Ginny entered the girls' dormitories in a daze. Bellatrix and Narcissa watched her with concerned expressions on their faces.

"Are you alright?" Narcissa asked. Ginny nodded.

"Oh, y-yes, I'm just fine" She said, her eyes glazed over. Bellatrix and Narcissa glanced at each other knowingly.

"Did you snog Lupin?" Bellatrix asked. Ginny blushed as red as her hair as she nodded slowly.

"You go girl!" they both cried in unison. Ginny stared at them in shock.

"You don't mind?" she questioned incredulously. They both shook their heads.

"Of course not, it'll be interesting to see a Gryffindor and a Slytherin snogging in public" Ginny blushed, if possible, even redder than before.

"We're not going out" she muttered.

"You're not? Well, what happened between you and Lupin then? Was it just some sort of snogging lesson?" Ginny shrugged.

"I dunno, but we're not going out" she said, sounding disappointed. Bellatrix hugged her.

"He'll ask you out soon enough. Trust me" she assured her. Ginny sighed.

"I was hoping he'd ask me to Hogsmeade this weekend" she said quietly, looking dejected.

"It's not like Lupin to just snog a girl, then leave her. He normally asks them out" Narcissa said.

"Yeah, but you keep forgetting that he's a Gryffindor, Nar, he won't wanna go out with a Slytherin, will he?" Ginny said, sounding miserable. Bellatrix hugged her again.

"C'mon, let's go get something to eat" she said with a smile on her face. Narcissa and Ginny nodded as they all made their way down to the Great Hall.

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Ginny noticed that Remus was chatting merrily with his three friends. He winked at her slightly, before going back to talk to James about something. Ginny relaxed, he wasn't avoiding her.

"Isn't he gorgeous?" Ginny sighed dreamily as she stared at Remus. Narcissa waved a hand in front of her face, but all she received was a blink.

"That's it; she's gone to La-La land!" Bellatrix exclaimed "There's only one thing to do!" Bellatrix grabbed hold of a glass of pumpkin juice and dumped it over her head. Ginny shrieked as she shot up as if she'd received an electric shock. Drops of Pumpkin juice slid down her nose as she stared at Bellatrix in annoyance.

"What did you do that for?" she cried.

"We get enough of you drooling over Lupin without you doing it at the dinner table as well!" Ginny flushed as she picked up some mash potato.

"Well, this is for always talking about Lestrange!" she yelled as she shoved it in Bellatrix's face. Bellatrix screamed as she fell off her chair. Everyone watched in amusement at the oncoming battle. Narcissa stayed quiet, but unfortunately got dragged into it as well. Bellatrix and Ginny both grabbed hold of some cake and threw it at her face. Narcissa squealed as she got hit full in the face.

"ARGH!" She screamed. Bellatrix and Ginny both doubled over in fits of laughter.

"THAT'S IT!" Narcissa bellowed as she grabbed hold of the jug of pumpkin juice and started chasing the other two around the Great Hall with it.

"Ah! NO! This uniform's new!" Ginny cried as Narcissa poured it down her top. Unfortunately, her blouse was white and the juice made it go completely see-through.

"NARCISSA! NOW I LOOK LIKE A SLUT!" Ginny shouted "Maybe I should just take it off" she said with a sly grin on her face. Remus blushed bright red as he stared at her with wide eyes. A load of mash potato came flying and hit Narcissa right in the back of the head.

"FOOD FIGHT!" Sirius and James cried as they started throwing food at each other. In a mere few minutes, the entire Great Hall had food flying everywhere. Ginny grinned as she dumped a load of pumpkin juice onto Remus' head. Remus let out a cry of shock, then grinned evilly as he grabbed a hold of mash potato and shoved it down her top.

"Ah! You'll pay for that one, Lupin!" Ginny yelled. While the food fight carried on, Remus and Ginny quickly made their exit and headed outside near the lake. Ginny giggled.

"You've got potato in your hair!" she exclaimed as she tried ruffling his hair to get it out. Remus grabbed a hold of her arm to stop her from ruffling his hair as he took a step closer to her. Ginny stared at him with a look of confusion on her face.

"Wha-?" Remus cut her sentence off as he pressed his lips against hers. Ginny responded almost immediately. Ever since they'd first started kissing in the library, they'd seemed to be wanting more and more from each other. As they pulled away, Remus grinned.

"You look very sexy like that Gin" he said as he examined her. Ginny blushed and pretended to be embarrassed.

"Oh, shut it you!" Remus turned and started running full speed towards the lake, screaming all the way.

"WAHOO!" He yelled as he jumped in. Ginny smirked as she followed him and stopped by the lake. Remus' head popped up.

"Help! I can't swim! I've got a cramp!" he gasped out. Ginny giggled.

"Didn't your mum ever tell you not to go swimming after you've just eaten?"

"Help!" Remus gasped as his head disappeared under the water. Ginny rolled her eyes.

"Okay, Remus, very funny" A few seconds passed and Ginny grew worried.

"Remus?" Nothing. Ginny gulped as she took off her shoes.

"This had better be worth ruining my new uniform" she muttered as she jumped in.

"Remus? Remus, where are you?" she cried out. While this was going on, Remus had snuck out of the lake and was leaning against a tree, his hair flopping in front of his eye. He was grinning madly.

"Aw Gin, what are you doing in the lake?" he questioned. Ginny whirled around in the water to see Remus standing there, grinning like a madman. She narrowed her eyes at him.

"Remus Lupin, get your arse back in the water, so I can dunk you!"

"Okie dokey" he jumped back in the water. Ginny immediately dunked his head under the water. Remus, while under the water, grabbed her hands and pulled her under as well, then he kissed her. It was strange … kissing someone under water. When they both came up for air, they saw the Marauders, Lily, Bellatrix and Narcissa all standing there, looking amused. They both blushed bright red as they held each other's hands under the water. James grinned.

"Moony, I didn't know you had it in you!" Remus grinned sheepishly. Bellatrix and Narcissa looked gleeful.

"Ginny, you snogged a Gryffindor!"

"So?"

"Good going girl!" Narcissa exclaimed. James, Sirius and Lily were all grinning and glancing at each other.

"Moony, you animal!" Sirius yelled. Remus flushed and grabbed Ginny round the waist and pulled her closer. She slid straight into him and she giggled.

"See ya!" she said as she dived under the water.

"Hey, where'd she go?" James questioned. Suddenly, a splash hit Remus in the face.

"ARGH!" He cried. Ginny burst out laughing.

"You look so cute when you're wet" she said innocently. Remus swam after her and dunked her.

"1 …2…3…4 and SWIM FOR YOUR LIFE!" Remus shouted as he started swimming as fast as he could. Amazingly, Ginny had managed to grab hold of the back of his robes and was now hanging onto him by his neck.

"Ginny … you're drowning me!" Remus yelped as he started sinking. Everyone laughed as they watched the couple in the lake both sink under water.

"Those two are crazy about each other" Lily stated. Sirius groaned as he rolled the eyes.

"Thank you for pointing out the obvious Evans" Lily glared at him.

"I think it's sweet"

"Normally, I would totally object to Moony dating a Slytherin, but Ginny's more like a Gryffindor than anything else" James stated. Everyone else nodded in agreement, including Bellatrix and Narcissa!

"I don't know why the Sorting Hat placed her in Slytherin. She's nothing like us" The Marauders stared at them. 

"Well, it's true" Bellatrix shrugged "She acts more like you lot than us"

"Yeah and she got us together with the guys that we fancied" Narcissa added "That isn't normal for a Slytherin"

Remus' head suddenly popped up from the lake as he gasped for breath.

"I need to go and put some different robes on!" he yelped "I'm freezing!"

"Me too, but I'm not complaining" Ginny told him. Remus rolled his eyes.

"I'm gonna go and get some new robes, see you later Ginny" he said as he kissed her lightly on the cheek and ran off. Ginny shivered as she slowly made her way to the Hogwarts' entrance, so that she could go to the Slytherin common room as soon as possible.

"WAIT FOR US!" Bellatrix yelled.

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Halloween crept up on everybody and as it came to the night, all the girls were rushing around, deciding what to wear.

"I'm not going" Ginny said, looking bored. Bellatrix and Narcissa stared at her as if she was insane.

"You can't not go! What about Remus?"

"Well, I don't think he's going" Ginny stated.

"Please, come to the Halloween Ball, Gin!" Narcissa pleaded.

"You'll be with your lover boys, there'll be no point in my going" Ginny told them. The two Black's let out defeated sighs.

"Fine, have it your way"

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Ginny was curled up on the sofa reading a book on Defense against the Dark Arts, when Snape sat down next to her, staring at the fire.

"Can I help you?" Ginny asked coolly. Snape flushed.

"Look, I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you when you first arrived" he told her, looking apologetic. Ginny stared at him. She'd never seen her potions master look apologetic before! 

"It's alright" she said with a small smile "and I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you"

Snape smiled.

"Ah, it's alright. I don't care, friends?" he asked, holding out his hand to shake Ginny's. Ginny smiled slightly as she shook Snape's hand.

"Friends" she confirmed. She put down her book and sighed.

"I'm gonna go for a walk, see you later … I'm sorry, what is your first name?" she questioned.

"Severus"

"Oh right, see you around Severus" she said as she wandered out of the Slytherin common room.

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As Ginny wandered the corridors alone, she felt rather frightened, it was eerily silent. Suddenly, she gasped when she felt a hand close round her mouth. She felt herself being thrown against the wall. She looked up with fearful eyes to see a gang of Slytherins sneering down at her. Avery stepped forward, a strange glint in his eye.

"Is it true that you've been snogging a Gryffindor?" He spat. Ginny stared up at him defiantly.

"So what if I have?" she asked. Avery scowled.

"Gryffindors and Slytherins don't mix! Stay away from whichever Gryffindor you're seeing …or else"

"Or else, what?" Ginny spat.

"Or else you'll regret it" he whispered menacingly.

"You don't scare me!" Ginny snapped. Avery smirked as he snapped his fingers. Two males stepped forward. Ginny recognized them as Crabbe and Goyle. Crabbe punched her in the stomach. Ginny gasped out as pain hit her.

"Stay away from the Gryffindors, Weasley!" Avery spat "Or be a traitor to your own house" Ginny spat at the ground at Avery's feet.

Avery snapped as he picked her up and started punching her everywhere. Ginny cried out in pain as she slumped to the ground, bruises appearing all over her body, her breathing rasping as she fell into unconsciousness.

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A half hour later, Snape strode down the corridor to see Professor Musky about the potions essay. He did a double take when he saw Ginny curled up on the ground, unconscious. His jaw dropped when he saw that she had bruises all over her. Muttering a levitating spell, he picked her up and carried her to the Hospital Wing.

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 "Remus" Ginny muttered as she began to come round. Snape stared at her, worry etched all over his face.

"Ginny dear, are you alright? It's Madam Pomfrey" Madam Pomfrey said kindly as she stood over her.

"Remus …need…see…Remus…Lupin" she muttered, before passing out again. Madam Pomfrey looked to Dumbledore, worriedly. Dumbledore nodded as he exited the Hospital Wing.

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Dumbledore strode into the Gryffindor common room, the normal twinkle in his eyes had disappeared as he strode over to Remus.

"Mr. Lupin?" Remus looked up and paled. What was the Headmaster doing in the Gryffindor common room? The Marauders and Lily looked shocked at seeing the Headmaster in the Gryffindor common room. 

"Miss Weasley wishes to see you…earlier on this evening…she was attacked…" he trailed off as he stared at the boy in front of him, who looked horrified. He stood up and nodded.

"Take me to her"