"Colin you should be glad you are not in advanced potions, that exam was devastating!" Ginny stated in the Great Hall while grabbing the bowl of mashed potatoes.

"Are you sure it was that hard?," When Ginny nodded he then said, " Well then I am glad I am not in that class and just in regular potions."

"I think Snape is just trying to show he hasn't gotten any nicer over the summer, even after all those attacks." Harry said allowing him to join the conversation.

"It didn't matter if you knew how to make the Draft of Peace, there were only a few questions on that the rest was on last years stuff he expected us to remember!"

"And I thought the whole purpose of summer was to empty out our brains of stuff we learned in that class."

"If you guys actually reviewed the material over the summer, instead of wasting time then maybe you could expect a better grade!" Hermione decided to announce to Harry and Ginny.

"Waste our TIME? You know what we did over the summer...." Ron was about to say more when he received glares from both Harry and Hermione, and he then turned his attention over to his food once again.

"You know being the sister of Ron you would be expected to know what the heck they did this summer, its strange how you know nothing!" Colin whispered to Ginny.

"Well I am no part of the Great Trio am I?," She sighed and then got up from the table, "Well I am off to Hagrid's I want to ask him for some help on this essay he gave us." With that she left and went off to the grounds of the castle.

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She was off to the grounds when she heard some footsteps, they were not following her because it wasn't coming from behind. Ginny could tell they were going to the library by the direction the sound was heading to. I thought I was the first one to leave the Great Hall, she thought. It didn't matter much to her so she just went on, until she saw who it was going to the library.

MALFOY! Why does it always have to be him! So it was only twice, but my luck today is just horrible!

She tried to tip toe her way as to avoid Malfoy, but Malfoy knew what she was trying to do. With a smirk he went up to Ginny to once again attempt to taunt her. Ginny widened her amber eyes with fear of what Malfoy was thinking, she did leave THE Draco Malfoy without him leaving first. Malfoy was too busy enjoying the fear in Ginny's eyes to notice Peeves was nearby holding some sort of bowl with powder in it, and Ginny...well she was the one with the fear so she was too occupied too.

"So Weaselette we meet once again!"

"What the hell are you doing here Malfoy?"

"I was on my way to the library when I noticed you out of the Great Hall. Now what would little Weaselette be doing in the middle of the hallway, trying to go off grounds? Are you trying to go to the Forbidden Forest? If you are then I will have to report you, after all I am a prefect!"

"I was going to go to Hag..."

"Oh you mean the big oaf, it figures you two would become friends. You both live in a house that barely is enough for the size of your poor family. Oh wait Hagrid doesn't even have a family he lives in a shack outside of the school, how sad."

"At least he has friends who actually care for him! At least MY family actually loves me!"

"How would you know if my family loves me or not! I don't see you with a Nimbus 2001 or and eagle owl or a box of treats that come every day to school! Oh wait I forgot you can't aff.."

"That just shows how spoiled you are not how much your family loves you!"

"Well at least I don't have a fat mother who has children sprouting from every section of some tiny house!"

"WHAT did you just call my mother?"

"I said that she is a FAT UGLY PIG who belongs in a family of BLOOD TRAITORS, and degrades the meaning of a pureblood family!" Malfoy practically shouted that to Ginny, who turned a deep scarlet.

"MALFOY YOU ASKED FOR IT!"

Ginny took her wand and performed her famous Bat Bogey Hex. Malfoy shocked was attacked by the hex and landed on the floor with a thump. His gray eyes widened as he tried to look at his skin while being trying to get rid of the bogies that were attacking him. Ginny started to snicker when she noticed something was happening to Malfoy's skin.

"I hate to do this but Finite Incantatum!" She ran to Malfoy's side and went to help him up when she stared at his skin, "What in Merlins name happened! Your skin is disgusting! I only did the Bat Bogey Hex, how come your skin is a thick hard crust?"

She moved him out of the way in a not-so-gentle manner and saw that there was a lot of powder where Malfoy landed on the floor.

"Its Wartcap Powder! PEEVES! I guess I will have to take you to the hospital wing, come with me!"

Malfoy in shock and still staring wide eyed at his skin was not able to talk for a moment. Not wanting to stutter he took a few moments to make sure he was fully capable of speaking again. "I can't believe you did that to me! You know Weasel I can get you in a lot of trouble for doing this. I could ask Snape to deduct house points from Gryffindor." Malfoy said with a touch of anger.

"Madam Pomfrey is in the Great Hall enjoying her lunch right now. I know the antidote to the Wartcap Powder, if you want me to I can help you because unfortunately I feel a little guilty. Or you can go to the Great Hall and ask her for help while all the students in Hogwarts will laugh at your ugly hard skin. Its your choice."

Malfoy glared at Ginny but then decided to follow her to the Hospital Wing, because he would not wait for some passerby to stare at him in the Hospital Wing waiting for Madam Pomfrey. No one could ever see a Malfoy with a skin condition! They finally entered the Hospital Wing, and to Draco's relief no one had left the Great Hall yet.

"You should be glad I want to become a Mediwizard, or else I might not have known the antidote. I am also an assistant of Madam Pomfrey so I know where everything is, well at least I think I do."

Malfoy was going to say something about how she won't be able to pay for Mediwizard school but kept his mouth shut after thinking about what other people would say if she decided not to help him.

Ginny searched for the ingredients for the antidote potion: bezeor, caterpillars, lacewing flies, porcupine quills, ashwinder eggs, and fluxweed. She found all the ingredients except for one that was to be in a purple bottle. She found a purple bottle with no label, I don't think there are any other ingredients in the hospital wings that are in purple bottles so this must be it. She quickly poured the contents of the bottle in and stirred the potion. When it was finally ready, and turned the green color it was supposed to turn into, she handed it to Draco.

"Well it is going to taste nasty, but I don't really care so drink up."

Malfoy nodded and took a sip. He looked at her with disgust then looked back to the cup and with a heavy sigh he drank the rest. He closed his eyes and the potion seemed to take effect.

"WELL....did it work?"

It did seem to work as Malfoy's skin turned back to the soft pale white it was before. He finally opened his eyes but this time he looked different. There was actually some sort of emotion in his eyes. He said nothing but stared at Ginny.

Ginny who was actually new to this stare and made a step back from Draco with an uncomfortable shift of her shoulders. She asked the same question in a much more harsher tone. What happened next shocked her.

Draco Malfoy took a step forward and hugged Ginny Weasley.

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A/N: I think this will probably be my longest chapter, sort of ends in a cliffie doesn't it? Well the next chapter will be up soon, after I get reviews. If they are all bad I might take down this story. Also If you have ANY ideas that you would like to put in this story I would be GLAD to hear them. I am still having some thoughts on where I should take this story. Just write your ideas in the reviews! PLEASE REVIEW!!

Oh and Wartcap Powder is not something I made up I found it on HPL according to Harry Potter Lexicon it is a Substance which causes the skin of a person who touches it to form a thick hard crust. THE ANTIDOTE is something I made up. It probably isnt really an antidote, I just put it there for...well you will see (If you like the story!)