Her words opened the door.The doors to Hogwarts, about twenty feet away, opened slowly.Sirius grabbed Ginny's hand, and before she could react, she ran after him.

They stumbled to a stop in front of the open door, neither of them moving until two figures suddenly appeared.One was a girl with blond curly hair pulled into a messy bun.But the ends of the blond hair were dyed red, and Ginny realized that it was blood, and her heart tightened.She looked from the blond girl to the man she was dragging.

Ginny let out a scream, and ran forward, knocking the girl aside, and she pulled her brother into her arms.His blood was everywhere.

"Percy? Percy! Wake up, wake up!" Ginny yelled, laying him flat on the ground and examining him closely.

She heard the girl hiccupping, trying to catch her breath, and she bent down next to Ginny and Percy.Ginny raised her head sharply, ready to question the girl what happened.However, her words failed to come out.

"Parkinson?"

Pansy Parkinson, looking more embarrassed than ever, nodded, never taking her eyes off Percy.

"He got hit with a Cruciatus spell or something, and he saved me, we almost couldn't get out," she said so quickly that Ginny felt dizzy.

Percy was bleeding everywhere.It was difficult for her to tear his clothes with her hands, because there was blood everywhere, and she felt a deep sense of dread, because this was Percy and he was going to die.

Percy started rolling his eyes, and Ginny cupped his face in a whimper.What's up with him?He can't make it through, he's going to die, where are everyone, where are everyone?

"Sirius!" She hugged Percy tightly, calling his name shrilly.

She suddenly couldn't think of any healing spells.She doesn't know anything anymore.He was pale and his freckles stood out, and Ginny burst into tears as she accidentally smeared blood all over his face.

"Sirius!"

She raised her head, frantically looking for Sirius.However, he is not behind her.Ginny looked at Parkinson, who seemed equally bewildered.Pansy took Percy's limp hand and shook his head.

"I don't know what to do, I've tried everything and he's still bleeding, the Death Eaters must have done it, we just want to come here and be safe, he's bleeding all the time!"

Ginny felt dizzy.There was nothing she could do but hug the dying Percy and cry helplessly, trying to find the wound in the blood.

"Sirius!"

Her cry echoed in the empty arena, and he suddenly appeared out of nowhere.He grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her away from Percy as Madam Pomfrey, Remus, and McGonagall rushed to surround her brother.

Curled into a ball, covered in blood, she kept staring at Percy.Wasn't he only two years old when she saw him last time?Didn't he betray the whole family?He'd been wanting to come to Hogwarts, to be with them, and he was dying.Sirius took her into his arms, and she curled up against his chest.

"Close your eyes, baby," he said softly. "They'll fix him."

Sirius came back to her.He had left before, but here he is again.She cried on top of Percy's shirt as he was rushed into Hogwarts Castle.

-*.*.*-

Sirius didn't take her to Percy.He went to the school hospital because he was dying.He held her in his arms and ran all the way, ignoring the screams of others.He kicked open a door and awkwardly adjusted his hold to close it again.She was shaking, covered in sweat, and her face was sticky.

Ginny barely noticed that they were in his bedroom and he carried her towards the bathroom.He pushed open the bathroom door and gently put her into the bathtub.He quickly unfastened her cloak.

"Okay?" he asked her softly. "Or can you undress yourself?"

She opened her eyes wide and looked up at him, feeling very bewildered why she was undressing, Percy was going to die—

"Damn it, Ginny," he cried, throwing her cloak behind him.

He took her top off her head and she felt numb.Merlin, shouldn't she be a warrior?Shouldn't she be stronger?Ginny must have asked out loud, because Sirius let out a low growl from the back of his throat.

"You're still a child, you're only sixteen," Sirius said softly to her. "You can't save the world."

Sirius helped her take off her pants, and she was suddenly sitting in front of him in just her bra and panties.Percy was going to die.The warm water gradually filled the bathtub, but she found that the water was not clear.The water turned pink as it washed the blood off her body.Blood, it was her brother's blood.She closed her eyes, feeling out of breath.

"We just need to clean you up," Sirius assured her. "You can't let Molly see that you are covered in blood, and your brother still..."

He paused, as if changing his mind.He wiped the blood still warm from her face, chest and hands with a cloth.Blood seeped under her nails.The rough cloth rubbed her arms and she shivered.

"Okay, okay, let's go."

After packing everything up, Sirius bent down and carried her out of the bathtub.Ginny was wet, and she could feel his clothes wet too, but he didn't notice, or care.He put her on his bed and ran back to the bathroom.

Towels, sweaters, pants.

He tosses her his clothes and instructs her what to do.She found that she couldn't understand him at all, and Sirius helped her again.

Dry yourself off.You can't walk around like that in this.Here's my pants, it's big, I'm going to make it smaller.

She felt dazed, and Sirius looked at her with concern.They were all on his bed, and he put his hands on her waist to help her straighten up.Ginny blinked, staring at him intently.

"Okay." He said softly, brushing the curls from her face.

Ginny wrinkled her face and threw herself into his arms before she couldn't suppress her emotions.

"Come on baby, we have to find your family."

She nodded.

"Is he going to die? I'm scared, I'm so scared." She murmured in his ear, she was so scared that she couldn't understand anything.

She was trembling, and Sirius hugged her even tighter.

"We're going to find your family."

Corridors, stairs, school hospital.

When Ginny came to the family, they didn't ask her why she was wearing Sirius' clothes or the rubbing marks on her skin.Remus gave Sirius and Ginny an anxious look, indicating that he had explained what had happened.Ginny finds Percy dying.

Molly and Arthur weren't in the corridor outside the school hospital.Bill was the first to hug Ginny.

"They're with him, they're trying to heal him," Bill said hoarsely to her.

"He..." She stopped, feeling her throat tighten.

how is heshe asked with her eyes.

Bill stroked her back and Charlie answered for him.

"They hurt him badly, Ginny," he said honestly.

He was always so straightforward.

"We don't know either."

Ginny nodded, comforted by the company of her brothers.Sirius stood beside Remus, whispering something to his old friend.His frown showed his stress.Hermione held Ron's hand, and the two sat against the wall.Harry kept rubbing his hands through his hair, closing his eyes and shaking his head.Fred and George were eerily quiet.

"Where's Parkinson?" Ginny asked, looking up at Charlie.

"Parkinson's? The girl who came over with Percy?"

Their voices were so low that no one paid them any attention.

"Yes, where is she?"

Charlie nodded towards the end of the corridor, and Ginny could see a figure.She was about to go there, but hesitated.Should she be with her family and worry about Percy?Less than 10 minutes ago, she was speechless, and now she was going to cross-examine Parkinson.

Sirius seemed to see what she was thinking, and looked at Parkinson at the end of the corridor.His actions made her decide, she shook Charlie's hand, and walked towards the girl.Ron watched his sister walk by in bewilderment, then pushed Hermione.

Ginny came to Parkinson and found that the girl's previous panic had disappeared.She folded her arms across her chest, her nostrils turned up, and she looked like a pompous Slytherin again.

"Are you going to pass judgment?" Parkinson hissed in a low voice.

Ginny tilted her head and leaned her body against the wall.

"What's going on with you and my brother?" Ginny asked.

Parkinson was silent for a moment, then shook his head.Her bun was undone.

"We're all at the Ministry," she said simply. "We've been trying to get back here for months. But we can't find a contact, no one trusts us. After all, a Slytherin and Weasley black sheep looking for members of the Order? Everyone thinks we're fraud."

Ginny licked her lips.

"It's kind of weird," said a voice.

Ginny looked to the right as Harry walked towards Parkinson, relieved by the familiar tone.

"Thank you for stating the obvious, Potter," Parkinson said slowly. "It's not impossible, however."

Harry raised his eyebrows.

"If it weren't for the fact that you didn't enter Hogwarts with malice, I would have questioned your intentions," Harry told her.

"Now you have an answer," Parkinson said. "I came here with good intentions. Weasley - Percy - I hope he's all right."

There was some comfort and remorse in Parkinson's words, enough for Ginny to reluctantly nod in salute.It also reminded Ginny that her brother was now lying in the school hospital.She was about to leave Parkinson and Harry when Remus and Sirius approached.Sirius looked at her naturally, are you okay?And she walked towards him.

"Miss Parkinson, I think we should show you to clean it up," Remus said politely.

She looked at Remus, a sneer on her lips, and nodded.

"Unless Weasley is with me."

Ginny's eyes widened in surprise, looking from Sirius to Parkinson.With her arms folded tightly, surrounded by a skeptical Gryffindor, she looked so small and alone.

"I should wait here," Ginny said slowly. "My brother..."

Parkinson raised an eyebrow.

"Okay. But I do have information about the mysterious man and his followers."

"What is it about?" Sirius asked in a low voice.

She looked around.

"Everyone here can be trusted," Harry told her.

"That's right," Remus agreed.

Parkinson's cunning personality reminded her of Severus, and she felt a sense of protection.

"It's okay." She murmured to the girl, they were so close that although they didn't touch each other, no one could hear her.

Parkinson seemed offended by the remark, but she spoke anyway.

"They kept yelling about Potter, asking if we knew where he was, if we were with him, if we had any news from him or wanted to pass on to him."

Harry let out a rumble from the back of his throat, and Ginny longed to hold his hand.But she didn't.

"They're looking for someone, though. They say Percy knows her, and that's why we're in big trouble," Parkinson said angrily. "He kept saying he didn't know her and they thought he was lying."

Everyone was waiting for Parkinson to remember that name.

"Stiles? Yes, it's Stiles. They said You-Know-Who wanted to catch her like he wanted to catch Potter. They were silly to say it, but they didn't think we'd get out alive ..."

Parkinson hadn't finished speaking when Remus came up to Ginny and took her hand, his breath on her neck.He gently tugged her towards Sirius.She felt numb all over and couldn't move.Harry looked at her intensely, trying to put all the pieces together.

"We'll take you to clean it up, Miss Parkinson," she heard Remus say.

She felt dizzy and her heart was beating fast.Voldemort looking for her?How did he know she was back?And why is he looking for her?She doesn't know the secrets of the past and the future.

"Ginny?" Sirius whispered in her ear, leading her away from the crowd.

He put his arms around her.

"He's looking for me," she said harshly.

Sirius frowned and nodded, his eyes very gloomy.

"No one will hurt you," he said confidently. "I will not allow them to hurt you. I will take care of you."

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