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An Emerald Ring
Chapter 3: Thank you
'Stay in your place, Kitten.'
Ginny hesitated. All her life her Mother had taught her that being grateful for help and appreciating it came above anything else, even love, because appreciation was needed in a relationship, and help grew to trust, which was essential. But if she went against Draco's orders, then how could she expect him to trust her to listen to him any other time. She stood there, half draped in shadows, contemplating what should be done. She was just about to step back up the stone stairs, when Pansy melted out of the shadows. Some how, she seemed different. Her blond hair had been dyed a soft brown colour, and in the shadows, her brown eyes seemed black. She was tall, older, and seemed so tired.
"Lioness. What are you doing down here in the shadows? You do not fit in the darkness." Her voice was like poisoned chocolate, not at all the whiny one Ginny was so accustomed too. It seemed sweet, but dangerous, but some how, Ginny sensed that the danger was not directed at her.
"Well...Malfoy, he saved me, and-and I just wanted to...um...thank him?" She looked at her, asking if this was a forgivable reason to be trespassing on what was obviously her territory. She smiled and let out a breath that might have been a short laugh, or a tired sigh.
"Most don't bother, but I am sure he would be flattered. Come Kitten, I will guide you to him, dangers stalk these tunnels that your mind can't even conceive of." Ginny, slightly confused, followed her, this time beside the Slytherin instead of behind her. After a while, Ginny decided to voice what she had been thinking.
"You seem different Pansy, up at school...you seem...clingy." She said, unsure if this would offend her. But Pansy just laughed quietly to herself.
"An Artist loves to hear praise to the efficiency of her work." She smiled down at Ginny. Ginny was now more confused then ever.
"Artist? Of what?"
"Deceit." Ginny was going to ask more, but they were in front of a large picture of a slender woman in a long green gown, Ginny recognised her as the Goddess La Morena.
"Tourniquet." Pansy said, and La Morena nodded gracefully and swung open to let them through.
Ginny stepped into the Head boy's room. It was made of the same black stone as the dungeons and had a dark, sense to it, a candle burning on the windowsill, and on the dresser were the only source of light as it was already dark out. Draco lay on top of the cover, on his back, one of his arms lying casually across his bare stomach, one silk clad leg bent, with the other straight. Ginny had to cool a blush at his half naked form.
"What is it Pansy?" He asked, not moving or opening his eyes.
Pansy smiled reassuringly at Ginny and stepped back towards the exit.
"Your Kitten wishes to thank you." She said, and disappeared out of the opening and the portrait swing closed. Ginny suddenly felt horribly vulnerable. She dug her hands into her packets to clutch her wand in reassurance, but instead closed around a small ring. Then she remembered the little Emerald Ring she had found on the ground before running into Malfoy. Malfoy got off of his bed as slow as a snake and ambled over, lazy energy rising off of his skin.
"I thought I told you to stay away Kitten, you are putting your self in danger."
'Stay in your place, Kitten,'
Ginny was worried that he was angry with her, but he just looked a slightly amused, and maybe a bit suspicious.
"I came to thank you. For saving me, I mean..." She trailed off as she examined his eyes. Silver grey, turned almost black in the dark, like Pansy's, she vaguely wondered if her eyes looked black in the dark.
He raised his hand, as if it touch her cheek, but at the last minute changed his mind and ran it through his hair, making a piece fall across his eyes, he didn't seem to notice. Ginny had the sudden irrational desire to push it away. She stifled the urge and buried her hands deeper into the pockets of her robes.
"Most people don't bother." Malfoy said. He was looking so intensely into her eyes, she felt as if he was examining her soul. She shook herself. That was ridiculous. No one could see her soul. Malfoy raised an eyebrow at her sudden shake of her head, but Ginny dropped her gaze.
"Well...I had better...go..."
"I wouldn't if I were you." Malfoy said suddenly as she inched towards the door.
"But-"
"Danger lives in the night Kitten. You are too innocent to under stand, to small to take on the world yet."
"I have to get back to Gryffindor tower." Ginny pointed out.
Malfoy shrugged. "I am not you Father, I am not your brother. I cannot make you listen to me. But you have heard my warning. Will you go against it?" He asked as he backed away towards his bed.
"Will you walk me back?" Ginny asked, suddenly afraid to go out into the dungeon halls alone.
"Not to night Kitten, tomorrow when the sun is young, and the danger is gone. Feel free to spend the night."
Now Ginny didn't know what to do. Her brothers had always made him out as an arrogant git with a sick sense of humour. But he seemed so tired, lost, and...she didn't know the word...wise? She decided she trusted him more then she trusted her luck not to run into any one dangerous, she well remembered the maze of tunnels she had lost herself in the night before. She slipped off her robes and her shoes and folded them neatly by the door. Now in her skirt and school shirt, she felt her way around the room for a couch or something. All she could find were two wooden chairs sitting opposite each other at a little table, and a heavy oak chair for the desk. All three were very uncomfortable. That only left the floor. She curled up in a little ball beside the bed. The cool stone floor making it very difficult for her to sleep, and she had to clamp her mouth shut to keep from shivering.
"Malfoy?" She whispered.
"Mmm?" He mumbled tiredly.
"I'm cold." She whispered through her chattering teeth.
He reached over the end of the bed and picked her up with impossible ease, and tucked her under the warm blankets. She tensed at him being so close, so he rolled over to the other end of the bed.
"Better...?" He mumbled.
"Yes...Thank you." She whispered and fell almost immediately to sleep, even though she had just woken up. Slow lazy dreams that she couldn't quite remember swished through her mind. Along with the omnipresent thought:
'Stay in your place, Kitten.'
[A/N] Soooo, what do you think? Hmmm? I love my Draco, and my Pansy, they are my favourite characters so far! I know Draco is a little OOC, but he was brainwashed before!!! He and Pansy and Blaise are free now, and want to make things right. Can Ginny help them? REVIEW! Pluse, the sneek peeks may not be for ever chapter, cuz I don't have all the chapters written out yet.
Sneek peek:
Ginny's eyes shot open. Something was wrong. She wasn't in her dormitory, and she was being held by strong arms, the man's body moulded to fit hers. Then it all came back...Malfoy.
