Revisions

Chapter Seven: Friendship

LunarianPrincess

Ginny has returned to Hogwarts with one goal in her mind, escaping the self-righteous control of her brother and his friends. Reading and friends become her sanctuary and she finds that her favorite author has just released a new work, with her as the heroine. She becomes focused on finding the identity of the author and is shocked when she finds out. Throughout her school year she finds out who she is, and is a new collaborator with the famous author who she can't stand and who can't stand her. What's a frustrated girl to do, why, revise the story to fit her needs.

This chapter is dedicated to one of the best reviewers ever, Dracosbaby7 thanks for the wonderful encouragement and honesty!

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"Gautire said that" she responded to his quotation. He looked sharply at her, astonished that she knew the quote let alone who had said it. He stared out the window, deep in contemplation about his new subject. He was confused on why she occupied his thoughts so often, sure he was consumed with the subjects of his writings, but they had never before been a real person. His eyes drifted back to study her. Her head was bent studiously over something she had perched in her lap, the sunlight streaming in from the narrow window behind her backlit her intensely crimson curls. He stood, determined to get away from her intoxicating and hypnotic presence. In his haste he dropped the book from his lap, also he startled her, causing her to jump and drop her book. He cursed himself as he knelt to pick up his book, he bumped his head against hers as she scrambled for her book. He gripped his head as his eyes met her mesmerizing hazel ones. She licked her lips nervously, unintentionally drawing his attention to them. His silver eyes darkened with intention, causing Ginny to catch her breath in anticipation. He leaned forward and Ginny tipped her head, meeting his lips with her own. She sighed and before she could blink he had grabbed a book and raced away.

Now:

Ginny let out a huff of frustration, grabbing her books and shoving them in her bag. She shoved away from the floor and stalked out of the library, heading for her sanctuary. She raced up to her room, her world narrowing to just the stairs in front of her as she hurried towards her room.

Tia looked at her expectantly as she burst through the door. She was perched on a small twin bed that lay in a small wing attached to the room Ginny already had. It was in a deep teal and green which complemented the silver and maroon that were the colors Ginny had always liked.

"I want to stand out," this stark statement made Tia nod understandingly. "I have an idea, will you help me with a makeover tonight?" Ginny knew that Tia had already finished her homework, just as she knew what her answer would be.

"I'd be delighted to help you," Tia stood, standing behind her in front of the full length mirror Ginny was staring into. "Where do you want to start?" Ginny grabbed a hank of her curly red hair.

Tia grabbed her wand a magazine off her nightstand, she flipped it open and began looking for a style they could emulate. She found one she liked and instructed Ginny to get in the shower while she found the required materials. Ginny gladly stripped and walked into the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her and her wand in her hand, in case she had to summon anything in the shower. She was grateful for Dumbledore's indulgence, she had been able to sleep at night by herself, and she didn't have to worry about her roommates thinking she was weird. She nearly gasped when she saw what he had done to her bathroom. It was now triple the size it had been, it held a sunken tub with a dozen faucets and a standing shower with nozzles all down the side and a waterfall showerhead. There were two separate sinks and a wall of mirrors that led to a walk-in closet, she gasped at the luxury of it.

She laid her towel and wand on the small bench that stood by the side of the tub, she knelt and examined the different labels on the fountains. The first 6 were different scents, lavender, rose, raspberry, vanilla, jasmine, and orange blossom. The other six were different color bubble baths, fizzies and bath salts. She turned on the orange blossom and vanilla scents and nice blue bubbles flooded out of another nozzle, not to mention soothing bath salts and moisturizing fizzies. She grabbed her wand and lit the candles that were scattered around the bathroom. She laid her wand back down before piling her curls on top of her head. She turned off the flow of liquids and sank languidly into the relaxing, steamy bath. She lay there a few minutes before she began to scrub and wash herself. In a half hour she rose from the suds and gave herself a quick rinse in the shower. She wrapped her towel around her hair and grabbed a deep maroon robe that hung near the sink she had decided was for her.

She exited the bathroom and noticed that Tia had done a lot while she was in the bath. The middle of the room had been cleared and now there rested a comfortable low backed chair and a small table full of beauty products and other beauty implements refined by magicians. She took a deep breath and braced herself.

"You've been busy," she said to her new friend. Tia responded with a wry laugh and a small shrug.

"I mentioned the makeover to Golda, the house elf in charge of our section of the girl dorms and she said that the house elves wanted to help Miss Ginny anyway they could so they lugged all this up for me," Ginny laughed at the thought of Golda, the matronly house elf had been dropping hints that Ginny should care more about her image for a long time, she had probably been ecstatic at the thought that Ginny now wanted to alter her image. Ginny shook her head resignedly and sank into the chair. "Now, we should start with the hair, as that's something I really don't know how to do," Tia said this apologetically. Ginny laughed at her friend's expression and smiled reassuringly at her.

"Excuse me, misses, but Golda know how to do hair, she did it for Mistress Adsila Adamina, and she said Golda is one of the best." Tia mouthed 'who?' at her, Ginny smiled and whispered back, 'a headmistress from like hundreds of years ago,'

"Golda, I would love it if you could do my hair," Ginny faced the mirror and closed her eyes, she felt Golda comb her hair and heard the snips as she trimmed it. Golda snapped her fingers and Ginny's hair instantly dried. Ginny slowly opened her eyes and saw Tia and Golda beaming at her image in the mirror. Her crimson hair hung in curls that framed her face, the overall effect was astounding, her auburn hair had copper glints in it and the curls bounced lightly around her shoulder blades. Golda had not taken much length off but the cut lightened her curly hair, allowing it to curl freely, and there was a crème she had rubbed in to make sure there was no more frizz. Ginny gave a delighted squeal and hugged Golda impulsively.

"Thank you Golda, I look so much better!" at this heartfelt thanks Golda blushed and disappeared with a crack. Ginny turned to Tia to see what her new friend thought.

"I thought you were beautiful before but now you are stunning," with this simple statement Ginny blushed profusely. "I wonder if Golda could be persuaded to do your hair Saturday morning before our first Hogsmeade trip," this statement hung in the air before Tia grabbed her wand and came to stand by Ginny. "I thought we could do a manicure/pedicure spell but I also have a cool potion thing which would you prefer?"

Ginny looked at the package that lay on the table and saw the cool designs she could choose from. "Today lets just use the spell and that first Saturday we can use the potion thingie, I have a better idea, lets wait to showcase our new beauty and style for the first Saturday, maybe we can work on transfiguring some of our clothes for the trip, what do you think?"

"Our new look?" Hestia asked hesitantly.

"Of course, you are already lovely so you don't need as much help as I do but we can get some nice new gloves for you, elegant ones that match your personality instead of plain black and maybe we could get different pairs for different occasions, why I know you come from money because you and your family have great clothes and great supplies for school so you can afford the looks, me I've got to make do with transfigured clothes which never quite come out right for me." She got silent a second. "I didn't mean for that to sound self-pitying I just meant that it occurs that you hide behind your appearance like I hid behind mine, and I thought maybe you would like to change also, I'm sorry sometimes my mouth runs away from my tact." She looked down, ashamed at what she had said to her new best friend.

"Ginny," her name was said breathlessly and Ginny was horrified to think she had caused her friend to cry. She looked up and was astonished to note that Tia was not crying but in fact was laughing. "I agree with you, and you are right my family is rich and I understand where you are coming from and I would love to be a part of your 'change'," Ginny grinned excitedly and hugged her friend tightly.

"Okay, Tia we will start with our plan tomorrow but tonight I am tired and I think we should get to know each other better, so lets clear this up," with a quick spell the stuff had been banished to the corner and they had curled up on the window seat staring out over the moonlit landscape. They spent the rest of the night talking about their childhoods and what had happened between the people they loved and what had happened so far this school year. In the wee hours of the morning they finally stumbled into bed and fell deeply asleep.

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Well, that was an interesting glimpse of a developing friendship. I just felt that people needed to know where Ginny and Tia were coming from. Also I wanted to give her a reason to want to change, which will alter her relationship with Draco. Tell me what you think, do you want more romance or side story or what. I love hearing from my readers so please tell me if you have an idea or what you think about the show.

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