Time For A Change?
Breakfast was a very organized event and Mrs. McGonagall talked to all of the teachers with great care about what she expected this year. She asked that the old teachers guide the newer ones but she also wanted the new teachers to help each other.
"Draco," started Professor McGonagall," you will be working very close with Neville and Ginerva this year on learning how to be new teachers. They have already started their meetings so maybe you should talk to them about when the next meeting is." When McGonagall finished talking she walked off and began talking to the other teachers.
"So," said Draco not really knowing what to say to Ginny," are we still on for lunch?"
"I guess so," said Ginny standing up for breakfast," would you like me to show you to the teachers quarters?"
"Sure, I hope their better than the student dorms."
"Oh, they are extremely nice and you are aloud to decorate as you like. Luna lives here with Neville so I guess that their pretty big as well."
"They actually live here?" asked Draco with a kind of arrogant voice.
"Well yes, Neville has to be here most of the time as a teacher and they're newlyweds." said Ginny in a voice that told she was offended. Like he was trying to talk badly about two of her best friends.
"I didn't mean it like that," said Draco but his voice showed no remorse.
"I really don't care how you meant it, your voice said it all"
Ginny continued walking to the teachers dorm and finally walked up on the stair case that dipped and swerved.
"This staircase takes you to the teachers dorms. I think every teacher lives somewhere on this floor of the school but only myself, you and Neville live of this hall." said Ginny and whispering a password that made the staircase swoop down and do a full turn.
"I would have never knew this was here," said Draco looking around the hall that seemed to change before his eyes. At first glance the hall seemed to be gold and red but now is was red with hints of green all over."Did everything change colors?" asked Draco when Ginny continued to walk like nothing had happened.
"Yes, the colors change according to the teachers." said Ginny walking up to a door that was silver and green.
"This is your apartment so I guess that I'll see you a little later?" questioned Ginny as Draco moved to open the door.
"Yeah," replied Draco," how early do you usually eat lunch?"
"Lets say that we meet in the hall at about 1:15," started Ginny and Draco checked his watch," then we can get lunch about 1:30."
"Sounds good," said Draco before walking into his apartment and closing the door.
Ginny waited until Draco had closed his door before she walked off. She lived at the other end of the hall so she started to make her way down there. She had spent the whole summer making her apartment a retreat where she could feel at home and she think that she really achieved that homey feel that enveloped the Burrow.
Opening the door to her apartment Ginny smiled at the amazing shades of blue that cascaded through the room. When she was designing the different rooms of her home she thought about what colors would make her feel calm and relaxed. She knew that the ocean was calming and now when she walked into her apartment that was the first color that she saw and she felt relaxed.
"Gin Bug," said a voice from another room and Ginny immediately walked to her dinning area that was right off from her living room and a pale yellow but the furniture was a maple that was brand new so it smelled kind of sweet in the room. Her dad had made the dinning room furniture as a leaving home present.
"Hi mom," said Ginny walking to the room and smiling at the face inside the fire place. Her mom was standing in the living room of the Burrow with her hand on her hip.
"I asked you to inform me of your date with that young man the moment you came back and it has been about a week," hissed Molly shaking her hand at Ginny.
"I just been so busy but since you've contacted me and I have time right now I might as well tell you all about it," said Ginny and she started to tell her mother about going to Malfoy Manor. She told her about Narcissa excitement and then she started to tell her about about being in the gardens. "I was so relaxed mom and I felt like that no harm could come to me."
"Maybe that should tell you something," said Molly in a soothing voice," do you remember when you were dating Neville and you said that you didn't feel safe with him. Maybe you will be better for Draco than you guessed."
"I don't think so Mom, he is nothing like me. Today he acted like it was something wrong with Luna living here with Neville," said Ginny with a scowl on her face.
"Today?" asked Molly. "Did you see him today?"
"Oh, I forgot to tell you," said Ginny," he's going to be teaching Potion here at Hogwarts."
"Oh my," smiled Molly," seems like 'destiny' is rolling into place."
"Mom," scowled Ginny as she started to walk around and to the kitchen and took a drink out of the refrigerator. "I really don't like him."
Ginny talked to Molly for about another thirty minutes and the conversation wondered everywhere. They had an amazing mother-daughter relationship but Ginny was more of a Daddy's girl. He taught her a love for muggle electronics and he also taught her a love for business. Since Ginny left school her dad had finally been promoted in the ministry and some even thought that he had a chance to be nominated for the next Minister of Magic.
After spending a few more minutes talking to her dad Ginny looked at her watch and saw that she still had about another five hours until she was due for lunch and she was really bored. So Ginny sat down at her desk where she had places her lesson plans and thought of something neat she could do for the start of the year. She remember at the beginning of her 1st year when she saw a cat sitting on the desk in Transfigurations and it turned out to be McGonagall. That was hilarious to her and her class mates but she didn't know if she wanted to show anyone her animal form. She had really saved lives in the war by keeping it secret. The only person that knew her form was her father and she wanted to keep it that way for awhile.
Once Draco got into his apartment he felt really out of place. Malfoy Manor was a dark place with closed spaces where not much light was let it and the dungeons of Hogwarts were pretty much the same. The room that Draco was standing in was extremely bright with huge windows. The only things that made Draco feel at home was the dark black and green colors assorted across the room and Draco thought that he would keep the colors. The furniture wasn't that bad either but the painting on the walls were all smiling and joyous and that was disturbing.
Draco just walked around the apartment for a while looking at different aspects of the rooms and changing them with a swish of his wand. When he was done the apartment different feel anything like home but it could become close.
Once finished redecorating Draco wrote a letter to his mom and wished her a good day. Though Narcissa Malfoy wasn't the nicest person in the world and not to great of a mom, she was his mom and that was what matter. She had protected him from getting the dark mark and kept him with in arms distance if she thought that the direction of the war might change. Though no one knew she always thought about her child first. Narcissa informed Draco of where the last battle would take place and he helped the Order prepare. She was just as much of an informant was Draco and without her the war would still be going.
The only difference between Draco and Narcissa was how they wanted to be loved. Draco wanted his family to openly love him and Narcissa like to be loved from a distance. She wanted to guard her heart and a big part of that was Draco.
