Chapter has been revised and modified according to latest information given by JK Rowling herself, anyone want to check this information out I strongly recommend going to www.jkrowling.co.uk the official JK Rowling site just opened a few days ago.
GINNY'S REAL NAME IS GINEVRA, NOT VIRGINIA AS MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT.
No Draco in this Chappie, sorry. I'm trying to build anticipation as the story progresses to finally reveal Draco, don't know if it's gonna work but lets just say that it will in some point :)
Disclaimer: All the Harry Potter characters belong to ever so talented JK Rowling. Nothing in this story is mine except the plot and the new characters. Also if you happen to identify something from movies, songs, books or whatever it also isn't mine. I find inspiration and helpful tips everywhere.
Note: This is a Draco/Ginny fic, just so you know beforehand. The story takes place during Ginny's 7th year.
MOGUELEN
Chapter 4
Strange Things
"Ginevra..." a distant voice was calling. "Ginevra..." there it was again. 'What's going on?' thought Ginny.
"Ginevra..." now the voice became clearer but she still couldn't identify who it belonged to and she was too tried to do anything about it.
"Ginevra... get your lazy arse out of bed unless you want to stay here all day while I go shopping." That sure as hell got here attention. In a flash Ginny was out of bed and already in the bathroom while Javiera sat already dressed on her bed with a satisfied smile on her face. Twenty minutes later Ginny was out of the bathroom and dressed in a simple pair of muggle jeans and a black t-shirt that was maybe a bit too small for her but looked good on her anyway.
"So, how do I look?" asked Ginny.
"Mmm...you look good but wait till you get the makeover, you won't even recognize yourself" said Javiera with a big grin.
"Oh wait! Before I forget... Here. Drink this" said Javiera handing Ginny a small glass vile with a bright red substance in it.
"What is it?" asked Ginny cautiously. Living with Fred and George all her life had taught her never drink or eat anything that looks slightly suspicious.
"Don't worry. It's just a potion I made that makes you understand Spanish but not speak it, I improved it a bit though cause pure Spanish is different from what we really talk here so I made it so that you can understand all the slang words that we use." Javiera answered with a proud tone. Potion enhancing or tampering was extremely difficult.
"Oh, ok then. Bottoms up" said Ginny before drinking it in one big gloup.
After that they both went down and had a quick breakfast before Josefina came down ready to go out. They drove for about fifteen minutes and arrived at their destination, Ginny had no idea where they were and by the look of the shabby mini-market they entered she supposed it was a secret entrance to where they were supposed to go, just like in London. Josefina moved through the aisles and stopped before a big ice box that stored various fizzy drinks and looked both ways before opening the door and going in as if it were a regular door. Javiera motioned Ginny to do the same before going herself.
Ginny emerged from the other side she was shocked, to say the least, by the amount of shops and little stands that filled the alley. A faded sign reading "Bantú Alley since 1541" stood at the top of the arched entrance leading to the main street, the shops varied from your common potions supply store to quidditch, book store and voodoo stuff. In England, many of the stuff sold in some of the shops was considered Dark magic and illegal but in the end she didn't give it much thought.
Javi and Ginny talked the whole time about everything and most of the time, Ginny would point out something out of the ordinary and Javi would start explaining all about it. Josefina soon bumped into some friends and left the girls to shop by themselves with Mrs. Santa María's credit card. They first went to buy Ginny's new school uniform at a little and very nice shop that sold many types of school uniforms. They approached the counter and Javiera called Madame Silvia, the owner of the shop. She was an eccentric looking witch around the age of 35 with a very pointy nose and big yellow eye. Her hair was pure black and wore black robes not that different from the ones that Ginny used at school but were torn and spiked at the edges making them look funky.
"Oh, Javiera so nice of you to drop by..." The witch said giving Javiera a peck on the cheek. "I have the newest selection of School robes with the special features you asked. I think they will be to your liking." She said with a wave of her long black hair.
"That's great Silvia but I need you to get my friend Ginevra here a full new uniform with the special robes first, she's and exchange student from the UK." Said Javiera feeling already excited about Ginny getting new clothes.
"Oh, wonderful! Any friend of Javiera is a friend of mine." Silvia said kissing Ginny on the cheek.
Ginny noticed that people in Chile were very friendly. People would always say hello with a kiss on the cheek between friends or when introduced to someone new; except between guys, they just shook hands. She supposed this was a normal thing but couldn't help feel a little uncomfortable each time she said hello to someone for she wasn't used to such displays of affection even if they really didn't mean anything.
"Come now Ginevra. We must get you fitted in you new school uniform." Silvia said as she took Ginny to the back of the store.
With a wave of her wand Ginny was completely dressed in a pleated skirt made out of green and dark blue tartan design, the shirt was plain white just like the one she had at Hogwarts, with a plain dark blue and grey stripped tie, dark blue knee-length socks and bark blue sweater with the school's crest on in and Mary Jane black shoes. The robes were also dark blue and were the same as the ones she had except for the color which made her wonder exactly what were so special about them. Just as she was about to voice her question Silvia interrupted her saying.
"The robes are made from a very unique flame, water and stein resistant and also temperature regulating material. They come with bottomless invisible pockets that only accessible to the person wearing the robe and it's charmed to stay fresh smelling and soft for almost a century." Silvia said proudly. "It took me almost 6 months to get them right."
"Wow, these are great! I bet they're gonna come in very useful this year." Said Javiera as she looked Ginny over with her new uniform. "So what do you think?" asked Javi.
"I like it, better than my Hogwarts uniform" answered Ginny.
"Oh I almost forgot the cloak." Silvia said as she went to get the right cloak and then came back with an expensive looking dark blue velvety cloak with silver fastenings and the Schools crest at the left side. It had white fur on the inside that was extremely soft and warm, perfect for the winter and snow.
Ginny was overwhelmed by everything, all this simply had to cost way too much and she most probably couldn't afford it. Her face fell and told Javiera this but she only looked at her with a smile and said. "Don't worry, remember that Hogwarts pays for all of your school supplies and even if it didn't I would buy them for ya, that's what friends are for right? Besides it's only money, not the most important thing in the world."
Ginny was happy about this but still felt a little uneasy, never having wore something as exquisite as her new uniform was all new to her, she was afraid to move in fear of damaging it.
They paid for their uniforms and left to buy their text books at 'Books and Bits', the local magic book store. Then they went off to finish their shopping and bought quills, ink and potion materials, the last thing on the list was her special Ancient Magic text book and herbs that could only be bought at a small shop out of sight near the end of the street. As they entered, a batty old woman came up from behind them and startled them.
"I see I have a pair of young naïve witches in my store. My, my; aren't you pretty my sweet" she said in a creepy voice looking at Ginny. "Beware Ad- ngüen for Uchren has many ways of tricking young ones as yourself and once he has you, you will never go back."
With that the old woman went to the back of the store and came back with the text book, the herbs and a small leather bag with what looked like sand in it.
"It's 10 galleons" the woman said with a normal voice as if nothing had happened.
"Wha...?" said Ginny "What the hell was that?" she finally asked.
"I beg your pardon?" the woman said in a confused voice.
"Shh, just let it go, I'll explain later" said Javiera in a hushed voice.
"Well thank you, we must be going now" she said and dragged Ginny out o the store. She didn't say a thing and continued to drag Ginny away by the arm until they were back in the muggle mini-market and out in the street.
"Excuse me, but now that you've dragged me for the last 10 minutes would you care to explain what the hell just happened with that creepy old woman back there?" said Ginny with the temper rising.
"Ok, just relax. That woman is said to be one of the most powerful machis long ago, with time she got a little crazy and nobody pays much attention to her anymore but they're really too scared to go near her. She's the only one who sells the Ancient magic books because she wrote them herself and every once in a while she gets all creepy and makes things up but don't mind her, I personally think she does it to scare people away, she's very lonely." Javiera said.
"Well, and what the hell did she actually told me? I couldn't understand what she said." Asked Ginny more relieved now, it wasn't a strange thing for her having creepy old witches mumbling nonsense, that's what Trelawney does all the time, but she still was curious.
"Oh, well those words you didn't understand is Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche, she said: Beware bright beauty for the man of ice has many ways of tricking young ones as yourself and once he has you, you will never go back." answered Javiera "Strange isn't it? But don't mind her, like I said it's just nonsense" she continued.
"Mmm..." said Ginny thinking.
"Come on. How about we get down to the real shopping huh?" said Javiera taking Ginny by the arm again, she couldn't help but feel as is Javiera was hiding something from her.
A/N: Yay, a new Chappie. Hope everyone likes it; I was going to continue but then thought that it was a good way of ending the chapter. I'm going to post the next chapter right away now that I'm almost finished. Please R&R, I know you want to, just push that little button, come on you can do it. PLEASE!!!
Mapuche-English Dictionary:
Ad- ngüen: beauty
Uchren: cold
Mapudungun: Mapuche language
Mapuche: Native Chilean Indians, name maens people of the earth.(Mapu- earth, Che-people)