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Chapter 7: Whooping Some Ass

The week went by slowly for all the students as they anticipated the announcement of the teams playing the first Intramural XA Quidditch Game. Every morning before breakfast everyone would look to Professor Dumbledore hopefully, waiting for him to stand and with a twinkle in his eye make the announcement. Finally on Friday morning, as the last student filtered into the hall and took their seat Dumbledore stood up and waved his hands through the air motioning for silence.

"As I know you have all been waiting patiently for me to announce the teams that will be competing in the first XA game tomorrow evening, I've decided to fill you in," Dumbledore eagerly said with that well known twinkle in his eye and a small quirk in the corner of his mouth. "But first, tuck in and enjoy breakfast." There was a simultaneous groan heard from every student in the room as Dumbledore took his seat with a laugh. Everyone filled their plates and quickly shoveled food into their mouths. Breakfast was over in matter of minutes, the quickest the plates had ever been cleaned. All the students sat staring at the teacher's table waiting for Dumbledore to finish and make the announcement.

Ginny fidgeted in her seat as she distractedly pushed porridge and eggs around her plate with her fork. She was very nervous about the announcement. The teams that were to be playing in the first game had already been told that they were playing but had to sign a contract stating that they would not divulge the information to any student that was not on their team, this way they were able to prepare for the game but with no advantage of knowing who they were playing against and with all the unknowing students being held in suspense.
Ginny knew that Ron was going to find out whose team she was on and that there was going to be a huge scene in front of the entire school here shortly. She was not looking forward to it and knew that there was no way to avoid it. She had talked to Hermione and asked that when Ron found out, no matter where or when it was, that she had to do her best to keep him calm and extract him from making a public spectacle of himself. Hermione had promised that she would do her best when the time arose. This was the time and she hoped that Hermione was prepared, because it was going to be ugly and Harry was not going to make it any better.

Dumbledore slowly rose to his feet and strode toward the podium; his midnight blue robes covered in snitches billowing around him. He pulled a piece of parchment from inside his robe and smoothed it on top of the podium.

"Students, if you are all ready," Dumbledore paused. There was another audible groan as he stretched the anticipation out longer. "Let me first announce that there are five XA teams. I will announce the captain first, and then his or her house and finally the position played and then follow with each additional team member's information. And please hold any applause until I have announced each member for the team.

"The first team's captain is Harry Potter, seventh-year Gryffindor. And the following members are Ron Weasley, seventh-year Gryffindor, Keeper, Seamus Finnegan, seventh-year Gryffindor, Beater, Justin Battle, seventh-year Ravenclaw, Beater, Amelia Rinker, sixth-year Hufflepuff, Chaser, Adrian Winman, fifth-year Ravenclaw, Chaser, and Xavier Blundy, sixth-year Ravenclaw, Chaser." As Dumbledore finished the last name a thunderous applause rang out from the Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor tables with the majority of the Gryffindor students standing.

Dumbledore motioned for quite and continued, "The next team's captain is Draco Malfoy, seventh-year Slytherin, Keeper. The following members are Parker Marinni, seventh-year Slytherin, Chaser, Druella Brooks, sixth-year Gryffindor, Chaser, Ethan Jarret, sixth-year Slytherin, Chaser, Wes Wyland, fifth-year Ravenclaw, Beater, Taryn Brown, seventh-year Ravenclaw, Beater, and Ginny Weasley, sixth-year Gryffindor, Seeker."
As soon as he said Ginny's name Ron stood up, his ears a new shade of red even for him, and glared at Ginny. Hermione grappled with his arm and tried to keep him in his seat, but only managed to slow him down. Unfortunately no one was there to retain Harry, who had shot out of his seat and headed directly for Ginny. He grabbed her arm and pulled her up forcefully and began dragging her out of the hall. Every student in the room was silent and staring as the scene took place. Hermione was in shock that Harry was reacting this way and forgot to hold onto Ron who took the opportunity to flank Ginny on the other side and assist in taking her out of the hall.

Knowing that this could turn ugly, McGonagall rose from her seat and followed Harry and Ron as they drug Ginny out into the hall passing Hermione as she grabbed all of their things and following behind closely. As all of this took place, Parker had a firm grip on Draco's shoulder knowing that if he let go, Draco would follow and only make things worse for Ginny. Parker saw Dru collect her books and Ginny's and take the same path the others had taken with a crestfallen look adorning her face as loud voices wafted into the Great Hall.

Dumbledore took this opportunity to continue announcing the other three XA teams before following with the teams for the XD and the A and D teams from the younger leagues in hopes to give the students enough time to finish their little discussion and return for the announcement of the first teams to compete.

Meanwhile out in the hallway things had taken an ugly turn.

"Ginerva Weasley, what are you thinking associating with scum like Malfoy and Marinni and even that Jarrett boy? They are Slytherin, and Malfoy is a sworn enemy. How could you do this to our family," Ron growled as his eyes darkened with anger. Hermione reached a hand out and laid it on his shoulder. "Mione, don't touch me. You have nothing to do with this so stay out of it." Hermione backed away slowly staring at him unbelievingly.

"Ginny?" Harry implored.

Ginny, crossed her arms over her chest and stared at the two boys with a look of utmost disgust in her eyes. McGonagall saw the look in Ginny's eyes and took a step closer to the circle of students, but knew that she needed to let them work this out on their own.

"First of all," Ginny started and turned on Harry, "how dare you lay a hand on me, especially in a forceful manner. You may be an honorary member of my family, but no one, and I repeat no one touches me that way. You are lucky that we are at school and that there were so many people around. If this had happened anywhere else, you'd be lucky to leave walking, much less having children in the future." Harry grimaced at the thought of what could have happened to his man bits and looked away.

"Second, I am old enough to make my own decisions, and neither one of you have any right to interfere in my life, unless requested by me. So both of you can go to hell. This is the only discussion we will be having in regards to what team I will be playing Quidditch on and while we are on the topic, if you see me with Draco, you will not make any comment whatsoever. Otherwise, the aforementioned punishment that Harry should have received will be applied to both of you ten-fold. If you feel the need to congratulate me when we whoop your asses, then you may do that but that will be the extent of conversing we will be having about this topic or anything that is any way related to it." As she spat the last words out, she turned to Professor McGonagall and asked if she may rejoin the rest of the students to hear the remaining announcements. McGonagall gave a slight nod trying to suppress a smile at how well Ginny had handled herself and watched her march back into the Great Hall her head held high.

"I see we have regained the rest of our numbers and I will now proceed with the announcement of the first two XA teams to compete," Dumbledore said quickly as Ginny marched back into the hall closely followed by Dru and then Harry and Ron sulkily dragging to their seats with Hermione following at a distance her eyes glued to the floor.

"I will announce the captain's names to signify the teams that will be competing this Saturday afternoon. And without further ado, Draco Malfoy's team will be competing against Harry Potter's team." Every student in the hall was stunned, as they had all just witnessed the scene that was caused by the announcement of a Weasley on a team with a Malfoy and knew this game was going to be good if not downright violent. After everyone finally remembered to breath, a thundering applause lifted up through the hall.

Ron and Harry both sat back in their chairs sulking with a fire burning in their eyes while across the hall Draco had his trademark smirk plastered to his face, taunting Potter and Weasel to make another move. Draco was aware of the fact that he could now flaunt that he and Ginny were on better terms then enemies and was planning on taking full advantage of it, if not just to piss Potter and Weasel of even more. As Dumbledore dismissed the students to their morning classes, Draco quickly swept over to Ginny's side and placed a hand gently on her shoulder while never breaking eye contact with the Dream Team.

Finally looking away, he bent down close to Ginny's ear and whispered, "Are you alright?" Ginny turned around as a smile played at her lips, looked him directly in the eye and pulled his lips to hers and placed a rough kiss on his mouth. She could hear her brother gasping for air in the background, but it quickly faded as she lost herself in his touch. Draco pulled back from her with an even bigger smirk then before and looked directly at Ron as he pulled Ginny out of her seat, wrapped his arm around her waist, and directed her out of the hall.

As soon as they had left the hall, Ginny grabbed his hand and pulled him into the closest empty room.

"That was great," she exclaimed with pure ecstasy on her face as she throwing her body at him and wrapping her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist nearly sending them both flying to the floor before Draco could plant his feet. As he regained his balance he wrapped his arms around her waist and nuzzled his face into the crook of her neck. Ginny giggled and pulled her face away from him and looked him in the eye with an unswerving gaze. She shook her head from side to side with a huge grin on her face and dropped her feet to the ground to where she was on her tiptoes. Draco sighed and planted a kiss on her forehead before letting her go.

"Woman, you will be the death of me," he said in mock frustration and smiled as he pulled the door open and bowed her through. Ginny curtsied and walked into the hallway as students poured from the Great Hall. Ginny and Draco parted ways and headed toward their respective classes, both searching for their friends. Ginny caught up with Dru just as they walked through the door into potions room.

"So, what happened after Draco and I left?"

"I think you're brother might have had an aneurysm," Dru giggled. "I don't think I've ever seen someone turn quite that shade of red before, I think his hair might have even changed colors!" Ginny laughed but quickly covered her mouth as Snape strode into the room barking the normal orders to prepare the cauldrons and turn to whatever page.

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Ginny woke Saturday morning with a smiled replacing her normal scowl at having to actually get up, knowing that today was the day she would prove herself and put Ron and Harry in their rightful places and teach them a little respect. She was very eager to see their faces when she caught the snitch and beat them. She knew that the team she had was virtually unbeatable with Draco as Keeper and Parker and Dru as Chasers. Harry's team wouldn't even be able to score against Draco, much less keep the quaffle long enough to make it the other end of the pitch. With Ron being Keeper, it was almost like having him on her team. He would be so flustered that he wouldn't be able to block anything that came his way. She rolled out of bed and as usual ended up piling all of her sheets on top of Bailey who caused a ruckus at being woken in such an unfashionable manner.

Dru turned over and threw a pillow at Ginny knocking her back onto her bed and gave her a purely evil glare as she pulled her comforter over her head. Ginny stealthily tiptoed over to her bed and pounced on top of Dru tickling her relentlessly. Dru screamed and bucked under the bedclothes wildly trying her best to escape from the torture. Finally she was able to push Ginny off to the side and scrambled out of bed breathlessly.

"I. AM. GOING. TO. GET. YOU." She panted out as she tried to catch her breath. After catching her breath she sweetly continued, "but it will be when you least expect it." She smiled a sickeningly saccharine smile.

Ginny hopped off of Dru's bed and traipsed past Dru and into the bathroom calling back to her, "Ohhhh, I'm shaking in my boots!" Dru fell back onto Ginny's bed and protested loudly but with mock irritation and rolled her eyes. She quickly grabbed her wand and made the beds before creeping quietly towards the bathroom. She pushed the door open an inch and pointed her wand toward the running shower and muttered a quick spell causing all the water to turn to ice cold. Ginny screamed loudly and jumped out of the shower as Dru slammed the door and put a locking and silencing charm on it. She could see the door shaking from Ginny furiously pounding on it, and figured that she would give it two more minutes before she would reverse the charms. She propped herself up against the headboard, crossed her legs and began counting backwards.

"3…2…1 ½…1 ¼…1…" she counted and then flicked her wand as Ginny spilled through the door landing loudly on the floor. Dru couldn't contain herself as a wet Ginny slipped trying to get up off of the floor trying desperately to look mad, but finally gave in and fell across the bed laughing loudly.

"I guess I deserved that," she finally said as she caught her breath from laughing so hard.

"Yep, you sure did. Next time you'll know better," Dru said as she punched her playfully in the arm. "Now go finish your shower so I can get one and we can go meet those magnificent creatures we call Parker and Draco downstairs," and pushed Ginny off the bed.

The girls finished showering and dressing and made their way to the Great Hall to catch the end of breakfast with Draco and Parker. They spotted them immediately as they entered the hall and made a beeline to the Slytherin table that was completely empty except for the boys.

"Are you guys ready to thrash Potter and his team," Ginny asked casually with a smirk that would make a Slytherin proud.

"You're damn right we are," Parker replied firmly while Draco nodded his head in agreement. "Until it's time to hand out ass whoopings, let's do nothing. How about we go sit out by the lake and relax?" Everyone nodded in agreement and stood up. They headed down to the lake and found a shady spot under a tree and spread out on the ground. They spent the morning talking about strategies, both possible and impossible for beating Potter's team, napping, goofing off, and just chatting about random things. When lunch time rolled around they headed back to the castle and agreed to meet in the locker rooms an hour before the game to finalize everything and because Draco and Parker had a surprise. They separated at the entrance and headed to their own tables for lunch.

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Ginny and Dru ate quickly so they would have time to go back to their room before they were supposed to meet the rest of the team. They made sure to eat enough so that they weren't hungry, but not so much that they would get sick from all the activity. Ginny avoided speaking to Ron, Harry, and Hermione throughout the entire day knowing full well that Ron was not letting this go. Seeing as how Ginny was planning on stomping Harry into the ground during the game, she didn't want to give them the wrong idea that she was anything less then a fierce competitor by being nice to them or anything besides aloof.

Ginny hurriedly pushed her seat back causing it to topple over onto the floor making most of the students jump in surprise at the loud noise. She felt a slight flush creep up her cheeks and gave a slight wave as if to say, 'Oh it's just clumsy little ol' Ginny Weasley, don't mind me,' and then grabbed her chair as she and Dru rushed out of the hall. Ginny glanced over her shoulder at the Slytherin table as she swept out the door to see Draco and Parker laughing hysterically at how nervous she seemed. She made a mental note to smack them both in the back of the head as soon as she saw them next and grinned.

Dru and Ginny ran up the stairs to their room to get ready for the game. Ginny pulled her hair back in a sleek ponytail that hung more then halfway down her back and Dru found two clips to pull the top of her hair back in two half pigtails. They grabbed their robes and brooms and headed out the door.

Unfortunately Ron and Harry were sitting in the common room and seemed to be waiting for them. Ginny gave Dru a very annoyed look as she rolled her eyes as both boys rose from their seats as Ginny was about to pass. Ron grabbed Ginny's upper arm as she walked by forcing her to stop.

"Ron, I hope you remember my little threat from last time you laid a hand on me," she said fiercely and she jerked from his grasp.

"Yeah Ginny, I'm really scared!"

"You should be Ron. I don't make threats lightly, so I would watch my step when you're around me from now on," Ginny said sweetly as she turned toward the door. "Oh and Harry, that goes for you too. I'd watch myself this afternoon out on the pitch, you never know what kind of accidents could happen out there," Ginny said with a tone of mock innocence. Ron and Harry both tried to sputter something out, but Ginny grabbed Dru's hand and pulled Dru through the portrait hole ignoring their last words.

As soon as they got out in the hallway Dru burst out laughing as she stumbled behind Ginny.

"You know, you can be quite the bitch when you need to."

"You know what they say about people with red hair, their tempers tend to match the fiery color, and I'm not exception. But then again, neither is Ron."

"Are you actually going to do anything during the game," Dru inquired.

"I actually need your help on that since I won't really be near Ron during the game. I want to do more then just beat them today, I want to humiliate them and want them to never forget this game. They'll know better then to mess with me next time." Ginny linked her arm through Dru's and began fervently whispering in her ear her evil plan to get back at Ron and Harry for being such stupid gits.

Ginny and Dru walked into the locker room to see the rest of the team chatting while they waited for them to arrive.

"Sorry we're late; we had a little run in with my brother and Harry. All I have to say is that we have to win today, no ifs, ands, or buts about it." Draco smirked at Ginny seeing the devious glint in her eye and knew that she had more planned then just beating her thickheaded brother and Potter. "So, what's this surprise that you were talking about Draco," Ginny asked.

"I decided to order us matching Quidditch robes for our team, so not only will we be the best team in the league, we'll also be the best dressed," Draco said as he pulled a small box from his pocket and said a quick engorgement charm. The box expanded quickly and Draco opened the box and pulled out the top robe, which happened to be Dru's. The robe was an ocean blue with sea foam green trim and printed across the back in the same color as the trim was 'Dru'.

"I went with these colors because that way we aren't wearing one houses colors. And I just put everyone's first names because it seems a little less formal," Draco said as he pulled the rest of the robes out of the box to hand out. As everyone admired the new robes Draco started a little pep talk to get them pumped up for the game, pretty much enforcing that there was no option to lose but that he wasn't worried about it in the least.

They could hear the students starting to enter the stadium and get settled and they grew quite. Ginny knotted her hands up and then rubbed her hands down her robes repeatedly trying to rid them of all the sweat. She took a few deep breaths, smiled at Draco, and said, "Alright kiddos, let's go show them how it's done." Everyone nodded and waited for Draco's lead to leave the locker room and make their way onto the pitch. Draco looked around at everyone and turned on his heel and led them out onto the field where Madam Hooch was waiting.

The two teams met in the middle of the field on either side of Madam Hooch, Harry and Draco facing one another with looks of pure hatred radiating from their eyes as the stared one another door unflinchingly. Madam Hooch told them to shake hands and then motioned for everyone to mount their brooms. All fourteen students rose quickly into the sky taking their appropriate positions in the air. Madam Hooch released the bludgers and snitch, mounted her broom, and ascended to an area slightly above the opposing chasers. She quickly blew her whistle and dropped the quaffle to the waiting chasers, and the game began.

Almost every Hogwarts student and teacher was present for this first game not only because it was the first game, but because of the tension between the two teams. This game had more at stake then who the winner was and everyone was well aware of that. This was more than likely going to be the best game all year long until these two teams met again. Ginny was playing to prove herself to her brother and Harry, and Harry and Ron were playing with immense rage because of how Ginny had acted towards them, and Draco and Parker planned on slaughtering the other team because of their seven year old rivalry and how Harry and Ron had been treating Ginny. This was going to be good.

As soon as the quaffle was dropped Parker gained possession of it. He dove below the three opposing chasers and then quickly took a steep ascent back into the hair cutting between two of them and practically knocking one of them off of their broom. Dru had cut a quick path opposite that of Parkers and now crossed his path as he tossed her the quaffle. She did an unnecessary barrel roll just for show as she headed straight for Ron. She didn't even bother to fake one way or the other, but zoomed right past him and scored.

"And Malfoy's team is up ten to nothing at forty-five seconds into the game," the announcer said excitedly. "If this is any indication of the rest of the game, I think we're in for a good time."

Ginny watched as Parker yelled to Dru and they headed back toward the center of the pitch as one of Potter's chasers gained possession of the quaffle. She heard Taryn grunt as his bat collided with a bludger and turned to follow its path. She watched as the bludger headed straight toward Harry, who was not paying attention as he was trying desperately to find the snitch. Seamus and the other beater both went to block it, but both stopped mid-swing for fear of hitting the other. The bludger flew between them and hit Harry full force in the hip. She heard him groan as the force of the bludger hurled him into the wall. Some how he managed to hold onto his broom and stay in the air though his face was a shade paler then normal and his face was screwed up in pain. For about two seconds she felt bad that he was in pain, but then she specifically the bruises on her upper arm where he had grabbed her the day before and rid herself of any thought of sympathy towards him.

While she had been watching this, Parker had managed to score again and Ethan now had possession of the quaffle. Ginny searched the perimeter of the stadium squinting her eyes in hopes of seeing a glimpse of the snitch. With no luck she headed to the opposite side of the goal with hopes that a new angle might help. She noticed that Draco was sitting on his broom stationary in front of the rings and had taken to picking at his nails, which caused her to laugh. Not once had Harry's chasers even made it close to their goal, which didn't give Draco much to do.

"Did you see that," the answered yelled to the crowd. "Parker Marinni just did a backward roll and scored on Weasley again! It's now ninety to zero, Malfoy's team in the lead."

This jerked Ginny back to reality as the stands erupted with cheers. She saw Harry starting to fly frantically from side to side his eyes constantly flitting from side to side in search of the snitch. She laughed to herself at how determined he was to beat her, and little did he know that the more determined he was the more confident Ginny became that she would beat him.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw a flash of gold to the right of Taryn's bat. She turned her broom and glanced quickly in Harry's direction to see if he had seen what she had. Luckily for her, he had been looking in the opposite direction at that very moment. She made like she was heading to the other side of the goal as she headed towards where the snitch was hovering beside Taryn's bat. She knew that she was going to have to make her move, because it wouldn't stay there forever. As Harry made another arc behind his goals she did a graceful swan dive keeping her eyes glued to the snitch. She heard the crowd cheer excitedly and knew that Harry would be beside her any second now. She saw the snitch zag to her left. She veered quickly to avoid making contact with Taryn's bat as he swung at a bludger, never losing sight of the snitch.

She caught a glimpse of Harry as he came barreling down the pitch towards her. The snitch was only a foot away from her and she was not going to move out of Harry's way. It was like a game of chicken as they both flew full force toward the snitch. Someone was going to have to swerve to avoid a head-on collision between the two and Ginny refused to be the one to do it. She braced herself firmly against her broom as she felt the wings of the snitch beating her fingertips. She leaned forward slightly and closed her hand tightly around it as she prepared for the impact of a seventeen-year-old boy flying at full speed. Just as she had closed her hand completely around the snitch she felt a full body impact with what seemed to be a brick wall.

Draco watched as Ginny caught the snitch and yelled triumphantly before noticing that Harry was not even attempting to slow his direct path toward Ginny. He felt his stomach drop as he watched Harry's knee make direct contact with the side of Ginny's head. Draco dove quickly as he kept his eyes on Ginny watching her knuckles go white as her grip tightened on the broom and then suddenly go lax. He flattened himself to his broom and extended his arm as far as he could. He was able to get his fingers tangled into her robe as she started to slip off of her broom and he heard the entire stadium gasp. He had a handful of her robes but he knew that he was going to be able to hold her up. Suddenly, as Ginny lost consciousness, he saw Parker zip by him and grab Ginny's other arm. Parker pulled Ginny across his broom as he slowly glided to the ground and Draco felt a wave of relief wash over him as he touched down beside them.

Parker gently laid Ginny down on the ground as Draco leaned over her. There was a small gash on the side of her forehead where she had made contact with Harry.

"Ginny, can you hear me," he asked anxiously as he rubbed her cheek. Shadows were cast across her face as the rest of the team touched down and gather around them. He could hear Ron in the background talking to Harry and assuring him that it was not his fault. Hearing Ron voice with more worry in it about Harry then his sister, infuriated Draco, but he knew that now was not the time. Ginny's eyes flickered open as Madam Hooch applied a wakening spell.

"Did we win," she asked as she sat up and everyone around her laughed. Draco smiled at her and pointed to her hand where she was still clutching the snitch. Draco helped her to her feet and wrapped his arms around her waist. She threw her arms around his neck and squealed as the rest of the team converged around them in a giant bear hug.

"Ginny Weasley is up and she has caught the snitch which brings the score to two hundred and seventy to zero, making Malfoy's team the winner of our first XA game," the announcer screamed over the cheering crowds. After a few minutes the cheering died down and the students quickly exited the stadium.

Ginny spotted Ron and Harry standing to the side a smiled at them sincerely. Unfortunately neither of them had the decency to respond in a mature way. Ron turned his back on Ginny and began to walk away with Harry following close behind glaring over his shoulder at her. This was the last straw for Draco and he let go of Ginny's arm and followed the boys toward the locker room.
Dru had stepped in beside her to take Draco's place as he stepped away. Both girls watched as Parker jogged up to Draco just as he reached the entrance to the locker rooms. Ginny knew this could turn ugly pretty quickly but didn't really have the strength to try to stop it. Dru pulled Ginny's arm through her own and they walked slowly toward the other locker room as the last of the students and teachers left the stadium.

Draco pushed the door to the locker room open quite forcefully causing it to slam loudly into the wall. He stepped into the locker room and heard Ron swearing profusely back in the locker room.

"Weasley, Potter," Draco said loudly. "Get your asses out here now." Parker closed the door behind him and stood a few feet behind Draco with his arms crossed across his chest. Ron and Harry walked from behind the lockers both with anger burning brightly behind their eyes.
"Malfoy, I'm warning you," Ron growled. "You should leave right now."

"I'm not going anywhere until we have a little talk."

"There's nothing to talk about," Harry said as he placed a firm grip on Ron's shoulder.

"You're a fucking idiot if you think that there is nothing to talk about," Draco spat out as he focused his own furious gaze on Ron. "This is not about who won or lost this game. This is about being a man. You might hate me, and that's fine, because I'm not too fond of you myself, but if you ever treat your sister like that again, we're going to do more then talk."

"Who are you, you bloody Slytherin scum, to tell me what to do," Ron bellowed at Draco. "She's my sister, and I can damn well treat however I want to. If I want to talk to her, I'll talk to her. If I want to ignore her, I'll ignore her. And you're not going to do a thing about it."

"You better watch what you say Weasel," Draco hissed. "She might be your sister, but you do not treat someone that you love that way. I know what happened yesterday and I've seen how you've acted today, and if you put one toe out of line with her, I'll know, and you'll regret ever crossing my path. You can take out all your anger out on me about losing this game, but you will not take it out on Ginny, not after you nearly killed her Potter." Draco turned to leave with this last statement as Parker pulled the door open.

Parker looked at Harry and Ron before exiting the locker room and locked eyes with Ron. "Everything he said, it goes for me as well. You do anything to hurt her in any way at all, you'll wish that you only had to deal with Draco, because once I'm through with you, you'll be begging for death." Parker gave them one last look before closing the door behind him and following Draco back to the girls.

Draco and Parker escorted the girls to Gryffindor their room and told them that they would be back in exactly and hour to get them. They had decided that they were going to have a party in Draco's room to celebrate winning. Draco pulled Ginny aside before letting her enter her room.

"Are you sure you feel okay," he asked her earnestly.

"I'm fine Draco, just a little headache that's all. And once I take a shower it'll go away." She smiled up at him and placed her hands on either side of his face. She pulled his face down to her lips and placed a kiss on his forehead before pushing him away. "Now go on, you're starting to smell!"

Draco tried to pout, but ended up laughing instead as Ginny waved her hand in front of her nose. He stuck his tongue out at her and turned to follow Parker to the dungeons.

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A/N: I hope everyone likes this chapter. I hope the Quidditch match was alright! Please review, pretty, pretty please!! Someone mentioned that I need to change something to accept anonymous reviews, which I thought I had already done, but I hadn't, so now that's fixed. I hate to end the chapter here, but if I don't it will be way to long. So I'll save the celebration for the next chapter!