Chapter 3- Potions Class
Ginny was walking through the corridors on her way down to her Potions class. "This is going to be great." she thought aloud to herself. "Wonder what the dream team will think about me now being in their classes." she smiled and began walking down the steps.
Just as she was almost down one flight of stairs the steps started changing. "Great! Now I'm going to be late and probably get a detention." she whined to herself.
"Oh quit whining, Weasley. I'm sure you'll make it to class on time." came a cold voice from behind her.
"Of all people to see this morning, why did it have to be you?" she said turning around to meet his gaze.
"Well consider yourself lucky." he said as he walked down the steps so he was standing next to her. He glanced down at her hands to see what book she was carrying so he could tease her about being late for that class and getting a detention. But what he saw puzzled him. He saw a Potions book. Which was odd because he had Potions now and she couldn't because she was a year under him. "Weasley are you sure you grabbed the right book this morning." he looked up at her grinning. "You seem to be holding your Potions textbook."
"No, Malfoy. It's the right one." she grinned up at him waiting to hear his reply.
"6th Year's have Potions now. Not 5th's." He said with a confused look on his face.
"Well I am in 6th year. So there for I would have class now." she said glancing down at her Potions book.
"Red, Have you gone mad. I'm in 6th year and so is that git brother of yours." he nudged her along so they started walking down the steps again.
Ginny nodded her head smiling. "Well now so am I. Last night I was moved up a full year." she continued walking down the steps with him until they got to the bottom then she turned so she was standing in front of him. "So I guess you will be seeing a lot more of me this year, Malfoy."
Draco sighed. "So you will be in all the classes I have with Gryffindor?" he asked her and started walking towards the entrance to the dungeons.
Ginny walked beside him and couldn't believe that the two of them were actually holding a civilized conversation. "Well I suppose I will be." she said as they walked down the steps into the dungeon. "I always wanted to see how Snape treats my brother in his class. Ron always comes to lunch with all these horror stories about Snape's being unfair to him, but somehow I just feel that he probably deserves it and is trying to make everyone feel sorry for him." she smiled.
Draco nodded his head and stopped outside the Potions classroom. "Well here we are." He moved aside so Ginny could go in first.
Ginny opened the door and walked inside followed by Draco. She looked around for an empty place to sit when she saw her brother walk over to her. "Hey Gin, what are you doing here? Is everything alright?" he looked past her to Draco then back to her. "He isn't bothering you is he?"
Ginny rolled her eyes. "No I'm fine and he is fine and not bothering me." she smiled. "Actually I'm here for class. I'm been moved up into my 6th Year. Professors said I was ready. So here I am."
Ron swallowed hard and looked at his sister confused. "Your going to be in all of my classes now?" He looked back at Harry and Hermione who were looking over at them oddly.
Ginny followed his gaze over to Harry and Hermione and smiled a fake smile at them, then turned back to her brother. "Yes I will, but don't worry Ron. I'm not going to sit with you or anything." she rolled her eyes.
Just then Professor Snape burst into the door. "Miss Weasley, Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Weasley would you care to sit down so I can begin class."
The three of them nodded and took empty seats. Draco sat near his friend Blaise Zambini, Ginny just sat down anywhere and Ron went back over to his friends and sat down.
"Great, now that we are all seated I can put you into your groups of four for the year. These four people will be sitting together at every class and doing their assignments together in class." he picked up a sheet of paper and began reading off the names.
Group 1 :Lavender Brown, Ron Weasley, Blaise Zambini, and Pansy
Parkinson.
Group 2: Mullicent Bullstrode, Gregory Goyle, Harry Potter, Semeus Finnigan.
Group 3: Melissa Athens, Vincent Crabe, Dean Thomas, Robert Durning.
Group 4: Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Brad Thompson, Ginny Weasley.
Group 5: Thomas Hunter, Daniel Grey, Catherine Copula, Daisy Flemington.
"Now that you have your groups please get up and sit by each other." Snape said quickly and sat down at his desk to wait for the class to settle into their new seat. "These will be your seats everyday."
Ginny looked over at Hermione who obviously wasn't thrilled at all as to who she will be working with. Ginny then looked over at Draco who was heading over with Brad to sit with her. Draco sat down beside her and smirked. "Guess you were right. I am going to be seeing more of you."
Ginny just nodded and looked at Hermione who just sat down next to Brad. "Lets all try to get along. At least while we are in class." Hermione said looking at Draco and Brad. Both of them nodded and took out their supplies for class.
Professor Snape went up to the board and wrote down the assignment they would have for homework. "This is a group assignment. I want it completely by the end of the class on Wednesday." He looked around the class room. "I'm sure you all will be able to complete a simple shrinking potion. So get started."
Immediately Draco took charge. "Alright Red, you go get the ingredients with Granger. Brad you write down the instructions from the board and I will start preparing the cauldron for brewing."
"Who put you in charge, Malfoy?" Hermione said as he was starting the fire under the cauldron.
"Come on Hermione. Lets just go get the ingredients so we can get this over with." Ginny jumped right in so Draco wouldn't have a chance to come back with some rude comment.
Hermione sensing what Ginny was doing nodded and got up with her to go fetch the ingredients.
"Sorry about jumping in like that. I just had a feeling he was going to say something belittling back to you." Ginny said as they gathered what they needed.
"Thank, Gin. I kind of thought he was going to come back with something rude after I had said it." Hermione grabbed the last two ingredients and went back to the table.
"Here you go, Draco. So is the cauldron ready?" Ginny asked as she placed the ingredients down on the table.
"It is." he nodded his head. The three of them worked for the second half of the class and managed to finish their potion.
"Professor, we are finished." Hermione said while waving her hand in the air to get his attention.
"Very well." he looked over at Ginny "Well how about you test the potion and see if it was brewed correctly." He gestured for her to stand up. "Go on now. We don't have all day."
Ginny nodded and stood up nervously. She put the vile to her lips and drank the contents of the vile. Within seconds her body went backward in time to when she was a baby then back to the present.
"Very good. Miss Weasley. Your group is dismissed. Tomorrow you four may work in the library instead of coming here for class." He walked up to his desk and grabbed a sheet of parchment. "I would like for you to work on this essay together and have it done by Monday. If you have any questions feel free to have Mr. Malfoy ask me." He then turned around and went back to what he was doing at his desk.
"Maybe we should split up into partners tomorrow and do research. It might be quicker that way then all of us sitting together." Brad said as he packed away his stuff. "I can work with Hermione and you two can work together." he gestured to Draco and Ginny who were about to object when Hermione cut them off.
"Alright Brad. I will meet you in the library tomorrow morning after breakfast." Hermione said before she left the room.
Draco looked at Ginny and sighed. "Guess we are stuck together then. Meet me by the Great Hall doors after breakfast. We can figure out what to do then."
"Alright. Bye DraMalfoy." she said blushing then left the room hoping Draco didn't notice.
"Yea, see you Red." Draco said grinning at Ginny's obvious blushing. "I wonder if she likes me." he thought to himself as he headed to the door. "I kind of hope she does, because I think I might be starting to like her a little bit." he shook his head, walked out the door and thought. "Father is going to kill me."
To Be Continued….
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