She stirred and wondered where she was, being very careful not to open her eyes. It felt...soft. She could feel that she was lying down on some kind of surface, a bed. She thought back to remember why she would be lying on a bed, and why she was so sore, and almost groaned if it hadn't been for her sense of self preservation.

"Hey Ginny" someone was calling her. She shook out of her trance.

"Oh...Luna, sorry, I spaced out a bit, you know how Binns lectures are"

Luna blinked. "I think his lectures are wonderful"

Ginny rolled her eyes, only Luna would think Binns lectures were 'wonderful'. "So Luna, where to next?"

"I'm going to Herbology with the Hufflepuffs. You on the other hand..." and she smiled wickedly at this "...have Potions. With the Slytherins."

Ginny groaned dramatically, thinking to herself, 'why is it that us and those snakes are always paired up for Potions?' Potions had to be the worst class of them all. Snape hated the Gryffindors and took every single chance, provided or made up to ridicule, torture, and punish them. There was however one good thing about her upcoming class, her brother Ron and his friends were in the one right before it. "Gotta go Luna, I'll see you at lunch!" She hurried off into the tangle of winding corridors and haphazard turns but when she got there it seemed they had already left. She sighed quietly and started to walk toward her seat when she noticed it was still taken.

"Don't you have somewhere else to be Malfoy?" She asked the boy in front of her, noting once again his slicked back hair which made him look like someone from the muggle Mafia. 'heh, I doubt he even knows what the mafia is, he seems to have such little knowledge about anything muggle.' Shaking the thought away, she looked at him expectantly, waiting.

He looked back at her coolly and raised an eyebrow. "My, aren't you impatient, mind if I gather my books first, your Royal Highness." Smirking and going, as it seemed to her, incredibly slow, he picked up his books and sauntered off.

Sighing irritably, she went to sit down when she overheard a snippet of conversation.

"Who does Draco think he is? It was bad enough him being so nice to that mudblood but the weasal? Someone's gonna have to have a talk with that man about-"

Ginny, realizing the "mudblood" they were talking about had to be Hermione, jumped to her friend's defense. "Shut up Parkinson, before I prove just how much I learn with so many older brothers around."

Pansy looked over at Ginny with a hostile look on her face "What do you want? Mind your own business weasel!"

Ginny's eyes snapped as she drew out her wand, absently noting that Draco, along with most of the class, was watching her intently. "You did NOT just call me that!"

"ARE YOU THREATENING ME LITTLE GIRL!" Pansy had out her wand and before Ginny could react and had it sending a bolt of powerful light at her chest.

OOF! Ginny flew across the room and landed hard against the opposing wall, crying out with the pain that shot through her. Distantly she could hear a ruckus, someone was shouting. Oh well, no time to worry about it now' she thought, struggling to concentrate through the red haze at her attacker.

Pansy was laughing cruelly, "Bitch, how DARE you? I'd advise you to stay locked up somewhere far from me from now on. Look, I'll even help." She lazily pointed her wand at Ginny, who closed her eyes in anticipation. Fighting off her vertigo, she was able to stay conscious till FLASH-

Ginny groaned and stretched, trying to work the soreness out and get ready to face whoever was there. She knew somebody was, she could feel the gaze. 'Probably Ron…or what's his name from last year' She opened her eyes, ready to face the day and was startled when they met a pair of concerned gray ones...