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Chapter 28: Real Life and Nightmares

The whole castle was locked down, no one was allowed to leave, no one was allowed to enter. All the students were suppose to stay in their respective areas, with of course the exception of Ginny. The students weren't being told what was going on, and for some that wasn't good enough. However there was nothing they could do but sit and wait to be told what was going on. Ginny and Draco stayed in the common room for a couple of hours, playing games and talking to the other students. They were in the middle of playing a game of chess when a door magically appeared on one of the walls in the common room. In walked Snape.

"This leads straight to your room." Snape told Draco. "That way you won't have to leave the main area to get to your room."

Snape then turned to Ginny. "Your belongings have been moved to Mr. Malfoy's room."

Snape walked out of the common room, not waiting for a response.

"Don't you think it's weird that Dumbledore Snape and McGonagal all agreed to let us stay in the same room?" Draco asked Ginny, looking at her.

"I think Dumbledore knows more of what is going on then either of us." Ginny replied. "Check mate."

"I hate playing games with you. You won't ever let me win." Draco told her.

"That just means you are going to have to do better." Ginny replied, starting to set up the board again.

"Hell no." Draco replied pushing the game pieces into their box. "I know when to just give up and stop playing."

"Fine then." Ginny replied pouting.

"That isn't going to work on me again." Draco told her not looking at her.

"Fine then be that way. I'm going to go do some homework." Ginny told him getting up. "Though if I had to play against me, I would probably give up too." Ginny smiled sweetly at him.

"Hold up, I'll come too." Draco told her.

Ginny and Draco walked into Draco's room and stopped in their tracks.

"What the hell?" Draco asked looking around his room.

Draco's room had tripled in size. Along with a bed for Ginny, it had another dresser and bedside table. Her trunk was sitting in front of her bed. That wasn't all that was new though. Their entire potions set up had been moved to Draco's room, cabinents, book cases and all.

"They really don't want us leaving the Slytherin area." Ginny commented walking into the room a little bit more. "And about us not sleeping in the bed."

"You have a nicer bed than me." Draco replied shocked.

"It is, really nice." Ginny replied shocked. Ginny's bed was a canopy bed, like most beds in the castle but instead of the thick curtains that surrounded the other beds, hers had silver curtains, with emerald green and black sheets. With a beautiful comforter, depicting a picture of the different house mascots embroidered in silver.

"Haha, I have a prettier bed than you." Ginny said hopping up on her bed and laying back.

"Yeah well I have a night sky over mine." Draco replied laying down beside her.

"Hey get off my bed, you'll get boy germs on it." Ginny said sticking her tongue out at him, laughing.

"Boy germs, eh?" Draco asked her, smothering her in kisses, and wrapping her up in his arms.

"Ok, so maybe boy germs aren't so bad." Ginny told him cuddling up to him. "I want a night sky too."

"We can move it from over my bed to over yours if you want." Draco toldd her.

"No, I want that to stay there." Ginny told him.

"You know, your bed is softer than mine too." Draco noticed.

"You're jealous aren't you."

"I really am." Draco replied." You want to switch?"

"Haha, no!" Ginny replied.

"I guess I will just have to spend the night with you." Draco told her.

"I don't know." Ginny started. "I don't want to disrespect Dumbledore's wishes. Especially since he is being so cool about me staying in here."

"Why do you always have to be so responsible?" Draco asked. "That's no fun."

Ginny gave him a look. A look which plainly said you've got to be kidding me.

"Yeah, yeah. I know, you're right." Draco said exasperated.

"You know I came in here to read." Ginny reminded him.

"I know." Draco replied kissing her on the lips.

"I really was going to read." Ginny told him.

"Sure you were." Draco replied, kissing her again.

Ginny kissed him back, realizing how comfortable she was with him.

After a couple of minutes Draco pulled away from her.

"I'll let you read now." Draco said laying on his back, on Ginny's bed.

"Thanks so much." Ginny replied sarcastically getting up from her bed and looking through her trunk. She pulled out a book and climbed back on her bed. She laid down beside Draco resting her head on his shoulder.

"What are you reading?" Draco asked her as she opened her book.

"Cheaper by the Dozen." Ginny replied.

"It's about this family with 12 childern." Ginny replied after seeing Draco's questioning face.

"Oh." Draco replied as Ginny opened her book.

Ginny was reaching up to turn the page when Draco grabbed her hand.

"I'm not done with that page." Draco said reading over her head.

"I didn't know you were reading with me." Ginny replied.

"Shh." Draco replied still reading and then flipping the page over.

They read like that for a while, Draco flipping the pages. Draco was so interested in the story he didn't realize when Ginny fell asleep. Draco had gotten to page 147 when someone knocked on his door and yelled that dinner had arrived. When Ginny didn't stir Draco finally realized that Ginny was asleep.

"Virginia." Draco said quietly, shaking her awake. "Wake up, it's dinner time."

"What?" Ginny asked as she woke up yawning.

"You fell asleep." Draco replied.

"Oh." Ginny replied, turning over on her side and hugging Draco.

"Dinner is here." Draco replied. "Do you want to go get some."

"In a minute." Ginny replied yawning again. "I'm trying to fully wake up."

"Did you have a good rest?" Draco asked her.

"I didn't mean to fall asleep." Ginny replied. "I just didn't sleep well last night."

"You didn't sleep well?" Draco asked concerned.

"I just had some weird dreams, nothing too bad." Ginny replied. "Ok, lets go get some dinner."

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"She is staying where?" Ron asked the twins shocked.

"With Draco and the Slytherins." Fred replied.

The three of them were sitting in the corner of Gryffindor tower, talking quietly so that no one would over hear them.

"Dumbledore is allowing this?" Ron asked still in shock.

"It was his idea." George told him.

"Sort of." Fred added.

"For the record."

"We know you don't agree with that decision."

"It probably is the best idea though." Ron said glumly. "Considering how close minded these people are."

Ron said the last sentence rather loudly, gaining quite a few glares from other students Ron glared back.

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There was a loud boom, followed by some wild shaking.

"I thought you said it was just a warning." Professor Snape hissed at Dumbledore.

"That's what my informant told me. They're trying to invade the castle." Dumbledore said worriedly. "The head of houses go talk to your houses, then go talk to the people staying in the extra dorms.

"What do we tell them?" Professor McGonagal asked worriedly.

"Tell them to stay where they are." Dumbledore replied rushing to the west end of the castle.

When he arrived he saw five huge trolls bashing up the walls.

"Merlin." Dumbledore said to himself. Instantly he started disarming the trolls, floating their clubs away from them. Then he cast very strong sleeping spells on the trolls, with each spell there was a slight tremble in the ground as they would fall to the ground asleep.

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"What's going on?" Ginny asked Draco as she held the potions they had been working on to keep them from tipping over.

"How would I know?" Draco asked her.

"I don't know." Ginny replied.

"Well then I will go see if anyone knows what is going on. Don't let any of the potions spill." Draco told her as he walked into the common room.

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"Everyone needs to make sure to stay in either their common room or their dorm room." Snape was telling them as Draco walked in.

"What's going on?" Draco asked.

"That isn't of your concern." Professor Snape answered him.

"Like hell it isn't." Draco replied angrily.

"Draco, if you can not control your temper then you will have to leave, if you feel the need to leave then I will come and talk to you later, where you won't be interrupting the entire group." Snape said giving Draco an odd look. Draco turned around and walked out of the room.

"So what's going on?" Ginny asked Draco as he walked back into the room.

"I think we are getting attacked again." Draco replied.

"Oh really?" Ginny asked sarcastically.

"Snape was just telling them to stay in the same areas that we were told to stay in already." Draco continued ignoring Ginny's sarcasm.

"Ok." Ginny replied.

They worked quietly for a couple of minutes. Almost done finishing up on a couple that had been started when Snape walked in.

"I'm not suppose to be telling you two this but considering-" Snape started.

"Just tell us." Draco said bluntly.

"Fine." Snape said his eyes turning to slits. "Death Eaters have been planting trolls on the border of Hogwarts, they then make their way to the castle and begin to bash their way in. Dumbledore thinks that they might be trying to make holes in the castle so the Death Eaters can make their way in. However they will have to do better than that."

"How do you know that the trolls aren't just a distraction?" Draco asked. "They send in the trolls so that they can wreck havoc in some other part of the castle."

"We don't know." Snape replied. "Here is a list of potions I need you two to get started making right away. You should be able to finish the list before Monday."

He handed them a list.

"Do you want us to stop working on the other list?" Ginny asked looking at the list.

"No, I expect you two should be able to work on both lists. I believe that I don't have to stress to you two the importance that you two get these done quickly and correctly."

"We understand." Ginny replied.

"Good." Professor Snape replied as he walked out of the room.

"Why did he tell us all that?" Ginny asked Draco.

"He didn't tell us that much." Draco replied closing the door after Snape.

"He told us more than he told the others. I can promise you that." Ginny told him.

"Professor Snape and I have an understanding with each other." Draco told her not bothering to elaborate.

"Fine then don't tell me." Ginny said snottily.

"Good I can't tell you." Draco replied.

"Have you looked at this list of potions he gave us." Ginny asked Draco showing him the list.

"Yeah we can get all these done if we don't do anything but focus on potions." Draco replied sarcastically.

"Well, if we start on the first three tonight, then we can let them simmer and finish them up tomorrow, and start on the last three." Ginny said.

"Well then lets get started." Draco said pulling ingredients out of the cupboard. "Do you want to chop or turn things into powder?"

"I'll chop." Ginny replied.

They worked in silence, trying to hurry up and get the process started so that they could get to bed. Finally at 11:30 they had finished with potions for the night. Ginny went into the bathroom to change into pajamas while Draco cleaned up their potions mess.

"Goodnight Draco." Ginny said climbing into her bed.

"Are you sure you don't want to share your nice comfortable bed with me?" Draco asked her.

"Goodnight. Draco." Ginny repeated.

"Goodnight Virginia." Draco replied.

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"You won't make me." Ginny whimpered in her sleep. "Leave me alone."

Ginny was having a nightmare, she was back in the chamber and Tome was there. In her sleep she was crying, tears overflowing down her cheeks.

Draco woke up and heard Ginny whimpering in her sleep. He got out of his bed and walked over to her bed, he figured it must have been at least two in the morning.

Draco sat down on her bed gently. "Virginia wake up."

Ginny didn't wake up, she only whimpered again.

"Virginia, wake up." Draco continued quietly shaking her gently by the arm. "Wake up."

Ginny woke up and realized she was crying. She felt someone beside her. "Don't touch me."

"Virginia, it's me, you're okay." Draco said removing his hand from her arm.

"Draco?" Ginny asked remembering where she was. "I was having a nightmare."

"I know, you were crying and whimpering and talking in your sleep." Draco replied.

"I was in the chamber with Tom." Ginny said. "He was making me do things."

"It's okay, it was just a a dream." Draco told her.

"Draco, will you stay with me?" Ginny asked him.

Draco had never heard her sound so scared. "Yes of course."

"Thank you." Ginny replied moving over so that Draco could join her.

"So much for us sleeping in different beds." Draco told her as he climbed in.

"You aren't funny." Ginny told him.

"Oh I saw a little bit of a smile." Draco said smiling at her.

"Shut up." Ginny said trying not to smile.

"At least I made you feel better." Draco said kissing her on the forehead.

"Yeah you did." Ginny agreed, hugging Draco as she laid her head on his chest.

"Go back to sleep, I'm right here." Draco told her as Ginny closed her eyes.

Draco laid there, and watched Ginny drift back off to sleep. After watching her to make sure she would be okay he drifted back off to sleep himself.

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I hope you guys liked this chapter, I know the troll thing is so pathetically predictable but I didn't know what else to write. I will try to come up with something better, anyway I hope you guys liked this chapter. Please Read and Review.

Oh and Lauren thanks for the wonderfully long review you're so awesome.