Sorry it's taken me so long to update again. I have been sort of busy. Now to answer some questions.

drac'sgurl1234-I can't tell you who harry will date, but I can tell you it's a Gryff. And, it won't happen for a few more chapters.

K1mb3rly,CindaSwan, and blackdragonofdeath13-glad you like it! Hope you like this too!

faeriepuck-No, he just really loves his mum a lot. After all, he's loved her for his whole life and Ginny for what?, a couple of months?

Pia-Neville is going to have a LOT of fun in upcoming chapters. Yay for Neville's backbone!

A.L. Nowicki-Yeah, DD says some weird stuff. Snape is a jerk, you'll see.

Mennie-I'm glad you think I have a plot. I try not to do too much random fluff, but it will get fluffier before it gets plottier. Hey! I jsut made up a new word! Yay me!

Disclaimer-If I was JK Rowling, I would make my chapters more than 800 words on average. But, I'm not, so I play with her universe in my own special way:)

Chapter 20

Draco got to Transfiguration class just before the bell. He made his way in and took a seat at the back of the room next to Neville. "You got into advanced Transfiguration, Longbottom? I'm impressed." Neville recovered from his initial shock of having Draco sit next to him and replied, "Thanks, I managed to get an E on my OWL." Just then Professor McGonnagall started the class with a speech about how important the next 2 years were going to be. Draco looked like he was listening but his thoughts were on the letter in his pocket. The class went relatively well, but Neville had to nudge Draco when it was time to start taking notes on human transfigurations.

After class, everyone headed down to the Great Hall for lunch. Ron came up next to Draco and said, "Everything alright? You have been looking distracted since you ran out of breakfast. Are you fighting with Ginny?"

"Hmm? Oh yeah, I'm fine. I just got a letter that has me concerned." They went and sat down at the table with Ginny and Hermione. Ginny reached across the table and took his hand. "I know something's bothering you and you don't want to talk about it, but will you tell me later?" He nodded as he finished his lunch. "Come on, Gin, let me walk you to your next class." They stood up and walked out as he took hold of her hand. Little did they know that the Slytherin goons had gotten up as well.

When they got to the Charms corridor, they stopped. Draco turned around because he thought he heard something. But, seeing no one, they continued. Suddenly someone jumped out and shot a curse at their backs. However, they missed and the spell whizzed past them and reverberated off the statue at the end of the hall. Draco drew his wand, but Ginny was quicker. She whipped around and cast a spell back in the direction the attack came from. "Way to go, Gin," Draco said as he inspected Pansy's frozen body. "I'm impressed." Pansy looked up with fear in her eyes as if afraid of what they may do to her. "Gin, sweetie, will you go and get Professor Flitwick while I stand guard over this cow?" She nodded and walked toward the Charms classroom. Draco heard shuffling behind the tapestry and pulled it aside. There, hiding in the shadows, were Crabbe and Goyle.

"Something I can do for you morons?" Draco asked. They looked at each other and shook their head. Crabbe grunted something about needing to go to the loo and the two departed. About this time, Ginny had returned with the professor. "We just found her like this, Professor. I thought you would want to be informed." Draco lied and Ginny just raised an eyebrow. She mouthed "Thank You," and he nodded. Then they finished walking to class. Draco gave Ginny a long kiss, then turned and walked away. He had to get to potions before he was tardy. Somehow, he thought, he probably wouldn't be Snape's prize pupil anymore.