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Chapter 1
The Innocent Incident
A pale man stepped out of Borgin & Burkes of Knockturn Alley, followed by two thickset men, one a bit taller than the other. The first man was tall, maybe six feet, and lean. Strands of pale, white blond hair covered his cold gray eyes. The man went by the name Draco Malfoy, the two thickset men following him were Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle. The two men were always following him around, they were his most trusted bodyguards.
Draco Malfoy cleaned the blood off of his wand before slipping it back up his sleeve. He pulled the hood of his expensive black robes up and headed left in the direction of Diagon Alley. He would return tomorrow, hopefully then Mr. Borgin would have what he needed. Crabbe and Goyle bumbled along after him.
Draco was heading for the cauldron shop by the Leaky Cauldron, he needed to get Severus Snape a Christmas gift. Snape would probably scoff at the gift, but it would mean much to the tired man. Draco was in a hurry, he had to go kill someone personally at 1PM.
A fair woman stepped out of Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour and headed left down Diagon Alley to Gringotts Bank to visit her brother. The woman was short, maybe five feet four inches, and thin, but not skinny. Vivid, flaming red hair hung to her lower back, swishing as she walked, her bright brown eyes lowered, covered by the hood of her fashionable emerald robes.
Ginny Weasley had promised her brother, Bill, that she would come down to see him and his wife Fleur. Ginny was running a bit late and walked in a hurry. Her packages followed behind her. Ginny had been Christmas shopping, she had many nephews to buy presents for and she just could not get any of them the same thing, thankfully they all had their different personalities; Arthur was easy going and...unique like Bill, Stuart was uptight and intelligent like Percy, Gred and Forge were...clever and...inventive like Fred and George, Harry was stupid like Ron. Fleur, Tonks, and Hermione were all pregnant at the present. All expected to give birth to healthy baby boys.
Ginny was rather stressed, she had to plan to baby shower for Fleur in January, one for Tonks in March, and one in April for Hermione. Her one year anniversary was coming up in February as well, she knew for a fact that he was going to pop the question that day. That she would have no choice whatsoever in the decision and that she would pop out a few babies and that would be that. It did not depress her, but she was hesitant, Harry had changed a lot after the war. Ginny did not want to be the wife of a mob boss, but so many women would envy her for it. Ginny was caught up in her thoughts and plans as she hurried along the alley.
The two could not know how much their lives would change by this one little innocent incident, but the consequences would be earth shattering. All it ever took for things to change was just one little second for something to happen and that is what happened.
Draco rounded the corner as he entered Diagon Alley and Ginny was about to cross the alley that opened up to Knockturn Alley. Worlds collided. Draco and Ginny, both in a hurry, trying to live the lives they were forced to lead, collided into each other, they were both caught by surprise.
Draco held her up as she almost fell to the floor, both of their hoods falling in the process of the collision. Brown met gray. Realization set in, both stepped back quickly after noticing how close they were and after a few careless insults both walked away.
That was all that was needed. Who could possibly have known who watched from across the alley. A lanky blonde stood across the street with a strange glint in her eyes. A slightly short man with mousy brown hair stood beside her with a camera in hand. Rita Skeeter and Colin Creevey were perfect together. A trash journalist and a poor photographer.
The next morning the front page of the Daily Prophet was half covered by a picture of the two holding onto each other, strangely, the picture was frozen in place, very unlike normal pictures. The headlines read, "The Love Affair of the Century."
By Rita Skeeter
Draco Malfoy and Ginny Weasley, one a west side mob boss, the other the soon-to-be bride of the east side mob boss. Noon yesterday, unseen, the two met in Knockturn Alley for a secret tryst, the two embraced afterwards before parting.
Ginny Weasley is currently dating Harry Potter, the hero of the Second War who defeated Lord Voldemort two years prior. Nothing is known of Draco Malfoy or his personal life.
Draco and Ginny went to Hogwarts together, her brother, Ron Weasley, was in the same year as Draco. Was Hogwarts the setting of love at first sight? Is it there that the two met, only to be denied. Is it forever fated that the two must always meet in secret, never to be known to the public? Will this love story end in tragedy like Romeo and Juliet?
The article went on for a few more columns, it was all wishy-washy, but did that really matter? People would believe what they heard because that was all that they knew.
That was all it took to change everything.