GIFT OF DRAGONS
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING HARRY POTTER, JUST THE DRAGON GODS.
Thanks so much for all of the reviews. I'm sorry it's taken so long for this posting, but I haven't had access to a computer for several months. I'll try to do better, I promise. If anyone wants to e-mail me about the story, or just to talk, my addy is had gotten back from the feast earlier than any of the other girls in her dorm. After pleading off early with a sick stomach, she had made her way up to the Gryffindor tower. Now she sat in front of her trunk, digging through it to find her favorite nightgown. With a small cry of triumph, she sat up, nightgown in hand. Standing, she slipped out of her clothes and into the nightgown. It was faded red and green plaid flannel and had shrunk a great deal in the years she had owned it. She sat in front of her section of the communal vanity mirror that all four of the girls in her dorm shared and began running a brush through her long fiery hair. It was not long before she heard the sounds of her friends' laughter at the door, and the other three girls burst in.
"Ginny!" squealed a tall, very obviously pregnant blonde. Ginny stood up, smiling, to hug her.
"Mayle! I'm so glad to see you! You look wonderful! And how is Sythe?" Ginny gushed. The other girl just smiled.
"He's wonderful, excited about the baby. We got married right after I found out, of course."
"Of course."
"He's working now, with your brother, Charlie, actually. Helping him research the dragons."
"Oh, Mayle, that's wonderful! When are you due?" Ginny asked, sharing a smile with the two girls who were standing close by.
"Next month. It's going to be a girl. We're naming her Ginerva Lindsay, after the people who introduced us." Ginny's face split into a smile.
"Really? Mayle, I'm so happy for you!" The girls all giggled and Ginny turned to the other two. "Cassidy, Lindsay, how are you?" The two girls, twin brunettes, gave her identical smiles.
"We're engaged!" Lindsay said.
"To twin brothers!" Cassidy agreed. This piece of news caused all four of the girls to collapse into giggles and rounds of congratulations. Soon, all of them settled down onto their beds to have a gossip session.
"So," Mayle asked from her bed next to Ginny's, "have you heard who's the new Head Boy?"
"No, who is it? My brother? I know Hermione is the new head girl."
"Yeah, Hermione made it, but the Head boy's not your brother. It's none other than Draco Malfoy!" Lindsay said. "And have you heard the other news? This year, each of the heads gets to choose one person to stay with them in their private dorms."
"Really? Wow, I wonder who they're going to choose?" Ginny said. The four girls talked until late in the night, but it was not until after they had laid down to sleep that Ginny felt the cold chill run up her spine.