Chapter 1
Ginny Weasley stomped her feet and shouted at Sir Cadogan, who refused to let her into the Gryffindor portrait hole.
"I've named every possible friggen thing! You know I'm a Gryffindor! I've been standing here for 15 minutes! Ever since the Fat Lady ran off to god knows where, we've been stuck with you, and you change the password every day to ridiculous rubbish that no one would be able to remember!" Ginny snapped.
"Well it's not my fault my dear lady you don't pay attention. If you did, you would have been in and out 8 times already! And how do I know that you're not a Slytherin disguised as a Gryffindor?" Sir Cadogan replied coldly.
Dinner was in less than 10 minutes and Ginny was almost ready to give up. She slid down the wall helplessly spitting out random words in a bored voice hoping that one would be the right one. But Sir Cadogan rejected every one.
Ginny heard footsteps so she quickly tried to stand up but she ended up spilling the contents of her bag everywhere. She scrambled around grabbing all her notes and booklets and she reached for her quill but another hand beat her to it.
Ginny looked up into the face she least expected to see helping her. Draco Malfoy. She stood up not being able to tear her eyes away from his.
"Umm…thank you?" stammered Ginny as Malfoy handed her the quill.
"No problem Red," replied Malfoy with an expression on his face that almost looked like kindness. But then his eyes darkened all of a sudden and he shook his head. "But now I have to go clean the muggle-loving scum off of my hands." And with that he stalked away shaking his head and muttering under his breath.
Ginny stood there in confusion. But her thoughts were interrupted when her friend Colin Creevey came running down the corridor.
"Oh thank God Colin! He won't let me in because I didn't know he changed the password AGAIN!" Ginny said.
"I just needed to drop off some things before I go down to dinner so you're lucky!" Colin smiled. Then he turned to face the stubborn portrait and imitated his accent "I am surprised at you! Not letting a young lady pass. You should think about learning some manners! Now what was that ridiculous password again?" he scratched his chin pretending to be deep in thought. "Ah yes, is it Flibbertigibbet?"
Sir Cadogan made a face and swung open. Colin smiled and held out his arm for Ginny.
"Shall we?" he smirked, still imitating Sir Cadogan's accent.
Ginny laughed and linked her arm through his. "Why thank you kind sir." They made faces at Sir Cadogan and swept through the portrait hole with their heads held high.