A/N: 'Ello again, it's absolutely marvelous to see you! Spiffing, in fact. Kinda hard to think of two A/N's within hours of each other, but Ill do my best. Yay, it's 2004 and since we've just had about a foot of snow dumped on us, we may not have to go to school on Monday! Hope so! Vacations are too much fun! Ah yes, I forgot to mention - I got DDR for Christmas, so any of you peeps out there who want to, come hang out at my house! If this note sounds kinda stupid, forgive me. Lack of sleep and drinking about three sodas will do that to you. Anyway, I think I've babbled long enough. On to the chappie!

Disclaimer: J.K. owns all of this except Dane.

Dancing With The Dragon

A fanfic by two insane idiots, a.k.a. Samwise-dragoneyes and ZiBl

Chapter five: D.D.R.; Dane, Dares, and Retching

Saturday had come to Hogwarts Castle, and Ginny and Kagome were up early. Sitting in a comfy chair by the fire, wearing plaid pajamas, fuzzy slippers, and a smirk Draco Malfoy would envy, was Dane. Kagome and Ginny were pounding it out on the DDR machine, as Dane yelled advice like some kind of dictator.

"Ginny, stop bouncing! Use as little energy as possible, so your opponent tires first. Kagome, stop glancing at the footpad, you need to memorize the position of the arrows!" On and on it went, until eventually, the song ended. Ginny and Kagome had been playing on non-stop mode, so that they got four songs back-to-back, with no breaks. It had been hard for them both, but they survived... Somehow. Stepping off the machine, Kagome walked up to Dane and whacked him on the shoulder.

"What was that for?" Dane yelped, staring at Kagome with a wounded expression.

Stop giving us advice! Just let us concentrate and critique afterwards, NOT during. Now get up there and show us how it's done!" Kagome snapped. Dane, muttering something that sounded an awful lot like 'meow' under his breath, climbed quickly onto the DDR machine. Ginny and Kagome collapsed in chairs, and watched Dane begin to play. They soon got bored, however, and started playing truth-or-dare, a game apparently common in both Muggle and magical worlds.

"Okay, Kagome. Truth or dare?"

"Dare, of course!" Kagome said confidently. Ginny giggled evilly.

"I was hoping you'd say that! Now, go pants Dane." The last part was said in a whisper, so the unfortunate victim in question wouldn't hear. Kagome's eyes grew wide and her mouth opened in shock.

"Okay!' she said with a maniacal grin. Both girls turned towards Dane, who was yet again trying to pass Max 300. He looked like he was actually doing pretty well. Kagome got up and sneaked up right behind Dane. She began to slowly reach for his pants, when a sudden yell broke the silence.

"YEEEEEESSSSSS! I did it! I passed Max 300 on Heavy!" Ginny had never seen Dane so excited. He was leaping up and down on the DDR pad, with Kagome still standing there, staring fixedly at the notice board as if that wouldn't alert Dane to her presence. After a moment, Dane stopped his crazy leaping and leaned over to catch his breath. Kagome saw her chance, and took it, quickly reaching forward, grabbing his pants, and pulling straight down.

"What the-?" Dane stopped mid-question as a high-pitched and rather girly shriek full from his lips. Kagome and Ginny were doubled up on the floor with laughter, rolling around with tears in their eyes. Dane's boxers were pink. Neon pink. Bright neon pink with lavender bunnies on them. Not only that, they were silk. (A/N: Conley, if you tell Dane about this, we will KILL you.) Kagome was laughing so hard that she couldn't breathe, and Ginny was clutching her stomach, trying to stop it from hurting. Furiously pulling up his pants to cover the pink and purple abomination, a bright red Dane marched off to the boys' dormitory. It took quite some time for the two girls to settle down, but finally they did.

"That was the funniest thing I have ever seen," Kagome said, gasping for air, which prompted another round of laughter. "But anyway, truth or dare, Ginny?" Ginny grinned.

"Dare, of course! But Dane won't take kindly to a second pantsing!" Both girls giggled.

"No, my dare tests your bravery! It's something I used to do with my friends when I got bored. There is, you see, a breed of frog that lives on Hogwarts grounds; its color is dark purple with green spots. I dare you to find one, and lick it!"

Ginny made a face. "Kiss a frog? Bleagh. But a dare is a dare, right? I'm off to find me a frog!" With that, Ginny got up and left the common room, while Kagome went to find Dane and apologize, teasing him about his lovely boxers all the while.

Draco awoke on Saturday to find the Slytherin common room completely empty. Quickly pulling on a loose pair of designer jeans and a T-shirt, he meandered down to the Great Hall. It was mostly empty, since a good deal of the students were enjoying their last days of good weather outside. Draco decided to do the same, a decision reinforced when he spotted Pansy sitting at the Slytherin table. Quickly grabbing some toast, Draco headed outside to eat while walking around the lake. As he munched, he thought; and without even meaning to, his thoughts turned to a certain flame-haired witch. Frowning, he wondered exactly how he was going to beat her. All of a sudden, his little brother Orion's voice echoed through his head. You'll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, big bro. Draco paused, remembering how Orion had said that all the time. It had been his life philosophy; perhaps that was why Draco had always been his father's favorite. His philosophies are what got him killed. Draco thought to himself. But they are reasonable. Be nice to Ginny, and her fiery competitiveness will leave her! She'll stop practicing so hard, and I'll be able to beat her! A grin split Draco's face, and just at that moment, our Dragon spotted the red-haired girl in question kneeling at the edge of the lake. Draco frowned. What was she doing? She appeared to be... puking? What the hell? thought Draco, then he shrugged. Now's just as good a time as ever to start with the honey.

Damn it. Last time I listen to Kagome! Ginny thought to herself as she heaved more vomit out onto the ground by the lake. Suddenly, she felt a cool hand gently grasp her hair and pull it back, out of the way. Ginny dimly wondered whose hand it was, but was a bit too busy to turn around and discover the identity of her helper. Finally, however, she finished, and turned around slowly, rather embarrassed to be seen like this.

Her chocolate brown eyes, not for the first time, slammed into the liquid silver ones of Draco Malfoy, but she wasn't ready for what she saw. He had a look of sympathy and compassion on his face. Ginny stared at him in shock. What in the HELL? Dr-Draco? Being NICE? The very thought was absurd. Just when Ginny thought she'd recovered from the initial shock, she was flung rudely into it yet again. "You okay, Red?" he asked softly, speaking as if they'd been best friends all their lives.

"Uh... Kagome... frogs... and..." Ginny stuttered, disbelief coursing through her.

"Here," he said gently, conjuring up a toothbrush and some toothpaste and leading her over to another part of the lake. "Maybe this will help." Ginny took it with trembling hands. She felt as if she were living in a parallel universe, where Draco Malfoy was kind and actually cared about a member of the Weasley family. Weirdly enough, she kind of liked it here.

"Th-thank you, Draco," she said, calling him by his first name for the first time. "This is very... er... nice of you." Draco smiled at her, a real smile, not his usual smirk, as she finished washing up and stood awkwardly, wringing her hands.

"Don't mention it. Feel better?" he asked. She looked up at him, nodded, and smiled, albeit a little shakily. "Good." Maybe he's turned over a new leaf, Ginny thought happily. Impossible as it may seem, maybe the cold, cruel Draco Malfoy is finally gone. Little did she know what Draco was thinking at that very moment. Heh, what a pushover. She bought it completely! This tournament's mine now; no way can I lose!

A/N: It was kinda a short chapter, but we wanted to give you two, so... here they are! Will Ginny find out about Draco's evil plot? Will Draco reform and become nice? What have the Dream Team been doing all this time? And finally... where in the hell did Dane get those boxers? All these questions and more, answered in Chappie 6!

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