Well today is my b-day! It was not so good so I am updating in the vain hope that you will mak eme feel better. It was slightly more tolerable than usual though and on the bright side I got more money now.
Disclaimer : As always...you all are jerks and stupid...[nervous sounding laughter]...I-do-not-own-Harry-Potter.{pause as if talking to 3 year old at each dash}Well that is said now.
Here is Chapter 22. I hope you all enjoy it. There is only one chapter left and then the epilogue.{starts crying dramatically} The end is near. Well anyway then I shall prepare to begin my next story...also DM/GW! (jumps around squealing)
December 24
The present Ginny's wanted her mum to send arrived.
Draco sat in his room trying to figure out how to wrap the presents that had been delivered for Ginny. He had been trying to figure it out all morning.
"Dobby," he called leaning back against the side of his bed.
Instantly the tiny elf appeared.
"Master Draco has called Dobby," the house elf squeaked looking at all the presents and the ripped wrapping paper. He even noticed a piece of tape was stuck on Draco's forehead.
Draco's face was flushed and he felt very frustrated.
"Can you help me by wrapping these presents?" Draco asked getting up from the floor and pointing his wand at the empty fireplace behind him.
Giant sparkling white flames leapt up and crackled and danced.
"Dobby would be most honored sir," Dobby said bowing and beginning to wrap the presents.
It rook Dobby less than fifteen minutes to wrap all the presents beautifully and tie bows onto them.
Draco meanwhile sorted through his drawings on the bed and found a very nice one of Ginny sleeping on her History of Magic book when the light had shone through the window that afternoon and shone softly on her face and made her hair shine and look like an angel.
"The flowers, Master?" Dobby asked looking at the huge collection in his master's room.
"Leave them for now Dobby, I was wondering if you could get some of the other elves to help you move them up to Ginny Weasley's dorm room tonight? I was hoping that you would be able to place them all around her bed and then have them in a way so that it would lead her down to the common room?" Draco asked the elf leaning back against his bed again and pondering what he should write to his Ginny.
"Dobby and other elves would be most honored to help Master Draco out that way," Dobby said smiling, "Master is very fond of Miss Wheezy, isn't he?"
"Very fond indeed," Draco said leaning back on dark green pillows and sticking the end of his quill in his mouth thoughtfully and turning the picture of Ginny around so he could write his message on the back.
"Neville," a sweet voice called out.
Neville spun quick. He knew he had to beware of pretty Slytherin girls who were nice to him. They usually wanted something from him.
Pansy sidled up to the boy and smiled coyly.
"What do you want Parkinson?" Neville asked backing into a wall eyes wide as he watched the Slytherin girl slip up even closer to him.
"Oh Neville," Pansy gave a deceptive giggle. "I wanted you to help me with something." She lifted her hand up and placed it on Neville's chest and playing with the collar of his robe.
Neville trembled and took her hand and got off the wall and started backing away down the hallway.
"W-what do you need help with?" he stuttered a bit. He had seen Pansy do some very frightening things to guys.
"I was wondering if you could tell me what the password to your common room is?" Pansy said trying to touch Neville again.
Neville dodged away and continued walking backwards down the hall, "I will NEVER tell you how to get into Gryffindor common room!"
"But Ne-ville, please," Pansy said raising her voice a little higher and following him leisurely down the hallway.
"NO!" he declared keeping his eyes on her the entire time.
"Mr. Longbottom, what is going on?" the stern voice of Professor McGonagall asked.
"Pansy is trying to talk me into telling her the password to our common room Professor," Neville said and even though he was seventeen he still hid behind his head of house for protection.
"Miss Parkinson I hope this is not the case. Leave Mr. Longbottom alone," Professor McGonagall said and her mouth was very thin and her face was pale.
Pansy slunk away down the hallway. Now what was she supposed to do. She had been counting on getting the password off Longbottom. Well her only other choice really was Potter.
"Oy, Potty!" Pansy called when she saw him walk in the main doors.
"What Parkinson?" Harry said instantly on edge.
"I need to speak with you about something," she said once they were closer, "alone."
Ron glared menacingly at Pansy, "Anything you can say to Harry you can say in front of me."
"You are such a child Weasley. I can talk to Potter without having you there to hold his hand. He is a big boy," Pansy said and even though she was substantially shorter than he she still managed to look down her nose at him.
"I will meet you in the common room. This won't take long," Harry said not taking his eyes off Pansy.
"What do you want Pansy?" Harry asked getting straight to the point.
"I want the password to the Gryffindor Common Room," Pansy said without any hint of a smile on her face at all.
Harry burst into laughter for several seconds before his face turned stony and he said, "No."
"Come on Potter. It is honestly for a noble cause," Pansy was whimpering now. Potter was her last chance to fulfill her obligation.
"What good cause could someone like you have?" Harry asked leaning back against the wall and staring at the girl.
"It is for Draco," Pansy said, answering carefully and not saying any more than what she felt was safe to reveal to a Gryffindor.
"Why would the head-boy want the password?" Harry asked gruffly. "You will have to come up with something better than that."
"It is the truth. He wants to surprise that redhead for Christmas," Pansy said desperately grabbing Harry's arms.
"Draco wants to surprise Ginny?" Harry asked shrugging her off. He sounded a little more believing of Draco wanting the password now.
"Yes," Pansy nearly shrieked.
"Why?"
"He is in love with her you dunce!" Pansy screeched.
"I'll owl him," Harry said.
Ginny picked up what she was going to give Draco.
Ever since her first year Colin had taken pictures of every quidditch match regardless of which teams were playing. She had spent several hours going through and picking out the matches that did not involve Slytherins.
Ginny was pleased to discover that there was a decent few pictures that were close ups of the seekers. She particularly liked one of the pictures that was a close up of Draco's face while he was diligently searching for the snitch and the wind was blowing his face. Another one of the picture's was just as gorgeous. He had just caught the snitch and had tossed his head back and was laughing. Every so often he stopped and looked up and his eyes were twinkling.
She rearranged the pictures after she had omitted the ones that did not have Slytherins. She carefully slipped them into the plastic covers inside the black leather bound book.
When she finished she took out her wand and pointing it at the cover and began to murmur an incantation under her breath.
Fancy emerald green lettering appeared on the cover that read:
Quidditch Memories of Draco Malfoy at Hogwarts.
Ginny looked and felt quite pleased with herself. She grabbed a roll of shimmering emerald green paper and carefully set about wrapping the gift beautifully. Once she tied a silver bow around it she wrote, To: Draco Malfoy, on a small piece of parchment and stuck it under the bow.
She would send it to him in the morning.
Ginny yawned and fell back on her bed completely exhausted from her day.
Tap. Tap. Tap. Something sharp kept poking and prodding Draco. He sat up and saw a pretty snowy white owl sitting next to him. Draco reached out and untied the note.
Draco began to feel around in his pocket and finally he found what he was looking for.
A ginger cookie. Draco handed it to the owl who took it and hooted softly and ate it sweetly.
Draco broke the seal with a grimace. It is a red lion.
Draco,
Is it true that you want to surprise Ginny? If it is meet me in the animagus transfiguration classroom at 10:00 tonight.
Harry Potter
Draco glanced at his watch. It was nine forty-five. He stood up and stretched before grabbing his invisibility cloak.
Draco arrived promptly at ten o'clock.
"Potter," he called as he closed the door.
Harry strode out of the shadows and removed his own invisibility cloak.
"Malfoy," he said, "You want to surprise Ginny do you? Why would that be seeing as you broke her heart and refused to come and see her when she needed you?"
"Look Potter, if it is any of your business, I do not expect her to take me back but I still want her back. I have a lot of presents to give her," Draco said with a glare. "If you do not believe me then you can call Dobby and ask him."
Harry watched Draco the whole time he was talking. Then smile.
"Did the cruciatus curse that the deatheater put you under kill a lot of brain cells or are you just too stupid to remember I was on your side?" Draco asked.
"You still seem to enjoy playing your cruel pranks on everybody in Gryffindor," Harry said in a deadly whisper. "It makes it harder to trust you."
"Call Dobby then!" Draco snapped leaning back into the shadows.
"Dobby," Harry said and the little elf appeared instantly.
"Harry Potter, sir. Harry Potter has called Dobby and Dobby has come Harry Potter," the elf squealed joyously s it hugged Harry tightly around the middle.
"It is nice to see you too Dobby," Harry said as Dobby released him. He was panting a little from the over enthusiastic elf's embrace.
"Master Draco our plan for Miss Wheezy goes into full swing at the stroke of midnight sir." He spoke quietly and bowed low to Draco. Dobby was looking around and he seemed a little uncomfortable.
Draco gave Harry a look of pure triumph. It screamed 'I told you so,' but he did not say it out loud for risk of sounding like a five-year-old.
"Dobby what is Draco doing for Ginny?" Harry asked kneeling down so that he and Dobby were eye to eye.
"Harry Potter, sit, Dobby must asks Master Draco if he is allowed to tell you sir," Dobby said with drooped ears and he looked over at Draco.
Draco waved a hand of permission.
Dobby then explained everything of the plan to Harry.
As soon as Dobby finished Harry looked at Draco more pleasantly and with new understanding.
"Dobby must go now sirs," Dobby said disappearing in a thin wisp of smoke.
"Draco your common room is not the only one connected to the floo network," Harry said and once his back was facing Draco he spoke again. "Ginny usually wakes up around eight in the morning."
Harry walked away and left the blonde boy alone.
Draco grinned. He had a way in. Flooing. Simple yet messy. He would have to wear an old trashy robe over his nice things so he would not be dirty.
Draco quietly slipped back into the dark coldness of the dungeons and through the Slytherin common room to the dorm rooms.
Dobby arrived at almost one o'clock in the morning.
"Everything is ready for your surprise Master," Dobby said quietly.
"Thank you Dobby," Draco said sincerely as he stared out the window.
"Dobby knows Miss Wheezy will love it sir," Dobby said and then he vanished.
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