Ginny, Draco, and Luna were in a dimly lit room and were supposed to be practicing. Ginny yawned.

"It is way too early in the morning to be doing this." She said. Luna sat in a nearby chair.

"I think it's quite refreshing." She said quietly. Ginny turned to Draco who was standing beside her.

"What about you?" she asked him. He shrugged.

"I much rather be doing…other things." He said suggestively and dropped his gaze to her mouth. Ginny blushed and looked away quickly.

"Right. Well, okay then. We should probably start practicing." She told them and moved so she wasn't so close to Draco. Draco smirked and moved right back beside her.

Afraid I'm going to bite?

Ginny shook her head.

"No. That's not what I'm afraid you're going to do." She whispered. Draco smirked.

Fine. Have it your way then.

He moved across the room.

"Happy?" he asked sarcastically. She rolled her eyes.

"Thrilled." She said back. Luna looked back and forth between the two of them.

"I can leave if you want." She said. Ginny shook her head.

"Of course we don't want you to leave." She told Luna. "Besides, we really need to come up with a plan to defeat Lilith." Luna shrugged.

"Maybe I'm supposed to be the one who defeats Lilith." She said. Draco walked closer.

"Yes. We know that already." He said annoyed. Ginny shot him a glare. Luna shook her head.

"No. I mean maybe I'm physically supposed to defeat her." She tried to explain. Ginny and Draco still looked confused. Luna jumped up in the air, but what came down wasn't Luna at all. A silver sword with blue handle and a purple stone set in the center hit the floor with a loud clang. Ginny gasped.

"But how? I thought she could only transform into living things." She said in awe. Draco shrugged.

"Apparently not." He said sarcastically. Ginny inspected the sword.

"There's two empty spaces beside the purple stone. It looks like our crystals will fit in them." She paused. "Luna's right. If we stab Lilith with this sword, she should be defeated." The sword began to grow, and transformed back into Luna who was out of breath.

"I can only do if for as long as I can hold my breath." Luna told them.

"How did you figure out you could do that?" Ginny asked. Luna shrugged.

"One day I was thinking about chairs, and wondering what it would be like if I was one…And then suddenly I realized I had become a chair. Ever since then I've been practicing." She told them. Ginny, who noticed Draco had moved back beside her, inspected her ring.

"So this means that Draco and I will have to give our rings to you, so that when you transform you will have all the crystals." She said. Luna nodded.

"I suppose so." She told them. Ginny reached over and grabbed Draco's hand.

"One of us has to stab her." She told him. "And we won't have the crystals to protect ourselves." Her voice sounded scared. Draco rubbed comforting circles in the palm of her hand with his thumb. After a few minutes he looked up.

"I'll do it." He whispered. Ginny shook her head.

"No. My power is easier to control…I have to do it." She motioned to his arm. "You saw what happened last time you lost your ring." Draco let go of her hand.

"You could die." He said. Ginny shrugged.

"So could you." She told him. Luna looked at both of them.

"It will be okay." She told them. "It will." She whispered. Ginny looked up.

"I hope so."

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The next month went by both too slow and too fast for Ginny. She was anxious about fighting Lilith, but also wished she had more time to spend with Draco. Between classes and practice, they rarely had any time alone. The day when Draco got his sling off, he cornered Ginny in a deserted hallway. He pushed her up against a wall and kissed her until they were both out of breath. He pulled her as close to him as humanly possible, and began kissing her neck while she caught her breath. They both heard footsteps and Draco gave her one last kiss before disappearing.

Ginny smiled. She couldn't remember a time when she had been happier. Draco was definitely not who she had always thought he was. It wasn't just the fact that she loved the way he kissed. Even when they weren't snogging, Ginny was completely happy just being around him. Sure, he annoyed her sometimes, but he is a Malfoy. Ginny sometimes found that fact hard to believe. If it wasn't for the bleach blonde hair and Malfoy smirk, she would've said Draco was adopted.

It was getting harder for Ginny to hide the fact that she was seeing Draco. She was almost positive Hermione knew. Hermione was very observant, and lately had been watching Ginny very closely. Ginny would leave the Great Hall, and no less than a minute later, Draco would follow. Hermione asked Ginny about it once, but Ginny just shrugged and said,

"It must just be a strange coincidence." Ginny could tell Hermione didn't believe her, but she didn't press any further. If Ginny had her way, the whole school would know. As it was, they weren't allowed to tell anyone. Both of their mothers forbid it. They said that if word got around that a Weasley and Malfoy were seeing each other, people would become suspicious. They were afraid word would eventually get around to Lilith, and she would know it was them who were supposed to defeat her. She would then study them, and find their weaknesses. Ginny wasn't exactly sure what her weakness was. One day when they were practicing, Ginny asked Draco and Luna what theirs was.

"Probably my dad." Luna said. "Or really any kind of animal." Ginny wasn't exactly sure what to make of that statement, so he turned to Draco. Draco shook his head.

"I don't really have one." He said. Luna turned to him.

"What about Ginny?" she asked. Ginny glared at her. "Sorry." Luna whispered. Draco smiled slightly.

"Yeah." He said. Ginny turned to him and smiled. "What about yours?" he asked her. Ginny thought for a moment.

"Probably everyone. You, Luna, my family, my friends. I care about all of them." She said. Luna looked down.

"Yeah, me too."

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One day Ginny and Draco skipped their classes and sat in the library. She put her head in his lap.

"What happens if I can't kill her?" she asked him. He ran his fingers through her hair.

"You should let me do it." He told her. She shook her head.

"Maybe we could figure out another way." She said and ran the back of her hand up and down his arm absentmindedly. He shook his head.

"We only have a month left. There's not enough time." He told her. She closed her eyes to stop the tears that were threatening to fall.

"Everything will be fine." He said.

"How do you know?" she asked. Draco shrugged.

I just do.

I know it took me forever to update, but I figured I made up for it by writing two chapters.

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