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Chapter 3: The Return of the Dragon
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'Malfoy! That's that little boy's uncle! Andrew is a sweet boy, how could he ever end up with Malfoy as his uncle? He doesn't have a sister, at least none I now of'.
Ginny thought about this and then heard a knock on the greenhouse door in which she was.
"Come in".
In came Andrew once again.
"Sorry Professor. I left my quill".
"Ummm, that's okay, but wait. What did you say your uncle's name was?" asked Ginny.
"Ohhh, his name is Draco Malfoy. He attended this school, but he was in Slytherin. I don't know hwy they say the Slytherins are sneaky, my uncle is just full of pride. Anyway, I think he said he'll be here on December 28th, like the paper said".
"Okay, thank you Andrew", said Ginny looking flustered
"You're welcome", Andrew said as he left.
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Ginny was confused. How could Draco have a nephew? She gathered her stuff and traveled back inside the castle.
'I wonder if he's just joking, but then again, Andrew would never lie. What the hell am I thinking? I'm going nutso!'
Ginny was thinking so hard; she wasn't looking where she was going. She had a collision with Professor Potter, making her books and whatever was in his hands to drop.
"Hey Gin! No need to ram into me", said Harry joking around.
Ginny just looked at him dead in his eyes. She had too much going on. Draco, Andrew, Adam, Hermione? Everything was jumbled and she felt sick.
"That's okay Harry. I'm sorry. Guess I was thinking too hard. Just thank Merlin it's Friday", she finally said.
"Don't forget, there are parent teacher conferences this weekend, rest up".
Harry looked up and out of a window.
"Hey look! Snow!" he cried
Ginny looked up. Just great. Now she had to put a defrosting spell on the greenhouse in the morning.
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Ginny walked down the long staircase by herself, momentarily looking outside to see the snow falling and sticking to the floor.
'It looks like it will be a lot', she thought.
She saw the greenhouse from the window. She took her wand and said the spell. Now her greenhouse would be protected.
Ginny walked for two minutes more and finally arrived to a portrait of a lilac colored fairy with lily of the valley all over her.
"Password", said the Fairy, nearly giggling.
"Capture my heart".
The portrait swung open and revealed a tunnel for Ginny to go through. After crawling through it, she was in a spectacular room, her room. This was her sanctuary. Away from everything that distracted her. She had a library full with Herbology books, a door that led her into her bedroom, and a full size bathroom with a tub.
The books on her self were stacked by growth, light, no light, water, no water, and so on. The décor was stunning. The ceiling was like the Sistine Chapel. She had angels that moved around and sang when she was happy. When she was angry, they would hide behind the painted clouds.
Her bedroom had burgundy, crème and gold. Her favorite colors. Her bedspread was thick and pillowy. Once she was on it, she slept like a baby. Her bathroom sported a hug tube with many taps for different scents and bubbles. She lived in the lap of luxury at Hogwarts.
Ginny dropped her books, and went in her room to find some pajamas. She had a full day tomorrow.
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Morning arrived with gray clouds and white snow. In fact it was still snowing. It was of course December 27th, one of the parent teacher conference days. Ginny pulled herself out of bed and with blurry eyes, looked out the window. The snow was covered in a layer of snow about a foot. That wouldn't keep the parents away. The only problem is that they couldn't apparate.
Ginny got her clothes out and went in the bathroom and did the regular routine. Brush her teeth, floss, take a shower and get dressed. No need to be fancy. There was no one for her to be fancy for.
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Today was not Ginny's day. Thirteen parents showed up asking why their children were in danger of failing. She had to give them all the same answer, "Your child does not want to learn". Were those parents ever furious.
During her meetings with the many parents, many other parents had to cancel for unknown and strange reasons, but then again, some cancelled because of the snow.
"The snow is not that deep. I remember as a boy in Bulgaria, we had snow over our heads and still we had classes outside. It didn't matter. Now look at me, I'm doing fucking good if you ask me!" Ginny heard a parent say to another. He was tall yet kind of pudgy around the middle and he had a very strong Bulgarian accent in his words.
Ginny straightened her papers on her desk.
'When will this day be over?' she thought.
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The next day, Ginny was awake because of the howling and the whipping of the winds. She looked outside and saw that it had snowed very hard during the night.
She got up and did the normal routine. She didn't like the day at all. She felt grumpy and her back where the scar was, was killing her.
Ginny got ready and went outside of her portrait hole. When she got out she saw Harry standing there.
"Ginny, you can't go out to the greenhouse today. It's way too bad of weather. I'll tell the parents to meet you in a separate classroom. Is that okay?"
"That's all right with me", she answered.
Ginny went down to breakfast with Harry. They didn't talk on their way down. Ginny had a strange dream. She dreamt that she was in the tool shed with Adam, where he was about to rape her again, but out of the darkness; she sees a pair of gray eyes. When she sees a pair of eyes, Adam disappears and she is okay. Then she feels lips on hers.
'What does this all mean. What does gray eyes mean?' she thought.
Ginny sat at the staff table. She looked down the table and saw Harry and Hermione basking in the glow of each other's presence, the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Longbottom, the Potions teacher, Professor Zanbini, and so on and so forth.
She looked down at her plate and began to lose her appetite.
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The conferences through out the day seemed much better than the day before. She had civilized discussions with the parents. One even said that Ginny should be awarded with Teacher of the Year. But she told them that she was doing exactly what she was expected to do.
Parents came in, red checked and rod nosed. "It's freezing out there", she heard a parent say. Ginny sat down for a while. She shuffled through her papers and looked at Andrew's performance record.
Exams: 95%
Class work: 96%
Homework: 99.8%
Projects: 97%
Oral Presentations: 95%
Planting and Potting: 99%
Average: 96.97% (A/N Real Average, Not fake)
Compared to all the others in his class and grade, he out smarted them all.
Ginny looked at her watch. It was 5:30 P.M. She could only have one more parent in. She heard a knock on the door.
"Come in", Ginny said still looking at papers.
"Hello, Professor". Ginny looked away from the papers.
"Hello, Andrew. Where is your uncle?" she asked.
"Oh, he's probably still outside, I'll get him".
Andrew left. Ginny had dropped some papers in front of her desk.
'Ah Merlin please let this day just end', she thought.
She gathered up some papers but then saw an unfamiliar hand come to help her. She looked up slightly and there were the gray eyes. The ones from her dream.
She stood up and put the paper on her desk, and saw Draco Malfoy. Damn was he tall. He hovered over Ginny who was merely 5 feet 5 inches. He must have been 6 feet. He was in a dark gray sweater and black pants.
"Hello", said Ginny timidly, holding out her hand to shake.
"Hello Weaslette. I see you still can't stop dropping your stuff", said Draco.
"Listen, we're not here to talk about me, we're here to talk about Andrew".
"Okay I'm sorry. It's just that you are Andrew's favorite teacher and I had to see who it was, I just didn't know it was you, Weasley".
"Listen, I have a name, whether you use it or not doesn't affect me, but we are in a learning environment, with your nephew in the room. I bet you would love to see how he is doing?"
"Of course", said Draco with a smirk.
Ginny pulled out his performance record and handed it over to him.
"He does so excellent. I would like to see if he can handle my N.E.W.Ts classes when he reaches the proper age".
"Well, he will do better than excellent, I want him to do excellent to the second power if he believes he can", said Draco.
Ginny couldn't believe this was coming out of Draco Malfoy's own mouth.
"Well, I can see you're very involved in young Andrew's work. Not many adults do that".
Andrew blushed and went outside to meet up with some friends.
"Well, I wouldn't want him to fall into the same messes I got myself in", said Draco transfixed on Ginny.
Ginny was silent. She made sure Andrew wasn't around. She closed the door and resumed talking with Draco.
"Well, I think I could speak for everybody when I say, you weren't quite an angel", said Ginny.
"Yeah I know that. That was the rage my father put inside of me", said Draco.
"If you don't mind me asking, how is Andrew Broderbund your nephew? I mean we never knew if you had any other siblings. . ." Ginny was cut off. The door flew open and there was Hermione.
"Oh, I'm sorry", she said eyes fixed on Draco.
She continued, "The snow has gotten worse, it had completely shut us in, and it will eventually continue this blizzard like conditions for two days. All the parents were able to go home earlier but I guess you are the only one here left. The Headmaster declared that everyone is to stay in the castle until the blizzard is over".
Ginny looked over at Draco who seemed to have not been listening to Hermione.
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A/N: Thanks for all of the reviews, hope to finish the next chapter before the week is up. All your questions will be answered sooner or later through out the story. Read and Review. Lots of love to everyone. DARTAF 4 eva. HP/HG 4 eva.
Chapter 3: The Return of the Dragon
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'Malfoy! That's that little boy's uncle! Andrew is a sweet boy, how could he ever end up with Malfoy as his uncle? He doesn't have a sister, at least none I now of'.
Ginny thought about this and then heard a knock on the greenhouse door in which she was.
"Come in".
In came Andrew once again.
"Sorry Professor. I left my quill".
"Ummm, that's okay, but wait. What did you say your uncle's name was?" asked Ginny.
"Ohhh, his name is Draco Malfoy. He attended this school, but he was in Slytherin. I don't know hwy they say the Slytherins are sneaky, my uncle is just full of pride. Anyway, I think he said he'll be here on December 28th, like the paper said".
"Okay, thank you Andrew", said Ginny looking flustered
"You're welcome", Andrew said as he left.
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Ginny was confused. How could Draco have a nephew? She gathered her stuff and traveled back inside the castle.
'I wonder if he's just joking, but then again, Andrew would never lie. What the hell am I thinking? I'm going nutso!'
Ginny was thinking so hard; she wasn't looking where she was going. She had a collision with Professor Potter, making her books and whatever was in his hands to drop.
"Hey Gin! No need to ram into me", said Harry joking around.
Ginny just looked at him dead in his eyes. She had too much going on. Draco, Andrew, Adam, Hermione? Everything was jumbled and she felt sick.
"That's okay Harry. I'm sorry. Guess I was thinking too hard. Just thank Merlin it's Friday", she finally said.
"Don't forget, there are parent teacher conferences this weekend, rest up".
Harry looked up and out of a window.
"Hey look! Snow!" he cried
Ginny looked up. Just great. Now she had to put a defrosting spell on the greenhouse in the morning.
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Ginny walked down the long staircase by herself, momentarily looking outside to see the snow falling and sticking to the floor.
'It looks like it will be a lot', she thought.
She saw the greenhouse from the window. She took her wand and said the spell. Now her greenhouse would be protected.
Ginny walked for two minutes more and finally arrived to a portrait of a lilac colored fairy with lily of the valley all over her.
"Password", said the Fairy, nearly giggling.
"Capture my heart".
The portrait swung open and revealed a tunnel for Ginny to go through. After crawling through it, she was in a spectacular room, her room. This was her sanctuary. Away from everything that distracted her. She had a library full with Herbology books, a door that led her into her bedroom, and a full size bathroom with a tub.
The books on her self were stacked by growth, light, no light, water, no water, and so on. The décor was stunning. The ceiling was like the Sistine Chapel. She had angels that moved around and sang when she was happy. When she was angry, they would hide behind the painted clouds.
Her bedroom had burgundy, crème and gold. Her favorite colors. Her bedspread was thick and pillowy. Once she was on it, she slept like a baby. Her bathroom sported a hug tube with many taps for different scents and bubbles. She lived in the lap of luxury at Hogwarts.
Ginny dropped her books, and went in her room to find some pajamas. She had a full day tomorrow.
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Morning arrived with gray clouds and white snow. In fact it was still snowing. It was of course December 27th, one of the parent teacher conference days. Ginny pulled herself out of bed and with blurry eyes, looked out the window. The snow was covered in a layer of snow about a foot. That wouldn't keep the parents away. The only problem is that they couldn't apparate.
Ginny got her clothes out and went in the bathroom and did the regular routine. Brush her teeth, floss, take a shower and get dressed. No need to be fancy. There was no one for her to be fancy for.
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Today was not Ginny's day. Thirteen parents showed up asking why their children were in danger of failing. She had to give them all the same answer, "Your child does not want to learn". Were those parents ever furious.
During her meetings with the many parents, many other parents had to cancel for unknown and strange reasons, but then again, some cancelled because of the snow.
"The snow is not that deep. I remember as a boy in Bulgaria, we had snow over our heads and still we had classes outside. It didn't matter. Now look at me, I'm doing fucking good if you ask me!" Ginny heard a parent say to another. He was tall yet kind of pudgy around the middle and he had a very strong Bulgarian accent in his words.
Ginny straightened her papers on her desk.
'When will this day be over?' she thought.
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The next day, Ginny was awake because of the howling and the whipping of the winds. She looked outside and saw that it had snowed very hard during the night.
She got up and did the normal routine. She didn't like the day at all. She felt grumpy and her back where the scar was, was killing her.
Ginny got ready and went outside of her portrait hole. When she got out she saw Harry standing there.
"Ginny, you can't go out to the greenhouse today. It's way too bad of weather. I'll tell the parents to meet you in a separate classroom. Is that okay?"
"That's all right with me", she answered.
Ginny went down to breakfast with Harry. They didn't talk on their way down. Ginny had a strange dream. She dreamt that she was in the tool shed with Adam, where he was about to rape her again, but out of the darkness; she sees a pair of gray eyes. When she sees a pair of eyes, Adam disappears and she is okay. Then she feels lips on hers.
'What does this all mean. What does gray eyes mean?' she thought.
Ginny sat at the staff table. She looked down the table and saw Harry and Hermione basking in the glow of each other's presence, the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Longbottom, the Potions teacher, Professor Zanbini, and so on and so forth.
She looked down at her plate and began to lose her appetite.
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The conferences through out the day seemed much better than the day before. She had civilized discussions with the parents. One even said that Ginny should be awarded with Teacher of the Year. But she told them that she was doing exactly what she was expected to do.
Parents came in, red checked and rod nosed. "It's freezing out there", she heard a parent say. Ginny sat down for a while. She shuffled through her papers and looked at Andrew's performance record.
Exams: 95%
Class work: 96%
Homework: 99.8%
Projects: 97%
Oral Presentations: 95%
Planting and Potting: 99%
Average: 96.97% (A/N Real Average, Not fake)
Compared to all the others in his class and grade, he out smarted them all.
Ginny looked at her watch. It was 5:30 P.M. She could only have one more parent in. She heard a knock on the door.
"Come in", Ginny said still looking at papers.
"Hello, Professor". Ginny looked away from the papers.
"Hello, Andrew. Where is your uncle?" she asked.
"Oh, he's probably still outside, I'll get him".
Andrew left. Ginny had dropped some papers in front of her desk.
'Ah Merlin please let this day just end', she thought.
She gathered up some papers but then saw an unfamiliar hand come to help her. She looked up slightly and there were the gray eyes. The ones from her dream.
She stood up and put the paper on her desk, and saw Draco Malfoy. Damn was he tall. He hovered over Ginny who was merely 5 feet 5 inches. He must have been 6 feet. He was in a dark gray sweater and black pants.
"Hello", said Ginny timidly, holding out her hand to shake.
"Hello Weaslette. I see you still can't stop dropping your stuff", said Draco.
"Listen, we're not here to talk about me, we're here to talk about Andrew".
"Okay I'm sorry. It's just that you are Andrew's favorite teacher and I had to see who it was, I just didn't know it was you, Weasley".
"Listen, I have a name, whether you use it or not doesn't affect me, but we are in a learning environment, with your nephew in the room. I bet you would love to see how he is doing?"
"Of course", said Draco with a smirk.
Ginny pulled out his performance record and handed it over to him.
"He does so excellent. I would like to see if he can handle my N.E.W.Ts classes when he reaches the proper age".
"Well, he will do better than excellent, I want him to do excellent to the second power if he believes he can", said Draco.
Ginny couldn't believe this was coming out of Draco Malfoy's own mouth.
"Well, I can see you're very involved in young Andrew's work. Not many adults do that".
Andrew blushed and went outside to meet up with some friends.
"Well, I wouldn't want him to fall into the same messes I got myself in", said Draco transfixed on Ginny.
Ginny was silent. She made sure Andrew wasn't around. She closed the door and resumed talking with Draco.
"Well, I think I could speak for everybody when I say, you weren't quite an angel", said Ginny.
"Yeah I know that. That was the rage my father put inside of me", said Draco.
"If you don't mind me asking, how is Andrew Broderbund your nephew? I mean we never knew if you had any other siblings. . ." Ginny was cut off. The door flew open and there was Hermione.
"Oh, I'm sorry", she said eyes fixed on Draco.
She continued, "The snow has gotten worse, it had completely shut us in, and it will eventually continue this blizzard like conditions for two days. All the parents were able to go home earlier but I guess you are the only one here left. The Headmaster declared that everyone is to stay in the castle until the blizzard is over".
Ginny looked over at Draco who seemed to have not been listening to Hermione.
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A/N: Thanks for all of the reviews, hope to finish the next chapter before the week is up. All your questions will be answered sooner or later through out the story. Read and Review. Lots of love to everyone. DARTAF 4 eva. HP/HG 4 eva.