Chapter 2- Horseless Carriages

"Weasley. Weasley." Draco said as he nudged Ginny's arm. "Weasley get up. You have to change into your robes. We are almost there."

Ginny opened her eyes and looked around then remembered all that had happened earlier. She looked at Draco and sighed. "Uh, sorry I smacked you earlier. I was just so angry with everything that was going on."

Draco nodded his head. "I think I might have deserved that." he smirked evilly at her . "But never tell a single soul I just told you that." he stood up to leave. "Well I guess I better get going out of here so you can change into your uniform. I think we will be there in a couple minutes." He nodded to her and left the compartment with his robes flowing behind him.

Ginny sighed as she watched him get up and leave. "When did he get so handsome?" she thought to herself then shook her head in disbelief. "Oh god. Did I just think Malfoy was handsome? I must really be angry at Ron to think such a horrible thought like that." After he left Ginny pulled down the blind on the door and quickly changed into her school uniform. No sooner than when she had finished changing had the train pulled into Hogsmeade Station.

Ginny waited a couple minutes to get off the train in hopes of avoiding her overbearing brother. She opened up the compartment door and looked down the corridor and saw no sign of Ron, Harry or Hermione. So she quickly rushed off the train in search of a carriage to ride around to Hogwarts.

While she was looking for a carriage it started pouring outside. "Great." she thought to herself as she ran along the long line of carriages looking for one to sit in.

Suddenly she felt someone grab her from behind and pull her into a carriage. When she looked over to see who it was she sighed a sigh of relief when she noticed it was one of her very few friends Katrina Hunter. Katrina was around Ginny's height of 5'6 with long wavy brown hair. She had beautiful blue green eyes and a nice figure. Katrina and Ginny had been friends since Ginny's first year and her only friends that stuck by her after the whole Chamber of Secrets incident.

"Oh thank god it's you Kat." she laughed. "I thought you were Ron." she pulled out her wand and put a quick dry spell on herself to dry her wet clothing.

"Another fight with Ron the Retard?" Katrina asked concerned. "Is he ever going to just leave you be?" she asked and pulled out a book from her bag to show Ginny.

"Of course. Ron was trying to play Harry Potter and save me from the big bad Draco Malfoy." she shook her head. "Kat, you should have seen him burst into the compartment and shove Draco up against the window like a raving maniac."

"Didn't Harry or Hermione try and calm him down at all?" Katrina asked.

"Are you for real?" she shook her head. "They didn't do so much as open their mouths to make Ron stop and listen to me." she sighed. "I swear, Ron has gone bonkers." she laughed.

"Ginny, Ron has always been Bonkers." Katrina said trying to cheer Ginny up.

Ginny laughed. "True."

"So what did Draco do to deserve the wrath of your dearest brother this time?" she asked while pushing a piece of her hair behind her ear.

"Nothing really. I mean he wasn't trying to hurt me or anything. He was just annoying me. He was trying to make me leave the compartment so he could be left by himself to god knows what." she smirked and looked out to see if the carriages had started moving yet, but they were still sitting still.

Katrina smiled at Ginny's last comment. "So what did you do to Ron? Anything?"

"Well I gave him a much deserved telling off. I mean who does he think he is. I'm a big girl. I think I can take care of myself. Besides no one asked him for his help in the first place. I wish he would just butt out and leave me alone!" Ginny paused for a moment and started speaking in a whisper. "Katrina, do you think Malfoy is good looking?" Ginny asked while her pale cheeks turned a light pink shade.

"Well all the girls at Hogwarts seem to go nutters over him, but I personally don't think he is all that hot." she looked at Ginny and smiled. "Do you fancy him, Gin?" she asked jokingly.

"I uh…I don't know. I mean he's cute…" she tried to change the subject off of Draco. "So what's this book you have?" she asked pretending that she didn't notice the looks Kat was giving her.

Kat eyed her suspiciously and pushed her friend playfully in the arm. "You do! Oh my god. Ginny Weasley likes Draco Malfoy." she said in a hushed voice.

"Shut up Kat! Now what's this book." she took the book and read the cover. 'How to become an animagi.' Ginny flipped through some of the pages then looked at her friend who was still grinning at her. "You want to become one? Maybe we could learn how to do this together. We could help each other out." she smiled. "We might be changing into animals by the end of the year if we are lucky. So what do you say?"

"I say…you like Draco!" she teased and laughed for a couple seconds then got serious again. "No seriously, I say we should give it a try. I wonder what I will change into." Katrina thought a couple seconds. "They say you don't actually know what you will change into until you actually do it." Katrina added then took her book back. "Personally I hope I turn into some sort of bird so I can fly around. How about you Gin? What would you like to turn into?"

Ginny thought for a couple seconds. "Well I wouldn't mind being some kind of cat. Maybe a tiger or panther. That would be cool, wouldn't it?"

Katrina nodded. "I think you could be a tiger. You do tend to have a ferocious streak in you." she laughed. "I mean just ask you brothers. I'm sure they could vouch for you."

Ginny suddenly felt the carriage moving and looked out the window at the pouring rain. A flash of lightening lit up the sky as they made their way around the lake towards Hogwarts.

"I got a letter from Dumbledore the day before yesterday. He said he wanted to talk to me after the feast in his office. Wonder what he wants." she said to Katrina while still looking out the window.

"Beats me. Let me know what happens though when you get back to the dorm tonight." Katrina said while looking though her book.

Ginny turned her attention back to Katrina. "Of course I will." she paused for a moment. "I didn't tell my parents about the letter though. I figured if it was so important then they probably got their own letters and know what is going on or it just isn't that important." Ginny remembered how her mum was acting before she got onto the train and thought it would be better if she writes her mum first thing in the morning about it. "Remind me to owl my mum tomorrow morning about what happened."

Katrina nodded her head to let her know that she would remind her. "What do you think Lavender would turn into if she was an anamagi? And how about Colin?" she grinned.

Ginny smiled. "I don't know. Colin would probably be something sneaky since he is always sneaking around trying to get candid pictures of people without them knowing. And Lavender." Ginny shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know and I don't care." Ginny and Lavender haven't got along since Ginny's 3rd year when she told Ron that Lavender had been cheating on him. So since then Lavender hated her and she hated Lavender just as much.

"How about Malfoy? What do you think he would be?" Katrina asked Ginny grinning. "I think he would be something strong."

Ginny nodded. "I'd have to say that I agree and probably something that can get around unnoticed." "I think Ron would probably a weasel, because that what he acts like most." Ginny added with an obvious hint of anger in her voice.

"And Hermione would probably be some smart animal of course." Kat rolled her eyes "And Harry maybe a lion." she shrugged her shoulders and noticed that they were pulling into the place where the students get off the carriages and head up to the great hall. "We're finally here, Gin." she smiled.

Ginny nodded and got out of the carriage when she heard one of the teachers tell them to come out. When she stepped out of the carriage she looked around to see if she could find her other friend Ryan O'Rielly, but wasn't successful. She was about to turn around to say something to Katrina when her brown eyes met the gray eyes of Draco Malfoy. For a couple seconds they looked at one another until Katrina said something to her that made her snap out of her daze with Draco. When she looked back he was heading up the steps with his two goons. One on either side of him.

Ginny shook her head and began walking up the steps with Katrina towards the great hall for the annual feast.

To Be Continued…

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