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---------------------------------Chapter 4: That's Gotta Hurt

CRASH!

Draco ran after Ginny. What the hell is she doing? He thought. He came to the staircase and saw an unconscious redhead at the bottom.

"Oh, crap," said Draco, echoing Ginny's earlier words.

It looked like she had smacked her head pretty hard against the wall. There was blood trickling down her forehead, softy splashing to the floor.

Draco was in a panic. He was in such a panic that he almost forgot how to use magic. Finally, he remembered and conjured a magic floating stretcher and headed quickly towards the infirmary.

"What happened?" said Madam Pomfrey as he entered.

"I am not quite sure. Will she be alright?" Draco did not quite know what to do. For some reason, he was actually a bit worried and it was not just about his task.

"I think she will be fine. Now go back to class."

Draco spared one glance at Ginny. She was deathly pale, but it did not look like she had lost much blood. He was curious about what had happened and whom Ginerva Weasley was afraid of.

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Ginny woke up with a dull pain in her forehead. What is it with all these headaches? She winced as she put her hand up to her forehead. The skin was tender. She looked around the infirmary, wondering how she got there. The last thing she remembered was it being the breakfast before the first class of the term.

"Ah, your awake!" said Madam Pomfrey.

"What happened?"

"You got a nasty bump on the head. If you want details Mr. Malfoy would be the best to go to."

"Malfoy?"

"Yes, he is the one who brought you here."

Ginny was surprised, but she didn't have too much time to dwell on it.

"Ginny, are you all right?" cried a distraught looking Colin, followed by Harry, Hermoine and Ron.

"Just peachy."

"We were very worried and Madam Pomfrey wouldn't let us in until now," said Hermoine.

"When exactly is now?"

"Dinner just finished."

"What happened to your head?" asked Ron.

"I don't remember. Madam Pomfrey said to ask Malfoy."

"That bastard! I'll pay—I mean, he'll pay for this!" said Ron.

"Ronald, calm down. We don't know if Malfoy even did anything," said Hermoine.

"He is Malfoy, of course he did something!"

"Ron, you just want to think he did something!"

"Well, seeing that he is an evil git, it comes expected!"

"Um, guys," interjected Ginny. "That is all really great and all, but I will ask him about it. Also, I would like to know what happened, if you know anything, because I cannot remember anything past breakfast."

"Oh," said Ron.

"Well, we went to Defense Against the Dark Arts," started Colin.

"And you'll never guess who the new professor is—" said Ron.

"Snape," said Harry darkly.

Ginny didn't say anything, she just was concentrating on remembering. Unfortunately, she had no avail.

"We started reviewing Boggarts," continued Hermoine.

"When it was your turn, it turned into Tom Riddle," said Harry, diverting his eyes.

"Harry, and possibly Snape were the only ones who knew it."

"Then you shouted Riddikulus and then you fainted," concluded Ron.

"You put Tom Riddle into a dress," said Colin with a little smile.

"When you came to, Snape sent Malfoy to take you to the Hospital Wing, and that is all we know."

They all looked at Ginny, not knowing what to say next or how she was going to react. They all had an uneasy look in their eyes. Ginny, who still could not remember it at all, finally voiced a question that was nagging her.

"You guys," she said in a very serious tone. "What kind of dress was Tom in?"

They all cracked smiles and started laughing.

"It was a pink frilly cocktail dress, complete with high-heals."

Ginny laughed.

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The next day Ginny had a bit to do. She had classes and had to see Snape about the Potions class she had missed.

"Evil git," she muttered as she left. He had chewed her out and had given her a tremendous make-up assignment, although he very well knew she had been unconscious. Now Ginny had only a little time before dinner to find Malfoy to ask him about what happened. It proved to be a difficult task. Ginny looked all over Hogwarts for him. She had just checked the dungeons, and was about to give up, when Malfoy strolled around the corner.

"What are you doing down here, Weasley?" he sneered.

"Looking for you, actually," Ginny replied coolly.

"It is not safe for little weasels to stray from the main hallways."

"I guess that means it isn't safe for ferrets either, but that is beside the point. I want to know what happened yesterday."

"Well, you demonstrated your incompetence in dealing with mere Boggart."

"Already heard about it. I want to know about after that, when you took me to the hospital wing," said Ginny rolling her eyes. "I cannot remember yesterday morning, besides breakfast."

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Draco frowned. "I don't quite know what happened. We were walking to the hospital wings and all of a sudden, you just bolted. I followed you and found you unconscious at the bottom of some stairs. It looked like you had ran into the wall."

Ginny frowned as well. "That's weird."

"Who is he," said Draco without thinking. He cursed himself; He had let his curiosity get away from him.

"He?"

"The Boggart."

He saw her falter. "That would be none of your business."

"Ah, but everything is my business."

"You think too much of yourself."

"Not without reason."

"Is being a git really a good reason?"

"Better than being a poor pitiful blood-traitor with mangy old robes."

Draco expected her to spit out some more insults or stalk off. Instead, she started laughing. And laughing. And laughing. He eyed her with uncertainty. Finally, she stopped laughing enough to talk.

"Is that really the best you can come up with? It is getting pretty old," said Ginny with a tad of laughter still in her voice. Before Draco could come up with his witty retort, she turned and left. Before turning the corner, she called one thing back to him. "Thanks."

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A/N: I was going to wait longer than a day to update...but I became giddy when I got a second review. Thank you to stevania-felton for being my second ever reviewer! For those of you who may have noticed, or not, there is a Robin Hood: Men in Tights reference (which is a hilarious movie,watch it if you haven't already and if you already have...watch it again.)

---Perplexity