* Maidens and Dragons

Draco/Ginny PG-13 Romance

Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns everything in this story, except the plot. That was my evil doing.

Summary: Ginny and Draco fall in love. (It's the typical love story of boy meets girl, boy kidnaps girl, girl takes shower with boy, and both have to act like they hate each other.) But when Draco decides to move to America, to get away from Death Eaters, will Ginny go with him? (the reason for the title is in ch. 6).

A/N: IMPORTANT!!!! This story takes place during the summer. When school starts up again, Ginny will be in her 6th year, and Draco in his 7th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chapter 1: Fights

It was early morning in the Weasley house. And, lets just say, the Weasleys are not morning people.

"It was a JOKE Ginny!" Fred screamed across the table. Things had started out fine, everyone was eating their breakfast in peace. Then, Ginny came down stairs and started to yell at Fred and George.

"Well it wasn't very funny!" Ginny screamed back. "You guys are always playing your stupid practical jokes! You don't even care who gets hurt, just as long as you two get a laugh!"

"What's going on here?" Mrs. Weasley asked, just coming in from the garden. "Why are you yelling?"

"Fred and George played a 'joke' on me!" Ginny screamed. "They took a gnome out of the back yard, and put it in my room!" Mrs. Weasley looked angry, but all of Ginny's brothers were holding back laughter.

"FRED! GEORGE!" Mrs. Weasley screamed, turning around to face the twins.

"But you didn't hear what she did to us mom!" Fred said. "She switched two of the ingredients for a potion we were making. So when we added the wrong one, the whole thing blew up!"

"It took 3 months to make it! 3! And now we have to start over!" George added, glaring at Ginny.

"But mom, they could have killed me!" Ginny screamed.

"It was a gnome Ginny! All you had to do was through it out the window!" Ron yelled. He was listening to the conversation and, of course, sided with the twins. Everyone started to yell at once.

"That's it!" Mrs. Weasley screamed, silencing them all. "I can't deal with this right now! Your father is coming home in a few minutes, and he hasn't had any sleep. He's been working on a very hard case, and has been at the office for days. I don't want him to come home to a screaming house, so all of you, go to your rooms!"

Fred, George, and Ron glared daggers at Ginny, like it was all her fault. The four of them headed to their rooms as Mrs. Weasley started to clean the kitchen. As Ginny was walking up the tight staircase, she was pushed out of the way by all three of her brothers. She ignored them, and began to head to her room, but was stopped by Ron blocking her way.

"Why do you always have to be such a baby?!" Ron said harshly. Fred and George nodded in agreement. "Now you got all of us in trouble."

"You got yourselves in trouble! Your the ones who put that stupid thing in my room!" Ginny said back, feeling a little intimidated by the three boys.

"God!" George screamed in frustration. "Why can't girls handle anything?!"

"Excuse me? Who got locked in the Chamber of Secrets with Voldemort?" Ginny said hotly.

"It wasn't Voldemort, it was a memory of him!" Fred said, making Ginny feel stupid.

"And besides Ginny, who got you out of the Chamber of Secrets?" Ron said, Ginny looked down at her shoes. "And from what Harry told me, he was the one who killed the snake and got you out! And you were the one who just sat there, being worthless!"

Ginny looked up, tears in her eyes. "Harry called me worthless?" She said in disbelief. She had always idolized Harry, and thought that he was her friend.

"Ya, and he was right." Ron said stubbornly, ignoring his heart broken sister.

Ginny turned and ran to her room, locking the door behind her. She ran to her bed, and laid there, crying into her pillow. When she had calmed down a bit, Ginny grabbed a piece of paper and a pen. She started to write down all of the important things she had done, verses her three brothers. 'Let's see,' she thought to herself. 'Fred and George always invent stuff, and they are both beaters on the Quidditch team. Ron is really good at Quidditch, even if he isn't on the team. He probably will be this year. And he as been on all of those adventures with Harry.' Ginny then wrote her name on the paper, and started to think of something special she did. She tried hard to think of something that was half as good as the things her brothers did, but she couldn't. Finally, Ginny threw down her pen and paper in frustration. She hugged her knees to her chest, and cried.

When Ginny looked at her clock, she noticed that it was five in the afternoon, and figured she should get something to eat. As she walked down the stairs, she heard hushed voices. Ginny kneeled down, halfway down the stairs, so that the speakers couldn't see her.

"Why would he believe that horrible woman?" Mrs. Weasley asked her husband. Ginny moved so that she could see what her mom and dad were talking about. She saw them looking at a newspaper, and Ginny gasped when she read the headline.

Weasley Convicts Malfoy of Being Death Eater

"Does the Ministry know about this?" Mrs. Weasley asked.

"Yes, but they know that it's a lie. Everything Rita Seeker writes is. Lucius came to the Ministry to sort everything out. He said that he understands that it was a mistake, and that I never accused him of anything. But I think he is still holding a grudge. Rumors are going to build on this, and he's going to have trouble living it down. Everyone is going to think of him as a Death Eater, and that's bad when you work at the Ministry like he does (I don't know if Malfoy works at the ministry, just pretend he does)." Mr. Weasley said, shaking his head.

Mrs. Weasley opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Fred, George, and Ron coming in the back door. They were muddy and had their broomsticks, obviously coming in from a game of Quidditch.

"Hey boys, ready for dinner?" Mrs. Weasley asked. "Where's your sister?"

"Who knows." Fred said, sitting down.

"Who cares." George added.

Ginny, feeling unloved, got up and ran back up to her room.

Ginny didn't come back downstairs for the rest of the night. But no one noticed, they were all too busy with their own lives. Finally, at ten o'clock at night, Ginny fell asleep. Meanwhile, outside of the Weasley's house.

Draco stood with his hands in his pockets, starring at The Burrow. 'I can't believe father's making me do this.' He thought to himself. 'It was just a stupid article, and everyone already knows that he's a Death Eater. Except the Ministry, they still think that he was framed. idiots.' Draco's thought were interrupted when he noticed that all of the lights were out in the Weasley house. 'Good,' he thought. 'they're asleep. I better get this over with.'

Without a second thought, Draco headed toward The Burrow. He walked up to the front door, then reconsidered it. 'I better go through Ginny's window. I'll have a less chance of being seen.' He looked up to the second floor, and counted the windows. 'Second from the left, that's hers.' Draco considered using magic to get up there, but decided he would get in trouble with the Ministry. So, he did it the muggle way, he climbed up the trellis. When he got up to Ginny's room, Draco climbed through the open window (imagine that ;-D), and looked around. The first thing his gray eyes fell on was the sleeping Weasley.

Draco pulled out a bag of sleeping dust, and sprinkled it over her. He then picked up Ginny's light body, and proceeded to the door. 'I definitely can't go down the trellis with her in my arms. I'll just have to be quiet going down the stairs.'

Draco walked, unheard, down the staircase, and out the door. He then began to look for an old shoe that was, as his father told him, a port-key. He finally found it, and soon felt the pull from just behind his belly button.

Within seconds, Draco felt the cold stone floor beneath his feet, and knew that he was home.

"Ah, Draco. You have the girl?" Lucius Malfoy's voice came from behind his son.

"Yes Father." Draco answered.

Lucius let out an evil snigger, and said, "Good. When Arthur Weasley finds that his only daughter has been kidnapped, then maybe he'll think twice before spreading rumors."

Immediately, Draco regretted what he had just done. 'Poor Ginny.' Draco thought when his father began to tell him what they were going to do to the Weasley girl. 'Poor, innocent Ginny.'

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A/N: I hate Lucius!!! Fortunately I am the author of this story, so I can kill him whenever I want (but I won't)! Anyway, REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!