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Out of this world
Chapter 4: Utter Confusion
Ginny awoke to golden rays of sunshine pouring down upon her through her open bed hangings. The air around her seemed to glitter in the morning haze and leave her with a renewed sense of welcome. Hecate was still tangled in the mess of scarlet fabric that was her sheets, though at the moment they were just an indecipherable lump of cloth. Ginny's chest had been brought up last night and as she walked around the bed she nearly tripped over it. She wasn't used to large wooden boxes at the end of her bed.
Ginny yawned. She had spent her night peacefully dreaming. Though she couldn't remember exactly what it was she had been dreaming about, she did remember a pair of beautiful grey eyes flecked with gold and silver. The memory still sent shivers up her spine, the kind that make you smile even if you don't want to. There was something about the stare the owner of the eyes was giving her that made Ginny think she was supposed to remember. What she was supposed to remember though, Ginny had no clue.
Taking her time getting dressed, Ginny slowly made her way down to the Great Hall for breakfast. As she walked in, owls flooded the air from openings in the ceiling above. Hundred's of them soared overhead, but Ginny paid no mind to them. In fact no one except for the first years really paid much attention.
Neville walked into the Hall behind Ginny and came to sit with her and Colin. None of them received a package of any sort, which was alright considering that they hadn't really been expecting one. Though Ginny was slightly put off by the fact that Neville hadn't received his usual package of items that he had forgotten at home.
Midway through their bacon Professor McGonagall walked down the rows to hand out schedules. The threesome groaned at the idea of classes later on. The school seemed so peaceful without the added anguish of homework, tests and forthcoming detentions.
"I could sure live without classes for a few more days. I have to take my N.E.W.T.'s this year so I know for a fact that it's gonna be wicked hard!" Neville sighed in disdain.
"I guess then I should feel lucky. No O.W.L.'s, no N.E.W.T.'s. I feel so lucky." Ginny grinned at Colin who was currently grimacing at the sheet of parchment in his hand. "Uh Gin, we have double potions today!"
Ginny glanced down at her own schedule and groaned. Why did she have to get into A.P. Potions? It wasn't even that she wanted to be in it, she just wanted a well rounded schedule. That and it was one of the only classes she was good at. Ginny had always been good at timing and precision. It really wasn't that hard if you read the directions correctly.
"Come on Colin, it could be worse!"
"Really? What is worse than 2 hours locked in a room with Snape?"
"How about 2 hours locked in a room with Trelawny?" The 3 burst into fits of laughter at the mere thought of what Professor Trelawny, their Divinations teacher, could do in 2 hours time. The number of times she could predict death in someone's tea cup was innumerable.
The rest of the day seemed to go by rather quickly. Virginia stumbled her way from class to class hardly taking in a thing. The grey eyes from her dream haunted her at every turn and she just couldn't keep her mind on her classes. For some odd reason Ginny had the idea that she had seen those eyes before.
Ginny was lost in thought on her way to the dungeons for her potions class. She was trying to place the grey eyes. So absorbed was she in her thoughts in fact, that she walked right into Draco Malfoy. His bag split when he stumbled and his books slid down the stairs. He glared at her from under beneath his eyelashes before he seemed to realize who it was that had bumped him.
"OH MY GOD! I am SO sorry Draco! I wasn't paying attention. Let me help you! I'm so sorry!" Ginny raced to pick up his books and praying she wouldn't be late for class.
"Gin, Gin stop. It's ok. Really don't worry about it."
Ginny stared at him. "You called me Gin."
"It's your name isn't it. In any case, don't bother with the books. You should try to get to class before Snape has a dragon. He's not in a particularly splendid mood this afternoon." He grabbed his Care of Magical Creatures book before it could bite Ginny's hand off.
"How'd you know I was going to Potions? Er wait, dungeons. Got it, I'm really not as stupid as I look." Ginny sighed and started down the stairs.
"You don't look stupid to me." Was the only response she got.
Ginny turned around and the grey eyes from her dream caught hers. She knew that her jaw must've dropped and that she was just standing there staring at her, but she couldn't help it. The eyes she had been dreaming of were the eyes belonging to one of her greatest enemies. An enemy no less who had just paid her a compliment. Suddenly she realized that she had only a few minutes to get all the way to her class. Ginny turned tail and ran along the stone corridors as fast as she possibly could with the heavy bag over her shoulder. She skidded to a stop right outside the class and hurried to a seat in the back next to Colin.
"Ms. Weasley, how nice of you to bless us with your presence. 20 points from Gryffindor and detention. Yes, that should suit well enough." Ginny sighed, arguing would only dig the hole she was in only deeper so instead she set to work with unpacking her ingredients and her book.
"The potion you'll be making today is very difficult so I want no screw ups. We will be developing a temporary mind erase potion. At the end of class you will pour the potion into a bottle and pass it in. Now turn to page 236 in your books and get started!"
Colin looked over at Ginny. He marveled at how she wasn't showing any kind of anger towards Snape. The normal Ginny would have complained or argued, but the girl sitting next to him was calmly cutting up her ingredients. It took him a second to realize that he was supposed to be readying his ingredients too. He'd have to ask her later at dinner.
When the bell rang for the end of class Ginny stayed behind to get her detention assignment and then ran all the way up to the common room. She had a free period right now and could really use the time to contemplate why she was having warm fuzzy bunny feelings about the person most likely to be number one on her hit list.
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A/N: ok so yeah Ginny's dreamin bout Draco… could it mean something??? Possibly… u kno I have to use my twisted mind for good one of these days… nah… not as fun… nehow so u like it??? So far I haven't gotten ne flames so ima assume thas a good thing, though I would love sum constructive criticism. Soo helpful would that b actually… thanks… luv yas!!!