Sweet Rapture's Shakespeare
A Ginny / Draco Fan Fiction (eventually)
By: MeEm
Summary: The new DADA teacher decides to put on the play 'Romeo & Juliet'. Ginny is made the lead role of Juliet and her mortal enemy; the arrogant disdainful Draco Malfoy is Romeo. Will Shakespeare bring them closer or drive them further apart? Not your stereotypical Shakespearian tale, either, with surprises cropping up around every corner Ginny's about to take a dive headfirst into trouble- but the show must go on!
Disclaimer: I own any new characters and the plot.
A/N: This proved v popular at my school with boys and girls alike and at the end of some chapters, I left room for a comment. I've added in the people who 'reviewed' SRS -in the notebook I am writing it in primarily- comments', as some of them don't have computers so they can't review online.
In addition, I'm not sure when I can post it up as my 'very helpful' school has banned fanfiction.net (why, might I ask?) and even though last year my mates and I hacked through the system, now they've found out and so accessing ff.net at school is impossible. My home computer has no Internet due to a particularly nasty virus I gave it (wiping out internet access and Microsoft word) accidentally and the library computer has no Microsoft word from which I can upload. See my problem?
On top of all of that, I am doing 5 extra-curriculum activities at the moment and as well as all my homework/ coursework I have to do, I am also beta reading Nalia (she's on ff.net too- check her out!)'s fiction 'Ghost'; and don't forget that I am illustrating Shakespeare's Muse's fan fic 'Things Change' and my friend Sab's fan fic 'Blood is thicker than water'. Why do I have such a hectic life?! (And such a long A/N?!)
So please be patient with me!
~*~
Chapter 1: A Controversial Choice
Ginny Weasley heaved her heavy and battered old trunk onto the Hogwarts Express- wiping her sweating face and trying to keep up with her brother Ron, his friend Harry Potter and his almost girlfriend Hermione Granger. Ron had been if-ing and ah-ing over asking her out all summer.
"C'mon Gin!" Ron called back. "You're so slow!"
Finally Ginny slumped onto a seat next to Hermione. Even though it was now September the weather was boiling; beyond boiling- it was positively sweltering!
Ginny absentmindedly gazed at Harry. She still fancied the pants off him just didn't make it so obvious. 'He'll never like me that way,' she thought sadly, her deep brown eyes resting on his new silver 'Head Boy' badge. 'I'm just his mate's little sister.'
"Ginny? Anyone home?" Jerking out of her daydream, Ginny smiled hastily. "Sorry," she said to Harry. "I was daydreaming."
"Well, I was just asking if you wanted anything off the trolley- I'm going to go get something."
'Is it lunch already?!" Ginny wondered. 'I must have been so lost in my thoughts I didn't realize time slip by!'
"Oh, just a glass of pumpkin juice please Harry. Thanks," she responded finally.
"Is that all?" Harry asked incredulously. Before Ginny could say she wasn't hungry, Ron had butted in with "Gin's on a diet. Again!" "Ron!" Ginny hissed, flushing a deep shade of red. "Why?" Harry asked, befuddled. "You're figure's great,"
Blushing even more, Ginny muttered, "Ron's lying! Excuse me-" She got up. "I need the.er, toilet."
Practically flying out of the train compartment, Ginny cringed. 'Typical Ron to make a fool out of me!'
"Oi! Weasley!" a sharp voice behind Ginny made her jump.
"What?" she turned around. "Oh- you." She added, seeing it was Draco Malfoy.
"Can you get out of the way?" Malfoy sneered.
"I think you'll find the correct phrase is 'excuse me'!" Ginny retaliated.
Malfoy simply raised a blonde eyebrow and smirked. "Oh, excuse moi!" he emphasized in a false flowery voice. Ginny moved out of the way, but Malfoy deliberately bumped into her as he passed.
"W*nker," Ginny muttered, rubbing her arm. Not yet out of earshot, Malfoy called out loftily, "Curb your tongue, Weasel! Language like that will earn you a detention," Rolling her eyes, Ginny returned to her compartment. Harry had already come back and there was a small feast spread out on the table.
"Pumpkin cake, Ginny?" Hermione offered. Proving a point to Ron (even though she really wasn't hungry) Ginny smiled and took one and eating in front of Ron, Ginny forced down another three cakes.
"Really Hermione, I'll throw up if I eat any more- no I'm serious!"
Ginny protested as Hermione offered her more.
~*~
One hour later, Ginny was feeling very queasy. Ron and Hermione had badgered her so much she had practically been force fed at least ten rich pumpkin cakes and a dozen chocolate frogs.
"You guys," Harry mumbled. "Ginny looks sort of green. Maybe you'd better stop feeding her so many-"
"Oh Harry! Loosen up!" Hermione interrupted. "Ginny needs fattening up- she's a bl**dy stick insect!"
"Actually, 'Mione, I think I'm going to be sick." Ginny confessed.
"'Scuse me!" Dashing up, Ginny fled thankfully.
Clutching her stomach Ginny ran down through the carriage towards the toilets.
"OUCH!"
"SORRY!"
She had collided with someone in her rush, scrambling up; Ginny held her breath.
'OMG! F-I-T Guy alert!'
A very tall boy was rubbing his shin. Looking up, he grinned at her. His eyes were a pale shade of blue- almost grey- and he had soft black curls that reached his chin. Ginny hadn't seen him before.
As if he read her mind, he said, "I'm new- going to start the seventh year. I'm only here because my mum's the new defence against the dark arts professor.
"Hi, I'm Ginny Weasley- I'm in the year below." Ginny shook hands with him. "Hi," the guy smiled warmly. "Will Hathaway- my mum named me after Shakespeare. She's sort of a Shakespeare nut!"
"Oh I love Shakespeare!" Ginny gushed, forgetting to be shy.
"Especially Macbeth!"
Smiling more, Will quoted, "Is this a dagger, which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee: -"
He mimed plucking an invisible dagger from the sky, Ginny laughing.
Suddenly the train lurched.and disaster struck!
Ginny threw up all over Will!
"Oh my lord I am so sorry!" Ginny stammered for the tenth time.
"No problem, it's okay." Will insisted, mopping up the vomit as best as he could.
Ginny groaned and closed her eyes in horror.
~*~
Finally, the Hogwarts Express pulled in at Hogsmeade station. Hundreds of billowing black-robed students poured out, a -still cringing- Ginny among them.
She got separated from Ron, Harry and Hermione in the crowd so she had to clamber onto a coach by her bill.
Due to witnessing Sirius Black's death two years ago, Ginny could clearly see the thestrals; even though the site of them creeped her out big time.
The rest of the ride was extremely monotonic- as Ginny was sharing with three very hyper third year girls who wouldn't stop squealing every other word they screeched.
"So then I said 'you're totally awesome'-"
"No!" (Shriek)
"Yes!" (Shriek)
"What next?"
"We held hands!" (Various shrieks from all three girls.)
Finally, when they were nearly there; Ginny lost her patience and shrieked, "Oh my God! Really? Are you all retarded bimbos with no singular personalities that are forced to shriek incessantly about utter crap?! Why I do believe you are!!!"
There was silence until the coach drew up at the castle. In a thoroughly bad mood, Ginny stormed past the cretins and up into Hogwarts where she sought out Ron, Harry and Hermione. Glowering, she sat down between Seamus Finnagin and Harry.
"Don't even ask me how the trip was!" she warned menacingly. Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat and stood up to make a speech after the Sorting happened.
"This year our new defence against the dark arts teacher will be Professor Anne Hathaway-"
Everyone noticed a very beautiful woman with long, long black hair that fell in a dark sheet and sharp emerald green eyes. Her rosebud lips were dark red and she wore slinky figure hugging purple robes.
She gracefully rose and said, "Please, none of the 'professor' nonsense! Just call me Ms. Hathaway."
"Of course," Dumbeldore said politely as Ms. Hathaway resumed her seat. "And her son -William Hathaway- will be staying with us as well. He has already been sorted into Gryffindor. Also this year, as Ms. Hathaway used to teach performing arts at her last school; we thought it would be fun to put on a school production!"
He paused, and then carried on. "We'll be doing 'Romeo & Juliet' - one I'm sure most of you will have heard of. Times and dates of auditions will be posted up tomorrow. Now: tuck in!"
'A school play?' Ginny pondered, shoveling Shepard's pie in. 'Sounds Interesting.'
"I say, controversial or what!" Ginny listened in on two Ravenclaws talking animatedly outside the Great Hall.
"What?"
"Well, hiring Anne Hathaway of course!"
Ginny's ears pricked open suddenly, interested.
"Didn't you hear about 'The Hathaway Trials'?"
"No."
"Well, all I can say is I'm sure she has had a lot of practice at the dark arts!"
"I thought she was a model?"
"Yeah, in her twenties."
Ginny wondered what the Ravenclaw had meant by 'The Hathaway Trials'.but she was too tired to really mull it over right now.
"Ginny!" Neville Longbottom yelled. "Are you coming?"
"Yeah, hold on!"
Ginny ran up the stairs and joined a group of Gryffindors.
*
"Night 'Mione!"
"See you, Gin!"
Ginny went into her own dormitory, said goodnight to her acquaintances already there and got into bed.
Snuggling down under her cosy duvet, Ginny closed her eyes and quickly fell into slumber; looking forward to another year at Hogwarts.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A/N: Well, that's the first chappy! Please review! Ps. Comments from my mates are below:
Really good! (Shriek!)
Luv it! More soooon plz! ~*Felicitations*~ (Kat) xxx
OMG! Wright more wright more WRIGHT MORE!!!
WOW! That was sooo good! I want more and then make a book and sell it all over the world! Mason =)
Great! I love your stories there really amazing. I want to read the other one with Ginny. Sorry my writing is so sh*t! Sab xxx
Yeah!! I read it, is really good, I like Will x Ana x =)
Yeah Will sounds SOOO FIT!
This is soooo good. ~ Zeek
I'm not being conceited! (I hope!) Peace n Luv, Emmy xxx
A Ginny / Draco Fan Fiction (eventually)
By: MeEm
Summary: The new DADA teacher decides to put on the play 'Romeo & Juliet'. Ginny is made the lead role of Juliet and her mortal enemy; the arrogant disdainful Draco Malfoy is Romeo. Will Shakespeare bring them closer or drive them further apart? Not your stereotypical Shakespearian tale, either, with surprises cropping up around every corner Ginny's about to take a dive headfirst into trouble- but the show must go on!
Disclaimer: I own any new characters and the plot.
A/N: This proved v popular at my school with boys and girls alike and at the end of some chapters, I left room for a comment. I've added in the people who 'reviewed' SRS -in the notebook I am writing it in primarily- comments', as some of them don't have computers so they can't review online.
In addition, I'm not sure when I can post it up as my 'very helpful' school has banned fanfiction.net (why, might I ask?) and even though last year my mates and I hacked through the system, now they've found out and so accessing ff.net at school is impossible. My home computer has no Internet due to a particularly nasty virus I gave it (wiping out internet access and Microsoft word) accidentally and the library computer has no Microsoft word from which I can upload. See my problem?
On top of all of that, I am doing 5 extra-curriculum activities at the moment and as well as all my homework/ coursework I have to do, I am also beta reading Nalia (she's on ff.net too- check her out!)'s fiction 'Ghost'; and don't forget that I am illustrating Shakespeare's Muse's fan fic 'Things Change' and my friend Sab's fan fic 'Blood is thicker than water'. Why do I have such a hectic life?! (And such a long A/N?!)
So please be patient with me!
~*~
Chapter 1: A Controversial Choice
Ginny Weasley heaved her heavy and battered old trunk onto the Hogwarts Express- wiping her sweating face and trying to keep up with her brother Ron, his friend Harry Potter and his almost girlfriend Hermione Granger. Ron had been if-ing and ah-ing over asking her out all summer.
"C'mon Gin!" Ron called back. "You're so slow!"
Finally Ginny slumped onto a seat next to Hermione. Even though it was now September the weather was boiling; beyond boiling- it was positively sweltering!
Ginny absentmindedly gazed at Harry. She still fancied the pants off him just didn't make it so obvious. 'He'll never like me that way,' she thought sadly, her deep brown eyes resting on his new silver 'Head Boy' badge. 'I'm just his mate's little sister.'
"Ginny? Anyone home?" Jerking out of her daydream, Ginny smiled hastily. "Sorry," she said to Harry. "I was daydreaming."
"Well, I was just asking if you wanted anything off the trolley- I'm going to go get something."
'Is it lunch already?!" Ginny wondered. 'I must have been so lost in my thoughts I didn't realize time slip by!'
"Oh, just a glass of pumpkin juice please Harry. Thanks," she responded finally.
"Is that all?" Harry asked incredulously. Before Ginny could say she wasn't hungry, Ron had butted in with "Gin's on a diet. Again!" "Ron!" Ginny hissed, flushing a deep shade of red. "Why?" Harry asked, befuddled. "You're figure's great,"
Blushing even more, Ginny muttered, "Ron's lying! Excuse me-" She got up. "I need the.er, toilet."
Practically flying out of the train compartment, Ginny cringed. 'Typical Ron to make a fool out of me!'
"Oi! Weasley!" a sharp voice behind Ginny made her jump.
"What?" she turned around. "Oh- you." She added, seeing it was Draco Malfoy.
"Can you get out of the way?" Malfoy sneered.
"I think you'll find the correct phrase is 'excuse me'!" Ginny retaliated.
Malfoy simply raised a blonde eyebrow and smirked. "Oh, excuse moi!" he emphasized in a false flowery voice. Ginny moved out of the way, but Malfoy deliberately bumped into her as he passed.
"W*nker," Ginny muttered, rubbing her arm. Not yet out of earshot, Malfoy called out loftily, "Curb your tongue, Weasel! Language like that will earn you a detention," Rolling her eyes, Ginny returned to her compartment. Harry had already come back and there was a small feast spread out on the table.
"Pumpkin cake, Ginny?" Hermione offered. Proving a point to Ron (even though she really wasn't hungry) Ginny smiled and took one and eating in front of Ron, Ginny forced down another three cakes.
"Really Hermione, I'll throw up if I eat any more- no I'm serious!"
Ginny protested as Hermione offered her more.
~*~
One hour later, Ginny was feeling very queasy. Ron and Hermione had badgered her so much she had practically been force fed at least ten rich pumpkin cakes and a dozen chocolate frogs.
"You guys," Harry mumbled. "Ginny looks sort of green. Maybe you'd better stop feeding her so many-"
"Oh Harry! Loosen up!" Hermione interrupted. "Ginny needs fattening up- she's a bl**dy stick insect!"
"Actually, 'Mione, I think I'm going to be sick." Ginny confessed.
"'Scuse me!" Dashing up, Ginny fled thankfully.
Clutching her stomach Ginny ran down through the carriage towards the toilets.
"OUCH!"
"SORRY!"
She had collided with someone in her rush, scrambling up; Ginny held her breath.
'OMG! F-I-T Guy alert!'
A very tall boy was rubbing his shin. Looking up, he grinned at her. His eyes were a pale shade of blue- almost grey- and he had soft black curls that reached his chin. Ginny hadn't seen him before.
As if he read her mind, he said, "I'm new- going to start the seventh year. I'm only here because my mum's the new defence against the dark arts professor.
"Hi, I'm Ginny Weasley- I'm in the year below." Ginny shook hands with him. "Hi," the guy smiled warmly. "Will Hathaway- my mum named me after Shakespeare. She's sort of a Shakespeare nut!"
"Oh I love Shakespeare!" Ginny gushed, forgetting to be shy.
"Especially Macbeth!"
Smiling more, Will quoted, "Is this a dagger, which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee: -"
He mimed plucking an invisible dagger from the sky, Ginny laughing.
Suddenly the train lurched.and disaster struck!
Ginny threw up all over Will!
"Oh my lord I am so sorry!" Ginny stammered for the tenth time.
"No problem, it's okay." Will insisted, mopping up the vomit as best as he could.
Ginny groaned and closed her eyes in horror.
~*~
Finally, the Hogwarts Express pulled in at Hogsmeade station. Hundreds of billowing black-robed students poured out, a -still cringing- Ginny among them.
She got separated from Ron, Harry and Hermione in the crowd so she had to clamber onto a coach by her bill.
Due to witnessing Sirius Black's death two years ago, Ginny could clearly see the thestrals; even though the site of them creeped her out big time.
The rest of the ride was extremely monotonic- as Ginny was sharing with three very hyper third year girls who wouldn't stop squealing every other word they screeched.
"So then I said 'you're totally awesome'-"
"No!" (Shriek)
"Yes!" (Shriek)
"What next?"
"We held hands!" (Various shrieks from all three girls.)
Finally, when they were nearly there; Ginny lost her patience and shrieked, "Oh my God! Really? Are you all retarded bimbos with no singular personalities that are forced to shriek incessantly about utter crap?! Why I do believe you are!!!"
There was silence until the coach drew up at the castle. In a thoroughly bad mood, Ginny stormed past the cretins and up into Hogwarts where she sought out Ron, Harry and Hermione. Glowering, she sat down between Seamus Finnagin and Harry.
"Don't even ask me how the trip was!" she warned menacingly. Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat and stood up to make a speech after the Sorting happened.
"This year our new defence against the dark arts teacher will be Professor Anne Hathaway-"
Everyone noticed a very beautiful woman with long, long black hair that fell in a dark sheet and sharp emerald green eyes. Her rosebud lips were dark red and she wore slinky figure hugging purple robes.
She gracefully rose and said, "Please, none of the 'professor' nonsense! Just call me Ms. Hathaway."
"Of course," Dumbeldore said politely as Ms. Hathaway resumed her seat. "And her son -William Hathaway- will be staying with us as well. He has already been sorted into Gryffindor. Also this year, as Ms. Hathaway used to teach performing arts at her last school; we thought it would be fun to put on a school production!"
He paused, and then carried on. "We'll be doing 'Romeo & Juliet' - one I'm sure most of you will have heard of. Times and dates of auditions will be posted up tomorrow. Now: tuck in!"
'A school play?' Ginny pondered, shoveling Shepard's pie in. 'Sounds Interesting.'
"I say, controversial or what!" Ginny listened in on two Ravenclaws talking animatedly outside the Great Hall.
"What?"
"Well, hiring Anne Hathaway of course!"
Ginny's ears pricked open suddenly, interested.
"Didn't you hear about 'The Hathaway Trials'?"
"No."
"Well, all I can say is I'm sure she has had a lot of practice at the dark arts!"
"I thought she was a model?"
"Yeah, in her twenties."
Ginny wondered what the Ravenclaw had meant by 'The Hathaway Trials'.but she was too tired to really mull it over right now.
"Ginny!" Neville Longbottom yelled. "Are you coming?"
"Yeah, hold on!"
Ginny ran up the stairs and joined a group of Gryffindors.
*
"Night 'Mione!"
"See you, Gin!"
Ginny went into her own dormitory, said goodnight to her acquaintances already there and got into bed.
Snuggling down under her cosy duvet, Ginny closed her eyes and quickly fell into slumber; looking forward to another year at Hogwarts.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A/N: Well, that's the first chappy! Please review! Ps. Comments from my mates are below:
Really good! (Shriek!)
Luv it! More soooon plz! ~*Felicitations*~ (Kat) xxx
OMG! Wright more wright more WRIGHT MORE!!!
WOW! That was sooo good! I want more and then make a book and sell it all over the world! Mason =)
Great! I love your stories there really amazing. I want to read the other one with Ginny. Sorry my writing is so sh*t! Sab xxx
Yeah!! I read it, is really good, I like Will x Ana x =)
Yeah Will sounds SOOO FIT!
This is soooo good. ~ Zeek
I'm not being conceited! (I hope!) Peace n Luv, Emmy xxx