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Chapter 10- Truth or Dare

Ginny laughed and joked with Tyler on the train back to Hogwarts. Her heart wasn't in it but she didn't want other people to think something was off.

"So what was your favorite CD?" Ginny had to think about Tyler's question for a minute.

"I liked alot of them. Especially that Blake Shelton CD. Although the Def Leppard CD was good too. All of the music was different."

Tyler nodded and said, "I just went and picked out a bunch of different types. I didn't know what you would like. Muggle music is a lot different. I have a whole bunch of music because I grew up loving it." Ginny nodded and thanked him again for the present. They were eventually joined by the usual gang as they sped towards the magical castle.

When Harry came back in, he mentioned a little back to school get together.

"Alright, so Friday night we'll meet in the Room of Requirement. Anyone can bring more people if they want, it will be more interesting that way." Everyone nodded and promised to be there. Harry kept his mouth shut on what they would be doing even as they tried to get it out of him. The rest of the ride was pretty uneventful.

When they arrived at the castle it was getting dark. They went to the Great Hall for the welcome back feast. Ginny, Colin, and Demelza were sitting there when her brother's trio of friends came over. Harry sat down beside Ginny and leaned to whisper to everyone.

"Did you hear the rumors yet? Malfoy hasn't come back. All of his things aren't even in his dorm. It disappeared one night. People think he faked his own death and went to join the Dark Lord." Ginny tried to keep her face neutral as everyone started to talk about Draco.

Demelza thought about it before saying, "Well I don't think he joined the Death Eaters, this last couple of months he's kept to himself. He hasn't insulted anyone in a while. He's left Ginny alone as well, and you know how much he used to love to drive her crazy." Hermione and Ginny nodded along with her.

"Him and Blaise were even civil and hit on us the last time", said Hermione as she turned to Harry and Ron. Ginny watched as their jaws dropped open in disbelief.

"Blaise isn't at the Slytherin table either", said Colin quietly as he joined in the conversation. "Maybe they used the burning down as an excuse to fake their deaths and leave the country."

"Or join the Order", said Ron as he laughed. "Anyone else have ridiculous theory they want to share?" Colin shot him a glare as Ron was rude to him.

"Ronald don't be an ass", said Ginny. "If you're going to sit with us, you're going to be civil to us."

"Yes Ginevra." Hermione slapped him upside the back of his head for being rude to his sister. They sat and discussed some rather extreme theories.

"Well Draco got upset at Voldypants and burst into flames. He caught everything on fire and changed into a bird and flew away." That was Ginny's least favorite, Ron wasn't very imaginative.

"Ok. No, this is what happened. They were probably having a huge feast. Malfoy Sr. Got upset because little Malfoy and Blaise were breathing too loud. He stood up and magicked the table across the room into curtains. The Malfoys are too good for electricity, and the candles caught fire. They just ran screaming from the house and it burnt down."

As they got more into it, it got crazier and crazier. Everyone near them started interjecting and adding things to the stories. They were soon told to go back to their dorms because curfew was approaching. The other girls in Ginny's grade started giving her attitude.

Becky, her dorm-mate, said, "She probably sat at her dump of a home all break." The other dorm-mate, Cerenthia, nodded. "Isn't that right? Keeping Colin all to yourself, the only attractive Gryffindor in our year."

"Pettiness isn't attractive girls", said Ginny as she snapped back. "That's probably why. He likes real people that aren't obsessed with themselves."

Ginny stalked upstairs as she tried not to hurt the girls. She got up in her bed and pulled the hangings around her. She whispered "Immobilus" to solidify the hangings. She reached in her hidden pocket to pull out the parchment. She stared at it as it still bore her words from before. She summoned a pen and wrote beneath it.

I don't know if you're alive or if you can't write back because the Dark Lord won't let you. You could also be dead. I have no idea. But if you can read this, people are speculating crazy stories about your disappearance. And Blaise's as well. I hope he is still live and well. Please. If you're alive just let me know. Just one sign.

She shrunk it and put it back in the pocket. She had been impressed with her brother's invention. She only had to touch the top to the inside of any of her robes and it would attach. It was just as easy to remove. Fred and George did well. It wasn't long before she fell asleep with her head full of thoughts.

The next morning when she went down for breakfast she got an unexpected letter. It was delivered by a very brightly colored bird. It was a long tube and she had to unscrew it to get the letter out. It was addressed to both her and Demelza.

To our favorite girls Ginny and Demelza,
I hope you enjoy the bright bird; we have a concert on some little tropical island. We thought you might need some little souvenirs to prove everything that happened. Each of us has signed a poster for each of you. We hope school is going well for you, and would like to tell you that we have a summer concert at the same place and would like to extend an invitation. We wish you weren't in school. Ginny, Demetri says you may write him a letter anytime if you need to talk. Demelza, were hoping that you get your young man to see how amazing you are. We also bought these bracelets that are supposed to bring you good luck. All of us got one and I (being Skylar) decided to send you two some. Were all waiting to see you again.
Lots of love,
Skylar, Celeste, Demetri, Damien, and Derrick

Ginny smiled and handed it to Demelza and reached to pull out the posters. She gasped as a life size poster of the band rolled out. There were two of them; one of them was for each girl. The three boys were shirtless in the poster and showing off some perfect tanned abs. They wore black cargo pants and dark blue workbooks. The two girls were in between the guys and had their arms on two of them. They were wearing dark blue dresses that were tight and had slits up the legs. All the girls were gawking at the guys, and all the boys gawked at the two girls.

Ginny rolled up the posters and pulled Demelza up to the dorm where they could look at the posters without other people gawking at them. Ginny unrolled hers to read the notes. They had written their little notes above each of their heads. Ginny read them from left to right.

Stay beautiful, pretty lady.
Derrick

The plan is in action! You better come see me again soon! When you're out of school it's on. Party hard babe!
All my love,
Skylar

I'm always here if you need to talk. Or ever need a dance partner.
Demetri

You girls better come hang out! It gets old hanging out with these boys all the time!
Kisses!
Celeste

Shot competition soon? Bring as many friends as you like. I'll still win!
Damien

Ginny was giggling uncontrollably as she read the notes. She saw Demelza laughing too as she looked at her very own poster. Ginny duplicated the tube and tossed one to Demelza. She then put the tube in the chest at the end of the bed. She put the poster up on one of the walls as Demelza claimed another wall with hers.

"I love these guys", said Demelza as they left the dorm to head to class. The two of them pulled on the bracelets that had been sent to them. They were brown leather that was braided and had darker strips woven in between.

Draco woke the day after the train went back to Hogwarts with an awful headache. He stumbled out of bed to the trunk that had been brought by Snape. He dug around in it until he found the headache potion he had stored there. He then changed and went for his morning run to clear his head. The night before he had been dreaming about Ginny and thoughts of her still filled his head. It was lightly raining as he went out the door and barreled through the rain. The steady patter of the rain on the dark leaves covering the ground soothed him. The rain dripped off his nose as he ran. He could hear the rushing of the nearby stream as it was filling to capacity. I love the rain. I don't know why but it's always been able to calm it down. At least the rain here is warm, at the Manor it was freezing. I don't miss those cold ice pellets hitting me.

Draco ran until he got tired and went back inside to shower and change. By the time he had done all of that he was late to his training lesson. Today it was being taught by Annabelle Pierce. She was an Auror and had only graduated a couple years ahead of Draco and Blaise. She was teaching them about making potions that would be useful to them. There were some Explosive mixes, Healing potions, Polyjuice, and even Veritaserum. Draco enjoyed today's lessons because he enjoyed making potions. Everyone had assumed he made good grades because Snape favored him, but he worked hard for his grade. It had been one of his favorite classes. She came up to him and looked at the potion he was brewing and nodded a job well done.

Draco flashed her a quick smile as she gave him the nod which was more praise than she had ever given. She dismissed them when they finished and Draco went out into the woods to walk around. The Order had a very big patch of land protected. It covered quite a bit of woods. He had been walking out here every now and then to be alone for a bit.

Today he went farther out and almost to the edge of the wards. He could feel the magic making his skin tingle from the strength of Dumbledore's wards. He spotted a strange tree and went over to look and saw that it bowed out at the top. He decided to climb it and see what it looked like. When he reached the top, he stared in shock.

It's like someone hollowed it out. The top of the tree even turns back in to form a roof. It's completely dry. I wonder if anyone else even knows it's here. This is amazing. It had to have been made by magic, there's no way else it could form like this. He sat down and lapsed into thought. It wasn't long before the sounds of the rain and forest lulled him to sleep.

He looked around and figured out that he must be in the Room of Requirement. When he asked for a table with a green tablecloth it appeared. He then put two plates and glasses on the table and had two silver candles line the outside edge. He didn't know why but he just knew he had to do it. He then waved his hands and fairy lights appear around the ceiling and gave it romantic lighting. He had just finished when he heard her come in.

She gasped and he turned around and smiled at her. She looked absolutely gorgeous and she didn't even know it. She was just wearing jeans and a plaid shirt but she still made his heart beat fast.

He held out a rose to her as she came to him and she dazzled him with her smile. She wrapped her arms around his waist and laid her chin on her chest and looked up at him. He leaned his head down the little bit it took to catch her lips in his.

Then he was shook awake by a loud burst of thunder. It looked like a monsoon outside his little refuge. He decided to stay for a while to see if it would fizzle out. He reached into his cloak and pulled out the magical parchment and saw there was more writing underneath what was already there. His heart broke a little bit because he knew he was still not allowed to tell her anything. He folded it back up and climbed back down the tree as the rain stopped.

Ginny woke up and wished she could go back to sleep but knew it wouldn't work. She could never pick up her dreams where they left off no matter how hard she wanted to. She sighed and got out of bed because she knew she wasn't going back to sleep now. She had lots of time before class so she decided to play around with her hair. She had it loosely curled by the time Demelza stumbled into the bathroom. It was the last day of class for the week and they were finally ready to see what Harry's surprise was.

When they went down for breakfast Ginny tried to get Harry to reveal it.

"Come on please Harry? Just a little hint", she begged him. He laughed and swallowed his food before answering.

"No Ginny, I'm not going to tell you so give up trying." He kissed Hermione on the cheek as she sat down beside him. "Now will you go tell Luna to be there at 8 tonight?" Ginny glared at him as she got up and walked over to the Ravenclaw table. She relayed the message and popped Tyler upside the head as he shoveled food into his mouth. She smiled and waved when he turned around because she was already moving towards the doors.

It was a long day as they all waited impatiently for Harry's surprise.

Finally it was almost eight o clock and the headed to the room of requirement. By then, there was quite a group waiting. Ginny looked around and saw Demelza, Colin, Tyler, Luna, Ron, that Mason kid, another hot Ravenclaw, Hannah Abbott, Seamus, the Patil twins, Dean, and Neville. They were all chatting until Harry and Hermione came in. Everyone turned to Harry and waited for him to explain.

He cleared his throat and said, "I'm glad you guys all came, it's going to be fun. We're going to be playing a giant game of truth or dare." As he said this all the girls started giggling and he glared until they stopped. "We can play two ways. Either someone takes a shot if they refuse to answer, or they remove a piece of clothing." Everyone started arguing over Harry and he stopped to wait. The boys wanted to play strip truth or dare and since there were more of them they won the vote.

Harry, still in charge, picked Seamus to be the first one to give a truth or dare. He also had the room give them couches and chairs to sit on. The rules for the game were simple enough. If you refused the dare, you remove clothing. If you refuse to answer a truth, you remove a piece of clothing. The person who completes a Truth or Dare picks the next victim.

"Dean, truth or dare?"

"Dare, mate."

"I dare you to run through a bunch of hallways screaming 'I love my mommy'." Dean stood up to leave and Hermione stopped him and cast a spell. A glass table appeared in the middle of them and reflected Dean. He waved and they watched him go downstairs through the table. He stopped right in front of the Great Hall, took a deep breath, and started running through the halls and screaming it at the top of his lungs. He ran all the way back to the R.O.R. When he cane back in he was breathing a little heavy. Now it was his turn.

"Parvati", he gasped. "Truth or Dare?"

"Truth."

"Is it true you slept with Blaise Zabini?" Everyone gasped as Dean asked and turned towards her. She blushed before she answered the question.

"I just kissed him, I didn't sleep with him! Why does everyone think I just sleep with anyone? Whatever, it's my turn." She looked around at everyone's nervous faces and her eyes landed on Ron. She smirked evilly.

"Ron, Truth or Dare?"

"Umm... Can I pick Dare?"

"Oh sweetie, of course you can. I dare you to go find Lavender and apologize to her and snog her." Ron's eyes widened and he went a little pale. He reached down and pulled off his shoes.

"No thank you, I'm not going to take that one. Ok hey what's your name?" Ron pointed to the new Ravenclaw that Luna had pulled along with her. He mumbled and then cleared his throat. I still don't get it! Why are all these Claws so freaking hot? It's not fair. With his fair hair and those blue eyes. If only my hair could be tamed more often.

"Uh. I'm Alexander."

"Alright Alexander, Truth or Dare?"

"Truth please."

"Oh, um." Ron had obviously thought he would pick dare as he had to think something up real quick. "Umm... Tell us a bit about yourself."

"Well, I'm a sixth year. I'm a half-blood as well, but my family is French. My full name is Alexander William Devereaux and I have a little brother. Is that good?" Ron nodded and signaled that it was now his turn. Alexander looked uncomfortable as he probably only knew the Ravenclaws.

"Ok. Padma, Truth or Dare", he asked as he looked over to the other Patil twin.

"Dare"

"I dare you to take that guy", he said as he pointed to Neville. "Take him and go make out in Professor Flitwick's classroom." Neville's face went pale as he heard himself included in the dare.

Padma grabbed his hand and, after letting the spell be put on her, went down to Flitwick's classroom. There were wolf-whistles from everyone as they watched them complete the dare. In the middle of it, they saw the Professor come in and drop everything he was carrying. He was trying to stutter out some words as a very red Neville was dragged out by Padma. When they re-entered the R.O.R. both of them were blushing. Padma pulled Neville to sit next to her.

"Ok. Hermione, Truth or Dare?" Hermione looked anxious before finally smiling.

"Dare."

"I dare you to go curse Mrs. Norris." Hermione took off her jacket as she refused the dare.

Demelza lost a shirt when she refused to go make out with the first Slytherin she found. Colin took off has socks and shoes when he refused to go sing to Romilda Vane. Harry chose truth and had to tell everyone about his aunt and uncle. Alexander had to tell them he had a secret girlfriend who was a Hufflepuff. Hannah refused to make out with a gargoyle. Seamus had to go into the Gryffindor common room dressed as a girl. Ginny had to go prank Professor Snape by turning all of his clothes pink. She then made Demelza tell everyone about how she got drunk over break.

Ginny knew she had made a mistake when she saw the look on Demelza's face. Her friend smiled evilly at her and Ginny was surprised by what she said.

"Tyler, Truth or Dare." Oh God, she better not be doing what I think she's doing.

"Dare" Don't you dare do it Demi, don't do it. Ginny glared at Demelza as she just sat there and smiled.

"I dare you to kiss Ginny." Shit.

Ginny was wide-eyed as Tyler came over to her chair and held out a hand to help her up. She let him help her up. When he kissed her it was nice but there wasn't really the same spark. He's not Draco. I can't lead him on either though, I'll have to let him down easy.

After everyone stopped whistling and she had flicked them off she whispered in Tyler's ear. He spoke next.

"Colin my man, Truth or Dare." Demelza stared in fear at Ginny as a wide smile crossed her face. Payback baby.

"Dare of course."

"I dare you to kiss Demelza then." Colin and Demelza both went wide-eyed at the dare. Colin turned to her and asked her if she was ok with it. She nodded and he kissed her. Everyone stared as he did, it lasted for a minute or two and everyone cheered. Demelza blushed as they broke apart. Colin sat back down on the plush couch and pulled her down with her.

"Ok. Nothing to see hear", said Colin as he grinned and put his arms around Demelza's waist. "Now, Luna, Truth or Dare."

By the time they were done with the game, each house had lost some points for some of the crazier dares where teachers had caught them. Several of them ended up shirtless, while Alexander only had his boxers left. Everyone left while Ginny grabbed Tyler's hand so she could talk to him alone.

"Look, Tyler about the kiss..."

Tyler interrupted her saying, "It wasn't just the dare Ginny", he said as grabbed her hand. "I've wanted to kiss you for a while and it just gave me an excuse." Ginny looked up from their hands to see him looking at her with a pleading expression. Damn you Demelza.

"Tyler, I'm not sure if I'm ready for this. You have to give me time, please." He looked crestfallen but looked up to see tears in her eyes. He pulled her up into a hug.

"Come on Red, don't cry! I can wait; I'm not trying to rush you at all." I'm going to kill Demelza. Murder her. Now she's forced me into this situation. Ginny pulled away from him to go back to the Gryffindor common room. Before she walked out the door she turned around and saw him watching her. He had a sad look on his face and was watching her.

"I'm sorry Tyler", she whispered as she walked out the door.

Draco had just finished his morning run when Moody ordered him and Blaise to go with him for some new spell work.

"Alright you two, listen up! The spell I'm teaching you today is the Patronus Charm. The incantation is 'Expecto Patronum.' It will fend off Dementors. When you cast it you will have to be visualizing a happy memory", he explained before he demonstrated it. "Expecto Patronum!"

As he cast it a silver grizzly bear came out of his wand. He roared and started towards the two boys before Moody waved it away. It makes sense, the bear is just as grouchy as he is.

Draco tried several times and still couldn't get it to work. He used the last memory of shopping with his mother but he didn't even get a wisp. He tried a memory of him and Blaise hanging out and joking around but still got nothing. He tried a couple more before his mind started to wander. He started thinking about the dream he had last night and was wondering where it came from. The next time he cast the spell it worked. A silver dragon flew out and hovered around his head. Draco looked at it in wonder before his thoughts were interrupted.

"Draco! How did you do it?" Draco turned around to see Blaise watching the flying dragon.

"I don't know. My mind was wandering and it just happened!" Damn that dream. Why does everything come back to Ginny? It's not fair. I can't even be with her and she won't get out of my head.

He dismissed it and went to try it again. He closed his eyes and focused on the dream again. He thought about how happy he felt in the dream and how beautiful Ginny had been. He opened his eyes and cast it again. Where the dragon had been lethargic before, it was full of energy now. It flew around in loops and figure eights before zooming back into the wand. Draco stared at his wand in surprise and saw the shock on his friends face. He laughed and smirked at his friend.

"Now don't look so surprised Blaise, I'm sure you'll get it." Draco winked at him as he was dismissed by Moody. Blaise flipped him off before turning back to Moody and trying again.

Draco was in the shower when a giant silver tiger appeared. He yelled in surprise when it growled at him. When he emerged from the bathroom Blaise was sitting on his bed laughing at him. Draco pulled on some clothes before jumping Blaise and trying to beat him. They ended up wrestling on the ground when someone knocked on the door. When Annabelle came through the door, Blaise jumped up and kissed her hand.

"Enough playboys, I just came to tell you Professor Snape has come early and requests your presence." She waved Blaise off and turned around to leave. Draco laughed at the sadness on his friends face.

"Come on Blaise, she is like years older than you."

"Yeah I know, let's go see Snapey-poo." Draco laughed and got off the floor to follow his friend.

Snape told them both to sit down. "Alright, you boys are learning so fast I could bring you your sixth year grad exams soon. I'm positive you could pass them." He nodded as they just stared at him. "Now today we will be starting a Polyjuice potion." He stayed all weekend and supervised them brewing it and teaching them some transfiguration. He told them they would be watching it for the whole month it would take to brew the Polyjuice. They waved to him as he left the boundary and apparated away.

Demelza grabbed Ginny as she walked back into the common room. She dragged her up to the girl's dorm before confronting her.

"Why did you tell Tyler to do that?" She hissed angrily at Ginny as she put her hand on her hips.

"Why did you dare Tyler to kiss me?"

"Because! You two just needed to get it over with! You wanted to anyways."

"No I didn't Demi, but now I'm in an awkward situation. After all you guys left, he told me he liked me and wanted to be with me. I had to tell him to back off because I'm not ready for that! Thanks for that by the way."

"Why didn't you tell me that?"

"I didn't think you would go and make him kiss me Demi. Colin likes you back so it wasn't a big deal."

"What's so wrong with Tyler? He's such a nice guy. I thought you guys were going to get together eventually." She sat down beside Ginny and waited for her to explain. "What's going on Ginny?"

"Demi, you have to promise not to be mad at me."

"Of course Ginny, you can always tell me anything. You know that." Ginny got up and started pacing back and forth in the room wondering where to start the story. She's going to be so mad when I tell her. I should have told her to begin with. I guess I start all the way back at the beginning. She went to look out the window and started talking.

"Remember my secret admirer that I had earlier this year? Well I know who it is. No one knows but me and him. It's awkward though because I couldn't ever be with him."

"Who was it?"

"Draco Malfoy." She flinched as she waited for the outburst of anger from her best friend. When no noises came from Demelza she turned around to see if she was still there. Demelza was sitting there with her mouth wide open and staring at her with wide eyes. "Demi?"

Ginny sat down beside Demelza as she shook her head. When Demelza looked back at her, Ginny saw the hurt in her eyes.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Demelza just looked at her. Ginny didn't know how to respond and just bowed her head. She looked up at the sound of the door and saw that Demelza had left. When she got up and looked into the common room she saw Demelza curled up in Colin's lap with her head on his shoulder. She went to sleep and had another dream, this one not so great.

The girl sat in the rain. Her head pointed down, water dripping off her face. No one sees, but a tear tracks down her face. Solitary and alone, accompanied only by her silent thoughts. The lightning strikes and thunder roars but nothing affects her. She knows nothing but her own torment, the hell created in her mind. She had been left alone in this world, abandoned. No one could heal the swirling vortex of despair and sorrow that swirled around her. Her blonde hair was matted to her neck as the rain continued to come down. She had bruises and marks where she had been beaten by her adoptive parents; they had been trying to beat the magic out of her. She had accidentally spelled them and gotten away.

She couldn't be more than twelve or thirteen. Now she was on her own. She had walked all day and was sitting on the edge of this little town. She smelled the food coming from the house and decided to get closer. She had just stood up to look in the window when she was grabbed by the back of her shirt. She was thrown to the ground and saw a huge man standing over her. "Boss", he yelled and other men tumbled out of the house. "Good catch Bert. Throw her in with the others." She screamed as the man called Bert picked her up and threw her into a cell with six other people. 'Bert' slapped her across the face when she begged him to let her go. She fell to the ground and he slammed the cell door shut.

"Ginny! Wake up, it's just a dream!" Ginny sat up gasping for air as the images from her dream assaulted her. She sat there hyperventilating as someone rubbed her back and brought her some water. As she sipped at the drink she realized it was Demelza who was comforting her.

"Demi", she gasped. "I'm sorry."

"It's alright Ginny. But don't think you're getting away without telling me everything." Ginny nodded as she finished off the water. "So, Draco Malfoy huh?"

"Yeah, he was the one who was sending the flowers and the letters. Then after I found out it was him, I kept seeing him everywhere."

"Did he kiss you? Was he good at it? He is the Slytherin Sex God." Ginny just gaped at her friend as she spouted off questions. She had expected nothing but resistance from everyone.

"Yeah, a couple times. He was also the one who brought me to the Hospital Wing after whatever it is that happened before the Holidays."

"You were having a secret relationship with Malfoy? Ginny Weasley!"

"It wasn't a secret relationship; it wasn't a relationship at all. We just kind of talked to each other, and he kind of saved me once. I don't know why, but he had changed. Now he's dead."

"Ginny… I hate to ask you this but; did you have feelings for him?"

"I think so. It doesn't matter now though."

"Oh Ginny, I'm so sorry. I tried to push you and Tyler together. I shouldn't have done that. So Malfoy is why you're not ready? You should have just told me." Ginny just shook her head at her friend.

"It's not your fault. I should have told you. I'm going to write Demetri a letter. I have to figure out what to do about Tyler." Ginny went to the desk in the dorm and pulled out some parchment and began to write.

Demetri,
First off, I thought everyone would like to know that we got Colin to kiss Demelza finally. But the thing is that Draco has gone missing and I'm not sure what to do. He hasn't answered any of my letters so he might be dead. But I can't seem to let it go. Demelza tried to set me up with one of our friends named Tyler, but it's not the same. He's such a nice guy but I can't give him a shot. What do I do?
Missing everyone,
Ginny
P.S. tell Damien I would still win.

She took her letter down to the owlery to pick out an owl. She picked out one of the brown school owls that was her favorite. She watched as it flew off in the distance and slowly walked back to the school. It started snowing slightly as she walked back. She had Quidditch practice later today and hoped it stopped soon.

When she showed up for practice, the whole team was there except for Harry. They were just standing around talking as practice start time came and went. Ginny sighed and went to round up the team.

"Hey guys, let's warm up. Maybe Harry will show up by the time we're ready." Everyone nodded and started to warm up. When they finished and he still hadn't shown up, the team again looked at her. "Come on, let's do some drills. Ron take the goals and we will work some chaser drills to try and score. Beaters, umm, how about you guys just hit something around for now." Everyone nodded and followed her directions. They practiced for hours and it started raining. By the time they stopped, they were all freezing and covered in mud. Ginny told everyone good job and stormed out of the locker room to find their missing captain.

She found Harry slumped in a chair in the common room.

"HARRY JAMES POTTER! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" Harry looked up in fear as she started screaming. "It was a practice that YOU scheduled and that you have an obligation to attend, AS CAPTAIN. I had to direct the whole practice because YOU didn't care to show up!" She put her hands on her hips as she glared at Harry. He looked up at her with wide eyes as he listened to her rant.

"Ginny, I was in detention. I have it every Saturday until the end of term", he whispered as he looked at the floor.

"But, the Quidditch match against Ravenclaw! It's a Saturday! What did you do?"

"I attacked Crabbe. He provoked me and then I hexed him. Snape came along and found him bleeding on the floor and gave me detention for the rest of term."

"Harry, this isn't good. Who is going to be Seeker now? We don't have a back up."

"You are Ginny. You're going to be the Seeker."

"What?"

"Listen, you're going to replace me as Captain for the rest of term. You already were in charge of practice today and that went just fine."

"But... If I'm the Seeker, then who will be the last chaser?"

"Isn't it obvious? Demelza of course." Ginny just laughed and shook her head at him.

"You have it all figured out don't you? Couldn't you just stay out of trouble? It would make life so much easier Harry." He hung his head as she scolded him. Ron peeked around the portrait and looked relieved when he spotted them sitting there and laughing.

"Is it safe? We could hear you yelling from out here." He was closely followed by the rest of the team as he entered the common room. When Harry saw the whole team he went a little pale.

"Hey guys, I'm sorry I missed practice. I have some bad news. Snape has given me detention every Saturday for the rest of the term." The whole common room erupted in yells. Everyone was screaming and yelling. Harry got up on the table and yelled for everyone to shut up.

"Be quiet! It's not the end of the world. Ginny will take over for me for the rest of term. She will play Seeker and I will try to go to as many practices as I can to try and help everyone. Demelza I have to ask you if you'll fill out the roster and be the last Chaser?" He looked at her along with everyone else in the room. She looked scared but nodded a quick yes. Wow. He has absolutely everyone trusting him and willing to do whatever he asks.

"I trust Ginny to still lead us to victory in the match against Ravenclaw for the Cup. I've seen Demelza play and trust her skills. Everyone needs to be completely behind us. This will still work." Everyone nodded as they accepted it and started to pat Ginny and Demelza on the back.

Ginny grinned as she watched Harry manipulate everyone in the common room. She was the newly appointed Quidditch Captain. It's going to be an interesting rest of term.

The next morning she was sitting in the Great Hall when Demetri's owl flew in and landed on the table in front of her. The owl flew away as soon as she took the letter from its leg. She went upstairs to read the letter.

Ginny,
We were all glad to hear that Demelza finally got her man. Damien also says you're delusional and to bring it on baby. I was sad to hear that Draco has disappeared. It must be very rough on you, and I hope you're ok. I suggest that you just move on. If he is dead it is not good to just deal with it. If he's not dead and is meant to come back to you then he will. You can't dwell on it. You have to enjoy your life. He can be out there in hiding, but you can't push everyone else away in case he really doesn't come back. I'm sorry Ginny.
Always yours,
Demetri

Ginny sighed as she read his letter knowing that he was right. I can't jump right into a relationship but I don't have to push Tyler away. We can still be friends and hopefully Draco will come back. It's definently going to be interesting though. Especially when I play Seeker against Tyler.

Ginny sat on her bed with her head in her hands. Thoughts ran through her head and she conjured a vase and threw it against the wall as she expressed her anger. She conjured more until the opposite wall was covered in scratches and the floor was littered in broken pottery. She sank to the floor and put her head in her arms. She felt the tears in her eyes and heard someone come in the door. They helped her into bed and she cried herself to sleep.

When she woke up the next morning she saw Demelza watching her. All of the broken pottery had been cleaned up. Ginny saw the question in her eyes as she croaked out an answer.

"I'm sorry. I miss him." Demelza came over to Ginny and wrapped her in a hug to comfort her.

"I love you Ginny, and I'm always here for you. Even if you have a thing for the ferret." Ginny laughed as she heard her friend trying to cheer her up.

"Thanks Demi. You're amazing. Let's go find something exciting to do." She smiled at Demelza as she pulled her up.

"Whatever you say Red!"