Hanging By a Moment

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter so don't sue me! This disclaimer is going throughout the whole story!

Summery: This is a D/G story. It is based on the song by Lifehouse (note the title). It is MANILY based on one line "I'm falling even more in love with you, letting go of all I've held on to."

Chapter 1

Setting: Malfoy Manor, just outside the library door.

"I hate him; I hate him, I HATE HIM! Why does he have to treat mother like that she is already dying?" Draco thought to himself. "I bet he is just doing that because I refused to become a Death Eater this year. He may think I'm hiding but I still keep a watchful eye on mother." Draco said quietly.

Ginny Weasley got on the train with her two best friends Georgia and Arwen. Georgia had just transferred from the States last year. Arwen had also transferred, but from Bauxbatons in France. The girls had become fast friends and you will never see them very far apart. They have become the 2nd Trio. All the girls were in 6th year, but Ginny had moved up in Potions (amazing) so she had them with the seventh years. Harry had spent almost the whole summer with the Weasley's and Hermonie had joined in for the last week of summer. Ginny thought this year was going to be a very good one because over the summer she had learned something very important, SHE WAS OVER HARRY POTTER! It took 6 years, but she was over him. No more elbows in the butter dish, no more tripping over the rug right in front of him, and no more turning red when he was near. Thank goodness! (Well back to the story)

Ginny just entered the Great Hall when she bumped in to something hard. She fell flat on her back and heard her friends gasp. She thought that it was because she fell, but boy was she wrong. Her friends gasped because the thing (or person) she bumped in to was the worst Slytherin of them all, Draco Malfoy. Her friends helped her up and Crabbe and Goyle ran stupidly over to Draco to help him up, but by the time their fat legs had carried them over to him he was already up on his feet and coming towards Ginny. She was looking so pale in the face, yet there was a new confidence in her eyes. If you didn't know Ginny then you would have thought that there was going to be a very big argument and most likely it would end up with Ginny crying, but her friends knew that Ginny had changed over the summer. She was not that small little girl with six overprotective brothers any more. She was older and able to take care of herself, and also her mom had made her take wizard boxing just in case she was caught without her wand, which happened to be the case. You see Ginny had taken her wand in to Ollivander's so that he could shine it up and retest it because it had lately been acting weird. It would arrive be owl tomorrow before classes start. When Draco finally stepped in front of Ginny a crowd of students had already started to form a circle around them thinking it was to be an awful fight. Just then Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked by and noticed Ginny. They also happened to notice the very large circle that was steadily getting larger around her. They immediately hurried over and pushed themselves through the crowd.

"Oh great," thought Ginny sarcastically " the cavalry's arrived." Draco took notice that the original trio was here, but when he looked toward Ginny she seemed to be more annoyed the relieved about their arrival. Being the Malfoy that he was he said,

"Oh, Weasely, you must be so happy the your rescuers have come."

Ginny let out a low growl and then said" Shut up Malfoy, I can fight my own fight."

At this everyone gasped, including her friends and the trio, Draco was even thrown off a little.