Chapter 3

Chapter 1

"Watch where you're going Weasel"

"You bumped into me Ferret"

"Malfoy's do not bump into people. Why don't you get your eyes checked and while you're at it maybe the rest of your head too"

"You're the one to talk! Maybe you should try to see if there is anything in the personality department in your head, Malfoy! To bad you can't buy it huh!"

Ginny Weasley of Gryffindor glared at Draco Malfoy of Slytherin with such a fiery intensity, that anybody else would have wisely scurried away. This was Draco Malfoy however and his pride would never allow it.

"Jealous you can't buy anythingthat is for sale?"

"Well, if I have to be a Death Eater to get dirty money from a half-blood freak, then I think I'll pass!" Ginny yelled at him.

Malfoy's eyes flashed as he advanced towards Ginny in the empty corridor where they were arguing.

"Are youimplying that I am a Death Eater?" He growled with such anger that it began to scare Ginny. But her when her temper flared, her brain wasn't always connected to the rest of her body.

"Why shouldn't I! You have a Death Eater for a father, you look like, act like, talk exactly like him; you sneer at muggleborns, you torture those who are weaker than you or different. You torture those who don't have the same status of finance as yourself. You bully first years, you treat girls like shit, and you call Gryffindor names and try sabotaging them in every way by playing dirty! Notonce have I seen you doing something nice for someone other than it having effect for your own benefits. How am I supposed to know that you are not someone like your father whom hates muggleborns and muggles but worships a half-blood! How am I supposed to know you are not the same person as your father who tried to kill me when I was only an eleven year old girl!"

Ginny was so out of breath she let herself slide down on the floor against the wall.

Malfoy looked at her. A bit dazed from the outburst of the little redheaded girl in front of him. Slowly, he sank to his knees and brought his face close to hers. Ginny could feel his breathing on her skin. She looked right into his eyes and saw different things in them. Sorrow; sadness; anger,yes; but also...respect and something else but she wasn't sure what it was. After a while he spoke. His words were soft but it came to Ginny like a smack on the face.

"Because you don't know me...Nobody knows me… How do you think having a Death Eater for a father would be like living with! You don't know me, so don't talk like you do. Next time you say something, think about what you really know about a person. Don't ever come near me again Weasel!"

And then he stood up and walked away. Ginny sat there. She didn't remember for how long. It could be hours, minutes. Everything whirled in her mind. Should I really have said what I said? Do I even know him well enough to say such things? And I can't even imagine how living with a Death Eater could be like. Probably not really roses and candy I suppose.

After a while Ginny came to the conclusion that maybe Draco was right. Maybe she really didn't know him. He doesn't give people the chance to get to know him, but then it was still wrong from me to say such things.

So she stood up and began walking towards the Gryffindor portrait. It was the 1st of September and she was supposed to be at the Openings feast, but she didn't want to anymore. Luckily Hermione had already given her the password to enter her Common Room. Hermione knew the password, being Head Girl and all.

She went into her Common Room and went straight to her room. Luckily she was given her own room after the incident with Tom Riddle. When in her room Ginny let herself fall on her bed with a big sigh. "What a good way to begin the year" she said out loud to no one in particular and drifting off into a dreamless sleep..