A/N Hey this is my first fic. So please R&R and help me on anything.
I recommend that u read AWTR by Nicholas Sparks or watch the movie.
The basic idea in this story is thru those. please read, and I
hope u like this!
A Walk To Remember
Plane Ride
The week went by very quickly
for the sixth and seventh years. No homework was given to them,
since they would be studying much harder over in America. The
Salem Witch trials were a big part in history over in the wizard
world, but Professor Binns hadn't thought of teaching the students
that. It was big, since half of the people who were hanged were witches, and it was such a close exposure of their world.
Ginny packed her things the night
before, considering it was going to be a long flight and they
had to get up very early in the morning. They would be going to
Salem Academy for Witches and Wizards of America (SAWWA for short)
for a week, then living close to where the trials were held and
studying along with the American sixth and seventh years.
The plane was to take off on
Hogwarts grounds at 7:00 AM sharp. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
would be held on the plane ride. Landing time was on SAWWA grounds
at 8:00 PM. Everyone was assigned a seat (everyone groaned when
McGonagall had told them after dinner the night before) on the
plane, and they would be assigned a guest room also. The next
week they would be assigned a family of the school to stay with.
Not everyone in SAWWA was going back home. Only the students who
lived in Salem lived in their home at night and such, traveling
to school in the morning. Other students who lived out of the
city stayed at school overnight. After all, it was the
only wizarding school in America!
Ginny was so excited. She had
to put a sleeping spell on herself just so she could go to sleep.
In the morning, at six, she jumped out of bed and rushed to the
bathroom to do all her morning things to get ready. She got her
trunks (which were half unpacked several days before since not
much was to be used just yet), levitated them, and went down to
the great oak front doors.
Someone else was waiting at the
doors. She wanted to turn and run, she didn't ever want to be
near him. Sitting on front of the doors, looking at the list of
assigned seats, sat Draco Malfoy. He heard someone coming and
saw Ginny, just standing there with her mouth open.
She turned to run.
"Where are you going, Weasley?"
sneered Draco.
She stopped and turned back to
him. "No where. I guess I'm forced to wait here." She
calmly moved over next to Draco, plopped her trunk down, and sat
on it and scanned the list on the doors.
Harry and Hermione...Ron and
Lavendar...Ginny and--DRACO!?
Draco chuckled when he saw Ginny's
brown eyes widen and jaw drop. "Looks like we're partners
for a whooole day!"
Ginny glared at Draco and sighed
deeply. "Don't bother me, don't touch me, and don't make
fun of me."
"God, Weasel, we already
have rules just for sitting next to eachother?"
"Yes, Ferret, we do. Now
shut your ass and leave me alone for once." Draco was taken
aback. She changed he thought. Ginny was quiet for the
rest of the time, even when the Dream Team arrived. Ron glared
at Draco when he was the list of names. It was as if he was setting
the same rules for him. Don't bother her, don't even think
of touching her, and don't make fun of her or I'll hunt you down!
Draco threw his hands in the
air as if saying, "Yes, whatever, I won't do anything, Jesus!"
Ginny had everything she needed
in the plane right under her feet. Anything she needed for the
day (music, book, gum, money, pencil for stabbing Malfoy...) was
in her bag below the seat infront of her. The plane looked normal
on the outside, but in the inside it was much loner and wider,
having four rows of two, making three isles. Snape and McGonagall
recited the rules for the plane and said they would show the rooming
assignments later before dinner.
She snapped her buckle and stared
out the window over the lake. She so wanted to leave the devil
that is Malfoy. She felt as if the plane was Hell. She sighed
and continued looking out the window.
"Weasley."
She snapped her head around and
looked at Draco. His nose was inches from hers. A little too
close, she thought. "What?"
"What do you want for breakfast?"
Ginny shrugged. "Toast?"
She turned to face the window.
Draco wanted her to keep talking.
He liked how she could be feisty. But she was trying to keep conversations
(I that's what you want to call this) at a bare minimum. He sighed
and made a mental note to try later.
After breakfast, they were high
in the air, gliding smoothly. Ginny was listening to her headset
and humming along to the tune. He recognized it and hummed along.
She stared at him. "Why
are you humming?"
"'Cause I know the song."
"Yeah but...oh never mind."
She stared out the window to gaze once more.
This was time for him to size
her up. She was wearing Muggle clothes: baggy pants and a shirt
with a band on it (Good Charlotte Draco read). Her hair
was up bun-like (A/N you know how us teen girls wear our hair
up? That's what I mean). Her long lashes blinked every once in
a while. She was so calm it was angel like. Draco snapped back
to reality and watched two other Slytherins across the isle play
chess.
Ginny noticed Draco looking at
her. When she saw him turn and become engrossed in a chess game,
she looked at him. Nice hair, short for once...strong build...tall...handsome--DID
I JUST SAY HE WAS HANDSOME!? Well I am only human but--ugh Ginny
shut up. She blinked and listened to her music.
Ginny needed to use the restroom.
Malfoy was sitting somewhere else at the time, but she didn't
know where or when he left. She left her seat and started walking.
But then she got dizzy. She gripped the nearest seat. Her world
started getting blurry. "Ron..." Ron looked up and saw
his sister wobbling. He climbed over Lavendar and rushed to Ginny.
"Ron...!"
Her world went black. She fell
backwards. People started panicking, what was going on? Ron muttered
a spell and sat on the floor, still holding the limp, dead weight
of Ginny. C'mon Gin wake up!
"I'll get Professor McGonagall!"
Lavendar started toward the front of the plane, but Ron grabbed
the end of her robes.
"No. I know what to do."
Lavendar nodded, but she didn't go back to her seat.
"Ginny, c'mon wake up. Please
please please!" Ron mumbled in her ear. They were already
stating to make a scene. People were wondering: Why didn't he
want to get a teacher? She's lying there!
In about two minutes, Ginny slowly
opened her eyes. Ron sighed a breath of relief. Again, Ginny saw
a red, black, and brown blur...but also a silvery blonde one.
"Wha-what happened?"
"You fainted." Thank
you Captain Obvious!
Ginny opened her eyes with a
start. She just realized where she fainted. Ginny fainted infront
of one fourth of the school! I hope people don't suspect right
now. Her vision cleared and she saw Harry, Hermione, and...Malfoy
(?!) kneeling down around her. Hermione had an even more worried
look on her face than she did on the train. Harry looked concerned.
Malfoy, on the other hand, was shocked.
"Are you alright?"
"Why do you care Malfoy!?
Wouldn't you like to see my sister in pain?" Ron snapped.
But before Draco could say anything, Ginny slapped her brother,
got up, and went back to her seat (completely forgetting about
the bathroom).
"I'm fine."
Ron and Harry were shocked; Ron
because his sister slapped him ("And I HELPED her!")
and Harry because Malfoy seemed to care. More people were gathering
around, and Hermione thought she should do something.
"Everything's fine, you
heard her! Nothing to see here." She ushered people back
to their seats.
Ginny sat in her chair. She had
this dazed looked in her eyes. Draco sat back down next to her
and stared. She turned her head slowly. Her cheeks were as pale
as ever. She didn't look like an angel--a ghost would be more
like it.
"I'm fine."
"You aren't convincing me."
"Why should I?"
"What happened?" Ginny
stared at him. He cared. Since when did he care about anyone,
let alone her--a Weasley.
"Why do you care?"
She sounded so much like Ron.
"'Cause I do. I've seen
people faint but not like you. Can't I ask what the hell is going
on?" His steel gray eyes looked worried.
"This has been happening
all summer, I'm fine!" She slapped her hand over her mouth.
She wasn't supposed to say that.
His mouth dropped. "All
summer?"
Her eyes widened in fear. She
shouldn't say anymore. "I'm fine, leave me alone." She
sat back and stared out the window. But as she tugged at her hand,
she looked down and saw the Malfoy had taken it. "Can I please have my hand back?"
"Not until you convince
me." He was worried. He couldn't explain how much, but if
she had been fainting all summer she must be sick with something.
He couldn't explain why he cared so much. Maybe since his father
was out of his life and his mother was her real self, Draco saw
how much Voldemort had destroyed his family--how much Lucius destroyed
it. He guessed he must have softened, but he didn't care; he was
tired of the pain his father put him through.
Ginny looked up at his eyes,
swearing to stab him to death if he didn't let go. "I'm fine,
believe me it's none of your concern. Let me have my hand!"
He let go of it. It was his concern, what was she thinking? But
he let go of it nonetheless.
Ginny and Draco were getting
along pretty well. Not enough to be friends or anything, after
everything he did to her. But he was pretty nice and she noticed
he changed (yes she noticed quickly--give her credit she's a smart
girl!). He was great company too--plus his body being so close
to her because of the plane seats made him sort of like a walking-talking
heater.
She was easy to talk to, but
if it was anything near faints, she shut her mouth. Draco made
sure not to talk about it till much later.
"Attention please!"
The students looked up at Professor McGonagall. She held out a
long scroll full of names and who they would be paired up with.
"We will announce who you will be rooming with in the school
for the rest of the week. We will also be announcing which home
you will stay at the next week. Four students per home!
"Now, for the list. Hermione
Granger, Luna Lovegood, Ginny Weasley, Lavendar Brown, and Parvati
Patil, you will be rooming in Tobblestodson Team. Marie Marks
will be your guide." Some people snickered when they heard
'Tobblestodson.' All except Hermione. She researched that week
about the houses (teams as the Americans called them). There were
six teams: Tobblestodson, Lonestar, Chartington, Smithian, Hawksle,
and Kanzord. These were six famous wizards in the U.S., a little
after Hogwarts was born (well...not exactly a little).
Students noticed that almost
no guide's name seemed, well, (for lack of better word) magical.
Professor Sprout noticed. "In America, an magical family
had to keep their 'strange' name hidden, or else people would
think things. This happened after the Salem trials. So if you
ask your tour guides their middle name, they would say their first
name, a normal middle name, a wizard name, and then a normal last
name." Students murmured and let McGonagall go on.
"I will let you eat now--"
"Thank god" Ron whispered, "and continue
later with who you will dorm with in the city."
Food appeared on the airplane
trays as Dumbledore waved his hand. It wasn't a feast, but it
was enough for any boy to keep quiet. A sandwich (of the student's
choice, as there was a list of what they would prefer earlier
in the week), chicken, pudding, student's choice of fruit or vegetable,
and student's choice of candy. Ginny stuffed her mouth full.
Ginny was struggling with one
of her trunks in the above compartment. They had landed on SAWWA
grounds. She was so tired. The time change was completely messed
up. She stood up and pulled on the trunk, making noises. "Get
*pull* down *pull* right *pull* NOW!"
"Here." Malfoy reached
around Ginny and helped her. He pulled the suicase quick and sure
out of the compartment and landed it on the floor with a thud.
She moved strands of hair from
her face. "Uh...thanks." She sighed and bent down, grabbing
the handle and dragging it off the plane. Draco was not far behind
her. "Hey, um...why'd you do that?"
"Because I wanted to. Is
that a crime?"
"No."
"Okay then." He strode
off to the opposite side of the grounds, where a boy with a sign
that said AUSTIN WITHERSPOON--KANZORD stood. A couple more Kanzord
people stood around with signs bearing their name.
Ginny shrugged and went straight,
right where a wavy red haired girl stood. She seemed cheery and
nice, just from her smile. "Hi, I'm Marie. Welcome to America!"
She held out her hand and Ginny shook it.
"Ginny Weasley. Nice to
meet you." Marie greeted more people, and then led the 5
girls to the manor-like school. Not a castle, but still magnificent.
Other 4 tour guides led some more students up the hill to Salem
Academy for Witches and Wizards of America.
They were here.