Title: Ginny From the Block
Chapter Nine
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Note: WHOA…loads of reviews this chapter! I hope I reply to them all. If I miss anyone by mistake then PLEASE know that I was thrilled with every review and I'm SO glad you're enjoying the story! I hope to hear from you again soon!
Chapter Summary: Getting a look at Advanced Training. New classmates, new teachers, and new…partners? Oh boy…
Feedback:
Jill: I'm glad you're still enjoying it. Hope this chapter holds up to the ones before!
Silversweet: Thanks much. I'm trying desperately to keep most of the characters in character. I know some of them have to change (such as Ginny and even Draco to an extent), but I don't want to lose those wonderful qualities that make them who they are. I'm having a blast mixing the Buffy characters and personalities in with the very different Harry Potter ones.
knot2be: I'm glad you like it! As for your questions…well, we'll just have to see what happens with Draco and Ginny next year. They have a while to go yet, but I will admit to always having a happy ending so it shouldn't be too hard to guess how things turn out. As for writing it? That depends entirely on whether people continue to want to read it and if my muse will hold out. I'd like to write a sequel, but I have to finish this one first and I have a LONG way to go.
Mercedes B: Well, you'll find out who the official teachers of Advanced Training are during this chapter, but we might have some surprise visits later as well…hmm…
Angus Hardie: Thank you. I really do worry about keeping them in character so that's a big issue for me. I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying the story and I would like to think it has a slightly different twist to the average crossover (though I love most all crossovers…lol).
August: Hope I can keep you addicted…lol
KRINGLE: Sorry it took so long to get to the Ginny/Draco stuff, but I have to draw it out and be an angst queen. I'm known for driving my friends up the wall waiting for the couples to get any action…hehehe
Kristen: I hope Malfoy doesn't get the mark too (in my story and in the books), but it all depends on where my muse leads me and if Ginny can help pull him into the light. I have faith in her…lol
Anyanka: I love Buffy/HP xovers too. I got so addicted to them that I just had to try to write my own. I think Ginny is a fun character to play with because there is SO much room to play and I like to see her become more of a real character. Also, I'm a total Ginny/Draco junkie so I just had to use her anyway…hehehe
dreammaker128: Wow, I'm glad you like it even though it is a crossover. I am trying to keep things still firmly in the HP world (with some Buffy fun thrown in). As for Bill and Buffy…as much as I love Bill I think my sister would kill me if I broke up her fave couple. I'm Ginny/Draco and my sis is completely Buffy/Spike…lol
Adie: Thanks much. I'm glad you are enjoying the story. I love Ginny/Draco too and I couldn't resist the urge to try them as the main couple for this one. And Buffy/Spike was just a given with my little sister reading everything I write. As for Dawn…I really think she gets a bad rep on the show. They only ever show her whining about something and she even gets on my nerves. I'm having fun pulling her out of the whining and making her a more fun and happy character.
Evil Slytherin Child: Thank you. I hope you continue to like it! There should be plenty of Draco/Ginny in future chapters and we might have a few more Buffy visitors soon too…
Coru: I was a totally B/A shipper for SO long and then they had Angel fall for Cordy and I just don't know what to think anymore. I'm not avid B/S, but it doesn't bother me and I have to appreciate how much that man/vamp loves Buffy completely and would do anything for her. The only reason I'm really using B/S is for my little sister and her B/S obsession, but I will admit to not minding them being together anymore since they've left the S&M stage. I'm glad you like the Ginny/Dawn friendship. I'm having fun with it and I do understand what you mean about the little sister thing. I really do think they would get along. They have a lot in common. As for the Advanced Training teacher…read and see…hehehe…and plenty more Ginny/Draco to come!
EJG: Well, she should have a little bit of an attitude, don't you think? Having to put up with all those brothers? Especially Ron and the twins? She'd go insane without an attitude and a temper to fight back with…hehehe
shanm: Thank you! I'm having a blast with Dawn and Ginny. Those two are going to get up to all kinds of trouble. As for Ginny/Draco…patience is a virtue and they have SO many things to work through before getting together. Hopefully they'll get there…hehehe.
And on to the story…
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Chapter Nine: Advanced Training or Torture 101
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Location: Advanced Training Classroom (Fifth Floor)
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Date: August 25th, 2003
Time: Almost 3 p.m.
The brand new Advanced Training classroom located on the Fifth Floor of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was certainly impressive. It had a Muggle workout area with Muggle workout equipment, a sparing and training area covered in protective mats, a dueling area with a mystical scorekeeper, and a teaching area with several open desks and a teacher's podium. The walls of the room were decorated very beautifully and professionally in colors to compliment the atmosphere and décor, but Ginny knew they were also loaded with charms, protective, and silencing spells.
Ginny gaped at the room in amazement. Would this class be like the one last year or different? Only Ginny and Dawn had actually been in the other class, but this room was set up for several more than two lone students. Ginny wondered again who would teach them. Maybe Professor McGonagall?
"GIN!"
Dawn's voice snapped Ginny from her musing. She turned to see the other girl jogging towards her wearing a deeply concerned expression. Looking over Dawn's shoulder Ginny noticed that her brother, Harry, and Hermione were also on their way over. She shot them all questioning frowns. "What?"
"What happened?" Dawn demanded. "It's all over school that you almost died in Divination!" She frowned hard to herself. "I knew you should have taken Muggle History."
Ginny rolled her eyes. "I did not almost die in Divination."
"We heard Malfoy was involved." Ron jumped in with a snarl.
Oh, this was just fabulous! Ginny could just imagine how happy some snotty little student from class had been to fill Ron in on the fact that Malfoy had almost killed his sister. How the hell would she ever get this stupid rivalry between her brother and the Ferret to end if the nosy little buggers at this stupid school couldn't keep their mouths shut about things they didn't even understand?
"Did he do something to you, Gin? I'll kill the Ferret, I bloody swear I will."
Ginny glared at her brother. When would he get a new line? "You've been looking for a reason to kill that Ferret for six years now, Ron. Get over it. Malfoy didn't do anything to me. He just volunteered to walk me to the infirmary. I'll make sure next time that I die rather than let him help me. You can rest assured the family honor and your stupid bloody feud are still safely intact."
"But, why did you have to go to the infirmary at all, Ginny?" Hermione spoke up as the voice of reason, cutting through two very volatile Weasley tempers. "What happened? We really were rather worried, you know."
Despite herself a sigh escaped Ginny's throat. She really didn't want to broach this particular subject with her brother yet, but it didn't look as though she had much of a choice. As a resigned expression settled on her pretty face, Ginny locked eyes with Dawn. "I had a vision."
"Oh shit!" Dawn groaned. Then on second thought looked to the three semi-strangers around them. "Sorry about the language. Away from the big sister, pushing the limits, being a rebel, you understand I'm sure." She snapped her attention back to Ginny. "You had a vision? But, this is only our second day! You can't have one yet. Send it back!"
"Not likely." Ginny shrugged. "It was a whopper. Then I was pulled out before it could finish, so…"
"Headache from hell." Dawn finished for her with a nod. "I should have known. You always did work on pulling them out during Divination, didn't you? Too bad the Divination teacher here wouldn't know a vision from a turnip." She frowned as something occurred to her. "You were pulled out? Like jerked out?" Ginny nodded reluctantly and Dawn pounced. "By who?"
"That honor belonged to me." Malfoy's voice sounded from behind them. He shrugged as they turned to look at him with differing expressions from rage to rueful acceptance. "I didn't know she was having a vision. She was just bloody moaning like mad and I shook her out of it."
Malfoy's voice seemed to snap Harry, Hermione, and Ron out of the daze the vision talk had slipped them into. Harry was now looking extremely confused, Hermione looked like the pieces to some puzzle in her head were finally coming together, and Ron glaring menacingly as was his usual expression when faced with the loathed Ferret.
"What business was it of yours, Mal-Ferret? I thought I told you to leave my sister alone!"
"You're like a broken record, Ron. We've all heard this." Ginny groaned and brought her hand to her head. Damn it, Madame Pomfrey just cured her headache and now this. "Malfoy didn't meant to hurt me. It was an honest bloody mistake. Drop it!"
Ron must have noticed her expression because he actually did. He turned back to face Ginny and this time his tone was concerned. "Since when do you get visions anyway, Gin? This is news to me, I'm sure."
"Ginny's a regular little psychic." Dawn jumped in with a grin. "She worked on her visions all last year. Spike says she needs to open a hotline."
Ron frowned. "I'm just going to ignore that last line, as I have no clue what you're talking about." He looked back to Ginny and lifted a questioning brow. "Okay, now…"
As if that gesture was a stop light going to green, Ginny was suddenly bombarded with a million questions at once from the Gryffindor group. She wasn't surprised in the least. Ginny was fully aware that Ron, Harry, and Hermione were skeptical about Divination. Having Trelawney as a teacher didn't help.
"OKAY!" After losing count of the questions and all their answers, Ginny finally just cut them off. "Let's just sum this subject up for you, shall I? Number 1: Yes, I have visions and no, they are not just my imagination. Number 2: I've been getting them in smaller amounts since the end of my horrific First Year." That got their attention. "Number 3: I've worked to perfect them because I won't stand by while a bad vision I had can possibly be stopped."
"And has that happened before?" Hermione, as always, was far too perceptive for her own good.
Ginny took a deep breath. "Yes, it has." She hurried on before they had time to interrupt. "And NO, I don't want to talk about it. I'm not ready to talk about it."
"And she doesn't have to." Dawn cut in protectively. She stood beside her best friend ready to do battle if necessary.
A moment of tense silence filled the air before finally the Gryffindor Trio backed down a bit. They seemed to have realized that they were practically verbally attacking Ginny. She sighed in relief at the break. She wasn't ready to tell them about Cedric, about watching him die and not being able to stop it. That was still her dark little secret to keep, her burden to bear.
"What are you guys doing here anyway?" Dawn finally broke the silence with a question. "Don't you have class or something?"
"Yes." Harry grinned as he answered vaguely.
"This is our class." Hermione clarified as she rolled her eyes at 'The Boy Who Lived'.
Both Dawn and Ginny's eyebrows went up at that. Ginny looked curiously at her brother. "You're taking Advanced Training?"
Ron shrugged. "Dumbledore recommended it to Harry and I last year after that Crabbe business. Seems to think we might need the practice if trouble keeps finding us." He shot Ginny a pointed look. "Told you it sounded like something we needed to take."
"Color me unsurprised." Ginny just smirked.
"Professor Dumbledore recommended the class to me as well, Ron." Hermione shot the male redhead a glare before snapping back into informative mode. "In fact, I believe this class has very specific students. Apparently, it wasn't even on the registration list at all."
"Sounds about right." Dawn shrugged at Hermione's speech. "The class didn't even exist until last year at Sunstone. Ginny and I were the only students then. Hell, we were taught by the Head Mistress herself."
"Just a bloody minute." Ron spun around to face Malfoy who Ginny now noticed was still standing behind them and listening with a bored expression playing on his face. "What are YOU doing here? Don't tell me you were recommended for the class as well?"
Malfoy's standard sneer curved his lips and he shrugged negligently. "Fine, I won't tell you." The sneer turned into a smirk as the extremely predictable snarl escaped Ron's throat at his bored tone. Malfoy just rolled his eyes before moving away from the group and taking an open desk on another side of the room.
"That's completely nutters!" Ron burst out angrily. "Why teach the Ferret better ways to fight us for when he'll inevitably join the dark side? OUCH!"
It took Ginny a moment to realize why everyone was staring at her. Then her mind caught up with her actions and she mentally winced. She'd slapped Ron. She'd just knocked the hell out of her brother over Draco Malfoy. Ginny's mouth fell open slightly as she took in the several shocked expressions around her and searched her mind for any plausible explanation of her actions. "Uh…"
"What is your damage?" Dawn jumped in to the rescue as she faced off angrily against Ginny's brother. "You don't EVER say things like that. You don't encourage people to be evil! I don't care if you hate the Ferret or not!"
"But…" Ron was at a loss as he continued to rub absently to his now sore cheek "He's Malfoy!"
"I DON'T CARE!" Dawn roared. She tried to take a calming breath. "If we could put up with Cordelia Chase, Angel the Broody Poof, Anya, Soulless Spike, and Andrew the Loser then you can certainly put up with one racist little Draco Malfoy." She started to pace back and forth in front of the Gryffindor trio like a drill sergeant. "The war between good and evil is not an issue of like or dislike. It's a WAR! You take any allies you can get. Am I understood?" She paused and glared until all three gave her jerky nods. Then her lips turned up in a knowing smirk as she shared a quick glance with Ginny. "This isn't a game boys and girls. This is life or death, down and dirty, do anything you have to do to save the world. Just ask my sister."
"Very nicely put, Miss Summers."
Identical winces flashed across all five of their faces as they turned reluctantly to see Dumbledore smiling at them from the open doorway to the classroom. Professor Snape and another female professor accompanied him. That last professor had Dawn and Ginny smiling widely.
"PROFESSOR SNOW!" They called out together.
The regal older woman stepped forward past Dumbledore and Snape and right up to her prize pupils. "Hello, girls. I was hoping this would be a pleasant surprise."
A huge smile split Ginny's face. "You're going to be teaching us again? That's bloody fabulous!"
"This rocks!" Dawn agreed with her best friend enthusiastically.
Professor Snow's eyes twinkled. "I'm pleased you feel that way. I'm looking forward to resuming our training as well."
"But how?" Ginny was finally putting together the improbability of this arrangement. How could Professor Snow teach them if she was supposed to be on another continent?
"The class only meets for two hours on Mondays and Fridays, girls." The smiling witch explained gently. "I've simply cleared my schedule to floo over."
"YES!" Dawn pumped her arm in the air and started to do a little happy dance. Ginny just laughed at her friend's antics.
"I will, however," Professor Snow effectively pulled all their attention back to her. "Have help with the teaching." She motioned to Professors Dumbledore and Snape.
"Pr…Professor Dumbledore?" Hermione looked as if she might fall out with heart seizures at the thought of being taught by the aged wizard.
"Snape?" Both Harry and Ron seemed to have latched onto that one and it was giving them seizures for a whole nother reason.
"Any allies you can get boys." Dawn reminded them with a smirk. She looked to the frowning Head of Slytherin and waved cheerfully. "Hi."
Snape's eyes just widened in shocked disbelief. He pointedly ignored Dawn's greeting and looked to Dumbledore. "Shall we get this started already?"
Dumbledore shot Snape a look with twinkling eyes. "We seem to be short a few students, Severus, and they do have three minutes yet."
"Fine." Snape sneered at the students before moodily walking forward to take a place in the teaching section of the room near Malfoy.
It was hilarious really. You had the three Gryffindors standing together, Professor Snow and her two Sunstones, Snape and his most slimy Slytherin, and Dumbledore stood presiding over them all. Segregation at its best.
Two minutes later the classroom door swung open again and everyone turned to view their new classmates. Ginny and Dawn groaned in unison.
"Hello all." Chris smiled mischievously as she strutted towards the two girls. Hunter and Dare trailed her with almost identical expressions of smug triumph. When Chris finally stopped before her younger friends a mock-innocent grin curved her lips. "Did we forget to mention we're now taking your Advanced Training course?"
"Yeah, I kinda think you did." Dawn snorted. She looked to Ginny. "Operation: Sneaky Mode has just moved to Code Red."
Ginny rolled her eyes and was about to comment back when she noticed another person standing behind the group. Her eyes widened in surprise. "Blaise Zabini?"
The female Slytherin smirked at Ginny's expression. "What Weasley? You thought this class was restricted to you do-gooder Gryffindors?"
Ginny didn't really know Blaise, but the girl was a Slytherin. That didn't give her bonus points. The standard Gryffindor-to-Slytherin sneer curled Ginny's lips. "Malfoy's over there." She hooked a thumb in the other Slytherin's direction before dismissing the girl completely and turning to look to her brother. "Blaise Zabini?"
"Oh, she helped us catch Crabbe, Goyle, and those other Death Eater buggers last year."
Ginny's eyes flashed. "Thanks so much for the heads up, Ron. Oh, by the way…" Ron winced in anticipation as he picked up the growl in her tone. "SIRIUS says hello."
Ron gulped audibly before shooting a pained look to his two best friends for help. "Knew I forgot to tell her something."
"If I can have everyone's attention please?" Professor Snow spoke up clearly above the group and all other talk died down. Ginny pushed away her irritation at Ron and focused on her teacher. "Since all our students have now arrived, I believe we can move to the teaching area of the classroom," She motioned to the area with open desks. "And get this class started."
Ginny led the way as her Sunstone friends, the Gryffindor Trio, and one lone female Slytherin trailed behind. She slipped quickly into one of the two-person open desks at the front of the class and smiled as Dawn took the other seat. Dare and Hunter took the desk to Ginny's left, the Gryffindor Trio took up a couple behind them, and Chris reluctantly sat down to share one with Zabini on Dawn's right. Malfoy, who'd reached the desks first, was still sprawled out by himself in the back.
Professor Dumbledore stepped up to the podium. "Okay then, I'd like to welcome you all to our first session of the brand new Advanced Training course here at Hogwarts. As many of you may know," His eyes twinkled at the Sunstones, "this course was begun last year at Sunstone to help prepare a couple of mischievous students to protect themselves if the occasion arose."
He paused just long enough for everyone to turn and smirk at Ginny and Dawn. Both girls rolled their eyes and fought embarrassment as he continued. "When the extraordinary tale of this course's beginning reached me, I realized that I had a few students of my own for which this training might prove beneficial." Now it was time for Ginny and Dawn to smirk. The Gryffindor Trio groaned while Malfoy and Zabini snorted with disgust.
"So, here we are." Dumbledore smiled at them all again. He motioned for them to look around the different areas of the classroom. "As you can see, this course will be taught in several different sections and by three very different professors. We will cover defensive and offensive hexes, curses, and charms, magical dueling, and Muggle self-defense."
Ginny could tell that the last section caught most of the Hogwarts group by surprise. The Sunstones were less so; as Hunter, Dare, and Chris were aware of Ginny and Dawn's training sessions with Buffy.
"The sections will be covered in rotation, one to each class period and then starting all over again." Dumbledore explained and then turned to look at Professor Snow. "If you would like to pick up from here?"
Professor Snow nodded with a smile. "As each witch or wizard has strong points, Professors Dumbledore, Snape, and I will be assisting you more directly in those areas that we excel most at. This rotation of sections will begin with our next class session on Friday. We'll be starting with Muggle self-defense, as I believe this section is unfamiliar to most of you. I suggest you each wear the Muggle training clothes you were required to buy for the class supplies underneath your robes on Friday."
Professor Snow paused to let them take all this information in. Ginny smirked as she noticed that Hermione was now jotting down notes.
"For today?" She smiled. "We'll be answering any questions you may have and handing out your first outside assignment. But, before we move any further, I believe it is time to pair you off with your partners for the duration of the class."
Mumbles started up again at this announcement and Ginny looked at Dawn with lifted brows. "Partners?"
Dawn smirked. "You're asking me?"
"Good point." Ginny smirked back, but then as she thought about it more it made sense. Last year Ginny and Dawn had always been together on their assignments. They'd practiced together, researched together, worked together in class and out. It only made sense for Professor Snow to realize that partnership might help the other students to become more involved in the class as it had helped Ginny and Dawn the previous year.
"As the other professors and I sat down to decide who should be partnered with whom," Professor Snow cut through the chatter. "We came upon a dilemma. It would be so very easy to simply pair each student with a friend and fellow house member, but would that really help the student and stay true to the purpose of our exchange program?"
A sudden sense of dread and foreboding swept through Ginny. She knew what that meant. That meant, she wasn't going to be partnered with Dawn. Dawn must have noticed the same thing because she stiffened and glanced nervously at Ginny.
"To this end each student will be paired with someone from the opposite school." Professor Snow smiled.
Oh no, oh no, oh no. Why was Ginny SO certain she wasn't going to be paired up with any of the Gryffindor Trio? Because that wouldn't be in the spirit of the exchange program, now would it? Bloody hell! Oh, this was so VERY bad!
"The partners are as follows…"
"Mr. Hunter James of Sunstone and Miss Hermione Granger of Gryffindor…"
"Mr. Dare McKinney of Sunstone and Miss Blaise Zabini of Slytherin…"
"Miss Chris Ross of Sunstone and Mr. Ronald Weasley of Gryffindor…"
"Miss Dawn Summers of Sunstone and Mr. Harry Potter of Gryffindor…"
Bloody, fucking hell! By process of elimination that meant…
"Miss Ginny Weasley of Sunstone and Mr. Draco Malfoy of Slytherin."
Bloody, bloody, BLOODY fucking hell!
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"And so, your first outside assignment will be to write twelve centimeters on the Muggle martial arts style of your choice before we meet on Friday. I expect one report per partnership. I want you to use this assignment to get to know your partner and learn to work together." Professor Snow finished. "I look forward to seeing you then. Class dismissed."
Ginny just continued to sit there. She couldn't seem to make herself move. It was strange, really. Shock literally could paralyze you. Ginny knew firsthand for she hadn't moved since Professor Snow linked her name with that of her arch-nemesis as partners. She kept thinking she was going to wake up anytime now.
"Gin?" Dawn spoke hesitantly from beside her. "We…uh…we have Quidditch tryouts in like fifteen minutes. We need to get changed and head to the pitch."
"Go ahead." Ginny found she did still possess the ability to speak. "I'm just going to die now. Tell Hunter there's another Chaser spot to fill."
Dawn snorted with laughter and Ginny felt anger lick through her veins. She was having severe emotional trauma here! This was not laughing time!
"It isn't that bad." Dawn told her with a smirk. "At least you'll be close to your crush, little maggot that he is."
A growl escaped Ginny's throat. "Not…helping…"
"Oh, come on. It's all in the spirit of the program, Gin. I'm paired up with Harry Potter and all I know about him is what you've told me. We're all with people we don't know and aren't used to."
"I know, Malfoy." Ginny bit out angrily. "I just wish I didn't."
"Feelings mutual, Red."
Ginny's paralysis faded as her head snapped around to look up at the owner of that voice. For a moment there, Ginny could have sworn that was Spike. And… "Red?"
"Personalized Weasel nicknames." Malfoy reminded her.
A burst of laughter from her other side had Ginny turning to glare at Dawn. Dawn just waved a hand vaguely at her. "Oh, give me a break! He's giving you Spike's Willow nickname! That's so…so…"
"Don't even go there." Ginny cut her off. "I'll tell every horrid embarrassing story about you that I can remember, if you go any further down that twisted road to Grandma's."
"Twisted road to Grandma's?" Dawn and Malfoy echoed her together.
Ginny groaned and threw back her head. "It was a metaphor! Red, little red riding hood, road to grandma's." Her head snapped back up and she glared menacingly at Malfoy. "Look what you've done to me, you wanker! I'm making bad metaphors!"
"I didn't do a bloody thing to you, Red." Malfoy growled and a burst of laughter sounded from Dawn again, but he ignored her completely.
Ginny saw a flash of something in Malfoy's eyes, something that looked almost like hurt. She thought back to their conversation earlier and mentally groaned at how hypocritical she must sound right now. She'd been all 'Join the good fight!' and now she was having a hissy about being paired up with him. He just didn't understand that this had nothing to do with not liking him. Oh no, quite the opposite really. Ginny couldn't seem to stop liking him too much.
"I just thought we might set up a time to work on this ridiculous assignment."
Finally, Ginny was starting to come to terms with her new partnership. It was going to suck royally, but she knew that somehow she'd get through it. She'd beaten a good many of her personal demons, not to mention a fair share of random ones running around Sunnydale, she could certainly face up to this horrid crush and move on once and for all. Closure, right? That was the issue.
With a resolved nod, Ginny met Malfoy's gaze. "I have Quidditch trials to judge this afternoon and voting tonight. Tomorrow night after classes? Library?"
"Four." He nodded and without another word turned and walked away.
"Rude much?" Dawn frowned after him, but her eyes were still twinkling. "We really have to work on that boy's manners."
"That car's already totaled, hon." Ginny smirked as the American, not to mention Muggle, term rolled off her tongue. Her shock and bad mood were finally starting to lift. She was really looking forward to the Quidditch trials and being on her broom again. Speaking of which, Ginny glanced down at her American teen-witch-watch. It pointed to 'Can we say tardy?'. With a smirk, Ginny hopped to her feet and pulled her backpack onto her shoulder. "Come on. We'll never make it in time now."
"And who's fault might that be?" Dawn drawled mockingly as she stood and picked up her backpack as well.
Ginny snorted in mock disgust at Dawn before looking around the classroom. Her eyes suddenly locked with glaring black and Ginny froze. Professors Snow and Dumbledore were long gone, but Professor Snape was still leaned up against the wall on the other side of the classroom. He was also staring/glaring right at her. Ginny couldn't actually read his expression, but from experience she was almost certain it wasn't pleasant. A shiver ran down her spine. Why was he staring at her so intently? What…
"Whoa…now he's creepy." Dawn cut in as she noticed their staring contest. She leaned over beside Ginny and swung her arm around Ginny's shoulders. "Wave to the creepy guy!" She lifted one hand and waved happily at Snape while sending him a goofy grin. "Hello Creepy Guy!"
Ginny watched as Snape froze and his eyes widened in almost comical horror. Then he jerked his head to the side and looked away from them both. Ginny fought, but couldn't quite hold in, a snort of laughter. She quickly grabbed Dawn and started dragging her towards the doorway before Snape could take advantage of that laughter to hand out some of his beloved detention.
Dawn, however, didn't seem to have the good sense to let this go. She reached back behind them and waved happily at Snape again. "Bye bye, Creepy Guy!" She laughed and looked to Ginny. "Hey, that rhymed!"
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