OK…this is the 4th chapter.  Sry for my last chapter my computer was acting all crazy and I couldn't get the indented parts to go back to normal!  *Strangles Computer*  But, it will behave this chapter I promise!  We had a little … talk.  Enjoy! J  Sry this chapter took so long!  I went away on vacation and I didn't have a computer to type on! I just could not find time!  Ugh!  I hate that!

Invisible

            I woke up early this morning.  I looked at my Muggle alarm cloak that I had placed on the end table next to my bed.  6:00.  Well, I should probably get up anyway.  So I got dressed and went out onto the balcony.  To my extreme delight, as I looked around I realized it had snowed.  I pulled my cloak tighter around me.  There was about a foot of snow on the ground.  Perfect!  I looked out into the forest.  The tall pine trees were outlined in white snow.  It sparkled and winked at me from below.  Then I looked deeper at the bottom of the trees.  And right at the edge of the forest was a unicorn.  It was beautiful.  It was whiter that the snow, with gold hooves and a gold horn.  What a beautiful sight.  I ran back inside to get my camera.  I snapped a couple pictures.  It was a Muggle camera.  My father kept it from one of the "disasters" he had to fix.  I rather enjoyed it.  I like how the pictures don't move.  They capture something at a precise moment and it stays that way for eternity.  That is what makes me like Muggle cameras better than magic ones.  I glanced down at my watch.  7:00.  Plenty of time.  I made my way inside and decided to go to the Great Hall for an early breakfast so I can spend the rest of my day outside.  When I got to the Great Hall, I was happy to see that there weren't a lot of people.  I was even happier to see Jillian sitting at the Gryffindor table.  I sat down beside her.  "Hey stranger!  How was your night?"  She looked up and gave me a giant hug. 

            "Ohh I missed you!  How was Slytherin?  Was it evil?  Were you cold?  Come on!  Tell me everything."  She looked up at me expectantly.  I must not keep my people waiting… so I told her everything.  I told her about my room and Katie.  She sounded happy and couldn't wait to meet her.  I told her everything except what Malfoy had told me and that his room was next to mine.  I didn't want to alarm her.  When I was done it was 7:45 and Ron, Harry, and Hermione came into the Hall.  Harry and Ron wanted to know everything and needless to say it was 8:30 before I could escape the excitement and chatter that had broken through.  Unknown to Ginny a figure got up at the same time and followed her out. 

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            The grounds were cold but I had my cloak on.  I decided to walk around the lake.  It had not frozen over.  It reflected the whitish gray sky.  It looked exactly like Malfoy's eyes.  Wait, but, but, that wasn't the reason I wanted to go to the lake.  No, it was because of the distance and I wanted to go for a long walk.  Yeah that's right!  Huh!  Who am I kidding?  That is exactly the reason I wanted to come here.  Oomph!

            I was suddenly knocked to the ground.  Something heavy was on top of me.  Soon I was face to face with the same two eyes I was just coming down here to think about.  "Tsk, Tsk, Weasley.  I see you aren't following the rules . . . you may look like a Slytherin but maybe you still have the brains of a Gryffindor.  You are supposed to be expecting everything.  You were certainly not expecting that!"

            "Well of course I wasn't!  People don't normally jump on someone from a tree.  What were you doing up there?  Just waiting for someone unsuspecting to come along, like me?"  He laughed and ignored the question.  A genuine laugh.  "You should laugh more often," I said as he got off me and I took the hand he offered me. 

            "Is that right?  Well, you should hang out with Slytherin more often.  I think you fit in better." 

"Really?" I asked. 

            "Well, yeah, if you just got your rules straight!"  I laughed.  He continued to walk with me around the lake.  Why was he being nice?  Why was I being nice?  We hated each other.  I searched for the hate.  The hate that had been there so long.  The hate that kept growing.  I couldn't find it.  Instead I felt an empty hollow feeling.  I never felt it but I knew all to clearly what it was.  It was fear. It's icy fingers tightening around my chest, squeezing harder and harder.  The fear whispered in my ear, telling me I was alone.  If I had hate I would be alone.  I only had one choice.  I had to break through the wall.  The wall that separated the Weasley's and the Malfoy's.  I had to break the bond, step outside.  But, I was a Weasley.  I wouldn't be alone.  I had my family.  I am not alone.  The fear kept its grip on me.  The icy cold seeping to my heart until I realized the horrible truth.  No matter what I told myself I would always be alone.  But, I didn't want that to happen so I might as well become friends with Malfoy.  I know in my heart it is the right thing to do. 

            "You know what?  You're no so bad."  Am I saying this?  Please tell me I am not saying this. 

            "Well, you know what?  You're not so bad either…I mean for a Weasley and all."  I know I should have gotten mad at this last comment, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.  I could somehow tell he meant well, he just had to add the last comment because of his instincts.  And right after he said that he shut his eyes and flicked his head, looking away, as if slapping himself for what he said.  So, I decided to surprise him…maybe even give him a heart attack!  We were back by the castle.  Perfect!  I smiled.  He was still looking away, waiting for the explosion.  It never came.

            "Thanks, Draco!  That was really sweet of you to say!"  At that point I ran away to the tall, ancient wooden doors at the entrance of the school.  I snuck one more glance behind me.  He was standing there with this mixed face.  It was between confusion and happiness.  I laughed and made my way to the Slytherin common room. 

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            Did she just say that to me?  I mean here I am waiting for her to explode up in my face, when she says something nice!  She actually called me Draco.  She is completely puzzling.  I just better get back to the Slytherin Common before some sees me looking like a fool.  I have, lets hope, dignity.   I mean, how pathetic can you be?  When I got to the common room Ginny and Kate were talking and get this:  Ginny smiled at me.  Not just any smile but, the smile I have never seen her use before.  Like this smile was how she really felt.  All the other ones were fake.  Like the ones she gives Ron.  I mean my smiles would be fake too if I was just a shadow of the dream team.  I don't know why nobody sees her the way I do.  Like someone important.  I think she is a very smart witch, how can anyone think of her as a baby?  She is very independent and unique.  She won't do something because everyone else is; she'll do it because that is what she wants to do.  I think in know her a little more than she thinks do the fact that I went snooping in her room.  She left the outside door open.  And me, being the Slytherin that I am, took the liberty to let myself in.  I noticed a little stack of papers on her desk.  They were stories and poems.  They were amazing!  I can't believe she wrote them.  I also noticed a book lying on her bed.   Astronomy- Past the Stars.  It had over 700 pages!  I flipped through the first couple of pages and it was pretty advanced.  I had to read those kinds of books for my father.  He said that they would make me stronger with Dark Magic.  I am a master at the Dark Arts, but I only use them when I have to.  Over the summer my father worked me even harder.  If I messed up one spell he would beat me and I would have to stay in the dungeons for the whole night.   I have a pretty bad bruise on my arm still.  Believe me, the dungeon is not the happiest place in the world.  But, I have my mask worn everyday for him in the summer.  I pretend to be different just for him.  But, Hogwarts is a vacation for me and I can be my own person.  No matter what happens I will still think Ginny is very talented.  She just needs to apply it.  This is going to be a long vacation, but she won't be ignored, showed or invisible.  I can see her… very well too. 

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What did you think?  Thanx to everyone who reviewed my last chapter.  I will try to get the next chapter up a whole lot faster!  I think the chapters will be out more rapidly because my school will be getting out in 10 days.~redbug