ALWAYS (Hinny)

Chapter 44 : Finally

So... Harry.. and just Harry.. could enter those walls. I looked at Lesomber. He was smiling in an odd way, as someone thirsty who just found water. The worse part was that I couldn't talk to Harry. He said they were coming... but he would be alone in there. Well, alone with me. I felt like vomiting. Why couldn't I be left alone? Why couldn't he? Damn Death Eaters. I cursed internally.

Lesomber left. I suddenly realised how gloomy that place was. I sat there, thinking about ways to get out of here without them seeing me, but I couldn't find any that seem realistic.

I sighed heavily, feeling useless. Lost. I was locked, and i was waiting for Harry to come save me. Like princesses and their princes. Yuck. How humiliating. Yet I was really eager for him to come, for that place wasn't anything near comfortable.

Harry... please come soon.

***

Harry was pacing in the living room at the Burrow. Frustrated and panicked, he wanted to kill anyone who had taken his Ginny from him.

Hogwarts had informed him and the Weasleys as soon as Hermione had suspected something. Of course, they had come as soon as possible, screaming for someone to explain what happened and where was Ginny. Harry had felt his heart drop when he couldn't feel his connection with his soulmate. She was left alone somewhere, and he couldn't even reach her mind.

He had screamed at Hermione and Mcgonagall as if it were their fault, and he apologised a little later, feeling a bit guilty about it. His nerves were suffering. The worst of all was not knowing where she was, nor who was with her, and not being able to talk to her in any way.

His Ginny. His bloody life was nothing without her. But he wasn't even thinking about giving up. He knew he was going to find her. He was totally confident about that.

After two days without sleeping, Harry had finally found slumber on the couch, next to Mrs Weasley, who was as moved as he was by her daughter disappearance.

She was watching her son -she could call him that, right? Between Ginny and Ron, and all those years, he was part of the family- sleeping next to her. A sigh escaped her mouth. Even when sleeping, he was still anxious as hell. It was getting on her nerves to just stay here, but she knew that Harry had to rest. He had searched Malfoy manor, Lestrange manor, and precisely 16 other places where the Death Eaters used to reunite, without any result.

His muscles were contracted as he mumbled in his sleep.

"Gin..Ginny.." Molly felt the tears threatening to fall when she heard her baby's name.

"My fault.. alive.." He said louder.

She considered reassuring him, but she knew it would wake him up, as he was already on the verge of opening his emerald eyes.

"Ginny.."

Molly sighed and bit her lip.

"Harry....." She said, stroking his hair. The feature calmed him down a bit and soon he opened his eyelids.

"Are you okay?" She asked.

"Erm... yeah I guess so.. why?" He asked, remembering what he had dreamed of.

"You didn't seem very calm to me."

"Oh.." he replied awkwardly.

"I just want you to know that we are going to find her, no matter the cost. And it's not your fault.. you couldn't know.. how could you have known? And you can't always be there..My daughter is rough and there is no doubt that she will be alive when we find her, I can assure you that..." but her voice faded as another voice rang in Harry's head.

Harry. His heart skipped a beat. HARRY. HARRY!

He was so scared that it was his imagination tricking him that he didn't dare to reply.

HARRY!! She screamed again, and Harry realized that he wasn't dreaming.

GINNY?! He screamed back, relieved and panicked at the same time. His Ginny was alive, but where was she?

Ginny where are you?! Gin! He asked.

I don't know .. She replied, but her voice seemed to be distant.

Ginny.. I don't hear you clearly.. are you okay?

Yeah.. I think so.. I.. don't hear you that well either.. she sounded a bit tired.

"Harry, are you listening to me?" Molly asked.

"Ahhh please!" He tried to ask politely, and her only response was a scoff. She was reassuring him, and he wasn't even listening!

Gin.. he sighed, knowing that soon their connection would be broken.

Harry! Don't leave! She nearly pleased, breaking his heart.

I don't know what's happening! Gin please hold on I will come for you! I promise. He said quickly.

I know! I won't die I promise. I'm with death eaters.. She explained but that was the last words she said.

"Harry!" Molly said a little louder this time. "Are you okay?"

"I... I talked to her.. " he said slowly, taking in what she had said. "I TALKED TO GINNY!! SHE'S WITH DEATH EATERS, SHE'S LOCKED! SHE DIDN'T GET THE TIME TO TELL ME WHERE!"

"What are you talking about? Talking to Ginny? Harry dear I think you need to rest a little more." She said, clearly worrying about Harry.

"I'M FINE!" He said, but realised he had to explain. "I.. I'm fine I'll explain later! I swear!" He was getting up when a dark form crashed into the living room. The crash was loud enough to make everyone come to see what had happened.

Seconds later, the dark thing started to talk, drawing everyone's attention to itself. It looked like some kind of patronus, but one made out of anger, or negative feelings. Well it didn't make any sense, but that's all Harry could think of.

"She's with us. LeSomber manor. Come soon enough, or she'll die."

Everybody was silent for a few seconds. And then-

"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! WHERE IS THAT PLACE?! HOW DO WE GO THERE?!"

"Harry calm down for heaven's sake!" Hermione said.

Harry paused. "I talked to her." He said mostly to Hermione and McGonagall who had left the school in slughorns hands to search Ginny with the Weasley's.

Everyone else in the room, meaning Molly and Arthur, Ron, George, Bill and Fleur, and Percy looked at each other, confused.

"What.. what did she say?"

"She.. She was fine.. I guess... but she was clearly tired. I don't think they give her anything to eat. She.. She told me she was with Death Eaters."

"What the hell..." George muttered.

"Est-ce possible?" Fleur murmured to herself, understanding in her eyes.

Ignoring them, Hermione started to give orders. "We're going to create a Portkey, and Fleur is not coming, of course. We're going to arrive at the gate, I guess, and then.."

And everyone was ready in only a few minutes.