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A/N: I havent written fanfiction in forever! i might be a bit rusty but i hope you enjoy, please review so i know i can continue! hope you like! xoxo
Ginny Weasley was flying, high above Hogwarts, her long red hair blowing in the breeze, her hands gripped tightly to her broom, not a care in the world, when suddenly, a chill fell across her, she turned and saw thunder clouds beginning to brew, promising a hefty storm, before she had a chance to land there was an enormous CRACK. As a strike of lightning hit her broom, Ginny felt as though she had left her body behind as she plummeted at break neck speed towards the school grounds, and when she was just about to collide with the cobblestones of the grand entrance… she woke up. She distinctly heard a crash beside her, and deduced she must have knocked her alarm clock off her bedside table in her sudden awakening. Ginny was swallowed by thick red quilts and pillows, her hair was mad around her like a crimson mane and she was safely in her Gryffindor dormitory. True to her guess, her alarm clock lay in pieces beside her bed. 'Goodness' she mused 'I must have knocked it pretty hard.'
She swung her feet over the edge of her large four poster bed, wincing as her toes collided with the cold ground. She checked her watch through blurry, tired eyes and found it was only 4am, she still had a few hours before she had to head down for breakfast, and she was thankful for this. She crept across the room to the bathroom, where she decided she would splash her face, drink some water and hop back into bed.
It had been only a week since she had returned to Hogwarts for her 6th year and had been having strange dreams the entire time, she put it down to stress and brought two hands scooped with water to splash her face, she felt instantly refreshed and took in her reflection, with the remainder of the water she combed down a few frizzy hairs at her crown, the water had made her eyelashes thick and black making her cinnamon brown eyes look very dark. Her skin, though always pale, looked sunken and dark around her eyes, she really mustn't have been sleeping properly and it was showing.
She dried her hands and walked back across to her bed, winding her hair in an untidy mass of red waves atop her head. She was wearing a pair of Ron's old Pajama bottoms which held on her hips with elastic, but the large flannel legs hung around her like a parachute so her legs were warm, however she was only wearing a plain white tank top so she was eager to snuggle back down in her warm bedding and getting a few more hours sleep before classes.
At breakfast the next morning Ginny sat between her brother Ron and his girlfriend Hermione Granger, she was happy to have warm pancakes as it was a particularly cold morning, she noticed the syrup a few feet down the table.
"Ron, can you pass me the syrup?" she asked…no reply, he was in a heated debate with Harry about who would win the upcoming quiddich match between Gryffindor and Slytherin. "Ron?…Ron? RON!" she almost screamed at him.
"What Gin? He was irritated to be interrupted by his baby sister.
"Can you pass the syrup please?" she asked in her sweetest tone, hoping to calm the savage beast that was the Weasley temper. Growing up in a family of older brothers had taught her how to hold her own amongst boys older than her, and taught her exactly how to get what she wanted, with, or without force.
"Are you mad gin? It's sitting right in front of you." he gestured to a bottle of syrup which was indeed right in front of her and turned back to Harry.
Ginny couldn't believe she didn't see it, right in front of her face, she would have to see if she could get a sleeping draught from the infirmary before bed tonight, she was surely losing it from not getting enough sleep.
Ginny was unique amongst the group of friends she held. There was Ron of course, her big brother and only remaining brother at school, big and loud and irrational but loyal to the bone. Harry Potter, yes the boy who lived, sparkling green eyes and mess of black hair, he certainly was attractive, however his experiences in the past few years had caused him to become quite solemn and pessimistic, Ginny loved him, like a brother but the forever sense of foreboding caused her to not spend too much time with him these days. Hermione Granger, head girl and utter genius, kind and gracious but not afraid to kick some butt if it called for it, probably Ginny's best girl friend, and also, she was pretty sure going to be her sister in law one day. The golden trio, as they were often called, were always with her, at home over the holidays and at school, the only real friend she had in her own year was Colin creevey, a short skinny and very eager photographer she had avoided up until this year for his over excited-ness toward Harry, but it seemed everyone in the school had gotten used to him as just another student, instead of just the famous boy who lived, so Colin was a lot easier to handle nowadays.
Ginny stood apart from most of her friends for her playful-ness and curiosity, curiosity which proved in her first year to often be to her detriment, but it also meant she often kept her worried 7th year friends upbeat. But she was gentle, and very generous, which she probably got from her mum, which meant she was able to keep Colin calm most of the time.
Her first class of the day was charms, professor flit wick was up front already, preparing for the lesson, which appeared to have something to do with hand towels.
Ginny and Colin took a seat toward the front of the class, Ginny was my no means as much a bookworm as Hermione, but she was bright and eager to learn, she had even toyed with the idea of becoming a teacher someday, though she didn't excel in any one class to make it a life's ambition yet.
"Good morning sir" her sweet voice sang to professor flit wick as she pulled out her parchment.
"Ah, miss Weasley" he replied with a warm smile "I wonder would you help me hand these out?" he gestured to a pile of small square towels.
"Of course sir" she replied and elbowed Colin in the ribs for him to come and help her. He dutifully followed her, and they passed around the towels, finishing before the rest of the class arrived so they chatted while they waited.
"How are things with Lavender Colin?" Ginny asked suggestively
"There are no things. No things whatsoever with me and lavender." His smile fell abruptly and he stared dead forward, Ginny took the hint an d changed the subject.
"Excited for hogsmead?"
With this he brightened considerably. "Yeah! Can't wait to get to your brother's shop Gin! I'll need some puking pasties to get out of Dumbledore's new idea for the first years." Colin seemed to assume that Ginny knew what he meant but taking in her perplexed expression he explained. "Oh you haven't heard? 6th years are meant to be budding up with a first year, with the final fight with you know who coming on fast, he feels they could use a bit of a boost, and the 7th years are too busy studying for OWLs.
Ginny rolled her eyes "Brilliant, like I didn't have enough to think about this year."
"What do you mean? like classes?"
"Yeah" Ginny dismissed. But her cast down gaze must have tipped Colin off.
"There's something else love, what's wrong?"
Ginny brushed a thick strand of hair behind her ear and turned up to Colin, his face was full of concern for her and she smiled. "Nothing Colin, just haven't been sleeping to great is all. Remind me I need a new alarm clock in hogsmead."
Colin wanted to press for more, but just as he opened his mouth professor flit wick started the lesson and Ginny clammed up and began scrawling notes, so he let it go…for now.
At dinner that night, Ginny sat with the normal crew, Hermione and Ron sat together and colin was bugging harry about doing a photo set for the quiddich team for the school newspaper, Harry was trying to shrug him off politely, he'd has his picture taken for papers quite enough.
"Oh damn" Ginny hissed at herself
"What?" Colin flipped his head round, looking concerned.
"oh I left my potions text in the classroom, oh snape will kill me if I don't hand in my essay tomorrow, I better go and get it, ill be back in a few" And she moved to head towards the dungeons. The essay she was supposed to write was about healing potions, and she hadn't studied a minute even though it was given two days ago, she scolded herself and was running through her ingredients list when she collided with something - or m ore to the point, someone, whilst rounding the corner of the great hall.
"Dammit Weasley, watch where you're going!" Came the sinful drawl of one of the few people she never wanted to run into.
"I didn't mean to Malfoy! I'm just in a hurry that's all." She reached to pick up her book bag and Draco Malfoy glanced over her, smirking. Her robes were far too big for her small frame, no doubt handed down from one of her brothers, as it looked rather old and worn in, her skirt hung loosely around her knees, he guessed it had been bought too big to last her all through school.
"Not to worry, even though you're a muggle loving Weasley, I suppose you're still technically female, and they fall for me all the time." he drawled.
"Sod off Malfoy, there's no need to be so mean all the time! If you weren't such an up yourself prat you would have the common decency to help a lady when she's fallen on her ass and had all her belongings strewn about!" she was getting red in the face as she tried to scold Malfoy whilst scrambling round on her hands and knees picking up quills and parchments.
"Oh well if there was a lady here I would be sure to help, unfortunately, all I see is a little red weasel, wouldn't want to get to close either, looks like she bites!" Draco was impressed that she had stood up to him, looks like shed grown a bit of a backbone, but she was a dirty Weasley and he'd never be shown up by a muggle lover like her or her friends.
Ginny hastily scraped up the last few pieces of parchment and strode off in a huff. "stupid Malfoy" she muttered several times under her breath until she was out of earshot.
Draco watched her disappear toward the dungeons, bent down to pick something up, and continued into the great hall. He sat by his only tolerable friend at the school, Blaise Zabini. Looking at them together they couldn't be more different, the only thing they had in common was their height, they were both exceptionally tall, but blaise had bright blue eyes and tanned skin with black hair. He was also quite muscular from being a beater in quiddich for 3 years. Draco on the other hand appeared quite lithe, more graceful than buff, he had platinum white hair which fell loose into his eyes, which were a deep mercury. If he weren't so mean to Ginny she might have liked him, but he was a Malfoy, and his blood was thick with pureblood pride.
When Ginny got to her potions classroom she was grateful to find the door unlocked, she would have hated to have to go and find Snape to let her in, she hurried down to her third row seat where her and Colin sat and sure enough, her textbook was sitting on her desk, she reached to pick it up and placed it in her bag, when she turned she was stonewalled but a very unimpressed Professor Snape.
"Weasley" he said disapprovingly, arms crossed over his chest and his eyes looking down his nose at her.
'fab' she thought to herself, 'I wonder who the next bloody Slytherin I'm going to collide with today is'
"Hello professor, I was just getting my textbook I left it here after class today."
"it seems you should be more careful Weasley, you don't want to leave important things lying about for others to find."
"Yes sir, good thing it was just my textbook, I don't know what anyone would want with that."
"Indeed. Off you go."
Ginny scooted around him and headed back to the great hall, she could feel his eyes burning into her back as she left 'stupid, creepy Slytherin' she thought to herself, and hurried back to the feast. "What a year this is turning out to be' she mused as she turned into the great hall once again, she returned to sit with her friends, not noticing another pair of eyes burning into her from the Slytherin table.
A/N: well there we go! little hints and future plot and theres the characters! Review please :)