(A/N fair warning this next part is going to be thanks to people about the reviews they give me, so if you want skip below to the --------- so here go the thanks:
Hoppers: You are probably one of my favorite reviewers, you always leave me a review after every few chapters. they are such lovely reviews you really help me get the chapters out. I also really liked the confrontation with the twins and Draco, though I think I might rewrite parts of it. Thanks for adding this story to my favorites.
chicklepea: I will work on making Draco more sarcastic, you're right about that. Thank you so much about the other review you game me about how much you liked my story. you are so awesome, thanks! I know this story is so sickeningly sweet, it almost makes me sick, but I'm also a romantic so you know....
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Essa: You were right it was from One Tree Hill, one brownie point to you!
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I don't own Harry Potter, bully for me!
Chapter 21: Fireworks
Later that night George and Ron were sitting playing wizard's chess, so Ginny sat beside Fred and grilled him about what the two of them had to say to Draco.
"Well you know us." Fred told her smiling mischievously.
"Thats the problem." Ginny replied seriously.
"Don't look so worried." Fred told her. "We had a nice friendly talk, we even gave him some sweets." Fred grinned evilly .
"You didn't." Ginny said horrified.
"Nothing too horrible." George replied looking up from the chess board. "I don't even think he was going to eat them."
"Did you warn him about us?" Fred asked.
"I would be foolish not too." Ginny replied getting up from her seat. "I'm going to bed."
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When Ginny got to the potions room that night she was shocked to see Snape in there sitting in a chair. He appeared to be waiting for something. She walked into the room noticing that Draco was already sitting at the table.
"Glad to see you could make it." Professor Snape said with a sneer on his face.
"Sorry Professor." Ginny apologized.
"Well now that you are here we can get started." Professor Snape continued. "I am here to give you the list of potions you will be working on."
Snape handed Draco a roll of parchment.
"Professor, where are we suppose to get the ingredients for these?" Draco asked. "Half these potions are illegal."
"You don't need to worry about that. Professor Dumbledore has assured the that any ingredients you need he has access to." Professor Snape told him.
"I hope you two realize how crucial it is that you don't tell anyone what you are making." Snape said looking at them one at a time. "If anyone finds out what potions you are making you will get into quite a bit of trouble."
"Don't worry Professor. We won't tell anyone." Ginny told him.
"Well then here is a note for when you need to get books from the restricted section." Professor Snape said handing a piece of parchment to Draco with his signature on it.
With that said Snape sweeping out the door.
"What potions are on the list?" Ginny asked walking over to him and looking over his shoulder at the list.
"All of them are illegal." Draco said scanning the list with his eyes. "I suppose first we should go find books that have some of these potions."
Draco handed the list to her. "Dementor's Kiss?" She asked looking at the list.
"If taken then your soul is dispelled from your body and blocked so that it can't reenter your body." Draco replied grimly.
"Why would Dumbledore want us to brew this?" Ginny asked.
"I don't know." Draco replied as they walked to the library.
They showed their note from Snape to Madame Pince so that they could get into the restricted section. She looked at them suspiciously looking over the note carefully.
"I suppose you can enter the restricted section." Madame Pince told then finally.
Ginny and Draco quickly walked into the restricted section eager to get away from her accusatory eyes.
Ginny pulled a book off one of the shelves. "This one looks promising. A hundred and one potions to kill torture and vanquish your foes."
Draco looked at the book she was holding. "You're right." Draco said pointing out the titles of some of the potions that they had to make.
"Do they think we are so stupid that we won't figure out what these potions are really for?" Ginny asked looking through books.
"Maybe they think that as long as all we are just doing these to learn we can't get in trouble for brewing illegal potions." Draco replied. "Otherwise we would be held accountable for our actions."
"It's funny, being able to play ignorant of our actions so that we won't get balmed for anything." Ginny said picking up another book.
"I think we have enough books for now." Draco said gathering up some of the books they had picked out.
Ginny gathered up the rest of the books and they left the library trudging back to the potion room.
"What should we make first?" Ginny asked placing her books down on the table.
"The magic shifting potion looks easiest." Draco said. "Plus we have most of those ingredients already."
"What's the magic shifting potion do?" Ginny asked taking the book that had that spell away from him.
"When ingested it turns good magic evil, and evil magic good." Draco explained. "So you could give it to someone evil and they would only be able to do harmless spells, or vice versa."
"Are the results permanent?" Ginny asked reading about the spell for herself.
"It depends on how fresh the potion is." Draco replied taking the book back.
"Oh." Ginny replied. "Are you going to let Snape know what ingredients we need?" Ginny asked him.
"Yeah sure." Draco replied taking the list she had made from her.
"Okay then, well it is almost curfew I better get back to Gryffindor tower." Ginny said after a moment.
"Ok come on, I'm Head Boy. I won't rat on you." Draco said smiling pitifully.
"Did you forget Dumbledore's new rules?" Ginny reminded him. "No students are suppose to be out after curfew, and that includes the Head Boy."
"Oh Bully for you." Draco said to her. "Come spend the night with me then."
"I can't, someone will notice when I don't come back." Ginny said hugging him.
Draco kissed her longingly. "I love you Virginia."
"I love you too." Ginny told him back. "I'm still going back to the Gryffindo tower."
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Over the next few days more and more siblings of students showed up to stay at the castle. Soon there were so many kids milling around the castle that Dumbledore had to convert some of the old classrooms into dorm rooms. You could feel the anxiety in the air walking through the halls of Hogwarts, within days the whole energy of the school had changed. You could feel the worry in the air.
The students of Hogwarts went from having no cares in the world to scanning the Daily Prophet for any news about the war. Students were nicer to one another, they were bonding more as a school then by their houses as they normally were. Even the Slytherins were nicer and more caring, or at least as caring as a Slytherin was able to be.
Every few nights Dumbledore would address the students at dinner, keeping them caught up on what was going on outside the castle. In a way Hogwarts was an island separated by the rest of the world by a huge ocean. However every day it was getting more and more dangerous for anyone outside the castle. Normal life for wizards was changing, and some how the muggles still hadn't noticed it. There were more and more attacks on muggle and the ministry was running on over time trying to keep up with all the attacks.
Every once in a while they would hear about some ones family member getting hurt in the line of fire. Thankfully though no one had been hurt too badly and no one had been yet been killed.
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Fred and George didn't like how somber the castle was becoming. They decided that Hogwarts needed a little fun. Of course fun to the Weasley twins could be way different than what fun to regular kids thought. That however didn't stop them from their plan.
"Five." Fred said quietly to George.
"Start." he replied as Fred walked past him out of the Great Hall.
Ginny looked at them curiously, she knew that they could just talk using very few words, and they usually only did that when they were up to something.
George saw her looking at him." You'll find out in a few minutes." he whispered in her ear.
Ginny sat at the table finishing her dinner. All of a sudden she heard a big bang.
Students ran out to of the great hall into the main corridor. All around them fire works were flying around them and everyone was laughing and cheering.
Snape came storming up to the Weasely twins. His eyes wre flashing.
"What were you two thinking?" Snape yelled at them. "Of all the-"
Dumbledore walked up to them. "Snape quiet down."
"No this is unacceptable." Snape argued.
"Snape." Dumbledore said warning him.
"I need all the Weasley children to come to my office." Dumbledore said solemnly.
Fred and George looked at each other and frowned. How much trouble were they in. Snape went to go find Ginny and Ron as Fred and George followed Dumbledore back to his office.
"Professor, we didn't mean any harm."
"Yeah we were only trying to help lighten the mood."
"Now is not the time." Dumbledore said quietly leading him up to his office.
They hadn't noticed him mutter the password. Fred and George sat in Dumbledore's office quietly waiting for their youngest siblings to join them. Finally Ron and Ginny made their way up to Dumbledore's office, Snape closely following his eyes still flashing.
"You can leave now Snape." Dumbledore said dismissing Snape. Snape frowned and huffed back down the stairs.
"I have some very bad news." Dumbledore started. "It appears that some Death Eaters were raiding a bank where your brother Bill was working."
"Is he okay?" Ginny asked worried, fear showing up all over her face.
"Well, no one has seen him since the raid." Dumbledore said gently. "We don't know if he was kidnapped, or if they sent him some where."
Ginny got up and ran out of his office. She could stand to sit there any more and listen to Dumbledore talk about how her brother was lost, or kidnapped. If she wasn't there to hear it then it couldn't be true.
She was running down corridors not noticing where she was going when she reached a familiar portrait. Although she had only been there once she remembered the password.
"Little Red." She whispered and then stepped back to let the portrait swing open.
She walked into Draco's room and climbed up on his bed. He wasn't back from dinner yet, he probably had to help get rid of the fireworks. She curled up in a ball and started crying, her body was shaking from crying so hard. She didn't hear Draco enter his room.
Draco climbed up on his bed, wrapping his arms around her. He didn't say anything quite yet, waiting to see if her crying was going to calm down.
"Virginia." Draco said quietly after a few minutes.
Ginny didn't answer him, she just kept crying.
"Virginia, what/s wrong?" draco asked her quietly. He had never seen her so upset before and it scared him. He felt helpless and out of control he didn't know what to do.
"I'm fine." Ginny gasped out in between sobs.
Draco didn't say anything, she obviously wasn't okay, so very obviously not okay.
After a couple more minutes she calmed down some.
"Virginia." Draco said quietly once more, stroking her hair and wiping her tears off of her cheeks.
Ginny didn't look up, she didn't say anything. She just hid her face in his chest.
"Virginia, please." Draco pleaded with her. She was really worrying him, he had never known for her not to have something to say.
"It's Bill." she answered him finally.
"What about Bill?" Draco coaxed.
"They don't know where he is." Ginny answered him, tears starting to stream down her cheeks again.
"Wait, what?" Draco asked her confused.
"Death eaters raided his bank." Ginny replied.
"What happened after that?" Draco asked her, slowly drawing out what was wrong.
"They don't know, he's missing." Ginny replied starting to cry softly.
"Don't cry." Draco said quietly. "Please don't cry. Dumbledore will find him."
"You don't know that." Ginny replied sadly.
"No I don't." Draco agreed. "But it's Dumbledore."
"Can we not talk right now?" Ginny asked him.
"Anything you want." Draco whispered as she cuddled up against him again.
Ginny spoke up after a couple of minutes. "I have to get back to the tower."
"Stay here for the night." Draco asked her, not wanting for her to be alone.
"I don't have anything to sleep in." Ginny replied.
Draco got up from the bed and started rummaging through his dresser.
"Aha." he cried as he pulled out some silk green pajamas that were clearly too small for him.
"Will you stay the night now?" he asked her handing the pajamas to her.
Ginny sighed and nodded slowly.
"The bathroom is straight through there." Draco said pointing to the door that she had guessed to lead to his bathroom a couple of weeks ago.
Ginny got up and went into the bathroom. He heard her moving around and figured it was safe for him to change into his pajamas.
He was just putting his shirt on when she came out of the bathroom. She started to blush, sure she had seen half naked guys before but never a guy who wasn't her brother. Never a guy who she was dating in his bedroom.
Draco smiled at her. "What are you blushing for?" he asked smiling at her.
"Nothing." Ginny replied giving him a weak smile.
Ginny climbed back on his bed and sat down. Draco followed after her and sat down in front of her.
"Virginia, it will be okay." Draco promised her. "You have to trust me."
"I trust you." Ginny said looking down at her hands.
Draco grabbed her hands in his, intertwining his fingers through hers. "You're going to be okay, right?"
Ginny looked up at him. "I'll be okay."
Ginny let go of his hands and crawled under the covers. Draco followed her under the covers, wrapping his arms around her as she moved closer to him. He watched her fall asleep, only falling asleep when he was sure that she had fallen asleep.
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(A/N Ok guys I realize that I just all of a sudden added a war, I meant to have metnioned it earlier but I got caught up in Ginny and Draco and forgot. However just bare with me and once I am done with this story I am going to go back and fix up my chapters. Stuff tends to slip your mind when you write so many chapters in a week. Anyway I really hoped you guys liked this chapter it took me forever to write. Please review.)