Chapter 2
"oh my gosh you live here!" ginny declared staring everywhere she could. Victor chuckled
"yea but it isn't our only house. Come on inside" victor picked up her bag and swung it over his shoulder and started to walk up to the large doors. Ginny quickly followed behind him.
"victor!" exclaimed sebastien as he ran down the stairs to the duo. Ginny wasn't paying attention and looking around the room. The hallway was large. It had cream walls and the ceiling was painted with mystical creatures and a large gold chandelier hung from it. Either side was a large staircase leading upstairs to a landing. Opposite the front door was another set of double doors. These were open and they were leading into a ballroom. There were many other doors as well. These however were closed. A large white marble fireplace was to the right and she noticed a pot of floopowder on the side. Opposite this was a large mirror with a sideboard underneath home to an ornate pearl black telephone. Ginny was trying to take it all in when she heard.
"victor who's this?" and someone was tugging at her jeans. Ginny looked down to find a little boy with black hair looking up at her with large brown eyes. He had rosy cheeks and was wearing blue dungarees with a white shirt underneath.
"oh this sebastien is Ginny Weasley." Replied victor and ginny bent down to the toddler
"hi" sebastien said shyly
"hi sebastien" ginny replied and smiled at him. He beamed back and ran over to the house elf and Madison who had now appeared. Madison was a little chubby and looked similar to victor except she had a round nose. Her hair was long and a very dark brown/black. Her face was a scowl. The little house elf came up to them
" um pipsy is here master victor to take any bags and coats from you and miss weasley. " victor smiled
"oh thanks pipsy" and gave the elf ginnys bag. The elf then bowed and popped away.
"you guys have house elves?" questioned Ginny. Victor was a little taken a back by this and Madison was glaring.
"why shouldn't we have house elves?" scowled Madison and glared at the redhead
"um hermoine parents are muggle so how they have a house elf is unbelievable and her whole SPEW project hello!" ginny declared back. madison and victor laughed.
" i did say you were going to have a shock. All of the house elves chose to work with us and are paid if they want to be paid. Come on ill show you where my sister is." Victor smiled again and motioned her to go towards a door under the stairs. Madision was still laughing and ginny was getting irritated. Sebastien was looking confused and followed the pair. Victor picked him up. When they opened the door they were in a large playroom filled with magical and muggle toys. There was a television and a bookcase in the corner filled with childrens books and boxes. Right at the back though was a spiral staircase going up and down. Sebastien quickly got down and started to play on his toy broom and ginny caught sight of another house elf appear. She had noticed that they all wore proper clothes and shoes. Victor started to walk towards the stairs and ginny followed him so that she wouldn't get lost.
They ventured downstairs to the basement. The basement was huge. It was open plan and had a movie theatre section, a pool table, table tennis. In the corner ginny noticed a bowling alley. In the middle was a bar. There was a rock climbing wall and what looked like a skate ramp. However ginnys main focus was on the cave like wall on the right and the lazy river running through the room all the way up to the bar and out again with sits to sit on. Victor chuckled
" i see you spotted the lazy river. It goes to the swimming pool area. You can also walk through that tunnel to get there and to the changing rooms."
Victor carried on walking until he came to the back of the room. There were three doors and ginny could start to faintly hear music. Victor opens the first one and ginny could see an indoor sports hall with quidditch posts. Victor shook his head and closed it and moved on the last door. When he opened it the music got louder and he entered the corridor. Many rooms branched of it and ginny was trying to keep up with him until they came to one with a red light on top.
" now you'll have to be quiet and try not to distract the people in here cause otherwise some will not be happy. "
When they entered ginny couldn't believe her eyes. She was in a recording studio. She was in the controls room and through the glass could see many different people. she saw blaise Zambini, theodore nott and some others she didn't know. One looked almost identical to pansy but in guy form.
"hey victor I'm pleased your here we were just about to start again" called a very familiar voice. Ginny swivelled around to find draco malfoy sitting at the desk fiddling with some buttons on the control panel. Victor went up to him and they did a handshake. Ginny watched as draco was so friendly. His hair wasn't slicked back and instead over his eyes as he wore a grey beanie hat, a black and white checked shirt with a white tank top underneath and denim shorts.
"dray what's happening you haven't broken any of this beautiful equipment have you?" victor said playfully as draco put his arms up in defence and got out of the chair without though playfully punching victor on the arm. Draco then realised that she was in the room
" hi ginny. How's your summer?" he said casually. Ginny was shocked at his tone and for the fact that he would even speak to her.
"um malfoy have you got your head screwed in right?" she asked cautiously. Draco just nodded and chuckled before looking into the other room where the group of people were. She started looking around to see if she could spot hermoine. Victor started to press buttons and his voice could be heard through the mic into the other room
"right guys lets get this show on the road!" he called. A song started to play and ginny watched as they all got into positions. She then noticed a girl who looked a lot like victor and blaise. She had black curly hair, a sharp nose. She was smiling. Ginny could have sworn she had seen the smile before. She saw her put some headphones on and give a thumbs girl though kept her head down.
[The girl]
All the things I know right now
If I only knew back then
There's no gettin' over
No gettin over'
There's just no getting over you.
Ginny recognised that voice. It was of her favourite singer, demi Zambini. she was both famous in the muggle and wizarding world. Ginny went up to the glass
[blaise Zambini]
Wish I could spin my world into reverse, just to have you back again
There's no getting over
There's no gettin over
There's just no getting over you (you)!
Ginny turned to victor and draco.
"um guys wheres Mione cause she isn't here and..." draco looked up at her confused
"what are you talking about shes right there singing." Draco said and pointed to the girl with black hair. Giny gasped and looked at her again.
"but that isn't mione thats.." ginny started. This time both boys turned around and looked at her.
"dray i don't think demi told her," victor said draco looked at victor.
"well then this is awkward. Um ginny why don't you just watch and im sure everything will be explained." Said draco calmy. He then gave a worried look to victor. They both looked at demi to see if she had noticed.
[Theodore nott and pansy parkinsons brother marcus]
We're back
Hey hey I cant forget you baby
I think about you everyday
I tried to mascarate the pain
Thats why im next on the booth
D-d-d dance to the groove
There is no there is no getting over you.
Baby it feels so right
To dance to the beat up night
The heat between you and I retreat to the morning light
We like to live like class
And pour them shots up in the glass
But there is no,there is no getting over you.
I'm a party, and party and party and party...
And party and party and party...
I'm a party, and party and party and party...
And party and party and party...
Ginny's mind was realing. She was in this mansion filled with slytherins saying that her best friend was actually a famous singer. Not to mention a zambini. she sat down on the chair and watched the rest of the performance trying to figure everything out.
[girl]
All the things I know right now
If I only knew back then
There's no gettin' over
No gettin over'
There's just no getting over you.
[blaise zambini]
Wish I could spin my world into reverse, just to have you back again
There's no getting over
There's no gettin over
There's just no getting over you (you)!
[Theodore and marcus]
I'm a party, and party and party and party...
And party and party and party...
I'm a party, and party and party and party...
And party and party and party...
[girl]
People in the place
If you ever felt love
Then you know what I'm talking about
There is no getting over
Aaaaaahhhhhh
The girl looked up and saw ginny. She smiled and started to dance along to the beat. Ginny could see the face of hermoine but also her favourite singer. It was just hermoine with tamed black black hair and some makeup. Not to mention a fringe.
[Theodore nott and marcus]
I'm a party, and party and party and party...
And party and party and party...
I'm a party, and party and party and party...
And party and party and party...
the song had ended and ginny watched as victor said that that was a wrap over the microphone and everyone in the room giving each other high fives and hugs. They all started to leave laughing and joking but blaise and the girl walked over and opened a door that went straight into the controls room.
"nice one guys" called blaise as he and victor did the same handshake that ginny had seen draco and victor do. The girl however wasn't interested in what the boys were doing but instead was running up to ginny.
"Ginny!" she called and hugged her. "i am so pleased you are here. Tell me all about you summer. "
Ginny was shocked and so stepped back. the girl then realised why she was.
"gin ill explain everything. These boys were going to leave anyway because they have to help set up the party. Don't you boys" the girl said turning to the boys. Blaise and victor nodded their heads and left pretty quickly. Draco however still on the moving chair grabbed her by waist and pulled her towards him so that she was in between his legs.
"yes mister malfoy." She said looking down at him. He smiled.
"i think you know what i want before i go and seeing as you aren't wearing your ring. " he replied cheekily. She smirked.
"no since you wont leave. " she replied. Draco pouted.
"youre so cruel to me demi. have you taken your meds becasue i know you will forget about them tonight before you go to bed."
Demi sighed. "yes i have now are we done ferret because i really would like to have some time with ginny"
Draco smirked and hugged her tighter before standing up. "i do have one more thing" he smirked
"and whats that?" draco smirked again and she rivalled him. He then kissed her full on the mouth.
When he broke off he smiled. " thats for calling me ferret, granger. Love you" he then walked from the room and shut the door. Demi turned around and had a scowl on her face and she met ginnys confused face.
"gin sit down and ill explain everything" demi said looking a bit concerned. Ginny did sitting on the seat she was originally on. Demi sat on the chair draco was with her legs crossed.
"now i know that you are freaked out and confused as hell right now but just don't hex me please and hear me out. " ginny nodded but found her wand in her pocket again. Demi sighed
"right well where do i start. Um well my name isn't hermoine granger. Hermoine is a person i made up for several reasons and ill tell you those in a minute. My real name is Demetria Devonne hermione Zambini." demi said and looked at ginny knowing that a spell could be cast any minute.
" um you met victor and im a triplet..."
"yea and blaise is your brother," ginny replied coldly. Demi almost winced.
"right so he did tell you a little, what else did he tell you?" demi asked
" well he said that you were one of triplets and that you were always different. You have a little brother and sister and an older sister. That is about it. Oh and the fact that you keep a lot of your private life a secret " ginny said keeping the icy tone.
"look gin im sorry i didn't tell you my true identity but i only did it because i wanted to be treated like a normal person and not like a superstar all the time. I wanted to tell you so badly but everytime i was stuck because you would come up with 'oh my gosh i wish i was her. Shes bringing out a new movie or album' and the boys would never accept me if i said oh yea by the way just so you know im blaise zambini's brother"
"not to mention kissing malfoy" ginny said even icier. "i cant believe you lied to us.!"
"hehe you caught the draco kissing part. Ok then well i can explain that. And i didn't lie to you about everything!"
" no except your name, your appearance and that you are a superstar and extremely cosy with the boys enemy and that you are a pureblood. Your parents aren't dentists at all!." Ginny declared counting each on a finger. Demi was almost wincing like ginny was cutting her with a knife.
"but i was still me inside. I still acted as myself. I just didn't have media and fans following me. Tell me would you have ever treated me like you have for the past 5 years like your best friend if you knew that i was pop senation and actress demi Zambini? no you wouldn't. I would be having to most likely give you an autograph and you would only be my friend because of the perks and my personality wouldn't make a difference. "
"that isn't true! If you were you i would most likely asked you for one autograph but i would treat you like i always have. I would see that you are a lovely person!" ginny stood up. Demi sighed.
"this isn't going how i had wanted it too. Ginny please sit back down. I created hermoine not only because i didn't want the media attention and fans following me but also because i knew that whatever friends i had they would always be in the spot light and pestered all the time by the like of rita skeeter. I didn't want them to have that. I don't want my family to have that but they have to live with it. I wanted you guys to be able to go to diagon alley and not be bombared by reporters about my new t shirt or something stupid like that. " demi said exasperated. Ginny sat down.
"youre my best friend gin and it kills me that i didn't tell you. i want to make it up to you which is why i wanted to tell you today so that tonight you wouldn't get a shock but also because this year i have decided to go to school as me demi rather than hermione. i wanted you to be the first to know." Demi shut her eyes and she could hear movement. She was wondering whether ginny was leaving or getting out her wand to hex her.
" i remember once you were trying to tell me something and then the boys came in. You said it was important and that you asked me not to hate you. it was when we had decided not to keep anything from each other. The boys disturbed us and when i asked you again you said that it didn't matter. You were trying to tell me weren't you?" said ginny. The icy tone had been taken off and instead her tone was very calm.
Demi nodded hoping that ginny would say something else. instead she felt a pair of arms around her. Demi opened her eyes to see ginny hugging her. She hugged her friend back tightly.
"im sorry please forgive me" demi whispered. They broke apart and ginny smiled.
"just tell me everything and don't lie to me. I can see why you did but there was no need to." Said ginny motherly. "now tell me all about draco kissing you! i want to hear this one. " her tone becoming excited. Demi laughed
"ok i will" demi replied. Suddenly there was a knock on the door and pansy Parkinson popped her head through.
"Hey ZamBitchy!" she called.
"hey PanSlut what can i do for you?" replied demi. pansy beamed and caught sight of ginny.
"hi ginny. So dems just finished dance and prepped the others just need to do one final run through and your mum says that your jacket has arrived from the dry cleaners." said pansy.
"thanks pans. Ill be there soon i just wanted to finish telling gin something and we will join you cause i think gin will want to help me drool over the hot guys since you have all morning. "
Pansy laughed. "well they are hot but not as hot as your gorgeous brother blaise in more ways than one" pans then blew them a kiss and left.
"pans i don't want to picture my bro that way. Seeya" replied demi.
Ginny was chuckling at demis disgusted face of the thought of blaise and pansy doing it.
"sorry about that gin why don't we go to my room and we can talk some more. " demi got up and flipped a switch turning the lights off and ginny followed her as they started to walk back to the main entranceway.
"so how was your summer hun? Im sorry i don't really get to see you."
"its been alright. The burrow has been hectic. Fred and George are making products and like testing them out there so you have no idea how many times i have had to put out mini fires from the fireworks and clear up sick from the new super puking pastels. Ron is annoying. Harry is ok. Bill and fleur are talking about their honeymoon and their new house. "
"that sounds like a fun place to be then. " demi replied
"yea so much fun. Mum is being a pain. She keeps nagging me all the time. How has your summer been?"
They started to climb the stairs. " my summer has been ok. Busy as ever. Started to write a couple of new songs to make a new album. Dance classes. Filmed some more episodes for my muggle programs and wizarding ones. Mum is trying to get me try on so many dresses and flower arrangements which is ever so slowly killing me. "
they were walking down a cream corridor filled with photos of the family on the walls. There were photos of the children. One with dallas demi and Madison. Ginny could see the remsblence. There was then one of demi, blaise and victor as babies and ginny almost laughed. There were so many many. Some included draco. They passed doors and doors. Some had a letter on them. The letters were each a different colour. There was a blue S. A maroon V. A black B, a pink M and an orange D. They came to a door near the end of the corridor. This had a gold D on it. Demi opened the door and ginny was in aw as she walked in. The room was cream and the back wall was French windows and doors leading onto a balcony. There was a king size white four poster bed with teal silk curtains around it and the windows. There were cream silk bed sheets with teal and blue silk patterns on top with a large teal silk throw with blue, gold and silver cushions. Opposite the bed was a large mirror and underneath a mirror dressing table. by the windows was a white desk. There was a cream velvet sofa and a blue velvet chair. There was a Hogwarts chest at the end of her bed and three bookcases filled with books against the wall. There was also a guitar on a stand and a keyboard in the corner. There were photos on every table and ginny could see that she featured in quite a few as well as draco, blaise and victor, pansy, harry and ron. She found the one of demi in a pink swimming costume holding a fish bowl with three fish inside. They were looking at the camera and the fish were almost trying to escape the bowl. The 6 year old demi was having a smug and proud face with the occasional giggle.
"i see you found the photo of where i turned victor draco and blaise into fish. That is a funny story."
"you turned them into fish?" ginny exclaimed. Laughing
"yea i was only six and they were annoying me. Draco is the platimun blond one. Victor the black one with marron speckles cause he was wearing marroon boxers and blaise the green one with black speckles." Demi replied as she walked through a door which must lead to a wardrobe. Ginny put the photo down adn followed her to find the largest walk in wardrobe she had seen
"omg this is yours. But you... you ..." ginny stuttered. Demi laughed.
"yea its mine. " replied demi chuckling. Ginny was gobsmacked. Hermoine didn't really think about her appearance and here she was in her massive wardrobe. Ginny did notice in the corner a lot of posters magical and muggle saying demi zambini performing or her new album. Some were promoting her new tv programs etc. She also saw a couple of awards there.
"why do you have awards in your closet?" asked ginny
"well dad wants to put them up as my achievements but to be honest i am proud and honoured that i won them but i have no clue what to do with them and i don't want to flaunt them so they are here." Demi said a matter of factly. Demi moved over to the racks and got out a short black dress and a black leather blaser and some very high black heels.
"well i have my outfit for tonight." She said as she put the clothes on the chair in the wardrobe for later. Ginny was still entrapped by the amount of clothes as demi hauled her out of the closet.
"um gin are you ok?" demi asked concerned again
"yea sorry was just put into heaven. I will only say this once but god i am so jealous of you." she sighed. Demi smiled. " but back to reality tell me about draco. I am dying to know."
Demi laughed "i was wondering when that would reoccur." She sat on the bed and so did ginny. They both crossed their legs.
"well what do you want to know?" demi asked. Ginny looked shocked.
"uh everything. Start off with how you met and then go on from there. " ginny replied.
"ok well draco and i have know each other since we were born because our parents are best friends and he is two days older than me, victor and blaise. We've always been together. Anyway um been great friends and then went to Hogwarts. Since we argue a lot anyway and tease each other it wasn't that hard to keep up the whole hermoine muggleborn thing. By the way draco doesn't have anything against blood status his parents actually work undercover for the order. They just act like they do to keep up to voldermort that they are good little deatheaters."
"ginny nodded " ok then so go on. You and draco at Hogwarts"
"well i don't know it just evolved from there really. Mum always said that draco and i were like two halves of the same person like yin and yang. He always knows how to make me feel better when im down and how to make me smile even though we argue sometimes like crazy pretty much about everything. I guess it happened in fifth year. draco saved me in the department of mysteries from bellatrix. Draco afterwards wouldn't let me go anywhere without him cause he didn't want me to get hurt and then asked my parents if he could see me. Then he found the courage to ask me out. "
"so you and draco are an item. Oh hunny i am so hapy for you. i knew that there was chemistry between you too. You could see it all the time and in the final battle i remember him coming up to me to find where you were. So you've been dating for two years. " ginny exclaimed and hugged demi.
" yea well there is more" demi said quietly.
"more? Oh tell tell tell. " squealed ginny.
"ok well i haven't told anyone and only my family knows so you cant breath a word. But this morning..."
"yess... come on there is no need for the suspense!" ginny said trying to encourage her. Demi blushed and got up and went over to her jewellery box on the dressing table. she got out a little velvet black box and brought it back over to the bed.
"this morning well draco decided to um... pop the question..." demi said but it was soon overided by the squeals and omgs from Ginny. She was hugged tightly.
"Oh My GOD and did you say yes. Please say you said yes. Adn i want to see the ring" ginny rushed in all one breath. Demi laughed and nodded opening the box to show the classic tiffanys engagement ring. It was a silver band and it held a large diamond surrounded by . It was the most expensive piece of jewellery Ginny had ever seen.
"The diamond is supposedly a malfoy air loom and the first ever diamond the family possessed. Draco got it made into a ring. It is said that the diamond is given to every new mrs malfoy. Narcissa had decided not to put it into a ring or anything and didn't even really look at it but draco thought it was perfect for me and so here it is." Demi said as she put the ring on her ring finger on her left hand.
"that is gorgeous. God i wish a had a ring like that means you're getting married." Said ginny excited. Demi nodded and ginny squealed again
" gin i would love it if you could be my made of honour. I really want you to be it because you are my best friend" demi said smiling looking at the ring
"oh my gosh yes yes yes of course i will. We have to think dresses and flowers and get this wedding planned" said ginny
"you sound like my mother and narcissa" said demi and she laughed. "gin, draco and i aren't getting married until we have finished Hogwarts. So we have a year to go. Though mum and cissy are trying to get in a Christmas wedding."
Ginny was beaming. "oh i am so happy for you."
"thanks gin. I just don't know how i am going to tell this to everyone. especially harry and ron. They will kill draco and then me!" said demi looking worried.
"Oh they will live with it. Harry will accept it first and most likely support you. my brother however is tricky. He will be angry and want to kill malfoy but he will soon hopefully see that you are happy. " demi nodded but still had a worried look on her face. Ginny hugged her again.
There was a knock on the door. This time it was a lady in her fourties who was almost identical to demi but also looked similar to professor Mcgonagol.
"girls, dinner will be soon and demetria hunny have you got everything ready for tonight?" asked Emelia Zambini
"yea mum i have. Victor and blaise are sorting out the music and dray is helping getting the room ready. Pansy is with the dancers and ginny and i are about to go and oversee everything. "
"good well i hope you girls have fun and ill see you at dinner. We are getting pizza. Ginny what pizza do you like?" asked Emelia
"um ive never had pizza before" replied ginny.
"well then there is a first time for everything. Ill get her a margarita." Replied Emelia and walked out of the room. Demi then got up.
"we best be seeing what the others are doing because otherwise this party will be a disaster."
