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Chapter 27: Danger!
Ginny woke up and looked over at Draco, he was still fast asleep. He was quietly snoring, and Ginny thought he looked rather cute. Ginny hadn't had the best nights sleep, she had nightmares about the Chamber of Secrets. However today was a new day and she was determined not to even think about the Chamber.
Ginny got carefully out of bed and went into the bathroom to take a shower. Once she was done with that she got dressed and did a quick drying spell on her hair. She left the bathroom to find that Draco was still asleep. Not wanting to disturb him she wrote him a quick note letting him know she had decided to face the Gryffindors and go down to breakfast. She left it on her pillow and quietly crept out of the room.
Ginny slowly made her way up to the Great Hall, dreading breakfast, but knowing she had to get it done with. Ginny took a deep breath and walked in the Great Hall. Almost everyone turned around to look at her. Except of course for the Slytherin table.
"Oh Merlin, they all know." Ginny said to herself.
She heard a couple of students say some nasty things to her, all to nasty to be repeated. Ginny lowered her head and quickly made her way to the Gryffindor table. She sat down and instantly everyone around her got up. Some of the kids she had known since she arrived at Hogwarts were giving her dirty glances. In fact everyone but Slytherin was looking at her like she was a common criminal. Ginny quickly got up and left, she had decided she wasn't hungry.
Ginny quickly walked through the corridors thinking, she hadn't expected the whole school to hate her because she was dating Draco. Especially since it didn't affect them at all. She just didn't understand what their problem was. Ginny didn't go back to Draco's room and instead wandered into the library. She hadn't really been in the library this whole year except for when she came in here with Draco.
Ginny wandered to the back of the room, to where the books written by muggles were and sat on the ground, grabbing one from the shelf. Ginny had ended up grabbing a book by Lemony Snickett, called A Series of Unfortunate Events. Ginny had never read those books before and she opened it up, quickly getting entranced in the story.
"Ginny." Colin said sitting beside her.
"Hey Colin, you startled me." Ginny replied jumping a little as she looked up from her book. "I didn't hear you approach."
"Like you ever do when you are reading." Colin replied. "So most of the school doesn't like you right now."
"Yeah I know, how weird is that."
"I noticed Slytherin didn't have a problem with you." Colin observed.
"Ironic isn't it." Ginny replied.
"I think it is." Colin agreed.
"So what do I do now?" Ginny asked him leaning against the book shelf.
"I don't know." Colin replied. "I'm glad I'm not in your position."
"That's really helpful, thanks." Ginny replied playfully shoving him. "Still the irony that the Slytherins don't mind."
"Well most of them don't mind. I saw a couple of them give you dirty looks though." Colin told her.
"Thanks for cheering me up." Ginny said sticking her tongue out at him. "Seriously though, what am I going to do? They all hate me."
"You can't control what people think of you, especially when they are wrong." Colin told her getting up. "Ignore everyone, they are idiots. The people you love and who love you back accept your decision. That's all that matters."
"You're right." Ginny agreed letting him pull you up.
"Come on, lets go get breakfast." Colin replied. "I'm starving."
Ginny let Colin lead her back to the Great Hall. She felt a little better since she wasn't alone this time, but she still noticed how everyone looked at her. She also heard the little comments they made.
"Don't listen to them." COlin said quietly pulling her over to the Gryffindor table.
They sat down and started to eat their breakfast. Ginny didn't say anything for a minute.
"Thanks Colin." she told him taking a bite of her biscuit.
"No problem." Colin replied smiling.
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Fred and George watched Ginny enter the Great Hall, and heard everything that people said to her. They were ashamed that they were once Gryffindors. They had thought Gryffindors were better than that, apparently though Gryffindors had too much pride to forget about what happened between the Slytherins and them in the past. The twins watched as Ginny quickly walked out of the Great Hall. Thirty minutes later they were still sitting at the table when Ginny entered again with Colin. They noticed that she looked a little happier. The staring hadn't ceased, and neither had the malicious comments.
"This isn't right." Fred told George.
"I agree." George replied watching Ginny. "They don't even know him."
"What are we going to do?" Fred asked George.
"I don't know." George replied.
For the first time ever the twins were stumped as to what to do next. George and Fred got up from the table, whispering back and forth to each other.
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"Merlin, she must be the biggest whore." Victoria said to her sister. They were sitting in the Gryffindor common room in a circle with a bunch of other Gryffindors.
"I heard they got caught doing it in the potions dungeons." a first year said giggling.
"You know he is only dating her for the sex." a fifth year boy piped up.
"Hell, I would do her." another boy piped up. "Have you seen that -"
"Shut the hell up." Fred yelled at them. He and George had entered the common room and had stood there listening to them talk about Ginny.
"What the hell is your problem?" George asked them.
"Your sister dating Malfoy." is out problem Victoria told them.
"That's the thing, it isn't your problem." Fred told Victoria taking a step towards them.
"Who she dates isn't your concern, it doesn't hurt you in any way." George added.
"She is dating a Slytherin." Victoria told them.
"Damn, Malfoy is a Slytherin?" Fred asked sarcastically.
"He may be a Slytherin, but considering how you guys are acting I would rather be a Slytherin." George told them.
"You guys are acting like cowards." Fred told them.
"You're too afraid to admit that you guys might be wrong about someone."
"So instead you are taking the easy way out."
"Hurting your friend, your house mate."
"She hasn't done anything to you."
"All she has done is fallen in love."
"So what if it is too Draco."
"At least he knows how to treat her like a human."
"You guys are just treating her like she is dirt beneath your feet."
"You know perfectly well that she isn't going to do anything with him."
"She isn't that type of girl."
"So get over your selves."
"Sorry to burst your bubble, but your sister is that kind of girl." Dean told them standing up. "She did me a little 'favor' the other day."
"You little fu-" Fred started to say before George quickly beat him to the punch. Literally.
"Damn it why do people keep punching me?" Dean howled.
"If you ever, ever say anything about our sister again."
"You will be hurt a lot worse." the twins warned him.
"Especially since we would know if it were true." Fred told him.
"You don't know everything." Dean told them holding his bleeding nose.
"Yes we do." George replied.
"You might want to go to the hospital wing." Fred said smiling.
"But remember if you tell Madame Pomphrey."
"We will know." they said together as they turned and walked out of the common room.
"We should probably tell Ginny what we did." George told Fred.
"She is going to kill us." Fred replied.
"Don't tell me you are scared of Ginny." George said laughing.
"She's grown up with six brothers, all of us teaching her our own little tricks. She is like all six of us rolled in to one." Fred told him.
"Damn it, you're right."
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Ginny left the Great Hall and wandered back to the library. Draco hadn't shown so she was assuming that he was still sleeping. She went back to where she had been sitting and grabbed her book, flipping to the page she had left off. She was halfway through the book when she felt someone watching her.
Ginny looked up. "How long have you been there?"
"Just a couple of minutes." Draco replied. "You looked so interested in the book I didn't want to interrupt you."
"Oh, how did you know I was here?" She replied putting the book back on the shelf and standing up.
"Colin told me you were in here when he found you, thought I should give it a try." Draco told her grabbing her hand and lacing his fingers through hers.
"Oh, well did you sleep well?" Ginny asked him kissing him on the cheek.
"Yeah, I was kind of sad when I woke up and you weren't there."
"Well I figured I should go to breakfast. Then when I got there I left, and then I went there again. Finally I made it back here." she told him quietly as they walked past Madame Pince.
"So how did it go?" Draco asked her.
"You don't want to know." Ginny told him sighing.
"That bad?"
"Oh no." Ginny replied. "Much worse."
"I'm sorry." Draco replied pulling her into a hug.
"You know, before you started to date me, you would have never apologized."
"I know, what the hell have you done to me?" Draco asked her still hugging her.
"Only good things." Ginny replied laying her head on his chest. "I promise."
"Yeah sure." Draco replied kissing her on the top of her head.
"Come on lets go find something to do." Draco said releasing her and grabbing her hand.
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"Hey Ginny, Draco." George said to them.
"We were just coming to see you." Fred continued.
Fred and George had been pacing in front of Draco's door for a couple of minutes, trying to decide wether to tell Ginny or not. It was quite a nasty shock for them when they came walking up the corridor.
"What did you want?" Ginny asked.
"Well, you see."
"We had a little talk with some of the Gryffindors."
"I ended up punching Dean." George told them. "In all fairness though I was trying to keep Fred from saying something he would regret."
The twins stood there nervously waiting for Ginny's reaction.
"You guys are awesome!" Ginny shouted, hugging them both around the neck.
"Anything for our little sister." Fred replied confused.
"Yeah, you know we live you." George added.
"Did you punch him in the nose?" Ginny asked.
"Yeah." Geroge replied.
"Hopefully you broke it." Ginny said gleefully.
"Merlin, Draco's personality has rubbed off on Ginny's." George said with mock concern.
"That's just bloody brilliant." Fred replied. With that said the twins turned around and left.
"He's been punched in the nose twice in the past two days." Ginny said laughing.
"They were right, I did rub off on you." Draco said.
"Oh, shove it." Ginny replied laughing.
"I have an idea." Draco said changing the subject.
"What?" Ginny asked him.
"Why don't you eat lunch at the Slytherin table. That way you don't have to deal with your house mates ridiculing you and at the same time you can piss them off." Draco asked her.
"Sure." Ginny replied.
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Ginny and Draco wandered around the castle until lunch, exploring rooms that they had never been in before. When lunch time cam about they walked into the Great Hall, arm in arm. The room turned around and looked at them, glares were coming from all directions. Ginny and Draco ignored them and walked over to the Slytherin table.
Ginny and Draco were half way through with their meal when there was a huge bang that shook the whole castle. Dumbledore instantly swept into the Great Hall, he whispered something to Professor McGonagal before walking to the front of the Great Hall. Kids were whispering, some of them panicked by what had just happened.
"Can I have everyones attention. Attention please." Dumbledore said loudly. "Don't be alarmed but the castle has just been attacked by Death Eaters."
There was a huge collective gasp from all the different tables.A couple of the younger kids started to cry.
"There is nothing to worry about for the time being. We believe it was just a warning attack, however we need everyone to calmly make there way back to their respective house common rooms." Dumbledore continued calmly.
Dumbldore swept back out of the Great Hall, leaving the prefects to lead the kids to their common room and keep the peace. Professor McGonagal walked up to Ginny and Draco and requested to see them in her office.
Draco and Ginny followed her out of the Great Hall, Ginny was holding on to Draco's hand tightly. Partly because she was nervous because of the attack, and partly because she was afraid she was going to get in trouble for spending the night in Draco's room.
When they arrived in Professor McGonagal's office they noticed that Snape and Dumbledore were in there waiting.
"Could you two leave me alone with Ms. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy for a minute." Dumbledore asked McGonagal and Snape.
"Please sit." Dumbledore said motioning to two chairs in font of him. "I have heard through the castle about you two dating."
Ginny stifled a giggle, hearing Dumbledore say dating for some reason was funny to her.
"I have also heard about the trouble it has caused." Dumbledore continued. "I also know that you Ms. Weasley have been spending the night with Mr. Malfoy here."
"We haven't done-" Ginny started to say but quickly stopped blushing.
"No, no, Ms. Weasley, I know I can trust you. The problem is, if Professor McGonagal doesn't know where you are that isn't safe, but I think we can all agree that staying in Gryffindor tower isn't the best idea either. Considering their feelings towards Mr. Malfoy and yourself at this time. So if it alright with the heads of your houses, I will allow you to stay in Mr. Malfoy's room, in a different bed, of course." Dumbledore told them. "If you want to that is."
Ginny nodded her head, not looking up, blushing.
"Mr. Malfoy?" Dumbledore asked waiting for his reply.
"I would feel better if I knew Ginny was safe with me." Draco said quietly.
Dumbledore looked at Draco, a little bit of shock on his face, smiling. "Ok then let me go get Professor McGonagal and Professor Snape."
In a second all three professors were back in the room. Dumbldore explained the idea, after a few moments both professor agreed, Snape not looking too happy about the whole idea. Ginny was blushing like crazy the whole time.
Finally though Ginny and Draco were dismissed and told to go to the Slytherin common room with the rest of the Slytherins, Snape right behind them. When Ginny walked into the Slytherin common room she got a few strange glances before everyone quieted down to hear what Professor Snape was going to tell them.
"Considering the recent attitude with the other houses towards Ms. Weasley she is going to be staying with us." Snape said curtly. "I expect you to treat her as respectfully as you treat each other."
"What happened earlier, with the boom and all?" a Slytherin third year asked.
"We already told you, it was an attack on the castle." Snape answered her.
"Yeah, but what happened?" the third year asked.
"That isn't of your concern." Snape replied. "You are to all stay either in the common room, or in your rooms. Dinner will be brought here. When Monday comes about we will decide what to do then and whether it is safe for you too leave the dorms."
"If it was just a warning why are so many precautions being taken?" that same third year asked.
"It's better taking precautions than being dead." Snape replied curtly as he walked out of the common room.