'Ginny, Ginny. Wake up. Breakfast is ready,' she heard as she was awoken from her slumber by Harry Potter. She groaned and lifted her head up from the pillows and looked up at Harry.
She suddenly smiled as she realised she would be going back to Hogwarts today and would get to see Colin and Amy her two best friends. She looked into Harry's bright green eyes and smiled at him. He blushed slightly and smiled back.
'Thanks for waking me Harry.' she said as she pushed back the covers and got up.
Harry blushed even more when he saw what she was wearing. She was wearing a spaghetti strap night dress which barely covered her a quarter of her legs. It was old and she'd been wearing it for about 3 years now. It was a little more revealing then it had been.
She sighed inwardly reminding herself that she really needed to get a new one. She pulled on her dressing gown and walked downstairs followed closely by harry.
She sat herself in her usual spot next to Ron and Fred. She was sitting opposite Harry. Harry seemed to be acting strange to her but she wasn't sure if it was just her or if anyone else had noticed it. She decided not to make anything of it though.
She grinned as she piled eggs, bacon and beans onto her plate and started eating quickly. She looked up from her food and looked at harry and noticed him staring at her. He quickly turned away and looked down at his plate and pushed his food around with his fork.
Ginny sighed and stood up. 'Thanks mum. That was delicious. I'm just going to get dressed and get ready so we can leave earlier than last year,' she said and headed up the stairs to get dressed.
She pulled on a pair of skinny black jeans and a tight black v-neck. She checked her room to see if she had everything she needed picking up the odd few things and chucking them into her trunk and tucked her wand into her jacket pocket and slipped it on herself. She levitated her trunk, picked her kitten Mystie and walked down the stairs, her trunk following.
'Ronald Weasley. Get a move on. We're going to be late.' Mrs. Weasley called form the bottom of the stairs.ron hurried down the stairs with his trunk. Mrs. Weasley sighed and they got intot he car and drove to the station.
Draco Malfoy lay on his bed his head crossed behind his head. He sighed as his father barged into his room and he didn't look too pleased.
'I have heard that you have insulted the Parkinson's daughter. You know that we have been planning for you to marry her once you've left Hogwarts and they are re-thinking this. Don't mess with it ok. You are going to pay this time.' he said and pointed his wand at Draco.
'CRUCIO!' he yelled and Draco cried out in pain. Lucius smirked; feeling pleased with himself, left the room leaving Draco lying unconscious on his bed.
His mother came in after about ten minutes making sure lucius didn't know that she was aware of what had happened. she gave Draco a potion which woke him up. He groaned a little and tried to stand up but wobbled slightly and fell back onto his bed. Nacissa looked at her son. 'we need to leave now or we are going to be late.'she said swiftly and walked out of the room.
Draco put a hand to his head and stood up. He picked up his wand which was on his bed-side table.
He pulled on black leather trousers and a black shirt and levitated his trunk and walked out to the entrance of the house and they all headed to the station.
Mrs. Weasley gave Ginny a tight squeeze. 'Now be a good girl and stay out of trouble ok?' She said smiling.
Ginny rolled her eyes. 'yes mum.' she mumbled trying to get out of the tight grip Mrs. Weasley had on her.
'I've got a present for you.' Mrs. Weasley said taking out a small box which Ginny put in her jacket pocket. 'when you get to Hogwarts just set it back to it's original size. I hope you like it. I know I can't buy you much so this was something special I thought you deserved.' a teary eyed molly told Ginny.
Ginny grinned wiping away her own tears on her cheeks. 'Thank you so much mum. This means so much to me,' she said hugging her mum tightly to her.
Molly kissed her cheek and waved as Ginny walked to the train hoping she could find a nice quiet compartment. She walked along the corridor of the train looking in each compartment hoping to find her own one.
She didn't really want to share with Ron, Hermione and Harry. They always talked about what they were planning to do the year and nothing ever included her so she didn't really enjoy listening to them talk excitedly about it.
She finally found an empty compartment near the end of the train. She took out her ipod and started listening to fall out boy's 'Grand Theft Autumn.' She rested her back against the window hugging her knees to her chest and sat quietly listening to one of her favourite bands.
After about 10 minutes of peace and quiet it was interrupted by none other than Draco Malfoy sliding open the door and looked over at Ginny. She hadn't noticed yet and she just rested with her eyes closed peacefully. Draco studied her carefully.
She had matured a lot over the summer. Not the gangly redhead he remembered her to be. She now had nice long legs and had gorgeous curves. Her hair was no longer straight but were loose ringlets framing her face. Her chest filled out more and she now looked like a woman not so much a naïve little girl. she wasn't as skinny as some of the girls in the school but her figure wasn't large it was just right.
Draco had been studying her for a few minutes when Ginny lifted her head slowly and looked straight into Draco's eyes. She cocked her eyebrow wondering why he had been looking at her. Draco looked away quickly but not after giving her a smirk.
'so what's the weaselette doing all on her own? Dream team don't want you around?' he drawled.
She brought herself into a normal sitting position and looked straight at Draco as if she was hoping she could pierce holes in him with her eyes.
'For your information I enjoy being alone and I don't see how it is your business anyway. And why are you in here and where are your so called friends?' she asked meaning Crabbe and Goyle.
Her face went from a calm exterior to an angry one. She obviously didn't like being disturbed. Draco smirked again. That was seriously getting old now.
'Those idiots? I don't think so. Only so much of them I can take.'he sneered.
'Look malfoy if you're gonna stay I'm going to leave so can you please tell me.'she said in the calmest tone she could manage.
She didn't fancy getting into an argument before school started. She switched off her iPod and got ready to leave.
'Can't stand to be in the same room as me weasley? Shame. Could have been fun.'he drawled.
She rolled her eyes and got up taking her trunk and all her other belongings with her. she looked through the windows of the compartments to see if she could see anyone she knew in them. She soon came across one with the dream team in it.
She sighed knowing there was nowhere else she could sit. she slid open the door and took a seat next to Hermione.
'We were worried sick Gin. where were you?'harry asked her and he actually did seem concerned. Something was defiantly wrong here.
'Oh I couldn't find you guys then I had a run in with Malfoy.'she stated. She did have a run in with Malfoy so it was only a bit of a lie.
'Did he hurt you? Are you alright?' harry asked hurriedly.
She sighed. 'Yeah I'm ok. He was just being an idiot like usual. Nothing new.'she said and switched her iPod on listening to blink 182.
'Oh gin, the prefects are meeting in the front compartment in a few mintues you should change into your robes and we can head down together. I think colin and amy went their earlier as they couldn't find you.'Hermione stated in her know-it-all voice.
Ginny nodded putting her iPod away and grabbed her robes and headed for the toilets to change.she quickly hurried in and changed into her old robes. She'd worn them for a few years now. She was hoping to get a job to work on the hogsmeade weekends or get permission from Dumbledore to work on the weekends. She really needed the money.
She came out and went back to the compartment to get Hermione and they both walked along the corridor heading to the front compartment where all the other prefects were gathered. 'Oh gosh ginny. You know harry, I really think he likes you. I mean he's blushing whenever you're around and he keeps talking about you. Isn't it great ginny.'she babbled.
Ginny groaned inwardly. It wasn't great. She didn't like Harry anymore. She hadn't liked him since her second year. She was getting annoyed with everyone thinking she still liked him. It took him long enough to notice her in the first place why should she wait around for him.
'Look Mione I don't like him anymore, I got over my crush years ago. It's just not going to work.'she said.
Hermione looked crestfallen. 'Herm what's going on? Why do you care so much anyway?' Ginny asked her.
Hermione blushed and looked at the ground. 'I kind of turned him down in the summer and now he seems to like you I thought that he would be happy at least.' she mumbled.
Ginny folded her arms across her chest. If Hermione wanted her to go out with harry just because she rejected him she had another thing coming.
'I'm not gonna go out with harry just to make him happy Hermione. It doesn't work that way. He's your best friend not mine. It's not my job ok?'she said and stroke off quickly down the corridor and entered the first compartment which held all the prefects.
She smiled as she saw Amy and Colin sitting next to each other. She joined them placing herself between them and began discussing their summers. Professor McGonagall coughed slightly to get their attention. All the students stopped their talking and faced her silently.
'Right as some of might know we have changed the way of selecting head boy and girl. They can be from either 6th or 7th year and I need the all of you to selct a boy and girl which you would like to see as head boy and girl. Write their names on the parchment I'm about to hand out and them pass them back. They must be a prefect so remember that and chose who will help the school and not just someone who is your friend.'she finished then with a flick of her wand two pieces of parchment in their hands.
Ginny looked down at them and smiled. She knew who she was going to write down. She scribbled their names onto the pieces of parchement and waited. It was all silent apart form the scrathing of quills on parchment.
After a few mintues mcgonagall flicked her wand again and all the parchement gathered in two piles in the air. She flicked her wand for the third time and the chosen head boy and girl appeared on parchment in her hand.
'And the head boy and girl for this year will be…… Ms. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy.' she read out clearly. Hermione looked as though she was about to cry.
'...And our runners up who will share their head quarters with the head boy and girl are…… Amy Patel and Colin Creevy. Thank for your co-operation and you are now able to go back to your compartments but could I please keep the heads and deputy heads please.' she said and everyone left except for colin, draco, ginny and amy.
Amy, Colin and Ginny were talking quietly to eachother congratulations all round.
'So Ms. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy, you two will have to perform rounds together each night from 9 till 11 and if there is a reason that one of you cannot make it you should tell you deputy and they shall perform the rounds instead. If you have any questions ask away other than that you may leave. Your rooms are like the common rooms. You have a small common room then two staircases, left for the boys and right for the girls.' she said.
They all stood up as they had no questions.
'Well have a pleasant rest of your trip and congratulations to all of you.'she said and they all filed out.
Once they were in the corridor Ginny and Amy started squealing as they were so pleased that they would be sharing a room just the two of them and Colin would be close. The only down side was that he would have to share with Draco but nothing could really spoil their moods. She chatted happily as they all walked along the corridor.
She saw a blonde head through the window of one of the compartments. 'One sec guys.' she said and slid open the door and walked in shutting it behind her.
'Hey um considering we are going to be working together a lot this year I was wondering if we could call a truce.'she said quietly but loud enough for him to just hear her. He looked at her and burst out laughing.
'A truce? Are you kidding me? I wouldn't even let you call a truce with the dirt on the bottom of my shoe let alone me. I think we just forget about the turce. There is no way I can be nice to you. You aren't worth it. Completely below me. No way EVER. So get lost ok Weaselette?' he snarled.
She looked close to tears but wouldn't let him have the satisfaction of letting him see her cry. She turned on her heel and headed out slamming the door behind and amy put their arms around her and walked down the corridor to find an empty compartment.
They soon found one and ginny hugged them and cried. She didn't really know why she was crying but somehow malfoy's words effected her immensely.
'What happened hun?' Amy asked her wiping her tears off her rosy cheeks.
'Well...you know me and Draco have to work togther a lot this year well I asked for a truce and he said some really cruel things.' she said between sobs.
Amy hugged her back soothingly while whispering calming words into her ear.
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