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Ginny felt herself burning with passion, yet Draco's lips were as cold as ice. She was dimly aware of the Slytherin boy's hands sliding down her waist. She lost herself in his chilling kisses and practically felt herself melting into him.
"Mmm...Draco.." She moaned but the sound of her voice brought her back into reality. She placed her hands firmly against his chest and pulled back slightly.
"We need to stop."
"You say that but I don't think you mean it..." He leaned down once more.
"I'm serious Draco. You lied and as much as I like you, you kissing me like that is not going to suffice as an apology."
"An apology?"
"Yes, an apology. You know like, 'Ginny I'm sorry I lied to you and made you upset with me I really didn't mean to.'"
"Hmm? Well would you look at the time? Time to go, detentions over, I'll talk to you later!" Draco ran towards the door, snatching his cloak up as he went.
"Go ahead Draco you can leave now but don't think that you're off the hook!"
~~~~~(*)~~~~~
The fiery redhead trudged her way up the stairs towards the Gryffindor Tower. It wasn't that late. Actually from the last time she had come back from detention this was quite early. Although she was happy that she might be able to at least get a decent night's sleep she was also upset knowing that Ron would most likely be waiting with Harry and the rest of the Dream Team ready to interrogate her.
Trudging her feet along slowly she walked up many cases of stairs and into the Gryffindor tower. Sure enough all three of them were sitting on a couch talking animatedly.
"Hey guys!" She greeted them cheerfully as they all looked up to her.
Harry was the first to speak, "Hey Gin, how come you're back so early?"
"Oh well Draco and I decided that we had done enough work for the night so we left early."
Next it was Ron who spoke, "Draco, hm? Well would you mind telling us where you were all day? We were looking all over the place and Kay was worried sick."
"Yes, Ron I realize that and as soon as you stop pestering me the sooner I can get upstairs and tell her I'm alright."
"Fine, fine. Go on upstairs but I'm going to need to talk to you in the morning."
"Alright there mom. Ill see you later."
She resumed her slow pace and headed towards the stairs that led to her dormitory.
She stepped inside and glanced around. It looked as though everyone else was asleep. But then a movement caught her eye. She heard a loud sniffling and realized that it was coming from Kay's bed. She cautiously took a few steps forward until she was at the foot of her friend's bed.
"Kay?" She whispered. Kay looked up her eyes wide with shock. She jumped up from the bed and lunged at Ginny grabbing her arms and pulling her into her bed. She yanked the curtains closed and turned around.
"What the hell do you think you're playing at? You ran off and didn't even tell me where you were going and then you just walk in here like you did nothing wrong. Don't think that I'm ever going to talk to you again. I'm sitting here crying while you were probably out having a grand old time!"
"Kay! Hush up. And besides I wasn't having a 'grand ole time', I was up in the astronomy towers and I ended up crying myself to sleep. When I woke up it was dark and then I panicked about missing my detention. So of course being the idiot that I am I ran down there and basically threw myself into the library and didn't even think that you would be worried. Well at least that was until I got to detention."
"Why did going to detention remind you of me being worried about you?"
"The detention didn't remind me, Draco did. He bitched me out for quite a bit before he let me inside."
"Draco? But I thought you weren't talking?"
"Well ya know…it's kind of a hard thing to avoid when he blocking the doorway…."
"Ohhh! Right."
"Yes well I'm tired and I think I'll go to bed now." She leapt off the bed and reclosed the curtains behind her before Kay could say anything. But then she stuck her head back in.
"And Kay?"
"Hmm?"
"Thanks for being so worried. It meant a lot."
"No problem Gin-gin. I'd do it for you any day…. well unless it becomes a habit."
"I know, Kay, I know."
A few minutes later, after changing into her bedclothes, and slipping under the covers Ginny drifted slowly off to sleep.
~~~~~(*)~~~~~
Draco woke up the next morning his exhaustion faded for the time being. The previous night's events came flooding back to him. He had told Ginny, and she wasn't upset. 'Well she wanted an apology but I guess I can deal with that.' He sat up abruptly and swung his legs over the side of his bed. 'Once again I get to deal with the pleasantries of going to class.' He thought sarcastically.
After pulling on his uniform and black robes he walked out the door. He knew that he was early in waking due to the fact that all of his roommates were asleep and as he could not see, the common room was empty. He decided to go for a walk before classes.
Walking down the hallways stealthily knowing that if Filch caught him out so early he would most likely think that he was up to something suspicious. After taking many twists and turns down many hallways and corridors he was in the middle of the entrance hall. After looking around and seeing that there was no one awake at the time he decided to take a quick trip to the library. He walked as quickly as he could with out being loud and soon he realized that he was gaining on someone who was walking in front of him. A certain someone with a curtain of fiery red curls flowing down her back.
"Ginny?"
The person in question jumped in the air from surprise.
"Are you crazy, Draco? You don't just sneak up on a person in the middle of a corridor. You make noise when you walk, you stomp or…. yodel."
"Yodel? Not exactly a morning person are you Ginny?"
"You noticed? What are you doing up so early anyhow?"
"I couldn't sleep, so I decided to take a walk down to the library."
"Oh, well then we can walk together, that's where I was headed."
"Right okay then."
"So?"
"So what?"
"I'm waiting."
"Ok, um waiting for what?"
"My apology!"
Draco flinched. "Oh! Right! Of course, the apology!"
"Don't you dare try and run off now! All it takes is a simple I'm sorry!
"I, I'm, well-I"
"You?"
"I-"
"Oh Drakkie! I've been looking all over for you!"
"Hm? Well Drakkie, you'd better go along with your little hooch now. Wouldn't want her to start to get worried."
"Gin-"
But Ginny put her hand up. "Save it Draco. When you can finally admit and apologize for your mistakes then you can come talk to me, but until then, just leave me alone."
As Ginny stormed down the corridor she heard a final comment from Pansy,
"Sweetie what were you doing with that mudblood lover?"
"Bugger off Pansy."
If Ginny hadn't been so mad she would have emitted a most unladylike snort. The girl looked down at her watch and saw that it was only five minutes to breakfast. 'Might as well go and eat now. It's not like I've got anything better to do.' After a brief walk down to the Great Hall she walked in and saw that it was almost completely empty. There were only two other people and they were at the staff table.
"Good morning, Professor Dumbledore. Professor Snape." She nodded her head in greeting to each of the professors in turn.
"Ah, Miss Weasley! Always a pleasure to see my students up bright and early." Said the headmaster.
"Yes, Miss Weasley. I wanted to talk to you about your job as potion's assistant."
"Yes Professor?"
"Come down to my office after you've eaten breakfast. Oh and if you see him, tell Mr. Malfoy that I need to see him as well."
"Yes sir."
Snape stood up and stepped around his chair. He nodded once at the headmaster and again at Ginny before walking out of the Great Hall with his cloak billowing after him. After glancing once more at the old man in the middle of the staff table Ginny took her place at the Gryffindor table.
~~~~~(*)~~~~~
After several attempts to ditch Pansy, Draco finally gave in. I seemed that since the incident at yesterday's breakfast she actually thought that he liked her. 'A pity really, I guess I'll just have to be harsh about it.' He glanced down at his watch and saw that breakfast had started twenty minutes ago. He started to walk down the long corridor towards the Great Hall well aware of Pansy trailing on his heels.
After the short walk he was in front of the large doors that led into the Hall. Just as he was reaching forward to pull the door open, it was yanked in the other direction from a person on the other side.
"Ronald Weasley! If you don't leave me alone right now…" She left it as an empty threat.
"You'll what?" He challenged.
"I'll singe your eyebrows off just like I did last time!"
Draco snorted and both of the Weasley siblings swung their heads around to look at him, although they each had different looks on their faces. Ron had a look of pure fury while Ginny just had a look of surprise and subtle anger.
"What the hell are you laughing at Malfoy?"
Through bursts of laughter Draco answered, "Singed your eyebrows off?"
Ron scowled, "Yes, although I really don't know how she does it."
After throwing a curious glance at Ginny whose gaze was on the floor, Draco turned around and saw that Pansy was glaring at the female redhead.
"Come on Drakkie! We need to go and eat breakfast."
He sighed in defeat and began to walk away.
"Draco, wait!" He turned around and stared at the Gryffindor who had shouted his name.
"Snape wants to see us both in his office so you can just come down when you're done eating." She turned and began to leave but she heard his voice behind her.
"You know what? I'm not very hungry. I think I'll just come along now if that's alright?"
"But Draco! I don't think your girlfriend would appreciate that very much!" She snarled.
"She's not my bloody girlfriend!" He hadn't realized that he had said it so loudly and only noticed when he felt the entire crowd of the Great Hall turning their eyes on him.
"Um, well? I think we can just go now." He reached forward, grabbed Ginny's wrist and stormed out of the room.
After they were a way down the corridor Ginny yanked her arm out of his grip.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Ginny snapped cradling her arm to her chest. "That hurt!"
Draco just kept on walking ignoring her cries of pain. They walked down several cases of stairs before they were in the dungeons. Once they were outside of the greasy professor's office Draco knocked on the door.
"Come in." Came the voice of Snape. They both walked in with Ginny behind Draco. Draco walked right up to the desk and sat down in one of the chairs in front. Ginny glanced around for a moment before stepping back and leaning on the wall opposite where Professor Snape was sitting.
Snape glanced at them each in turn. Draco looking arrogant once again and Ginny with her face hidden in the shadows.
"Miss Weasley? Would you mind joining us?"
Ginny whose eyes had been half closed opened them fully. Snape saw that there were flames dancing inside of the before she shut her eyes tightly. A moment later she reopened them and all traces of the flames were gone. She tentatively stepped out of the shadows still cradling her arm.
"No problem Professor."
She walked in front of Draco and then sat in the chair that was on his right. Snape sat watching impatiently while she glared at Draco before turning to face him.
"Is there a problem with your arm?"
"I think it's broken sir."
"And you didn't think to go to the hospital wing?"
"No sir." She glanced at the floor guiltily.
"How did it happen?"
Ginny glanced up in alarm. After a quick glance at Draco she began to talk.
"Well sir, I was walking down the corridor and I, um, I tripped. Yeah that's right! I tripped. Well so then I, uh, I…I stuck out my arm and then; then I used it to break my uh fall. Yeah that's what happened!"
"Really?"
"Yes sir."
"Yes well I didn't call you both down here to hear about your 'injuries'. Your training, Miss Weasley, for being my assistant will begin next week. You will come here after dinner every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Is that clear?"
"Yes Professor." Mumbled Ginny.
"And you Mr. Malfoy?"
"And me? What about me? I'm not the one that needs the training." Cried Draco indignantly.
"No, you're the one who's going to be doing the training."
"Me? Why not you?"
"I'll be a bit preoccupied. Is this going to be a problem?"
"No, Professor." Grumbled the blonde.
"Good then your both excused. But Miss Weasley I do recommend that you go to the hospital wing. That must have been quite a," He glanced at Draco. "Trip."
Ginny's eyes opened wide in alarm before she hid her emotion. "Of course Professor."
She turned around and walked past Draco without a backward glance. Draco stared at the open doorway for a moment longer before following suit and walking out also. But before he was halfway out the door he could have sworn he heard Snape grumbling about, 'That Damn Malfoy Pride'. After shouting an, 'I heard that!' over his shoulder he continued on his journey to his next class.
After a full day of utterly boring classes (not that he paid attention anyway) Draco headed down to dinner.
After eating a quick supper and wasting a lot of energy on trying to ignore Pansy's fake sobs, Draco decided that it was time that he could go down to detention. He abruptly stood up and walked out of the room with graceful steps. Once the blonde was out of the Hall he began to walk down the long corridor that led to the entrance hall, deciding to take a walk around the lake before he had to sit still for hours on end.
After the brief walk Draco found himself in front of the large and intricately carved Entrance Hall doors. With a mighty heave he pushed to doors open to reveal the grounds. Walking through the doors he headed towards the lake. Taking cat-like strides he was there in only a moment.
The lake was beautiful, although Draco wouldn't admit it out loud. The full moon shone brightly with its light reflecting off the crystal like water. After watching a few seconds longer and seeing the Giant Squid's tentacle break the surface he resumed his walk. He was walking around the perimeter of the lake and facing opposite of the school when he noticed that there was smoke coming from the tops of the trees.
"Oh shit!"
Draco stood in shock for a moment longer before sprinting towards the forest as fast as his legs would carry him. He wasn't sure why the flames had been caused but, never had he once heard of the Forbidden Forest catching fire and there wasn't even a slight thunderstorm, he had a pretty good idea of what was causing it. He sped through the trees, jumping over one obstacle after another. He felt the heat radiating from the center of the forest although it did not bother him. He saw the source of the fire up ahead and pushed his way through the last branches that obstructed his path.
"Ginny?" He called.
The fiery redhead swerved her head around, her eyes blazing with fire. Draco had never seen her as upset before. Her cheeks were flushed and there was sweat dripping down her forehead. Suddenly, her fierce expression faded and she looked vulnerable. There she was, sitting in the flames; they surrounded her and engulfed her. Yet she didn't seem to feel it.
"Ginny! Please come out!"
Draco knew that he could well walk through the flames on his own but it didn't seem like a very good idea to jump right in. He watched as she shakily got to her feet. With a wave of her arm, all of the flames disappeared. She stood there staring and quivering until her feet collapsed out from under her. The boy stood there and stared until she began to sob.
"He's gone! I can't believe it! He's gone!"
With a flash Draco was by her side. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. As he touched her skin he realized that she was burning up.
"Ginny, love? What's wrong?"
"P-percy!" She wailed. "He's dead!"
"Your brother?"
She was silent for a moment before nodding numbly.
"He was one of the few people who understood me. He was always there for me whenever any of my brothers picked on me. He protected me. I had the power to protect him and I didn't use it."
"You couldn't have known that this would happen. It's not your fault. And I promise that I'll help you to defeat the person who did this."
Ginny let out a sharp bitter laugh. "You're willing to take on your own father, then?"
Draco gaped at her for a moment, his mouth opening and closing like a fish. "Ginny, I'm so sorry."
Ginny brought her tear streaked face up to look into his eyes.
"Draco? Do you realize what you just did?" She asked quietly.
"What?"
"You apologized!"
"Well, so I did. Come on, let's get you inside." He picked her up and she threw her arms around his neck. She leaned her head onto his shoulder and inhaled his scent. He smelled vaguely of expensive cologne. It took a while to get out of the forest. Draco had had enough trouble getting in on his own but now he was carrying Ginny as well. But soon enough they were out into the open air of the grounds. They were halfway there and Draco was almost positive that the redheaded vixen in his arms had already fallen asleep with exhaustion but a moment later he was proven wrong.
"Draco?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you prove it to me?"
"Prove what?"
"That you're the water god."
"You don't believe me?" He asked the hurt slightly obvious in his voice.
"Of course I do Draco, don't be silly! It's just that, you've seen me use my powers, and now I want to see you use yours."
Draco emitted a sigh. "Alright, alright. But, I'll need to put you down for a minute or two."
"Fine by me."
Draco gently set her on the ground and then straightened himself up. He stared ahead until his eyes became unfocused. His normally stormy gray eyes turned into a crystalline blue and his pupils became so small that you could barely see them. He slowly raised his hands above his head and then as clouds began to gather overhead he quickly dropped them to the side. As soon as he did this the rain began to fall.
Ginny looked up, her eyes wide in amazement. Then she smiled, with a grin as large as a cheshire cat. She tilted her head back and the rain poured down her face.
"Come on Ginny you're getting soaked, let's get you inside."
"I'm only getting wet because I want to. I could keep myself dry no problem."
"Then at least keep yourself dry! You could get sick."
"A Malfoy caring about a Weasley. We could make history with this."
"Haha, very funny. Now please just dry yourself off."
"I don't really care if I get sick. It's not like I've got much to live for anyway. Only reason anyone cares about me is cause I can defeat the Dark Lord."
"I don't care about you because of that. And we can defeat him together. I promise I'll help you bring down him and my father."
Draco looked down at Ginny sitting in the green grass. She was only wearing an oxford shirt and her gray skirt along with her knee high socks and Mary Jane's. The shirt stuck to her like a second skin and Draco couldn't tear his eyes away from her.
"Ahem." He looked up at Ginny's face to see her smirking. "Take a picture. It'll last longer."
"I wasn't staring." He responded haughtily.
"Yes you were. I had no idea that my breasts were so amusing."
"W-wh..I…I wasn't, I didn't"
"Stop stuttering, it isn't very becoming."
"Everything is becoming when it comes from a Malfoy."
"Well stuttering isn't."
Draco tried to glare at her through the hair that hung in his eyes but found that he couldn't. She looked awfully pathetic sitting there on the muddy ground with her clothes sticking to her body. Her auburn hair clung to the sides of her face as well. He almost laughed out loud at the sight of her.
"Find something funny?" She snarled.
"Only the fact that you remind me of a wet dog."
"Dogs are adorable." She said with as much pride as she could muster.
"Yes and they also smell when they're wet."
Ginny jumped up and glared at him.
"I don't have time to deal with your stuck up remarks. I'm leaving."
As she began to storm past him he grabbed her arm.
"What the h-" Draco cut her sentence short by placing his lips on hers. She stood there eyes wide open in shock before she relaxed and leaned into the kiss. He slid his tongue along her lips seeking entrance, which she granted readily. She moaned against his mouth as she felt the heat rising within her. The rain was soon evaporating off her body. Neither of them noticed, as the rain became a full-fledged storm. Lightning was flashing overhead and thunder rumbled.
Unfortunately for them, two people were watching the entire scene. Ironically, one was watching with amusement, while the other with fury.
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Ginny felt herself burning with passion, yet Draco's lips were as cold as ice. She was dimly aware of the Slytherin boy's hands sliding down her waist. She lost herself in his chilling kisses and practically felt herself melting into him.
"Mmm...Draco.." She moaned but the sound of her voice brought her back into reality. She placed her hands firmly against his chest and pulled back slightly.
"We need to stop."
"You say that but I don't think you mean it..." He leaned down once more.
"I'm serious Draco. You lied and as much as I like you, you kissing me like that is not going to suffice as an apology."
"An apology?"
"Yes, an apology. You know like, 'Ginny I'm sorry I lied to you and made you upset with me I really didn't mean to.'"
"Hmm? Well would you look at the time? Time to go, detentions over, I'll talk to you later!" Draco ran towards the door, snatching his cloak up as he went.
"Go ahead Draco you can leave now but don't think that you're off the hook!"
~~~~~(*)~~~~~
The fiery redhead trudged her way up the stairs towards the Gryffindor Tower. It wasn't that late. Actually from the last time she had come back from detention this was quite early. Although she was happy that she might be able to at least get a decent night's sleep she was also upset knowing that Ron would most likely be waiting with Harry and the rest of the Dream Team ready to interrogate her.
Trudging her feet along slowly she walked up many cases of stairs and into the Gryffindor tower. Sure enough all three of them were sitting on a couch talking animatedly.
"Hey guys!" She greeted them cheerfully as they all looked up to her.
Harry was the first to speak, "Hey Gin, how come you're back so early?"
"Oh well Draco and I decided that we had done enough work for the night so we left early."
Next it was Ron who spoke, "Draco, hm? Well would you mind telling us where you were all day? We were looking all over the place and Kay was worried sick."
"Yes, Ron I realize that and as soon as you stop pestering me the sooner I can get upstairs and tell her I'm alright."
"Fine, fine. Go on upstairs but I'm going to need to talk to you in the morning."
"Alright there mom. Ill see you later."
She resumed her slow pace and headed towards the stairs that led to her dormitory.
She stepped inside and glanced around. It looked as though everyone else was asleep. But then a movement caught her eye. She heard a loud sniffling and realized that it was coming from Kay's bed. She cautiously took a few steps forward until she was at the foot of her friend's bed.
"Kay?" She whispered. Kay looked up her eyes wide with shock. She jumped up from the bed and lunged at Ginny grabbing her arms and pulling her into her bed. She yanked the curtains closed and turned around.
"What the hell do you think you're playing at? You ran off and didn't even tell me where you were going and then you just walk in here like you did nothing wrong. Don't think that I'm ever going to talk to you again. I'm sitting here crying while you were probably out having a grand old time!"
"Kay! Hush up. And besides I wasn't having a 'grand ole time', I was up in the astronomy towers and I ended up crying myself to sleep. When I woke up it was dark and then I panicked about missing my detention. So of course being the idiot that I am I ran down there and basically threw myself into the library and didn't even think that you would be worried. Well at least that was until I got to detention."
"Why did going to detention remind you of me being worried about you?"
"The detention didn't remind me, Draco did. He bitched me out for quite a bit before he let me inside."
"Draco? But I thought you weren't talking?"
"Well ya know…it's kind of a hard thing to avoid when he blocking the doorway…."
"Ohhh! Right."
"Yes well I'm tired and I think I'll go to bed now." She leapt off the bed and reclosed the curtains behind her before Kay could say anything. But then she stuck her head back in.
"And Kay?"
"Hmm?"
"Thanks for being so worried. It meant a lot."
"No problem Gin-gin. I'd do it for you any day…. well unless it becomes a habit."
"I know, Kay, I know."
A few minutes later, after changing into her bedclothes, and slipping under the covers Ginny drifted slowly off to sleep.
~~~~~(*)~~~~~
Draco woke up the next morning his exhaustion faded for the time being. The previous night's events came flooding back to him. He had told Ginny, and she wasn't upset. 'Well she wanted an apology but I guess I can deal with that.' He sat up abruptly and swung his legs over the side of his bed. 'Once again I get to deal with the pleasantries of going to class.' He thought sarcastically.
After pulling on his uniform and black robes he walked out the door. He knew that he was early in waking due to the fact that all of his roommates were asleep and as he could not see, the common room was empty. He decided to go for a walk before classes.
Walking down the hallways stealthily knowing that if Filch caught him out so early he would most likely think that he was up to something suspicious. After taking many twists and turns down many hallways and corridors he was in the middle of the entrance hall. After looking around and seeing that there was no one awake at the time he decided to take a quick trip to the library. He walked as quickly as he could with out being loud and soon he realized that he was gaining on someone who was walking in front of him. A certain someone with a curtain of fiery red curls flowing down her back.
"Ginny?"
The person in question jumped in the air from surprise.
"Are you crazy, Draco? You don't just sneak up on a person in the middle of a corridor. You make noise when you walk, you stomp or…. yodel."
"Yodel? Not exactly a morning person are you Ginny?"
"You noticed? What are you doing up so early anyhow?"
"I couldn't sleep, so I decided to take a walk down to the library."
"Oh, well then we can walk together, that's where I was headed."
"Right okay then."
"So?"
"So what?"
"I'm waiting."
"Ok, um waiting for what?"
"My apology!"
Draco flinched. "Oh! Right! Of course, the apology!"
"Don't you dare try and run off now! All it takes is a simple I'm sorry!
"I, I'm, well-I"
"You?"
"I-"
"Oh Drakkie! I've been looking all over for you!"
"Hm? Well Drakkie, you'd better go along with your little hooch now. Wouldn't want her to start to get worried."
"Gin-"
But Ginny put her hand up. "Save it Draco. When you can finally admit and apologize for your mistakes then you can come talk to me, but until then, just leave me alone."
As Ginny stormed down the corridor she heard a final comment from Pansy,
"Sweetie what were you doing with that mudblood lover?"
"Bugger off Pansy."
If Ginny hadn't been so mad she would have emitted a most unladylike snort. The girl looked down at her watch and saw that it was only five minutes to breakfast. 'Might as well go and eat now. It's not like I've got anything better to do.' After a brief walk down to the Great Hall she walked in and saw that it was almost completely empty. There were only two other people and they were at the staff table.
"Good morning, Professor Dumbledore. Professor Snape." She nodded her head in greeting to each of the professors in turn.
"Ah, Miss Weasley! Always a pleasure to see my students up bright and early." Said the headmaster.
"Yes, Miss Weasley. I wanted to talk to you about your job as potion's assistant."
"Yes Professor?"
"Come down to my office after you've eaten breakfast. Oh and if you see him, tell Mr. Malfoy that I need to see him as well."
"Yes sir."
Snape stood up and stepped around his chair. He nodded once at the headmaster and again at Ginny before walking out of the Great Hall with his cloak billowing after him. After glancing once more at the old man in the middle of the staff table Ginny took her place at the Gryffindor table.
~~~~~(*)~~~~~
After several attempts to ditch Pansy, Draco finally gave in. I seemed that since the incident at yesterday's breakfast she actually thought that he liked her. 'A pity really, I guess I'll just have to be harsh about it.' He glanced down at his watch and saw that breakfast had started twenty minutes ago. He started to walk down the long corridor towards the Great Hall well aware of Pansy trailing on his heels.
After the short walk he was in front of the large doors that led into the Hall. Just as he was reaching forward to pull the door open, it was yanked in the other direction from a person on the other side.
"Ronald Weasley! If you don't leave me alone right now…" She left it as an empty threat.
"You'll what?" He challenged.
"I'll singe your eyebrows off just like I did last time!"
Draco snorted and both of the Weasley siblings swung their heads around to look at him, although they each had different looks on their faces. Ron had a look of pure fury while Ginny just had a look of surprise and subtle anger.
"What the hell are you laughing at Malfoy?"
Through bursts of laughter Draco answered, "Singed your eyebrows off?"
Ron scowled, "Yes, although I really don't know how she does it."
After throwing a curious glance at Ginny whose gaze was on the floor, Draco turned around and saw that Pansy was glaring at the female redhead.
"Come on Drakkie! We need to go and eat breakfast."
He sighed in defeat and began to walk away.
"Draco, wait!" He turned around and stared at the Gryffindor who had shouted his name.
"Snape wants to see us both in his office so you can just come down when you're done eating." She turned and began to leave but she heard his voice behind her.
"You know what? I'm not very hungry. I think I'll just come along now if that's alright?"
"But Draco! I don't think your girlfriend would appreciate that very much!" She snarled.
"She's not my bloody girlfriend!" He hadn't realized that he had said it so loudly and only noticed when he felt the entire crowd of the Great Hall turning their eyes on him.
"Um, well? I think we can just go now." He reached forward, grabbed Ginny's wrist and stormed out of the room.
After they were a way down the corridor Ginny yanked her arm out of his grip.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Ginny snapped cradling her arm to her chest. "That hurt!"
Draco just kept on walking ignoring her cries of pain. They walked down several cases of stairs before they were in the dungeons. Once they were outside of the greasy professor's office Draco knocked on the door.
"Come in." Came the voice of Snape. They both walked in with Ginny behind Draco. Draco walked right up to the desk and sat down in one of the chairs in front. Ginny glanced around for a moment before stepping back and leaning on the wall opposite where Professor Snape was sitting.
Snape glanced at them each in turn. Draco looking arrogant once again and Ginny with her face hidden in the shadows.
"Miss Weasley? Would you mind joining us?"
Ginny whose eyes had been half closed opened them fully. Snape saw that there were flames dancing inside of the before she shut her eyes tightly. A moment later she reopened them and all traces of the flames were gone. She tentatively stepped out of the shadows still cradling her arm.
"No problem Professor."
She walked in front of Draco and then sat in the chair that was on his right. Snape sat watching impatiently while she glared at Draco before turning to face him.
"Is there a problem with your arm?"
"I think it's broken sir."
"And you didn't think to go to the hospital wing?"
"No sir." She glanced at the floor guiltily.
"How did it happen?"
Ginny glanced up in alarm. After a quick glance at Draco she began to talk.
"Well sir, I was walking down the corridor and I, um, I tripped. Yeah that's right! I tripped. Well so then I, uh, I…I stuck out my arm and then; then I used it to break my uh fall. Yeah that's what happened!"
"Really?"
"Yes sir."
"Yes well I didn't call you both down here to hear about your 'injuries'. Your training, Miss Weasley, for being my assistant will begin next week. You will come here after dinner every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Is that clear?"
"Yes Professor." Mumbled Ginny.
"And you Mr. Malfoy?"
"And me? What about me? I'm not the one that needs the training." Cried Draco indignantly.
"No, you're the one who's going to be doing the training."
"Me? Why not you?"
"I'll be a bit preoccupied. Is this going to be a problem?"
"No, Professor." Grumbled the blonde.
"Good then your both excused. But Miss Weasley I do recommend that you go to the hospital wing. That must have been quite a," He glanced at Draco. "Trip."
Ginny's eyes opened wide in alarm before she hid her emotion. "Of course Professor."
She turned around and walked past Draco without a backward glance. Draco stared at the open doorway for a moment longer before following suit and walking out also. But before he was halfway out the door he could have sworn he heard Snape grumbling about, 'That Damn Malfoy Pride'. After shouting an, 'I heard that!' over his shoulder he continued on his journey to his next class.
After a full day of utterly boring classes (not that he paid attention anyway) Draco headed down to dinner.
After eating a quick supper and wasting a lot of energy on trying to ignore Pansy's fake sobs, Draco decided that it was time that he could go down to detention. He abruptly stood up and walked out of the room with graceful steps. Once the blonde was out of the Hall he began to walk down the long corridor that led to the entrance hall, deciding to take a walk around the lake before he had to sit still for hours on end.
After the brief walk Draco found himself in front of the large and intricately carved Entrance Hall doors. With a mighty heave he pushed to doors open to reveal the grounds. Walking through the doors he headed towards the lake. Taking cat-like strides he was there in only a moment.
The lake was beautiful, although Draco wouldn't admit it out loud. The full moon shone brightly with its light reflecting off the crystal like water. After watching a few seconds longer and seeing the Giant Squid's tentacle break the surface he resumed his walk. He was walking around the perimeter of the lake and facing opposite of the school when he noticed that there was smoke coming from the tops of the trees.
"Oh shit!"
Draco stood in shock for a moment longer before sprinting towards the forest as fast as his legs would carry him. He wasn't sure why the flames had been caused but, never had he once heard of the Forbidden Forest catching fire and there wasn't even a slight thunderstorm, he had a pretty good idea of what was causing it. He sped through the trees, jumping over one obstacle after another. He felt the heat radiating from the center of the forest although it did not bother him. He saw the source of the fire up ahead and pushed his way through the last branches that obstructed his path.
"Ginny?" He called.
The fiery redhead swerved her head around, her eyes blazing with fire. Draco had never seen her as upset before. Her cheeks were flushed and there was sweat dripping down her forehead. Suddenly, her fierce expression faded and she looked vulnerable. There she was, sitting in the flames; they surrounded her and engulfed her. Yet she didn't seem to feel it.
"Ginny! Please come out!"
Draco knew that he could well walk through the flames on his own but it didn't seem like a very good idea to jump right in. He watched as she shakily got to her feet. With a wave of her arm, all of the flames disappeared. She stood there staring and quivering until her feet collapsed out from under her. The boy stood there and stared until she began to sob.
"He's gone! I can't believe it! He's gone!"
With a flash Draco was by her side. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. As he touched her skin he realized that she was burning up.
"Ginny, love? What's wrong?"
"P-percy!" She wailed. "He's dead!"
"Your brother?"
She was silent for a moment before nodding numbly.
"He was one of the few people who understood me. He was always there for me whenever any of my brothers picked on me. He protected me. I had the power to protect him and I didn't use it."
"You couldn't have known that this would happen. It's not your fault. And I promise that I'll help you to defeat the person who did this."
Ginny let out a sharp bitter laugh. "You're willing to take on your own father, then?"
Draco gaped at her for a moment, his mouth opening and closing like a fish. "Ginny, I'm so sorry."
Ginny brought her tear streaked face up to look into his eyes.
"Draco? Do you realize what you just did?" She asked quietly.
"What?"
"You apologized!"
"Well, so I did. Come on, let's get you inside." He picked her up and she threw her arms around his neck. She leaned her head onto his shoulder and inhaled his scent. He smelled vaguely of expensive cologne. It took a while to get out of the forest. Draco had had enough trouble getting in on his own but now he was carrying Ginny as well. But soon enough they were out into the open air of the grounds. They were halfway there and Draco was almost positive that the redheaded vixen in his arms had already fallen asleep with exhaustion but a moment later he was proven wrong.
"Draco?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you prove it to me?"
"Prove what?"
"That you're the water god."
"You don't believe me?" He asked the hurt slightly obvious in his voice.
"Of course I do Draco, don't be silly! It's just that, you've seen me use my powers, and now I want to see you use yours."
Draco emitted a sigh. "Alright, alright. But, I'll need to put you down for a minute or two."
"Fine by me."
Draco gently set her on the ground and then straightened himself up. He stared ahead until his eyes became unfocused. His normally stormy gray eyes turned into a crystalline blue and his pupils became so small that you could barely see them. He slowly raised his hands above his head and then as clouds began to gather overhead he quickly dropped them to the side. As soon as he did this the rain began to fall.
Ginny looked up, her eyes wide in amazement. Then she smiled, with a grin as large as a cheshire cat. She tilted her head back and the rain poured down her face.
"Come on Ginny you're getting soaked, let's get you inside."
"I'm only getting wet because I want to. I could keep myself dry no problem."
"Then at least keep yourself dry! You could get sick."
"A Malfoy caring about a Weasley. We could make history with this."
"Haha, very funny. Now please just dry yourself off."
"I don't really care if I get sick. It's not like I've got much to live for anyway. Only reason anyone cares about me is cause I can defeat the Dark Lord."
"I don't care about you because of that. And we can defeat him together. I promise I'll help you bring down him and my father."
Draco looked down at Ginny sitting in the green grass. She was only wearing an oxford shirt and her gray skirt along with her knee high socks and Mary Jane's. The shirt stuck to her like a second skin and Draco couldn't tear his eyes away from her.
"Ahem." He looked up at Ginny's face to see her smirking. "Take a picture. It'll last longer."
"I wasn't staring." He responded haughtily.
"Yes you were. I had no idea that my breasts were so amusing."
"W-wh..I…I wasn't, I didn't"
"Stop stuttering, it isn't very becoming."
"Everything is becoming when it comes from a Malfoy."
"Well stuttering isn't."
Draco tried to glare at her through the hair that hung in his eyes but found that he couldn't. She looked awfully pathetic sitting there on the muddy ground with her clothes sticking to her body. Her auburn hair clung to the sides of her face as well. He almost laughed out loud at the sight of her.
"Find something funny?" She snarled.
"Only the fact that you remind me of a wet dog."
"Dogs are adorable." She said with as much pride as she could muster.
"Yes and they also smell when they're wet."
Ginny jumped up and glared at him.
"I don't have time to deal with your stuck up remarks. I'm leaving."
As she began to storm past him he grabbed her arm.
"What the h-" Draco cut her sentence short by placing his lips on hers. She stood there eyes wide open in shock before she relaxed and leaned into the kiss. He slid his tongue along her lips seeking entrance, which she granted readily. She moaned against his mouth as she felt the heat rising within her. The rain was soon evaporating off her body. Neither of them noticed, as the rain became a full-fledged storm. Lightning was flashing overhead and thunder rumbled.
Unfortunately for them, two people were watching the entire scene. Ironically, one was watching with amusement, while the other with fury.