Chapter Ten

Ginny Weasley set her jaw as she watched Draco Malfoy slip an arm around Parvati and smirk at her.

The git was getting to her. FOr several reasons. FIrst, he had kidnapped an entire forth of her crew. Secondly, there was the kiss to consider. Oh, no kiss had actually taken place, but that didn't stop Ginny from wanting it, wanting back in his arms, back in his embrace.

The only real plus side to the situation was Hermione and Pansy. The pair was virutally inseparable since the attempted hostile take over. Pansy seemed to be quite alright with being kidnapped. THen again, with Hermione around, Pansy seemed alright with just about everything lately.

Pansy was a wonder aboard the ship. She knew more than GInny could ever have hoped and was not hesitant to share her knowledge, especially with Hermione, though Ginny and Luna benefited as well.

Ginny looked down the Gryffindor table where Pansy sat beside Hermione. Umbitch was glaring at Pansy. Apparently she wasn't keen on innerhouse unity. Or maybe it was the idea of two girls together that rubbed her wrong. Ginny didn't care much.

Ginny rose to her feet, ignoring whatever Harry was saying to her. She made her way down to the end of the table with Hermione and Pansy, elicting a further glare from Umbridge. Luna joined them.

All four girls were in pirate gear today, each looking sexy in their own way. Ginny was wearing a black steampunk styled corset over an amber colored button up. She had a black velvet cape, lined in dark green. Black slacks and black boots completed the ensemble. Hermione was in a blue peasant top with a white under bust laced in dark blue with black jeans strategically torn at the knees and hems over black sneakers.

Pansy was in a light pink dress with tattered hem and a battered looking maroon and gold corset as well as maroon boots with gold buckles. Luna was again dressed in her own version of what pirates should look like, that is to say, a dark blue pair of jeans with a shawl wrapped around her waist. Faux gold coins were sewn onto the material, causing it to tinkle when she moved. She wore a white poet shirt with a black pirate jacket over top, gold buttons and cording glittering.

Each girl wore at least one belt with empty scabbards save Pansy. She wore a belt, but there was no scabbard there.

"I could just slap him," GInny growled as she sat down.

"Is that so?" Pansy asked, glancing at Hermione with a slight smile.

"He's annoying the crap out of me, flaunting around with Parvati."

"Isn't that what I'm doing?" Pansy asked, leaning gently against Hermione who slipped an arm around her shoulders.

Ginny noticed Ron and Romilda staring at the pair in disbelief. She immediately felt better. Obviously ROn hadn't meant his earlier accuasations. Ginny still didn't like Romilda much, but she was happier with Ron now.

"Not if you really like us," LUna spoke up.

"I definitely like you guys. Some more in...different ways than others."

Again Ginny felt better. "So what do we do?"

Pansy smiled a very Slytherin smile. "I know someone who might help..."

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Severus Snape studied the four young women before him. He had always known something was a little off about them. Piracy was a little unexpected. Lesbianism was even more curious.

Ginny and Luna weren't of course. Ginny protested too much about Draco Malfoy for her to be anything but infatuated with him. Snape wasn't entirely sure how he felt about this. THere was the whole inner house unity and all, but Pansy and Hermione covered that. It would be nice to have the two oldest and greatest wizarding families united once and for all.

Voldemort would be a problem, but one Snape was sure Ginny and Draco could overcome.

Snape pulled himself from his ruminations and laced his fingers. "Let me get this straight, miss Parkinson. You want me to bring down the wrath of Umbridge upon myself all for the sake of letting you and your comrades win back their ship mate."

Pansy grinned. "Pretty much, yeah."

"Miss Parkinson, I don't know if you've noticed, but a war is rather iminent."

"All the more reason we should be out on the lake."

"How does that figure?" Snape asked.

"Think on it for a minute," Hermione broke in. "The entire school knows about Pansy and me. The first Gryffindor/Slytherin relationship in decades, nearly a full century. Neither of us may be Harry Potter, but we have each garnered a considerable amount of respect in our respective houses. If we look like we'll last, we could easily draw the school together."

"Worse yet," Pansy continued, "others may follow our example. You Know Who is counting on us being divided when he comes after us, counting on us falling down. So it stands to reason that he will try to attack us.Especially now that Dumbledore is temporarily gone."

"The castle is weak right now," Snape mused.

"But the lake has its own protections about it," Hermione picked up. "Out there, all of us are safe."

Snape studied them. "I can see why Miss Granger and Miss Parkinson need to be out there, but what about the rest of you?"

"We have already shown our support," Luna reasoned. "That's a good enough reason to get rid of us."

"Right, and the mere fact that Malfoy, Nott and Zabini haven't come to drag Pansy away by her hair is a sign that they favor her current relationship," Ginny concluded.

"What do you want me to do then?" Snape said after a pause.

The four girls smiled. Wickedly.

(A/N: Thanks to oxymoron8 for the idea of bringing Snape in as a Pirate.

To Sarah Coldheart: Thanks! I hope this chapter was worth it!

To MidnightWriter1213: It was a busy summer but I wouldn't have changed it for the world. How was Germany? I went there for a while a year ago. Great time. I wish I was better at fencing. (sad face)