Hunter

I am the hunter - Virginia Rose Weasley is the hunted. I can't bring myself to call her 'Ginny' anymore. Ginny was the shy little girl, often overlooked, and she's nothing like that now. As far as I know she never was 'Ginny'. Maybe it was all a charade. Maybe it's my fault, it could be. Maybe it was deep inside her all along - all I know is I can't ignore it anymore. Ginny Weasley had gone to the dark side.

Yeah, I'm Harry Potter and the girl who idolised me for years? Yeah, I've got to kill her now, before she poses too much of a threat. Pretty simple huh? Sorry if I sound too sarcastic, but come on. Cut me some slack - it's the only way I can get through it. She is Voldemort's most faithful supporter apart from Wormtail already. She could have been passing information to him since his rebirth; there's no way of telling how long this has been going on. Information about me, her friends, even her family. She doesn't seem to care anymore. So now I have to kill my best friend's sister. And in doing so? I could kill him as well.

You see, he won't accept what she's done. He's come up with so many explanations - another 'Riddle diary' type thing, Imperius, the list goes on. And he's willing to give up his life to save his baby sister, when she wouldn't break a nail for him. The Ginny Weasley I knew is dead and buried, and as far as I can see, she's not coming back. Ron doesn't think she's ever left and she's still deep inside Virginia, fighting to come to the surface.

I don't think I can handle it. Ginny's gone, all right. It's not good, and I'll always regret it, but I can cope. I can handle it. Killing Ginny, it's what I have to do, it's my duty. I'll cope. But I can't kill Ron. No way am I ever going to kill Ron. The only problem is that he's going to get in every step of my way until he's dead. I can't stand seeing him so deluded, but dead, killed by my own wand, my own heart would be even worse. Yet, if I don't, is the world dead? Ginny's a powerful witch. She has always rivalled Hermione in cleverness and knowledge, her wizarding upbringing only helping. Voldemort is the most powerful wizard in centuries. If Ginny was on our side, we could defeat him. But Ginny and Voldemort working together? Near impossible.

What turned her that way? I hear you ask. No one really knows. Maybe it was my constant rebuffs. She might have decided that to get back at me, she would get back at the side of Light, but I think it's deeper than that. Something that has been growing since she was small, fuelled by Tom Riddle in her first year. I think it might stem from being the youngest in a large family. Really though, that would give Ron more grief. Ginny's the only girl, so she stands out a bit. It could also have been the first year incident with the Basilisk. Maybe when Riddle was in her, he fed her evilness and it stayed. Given a bit of himself to her, and he did with me. Maybe she just wanted power, to get noticed for once. To not blend into the background.

I guess we'll never know. Even if we asked Ginny, she either would talk or wouldn't know herself. The question still remains though - can I really kill Ginny?