The Little Witch
Chapter One

"Ginny, what are you looking at?" Luna asked as they waited to get onto the Hogwarts Express.

"Nothing," Ginny shook her head, "How long is this going to take?"

"I'm not sure to be honest. Figure a little bit of time." Luna stood on her toes peering at the long line composed of first years all the way to seventh years.

"Well, what are we supposed to do while we wait?" Ginny asked impatiently.

"Stare at nothing again." Luna turned and focused on a brick above the platform entrance and gazed. Within moments her eyes went blank and Ginny snapped her fingers in front of her friend.

"That creeps me out, don't do that!" Ginny said as her friend faced her.

"Don't do what?"

"When you stare into space, you loose all emotion in your eyes, it's creepy." Luna shrugged her shoulders and they, finally shuffled forwards. The line was beginning to move and within moments, they had found their way onto the train and into an empty compartment.

"I'm tired, I'm napping." Luna said as she cuddled with a large furry blanket. Instead of questioning her friend on whether it was an animal or a bed covering, she walked out of the glass compartment and she tumbled into her brother and his two friends, Harry and Hermione.

"Would you watch were you are going?" Ron snubbed.

"You could watch were you were going if your nose wasn't so far in the air." Ginny said.

"You can't say that too me. I have seniority." Ron said shaking his fists. Harry and Hermione laughed at the comment and gesture and Ginny smiled.

"I have juniority!" Ginny mimicked, shaking her fists, "So?"

"Shut up. I should start calling you a Weaslette like Malfoy does. You sure act like it."

"Ron, she's the annoying little sister of a family of boys, it's her job." Hermione stated.

"Yeah, Dudley is annoying, but he's family so I put up with it," Harry paused, "Until I'm old enough to legally use magic on him." Harry swung his wand and Hermione rolled her eyes.

"What ever happened to going to the University?"

"University?" Ron mimicked and Ginny side stepped the conversation. She knew those muggle words meant long dull conversations involving nothing vitally important to her well being. Ginny moved through out the cabins, avoiding the trolleys simply because she needed to wait till she was truly hungry and Ginny had a soft spots for sweets. She stepped out of the last car and watched the scenery.

"Oh my gosh, help!" Ginny turned her head and saw a pale hand and black robes holding to the side of the cart. Ginny pulled out her wand and with a simple twist of her wand the person was rescued from a gruesome death of the Hogwarts Express. She peered at him for a moment. Her bright red hair blowing wildly. The gray eyes opened and peered into a mess of red hair and soft brown eyes.

"Thanks." Draco muttered but Ginny had already escaped, she certainly couldn't allow her flesh and blood's enemy know that she was the hero.

Ginny soon found herself back in her cabin and she nestled in for a nap of her own.

"Draco, are you alright?" Blaise asked, seeing his friend look so distraught.

"I-I fell. Off the train. I thought I was done for but someone saved me." Draco's hand flew to his mucked-up blonde hair. "It could have been a dream, but she was so, so real and beautiful."

"No, you?" Blaise began laughing hysterically, Crabbe and Goyle following suit

"What?" Draco spat.

"You, my friend, don't do well with girls. I've never heard you say you were even liked a girl, let alone that you were attracted to her." Blaise said whipping a tear from his eye. "Sorry, it's just so-so funny." Blaise continued in fits of laughter.

"Maybe I just wanted to keep my animal instincts to myself." Draco said prudely.

"Maybe, but the way I look at it, we are seventeen year old boys. We don't know how to keep them to ourselves. Malfoy, you are a late bloomer." Blaise stated testing Draco's temper even more.

"You are ridiculous. I've never seen you go after anyone!" Draco said taking a shoot at his friend.

"Go after? No. Attracted to? Constantly." Blaise smiled. "I've met girls that make my hair stand on end."

"That must be rather difficult with your cornrows." Draco said sitting across from Blaise.

"Are you taking a shot at my hair?"

"Taking? I already took it."