Meagan Renae aka Slytherin Meagan Renae
Disclaimer: I only own Jennae, her adopted family, and the plot. J.K. Rowling owns everything else.
Title: Just a Secret
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Ginny Weasley
Rating: R (for language and later chapters)
Summary: Ginny kept a secret from Draco 16 years ago, and now they're both back at Hogwarts as teachers? Will the secret get out or will Ginny be able to continue to hide it?
Chapter 1: There's Got To Be More To Life
August 31, 2023.16 years later
Jennae (pronounced Jen-A) Mayi (pronounced My-E) Oritz sat in her room watching the telly, when her mother, Malissa, walked in the room.
"Jen, you're Aunt Natalia won't be training you anymore," Malissa Ortiz said.
Malissa was a half English, half Jordanian/Egyptian mix. She looked exotic with dark eyes, features, and hair. Jennae envied her mother's beauty just like she envied her sister, Kelci's. Jennae's father, Luis, was a pure bread Catalonian Spanish man with every feature of a latin man. Jennae was like a drop of whip cream in the middle of a mocha latte with her fiery red hair and deep, crystal, sapphire blue eyes. She felt like she just didn't belong. Her father's younger sister, Natalia, was a Spanish woman who had studied at a famous witchcraft school, then opened a private one of her own. Since, Jen had shown an interest in magic at an early age, her parents decided to let Natalia school her in the ways of performing magic, which kept her in Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain (or Espana) for most of the year.
"Why, mum?" Jen asked.
"I hate having you so far away in Barcelona," Malissa answered.
"Then, how on earth do you expect me to finish my last two years of training?"
"At a school in England."
"There's one in England?"
"Yes. You've been accepted for your sixth and seventh years of training at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
"I've heard of that place. It's supposed to be the best."
"And, it is, according to Natalia anyway."
"Ok mum, when do I leave?'
"Promptly tomorrow morning."
"What?"
"I had Natalia pick up your supplies and bring them. They're all packed in that trunk over there. You have to be at the train station and on the train before 11 in the morning."
"Yes, mum."
Jen flopped back onto her bed. What a surprise her mother had just given her? Maybe this would be her chance to find out if she really belonged in this family or not. Maybe, just maybe.
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Ginny Weasley strolled into the staff room at Hogwarts for the second year in a row as the Charms Professor there. She'd first came to work at Hogwarts in December of 2007, as a professor's apprentice. Dumbledore found her niche to be charms and when Flitwick retired two years ago, he immediately gave the job to Ginny. He knew about the child that Ginny had that would be sixteen this Halloween and who the father was. Of course, he wasn't the only one to know this. McGonnagal found out, but Snape only found out about the little girl but not the identity of the father.
"Ginny, so nice to see you," Snape said.
"Bite me, Severus," Ginny snapped.
"I was just wondering who fathered that child you gave up nearly 16 years ago."
"None of your business."
"Was he a pureblood from Hogwarts?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Curiosity."
"Curiosity killed the cat, Severus," Hermione Weasley, the former Hermione Granger said.
"I am a cat, Hermione," Professor McGonnagal said.
"Bad pun sorry, Minerva."
"It's quite alright."
"I can't believe Harry stopped playing professonial Quidditch to teach flying at Hogwarts."
"It was about time I retired. I'm getting old," Harry said joining the staff that was already there.
"Who's teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts this year since what's his name quit?" Hermione asked.
Hermione had been the Hogwarts librarian for the part ten years, and no one had done the job better, not even Madam Pince. She was married to Ron, who worked in the library as her assistant, as the interim flying professor, and as the second in charge of Quidditch behind Harry of course. Hagrid, Trelawney, McGonnagal, Snape, Dumbledore, Sprout, and Pomphrey were the only ones still at Hogwarts from when they were there. Remus Lupin had retired and went to partnering with the Weasley twins in Wizard Wheezes, leaving them without a descent DADA professor in 5 years.
"I'm not sure," Trelawney answered. "But I forsaw a Slytherin with blonde hair, good at Quidditch, and without a lady to share his life with."
"Sybill it is best that Albus tell them who got the job," McGonnagal said.
"Minverva, Poppy and I both already know," Snape put in.
"Who is it?" Harry asked.
"Yea, Minerva, who is it?" Ginny asked.
"A former classmate of you, Harry, and Hermione, Ginny," Dumbledore said. "A Slytherin, yes, and he should be arriving soon."
"A Slytherin?" Hermione questioned.
"Former classmate?" Harry asked.
"Ferret boy," Ginny answered.
"No! Not Him!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Yea, you know how he treated 'Mione," Harry said.
"Professor Dumbledore, how could you hire a Malfoy? You know how he hates us, well most of us," Hagrid said.
"Because, I'm the best to be found," Draco said as he entered the room.
"I wouldn't bet on that, ferret," Harry retorted.
"Harry, be nice," McGonngal said.
"I don't think he has to be, after all Malfoy's treated him like shit all these years," Hagrid put in.
"I agree. I shouldn't have to be nice to ferret boy either. After all, I was just mudblood to him," Hermione added.
"So, I'm still ferret boy after 18 years out of school?" Draco asked sarcastically.
"Yes," Harry and Hermione answered.
Ginny couldn't speak. She hadn't laid eyes on Draco since the last time they made love, the night their daughter was conceived. It had been over 16 years, and she wasn't sure that she could handle it.
"What about you, Ginny? Am I still the ferret boy?" Draco asked.
"I'm not sure," Ginny said as she left the meeting and went to her office, which, unfortunately, was in between Draco & Snape's offices.
Ginny had been working in her office, when Snape walked in after the meeting was over.
"What the fuck do you want, Snape?" Ginny asked.
"To tell you that you'll be one of the teachers accompanying the students to school tomorrow, and that I know who 'he' is," Snape answered.
"How?"
"Put the pieces of the puzzle together. The way you looked at him when you saw him and the pureblood thing."
"So, you're still head of Slytherin. Minerva is still head of Gryffindor. Hermione is over the prefects. Sprout is stuck with the Hufflepuffs. That leaves Sybill with the Revenclaws?"
"Yes. Miverva, Sprout, Sybill, and I have the houses and Hermione has the prefects."
"What am I?"
"You're working with Malfoy on your teacherly duties this year."
"I don't think so!"
"But, Albus does."
"Great just great. What are we stuck with?"
"The balls, and students who stay here during breaks."
"That leaves Harry with Quidditch, and Poppy with the usual, medical care."
"Right."
"So Draco and I have the social part to keep in line."
"Exactly. Lastly, Hagrid has the animals and Filch the building."
"I knew that smart ass!"
"Oh it's you Draco, Harry, and Hermione on the train tomorrow."
"Gee thanks for filling me in, Snivelly."
"Not funny."
"I know."
She was relieved when Snape went back to his own office, but she wasn't too happy being stuck with Draco on all of her duties this year. The train ride was going to be a long one. At least it would give her time to think of what might have been like what house her little girl would have been in while at Hogwarts, but she decided not to bother at least until Draco entered her office.
"It's been a long time beautiful," Draco said.
"And, I don't want to go back," Ginny replied
"Oh you don't?"
"No."
"I'm sorry I ever left you, Ginny."
"I'm sorry I ever loved you, Draco."
"You still do, and I still love you."
"I'm not getting back together with you."
"Why?"
"You caused me too much pain, Draco, way too much pain. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to be alone."
With that he left thinking that there just had to more to life that would send Ginny back to his arms. Ginny knew that there had to be more to life, which meant life without loving Draco, but something in her wouldn't let her stop loving Draco. To Ginny there wasn't more to life but loving Draco and teaching at Hogwarts. There wasn't anything else.
except her daughter
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A/N: I hope you enjoyed Chapter 1: There's Got To Be More To Life of Just A Secret. All first time readers who want on my email update list, leave me your email address in the review. No flames please! All reviewers, look before a chapter begins for a personal thank you from me for reviewing. Chapter 1: Something Oddly Familiar will be up soon! Thanks for reading!
Love ya,
Meagan Renae
Disclaimer: I only own Jennae, her adopted family, and the plot. J.K. Rowling owns everything else.
Title: Just a Secret
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Ginny Weasley
Rating: R (for language and later chapters)
Summary: Ginny kept a secret from Draco 16 years ago, and now they're both back at Hogwarts as teachers? Will the secret get out or will Ginny be able to continue to hide it?
Chapter 1: There's Got To Be More To Life
August 31, 2023.16 years later
Jennae (pronounced Jen-A) Mayi (pronounced My-E) Oritz sat in her room watching the telly, when her mother, Malissa, walked in the room.
"Jen, you're Aunt Natalia won't be training you anymore," Malissa Ortiz said.
Malissa was a half English, half Jordanian/Egyptian mix. She looked exotic with dark eyes, features, and hair. Jennae envied her mother's beauty just like she envied her sister, Kelci's. Jennae's father, Luis, was a pure bread Catalonian Spanish man with every feature of a latin man. Jennae was like a drop of whip cream in the middle of a mocha latte with her fiery red hair and deep, crystal, sapphire blue eyes. She felt like she just didn't belong. Her father's younger sister, Natalia, was a Spanish woman who had studied at a famous witchcraft school, then opened a private one of her own. Since, Jen had shown an interest in magic at an early age, her parents decided to let Natalia school her in the ways of performing magic, which kept her in Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain (or Espana) for most of the year.
"Why, mum?" Jen asked.
"I hate having you so far away in Barcelona," Malissa answered.
"Then, how on earth do you expect me to finish my last two years of training?"
"At a school in England."
"There's one in England?"
"Yes. You've been accepted for your sixth and seventh years of training at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
"I've heard of that place. It's supposed to be the best."
"And, it is, according to Natalia anyway."
"Ok mum, when do I leave?'
"Promptly tomorrow morning."
"What?"
"I had Natalia pick up your supplies and bring them. They're all packed in that trunk over there. You have to be at the train station and on the train before 11 in the morning."
"Yes, mum."
Jen flopped back onto her bed. What a surprise her mother had just given her? Maybe this would be her chance to find out if she really belonged in this family or not. Maybe, just maybe.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ginny Weasley strolled into the staff room at Hogwarts for the second year in a row as the Charms Professor there. She'd first came to work at Hogwarts in December of 2007, as a professor's apprentice. Dumbledore found her niche to be charms and when Flitwick retired two years ago, he immediately gave the job to Ginny. He knew about the child that Ginny had that would be sixteen this Halloween and who the father was. Of course, he wasn't the only one to know this. McGonnagal found out, but Snape only found out about the little girl but not the identity of the father.
"Ginny, so nice to see you," Snape said.
"Bite me, Severus," Ginny snapped.
"I was just wondering who fathered that child you gave up nearly 16 years ago."
"None of your business."
"Was he a pureblood from Hogwarts?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Curiosity."
"Curiosity killed the cat, Severus," Hermione Weasley, the former Hermione Granger said.
"I am a cat, Hermione," Professor McGonnagal said.
"Bad pun sorry, Minerva."
"It's quite alright."
"I can't believe Harry stopped playing professonial Quidditch to teach flying at Hogwarts."
"It was about time I retired. I'm getting old," Harry said joining the staff that was already there.
"Who's teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts this year since what's his name quit?" Hermione asked.
Hermione had been the Hogwarts librarian for the part ten years, and no one had done the job better, not even Madam Pince. She was married to Ron, who worked in the library as her assistant, as the interim flying professor, and as the second in charge of Quidditch behind Harry of course. Hagrid, Trelawney, McGonnagal, Snape, Dumbledore, Sprout, and Pomphrey were the only ones still at Hogwarts from when they were there. Remus Lupin had retired and went to partnering with the Weasley twins in Wizard Wheezes, leaving them without a descent DADA professor in 5 years.
"I'm not sure," Trelawney answered. "But I forsaw a Slytherin with blonde hair, good at Quidditch, and without a lady to share his life with."
"Sybill it is best that Albus tell them who got the job," McGonnagal said.
"Minverva, Poppy and I both already know," Snape put in.
"Who is it?" Harry asked.
"Yea, Minerva, who is it?" Ginny asked.
"A former classmate of you, Harry, and Hermione, Ginny," Dumbledore said. "A Slytherin, yes, and he should be arriving soon."
"A Slytherin?" Hermione questioned.
"Former classmate?" Harry asked.
"Ferret boy," Ginny answered.
"No! Not Him!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Yea, you know how he treated 'Mione," Harry said.
"Professor Dumbledore, how could you hire a Malfoy? You know how he hates us, well most of us," Hagrid said.
"Because, I'm the best to be found," Draco said as he entered the room.
"I wouldn't bet on that, ferret," Harry retorted.
"Harry, be nice," McGonngal said.
"I don't think he has to be, after all Malfoy's treated him like shit all these years," Hagrid put in.
"I agree. I shouldn't have to be nice to ferret boy either. After all, I was just mudblood to him," Hermione added.
"So, I'm still ferret boy after 18 years out of school?" Draco asked sarcastically.
"Yes," Harry and Hermione answered.
Ginny couldn't speak. She hadn't laid eyes on Draco since the last time they made love, the night their daughter was conceived. It had been over 16 years, and she wasn't sure that she could handle it.
"What about you, Ginny? Am I still the ferret boy?" Draco asked.
"I'm not sure," Ginny said as she left the meeting and went to her office, which, unfortunately, was in between Draco & Snape's offices.
Ginny had been working in her office, when Snape walked in after the meeting was over.
"What the fuck do you want, Snape?" Ginny asked.
"To tell you that you'll be one of the teachers accompanying the students to school tomorrow, and that I know who 'he' is," Snape answered.
"How?"
"Put the pieces of the puzzle together. The way you looked at him when you saw him and the pureblood thing."
"So, you're still head of Slytherin. Minerva is still head of Gryffindor. Hermione is over the prefects. Sprout is stuck with the Hufflepuffs. That leaves Sybill with the Revenclaws?"
"Yes. Miverva, Sprout, Sybill, and I have the houses and Hermione has the prefects."
"What am I?"
"You're working with Malfoy on your teacherly duties this year."
"I don't think so!"
"But, Albus does."
"Great just great. What are we stuck with?"
"The balls, and students who stay here during breaks."
"That leaves Harry with Quidditch, and Poppy with the usual, medical care."
"Right."
"So Draco and I have the social part to keep in line."
"Exactly. Lastly, Hagrid has the animals and Filch the building."
"I knew that smart ass!"
"Oh it's you Draco, Harry, and Hermione on the train tomorrow."
"Gee thanks for filling me in, Snivelly."
"Not funny."
"I know."
She was relieved when Snape went back to his own office, but she wasn't too happy being stuck with Draco on all of her duties this year. The train ride was going to be a long one. At least it would give her time to think of what might have been like what house her little girl would have been in while at Hogwarts, but she decided not to bother at least until Draco entered her office.
"It's been a long time beautiful," Draco said.
"And, I don't want to go back," Ginny replied
"Oh you don't?"
"No."
"I'm sorry I ever left you, Ginny."
"I'm sorry I ever loved you, Draco."
"You still do, and I still love you."
"I'm not getting back together with you."
"Why?"
"You caused me too much pain, Draco, way too much pain. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to be alone."
With that he left thinking that there just had to more to life that would send Ginny back to his arms. Ginny knew that there had to be more to life, which meant life without loving Draco, but something in her wouldn't let her stop loving Draco. To Ginny there wasn't more to life but loving Draco and teaching at Hogwarts. There wasn't anything else.
except her daughter
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A/N: I hope you enjoyed Chapter 1: There's Got To Be More To Life of Just A Secret. All first time readers who want on my email update list, leave me your email address in the review. No flames please! All reviewers, look before a chapter begins for a personal thank you from me for reviewing. Chapter 1: Something Oddly Familiar will be up soon! Thanks for reading!
Love ya,
Meagan Renae