Disclaimer: I do not own nor make a profit from these characters. I however take credit for the plot and any character that isn't associated with J.K. Rowling.

A/U: here is my re written version of my old chapters one and two. I have made changes so please read again or you may become lost. Please don't forget to review, the lack of motivation is why I stopped writing in the first place.

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Scar

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Two years. It had been two long dark years since Voldemort fell. She could remember it perfectly. His ghost like skin strained across his bones and veins, his eyes blazed with fire and hate. She had stood in the middle of the court yard watching the final battle; the love of her life defending wizarding kind. It would have been absolutely romantic if golden boy Harry potter hadn't cheated on her a year later. The girl shook her head as if to shake the memory out of her head entirely.

"Pull yourself together you prat" she muttered to herself. The London rain had started coming down again. Grumbling she pulled her black cloak closer to her body. She had just exited Gringotts only to be met by a crowd of people. Her doe eyes narrowed, she pushed past people to find another official. "Weasley!" a familiar voice echoed across the crowd. People turned and watched Harry Potter wrap his arms around the slender witch. His hands knocked her hood off thus allowing a cascade of flaming locks to fall. She winced as he tightened his grip. "Harry what is wrong with you" she breathed out harshly.

He pulled back and took her face in, as if he was never going to see her again. The look in his eyes scared her. "I thought you were dead" he muttered, his green eyes aching for some kind of affection. "Well clearly I am not. Now let me go I have business to attend too" she snapped as she pulled from him to straighten her robes. Under the black hooded cloak a flash of maroon could be seen. She pushed past him and under the floating tape. "Red" a cool voice muttered. She looked to her left to find stormy grey eyes watching Potter carefully. "Draco" she nodded.

It was then she found the pair a very odd sight. Draco Malfoy and Ginny Wealsey polite to one another and better yet they were assigned to be partners. That decision didn't go over smoothly for the first few months of their careers. His family had been ripped apart while hers remained intact just slightly damaged. He had been a Death Eater in the war while Ginny fought in Dumbledore name at Hogwarts her last year. Due to the extensive damage to Hogwarts students were given privet lessons in Hogsmade, Ginny had graduating a year early along with a handful of others. She had decided she was going to follow Harry and become an Auror. Draco had no choice; he would either help defend the population of face prison. The pair was teamed up thanks to the opinion of the Minister. It was a dark day at least at the time it was.

Slowly they came to respect each other, then a case a year or so turned their relationship on it head. Yaxely was running loose killing muggleborns. The duo had caught the case and soon found themselves in the middle of London at the other end of Yaxely's wand. The youngest Weasley could still hear the scream Draco had let out just as a death curse sailed right past Ginny's ear. He had killed Yaxely for it, it was then when Ginny Weasley and Draco Malfoy became friends. Actual friends not just partners, that soon lead to drunken night spent telling each other out their lives. One thing lead to another and one night they had ended up in bed together.

It didn't interfere with their professional relationship and they had agreed it was a onetime thing. A onetime thing had happened more often than they would have liked. "Is it him?" she asked, his cool eyes met her brown ones. He wanted to lie to keep her away from this, but he couldn't they both knew it. He nodded and extended a hand to the body. A black man was already squat down examining the body. "When did he get here" she asked as the pair walked over to the man. "A moment ago. He isn't happy, this is the third body and we have no leads" Draco muttered lowly. "Minister Shacklebolt" Ginny said formally. She could see the gray in his hair and the lines etched into his face. How could she have missed him growing old? It had only been two years since he had taken office. "Ginevra, Draco" he nodded to each of them respectively. " Why haven't we obtained this criminal yet" his voice was low.

Ginny's mouth went dry and she licked her lips. "Minister…" she had begun before being cut off. " We are working on this case day and night. We have two teams on it; however we have taken the lead. We will get this guy" Draco had cut in, Ginny had been grateful. The Minister nodded and left to deal with the press. "What the fuck are we going to do" he muttered as she squatted down to the victim. Her body covered in bruises and burn marks. Draco moved her crudely dyed hair from her face. Her mouth had been sliced up to her ears and yet another symbol was etched into her forehead. Ginny looked at her hair almost memorized by it. The shade was weird, like it had a hint of orange.

The hair dying hadn't gone unnoticed by the entire department. Every where she went Ginny was watched, it had become quite annoying. Draco and she had gotten into a row about it last night after the typical drunken shag.

"Red he clearly is dying it to match yours" Draco said as he traced pattern into her naked back. Something suddenly snapped in Ginny as if he said something she didn't want to hear. "No its not! I am not the only fucking red head in this damn town" she yelled at him and she stumbled in the darkness trying to find her clothes. "Gin" she cut him off. "I refuse to believe some fucked up dude is trying to kill me again. I'm over it. This is stupid Draco. You're stupid." She screamed at him before leaving the man naked in his bed.

She knew she had over reacted but she was tired of hearing it. First her bother worried, along with Hermione and Harry; then Ron had the bright idea of telling the rest of their family. She had gone to Draco that night sobbing. Harry had threatened to use his fame to have her taken off the case. Ginny grumbled at the memory and rolled her eyes. "Dra" he held up his hand. She didn't need to apologize, they both knew that. Draco had touched a sore nerve and he knew that. He was just… worried.

The pair left the scene and headed back to their office in silence. The pair lost in their own thoughts hadn't realized they were being followed by a cloaked figure. "Soon my rose. Soon very soon" a voice whispered before disappearing into the crowd. The pair entered the Ministry and head down to their office. Upon their arrival, Alice Clearwater sniffed and turned her nose up at Ginny. "One day. I swear one day I will hex her" she seethed. Another memory stung at her eyes. Draco sat down opposite Ginny at his desk. He watched her for a moment then began the paper work to leave the girl in her thoughts. Alice Clearwater wasn't the sole reason why Ginny and Harry broke up, she knew that. But it still felt good to have someone to take her hurt feelings out on. It had been three months after the battle. Things had been great, Ginny and Harry were about to get their own place together. It had been three days before her birthday and the golden couple had yet another fight. Ginny had thought that since Voldemort was gone, things would get better but they didn't. Harry didn't like her around Malfoy and she didn't like him around Alice. The blonde was far from an ugly hag. Long lashes framed her blue eyes and her pouty lips made Ginny want to gag.

Three days before her birthday the fight happened and three hours after that she found Harry almost nose deep in Alice's own chamber of secrets. She had stood there in shock for a moment. The blonde moans echoing against the empty walls. "Potter" she had said her voice betraying her hard set face. He stopped and the colour drained from his face. "Gin" before he had even finished her name she was gone. At six that evening she had found herself drunk in a pub. The bartender had cut her off and summoned Draco. The blonde had picked up his drunken partner and took her to his Manor. He had been tispy himself that night and continued to drink when they had gotten back. One thing lead to another and she was on top of Draco and held all the power in that moment. It had made Ginny feel alive. She had never had sex with Harry that way it was always soft, sweet, and boring.

Ginny smirked at the memory, earning her an eyebrow lift from Draco. "What?" he asked confused as she laughed at him. "Do you remember my birthday two years ago?" she slyly asked. The elder boy smirked and shook his head. "We are at work Miss Weasley" he said as he felt her foot slide up his leg. She pouted and huffed which earned her a chuckle. Draco did remember the memory, he remembered it every time he wasn't with her. He felt a familiar stir in the pit of his abdomen. He looked at the picture from their crime scene; this was no time to want the little minx who sat in front of him. "Draco lets go eat. I'm hungry" she finally said. He nodded and moved to grab their cloaks and found himself chest to face with Alice Clearwater. "Draco" the blonde cooed softly. His face hardened she had been trying to sleep with him the last two weeks.

Once she had tried and he went to Ginny and took her there on her kitchen counter. Heated passion he hadn't felt since he flew a broom at Hogwarts. "Yes Clearwater?" he asked as Ginny came to get her cloak. The red head's face twisted in the most un-Ginny like face he had ever seen. "I was wondering if you're free tonight around seven" she replied smoothly as she eyed Ginny. The red heads face turned bright pink; it wasn't hard to get under her skin. "I am. However I am not free to be with you. Gin" he said before offering his partner his arm. She took it looking smug at Alice. The blonde glared at the pair as they walked out of the office. "Just wait Weasley. Just you wait" Alice muttered darkly before leaving herself.

The pair of Aurors walked down the main part of Diagon Alley. Draco lead her to the Glass Slipper, their usual lunch spot. The first time Draco had taken her there she figured out she was in love with the desserts. They were seated at a table facing the street, neither sitting with their back to the door. Typical Auror move she thought with a chuckle. "What can I get for you two?" the waitress asked sweetly. She was shorter then Ginny with brown hair and green years. The young girl couldn't have been older then twenty-five, but she see turned into a school girl with one look at Draco Malfoy. Ginny peered over her menu to take in the features she already knew by heart. His nose was angled slightly after Hermione punched him her second year at Hogwarts. He had high cheek bones and a chiseled jaw line. She could see his five o clock shadow hadn't been shaved from the night before. He looked tired, it was the first she had noticed it. They had been up till one but she had left soon after that. She had slept in her own bed but he looked as if he had been up all night. "I will have the steak with a salad on the side" he replied as he handed the waitress the menu. The brown haired girl cleared her throat and looked at Ginny. "I will have the shrimp with a salad as well" she told the waitress as she handed the menu back. The waitress smiled at Draco, who ignored it. After the girl left Ginny sighed "I think you broke her heart Draco." she said between a soft giggle.

"Why must all women act like they don't have a brain?" he asked as he watched people out the window. Ginny huffed and poked his arm. "I will have you know I don't act like that around you" she said in a fake hurt voice, he looked over at her. Her hair framed her face perfectly; her nose and cheeks were dusted with freckles he had actually come to adore. Her doe eyes were honey coloured something he always thought was memorizing. She arched an eyebrow at him and cocked her head to the side. "Potter was a fool to let you go" he whispered as their food arrived. She absorbed what he had said to her as the pair ate in silence. They had agreed it was sex, no feelings. Just sex between friends when they needed it, but neither could deny they had gotten closer. She had met his mother a few weeks ago a regal women who held her head high despite what people said about her or her husband. Her thumb toyed with her ring finger. Almost two years later she still felt the odd feeling of having a ring on it. Harry and Ginny had gone shopping for a ring to be sized and she thought she had found the perfect one. Then her dream shattered and she ended up crawling into bed with Draco Malfoy. He watched her thumb knowing what she had been thinking about. He could feel the taste of bile more in his throat.

"Draco. Why haven't you dated anyone?" she suddenly asked. Their separate lives from each other were never spoken about; neither wanting to know if the other was sleeping with someone else. He studied her for a moment, than he cleared his throat. "No one else puts up with my…. Personality" he finally said. She laughed; it was true Draco Malfoy was a pain in the ass like he had been at school. But he wasn't a bad guy, he had his moments. For example, last year for her birthday he had ordered three dozen sunflowers for her birthday and had it delivered it to the office in front of Potter and Alice. There was no card and all the women gushed about it, saying she had a secret admirer. But Ginny knew who had done the deed; the paid had gone to dinner that night and dancing at a muggle club as well.

"Oh I think you're not giving yourself credit" she said with a dumb grin on her face. He furrowed his eyebrows and watched her. "What were you just thinking about?" he asked her, she giggled. "I was thinking about my birthday last year. I still have three of the flowers you know. I dried them and put them in a vase" she admitted sheepishly. Her face blushed red and he smiled. "I am glad you liked them so much" the couple continued to finish their dishes before the waitress came back. "Any dessert?" she asked eyeing Draco once more. He looked at Ginny and smirked. "A slice of White cake, with two spoons please" the waitresses face fell slightly as she left. Ginny lost it and began to laugh again. "Draco I think you actually broke her heart at time!" she exclaimed laughing. "Too bad you have captured it first" he wiggled his eyebrow at her as she laughed even harder. Leave it to Draco Malfoy to know how to get Ginny Weasley laughing; he was almost as bad as Fred and George. How she missed the two together at that thought her laughter faded. "Can we stop at the shop?" she asked her face crest fallen. She wouldn't look him in the eyes now, he squeezed her hand. Losing Fred had really impacted Ginny, he had found out how close the twins and Ginny had been. "Anything you want, love" he whispered as the cake was brought out. They shared the piece, Draco then paid and they left. The couple enjoyed the sun that had decided to show itself.

"MALFOY!" a voice screamed out. Draco whirled around to find Neville Longbottom racing toward the pair. Ginny watching in horror as Neville collided with him. "Neville what the hell is the matter with you?!" Draco exclaimed as the pair of boy landed on the ground. Ginny helped them up and brushed off Neville's cloak. Neville Longbottom had grown into himself, standing at 6'3 the same height as Draco; he had lost all of his baby fat. He had leaned and toned out it had made Ginny smile. She had remembered when Luna had first laid eyes on Neville. The pair had been in love ever since, it warmed Ginny's heart. "It's Lun. That guy, he tried….." he stopped speaking. Ginny shook her head confused. "Longbottom, tell us that again slowly" Draco asked he moved closer to Ginny, her hands had begun to shake. Neville gulped and huffed once again. "Luna. The guy you have been chasing, he tried to take Luna. She's at the Hospital now." Ginny's heart stopped. Her breath quickened and her hands curled into fists. "Is she…" her voice trailed off as Neville shook his head. "No. the charms she had place on the apartment stopped him. But he hit her with a few nasty curses before he got away. She is asking for you" Neville said before laying a hand on his friends shoulder. "And everyone said she was Looney for the charms" Ginny barked out before she disappeared from the street. Draco nodded to Neville and the boys followed suit.

I just simply couldn't kill Luna. I think her and Neville are just the cutest couple. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this, the next chapter will be up later tonight!