Chapter Four: The Journey Begins
Ginny, Harry, and everyone else got out of the car. Pushing their trolleys they headed for platforms nine and ten. When they got to the platforms Ron went first, after being trampled on by his mother. Molly Weasley did basically the same thing to Ginny as she did for Ron, "Ginny dear, have a good year, don't get into any trouble, and don't let this cute boy hear seduce you." She added a wink.
"Don't worry, Mrs. Weasley, I'd never do anything of the sort." Harry said, being pulled into a hug by Molly Weasley. When she let go, and they turned to go through Ginny spoke up.
"Yes, you will!"
"No, I won't!"
"Yes, you will!"
"No, I won't!"
"No, you won't" Ginny stated, he gave her a weird look, and she quickly kissed him on the cheek and said, "I win."
Then Ginny ran through the barrier with Harry coming behind her. She led him to the train they gave the train person their luggage, and hopped aboard the Hogwarts Express. The train had not changed, and she and Harry searched the train for an empty compartment, Ron and Hermione went off to find students to join them.
"Here's one!" Ginny exclaimed, dragging Harry into the compartment. Before he had time to think she pulled him into a long kiss. After moments there lips parted slowly, then kissed again, his tongue pushing at her bottom lip to let it in, she opened her mouth to french kiss him. They stayed like that, forgetting they had left the door open.
"You two know you left the compartment door wide open, right?"
--
Draco couldn't believe it, finally after months of whippings and yelling conversations with his father, he had come upon he had no choice. He was going to be a death eater. Most of him wanted too; there was just a little section of him that didn't want to. But over the years he had grown upon the subject of the dark arts.
Draco and his father entered a large mansion, where many gloomy faces wander about, secretly looking at Draco from behind their hoods. Then they entered a large room, where a fireplace was raging with fire, a tall man with short brown hair stood up from a long table with many people with stern faces gazed at the two men.
"Malfoy, didn't I tell you to knock before you enter a room while I'm in its presents?" the tall man glared at the older Malfoy and gave a sneer to show that he was very angry.
"Yes, my lord, I am very sorry." Lucuis said, the continued with an explanation, "But, I have my son, Draco Malfoy, heir to the Malfoy fortune, and new employee of death eaters."
"He's not one yet, Malfoy. He still has to complete his task to prove his loyalty to the death eaters." The man replied, holding out his hand to Draco, "Malfoy Jr. we meet at last, I always knew you come to your senses sooner or later. You've chosen the right course to become one with our pack. I am Lord Volemort, if couldn't already tell."
Draco could tell, tall, dark brown haired man, that is father called lord. It couldn't have been anyone but him. His father never called anyone lord, or such things, only to certain people. Draco extended his own hand, and shook Voldemort's hand with ease. "I could tell."
"Ah, good a smart one, unlike your father. Hopefully you'll be a better death eater than your father," Voldemort snarled towards Lucius, but directing the opinion towards Draco. "Of course, you'll have to pass a test, to prove your loyalty. You must kill someone I have in mind, I don't want a quick death, a slow and painful one."
"And who might this somebody be?"
"Weasley, Ginny Weasley."
--
Ginny and Harry quickly pulled apart, and just like in Diagon Alley, there was Draco Malfoy, staring at them, but was leaning against the door frame and had Crabbe and Goyle snickering at them both. Draco said coolly, "I thought you would have learned from Diagon Alley, but apparently you still sink low."
Draco passed a quick glance at Ginny, and took a step towards her, but Harry moved her front of her. Protecting her, she felt kind of awkward, she was sixteen! What was he going to do? He couldn't use magic yet, and she was sure she could beat him up.
"What do you think I'm going to do to her, Potter, snog her? Believe me I wouldn't kiss her if you gave me one million galleons." Draco sneered hatefully at Harry, and she saw Draco looked at her over Harry's shoulder, the same way he had looked at her in Diagon Alley. It gave her a queer feeling, but with a bit of excitement.
The three left the compartment as Ron and Hermione walked in followed by Luna, Neville, and several other people they knew. Apparently Ron and Hermione had told everyone about them because they kept bringing the subject up throughout the whole train ride.
Finally, the train came to a complete stop and all the students had begun to file out of the train. Hermione's Head girl badge shown throughout the crowd, some kid in Ravenclaw had made Head boy. She didn't know his name though. A load voice beamed through the crowd, a voice that only Hagrid could have.
"First Years, this way, follow me!"
The crowd of sixth and seventh years waved at Hagrid and he smiled and waved back. The sorting ceremony went as usual. Ginny counted four Slytherin, five Huffelpuffs, three Ravenclaws, and four Gryffindor.
"Would the Sixth and Seventh years please stay behind, the staff and I must speak a word with you."
The first, second, third, forth, and fifth years all filled out of the Great Hall, eager to get into bed after a long train ride. There was a moment of silence, and a couple coughs before Dumbledore stood up again.
"I would first like you welcome you back to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I hope you had a wonderful summer." Dumbledore began, the continued, "The ministry is now saying every Magical school must have journals of their students at Hogwarts. Our staff has decided that we will pair two of you up with someone in a different house than you, and the other gender. You two will then write out what your Hogwarts experience was like. If you have a seventh year in your team, the sixth year will finish up the report next year. Now if you'll all be so very kind, Professor Flickwick will read off the partners you will meet for five minutes in here, and then go off to bed."
The headmaster cleared his throat, and waited for Professor Flickwick to start.
"Now you cannot change these partners, unless the staff sees the situation bad." He cleared his small throat and proceeded, "Here are the partners:
Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom
Harry Potter and Hannah Abbott
Ron Weasley and Susan Bones
Hermione Granger and Justin Finch-Fletchly
Ginny Weasley and Draco Malfoy"
There was a gasp in the crowd, Ginny buried her head into her hands, she was going to be paired up with- Malfoy. She would accually have to spend time with him. She groaned. After everyone was paired up, Ginny sat there with her hands on her face as Draco came up to her.
"Hey, I don't like this anymore than you do, but I'm not pouting."
"That's cause you have no feelings."
"You bet I don't"
"I do."
They sat there for what seemed like hours on end, Draco finally spoke up, "So when should I meet you?"
"What?"
"When should I meet you? We'll have to get together sometime to write this bloody thing."
"Oh, tomarrow, the hour before dinner."
"Why then?"
Dumbledore clinged his glass signaling it was time to leave.
"Because I said so."
A/N: Ack! So sorry! I havn't gotten much time to write! I apologize, really I do, but at least you get a longer chapter. To answer some you're your questions, Yes, it will infact be a Draco/ Ginny story, I'm just trying to develop the plot a bit. Review please! I love hearing from you guys!
Ginny, Harry, and everyone else got out of the car. Pushing their trolleys they headed for platforms nine and ten. When they got to the platforms Ron went first, after being trampled on by his mother. Molly Weasley did basically the same thing to Ginny as she did for Ron, "Ginny dear, have a good year, don't get into any trouble, and don't let this cute boy hear seduce you." She added a wink.
"Don't worry, Mrs. Weasley, I'd never do anything of the sort." Harry said, being pulled into a hug by Molly Weasley. When she let go, and they turned to go through Ginny spoke up.
"Yes, you will!"
"No, I won't!"
"Yes, you will!"
"No, I won't!"
"No, you won't" Ginny stated, he gave her a weird look, and she quickly kissed him on the cheek and said, "I win."
Then Ginny ran through the barrier with Harry coming behind her. She led him to the train they gave the train person their luggage, and hopped aboard the Hogwarts Express. The train had not changed, and she and Harry searched the train for an empty compartment, Ron and Hermione went off to find students to join them.
"Here's one!" Ginny exclaimed, dragging Harry into the compartment. Before he had time to think she pulled him into a long kiss. After moments there lips parted slowly, then kissed again, his tongue pushing at her bottom lip to let it in, she opened her mouth to french kiss him. They stayed like that, forgetting they had left the door open.
"You two know you left the compartment door wide open, right?"
--
Draco couldn't believe it, finally after months of whippings and yelling conversations with his father, he had come upon he had no choice. He was going to be a death eater. Most of him wanted too; there was just a little section of him that didn't want to. But over the years he had grown upon the subject of the dark arts.
Draco and his father entered a large mansion, where many gloomy faces wander about, secretly looking at Draco from behind their hoods. Then they entered a large room, where a fireplace was raging with fire, a tall man with short brown hair stood up from a long table with many people with stern faces gazed at the two men.
"Malfoy, didn't I tell you to knock before you enter a room while I'm in its presents?" the tall man glared at the older Malfoy and gave a sneer to show that he was very angry.
"Yes, my lord, I am very sorry." Lucuis said, the continued with an explanation, "But, I have my son, Draco Malfoy, heir to the Malfoy fortune, and new employee of death eaters."
"He's not one yet, Malfoy. He still has to complete his task to prove his loyalty to the death eaters." The man replied, holding out his hand to Draco, "Malfoy Jr. we meet at last, I always knew you come to your senses sooner or later. You've chosen the right course to become one with our pack. I am Lord Volemort, if couldn't already tell."
Draco could tell, tall, dark brown haired man, that is father called lord. It couldn't have been anyone but him. His father never called anyone lord, or such things, only to certain people. Draco extended his own hand, and shook Voldemort's hand with ease. "I could tell."
"Ah, good a smart one, unlike your father. Hopefully you'll be a better death eater than your father," Voldemort snarled towards Lucius, but directing the opinion towards Draco. "Of course, you'll have to pass a test, to prove your loyalty. You must kill someone I have in mind, I don't want a quick death, a slow and painful one."
"And who might this somebody be?"
"Weasley, Ginny Weasley."
--
Ginny and Harry quickly pulled apart, and just like in Diagon Alley, there was Draco Malfoy, staring at them, but was leaning against the door frame and had Crabbe and Goyle snickering at them both. Draco said coolly, "I thought you would have learned from Diagon Alley, but apparently you still sink low."
Draco passed a quick glance at Ginny, and took a step towards her, but Harry moved her front of her. Protecting her, she felt kind of awkward, she was sixteen! What was he going to do? He couldn't use magic yet, and she was sure she could beat him up.
"What do you think I'm going to do to her, Potter, snog her? Believe me I wouldn't kiss her if you gave me one million galleons." Draco sneered hatefully at Harry, and she saw Draco looked at her over Harry's shoulder, the same way he had looked at her in Diagon Alley. It gave her a queer feeling, but with a bit of excitement.
The three left the compartment as Ron and Hermione walked in followed by Luna, Neville, and several other people they knew. Apparently Ron and Hermione had told everyone about them because they kept bringing the subject up throughout the whole train ride.
Finally, the train came to a complete stop and all the students had begun to file out of the train. Hermione's Head girl badge shown throughout the crowd, some kid in Ravenclaw had made Head boy. She didn't know his name though. A load voice beamed through the crowd, a voice that only Hagrid could have.
"First Years, this way, follow me!"
The crowd of sixth and seventh years waved at Hagrid and he smiled and waved back. The sorting ceremony went as usual. Ginny counted four Slytherin, five Huffelpuffs, three Ravenclaws, and four Gryffindor.
"Would the Sixth and Seventh years please stay behind, the staff and I must speak a word with you."
The first, second, third, forth, and fifth years all filled out of the Great Hall, eager to get into bed after a long train ride. There was a moment of silence, and a couple coughs before Dumbledore stood up again.
"I would first like you welcome you back to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I hope you had a wonderful summer." Dumbledore began, the continued, "The ministry is now saying every Magical school must have journals of their students at Hogwarts. Our staff has decided that we will pair two of you up with someone in a different house than you, and the other gender. You two will then write out what your Hogwarts experience was like. If you have a seventh year in your team, the sixth year will finish up the report next year. Now if you'll all be so very kind, Professor Flickwick will read off the partners you will meet for five minutes in here, and then go off to bed."
The headmaster cleared his throat, and waited for Professor Flickwick to start.
"Now you cannot change these partners, unless the staff sees the situation bad." He cleared his small throat and proceeded, "Here are the partners:
Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom
Harry Potter and Hannah Abbott
Ron Weasley and Susan Bones
Hermione Granger and Justin Finch-Fletchly
Ginny Weasley and Draco Malfoy"
There was a gasp in the crowd, Ginny buried her head into her hands, she was going to be paired up with- Malfoy. She would accually have to spend time with him. She groaned. After everyone was paired up, Ginny sat there with her hands on her face as Draco came up to her.
"Hey, I don't like this anymore than you do, but I'm not pouting."
"That's cause you have no feelings."
"You bet I don't"
"I do."
They sat there for what seemed like hours on end, Draco finally spoke up, "So when should I meet you?"
"What?"
"When should I meet you? We'll have to get together sometime to write this bloody thing."
"Oh, tomarrow, the hour before dinner."
"Why then?"
Dumbledore clinged his glass signaling it was time to leave.
"Because I said so."
A/N: Ack! So sorry! I havn't gotten much time to write! I apologize, really I do, but at least you get a longer chapter. To answer some you're your questions, Yes, it will infact be a Draco/ Ginny story, I'm just trying to develop the plot a bit. Review please! I love hearing from you guys!