Strange Days
Disclaimer: Still not mine. Still not making any money. Still trying to get rid of the car payment.........
Rated R
Thanks for all the reviews. It's always nice to know when people like what you do. Oh, and one of my reviewers mentioned something about 1 of the chapters where Ginny was spelled Ginnie... I wanted to scream when I saw it.. Stupid word processor. LOL. Hopefully I have it fixed now so there should be none to minimal mistakes.
Chapter 6: Day 3, continued.
Harry was in the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey had given him the potion to fix his problem, sealed the lacerations from it and said he had to stay there for just a little while longer. She had never seen this problem before. Never seen this hex before so she wanted to make sure he was completely healed. Of course, the only reason she didn't know anything about it was because this was a special little hex the twins had developed. It was by accident, of course. They were trying to make another charm for their jokes and had stumbled upon it. Amazing what can happen with different plays on words.
Ron and Hermione came in and went over to his bed.
"Hey, mate. What happened? You ran out of there like You-Know-Who was after you. By the way, Snape was furious."
"Yes, he was. He told me and Ron to tell you that you had another detention. So, what happened?"
Harry looked at them both and sighed. He didn't know what happened. Yes, he knew he was hexed. He just didn't know how.
"I'm not exactly sure," he winced as he tried to find a better position. "I was sitting in class, minding my own business and then things started to happen.
"At first it was just little things; like my hand and arm going numb then the feeling coming back really quick. Then it felt like I had something biting me on my neck. The last thing that happened was really painful. It felt like a hundred little sharp things came out of the seat. That's what caused me to yelp and leave."
Harry grew silent. The other two looked like they were deep in thought.
Ron looked at him. "What about when you were shaking and breathing hard. What caused that?"
A light blush stole across Harry's neck and up into his face. He was hoping to forget about that.
"I don't want to talk about that. Let me just say it was really embarrassing and leave it at that."
"Okay. We won't mention it again. Do you have any idea who did it?" This from Hermione.
"No. None whatsoever. I thought it was Malfoy; but I looked at him and he was over his cauldron. Doing his work."
"I was watching him, too," Hermione said, "I never once seen him even look at you."
They talked for a few more minutes before Pomfrey shoed them out of the room, claiming her patient needed his rest.
It was dinner time. Harry Potter was finally out of the hospital. The only sign that anything was wrong was the stiffness in the way he walked, the way he held himself. This was one side-effect of the hex. Even after you were cured, you still felt the pain.
Ginny was sitting at the Slytherin table; eyes narrowed at the Gryffindor table. She wasn't through with him yet. He still needed to suffer. He had broken her heart so she meant to break him. If only a little.
Smirking, she stood and walked over to their table, standing behind Ginny, who was a few seats away from the trio.
"Weaslette," she drawled in a perfect imitation of Draco,"I see what Potter did hasn't had that much affect on you."
Draco tensed. He was going to kill her.
"If my significant other was cheating on me, I'd be at least a little upset."
Oh, now he was really going to kill her. He would NOT be upset. He couldn't care less what Pansy did as long as she stayed away from him.
Ron had stood when Draco first spoke to his sister. After that comment about cheating, he head whipped around to look at Harry. Harry had his head hung, eyes meeting no one and nothing.
"Ginny, is that true?" He asked.
Unable to deal with the embarrassment of having it aired in the middle of the Great Hall, all he could do was nod.
Ron's face turned red with fury, his hands clenching and unclenching at his sides.
"Harry?" He asked in a controlled, low voice.
Harry just sat there, head still down. The only sign that he heard was his shoulders hunching even more.
Ron grabbed Harry by his robes and pulled him out of his seat, his body shaking with his anger.
"How could you?" He bit out between clenched teeth. "I warned you what would happen if you ever hurt her." With that said, he drew back his arm and punched Harry in the face. Harry flew back onto the table. He just lay there, looking at Ron. He knew what he did was wrong. He knew he had it coming.
Before anything else happened, the teachers came and broke up the fight, telling everyone to finish their dinner and to head to their dorms.
The Hall broke out in whispers. Draco couldn't stand there and listen to them whispering about him. Pointing and looking at him pitifully. He got up and started to leave but Ron stopped him.
"Don't worry about me Ron. I'll be okay. I just want to be alone right now"
Ron nodded and let go of his arm. He didn't really want to be alone. He wanted to go up to the room, where Ginny was right now and strangle the life out of her.
Ginny was sitting on one of the couches when Draco stormed into the room.
"What the hell do you think you were doing? Embarrassing me like that?"
"You? I thought I was embarrassing myself. You are in my body, remember?"
Draco could feel his cheeks turning red. She was right.
"It doesn't matter. It still felt like they were all looking and talking about me. Don't ever do something like that again without clearing it with me first. And what was that little remark about me, as in Draco, being a little upset if my girlfriend was cheating on me? That was embarrassing me. Now Pansy will really think that I care about her."
Ginny was surprised by that last remark. She filed it away to examine later. Right now she needed to calm him down before he had an amnerisme, or what ever the Muggles called it.
"Okay, I will give you that, but, you have to admit it was funny and well worth it when Ron punched Harry."
Draco gave a little twitch of his lips. "You're right. That was well worth it."
They stayed in companionable silence for a few minutes before Draco slapped a hand to his forehead. The move caused Ginny to jump and stare at him like he was crazy. What was wrong with him? She didn't think that was something Malfoy generally did.
"What? What's wrong?"
"Tomorrow. Do you know what tomorrow is? It's the first Quidditch match of the year. Slytherin versus Gryffindor."
"Yeah, so?"
"So? So? I'm seeker for the team! Oh, this is just great. I doubt you even know how to fly, let alone play."
Ginny glared at him.
"I do to! I do have 6 brothers whom all played the damn game. And I just so happen to have made the team this year. Do you know anything about being a chaser?" She challenged.
He scoffed. "Of course. I'm brilliant on a broom and in the game."
"Could have fooled me," she mumbled under her breath.
"What was that?"
"Nothing, nothing. Look, we have nothing to worry about. We both know how to play the game. We'll just go out there and give it our best shot. Besides, if I can't catch the snitch, will it be any different than any other game you've played?"
This time it was him who glared at her. She just smiled at him. It shocked him. He had never seen himself smile before.
They talked for a while longer about Quidditch, what happened during dinner and the spells that she had used on Harry earlier in the day. Draco couldn't remember the last time -if ever- he laughed like that.
TBC. Well, here's 1 more chapter. In the next one we'll see what happened after dinner, a Quidditch match and Pansy. I haven't had too much of her in here. Maybe even a little brother/sister bonding.. And not that kind of bonding, get your heads out of the gutter....:P Oh, I know I misspelled the word (amnerisme) I meant to do it. Ginny is a Witch, after all. I'm sure you all know what I meant.
Disclaimer: Still not mine. Still not making any money. Still trying to get rid of the car payment.........
Rated R
Thanks for all the reviews. It's always nice to know when people like what you do. Oh, and one of my reviewers mentioned something about 1 of the chapters where Ginny was spelled Ginnie... I wanted to scream when I saw it.. Stupid word processor. LOL. Hopefully I have it fixed now so there should be none to minimal mistakes.
Chapter 6: Day 3, continued.
Harry was in the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey had given him the potion to fix his problem, sealed the lacerations from it and said he had to stay there for just a little while longer. She had never seen this problem before. Never seen this hex before so she wanted to make sure he was completely healed. Of course, the only reason she didn't know anything about it was because this was a special little hex the twins had developed. It was by accident, of course. They were trying to make another charm for their jokes and had stumbled upon it. Amazing what can happen with different plays on words.
Ron and Hermione came in and went over to his bed.
"Hey, mate. What happened? You ran out of there like You-Know-Who was after you. By the way, Snape was furious."
"Yes, he was. He told me and Ron to tell you that you had another detention. So, what happened?"
Harry looked at them both and sighed. He didn't know what happened. Yes, he knew he was hexed. He just didn't know how.
"I'm not exactly sure," he winced as he tried to find a better position. "I was sitting in class, minding my own business and then things started to happen.
"At first it was just little things; like my hand and arm going numb then the feeling coming back really quick. Then it felt like I had something biting me on my neck. The last thing that happened was really painful. It felt like a hundred little sharp things came out of the seat. That's what caused me to yelp and leave."
Harry grew silent. The other two looked like they were deep in thought.
Ron looked at him. "What about when you were shaking and breathing hard. What caused that?"
A light blush stole across Harry's neck and up into his face. He was hoping to forget about that.
"I don't want to talk about that. Let me just say it was really embarrassing and leave it at that."
"Okay. We won't mention it again. Do you have any idea who did it?" This from Hermione.
"No. None whatsoever. I thought it was Malfoy; but I looked at him and he was over his cauldron. Doing his work."
"I was watching him, too," Hermione said, "I never once seen him even look at you."
They talked for a few more minutes before Pomfrey shoed them out of the room, claiming her patient needed his rest.
It was dinner time. Harry Potter was finally out of the hospital. The only sign that anything was wrong was the stiffness in the way he walked, the way he held himself. This was one side-effect of the hex. Even after you were cured, you still felt the pain.
Ginny was sitting at the Slytherin table; eyes narrowed at the Gryffindor table. She wasn't through with him yet. He still needed to suffer. He had broken her heart so she meant to break him. If only a little.
Smirking, she stood and walked over to their table, standing behind Ginny, who was a few seats away from the trio.
"Weaslette," she drawled in a perfect imitation of Draco,"I see what Potter did hasn't had that much affect on you."
Draco tensed. He was going to kill her.
"If my significant other was cheating on me, I'd be at least a little upset."
Oh, now he was really going to kill her. He would NOT be upset. He couldn't care less what Pansy did as long as she stayed away from him.
Ron had stood when Draco first spoke to his sister. After that comment about cheating, he head whipped around to look at Harry. Harry had his head hung, eyes meeting no one and nothing.
"Ginny, is that true?" He asked.
Unable to deal with the embarrassment of having it aired in the middle of the Great Hall, all he could do was nod.
Ron's face turned red with fury, his hands clenching and unclenching at his sides.
"Harry?" He asked in a controlled, low voice.
Harry just sat there, head still down. The only sign that he heard was his shoulders hunching even more.
Ron grabbed Harry by his robes and pulled him out of his seat, his body shaking with his anger.
"How could you?" He bit out between clenched teeth. "I warned you what would happen if you ever hurt her." With that said, he drew back his arm and punched Harry in the face. Harry flew back onto the table. He just lay there, looking at Ron. He knew what he did was wrong. He knew he had it coming.
Before anything else happened, the teachers came and broke up the fight, telling everyone to finish their dinner and to head to their dorms.
The Hall broke out in whispers. Draco couldn't stand there and listen to them whispering about him. Pointing and looking at him pitifully. He got up and started to leave but Ron stopped him.
"Don't worry about me Ron. I'll be okay. I just want to be alone right now"
Ron nodded and let go of his arm. He didn't really want to be alone. He wanted to go up to the room, where Ginny was right now and strangle the life out of her.
Ginny was sitting on one of the couches when Draco stormed into the room.
"What the hell do you think you were doing? Embarrassing me like that?"
"You? I thought I was embarrassing myself. You are in my body, remember?"
Draco could feel his cheeks turning red. She was right.
"It doesn't matter. It still felt like they were all looking and talking about me. Don't ever do something like that again without clearing it with me first. And what was that little remark about me, as in Draco, being a little upset if my girlfriend was cheating on me? That was embarrassing me. Now Pansy will really think that I care about her."
Ginny was surprised by that last remark. She filed it away to examine later. Right now she needed to calm him down before he had an amnerisme, or what ever the Muggles called it.
"Okay, I will give you that, but, you have to admit it was funny and well worth it when Ron punched Harry."
Draco gave a little twitch of his lips. "You're right. That was well worth it."
They stayed in companionable silence for a few minutes before Draco slapped a hand to his forehead. The move caused Ginny to jump and stare at him like he was crazy. What was wrong with him? She didn't think that was something Malfoy generally did.
"What? What's wrong?"
"Tomorrow. Do you know what tomorrow is? It's the first Quidditch match of the year. Slytherin versus Gryffindor."
"Yeah, so?"
"So? So? I'm seeker for the team! Oh, this is just great. I doubt you even know how to fly, let alone play."
Ginny glared at him.
"I do to! I do have 6 brothers whom all played the damn game. And I just so happen to have made the team this year. Do you know anything about being a chaser?" She challenged.
He scoffed. "Of course. I'm brilliant on a broom and in the game."
"Could have fooled me," she mumbled under her breath.
"What was that?"
"Nothing, nothing. Look, we have nothing to worry about. We both know how to play the game. We'll just go out there and give it our best shot. Besides, if I can't catch the snitch, will it be any different than any other game you've played?"
This time it was him who glared at her. She just smiled at him. It shocked him. He had never seen himself smile before.
They talked for a while longer about Quidditch, what happened during dinner and the spells that she had used on Harry earlier in the day. Draco couldn't remember the last time -if ever- he laughed like that.
TBC. Well, here's 1 more chapter. In the next one we'll see what happened after dinner, a Quidditch match and Pansy. I haven't had too much of her in here. Maybe even a little brother/sister bonding.. And not that kind of bonding, get your heads out of the gutter....:P Oh, I know I misspelled the word (amnerisme) I meant to do it. Ginny is a Witch, after all. I'm sure you all know what I meant.