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A/N: This just popped into my head when I saw a movie with the same title (it has nothing to do w/the movie cuz I only saw the title not the actual movie). You don't have to like it because I'm writing it for my own enjoyment. Please review it if you read it. Thanks!!!!
Prelude to a Kiss
Another day in boring Potions class, Ginny Weasley thought irritably, another day with Snape taking away points first thing in the morning. Oh joy.
"Gin, wait up!!!" Vanessa Johnston, one of Ginny's best friend, called as she ran to catch up with Ginny's long strides.
"You're so slow, Essa," Chloe Estron, Ginny's other best friend, told Vanessa (or Essa as everyone affectionately called her). Chloe and Vanessa were probably the most different friends Ginny could have. Chloe, standing at 6'0" was the tallest girl in Gryffindor, had dark mocha skin which had never been introduced to acne, extremely dark brown hair that cascaded in waves down her back, bright chocolate eyes that were framed with gorgeous lashes that never had felt the coarse brush of mascara, and lips a soft shade of pink that always had gloss over them, was a natural beauty.
Vanessa on the other hand, worked for her looks. When you're 5'2" you have to work to be noticed. As a dishwater blonde girl with, dull blue eyes, a pale complexion red in places from a recent fight with pimples, and lips that you can't remember what color they are since you wear so much lipstick, she tried hard to be noticed. She probably had bought out half of the stock of L'oreal Witching make-up in Hogsmeade.
"It's not my fault I have short legs,"Vanessa pouted as she caught up with her friends as they walked through the Potions' dungeon's door. Ginny rolled her eyes. Her friends were hopeless.
"Hey, guys-" Ginny started remembering something Professor Snape had said last Thursday.
"Good morning, class. I'm sure you all remember that today you will be having our Seventh year top Potions student helping us with our Impervious potion. Remember this potion is worth 70% of your grade this quarter so I advise you not to fail," Professor Snape interrupted Ginny. He did have the perfect right to, though.
Cool, Hermione is going to help us, Ginny thought automatically when he said "top student". Ginny was fairly was surprised when Hermione did not come strolling into the room but a tall platinum blonde boy did.
"Oh, Lord," Vanessa hissed.
"Oh, yeah. Gotta agree with you, Essa," Chloe whispered.
"You guys, shut up," Ginny breathed. She watched as almost all the females' eyebrows shot up with an approving look in their eyes as the boy leaned on Snape's desk with a nonchalant look.
"Draco, start the potion, please," Snape said glancing back at the boy.
"Yes, Professor," he nodded as he traveled to the cupboard to gather the ingredients. Ginny saw her friends smirk as he bent over to get something from the bottom shelf. She rolled her eyes at their antics. She knew she had heard the name Draco before, but she couldn't remember where.
"ALL STAFF PLEASE REPORT TO THE STAFF WING FOR AN EMERGENCY MEETING!!!!" Professor Dumbledore's magnified voice reverberated in the dungeon.
"Now what? Draco, take over and explain its properties," Snape yelled as he strode out of the room with his black robes billowing out like a cape.
"Me??" Draco asked with a disbelieving face at Snape's retreating back. "All right I guess he did mean me. Draco's not a very common name is it?" he asked himself. "All right. Was anyone paying enough attention to hear the ingredients? Because you really need that information to pass this." Half of the female populations' hands went up.
"Yes, you. The girl who could pass for Tyra Banks, name two," Draco said pointing at Chloe.
"Dragon's Blood and Vampire fangs, two of them," Chloe said with a smug look in her eyes.
"Wrong. Anyone actually paying attention to Professor Snape while he was talking instead of me of watching me?" he asked. All of the hands went down except for Ginny's.
"Yes? Oh that figures. You're Weasley's little sister, correct?" He asked with his arms crossed over his chest and his eyebrows raised.
"Yes, I am Ron's sister. The ingredients are: Vampire blood, Dragon fangs, dried Mandrake root, Dragon scales, Hippogriff talons, a Phoenix feather, Herigton fruit, and Pheonix tears," Ginny said in a monotone.
"Very nice. Five points if you can tell me what kind of dragon the ingredients are from," Draco said.
"Antipedean Opaleye," Ginny replied.
"Five points to Gryffindor. It really is a shame, in the easiest subject for them to ace, Slytherins are bested by Gryffindors. What a pity," he said with a contemptuous look at the Slytherins, "And to think that in half a year this will be the next graduating class of Slytherins."
"That's not very nice," Vanessa burst out.
"Well, I'm not a nice person. Five points from Gryffindor for mouthing off," Draco said with with an amused glare at Essa.
"But-" she said.
"A further five points," Draco interrupted, "for mouthing off again. Once not enough?" Essa sat fuming.
"Still think he's cute?" Ginny whispered out of the side of her mouth.
"Yeah," Essa pouted. Ginny sighed.
"Anyone know what this potion's properties are?" Draco asked. The question hung in midair. "Anyone? No? All right, then, I'll tell you. This potion protects you against pain caused by anything other than magic. Like, say you're at a party and you end up insulting another guy's girlfriend so he decks you. You wouldn't feel it at all. Or if you just found out your cat died, you wouldn't feel the grief with this potion. Even if your girlfriend broke up with you there would be no heartache. It works wonders for hangovers. Also, to get away from reality. You still feel fear, hate, love and such but you don't feel anything that would cause pain as long as it isn't caused by magic. So if someone does the Crucatius curse you'll feel it."
Ginny stared at him. He had said "to get away from reality", what did he mean by that? Ginny didn't have time to ponder this for he had continued talking.
"Now I brewed this potion first when I was thirteen so I expect a bunch of sixteen year-olds who seem to be competent will be able to handle it," he finished.
"You made this when you were thirteen??" Ginny asked in disbelief, "This is a highly advanced potion. How?"
"You'd be amazed at the things you can do with a highly advanced reason to do them," was all he replied with. What kind of answer is that? Ginny thought, It doesn't give me a conclusion at all!!! "Please find a partner to work with and you may begin."
"Ginny!" Vanessa and Chloe called out immediately. They glared at each other automatically. Ginny sighed.
"Guys, you have fifteen seconds to figure out who I'm being partners with or I'm working alone," Ginny stated.
"You can't," Essa pointed out.
"Oy!!! You, Draco or whatever, can I work alone?" Ginny called out.
"If you think your friends can handle it, yes," he replied with a smirk, "You are the second highest scorer recently on the Torpedous potion you made last year so I hope you can handle this." Ginny smirked also.
"I'm not sure they can handle it," she said glancing at her friends, who were having a heated argument. Ginny also many other people fighting.
"Oh, Lord," Draco muttered,"All right, change of plans! I'll chose your partners. Okay, Miss Johnston and Miss Estron. Mr. Frinck and Mr. Retrox. Miss Weasley and Mr. Creevey," he continued down the line no longer muttering. Ginny moved her stuff and herself over to Colin Creevey's table.
"Hey, Ginny. I'm glad I get to work with the best Potions student in our class instead of some completely daft Slytherin," Colin said as Ginny sat down, "It's also cool I get to work with one of my friends."
"Yeah. Hi, Colin," Ginny nodded as she sat down. She did have to admit that working with one of her less close friends was better than working with a complete stranger. Ginny set out all of the ingredients they would need. She just about the last ingredient when Professor Snape walked back into the dungeon.
"Draco, may I see you for a minute?" Snape asked with a far away look on his face.
"Yes," Draco replied as he looked up from helping two Slytherins. He followed him out of the room.
"Wonder what that was about?" Colin pondered to no one in particular.
"Dunno," Ginny answered turning back to their potion. She just added the last part of the recipe when Professor Snape walked back into the room followed by a crestfallen looking Draco Malfoy. Draco sat down immediately when he came to a chair.
"Students, I have the extremely unpleasant job of informing you of an attack that occurred last night," Snape said looking devastated, "The people that were attacked were: Paprika Patil, Ruby Brown, Mya Zabini, Emily Baddock, Violet Parkinson, Celeste Chang, Gertrude Midgen, Narcissa Malfoy, and Molly Weasley," he paused to let this horrible information sink in, "Four out of these women are dead, the rest in critical condition at St. Mungo's."
"Who died?" Ginny asked once she found her tongue. Her mother could not be dead......
Professor Snape looked sympathetically around the room.
"The women who died are: Mya Zabini, Violet Parkinson," he hesitated as he took a deep breath, "Narcissa Malfoy and......." He looked as if he was having an internal battle on whether or not to tell the last name. This can not be good, Ginny thought. Dear God if you pity me and my family at all don't let my mother be dead, please, please, Ginny begged mentally as she raised her eyes to the ceiling and put her hands together. "Molly Weasley," Snape whispered in a barely audible voice. Ginny's jaw dropped as she let out a choked cry of sorrow.
"No, No, No!!!" she gasped in between sobs. It can't be true, it can't be, she thought desperately.
My mother, the woman who watched me and my brothers grow up; the woman who told us bedtime stories; the woman who helped me through my first year at Hogwarts; the woman who explained everything from boys to periods to me; the woman who kissed us goodnight everyday when we were home; the woman who embarrassed me in front of everyone when I had my first boyfriend(she did that to all of them); the woman who I loved too much to be expressed in words, could not be gone forever. Ginny sobbed so hard that Vanessa and Chloe burst into tears too. They rushed over to her and hugged her enormously.
"Oh, God, Ginny, I'm so so so sooooo so sorry!!" Essa choked out.
"It isn't fair, your mom didn't do anything to anyone, why?" Chloe stuttered through streams of tears.
"Virginia, if you want to go find your brother go right ahead. Draco, if you too want to go to you dormitory or go find your friends you may also," Snape offered in complete empathy. Ginny nodded and walked out of the room toward Gryffindor Tower.
"Weasley, I'm sorry. Tell your brother sorry for me too, all right," Draco said as he walked out after Ginny only to turn toward the Slytherin Dungeon.
A/N: I'm sorry if no one liked it. I'm going to write the next chapter anyway. If you did take the time to read this please review it. Remember flames will only be put to use on your own little waiting rooms while Lucifer has other clients. Ciao!!
a/n 2: Yall might know that this story appeared under the pen name jace. Well that's Milano now. I've changed a lot in a year. We got a new internet provider so I had to re-register. U might want to remember the name Milano too. It's going to be famous one day since I'm going to be the biggest white rapper since the wonderful, talented, dead sexy, off the hook, (rambles on some more) Eminem. Love Y'all! "People, it feels so good to b back!" IM me if u have a question or comment or something that is urgent on AIM at badKNABH5 you've got to tell me who you are though. I ain't playing any guessing games,
A/N: This just popped into my head when I saw a movie with the same title (it has nothing to do w/the movie cuz I only saw the title not the actual movie). You don't have to like it because I'm writing it for my own enjoyment. Please review it if you read it. Thanks!!!!
Prelude to a Kiss
Another day in boring Potions class, Ginny Weasley thought irritably, another day with Snape taking away points first thing in the morning. Oh joy.
"Gin, wait up!!!" Vanessa Johnston, one of Ginny's best friend, called as she ran to catch up with Ginny's long strides.
"You're so slow, Essa," Chloe Estron, Ginny's other best friend, told Vanessa (or Essa as everyone affectionately called her). Chloe and Vanessa were probably the most different friends Ginny could have. Chloe, standing at 6'0" was the tallest girl in Gryffindor, had dark mocha skin which had never been introduced to acne, extremely dark brown hair that cascaded in waves down her back, bright chocolate eyes that were framed with gorgeous lashes that never had felt the coarse brush of mascara, and lips a soft shade of pink that always had gloss over them, was a natural beauty.
Vanessa on the other hand, worked for her looks. When you're 5'2" you have to work to be noticed. As a dishwater blonde girl with, dull blue eyes, a pale complexion red in places from a recent fight with pimples, and lips that you can't remember what color they are since you wear so much lipstick, she tried hard to be noticed. She probably had bought out half of the stock of L'oreal Witching make-up in Hogsmeade.
"It's not my fault I have short legs,"Vanessa pouted as she caught up with her friends as they walked through the Potions' dungeon's door. Ginny rolled her eyes. Her friends were hopeless.
"Hey, guys-" Ginny started remembering something Professor Snape had said last Thursday.
"Good morning, class. I'm sure you all remember that today you will be having our Seventh year top Potions student helping us with our Impervious potion. Remember this potion is worth 70% of your grade this quarter so I advise you not to fail," Professor Snape interrupted Ginny. He did have the perfect right to, though.
Cool, Hermione is going to help us, Ginny thought automatically when he said "top student". Ginny was fairly was surprised when Hermione did not come strolling into the room but a tall platinum blonde boy did.
"Oh, Lord," Vanessa hissed.
"Oh, yeah. Gotta agree with you, Essa," Chloe whispered.
"You guys, shut up," Ginny breathed. She watched as almost all the females' eyebrows shot up with an approving look in their eyes as the boy leaned on Snape's desk with a nonchalant look.
"Draco, start the potion, please," Snape said glancing back at the boy.
"Yes, Professor," he nodded as he traveled to the cupboard to gather the ingredients. Ginny saw her friends smirk as he bent over to get something from the bottom shelf. She rolled her eyes at their antics. She knew she had heard the name Draco before, but she couldn't remember where.
"ALL STAFF PLEASE REPORT TO THE STAFF WING FOR AN EMERGENCY MEETING!!!!" Professor Dumbledore's magnified voice reverberated in the dungeon.
"Now what? Draco, take over and explain its properties," Snape yelled as he strode out of the room with his black robes billowing out like a cape.
"Me??" Draco asked with a disbelieving face at Snape's retreating back. "All right I guess he did mean me. Draco's not a very common name is it?" he asked himself. "All right. Was anyone paying enough attention to hear the ingredients? Because you really need that information to pass this." Half of the female populations' hands went up.
"Yes, you. The girl who could pass for Tyra Banks, name two," Draco said pointing at Chloe.
"Dragon's Blood and Vampire fangs, two of them," Chloe said with a smug look in her eyes.
"Wrong. Anyone actually paying attention to Professor Snape while he was talking instead of me of watching me?" he asked. All of the hands went down except for Ginny's.
"Yes? Oh that figures. You're Weasley's little sister, correct?" He asked with his arms crossed over his chest and his eyebrows raised.
"Yes, I am Ron's sister. The ingredients are: Vampire blood, Dragon fangs, dried Mandrake root, Dragon scales, Hippogriff talons, a Phoenix feather, Herigton fruit, and Pheonix tears," Ginny said in a monotone.
"Very nice. Five points if you can tell me what kind of dragon the ingredients are from," Draco said.
"Antipedean Opaleye," Ginny replied.
"Five points to Gryffindor. It really is a shame, in the easiest subject for them to ace, Slytherins are bested by Gryffindors. What a pity," he said with a contemptuous look at the Slytherins, "And to think that in half a year this will be the next graduating class of Slytherins."
"That's not very nice," Vanessa burst out.
"Well, I'm not a nice person. Five points from Gryffindor for mouthing off," Draco said with with an amused glare at Essa.
"But-" she said.
"A further five points," Draco interrupted, "for mouthing off again. Once not enough?" Essa sat fuming.
"Still think he's cute?" Ginny whispered out of the side of her mouth.
"Yeah," Essa pouted. Ginny sighed.
"Anyone know what this potion's properties are?" Draco asked. The question hung in midair. "Anyone? No? All right, then, I'll tell you. This potion protects you against pain caused by anything other than magic. Like, say you're at a party and you end up insulting another guy's girlfriend so he decks you. You wouldn't feel it at all. Or if you just found out your cat died, you wouldn't feel the grief with this potion. Even if your girlfriend broke up with you there would be no heartache. It works wonders for hangovers. Also, to get away from reality. You still feel fear, hate, love and such but you don't feel anything that would cause pain as long as it isn't caused by magic. So if someone does the Crucatius curse you'll feel it."
Ginny stared at him. He had said "to get away from reality", what did he mean by that? Ginny didn't have time to ponder this for he had continued talking.
"Now I brewed this potion first when I was thirteen so I expect a bunch of sixteen year-olds who seem to be competent will be able to handle it," he finished.
"You made this when you were thirteen??" Ginny asked in disbelief, "This is a highly advanced potion. How?"
"You'd be amazed at the things you can do with a highly advanced reason to do them," was all he replied with. What kind of answer is that? Ginny thought, It doesn't give me a conclusion at all!!! "Please find a partner to work with and you may begin."
"Ginny!" Vanessa and Chloe called out immediately. They glared at each other automatically. Ginny sighed.
"Guys, you have fifteen seconds to figure out who I'm being partners with or I'm working alone," Ginny stated.
"You can't," Essa pointed out.
"Oy!!! You, Draco or whatever, can I work alone?" Ginny called out.
"If you think your friends can handle it, yes," he replied with a smirk, "You are the second highest scorer recently on the Torpedous potion you made last year so I hope you can handle this." Ginny smirked also.
"I'm not sure they can handle it," she said glancing at her friends, who were having a heated argument. Ginny also many other people fighting.
"Oh, Lord," Draco muttered,"All right, change of plans! I'll chose your partners. Okay, Miss Johnston and Miss Estron. Mr. Frinck and Mr. Retrox. Miss Weasley and Mr. Creevey," he continued down the line no longer muttering. Ginny moved her stuff and herself over to Colin Creevey's table.
"Hey, Ginny. I'm glad I get to work with the best Potions student in our class instead of some completely daft Slytherin," Colin said as Ginny sat down, "It's also cool I get to work with one of my friends."
"Yeah. Hi, Colin," Ginny nodded as she sat down. She did have to admit that working with one of her less close friends was better than working with a complete stranger. Ginny set out all of the ingredients they would need. She just about the last ingredient when Professor Snape walked back into the dungeon.
"Draco, may I see you for a minute?" Snape asked with a far away look on his face.
"Yes," Draco replied as he looked up from helping two Slytherins. He followed him out of the room.
"Wonder what that was about?" Colin pondered to no one in particular.
"Dunno," Ginny answered turning back to their potion. She just added the last part of the recipe when Professor Snape walked back into the room followed by a crestfallen looking Draco Malfoy. Draco sat down immediately when he came to a chair.
"Students, I have the extremely unpleasant job of informing you of an attack that occurred last night," Snape said looking devastated, "The people that were attacked were: Paprika Patil, Ruby Brown, Mya Zabini, Emily Baddock, Violet Parkinson, Celeste Chang, Gertrude Midgen, Narcissa Malfoy, and Molly Weasley," he paused to let this horrible information sink in, "Four out of these women are dead, the rest in critical condition at St. Mungo's."
"Who died?" Ginny asked once she found her tongue. Her mother could not be dead......
Professor Snape looked sympathetically around the room.
"The women who died are: Mya Zabini, Violet Parkinson," he hesitated as he took a deep breath, "Narcissa Malfoy and......." He looked as if he was having an internal battle on whether or not to tell the last name. This can not be good, Ginny thought. Dear God if you pity me and my family at all don't let my mother be dead, please, please, Ginny begged mentally as she raised her eyes to the ceiling and put her hands together. "Molly Weasley," Snape whispered in a barely audible voice. Ginny's jaw dropped as she let out a choked cry of sorrow.
"No, No, No!!!" she gasped in between sobs. It can't be true, it can't be, she thought desperately.
My mother, the woman who watched me and my brothers grow up; the woman who told us bedtime stories; the woman who helped me through my first year at Hogwarts; the woman who explained everything from boys to periods to me; the woman who kissed us goodnight everyday when we were home; the woman who embarrassed me in front of everyone when I had my first boyfriend(she did that to all of them); the woman who I loved too much to be expressed in words, could not be gone forever. Ginny sobbed so hard that Vanessa and Chloe burst into tears too. They rushed over to her and hugged her enormously.
"Oh, God, Ginny, I'm so so so sooooo so sorry!!" Essa choked out.
"It isn't fair, your mom didn't do anything to anyone, why?" Chloe stuttered through streams of tears.
"Virginia, if you want to go find your brother go right ahead. Draco, if you too want to go to you dormitory or go find your friends you may also," Snape offered in complete empathy. Ginny nodded and walked out of the room toward Gryffindor Tower.
"Weasley, I'm sorry. Tell your brother sorry for me too, all right," Draco said as he walked out after Ginny only to turn toward the Slytherin Dungeon.
A/N: I'm sorry if no one liked it. I'm going to write the next chapter anyway. If you did take the time to read this please review it. Remember flames will only be put to use on your own little waiting rooms while Lucifer has other clients. Ciao!!
a/n 2: Yall might know that this story appeared under the pen name jace. Well that's Milano now. I've changed a lot in a year. We got a new internet provider so I had to re-register. U might want to remember the name Milano too. It's going to be famous one day since I'm going to be the biggest white rapper since the wonderful, talented, dead sexy, off the hook, (rambles on some more) Eminem. Love Y'all! "People, it feels so good to b back!" IM me if u have a question or comment or something that is urgent on AIM at badKNABH5 you've got to tell me who you are though. I ain't playing any guessing games,