Title: More than Mrs. Potter

Author: Joy

A/N: PLEASE READ!

Okay so one reviewer got the guts to say this story was confusing and asked questions... so THANK YOU. If you recall in the first fic you had to wait until about chapter 12 to find out what had happened to Ginny. Some people actually thought there was a prequel that I hadn't mentioned. So some questions won't be answered...not yet. But some I will answer or allude to...

Harry not jumping Draco? Why hasn't it happened? Well to be honest because it wouldn't help the story or him with the girl. Once Harry saw the interaction between Draco and Ginny on the train, he knew that he had to be careful. Recall of course the number of rows he witnessed with Ron and Hermione about Viktor. He didn't attack Draco because he needed clarification from Ginny. Harry does not want to loose Ginny, so he is bending over backwards.

Why hasn't Harry gone after Dumbledore for all the secrecy? In the first story Harry and Ginny got into a HUGE row because he went to Dumbledore behind her back. In the second fic during the summer I had Dumbledore show up briefly to basically tell everyone to stay out of Ginny's business and stay out of her way. Lastly at the beginning of this fic I mentioned that Dumbledore knows that Harry has pretty much given up on him and trusting him. Even when Dumbledore and Harry did talk in the story it was plain to see the stress there. Oh and last chapter...HUGE TEASER...that wasn't Dumbledore Ginny and Harry were talking to.

Why are Ginny, Hope and Draco the only ones allowed to research if this is to help Harry win the war? I.E. Why isn't Hermione helping? Just because they are researching for the war does not mean it will be to specifically help Harry. This answer will be gotten to in like three chapters so just hang on. I will give you this...go back and read the last few lines of the prologue of this story. One statement applies to Draco, one applies to Hope and one is about Ginny. I will also say is that the Hermione question will not be answered until chapter 13 unfortunately. All I can really say is Hermione, Ron, and Harry were always finding their own projects to research and work on. This project was actually given to Ginny, Hope, and Draco. I will give you a bit of motivation on Dumbledore's part that isn't written anywhere... Dumbledore has had a theory floating in his head for some time...but he had to wait until Ginny was old enough, strong enough, and secure enough to handle attempting it. This project revolves around GINNY. Keep that in mind.

See what happens when you ask questions or display displeasure...you get answers. I encourage you all to remember that when you are trying to decide whether or not to review. If you don't get it, SAY SO!

Now onto more confusing text that really doesn't touch on anything mentioned above but you do find out what Hope saw when she touched Draco. On with the show!

8. The pain of betrayal

Roughly two months after school began, Harry looked about the Common Room for Ginny to go to dinner. Hermione and Ron were supposed to meet them there. The couples now made a special effort to eat together each night, hopefully study some, and try to have a bit of fun together. It had been working well and tensions were eased marginally. But this night Harry couldn't find his girl. It's not like they had said they would meet in the common room... it was just they normally did. Harry couldn't help feeling like something was off…something wasn't right. That's when he heard the whispering that meant things were not good with him and Ginny.

A couple girls had come through the portal murmuring, not paying any attention to who was around. "I can't believe they were snogging in the hall like that."

"Its almost like she wants Harry to catch her cheating."

"I swear...it's embarrassing."

"I know. I heard that they have been going at it like this since the beginning of school."

"Well I heard it was some weird three way with the new girl too."

Harry digested the words a moment then moved swiftly to the portal unaware of the smirks the two 'oblivious' girls were giving off. "He fell for it," one said.

"Its only a matter of time before Gryffindors' favorite couple is broken to pieces," the second stated with an evil smirk.

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Harry moved through the halls near the Gryffindor common room listening for two people kissing. It didn't take him long to find them due to the moans and grunts. All he could do was stare in absolute astonishment. There was his girlfriend's telltale red-locks. She was snogging some guy…no…dear god no.

"God you taste good Gin," the white haired male murmured. Harry was ready to be sick.

Malfoy had his hands occupied feeling Ginny up in the middle of the hallway, one under her shirt, and the other beneath her robes. The osculation continued much to Harry's dismay. "Um…yeah…there. Right there…Such soft little hands…" he panted most certainly getting a hand-job. "My little hands," Malfoy suddenly growled. "Won't share you with Potter."

"No," Ginny whispered. She didn't sound right to Harry's ears, but that might have just been him not wanting to believe it was Gin…that she could do something this vile...and in public.

Harry turned from the scene completely heartbroken.

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Malfoy and his red head broke off their affections to watch Potter's form retreating into the darkness. Draco smirked, "That was bloody brilliant."

"Ya think?" the girl said.

"Yeah…and I think we should finish what we started," he cooed backing them into a closet. "I wasn't kidding about the hands," Draco murmured kissing the girl's neck.

Ginny's face smirked evilly, "How bout I give you a ride, baby?"

Malfoy chuckled, "It is so odd hearing that from the mouth of a Weasley."

"Well let me show you what that mouth can do," she said closing the door, before showing her talents.

Malfoy panted looking down at the girl on her knees doing a wonderful job getting him off. He stroked her hair, which had begun to change colors back to its original blond, over and over with the rhythm she was setting.

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Harry strode back to where he had seen his cheating girlfriend to have a yelling match and curse Malfoy every which way to Sunday. Unfortunately he arrived as Malfoy began to arrive inside the closet.

"Oh Merlin… oh Merlin …" Draco grunted. "DEAR MERLIN you're good at that!"

Harry's eyes were huge as he heard Malfoy say, "I love the way your long hair looks when you do that... Give me a kiss. I want to taste myself on your lips."

Inside there was a nearly naked blonde haired blue eyed April where the former 'Ginny' had been looking at Draco as he continued to comb through her long locks that had no trace of red left in them.

Harry of course could not see the truth beyond the door. He stumbled back throwing up on the floor beside him. Leaning against the wall for support, he panted then ran through the halls blindly. How could she! And with Malfoy!

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Elsewhere in the castle, Ron and Hermione looked worriedly at Ginny who they had taken to see Madame Pomfry. A little over an hour before Ginny had become violently ill, stumbling through the hallway. If Hermione and Ron hadn't been snogging nearby Ginny well could have passed out with no one finding her for quite awhile.

Poppy took a deep breath, "You've been hexed Miss Weasley."

"What?" Gin questioned in astonishment.

"Someone spiked your food or drink."

"Someone did this on purpose?" Hermione asked.

Madame Pomfry nodded, "I'm afraid so. From what I can tell, it looks as if you were slipped a sleeping draft that wasn't made quiet right. You are fortunate your brother and Miss Granger found you when they did. Right now you could be unconscious in a potion induced coma...Do you remember eating or drinking anything that tasted funny?"

Ginny thought a moment. "I was given some pumpkin juice by some girl I didn't know real well in my last class… I never imagined someone would try to do this."

"I'll go get Harry," Ron offered. "He'll want to be here."

"Don't bother Harry," Ginny murmured still rather loopy from the experience. "He's upset about something. This will only make him paranoid that someone is out to get me."

Hermione knew that Ginny hadn't seen Harry since lunch when Harry had seemed rather jovial. She chose to ask about it later.

"But someone is out to get you," he insisted. "There is a benefit to dating the boy-who-lived...protection being one of them."

"I am not going to use Harry for any reason...and this was probably just a stupid prank."

Madame Pomfry returned with a potion in a goblet. "Drink this... No riding a broom for two days and get plenty of sleep. I am excusing you from classes. Check back with me in two days," Poppy instructed as Ginny sipped an unpleasant portion that did make her feel better.

"Thank you. I promise to take it easy," Ginny promised as she drank the potion.

Poppy smiled, "Between the four of you I believe we should set up your own wing."

Hermione and Ron helped Ginny move slowly to the Great Hall.

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Draco was smiling way too much about something at dinner in most Gryffindors minds. That smile meant only bad things ahead. Even Hope had accepted that as she watched him. It killed her to have to face Draco daily as he was all over April. It seemed as if nothing was left of the boy that she had slowly fallen for over the summer through their letters. She thought he felt the same... She knew he felt the same...at least before he had. When she touched him in that one time during their research group, she knew it was true.

Hope never told anyone what she had seen...not even Draco. Just like everyone else in the world, several things float through your head at one time. Hope had seen it all...and that it seemed was too much for Draco. She was used to touching guys accidentally and seeing their thoughts...which nine times out of ten were sexual. Harry had no idea that once Hope had seen his thought about both she and Ginny scantly clad in bed with him...something like that is normal for the male mind. In her life Hope had seen what the male mind could conjure and normally it was rather kinky.

Ironically it wasn't something kinky that had freaked Draco out that Hope might see...at least she didn't think so. Somewhere in the back of his mind he had been thinking about a few fairly exotic ways to take her virginity...every type of her virginity...but that wasn't the predominant thought. The thought that was at the forefront of his mind was a little white blond haired girl with Hope's great big blue eyes. The child was a perfect mix of Hope and Draco...and he had named her...her name was Faith. Faith because of the faith Hope had shown in him. It was a little freaky and that is why Hope let go...but if she had known then that Draco was going to lose his mind like this she would have interlaced their fingers and held on for dear life.

Now Hope's only proof that there was any of the Draco she knew and loved left was when she would be doing homework in the Slytherin common room. She would catch his eyes staring at her. They were filled with pain, sorrow, and maybe love. Once he would realize he had been caught he would flee the room.

Draco didn't protect Hope from the other Slytherins anymore so she had to fend for herself. That was okay because she used her gift to gain trust from some that she truly understood them and struck fear into others that she could read their minds. In the end she was still Queen of Slytherin and Draco was still King. They just weren't together anymore...just like a real royal family. The whole situation sucked.

Hope looked again at Draco, whose brilliant smile turned to a scowl when he saw the Ron, Hermione, and Ginny enter the Great Hall. "What is she doing here?" Draco snapped at one of the girls that had helped in his little scheme.

"I…I don't know. That should have knocked her out for the night."

"If this backfires because of your incompetence I will not be pleased," he growled.

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The Gryffindors took their seats at their table. "Where is Harry?" Hermione asked looking about. "We're late and he isn't here."

"Maybe he ate without us?" Ron offered.

"No…he's sulking off somewhere," Ginny said off-handedly. The potion Poppy gave her was loosening her tongue quite a bit.

Hermione and Ron looked at each other curiously.

"How could you possibly know that?" Ron asked firmly.

Gin blinked several times, somewhat numb. "We're connected. We always have been. We always will be."
"So you can feel him sulking?" Hermione asked cautiously.

The red haired girl smirked, "So could you if you concentrated hard enough."

TBC...

A/N: Next chapter is all Gin/Harry confrontation. Take a deep breath... Anybody guessed that Hope would have seen something so touching from Draco?

Now I realize that Draco has featured heavily in this story but still REVIEW it. I promise once most of this stuff is sorted Draco and Hope will factor in less and Harry and Ginny will once again be center stage.

So...I'm begging...REVIEW PPPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE! REVIEW. Thank you.