A/N: same old stuff, I only own the characters not recognised from the
books
Just to note as some people got mixed up, Draco has changed to the One of Water instead of Ice, sorry for the confusion ppl.
Well thanx for reviewin everyone, this is shorter than my usual chapter but it got all the stuff needed in it. Enjoy =) cheers babes xx
The lyrics at the beginning are from 'Private Emotion' by Ricky Martin
Chapter Nine – Keys and Portals
Every endless night has a dawning day
Every darkest sky has a shining ray
It takes a lot to laugh as your tears go by
But you can find me here 'til your tears run dry
It's a private emotion that fills you tonight
And the silence falls between us
As the shadows steal the light
And wherever you may find it
Wherever it may lead
Let your private emotion come to me
Ginny gasped as someone grabbed her arm and wrenched her out of the flow of students heading towards the hall for dinner and pushed her into a dark corner of the corridor behind a statue that turned to eye them warily.
"Err... Hagrid? What are you doing?"
She asked, yanking her uniform straight and waving her friends on as they paused.
"I just needed to talk to ya. Now look; obviously you know about this vampire business."
Ginny raised an eyebrow at him, still completely clueless as to what his point was.
"Obviously, I can't take a step in or out of this building without seeing someone looking at me like I'm crazy."
She snorted, looking at him nervously.
"Yes well I just need to say this to you."
Ginny had never seen Hagrid so serious before and it sent an icy shiver up her spine as she watched him glance quickly around.
"You must promise me that you won't go doing things that shouldn't be done, you'll hear things about the prophecy, some will be true most won't but you need to say you won't go doing something stupid."
Ginny was reminded forcibly of her father warning Harry in his third year and her mouth dropped open as she stared at him.
"You're joking right? Call me crazy, but running around trying to fulfil some dream a psycho decided was fate is definitely not top of my to-do list."
He gave her a weak grin before remembering the speech Professor Dumbledore had given him to memorise.
"Look, they'll be things... things about you future that may..." He faltered, his big hands fiddling with his belt buckle, he cleared his throat; "Things that might upset you enough to make you do something stupid to prevent it."
Ginny was still staring at him as though he had grown another head.
"Such as?" She prompted.
"It's not my place to tell you. You'll discover it on your own when the time is ready. Just promise me that you won't put yourself in any dangerous situations that could have been avoided."
Ginny was now totally confused but she knew better than to try and push him, she slowly nodded before muttering goodbye and heading to the hall where her friend's were beckoning frantically from the Griffindor table for her to hear the latest gossip.
"Get this, apparently Dumbledore, your parents and McGonagall are having some meeting tonight via Floo powder."
Ginny turned to watch Noah suspiciously, leaning in close to hear him over the roar of the general chatter filling the room.
"What about?"
His face turned from excitement to seriousness in a flash and he leaned in even closer, casting a nervous look around to check no one was listening.
"You, and something about the prophecy."
Ginny stared at him for a moment, completely thrown before glaring at him.
"How do you know that?"
He flushed a little and looked down at the floor.
"Well I had detention with McGonagall and I happened to have a pair of Extendable Ears left over from last year and well Dumbledore came to tell her about the meeting and they were stood outside whispering."
Ginny rolled her eyes as he shrugged and lowered her voice until it was only just above a whisper.
"Do you know when and where?"
Noah nodded and she grinned.
"Good, I'm going to go have a listen."
Noah made a noise in the back of his throat and glowered at her until she shrugged.
"Fine, we are going to have a listen."
She jumped when she felt a hand on her back and turned to look at her friends who were watching her with funny looks on their faces.
"You're going no where without us."
Ginny raised an eyebrow and they all folded their arms, staring at her with identical stubborn expressions.
"Alright fine, we'll all go. But if we get caught before I can hear anything I'll kill you all in your sleep."
Rindy waved the threat away with her hand and turned back to her copy of the Daily Prophet;
"Not a bad way to go, if you're asleep you won't know what's happening."
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Ginny crept along the deserted corridor, Alyssa, Noah, Frankie, Cass and Mason trailing after her as they pressed themselves as close to the wall as they could, hiding in the shadows and hardly breathing in fear. When they reached McGonagall's office Ginny froze making her five friends bang into each other and Mason slam headfirst into Noah's solid back as Ginny knelt down, pressing her ear to the corner; praying the office door had been left open.
"And she really has no idea at all, Albus?"
Ginny shushed Mason who was still cursing as he held a hand up to his stinging nose, his eyes watering with pain.
"None to my knowledge, of course Ginerva is clever enough to figure it out eventually, but I would try to discourage this until much later on, it is a hard thing to accept."
Ginny's heart seemed to stop beating as she leant closer listening hard.
"Is that the reason They want her in particular?"
There was tension in the voice that spoke, a voice Ginny vaguely recognised but didn't think to try and place at the moment.
"Unfortunately yes; Ginerva and her Mate are the Keys; their child will open a portal that will provide the opener with an unimaginable amount of power. But there is a little known fact that The Original Rebels failed to realise correctly; only a certain member of a certain blood-line each century may activate the key and open the portal and they had the wrong descendant."
Ginny's mouth was dry and her heart pounded as she took in what Professor Dumbledore was saying.
"The only person that can open the portal is The First of the Original Rebel's descendent; Kendra. She is now a woman with far more powers than her ancestors ever had during their pinnacle and has the advantages of being much smarter and a lot more cunning on her side."
There was a slightly muffled sound that sounded like someone shuffled in their chair before the first voice spoke again.
"There is something else about Miss Weasley isn't there?"
Ginny was barely breathing, leaning closer and closer while her friends leaned over her trying to hear.
"Yes, there is another factor that was conveniently skipped over in the tale of her future; Ginerva will have to defeat Kendra that is already known, but once Ginerva and her Mate produce an heir, it is the child alone that can save this world."
A sharp intake of breath behind her told Ginny that her friends had heard what had been said and she carefully avoided looking at them. Ginny swallowed and shot a sidelong glance at her friends who looked shell- shocked but not particularly afraid.
"What must the child do?"
The first voice was curious now and Ginny was revolted; this would be her child they were talking about not some freak little robot sent for a test drive.
"The child must destroy the Final Ancestor or risk being destroyed."
Professor Dumbledore sounded as if he was talking to himself and Ginny almost leapt out of her skin when she heard a voice next to her mutter.
"Well at least someone is definitely going to get some action!"
Alyssa stifled a scream as she felt a hand on her arm and instead settled for punching Rindy very hard on the arm for scaring her. Ginny shot Mason a dirty look and nudged him out of her way as she heard the voices get closer.
"Professor, I really do think we need to send Weasley and her Mate into the field sooner, they will have a connection with Kendra we may find useful."
Ginny stumbled back as she saw a pair of feet stood just at the corner, outside McGonagall's office. The eight of them scrambled backwards so they were somehow hidden in shadows and continued listening.
"Her parents risked their lives keeping this from Ginny until they had no other choice, I don't think we should endanger her before we have to."
Professor Duanemore, Ginny's Stealth and Tracking teacher, snorted;
"She does it herself often enough with Potter, why not push the fates and test her?"
Ginny's heart almost stopped when the professors took a step back and froze right before them.
"I'm going to forget you said that Hera."
Professor Dumbledore said icily before dismissing Duanemore and disappearing back into the office.
"We should head back, quick." Ginny muttered to her friends who all nodded.
"We better go in groups or something rather than a big bunch, if you lot head left and say you've been in the Library if you meet anyone?"
She nodded as her friends grinned and darted down the corridor, looking left and right for Duanemore.
"And you two can go where you like because no teacher's going to believe you haven't been up to something."
Ginny told Rindy and Xander, giggling quietly and lifting her eyebrow at them when they shot each other identical smirks.
"What about you?" Rindy muttered, watching Ginny curiously.
"I'm gonna wander for a bit, clear my head."
She forced a smile and watched them slink off down the corridor chattering loudly. She was about to stand up when she heard a voice that made her lose all control of her limbs.
"Will that be all Professor?"
What was Draco doing up here with Professor Dumbledore talking about her child? Ginny got shakily to her feet and backed up a bit, slamming backwards into the wall and holding her breath as Professor Duanemore swept towards her with an ugly look on her face.
"Hey!" Draco caught Duanemore's attention with a rude call and she spun around.
"I think I saw someone in your office just a second ago, I don't know what they were doing but they were forcing the door."
Ginny could have cried in relief as Draco quickly distracted Duanemore from Ginny who would surely have given her a detention or worse. Duanemore marched off upstairs to her office leaving Draco and Ginny alone.
"Thanks."
She whispered awkwardly, realising it was the first good thing she'd ever seen him do for anyone other than himself.
"That's OK."
The sound of voices at the opposite end of the corridor made Draco quickly press Ginny back into the shadows, leaning against her so they would stay hidden. She twisted her hands into his cloak and pulled him closer; the urge to just cry onto his shoulder almost too much to bear. His face was so close to hers she could feel his breath on her face and his long hair tickling her cheeks.
"Draco... I..."
Before she could finish tears overtook her and she buried her face in his chest to muffle her sobs.
"What is it?"
Blue put a hand under her chin and forced her face up so he could look into her eyes which were curiously softened.
"I'm going to kill her."
Ginny breathed, lowering her eyes as her tears threatened to spill over again.
"Who, Ginny?"
She shook her head not sure how but positive the child she would fall pregnant with eventually would be a girl, she didn't know how she knew but she did, somehow.
"It's all my fault! If I wasn't this stupid key thing then she wouldn't have to die trying to save the bloody world! And I've seen how miserable that shit can make you, I practically grew up with Harry these past years and I know what it can do, I can't believe I'm going to put her through that!"
Comprehension dawned in Draco's eyes and he pulled her head back onto his chest, stroking her soaked hair and whispering soft words she didn't think he'd ever even heard of into her ear.
"She will love you, no matter what she will still love you."
Ginny shook her head still pressed against him.
"But, I'm part of this key thing..." She choked on the words but carried on; "I could do it instead."
Draco shook his head, still holding her trembling body close and calming her with his heat.
"No, you have to be one specific person to fulfil that kind of prophecy."
She looked up at him in shock, suddenly realising how crazy she must sound.
"How do you know all this?"
Draco looked down at her with hardened eyes.
"I knew you were special, when I first saw you Change and your clothes changed as well I knew there was something specific you had to do with the prophecy so I looked it up..."
He tailed off, feeling the heat trying to creep up into his cheeks and he stared fixedly at a spot on the wall above her head as he concentrated on not flushing. She gripped his chin softly between her thumb and fingers and pulled it gently down towards her so she could look into his eyes.
"You did that so I wouldn't be in danger?"
Her eyes were huge now, brimming with hope, praying he actually wanted her and that her stupid future and that bitch Juno Raven hadn't ruined it all.
"I suppose so."
Ginny hardly dared breathe; she stayed that way looking up at him, her grip tightening on his forearms unconsciously.
"Yes I did."
Draco repeated, lowering his head a little, his breath catching in his throat as he looked at her. She grinned up at him, her face lighting up as she pulled his sleek head down towards her, aiming his lips at hers, keeping her eyes open for just a few seconds as she watched his flutter closed. She deepened the kiss, pressing her body against his, her nerves on fire as their tongues danced together.
He pressed her harder against the wall, his warm soft hands stroking the exposed skin between her skirt and her shirt, slowly creeping upwards, tickling and caressing. He dropped his head to her neck, kissing along her jaw line and moving down, nibbling and kissing at a sensitive place just under her jaw that made her catch her breath and her heartbeat increase. Her hands were tangled in his hair as he bit into her neck, sucking slightly and running his tongue over her skin.
She gripped his hair as bolts of pleasure shot from the sensitive skin he was teasing and her other hand snaked its way inside his shirt, feeling the taut muscles rippling under his skin beneath her fingers.
"I hardly think the corridors are the right place for this sickening display."
A cold voice sneered, making them both leap about a foot in the air and pull away from each other. Ginny looked up to see Juno staring at them, the hatred mixed with desire in her burning eyes as she watched them made her shudder and yank her shirt back into place, pull her skirt down to its normal length as it had somehow ridden up and look down at the floor.
Draco straightened his own shirt and tie and flicked his hair back into place before turning to Juno.
"Well unfortunately for you, we don't care what you think and I happen to be Slytherin Captain which means I have a lot more sway on the teachers here than you do, so bugger off."
Juno flushed but stood her ground, jealousy bubbling up inside her as Draco turned back to Ginny with smouldering eyes.
"Whatever."
She spun on her heel and marched off with her fists clenched at her sides, jealous angry tears welling up in her eyes as she kicked her feet viciously at the floor, hating the whole bloody world.
-=-=-=-=-=-
((Juno's POV))
"Damn that bitch, damn her to hell!"
She hissed, stomping her feet as she stormed down the corridors towards the Slytherin Common Room. She mumbled the password to the blank stretch of wall and stalked straight through the crowded common room, ignoring Pansy, Crabbe, Goyle and Blue waving at her and slamming her dormitory door behind her.
She threw herself down on the bed and stared moodily up at the canopy of her green four-poster, brooding on what she had just seen. Her hands clutched at the sheets angrily as the scene played over in her head and she grabbed a pillow, screaming into it until she was gasping for breath.
The sound of the door opening made her glance up and she wasn't at all surprised when Blue entered the room. She sighed and sat up slowly as he dropped onto the end of the bed, his eyes on her with something similar to sympathy darkening them.
"So I guess you saw them?"
She scowled and nodded, crossing her legs and picking at the nail varnish chipping away from her nails.
"How did you know?"
He looked at her haughtily and tapped a finger on his temple making her roll her eyes and nod once more.
"Telepathic connection, remember. You're thoughts were pretty disturbing, and I'm kind of curious as to why you would want to be in a back alley when you do such things to him. Kind of a twisted fantasy, really."
She shot him a filthy look as colour built in her cheeks and she leant over him to grab a hair-tie from her bedside table. Pulling her long hair up into a ponytail at the back of her head she stripped her jumper, ignoring Blue's appreciative looks and chucking it half-heartedly into the laundry basket in the corner.
Tugging her tie over her head she dropped it onto the antique rocking chair at the end of the bed and sighed grumpily, glaring out of the window behind Blue at the dark sky, no stars visible through the thick layer of mist rising from the Forbidden Forest.
She smiled slightly when he caught her arm as she moved to lean over him again for her glass of water on the table. He pulled her closer to him gently by her arm, his hand sliding up to cup her shoulder and pull her in. He slipped the shoulder of her shirt down her arm, trailing kisses along her shoulder behind it.
"I can make you forget about him, for tonight."
Juno smiled and let her head fall back as her eyes drifted closed, one hand deftly unbuttoning her blouse as the other traced a line up and down her bare arm, his tongue smoothing over her collar bone.
"You always could."
She whispered, his mouth feeling her throat vibrating as she spoke. He slipped her shirt off and tossed it over his shoulder carelessly as his hands stroked the bared flesh beneath her black bra.
As one hand stroked up her spine his other delved into his pocket, flicking his wand at the curtains around the bed so they closed, another flick performed the silencing charm and he dropped his wand onto her bedside table.
His lips moved from her neck to her mouth and she leaned into him, her hands helping him unbutton his shirt and pull it off. Without breaking the contact between their lips he quickly pulled down the zip at the back of her skirt and slipped it down her legs, lifting them and resting them besides him as he knelt up over her.
Her socks and shoes were discarded in seconds, piled on the floor with her skirt and his school shirt. She fumbled with his belt as he moved to kiss down her neck and chest, her hands scrabbling against the leather. He gently laid her down amongst the green bed sheets and pillows in one slow move, covering her body with his.
Just to note as some people got mixed up, Draco has changed to the One of Water instead of Ice, sorry for the confusion ppl.
Well thanx for reviewin everyone, this is shorter than my usual chapter but it got all the stuff needed in it. Enjoy =) cheers babes xx
The lyrics at the beginning are from 'Private Emotion' by Ricky Martin
Chapter Nine – Keys and Portals
Every endless night has a dawning day
Every darkest sky has a shining ray
It takes a lot to laugh as your tears go by
But you can find me here 'til your tears run dry
It's a private emotion that fills you tonight
And the silence falls between us
As the shadows steal the light
And wherever you may find it
Wherever it may lead
Let your private emotion come to me
Ginny gasped as someone grabbed her arm and wrenched her out of the flow of students heading towards the hall for dinner and pushed her into a dark corner of the corridor behind a statue that turned to eye them warily.
"Err... Hagrid? What are you doing?"
She asked, yanking her uniform straight and waving her friends on as they paused.
"I just needed to talk to ya. Now look; obviously you know about this vampire business."
Ginny raised an eyebrow at him, still completely clueless as to what his point was.
"Obviously, I can't take a step in or out of this building without seeing someone looking at me like I'm crazy."
She snorted, looking at him nervously.
"Yes well I just need to say this to you."
Ginny had never seen Hagrid so serious before and it sent an icy shiver up her spine as she watched him glance quickly around.
"You must promise me that you won't go doing things that shouldn't be done, you'll hear things about the prophecy, some will be true most won't but you need to say you won't go doing something stupid."
Ginny was reminded forcibly of her father warning Harry in his third year and her mouth dropped open as she stared at him.
"You're joking right? Call me crazy, but running around trying to fulfil some dream a psycho decided was fate is definitely not top of my to-do list."
He gave her a weak grin before remembering the speech Professor Dumbledore had given him to memorise.
"Look, they'll be things... things about you future that may..." He faltered, his big hands fiddling with his belt buckle, he cleared his throat; "Things that might upset you enough to make you do something stupid to prevent it."
Ginny was still staring at him as though he had grown another head.
"Such as?" She prompted.
"It's not my place to tell you. You'll discover it on your own when the time is ready. Just promise me that you won't put yourself in any dangerous situations that could have been avoided."
Ginny was now totally confused but she knew better than to try and push him, she slowly nodded before muttering goodbye and heading to the hall where her friend's were beckoning frantically from the Griffindor table for her to hear the latest gossip.
"Get this, apparently Dumbledore, your parents and McGonagall are having some meeting tonight via Floo powder."
Ginny turned to watch Noah suspiciously, leaning in close to hear him over the roar of the general chatter filling the room.
"What about?"
His face turned from excitement to seriousness in a flash and he leaned in even closer, casting a nervous look around to check no one was listening.
"You, and something about the prophecy."
Ginny stared at him for a moment, completely thrown before glaring at him.
"How do you know that?"
He flushed a little and looked down at the floor.
"Well I had detention with McGonagall and I happened to have a pair of Extendable Ears left over from last year and well Dumbledore came to tell her about the meeting and they were stood outside whispering."
Ginny rolled her eyes as he shrugged and lowered her voice until it was only just above a whisper.
"Do you know when and where?"
Noah nodded and she grinned.
"Good, I'm going to go have a listen."
Noah made a noise in the back of his throat and glowered at her until she shrugged.
"Fine, we are going to have a listen."
She jumped when she felt a hand on her back and turned to look at her friends who were watching her with funny looks on their faces.
"You're going no where without us."
Ginny raised an eyebrow and they all folded their arms, staring at her with identical stubborn expressions.
"Alright fine, we'll all go. But if we get caught before I can hear anything I'll kill you all in your sleep."
Rindy waved the threat away with her hand and turned back to her copy of the Daily Prophet;
"Not a bad way to go, if you're asleep you won't know what's happening."
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Ginny crept along the deserted corridor, Alyssa, Noah, Frankie, Cass and Mason trailing after her as they pressed themselves as close to the wall as they could, hiding in the shadows and hardly breathing in fear. When they reached McGonagall's office Ginny froze making her five friends bang into each other and Mason slam headfirst into Noah's solid back as Ginny knelt down, pressing her ear to the corner; praying the office door had been left open.
"And she really has no idea at all, Albus?"
Ginny shushed Mason who was still cursing as he held a hand up to his stinging nose, his eyes watering with pain.
"None to my knowledge, of course Ginerva is clever enough to figure it out eventually, but I would try to discourage this until much later on, it is a hard thing to accept."
Ginny's heart seemed to stop beating as she leant closer listening hard.
"Is that the reason They want her in particular?"
There was tension in the voice that spoke, a voice Ginny vaguely recognised but didn't think to try and place at the moment.
"Unfortunately yes; Ginerva and her Mate are the Keys; their child will open a portal that will provide the opener with an unimaginable amount of power. But there is a little known fact that The Original Rebels failed to realise correctly; only a certain member of a certain blood-line each century may activate the key and open the portal and they had the wrong descendant."
Ginny's mouth was dry and her heart pounded as she took in what Professor Dumbledore was saying.
"The only person that can open the portal is The First of the Original Rebel's descendent; Kendra. She is now a woman with far more powers than her ancestors ever had during their pinnacle and has the advantages of being much smarter and a lot more cunning on her side."
There was a slightly muffled sound that sounded like someone shuffled in their chair before the first voice spoke again.
"There is something else about Miss Weasley isn't there?"
Ginny was barely breathing, leaning closer and closer while her friends leaned over her trying to hear.
"Yes, there is another factor that was conveniently skipped over in the tale of her future; Ginerva will have to defeat Kendra that is already known, but once Ginerva and her Mate produce an heir, it is the child alone that can save this world."
A sharp intake of breath behind her told Ginny that her friends had heard what had been said and she carefully avoided looking at them. Ginny swallowed and shot a sidelong glance at her friends who looked shell- shocked but not particularly afraid.
"What must the child do?"
The first voice was curious now and Ginny was revolted; this would be her child they were talking about not some freak little robot sent for a test drive.
"The child must destroy the Final Ancestor or risk being destroyed."
Professor Dumbledore sounded as if he was talking to himself and Ginny almost leapt out of her skin when she heard a voice next to her mutter.
"Well at least someone is definitely going to get some action!"
Alyssa stifled a scream as she felt a hand on her arm and instead settled for punching Rindy very hard on the arm for scaring her. Ginny shot Mason a dirty look and nudged him out of her way as she heard the voices get closer.
"Professor, I really do think we need to send Weasley and her Mate into the field sooner, they will have a connection with Kendra we may find useful."
Ginny stumbled back as she saw a pair of feet stood just at the corner, outside McGonagall's office. The eight of them scrambled backwards so they were somehow hidden in shadows and continued listening.
"Her parents risked their lives keeping this from Ginny until they had no other choice, I don't think we should endanger her before we have to."
Professor Duanemore, Ginny's Stealth and Tracking teacher, snorted;
"She does it herself often enough with Potter, why not push the fates and test her?"
Ginny's heart almost stopped when the professors took a step back and froze right before them.
"I'm going to forget you said that Hera."
Professor Dumbledore said icily before dismissing Duanemore and disappearing back into the office.
"We should head back, quick." Ginny muttered to her friends who all nodded.
"We better go in groups or something rather than a big bunch, if you lot head left and say you've been in the Library if you meet anyone?"
She nodded as her friends grinned and darted down the corridor, looking left and right for Duanemore.
"And you two can go where you like because no teacher's going to believe you haven't been up to something."
Ginny told Rindy and Xander, giggling quietly and lifting her eyebrow at them when they shot each other identical smirks.
"What about you?" Rindy muttered, watching Ginny curiously.
"I'm gonna wander for a bit, clear my head."
She forced a smile and watched them slink off down the corridor chattering loudly. She was about to stand up when she heard a voice that made her lose all control of her limbs.
"Will that be all Professor?"
What was Draco doing up here with Professor Dumbledore talking about her child? Ginny got shakily to her feet and backed up a bit, slamming backwards into the wall and holding her breath as Professor Duanemore swept towards her with an ugly look on her face.
"Hey!" Draco caught Duanemore's attention with a rude call and she spun around.
"I think I saw someone in your office just a second ago, I don't know what they were doing but they were forcing the door."
Ginny could have cried in relief as Draco quickly distracted Duanemore from Ginny who would surely have given her a detention or worse. Duanemore marched off upstairs to her office leaving Draco and Ginny alone.
"Thanks."
She whispered awkwardly, realising it was the first good thing she'd ever seen him do for anyone other than himself.
"That's OK."
The sound of voices at the opposite end of the corridor made Draco quickly press Ginny back into the shadows, leaning against her so they would stay hidden. She twisted her hands into his cloak and pulled him closer; the urge to just cry onto his shoulder almost too much to bear. His face was so close to hers she could feel his breath on her face and his long hair tickling her cheeks.
"Draco... I..."
Before she could finish tears overtook her and she buried her face in his chest to muffle her sobs.
"What is it?"
Blue put a hand under her chin and forced her face up so he could look into her eyes which were curiously softened.
"I'm going to kill her."
Ginny breathed, lowering her eyes as her tears threatened to spill over again.
"Who, Ginny?"
She shook her head not sure how but positive the child she would fall pregnant with eventually would be a girl, she didn't know how she knew but she did, somehow.
"It's all my fault! If I wasn't this stupid key thing then she wouldn't have to die trying to save the bloody world! And I've seen how miserable that shit can make you, I practically grew up with Harry these past years and I know what it can do, I can't believe I'm going to put her through that!"
Comprehension dawned in Draco's eyes and he pulled her head back onto his chest, stroking her soaked hair and whispering soft words she didn't think he'd ever even heard of into her ear.
"She will love you, no matter what she will still love you."
Ginny shook her head still pressed against him.
"But, I'm part of this key thing..." She choked on the words but carried on; "I could do it instead."
Draco shook his head, still holding her trembling body close and calming her with his heat.
"No, you have to be one specific person to fulfil that kind of prophecy."
She looked up at him in shock, suddenly realising how crazy she must sound.
"How do you know all this?"
Draco looked down at her with hardened eyes.
"I knew you were special, when I first saw you Change and your clothes changed as well I knew there was something specific you had to do with the prophecy so I looked it up..."
He tailed off, feeling the heat trying to creep up into his cheeks and he stared fixedly at a spot on the wall above her head as he concentrated on not flushing. She gripped his chin softly between her thumb and fingers and pulled it gently down towards her so she could look into his eyes.
"You did that so I wouldn't be in danger?"
Her eyes were huge now, brimming with hope, praying he actually wanted her and that her stupid future and that bitch Juno Raven hadn't ruined it all.
"I suppose so."
Ginny hardly dared breathe; she stayed that way looking up at him, her grip tightening on his forearms unconsciously.
"Yes I did."
Draco repeated, lowering his head a little, his breath catching in his throat as he looked at her. She grinned up at him, her face lighting up as she pulled his sleek head down towards her, aiming his lips at hers, keeping her eyes open for just a few seconds as she watched his flutter closed. She deepened the kiss, pressing her body against his, her nerves on fire as their tongues danced together.
He pressed her harder against the wall, his warm soft hands stroking the exposed skin between her skirt and her shirt, slowly creeping upwards, tickling and caressing. He dropped his head to her neck, kissing along her jaw line and moving down, nibbling and kissing at a sensitive place just under her jaw that made her catch her breath and her heartbeat increase. Her hands were tangled in his hair as he bit into her neck, sucking slightly and running his tongue over her skin.
She gripped his hair as bolts of pleasure shot from the sensitive skin he was teasing and her other hand snaked its way inside his shirt, feeling the taut muscles rippling under his skin beneath her fingers.
"I hardly think the corridors are the right place for this sickening display."
A cold voice sneered, making them both leap about a foot in the air and pull away from each other. Ginny looked up to see Juno staring at them, the hatred mixed with desire in her burning eyes as she watched them made her shudder and yank her shirt back into place, pull her skirt down to its normal length as it had somehow ridden up and look down at the floor.
Draco straightened his own shirt and tie and flicked his hair back into place before turning to Juno.
"Well unfortunately for you, we don't care what you think and I happen to be Slytherin Captain which means I have a lot more sway on the teachers here than you do, so bugger off."
Juno flushed but stood her ground, jealousy bubbling up inside her as Draco turned back to Ginny with smouldering eyes.
"Whatever."
She spun on her heel and marched off with her fists clenched at her sides, jealous angry tears welling up in her eyes as she kicked her feet viciously at the floor, hating the whole bloody world.
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((Juno's POV))
"Damn that bitch, damn her to hell!"
She hissed, stomping her feet as she stormed down the corridors towards the Slytherin Common Room. She mumbled the password to the blank stretch of wall and stalked straight through the crowded common room, ignoring Pansy, Crabbe, Goyle and Blue waving at her and slamming her dormitory door behind her.
She threw herself down on the bed and stared moodily up at the canopy of her green four-poster, brooding on what she had just seen. Her hands clutched at the sheets angrily as the scene played over in her head and she grabbed a pillow, screaming into it until she was gasping for breath.
The sound of the door opening made her glance up and she wasn't at all surprised when Blue entered the room. She sighed and sat up slowly as he dropped onto the end of the bed, his eyes on her with something similar to sympathy darkening them.
"So I guess you saw them?"
She scowled and nodded, crossing her legs and picking at the nail varnish chipping away from her nails.
"How did you know?"
He looked at her haughtily and tapped a finger on his temple making her roll her eyes and nod once more.
"Telepathic connection, remember. You're thoughts were pretty disturbing, and I'm kind of curious as to why you would want to be in a back alley when you do such things to him. Kind of a twisted fantasy, really."
She shot him a filthy look as colour built in her cheeks and she leant over him to grab a hair-tie from her bedside table. Pulling her long hair up into a ponytail at the back of her head she stripped her jumper, ignoring Blue's appreciative looks and chucking it half-heartedly into the laundry basket in the corner.
Tugging her tie over her head she dropped it onto the antique rocking chair at the end of the bed and sighed grumpily, glaring out of the window behind Blue at the dark sky, no stars visible through the thick layer of mist rising from the Forbidden Forest.
She smiled slightly when he caught her arm as she moved to lean over him again for her glass of water on the table. He pulled her closer to him gently by her arm, his hand sliding up to cup her shoulder and pull her in. He slipped the shoulder of her shirt down her arm, trailing kisses along her shoulder behind it.
"I can make you forget about him, for tonight."
Juno smiled and let her head fall back as her eyes drifted closed, one hand deftly unbuttoning her blouse as the other traced a line up and down her bare arm, his tongue smoothing over her collar bone.
"You always could."
She whispered, his mouth feeling her throat vibrating as she spoke. He slipped her shirt off and tossed it over his shoulder carelessly as his hands stroked the bared flesh beneath her black bra.
As one hand stroked up her spine his other delved into his pocket, flicking his wand at the curtains around the bed so they closed, another flick performed the silencing charm and he dropped his wand onto her bedside table.
His lips moved from her neck to her mouth and she leaned into him, her hands helping him unbutton his shirt and pull it off. Without breaking the contact between their lips he quickly pulled down the zip at the back of her skirt and slipped it down her legs, lifting them and resting them besides him as he knelt up over her.
Her socks and shoes were discarded in seconds, piled on the floor with her skirt and his school shirt. She fumbled with his belt as he moved to kiss down her neck and chest, her hands scrabbling against the leather. He gently laid her down amongst the green bed sheets and pillows in one slow move, covering her body with his.