UPDATE - 10 March 2006: Weeded out some errors.


Ginny was in her dorm, still a little dazed from recent events. How could Will be a bloody Malfoy? He was way too nice! She stared at the ceiling, trying to work her head around this impossible thing.

Kate came in and told Ginny that Will didn't know about the Malfoy-Weasley situation. Ginny was a little relieved, but still felt like her world had been shaken a little by Will. A nice Malfoy, that would be like Harry Potter announcing he was gay! She laughed at this thought and thought of Harry in drag and glittery makeup until she went to sleep, a broad grin on her face.

In the morning, Will and Ginny greeted each other. Ginny wasn't angry, she had liked Will, but it had been quite a shock. What would her parents think if they knew she had befriended a Malfoy? Mind filled with rebellious thoughts, she and Kate sat down with Will at the Gryffindor table.

Will asked Ginny to tell the boys in his dorm that they should call him Will instead of Vill, but Ginny laughed and said it was kind of cute.

They ate breakfast in the Great Hall and the timetables were handed out by Professor MacGonagall.

"Good grief, Potions first, this always happens every year, you'd think we were in a badly written fanfiction!" Will and Kate stared at Ginny in confusion. "But at least we have it with Ravenclaw this year instead of those scumbag Slytherins, I almost pity those Hufflepuffs. Almost."

The rest of breakfast was a bit quiet and the Potions Master's chair still wasn't filled. Ginny raised an eyebrow at this but soon stopped asking herself why because Will was talking to her about turnips.

They finished breakfast soon after and were on their way to Potions. Will had one arm around each girl and boys and girls that passed them gave them envious glances. Will's good looks and exotic background attracted the stares of the girls who giggled when he was around them, although they were a little afraid of the ex-Durmstrang student.

They entered the Potions classroom, but their teacher wasn't there yet. Ginny sat down at a desk at the front of the room and Will next to Kate behind her. Ginny usually enjoyed the practical aspect of Potions, even if Snape had a horrible nature. She hoped the new teacher was better. She was sure she'd do well if Snape wasn't breathing down her neck, trying to find something wrong with her potion. Was the new teacher a man or woman? Tall, short, skinny, fat? Sense of humour or as reactionary as a pumpkin?

"I can't stand the suspense!" she almost yelled.

Everyone was looking at the door to the Potions Master's room, eager for the teacher to show up.

The student entrance at the back of the room burst open with a bang and everyone jumped.

The teacher walked briskly up to the front desk, shoes clicking on the stone floor. He had white blonde hair that covered half his ears and was smooth as silk. Ginny half-yearned to stroke it. He had grey eyes and an icy glare for everyone. The muggle trenchcoat he wore was hung up on the hat stand. He smirked at the class, a look of superiority came over his face and instantly knew who he was.

"I'm the new Potions Master, Professor Malfoy, no you may not call me anything else than Professor Malfoy otherwise I'll chain you to the ceiling by your gaskin." A tiny smile, the only Ginny had ever seen him do, came over his face when he looked at his cousin. "That is all of you except for William, who can call me anything he likes."

Ginny stared at the new Malfoy, with wonderment. He looked so different out of uniform. Under his trenchcoat he had been dragonhide black trousers with stains around the front from fresh potion ingredients he hadn't cleaned yet. The loose white shirt he wore was also stained, around where the apron she assumed he been wearing did not cover him. In a few places his shirt was actually eaten through. Ginny could not help but admire the fact that he was so young, yet able to work with highly acidic ingredients.

"You will stay where you are seated for the rest of the year so that I may learn all your names quicker. I will call you all by your last names, not your first." He smirked and started to call out names.

"Erskine?"

"Here sir" A boy from Ravenclaw said.

"DuBoise?" Erica Duboise raised her hand and blushed. All of the girls seemed quite taken with the new Draco Malfoy, that is all except Ginny who was caught between admiration at his skill and rage at him in general.

"Malfoy?"

"Yo, Dragon my man!"

"Stop it Will, it doesn't suit you" Professor Malfoy smirked at Will with genuine mirth.

Some of the girls giggled and began to whisper and pass notes.

He went down the list of names and paused at Ginny's name.

"Ah, the measly Weasley …"

"Come on Draco, she's not zat bad. She is my friend." Will said and smiled at Ginny who smiled back. She turned around and went "Nyah, nyah, nyah!" at her professor. Malfoy sneered. She was still the little innocent Weasley.

"Whatever you say, Will." He went on with the lesson, which was basically telling them what was going to happen that year in Potions. They would be making a Sixth Sense Potion, as Malfoy so fondly called it, at the end of the term. It enabled them to see and commune with the dead that weren't ghosts.

The lesson finally ended and Malfoy called Will to his desk.

"Will, come here. What's happening with Aunt Gerde and Uncle Tobias?"

"Nuzzing much. You know vat zey're like." Will sighed "Mozzer cooks all day long and Fazzer spends each day in his library, studying zer Malfoy history." Will said.

"How about you? Anything interesting?"

"No nuzzing."

"Oh I'm nothing am I?" Ginny interrupted with her hands on her hips.

"Does she have to be here?" Draco asked.

"She's my friend, Draco, I vant her to be here, it is unfortunate Kate is not here." He put his arm around Ginny and pulled her close. "But she didn't want to be late for class."

Professor Malfoy scowled. Ginny sighed, they would probably miss Ancient Runes, but Ginny didn't really care. It was a boring subject anyway.

"What happened with the sorting, Will?" he asked.

"I vanted to be sorted into Gryffindor, and I did."

"You're in Gryffindor?" Draco said, shocked.

"Yes, vy does everyvun zink it is such a big deal?" Will asked.

"Well, All Malfoy's are generally evil and are all in Slytherin," Ginny interrupted. "You're the first Malfoy in Gryffindor for, well, I don't know, years, possibly ever. Kate told you."

Will and Draco talked for a while until lunch when they had to go. Draco had generally talked about himself, after he had asked Will a few more questions. Ginny clearly felt Draco's annoyance at her presence, and stuck to topics only he and Will knew about.

Lunch came and they left together, until they had separated at the entrance hall.

Ginny and Will sat on either side of Kate and started to pile their plates. Kate asked them questions, which Will answered. The girls around them were flaunting their assets and trying to strike up a conversation with Will, but he coolly ignored them.

"Can ve go get ready now? I hate being the centre of attention for too long." Will said

"That is an un-Malfoyish characteristic!" Ginny said, laughing.

"You don't know all of us," Will said. "How can you judge someone by their family?"

Ginny thought of her own family and agreed. They all walked to Gryffindor Tower to get their books for the classes after lunch.

They walked as slow as they wanted to Divination and laughed most of the way at the jokes Will made, and Kate's few, but hilariously amusing, witty remarks.

"Did I tell you about ze time Draco and I had a sleepover?" Will said, he was telling the girls about Draco and all the things they did together. Ginny was eagerly listening for some dirt on Malfoy, this revelation might be promising.

"No, what happened?" Kate asked.

"It vas just an overnight one, but it vas a night I vould never forget. It vas his tvelth birzday and I had met zis very nice girl. He knew I really liked her and ven ve vere out in ze garden, I vas about to kiss her and zen she gasped and ran away. He had taken ahold of my boxers with zer tiny red hearts on zem and written, 'Watch out for Will's STDs!' on zem, zen levitating zem a few feet avay from us. I haven't forgiven him for zat yet. I can never face Penelope again." Ginny was giggling and Kate was looking at Will with pity in her eyes.

"What an awful thing for him to do!" She said.

"Why don't we get him back?" she said, with a glint in her eye.

"Oh no, she's got zat look in her eyes." Will said.

"I've got a plan." Ginny twiddled her thumbs and smiled again.

The next day Ginny walked into Potions with her head held high. Kate had given her a makeover, her hair was more curly at the bottom and she had make-up on. Just a bit of eye shadow, lipgloss, mascara and eyeliner. She made sure her freckles stood out a bit so she would look innocent.

Will and the rest of the boys at Hogwarts looked at her strangely through breakfast and in the halls. They were surprised at how much Ginny had changed in a short time. The girls also stopped to compliment her, and try to catch Will's eye.

Ginny entered the classroom and saw Malfoy at his desk, head down and examining a paper. She sat at her desk in the front row and did the thumbs up to Kate and Will.

Kate and Will smiled encouragingly and Kate did the thumbs up back to Ginny.

"Now, today you'll be making the 'Jusenkyo' po –" he stopped, Ginny had just turned around, and smiled at him. He took in her pink lips, soft yellow and green eyelids and curly hair that bounced as she turned. He felt the temperature of the cool, damp dungeon rise a few degrees.

"P-potion, please pick a partner." Will got up and sat next to Ginny before any other of the admiring boys could get there. Kate had been paired up with a brainy girl from Ravenclaw, but looked longingly at Will and Ginny.

"You look really beautiful, Gin." Will said after an awkward silence that was only filled with the bubbling of cauldrons and hushed whispers. The Professor's eyes darted in their direction as he passed by.

"Thank-you, Will" she leant closer and added. "Good touch, I almost believed you! Do you think it's working?"

"I really mean it, you are very beautiful today." he brushed a tendril of hair from her face and she blushed.

All of this didn't go unnoticed by the Professor. He watched as Will said that Ginny was beautiful. He watched as she leaned and whispered something to him. Watched as he whispered back and glared as he saw Will tuck away a strand of her hair behind her ear.

Will looked at the Professor who was now red in the face and glaring at him.

"I zink you're turning green viz jealousy, dearest cousin of mine." he said. A boy from the back of the room laughed and said.

"He's not turning green! He's turning red!" some laughed but others just tried not to smile, so they would not anger the Professor.

"Ten points from Gryffindor, Matthews, I'll have none of your cheek." Professor Malfoy was bitter for the rest of the lesson.