ICE AND FIRE
Rhapsody - Hey peepz..whats up? Oh yeah, in answer to Julianne's question, this isn't a GW/DM fic for nothing! It's slow, but it will happen later in the story. If I did it too fast, the story would be short and I don't know about you guys but I like long stories. *smiles* anyway, next chappie! It's gonna be long!
"I'm only sixteen but I'm not a slut"
Ginny was working in One Teaspoon and serving a gorgeous girl with dark blonde hair and a snobby expression. She was around Ginny's age,
"How old are you anyway?" The blonde girl asked rudely, popping her gum.
"I'm sixteen" Ginny didn't look at the girl, just kept reading and adding the prices on her purchases.
"Isn't that a little young to be pregnant? Come off it, you may be pretty but you still look like a whore with a baby. They're called condoms, love, try them" She said a stuck-up tone.
"Excuse me, what I do is my business, not yours" Ginny said forced a smile.
She was meant to be professional and not rude to customers, even if they were to her.
"Whatever skank, come on girls" the blonde grabbed her bags and turned to her friends. They left the store.
Ginny rolled her eyes. Tallulah gave her a reassuring hug and a comforting smile.
"She's a bitch. Just coz you can get some and she can't" Tallulah said.
"Nothing to be proud of" Ginny raised an eyebrow.
Tallulah knew about Ginny and Draco. Ginny had told her the story when they'd become best friends. Minus the magic of course.
"Yeah, but I'm sure Draco will realise and come back" Tallulah said.
"We were enemies. You KNOW that" Ginny grinned.
"But he KISSED you!" Tallulah flipped her long dark hair and looked into her friends' doe-brown eyes.
"Mmm, but still.." Ginny trailed off.
"Gin, wake up. He'll come back someday" Tallulah gave her a sympathetic smile.
Ginny put a piece of her long red hair behind her ear and started to unpack some new stock and hung them up. One of the best things about working in One Teaspoon was getting to wear the clothing when on duty.
Ginny was wearing a denim skirt that just skimmed her butt with neon orange ¾ leggings underneath. On top was a black thick strap tank that had a teaspoon of sugar on it and said 'one teaspoon' underneath. It just fitted over her huge belly. On Ginny's arms were white mesh fingerless gloves that went up to her elbows. Her hair was loose.
Tallulah had her hair down as well, but she was wearing a white overall dress with a red spaghetti strap top under it. She was wearing earrings which had big black stars dangling from the chain. Tallulah had a black cuff on her wrist that said 'babe' in silver letters.
"You don't know Malfoy, he's just as coldhearted and emotionless and I told you" Ginny shrugged.
"Nobody can be THAT mean. And why do you always call him by his last name?" Tallulah cocked her head.
"Yeah, he can. And I'm not good enough that I can call him by his first name, nor he with me and I couldn't care less" Ginny said and put her nose in the air.
"You're hopeless Gin, you kn-" Tallulah was cut off by a customer waiting to be served. "Hello, how can I help you?" She said brightly to the waiting teenager.
Ginny just shook her head and smiled. Tallulah was the best friend she ever had, next to Hermione. Ginny looked at the time.
"Bye Lu, I'm going to GJ's for my break. Catch ya!" She said to Tallulah.
She walked down to the cosy coffee house and took her chair. Sure enough, Maddox came up to talk to her.
"Hey Ginny, hows it going?" He asked.
"Alright. Another girl bagged me out today while I was at work" Ginny said.
"That's terrible. People are so cruel" Maddox gave her a pat on the back.
"Speaking of, the kid's due soon" Ginny replied.
"Yeah, not long now, is it? Oops, gotta get back to work. I'll be here soon with your mocha and muffin" Maddox said.
Ginny slumped back into her chair. Suddenly, there was a jabbing pain in her stomach.
"Ow!" She yelped and clamped her hand over her bump.
"Ginny! Are you ok?" Maddox came running over to her chair.
He looked up at her with concerned eyes. Ginny was sweating and her hands were still on her belly.
"Someone get an ambulance!" Maddox yelled. Everyone was now looking at them.
One of the workers grabbed a phone and started to dial. Maddox held Ginny's hand and swept the wispy bits of her hair off her face. A few minutes had passed and the ambulance arrived.
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Dumbledore knocked on the door of the potions dungeon. Thirty odd heads turned around to look at him, plus Snape.
"Yes, Albus?" Snape said through gritted teeth.
"May I please borrow Mr. Malfoy, Miss Granger and Mr. Potter?" Dumbledore asked with a smile.
"Very well. You three, go" Snape said sourly and went back to teaching his lesson.
Draco, Harry and Hermione got up with puzzled expressions but followed their Headmaster. He led them to his office.
"You are probably wondering why you're here" Dumbledore asked.
They nodded.
"I believe Miss Weasley has just gone into labour" He said.
(Rhapsody - Should I leave it? Nah..)
Harry and Hermione exchanged shocked looks. Draco's jaw tensed.
"Oh my gosh.." Hermione gasped.
"Can we see her, please?" Harry asked.
"Yes. I was going to ask you that. There is a portkey on my desk, that quill. Mr. Malfoy, do you wish to see Miss Weasley? It is, after all, your child being born" Dumbledore raised an eyebrow.
"No" Draco said after a moment. He thought about their conversation.
"Malfoy!" Hermione said disapprovingly. "You are the most heartless prat I've ever had the misfortune to meet! How dare you not go?! THIS IS YOUR BABY BEING BORN! SHOW SOME SUPPORT WHY DON'T YOU!" She screamed.
"It's true. How can you be so..inconsiderate?" Harry said, shooting a dirty look at Draco.
"I just can't go, ok?" Draco said tensely and left Dumbledore's office.
He just couldn't bear to see Ginny again. Draco had developed a connection to her. His father would kill him if he found out his son had anything to do with a Weasley.
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Harry and Hermione had just arrived at the muggle hospital by the portkey. They spotted a reception desk and went to it.
"Excuse me, but do you know which room Ginny Weasley is in?" Harry asked politely.
The woman behind the desk typed in something and read the screen.
"Virginia Weasley? Maternity ward, room 206" The woman told them.
"Thank you" Hermione said.
The two of them ran all the way to the room where they saw an attractive girl with a dark ponytail wearing jeans and a casual sweater. She was holding Ginny's hand.
"Merlin, what are you two doing here?" Ginny gasped. The girl turned around.
"Hey Gin" Hermione smiled. She and Harry gave her hugs.
"Dumbledore let us come. He offered Ferret Boy the same but.." Harry said.
"Oh" Ginny said in a small voice.
"Don't worry about him. He's a git but that still doesn't cut it" Hermione said.
"Oh, this is Tallulah, my best friend and colleague, Lu for short. Tallulah, Harry and Hermione. They went to my school, we've been friends since I was eleven" Ginny smiled.
A doctor came through the door. She was about 30, had black hair twisted up into a bun, kind brown eyes and smooth brown skin.
"Hello, Virginia is it? I'm Kaiya and I'll be delivering your baby tonight" Kaiya smiled.
"Just call me Ginny. Yes, I'm only sixteen but I'm not a slut" Ginny said, sweating.
"I know. I had my boy at sixteen too. People were extremely rude to me. His name is Thomas, he's now fourteen, doing extremely well in sport and academics and I don't regret it one bit" Kaiya touched Ginny's arm.
Harry, Hermione and Tallulah looked at the doctor. At least she would understand and know how their friend felt.
"Really? Wow. I haven't met anyone else who's been pregnant so young" Ginny replied. She was surprised.
"Well, I'm going to check your baby's blood pressure and heart rate" Kaiya said, moving an ultra sound thingo on Ginny's stomach.
Kaiya frowned and looked closer at the screen. She appeared to be thinking, though concerned.
"What's the matter, Kaiya?" Tallulah asked.
"There seems to be..I'm not sure, unusual about this child. But I don't know what it is" Kaiya said.
Ginny breathed a sigh of relief. She exchanged discreet smiles with Harry and Hermione. They all knew that it was the magic in the baby. It was, naturally a pureblood so it would show quite a bit.
"You just relax girl, it doesn't look like anything to worry about. Do you want some ice?" Kaiya asked.
"Yeah" Ginny answered. The doctor left.
"Here Gin, I'll tie your hair up, its getting it the way" Hermione said. She knotted Ginny's hair on top of her head.
"Wow. I never thought you'd be here Ginny. I remember when you were in the Chamber of Se-er..I mean, I remember when you started school" Harry said. Hermione gave him a Look.
"So what school do you two go to anyway? You're uniforms are..different, I haven't seen them before" Tallulah observed.
"Uh, well, we don't live close. Um, it's a er..exclusive school, doesn't accept many students" Harry said nervously.
"Yes, our religion is different and our school concentrates on our particular religion" Hermione smiled.
"And what would that religion be..?" Tallulah asked.
"Um..well, oh, here's Kaiya" Ginny grinned. Saved. Kaiya handed her the ice.
"I'll be back soon to check on you" She said and left again.
Ginny nodded. A contraction started.
"Ahhhhh, ah, ouch" She breathed deeply and clenched onto Harry's hand.
"Breathe deeply Gin, ow, you're hurting me" Harry said.
The three girls looked at him skeptically.
"What?" He asked.
"Ginny is hurting about ten times more than you Harry. You are so tactless" Hermione snapped.
After that, Ginny's contractions kept getting closer and closer together. When they were very close, Kaiya moved her into the delivery room. Harry, Hermione and Tallulah waited outside.
"How long away is your school?" Tallulah asked.
"Quite far, we've been staying with friends. Do you live around here?" Hermione lied.
"Yeah. I got expelled when I was seventeen, I still am seventeen but I decided not to go back"Tallulah shrugged.
"What did you do?" Harry asked.
"I trashed some of the classrooms. Don't want to get into it though. I want to hear more about your school" Tallulah said.
"Well, if we told you, we'd have to make sure you forget it" Hermione said.
"And how would you do that?" Tallulah laughed.
"Can you keep a secret?" Hermione whispered.
"Yeah" Tallulah agreed.
"Good. So can we" Harry said.
"Why is it such a big secret anyway?" Tallulah rolled her eyes.
"You wouldn't believe it and it's more than we're worth to tell you" Hermione said seriously.
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"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Ginny screamed.
"Come on, Ginny, push!" Kaiya said.
"I AM PUSHING!" Ginny yelled.
"Just a bit further, yes..oh my god" Kaiya gasped.
The doctor was holding a screaming baby. Kaiya rested the child in Ginny's arms.
It was a girl. She had Malfoy's platinum-blonde hair and her own brown eyes. She was a beautiful baby.
"Welcome to my world, Immogen Riley Weasley" Ginny whispered.
Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears
Stand up and be counted
Don't be ashamed to cry
You gotta be...
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day
Herald what your mother said
Read the books your father read
Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time
Some may have more cash than you
Others take a different view
My oh my, yea, eh, ee
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day
Time ask no questions, it goes on without you
Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace
The world keeps on spinning can't stop it, if you tried to
This best part is danger staring you in the face
Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears
Stand up and be counted, don't be ashamed to cry
Rhapsody - Awww. She had the baby! For all of you who want to know, the baby's birth date was on the 2nd of December! Review please!
Rhapsody - Hey peepz..whats up? Oh yeah, in answer to Julianne's question, this isn't a GW/DM fic for nothing! It's slow, but it will happen later in the story. If I did it too fast, the story would be short and I don't know about you guys but I like long stories. *smiles* anyway, next chappie! It's gonna be long!
"I'm only sixteen but I'm not a slut"
Ginny was working in One Teaspoon and serving a gorgeous girl with dark blonde hair and a snobby expression. She was around Ginny's age,
"How old are you anyway?" The blonde girl asked rudely, popping her gum.
"I'm sixteen" Ginny didn't look at the girl, just kept reading and adding the prices on her purchases.
"Isn't that a little young to be pregnant? Come off it, you may be pretty but you still look like a whore with a baby. They're called condoms, love, try them" She said a stuck-up tone.
"Excuse me, what I do is my business, not yours" Ginny said forced a smile.
She was meant to be professional and not rude to customers, even if they were to her.
"Whatever skank, come on girls" the blonde grabbed her bags and turned to her friends. They left the store.
Ginny rolled her eyes. Tallulah gave her a reassuring hug and a comforting smile.
"She's a bitch. Just coz you can get some and she can't" Tallulah said.
"Nothing to be proud of" Ginny raised an eyebrow.
Tallulah knew about Ginny and Draco. Ginny had told her the story when they'd become best friends. Minus the magic of course.
"Yeah, but I'm sure Draco will realise and come back" Tallulah said.
"We were enemies. You KNOW that" Ginny grinned.
"But he KISSED you!" Tallulah flipped her long dark hair and looked into her friends' doe-brown eyes.
"Mmm, but still.." Ginny trailed off.
"Gin, wake up. He'll come back someday" Tallulah gave her a sympathetic smile.
Ginny put a piece of her long red hair behind her ear and started to unpack some new stock and hung them up. One of the best things about working in One Teaspoon was getting to wear the clothing when on duty.
Ginny was wearing a denim skirt that just skimmed her butt with neon orange ¾ leggings underneath. On top was a black thick strap tank that had a teaspoon of sugar on it and said 'one teaspoon' underneath. It just fitted over her huge belly. On Ginny's arms were white mesh fingerless gloves that went up to her elbows. Her hair was loose.
Tallulah had her hair down as well, but she was wearing a white overall dress with a red spaghetti strap top under it. She was wearing earrings which had big black stars dangling from the chain. Tallulah had a black cuff on her wrist that said 'babe' in silver letters.
"You don't know Malfoy, he's just as coldhearted and emotionless and I told you" Ginny shrugged.
"Nobody can be THAT mean. And why do you always call him by his last name?" Tallulah cocked her head.
"Yeah, he can. And I'm not good enough that I can call him by his first name, nor he with me and I couldn't care less" Ginny said and put her nose in the air.
"You're hopeless Gin, you kn-" Tallulah was cut off by a customer waiting to be served. "Hello, how can I help you?" She said brightly to the waiting teenager.
Ginny just shook her head and smiled. Tallulah was the best friend she ever had, next to Hermione. Ginny looked at the time.
"Bye Lu, I'm going to GJ's for my break. Catch ya!" She said to Tallulah.
She walked down to the cosy coffee house and took her chair. Sure enough, Maddox came up to talk to her.
"Hey Ginny, hows it going?" He asked.
"Alright. Another girl bagged me out today while I was at work" Ginny said.
"That's terrible. People are so cruel" Maddox gave her a pat on the back.
"Speaking of, the kid's due soon" Ginny replied.
"Yeah, not long now, is it? Oops, gotta get back to work. I'll be here soon with your mocha and muffin" Maddox said.
Ginny slumped back into her chair. Suddenly, there was a jabbing pain in her stomach.
"Ow!" She yelped and clamped her hand over her bump.
"Ginny! Are you ok?" Maddox came running over to her chair.
He looked up at her with concerned eyes. Ginny was sweating and her hands were still on her belly.
"Someone get an ambulance!" Maddox yelled. Everyone was now looking at them.
One of the workers grabbed a phone and started to dial. Maddox held Ginny's hand and swept the wispy bits of her hair off her face. A few minutes had passed and the ambulance arrived.
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Dumbledore knocked on the door of the potions dungeon. Thirty odd heads turned around to look at him, plus Snape.
"Yes, Albus?" Snape said through gritted teeth.
"May I please borrow Mr. Malfoy, Miss Granger and Mr. Potter?" Dumbledore asked with a smile.
"Very well. You three, go" Snape said sourly and went back to teaching his lesson.
Draco, Harry and Hermione got up with puzzled expressions but followed their Headmaster. He led them to his office.
"You are probably wondering why you're here" Dumbledore asked.
They nodded.
"I believe Miss Weasley has just gone into labour" He said.
(Rhapsody - Should I leave it? Nah..)
Harry and Hermione exchanged shocked looks. Draco's jaw tensed.
"Oh my gosh.." Hermione gasped.
"Can we see her, please?" Harry asked.
"Yes. I was going to ask you that. There is a portkey on my desk, that quill. Mr. Malfoy, do you wish to see Miss Weasley? It is, after all, your child being born" Dumbledore raised an eyebrow.
"No" Draco said after a moment. He thought about their conversation.
"Malfoy!" Hermione said disapprovingly. "You are the most heartless prat I've ever had the misfortune to meet! How dare you not go?! THIS IS YOUR BABY BEING BORN! SHOW SOME SUPPORT WHY DON'T YOU!" She screamed.
"It's true. How can you be so..inconsiderate?" Harry said, shooting a dirty look at Draco.
"I just can't go, ok?" Draco said tensely and left Dumbledore's office.
He just couldn't bear to see Ginny again. Draco had developed a connection to her. His father would kill him if he found out his son had anything to do with a Weasley.
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Harry and Hermione had just arrived at the muggle hospital by the portkey. They spotted a reception desk and went to it.
"Excuse me, but do you know which room Ginny Weasley is in?" Harry asked politely.
The woman behind the desk typed in something and read the screen.
"Virginia Weasley? Maternity ward, room 206" The woman told them.
"Thank you" Hermione said.
The two of them ran all the way to the room where they saw an attractive girl with a dark ponytail wearing jeans and a casual sweater. She was holding Ginny's hand.
"Merlin, what are you two doing here?" Ginny gasped. The girl turned around.
"Hey Gin" Hermione smiled. She and Harry gave her hugs.
"Dumbledore let us come. He offered Ferret Boy the same but.." Harry said.
"Oh" Ginny said in a small voice.
"Don't worry about him. He's a git but that still doesn't cut it" Hermione said.
"Oh, this is Tallulah, my best friend and colleague, Lu for short. Tallulah, Harry and Hermione. They went to my school, we've been friends since I was eleven" Ginny smiled.
A doctor came through the door. She was about 30, had black hair twisted up into a bun, kind brown eyes and smooth brown skin.
"Hello, Virginia is it? I'm Kaiya and I'll be delivering your baby tonight" Kaiya smiled.
"Just call me Ginny. Yes, I'm only sixteen but I'm not a slut" Ginny said, sweating.
"I know. I had my boy at sixteen too. People were extremely rude to me. His name is Thomas, he's now fourteen, doing extremely well in sport and academics and I don't regret it one bit" Kaiya touched Ginny's arm.
Harry, Hermione and Tallulah looked at the doctor. At least she would understand and know how their friend felt.
"Really? Wow. I haven't met anyone else who's been pregnant so young" Ginny replied. She was surprised.
"Well, I'm going to check your baby's blood pressure and heart rate" Kaiya said, moving an ultra sound thingo on Ginny's stomach.
Kaiya frowned and looked closer at the screen. She appeared to be thinking, though concerned.
"What's the matter, Kaiya?" Tallulah asked.
"There seems to be..I'm not sure, unusual about this child. But I don't know what it is" Kaiya said.
Ginny breathed a sigh of relief. She exchanged discreet smiles with Harry and Hermione. They all knew that it was the magic in the baby. It was, naturally a pureblood so it would show quite a bit.
"You just relax girl, it doesn't look like anything to worry about. Do you want some ice?" Kaiya asked.
"Yeah" Ginny answered. The doctor left.
"Here Gin, I'll tie your hair up, its getting it the way" Hermione said. She knotted Ginny's hair on top of her head.
"Wow. I never thought you'd be here Ginny. I remember when you were in the Chamber of Se-er..I mean, I remember when you started school" Harry said. Hermione gave him a Look.
"So what school do you two go to anyway? You're uniforms are..different, I haven't seen them before" Tallulah observed.
"Uh, well, we don't live close. Um, it's a er..exclusive school, doesn't accept many students" Harry said nervously.
"Yes, our religion is different and our school concentrates on our particular religion" Hermione smiled.
"And what would that religion be..?" Tallulah asked.
"Um..well, oh, here's Kaiya" Ginny grinned. Saved. Kaiya handed her the ice.
"I'll be back soon to check on you" She said and left again.
Ginny nodded. A contraction started.
"Ahhhhh, ah, ouch" She breathed deeply and clenched onto Harry's hand.
"Breathe deeply Gin, ow, you're hurting me" Harry said.
The three girls looked at him skeptically.
"What?" He asked.
"Ginny is hurting about ten times more than you Harry. You are so tactless" Hermione snapped.
After that, Ginny's contractions kept getting closer and closer together. When they were very close, Kaiya moved her into the delivery room. Harry, Hermione and Tallulah waited outside.
"How long away is your school?" Tallulah asked.
"Quite far, we've been staying with friends. Do you live around here?" Hermione lied.
"Yeah. I got expelled when I was seventeen, I still am seventeen but I decided not to go back"Tallulah shrugged.
"What did you do?" Harry asked.
"I trashed some of the classrooms. Don't want to get into it though. I want to hear more about your school" Tallulah said.
"Well, if we told you, we'd have to make sure you forget it" Hermione said.
"And how would you do that?" Tallulah laughed.
"Can you keep a secret?" Hermione whispered.
"Yeah" Tallulah agreed.
"Good. So can we" Harry said.
"Why is it such a big secret anyway?" Tallulah rolled her eyes.
"You wouldn't believe it and it's more than we're worth to tell you" Hermione said seriously.
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"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Ginny screamed.
"Come on, Ginny, push!" Kaiya said.
"I AM PUSHING!" Ginny yelled.
"Just a bit further, yes..oh my god" Kaiya gasped.
The doctor was holding a screaming baby. Kaiya rested the child in Ginny's arms.
It was a girl. She had Malfoy's platinum-blonde hair and her own brown eyes. She was a beautiful baby.
"Welcome to my world, Immogen Riley Weasley" Ginny whispered.
Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears
Stand up and be counted
Don't be ashamed to cry
You gotta be...
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day
Herald what your mother said
Read the books your father read
Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time
Some may have more cash than you
Others take a different view
My oh my, yea, eh, ee
You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know, love will save the day
Time ask no questions, it goes on without you
Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace
The world keeps on spinning can't stop it, if you tried to
This best part is danger staring you in the face
Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead release your fears
Stand up and be counted, don't be ashamed to cry
Rhapsody - Awww. She had the baby! For all of you who want to know, the baby's birth date was on the 2nd of December! Review please!