Virginia rolled over sleepily and came up against Draco's chest. "Mornin'."
She said throatily and his gray eyes flickered with amusement before he
kissed her, sucking slightly on her lower lip. She burrowed her head
against his shoulder, laughing faintly. "You are of course aware that my
brothers will be after you with sharp pointed sticks?"
"None of their business, really." And his hands were sliding down her body and up under her dress.
"Ah, but they make it their business." And oh god, yes, mmm, just *there*. And she jerked her hips forward under the sweet pressure of his hands. "Draaccooo." She moaned. "Can't do this!" She wriggled away from him, and he looked at her with a hurt expression. "I want to, but we can't."
"I know. C'mere, Cin." And they just laid in each other's arms, warm breath against each other's necks. She sighed and looked into his faintly amused and aroused eyes. "We should get going."
"Do *you* want to explain to McGonagall and Snape where we have been?"
"Why bother explaining? I'll take you up to your room, and bash the shit out of your brothers and Potter. It'll be fun. You can help."
"Wellll, when you put it *that* way." Virginia got up and pulled him to his feet as well, shedding the blankets. Draco brushed down her dress, and then got a wicked look in his eyes. "What?"
"Stand still for a minute, I just need to do something to.drive Potter out of his fucking mind." Virginia raised an eyebrow at him and he leant into her neck, laving the fang marks from last night gently with his tongue. "I did tell you how sorry I was, didn't I?" He looked up at her from under his eyelids.
"About as many times as I told you I was sorry for biting you." Draco smiled at her serious answer and lowered his face to where the necklace dipped down to her bust. He put his mouth just on that last bit of exposed skin before the dress began and sucked hard on it, raising a hickey. Virginia giggled delightedly. "That is so gonna fuck with his mind. Look up." Draco raised his head, smirking slightly and she raked her nails down his neck, raising red welts.
"And that will in no way make them want to kill me."
"They can bite me."
"I thought I was the only one allowed to do that." They started to make their way out of the chamber, laughing with each other. About five paces out of the entrance chamber, they ran into a group of people. Mostly Gryffindor. Virginia started to howl with laughter and Draco smirked.
"MALFOY, YOU EVIL BASTARD!" Ron flew out from behind the group and tackled Draco to the ground. Virginia jumped up and down, clapping her hands as Draco quickly bucked underneath Ron and rolled the two of them so Ron was on the bottom. Draco gave Ron a quick punch to the face, splitting his lip then got off. Ron looked up dazedly as Draco sauntered over to his sister and drew her hand out, kissed her knuckles gently as he made an elegant leg. Virginia fluttered her eyelashes at him coquettishly.
"Milady, shall we go?"
"My good sir, I would be delighted." Draco twirled Virginia in a ballroom spin into his arms and they slowly walked off, arms wrapped around each other. In a few minutes, Ron made his way dazedly to his feet and with a murderous look in his eye set off after Malfoy and his sister.
~*~*~*~
"Quick, Cin!" Draco and Virginia ran through the halls of the school, her dress fluttering around her ankles and his robes blowing back to show the black jeans he had worn as Spike. "Thank god today is a free."
"Well, for us anyway! Grr, bad vampires." She laughed slightly insanely as they skidded into the Gryffindor corridor, Draco leaving black marks on the spotless floor. "Open, in the name of Godric Gryffindor." She postured in front of the Fat Lady, and then laughed. "Aqua vitae." The Fat Lady swung open and Virginia and Draco scrambled in. "Ferret, quickly before my brother decides to chop off your head. Well, more likely other things but you get the idea. Grrr, scary!" She stumbled into the Gryffindor Common Room, speaking high and fast. The few Gryffindors in the room gaped at her. Draco dragged himself after her as she bounced and talked excitedly. "Because yeah, they got no idea, none at all! Blind!"
"Geez, Cin, coffee much?" Draco scoffed.
"Sit, wait, I'll get changed and then homework."
"Sure, Cin."
"Snape is scary and evil. There is no way I'm going to fail his class."
"Potions textbook, parchment, quill and ink. Go." He told her firmly and she nodded and ran to her dormitory. "Sorry, she's a little hyper." He said to the Gryffindors with a shrug. "Not enough sleep, the blood drinking, the spell, no big." Draco leaned against the wall as he waited for Cin.
"The what?" Dean Thomas said slowly. Draco grinned.
"You didn't catch it? Cin's charms went just a little bit awry. We almost killed Potter before we woke up, pity really." Draco mused, head drooping down to his chest.
"You wouldn't have, Malfoy." Harry hissed out. Draco's head snapped up.
"Sod off, you utter complete fucking prick." Draco growled, eyes narrowing. "So help me Satan, if you *ever* go near my Cin again, look at her, speak to her I will rip your head off and use it as a Quaffle."
"Nice protectiveness, my dragon, but with Harry I'm quite capable of holding my own." Virginia announced as she came back down the stairs in her school robes, a silver ribbon tying her hair back from her face. She walked up to Harry and slapped him hard across the face. "Bastard." She turned on her heel and continued grandly out.
"My damsel in not quite damsel-y distress." Draco smirked at the expression on Harry's face, hell, all the Gryffindors's faces as Harry slowly massaged his red cheek.
"What was it Tom said? I'm the innocence to your sin."
"Not quite so innocent. You have a foul mouth."
"And you love to stick your tongue in it, so meh, Mr. Slytherin." Virginia stuck her tongue out at him and walked down the stairs that led out of the Common Room. Draco sighed and followed her. He could tell she was pissed at him for some reason.
"Cin, I'm sorry."
"Can I get that on tape? The great high and mighty Draco Malfoy apologizing?"
"Please, Cin? Don't be mad at me. Sodding Potter." Draco grumbled as he followed Virginia to the Library.
"Second thoughts, Hagrid's cottage. I haven't talked to him for ages, and don't roll your eyes at me," Draco forwent mentioning to her that he hadn't been rolling his eyes. "Besides, I want him to meet you. Well, he has met you, but not the not quite an asshole version that I happen to know." Virginia reached back and grabbed Draco's hand. "I'm not mad at you, 'k?"
"Glad to hear it." Draco said smoothly and tugged on her hand to bring him up against him. She sighed and buried her head against his chest.
"Does it ever get easier?" Draco knew exactly what she was referring to.
"No." Don't sugarcoat it, because she will know and she will not appreciate it. "It never really does." Draco rubbed the back of her head for a minute.
"God, I hate being such a bitch. I can't wait until this is over and I can apologise. Though, have to admit that beating the crap out of Harry once every so often is doing wonders for my self esteem."
"That's my girl." Draco laughed and twirled her around, dipping her in a ballroom style move. She laughed with him as he drew her back up.
"Should I take up dancing now as one of my many other talents?"
"Wouldn't hurt."
"Sod it." Virginia muttered as several Hufflepuffs came down the corridor.
"Sod what?"
"Them." She nodded at the first year Hufflepuffs before drawing Draco's head down for a satisfying kiss. The Hufflepuffs squeaked and ran. Virginia licked her lips as she let Draco up. He smiled. "Hagrid's, now." She turned and ran, he followed her more slowly.
"You are so bouncy today." Draco called after her as she stopped at a staircase and visibly vibrated in her impatience to get going. "Why? Is there a reason?"
"It's called I basically had no sleep, was terrified out of my mind for most of the night, and oh yeah, don't forget the whole trying to eat people thing! Sooo should have killed Potter though." She clattered down the stairs and shrieked softly as he didn't go faster. "Oh, I'll just met you there!" Draco waved to show he had heard her and she ran down the stairs and out of sight.
~*~*~*~
"Hagrid!" Virginia bounced into Hagrid's cottage. He looked up in surprise and then smiled.
"'Ello, Ginny. Where have you been of late?"
"Freaking people out. It's fun. What with the screaming and shocked horrified faces. Oh, and annoying my brothers comes in pretty high on my list of favourite things to do." She smiled and leant down to pat Fang, who slobbered over her hand happily. "I'm in hiding, shh." Fang barked and put his front paws on her shoulders. "I said, shh, you great lump."
"Tea, Ginny?" Hagrid deftly swung the iron kettle that was just starting to whistle off the fire and poured the hot water into an enamel teapot.
"Please." Virginia took Fang's paws off her shoulders and he pressed up against her legs as she petted him roughly, tugging on his ears and rubbing him up the wrong way. "Milk, two sugars, thanks Hagrid." She sat down in one of Hagrid's kitchen chairs and Fang leant against the side of her knee, rumbling happily. A knock on the door and Virginia leapt up, grinning madly. "I'll get it." She swung it open, expecting to see Draco and her face fell as she saw Ron. "Oh. Hi." Then she looked over his shoulder and past his confused face to see the guy she had expected to see. Her face lit up. "Draco!" She pushed past Ron and leapt into Draco's arms. He swung her around, laughing before remembering his image and quelled the sniggers that just ached to burst out of him at the sight of Ron's face.
"Weasley." Draco nodded at Ron, limiting himself to bare civility. He rested his chin on Virginia's shoulder. "Hagrid."
"Tea, Hagrid?" Virginia wriggled around so she faced the other two, Draco's arms laced around her waist. "Oh bloody hell." She said in disgust as she saw Harry. "Is there no respite from the Boy-Who-Should-Have-Died?"
"Ginny!" Ron gasped.
"Stuff a sock in it, Ron. He is on my must be hated forever list." Virginia said firmly. "You are pushing the torture at will list."
"What, like Creevey?" Draco asked semi-seriously.
"Well, if he don't stop taking bleeding pictures, I won't be answerable for my actions. I mean, honestly. Go *away*, Harry." She said sharply as Harry stepped up to Ron's side, bracketing the confused Hagrid standing in the doorway of his cottage. "Draco, I was thinking we could train out here. Large grassy area, no innocent standers by, Hogwarts close."
"Good point." Draco let go of her and surveyed the area critically. "Have you been reading up on those curses?"
"Course! Do you think I'm fucking daft?" Virginia said indignantly. "Hagrid, would you mind awfully if we practiced out here?"
"Practiced what?" Hagrid said cautiously. Virginia smiled and went over to him, taking his large hand in her small one.
"Stuff. Non-fatal, good old protective magic. Physical first, ay?" She turned back to Draco, tone business like.
"Mmhmm." Draco paced off an area, Harry and Ron staring in bewilderment.
"Hagrid, do you mind awfully if I stick my robes in your cottage until afterwards?"
"What?" Ron squeaked as his little sister dragged her robes over her head. Virginia paused and frowned at Ron.
"Notice, clothes." She pointed melodramatically at her jeans and tight white top, holding onto her robes with her hand. Draco snickered as he dragged his off too, revealing his bare chest and black jeans.
"Should I take my Docs off, Cin? Wouldn't want to hurt you accidentally."
"No. Like every time I fight I'm going to be on even terms." Virginia took his robes and squeezed past Harry and Ron into Hagrid's cottage, draping the two sets of robes over a chair. She bounced slightly and stretched as he did, running through their now comfortable routine.
"What the hell are you two doing?" Ron finally gritted out. Virginia paused and stared at her brother in shock as she realized he really didn't get it. Just didn't. She flicked her eyes over at Draco, mentally drooling over his muscled upper body, perfect abs and pebbled nipples. Yummy. She was a lucky girl.
"Answer me this, Ron. Could you really take a swing at me?" She ducked as Draco's fist whistled above her head, kicking out behind her and then rolling as he followed up on his unwarned attack. She quickly got up and they circled each other warily, looking for an opening. She feinted towards Draco and he ignored it. "Draco can. He cares enough to let me learn, not just hope that by not telling me I never will encounter it. People who don't know how to use a sword, still die by the sword." She launched a vicious attack at Draco, who blocked each of her punches easily.
"Good, Cin. Keep your guard up as you come out of it, or you'll find yourself on your back." Draco suited action to word, and swept his foot under hers, knocking her off her feet. He followed her down, pinning her arms above her head, sitting on her legs. "Now, what have I told you about this situation?" He mildly scolded her.
"Don't get in it." She answered sweetly and then quickly turned her head and bit his arm. He reacted with a startled yelp and as she bucked her hips, rolled off her.
"Learning, you clever girl. That was almost dirty." She continued the roll, until he was on his back and she was on top.
"Ah, but you like it when I'm dirty." She held him to the ground, her knees to either side of his waist. "Now, my course of options here is to kick you in the groin and scarper, or a blow to the solar plexus, and once more scarper."
"As it is, you should learn how to disable, and then run. You're too small to do much damage." Draco grinned lazily, and then they both swiveled their heads in shock as they heard conversation. "Look, can you just sod off?" He snarled at the Dream Team, Hagrid having disappeared into his cottage. "Come on, Cin. Up." He sat up and pushed her off. She went flying.
"Oof!" She sprawled on the ground, and then her eyes narrowed and she got up slowly, facing off with him. "Gonna get it, Ferret, gonna get it good." She sing songed as she circled him. He stood in one place, turning so he faced her as she moved. "So gonna hurt you."
"The day I don't have to hold still to let you land a blow on me, is the day we go and beat the shit outta, I don't know, some idiot. You can play bait." He leered at her and she sprang at him, hands crooked into claws. He caught her hands and grinned as she swore angrily. "Well, that's not very polite of you." She glared and made incisive, scathing comments on his ancestry. "Don't you know a lot of big words, Cin?"
"Sodding bleeding wanking." Her voice got louder and she could see Ron stare at her with open mouth and burning red ears, Harry too. "Fuck you and the horse you rode in on, Slytherin."
"Bestiality does nothing for me, so, where were we?" Draco released her with a shove. "Right, magic now." He whirled and picked up their wands from where they'd left them, throwing hers to her, which she caught with a smile.
"Now, this I can do."
"Fighting, please leave to me Cin. The sight of your blood tends to make me slightly berserk."
"I know. So, what's up first?"
"Imperius." He cast on her and then he went flying to the ground as Ron tackled him. "Oh fuck!" He howled angrily as Ron placed a knee in the small of his back.
"Draco!" Virginia screamed and leapt for her brother, sending him flying and started to punch him. "Don't you ever, *ever* do something like that again!" Draco stood up slowly and took in the very welcome sight of Virginia in a snarling rage pounding the shit out of her idiot brother.
"Cin!" She ignored him and kept swinging. "CIN!" She didn't seem to be able to hear him, so he dragged her off the stupid git before she broke his nose. She strained to reach Ron, spitting and hissing, legs kicking wildly as Ron slowly got to his feet, lip bleeding and what looked like would be a wonderful pair of shiners.
"Come here and let me kill you!" Virginia shrieked wildly.
"Cin!" Draco shook her and she growled at him, lips pulled back from her teeth. Her eyes were yellow. Fuck. Must be a lingering effect of the charms, godsdammit. "Calm down, I'm fine!"
"What the hell have you done to her, Malfoy?!" Harry yelled angrily, wand out as Ron carefully felt over his bruised face.
"Nothing! Cin, listen to me, calm, come back, shh, I'm fine, calm down." Draco traced soothing circles over her back with his free hand, the other wrapped around her middle. She gave a little gasp and then collapsed into his arms. "Fuck." He hoisted her up onto his shoulders in a fireman's carry and started off towards Hogwarts. "Really, you bloody gryffs win all prizes hands down for stupidity. First of all, never break an Imperius curse that way. Second, we have permission to duel and spar from Dumbledore. Excuse the fuck outta me if I like Cin in one piece, non-bleeding and sane. Third, where the fuck do you get off, Potter, accusing me of spelling her into liking me? Or are you so stupid that that's the only thing you can possibly think of that would turn her against you?" Draco bit out between gritted teeth, furious at their sheer unthinking antagonism. Bitterly, he continued, "You are all so fucking self centered it amazes even me. Are you blind? Or do you not even bother to look?"
Draco stomped angrily through the halls of the school, ignoring the bleatings of Ron and the whispers of the other students. Fools. Incompetent puling excuses for wizards. Cin had more steel and fire in her then they had, and they dismissed her out of hand. He didn't like it, and he didn't like them. He didn't like it that they shut her out. She was strong, but she still wanted their approval, no matter how much she laughed it off. He would change that. He would. He didn't know how, but he would. Draco laid her gently on a bed in the infirmary and watched her sleep for a while, frowning. He looked up sharply as Madame Pomfrey came in and then faded away to let her brothers look after her. She'd be fine here, and besides, he had to go and get some bloody clothes on, hadn't he? Only one who should be looking at him was her. And the other way round. If he caught Potter even glance at her, there would be much pain. Yes, possessive. So?
"None of their business, really." And his hands were sliding down her body and up under her dress.
"Ah, but they make it their business." And oh god, yes, mmm, just *there*. And she jerked her hips forward under the sweet pressure of his hands. "Draaccooo." She moaned. "Can't do this!" She wriggled away from him, and he looked at her with a hurt expression. "I want to, but we can't."
"I know. C'mere, Cin." And they just laid in each other's arms, warm breath against each other's necks. She sighed and looked into his faintly amused and aroused eyes. "We should get going."
"Do *you* want to explain to McGonagall and Snape where we have been?"
"Why bother explaining? I'll take you up to your room, and bash the shit out of your brothers and Potter. It'll be fun. You can help."
"Wellll, when you put it *that* way." Virginia got up and pulled him to his feet as well, shedding the blankets. Draco brushed down her dress, and then got a wicked look in his eyes. "What?"
"Stand still for a minute, I just need to do something to.drive Potter out of his fucking mind." Virginia raised an eyebrow at him and he leant into her neck, laving the fang marks from last night gently with his tongue. "I did tell you how sorry I was, didn't I?" He looked up at her from under his eyelids.
"About as many times as I told you I was sorry for biting you." Draco smiled at her serious answer and lowered his face to where the necklace dipped down to her bust. He put his mouth just on that last bit of exposed skin before the dress began and sucked hard on it, raising a hickey. Virginia giggled delightedly. "That is so gonna fuck with his mind. Look up." Draco raised his head, smirking slightly and she raked her nails down his neck, raising red welts.
"And that will in no way make them want to kill me."
"They can bite me."
"I thought I was the only one allowed to do that." They started to make their way out of the chamber, laughing with each other. About five paces out of the entrance chamber, they ran into a group of people. Mostly Gryffindor. Virginia started to howl with laughter and Draco smirked.
"MALFOY, YOU EVIL BASTARD!" Ron flew out from behind the group and tackled Draco to the ground. Virginia jumped up and down, clapping her hands as Draco quickly bucked underneath Ron and rolled the two of them so Ron was on the bottom. Draco gave Ron a quick punch to the face, splitting his lip then got off. Ron looked up dazedly as Draco sauntered over to his sister and drew her hand out, kissed her knuckles gently as he made an elegant leg. Virginia fluttered her eyelashes at him coquettishly.
"Milady, shall we go?"
"My good sir, I would be delighted." Draco twirled Virginia in a ballroom spin into his arms and they slowly walked off, arms wrapped around each other. In a few minutes, Ron made his way dazedly to his feet and with a murderous look in his eye set off after Malfoy and his sister.
~*~*~*~
"Quick, Cin!" Draco and Virginia ran through the halls of the school, her dress fluttering around her ankles and his robes blowing back to show the black jeans he had worn as Spike. "Thank god today is a free."
"Well, for us anyway! Grr, bad vampires." She laughed slightly insanely as they skidded into the Gryffindor corridor, Draco leaving black marks on the spotless floor. "Open, in the name of Godric Gryffindor." She postured in front of the Fat Lady, and then laughed. "Aqua vitae." The Fat Lady swung open and Virginia and Draco scrambled in. "Ferret, quickly before my brother decides to chop off your head. Well, more likely other things but you get the idea. Grrr, scary!" She stumbled into the Gryffindor Common Room, speaking high and fast. The few Gryffindors in the room gaped at her. Draco dragged himself after her as she bounced and talked excitedly. "Because yeah, they got no idea, none at all! Blind!"
"Geez, Cin, coffee much?" Draco scoffed.
"Sit, wait, I'll get changed and then homework."
"Sure, Cin."
"Snape is scary and evil. There is no way I'm going to fail his class."
"Potions textbook, parchment, quill and ink. Go." He told her firmly and she nodded and ran to her dormitory. "Sorry, she's a little hyper." He said to the Gryffindors with a shrug. "Not enough sleep, the blood drinking, the spell, no big." Draco leaned against the wall as he waited for Cin.
"The what?" Dean Thomas said slowly. Draco grinned.
"You didn't catch it? Cin's charms went just a little bit awry. We almost killed Potter before we woke up, pity really." Draco mused, head drooping down to his chest.
"You wouldn't have, Malfoy." Harry hissed out. Draco's head snapped up.
"Sod off, you utter complete fucking prick." Draco growled, eyes narrowing. "So help me Satan, if you *ever* go near my Cin again, look at her, speak to her I will rip your head off and use it as a Quaffle."
"Nice protectiveness, my dragon, but with Harry I'm quite capable of holding my own." Virginia announced as she came back down the stairs in her school robes, a silver ribbon tying her hair back from her face. She walked up to Harry and slapped him hard across the face. "Bastard." She turned on her heel and continued grandly out.
"My damsel in not quite damsel-y distress." Draco smirked at the expression on Harry's face, hell, all the Gryffindors's faces as Harry slowly massaged his red cheek.
"What was it Tom said? I'm the innocence to your sin."
"Not quite so innocent. You have a foul mouth."
"And you love to stick your tongue in it, so meh, Mr. Slytherin." Virginia stuck her tongue out at him and walked down the stairs that led out of the Common Room. Draco sighed and followed her. He could tell she was pissed at him for some reason.
"Cin, I'm sorry."
"Can I get that on tape? The great high and mighty Draco Malfoy apologizing?"
"Please, Cin? Don't be mad at me. Sodding Potter." Draco grumbled as he followed Virginia to the Library.
"Second thoughts, Hagrid's cottage. I haven't talked to him for ages, and don't roll your eyes at me," Draco forwent mentioning to her that he hadn't been rolling his eyes. "Besides, I want him to meet you. Well, he has met you, but not the not quite an asshole version that I happen to know." Virginia reached back and grabbed Draco's hand. "I'm not mad at you, 'k?"
"Glad to hear it." Draco said smoothly and tugged on her hand to bring him up against him. She sighed and buried her head against his chest.
"Does it ever get easier?" Draco knew exactly what she was referring to.
"No." Don't sugarcoat it, because she will know and she will not appreciate it. "It never really does." Draco rubbed the back of her head for a minute.
"God, I hate being such a bitch. I can't wait until this is over and I can apologise. Though, have to admit that beating the crap out of Harry once every so often is doing wonders for my self esteem."
"That's my girl." Draco laughed and twirled her around, dipping her in a ballroom style move. She laughed with him as he drew her back up.
"Should I take up dancing now as one of my many other talents?"
"Wouldn't hurt."
"Sod it." Virginia muttered as several Hufflepuffs came down the corridor.
"Sod what?"
"Them." She nodded at the first year Hufflepuffs before drawing Draco's head down for a satisfying kiss. The Hufflepuffs squeaked and ran. Virginia licked her lips as she let Draco up. He smiled. "Hagrid's, now." She turned and ran, he followed her more slowly.
"You are so bouncy today." Draco called after her as she stopped at a staircase and visibly vibrated in her impatience to get going. "Why? Is there a reason?"
"It's called I basically had no sleep, was terrified out of my mind for most of the night, and oh yeah, don't forget the whole trying to eat people thing! Sooo should have killed Potter though." She clattered down the stairs and shrieked softly as he didn't go faster. "Oh, I'll just met you there!" Draco waved to show he had heard her and she ran down the stairs and out of sight.
~*~*~*~
"Hagrid!" Virginia bounced into Hagrid's cottage. He looked up in surprise and then smiled.
"'Ello, Ginny. Where have you been of late?"
"Freaking people out. It's fun. What with the screaming and shocked horrified faces. Oh, and annoying my brothers comes in pretty high on my list of favourite things to do." She smiled and leant down to pat Fang, who slobbered over her hand happily. "I'm in hiding, shh." Fang barked and put his front paws on her shoulders. "I said, shh, you great lump."
"Tea, Ginny?" Hagrid deftly swung the iron kettle that was just starting to whistle off the fire and poured the hot water into an enamel teapot.
"Please." Virginia took Fang's paws off her shoulders and he pressed up against her legs as she petted him roughly, tugging on his ears and rubbing him up the wrong way. "Milk, two sugars, thanks Hagrid." She sat down in one of Hagrid's kitchen chairs and Fang leant against the side of her knee, rumbling happily. A knock on the door and Virginia leapt up, grinning madly. "I'll get it." She swung it open, expecting to see Draco and her face fell as she saw Ron. "Oh. Hi." Then she looked over his shoulder and past his confused face to see the guy she had expected to see. Her face lit up. "Draco!" She pushed past Ron and leapt into Draco's arms. He swung her around, laughing before remembering his image and quelled the sniggers that just ached to burst out of him at the sight of Ron's face.
"Weasley." Draco nodded at Ron, limiting himself to bare civility. He rested his chin on Virginia's shoulder. "Hagrid."
"Tea, Hagrid?" Virginia wriggled around so she faced the other two, Draco's arms laced around her waist. "Oh bloody hell." She said in disgust as she saw Harry. "Is there no respite from the Boy-Who-Should-Have-Died?"
"Ginny!" Ron gasped.
"Stuff a sock in it, Ron. He is on my must be hated forever list." Virginia said firmly. "You are pushing the torture at will list."
"What, like Creevey?" Draco asked semi-seriously.
"Well, if he don't stop taking bleeding pictures, I won't be answerable for my actions. I mean, honestly. Go *away*, Harry." She said sharply as Harry stepped up to Ron's side, bracketing the confused Hagrid standing in the doorway of his cottage. "Draco, I was thinking we could train out here. Large grassy area, no innocent standers by, Hogwarts close."
"Good point." Draco let go of her and surveyed the area critically. "Have you been reading up on those curses?"
"Course! Do you think I'm fucking daft?" Virginia said indignantly. "Hagrid, would you mind awfully if we practiced out here?"
"Practiced what?" Hagrid said cautiously. Virginia smiled and went over to him, taking his large hand in her small one.
"Stuff. Non-fatal, good old protective magic. Physical first, ay?" She turned back to Draco, tone business like.
"Mmhmm." Draco paced off an area, Harry and Ron staring in bewilderment.
"Hagrid, do you mind awfully if I stick my robes in your cottage until afterwards?"
"What?" Ron squeaked as his little sister dragged her robes over her head. Virginia paused and frowned at Ron.
"Notice, clothes." She pointed melodramatically at her jeans and tight white top, holding onto her robes with her hand. Draco snickered as he dragged his off too, revealing his bare chest and black jeans.
"Should I take my Docs off, Cin? Wouldn't want to hurt you accidentally."
"No. Like every time I fight I'm going to be on even terms." Virginia took his robes and squeezed past Harry and Ron into Hagrid's cottage, draping the two sets of robes over a chair. She bounced slightly and stretched as he did, running through their now comfortable routine.
"What the hell are you two doing?" Ron finally gritted out. Virginia paused and stared at her brother in shock as she realized he really didn't get it. Just didn't. She flicked her eyes over at Draco, mentally drooling over his muscled upper body, perfect abs and pebbled nipples. Yummy. She was a lucky girl.
"Answer me this, Ron. Could you really take a swing at me?" She ducked as Draco's fist whistled above her head, kicking out behind her and then rolling as he followed up on his unwarned attack. She quickly got up and they circled each other warily, looking for an opening. She feinted towards Draco and he ignored it. "Draco can. He cares enough to let me learn, not just hope that by not telling me I never will encounter it. People who don't know how to use a sword, still die by the sword." She launched a vicious attack at Draco, who blocked each of her punches easily.
"Good, Cin. Keep your guard up as you come out of it, or you'll find yourself on your back." Draco suited action to word, and swept his foot under hers, knocking her off her feet. He followed her down, pinning her arms above her head, sitting on her legs. "Now, what have I told you about this situation?" He mildly scolded her.
"Don't get in it." She answered sweetly and then quickly turned her head and bit his arm. He reacted with a startled yelp and as she bucked her hips, rolled off her.
"Learning, you clever girl. That was almost dirty." She continued the roll, until he was on his back and she was on top.
"Ah, but you like it when I'm dirty." She held him to the ground, her knees to either side of his waist. "Now, my course of options here is to kick you in the groin and scarper, or a blow to the solar plexus, and once more scarper."
"As it is, you should learn how to disable, and then run. You're too small to do much damage." Draco grinned lazily, and then they both swiveled their heads in shock as they heard conversation. "Look, can you just sod off?" He snarled at the Dream Team, Hagrid having disappeared into his cottage. "Come on, Cin. Up." He sat up and pushed her off. She went flying.
"Oof!" She sprawled on the ground, and then her eyes narrowed and she got up slowly, facing off with him. "Gonna get it, Ferret, gonna get it good." She sing songed as she circled him. He stood in one place, turning so he faced her as she moved. "So gonna hurt you."
"The day I don't have to hold still to let you land a blow on me, is the day we go and beat the shit outta, I don't know, some idiot. You can play bait." He leered at her and she sprang at him, hands crooked into claws. He caught her hands and grinned as she swore angrily. "Well, that's not very polite of you." She glared and made incisive, scathing comments on his ancestry. "Don't you know a lot of big words, Cin?"
"Sodding bleeding wanking." Her voice got louder and she could see Ron stare at her with open mouth and burning red ears, Harry too. "Fuck you and the horse you rode in on, Slytherin."
"Bestiality does nothing for me, so, where were we?" Draco released her with a shove. "Right, magic now." He whirled and picked up their wands from where they'd left them, throwing hers to her, which she caught with a smile.
"Now, this I can do."
"Fighting, please leave to me Cin. The sight of your blood tends to make me slightly berserk."
"I know. So, what's up first?"
"Imperius." He cast on her and then he went flying to the ground as Ron tackled him. "Oh fuck!" He howled angrily as Ron placed a knee in the small of his back.
"Draco!" Virginia screamed and leapt for her brother, sending him flying and started to punch him. "Don't you ever, *ever* do something like that again!" Draco stood up slowly and took in the very welcome sight of Virginia in a snarling rage pounding the shit out of her idiot brother.
"Cin!" She ignored him and kept swinging. "CIN!" She didn't seem to be able to hear him, so he dragged her off the stupid git before she broke his nose. She strained to reach Ron, spitting and hissing, legs kicking wildly as Ron slowly got to his feet, lip bleeding and what looked like would be a wonderful pair of shiners.
"Come here and let me kill you!" Virginia shrieked wildly.
"Cin!" Draco shook her and she growled at him, lips pulled back from her teeth. Her eyes were yellow. Fuck. Must be a lingering effect of the charms, godsdammit. "Calm down, I'm fine!"
"What the hell have you done to her, Malfoy?!" Harry yelled angrily, wand out as Ron carefully felt over his bruised face.
"Nothing! Cin, listen to me, calm, come back, shh, I'm fine, calm down." Draco traced soothing circles over her back with his free hand, the other wrapped around her middle. She gave a little gasp and then collapsed into his arms. "Fuck." He hoisted her up onto his shoulders in a fireman's carry and started off towards Hogwarts. "Really, you bloody gryffs win all prizes hands down for stupidity. First of all, never break an Imperius curse that way. Second, we have permission to duel and spar from Dumbledore. Excuse the fuck outta me if I like Cin in one piece, non-bleeding and sane. Third, where the fuck do you get off, Potter, accusing me of spelling her into liking me? Or are you so stupid that that's the only thing you can possibly think of that would turn her against you?" Draco bit out between gritted teeth, furious at their sheer unthinking antagonism. Bitterly, he continued, "You are all so fucking self centered it amazes even me. Are you blind? Or do you not even bother to look?"
Draco stomped angrily through the halls of the school, ignoring the bleatings of Ron and the whispers of the other students. Fools. Incompetent puling excuses for wizards. Cin had more steel and fire in her then they had, and they dismissed her out of hand. He didn't like it, and he didn't like them. He didn't like it that they shut her out. She was strong, but she still wanted their approval, no matter how much she laughed it off. He would change that. He would. He didn't know how, but he would. Draco laid her gently on a bed in the infirmary and watched her sleep for a while, frowning. He looked up sharply as Madame Pomfrey came in and then faded away to let her brothers look after her. She'd be fine here, and besides, he had to go and get some bloody clothes on, hadn't he? Only one who should be looking at him was her. And the other way round. If he caught Potter even glance at her, there would be much pain. Yes, possessive. So?