skies of Gray
A/n: You might want to know why I haven't said anything about Halloween yet. well thats because this is the Halloween chapter. I think the next one is too. I am going through the year very slowly because there will be three sequels (very short of course) to this. I'll give you a nickel if you can tell me what the titles are gonna be.
The Halloween Ball was this friday but Draco couldn't have cared less. As usual he was going with Pansy but still it didn't matter. The only reason he went with her was because Ara told him it was best so that the other Slytherins didn't remark on his strange behavoir. Speaking of strange behavoir, the past week ever since the Elementals had done the spell Ara had seemed even more distant than before, ignoring the other students, cutting class, sleeping late. Draco didn't know what was wrong but he also noticed that the attacks were coming more frequently than before.
He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. She was far sicker than he'd ever imagined and it was becoming obvious to the other students as well. He'd overheard Potter and Weasley talking about it the other day and was surprised that they had actually noticed. After all Ara was a Slytherin, and lower than dirt in a Gryffindors point-of-veiw. He sighed again.
"what are you sighing about now?"
Draco turned to see his cousin sitting crosslegged on the foot of his bed looking pale and ill. "Nothing, Ara."
"You sure?" she looked concerned. "It isn't her is it?"
He knew she was referring to Ginny but couldn't bring himself to answer.
"Draco, trust me it wouldn't work out. Not with her brothers just waiting to rip out any boys throat who looks at her wrong." Now she sounded amused. "I met one of them in Egypt last year. Bill I think he was. Very handsome." she smiled dreamily. "If only..."
Her cousin laughed. "Now look who's dreaming of people they shouldn't be."
Ara's face lost all expression within two seconds. "what would you know, Dragon?" she asked almost affectionetly. "You're so naive. Uncle Lucius is so stupid that he's taught you more about love than indifference."
"He has taught me about hate, Issa." draco pointed out.
"Hate is not the opposite of love." she whispered. "Indifference is. And I wish that was all I felt."
"Ara?" Draco hesitated. She had withdrawn into herself like she always did when she was hurting. "Ara..."
"I know, Draco, what it's like." she said abruptly. "To love someone you shouldn't. I know. And it hurts. More than you could ever know."
"I'm sorry." He couldn't think of anything else to say.
Ara laughed bitterly. "Sorry? In what life were you ever sorry for any one?" she jumped off the bed and ran from the room.
Draco stared after her for a moment before leaving himself. He walked through the common room ignoring the curious looks sent his way and walked out into the dim hallway. He hardly paid attention to where he was going, so deep in thought was he that he didn't notice anyone else until he slammed right into them.
"Ouch!" A feminim voice exclaimed. "Geeze, Malfoy can't you watch where you're going?"
He looked down into a pair of warm amber eyes. "Sorry weasley." He tried to push past but she stopped him with a touch on his arm.
"when have you ever said sorry?"
"Oh, would you have prefered that I just sneer and be on my way?" he asked sarcastically. "Why Weasley, I thought you'd enjoy the change."
"Shove it." she said calmly. "what's wrong?"
Draco was surprised though he didn't show it. "why do you care? I'm a Malfoy, you're a Weasley, remember?"
"But you're also human." Ginny replied philosophically. "So what's wrong?"
"If you want to know that badly I'm still not going to tell you in the middle of the hall where anyone can hear." He said, crossing his arms. "So if you can think of a place where no one will here feel free to come and find me." He turned on his heel to leave.
"What about the Forbidden Forest?"
"What?!" He spun back around to see Ginny grinning mischeiviously. "I've seen you and Pansy disappear into the forest alot and you've never been caught."
"You should have been in slytherin." He muttered scowling.
Ginny paused. Something was truly wrong and if she wasn't mistaken it had to do with Ara. Nearly everyone had noticed that the small brunette was very sick. She'd noticed that the professors seemed particularly worried. The Elementals however didn't seemed worried in the least. Vegas and Halo were even making jokes about it. "Draco, what's wrong with Ara?"
"Nothing!" he snapped. "She's just got the flu all right?"
"If it were really the flu, she'd be cured already." Ginny touched his arm. "Draco what's happening to your cousin?"
Draco's shoulders slumped as he told her. "they think she's dying, weasley. She's been sick like this for a year already. Are you satisfied now?" he asked bitterly.
"I didn't know." she whispered, shocked.
He looked up and for the first time Ginny saw him. Not Malfoy the Slytherin King. Not Draco Malfoy the Hateful 6th year. Just Draco, a boy terrified of losing his cousin. "Neither does her mother or my father. Just me and Mum. Her mother and my father couldn't care less anyway. She's a disgrace to the Malfoy family. The only reason she's allowed to live is because she makes my mum smile. Mum never does that For Lucius."
"I'm sorry." she truly was. she'd thought that Malfoy had everything. But apparently he was missing the only thing that would truly make him happy. Love. without thinking, Ginny leaned foward and kissed him on the cheek. "don't worry. Things will get better. they always do." With that she turned and fled.
'I wish they would." he whispered touching his cheek where she'd kissed him. "But they won't."
Ara glanced around the library, before choosing a seat near the window. the Dream Team we're the only other occupants of the library, but they weren't worth consideration. What she wasn't aware of was the fact that the sunlight fell across her pale face at just the right angle to make the circles under her eyes appear from under all the concealer. She was unaware of how thin she'd become in just one week. But the three Gryffindors noticed and were actually worried. well two of them were.
"She looks terrible." Hermoine whispered across the table.
"Who cares?" Ron replied his eyes fixed on his potions book. "She's never done anything for us."
Hermoine reached across and whacked him upside the head. Ara looked away from the window long enough to smile slightly at their actions but upon catching Harry's gaze she frowned and turned back to the window.
"I think Hermoine's right." he agreed. "In fact she looks like she's dying."
A/N: hmmm. Interesting. I think I will have three more chapters concerning Halloween. the last two taking place actually at the Ball. And to those of you who don't like Ara's pairing... I'm sorry. I kinda had it all planned out when I first started. Again I want guesses. (If I had a lot of money, I'd give 100 bucks for each correct answer. But I don't. sorry.)
By the way I saw the Harry Potter movie today and it is nowhere near as good as the book.
Next chapter in about a day^_^
A/n: You might want to know why I haven't said anything about Halloween yet. well thats because this is the Halloween chapter. I think the next one is too. I am going through the year very slowly because there will be three sequels (very short of course) to this. I'll give you a nickel if you can tell me what the titles are gonna be.
The Halloween Ball was this friday but Draco couldn't have cared less. As usual he was going with Pansy but still it didn't matter. The only reason he went with her was because Ara told him it was best so that the other Slytherins didn't remark on his strange behavoir. Speaking of strange behavoir, the past week ever since the Elementals had done the spell Ara had seemed even more distant than before, ignoring the other students, cutting class, sleeping late. Draco didn't know what was wrong but he also noticed that the attacks were coming more frequently than before.
He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. She was far sicker than he'd ever imagined and it was becoming obvious to the other students as well. He'd overheard Potter and Weasley talking about it the other day and was surprised that they had actually noticed. After all Ara was a Slytherin, and lower than dirt in a Gryffindors point-of-veiw. He sighed again.
"what are you sighing about now?"
Draco turned to see his cousin sitting crosslegged on the foot of his bed looking pale and ill. "Nothing, Ara."
"You sure?" she looked concerned. "It isn't her is it?"
He knew she was referring to Ginny but couldn't bring himself to answer.
"Draco, trust me it wouldn't work out. Not with her brothers just waiting to rip out any boys throat who looks at her wrong." Now she sounded amused. "I met one of them in Egypt last year. Bill I think he was. Very handsome." she smiled dreamily. "If only..."
Her cousin laughed. "Now look who's dreaming of people they shouldn't be."
Ara's face lost all expression within two seconds. "what would you know, Dragon?" she asked almost affectionetly. "You're so naive. Uncle Lucius is so stupid that he's taught you more about love than indifference."
"He has taught me about hate, Issa." draco pointed out.
"Hate is not the opposite of love." she whispered. "Indifference is. And I wish that was all I felt."
"Ara?" Draco hesitated. She had withdrawn into herself like she always did when she was hurting. "Ara..."
"I know, Draco, what it's like." she said abruptly. "To love someone you shouldn't. I know. And it hurts. More than you could ever know."
"I'm sorry." He couldn't think of anything else to say.
Ara laughed bitterly. "Sorry? In what life were you ever sorry for any one?" she jumped off the bed and ran from the room.
Draco stared after her for a moment before leaving himself. He walked through the common room ignoring the curious looks sent his way and walked out into the dim hallway. He hardly paid attention to where he was going, so deep in thought was he that he didn't notice anyone else until he slammed right into them.
"Ouch!" A feminim voice exclaimed. "Geeze, Malfoy can't you watch where you're going?"
He looked down into a pair of warm amber eyes. "Sorry weasley." He tried to push past but she stopped him with a touch on his arm.
"when have you ever said sorry?"
"Oh, would you have prefered that I just sneer and be on my way?" he asked sarcastically. "Why Weasley, I thought you'd enjoy the change."
"Shove it." she said calmly. "what's wrong?"
Draco was surprised though he didn't show it. "why do you care? I'm a Malfoy, you're a Weasley, remember?"
"But you're also human." Ginny replied philosophically. "So what's wrong?"
"If you want to know that badly I'm still not going to tell you in the middle of the hall where anyone can hear." He said, crossing his arms. "So if you can think of a place where no one will here feel free to come and find me." He turned on his heel to leave.
"What about the Forbidden Forest?"
"What?!" He spun back around to see Ginny grinning mischeiviously. "I've seen you and Pansy disappear into the forest alot and you've never been caught."
"You should have been in slytherin." He muttered scowling.
Ginny paused. Something was truly wrong and if she wasn't mistaken it had to do with Ara. Nearly everyone had noticed that the small brunette was very sick. She'd noticed that the professors seemed particularly worried. The Elementals however didn't seemed worried in the least. Vegas and Halo were even making jokes about it. "Draco, what's wrong with Ara?"
"Nothing!" he snapped. "She's just got the flu all right?"
"If it were really the flu, she'd be cured already." Ginny touched his arm. "Draco what's happening to your cousin?"
Draco's shoulders slumped as he told her. "they think she's dying, weasley. She's been sick like this for a year already. Are you satisfied now?" he asked bitterly.
"I didn't know." she whispered, shocked.
He looked up and for the first time Ginny saw him. Not Malfoy the Slytherin King. Not Draco Malfoy the Hateful 6th year. Just Draco, a boy terrified of losing his cousin. "Neither does her mother or my father. Just me and Mum. Her mother and my father couldn't care less anyway. She's a disgrace to the Malfoy family. The only reason she's allowed to live is because she makes my mum smile. Mum never does that For Lucius."
"I'm sorry." she truly was. she'd thought that Malfoy had everything. But apparently he was missing the only thing that would truly make him happy. Love. without thinking, Ginny leaned foward and kissed him on the cheek. "don't worry. Things will get better. they always do." With that she turned and fled.
'I wish they would." he whispered touching his cheek where she'd kissed him. "But they won't."
Ara glanced around the library, before choosing a seat near the window. the Dream Team we're the only other occupants of the library, but they weren't worth consideration. What she wasn't aware of was the fact that the sunlight fell across her pale face at just the right angle to make the circles under her eyes appear from under all the concealer. She was unaware of how thin she'd become in just one week. But the three Gryffindors noticed and were actually worried. well two of them were.
"She looks terrible." Hermoine whispered across the table.
"Who cares?" Ron replied his eyes fixed on his potions book. "She's never done anything for us."
Hermoine reached across and whacked him upside the head. Ara looked away from the window long enough to smile slightly at their actions but upon catching Harry's gaze she frowned and turned back to the window.
"I think Hermoine's right." he agreed. "In fact she looks like she's dying."
A/N: hmmm. Interesting. I think I will have three more chapters concerning Halloween. the last two taking place actually at the Ball. And to those of you who don't like Ara's pairing... I'm sorry. I kinda had it all planned out when I first started. Again I want guesses. (If I had a lot of money, I'd give 100 bucks for each correct answer. But I don't. sorry.)
By the way I saw the Harry Potter movie today and it is nowhere near as good as the book.
Next chapter in about a day^_^