The Once and Future Dragon King
By Tulzdavampslayer
Chapter VIII – Just a couple of girls from Lesbos
A/N – I'M NOT CRAZY LEAVE ME ALONE! -weeps-
Disclaimer – see above. I also don't own Harry Potter, that would be cool, but no.
Thank you's – Thank you. Thank all of you. –sniffs- you like me, you really like me! … ok I'm done.
OOPS I just remembered something I left in the oven. –pulls out a rather singed Tom- I have to thank a very very very wonderful fanfiction.net-er, Ginny! For giving me Tom! I may have tweaked him just a tad… but he's still overall kind of intact! …kind of… so everybody go to now! By order of MEEEEEEE!
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"It's all just so weird-"
"And the Sorting Hat? I wanna know more about that song, it sounded to me like a prophecy-"
"Well, what about Dumbledore's password? I had to say 'Galahad' to get into his office-"
"Something screwy is definitely-"
"Figured that out all by yourself, did you, weasel?"
Ginny death-stared Draco. "For your information, Malfoy, yes I did."
Draco refused to let up. "Well isn't that wonderful? Just peachy, I'd say. I feel safe enough to sleep tonight, knowing that you've figured out that's something's not right about all this. That maybe I don't know a girl named Jenny, that maybe I actually like you."
Elaine and Tom grinned at each other. Elaine headed quietly to the door as Tom said to the scowling boy and gaping girl, "we're just gonna pop out to the library, see if we can find any books on King Arthur and his court… maybe some of our questions will be answered, you never know, well, we'll be off now, see you later!"
Ginny didn't move from her seat on the surprisingly comfortable couch. "I'm sorry I got so angry at you," she mumbled.
Draco didn't say anything straight away, he just sat down next to her and placed an arm around his shoulder. "I'm sorry I yelled at you, I really shouldn't have… But I was feeling pretty crazed. I mean, you just jumped to all these conclusions, and I hadn't even done anything!"
Ginny burst out laughing.
"What? What'd I say?"
The girl shook her head, still laughing. "You're Draco Malfoy, git extraordinaire! What was I supposed to think?"
"Well, maybe I've changed."
Ginny sighed. "Ok, maybe you have."
They sat in silence for a while, Draco just watching Ginny, Ginny staring into space, connecting dots in her head.
"What are you thinking?"
Ginny jumped. Well, not really jumped, as she was sitting down, but started, and not in the green light type of way, but I think you know what I mean anyway. "I… uh, can I ask you something personal?"
Draco gave the girl next to him a questioning look. "Sure… Depends though, on what the question is."
"Why did you change? Why did you choose our side? And why did the other girls follow you?"
Draco grinned. "That's three questions, pet. Do you really want to know?" He waited for her nod, and then began his story.
"In fifth year, before my dad got caught by the Ministry for Magic, he went a bit… uh, he went a bit crazy. In public he was fine, but I kept receiving letters from mother asking for help. He was… he was hurting her…" Draco choked mid-sentence.
Ginny wrapped her arms around him and laid her head on his shoulder. "It's alright, keep going."
He gulped, took a deep breath, and continued, wrapping his arms around the girl almost sitting in his lap. "She wasn't fighting with him, she wasn't fighting against him… she was just there… and I saw her at Christmas and she… she was a mess… Mother had always been …different… but she had lost her mind. My mother had been driven mad by a man who didn't seem to even care enough to give her a reason."
Ginny shushed the boy's growing tears, and kissed his forehead lightly. "It's ok. It's over. So that's what changed you? Your mother's madness?"
Draco nodded. "I just… I'm not sure, I guess I woke up. My father had always been this big figure for me, and suddenly I realised he could do all these horrible things… and I was sick of it. I didn't want to be a part of it anymore. I love my mother. I love her…" Draco could no longer speak he was so close to tears. Ginny wrapped herself even more around him, although a niggling part of the author's mind wondered how it could be possible. Of course, that particular niggling part of the author's mind was recently removed in a rather expensive operation, so it was in fact niggling at nothing. The author now will proceed to laugh at it.
Ginny and Draco ignored the author's rants and rambles, and held each other closely for hours. Some time during all of that holding, Elaine and Tom snuck quietly back in, past the two students, and to their respective bedrooms.
Ginny eventually tried to disentangle herself. "It's late, I should probably get back to my-"
She was cut off by a pair of lips.
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Albus Dumbledore snored.
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Meanwhile, Ron was attempting to talk to Hermione about their kiss. Again.
"uh," Hermione stuttered, embarrassed.
"um," Ron stuttered, unsure of what exactly to say.
Hermione blushed.
Ron gulped.
After a few minutes of embarrassed blushes and unsure gulps, Hermione turned to go to bed.
"Hermione, wait…" Ron grabbed her arm roughly. "I wanna talk to you."
"Then talk, and give me back my arm! I don't know what there is to talk about anyway, all we did was kiss one time, I'm sorry if it's confused you this much, but I really can't think why you'd worry about it so much…"
Ron grabbed her by the shoulders and threw reason to the wind.
Harry Potter watched his two kissing friends and smiled.
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Albus Dumbledore rolled over and fell out of bed.
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Pansy and Blaise sat on the stairs, spying on the couple now lying on the couch, and loving every peeping-tom-ish minute of it. Without permission from her brain, Pansy's hand slipped quietly into Blaise's.
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Albus Dumbledore woke from his exceedingly naughty dream about the sisters Morgause and Morgan Le Fay with a start, only to realise that all hands but Arthur's, Lancelot's and Nimue's had again slowed.
The witch sisters were getting close… So was Kay, but Albus didn't really notice. Nobody ever really did. It was what made him so useful. When they realised he had ever been there, of course.
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Millicent watched the two girls watching the couple very carefully.
She thought back on the last few years, wondering whether the hand-holding could be a sign of something more between Pansy and Blaise.
It was kind of a thing in Slytherin. A lot of the girls did end up getting together. Sort of like how a lot of the Hufflepuff guys came back to reunions with boyfriends, and almost everybody in Ravenclaw were bisexual. Millicent had never really thought about it…
She then realised her mind was babbling, gave up and went to bed.
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Albus Dumbledore could no longer sleep. The ticking was becoming intolerable.
"You…. Blasted… Clock!"
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The next morning, there seemed to be a lot of foolish grinning happening throughout the Great Hall.
And that was just the teachers.
Ginny blushed. Draco was staring at her again. He probably should have stopped, Ginny thought, as eventually Ron was going to notice and realise that she hadn't come back to her own bed that night. Not that she'd… no.
However, Ginny had hit a lucky streak, as Ron was too busy playing footsie with Hermione.
Over at the Slytherin table, Millicent, Elaine and Tom couldn't stop giggling as they watched Draco's silly grin widen every time Ginny looked at him. The three gigglers also didn't fail to notice Blaise and Pansy whispering constantly. The two girls gave Draco sidelong glances every now and again, and didn't seem to realise that their hands were touching, their fingers absentmindedly caressing one another's palms.
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Albus Dumbledore refused the crazed potions master the milk, much to the relief of his old friend Minerva, who still hadn't recovered from the last time.
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Harry sighed and decided to go to History of Magic early. As he stood, his gaze fell upon a certain redhead. Harry looked to see what Ginny was keeping such an intense stare fixed upon, removed his glasses, cleaned them, and placed them back on his nose. But sure enough, Draco Malfoy was still grinning, his chin in his hands, eyes locked with Ginny's.
So they are together, Harry thought. …too bad… he added as an afterthought. He'd never seen Ginny look so happy. …or so beautiful…
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Albus Dumbledore ate his pancakes.
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Blaise whispered, "just look at them."
Pansy nodded. "He's never been this happy. It's cute."
The two girls smiled at each other conspiratorially, not seeming to notice that their faces were so close that their noses leant lightly against each others'.
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Albus Dumbledore noticed.
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So did Millicent.
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TBC
- YAY aren't y'all proud of me? I, like, updated and EVERYTHING! –dances-
Copperstring – you really are insane, you know that? But Jenny was Guenevere's nickname, if that helps you.
Maeve – yeah I thought so, not quite sure how I'm going to work it in yet, but yeah.
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Josh – I can't believe you just giggled.
Lindiel Eryn – yes! You were right! damn, you caught me at my own game, but you'll pay, next time gadget, next time!
Frostymoon – I know! It kinda just came to me when I was thinking about G/D in a lecture about the Reformation. Mwaha.
Crunchyandgoodwithket – 'ket'? …ooooh ketchup. I'm with it. dawg. That's ok, I officially overuse sayings all the time! it's kinda like I dunno my job or something.
Sah – of course it's cool. I'm 'Tulz'.
Which brings me to the point.
The real reason behind everything in this world.
I'm Tulz. The only reason you're all alive is because I'm Tulz.
I think that's a reasonable enough assumption…
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