Finding Cinderella

By Yvonne

Disclaimer: I own nothing! Nothing owns me, lets leave it at that.

Summary: WANTED: A real beauty, with long hair, pale skin with shoes size 6, aka Cinderella . He found her, they did it, all that was left of her was her scent and a shoe. He wants her back, even if he doesn't know her, and thats what he'll get, because Malfoys always get what they want. Of course thats what he thinks.

Ch.1: Wanted: A Cinderella

"Hm," was the sound Draco made when he woke up from the nicest dream he had for years. It was a dream about a beautiful woman in his arms and they sat together underneath a tree... but he awoke from hearing the door shut.

Draco sat up and look around, the scent of mountain strawberries reached his nose, and he smiled at the thought, while memories of last night came back.

Last night he broke up with another of his girlfriends, Laura Wellington. She owned 5 popular clubs all around London. So to stop from any awkward confrontations, he decides to try out a new club, the latest hot club at Hogsmeade's central. Draco decided to get wasted and met a girl he didn't reconize, both very drunk, somehow manage to reach the hotel and made love and both exploded with pleasure.

Draco look around to find that the vixen that was with him last night wasn't there. Draco got up and took a hot shower trying to forget the thoughts of last night.

He was use to girls staying 'til he woke up and he would make love again and then ask her to leave, but this girl was different. No matter how much he tried to forget her, he couldn't help his thought from wandering away from the main question that haunted his thoughts: Why did she leave?

When he got out from the shower he noticed a parchment and quill on the table next to te bed. It seemed like she wanted to explain but found no reason to. A hint of blue caught Draco's gray eyes. He walked towards the left side of the bed to find that a blue highheel shoes was left on the bed next to the table. How on earth can someone walk out of the room with one shoe?

Draco smiled at the thought, even if he couldn't remember what she looked like. Draco finally decided that he would have to move on and get to work.

"Where the hell have you been?" demanded Blaise Zambini, staring at his childhood friend at the doorway of the fancy office of Draco Malfoy.

"In heaven," his long time friend said with a grin plaster on his face.

"That good, huh?" Blaise asked grinning too, " So I guess you moved on about Laura, huh?"

"Oh," Draco said with a O shape mouth.

"Yeah, 'Oh' is right. Look at this," Blaise said and threw the Daily Prophet on his desk and sat down.

Draco took a look at the front page and the big words 'Hottest Bachlelor in England, Draco Malfoy Finally Settles! ' The article claimed that the rich daughter of Mr. Richard Wellington, Ms. Laura Alexia Wellington, soon to be Mrs. Laura Alexia Malfoy, made a annoucement yesterday that she and Mr. Malfoy were to be married 4 weeks from now in December 24th, the day before Christmas and they were going to Italy for the honeymoon.

Draco had an angry frown on his face and Blaise thought he going to be enraged and fire anyone within 3 feet of him. He was about to slip out the door, when Draco folded the paper and stood up annoucing:

"Two can play this game," he said in a dangerous tone, his face pricelessly expressionless.

Blaise only saw him like this once and it was when rumor spread that Draco had cheated on the final Quidditch game in his 7th year, when Slytherins beat the Gryfondors. He spent his final Hogwarts days at Snape's class for detention because he hexed 2 Hufflepuff, 1 Ravenclaw, and 3 Gryfondor who were brave or stupid beyond reasons enough to gossip in front of him. All the students had to stay at The Wing for four days, for some longer.

Draco then went to the fireplace in his office and grabbed a hand full of floo powder and shouted, "Daily Prophet," and disappeared into the flames, so Blaise, went after him knowing that they'll need help to stop Draco's rage and from stopping him from tearing the whole building.

Blaise stepped into the clean fireplace and grabbed out his wand and some floo powder and shouted, "Daily Prophet," and as he disappeared into the flame his main thought was, 'I'm gonna have to contact Cecila and tell her I'm gonna be in St. Mungos.'

To Blaise's shocking suprise, he found Draco flirting with the cute brunette at the front desk and walkover to investigate.

What Blaise didn't know was that something caught Draco's eyes on the front page. What cause him to come to the Daily Prophet was the 'Find Someone Special' section of the front page. It said that the column was for those who wanted to meet someone special could come to the Daily Prophet and meet the section's journalist and fill out a form and their profile and what kind of person they want to meet would be on the newest copy of the column until they found their special someone.

So Draco, without a slightest appointment went up to the front desk, flirting his way into the unknown journalist's office, but his usual charms took longer to work on her than it usually does. He knew why, 'The bloody article!'

Draco then felt a tap on his shoulder, Draco then turned around and found Blaise smiling the at the brunette. Draco knew what to do, he let Blaise take over the flirting and he would sneak in and wait for the journalist who was suppose to be late for work.

When he finally found the office he needed to find, he found the suppose lock door to be unlocked. So he swipt in and found a redhead at the desk with her head down at the latest Daily Prophet.

Sensing that someone was in the room she looked up to find the famous Draco Malfoy standing right infront of her staring down at a redhead who looked flushed and her clothes ruffled as if she was in a rush. She was wearing glasses and her hair fell limp on her shoulders as if she didn't have time to do anything with them.

Before either could say anything, the brunette came in at a rush, her face in a flushed. Blaise came in right after her.

"I'm am so sorry Ginny, I got... um ...distractect. I didn't see you come in and how come you look like a mess?" asked the brunette who was now becoming very curious.

"I feel like it too," Ginny mumbled, but then said clearly," You can go back out Jess, and can you bring me a fresh cup of cappacino?"

"In a flash," said Jess.

Turning her attention at Draco and Blaise, she said with a mocking voice, "What honor is it that brings a newly engaged ex-bachelor and the newest hottest bachelor to my office?"

Draco and Blaise sat down without consent.

"Firstly, Ms. Weasley, I presume, you shouldn't always believe what your read, and secondly, I would like you professional help on clearing a misunderstanding," said Draco with a smooth professional voice.

"Why, Mr Malfoy, would you think that I would help a man who barged into my office AND harrassed my employee?" said Ginny with the same tone and leaned towards Draco and said, "If I were you, I'd think other wise," and she leaned back.

Then in came Jess with a freshly brew cup of cappacino, breaking the awkward silence. She set it down on the table, and went out looking downward with embarressment. Ginny didn't notice because she took out a pack small of sprinkles and put it over the whip cream and with the straw from her desk she began to drink.

"I'm sure we didn't harressed Jess, and we didn't barg in, we were here to check if you were here, thats all," said Blaise sincerely, without a hint of mockery.

"And I'm sure you're very good at helping people, that is your job after all," Draco added with amusement in his eyes.

Ginny sigh, and knew she lost, her main job was to do the work when asked, and she couldn't afford to get any complain letters about her, she'd lose the job she always love.

"Fine, how may I help?" she said in bitter defeat.

"Well, I read your column on 'Finding Someone Special' and I thought you'd I'd be the first person who wants to find someone special. You see, I met someone special last night and she left before I could talk to her," said Draco with a small smile that grace his lips.

Blaise sat there absorbing everything he said, this was all very new to him.

"Mr. Malfoy, this column is for those who haven't met someone yet," Ginny said a little above a whisper. She seemed to be stopping from looking awe, but no one really noticed except one.

"Ms. Weasley, I'm letting someone find me and I'm hoping she would answer," Draco said.

"Fine," Ginny said with a inward sigh and took out a notepad and quill, "Describe her."

"A real beauty, with long hair, pale skin with shoes size 6," Draco said trying to remember what he remembered, " and she smelled like strawberries."

Ginny look up at him with disbelief, "Good, you just discribed over a half of the women in the universe."

Draco gave her a sneer and said," Thats all I remembered." Ginny sighed and wrote down what he said.

"Here, is this all?" Ginny asked as she shoved the pad to him.

"Why did you let out the strawberry part?" asked Draco.

"Because thats something you'll know to see if the person your out with is the one," Ginny said as if it was obvious, " Anyone could look as you describe them but the smell is something they won't know about, something you'd know."

"Theres one more thing, I want you to put my name on here," he said handing back the article.

"Mr. Malfoy, I'm not saying that its unwise for you to do so, but its a problem for me, I'll have a line from here to the 10th street from here, camping, just to answer this column!" Ginny said, she couldn't take this much longer.

"Why thank you for the compliment," Draco said, Ginny rolled her eyes, and mumbled something that sounded like egoistic git.

"But thats the point, I want everyone to know that I'm not going to marry Ms. Wellington by finding her." Draco said with the famous Malfoy smirk.

"So your just using her," Ginny said as if she was hurt but covered it up with a cough.

"Oh Weasley, you can't say it like I'm a selfish guy," Draco said examing his nails, "She'd be lucky enough just to meet me."

That was it, she couldn't take it anymore. Ginny was outraged and the color red was coming back to her pale cheeks.

Ginny stood up and shouted," I don't bloody care if your the king of the bloody universe, or that I'm going to get bloody fired, but I can't take this bullshit anymore, you are a insensitive and egomanic git! If you don't leave this blasted office when I count to three, I will hex you like I did in your 5th year, but this time, to oblivion."

Draco and Blaise just sat there. Blaise winced at the loudness of the red tempered Weasley. Draco however just stared at her with a mixed emotion: namely fear and curiousity.

"1... 2...," Ginny said and drew her wand out, but not before Draco grabbed her arm and hissed, "Why do you care about her so much, you don't know her."

Ginny just stared into the gray orbs and replied bitterly, "Because I know she has emotions just like us, and I'm not going to let her get hurt by an insensitive git!"

"But who said I'd hurt her?" Draco whispered into her ears.

With those final words he stormed out the office with Blaise running after him.

A/N:

Oh My God! I can't believe I got really good reviews! I'm sorry if some people couldn't reply unless they logged in, I'll fix it right away. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter, here is what is to come in the next chapter:

More about Ginny's life

Advice from Harry'

Laura Wellingon in Rage

More meetings between Draco and Ginny