Help me out of here and by tonight you'll have a wonderful woman, who deeply loves you, in your arms."
Snape seemed shocked with the news and a small smile seemed to appear on his lips, but a call from Lucius made his face turn blank again.
"Don't worry, you'll be out of here, soon." he whispered, walking faster as he held her arm gently. "How's the baby?"
"I think she's fine…" Ginny sighed, caressing her small belly.
In a few moments they were inside of a huge room, devoid of furniture except for a black throne in the middle of the room, surrounded by hooded Death-Eaters. Snape took her into the middle of the circle, in front of the empty throne and took his place next to the others.
"Good morning, Ginevra." Said a cold voice, making her hairs stand on end and her stomach twist nervously. She was about to face Voldemort, former Tom Riddle. A tall figure entered the circle and approached her.
"Hello Tom, I didn't know it was already morning. Merlin, I've slept way too much…" she replied, running a hand through her hair, to hide her trembling fingers.
"Aren't we funny?" he replied, touching her pale cheek with one of his greyish spider like hands. "Draco, your wife is lovely…"
`Draco's here?' she yelled, inwardly. `Well, of course he is… He's a Death-Eater as well.'
"Draco, darling, I didn't know you had a meeting today! Did you lock up our room before coming here? I don't want the house elves touching my underwear again…" she said, as an excuse to search for him, among the other Death-Eaters.
"Yes, everything is perfect." he replied, with a second meaning.
Ginny followed the sound of his voice and found which one of the cloaked figures was her husband.
"So my dear Ginevra, I suppose you know what I want from you?" Voldemort said, removing his hood and sitting on his throne, facing Ginny.
"A face surgery? I'm sorry but I don't know how to do one." she replied, wrinkling her nose when she saw his horrible face. To her big surprise, Voldemort laughed…
"You're amusing… Maybe I won't kill you after I have your powers." he sneered, watching her from head to toes. "Maybe a little too fat for my usual taste…"
"Oh, didn't I tell you, sir? She's pre…" Pansy started, but Voldemort placed the Cruciatus Curse on her.
"These newbies are so undisciplined… Never talk without my consent." he yelled at the trembling blond girl on the floor.
"Take that you cow…" Ginny whispered, watching Pansy cry in pain.
"So, Draco, step forward… I need both of you for this." Voldemort called and the cloaked figure came to stand close beside Ginny, locking their hands together. Ginny gave his hand a squeeze and smiled at him.
"Good morning, My King…" she whispered, removing his hood with her other hand. "Do you mind if I kiss my husband good morning?"
"Why not?" Voldemort replied, amused with her antics.
Ginny kissed Draco passionately and then smiled at him, their lips still touching.
"I love you, no matter what happens today." she whispered so that only he could hear.
"I love you too and everything is ready to finish this today… Be prepared." he whispered back.
"ENOUGH!" Voldemort yelled. "It's time for me to bring the Light Creatures to the Dark Side and rule the world."
Draco placed his arm around Ginny's waist and prepared for what was about to happen.
With slow, menacing steps, Voldemort placed himself in front of Draco and Ginny, and held their joined hands in his own. As he started to chant the curse that would give him Ginny's and Draco's powers, the double doors suddenly opened with extreme violence and a huge group of wizards, wearing white robes, ran in, starting to fight the Death-Eaters.
`Harry, Ron and Hermione!' Ginny thought, feeling worried when she saw her brother and friends walk inside the room with Dumbledore, their wands ready to fight.
Voldemort had noticed Harry and Dumbledore, as well, and was now grinning evilly. He released the couple, forgetting about their powers and walked closer to Harry.
"Well, well, if it isn't Harry Potter… How nice of you to join us." Voldemort sneered. "This way you made it easier for me to kill you…"
"We'll see about that, Riddle." Harry yelled furiously, with Hermione and Ron by his side, protecting him from possible Death-Eater attacks. Dumbledore just stood behind Harry with a cold smile on his lips.
Draco took advantage of the moment of distraction and took Ginny to a dark corner of the huge room, to protect her from the flying curses.
"Ginny, leave this house right now… Apparate to Hogsmead and run to Hogwarts." Draco whispered in her ear, sounding truly worried. Behind them there were loud shouts of curses and yells of pain. "Lock yourself in our bedroom and don't leave it until I arrive…"
"No, Draco." she whispered, caressing his soft face with her hand. "I'm protected by my powers and I'm strong enough to fight… I'm staying."
"Ginny, for our child… Please, go." he pleaded, his silver grey eyes becoming a dark blue with worry. "I wouldn't be able to go through the pain of loosing you… You've made me a weak man."
"No, I have made you a wonderful man, capable of loving…" she smiled softly, looking deep into his eyes. "Avada Kedavra."
Draco's eyes went huge with shock when he heard her yell the killing curse and her wand released a green jet of light… But the light didn't hit him. The curse passed by his side and hit a Death-Eater standing behind them with his wand at ready.
"I think I've just wetted my pants…" he mumbled, still in shock.
"I love you Draco and I know you love me, so you'll let me stay here and help Harry destroy that bastard…" she said, kissing his cheek, before turning away to join her friends, but Draco held her wrist and stopped her. "Draco, please."
"You can stay, but if you get yourself killed, I'll kill you…" he sighed, kissing her lips passionately, before he released her and joined the Aurors in the fight. Ginny smiled and quickly performed a spell on his robes, making them white.
`That way he won't be killed…' she smiled, before running to Harry's side, hurling hexes at the Death-Eaters and avoiding the ones hurled at her. "Hello everyone, how much did I miss?"
"You have arrived just in time to see your sweet Harry die…" Voldemort sneered, his eyes never leaving Harry.
"Oh, shut up…" she sighed, before leaning in to whisper in Harry's ear.
After a few seconds of secret whispers, Harry nodded his head in agreement, although he was frowning.
He slowly looked around the room… So many dead people, most of them Death-Eaters, but there were a few Aurors among them, as well.
`It's time to finish this once and for all…' Harry thought, looking to his right side and smiled sweetly at Hermione's serious face. She was scared, he knew her so well that he could read her like one of those books she loved so much. `I have to do this for her… For everyone, but especially for her.'
With a quick nod towards Ginny, Harry saw her take a step forward to face Voldemort.
"What do you want, now? I want to fight him." Voldemort yelled, pointing his wand at Harry.
"Consider myself as a warm-up…" she smirked, quickly performing a disarming spell, but Voldemort had quick reflexes and avoided the curse.
She couldn't allow her real powers to come to the surface, or she would kill him for sure. Harry was the one who had to kill Voldemort and she would do her best to help him.
Voldemort hurled hex after hex, on her way. Ginny tried to avoid the hexes, the best way she could, but they were getting a little too close for her own safety. As she avoided another hex, Ginny ran to the other side of the room, leaving Voldemort with his back facing Harry and the others. With a wide smile Ginny saw Harry position himself and take a deep breath.
"Tom, when you went to school, did your father teach you what you shouldn't do in the boys' locker rooms?" she asked with a wicked smile.
"I've killed my parents before I went to school, you dumb girl." he laughed evilly, hurling another hex, that she tried to avoid, but wasn't successful. The hex made a hole right through her left shoulder, splashing blood all over her clothes.
`Calm down, Ginny, you can't use your powers, or you'll kill him and that's Harry's job…' she mumbled to herself, trying hard to control her angry powers.
"Well, I'll explain… Make sure you always know what's going on behind your back!" she yelled, trying to cover Harry's own yell of `Avada Kedavra'.
The green light shot full of strength towards Voldemort and without him realizing it, he was hit by Harry's powerful curse. Voldemort's eyes showed shock, anger and disbelief.
"You bunch of fools!" he screamed in agony, turning around to kill Harry, but mid sentence of the killing curse, he fell on the floor… possibly dead.
Dumbledore walked slowly towards the body of the Dark Lord and confirmed his death with a nod.
"Well done, Harry and Ginevra. Together you have destroyed the Dark Lord and this time I believe there's no coming back for him…" Dumbledore smiled happily, his eyes twinkling madly.
Harry's face was very pale and scared just before he fainted. Hermione immediately knelt next to his body, sobbing and trying to wake him up. Dumbledore walked closer to them to check on Harry and no one noticed the bleeding girl on the verge of fainting as well, but not out of shock.
Draco finally killed one of the last Death-Eaters in time to see Ginny fall on her knees, holding her shoulder, her jumper soaked in blood.
"Oh no, GINNY!" he screamed as he ran to her side.
His scream was the last thing she heard, before she fainted in pain, due to too much blood loss.
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Despair… That was another thing that Ginny taught Draco.
With her witty come backs, her loving friendship and sincere love, Ginny had made him discover what love and friendship meant. And now that she was hurt, he blamed her for making him feel so weak, so useless, so desperate…
Draco needed Ginny by his side, to help him face his new personality, his new feelings, but she had been sleeping for the last two days.
Two days… It had been two days since Ginny and Harry had conquered over Lord Voldemort.
Harry had fainted out of pure shock and weakness, after performing the killing curse, while Ginny had fainted as well, but for different reasons. She had been injured with a powerful poisonous hex, which made her loose too much blood and energy. She was in a coma, fighting the venom that flowed in her blood.
It was now dinner time and while the whole school ate and laughed in the Great Hall, celebrating You-Know-Who's death, Draco Malfoy sat beside his wife's bed, at the school's Infirmary, holding her hand and wishing she would wake up.
"Ginny, are you going to sleep forever?" he whispered, playing with the wedding ring on her hand. "We still have to marry in front of your family, you know? My father isn't coming… He was killed and my mother is dead as well, so you are my only family now."
"That's not true… We have our baby." a weak voice mumbled, surprising him.
There she was, her brown eyes slightly open and a small smile on her dry lips.
"Oh Ginny, I thought you'd never wake up!" he sighed in relief, holding her in his arms, never wanting to let her go again. "How are you feeling?"
"As if I've ran against a wall and my heart is beating so fast that I'm feeling dizzy and sick." She complained, slowly caressing his unshaved face. "What is this? The vain Draco Malfoy hasn't shaved for a few days?"
Draco chuckled and kissed her forehead tenderly. His Ginny was back.
"I'll shave in a few moments, for now, I'm going to tell Madame Pomfrey that you're awake." He smiled, leaving her bedside and returning soon after with the school's nurse.
"How are you feeling, Mrs. Malfoy?" the nurse asked, checking Ginny's vitals.
"Tired, dizzy, sick and heart beating way too fast…" Ginny replied with a sigh.
The nurse gave her a small smile and made her drink some potion.
"How's our baby?" Ginny asked, placing a hand over her stomach and noticed that it wasn't as round as it had been before. "How long have I been sleeping? Where's my child?"
"Shh, darling… Hermione saved our child when Dumbledore saw that you had venom flowing in your blood. She transferred the baby into her womb…" Draco explained with a gentle smile, and Ginny finally got calmer. "You have been in a coma for the last 2 days."
"Thank Merlin everything's ok…" she mumbled, before she fell asleep with his hands between her own. When she woke up again, her bed was surrounded by several redheads, two blonds and a brown one.
"Hello everyone…" she smiled, watching as everyone shouted her name and ran to hug her lovingly. Her mother was crying and sobbing while her father was just smiling happily, as were all her brothers.
"Gin-Gin, how are you sis?" Fred greeted as he ruffled her hair.
"I'm ok, Fred… Merlin, am I glad to see you all." she chuckled. "A lot has happened since last September…"
"Yes, we know that…" everyone mumbled, looking at Draco with worry.
"Don't you dare to do anything to Draco, you all hear me? He's my husband and we love each other very much…" Ginny frowned, holding Draco's hand and making him sit on her bed, next to her. All her brothers nodded their agreement and started talking about Voldemort's death. Then, Ginny noticed the second blond person and recognized her.
"Hello, Luna." Ginny smiled, as she noticed Luna Lovegood sitting on Ron's lap, with her arms around his neck.
"Hello, Ginny, I hope you're feeling better…" Luna shyly smiled.
"Oh, I'm fine now and I'm happy to see both of you together." Ginny smiled while her brother and Luna blushed and remained quiet.
"Hermione, thank you once again for saving my baby…" Ginny whispered with tears in her eyes as she looked at her friend, sitting on Harry's lap with a hand over her slightly rounded belly.
"Ginny, it was the least I could do… Besides, feeling a baby inside of me makes me want to get pregnant, as well." Hermione replied with a blush.
"Well, that's a very good idea… We could start practicing, now." Harry whispered in her ear, making her giggle.
"Hey, Potter, don't you even think about doing those things while she's carrying my son…" Draco complained, angrily.
Everyone laughed and soon Draco joined them.
"Ginny, can I give you your baby back?" Hermione asked, preparing her wand.
"No…"
"What?" everyone asked, surprised with Ginny's answer.
"There's something I need to do first and I don't know how dangerous it is, so I would like Hermione to keep the baby for a few more hours…" she explained, her eyes showing her feelings to Draco. "Can you take me to Snape's chambers?"
"WHY?" everyone asked, surprised.
"I need to save Angel…" she explained, leaving her bed and placing a blanket around her body, to cover her nightgown.
"Are you feeling better?" Molly asked, concerned.
"Yes, Mom, I'm perfectly fine but I need to do this now…" Ginny smiled, hugging her mother and father at the same time.
"I'm taking her to our chambers to take a bath and dress something warm." Draco said, holding Ginny in his arms as if she were a small baby, before he left the Infirmary.
"Hello my King…" she smiled, kissing him softly.
"Hello my Queen…" he chuckled, tightening his hold on her body.
Draco patiently waited for her to take her rose scented bubble bath and watched her as she put on her jeans and hand knitted jumper. Gently he placed her school robes around her shoulders and led her to the Dungeons.
"What is the meaning of this, Mrs. Malfoy?" Snape asked coldly, as soon as Ginny and Draco entered the Potions' classroom.
"Professor, I'm here to save Angel, just like I promised you." Ginny replied, quickly walking to the Professor's desk. "Where did you usually spend your time with Angel?"
"In my chambers, why?" he asked suspiciously, raising an eyebrow.
"That's where we'll start… Come with me Professor." she ordered, holding Draco's hand as she walked to the door that led to his private quarters.
Snape's chambers where decorated in Slytherin colours, having bookshelves all over the walls and comfortable couches facing the huge fireplace.
`This place is comfortable after all… Who would have thought that Snape has a good taste?' Ginny smiled, looking around her and feeling a shiver run through her body. By her side, Draco shivered as well.
"Did you feel that?" he whispered, surprised.
"Yes, it's Angel… She's here." Ginny smiled, happily. "Professor, as I told you before, I can give a human shape to Angel and I want you to be ready for what you'll see, because it may shock you."
"Mrs. Malfoy, I believe I've gone through enough terror, during my entire life, to face this…" Snape replied, folding his arms and leaning against the wall. "Do what you have to do."
"Corporeum Mutate…" Ginny muttered, gently waving her wand.
Suddenly the whole room shone in a light blue light. Snape wasn't able to keep his eyes open due to the intensity of the light, but both Draco and Ginny had no problems in keeping theirs open.
Slowly, in mid air, a small shape began to absorb the blue light and thin red tentacles of energy shot out of the small shadow, towards Snape's chest, linking both of them.
With the shock, Snape opened his eyes and watched as the shadow began to take a human shape. There were two long legs and arms, but the strong light made it hard for him to see more than the outlines of the person.
"Vestimenta…" Ginny whispered, and the spell shot towards the human shape, placing a black robe around its body, to protect it from both men's eyes.
At last, the human shape absorbed the last dregs of the blue light and the whole room returned to its usual green and silver colour, while the red flows of energy disappeared and the human shape began to receive some colour.
Now, everything was frighteningly quiet, the only sound coming from their heavy breathing. In front of them, was a tall woman, around her 30's with big blue eyes and long wavy blond hair, her lips were full and ruby red; her body was slim and extremely elegant…
`Where did he find this human shape? In a fashion magazine?' Ginny thought, surprised.
Behind her, Snape just stared at the woman with sorrow, shock, love, happiness and fear, all these emotions reflected in his face at the same time.
"Ginny, what is this?" Snape asked in a weak whisper, as tears ran down his face. Apparently, he didn't feel them and kept on observing Angel.
"This is Angel, Professor… She took the body shape of your heart's desire." Ginny explained, taking a step forward to hug her now human friend. "I love you, Angel… I would have never forgiven myself if I hadn't been able to save you."
"I'm sorry, Gin, but it was too much for me… When he told you he didn't love me, all the hope in my heart vanished." Angel explained in a very feminine sweet voice as she hugged her friend back. "Why did you bring me back if he doesn't love me? I don't want to suffer anymore, Gin."
Angel looked at the still shocked Snape and her face became even sadder.
"Don't be a fool, Angel, all you need is to have a nice conversation with him." Draco smiled, hugging her gently. "And Merlin, don't you look astonishing?"
"How could you do this to me? My wife… You force me to look at the woman I've loved my entire life? The woman I've killed under Voldemort's orders?" Snape screamed, finally breaking down and falling on his knees on the floor, hiding his tears with his hands.
The other three looked at him with shock and worry. Snape truly had a dark past… Now it was easy to understand his cold behaviour around everyone.
"Severus…" for the first time ever, Ginny used his first name, as she kneeled in front of him, gently holding his hands in hers.
She could see his pained expression, his cheeks red and wet from the tears. He looked like a small boy, crying after loosing his best friend.
"I don't know what happened in your past and I don't wish to know it, either… It must have been truly horrible and painful if it made you the cold person you appear to be around everyone." She whispered, receiving his full attention. "All I want to say is that Voldemort is dead, you are no longer a spy or a Death-Eater… You are free to finally start your life all over again and here is the woman you said you loved… Angel. The thing is, she's inside of the body of the woman you once loved. Can't you see it, Professor? This is your second chance!"
"The war is over, Professor… You are now free to love whomever you want to, and do whatever you want to. And most of all, you have the chance to prove to yourself and to the wizarding world that you are redeemed…" Draco said, gently. "You've killed your wife all those years ago, but still, you have the chance to understand that you can protect yourself and Angel from any harm… If I didn't trust you, I wouldn't allow you stay with her."
"When did you become so bloody wise, Draco?" Snape sneered at his favourite Slytherin.
"Since I met my wonderful wife… She's turning me into a filthy Gryffindor!" Draco laughed with amusement at Ginny's furious face.
"Oh, if I were you I wouldn't say those things… I might leave you and take our baby with me." she menaced, although she was amused as well.
"Fine, fine…" Draco surrendered, still laughing. "Gin, why don't we leave the couple alone for a long conversation?"
"There's no need to leave, Draco… I just want to ask you one thing, Severus." Angel said, taking a step forward, towards Snape. "What do you feel?"
"Isn't it bloody obvious, Angel? I love you, ok? I LOVE YOU!" he yelled, as if trying to make his own mind understand that he did have deep feelings for the woman in front of him.
With two quick steps Snape was in front of Angel, their bodies touching from head to toes as he placed his arms around her waist.
"I love you too, Severus…" Angel sobbed, the tears running down her face, as she finally kissed him passionately.
"Ew… I truly didn't need that image inside my head." Draco whined, burying his face in his wife's delicious neck, nibbling it gently.
"Draco, I think we should leave now or the images will get much worst." Ginny giggled, leaving the room with Draco by her side.
Closing the door gently, Ginny saw the couple still kissing and smiled happily.
"There's only one thing missing, to make me perfectly happy…" she sighed against Draco's chest.
"What?" he whispered against her head.
"Our child inside of me again…" Ginny replied with a smile and saw Hermione entering the Potions' classroom, followed by the Weasleys, Harry and Luna.
"Coming…" Hermione said, placing her self in front of Ginny and performing the baby transfer spell.
The small pink balloon went back to Ginny's womb and she felt her stomach stretch gently, making her belly a little round and pulsing with life. It felt as if a missing piece of the puzzle had finally been found and placed in its proper spot.
"What happened in there?" Hermione asked, curious, watching Draco and Ginny caress the girl's belly adoringly.
"Soon you'll see, but Snape and Angel are having a private moment right now…" Ginny smiled, kissing her husband gently. "Mum, did you bring one of those chocolate cakes you bake all the time?"
"Of course darling, let's go to the Great Hall and have a snack." Molly replied happy to see her baby so happy.
In the beginning she had felt truly worried about Ginny being tied to Draco Malfoy, because of the curse, but right now she could see that they were both deeply in love with each other and expecting a baby. Everything would end well…
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"Draco, next time remind me to not get pregnant during summer…" Ginny complained, as the couple walked in Diagon Alley, purchasing Ginny's 7th year's books.
It was an extremely hot mid July day and her 9 month's pregnancy made her back and feet hurt with the baby's weight.
In an attempt to fight the heat, Ginny was wearing a long white linen dress that flattered her belly, in contrast with Draco, whom preferred black pants and green shirt. Always the Slytherin, that one.
"Ginny, I will get you pregnant again, that I can guarantee you… But avoiding summer pregnancies is beyond my abilities." Draco smiled, kissing their joined hands with a wiggle of his eyebrows. "I love to see you pregnant. You look so round and soft…"
"More like Monstrous and Heavy as a Rock!" she complained, pausing to lean against a wall, panting tiredly. "I can't even walk two meters without becoming tired…"
"Don't worry, in a few days our boy will be out." He smiled, watching her eyes burn with mock anger.
"Girl! It's a girl, Draco…" Ginny complained, trying hard not to laugh. They had been fighting over the baby's gender since Ginny had told him she was pregnant.
Draco had chosen a name for his son: Gabriel Weasley-Malfoy, and Ginny had chosen one for her daughter: Caroline Weasley-Malfoy. Entering the bookstore, they halted their baby's gender fight.
While they purchase Ginny's new books, let me tell you what has been going on since Ginny gave a human shape to Angel.
Draco, Ron, Hermione and Harry graduated from Hogwarts, and Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup. Harry and Ron were now Aurors in training, while Hermione had been invited to join the Aurors' Research Centre… She was in heaven, for sure. Draco had wanted to stay close to Ginny and their baby, helping her like a proper husband, so he had accepted Dumbledore's invitation to work as a Potions Teacher for the following year.
The day after Ginny had turned Angel into a human, Snape and Angel entered the Great Hall looking extremely happy, surprising the whole school.
Never in their lives had they expected to see their scowling Potions Professor smiling like a fool and holding such a gorgeous woman in his arms. Angel and Snape had been inseparable since that day and often they could be seen taking long walks in Wizarding London, hand in hand, laughing and kissing.
Angel had made Snape smile again, after so many years, and now, he had finally been accepted to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. Luckily, they were living in Hogwarts and Ginny would have Angel's help with the baby.
Ginny and Draco were still helping the Fairies and recently they had convinced the Ministry of Magic to give them a huge magical forest, to house the entire Fairies' community, so everything was great. The Fairies were satisfied to see their Queen and King protecting them from harm.
Back to Diagon Alley, the couple was leaving the bookstore when Ginny winced and held her swollen belly.
"Draco, it's time!" she panted and Draco immediately took her to St. Mungos, trying hard to keep both of them calm.
Five hours later, Draco could be found in a waiting room surrounded by worried Weasleys and their significant others. Hermione and Harry were there as well, supporting their friends.
"When can I see her?" Draco hissed furiously, pacing the room in a nervous heap.
"Calm down, darling… She's alright, don't worry." Mrs. Weasley smiled, hugging Draco.
Recently he had started to enjoy being hugged by his mother-in-law. It was like having the love his parents had never given to him, as a child…
"Mr. Malfoy?" a woman in Healer scrubs called, entering the waiting room.
"It's me!" he yelled, running to her anxiously.
"Your wife wanted me to tell you that she was right… It's a beautiful girl named Caroline." the Healer smiled amusedly.
"A girl… My girl… I HAVE A DAUGHTER!" Draco yelled happily, jumping up and down, hugging everyone.
"I thought you wanted a boy!" Ron said, confused, shaking Draco's hand.
"That was just to make her mad… Your sister looks wonderful when she's about to explode in anger." Draco laughed in a silly way, not noticing the Healer was still there.
"Mr. Malfoy, your wife asked me to tell you that you were right as well… It's a boy, called Gabriel, just like you wanted." the Healer smile grew wider.
"WHAT?" Draco asked in shock, not understanding what was going on.
"Twins, Mr. Malfoy… A boy and a girl." the Healer smiled sweetly.
The entire family laughed happily, hugging Draco and congratulating him.
"Twins… How is she? Can I see the three of them?" he asked, anxiously.
"Of course…"
The Healer took Draco to a small room, where Ginny was sleeping in a bed, with two little cribs by her bedside. Taking small silent steps, Draco approached the cribs and watched his two babies.
They were gorgeous… He touched their chubby cheeks and smiled as the babies moved gently under his touch, opening and closing their tiny hands.
"They're perfect, aren't they?" a voice whispered.
"Yes, they are, Gin… Thank you." he said, sitting on the bed, next to his wife and kissed her gently.
"Hey, are you crying?" she joked, caressing his forehead.
"You have really turned me into a bloody Gryffindor, you know that? But I think I can cry today, I'm bursting with happiness, right now!" he smiled happily, looking at Ginny and then at his children. "My family…"
"Yes, Draco, our family…" Ginny whispered, smiling.
"Now I can only hope none of them is red-haired…" Draco joked.
"Why you prat!" Ginny laughed gently, as they both watched their newborns sleeping peacefully in their cribs. "I love you, My King…"
"And I love you, My Queen…"
A new stage of their lives had just begun, and they had numerous people to help them go through it. That's what friends and family are for, right?
The End
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When the Angels Cry was written a some time ago, and since then I've written several other stories, but I've always kept in mind that I should come back to this one and improve it.
This version has corrected grammar and slight changes to the plot, but nothing major, so, please enjoy and I hope you like it.
Love, Silverbutterfly
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