I'm soo sorry that it took me so long to get this chapter out. I had a slight case of writer's block among other things. I hope that you enjoy this chapter! Also I wanted to thank Hart-break, Dark Angel, Lisa, and Rose Petal. Oh yeah and a special thanks to Elizabeth!! My beta!! I have no idea how I would get these chapters out with out you!! Thanks again….here's the story….
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Chapter 7
Ginny and Draco's passionate embrace did not last as long as either of them would have liked. After a few more moments locked in each other's arms they were roughly torn apart.
"Get your ferrety hands off my sister, Malfoy!"
Ginny watched with horror as Ron threw Draco none too gently to the ground.
"Ron! Leave Draco alone! He didn't do anything that I didn't want!"
"Oh! So you expect me to believe that you wanted this slimy arsehole to put his hands on you?" He shouted this back with his disbelief apparent on his red face.
"Yes as a matter of fact I did! I can take care of myself Ron; I'm not a little girl any more!"
"Yes you are Ginny that is all you are, a little naïve girl. You don't understand anything about the real world. I'm just trying to help."
Apparently this was a very bad thing to say. Draco watched in amusement as the fiery redhead's eyes lit up once more.
"Ron I don't have time to deal with your shit right now! Draco is my soul mate whether you like it or not."
"You don't know anything about having a soul mate! I'm owling dad right away to tell him what you've been up to."
Ginny chuckled with a laugh that didn't reach her eyes. "Oh please Ron. Your threats are empty on me. Dad will be more likely to be angry at you for trying to keep us apart then at me for being with him."
"Yeah you just keep on thinking that Ginny like I said before, 'you're just a naïve little girl!"
Draco watched with growing worry as the flames in her eyes grew brighter. Her brother obviously noticed this as well because he had backed up visibly. Reaching out towards her he placed his hand tentatively on her shoulder.
"Ginny you've already used up too much of your energy. If you lose your temper any more tonight you'll only damage yourself."
He watched with relief as her eyes softened and the flames quickly died down.
"You're right, of course. Let's go inside I don't think that I can deal with this anymore. And you need to take a shower. You're covered in mud!"
"You aren't going anywhere with him Ginny! I won't allow it!"
The youngest Weasley started towards her brother and this time was shocked to feel two restraining hands on her shoulders. She whipped her head around quickly and then her tense posture relaxed slightly.
"Good evening Professor Dumbledore." She nodded towards him politely.
"Ah, good evening Miss Weasley. I see that the damage to the forest is not too great then."
"Yes Professor. Draco came in time to stop me from doing any real damage."
The professor was nodding thoughtfully until Ron intervened.
"Professor! Please explain to my sister that she just can't go running off with Malfoy! He's a bloody death eater!"
The headmaster watched in amusement as not only Draco's shoulders but Ginny's as well, tensed.
"I am afraid Mr. Weasley that I cannot grant you such a request. As your sister and I both know, Mr. Malfoy is not a death eater. I think that it would be best if you went back to your dormitory immediately."
"Not without my sister." He answered stubbornly.
"I am afraid that that will not be possible. I have some confidential matters that I must speak to your sister and Mr. Malfoy about. I'm sure you'll understand."
"Well why can't I come along as well? She's going to tell me when she gets back anyway."
Both Ginny and Draco snorted while trying to contain there laughter at the last statement. Ron turned his heated gaze on them and glared. Dumbledore's eyes twinkled as he spoke once more.
"Mr. Weasley I'm afraid that I will ask you one more time before I am forced to remove house points. Will you two kindly follow me to my office?" He directed the last question towards the unlikely pair.
"Of course Professor." They answered in unison.
The unlikely trio walked away leaving behind a very confused redhead. "Maybe everyone else was right,' He mused. 'Dumbledore is off his rocker.'
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The Slytherin and Gryffindor followed the Headmaster while throwing each other worried yet amused glances. Ginny almost burst out laughing when she heard the Professor say the password (Sugar Daddy)
The old man threw the young girl a glance, his eyes dancing with mirth. "Is everything alright Miss Weasley?"
"Oh, yes, quite alright Professor."
"Good, good. Would you both please step into my office and take a seat then?"
Ginny smiled and nodded while walking through the door and past the Headmaster. She heard Draco walking behind her. A few seconds later they were sitting in front of the teacher's desk and hearing the door close behind them.
"Well, as I can see you both know of each others-*ahem*-powers. So I would like to talk to you both about training. I know that you both have work to do with Miss Weasley becoming Professor Snape's new potions assistant but we will need to work around that. Now I'm afraid Mr. Malfoy that before we continue this meeting any further I must ask you where your loyalties lie."
"My loyalties lie wherever Ginny's do Professor."
The Headmaster's eyes twinkled brighter than before.
"Ah, yes I suspected as much. You do realize that this means you will be in the fight against your father?"
"Yes Professor I understand perfectly."
Dumbledore clapped his hands together eagerly. "Very good. Yes very good indeed. Now you both are working down in the potion's office and lab Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays so I'd appreciate if you both could come here to my office every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday after dinner. I will bring you to a special training room where myself and another teacher will help you learn to harness your powers. Is this all understood."
The two young students nodded theirs heads nervously while Ginny looked as though she wanted to say something.
"Yes?" Professor Dumbledore asked and nodded slightly in the young girls direction.
"When will this training start?"
"Your first class will be tomorrow---which is Thursday--- and then you will start your potions training the day after. And speaking of which we are all very excited about you being professor Snape's assistant, its been so long since it wasn't a Slytherin."
At the headmaster's last comment the blond scowled.
"Aww Draco! Getting a little upset that I'm just as good as you at something?" Ginny smirked as she teased him. He sniffed with mock superiority.
"Hardly! Like a Gryffindor could ever be better than a Slytherin. Your year just isn't up to par!"
Ginny face was openly indignant. She pouted at Draco before turning to face the Professor again.
"I'll be here after dinner tomorrow Professor. Is that all?"
"Yes I believe that's all I needed. If I've forgotten anything of importance I can always tell you tomorrow." The redhead nodded in respect and turned to leave the room.
"Don't I get any acknowledgement?" Draco cried indignantly.
"Oh I'm sorry I didn't know that such a superior Slytherin like yourself would care for acknowledgement from a Gryffindor! I mean we are so inferior after all!" She grinned at the Headmaster whose eyes were twinkling brightly after witnessing their bickering. With a final smirk at Draco she turned and left the room. As she was closing the door behind her she called over her shoulder.
"See you both at training tomorrow."
She unfortunately didn't get the satisfaction of watching a very shocked Slytherin staring at the space that she had just occupied. After finally shaking himself from his reverie Draco curtly nodded in the headmaster's direction while standing up to leave, completely missing the knowing look within the old man's eyes.
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Instead of immediately heading up towards the tower and her dormitory Ginny went up to the owlery. As she entered the room that was littered with the bones of tiny animals she walked over to a podium like table that held scraps of parchment and extra quills. She dipped her quill into the ink and wrote a quick note to her father.
Daddy,
I've found my soulmate. I know that Ron will most likely be writing to you soon to complain so I thought it would be best if I just came out and told you who it was first. It's Draco Malfoy. Now I know that you're thinking that he's like his father but he's not. Even Dumbledore thinks so. He has agreed to fight for our cause because it is the cause that I myself fight for. We both shall start our training immediately. Send Mum and everyone else my love. I'll write again if anything of importance comes up.
Love Always,
Ginny
After snatching Pig down from where he was flitting annoyingly around her head and telling him her destination she allowed him to fly out through the window. She stood at the window sill for a few moments until the tiny dot that was Pig was out of her view. She let out a sigh and headed to her room to get as much sleep as she could. Oh yes tomorrow was going to be a very tiring day.
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The next day was quite uneventful for Ginny. She went to all of her classes and for once nothing abnormal happened. Although throughout the entire day her excitement grew. It was only a short amount of time before she was to start her training and she couldn't wait to see who the trainer's were. By the end of her last class (Transfiguration), she was ready to burst with excitement.
As soon as McGonagall announced that class was over Ginny was out the door. As she quickly left the room she called over her shoulder and told Kay that she'd meet her in the Great Hall in ten minutes. Jogging up many staircases until she reached Gryffindor and more specifically her dorm, an out of breath Ginny chose an outfit to wear that would do well for physical training. After throwing on a pair of sweatpants, a sports bra, and a pair of sneakers, she threw her robe on over and walked out of her room and headed out of the common room.
Minutes later she was walking through the doors that lead to the Great Hall. She paused for a second, scanning the Gryffindor table, her eyes catching the suspicious glares of the Dream Team before finally resting on Kay. She sent a glare in her brother's general direction before going to sit with her friends at the far end of the table.
"Hey Gin-Gin." Colin greeted.
"Hey Colin." She muttered while throwing random glares over towards her brother.
"What's eating you?"
"Hm? Oh nothing, I'm just a little preoccupied. I have to go to meet Dumbledore in a little while."
"Oh ok. Why does your brother and them keep looking over here like that?" Colin questioned.
"You know what Gin? You should really start eating if you want to get to Dumbledore's on time."
"Oh yeah! Thanks Kay." She sent Kay an appreciative smile and began to shovel food into her mouth. Minutes later she stood up to leave.
"I'll see you guys later. Don't wait up though. I don't know how long I'll be."
"Good luck." Replied Kay before turning back to her food.
As she walked towards the exit Ginny sent a meaningful glance towards Draco at the Slytherin table. She was just reaching the door when a hand grabbed her shoulder.
"Where do you think you're going?" Ron's voice came from behind her.
She turned around to see that Ron and the other 2/3 of the Dream Team standing there. Harry was looking at her sympathetically while Hermione was looking at her suspiciously as though looking for something wrong.
"I'm going to Dumbledore's office, is that a problem?"
"Yes it is because you aren't going anywhere where that slimy Slytherin is going to be."
"Oh and I suppose your going to be the one to stop me then?"
Before Ron could reply Hermione stepped in.
"Ginny, we're just worried about you. I think you should come to the library with me and then we can find out what Malfoy's done to you." She said all of this hurriedly.
"Wow. You guys really are slow. Draco doesn't have me under any kind of spell. You really need to drop this whole thing because there's nothing you can do about it. And maybe you should see someone about the whole 'I always need to save to world' complex that you guys have."
Seeing Draco come up behind the others she motioned for him to follow her and turned to leave. Before she could even get halfway around she heard Harry mutter something to her brother.
"You were right, mate. Your sister is off her bloody rocker."
She slowly turned back towards them, her eyes lit with anger as she glared. She raised her hand to hit Harry but someone stopped her.
"Wouldn't do that if I was you, pet. Wouldn't want anyone to get burned." Draco said the last word quietly and Hermione's eyes lit up with curiosity.
After nodding towards him he released her. "You'd do well to remember to stay out of my business." She gave each of them a glare before threading her fingers through Draco's and walked out the door, not knowing that Hermione left right after them and headed down towards that library.
They walked in a comfortable silence for a few moments before Draco finally spoke up.
"What was all that about? You shouldn't let them get to you like that."
"They think I'm under some sort of spell. I don't understand why they just can't leave me be. They don't need to save everyone all the time, especially when the person doesn't need to be saved in the first place. They always get involved in things that don't concern them and this time they'll only end up getting themselves hurt." Muttered Ginny
"Well we just won't let that happen. Once we're done with this training of ours we'll be invincible. We'll protect them don't you worry." Said Draco as he tried to comfort her.
"That's the thing that I worry about. We might be nearly invincible but they definitely aren't. All they've had up to now is luck and that's not going to last forever. I just hope they don't do anything rash."
"I'm sure everything will be fine." With those last encouraging words from Draco they stood in front of Dumbledore's office. Ginny stepped up and murmured the password to the gargoyle that was guarding the entranceway. They waited a few seconds while the gargoyle moved out of the way and the stairs to rise before beginning to walk up the stairway.
Without knocking Draco just strode in. Ginny being slightly timid about just bursting into someone's office just stayed outside. She watched Draco take a few steps forward, look around, and then stop short. Seeing the panic in his eyes she leapt into the room. She glanced around quickly before letting out a breath of relief. There in the corner of Dumbledore's office was Professor Snape, his back against the wall and his eyes glaring at a large, black, growling dog. Letting out an exasperated sigh she shoved Draco out of the way.
"Sirius Black you get away from him RIGHT NOW!!"
Three heads turned towards her in unison.
"Ah Miss Weasley. Always a pleasure to see you as always."
Ginny nodded towards Professor Snape while trying to hide her dislike. There was something about that man that just made her feel uncomfortable.
Draco looked at her strangely then looked back at the dog.
"I'm sorry. Did you just say Sirius Black?" He asked while glancing back in her direction.
"I believe she did." A new voice came from the other direction.
Draco slowly turned around and then his eyes widened.
"Does no one else realize that this is Sirius Black? You know, the mass murderer. The man with the disgustingly greasy black hair?"
"And your hair--what color are they calling it now? Radioactive?"
Draco turned towards Ginny quickly. "Does my hair really….?"
But unfortunately for Draco and his ego Ginny wasn't listening. He watched in awe as Ginny threw herself into Sirius' arms. "Sirius! It's so good to see you!"
"It's good to see you too Gin-girl!"
"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in hiding!"
"He's supposed to be in Azkaban!" snarled Snape.
Ignoring the Professor's last comment Sirius answered Ginny's question.
"Well I'm here for your training of course."
"You're going to be training me?" Ginny asked.
"Actually Severus is going to be training you. I'm training the evil git over there." He said while pointing his finger in Draco's direction.
"Draco's not evil Sirius! You of all people should know not to judge people by who there family is."
"Yeah, yeah. Sorry about that. Well I think we'd better get down to the training room. We only have to find out how far developed each of you are and then you can go back to your dormitories."
"Well what are we waiting for?" snapped Snape. "I have places to be you know."
"Where? Sulking in the dungeons?" Countered Sirius.
"Stop bickering you two!" Ginny scolded. "The sooner we get down there the sooner we can get this over with!"
Sirius scowled at her. "You sound worse than my mother." He muttered but began to walk towards the exit of the office anyway. Ginny followed immediately after him, then Draco, and finally Snape. Once they reached the bottom of the stairs they took an immediate left to a door that Ginny never even noticed was there. "This is where your training will be held you can come here whenever you have the extra time but you are still required to be here on the days you already discussed with Dumbledore." Sirius explained.
He stepped into the room and held the door open for the other three people and closed it after Snape walked through. (Although you could tell that he was itching to slam it in the greasy gits face!)
Ginny let out a barely audible gasp as she looked around in awe. The room was as large as a ballroom and was filled with training equipment for any scenario possible. There were targets, a fireplace, a small pool, weapons of all shapes and sizes and punching bags among other things. She looked over towards Draco and saw that, as usual, he didn't think much of it.
"Ok well we might as well get this over and done with. Ginny you go with Snape over near the side with the fireplace and Draco you'll come with me over near the pool."
Ginny began to walk and realized the Snape was right beside her before she was even halfway across the room. "Do you think you could light a fire in the fireplace Miss Weasley because if it will strain you too much I can always do it." Snape said with a sneer on his face, obviously not believing that she was as powerful as everyone claimed.
Without even batting an eyelash Ginny conjured a ball of flames into the palm of her hand. She effortlessly tossed it in the direction of the fire and then turned to smirk at Snape. "Was there anything else you needed me to do Professor?" She asked in a sickeningly sweet voice.
The professor scowled and just continued walking.
Meanwhile, Draco and Sirius were standing near the pool.
"Okay. Do you think that you could lift all of the water out of the pool and then place it back without spilling any?"
"Won't be a problem." He announced haughtily. He raised his arms up and as they went the water rose as well. Of course being the person he was he made it even more dramatic by having the water swirl as though in a tornado. Then he slowly lowered his hands and placed the water back into the pool.
"Oh yeah! I still got it!" He shouted.
"I just hope it's not contagious." Muttered Sirius.
"I heard the Black."
"Good. I thought that was a rather good line if I do say so myself."
"Black!" Yelled Snape from across the room. "Do you think this is some kind of joke?" He questioned barely hiding the venom beneath his voice.
"Only if you're the punch line Snivellus!" He yelled back and then beckoned for Ginny to come over. "Okay well I think you both have a good enough grasp of you powers for us to start on the harder training. But before you leave you're going to have to think of a password for this room. It was made especially for you so its only fair to allow you to pick."
Draco leaned over and whispered something into Ginny's ear that Sirius didn't quite catch. Then she smiled and whispered something back.
"We've decided what the password will be." Stated Draco.
"Okay what is it?" Questioned Sirius.
"Fire and Ice." Ginny whispered. "I definitely think it has a nice ring to it."
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Chapter 7
Ginny and Draco's passionate embrace did not last as long as either of them would have liked. After a few more moments locked in each other's arms they were roughly torn apart.
"Get your ferrety hands off my sister, Malfoy!"
Ginny watched with horror as Ron threw Draco none too gently to the ground.
"Ron! Leave Draco alone! He didn't do anything that I didn't want!"
"Oh! So you expect me to believe that you wanted this slimy arsehole to put his hands on you?" He shouted this back with his disbelief apparent on his red face.
"Yes as a matter of fact I did! I can take care of myself Ron; I'm not a little girl any more!"
"Yes you are Ginny that is all you are, a little naïve girl. You don't understand anything about the real world. I'm just trying to help."
Apparently this was a very bad thing to say. Draco watched in amusement as the fiery redhead's eyes lit up once more.
"Ron I don't have time to deal with your shit right now! Draco is my soul mate whether you like it or not."
"You don't know anything about having a soul mate! I'm owling dad right away to tell him what you've been up to."
Ginny chuckled with a laugh that didn't reach her eyes. "Oh please Ron. Your threats are empty on me. Dad will be more likely to be angry at you for trying to keep us apart then at me for being with him."
"Yeah you just keep on thinking that Ginny like I said before, 'you're just a naïve little girl!"
Draco watched with growing worry as the flames in her eyes grew brighter. Her brother obviously noticed this as well because he had backed up visibly. Reaching out towards her he placed his hand tentatively on her shoulder.
"Ginny you've already used up too much of your energy. If you lose your temper any more tonight you'll only damage yourself."
He watched with relief as her eyes softened and the flames quickly died down.
"You're right, of course. Let's go inside I don't think that I can deal with this anymore. And you need to take a shower. You're covered in mud!"
"You aren't going anywhere with him Ginny! I won't allow it!"
The youngest Weasley started towards her brother and this time was shocked to feel two restraining hands on her shoulders. She whipped her head around quickly and then her tense posture relaxed slightly.
"Good evening Professor Dumbledore." She nodded towards him politely.
"Ah, good evening Miss Weasley. I see that the damage to the forest is not too great then."
"Yes Professor. Draco came in time to stop me from doing any real damage."
The professor was nodding thoughtfully until Ron intervened.
"Professor! Please explain to my sister that she just can't go running off with Malfoy! He's a bloody death eater!"
The headmaster watched in amusement as not only Draco's shoulders but Ginny's as well, tensed.
"I am afraid Mr. Weasley that I cannot grant you such a request. As your sister and I both know, Mr. Malfoy is not a death eater. I think that it would be best if you went back to your dormitory immediately."
"Not without my sister." He answered stubbornly.
"I am afraid that that will not be possible. I have some confidential matters that I must speak to your sister and Mr. Malfoy about. I'm sure you'll understand."
"Well why can't I come along as well? She's going to tell me when she gets back anyway."
Both Ginny and Draco snorted while trying to contain there laughter at the last statement. Ron turned his heated gaze on them and glared. Dumbledore's eyes twinkled as he spoke once more.
"Mr. Weasley I'm afraid that I will ask you one more time before I am forced to remove house points. Will you two kindly follow me to my office?" He directed the last question towards the unlikely pair.
"Of course Professor." They answered in unison.
The unlikely trio walked away leaving behind a very confused redhead. "Maybe everyone else was right,' He mused. 'Dumbledore is off his rocker.'
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The Slytherin and Gryffindor followed the Headmaster while throwing each other worried yet amused glances. Ginny almost burst out laughing when she heard the Professor say the password (Sugar Daddy)
The old man threw the young girl a glance, his eyes dancing with mirth. "Is everything alright Miss Weasley?"
"Oh, yes, quite alright Professor."
"Good, good. Would you both please step into my office and take a seat then?"
Ginny smiled and nodded while walking through the door and past the Headmaster. She heard Draco walking behind her. A few seconds later they were sitting in front of the teacher's desk and hearing the door close behind them.
"Well, as I can see you both know of each others-*ahem*-powers. So I would like to talk to you both about training. I know that you both have work to do with Miss Weasley becoming Professor Snape's new potions assistant but we will need to work around that. Now I'm afraid Mr. Malfoy that before we continue this meeting any further I must ask you where your loyalties lie."
"My loyalties lie wherever Ginny's do Professor."
The Headmaster's eyes twinkled brighter than before.
"Ah, yes I suspected as much. You do realize that this means you will be in the fight against your father?"
"Yes Professor I understand perfectly."
Dumbledore clapped his hands together eagerly. "Very good. Yes very good indeed. Now you both are working down in the potion's office and lab Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays so I'd appreciate if you both could come here to my office every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday after dinner. I will bring you to a special training room where myself and another teacher will help you learn to harness your powers. Is this all understood."
The two young students nodded theirs heads nervously while Ginny looked as though she wanted to say something.
"Yes?" Professor Dumbledore asked and nodded slightly in the young girls direction.
"When will this training start?"
"Your first class will be tomorrow---which is Thursday--- and then you will start your potions training the day after. And speaking of which we are all very excited about you being professor Snape's assistant, its been so long since it wasn't a Slytherin."
At the headmaster's last comment the blond scowled.
"Aww Draco! Getting a little upset that I'm just as good as you at something?" Ginny smirked as she teased him. He sniffed with mock superiority.
"Hardly! Like a Gryffindor could ever be better than a Slytherin. Your year just isn't up to par!"
Ginny face was openly indignant. She pouted at Draco before turning to face the Professor again.
"I'll be here after dinner tomorrow Professor. Is that all?"
"Yes I believe that's all I needed. If I've forgotten anything of importance I can always tell you tomorrow." The redhead nodded in respect and turned to leave the room.
"Don't I get any acknowledgement?" Draco cried indignantly.
"Oh I'm sorry I didn't know that such a superior Slytherin like yourself would care for acknowledgement from a Gryffindor! I mean we are so inferior after all!" She grinned at the Headmaster whose eyes were twinkling brightly after witnessing their bickering. With a final smirk at Draco she turned and left the room. As she was closing the door behind her she called over her shoulder.
"See you both at training tomorrow."
She unfortunately didn't get the satisfaction of watching a very shocked Slytherin staring at the space that she had just occupied. After finally shaking himself from his reverie Draco curtly nodded in the headmaster's direction while standing up to leave, completely missing the knowing look within the old man's eyes.
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Instead of immediately heading up towards the tower and her dormitory Ginny went up to the owlery. As she entered the room that was littered with the bones of tiny animals she walked over to a podium like table that held scraps of parchment and extra quills. She dipped her quill into the ink and wrote a quick note to her father.
Daddy,
I've found my soulmate. I know that Ron will most likely be writing to you soon to complain so I thought it would be best if I just came out and told you who it was first. It's Draco Malfoy. Now I know that you're thinking that he's like his father but he's not. Even Dumbledore thinks so. He has agreed to fight for our cause because it is the cause that I myself fight for. We both shall start our training immediately. Send Mum and everyone else my love. I'll write again if anything of importance comes up.
Love Always,
Ginny
After snatching Pig down from where he was flitting annoyingly around her head and telling him her destination she allowed him to fly out through the window. She stood at the window sill for a few moments until the tiny dot that was Pig was out of her view. She let out a sigh and headed to her room to get as much sleep as she could. Oh yes tomorrow was going to be a very tiring day.
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The next day was quite uneventful for Ginny. She went to all of her classes and for once nothing abnormal happened. Although throughout the entire day her excitement grew. It was only a short amount of time before she was to start her training and she couldn't wait to see who the trainer's were. By the end of her last class (Transfiguration), she was ready to burst with excitement.
As soon as McGonagall announced that class was over Ginny was out the door. As she quickly left the room she called over her shoulder and told Kay that she'd meet her in the Great Hall in ten minutes. Jogging up many staircases until she reached Gryffindor and more specifically her dorm, an out of breath Ginny chose an outfit to wear that would do well for physical training. After throwing on a pair of sweatpants, a sports bra, and a pair of sneakers, she threw her robe on over and walked out of her room and headed out of the common room.
Minutes later she was walking through the doors that lead to the Great Hall. She paused for a second, scanning the Gryffindor table, her eyes catching the suspicious glares of the Dream Team before finally resting on Kay. She sent a glare in her brother's general direction before going to sit with her friends at the far end of the table.
"Hey Gin-Gin." Colin greeted.
"Hey Colin." She muttered while throwing random glares over towards her brother.
"What's eating you?"
"Hm? Oh nothing, I'm just a little preoccupied. I have to go to meet Dumbledore in a little while."
"Oh ok. Why does your brother and them keep looking over here like that?" Colin questioned.
"You know what Gin? You should really start eating if you want to get to Dumbledore's on time."
"Oh yeah! Thanks Kay." She sent Kay an appreciative smile and began to shovel food into her mouth. Minutes later she stood up to leave.
"I'll see you guys later. Don't wait up though. I don't know how long I'll be."
"Good luck." Replied Kay before turning back to her food.
As she walked towards the exit Ginny sent a meaningful glance towards Draco at the Slytherin table. She was just reaching the door when a hand grabbed her shoulder.
"Where do you think you're going?" Ron's voice came from behind her.
She turned around to see that Ron and the other 2/3 of the Dream Team standing there. Harry was looking at her sympathetically while Hermione was looking at her suspiciously as though looking for something wrong.
"I'm going to Dumbledore's office, is that a problem?"
"Yes it is because you aren't going anywhere where that slimy Slytherin is going to be."
"Oh and I suppose your going to be the one to stop me then?"
Before Ron could reply Hermione stepped in.
"Ginny, we're just worried about you. I think you should come to the library with me and then we can find out what Malfoy's done to you." She said all of this hurriedly.
"Wow. You guys really are slow. Draco doesn't have me under any kind of spell. You really need to drop this whole thing because there's nothing you can do about it. And maybe you should see someone about the whole 'I always need to save to world' complex that you guys have."
Seeing Draco come up behind the others she motioned for him to follow her and turned to leave. Before she could even get halfway around she heard Harry mutter something to her brother.
"You were right, mate. Your sister is off her bloody rocker."
She slowly turned back towards them, her eyes lit with anger as she glared. She raised her hand to hit Harry but someone stopped her.
"Wouldn't do that if I was you, pet. Wouldn't want anyone to get burned." Draco said the last word quietly and Hermione's eyes lit up with curiosity.
After nodding towards him he released her. "You'd do well to remember to stay out of my business." She gave each of them a glare before threading her fingers through Draco's and walked out the door, not knowing that Hermione left right after them and headed down towards that library.
They walked in a comfortable silence for a few moments before Draco finally spoke up.
"What was all that about? You shouldn't let them get to you like that."
"They think I'm under some sort of spell. I don't understand why they just can't leave me be. They don't need to save everyone all the time, especially when the person doesn't need to be saved in the first place. They always get involved in things that don't concern them and this time they'll only end up getting themselves hurt." Muttered Ginny
"Well we just won't let that happen. Once we're done with this training of ours we'll be invincible. We'll protect them don't you worry." Said Draco as he tried to comfort her.
"That's the thing that I worry about. We might be nearly invincible but they definitely aren't. All they've had up to now is luck and that's not going to last forever. I just hope they don't do anything rash."
"I'm sure everything will be fine." With those last encouraging words from Draco they stood in front of Dumbledore's office. Ginny stepped up and murmured the password to the gargoyle that was guarding the entranceway. They waited a few seconds while the gargoyle moved out of the way and the stairs to rise before beginning to walk up the stairway.
Without knocking Draco just strode in. Ginny being slightly timid about just bursting into someone's office just stayed outside. She watched Draco take a few steps forward, look around, and then stop short. Seeing the panic in his eyes she leapt into the room. She glanced around quickly before letting out a breath of relief. There in the corner of Dumbledore's office was Professor Snape, his back against the wall and his eyes glaring at a large, black, growling dog. Letting out an exasperated sigh she shoved Draco out of the way.
"Sirius Black you get away from him RIGHT NOW!!"
Three heads turned towards her in unison.
"Ah Miss Weasley. Always a pleasure to see you as always."
Ginny nodded towards Professor Snape while trying to hide her dislike. There was something about that man that just made her feel uncomfortable.
Draco looked at her strangely then looked back at the dog.
"I'm sorry. Did you just say Sirius Black?" He asked while glancing back in her direction.
"I believe she did." A new voice came from the other direction.
Draco slowly turned around and then his eyes widened.
"Does no one else realize that this is Sirius Black? You know, the mass murderer. The man with the disgustingly greasy black hair?"
"And your hair--what color are they calling it now? Radioactive?"
Draco turned towards Ginny quickly. "Does my hair really….?"
But unfortunately for Draco and his ego Ginny wasn't listening. He watched in awe as Ginny threw herself into Sirius' arms. "Sirius! It's so good to see you!"
"It's good to see you too Gin-girl!"
"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in hiding!"
"He's supposed to be in Azkaban!" snarled Snape.
Ignoring the Professor's last comment Sirius answered Ginny's question.
"Well I'm here for your training of course."
"You're going to be training me?" Ginny asked.
"Actually Severus is going to be training you. I'm training the evil git over there." He said while pointing his finger in Draco's direction.
"Draco's not evil Sirius! You of all people should know not to judge people by who there family is."
"Yeah, yeah. Sorry about that. Well I think we'd better get down to the training room. We only have to find out how far developed each of you are and then you can go back to your dormitories."
"Well what are we waiting for?" snapped Snape. "I have places to be you know."
"Where? Sulking in the dungeons?" Countered Sirius.
"Stop bickering you two!" Ginny scolded. "The sooner we get down there the sooner we can get this over with!"
Sirius scowled at her. "You sound worse than my mother." He muttered but began to walk towards the exit of the office anyway. Ginny followed immediately after him, then Draco, and finally Snape. Once they reached the bottom of the stairs they took an immediate left to a door that Ginny never even noticed was there. "This is where your training will be held you can come here whenever you have the extra time but you are still required to be here on the days you already discussed with Dumbledore." Sirius explained.
He stepped into the room and held the door open for the other three people and closed it after Snape walked through. (Although you could tell that he was itching to slam it in the greasy gits face!)
Ginny let out a barely audible gasp as she looked around in awe. The room was as large as a ballroom and was filled with training equipment for any scenario possible. There were targets, a fireplace, a small pool, weapons of all shapes and sizes and punching bags among other things. She looked over towards Draco and saw that, as usual, he didn't think much of it.
"Ok well we might as well get this over and done with. Ginny you go with Snape over near the side with the fireplace and Draco you'll come with me over near the pool."
Ginny began to walk and realized the Snape was right beside her before she was even halfway across the room. "Do you think you could light a fire in the fireplace Miss Weasley because if it will strain you too much I can always do it." Snape said with a sneer on his face, obviously not believing that she was as powerful as everyone claimed.
Without even batting an eyelash Ginny conjured a ball of flames into the palm of her hand. She effortlessly tossed it in the direction of the fire and then turned to smirk at Snape. "Was there anything else you needed me to do Professor?" She asked in a sickeningly sweet voice.
The professor scowled and just continued walking.
Meanwhile, Draco and Sirius were standing near the pool.
"Okay. Do you think that you could lift all of the water out of the pool and then place it back without spilling any?"
"Won't be a problem." He announced haughtily. He raised his arms up and as they went the water rose as well. Of course being the person he was he made it even more dramatic by having the water swirl as though in a tornado. Then he slowly lowered his hands and placed the water back into the pool.
"Oh yeah! I still got it!" He shouted.
"I just hope it's not contagious." Muttered Sirius.
"I heard the Black."
"Good. I thought that was a rather good line if I do say so myself."
"Black!" Yelled Snape from across the room. "Do you think this is some kind of joke?" He questioned barely hiding the venom beneath his voice.
"Only if you're the punch line Snivellus!" He yelled back and then beckoned for Ginny to come over. "Okay well I think you both have a good enough grasp of you powers for us to start on the harder training. But before you leave you're going to have to think of a password for this room. It was made especially for you so its only fair to allow you to pick."
Draco leaned over and whispered something into Ginny's ear that Sirius didn't quite catch. Then she smiled and whispered something back.
"We've decided what the password will be." Stated Draco.
"Okay what is it?" Questioned Sirius.
"Fire and Ice." Ginny whispered. "I definitely think it has a nice ring to it."