This is for you Siriusly_Loony coz you wanted an update!

A figure materialised in front of the crowd, at the start of the maze.

People cheering.

Bagpipes playing.

Ludo Bagman yelling in the microphone.

Something was wrong.

A scream.

A deafening scream.

A boy. Clutching another boy, lying on the ground.

A father's loss.

More screams.

A dead boy.

Ginny drew in a shuddering gasp. Cedric Diggory was lying dead before their very eyes, his own staring into nothing. Cho was sobbing into her friend's shoulder. Fleur was crying. Mr. Diggory was inconsolable. Harry was sheilding Cedric's body with his own, refusing to let go. He looked broken, shocked, and in pain.

Then he said something.

"He's back!" Harry told Dumbledore. "He's back! Voldemort's back!"

A choked sob escaped her own lips, and she felt worse fear than she had ever felt before, which was rapidly taking over her. She felt an arm around her shoulder. Michael.

She turned her head and rested it on his shoulder, feeling a little comforted.

And then she drew back.

"I've got to go," she whispered to him. "I need to go"

He nodded and she took off to the dormitories.

Cedric. Dead. Gone.

Riddle. Back.

A tear trailed down her cheek.

"Tom, please," she sobbed. "Don't do this, please"

Maniacal laughter escaped Riddle's lips. She felt sick, weak. She wanted nothing more than to slip into everlasting sleep.

"You can't stop me!" He laughed. "No one can. You'll grow weaker and I'll grow stronger. Harry Potter shall come down here and I will finish him, as was destined"

"NO!" She screamed and it took all of her remaining energy to stand up from the floor. She staggered. "Don't do anything to Harry! Please...."

He would come down to save her and die. Die because of her.

"Oh, yes, I've forgotten..." He said thoughtfully. "You fancy him, don't you?"

She sobbed harder than ever. "Yes," she sobbed, "Please, Tom, not Harry"

Her plea was met with laughter. "Don't worry, Ginny. You won't have to see him die." He said. "Just a little longer, and you won't remember a thing. Just a little longer, and you'll slip into a deep slumber which you won't wake up from."

She dropped to her knees in front of him. "Don't do it," she begged. "Please, do anything you want with me, but don't kill Harry. Don't do anything to him-"

Her vision grew blurry. She was going to die.

Ginny shut her eyes as she felt life leave her body. A few remaining tears dripped onto her robes. Riddle's laughter was ringing in her ears, she tried to block it out by remembering things that made her happy.

Her mother who kissed her forehead so lovingly before tucking her into bed.

Her father who cracked dad jokes all the time and told her stories about the wizarding world.

Charlie, who told her exciting and dangerous stuff about dragon keeping.

Bill, who always took her side and told her about the things he did.

Percy, who always tried to set examples for her by being a good brother.

Fred and George, who got her like nobody else did and entertained her with their pranks.

Ron, who was her nearest person to a best friend and was always there for her.

Harry, who made her heart flutter and her knees go weak with just a single glance. She reminisced the warmth her cheeks felt when she saw him.

She felt cold. Very cold. She was lying on the ground now, and she could barely breathe. Her eyelids drooped of their own accord and there was darkness.

Ginny's lips quivered and she sobbed into her pillow. Cedric was gone. Dead. No one deserved to die, no one.

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She barely said a word at all for the next few days. It was the end of term speech when Dumbledore explained the truth and everyone was shocked.

Her parents had come over to meet Harry, who had just scraped death by an inch for the second time that night. Professor Moody was in fact a Death Eater in disguise.

She watched as Dumbledore and her mother glanced at a sleeping Harry ever so often and spoke in hushed tones. Of course now that Riddle was back, they'd have to develop some sort of security for Harry. The Ministry was being very un co-operative.

They had just been extremely shocked to find out Sirius Black was the dog among them. Her mother had gone ballistic, but Dumbledore had explained to all of them that Sirius was Harry's father's friend, and his Godfather. He explained the long winded theory and as pieces fell into place, Ginny realised her life wasn't going to be any simpler thereon.

The End.

I just finished Book 1!!
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Thank you to all of you who came this far with me. Will update Book 2 soon.

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