Ginny tossed restlessly in her bed. Her dreams haunted her and she tried to escape their grasps. Finally, she woke up. She looked around to find the room empty. Then she heard footsteps outside. She quickly pulled out her wand, but she wouldn't need it. In walked Snape.

"You're awake," Snape stated.

"Yes, and may I ask what you're doing here?" asked Ginny.

"I'm making sure you're alright. I am after all in charge of you four until this program is over." Snape surprisingly seated himself on her bed next to her.

"Um, well, I'm fairing quite well," Ginny said.

"Then my job is done. And please come tomorrow to the 4th floor at 12. I must give you a test to see where you are at. We shall meet in the room you've already visited. " Ginny nodded.  Then as he got up to leave, she plopped back onto her pillow and hugged the sheets tightly. Snape approached her slowly.

He pulled up the covers so that they covered her well and pulled out a blanket and covered her with that, too. He then left the room.

Ginny was left surprised. But the blanket and its warmth comforted her and she soon fell fast asleep.

She awoke the next morning and dressed quickly. Then she headed to Colin's room.

"Come in!" he cried. She walked in to a well-lit room full of bright colors. "Do you like my decorations?" he asked.

"Yes, the room looks real happy," she said somewhat dejectedly. "I just came to say Good morning."

"Good morning to you to!" he said happily and Ginny exited the room.

She walked down the halls to the kitchen and bumped into Draco's room. The door was opened slightly and she peeked through.

Draco was set over a canvas, deep in work. His art was only in pencil but the colors were near. The picture was nearly done. It depicted a little girl no older than 2 sitting on a swing. Her hair was tied up in two high pigtails and little strands made their way into her face. She had a huge cheeky grin on and her little brown eyes twinkled with glee. Ginny smiled and walked out.

She ate breakfast by herself. Everyone seemed to be busy. She wondered when her lessons were to begin. Then she quietly cleaned up and headed outside for a swim.

The little man-made lake was quite warm. Ginny waded in and enjoyed doing laps around the lake to exercise herself. Then she dried herself off, dressed, and headed to the 4th floor.

She arrived just in time.

"You're just in time," stated Snape.

"Uh-huh," she said.

"I have to issue you a test to see where you are in your subjects. If you do very well, your lessons will be delayed until the next quarter. If you fail, then we must start right away. First one: potions. You must make me a dreamless sleep potion. Here are the ingredients." Ginny headed towards the cupboard and began to work quickly. She knew this potion very well. She needed it almost every night after her visits with the two men.

Half an hour later, she finished. Snape inspected the potion and said she had passed.

"Next, a harder one. You must make a potion taken by your friend Remus when he transforms. It is called a wolfsbane potion. You may begin."

Ginny again quickly set to work. This potion was made usually in the 7th year but Ginny was quite advanced in Potions.

Again, she succeeded.

"That ends the potions test. Now, onto Transfiguration."

Ginny aced her tests one by one as the hours rolled by. Soon it was 3 and her stomach was really hungry.

"Hungry?" asked Snape. Ginny nodded. She watched as he turned around and headed outside. Then he came back moments later with turkey sandwiches. Ginny happily took one and nibbled on it as Snape checked her History of Magic essay.

Ginny had luckily passed all the exams except for Divination. But Snape did not scold her. She had not passed the harder Divination test so that meant that she was fine for this quarter. But Snape didn't care for this subject.

"Unless you are a Seer it is of no need. Therefore you shall not take it at all. The only subjects you must take are: Potions, Transfiguration, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Herbology, and Care of Magical Creatures. Those we will start on in January. If you want to play Quidditch you may join Potter and Mister Malfoy when they play. You may leave," Snape said. But as Ginny got up the picture of his wife caught her eye again and a question popped into her mind.

"Professor?"

"Yes?"

"Did you have any kids?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Well, you were married. So did you have any kids?"

"Yes, I did."

"Was it a boy or girl?"

"I see you're not going to leave this matter alone so I will elaborate. It was a girl. Her name was Roxanne. But after Anabelle died, I had to raise her alone. She always loved to hear stories about Anabelle and I. But soon the matter of not having a mother came down on her hard and she decided to end all of it. She- she jumped off the balcony on this very floor. And I saw it all happen. I came up just in time to see my daughter plummet to her death and again I couldn't stop another funeral." Snape looked out the window and Ginny felt tears fall down her cheeks. No wonder he cautioned us not to use the balconies as suicidal areas. He really meant it, Ginny thought.

"I'm sorry," Ginny said as she placed a hand on his shoulder. But he didn't turn around so Ginny left the room and headed for Draco's.

"Draco, may I come in?" she asked as nicely and politely as possible.

"What do you want, Weasley?" asked Draco.

"I just want to tell you something," Ginny stated.

"Fine, we'll use your room."

"Why not yours? Have you got something to hide?" Ginny asked coyly.

"I do not want any Weasley germs in my room."

"Please!" begged Ginny. But Draco didn't give in. They both made their way to her bedroom.

"Isn't how I imagined it to be," Draco said.

"Well, what did you imagine?"

"A pig style room full of mess, clutter, and no clean corners."

"Interesting what you think about us," Ginny said as she sat down on her bed. Draco stood. "Come on sit down. There are no germs in here, I promise." Draco shot her a glare and seated himself on a beanie bag. As he sunk in, a look of horror flashed in his face. "Obviously you've never sat on a beanie bag, have you?"

"No," Draco said although he hated to admit defeat. As he got settled in, Ginny spoke.

"I figured out what the picture on the 4th floor is and I got even more stuff about Snape's life," she said.

"Do tell," Draco said. Ginny was amazed at the fact that she was having a civil conversation with a Malfoy. If she ever told her brothers they'd kill her.

"Well, that was his wife, Anabelle Marina. Sad story behind her. Snape met her at Durmstrang. They were in year 3. But soon you-know-who began to rise and his father forced him to join. So he did, but he was also a spy for Dumbledore at the same time! But Anabelle got scared when she heard of the murders, kidnapping, and torturing Snape was doing. And he was starting to enjoy it. She tried to stop him from going to totally bad apple and it worked a bit. But your father just had to come in. He found out that Snape had a soft spot for Anabelle. So one day at a meeting with you-know-who, he invited Anabelle. Then your father asked Snape how willing he was to hurt someone dear to him for you-know-who and Snape said he was willing, not knowing that Anabelle was right there. Then your father got up and killed Anabelle right in front of Snape! And he still can't forgive himself because he thinks that he could've done something to save her. It was all your father's fault!" Ginny looked at Draco for a moment. He looked sad. Ginny didn't know why he was sad, though. "So what do you think of your father now?" she asked.

"I never thought much of him," Draco said sadly. Ginny sat back. She could tell Draco was about to reveal something now.

"He was always cruel and cold-hearted. He never really loved me. He called me a burden. I was forced to learn Dark Magic at a young age. And Dark Magic involves a lot of strength and power. I was so young; I didn't have the power my father wanted from me. So he started to beat me. Belts, shoes, tables, lamps, anything hard that he could get his hands on. Soon, he resorted to curses. The Cruciatus Curse and others that I will not plant in your mind right now. But they were all terrible. They all came with pain. I found myself going to bed with broken ribs and bleeding scars. I was waking up every morning to find my eye swollen or my hand blue from the beatings. I was afraid of my father. And my mother didn't know of this. My father taught me a spell to keep the bruises hidden, but not the pain. I had to keep secrets from my mother and I hated it. Almost everyday my father would set aside time in the summer for these lessons. I would go in and he would shoot spells at me and I had to block them. I mess up and I ended up with pain beyond human imagination. My whole self was telling me to tell my mother. But even if I did, she had no power against my father. He was the strong and mighty one in the household. So I had to endure these pains. And even while I'm here with Professor Snape he still visits me. You were right. That was a bruise you saw on my arm at Hogwarts," he finished and let himself sink into the beanie, tears streaming down his face. Ginny got up and put an arm around his shoulder and tried to console him.

"If you want, I can teach you a spell to keep the pain away, too," Ginny said. Draco looked up at her. "I face the same problem. Except it's not only my father. My brother Charlie likes to take out his anger on me, too. Every day if they have a bad day at work, or they mess up or something, all their anger goes to me. I get black and blue bruises and scars. A few days ago I got hit on the head with a table. It's not a great feeling as you know. But I learned this spell that keeps the pain away." Ginny said.

"I'm supposed to believe that Arthur Weasley and Charlie Weasley beat up their only daughter and only sister?" asked Draco unbelievingly.

"Do you want to see?" Ginny raised her shirt up a bit. There near her navel was a scar that ran down her thigh and stopped. "I got it when I was three. I was drawing in my room when my dad came in. He grabbed this huge belt he had and struck me real hard. My shirt ripped off along with snitches of my pants and I got this scar as a memory." Draco traced the scar with his finger and Ginny flinched.

"I would have never guessed," Draco said.

"Maybe we should tell Professor Snape. Maybe he can help," Ginny suggested. "But what can he do?"

"He can't help me. What will he do? Try to blast my father away in a wand duel? He can probably help you though. Maybe he can find some sort of way to keep you out of harm," Draco said.

"No, how can he do it without my father figuring out I told on him and Charlie?" Ginny asked.

"Well, you could come to dinner wearing a tube top or some sort of blouse that would show off your scar. I bet we got some when we went shopping. But wait, when we went shopping how come I didn't see it?"

"I can hide it with a charm I learned," Ginny said. "Maybe the top idea isn't bad. I'll think about it. But what about you. You've got it worse than me. Wait, are you a deatheater?" asked Ginny. Draco looked at her gravely.

"Yes," he answered. Ginny got up and took a look at him. It wasn't right for him to be one. But he rolled up his shirt sleeve and there it was, the Dark Mark staring back at her. Ginny dropped to the floor and fainted.

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Another chappie done. This story might be shorter than I expected. It might end in another 10 chappies or less. Anyways, tell me wat you thought. Tell me if you think the story is being rushed or if its alright. Tell me if you think Ginny fainting was a bit out of the ordinary. Anyways:

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