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The Curse of the Green Dragon

Chapter 9:

Ginny's heart was beating so fast that she thought it would pop right out of her chest. Ginny ran through the first door she saw and bumped into someone, knocking them to the ground along with a pile of books and parchment. Ginny leaned up, wiped her eyes and looked over to the person she ran into. "Oh Luna, I'm so sorry. I didn't see you there," Ginny quickly rubbed her eyes free from tears.

"Oh, don't worry about it...Your names Ginny, right?" Luna Lovegood had a surprised expression on her face, but that always how she looks because of her protuberant silvery grey eyes.

"Yes. It's Ginny. Here, let me help you pick these up." Ginny said gesturing towards the piles of books and parchment, "This mess was mostly my fault."

"No, no. It's not all you fault." Luna was trying to make Ginny feel better. She looked at Ginny and could tell she had been crying.

"Hey Luna, what are all these books for?"

"Oh, I'm doing some research for Hagrid on thestrals."

"On what?"

"Thestrals. They are amazingly magical animals who are invisible to people who haven't seen death. But I can see them." Luna said while picking up the giant pile of books.

"Okay, that's weird.," Ginny started, but was distracted by something she saw from the corner of her eye. It was Draco. She stared at him with transfixed eyes.

"Do you like Draco Malfoy?" Luna asked

"Maybe, why?" Ginny's eyes drifted toward Luna

"Oh, no reason. I just want to warn you. Draco is what I like to call...um, oh what's the word?" Luna fished through her mind for a moment, "Oh yes, a man slut."

"What?" Ginny was sort of confused and disturbed when she said that.

"Yeah. A man slut. From what I've heard around the Ravenclaw common room, he's a horny little bastard. He's probably had sex with maybe two-thirds of the school. Some of them were men too."

"I'm sure it's not that much of the school.." Ginny started, her tone was a little unsettled,

"I wouldn't be surprised if he had every single sexual disease known in the wizarding world." Luna interrupted.

"OKAY!" Ginny screamed, "I get your point Luna, jeeze."

"What? I'm just telling you what I heard. Sorry if I upset you in anyway."

"No, you didn't, not really.... Um Luna?" Ginny asked

"Yes?

"I wanted to ask you something."

"Ask me then."

"Ok. Why do you wear Radishes for earrings and butterbeer caps for a necklace?"

"Oh, well I believe that Radishes are good luck and I though they would make my ears pretty. And as for the butterbeer caps, I just think they're cool." Luna said while adjusting her long, stringy blonde hair. "Don't you agree?"

"Um..yeah. They're kind of cool.." Ginny started, trying to hide her lies.

"Ok, I have to go give this research to Hagrid. It was fun talking to you. If you want a butterbeer necklace, just let me know, I have a few more in my dorm."

"No, no. that's ok Luna, keep them for yourself, you might need them..for some weird reason."

"Ok. Bye Ginny." Luna waved while caring those books toward Hagrid's hut.

"Bye Luna......weirdo" Ginny said under her breath. She noticed a piece of parchment stuck to the bottom of her shoe. "Hey Luna, you forgot something" said Ginny, realizing no one was there. *Oh well, I'll give it back to her later*. She shoved the parchment into a pocket in her robes. Ginny looked in the direction where Draco was standing before, but he was gone. Ginny decided to take a little stroll through the hallways of Hogwarts. Ginny's mind was entangled with thoughts that she didn't even bother in thinking of where she was going. She just let her legs take her where ever they would go. After a long period of walking, Ginny's mind snapped back into reality and she realized that she was in the Slytherin corridors. She slowly walked down a hallway. For some reason something in her brain made her go down this one dark hallway, but she didn't know what. She wandered her eyes around the mysterious hallway. A sudden eerie feeling crept up Ginny's spine making her shiver. Ginny reared her eyes from the dripping green-stone walls toward a faint figure in the corner. She picked up speed as the object began to take shape. It was Colin. He was in a ball in the corner and his camera was next to him and it was shattered to pieces. Ginny dropped next to his cold body. "Colin. Colin? Can you hear me? Answer me Colin! Please hear me!" Her eyes were stinging from the tears cascading down her face. *Who would want to do this to him? He's never harmed anyone. Why him?* Ginny sat there for the rest of the day thinking of the last thing she said to Colin. Wishing she could of taken it all back. She reached over and picked up her old friend's cold dead hand, waiting for someone to find them. Anyone.

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::: A/N:: I'm SOOOO sorry that I haven't updated in a while. I blame the schooling system. Fucking mid-terms. I think they should burn in hell. Getting back to the first point I tried to make before I went into a "damn the school system" lecture, Thank you to my reviewers, if you haven't reviewed yet. Please do. It means a lot to us tiny writers to know when our work is appreciated. Thank you, Good Night and don't forget to tip your waitress!

Love, Pez and Funions, ~Slytherin's Green Angel