Chapter 1:
AN: The character's thoughts are in Italics just so you all know. I do not own anything except the plot of this story and the new professor. I hope you enjoy it and sorry if its alil short:S
Draco Malfoy walked onto Kings Cross Station and looked around taking in the site around him. Hmm, no one from Hogwarts yet. He thought to himself. He pulled his trolley to the barrier of platform 9 and ¾ and was about to enter when something hit him from behind. He spun around, only to face none other than Virginia Weasley, better known as Ginny.
"Watch where you're going weasel." He said rather cruelly.
"S-sorry." She stammered, unable to get the word out.
She looked at him starting from his feet and gradually moving to his face. Wow! He has changed… and that he had. He was a lot taller than last year, a lot more muscular and was wearing muggle clothing… What?!? That can't be right… Ginny thought to herself. She looked up to his eyes where his blonde hair fell over them slightly. His eyes were the still, emotionless grey eyes she was too familiar with. Draco realised she was watching him and took the time to check her out quickly. She too had changed, he noticed. Her hair had been pulled into a neat braid and she had also grown a lot taller than last year. Her eyes had green, hazel and brown in them and she was slim with a nicely curved body. He noticed that she too was wearing muggle clothing.
Though, he had a reason, he wanted to hide the person he once was, after his parents deaths, people had been after him for revenge. Voldemort was dead and as a result his followers were killed too. For a split second Ginny saw the emotion of hurt in his eyes, but as quickly as it had come, it was gone. Ginny went to touch his face but he turned away, she knew he was hurting but he turned away and wouldn't let her touch him, he then disappeared through the barrier. Ginny was left with her thoughts of what had just happened, she felt for him and she wanted to make the pain go away. She was soon brought out of her thoughts when Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and her brother Ronald Weasley, better known as Ron, came up to her.
"Are you ok Gin?" Hermione asked her worriedly, trying to read the look on her face.
"Yeah, I'm fine…" Ginny trailed off and stared at the ground.
Her friends shook it off and one by one they entered the barrier and emerged on the other side to platform 9 and ¾ where the Hogwarts Express was waiting for the arrival of all the students. Ginny looked around for Draco, but couldn't find him anywhere; she sighed and boarded the train with her friends. Throughout the journey, all Ginny could think about was him and his eyes…something about him had changed. He had kept to himself and couldn't bare Ginny to touch him. Whilst she was thinking she heard Harry and Ron arguing about the Quidditch cards they owned and who had the best cards. Hermione tried helplessly to stop them but failed and soon enough cards were flying everywhere. Ginny shook her head Boys… can't live with them, can't live without them… Soon enough they arrived at the little station of Hogsmeade and the students all piled out of the train. Hagrid's voice boomed over all the students' excited chatter and he ordered the first years to follow him to the boats and the rest of the students to find carriages between 3-4 people. When they had all reached the castle and had entered, everything had changed; it was different – well to Ginny at least. No one else seemed to notice anything and the students all piled into the Great Hall for the welcoming ceremony. The first years were all introduced and sorted by the sorting hat and then made their ways to their new house tables, which the other students greeted them and made them all feel welcomed.
Dumbledor began his welcome back speech to all the students who had been to Hogwarts the previous years, and introduced a new Professor to everyone. All this was a blur to Ginny, until she heard Dumbledor announce that Professor Snape had received the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts and introduced the new Potions teacher, Processor Meratatous. Ginny and the rest of the hall looked up at the unfamiliar face, Draco however thought he looked rather familiar… He soon brushed the thought away when Dumbledor had the food appear on the table. Dinner had finally ended and the tired, full students made their ways to their dormitories led by their house Prefects. The first years were in awe at the site of the moving portraits, they "oo'd" and "ahh'd" every time one of them spoke. They finally reached their common rooms and the Prefects explained what was happening.
"Now, this is your new common room. Your dorms are upstairs, to the right is the girls dormitories and to the left the boys. You will find that your belongings are all brought up and unpacked for you. Breakfast is at 7am, have a nice sleep."
Finished the Gryfindor Prefect and made his way out of the common room to the Prefects dorms.
Draco couldn't sleep, so he got up and wandered the corridors. Little did he know, he wasn't alone. He soon found out as he walked straight into Ginny Weasley.
"Oh! Sorry…" Ginny whispered as her eyes slowly met Draco's. They were standing so close, that if Ginny were to step on her toes, there lips would touch. She wanted to kiss his lips so badly, Draco knew what she was feeling, and he could see it in her eyes. But he couldn't bring himself to do it; he turned away and kept walking. Ginny stared after him, tears in her eyes, she knew the way he felt, he wanted to… but something was stopping him.
I wish that I could take a journey through your…mind,
and find emotions that you always try to hide… babe…
I do believe that there's a love you want to share…
Ginny walked back to her dorm and cried herself to sleep. Draco did not return to his dorm. He wandered the halls, he couldn't stop thinking about her, but he was scared. He didn't want to hurt any more. He didn't want to hurt her either. He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair, frustrated with himself. He wanted to figure this out, but something was stopping him. He soon went back to his dorm, afraid of getting caught by Filtch, the caretaker. Though sleep did not come, and he lay awake stuck in his thoughts, a place he didn't want to be, and he felt so alone. By the time he fell asleep, it was time to get up again.