Drastic Changes by The Queen of the Pugs
"What is it, Hermione?" Ron asked distantly. He and Harry were playing Wizard's Chess and he didn't want to get distracted from the game. Besides, he and Ginny were really close, so he knew most everything about her, because she had made a habit of telling him when her other brothers laughed at her, or pushed her away.
Hermione opened her mouth as if to say something, thought better of it, and closed it again. What if Ginny didn't want her to go and blab about her becoming the Moon Goddess? But how was she supposed to cover it up? She hadn't a clue. She knew that she just couldn't say "Oh, never mind, I don't know if Ginny wants me to tell you or not," because they boys would probably just keep at her until she finally told. So, she had to tell them something. She glanced at the chessboard, and a sudden thought struck her.
"Ginny has decided that she is going to teach me how to play Wizard's Chess." It was the only idea she could think of. She hoped they bought it. Hermione wasn't very good at telling lies, and any person could usually tell if she was telling a lie or not. She grinned as Harry and Ron both looked up at her, both slightly confused.
"That's, um, great, Hermione," Harry said, giving her a lopsided smile. "It's about time that you learned how to play it," he joked. "Ron and I have been just bugging you to learn for the last, oh, six years, I'd say, wouldn't you Ron?"
"Yeah. Sounds about right," Ron said, also smiling up at Hermione. "It's great that you're willing to learn from an actual person, instead of a book. You're always trying to learn everything you can from books. I remember in our first year when Madam Hooch told us all that flying was something that we couldn't learn out of a book. The look on your face was priceless!"
"Well, Ron Weasley," Hermione said coldly, "you should try reading a book for once. I know it'll be difficult at first, but I think you'll find that you might actually learn something from them." He and Harry stopped laughing. "And I do believe that your broom didn't come to you right away, and you getting mad because Harry's did."
"Is there a point to this?" Ron asked coolly. "Because Harry and I have a game to finish, if you don't mind, Hermione." Harry sensed a row coming on and leaned against the couch with his hands behind his head.
"Actually, I was hoping that maybe you and Harry would teach me a bit of chess before Ginny did," Hermione replied as calmly as she could. "That way I won't look completely stupid," she said reluctantly, taking her eyes from Harry and Ron to the floor, trying to avoid eye contact with them so that they wouldn't be able to tell that she was lying.
"Of course we will, Hermione!" cried Harry joyfully, sitting up again. He was happy that a row hadn't broken out between his two best friends. "Won't we, Ron?"
"Um, sure we will, Hermione," Ron replied, reluctantly clearing his and Harry's game pieces so they could start over and show Hermione how to play as they went along.
Gradually, Hermione started to catch on to the game. The rules didn't take her very long to understand, because Hermione was always good with rules. She watched Ron and Harry play another game while she asked them questions, and then she challenged Harry to a game. She would have asked Ron to play with her, but she knew he was too good to challenge yet, and that she would definitely lose to him. Harry was good, too, but Hermione felt that she might at least have some kind of chance against him.
"So, Ginny came to talk to me today," Hermione said casually, moving one of her pawns forward. "She had a lot to say, you know. She told me something-" Hermione coughed- "completely unbelievable."
"Oh?" Ron said, raising an eyebrow. He was sitting near the board, watching the game. "And what was this 'completely unbelievable' thing that Ginny said to you, exactly, Hermione?"
"She told me that she was the, um.." Hermione trailed away, searching for words. "Well, Ginny told me that she was the Moon Goddess."
Somehow Hermione felt so incredibly guilty that it was making her sick. She knew how Ginny's temper got out of hand at times, and knew that she shouldn't have told Ron and Harry about Ginny. She should have waited until Ginny was ready to tell them. Hermione hung her head low and sighed sadly, awaiting Ron and Harry's reaction while she showed them the goddess book that she had checked out from the library. **************************************************************************** ******************
Ginny had decided to get Draco and take him to the Moon so they could have some more time to talk about this new thing that was going on with her. She was grateful that Draco hadn't freaked out about learning that Ginny was the Moon Goddess, and that he had taken it quite well. She had no idea that Hermione had just told her brother and Harry about her being the goddess of the Moon, and it was probably for the better that she didn't (A/N: Because, trust me, Ginny is going to FLIP out when she finds out).
"These are for you," someone said behind Ginny on the Hogwarts grounds. Ginny hadn't taken Draco yet; she had only told him to meet her out here. "A beautiful flower for a beautiful girl." Suddenly all Ginny could see was a dozen red roses in her face.
"Oh, Draco!" she exclaimed. "They're lovely!" She took them from him and took in the sweet smell of them. "Thank you. You're so sweet, Draco Malfoy." She smiled and stood up to give him a hug.
"You're quite welcome, Miss Ginny," Draco replied, hugging Ginny back. He could smell the kind of shampoo and perfume Ginny used. He grinned. "Like I said, beautiful flowers for a beautiful girl."
She kissed his cheek and smiled. "Now, I want to take you to the Moon for a while, so we can talk in private," she said, "about the things that have been happening lately. I just have to remember how to get there. Jamie told me, but I can't really remember."
"Take your time," he replied, shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly. "I'm in no hurry."
Eventually, Ginny did remember how to get to the Moon. But the problem was that she didn't know how to take Draco with her. Jamie hadn't told her how to take someone else with her. So, Ginny called for Jamie, and she came down with a wriggling baby Edward in her arms.
"Hello, milady," Jamie said, trying to keep a hold of Edward, who was babbling about rocks and trying to get out of her arms. "What do you need? Lovely roses, by the way."
"Oh, thank you. Draco gave them to me. Well, I wanted to go to the Moon," Ginny said and Jamie nodded, "but I also wanted to take Draco with me, but you never taught me how to take other people with me to the Moon."
"Oh, it's quite simple," she said with a smile. "All you need to do is take the hand of the person who you want to take with you, and think of the place clearly that you want to go, and you will be there. Edward, no!" Edward had managed to get out of Jamie's arms, and was crawling toward the lake. Jamie ran after him, and Ginny took Draco's hand (A/N: Not letting the roses go, of course) and took him to the Moon.
"Wow," Draco said looking around the Moon's surface. "I've never thought that the Moon would look like this. Don't we need to breathe?"
"I guess not," Ginny said, shrugging. Truth be told, she was kind of getting used to being the Moon Goddess. She took in the smell of the roses again, and then set them down in a vase that had suddenly appeared when she had been thinking about having one to put the roses into. "Jamie said that I didn't have to breathe here because all Gods and Goddesses didn't need to breathe anywhere. But I don't know why you don't have to breathe."
"Oh," Draco said, just casually looking around the Moon in awe. "So, what did you want to talk about? I mean I know that you want to talk about being the new Moon Goddess, so talk away." *************************************************************************** ******************
Me: Well? Good chapter? I got a million ideas for this chapter and the next from some really great friends, and so I would like to thank them for all of their help.
Hermione Elizabeth Granger: Thanks for the great ideas. I will be using most of them in the next chapter.
Dancing Skittles: Thanks a million for all of the ideas. I used some of the ideas in this one, but most will be in the next chapter, and possibly the one after that.
Thanks to both of you, I have enough inspiration to write my next chapter, and this chapter! With out all of the wonderful ideas from you guys, I would probably still have the major writer's block that I had before you gave me all of your ideas. Thanks!
"What is it, Hermione?" Ron asked distantly. He and Harry were playing Wizard's Chess and he didn't want to get distracted from the game. Besides, he and Ginny were really close, so he knew most everything about her, because she had made a habit of telling him when her other brothers laughed at her, or pushed her away.
Hermione opened her mouth as if to say something, thought better of it, and closed it again. What if Ginny didn't want her to go and blab about her becoming the Moon Goddess? But how was she supposed to cover it up? She hadn't a clue. She knew that she just couldn't say "Oh, never mind, I don't know if Ginny wants me to tell you or not," because they boys would probably just keep at her until she finally told. So, she had to tell them something. She glanced at the chessboard, and a sudden thought struck her.
"Ginny has decided that she is going to teach me how to play Wizard's Chess." It was the only idea she could think of. She hoped they bought it. Hermione wasn't very good at telling lies, and any person could usually tell if she was telling a lie or not. She grinned as Harry and Ron both looked up at her, both slightly confused.
"That's, um, great, Hermione," Harry said, giving her a lopsided smile. "It's about time that you learned how to play it," he joked. "Ron and I have been just bugging you to learn for the last, oh, six years, I'd say, wouldn't you Ron?"
"Yeah. Sounds about right," Ron said, also smiling up at Hermione. "It's great that you're willing to learn from an actual person, instead of a book. You're always trying to learn everything you can from books. I remember in our first year when Madam Hooch told us all that flying was something that we couldn't learn out of a book. The look on your face was priceless!"
"Well, Ron Weasley," Hermione said coldly, "you should try reading a book for once. I know it'll be difficult at first, but I think you'll find that you might actually learn something from them." He and Harry stopped laughing. "And I do believe that your broom didn't come to you right away, and you getting mad because Harry's did."
"Is there a point to this?" Ron asked coolly. "Because Harry and I have a game to finish, if you don't mind, Hermione." Harry sensed a row coming on and leaned against the couch with his hands behind his head.
"Actually, I was hoping that maybe you and Harry would teach me a bit of chess before Ginny did," Hermione replied as calmly as she could. "That way I won't look completely stupid," she said reluctantly, taking her eyes from Harry and Ron to the floor, trying to avoid eye contact with them so that they wouldn't be able to tell that she was lying.
"Of course we will, Hermione!" cried Harry joyfully, sitting up again. He was happy that a row hadn't broken out between his two best friends. "Won't we, Ron?"
"Um, sure we will, Hermione," Ron replied, reluctantly clearing his and Harry's game pieces so they could start over and show Hermione how to play as they went along.
Gradually, Hermione started to catch on to the game. The rules didn't take her very long to understand, because Hermione was always good with rules. She watched Ron and Harry play another game while she asked them questions, and then she challenged Harry to a game. She would have asked Ron to play with her, but she knew he was too good to challenge yet, and that she would definitely lose to him. Harry was good, too, but Hermione felt that she might at least have some kind of chance against him.
"So, Ginny came to talk to me today," Hermione said casually, moving one of her pawns forward. "She had a lot to say, you know. She told me something-" Hermione coughed- "completely unbelievable."
"Oh?" Ron said, raising an eyebrow. He was sitting near the board, watching the game. "And what was this 'completely unbelievable' thing that Ginny said to you, exactly, Hermione?"
"She told me that she was the, um.." Hermione trailed away, searching for words. "Well, Ginny told me that she was the Moon Goddess."
Somehow Hermione felt so incredibly guilty that it was making her sick. She knew how Ginny's temper got out of hand at times, and knew that she shouldn't have told Ron and Harry about Ginny. She should have waited until Ginny was ready to tell them. Hermione hung her head low and sighed sadly, awaiting Ron and Harry's reaction while she showed them the goddess book that she had checked out from the library. **************************************************************************** ******************
Ginny had decided to get Draco and take him to the Moon so they could have some more time to talk about this new thing that was going on with her. She was grateful that Draco hadn't freaked out about learning that Ginny was the Moon Goddess, and that he had taken it quite well. She had no idea that Hermione had just told her brother and Harry about her being the goddess of the Moon, and it was probably for the better that she didn't (A/N: Because, trust me, Ginny is going to FLIP out when she finds out).
"These are for you," someone said behind Ginny on the Hogwarts grounds. Ginny hadn't taken Draco yet; she had only told him to meet her out here. "A beautiful flower for a beautiful girl." Suddenly all Ginny could see was a dozen red roses in her face.
"Oh, Draco!" she exclaimed. "They're lovely!" She took them from him and took in the sweet smell of them. "Thank you. You're so sweet, Draco Malfoy." She smiled and stood up to give him a hug.
"You're quite welcome, Miss Ginny," Draco replied, hugging Ginny back. He could smell the kind of shampoo and perfume Ginny used. He grinned. "Like I said, beautiful flowers for a beautiful girl."
She kissed his cheek and smiled. "Now, I want to take you to the Moon for a while, so we can talk in private," she said, "about the things that have been happening lately. I just have to remember how to get there. Jamie told me, but I can't really remember."
"Take your time," he replied, shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly. "I'm in no hurry."
Eventually, Ginny did remember how to get to the Moon. But the problem was that she didn't know how to take Draco with her. Jamie hadn't told her how to take someone else with her. So, Ginny called for Jamie, and she came down with a wriggling baby Edward in her arms.
"Hello, milady," Jamie said, trying to keep a hold of Edward, who was babbling about rocks and trying to get out of her arms. "What do you need? Lovely roses, by the way."
"Oh, thank you. Draco gave them to me. Well, I wanted to go to the Moon," Ginny said and Jamie nodded, "but I also wanted to take Draco with me, but you never taught me how to take other people with me to the Moon."
"Oh, it's quite simple," she said with a smile. "All you need to do is take the hand of the person who you want to take with you, and think of the place clearly that you want to go, and you will be there. Edward, no!" Edward had managed to get out of Jamie's arms, and was crawling toward the lake. Jamie ran after him, and Ginny took Draco's hand (A/N: Not letting the roses go, of course) and took him to the Moon.
"Wow," Draco said looking around the Moon's surface. "I've never thought that the Moon would look like this. Don't we need to breathe?"
"I guess not," Ginny said, shrugging. Truth be told, she was kind of getting used to being the Moon Goddess. She took in the smell of the roses again, and then set them down in a vase that had suddenly appeared when she had been thinking about having one to put the roses into. "Jamie said that I didn't have to breathe here because all Gods and Goddesses didn't need to breathe anywhere. But I don't know why you don't have to breathe."
"Oh," Draco said, just casually looking around the Moon in awe. "So, what did you want to talk about? I mean I know that you want to talk about being the new Moon Goddess, so talk away." *************************************************************************** ******************
Me: Well? Good chapter? I got a million ideas for this chapter and the next from some really great friends, and so I would like to thank them for all of their help.
Hermione Elizabeth Granger: Thanks for the great ideas. I will be using most of them in the next chapter.
Dancing Skittles: Thanks a million for all of the ideas. I used some of the ideas in this one, but most will be in the next chapter, and possibly the one after that.
Thanks to both of you, I have enough inspiration to write my next chapter, and this chapter! With out all of the wonderful ideas from you guys, I would probably still have the major writer's block that I had before you gave me all of your ideas. Thanks!
