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Ginny woke up the next morning in her bed at the Gryffindor Dorm. She smiled as the sun spilled in. The world was alight with colors; Ginny loved it. She remembered the night before causing her heart warmed and her smile deepened. It had been filled with magic, both literal and figuratively.
Suddenly reality hit her and she remembered she had a job to do. She needed to find the Extirpar. After dressing Ginny headed off towards the Great Hall for breakfast. She had talked with Draco the night before about eating together, but both agreed to take baby steps. Although neither cared about what others would think, there were way too many fights that would take place, and right now that was NOT what Ginny needed.
However, that's exactly what she got when she opened the doors. There, on the far side of the Hall, was Draco, Hermione and her brother. Ron had his wand out and looked poised to strike. Draco, for his part looked like he was trying to hold himself back. His face was cool and calm and Ginny noticed the absence of wand.
'He's so good!' Ginny thought. He was probably worried that if he hexed her brother she would be pissed, quiet the contrary. Ron deserved a good ass kicking. He hadn't talked to her for over a month. Hell, he didn't even get Ginny a Christmas present. Harry had told her he just needed time, but Gods! How much time did the boy need?
When Ron raised his wand, it flew out of his hand and into Ginny's. His face was dumbstruck and the crowd around him and Draco all gasped as they watched it fly into Ginny's hand. She wondered how many people actually noticed the lack of spell or wand.
As she walked up to Ron he turned around bewildered and even more pissed off. His anger only grew as he realized what had happened to his wand.
"Ginny! How could you protect this rat!! Oh, don't give me that look Gin! I know what happened last night! The whole school knows thanks to this rat!!"
Ginny looked him over calmly and then to Draco. Her cool exterior didn't exactly match her feelings, but she wasn't about to take anything on face value, not during troubled times like this. Ginny smiled at Draco and he smiled back. She turned back to Ron whose aura was a brilliant orange. 'Thank the Gods!' Ginny thought silently, thankful that Ron wasn't the creature. Its aura would no doubt be a very dark black, no matter who it took over.
"What are you talking about Ron?"
Ron started to turn violet. "What am I talking about?!?!? What am I talking about?!?!?" Ginny choked back a laugh at how Ron reminded her of a balloon just about to pop. "I'm talking about you and, and him!! Together!! Shagging!! Ginny, how could you!! How could you do this to your family? To your house??? His father was a deatheater for cripes sakes!!"
"Ron, calm down, you're about to have an aneurysm. Besides, I don't know how many times I have to tell you to mind your own damned business."
"Oh, please!! I was minding my own goddamn business! I let you go about and fuck up your own life and didn't say one fucking thing, but this morning was the last straw!! How could I keep to myself when he's blabbing about last night to everybody? He even shoved it in Harry's face this morning!!"
Ginny looked over at Draco who seemed cool, but Ginny knew better. He was getting pissed. He probably REALLY hated the not so subtle reference to him being like his father. He stared at her as though he was trying to tell her something, like 'please believe in me'. She did, she believed in him and nothing would ever change that. She gazed back into Ron's eyes and realized that if this had happened a week ago she would have cursed him halfway to hell. Not today. Today she was in control of herself like never before.
"Ronald, my dear brother." She paused and put her hand on the side of his face and thought of a calming spell. His breathing slowed and his face began to go to pink instead of purple. "Calm down. It doesn't really matter if people know. Besides I don't believe he would do something like that."
Ron's face became red despite the calming spell. "You're telling me you believe this slime bucket over Harry? Harry is a good man! Besides the rest of the people here have heard the same thing! Has he got you under some sort of spell? I know you're supposed to be some reincarnation of some dead bitch, but that doesn't make you invincible you know!!!"
"Ron!!" Hermione screeched at his side, tugging on his arm as soon as the words left his mouth.
Ginny decided that the time for playing cool cucumber was over. This was just too much. She should have known that little nosey bitch couldn't keep a thing to herself. She forgot Ron for the moment and turned on the brunet. She was in her face in a second. "You stupid little bitch! Do you know what you have done?!?!? No!! No you don't because you're too stupid for that!! I have half a mind to teach you a lesson, but thankfully for you I don't have time or power to waste on you!!" Ginny's eyes flamed. Her body began to shimmer and several students, especially Hermione gasped as Ginny became a fireball.
She turned back on her brother who had become a pasty white, satisfied with scaring the shit out of Hermione. "You say the other people here have heard the same thing? Well I don't think so!" She was running through the minds of the people around her. Legilimency was a very easy task for Ginny. "No one here actually heard Draco say a damn thing!!"
Her heart froze as the answer dawned on her. She looked frantically around the Hall. Several teachers were yelling at them to get back to their seats. Snape was on his way over to the center of their group. She drowned out the voices looking for one person that should be there up front and center with his friends. Her fire had gone out and her nerves began to tingle. She looked over at Draco who must not have liked what he saw because he ran over to her and took her hand in his. "Get off her Malfoy!!"
"Oh shut-up Weasel!!" Ginny heard Draco bark at her older brother.
"What's going on here? Everyone get back to your seats! Mr. Malfoy is Mr. Weasely and Miss. Granger giving you problems?" Snape had finally made his way over.
"Yes." Draco sputtered out as his gaze never left Ginny's. Snape eyed him and Ginny, but decided to take the chance to turn on two students he hated very much. The sounds of the Hall were drowned out as Draco guided Ginny through the crowd that parted like the red sea for Moses. Most were just too afraid to get in Ginny's way.
Once they were outside Ginny grabbed Draco by both arms. "It's Harry!"
Draco laughed at the insanity of it. "Harry? Are you sure, I mean he is an idiot, but evil?"
Ginny nodded her head fervently. "It is. I know it." She began to count the facts out on her hand. "He started all the rumors this morning. Why would he do that? How would he know?"
"First, how do you know it was him? And second, he could have been watching." Ginny shook his questions away.
"You don't understand, Ron said Harry told him; well, I know it's not a good thing to do, but I performed a little Legilimency in there, and most people heard it from Harry. I knew you hadn't, but I wanted to know who did if you hadn't. I kind of suspected Pansy was the one spreading rumors, but when I saw that it was Harry, I knew. Plus, he would have had to of been watching, but, why? If Harry was himself he wouldn't do something like that!"
She continued frantically with her list. "Plus there was this time in the bathroom when I was taking a bath and Harry was there." Draco's eyebrow shot up and he looked like he could kill, but Ginny ignored his jealousy and went on. "His explanation was totally whacked and his eyes, his eyes were different somehow. Not empty, but, I guess dark. I couldn't tell what it was."
"Ok, pause, Harry went to see you in the tub and you didn't think anything of it? You still hung out with him?"
Ginny rolled her eyes. "Oh come off it Draco! It's Harry. He said he was going to take a bath and I just happened to be there. And it's Harry!! What am I supposed to think?"
Draco didn't say another word. She had a point Harry was a goody two shoes. He wouldn't do something like that. That's sounds like something he would have done, actually. Draco smirked inwardly at the thought.
"Then he told me he saw me go with Albus late at night on his way to the kitchen, but the kitchen is on the other side of the dungeons!! Oh why didn't I think of it sooner?"
Draco thought for a moment and remembered the threat Harry had made. "He also threatened to kill me if I went near you. I figured he was just jealous and had a hard on for you really bad or something."
Ginny shook her head in disgust. "How could I be so blind?!? Come on!!" she grabbed Draco's hand and he was drug off behind her towards the Headmaster's office.
Ginny woke up the next morning in her bed at the Gryffindor Dorm. She smiled as the sun spilled in. The world was alight with colors; Ginny loved it. She remembered the night before causing her heart warmed and her smile deepened. It had been filled with magic, both literal and figuratively.
Suddenly reality hit her and she remembered she had a job to do. She needed to find the Extirpar. After dressing Ginny headed off towards the Great Hall for breakfast. She had talked with Draco the night before about eating together, but both agreed to take baby steps. Although neither cared about what others would think, there were way too many fights that would take place, and right now that was NOT what Ginny needed.
However, that's exactly what she got when she opened the doors. There, on the far side of the Hall, was Draco, Hermione and her brother. Ron had his wand out and looked poised to strike. Draco, for his part looked like he was trying to hold himself back. His face was cool and calm and Ginny noticed the absence of wand.
'He's so good!' Ginny thought. He was probably worried that if he hexed her brother she would be pissed, quiet the contrary. Ron deserved a good ass kicking. He hadn't talked to her for over a month. Hell, he didn't even get Ginny a Christmas present. Harry had told her he just needed time, but Gods! How much time did the boy need?
When Ron raised his wand, it flew out of his hand and into Ginny's. His face was dumbstruck and the crowd around him and Draco all gasped as they watched it fly into Ginny's hand. She wondered how many people actually noticed the lack of spell or wand.
As she walked up to Ron he turned around bewildered and even more pissed off. His anger only grew as he realized what had happened to his wand.
"Ginny! How could you protect this rat!! Oh, don't give me that look Gin! I know what happened last night! The whole school knows thanks to this rat!!"
Ginny looked him over calmly and then to Draco. Her cool exterior didn't exactly match her feelings, but she wasn't about to take anything on face value, not during troubled times like this. Ginny smiled at Draco and he smiled back. She turned back to Ron whose aura was a brilliant orange. 'Thank the Gods!' Ginny thought silently, thankful that Ron wasn't the creature. Its aura would no doubt be a very dark black, no matter who it took over.
"What are you talking about Ron?"
Ron started to turn violet. "What am I talking about?!?!? What am I talking about?!?!?" Ginny choked back a laugh at how Ron reminded her of a balloon just about to pop. "I'm talking about you and, and him!! Together!! Shagging!! Ginny, how could you!! How could you do this to your family? To your house??? His father was a deatheater for cripes sakes!!"
"Ron, calm down, you're about to have an aneurysm. Besides, I don't know how many times I have to tell you to mind your own damned business."
"Oh, please!! I was minding my own goddamn business! I let you go about and fuck up your own life and didn't say one fucking thing, but this morning was the last straw!! How could I keep to myself when he's blabbing about last night to everybody? He even shoved it in Harry's face this morning!!"
Ginny looked over at Draco who seemed cool, but Ginny knew better. He was getting pissed. He probably REALLY hated the not so subtle reference to him being like his father. He stared at her as though he was trying to tell her something, like 'please believe in me'. She did, she believed in him and nothing would ever change that. She gazed back into Ron's eyes and realized that if this had happened a week ago she would have cursed him halfway to hell. Not today. Today she was in control of herself like never before.
"Ronald, my dear brother." She paused and put her hand on the side of his face and thought of a calming spell. His breathing slowed and his face began to go to pink instead of purple. "Calm down. It doesn't really matter if people know. Besides I don't believe he would do something like that."
Ron's face became red despite the calming spell. "You're telling me you believe this slime bucket over Harry? Harry is a good man! Besides the rest of the people here have heard the same thing! Has he got you under some sort of spell? I know you're supposed to be some reincarnation of some dead bitch, but that doesn't make you invincible you know!!!"
"Ron!!" Hermione screeched at his side, tugging on his arm as soon as the words left his mouth.
Ginny decided that the time for playing cool cucumber was over. This was just too much. She should have known that little nosey bitch couldn't keep a thing to herself. She forgot Ron for the moment and turned on the brunet. She was in her face in a second. "You stupid little bitch! Do you know what you have done?!?!? No!! No you don't because you're too stupid for that!! I have half a mind to teach you a lesson, but thankfully for you I don't have time or power to waste on you!!" Ginny's eyes flamed. Her body began to shimmer and several students, especially Hermione gasped as Ginny became a fireball.
She turned back on her brother who had become a pasty white, satisfied with scaring the shit out of Hermione. "You say the other people here have heard the same thing? Well I don't think so!" She was running through the minds of the people around her. Legilimency was a very easy task for Ginny. "No one here actually heard Draco say a damn thing!!"
Her heart froze as the answer dawned on her. She looked frantically around the Hall. Several teachers were yelling at them to get back to their seats. Snape was on his way over to the center of their group. She drowned out the voices looking for one person that should be there up front and center with his friends. Her fire had gone out and her nerves began to tingle. She looked over at Draco who must not have liked what he saw because he ran over to her and took her hand in his. "Get off her Malfoy!!"
"Oh shut-up Weasel!!" Ginny heard Draco bark at her older brother.
"What's going on here? Everyone get back to your seats! Mr. Malfoy is Mr. Weasely and Miss. Granger giving you problems?" Snape had finally made his way over.
"Yes." Draco sputtered out as his gaze never left Ginny's. Snape eyed him and Ginny, but decided to take the chance to turn on two students he hated very much. The sounds of the Hall were drowned out as Draco guided Ginny through the crowd that parted like the red sea for Moses. Most were just too afraid to get in Ginny's way.
Once they were outside Ginny grabbed Draco by both arms. "It's Harry!"
Draco laughed at the insanity of it. "Harry? Are you sure, I mean he is an idiot, but evil?"
Ginny nodded her head fervently. "It is. I know it." She began to count the facts out on her hand. "He started all the rumors this morning. Why would he do that? How would he know?"
"First, how do you know it was him? And second, he could have been watching." Ginny shook his questions away.
"You don't understand, Ron said Harry told him; well, I know it's not a good thing to do, but I performed a little Legilimency in there, and most people heard it from Harry. I knew you hadn't, but I wanted to know who did if you hadn't. I kind of suspected Pansy was the one spreading rumors, but when I saw that it was Harry, I knew. Plus, he would have had to of been watching, but, why? If Harry was himself he wouldn't do something like that!"
She continued frantically with her list. "Plus there was this time in the bathroom when I was taking a bath and Harry was there." Draco's eyebrow shot up and he looked like he could kill, but Ginny ignored his jealousy and went on. "His explanation was totally whacked and his eyes, his eyes were different somehow. Not empty, but, I guess dark. I couldn't tell what it was."
"Ok, pause, Harry went to see you in the tub and you didn't think anything of it? You still hung out with him?"
Ginny rolled her eyes. "Oh come off it Draco! It's Harry. He said he was going to take a bath and I just happened to be there. And it's Harry!! What am I supposed to think?"
Draco didn't say another word. She had a point Harry was a goody two shoes. He wouldn't do something like that. That's sounds like something he would have done, actually. Draco smirked inwardly at the thought.
"Then he told me he saw me go with Albus late at night on his way to the kitchen, but the kitchen is on the other side of the dungeons!! Oh why didn't I think of it sooner?"
Draco thought for a moment and remembered the threat Harry had made. "He also threatened to kill me if I went near you. I figured he was just jealous and had a hard on for you really bad or something."
Ginny shook her head in disgust. "How could I be so blind?!? Come on!!" she grabbed Draco's hand and he was drug off behind her towards the Headmaster's office.