Chapter 11: The Ferret and The Horse

Winter had finally come. The hogwarts grounds were covered in snow. Dumbledore's Army had been formed and they were learning the Patronus Charm. Everyone had been having a hard time with it for the past couple of days.

"Think of something happy, that is key to conjuring a patronus" Harry said as he walked around. Think of something happy Karina thought. She remembered her and Draco sitting the mud, just laughing. "Expecto Patronum!" Karina said loudly. Instead of mist which she usually got, a ferret had formed out of the mist. Everyone stopped to stare. "Nice Work, Karina!" Harry said as everyone watched Karina's ferret run around. It's a ...ferret? Karina thought suprised. She realized why it was a ferret and not some other animal.

Harry had dismissed the class and they all went to their dormitories.

The next day, Karina was walking around a deserted part of Hogsmeade when she saw Draco. He stopped and stared at her. He went into some bar. Karina followed him in. The bar was completey empty except for Draco and the barman. Karina sat down next to Draco in a booth.

"Hey!" She said as she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "hey! I need to talk to you" He said.

"Okay, what is it?" Karina asked.

"Whatever you and the gryffindors are doing, be careful, Umbridge has people patrolling the corridors, she know's you guys are up to something." Draco said quietly as he took a sip of his butterbeer.

"thanks for the warning!" She said smiling. "Just out of curiousty, why are you warning me?" She asked.

He looked at her, suprised. "Because you're my girlfriend and I dont want to see you get in trouble" He said putting his butterbeer down.

Karina grinned and just stared at him. "What?" He asked.

"Nothing, it's just you've never called me your girlfriend." She said smiling. "Well I just did" He said.

"How you ever formed a patronus charm?" She asked curiously. "Yeah why?" He said confused.

"No reason in particular, what form did it take?" She asked sipping her butter-beer.

Draco grinned and said "A horse". Karina stared at him and realized what he meant.

"Mine is a...ferret" She said grinning at him. "A ferret?" He asked. "Yeah" She said nodding.

"Well gee i wonder why it's a ferret" He said sarcastically. Karina just laughed.

"So are you going home for christmas?" He asked.

"Yeah,you?" She said.

"Yeah, how about when we come back home, we go sledding?" Draco asked as he put his hand over her's.

"Sure!" She said smiling.

A little while later, Karina was back in the gryffindor common room alone when suddenly, Ginny came walking in. "I need to talk to you" Ginny said sitting down.

Karina sat up and said "What's wrong?".

"I need you to anwser this honestly, if our friendship matters to you at all, then please tell me the truth...what were you doing alone with Malfoy in hogsmeade?" Ginny asked.

"I was just talking to him" Karina said nervously. Damn how'd she see us? Karina thought.

"I heard you and him making plans to go sledding when you get home from school" Ginny said.

Karina sighed and said " Fine, you're one of my closest friends and you deserve to know...Draco and I have been dating since the summer".

Ginny leaned back and said "I knew it!"

"Ginny please don't tell anyone, you know how badly everyone would react if they knew that I was dating him." Karina said quietly.

"I swear i won't tell" Ginny said.

"Thank you!" Karina said gratefully.

This is my shortest chapter but the next one will probably be longer.

So Ginny now knows about our lovely couple. What happens when Karina and Draco go home for Christmas break?

Teasers for the next chapter

1. Someone let's the secret about the arranged marriage slip out.

2. Draco finds out that Ginny knows about him and Karina.

3. Draco and Karina go sledding and talk about their future marriage, and Draco suprises Karina about the issue.