Disclaimer: 1. What I own: Nothing
2. What J.K. Rowling owns: The Harry Potter books, and
all characters within those books, which I only borrowed for
use in this story.
3. What you will get if you sue me: The pennies hidden
in the seats of my car and a few empty aluminum cans, maybe,
unless I need to sell them for gas money.......
Author's note: Thank you for all the reviews. I welcome all reviews, and I don't mind constructive criticism. I promise to review back for everyone who has reviewed my story (if you have one published here) as soon as possible. I haven't been reading much fan fiction lately though, because this story has chained me to the computer and is forcing me to write, and write, and write.... Can't ...type..... anymore........, please.... story.... please.... just let me go to sleep....
And on to the story...
Summary: Ginny Weasley has given up on dating, but fate has an evil plan. Last time, in "The Least Likely Prince Charming", we ended with a ticked off Ginny, a bunch of scared 7th years, and a SMILING Draco.... What more could happen? Lots and lots more.....
Chapter 4 - Is Fate Trying to Kill Me?
Hogwart's had become a different place since "THAT" day. The day that would forever be remembered by the students. The day that would be simultaneously known in Hogwart's history as "The day Ginny Weasley went nuts" and "The day Draco Malfoy smiled". Both occurrences were so rare and unexpected, that no one would have ever believed they would happen in the same day. Students could still be seen in corners, whispering about "THAT" day.
Following that day, the Bat Bogey Epidemic had appeared to have died down. The boys at Hogwarts had learned to leave Ginny alone. Some of the younger boys were even seen hiding in strange places, trying to avoid the red headed girl. Dennis Creevy had even been known to duck into any nearby door whenever he saw Ginny in the hallways and had caused quite a commotion when he unknowingly ducked into the girl's bathroom in an attempt to avoid Ginny. It was also rumored that Shane McFee, a 6th year Hufflepuff who shares a couple of classes with Ginny, had requested a transfer into different classes, to avoid the Weasley girl.
Something else happened at Hogwarts following "THAT" day, and it was very strange indeed. Some of the Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor girls started looking at Draco Malfoy. This hadn't happened very much before, because despite how handsome the Slytherin boy was, he was always seen with a mocking smirk or a scowl on his face, which scared most of the girl's away. Now, some of the girls were seen making shy glances at Draco, with thoughtful looks in their admiring eyes.... Draco, however, was oblivious to the girl's glances as he walked down the hallway. Draco was, in fact, bored, and was on the prowl for some first year to bully around. With Snape still being absent from Hogwart's on "personal business", Draco had found his usual boredom relieving activity of getting points deducted from that git Potter and his sidekicks a lot tougher. Although, he could probably still get that Weasley girl in trouble...
Malfoy was quite amazed that he hadn't reported the Weasley girl for all the hexing he had observed her doing. With all the witnesses in Advanced Transfiguration, he was sure someone would have collaborated his story if he went to McGonigal or Hooch or even that senile old muggle-lover Dumbledore. But, for some reason unknown even to Malfoy himself, he hadn't done anything in the week since the incident, and he had really no desire to do so now.
Ginny Weasley had calmed down considerably since the day she had hexed Justin. She knew that Justin definitely didn't deserve to be hexed, and had often tried to apologize in the last week, but for some reason, he always seemed to turn around and walk quickly in the opposite direction every time he saw her coming..... The more Ginny thought about it, she realized that Justin wasn't the only boy that did that. Which was fine with Ginny. She had a couple of select friends who were boys that she hung around and talked to, like Harry, Ron, and Neville, but that was really all she needed. She had, after all, vowed to never date any more boys while she was a Hogwart's.
Ginny was currently gathering her things for the Quidditch game that was coming up against Slytherin this afternoon. Ginny was on the team as a Chaser this year. Harry was still the Seeker for the team and Ron had remained Keeper for the team, as well as taking on responsibility as team captain this year. Ron was actually a rather good team captain, even though he had somehow gained Hermione's drive for perfection, when it came to Quidditch. That was why Ginny was preparing her robes and things so early, as Ron had demanded the team come to the field an hour early to discuss strategy for the game.
As Ginny headed off to the Quidditch field, she saw Ron and Hermione in the hallway fighting. She really didn't feel like getting involved in one of their lover's spats, so she tried to pretend like she didn't see them. But, as with all things in her life at the moment, Ginny was just not that lucky.
"Ginny!" Ron yelled as when he saw his sister. "Tell Hermione that there is SO a picture of Viktor Krum with some blonde chick in Witch Weekly!!" Ron said, very loudly, with self-satisfied look on his face.
"Ron, your sister is certainly smart enough to know that those pictures are never real..." Hermione yelled back at Ron.
Ginny just watched them argue with an uncomfortable look on her face, and tried to tactfully get the hell out of the line of fire. She still, however, caught some bits and pieces as she attempted to get away.
"Well, why would that stupid prat want to come here and visit you, anyway!" Ron was saying, putting his foot in his mouth, of course, as his face turned steadily redder, coming close to the color of his hair.
"Unlike some people, Ron, Viktor actually knows I'm a girl, and he knows what to do with one!!" Hermione stated as she turned around and stalked away.
Ron looked at Ginny, shaking his head. "Girls...." he said.
Ginny just gave Ron a look, which of course made him remember that Ginny was a girl, and would not be the best person to complain to about girls in general.
"Sorry, Gin. You're a sister, not a girl.." he said, digging himself deeper into the hole.
Ginny just raised an eyebrow at him and said "Let's just go to the Quidditch field already, Ron, before you say something else stupid."
Ron gathered up his broom, and headed off to the Quidditch field, with his sister following behind.
Draco Malfoy had witnessed the whole Mudblood/muggle-lover fight, and was slightly amused. He thought the two of them were rather funny. Anybody, even Draco Malfoy, could see that Potter's sidekicks would rather be snogging each other than following Potter around. But, for some reason, the two of them would just fight, constantly. Draco wondered how Potter could stand it sometimes. Then he wondered how they could stand Potter. This gave Draco something to think about for a while...
Meanwhile, while Draco was contemplating life, Ginny was currently trying to resist the urge to hex someone on the quidditch team. She just kept trying to think happy thoughts, and tried to ignore how much of a git her brother was being.
"And we have all these stupid girls on the team...." Ron was currently saying to Harry as they discussed a game strategy. Ginny looked at Sarah and Meghan, her fellow chasers, and saw the disgruntled looks on their faces get worse as Ron continued. Ginny decided it was time to intervene, even if she couldn't hex her brother.
"Ron, you might want to cool the girl-hater vibe. This is a team you know." Ginny said, in what she thought was a reasonable tone of voice.
The other boys on the team, started backing away, except for Ron and Harry, when Ron said to Ginny, "Oh Ginny, who asked you? Why don't you just go do your nails or something until the game starts."
Ginny knew her brother well enough to know that he was only saying these things because he was still mad at Hermione, and wanted to pick a fight with anyone he could. But Ginny really wasn't in the mood to deal with her prat of a brother right now....
"Ron, I think you need to cool it down a little before we have a mutiny here..." Harry said as he tried to calm down his angry friend. But Ron wasn't in the mood to listen as visions of Hermione and Krum continued to dance in his head...
"Harry, shut up! Ginny and the PMS squad, shut up, and pay attention to these plans. I know how tough it is for you girls to do anything but bitch about stuff, but we have a Quidditch match to discuss here." Ron said, as he bent over his precious plans, not even seeing the 3 wands pointed in his direction.....
After Madame Pomfrey cleared up Ron's combination of a Bat Bogey hex, ear enlarging charm, and silencing charm, he was back down at the field and ready to play Quidditch. He did, however glare at the girls, until all three touched their wands fondly, at which point Ron backed away and said "I'm sorry I was such a git" like he was coached, as an approving Harry nodded his head at Ron's words.
At this point the game was about ready to start, and the team gathered up their brooms to get ready to fly onto the field. Ginny looked over and saw the Slytherin team, where she saw that blonde git Malfoy sitting between Crabbe and Goyle, with a bored look on his face, and his Firebolt 3 in his hand. She knew this was going to be a difficult match, because all the Slytherin players were huge and tough looking, and as much as she hated to admit it, their team was just as good as hers.
Madame Hooch called the players on the field, and everyone mounted their broomsticks, and got into position. Then Madame Hooch released the balls. Ginny was a chaser, so she was right in the thick of it, trying to get points for the team. Out of the corner of her eye, as Ginny watched for the Quaffle to be thrown to her and as she dodged Bludgers, she saw Malfoy and Harry, circling around the rest of the players as they looked for the golden Snitch.
Malfoy was watching for the Snitch, and observing Potter to make sure he didn't see the Snitch first. So far, he hadn't seen that tiny glint of gold, so he watched the action of the other players. He saw that Weasley girl score again, with a speed and grace on the broomstick that few could match. He knew that she would be the new seeker on the Gryffindor team next year, as Potter would be graduating with him this year. As Malfoy watched and waited, he suddenly saw it. That flash of gold, over on the ground, and he dove for it....
Ginny saw Malfoy and Harry diving for the snitch, and flew out of their way. Unfortunately, it was at that moment that Crabbe slammed a Bludger directly at her. Ginny tried to dodge the Bludger, but it slammed into her broom stick, causing her to veer out of control. At that exact moment, Malfoy and Harry flew right into the path of where her out of control broomstick was headed.....
The next thing Ginny knew, she was in a heap on the ground, with her limbs entangled with the boy whom she happened to be on top of. "Malfoy, are you okay?" Ginny said, as her head cleared and she realized what had happened. She had taken Malfoy down with her, and they had both ended up crashing in the lawn surrounding the Quidditch field. Luckily, Dumbledore must have charmed their landing so that they didn't land too hard, but Ginny was still aching from the impact, and she suspected Malfoy must be in a lot worse shape.
Malfoy just groaned as the Weasley girl asked him if he was okay. The landing could have been a little softer... But still, he couldn't complain about ending up with a pretty girl on top of him... Then Draco realized that this was a Weasley he was thinking about being pretty...
Then Draco said, "Damn, Weasley, do I LOOK like a pillow to you? Why the hell do you keep falling on me? Are you TRYING to kill me?" Draco was a little upset, as this was the second time the girl had landed on top of him.
" Believe me, if I had a choice, you'd be the last person I'd pick to break my fall, Malfoy. Maybe its fate's sick idea of a joke." Ginny joked, as she disentangled her limbs from Draco's, pushed herself off the ground, and rubbed her sore elbow.
Draco just laid there for a moment longer, looking up at the red head, and scowling as he said "Well, then, I think fate's trying to kill me...., because you sure aren't light, Weasley."
It was at this point that the first of the crowd of concerned people reached the scene of the accident. In the lead was Ginny's very worried mother, closely followed by her oldest brother Charlie, who had also come to watch the match. Molly Weasley was crying, and gave a squeal as she saw Ginny standing and in one piece, running over to envelop the girl in a huge hug. Charlie took a look at the blonde haired boy still sitting on the ground, and offered him a hand. Draco just glared at the Weasley, and got up without any assistance, and looked around at the crowd approaching the scene. Potter and his Weasley sidekick were on their way over, but were having difficulty because Ron had to help the limping Harry. Well, at least that Weasley girl took out Potter too, Malfoy thought spitefully. He looked over at the girl, who was still being attacked by a plump red haired older woman, who must be her mother.
"I can't believe you're okay, oh,Ginny my poor baby...." Molly was saying, practically strangling Ginny with her hugs.
Charlie said, looking at Malfoy, "Well, mum, I think this boy here broke her fall...". Upon hearing this, Molly let go of Ginny, turned around, and embraced a surprised Draco in what he thought was a death grip. But then the woman started crying some more, and saying "Oh thank you, thank you..." as she, well..., hugged him, as Draco tried to squirm away.....
Fate saw the priceless look on Malfoy's face when Molly Weasley hugged him, and started to laugh, and laugh, and laugh... This plan was so much fun to watch.....
Coming up: Will Snape ever get done with his "personal business" and make an appearance in this story? What kind of joke have Fred and George cooked up now? And Draco and Ginny spend some quality time together in detention, I wonder why?..... Find out all this and more in Chapter 5, "My Frog's Not Working, Can I Kiss Yours?"
2. What J.K. Rowling owns: The Harry Potter books, and
all characters within those books, which I only borrowed for
use in this story.
3. What you will get if you sue me: The pennies hidden
in the seats of my car and a few empty aluminum cans, maybe,
unless I need to sell them for gas money.......
Author's note: Thank you for all the reviews. I welcome all reviews, and I don't mind constructive criticism. I promise to review back for everyone who has reviewed my story (if you have one published here) as soon as possible. I haven't been reading much fan fiction lately though, because this story has chained me to the computer and is forcing me to write, and write, and write.... Can't ...type..... anymore........, please.... story.... please.... just let me go to sleep....
And on to the story...
Summary: Ginny Weasley has given up on dating, but fate has an evil plan. Last time, in "The Least Likely Prince Charming", we ended with a ticked off Ginny, a bunch of scared 7th years, and a SMILING Draco.... What more could happen? Lots and lots more.....
Chapter 4 - Is Fate Trying to Kill Me?
Hogwart's had become a different place since "THAT" day. The day that would forever be remembered by the students. The day that would be simultaneously known in Hogwart's history as "The day Ginny Weasley went nuts" and "The day Draco Malfoy smiled". Both occurrences were so rare and unexpected, that no one would have ever believed they would happen in the same day. Students could still be seen in corners, whispering about "THAT" day.
Following that day, the Bat Bogey Epidemic had appeared to have died down. The boys at Hogwarts had learned to leave Ginny alone. Some of the younger boys were even seen hiding in strange places, trying to avoid the red headed girl. Dennis Creevy had even been known to duck into any nearby door whenever he saw Ginny in the hallways and had caused quite a commotion when he unknowingly ducked into the girl's bathroom in an attempt to avoid Ginny. It was also rumored that Shane McFee, a 6th year Hufflepuff who shares a couple of classes with Ginny, had requested a transfer into different classes, to avoid the Weasley girl.
Something else happened at Hogwarts following "THAT" day, and it was very strange indeed. Some of the Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor girls started looking at Draco Malfoy. This hadn't happened very much before, because despite how handsome the Slytherin boy was, he was always seen with a mocking smirk or a scowl on his face, which scared most of the girl's away. Now, some of the girls were seen making shy glances at Draco, with thoughtful looks in their admiring eyes.... Draco, however, was oblivious to the girl's glances as he walked down the hallway. Draco was, in fact, bored, and was on the prowl for some first year to bully around. With Snape still being absent from Hogwart's on "personal business", Draco had found his usual boredom relieving activity of getting points deducted from that git Potter and his sidekicks a lot tougher. Although, he could probably still get that Weasley girl in trouble...
Malfoy was quite amazed that he hadn't reported the Weasley girl for all the hexing he had observed her doing. With all the witnesses in Advanced Transfiguration, he was sure someone would have collaborated his story if he went to McGonigal or Hooch or even that senile old muggle-lover Dumbledore. But, for some reason unknown even to Malfoy himself, he hadn't done anything in the week since the incident, and he had really no desire to do so now.
Ginny Weasley had calmed down considerably since the day she had hexed Justin. She knew that Justin definitely didn't deserve to be hexed, and had often tried to apologize in the last week, but for some reason, he always seemed to turn around and walk quickly in the opposite direction every time he saw her coming..... The more Ginny thought about it, she realized that Justin wasn't the only boy that did that. Which was fine with Ginny. She had a couple of select friends who were boys that she hung around and talked to, like Harry, Ron, and Neville, but that was really all she needed. She had, after all, vowed to never date any more boys while she was a Hogwart's.
Ginny was currently gathering her things for the Quidditch game that was coming up against Slytherin this afternoon. Ginny was on the team as a Chaser this year. Harry was still the Seeker for the team and Ron had remained Keeper for the team, as well as taking on responsibility as team captain this year. Ron was actually a rather good team captain, even though he had somehow gained Hermione's drive for perfection, when it came to Quidditch. That was why Ginny was preparing her robes and things so early, as Ron had demanded the team come to the field an hour early to discuss strategy for the game.
As Ginny headed off to the Quidditch field, she saw Ron and Hermione in the hallway fighting. She really didn't feel like getting involved in one of their lover's spats, so she tried to pretend like she didn't see them. But, as with all things in her life at the moment, Ginny was just not that lucky.
"Ginny!" Ron yelled as when he saw his sister. "Tell Hermione that there is SO a picture of Viktor Krum with some blonde chick in Witch Weekly!!" Ron said, very loudly, with self-satisfied look on his face.
"Ron, your sister is certainly smart enough to know that those pictures are never real..." Hermione yelled back at Ron.
Ginny just watched them argue with an uncomfortable look on her face, and tried to tactfully get the hell out of the line of fire. She still, however, caught some bits and pieces as she attempted to get away.
"Well, why would that stupid prat want to come here and visit you, anyway!" Ron was saying, putting his foot in his mouth, of course, as his face turned steadily redder, coming close to the color of his hair.
"Unlike some people, Ron, Viktor actually knows I'm a girl, and he knows what to do with one!!" Hermione stated as she turned around and stalked away.
Ron looked at Ginny, shaking his head. "Girls...." he said.
Ginny just gave Ron a look, which of course made him remember that Ginny was a girl, and would not be the best person to complain to about girls in general.
"Sorry, Gin. You're a sister, not a girl.." he said, digging himself deeper into the hole.
Ginny just raised an eyebrow at him and said "Let's just go to the Quidditch field already, Ron, before you say something else stupid."
Ron gathered up his broom, and headed off to the Quidditch field, with his sister following behind.
Draco Malfoy had witnessed the whole Mudblood/muggle-lover fight, and was slightly amused. He thought the two of them were rather funny. Anybody, even Draco Malfoy, could see that Potter's sidekicks would rather be snogging each other than following Potter around. But, for some reason, the two of them would just fight, constantly. Draco wondered how Potter could stand it sometimes. Then he wondered how they could stand Potter. This gave Draco something to think about for a while...
Meanwhile, while Draco was contemplating life, Ginny was currently trying to resist the urge to hex someone on the quidditch team. She just kept trying to think happy thoughts, and tried to ignore how much of a git her brother was being.
"And we have all these stupid girls on the team...." Ron was currently saying to Harry as they discussed a game strategy. Ginny looked at Sarah and Meghan, her fellow chasers, and saw the disgruntled looks on their faces get worse as Ron continued. Ginny decided it was time to intervene, even if she couldn't hex her brother.
"Ron, you might want to cool the girl-hater vibe. This is a team you know." Ginny said, in what she thought was a reasonable tone of voice.
The other boys on the team, started backing away, except for Ron and Harry, when Ron said to Ginny, "Oh Ginny, who asked you? Why don't you just go do your nails or something until the game starts."
Ginny knew her brother well enough to know that he was only saying these things because he was still mad at Hermione, and wanted to pick a fight with anyone he could. But Ginny really wasn't in the mood to deal with her prat of a brother right now....
"Ron, I think you need to cool it down a little before we have a mutiny here..." Harry said as he tried to calm down his angry friend. But Ron wasn't in the mood to listen as visions of Hermione and Krum continued to dance in his head...
"Harry, shut up! Ginny and the PMS squad, shut up, and pay attention to these plans. I know how tough it is for you girls to do anything but bitch about stuff, but we have a Quidditch match to discuss here." Ron said, as he bent over his precious plans, not even seeing the 3 wands pointed in his direction.....
After Madame Pomfrey cleared up Ron's combination of a Bat Bogey hex, ear enlarging charm, and silencing charm, he was back down at the field and ready to play Quidditch. He did, however glare at the girls, until all three touched their wands fondly, at which point Ron backed away and said "I'm sorry I was such a git" like he was coached, as an approving Harry nodded his head at Ron's words.
At this point the game was about ready to start, and the team gathered up their brooms to get ready to fly onto the field. Ginny looked over and saw the Slytherin team, where she saw that blonde git Malfoy sitting between Crabbe and Goyle, with a bored look on his face, and his Firebolt 3 in his hand. She knew this was going to be a difficult match, because all the Slytherin players were huge and tough looking, and as much as she hated to admit it, their team was just as good as hers.
Madame Hooch called the players on the field, and everyone mounted their broomsticks, and got into position. Then Madame Hooch released the balls. Ginny was a chaser, so she was right in the thick of it, trying to get points for the team. Out of the corner of her eye, as Ginny watched for the Quaffle to be thrown to her and as she dodged Bludgers, she saw Malfoy and Harry, circling around the rest of the players as they looked for the golden Snitch.
Malfoy was watching for the Snitch, and observing Potter to make sure he didn't see the Snitch first. So far, he hadn't seen that tiny glint of gold, so he watched the action of the other players. He saw that Weasley girl score again, with a speed and grace on the broomstick that few could match. He knew that she would be the new seeker on the Gryffindor team next year, as Potter would be graduating with him this year. As Malfoy watched and waited, he suddenly saw it. That flash of gold, over on the ground, and he dove for it....
Ginny saw Malfoy and Harry diving for the snitch, and flew out of their way. Unfortunately, it was at that moment that Crabbe slammed a Bludger directly at her. Ginny tried to dodge the Bludger, but it slammed into her broom stick, causing her to veer out of control. At that exact moment, Malfoy and Harry flew right into the path of where her out of control broomstick was headed.....
The next thing Ginny knew, she was in a heap on the ground, with her limbs entangled with the boy whom she happened to be on top of. "Malfoy, are you okay?" Ginny said, as her head cleared and she realized what had happened. She had taken Malfoy down with her, and they had both ended up crashing in the lawn surrounding the Quidditch field. Luckily, Dumbledore must have charmed their landing so that they didn't land too hard, but Ginny was still aching from the impact, and she suspected Malfoy must be in a lot worse shape.
Malfoy just groaned as the Weasley girl asked him if he was okay. The landing could have been a little softer... But still, he couldn't complain about ending up with a pretty girl on top of him... Then Draco realized that this was a Weasley he was thinking about being pretty...
Then Draco said, "Damn, Weasley, do I LOOK like a pillow to you? Why the hell do you keep falling on me? Are you TRYING to kill me?" Draco was a little upset, as this was the second time the girl had landed on top of him.
" Believe me, if I had a choice, you'd be the last person I'd pick to break my fall, Malfoy. Maybe its fate's sick idea of a joke." Ginny joked, as she disentangled her limbs from Draco's, pushed herself off the ground, and rubbed her sore elbow.
Draco just laid there for a moment longer, looking up at the red head, and scowling as he said "Well, then, I think fate's trying to kill me...., because you sure aren't light, Weasley."
It was at this point that the first of the crowd of concerned people reached the scene of the accident. In the lead was Ginny's very worried mother, closely followed by her oldest brother Charlie, who had also come to watch the match. Molly Weasley was crying, and gave a squeal as she saw Ginny standing and in one piece, running over to envelop the girl in a huge hug. Charlie took a look at the blonde haired boy still sitting on the ground, and offered him a hand. Draco just glared at the Weasley, and got up without any assistance, and looked around at the crowd approaching the scene. Potter and his Weasley sidekick were on their way over, but were having difficulty because Ron had to help the limping Harry. Well, at least that Weasley girl took out Potter too, Malfoy thought spitefully. He looked over at the girl, who was still being attacked by a plump red haired older woman, who must be her mother.
"I can't believe you're okay, oh,Ginny my poor baby...." Molly was saying, practically strangling Ginny with her hugs.
Charlie said, looking at Malfoy, "Well, mum, I think this boy here broke her fall...". Upon hearing this, Molly let go of Ginny, turned around, and embraced a surprised Draco in what he thought was a death grip. But then the woman started crying some more, and saying "Oh thank you, thank you..." as she, well..., hugged him, as Draco tried to squirm away.....
Fate saw the priceless look on Malfoy's face when Molly Weasley hugged him, and started to laugh, and laugh, and laugh... This plan was so much fun to watch.....
Coming up: Will Snape ever get done with his "personal business" and make an appearance in this story? What kind of joke have Fred and George cooked up now? And Draco and Ginny spend some quality time together in detention, I wonder why?..... Find out all this and more in Chapter 5, "My Frog's Not Working, Can I Kiss Yours?"