The Potter Games

Chapter 1

Ginny walks beside Harry on their last day before the games. The dark lord himself did this all. This evil game.

"Where yeah going, Potter?" a smug voice yells to Harry.

Harry turns to see Draco teasing him. "Leave it, Malfoy." Ginny says.

"Oooh. Weasley watching over Potter." Draco says with a laugh.

"Shut up." Ginny growls.

"Weasley is in love with Potter! Weasley is in love with Potter!" Draco laughs.

Ginny runs at Draco and punches him. Draco isn't paying attention so he falls. Harry runs to Ginny and pulls her back.

"Leave it," Harry whispers in her ear, "We can kill him tomorrow."

Harry whispering to Ginny made butterflies appear in her stomach. Ginny half nods, the butterflies dancing in her stomach. They walk to the eating arena. They sit down and wait for the dark lord. This stupid game, Ginny thinks, its mad. Harry elbows her and Ginny looks up. The dark lord had come.

"Welcome!" he yells, "Its great to see you all. Now, we shall go over the rules. Again."

Every groans.

"QUITE!" Snape yells.

Every stops

The dark lord smiles, his sly smile. "Thank you.

Rule 1. No magic, no potions.

Rule 2. Only ONE winner.

Rule 3. You may team up.

Thank you."

The food appears and everyone starts eating. Ginny picks at her food. Her brothers, Fred, George AND Ron, are in this too. Only ONE winner. Either they died or they all died. Ginny sighs. She never wanted to be in this. But she is. Her name wasn't picked but she volunteered. A first year was picked. Ginny won't let that happen.

"Ginny?" Harry asks.

"Hm?" she answers.

"You ok? You haven't touched your..."

Ginny rolls her eyes at Harry. "No, Harry, I'm not ok. I might die tomorrow. Thanks for asking though."

Harry half smiles. "C'mon, Ginny. Eat something."

"Not hungry." Ginny mumbles but she does eat something.

Everyone starts going out. After a while, Harry and Ginny are the only two people left.

"Uh... I guess I'm going to bed." Harry says. Ginny looked at Harry as he walks away. Her feelings for him are hard to control. Butterflies always appear in her stomach when she thinks of him. His black hair, soft green eyes and those glasses; they make the butterflies in her stomach dance. Ginny rises slowly and walks to her room.

She is standing on a metal platform the next morning. A voice starts counting down from 60. Ginny looks at Ron, who is ten platforms away, then at Fred, who is five platforms away the other way.

"Good luck," Harry whisper from beside Ginny. I'll need it, she thinks.

"10.... 9.... 8..." the voice counts down. I-I'll go get a bag, Ginny thinks shakily.

"3.... 2... 1!" the voice yells. Draco and his buddy's run to the things in the middle. Not before Hermione grabs a bag and runs to the woods. Ginny starts running. She tells her legs to run faster and they do. Ginny makes it before Draco, she grabs a bag and runs. Not before a dagger whizzes by her side. She dodges it and grabs it. Ginny keeps running. She finally stops at a lake. She sits down and closes her eyes.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. Five cannons. Five people dead, Ginny thinks. Whispers, footsteps behind Ginny. She opens her eyes and sits up quick. Ginny pulls out the dagger.

"I'll go." a males voice says. Ginny knows that voice. She grew up with it. Ron. He steps into the arena where Ginny is.

"Whoa! Kill your big brother? How evil is that?" Ron says, frowning.

Ginny puts the dagger away. "Sorry I thought-"

She is cut off by running footsteps.

"Ginny!" Harry and Hermione say together.

"H-hey.." Ginny's stomach does a flip when she sees Harry perfectly fine.

"Ginny.." Harry half smiles. He looks at Ginny dreamy.

"So," Hermione elbows Harry.

"Oh, yeah! Ginny, wanna join our team? Its me, Ron and Hermione." they all smile.

Ginny watches them. Does she want to join? Does she? Or does she want to join just to watch Harry? She thinks about. Ron wants her to say yes so he can watch her but, Ginny is a big girl now.

"No." Ginny finally answers.

There smiles melts off their faces.

"No?" Ron asks.

"What?" Harry asks.

Ginny nods. "No. I-I'll be fine."

Ginny smiles, turns and walks away, leaving them in wonder why she said no.

Ginny stops at a tree. She looks around and climbs up. She sits down on a branch and opens her bag. An empty water bottle, a sleeping bag, dry fruit and a knife. Ginny smiles. SNAP. Ginny looks up. No one. She bit her lip and pulls out her dagger. SNAP. She turns her head to the sound. SNAP, SNAP.

"Oh look! Its a Weasley!" a voice chuckles. Draco.

"Hehe! Lets kill-" Ginny looks down. Crab is laying on the ground with his mouth open. Was he..? BOOM. Yes, he is dead.