Author's note: This story is rated PG-13 for strong language, violence, tension, and a very sad scene in the very end of this series. Oh, and by the way, I'm not J.K. Rowling, and I don't own the Harry Potter series. Lots of romance! Comments? IM me at Ripp my Heart OR movie of a dream on AIM.

                                                ++++The present++++

            "Goodbye," Draco Malfoy said, crossing his fingers behind his back.

            "I love you Draco. I know this is your last year, so think carefully about what your father said about the Death Eaters. We need your information. And be good to Pansy." His mother said, watching him board his things onto the train.

            With a last hug, Draco boarded the train. Idly he walked down the corridor and looked into each compartment. There was Potter and his usual crowd of groupies…….. perfect.

            "Oh hello Potter. Nice weather, isn't it? Reminds me of the day we all found out you were mad."

            Harry glanced with that horrible mock coolness he had at Malfoy, then at the door.

            Draco turned and smirked. "The Weasels and the Mudblood! You know, I was hoping you wouldn't come."

            "Get a life, Malfoy." Hermione said, pushing her way past him into the compartment. Draco held out his foot as Ron pushed past him too. Unfortunately, Ron didn't trip. "Have you two forgotten we're supposed to be in the prefect's compartment? Or were you kicked off because of how stupid you were?"

            Hermione gave an impatient snort at this and pulled Ron out to the prefect's compartments. Just then Ginny came in.

            "Hi, Harry. Hello, Malfoy." Ginny said. As she took a seat, Luna Lovegood, who was behind Ginny, glanced at Draco as if he was a piece of dog turd on the floor.  

            "At least someone knows how to talk to a pureblood." Draco remarked.

            "Draco, shut up or I'll put a Bat-Bogey Hex on you." Ginny said.

            "Ouch,  aren't you feisty. I like that." He winked at her and left as Ron came in again.

            "Don't you dare pull moves on my sister!" Ron called after him.

            Several minutes later, Draco felt something run into him. Or rather, someone.

            "Pansy!" he gasped, and immediately began to kiss her as she pushed him into the nearest compartment.

            Not more than a minute later, the compartment door slid open. There stood Ginny Weasley. Pansy pulled from him and stared at her.

            "Um, Draco? They need you in the prefect's compartment. Sorry."

When they got to Hogwarts, Draco casually snuck to the grounds. The Ceremony was one of the things he hated. As he walked on the edge of  the lake he saw something and bent down to pick it up, the setting sun blazing fiercely in his eyes while he did. The item was half of an hourglass.

"Great! You found the other piece!" said someone behind him. Draco turned and saw Ginny Weasley holding the other half.

"Nostridestini." He said. The pieces combined themselves together and began to flash repeatedly with silver and green light. Suddenly, the flashes stopped and all that was left was a single piece of grain in the hourglass.

They stared at each other. Then, at the same time, they said: "Why aren't you at the Sorting Ceremony?"

"I didn't want to." Said Draco.

"Brings back memories." Said Ginny.

"I saw something on the edge of the woods, so I decided to find it."

"I should like to see it," he replied. Perhaps it was gold that he could steal.

She hesitated, then nodded and they set off silently. When they reached the edge nearest the Forbidden Forest, Ginny stopped and squealed. "Look!" she said, pointing.

Draco looked but saw nothing. He followed her as she ran to whatever it was. "What are you talking about? I see nothing!" Ginny stopped stroking it and stared at him. Then, at random, she laughed loudly.

"WHAT?" he asked, blushing furiously.

"Only virgins can see unicorns." She said when she had stopped laughing, petting it once again.

"…Oh. So what?"

"Who was the slut?"

"It was Pansy, thank you very much."

Ginny petted the unicorn once more and they set off, in silence once again.

They set off back to the school. Right in front of the doors, the hourglass began to burn with red light. When it stopped, there was another grain inside.

"I'll see you around." Said Ginny, her hand slipping from his. It took Draco a full minute to realize that her hand had been in his, and yet he had not felt it. And the grains…

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Author's note: The grains, hourglass, unicorn, and not feeling Ginny's hand are very, very important. Seriously.  Feed me reviews!