Chapter 10: But Once
Ginny raced through the long corridor, her red hair flailing wildly with every step. She grumbled to herself incoherently, causing several, if not all, the students passing to look at her with bewildering eyes. But that was the least of the redhead's concerns, for in her mind a mental clock was ticking and it had the words 'late' written all over it. "Why of all times did Katie and Colin have the biggest row of the century right when I had to leave?!" she mentally screamed at herself, as the corridor seemed to grow even more in distance, and the walls began to tower over her in colossal height. "I think I'm going insane. . ." she thought, trying to shake the images out of her head. She was on a mission here, and distractions, even temporary loss of sanity, were not welcome.
Unfortunately, she never saw the figure ahead of her, or the look of horror as she crashed into her. "Oww. . ." Ginny spoke, clutching her bruised head tightly.
"My dear are you alright?" a voice, Ginny quickly distinguished as Professor McGonagall, spoke, as she felt a hand pick her up from the newly fallen state. Ginny focused her eyes on the old woman with black-rimmed glasses, trying to get the world to stop spinning before her. "Are you alright?" she asked once again.
"Oh. . .I'm fine Professor," Ginny replied with a smile, happy that the world wasn't spinning and the head Gryffindor professor no longer had three heads. "Absolutely. . ."
"Minerva!" called another voice from down the hall. Ginny watched as the figure of Severus Snape, or Greasy Git to her fellow Gryffindors, came to view. He shot Ginny a disdained look of distrust, before turning to the other Professor. "You alright?"
"Of course," she answered, a slight tint of pink upon her cheeks. She quickly turned her attention back to a confused Ginny. "Well anyways, the Headmaster is waiting for you in the Hospital Wing. I suggest you hurry up. Mr. Malfoy is about to wake up." She watched as the youngest Weasley nodded her head in reply, before running off once again.
"Strange," Ginny whispered to herself once she was a few feet away from the two professors. She thought back to the incident that occurred just a few seconds before, but quickly dismissed it as the sign HOSPITAL WING came to sight and all thoughts of weird professors and their strange behaviors fled from her mind. But if she thought any longer, Ginny realized later on, she would've noticed something highly amiss with the scene. . .especially the two intertwined hands not carefully hidden behind the robes.
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"Good Morning!" Ginny greeted brightly as she entered the Hospital Wing and immediately headed towards the edge of the room, much to Madam Pomfrey's dismay. Several students, many of which were patients, turned their heads to the cheery girl and waved happily in return.
"Hey what's up Gin!" someone called out, before another shushed her to silence. Ginny turned and found her two American friends on the opposite wall, one clad in white and the other in red.
"Hey you guys!" she called back, before running towards them in excitement, "What are you doing here?"
"Well Maya here got herself in another fight with a Slytherin," the all- knowing Alexia answered, sending Maya an evil smirk in her direction, "So now she's nursing a broken arm and a bruised rib."
"How the hell was I supposed to know that bitch was a fucking kung fu master??" Maya cried out, trying to defend her honor. . .or whatever was left of it. She turned back to Ginny; purposely ignoring the looks Alexia was sending her way. "You should've seen it Gin! That bitch was hitting me left and right with some karate shit. I only got back at her when she was trying to jump of the wall and I hit her with a curse."
"Which she knew the counter-curse for. . ." Alexia butted in, causing Maya's glare to darken considerably. Suddenly the twin's eyes brightened with sudden realization. "Oh and do you wanna know why lil Maya here got into a fight?" Ginny shook her head, looking to Maya for a clue, only to find her asleep from exhaustion. "She was defending you. That Slytherin bitch was threatening to chop your head off for hurting her little Draco," she answered, placing a lot of sarcasm with her ending words. Ginny didn't reply, but only looked at her friend on the hospital bed. "Don't tell her I told ya," Alexia whispered, "She gets touchy about that stuff."
"Yea. . ." was Ginny only reply. Her good mood was gone, along with the prospects of having a good day.
Alexia noticed the sudden change in the redhead's mood, and gave her friend a kind smile unlike her usual smirks. "Eh don't worry bout it lil kiddo. Maya's one tough son-of-a-bitch. She'll live through it. She deserved it too. . .considering how big her ego can get." She looked down at her fallen twin, "Ya better go. I think a certain silver-haired boy is waiting for you."
"Oh I almost forgot. Well thanks again Alexia. Tell Maya I said hi later k," Ginny replied, as she gave a last wave to the twins and walked off once more.
"I hope ya know what your doing," Alexia sighed, "Because things are gonna get a little freaky around here."
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"Sorry Professor!" Ginny called once she spotted the bearded man with thin- rimmed glasses talking to someone hidden from view, "I got a little side tracked. . ."
"Oh hello Ms. Weasley," Dumbledore replied, giving her a small smile, "Well Mr. Malfoy I believe your guide is here. Now get some rest, I'm sure Madam Pomfrey wouldn't appreciate one of her patients getting sick from being too active."
Ginny stared at the sight incredulously, her eyebrow raising when the sound of a soft laughter reached her ears. She was even more shocked when the headmaster moved to the side, revealing a very healthy looking Draco. . .so unlike the boy who looked half dead just a day before. But what shocked her to the beyond was the smile Draco had on his face and the bright cheer in his eyes. Never in her life has she seen something this unbelievable. . .not even the time when the Weasley twins were actually scolding Ron for playing a prank on mom. "Um hello," she managed the stutter out without seeming too stupid. "Smooth Ginny. . .real smooth," she thought, mentally smacking herself for being so dumb at the worst moments.
She watched Draco's smile widen, as he cocked his head to the side in a curious manner. Ginny almost melted right there and then from the cuteness. "Hi. . ." he replied back, his voice quiet, "Ginny right?"
"That's me," she said, immediately coming to his side and settling down on the bed, "How do you feel?" She watched the headmaster leave with a wave in the corner of her eye, before turning her full attention back to the boy before her. "Bones healed?" she asked under her breath, as guilt began to take hold of her.
"Well I seem to have a few bones broken," he replied calmly, the smile never leaving his face, "But the nice nurse here said I could leave this afternoon."
"Oh that's good," Ginny said, giving the once-cold and egotistical boy a smile of her own, "I was worried about you."
"I'm glad you came to visit me," he began once again, as his face transfigured to one of confusion, "I'm highly puzzled about everything really. First of all I can't remember who I am or where I am or anyone around me for that matter. And then all these adults started coming in and kept talking and fussing over me."
"Adults?" Ginny asked, curious of who would visit the young Malfoy besides Professor Snape and Professor Dumbledore.
"Well there was this one scary looking guy," Draco answered, recalling memories of this morning, "He had greased black hair. Wore all black and just looked like the living daylights were sucked out of him. . ."
"Professor Snape?!?" Ginny practically screamed, as she tried very hard to contain her laughter. It wasn't everyday a Slytherin, especially a Malfoy, talked about their precious potions teacher in that manner. She would definitely have to tell Katie and Colin about this later.
"Um. . .was that his name?" Draco asked, confused of why his new friend would be laughing insanely at his description, "Well yes. . .he kept muttering about how he was going to get revenge on certain redheads." He motioned for Ginny to come forward a little bit, and looked around to see if anyone was paying attention. Finding no one, he pulled her gently and whispered, "He's a little odd in the head. Is he a visiting patient or something?"
This made Ginny crack up even more, but quickly stopped once Draco looked at her with hurt eyes. She shook her head and explained, "He's actually one of our professors and the head of the Slytherin house. . .your house to be exact."
"He's a professor??" Draco asked, seemingly more confused than ever. "Wow, this amnesia thing is more confusing than I thought." Ginny opened her mouth to speak, but closed it, silently wondering how to react to that. Draco seemed to notice her discomfort, and quickly added, "But I'll get used to it. . .especially with your help." He looked down at the white comforter, a soft blush gracing his cheeks.
"Let's go sneak down to the kitchens," she asked out of the blue, excitement gleaming in her eyes.
He looked back at her with shock. "Um. . .the nurse said that I can't leave. . .that I should stay here. . ."
He stopped talking once Ginny grabbed hold of his hand, a devious smile on her face. "Well if we are going to get your memory back," she spoke in a whisper, "Then the best way is to introduce you to familiar things." She stood up from the bed, her hand no longer in Draco's but by her side. "And from what I know of Draco Malfoy. . .he never allows anyone to stop him from sneaking off to the kitchens. . .not even Dumbledore himself."
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In the end, Ginny won the battle and the two students made their way down to the kitchens, purposely avoiding the wandering eyes of Flitch or his damned cat. Draco was slightly nervous about the excursion, his eyes darting left and right at the new sights of the castle he could not even remember. "Ginny. . ." he whispered carefully, "You sure I can do this. . .what if my wounds open or what if I'm not healed yet. . ."
Ginny stopped in her tracks, and turned back to the nervous boy behind her. "Do you want to go back?" she asked him, her tone calm and collective. She didn't want to push Draco to do something he didn't want to, especially if the result wasn't anything but positive. It wouldn't be helpful for her if Draco were scared to talk to her. . .let lone be in the same room as her. "It's alright if you do. I shouldn't have pushed you."
Draco looked at the redhead before his eyes wandered to the corridor that lead to the Hospital Wing door. In his head, he knew the best thing would be to just turn back and stay in the comfortable hospital bed until the nurse or the bearded man said otherwise. But, as he looked back to the green-eyed girl, something inside of him stirred.
"Oh that hurt!" Draco replied, pretending to look pained, "And I thought you loved me Ginny?"
"Fat chance of that happening. . ."
"Are you alright Draco?" he heard Ginny ask him with concern, causing the faded memory to leave him just as quick as it came.
"Um yea. . ." he replied, rubbing his temples slightly to ease the forming headache, "I think I just. . ." He looked back to the girl, and felt unhappy for causing worry. "Oh it's nothing," he said quickly, giving her a soft smile for reassurance. "Well we better get going then! After all I am starving, and as you put it, Draco Malfoy never let anything hold him back!" With one swift motion, their hands were clasped together once again. He began leading her ahead, when something struck him. "Um Ginny. . ." he began, looking back to her, "Where are we going again?"
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omg. . .i cant believe I wrote that thing about McGonagall and Snape. (ahh!! Runs around screaming.) well anyways, I couldn't help it. or maybe I could and was just possessed at the time. Hmm. . .
well anyways! New chapter. And now the new Draco! Sorry if he seems kindof weak and stuff. But you know after waking up with amnesia and seeing a bunch of people that seem scary even before he lost his memory is kindof scary. Lol. Well anyways, just one minor note. It may seem that Draco healed a lot quicker than possible. But yea, I only realized that after the ch. Was done and well yea that's pretty much it. anyways thanks for all your reviews! they are greatly appreciated. Sugoi! Ja ne.
Ginny raced through the long corridor, her red hair flailing wildly with every step. She grumbled to herself incoherently, causing several, if not all, the students passing to look at her with bewildering eyes. But that was the least of the redhead's concerns, for in her mind a mental clock was ticking and it had the words 'late' written all over it. "Why of all times did Katie and Colin have the biggest row of the century right when I had to leave?!" she mentally screamed at herself, as the corridor seemed to grow even more in distance, and the walls began to tower over her in colossal height. "I think I'm going insane. . ." she thought, trying to shake the images out of her head. She was on a mission here, and distractions, even temporary loss of sanity, were not welcome.
Unfortunately, she never saw the figure ahead of her, or the look of horror as she crashed into her. "Oww. . ." Ginny spoke, clutching her bruised head tightly.
"My dear are you alright?" a voice, Ginny quickly distinguished as Professor McGonagall, spoke, as she felt a hand pick her up from the newly fallen state. Ginny focused her eyes on the old woman with black-rimmed glasses, trying to get the world to stop spinning before her. "Are you alright?" she asked once again.
"Oh. . .I'm fine Professor," Ginny replied with a smile, happy that the world wasn't spinning and the head Gryffindor professor no longer had three heads. "Absolutely. . ."
"Minerva!" called another voice from down the hall. Ginny watched as the figure of Severus Snape, or Greasy Git to her fellow Gryffindors, came to view. He shot Ginny a disdained look of distrust, before turning to the other Professor. "You alright?"
"Of course," she answered, a slight tint of pink upon her cheeks. She quickly turned her attention back to a confused Ginny. "Well anyways, the Headmaster is waiting for you in the Hospital Wing. I suggest you hurry up. Mr. Malfoy is about to wake up." She watched as the youngest Weasley nodded her head in reply, before running off once again.
"Strange," Ginny whispered to herself once she was a few feet away from the two professors. She thought back to the incident that occurred just a few seconds before, but quickly dismissed it as the sign HOSPITAL WING came to sight and all thoughts of weird professors and their strange behaviors fled from her mind. But if she thought any longer, Ginny realized later on, she would've noticed something highly amiss with the scene. . .especially the two intertwined hands not carefully hidden behind the robes.
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"Good Morning!" Ginny greeted brightly as she entered the Hospital Wing and immediately headed towards the edge of the room, much to Madam Pomfrey's dismay. Several students, many of which were patients, turned their heads to the cheery girl and waved happily in return.
"Hey what's up Gin!" someone called out, before another shushed her to silence. Ginny turned and found her two American friends on the opposite wall, one clad in white and the other in red.
"Hey you guys!" she called back, before running towards them in excitement, "What are you doing here?"
"Well Maya here got herself in another fight with a Slytherin," the all- knowing Alexia answered, sending Maya an evil smirk in her direction, "So now she's nursing a broken arm and a bruised rib."
"How the hell was I supposed to know that bitch was a fucking kung fu master??" Maya cried out, trying to defend her honor. . .or whatever was left of it. She turned back to Ginny; purposely ignoring the looks Alexia was sending her way. "You should've seen it Gin! That bitch was hitting me left and right with some karate shit. I only got back at her when she was trying to jump of the wall and I hit her with a curse."
"Which she knew the counter-curse for. . ." Alexia butted in, causing Maya's glare to darken considerably. Suddenly the twin's eyes brightened with sudden realization. "Oh and do you wanna know why lil Maya here got into a fight?" Ginny shook her head, looking to Maya for a clue, only to find her asleep from exhaustion. "She was defending you. That Slytherin bitch was threatening to chop your head off for hurting her little Draco," she answered, placing a lot of sarcasm with her ending words. Ginny didn't reply, but only looked at her friend on the hospital bed. "Don't tell her I told ya," Alexia whispered, "She gets touchy about that stuff."
"Yea. . ." was Ginny only reply. Her good mood was gone, along with the prospects of having a good day.
Alexia noticed the sudden change in the redhead's mood, and gave her friend a kind smile unlike her usual smirks. "Eh don't worry bout it lil kiddo. Maya's one tough son-of-a-bitch. She'll live through it. She deserved it too. . .considering how big her ego can get." She looked down at her fallen twin, "Ya better go. I think a certain silver-haired boy is waiting for you."
"Oh I almost forgot. Well thanks again Alexia. Tell Maya I said hi later k," Ginny replied, as she gave a last wave to the twins and walked off once more.
"I hope ya know what your doing," Alexia sighed, "Because things are gonna get a little freaky around here."
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"Sorry Professor!" Ginny called once she spotted the bearded man with thin- rimmed glasses talking to someone hidden from view, "I got a little side tracked. . ."
"Oh hello Ms. Weasley," Dumbledore replied, giving her a small smile, "Well Mr. Malfoy I believe your guide is here. Now get some rest, I'm sure Madam Pomfrey wouldn't appreciate one of her patients getting sick from being too active."
Ginny stared at the sight incredulously, her eyebrow raising when the sound of a soft laughter reached her ears. She was even more shocked when the headmaster moved to the side, revealing a very healthy looking Draco. . .so unlike the boy who looked half dead just a day before. But what shocked her to the beyond was the smile Draco had on his face and the bright cheer in his eyes. Never in her life has she seen something this unbelievable. . .not even the time when the Weasley twins were actually scolding Ron for playing a prank on mom. "Um hello," she managed the stutter out without seeming too stupid. "Smooth Ginny. . .real smooth," she thought, mentally smacking herself for being so dumb at the worst moments.
She watched Draco's smile widen, as he cocked his head to the side in a curious manner. Ginny almost melted right there and then from the cuteness. "Hi. . ." he replied back, his voice quiet, "Ginny right?"
"That's me," she said, immediately coming to his side and settling down on the bed, "How do you feel?" She watched the headmaster leave with a wave in the corner of her eye, before turning her full attention back to the boy before her. "Bones healed?" she asked under her breath, as guilt began to take hold of her.
"Well I seem to have a few bones broken," he replied calmly, the smile never leaving his face, "But the nice nurse here said I could leave this afternoon."
"Oh that's good," Ginny said, giving the once-cold and egotistical boy a smile of her own, "I was worried about you."
"I'm glad you came to visit me," he began once again, as his face transfigured to one of confusion, "I'm highly puzzled about everything really. First of all I can't remember who I am or where I am or anyone around me for that matter. And then all these adults started coming in and kept talking and fussing over me."
"Adults?" Ginny asked, curious of who would visit the young Malfoy besides Professor Snape and Professor Dumbledore.
"Well there was this one scary looking guy," Draco answered, recalling memories of this morning, "He had greased black hair. Wore all black and just looked like the living daylights were sucked out of him. . ."
"Professor Snape?!?" Ginny practically screamed, as she tried very hard to contain her laughter. It wasn't everyday a Slytherin, especially a Malfoy, talked about their precious potions teacher in that manner. She would definitely have to tell Katie and Colin about this later.
"Um. . .was that his name?" Draco asked, confused of why his new friend would be laughing insanely at his description, "Well yes. . .he kept muttering about how he was going to get revenge on certain redheads." He motioned for Ginny to come forward a little bit, and looked around to see if anyone was paying attention. Finding no one, he pulled her gently and whispered, "He's a little odd in the head. Is he a visiting patient or something?"
This made Ginny crack up even more, but quickly stopped once Draco looked at her with hurt eyes. She shook her head and explained, "He's actually one of our professors and the head of the Slytherin house. . .your house to be exact."
"He's a professor??" Draco asked, seemingly more confused than ever. "Wow, this amnesia thing is more confusing than I thought." Ginny opened her mouth to speak, but closed it, silently wondering how to react to that. Draco seemed to notice her discomfort, and quickly added, "But I'll get used to it. . .especially with your help." He looked down at the white comforter, a soft blush gracing his cheeks.
"Let's go sneak down to the kitchens," she asked out of the blue, excitement gleaming in her eyes.
He looked back at her with shock. "Um. . .the nurse said that I can't leave. . .that I should stay here. . ."
He stopped talking once Ginny grabbed hold of his hand, a devious smile on her face. "Well if we are going to get your memory back," she spoke in a whisper, "Then the best way is to introduce you to familiar things." She stood up from the bed, her hand no longer in Draco's but by her side. "And from what I know of Draco Malfoy. . .he never allows anyone to stop him from sneaking off to the kitchens. . .not even Dumbledore himself."
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In the end, Ginny won the battle and the two students made their way down to the kitchens, purposely avoiding the wandering eyes of Flitch or his damned cat. Draco was slightly nervous about the excursion, his eyes darting left and right at the new sights of the castle he could not even remember. "Ginny. . ." he whispered carefully, "You sure I can do this. . .what if my wounds open or what if I'm not healed yet. . ."
Ginny stopped in her tracks, and turned back to the nervous boy behind her. "Do you want to go back?" she asked him, her tone calm and collective. She didn't want to push Draco to do something he didn't want to, especially if the result wasn't anything but positive. It wouldn't be helpful for her if Draco were scared to talk to her. . .let lone be in the same room as her. "It's alright if you do. I shouldn't have pushed you."
Draco looked at the redhead before his eyes wandered to the corridor that lead to the Hospital Wing door. In his head, he knew the best thing would be to just turn back and stay in the comfortable hospital bed until the nurse or the bearded man said otherwise. But, as he looked back to the green-eyed girl, something inside of him stirred.
"Oh that hurt!" Draco replied, pretending to look pained, "And I thought you loved me Ginny?"
"Fat chance of that happening. . ."
"Are you alright Draco?" he heard Ginny ask him with concern, causing the faded memory to leave him just as quick as it came.
"Um yea. . ." he replied, rubbing his temples slightly to ease the forming headache, "I think I just. . ." He looked back to the girl, and felt unhappy for causing worry. "Oh it's nothing," he said quickly, giving her a soft smile for reassurance. "Well we better get going then! After all I am starving, and as you put it, Draco Malfoy never let anything hold him back!" With one swift motion, their hands were clasped together once again. He began leading her ahead, when something struck him. "Um Ginny. . ." he began, looking back to her, "Where are we going again?"
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omg. . .i cant believe I wrote that thing about McGonagall and Snape. (ahh!! Runs around screaming.) well anyways, I couldn't help it. or maybe I could and was just possessed at the time. Hmm. . .
well anyways! New chapter. And now the new Draco! Sorry if he seems kindof weak and stuff. But you know after waking up with amnesia and seeing a bunch of people that seem scary even before he lost his memory is kindof scary. Lol. Well anyways, just one minor note. It may seem that Draco healed a lot quicker than possible. But yea, I only realized that after the ch. Was done and well yea that's pretty much it. anyways thanks for all your reviews! they are greatly appreciated. Sugoi! Ja ne.