Nothing could slow down Ginny Weasley. It was the day of the Potter's ball and she had chores to do. It didn't matter that Wisteria had had a hissy fit when she found out Ginny would be going, or that Draco kept trying to give her more work to do. She was going to that ball, she was going to see Harry, and nothing would get in her way.
Narcissa had asked for a lot of tasks to be done. But even with Draco purposely dirtying everything up and Wisteria breaking random objects in her immature rage, Ginny still finished with plenty of time to get ready for the ball.
Come on Orion, breakfast is ready." An anxious Harry yelled as he shook his beast friend awake.
Bleary eyed, Orion sat up, his midnight black hair falling perfectly in place, (even after sleeping for hours).
"What time is it?" He asked in a hoarse voice. He didn't particularly like being woken up before he was ready, (and that was around noon), but he was used to it by now.
"It's time for breakfast. Now get your lazy ass out of bed." Harry informed him.
He pulled down the comforter off the bed completely and shoved a half-naked Orion out of bed.
Orion stood and stretched, giving Harry a nice view of his toned chest.
"Stop showing off. Now one here's impressed." Harry said.
"You know you want me."
Harry made a face of disgust and started throwing random clothing at him.
Orion laughed and got dressed into whatever Harry threw. Needless to say he wasn't exactly matching.
"What's the hurry anyway?" He asked Harry as they made their way to the kitchens. They were having breakfast in there since the Great Hall was being decorated for later.
"There's no hurry." Harry said as though he had known Orion would ask.
"Is someone expecting to see another certain someone?" Orion teased.
"Shut up Orion."
"Are you excited about seeing Cinderella?" He said in a singly voice.
Harry didn't answer. Instead he started to power walk the last stretch of hallway that led to the portrait entrance of the kitchen.
"How much sleep did you get last night?" Orion asked seriously.
They had stopped just outside the portrait of fruit.
"About 3 hours. I kept coming down here for sweets and now I'm wide awake." He said.
When he finished, he tickled the pear, which turned into a doorknob, and entered the kitchen.
"Hey, you two are down here early this morning." Lily said from the table.
"I thought Harry would be hiding away in his room all day." Remus said, teasing only a little bit.
"Yeah, right." Orion muttered. Harry shut him up with a punch on the shoulder. "Sorry."
They took their seats with the adults and everyone started breakfast.
Harry was practically inhaling the food on his plate. While Lily told him all the things he needed to make sure were done, he only nodded. Didn't even complain about a clothes fitting later that afternoon.
"You know Harry, just because you're eating breakfast really fast, won't make the day go any quicker." Orion said from next to him, taking away the 5th slice of toast Harry was about to eat.
"It won't?"
Everyone shook their heads no.
Harry sighed; it was going to be a long day.
"I can't believe you're coming." A high-pitched voice said from inside an expensive, old-fashioned carriage.
Ginny had finished getting ready just in time to catch the carriage. Something Draco and Wisteria were not happy about.
"I don't know why you decided to go. It's not like you're pretty or anything. No one even wants you there." Wisteria said. She was frantically trying to make Ginny back out of the night, and leave her with all the guys there.
The truth was, Ginny looked lovely. Her brothers had picked out a simple lavender gown that went straight to the floor, covering her white high heels. Her hair was put into a curly bun with wisps framing her face. There were diamond clips glittering in the red, elegant – but – messy hair-do.
"Don't even think about speaking to me when we arrive."
Ginny kept quiet in her seat across from the two blondes. If Wisteria wanted to get her down, she could try all she wanted. Nothing could ruin her now. Not when she was on her way to see the prince.
"You should just-"
"Wisteria, keep quiet will you?" Draco said in a bored voice.
His sister crossed her arms in front of her chest and leaned back. Her lips pursed, showing that she was annoyed and was being over dramatic.
Draco sighed in silent relief. His sister had the most annoying voice.
He wasn't exactly giddy about Ginny going to the ball either, but he couldn't help but disagree to what Wisteria was saying.
Draco cast his gaze to the red head across from him. She was definitely looking hot in that dress. He couldn't help it. A part of him has wanted her in his bed ever since she actually started looking like a women instead of a gangly…thing.
And just looking at her gave him the evil idea to do something about it.
"Do you know why mum invited you to go?" He asked Ginny smoothly.
Ginny was surprised that he would actually talk to her since they haven't had a real conversation… ever.
"Maybe because she wants me to have fun outside of house work."
Draco laughed at her naïve response. He did actually know why his mother had told Ginny to go, and he had every intention on filling this girl in.
"You obviously don't know Narcissa Malfoy very well." He chuckled slightly then continued. "Mum doesn't do anything that she can't benefit from. Having you go to the ball gives her one less servant in the manor. Not much benefit in that. Unless she finally realizes that your actually not that ugly. In fact, you could probably attract a couple of wealthy men willing to pay for your, services. It's not that hard to figure out Ginny. She wants to sell you off to a man. Maybe more."
Well that certainly surprised Ginny. She had absolutely no idea that had been in Narcissa's head. If she had, she definitely wouldn't have come. When she looked at Draco he had a big smirk on his face.
She wasn't the only one in shock. Wisteria had come out of her pout when Draco was talking. She didn't know that her mother could be so smart. It would obviously bring in some more money. For once in her life, Wisteria was actually proud of her mum's self-centered and cunning mind.
"That can't be true." Ginny said when she was able to talk.
"Oh, but it is." Draco assured her.
He tapped on the wall behind him, smirking at Ginny the whole time. The knock got the driver's attention and he pulled over to the side of the dirt road.
"Why are we stopping Draco?" Wisteria asked. Wondering if she could push Ginny out and then wander into the ball without her.
"Shut up Wisteria." He opened the small door that was on his side. "After you, Red." He said to Ginny this time.
"I'm not going out there." Ginny said. There was no way she was getting off the carriage when she had no idea how to get home or to the Hogwarts' castle. She couldn't trust the Malfoy children to not just take off. Plus her shoes would get ruined in the mud.
When he still held the door open and Ginny still didn't get out, he got frustrated and pulled her arm that was crossed the same way his sister's was earlier.
Not expecting for the tug, Ginny fell out of the carriage and stumbled over the rocky side road.
"What do you think you're doing!"? Ginny yelled at him.
"Something I've wanted since youwere 15. Wisteria, stay in the carriage and don't even think about taking off. I'll be ten minutes, tops."
"What am I supposed to do in the mean time?" The small blonde said from inside the carriage. She didn't want to be stuck in this stupid thing alone for that long.
"Flirt with the driver." He said. He didn't wait for a response, only grabbed Ginny by the arm again and started to drag her into the woods that were only a few feet away from where they had been standing.
"Let go of me!" Ginny yelled. She struggled against him, but his grip was tight and she was sure she would have a bruise.
"Come on Gin,"
"Don't call me that."
He chuckled at her deadly tone. "Okay, what about… Cinderella." He whispered the last part in her ear when he had stopped and pulled her close to him.
"Not that either. Just let me go." She twisted and turned against the hold that he had, but it wasn't working.
His arms were now on both of her upper arms and he backed her into a tree.
"Ginny, I've wanted to do this for a long time, so excuse me if this may seem rushed." He said with a totally straight face. He was really starting to freak Ginny out now.
She struggled even harder, but that caused him to move her arms overhead and hold her in place with his whole body.
"Stop moving, you don't have to worry about anything." He whispered in her ear.
"Let me go!" She yelled. She was loud, but not loud enough for anyone who cared to hear.
He was chuckling again. He moved his face down to hers and before she could react, his lips were pressing against hers and she felt his tongue press against her closed mouth.
She couldn't move her upper body and even though she wasn't responding to the kiss at all, he was certainly responding in more ways then one.
Deciding that this situation was not going to turn out any good, Ginny frantically thought of something, anything that would get Draco off of her. A tiny distraction, that's all she needed. She could push him off and run away. She knew she was faster, even in a dress. He could run for longer, but he probably wouldn't go after her, and it was the probably that worried her.
He moved his mouth to her neck and slipped one of the dresses' straps off with his teeth.
"Please! Stop!" She yelled again. She kept repeating it. She could feel him marking her neck and the tears that she had been holding fell down her cheeks. "Stop." She said again, hoping it would make a difference, but knowing it wouldn't.
She felt him smile against her face, as he had made his way to expanse of skin by her ear.
Smiling. He was smiling! The fury that she felt at that moment could have made her explode. He couldn't take advantage of her like that and then smile! He was enjoying her not being able to defend herself.
The anger had caused her tears to stop for now. When he shifted to the other side of her neck, she took a chance and bucked her knee up as hard as she could.
"Ohhhh!" Draco moaned and immediately bent over forward, giving Ginny room to run. He tried to grab her with one hand, but only succeeded in ripping the dress.
Not caring where she was going, she ran farther into the woods, ducking branches and tripping on hidden roots.
She ran faster when she thought she heard him behind her, but it was too dark to see anything in the dense trees.
Finally she came to a clearing. There was a little stream running through it and was surrounded by pine trees.
She slowed down and looked behind her, making sure Draco hadn't followed. Confident that he couldn't find her if he had even looked, she sat down on the ground and caught her breath.
Her hair was a mess, the clips mostly had fallen out and it was now a frizzy ball. Her dress was ripped in many places. It came up to her thighs now with shreds hanging down. The straps were gone and she realized that she had absolutely no idea where she was and how to get back.
With the anger from before now completely gone and the panic that had caused her to run ebbing away, the tears came back in full force.
Ginny pulled her legs up and wrapped them in her arms and sobbed into her knees, not knowing what to do.
"Well this looks like some predicament you've gotten yourself into." A strong female voice said from behind her.
Ginny shrieked and jumped up. Who could possibly be out this deep in the woods?
When she turned around she was facing an older women, probably in her forties or fifties. She was tall and wearing a sophisticated robe with a wand held in her hand. She had sharp eyes and a pointy nose. Her brown hair was pulled back into a tight bun at the nape of her neck.
"Umm, who are you?" Ginny asked cautiously, only semi-aware of the leftover state of her dress and her tear-stained face.
The women smiled at her warmly, (by the way it seemed to almost pain her to do so, Ginny guessed she didn't do it very often.) "I am Minerva Martha Mcgonagall, your Fairy Godmother."
A/N: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's been about 2 weeks and I've been feeling so guilty for not updating.
I went on vacation to Mexico and before I left I had writer's block, real bad so I couldn't let anyone know I was going to be away. I didn't want to leave you all with a chapter that was complete crap. I'm really really really sorry.
How bout this chapter? I honestly didn't even know I was going to do that. I just started writing and that's what happened. Sorry if you like Draco and he turned out to be an a$$, it just worked out that way.
That's it, don't forget to REVIEW!
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