Chapter 21
Draco and Blaise were hurrying to meet Gin and the twins in the library, late in October, when they heard raised voices ahead.
Draco narrowed his eyes and had his wand in hand before he even thought about it. "Do you hear who that is?"
Blaise hissed. "I hear Gin, Potter, Granger, and her idiot brother. We'd best hurry before she gets in trouble for hexing them again."
Draco raced around the corner, coming to a dead halt at the scene before him. Potter and Granger had Gin backed against the wall with their wands pointed at her chest while her brother screamed at her.
"I'm getting Flitwick," Blaise whispered, running down the corridor towards the Charms classroom.
Draco stalked over, hoping Blaise hurried as he was feeling quite murderous at the moment. The three of them had been told time and again to leave off Gin and it looked like they needed another reminder. He saw Gin's eyes widen as she was the only one facing him and he shook his head to keep her from saying anything.
"YOU IDIOT, MALFOY AND ZABINI? WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM, GINNY? CAN'T YOU SEE THAT THEY'RE USING YOU?"
Draco sighed with relief when he saw Blaise, Flitwick, and the twins running towards them. "It's you three that have a problem, Weasley. You've been warned again and again not to do this, now haven't you?"
Weasley whirled around. "I'll hex you too, Malfoy. What did you do to my sister?"
Draco smirked. He now had the opening to say what he'd wanted to for quite some time. "What did I do? Let me see, I showed her more respect than you three ever thought about doing, I befriended her, listened to what she had to say, and not to mention giving her credit for the brilliant mind she's got rather than treating her like a dim toddler-"
Draco had a shield charm up before Weasley had even completed the incantation, having easily seen the intent in the idiot's eyes. He ducked and nearly screamed when he saw Gin fall, slamming her head into the wall. He shoved the three idiots out of the way and cradled her in his arms even as Flitwick took them to task, sounding as disgusted as he felt.
"Come on, let's get her to the Hospital Wing," Blaise suggested tightly.
"No, she hates that place. We take her to Dumbledore or to Slytherin."
"You take her down and I'll get the headmaster."
Draco nodded, ignoring everything going on, but Gin's unconscious form. "Bring him down and tell him what these three did to her."
He barely registered the twins stepping up on either side of him as he hurried to the nearest passageway wanting to take the fastest way possible. She was still unconscious when she should be awake. The hex Granger had used on her shouldn't have knocked her out so it had to be from her head slamming into the wall. But, he couldn't look at it until they were safely in his and Blaise's room.