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Slytherin Queen: Thanks! I don't want my Ron to be...um...TOO overprotective, if you know what I mean, he has more important things to worry about that his sister hanging out with his enemy...you know, death, darkness, Voldemort...that kind of thing, but he does care enough to give her a hard time, and only cuz he loves her, and doesn't want her to get hurt. Also, this is ur chappie!!! I hope you enjoy!
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Morgan Martin-Jordan: lol, no, I don't think Harry will be making out with Pansy in THIS chapter, I am really not sure as to what happens in this chapter, I am excited to write it though, but then after this, I am not sure what is going to happen, probably more G/D goodyness! Also, ONE cute guy...in ur WHOLE highschool...I feel for you...pats ur back sympathetically
DreamGurl-de-Draco: Ur review made me laugh, it is true! What would we do with out a stupid Ron? Lol, thanks.
Orlando's Dancer: Well, I am hangin' just as much as you, I have yet to write this chapter and I don't know what's going to happen yet, all I know, is Pansy is going to make Harry look at Draco and Ginny's relations in a new light...I hope...I do not even know if there will be any D/G action in this chapter, there defiantly will be in the next one...but I'm not sure yet about this one...sooo...get those cookies ready! Here comes the next chapter!
gin rose raposo1: Argh...it is so true...kind of like that A that every one wants you to get, but are to lazy to work for it, then get a C instead...some times I wish life were easier. Thanks for reviewing, and saying my story is one of the best!
Bigreader: I miss being anti-social and not being liked by any guys! WHAAA! I have recently discovered that a guy a year older than me likes me...in the romantic way...cringes I am anti-social for a reason!!! I am not good with guys! Heeelp!But, here I am, writing romance stories...I am very, very strange...
pamie884: Yea? You liked it? You know how many times I had to edit that stupid chapter? At first it seemed so forced and very robotic like, that is why I like this story best of all my other stories, it flows out so smoothly, there are hardly any lumps to work out! I like Zoe too! She is my own creation, made up especially for this story! YAY! And I am glad I am doing Luna well, I hate Luna's that act very normal and brisk and stuff...you know? Thanks for the long review! It was appreciated!
Tom Felton's One and Only: probably in a one of the later chapters, she normally keeps the ring tucked in her shirt, and Darco has no reason to be looking through her shirt...yet...hehehe!
Marchwarden's Blue Eyed S: I'm looking forwards to ur pic of her! I can't wait to see it!
Someoneofelsewhere: Uh huh, that is why I said, "She spends most of her time in the Gryffindor common room, and even sleeps over some times" she just hangs out there with Zoe and Ginny.
GoldenFawkes: Was that a 'hint, hint, nudge, nudge' review, saying...PUT DRACO IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!!! Huh? Was it? Well, read on and see if he is in this chapter!
FilidhNiamh: lol, don't worry, the reviews are coming in fast, yes, my last chapter was short, but OH WELL, what can one do? This one should be longer, and I am not yet sure if our beloved Draco will be in this chapter...he just might...well, there ya go! Review more often if you only review every three! Lol, I promise, the chapters will come out faster!
May the stars be with you always,
Ashen
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THIS CHAPTER IS DETICATED TO SLYTHERIN QUEEN, FOR GIVING ME THE IDEA!
Chapter nine: Moonlit Talks
Harry lay in bed, his mind was moving horribly slow...memories of Sirius drifted across his mind as if they had all night to burn themselves into his brain, but he didn't want to remember, he didn't want to pretend any more. Harry couldn't stand it any more, he kicked back his covers and started to get dressed, ignoring Ron as he mumbled something about killing Malfoy in his sleep. Once he was dressed he slipped on his invisibility cloak and crept to his favourite balcony just off the third floor corridor. The night was aging, and the sky was dark, it was around the time when he and Hermione hand watched Sirius fly away on buck beak in their third year. Oh, how he missed Sirius...
"The night is beautiful..." Harry spun around, and to his surprise, Pansy Parkinson was leaning against the railing next to him, looking up at the moon.
"Pansy?" Was all he could say...he was dumb struck, he was looking at someone who was unmistakably the Pansy Parkinson he had known and come to hate so much, but there were little crucial mistakes in her appearance. Never in his life had Harry seen Pansy Parkinson wear something that he would not be able to imagine on a hooker. She was wearing a silk black blouse with a very respectable neckline, the sleeves flowing down past the tips of her fingers, she was wearing dark blue low jeans with a copper jean chain attached to the belt loops, a broken heart hanging off the chain. Her hair, was very brown looking in the night, when in the day, her hair seemed a horribly bright blond colour, her voice was even different, when he had come to be used to the snivelling, high pitched, and extremely annoying Pansy, this night time Pansy had a soft flowing voice that sounded like a trickling stream...but you knew it would lead you to a swamp, where you would get stuck in the thick waters and maybe even drown, but yet, you follow the sound of the stream because it is so dangerously...beautiful. And her eyes, as black as the sky that held up the twinkling stars. But there was still her pale complexion, the horrible pug nose, her smirking mouth, and her black leather boots. Harry had never seen Pansy when she was not wearing her black leather boots. Pansy shifted her gaze from the stars and straight onto his face, he felt himself unconsciously gulp.
"Yes?" She asked, waiting for the explanation for the use of her name.
"You...look..." Harry didn't know what he was doing, he suddenly realised that he was talking to a Slytherin, but his feet decided they were very comfortable where they were and refused to move him any where.
"Different? Yes...well, not many people have seen me like this. Aren't you lucky? Seeing such a rare sight..." She smirked at him and turned to the stars again.
"Not many people?" Harry asked, not knowing what else to say, his poor brain was very confused, just three days ago he had batted off her burning insults painfully, and now, she was talking to him like a normal human being...if you could call what she was doing talking...it was more like confusing him.
"Oh, well, Draco has seen me like this, so has Blaise...oh yes, and also little Ginevra Weasely..." She trailed off and examined one of her perfect nails, picked off a fleck of dirt, and then looked to the stars again. Harry was flabbergasted.
"Ginny!?"
"Yes, I do believe you and Ron and Hermione call her that...Draco calls her Kitten."
"Draco? Malfoy KNOWS her? Hey- you just called my friends by their first names!" Harry suddenly realised, for a split second, all thoughts of Sirius left his mind, he was too stunned for words.
Pansy just blinked rather exaggeratedly and nodded, "Yes, I suppose I did."
Harry was still trying to find his voice.
"Let me tell you a story Harry. I do beg that you will not interrupt?" Harry still couldn't talk. So Pansy smiled at him.
"Alright, listen then..." And so she told him the truth, about how the tunnels were dangerous, about how Draco had saved Ginny, about how she Draco, and Blaise, were the only ones in Slytherin who weren't under the control of Voldemort, about how they couldn't be themselves with out being discovered. When she finished, she had tears welled up in her eyes.
"The night is beautiful, and the stars a strong, but I am neither." Pansy said at last, ending her speech. Harry knew he had to say something, so he forced himself out of speechless contemplation and concentrated on the strange girl next to him, holding tears that would one-day fall, but he knew they would not fall today.
"Pansy, I don't know if I believe you, all I know, is that I want to..." He smiled solemnly to himself. "But...I also want to die and be free of this horrible life...I want to see Sirius again...I want to see my family...all the people that I was closest to, are dead...so now, I want to be dead...I want to be free."
"What about Ron and Hermione? They are not dead." Pansy pointed out.
"Ah, but I will lead them to their deaths, and many others, there are many people between Voldemort and I, and Voldemort will not think twice about killing them all."
Pansy had winced at the sound of Voldemorts name, just ever so slightly though, and she stiffened her spine determinedly and looked him straight in the eye.
"Perhaps you simply need someone to be there for you, maybe that will help you battle against V-v-voldemort-t..." She forced his name out of her mouth. Harry grinned at her.
"Maybe." He said.
"Draco, Blaise and I would like to help." Pansy whispered, she would not let her eyes drift away from his solid strong green ones. They were safe, and she knew they would not break...like almost every thing else in her life had.
Harry shrugged. "We could use it." He said welcomingly. He suddenly decided he liked Pansy, and he would never be rude to her again.
"Don't be too hard on Ginevra...she is just following what her heart says...and I am sure, if we all followed our hearts as surely as she does...we would not be coming towards a war about now." and before Harry could reply, she walked away. He rushed after her, but she was gone already...he left his balcony and went back to the Gryffindor common room.
'Don't be to hard on Ginevra...' Harry was now torn between what he thought was right, and what he knew his friends would think is right...but he knew, that Pansy was not lying...Harry knew when someone was lying...yes...and as he fell a sleep he made a decision he knew he would forget in the morning, he decided that Draco and Ginny would make a very nice couple. Then he realised a moment to late, that he had used Malfoy's first name in his thoughts...but by now, he was asleep, and could not make a coherent thought.
A/N So, no Draco in this chapter either, but we might have won Harry's approval on the whole relationship. L8er,
May the stars be with you always,
Ashen
