Title: Another Sunny Day
Author: Seiki
Rating: PG13
A/N: Hey! I made this chappie before I posted the first one. Makes life simpler, I can post it later on, and there's no hassle about making a new one right away. (And if I hurried this up, it'll be stupsyd.J) I implore upon all of the readers to please review, so that I won't lose interest in making this story. J P.S. Draco and Ginny are on nice friendly terms now. J She still doesn't believe he's really changed, and she's confused. J This is gonna be a weird chappie! Just no flames please! Thank you! J
Ginny: Yeah, Yeah!
Draco: Can't you keep your bloody mouth shut, weasel-girl?
Ginny: I thought we're supposed to be nice to each other?
Draco: That's just in the story, dim bulb head!
Ginny: Really?
Draco: No, Ginny dearest, we're supposed to be sweethearts… (In a sickeningly sweet voice)
Ginny: Fine! Transformigus Ferretus!
[A flash of white light and a furry thing plops on the floor]
Seiki: Aww…look at the little ferret!
Ginny: (smirks)
Ferret-boy: squeal! Squeal!
Seiki: Lock it up, Ginny!
Ginny: (Grins wider)
There it goes!
Chapter 2: "A Night in the Room of Ginny Weasley (and the morning after)"
The Sorting was over (finishing with "Xavanile, Jerome" "RAVENCLAW!") and the students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry were chatting animatedly among themselves. Among all the houses, Gryffindor was the noisiest, for they had a good batch of students who were sorted in. Among all the Gryffindors, the Seventh Years were the noisiest, each one of them voicing their hopes and dreams for the next months to follow. Among the Seventh Years, however, there was a quiet one. Ginny Weasley sat in her place, beside Harry Potter and her closest friend, Hermione Granger.
Ginny was worried and nervous. She didn't know if she should tell Harry and Ron about her accelerating, of course Hermione already knew about her being a Prefect, and she probably told them already, but what they didn't know was of her accelerating. Ron might get mad at her, or worse, get jealous. [A/N: Yes, Ron is supposed to be really overprotective here, and he gets jealous easily too.]
Professor Dumbledore stood up and tapped his glass. Surprisingly, the hall did not quiet down. Dumbledore took out his wand and sent a shower of really noisy fireworks up the roof. Still the hall did not quiet down. He was about to cast another spell again, but before he could, a young lad stood up.
"TONE DOWN!" the lad shouted out, his voice carrying out across the wide hall. Almost immediately, the whole hall quieted down.
"Why, thank you, Mr. Malfoy." Dumbledore said, his face showing slight surprise.
Ginny watched, her face full of astonishment as Draco bowed to the Professor and sat down. Beside her, Hermione gave a nod of approval. Harry meanwhile, was in shock. He kept on saying; "What the h*ll did Malfoy do that for?"
"Welcome back to Hogwarts, my beloved students!" Dumbledore said, smiling at them all. "Before all my announcements are told, I would first like to remind all of you that the Forbidden Forest will still remain forbidden, and that all years below third will not be allowed to go to Hogsmeade. And now, since I am done with my reminders, I'll go to my announcements. I would like to proudly introduce our new Head Girl and Boy, Ms. Hermione Granger, from Gryffindor House—" The Gryffindor table cheered a "Hip, Hip Hooray!" "—And Mr. Justin Finch-Fletchley [A/N: or is it Flinch-Fetchley?] From the Hufflepuff House!" This time, the Hufflepuff table went mad. Hermione and Justin stood up and went to the table set for the Heads and Prefects.
"And we mustn't forget our Prefects! Let's give a hand for Ms. Hannah Abbot from Hufflepuff, Mr. Terry Boot from Ravenclaw and Mr. Draco Malfoy from Slytherin!" All the houses politely applauded as the three prefects whose names were called stood up and went to the table where the Heads were sitting. A murmur went through the crowd. 'Where was Gryffindor?' they all wondered.
"I am proud to tell all of you about our new Gryffindor Prefect. She is one of those few students who have proven themselves worthy of being accelerated into another year level. Her intellectual skills are above the highest average for a Sixth Year student, so we, the teachers, have decided to let her move on. May I please call on Ms. Virginia Weasley!"
Ginny stood up, her hands felling clammy. Murmurs were spreading through the hall like wildfire, and the volume was increasing.
"Please come and sit at the table now, Ms. Weasley." He said to her kindly.
As she walked toward the table, Harry began applauding. Then her brother followed. Then the whole Gryffindor table started to clap, then soon, the whole hall.
Ginny was bursting with happiness. It made her face glow and her eyes sparkle. When she sat down the table, she noticed some of the males in the hall (esp. Gryffindor and Ravenclaw) looking at her. [A/N: OoOh!]
She turned red and focused her eyes on the Professor, who was continuing with his announcements.
"Now please respect your new leaders, and I hope that this year will be a memorable year to all! Have a feast!"
~J~
Draco Malfoy watched his tablemates as they ate. Hermione was talking to Justin, Hannah was sharing a joke with Terry and Ginny. He watched Ginny Weasley's face, fascinated at how her face glowed when she was happy. She turned and their eyes met. He was shocked at how clearly he could see through her eyes. She was truly an innocent, because her eyes plainly showed all her emotions. He could see that she was very happy now. Ginny smiled at him. He smiled back.
"Like your new position so far, Ms. Weasley?" he asked.
"Yup. Just think of it, I can take away house points now!" she replied.
"Taking away house points isn't everything, you know!" remarked Hannah.
"Yeah! There's a really superb bathroom in our floor!" added Terry.
"Prefects have a floor to themselves?!" she asked incredulously.
"Of course! It's at the secret floor that Dumbledore showed us last year! I'm sure he'll show it to us again!" Terry said.
"Yep! It's so fun there!" said Hannah.
"Yeah, Hannah's always walking around the room in her knickers!" Terry said, laughing out loud.
"I do not, you prat!" Hannah said, hitting Terry with a chicken leg. Terry tried to avoid the attack, but missed, and ended up having an ear full of gravy. Ginny, meanwhile, was laughing at the whole escapade.
Draco watched the three, particularly Ginny, marveling at how happy they could be. The Prefects (namely Justin, Hermione, Hannah and Terry) were his best friends. [A/N: when he was elected as a prefect along with Herm, Justin and Terry a year ago, they bonded and became as close as family. Hannah only became one of his best friends because she was Justin's girlfriend before, and she hung out with them. ^-^]. They were like the family he never had. Hermione was always the 'general' of the group, the one who scolds, the one who knew all the rules. Justin and Terry were the 'angels in disguise', constantly trying to piss Hermione off. Hannah was the supporting one, who helped them with their problems. They helped him a lot, knew most of his problems and vice versa.
I wonder if I'll have another best friend this year…
"Draco! Wake up!" called out Hannah.
"What?"
"You look like you're dreaming about something…"
"Oh, he's probably dreaming about me! I know I'm hot, Draco dearest, but I'm afraid we just can't be!" said Terry in a falsetto voice, trying to twirl a strand of his hair.
"Sod off and stick a porcupine up your arse, Terry." He replied in a sarcastic tone.
Ginny giggled.
"What!?" both Terry and he said at the same time.
"Never knew you two were homosexuals."
"Never hurt to have a little knowledge, right, Draco darling?" Terry replied, batting his eyelashes at him.
"Darling me once more and you'll find something unpleasant on your head."
Ginny laughed out loud.
~J~
The Feast was soon over, the students were lead to their houses, and the Prefects were now free to go to their rooms. Professor Dumbledore had instructed the Prefects to meet him at the third floor, so that he could show them their rooms.
Ginny was running toward the third floor, eager and half afraid. She was never comfortable wandering in the dark hallways of Hogwarts. Hannah, Terry and Draco were already there when she arrived. The Professor was near a window overlooking the Forbidden Forest.
"Miss Weasley! Glad to see you've arrived!" said Dumbledore, smiling at her. "Now that we're all complete, I'd like you to decide on a password."
The four of them were silent, each having their own thoughts.
"How about…solitude?" Draco said, breaking the silence.
"Sure!" Hannah said.
"Are you two in agreement with that?" asked the Professor.
She and Terry nodded their heads.
"It's settled then, your password will be 'Solitude"." Dumbledore said.
Then, he did something which caused Ginny to shriek. The Professor jumped out of the window, saying 'Solitude'. Ginny looked out the window, expecting to see Professor Dumbledore dead on the grassy floor.
"Don't worry Ginny, it's perfectly safe!" said Hannah. She stepped on the ledge, then jumped out.
"Bye!" said Terry, as he followed in after Hannah.
"What are you waiting for, Ginny? Won't you jump in?" asked Draco.
"Thanks, but no thanks, I'd rather stay here."
"You're afraid of heights?"
"No, I'm afraid of falling."
"Seriously?"
"Seriously."
"Okay, then." He said, at the same time grabbing her waist and jumping out of the window.
Ginny was screaming, sure that they were going to fall down and die. To her great surprise, they didn't. She and Draco landed in a small inflatable pool.
"Thanks a bunch, Boot, now I'm dripping wet." Said Draco, glaring at the grinning Terry.
"No problemo, Draco" he replied.
Ginny got out of the pool, dismayed to find herself soaked to the bone. She saw Draco, wringing the hems of his robes.
"Now, Ms. Weasley, Mr. Draco, your rooms are there—" Professor Dumbledore pointed to the west side of the room, "—and I do hope you get yourselves dried up. I shall be going now. Good night!" and with that Professor Dumbledore stepped into the pool, waved, and a second later, disappeared with a small pop.
Ginny, Draco and the other two Prefects headed to their respective rooms. As Ginny opened her door, she noticed something written on it.
Virginia Weasley
Gryffindor Prefect
"Wow…" she said.
The upholstery of her room was beautiful, just the way she had imagined her own 'dream room' to look like. The wallpaper was green, with tiny pink rosebuds dotting it, the flooring was covered with dark green carpet, her four-poster bed was in the middle of the room, her desk on the right, the door to the bathroom on the left, and her wardrobe in front of her bed. Her bed, to her delight, had green curtains, with tiny pink rosebuds too, and green silk coverings. There was a window opening to a balcony beside her desk, where she could see a beautiful view of the lake. Ginny opened the wardrobe closet and looked inside. There were her old clothes, new robes and shoes. With a sigh, she sifted through her closet, with the intention of finding her pajamas.
Wait a minute, these aren't my clothes…she thought.
She pulled out a beautiful green dress robe, which was made for formal occasions. It was made out of the finest silk and felt light to the touch.
"Wow…I don't think the Professor left this to me…my mum couldn't afford it…whose is this?" She questioned.
As if answering her question, a piece of faded parchment fell unto the floor.
"What's that?"
She picked it up and read the contents of the piece of parchment. It read:
To those who will find this old gown of mine:
Please take care of it. I have felt one too many times in my youth what it felt like to be poor, and I certainly don't relish the experience. Now that I am more well off and can afford, I will leave this gown of mine here, at Hogwarts, so that the future women who have the same problem as mine be able to make use of it. I hope that you will continue the tradition and leave it here, once you go out of these halls and create the story of your life. I also do hope that your this year may be the most memorable year you'll have here at Hogwarts.
Much Love,
Rowena Ravenclaw
Ginny held the dress away from her. It was so unbelievable. She couldn't believe that the dress she was holding now came from one of the founders of Hogwarts. It was really unbelievable. She carefully paced the dress back in the closet and returned back to the task of finding her pajamas. She found them, a few minutes later. She changed into them and picked up the piece of parchment.
"Sure, Rowena. I'll take care of it."
~J~
Draco Malfoy twisted and turned in his bed. He was having a nightmare. He was dreaming that Cassie was screaming in pain, pale hands with long spidery fingers on her neck.
"Stop it!!! She's going to die!" he shouted, hoping that the person who owned those awful hands would put his sister down.
A cold voice floated in the air, making the hairs on the back of his head stand up and making him cringe.
"Do you think I would care, young Mr. Malfoy?"
The voice was filled with pure evil. No mercy, no compassion could be derived from it. The voice sent out a horrible, evil laugh.
Draco fell down on his knees, watching his sister slowly die, in the hands of this merciless person. He was numbed—the only thing he could see or hear was the screams of his sister, and how her eyes looked at him. He could see it plainly, her violet gray orbs beginning to lose their light.
Her mouth formed words—but no sound came out of them.
"Bro…ther…"
Then her head slumped to the right side of her shoulder.
"NOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
He saw his sister's body slowly drop to the floor.
"NOOOOOOO!!!!!"
Then came the cold, merciless evil voice again. It was laughing.
"NOOOOOOO!!!!!"
~J~
Ginny awoke with a gasp. Her heart was beating wildly, for some reason. As if something bad had happened. She breathed deeply in the darkness of her room. In…out…in…out.
What the hell happened?!
She clapped her hands twice, and suddenly, her room was flooded with light. She glanced at her surroundings, shocked. All her pillows, save for the one she rested her head on, were all on the floor. She was twisted in her blankets, and she was bathed in sweat. She glanced at the clock on her nightstand. The clock read 5:30 am.
"Guess I'd better take a bath then. No use pondering about what happened."
She untangled herself from her sheets and waded her way to the bathroom door.
"Automaticum Pura!"
All her pillows rose up from the floor and place themselves neatly on her bed. Her sheets straightened and her curtains fixed themselves up.
"That's better!"
And then she entered the bathroom.
Special Thanks to:
1. Legendsong-Nope, "lud" is not a substitute for "god".
2. Maxine-Stop lying to yourself, you are not gorgeous! ^-^ The Plentius Florencia thingie emerged from my crazy imagination. ^-^
3. Oread-Thanks!
4. Bellus Qui-He's changed, and I think you're gonna know why this chapter. ^-^ Your story's nice!!!
5. Anjelline-Yup! Thanks!
6. Verges at Minephoteu-Yup!
7. Wolf Angel Keri-Who's Keri? Yes, originally, Malfoy's initials are supposed to be dream. I just never found the right names. ^-^
8. Darcel-………^-^
9. Tuldzdavampslayer-Thanks! ^-^
10. Happy little Rin-Chan-Thanks! ^-^
11. Crystal-Thank You! ^-^
12. Brown Sugar-Sorry! Cream wasn't mentioned much, except for the part where Draco's dream is! I'm glad you like the wand part! ^-^
13. Eleoopy-Yes, Cassie has blonde hair, Nope he isn't a death eater yet, The other prefects chose to spend their time with their friends during the train ride (like Hermione. ^-^)
14. Lovie-Thanks! Sorry bout Ginny not being brown eyed and all…and with Draco too…but I cant just imagine Draco without gray eyes! ^-^
15. Drago Meraude-Sorry, read it already! Hehehe……^-^
16. Ginny Malfoy-Thanks!^-^
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