Disclaimer: Deep in the jungle, there is a magical monkey that farts every time someone is born, by the time that monkey stops farting, I will still not own Harry Potter.

Warning: Angst, Slight AU and mild OOC, some spoilers, Femme-slash (yuri) and possible Slash (yaoi)

Summary: Ginevra Weasley never backs down from a challenge. So when the twins jokingly challenge Ginny to seduce Fleur Delacour, a deliciously sensual woman who happens to also be engaged to their brother, Ginny's pride forces her to agree. But what happens when Ginny's conscience won't leave her be? What happens when Fleur actually starts to fall for Ginny? Will Ginny swallow her pride and betray her brother to be with Fleur? Will she want to? Or will she end up breaking the veela's heart?

Chapter One: Scheming

"Hey Gin!!!!" called Fred, slightly buzzed from the punch he and his twin had laced with Firewhiskey.

"What?" snapped Ginny, irritated at the twins' antics already.

"Come here," said George, his goofy grin matching his twin's.

Ginny rolled her eyes before elegantly rising from the seat she had been perched on, and sashaying to the twins, her hips swaying tantalizingly. Ginny had grown into quite the woman.

"Yes?" she sighed, exasperated.

"We have a little challenge for you, dear sister," said Fred, grinning widely at her and tipping his chair back.

"Oh really?" asked Ginny, feigning disinterest, "and what, pray tell, do you have in mind?"

The twins exchanged a glance and sniggered.

"Something, you, Gin-Gin, could never accomplish," teased George.

Ginny's trademark temper flared and she nearly growled. They knew damn well she could never resist a challenge!

"Really now?" she said mock-pleasantly through gritted teeth, "Try me."

Fred smirked.

"I don't know..." Fred said slowly, "This really probably IS too much for even the brilliant Ginny Weasley to handle..." he snickered.

"Just tell me already!" hissed the angry redhead.

George held his hands up in mock surrender.

"Okay, okay!!!" he laughed, "We'll tell you..."

"Prepare to be blown away by the sheer impossibility of this, but..."

"We challenge you..."

"To seduce..."

"Fleur Delacour, notoriously delicious and sensual veela..."

The twins looked at each other, smiling smugly, absolutely certain that their sister would refuse.

Ginny was flabbergasted. Her, seduce Fleur?! Their brother's fiancée?! No! Impossible! But...she had to do it! She just had to! Or she'd forever have to face her brother's smug looks.

"Alright," she said primly, "I accept."

The twins stopped smiling and stared at her in shock.

"WHAT?!" Fred spluttered.

"But it's impossible!!!" cried George.

"I SAID I accept!" she snapped, "Now shoo! By the time I'm finished with her, she'll be declaring her undying devotion to me!!!"

With that, Ginny stormed away from the stunned twins and scanned the crowd for her victim.

She spotted moon colored hair sandwiched between messy black hair and ginger. She zeroed in, startled to see Fleur laughing at something Harry said, while she hung off of Bill's arm and gazed up at him affectionately.

She knew that Harry had saved her sister, Gabrielle in the Tri-Wizard Tournament and that Fleur had had a soft spot for him ever since, but she had no idea they were such good friends. She shrugged off her confusion for the moment, however, when she saw Fleur excuse herself and head to the loo.

'Nows my chance!' she thought in glee.

She slowly followed the blonde at a distance until Fleur entered the bathroom.

Ginny waited outside the door patiently, wondering how begin her seduction. She knew she was an exceptionally attractive woman, but was she good looking enough to tempt Fleur Delacour, the gorgeous veela?

She was startled from her thoughts, however, when she heard a sob from inside the bathroom. She hesitated for a moment, before knocking on the door.

"Fleur?" she inquired.

The muffled sobs paused, before Fleur slowly opened the door a crack and glared at her.

"What do you want?" she snapped in her newly unaccented English.

Ginny only raised an eyebrow.

"Well, first off, I would like to know why you were sitting in the bathroom, crying your eyes out," she stated coolly.

Fleur blushed furiously.

"That is none of your concern!!" she snarled, angry at having been caught crying by someone, especially Ginny, "Now, if you would be so kind as to leave..."

Ginny, however, ignored Fleur's telltale scowl and pushed her way into the bathroom, closing the door behind her.

"Now," began Ginny, "Why were you crying?"

"Because I'm upset, you daft girl!" snapped Fleur, having seen the stubbornly determined look on Ginny's pretty face.

Ginny sighed, praying for patience.

"Well of course..." she said softly, trying to be sympathetic, "I could tell...the question is...why? I mean...You're engaged to a good man who you are obviously in love with, you're beautiful, young, and you have your whole life ahead of you...what could be so bad that you're hiding in a bathroom, crying? Is it Bill? Your family? Your friends? Did they do something to upset or hurt you?"

Fleur averted her eyes.

"Why do you care?" she whispered, tears filling her bright silvery blue eyes.

Ginny didn't have to pretend to be concerned now...she had never known Fleur to cry in front of anyone...EVER!

"Fleur?" she whispered. When Fleur looked up, she continued, "Do I need a reason? I just do...I may not have shown it in the past, but I think there's more to you than meets the eye...more than just a pretty face."

Fleur turned away.

"I'm right, aren't I? Please Fleur...tell me. I swear that whatever you say, I'll keep a secret. I also promise to try my best to be there for you and help you. Please...it's just me, Fleur, just us girls...please trust me..." she murmured, tucking a wayward strand of Fleur's pale moon colored hair behind her ear.

Fleur's tears finally overflowed and she threw herself in Ginny's arms, sobbing. Ginny stood, stunned still, until she finally came to her senses and held Fleur closely.

'This is wrong,' her conscience nagged, 'It's wrong to play with someone's feelings like this...'

Ginny's guilt succeeded in making her feel awful and she held Fleur tighter.

'I can't do this...' thought Ginny, feeling sick, 'It's too cruel...I—I can't...I'm not like this!'

Fleur continued to weep, head buried in Ginny's neck.

'God...this is horrible...Oh Merlin, help me!'

'I won't! I WON'T! But...my brothers...what will they say if I wimp out? I'll never hear the end of it!!! But Fleur...I never liked her...but now....with her like this, she's...HUMAN...Oh Merlin, I can't do this...what will I do???'

Ginny was interrupted from her thoughts when Fleur finally spoke.

"If I tell you a secret...do you swear you'll never tell another soul?" she whispered, looking everywhere but Ginny.

Ginny hesitated, before coming to a decision.

"I swear," she vowed.

Fleur gently stepped out of Ginny's embrace and slowly drew her wand as Ginny watched her curiously. With a wave of the wand, all the glamours and make-up Fleur had been wearing disappeared.

Ginny gasped in horror, for on Fleur's usually pretty face were bruises and cuts.

A once over showed large hand shaped bruises on Fleur's arms, as if she had been grabbed roughly; and more bruises and cuts littered her body.

"Oh Fleur," choked Ginny, "Who did this?"

Fleur, whose tears had subsided somewhat, began to cry anew.

"B-b-bill...!" and with that Fleur collapsed onto the bathroom floor, hands covering her bruised face in shame.

Ginny suddenly felt as if her whole world had cracked, and she had to grab onto the sink for support when her knees threatened to give out.

"What?!" she whispered.

"Bill...he beats me."

AN: Ooh! Cliffie!!!

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