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24th December.Dear Ron,
Hey Ronnikins. It's your favourite baby sister here! I've not written to you in a while and I'm sorry: I miss you all so much! I've loved Hogwarts this year as I have a new best friend; we have had the greatest time.
I'm sorry I'm not coming home for Christmas, but it's my last one at Hogwarts. Now I know you miss me soooo much, and your going to be extra depressed because I'm not going to be around, so, to make up for it you can just spend loads of money on me. Ok?
Say merry Christmas to Harry and Herm for me, and remind mum I love her lots and lots. The past months have flown by just like you said they would, my friend is helping me revise for my NEWTs; I'm so gonna get full marks! I got to go now because my friend keeps poking me in the back with their quill because they're hungry.
Love you lots and lots like jelly tots, Ginny.
"He's going to suspect your friends not a girl you know," Draco smirked from his position of leaning over Ginny's shoulder.
"You know after all those years of teasing Ron you should know; he really isn't that smart. Herm and Harry will guess, but they know to keep their gobs shut." Draco cocked his head to one side before agreeing,
"What are Jelly Tots?" Adriana asked pointing it out on the parchment,
"Muggle sweet; I'll get you some if you want; they're my favourite sweet of all time!" Draco chuckled and told her that he expected a packet too. They headed up to the owlry to send the letter off before going to the great hall for breakfast.Draco passed Ginny some pancakes and then passed Adriana an omelette; Ginny chuckled to herself. He had started noticing everything about her, like what she ate for breakfast, and he'd give it to her if she couldn't reach it herself; she never had to ask for anything. People in the school had started thinking they were a couple, which Ginny of course thought was ludicrous; they didn't even act like friends half the time.
Ginny poured tons and tons of strawberry syrup onto her pancakes making Draco look at her in disgust, "You teeth are going to fall out," he muttered eyeing her plate in distaste.
"Oh no!" Adriana exclaimed in dispair, "If that happens you must find the tooth fairy's place to get some new ones, but its real hard coz she lives on Pluto! And Pluto is filled with these dogs that eat people so you got to battle your way through to get to her tooth palace and you have to steal them from her tooth garden. But giant toothbrushes that brush you to death guard it! And even when you get your teeth you have to get home again without the tooth fairy catching you; if she catches you she takes out all your bones and makes them into teeth before sending you home with no bones and you become all floppy and cant walk or anything!" Ginny glared at Draco.
"You need help." she chided: Draco smirked.That day Ginny left Draco and Adriana to go shopping in Hogsmaid; they couldn't go. It was pouring down with rain so she put on her long rain clock, which Draco took the mick out of, and her rain cap, which Draco also took the mick out of. She then headed out to the carriages and squeezed in one with Amanda and Isabelle.
They were ok really and never bothered Ginny, so therefore Ginny hadn't really spoken to them. She got a friendly smile when she sat down and they even moved their bags to the floor so she would have more room.
"Hey Ginny, where's your boyfriend and his daughter?" Ginny's jaw dropped; they weren't joking or being mean, they were just trying to make normal conversation. Ginny took a couple of deep breathes before starting,
"Ok, he's not my boyfriend; he was my mortal enemy until the start of this year. I know he seems to have changed a bit since last year, but you do know that's Draco Malfoy right?" Now it was their turn to be shocked,
"Oh my God," Isabelle started,
"Like rat face,"
"totally annoying and mean,"
"Slytherin rule Malfoy?" Ginny nodded
"But he's gone like totally hot!" Amanda blurted out then covered her mouth with her hands. Ginny shook her head and giggled,
"He's still rat faced annoying Draco, and the girl is his kid sister." The girls nodded, but refused to change the subject, soon Ginny found herself telling them everything she knew about Draco; even down to what underwear he wore.They went shopping together; Ginny was starting to like their company. It was a while since she actually had some girls her age to talk about girl stuff with; Draco wasn't very good at being a girl, even if he did have impeccable fashion sense. First they went into a jewellery store where Ginny bought Ron and Harry a gold hoop ear ring each, Hermiony a pair of silver hoops as she preferred silver to gold, and her mother a pretty broach. She knew it was cruel, but their mum didn't know that Ron had had his ear pierced; she would by the time Christmas was out.Next they went into a large bookstore because Amanda wanted to buy her little brother some storybooks. Ginny wandered through the isles absently glancing at the different volumes along the wall. 'Fire Breathing Foes,' Ginny lifted the book from the shelf and opened it: inside were animated pictures of all different types of dragons all with their own legends and facts. She grabbed two copies and shoved them in her basket. Charlie and Draco would love them; she would have to introduce them two someday.
She got Adriana the same as Amanda got her sister; a fairy tale book where the pictures act out the fairy tale like it were a TV. Adriana loved stories and hopefully it would save her and Draco's voices."Who are those for?" Isabelle asked as they went to pay for their books; Ginny told them and showed them the book on dragons: it really was a good copy and she was sure Charlie didn't already have one.
"Where to next?" Ginny said as they left the shop, "I still need dad, Perce, Bill and the twins,"
"I feel really sorry for you," Amanda said shaking her head, "but at least you'll get tones of presents back," Ginny giggled and dragged them into a fashionable robes store. They spent an hour trying on clothes that were too expensive for them, and admiring themselves in the mirror.
"You know you'd be stunning if you didn't cover yourself in baggy clothes and never do your hair and such," Ginny glared at Isabelle who shrugged.
"It's a complement," "Your compliments are worse then Draco's," She giggled,
"Hey I know a cheap clothes store, we can get you some new stuff: after you've done your Christmas shopping." Ginny nodded eagerly.She managed to buy Fred and George robes that made you extremely fat for three days after putting them on: Bill a tongue bar as he told her he was getting it done, her dad a new hat; she blew up his last one accidentally last summer, and she got Percy a fancy new quill.
After she had finished all the shopping she still had a fair bit of money left: it really helped not going out of school and not spending any money all year. She was loaded. Amanda had it in her head that Ginny was going to have a new look. They bought a number of different outfits- mainly muggle as both Amanda and Isabelle were muggle born. They only finished shopping as it started to go dark so when they got back to the castle they had to run up to the owlry to send their presents.The next morning Ginny woke to see a huge pile of gifts on her bed; she loved Christmas. Unfortunately she couldn't open them as she had promised Draco that she would bring them to his room and open them with him and Adriana.
Ginny began rummaging through her bags for her Christmas outfit. It was a white flowly skirt that came to mid thigh and a see though net green top with Celtic patterns embroidered across the best area and the bottom of the sleeves. She shoved them on along with the little green strappy shoes that matched the top. She left her hair out, but put a charm on it so it curled at the ends; this was all Amanda's doing. Ginny threw her presents into her school bag and ran down to Draco's room.Draco and Adriana were still asleep; she couldn't believe it. She went into Draco's room to see him sprawled across his bed, with no cover in his boxers. Damn. She didn't know Draco's body was that nice,
"Draco," she said as loud as she could trying not to go pink. "Draco," this really wasn't working. She grabbed his shoulders and shook him, "DRACO!" Draco's eyes flew open and Ginny jumped back. He sat up and smirked,
"Your face is pink,"
"Your half naked," her eyes roamed down his body and she grinned evilly, "what were you dreaming about?" she said suggestively raising her eyebrows. Draco blushed and looked down to check then scowled,
"I bloody hate you," He jumped up out of bed and rugby tackled her to the ground.
"I was dreaming about toffee poles by the way," he grinned and began ticking her mercilessly. When he had finished he stood up to survey the results, only to find he couldn't speak, gloat, or breath; her skirt had rode up and he could see a glimpse of her lace knickers. The top she was wearing was see through and she was wearing a black satin bra that was slightly too small for her. He could see her curves, everything; she was beautiful.
Ginny went beetroot and yanked her skirt down; she hadn't noticed Draco staring, which was a good thing, as he couldn't stop.
"Gin! Draco! Its Christmas!" Adriana ran into the room and jumped around singing Rudolf the red nosed reindeer: Ginny taught it her to annoy Draco. Draco snapped out of his trance and helped Ginny to her feet.
"Nice outfit, where's the rest of it?" he said with a grin so Ginny hit him.Ginny emptied her presents onto Draco's bed and grinned. Draco had a fair pile as well: it turned out that his Auntie's and Uncles were nothing like his father. Adriana ripped open her presents; she got lots of new robes and broaches and shoes, but nothing kid like. Draco got the same, only a few book on Quidditch were in his haul.
Ginny got a belly bar off Ron, a book on fairy's off Hermiony, a pretty hair clip off Harry, a load of jokes of Fred and George, a diary of Percy, some dragon hide knee high boots off Charlie, some makeup of Bill and some new robes off her mum and dad. Finally all they were left with were the present to each other.
Ginny pulled Adriana's and Draco's out first; Draco grabbed his eagerly and ripped the paper off. He stared at the book for a moment before opening it,
"wow, thanks Ginny," he said sincerely, Adriana was peering over the top of his book,
"That's really cool Draco," she said using a word she had picked up from Ginny. Draco smiled and pulled Ginny into a warm embrace,
"You're the first person to buy me something that I actually like." Ginny beamed, one because he liked her present and two; he smelled damn good. Adriana had now opened hers and was ignoring Ginny and Draco; Draco chuckled to himself,
"that's just lazy Gin," he said guessing her motive, Ginny just shrugged.Draco pulled out Ginny's present and looked at it for a moment before giving it to her; Ginny grabbed it and opened the little silver box to find a little silver locket with a Fairy engraved on the front. Inside was a photo of him, Ginny and Adriana huddled together beneath the oak tree by Hagrid's cabin; Hagrid had taken it when he got his new camera. Draco must have asked for the photo.
"It's beautiful Draco," Ginny said in awe; Draco leaned over and placed it around her neck, fastening the clasp at the back. Ginny couldn't believe it: she had butterflies in her stomach and if she didn't kiss Draco right now she would explode. But Adriana was in the room, and he wouldn't feel the same way anyway. Still; she swallowed a lump in her throat and tried to smile.
Draco pulled away from her also blushing; she had smelled like flowers, summery type, and her hair was soft and silky. Damn his sister. Draco gave Adriana a child-sized broom; it only went about two feet in the air. Adriana's eyes lit up and she grabbed it from his grasp before mounting it in an attempt to fly it around the room.
"Adie love, you'll crash and die if you fly in it here," Draco said seriously,
"Draco," Ginny scorned frowning at him, "Adie, you can't fly it; there isn't enough room and you might get hurt: wait until we get outside." Draco shrugged innocently,
"That's what I said, and I got a glare for it," Ginny shook her head and stood up, holding a hand out for Draco; who ignored it and got up himself; Ginny rolled her eyes.
Lucius paced the dining room; he was in deep thought. Narcissa was slumped on the armchair: still: not moving: not breathing: not thinking: not living. The tonic he gave her was seeping into his carpet amidst the shards of glass; he wanted it to stain, so he could never forget what he had done. A little reminder every time he went in that room: it was the only stain on the hundred impeccable carpets of his home, no house; a home needed a family.He couldn't give up; his children had to die: it had to end with them. His lord had a good motive, although he didn't see the reason Draco had to die. That son had promise, despite the weakness his sister brought him, but with her gone he would be unstoppable in his cruelty.
He knew where they were, at first he was shocked, but then it made sense; his son was as cunning as he. Go to one man who despises you as well as everything your family stands for, for protection. That idiot Dumbledore wouldn't have the heart to turn a child away. One thing he didn't get was why Draco decided to run away; how could he have known The Dark Lords plans of killing him and his sister off. Lucius sighed heavily; he wanted a family again, but that was not an option. The Dark Lord had punished him for his disobedience and barred him having either children or a lover in his life.It was times like these that Lucius questioned his Lords methods; he was brought up to be ruthless in order to get his means, but this ruthless? Killing off his own family? His Lord thought it was easy to do such things: never having a family himself. But Lucius did, and although he didn't give his children as much attention or love as they needed or wanted it was for their own good, and inside he loved them.
Maybe it was for the best that they die after all; they were making him weak, or was he just seeing a weakness that was always there. He cared for his family as a child; he cared for his sister, just as Draco does, and took the punishments, just like Draco. Draco was more like his father than he would like to think, Lucius knew that, but there was one little difference. Draco valued his and others lives, not that he made them pleasant, but the fact that they should get to live them despite their blood or beliefs. He still had a distaste for mudbloods and muggles, however he was content with avoiding them rather than abusing them and murdering them for fun.
That was another thing Lucius questioned of his Lord: it shouldn't be fun. It was chore that had to be done for the good of humanity, but taking another's life should never be fun.
Lucius made his decision; he would take his daughter to his Lord, but allow Draco to stay: his Lord would be angry, but it was for the best. He had been taught to take the punishment of a crime if you thought the crime was right. Lucius glanced one more time at his wife's lifeless body, poor woman.
During Adriana's birth she had done some unfixable damage to her brain so she wasn't able to take in everything around her. She couldn't understand emotion and showed a blind eye to it; she would do her daily chores; things she had done day in and day out for most of her life, but would rarely acknowledge those around her.
People took it as the Malfoys snobbishness, but Narcissa Malfoy had once been a compassionate person, full of love, but held it with dignity unlike the Weasley woman. Draco thought that his father had finally broken her spirit, and Lucius let him think that: it wasn't like he'd have believed him if he told him any different.
Quite a few people stayed for Christmas, so Ginny and Draco went to take their usual seats at the end of the Gryffindor table. Ginny got a fair few appreciative looks from boys at the different tables, even Slytherin, as she passed. Adriana was skipping beside Draco and it was starting to hurt his arm. She had a tight grip on his hand and yanked down hard on every bounce.
Draco had tried to get her to stop but she wouldn't listen; she was in awe at the decorations: the live mice running around, the doves, pixies and fairy's flying through the air. Ginny also was oblivious to any extra attention, that or she was very good at ignoring it, but Draco seriously doubted the latter as Ginny couldn't help but blush when a lad looked at her twice. She was engrossed with watching the fairies. Draco told her it was a ridicules passion to love little pointless beings that had no meaning to life, but in truth he thought it was cute.
Ginny sat down and spooned a large hot minced pie onto her plate before covering it with gravy.
"Wait until Dinner Adie; they had crackers and these wicked hats; I even saw Draco wearing one last year, and we have the elves and fairies sing Christmas carols, oh and there's snow too. It's amazing."
Adriana grinned and shovelled some food into her mouth,
"Do we get turkey, and stuffing, and cranberry sauce, and sprouts, and roast potatoes, and everything?" she said excitedly; Ginny grinned and nodded,
"everything you can think of. The house elves know all your favourites and there, there for you to grab and eat." Adriana beamed and turned to Draco,
"Why didn't you tell me about the feast before?" Draco smiled a little guilty before answering,
"You were at home Adie, with mother and father, plus I wanted it to be a surprise for when you went to Hogwarts. I bet you'll be the first Hogwarts student to have attended before your old enough,"
Adriana nodded and took to watching the decorations again, Draco shook her head; she had barley eaten anything through not wanting to look down in case she missed something.
After breakfast Draco and Ginny took Adriana outside so she could play on her broom. It wasn't snowing, but at least it had stopped raining and was now just icy and cold. Draco wrapped Adriana up in a warm cloak and made sure Ginny did the same. He then led the way to the front doors holding his sisters broom proudly. Ginny shook her head in amusement. It had to be Draco's proudest moment: teaching his little sister to fly and play Quidditch.
As soon as they got outside and into the crisp winters air Adriana jumped up and grabbed her broom from Draco. She then mounted it and flew off before Ginny could tell her to be careful. Draco chuckled,
"She's a natural, just like her brother. Ginny scoffed,
"Who gets beaten every time by Harry Potter," she said under her breath, but Draco heard,
"I said natural, not natural seeker. My father wanted me opposed Potter, and he also used to be seeker when he went to Hogwarts, unbeatable seeker. I wanted to be a chaser; I love all that twirling out of the way, and faking and such. What do you see me as, some one who cons and cheats, some one who is cunning and uses trick moves to get past those who oppose him, or someone who looks out for something then chases after it?" Ginny giggled,
"You'd never chase after anything, except maybe your mirror. But yeah, I get your point; you weren't made to be a seeker." Draco nodded.
"Where are we going Draco?" Ginny managed to say as she tripped and stumbled before moving into a slight jog so Draco didn't wind up dragging her across the ground. He opened the door with a simple spell and pulled Ginny inside,
"I've got it here somewhere?" Draco said as he rummaged through the dozens and dozens of brooms that cluttered up the shed. Ginny squinted through the darkness,
"What are you looking for? And where's the light?"
"My broom and over there somewhere," Draco said pointing in the general direction of the light. He found it annoying that they got a light activator rather than use a general spell.
"I cant see where your pointing dumbass," Ginny complained as she began to feel around for the light switch.
"OUCH, DAMN. Draco help,"
"Oh for Goodness sake," Draco snapped as he began to feel around for a Ginny shaped object.
He felt a broom, a wall, something warm, round, slightly squidgy, another one beside it,
"Draco will you stop feeling my boobs and help me get up!" Ginny said reluctantly; she was liking him being so close: it was not like when Mathew did it. Draco blushed, but of course Ginny didn't notice, not being able to see an inch in front of her,
"This is ridicules," Draco said and reached for his wand, "lumus," the shed lit up and he smirked at the blushing Ginny buried beneath a pile of brooms.
"All right Ginny?" he drawled; Ginny scowled and narrowed her eyes,
"Draco get me up!" Draco raised one eye brow and cocked his head to one side before leaning on the wall of the closet with his arms folded,
"I'll think about it," he said simply and smiled sweetly; Ginny growled low and menacingly,
"When I get out of here you are so going to regret this," she hissed, Draco shook his head in disappointment,
"I'm afraid to tell you Gin, but with that attitude you're never going to get out of there," Ginny glowered at him and blew a stand of hair from out of her face. Draco stared calmly back, amusement dancing in his grey eyes. A high pitch scream disturbed their staring match. Draco paled and grabbed Ginny hauling her to her feet then ran as fast as he could out of the shed and across the grounds in a panicked frenzy."ADIE! ADIE!" Ginny ran to his side; he was pale and was breathing heavily, "ADRIANA MALFOY! ADIE! ADIE. Adie?" Draco chocked on the last one and a tear fell down his face;
"she gone Gin," he said quietly. He didn't know what to do; he was in shock. His baby sister was probably dead, or crying somewhere with no one to hold her and make the pain go away. Ginny gently slipped her hand in his; he turned to look at her and Ginny tenderly reached up and wiped a tear from his face. She would be strong; she would think and come up with a plan; she needed a clear head; she wouldn't cry.
Ginny collapsed onto Draco and burst into tears; Draco held her close, "we need to tell Dumbledore," Draco said quietly. Ginny nodded and turned around to the area Draco's eyes have wavered from only once.It was where the forbidden forest started, and on the ground before it was Adriana's broom.
"Or we could go find her," Ginny said and set off in the direction of the forest. Once they were at the edge Draco lifted the broom from the ground and looked at Ginny curiously; she was resolved and wasn't going to decide otherwise, not that he wanted her too. Draco got his wand and charmed a message to Dumbledore onto the broom, then threw it as far as he could in the direction of the castle.
"Hold my hand: the paths move and separate you. We have to stay together, get your wand out," Ginny complied and held a lighted wand out in front of her as they set off along a thin crooked path.I'm sorry it took so long but hey, I've been busy.
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Sam: thanks and how fast do you think I can type. Plus I don't know how its going to end, I barley know what's going to happen in the next chapter. I'll give you a clue though; if I'm in a mood and depressed some one will probably die, or get injured and everyone will cry, if I'm happy and stuff it will be happy and fun and stuff, see a pattern?CoolMilena: Do you like this chapter any better? It's still a little sad, but there are presents!
Britt: thanks. And I don't really understand the guideline age thing to well. Like you have to be over eighteen to read half my writing yet I'm 16. But then I am a pottymouth. And the next chapter is done now.G/D fan: thank you. And look: I continued.Mell8: I am aware I can't spell for anything. Ooh but thanks for the spelling of the names, coz people spell them wrong and I copy then I spell them wrong and it's a vicious circle. Some are still wrong by the way, sorry.Riokiiiblablabla- I cant spell or remember it: I know you reviewed chapter 1, but you still deserve a thank you!PLEASE REVEW!!!!!!!!!!!! LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS. XXXXXXX LOVE YOU ALL XX CHICKLEPEA