Ok here is chapter nine.  Anything you recognize belongs to the Great J.K Rowling.  Everything else is mine.  I just gave them a new character.  Hope you like. 

The Watcher

           When I woke up this morning all I could think about was Draco.  I can't believe his father abuses him!  Well… actually seeing the kind of person Lucius is, I think I could…but I never in a million years thought that it would really happen!  No wonder Draco was so mean and unhappy all the time. I would too if my life was like that.  He was treated so unfairly.  It scares me to think about what is happening behind the walls of the Malfoy Manor.  I will have to watch Draco and make sure he is alright. 

            Well, today is the first day back to class.  I have potions first, with the Slytherins and Gryffindors.  That means Harry, Hermione, and Ron are all in my class.  Whoopee!  Great, all I need is for them to make one little comment about my friendship with Draco and I swear, I'll snap!  They only care when I am not trailing behind them, the caboose on a train.  Each part is equally important but not on the Harry, Hermione, and Ron Express!  I'm only important when I am with someone else.  They always make a big deal as if I was so important to them in the first place which I wasn't.  Ugh!  They always ruin my excitement!  Look, here I am spoiling my first day back and I am already worrying about them.  They are probably not even worrying about me!  I shook my head.  When will my life ever be normal?  Never.

            Katie, who also advanced in potions walked with me down to the dungeon.  I am so glad I will have at least somebody besides Draco who will be with me.  As I turned the corner I was talking to Katie and my voice trailed off at the sight in front of me.  Draco, Harry, and Ron were, if possible, already having a fight.  Draco was making fun of Harry again and Ron was not helping.  I didn't stop Draco though because he (and I could tell he was trying very hard) was leaving Ron out of the fight.  He must have realized at some point that making fun of Ron was sort of making fun of me.  I was debating whether or not Harry deserved to get saved when the bell rang, choosing for me. 

          Everyone piled into the room and I mouthed thanks to Draco.  He smiled and winked at me, causing me to loose my breath.  He looked so sexy when he did that.  It was a good thing that I was already sitting or else I would have gone weak in the knees. 

          Snape started barking orders at us and I had no time to wonder if anyone saw my recent reaction.  We were going to make an Invisible Potion.  I was sitting next to Draco and Katie and I prayed I would be with either one.  Meanwhile, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were burning a hole in my back with glares.  I am sure if I turned around I would be dead in seconds with the looks they were sending me. 

          With luck I was partnered with Draco and I happily walked up to Snape's desk to receive the list of ingredients.  I looked at Katie to make sure she was partnered with someone good and was happy to see her working with Jillian who was also taking advanced potions. 

          I walked over to Draco's cauldron and we began to prepare and add the ingredients.  Then Draco said something really funny.  I tried to hold it in but I burst out laughing- REALLY loud.  Thank goodness Snape was busy yelling at Longbottom to notice.  If it is possible the glares pointed at my back increased even more.  I tried to ignore it but it wasn't too easy.  It felt like my back was on fire with hate.  I smiled.  I was finally getting to them in my own way of ignoring them.  But, someone did notice, Pansy.  She was staring at me with interest, eyes darting from me to Draco who had a smile on his face.  Suddenly, her eyes turned dark and she was glaring at me, head on.  What did I do?  It was one thing to be glared at from the back, but from the front, it was almost too intense, especially from a person like Pansy, with so much hate.  But, then Snape asked me a question and I forgot about Pansy… for now.

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            I do not like the way Pansy just looked at Ginny.  This is really bad.  I am going to have to keep an eye on Ginny and make sure she is not alone at anytime.  You haven't seen Pansy when she is mad.  No, she will do anything to get what she wants.  Her jealousy is overwhelming and just to stop it she will do anything, even kill…   So, I will have to be on top alert.  Things don't go by small and unnoticed by Pansy.  Everything is big and the whole world is out to get her.  If you ask me I think she is nuts and paranoid.  She is one screwed up girl with a hate so strong I think she is even a danger to the Dark Lord.

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            The bell rang and I was off to my next class leaving the glares behind.  Draco was walking next to me.  "I can't believe you did that!" I said teasingly. 

            "Okay, Okay I am sorry!" Draco cried while pretending to wipe away a tear.  I slapped him playfully in the arm and he started to laugh.

            Transfiguration was boring.  I went to lunch afterwards.  Quidditch would be starting up soon and I had to ask Dumbledore if I was still on the Gryffindor team or was I now playing for Slytherin?  When I asked him he thought for a moment and then said I would still be playing on Gryffindor.  So when Harry walked into the great Hall I told him I was still on the team.  Not that he would care.  "Great, Gin!  There will be a Quidditch practice two days from now." He said it as if he really did care.  I guess he was already forgetting what happened earlier, but then, he never cares!  Why would he start to care all of a sudden?  I didn't bother replying.  I looked back and I saw him frown.  That was strange.  And that should have been my clue…

            As I took my seat next to the Draco at the Slytherin table I thought about how much I really wanted to be on the Slytherin Team.  Surely Draco would appreciate me.  I noticed Katie slide into the seat next to me and I banished the thoughts from my head.  "Bad news, Katie," I said. 

She looked at me surprised and said, "What?"

"Well it's not that bad!  It's just that I have to play Quidditch against you!   Katie was a chaser. 

She looked relieved and said, "Oh, well, let's not let that ruin our friendship!"  She smiled at me.  She is such a good friend.  I finished my lunch quickly. 

As I was walking out I stopped at the giant bulletin board hanging on the wall.  There was going to be a New Year's Eve Dance!  Oh my God!  Who am I going to go with?  The dance was not on New Year's Eve but two days later!  That wasn't too far away!  Another thing for me to worry about!  Just what I need!  I suddenly felt a pair of unfamiliar eyes on me.  I stiffened and turned around.  Harry was staring at me from across the hall.  He was leaning carelessly against the opposite wall.  And it wasn't just any stare.  It was the 'I think I like you' stare.  Believe me I know the difference.  I quickly turned around and ran, ran like my life depended on it.  I was in the common room in no time. 

            I fell into a world of confusion.  Harry liked me?  I doubt it.  I think he just doesn't want Draco to have me.  But still the look… it was probably just a trick.  I can't believe him!  I will just have to stay far away from him as possible because I do not want to go to the dance with him!  Because, if he thinks that all of a sudden because he finally realized that I am pretty and worthy of his attention, that I am just going to fawn all over him and everything will be okey-dokey, he has a really rude awakening!  I want (I can't believe I am saying this) to go with Draco.  I am in love with him and I am past the point of denying it!  I don't know what is wrong with me.  I am in love with the enemy! The worst part is he is not my enemy.  Harry is.   Just look at how the tables have turned.

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              I wanted to go to the library and try to concentrate on actually getting my homework done, instead of thinking about Draco.   I came out of the Slytherin Common Room and walked down a hallway that leads to the library.  The walls looked a dull gray and the only light was the every now and then lit torch that hung right below the ceiling.  It seemed that there were so many in the halls that by morning I was very surprised all of them were out.  I kept walking and the doors to the library came into view.  Suddenly I was knocked unconscious and my vision became a dark world of nothingness.

            I awoke with a terrible headache.  I was lying on a hard floor and I sat up to rub my head.  I moaned.  When I finally opened  my eyes I wasn't laying on the floor of the common room but rather a hard stone floor.  Then, I remember what had happened.  My eyes opened wider enduring the bright light that came from a torch right above me.  I looked around and it was the first time I noticed Pansy leaning against the opposite wall.  My eyes adjusted to the light and it looked like we were in a classroom.  But, in the hallway I was in there were no classrooms near.  I looked down at the jeans I was wearing and saw that they were all ripped and torn.  That explains it, I was dragged.  I looked back up at Pansy.  She was still leaning on the wall a sinister looked on her face.  It was like this was so normal for her, like she did it all the time.  Maybe she did.  My  thoughts were interrupted by her voice, "Well, if it isn't the littlest Weasley, the littlest piece of trash."  She flicked her wand at me and mumbled a spell.  I was hurled to the wall where clamps popped out of the stone and my hands were chained to it.  Pansy was slowly approaching me.  She looked dangerous and I knew at that point I was in trouble.

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            Through the walls of my room I heard Ginny leave.  Knowing her, she was probably going to the library.  Well, I might as well join her, I haven't been able to concentrate on it much.  So, I grabbed my books and quills.  As, I started to head out of my room, I grabbed my invisibility cloak and stuck it in my bag.  Just in case. 

            I walked out of the common room and heard Ginny's footsteps.  I jogged to catch up to her and as I turned around the corner I saw her hit the floor with a thud and a satisfied looking Pansy standing over her.  She was dragging Ginny towards me and I quickly put on my invisibility cloak.  I followed silently behind until we reached an empty classroom.  Ginny and Pansy were talking and I could tell Ginny was scared.  Pansy was making fun of Ginny and I restrained myself from bashing in Pansy's skull.  I wanted to hear what she had to say, but I would not let any harm come to Ginny.  Pansy had her up against the wall and I moved closer to listen.  "You little tramp!  I see the way Draco looks at you!  I am not blind.  You better change it so that he is back to looking at me that way!  The way it was before you dragged your poor self to Slytherin.  Just remember, Slytherin is you enemy.  Are we clear?"  Ginny looked like she wanted to laugh in Pansy face, but given the situation she was in, thought better of it.  I saw she was scared.  Pansy shook her violently.  "I said, are we clear?" 

            Ginny looked at her and said sarcastically, "Crystal."  She smiled at Pansy.  Pansy glared enraged at the mockery in Ginny's voice and lifted her hand.

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            I closed my eyes tight, preparing myself for the blow.  But, it never came.  I opened my eyes cautiously just in time to see Draco standing behind Pansy with her wrist firmly in his grasp.  Draco looked like he could kill and with anger beyond belief that would send Lord Voldemort back into a shadowy form, "Get.  Out."

            Pansy looked very scared and confused.  Suddenly things had changed and she was no longer in control.  She tried to cover it up, "Draccy!  I was only…"

            "I know what you were only doing! Stay away from Ginny!  I am warning you Pansy, there is only a little bit more time before people are not going to see your pretty face anymore.  The mask is rotting and the horrible underneath is showing.  First, people will see glimpses and just brush it aside.  But, more and more will show and soon everyone will see what a horrible and wretched person you really are."

            She started to back out slowly to the door and I glared all the way.  "Your time will come Pansy", I warned, "do not challenge it or it will come sooner."  At that she ran out, as quickly as her short legs would carry her.  Draco's eye's softened as he turned back to me.  "Are you okay?" he asked gently. 

            At this point I was fighting tears.  I didn't want Draco to see me cry.  But, this was all too much for me to handle.  "Draco!  You saved me!  Where you here the whole time?  How much did you hear?"

            "I was here the whole time under my invisibility cloak watching."  he said as he uncharmed the chains to free me.  I hugged him.  I was so grateful that he was here.  I started crying despite the fact that I said that I wouldn't.  He ran his hand up and down my back to calm me.

            "Shh.  Shh.  Everything will be ok.  I am here now.  She can't hurt you." 

            I let go and said, "Thank you, Draco, thank you so much."  He smiled.  Together we walked out of the classroom and into the hall.  Without saying anything.  We just didn't need too.  There was no noise except the occasional sniff of my nose.  I just took the time to view things around me with Draco next to me.  Everything was the same.  I looked at the torches and they were still the same orange yellow glow.  The walls were still stone.  I reached up to touch one as we walked by.  It was still cold.  I used to think that if I was in the same room as a Malfoy the lights would go out or the chairs would all move out of the way.  Or a thousand house elves would come running to serve the most superior people in the world. But, everything was the same.  Nothing changed for a Malfoy or anyone else for the fact.  He was treated as if he was anybody else.  Which, I have come to realize, he is.  No rules bend for him, no special things are prepared.  I think everyone seems to over look that.  In fact I don't think anybody really knows who he is or what he is like.  He saved me today!  How could anybody not see the goodness that he has?  It is berried so deep, but it will only take a little shoveling to uncover it.  So the dragon does have a heart.  I just have to wait and see what it is made of.  Is it gold or silver?  The Pansy episode scared me, but as long as I have Draco to watch me, I know I will be fine. 

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            We walked into the Slytherin Common Room silence still unbroken.  I walked her to her room.  "Ginny, are you okay?"  She looked up at me a little startled at hearing my voice.

            "Yes, I think so.  Except for the fact that I didn't get to do my homework!"  She laughed.  I did too.  But I could tell that under the jokes she was still a little bit shaken.  But, she seemed okay for the most part.  It was pretty late.  No one was in the common room.  I looked at the welcoming table by the fire and said, "Well, why don't you join me down here and we can do our homework down here?" 

            "I'd be glad to."  So, we laughed and talked.  We finished our homework and went to bed very late.  "Goodnight Draco.  And thanks for saving me.  You're a real life saver in more ways than one."  And with that she disappeared into the dark depths of her bedroom.  I smiled.  She was truly a brave person.  I admire her strength. 

            As I lied in my bed and looked up at the stone ceiling I only had one worry that stuck out in my tired mind.  I can only hope that Ginny was too scared to realize that what Pansy had said was true.  Well, most of it. I didn't ever like Pansy, but, I hoped Ginny had caught what Pansy said.  "I see the way he looks at you."  Meaning that I liked her.  Maybe she didn't catch it.  I don't know… I hope not.  I love being her friend and I wish I was more.  But, I can't lose this friendship by making it more.  Then I might lose everything and have nothing in the end.  That would be horrible.  I'd lose everything in my life.  I lost my childhood, I lost my freedom, and I even lost the ability to think for myself with the unfair thoughts of my father always trailing behind me.  Nipping at my ankles until they are raw and my fathers thoughts are carved in blood.  I cannot loose this.  I don't care what my father thinks.  I care what I think.  And from now on I am thinking for myself.  Maybe along the long road of my life I will bump into some of the other things I have lost and take them back.  Hopefully Ginny will not be there.                                                 

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