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Memory

Chapter Two: Stars and Stories and the Past

It was a hot night, hotter then Draco was use to and he couldn't sleep. His shirt was sticking to him and his hair was sweaty. He pulled off his shirt and changed into a lighter shirt before quietly making his way out of his room and outside of his hotel.

Outside the night was in full swing. The breeze drifted through the trees that were filled with various animals. He could hear the sounds of the night that would quiet again come morning. The moon was out and almost full, giving the night more natural light then he needed.

He started down the road that was before him, not really paying attention to where he was going. He had found over his life that when he couldn't sleep going for a walk worked best. When he had gone to Hogwarts he would explore the castle at night, finding quite a few hidden rooms.

He walked until he neared a cliff that overlooked the water. He stopped and peered ahead, noticing someone was already there. With the move of her head, he recognized her. The girl from the market, Scarlet, was sitting down leaning against a tree. He debated whether he should approach her or not, finally letting his legs make the decision.

"I told you it was a small town." she told him without looking at him. "Or maybe you're just following me."

"I couldn't sleep." he replied stupidly, standing slightly behind her. "How did you know I was here?"

"The moon told me." she said, turning to look at him. "Would you like to sit down?"

Scarlet moved over to allow him room to sit beside her and lean against the same tree trunk. Her attention turned back to the sky as she tilted her head back against the tree.

"The moon told you?" Draco asked as he looked up at the sky with her.

"The man in the moon." Scarlet told him. "He's out in full swing tonight. He whispered to me that I wasn't alone."

"He doesn't seem to like me much." Draco replied. "He hasn't said anything to me."

"That's because he doesn't know you well enough." Scarlet said to him as she brushed her hair out of her face. "Why aren't you asleep? It's late."

"It's too hot to sleep." Draco told her.

"Not if you sleep in the nude." Scarlet replied smirking. "You obviously haven't visited here before."

"The air conditioning just doesn't work."

"Pity."

"Do you come out here often late at night?" Draco asked her.

"Depends on how you define often. I just like to come out here and look at the stars."

"Why?" Draco asked.

"The night sky tells a story." Scarlet replied.

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"How can you not love the night sky?" Ginny asked him in shock. "It calm, peaceful, beautiful."

"It doesn't do anything." Draco replied. "It's just there."

Ginny rolled her eyes at him, "You just don't know how to look correctly."

"Then tell me how to look." Draco told her.

"First there is the moon. It grows and shrinks and disappears. It's a time table, and it has it's own mysteries and legends surrounding it."

"It turns regular people into werewolves." Draco interrupted, "You can't forget that."

She elbowed him in the side, "Hush. Who's telling this story? Me, or you?"

"I just didn't want you to forget any details." Draco told her.

"Then there is the stars. As you have learned they form the constellations. We've learned a lot of the constellations in class, but I think that there are many more out there that have been ignored or missed."

"Like what?" Draco asked looking up at the sky.

"See those stars?" Ginny asked pointing to a gathering of stars to their left. "If you look at them correctly it forms three people. One of them is a princess, she's on the left, see how those three stars make the bottom of her dress. Then beside her is the lowly knight in shining armor. See how they are in love?"

"Who's the third person?" Draco asked.

"The third person is a the evil prince He and the knight have traveled together. The prince always takes credit for the knights work, which is why he is evil." Ginny told him. "The princess and the knight have fallen in love, but the princess has been promised to the prince. The princess and the knight have had an affair together, and no ones knows except for the princess's lady in waiting."

"Why would she want the knight when she could have the prince?" Draco asks scoffing. "That's ridiculous."

"Why would you want me when you could have Pansy?" Ginny asked in reply. "She didn't care about his station, she cared about him. Anyways so one day the princess and the knight were out together, in the middle of the woods having a picnic when the prince and her lady in waiting showed up. As it turned out the prince had come to visit the princess and got angry when she wasn't there. He threatened her lady in waiting to find where she was. The lady in waiting gave up the princess and the knight in fear of her life."

"Some lady in waiting she was."

"Hush." Ginny told him, shoving him gently. "You are ruining the story. So the prince drags the knight back to the town, yelling about how he was a traitor to the king. The princess and the lady in waiting ran after him, both crying and upset. Finally the prince has reached the middle of the town and a crowd has gathered around, he raises his sword to cut off the knights head. But the princess yells at him that if he kills the knight she will never be his. So the prince lets him live, but the knight is to never talk to the princess again."

"What happened to the princess?"

"She was forced to live the rest of her life with the prince and the man she doesn't love."

"That's sad."

"That's why they are in the sky now. The god's decided that since they couldn't be together in life they will get to be together forever in death. And so they were placed up in the heavens so that their story will always be known."

"Maybe one day someone will look up at the night sky and see our story." Draco replied.

"As long as it isn't a tragedy."

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"What stories do you get from the night sky?" Draco asked.

Scarlet shrugged, "Sometimes I think I use to know stories and I forgot them all and my mind is just grasping to remember them, and sometimes I wonder if I'm just making them up as I go. But, it just comforts me to come out and look at the sky at night."

"I use to know a girl a lot like you." Draco told her. "She loved to go outside at night and stare up at the stars. Sometimes she would tell me the story behind the constellations, even if she had just made them up."

Scarlet smiled. "Sometimes it's the ones we make up that mean the most."

"That's what she use to say."

"This girl, were you two together?" Scarlet asked, turning her attention to him.

"We dated for a while." Draco nodded. "I loved her more then I had ever loved anyone."

"She loved you back?"

Yes."

"What happened?"

"I lost her." Draco replied quietly.

"I'm sorry." Scarlet told him.

"It was a long time ago." Draco told her, getting up. "I think I should be getting back."

"Why?"

"I don't want to interrupt your time with the night."

"You're more then welcome to stay." she told him, "If you want."

Draco looked up at the sky. "Have you ever heard the story that goes with those stars?"

Scarlet looked to where he was pointing. "I made up one once, about a knight, a princess, and a prince."

Draco nodded. "Good, I heard a story about them once. They're an important group of stars. Good night Scarlet."

"Walk safely the night can be dangerous." Scarlet called to him as he walked away.

It was her. Draco knew without a doubt it was her. It had to be her. How could it not be? She looked just like her, acted like her. He didn't know why she told him her name was Scarlet or pretended that she didn't know him. But it was her. That was the only thought that Draco had as he walked back to his hotel, it had to be her. It just had to be.

She had the same weird interest in the night sky as Ginny did. She even knew the same story about the same patch of stars that Ginny had made up. How could it not be her?

What if it wasn't her?

Draco had looked for her for years, never believing that she had died. Had he finally found her? Or had he finally driven himself insane by trying to find her?

It had to be her. He had looked to long for it not to be her. Everything about Scarlet reminded him of Ginny. Everything. She was beautiful, kind, quirky, funny, smart.

She was everything he had ever wanted and yet her name was Scarlet. How? Why? Draco couldn't shake the thoughts from his head. He couldn't get her out of his thoughts. He knew he wouldn't be getting to sleep tonight.

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She looked at him with contempt, if looks could only kill. "What do you want Malfoy?"

"You know we are working together now. You could try using my first name."

She narrowed her eyes, "Because you have managed to use my name every time you've ever addressed me."

"Ginny, must we bicker? If you need any persuasion as to why we should get along, we'd get the job done faster."

Ginny scoffed, "Typical man. Thinks getting the job done quickly is better then doing it throughly."

Draco closed the difference between them, "Trust me I'm just as good at working quickly as I am throughly. I never leave anyone unsatisfied"

"Unless they faked satisfaction." Ginny smirked.

"Trust me, no one ever has to fake anything around me."

"And for the record, just because I have to work with you doesn't mean I can't still hate you."

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They had been working side by side for 2 months 3 weeks and 5 days. She had dealt with him for hours and hours and hours. She had spent more time with him then she would wish on her worst enemy. And what bothered her was the fact that spending time with him didn't bother her anymore. In fact you could say it was almost nice.

Not that either of them would let on that they didn't hate each other. The bickering and name calling never ended. But, it no longer felt so malicious, it felt almost flirty. It was like a new game for them. How mean could they be to each other without making the other seriously mad?

She knew better then to mention his father in any insults, so she didn't. And he didn't even bother to make fun of her family anymore. And more times then not they were laughing together and not at each other.

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He supposed it was inevitable. After spending 3 months, 1 week, and 6 days together, they were bound to kiss. Of course he also expected her to punch him, really hard. He hadn't expected her to melt against him. He hadn't expected her to kiss him back. He hadn't expected to feel so much emotion in a simple kiss.

He hadn't expected them to date.

He hadn't expected to fall in love.

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Draco woke up again, at 3:00 am, in a sweat. His dreams had been filled with memories of a girl he no longer had. And right away his mind turned to the possibility of having found her again. And with those thoughts in his head he didn't return back to sleep. Instead his thoughts plagued him until it was officially time for him to get up and go to breakfast.

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