Chapter Name: I Hope You're Right Gin…
Disclaimer: It's all mine! In fact, Draco and I are about to make out in a closet, so just watch the movie!
A/N I promise it gets much better after this chapter! This is just the explanations and stuff!
As Greg and Fae entered the train to their fifth year at Hogwarts, everything seemed very different. Fae looked, sounded, acted, even smelled different. Sure she was as beautiful as she always was, but there was just something different about her now. Greg stepped before her, carrying her trunk with him and his own. Fae carried her other three bags by herself.
"What do you girls carry in your bags anyway?" Fae smiled. "Well, I have my clothes, my books, my stuffed animals, my homework my-" And as she continued rambling on about everything she had in her three bags and her trunk, Greg had the very unexpected urge to kiss her. To just kiss her and shut her up so she couldn't ramble along anymore.
Fae pulled her hair behind her ear when she was done talking. Greg threw all of their bags up onto the rail and flopped himself down onto his seat. Fae stood in front of him. "So, which homework do you need to copy?" he asked. "Potion- Hey! How'd you know that I needed to copy?" He hooked an arm around her legs and pulled her foreword so she had to kneel on the seat.
"You never do it all Fae." Fae giggled. "I did in the first year!" He rolled his eyes. "Yea, but that was only because you didn't have me to fall back on!"
The door opened and a small girl stepped in. "Can I sit in here?" she asked, looking very small and lost. Fae stood up. She must be a first year. "Sure. Come sit with us." The little girl stood on her tiptoes to put her bag up, but couldn't reach it. Greg stood up and put it in for her.
"What's your name?" Fae asked. The little girl sat down. "Hailey." Fae smiled. "First year?" she asked. Hailey nodded. "Yes. I'm a first year this year. I'm the first witch in the family so everyone is looking to me to be the best." As the little girl spoke, Greg felt like falling asleep, but he noticed that Fae listened to her every word.
She was so patient with this little girl. She had a stutter, but every time she made a mistake, Fae corrected her gently. Greg wanted like nothing else to bang her head against the wall. When the woman came around with snack foods, Greg got up and bought out the whole cart. Fae took a chocolate frog and giggled when the little girl gasped at its jumping form.
"It's ok Hailey. They aren't real frogs. They're just enchanted so that they jump. No worries." She handed Hailey one.
When they got to Hogwarts, the group of three was separated so that the tiny first year could go with the others. Fae sat beside Greg like she usually did and watched the sorting.
She remembered her sorting. She was the first and only Malfoy to be a Gryffindor. All of the Slytherins that had expected her were in complete shock. The Slytherins were all still nice to her because she was of course a Malfoy, but they undermined her.
Most of the professors were slightly shocked about her being placed in Gryffindor for the very same reasons that the children were. They had all expected for her to be with the Slytherins and when she wasn't, they all had to question why.
Ginny never crossed their minds. Sure she was a Weasley, but she was a Malfoy in their eyes all the more. The hat had actually wanted to put her into Hufflepuff, but when she asked for Slytherin, she was oddly placed into Gryffindor instead. Why? Why wouldn't the hat let her go where she wanted to be? She was a Malfoy for crying out loud!
Wasn't she a Slytherin at heart?
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After the sorting and all of the food, the Gryffindors went up to their rooms. What she saw made her feel as though she was going to throw up. Arianna Johnson and her cousin Daniel Weasley were going at it on the couch. "Eww………" She made her way up to her room, Greg still following her. When they got to her room, Fae hopped onto her bed. Greg sat beside her.
"I can't wait for Charms class." Greg sighed. "I hate Charms. I hate Charms even more because I have to watch my dad make an idiot out of himself." Fae giggled. "I love your dad! He's so cute. All he needs is a lesson in balance." Greg sighed. "Where did I find him Fae? And can I put him back?" Fae shook her head.
"Greg, you should be glad to have a dad. A lot of people don't have dads!" Greg sighed. "Oh I love the clumsy oaf. I just wish I had a dad like yours. He's so tall and have never seen him trip over anything, let alone himself!"
Fae gave him a soft hug. "It's alright. My mother's enough of a klutz for the whole lot of us. Granted not as bad as your father but………" He groaned and hit her forehead. "Oww!" She kissed his forehead. "Don't worry. Everyone loves your dad. Klutz or not we all love him!" Greg sighed and hugged her close to him the way only a best friend could.
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"Draco, I have to tell her sooner or later! You know that she can't go her entire life thinking that she's yours when she clearly is not." Draco sat beside his wife on the couch. "Look Potelé, I love you, and I love Fae. Why should we tell her now when she is perfectly happy being my daughter?" Ginny sighed. "We have to tell her eventually." Draco sighed and nodded.
"I know Ginny, but when she does find out, she'll never feel the same way about me as she always did. She loves me now Gin, and she wont love me when she finds out! At least not as much."
Ginny took a step toward her sad husband. "Draco, Fae will always love you. She loves you now, she will love you tomorrow, and in a thousand years Fae will still love you. You raised her, you held her when she cried, and when she was sick, you never left her side! She loves you Draco, and real father or not, she will always see you as her dad."
Draco knew she was wrong. Sure he never really liked his father much himself, but what had that to do with anything? He was still his father. If he found out that Lucius wasn't his father, his love for him wouldn't exist any farther. The only reason he had it even now was because he was his true father.
"I hope you're right Gin………"
