Way back then
By Missy
Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the plot.
Pairings: Ginny/Draco
Rating: PG
"Would all students taking muggle studies with Professor Macintosh in years six and seven please make there way to the main hall immediately," Albus Dumbledores voice, magically louder echoed through the Hogwarts castle.
Ginny, now in her sixth year was surprised at this announcement. This was the first time in all her six years at Hogwarts that Dumbledore had called a meeting of such, for all houses taking the same subject and the two years too.
She made her way to the hall by herself as she was the only Gryffindor sixth year doing muggle studies, oblivious to all the stares she was getting
. Ginny's hair was no longer a brick red colour like her brothers, but a curly, deep amber and was down to her waist now. Her eyes had turned from the dim blue to a marvellous deep sea blue and her family was not as poor as they used to be and could afford to buy new robes if they wished due to a raise for Mr Weasley. So no wonder half the male population was staring at her slyly.
She found a seat next Hermione, Harry and Ron and awaited for Dumbledore to stand up. Eventually after the last muggle studies student had sat down after much sneering and shoving, curses and name calling, (Malfoy and in Ginny and Hermione's direction,) Dumbledore finally got up to speak.
"Dear students, due to a project hosted by Professor Mackintosh all of you shall not be going home at Christmas." Dumbledore waited for the groans died down to a minimum before continuing. "You shall take part in a research of muggles by going either forward or backward in time. Some shall be stript of there wands but others will need them for special…circumstances. You shall be peered up by random and the information will be sent be owl post to you one week before you leave. You will need no luggage and shall take notes of the muggles that are around you. You are to be gone for a month with no outside contact with your fellow classmates. You may go back to your classes now."
When Ginny walked out of the hall she made her way to her best friends, Ally Neharsa, a young girl with a lovely body and Dark curly hair and piercing hazel eyes and Debrah Halli, a young girl also with a lovely body and tight long blonde curls which were normally hastily pulled back in to a pony tail.
"What was that all about, Gin?" Ally asked.
"Well it seems, girls that we are going to have to abandon our Christmas ideas," Ginny said sadly. "I have do a project for muggle studies."
"What is it, Gin," Debrah asked equally sad.
"Well I don't know all the details but here is what I know…"
A couple of days later there was a great commotion when ninety pure white owls came in, each carrying a green envelope, dropping one into each of the muggle studies students in years six and seven.
Ginny gave the owl some toast before it flew back out the window again. Careful not to rip the envelope she eased it open. If any one had been truly looking they would have seen the change in her face as she read the letter. She gently nudged Hermione who was also looking a bit white.
"Where you going and who you going with Herm?" she asked quietly. Looking at Ginny she replied,
" I'm going to worst place with the best people. My luck, ahe."
"Did you say people?" "Yeah they had an uneven number since Lavender pulled out. But I'm going with Harry and Ron."
"Some people get all the luck," Ginny mumbled under her breath.
"What did you say," Hermione questioned.
"Nothing," Ginny replied sweetly. "But really Hermes where are you going?"
"I'm going to Galipoli," Hermione answered dryly, "at the time of the first world war. I'm going to be a nurse and Harry is going to be a doctor but Ron, Ron is going to be a soldier."
Ginny cringed as the sight of her brother laying dead in a field of Poppy's flashed through her mind. She also realized how much this was hurting Hermione.
Her and Ron had been going out since fifth year. When Victor was seen on the first page of the Daily Prophet snogging some supermodel, and Hermione was all sad and mopey, Ron realized his feelings and told them to Hermione who openly admitted that she didn't really like Victor but like Ron all along and was just mopey cause nobody liked her. Sweet really.
"But enough of that, Ginny, where you going and whom are you going with?"
Ginny still a little white handed over her letter. If Hermiones face had been white before it was nothing to the colour that it was now. Nudging Ron who was sitting next to her she handed over the letter
Oblivious to the way Hermione was looking he read it aloud.
"Dear Miss Weasly, As you are probably aware, you shall not be going home at Christmas time due to the Muggle Studies research. You shall be going back in time to England, 1643. You shall not need your wand or any other clothes other than the ones on your body. With you shall be a Mr Draco Malfoy……… Why I'll kill the slimy git if he lays even a finger on you," he said protectively.
"Ron calm down. He won't touch a hair on my head if he knows what's good for him," Ginny said while forming her fist in to a ball.
"Oh, O.K.," Ron answered while turning back to talking to Harry.
"Oh Weasel," Draco Malfoy said while slinking over with his two goons, Crabbe and Goyle.
"It looks like were spending some time together. God help me."
Hearing this Ginny leaped to her feet, pullings out her wand, ready to curse him at any time.
"Oh, you want to fight weasel," Malfoy said while motioning to Crabbe and Goyle to surround her.
The next thing that Ginny did was amazing. She started to glow bright red light, her eyes changing from their blue colour to a brick red, her amber hair was flowing around her face.
She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned her head to see her red eyes reflect of the green ones that were Dumbledores.
Using telepathy she could here Dumbledores voice echo through her mind, Come with me to my office Miss Weasley. She watched as Dumbledore walked briskly from the room and followed him. She turned around to see Professors McGonnagal, Snape and Mackintosh as well as Madame Pomphrey follow her. When they reached Dumbledores office and Dumbledore said the password (Jelly beans) they entered the circular office. "I'm sorry Professors. I can usually contain myself," Ginny started, but Dumbledore silenced her by saying, "It's alright Miss Weasley. But I must say I have only ever seen heard or seen that graphonis artemis occur once and the man that done that is long since dead."
"I'm sorry professor," Ginny interrupted, "but what does graphonis artemis mean?"
"It means that you are under the great moon goddess Artemis. You must have been born on the exact time and day of the goddess's birth, at exactly midnight on the first day of the first month. Is that right Ginny?"
"Errr, yes Professor," she answered timidly.
"Albus… maybe we should refrain from sending Miss Weasley on the Muggle Studies research project. She might cause some damage to Mr Malfoy," Snape said, showing great favouritism.
"Nonsense Severus. As you have heard Miss Weasley can contain herself, all except when she gets very angry and then Mr Malfoy gets what he deserves I think, don't you think, Minerva?" Dumbledore protested.
"Quite right Albus," McGonnagal hastily answered. Her liking for Snape had not greatly improved since Harry's first year. He had told her about the conversation with McConnagal and Oliver Wood concerning Quidditch in his first year.
"You can go now Miss Weasley. And remember to contain yourself. You will learn how to use your powers to the fullest very soon if you don't know already."
Ginny smiled at this as though she kept a secret no one knew.
"Hey Ginny. What in the world was that, that you done at breakfast?" were the first words that got asked as Ginny caught up with Ally and Debrah walking towards the Charms classroom.
"You won't believe a word, but I'll tell you later, K?"
"Sure," Ally and Debrah answered in unison.
"It's later so spill," Ally said while pulling Ginny and Ally in to an empty classroom.
"Ummmmm.. Promise not to freak?"
"Yeah."
"Okay."
Ginny started to power up. Her eyes closed and when they opened, they were once again a brick red. Her body started to glow red, bright light. Her hair was flowing around her face.
She almost laughed at the surprised looks on her best friends faces. She powered down again.
"That is one of my most powerful attacks if I get to finish it. I can also do this," she said and changed in to a red phoenix then a fox and then a white swan, each transformation lasting for about 20 seconds. "I can keep it for longer and change in to any animal imaginable.
I can also do this." She smiled at her friends and said, "Animagusis,"
She watched as her friends turned in to there animagus forms, Ally in to a black raven and Debrah into a blondish dog. She waved her hand and they were back to normal again.
"You can probably transform by yourselves. "
"How did you do that?" Debrah asked.
"I don't have to use my wand at all," she explained.
"Wow…."
"Now, Mr Malfoy, Miss Weasley. You shall arrive and shall be taken to your stations by a Mr Travox for you Draco and a Mrs Ridge for you Ginny. I trust you both know how to use floo," Dumbledore questioned the two teens standing in front of the main halls fire. They both nodded. "When you step in to the fire you are to yell 'Hunta's Cottage'. People already living with you will know you and when you step in to the cottage you will have a knowing of the people. You go first, Miss Weasley."
Ginny stepped up to the fire and took some floo powder from the pot on the table beside the fireplace and stepping in to the flames shouted "Hunta's Cottage."
As soon as she started to stand she was immediately followed by Draco landing on top of her forcing her to the ground in a heap at a woman's feet.
"Good lord," she whispered. "Dumbledore wasn't joking, Wally. Here they are. As red as amber and as white as snow. I'm pleased to meet you miss, sir. I'm Evie and this is Wally." Then bending over towards Ginny's ear whispered, "the old duffer."
"I heard that Evie, " Wally retorted than proceeded to engage a conversation with Draco about Potions.
"Sure you did."
Draco and Ginny listened, amused, as the argument flared up between the two older persons. Wally was around seventy years old and his long silver hair was tied back behind his head. Evie, practically only about two years older than Ginny and she wore the average clothes back then of a royal maid.
Ginny was then aware of someone taking her hand and dragging her from the room in to a slightly smaller bedroom.
Evie walked to a handsome set of draws, and opened the top draw and pulled out a beautiful silky yellow and orange gown.
"I'll leave the room so you can change in to the gown. Just knock on the door when your done so I can do the finishing touches, Miss."
Leaving the room Evie got a good look at the young woman that in a couple of hours was going to get the shock of her life.
Ginny held up the gown to her body. She could hear Draco changing in the next room. She started to remover her clothes and attempted to change in to the beautiful bit of clothing. It was much harder than she had always thought. There were many layers and folds had to be in the right place.
When she finally had it right and had put on the dainty slippers she knocked on the door. Evie came bustling in and took her to the vanity table where on it lay beautiful clips and elaborate combs and mirrors.
"I will not let you look in to a mirror until your done," Evie said while getting started on her hair.
An hour later they were finished, Evie finally allowing her too look in the mirror. Her eyes opened wide at what she saw reflected in the glass. Her hair had a certain, golden glint to it and was more, curlier at the ends than usual. Her hair was out except what hair was pulled in to a piggy- tail, secured with a thin gold clip. Baby's breath was woven in and out of her hair and around the clip.
Evie giggled with delight at the outcome.
"Hurry up," Wally's voice could be heard from the other side of the strong oak door. Then a mumble that sounded rather like, "woman. Who need 'em," probably in Draco's direction.
Ginny took the few steps to the door and opened it surprised at what she saw. There was Draco in a plain white shirt, rolled up at the sleeves and slightly to big black pants held up by braces. He looked stunningly handsome. But then again, he always looked handsome.
Her surprise was nothing to Draco's. He imagined that if he was to look as bad as this, they could at least have the decency to give her a role like his.
But then again, this way had its advantages. She was beautiful and he was well aware that his mouth was wide open and a look of shock on his face. But then again who wouldn't with faced with such beauty.
Both of them were not aware of the identical devilish faces flash between Wall and Evie.
"Come on," Evie finally said, breaking the silence. "Wally we had better explain to them what this is all about. You," she said while pointing at Draco, "are Guyon Ritchmall a servant. And you," she said, shifting her finger so it now pointed at Ginny, "are Emily Tyler….. Queen of this country."
Any other words that Evie said where blurred as Ginny's vision swimmed and then went blank as she fainted and fell in to Draco's open arms……
By Missy
Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the plot.
Pairings: Ginny/Draco
Rating: PG
"Would all students taking muggle studies with Professor Macintosh in years six and seven please make there way to the main hall immediately," Albus Dumbledores voice, magically louder echoed through the Hogwarts castle.
Ginny, now in her sixth year was surprised at this announcement. This was the first time in all her six years at Hogwarts that Dumbledore had called a meeting of such, for all houses taking the same subject and the two years too.
She made her way to the hall by herself as she was the only Gryffindor sixth year doing muggle studies, oblivious to all the stares she was getting
. Ginny's hair was no longer a brick red colour like her brothers, but a curly, deep amber and was down to her waist now. Her eyes had turned from the dim blue to a marvellous deep sea blue and her family was not as poor as they used to be and could afford to buy new robes if they wished due to a raise for Mr Weasley. So no wonder half the male population was staring at her slyly.
She found a seat next Hermione, Harry and Ron and awaited for Dumbledore to stand up. Eventually after the last muggle studies student had sat down after much sneering and shoving, curses and name calling, (Malfoy and in Ginny and Hermione's direction,) Dumbledore finally got up to speak.
"Dear students, due to a project hosted by Professor Mackintosh all of you shall not be going home at Christmas." Dumbledore waited for the groans died down to a minimum before continuing. "You shall take part in a research of muggles by going either forward or backward in time. Some shall be stript of there wands but others will need them for special…circumstances. You shall be peered up by random and the information will be sent be owl post to you one week before you leave. You will need no luggage and shall take notes of the muggles that are around you. You are to be gone for a month with no outside contact with your fellow classmates. You may go back to your classes now."
When Ginny walked out of the hall she made her way to her best friends, Ally Neharsa, a young girl with a lovely body and Dark curly hair and piercing hazel eyes and Debrah Halli, a young girl also with a lovely body and tight long blonde curls which were normally hastily pulled back in to a pony tail.
"What was that all about, Gin?" Ally asked.
"Well it seems, girls that we are going to have to abandon our Christmas ideas," Ginny said sadly. "I have do a project for muggle studies."
"What is it, Gin," Debrah asked equally sad.
"Well I don't know all the details but here is what I know…"
A couple of days later there was a great commotion when ninety pure white owls came in, each carrying a green envelope, dropping one into each of the muggle studies students in years six and seven.
Ginny gave the owl some toast before it flew back out the window again. Careful not to rip the envelope she eased it open. If any one had been truly looking they would have seen the change in her face as she read the letter. She gently nudged Hermione who was also looking a bit white.
"Where you going and who you going with Herm?" she asked quietly. Looking at Ginny she replied,
" I'm going to worst place with the best people. My luck, ahe."
"Did you say people?" "Yeah they had an uneven number since Lavender pulled out. But I'm going with Harry and Ron."
"Some people get all the luck," Ginny mumbled under her breath.
"What did you say," Hermione questioned.
"Nothing," Ginny replied sweetly. "But really Hermes where are you going?"
"I'm going to Galipoli," Hermione answered dryly, "at the time of the first world war. I'm going to be a nurse and Harry is going to be a doctor but Ron, Ron is going to be a soldier."
Ginny cringed as the sight of her brother laying dead in a field of Poppy's flashed through her mind. She also realized how much this was hurting Hermione.
Her and Ron had been going out since fifth year. When Victor was seen on the first page of the Daily Prophet snogging some supermodel, and Hermione was all sad and mopey, Ron realized his feelings and told them to Hermione who openly admitted that she didn't really like Victor but like Ron all along and was just mopey cause nobody liked her. Sweet really.
"But enough of that, Ginny, where you going and whom are you going with?"
Ginny still a little white handed over her letter. If Hermiones face had been white before it was nothing to the colour that it was now. Nudging Ron who was sitting next to her she handed over the letter
Oblivious to the way Hermione was looking he read it aloud.
"Dear Miss Weasly, As you are probably aware, you shall not be going home at Christmas time due to the Muggle Studies research. You shall be going back in time to England, 1643. You shall not need your wand or any other clothes other than the ones on your body. With you shall be a Mr Draco Malfoy……… Why I'll kill the slimy git if he lays even a finger on you," he said protectively.
"Ron calm down. He won't touch a hair on my head if he knows what's good for him," Ginny said while forming her fist in to a ball.
"Oh, O.K.," Ron answered while turning back to talking to Harry.
"Oh Weasel," Draco Malfoy said while slinking over with his two goons, Crabbe and Goyle.
"It looks like were spending some time together. God help me."
Hearing this Ginny leaped to her feet, pullings out her wand, ready to curse him at any time.
"Oh, you want to fight weasel," Malfoy said while motioning to Crabbe and Goyle to surround her.
The next thing that Ginny did was amazing. She started to glow bright red light, her eyes changing from their blue colour to a brick red, her amber hair was flowing around her face.
She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned her head to see her red eyes reflect of the green ones that were Dumbledores.
Using telepathy she could here Dumbledores voice echo through her mind, Come with me to my office Miss Weasley. She watched as Dumbledore walked briskly from the room and followed him. She turned around to see Professors McGonnagal, Snape and Mackintosh as well as Madame Pomphrey follow her. When they reached Dumbledores office and Dumbledore said the password (Jelly beans) they entered the circular office. "I'm sorry Professors. I can usually contain myself," Ginny started, but Dumbledore silenced her by saying, "It's alright Miss Weasley. But I must say I have only ever seen heard or seen that graphonis artemis occur once and the man that done that is long since dead."
"I'm sorry professor," Ginny interrupted, "but what does graphonis artemis mean?"
"It means that you are under the great moon goddess Artemis. You must have been born on the exact time and day of the goddess's birth, at exactly midnight on the first day of the first month. Is that right Ginny?"
"Errr, yes Professor," she answered timidly.
"Albus… maybe we should refrain from sending Miss Weasley on the Muggle Studies research project. She might cause some damage to Mr Malfoy," Snape said, showing great favouritism.
"Nonsense Severus. As you have heard Miss Weasley can contain herself, all except when she gets very angry and then Mr Malfoy gets what he deserves I think, don't you think, Minerva?" Dumbledore protested.
"Quite right Albus," McGonnagal hastily answered. Her liking for Snape had not greatly improved since Harry's first year. He had told her about the conversation with McConnagal and Oliver Wood concerning Quidditch in his first year.
"You can go now Miss Weasley. And remember to contain yourself. You will learn how to use your powers to the fullest very soon if you don't know already."
Ginny smiled at this as though she kept a secret no one knew.
"Hey Ginny. What in the world was that, that you done at breakfast?" were the first words that got asked as Ginny caught up with Ally and Debrah walking towards the Charms classroom.
"You won't believe a word, but I'll tell you later, K?"
"Sure," Ally and Debrah answered in unison.
"It's later so spill," Ally said while pulling Ginny and Ally in to an empty classroom.
"Ummmmm.. Promise not to freak?"
"Yeah."
"Okay."
Ginny started to power up. Her eyes closed and when they opened, they were once again a brick red. Her body started to glow red, bright light. Her hair was flowing around her face.
She almost laughed at the surprised looks on her best friends faces. She powered down again.
"That is one of my most powerful attacks if I get to finish it. I can also do this," she said and changed in to a red phoenix then a fox and then a white swan, each transformation lasting for about 20 seconds. "I can keep it for longer and change in to any animal imaginable.
I can also do this." She smiled at her friends and said, "Animagusis,"
She watched as her friends turned in to there animagus forms, Ally in to a black raven and Debrah into a blondish dog. She waved her hand and they were back to normal again.
"You can probably transform by yourselves. "
"How did you do that?" Debrah asked.
"I don't have to use my wand at all," she explained.
"Wow…."
"Now, Mr Malfoy, Miss Weasley. You shall arrive and shall be taken to your stations by a Mr Travox for you Draco and a Mrs Ridge for you Ginny. I trust you both know how to use floo," Dumbledore questioned the two teens standing in front of the main halls fire. They both nodded. "When you step in to the fire you are to yell 'Hunta's Cottage'. People already living with you will know you and when you step in to the cottage you will have a knowing of the people. You go first, Miss Weasley."
Ginny stepped up to the fire and took some floo powder from the pot on the table beside the fireplace and stepping in to the flames shouted "Hunta's Cottage."
As soon as she started to stand she was immediately followed by Draco landing on top of her forcing her to the ground in a heap at a woman's feet.
"Good lord," she whispered. "Dumbledore wasn't joking, Wally. Here they are. As red as amber and as white as snow. I'm pleased to meet you miss, sir. I'm Evie and this is Wally." Then bending over towards Ginny's ear whispered, "the old duffer."
"I heard that Evie, " Wally retorted than proceeded to engage a conversation with Draco about Potions.
"Sure you did."
Draco and Ginny listened, amused, as the argument flared up between the two older persons. Wally was around seventy years old and his long silver hair was tied back behind his head. Evie, practically only about two years older than Ginny and she wore the average clothes back then of a royal maid.
Ginny was then aware of someone taking her hand and dragging her from the room in to a slightly smaller bedroom.
Evie walked to a handsome set of draws, and opened the top draw and pulled out a beautiful silky yellow and orange gown.
"I'll leave the room so you can change in to the gown. Just knock on the door when your done so I can do the finishing touches, Miss."
Leaving the room Evie got a good look at the young woman that in a couple of hours was going to get the shock of her life.
Ginny held up the gown to her body. She could hear Draco changing in the next room. She started to remover her clothes and attempted to change in to the beautiful bit of clothing. It was much harder than she had always thought. There were many layers and folds had to be in the right place.
When she finally had it right and had put on the dainty slippers she knocked on the door. Evie came bustling in and took her to the vanity table where on it lay beautiful clips and elaborate combs and mirrors.
"I will not let you look in to a mirror until your done," Evie said while getting started on her hair.
An hour later they were finished, Evie finally allowing her too look in the mirror. Her eyes opened wide at what she saw reflected in the glass. Her hair had a certain, golden glint to it and was more, curlier at the ends than usual. Her hair was out except what hair was pulled in to a piggy- tail, secured with a thin gold clip. Baby's breath was woven in and out of her hair and around the clip.
Evie giggled with delight at the outcome.
"Hurry up," Wally's voice could be heard from the other side of the strong oak door. Then a mumble that sounded rather like, "woman. Who need 'em," probably in Draco's direction.
Ginny took the few steps to the door and opened it surprised at what she saw. There was Draco in a plain white shirt, rolled up at the sleeves and slightly to big black pants held up by braces. He looked stunningly handsome. But then again, he always looked handsome.
Her surprise was nothing to Draco's. He imagined that if he was to look as bad as this, they could at least have the decency to give her a role like his.
But then again, this way had its advantages. She was beautiful and he was well aware that his mouth was wide open and a look of shock on his face. But then again who wouldn't with faced with such beauty.
Both of them were not aware of the identical devilish faces flash between Wall and Evie.
"Come on," Evie finally said, breaking the silence. "Wally we had better explain to them what this is all about. You," she said while pointing at Draco, "are Guyon Ritchmall a servant. And you," she said, shifting her finger so it now pointed at Ginny, "are Emily Tyler….. Queen of this country."
Any other words that Evie said where blurred as Ginny's vision swimmed and then went blank as she fainted and fell in to Draco's open arms……