Cauldron Boil and Cauldron Bubble

ProLog

Ginny walked through the doors of Hogwarts that year alone. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were on with there lives and had left school but she had one last year. She felt so alone without her brother and Hermione there, she was trying not to think about Harry. . . Cho had reentered the picture when Harry left Hogwarts, they were now living in Godric's Hollow. It had only been two weeks since the last time Ginny had felt Harry's arms around her, had stared into those deep green eyes and felt the rush of love and security that radiated from his eyes into her very soul, had felt the smooth caress of his lips against hers and the electrifying touch of his slinder fingers gliding across her face. She shook the memories from her head as a single tear escaped her eye and walked into the great hall taking a seat next to the Creevey brothers.

"Hey Ginny" Collin chimed, his camera still attached to his hands as always.

" 'Ello Collin, Dennis. Have a good summer?" She asked automatically.

"Yeh! Did you?" They both chorused together.

"How's Harry?" Collin added, he always was obsessed with Boy Wonder.

"I suppose so, he was fine last I saw of him. We haven't talked much these last few weeks."

"Aren't you two together yet?" Dennis laughed.

"I thought we were about to be." She sighed. " But he's with Cho again now, she came back from her trip to China about a month ago and they ran into each other in Hogsmead right before school started." She was trying hard to keep her emotions at bay. Lucky for her the new first years walked in at that moment and the Hall fell silent. Ginny was thankful.

After the sorting Ginny ate quickly keeping to herself, found a prefect to get the password for Griffindor Tower and ran off to her room so that she could feign sleep before anyone made it there to question her on the events of her summer, for once she had no desire to speak to anyone at Hogwarts, not even Luna Lovegood. She collapsed upon her bed letting her tears fall as she listened to the storm rolling in outside the castle walls, little did she relies how soon that storm would mirror the one within herself.

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Ginny got up the next morning, dressed and left for the great hall. It was to crowded though. The noise was enclosing around her. How did anyone handle all the noise and the people pressing down upon them in here. She took a few pieces of toast and headed down to the lake. She leaned against a nearby tree and watched to slight movement in her reflection upon the glassy surface. The color had began to change as she stared at it from its deep greenish -blue haze to a foggy yellowish tint. It was a warning, but she didn't have time to ponder that or to look deeper into the surface for clues for another reflection had joined her own now. A tall male figure was looming behind her. . . he was so familiar and yet. . . no it couldn't be.

She stood and turned to quickly and tripping, she landed flat on her ass staring up at none other than Draco Malfoy!