Todays Disclaimers were made to walk the plank - them being right royal scallywags and all.

Unfortunatley we havn't found any replacements for the position yet .......




Bang.

Ginny ran directly into a very hard wall.

"@#%?! !" She shouted frustrated, as she once again fell into a great heap on the floor.

"MISS WEASLEY !" A sharp shrill voice suddenly scolded her.

Ginny looked up to see that the "wall" she had just run into was in fact a rather annoyed looking Professor McGonagall.

"@#%?! !" Ginny repeated grumpily as she sat up.
After all, she thought to herself, she was already in a whole world of trouble - what was a few more thousand points from Gryffindor ?!

'Ohh!' Thought Ginny suddenly
'They might even expel me !' She started to smile.
'Mother would be a bit upset, but it would solve all of my problems !" She thought gleefully.

"Come with me !" McGonagall stated sharply, as she turned and marched down the corridor.

Ginny grinned, as she quickly picked herself up and began to skip behind a very fast moving transfigurations professor.

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"Running in the halls, utter disregard towards teachers, flinging about foul language like there is no tomorrow, skipping classes ......" McGonagall listed furiously, as she paced behind her desk.

"Honestly, Miss Weasley ! I would have expected better from a Gryffindor." She concluded, stopping to stare sharply at Ginny.

"Yep. Getting that a lot today ...." Ginny muttered quietly to herself.

"MISS WASLEY !" McGonagall shouted, far too quietly.
"Obviously you do not understand the world of trouble you are in." She finished crisply.

"Ohh ! But I do." Ginny happily exclaimed, suddenly seeing her chance.
"I've been very, very naughty !" Ginny continued rather grimly.
"I rather expect that you're going to have to expel me." She stated, trying to frown appropriately.

"I wouldn't go that far Miss Weasley." McGonagall replied coolly.
"We shall have to tell your parents, but ....."

"WHAT ?!" Ginny interrupted, thoroughly astounded.
"But I was naughty ....." She pouted.
"Very, very naughty ....." She continued.
"Ohh ! And I even skipped classes yesterday too !" She quickly added.

"Well Miss Weasley I must say that I am pleased to see you showing so much remorse." McGonagall stated, more kindly.
"We shall certainly have to take that into account ....... Perhaps we needn't even tell your parents after all." McGonagall continued, more to herself.

"BUT ?! ......" Spluttered Ginny.

"Now, now Miss Weasley. We are not ogres." McGonagall stated, almost smirking.
"Also we must take into account the fact that you are an exemplary student." She smiled.
"Indeed Miss Weasley, perhaps I have been a little harsh ...." McGonagall apologised.
"I think 10 points from Gryffindor aught to do it." She decided.

"10 POINTS ?! 10 FRIGING POINTS ?!" Ginny screamed.
"THAT'S IT ?! 10 GODDAMNED POINTS ?! WHAT KIND OF DEPUTY HEADMASTER ARE YOU ANYWAY ?!" She continued angrily.
"Honestly ! You'll be giving out candy in detention next !" She added sulkily.

"MISS WEASLEY !" McGonagall cried offended.

A sudden thought however stopped the transfigurations teacher dead in her tracks.

"Miss Weasley." She queried gently.
"You haven't been killing chickens again have you ?"

"ARRRGGGGHHHHHHH !!!" Screamed Ginny, as she fell to the floor and threw her arms and legs about wildly in a full blown temper tantrum.

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"Well Goodness me !" Snape exclaimed as he held out his bare arm, staring at a completely non existent watch.
"Would you look at the time !" He quickly stood up and started to inch his way towards the door'
"Terribly late for ahh ...... for um ...... for something." He added lamely as he continued to make his escape.

"Where are you going ?!" A distraught Hermione suddenly wailed.

"I um ..... late ....... ahh ...... important meeting and so on." Snape quickly replied, almost at the door.

"Ohh ! An 'important' meeting." Hermione said bitterly.
"More important than the mental health of one of your students ...." She continued.
"Well off you go. I'll just sit here ALL ALONE, and CRY to MYSELF shall I ?" She finished sulkily.

"Hmmph" Sighed Snape, as he quickly turned around.
"Miss Granger, perhaps it would be better for you to discuss these ahh .... 'matters' with your house professor." He added delicately.

"These 'MATTERS' ?!" Hermione asked offended.
"These 'MATTERS' ?!" She repeated tearily.

"Miss Granger, I simply meant that 'love' is not really my style. Revenge, murder, animal sacrifices, or how to get the perfect crease into that new robe ......" Snape smiled dreamily to himself.
" Well I'd be happy to discuss any of those with you." He continued.
"But 'love' - ewwww !" Snape scrunched his face up appropriately.

Hermione simply stared at him.

She then proceeded to burst into very loud, very wet, very large tears.

"Drat !" Grumped Snape as he crossed the room again.

"There, there." He stated stiffly as he awkwardly patted her on the shoulder.

That was all the encouragement that Hermione needed, as she quickly threw herself at the rather shocked potions master, and began to sob all over his newly starched jacket.

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"SEVERUS !" A sharp, shocked voice rang out across the Gryffindor common room.

Snape turned, well as much as was possible to turn anyway, to see a very surprised Professor McGonagall standing on the other side of the room.

"Ahh Minerva !" He exclaimed happily, as he quickly extracted a still bawling Hermione and threw her at a startled transfigurations professor.

"Got to dash, important meeting and all. Cheerio." He called gleefully as he hurriedly skipped through the door.

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"Really Miss Granger !" An annoyed McGonagall exclaimed exasperatedly.
"You've been crying for the past 2 and a half minutes. It's all rather unseemly ! Whatever is the matter child ?"

"ginny" Hermione quietly mumbled through her tears.

"What ?! I can't hear you girl. Speak up !" McGonagall sighed.

"GINNY !" Hermione shouted, then proceeded to cry even harder.

"Ahh." McGonagall shoke her head sympathetically.
"She's going to be okay." She kindly assured the sobbing 6th year.
"Madame Pomfrey thinks she may have had an ahh ..... epilouge-tic fit ? Poor child had to be sedated." She continued, shaking her head again.
"But she'll be fine when she wakes up. You really shouldn't worry so." She said, as she gently patted Hermione on the shoulder.

Hermione stopped crying.

"WHAT ?!" She screamed, quickly wiping her eyes.
"GINNY"S IN THE INFIRMARY ?!" She asked incredulously.

"Ahhh ...." McGonagall stammered.

Hermione quickly picked herself up and rushed out of the common room door.

"Oh Drat !" Exclaimed McGonagall as she hurried after the young Gryffindor.


TBC ..............