Year 3 || -1994-
The Quidditch World Cup came around and Draco invited her to the minister's box, the best seating in the entire stand! She accepted of course, it was an easy decision until-
"Absolutely not. You will not be associating with the likes of Draco Malfoy." Molly had spoken. Then again the twins ignored her orders, why couldn't she? She would just have to be a little more sneaky.
King Prat aka Dragon aka Draco,
I'll be able to go, but there is a slight problem. Molly doesn't want us to 'associate', therefore we will have to be quite Slytherin about it. Since she will not be going, it will be easy once we are there, but I do have the problem of Ron tattling like the child he most times acts like. If you could meet me at the purchasing grounds before hand it would probably help a lot.
Queen Bitch aka Lucifer aka Ginny
Molly found the letter and yelled at Ginny for going behind her back to see 'that Malfoy child', in return Ginny yelled at Molly for breaking her privacy and trust. It ended when Arthur came in to tell Molly what she did was wrong, and to tell Ginny that it was still disrespectful to yell at her mum.
"I am her mother Arthur, I have the right!"
"You may be my guardian, but you are not my mum! I hate you!"
Ginny stormed out and left her parents in different forms of shock.
The trip to the cup was uneventful, the most that happened was getting a 'knowing' look from Hermione when Cedric had held onto her during the port key and carried her down gently. She decided that she still didn't like Hermione that much. After that she convinced Arthur to let her go to Cedric's tent and then thanked Mr. Diggory for covering for her before making her way to Daphne, Draco, Blaise, and Luna.
Death eaters at the World Cup. Draco's father cursed and told them to run, head for the forest and he would find them later. Around them tents were burning and muggle-born's being tortured, she had almost been attacked herself until Draco stepped in front of her and took the curse.
Seeing him wither on the ground in pain was horrible, so she did the only thing she could. The next moment she was pulling him up, the death eater on the ground suffering from a particularly powerful bat-bogey hex.
They ran into the forest, Ginny pulling him as far as she could before Draco collapsed, and only when the screams became distant did Ginny realize what spell they hit Draco with. Ginny felt sick. She didn't know which way to go, if anyone had followed her, or where the port key point was. With Draco unconscious and no clue what she should do, Ginny sobbed quietly. She stood there for a half hour before deciding to try to use the point me spell.
Blaise was east of her, the World Cup was west, and she had absolutely no problem with that.
She found Blaise Zabini, Luna Lovegood, and Pansy Parkinson a day after the initial attack. Draco was still unconscious when she arrived, dirty and grime covered, but alive. She told them about the death eater hitting Draco with the cruciatus and her using the point me before finding them. The screams died down and they waited.
And they waited.
And they waited. It wasn't until the third day that they were found, cold, hungry, and tired, but safe. Draco woke up the day before, they ate whatever spare candies they had in their pockets, huddled together for warmth, and when they heard the laughter of what was no doubt escaped death eaters, they hid in the trees. Daphne and Hester found them first. Lady's Urquart and Greengrass calmed them, the paranoia of having to hide every time they heard someone had finally got to them. They went to Hester's until Lady Greengrass got into contact with the Malfoy's, Zabini's and Parkinson's.
Draco didn't want to admit the truth, but Ginny and Pansy made sure to mention that he was hit. Afterwards a day was spent trying to get him to open up, but he refused to admit he got hurt. Pansy and Blaise went home with their parents while Narcissa offered to take Luna and Ginny to their homes. Ginny almost forgot she wasn't home.
Luna went home to find her father hadn't noticed anything was amiss, thinking that she was perfectly safe and the game was taking longer this year. He thanked Cissy and they went to her stop next.
Molly cried when Cissy brought Ginny back to the burrow a week after the World Cup. Fred and George wouldn't let go of her for an hour, and then Charlie had swooped in and crushed her in a tearful hug, claiming that he thought the worst had happened. Bill gave a hug, but also gave her some much needed space as well while Percy and Ron gave short hugs. Her mother was crying loudly, Harry and Hermione smiling in relief, and her elder brothers were pestering her to no extent. It felt all wrong. That night she sat outside with Fred, George, Bill, and Charlie joking and laughing despite what had happened. That in it's entirety felt like her home.
They were in their usual compartment, chatting about how excited they were to all be able to go to Hogsmeade with each other legally. The door opened as Ron and Harry looked in.
"Well, well, if it isn't famous bitty Potter and his poor sidekick Weasel." Came a drawl from Blaise as Draco snorted. Ginny looked at Ron questioningly before rolling her eyes and tuning the boys out. She was conversing with Pansy about Ancient Runes when it happened. She was sent forward with a startled yelp as two pinches erupted on her forehead. She whimpered as she went to stand in the deadly silent compartment, and she heard gasps from around her.
"Ginny... I'm so-" The petite redhead cut him off as she looked up. Tears had pooled in her eyes, along with an accusing look of betrayal. She ran past her friends, ignoring their calls of her name and Ron's apologies. She kept running until she found herself in the part of the train occupied by Gryffindors. She peered in each, getting laughs or glares until she found the one that she was looking for. Just as her tears spilled past her eyes, she opened the door and launched herself at her elder brothers, letting out a sob as the antlers on her head knocked around.
It took an hour to calm Ginny down after she came bursting into the compartment, and by then they were at Hogwarts. When Fred managed to get Ginny to tell them it was Ron, they marched with her outside to professor Flitwick, who undid the hex and promised to subtract five points from Gryffindor as well as assigning a weeks detention to Ron. That night Fred and George sat with their sister. They sat on either side of her as they shot Ron, who kept sending the trio glances, their deadliest 'We are pranking you the worst' glares.
Ginny was happy that they stood by her.
They were participating in a tournament! Pansy had mentioned something earlier but Ron had interrupted the conversation. Beauxbaton and Dumstrang were bringing their students above fourth year to view the contest, although only those of age could enter much to her brothers dismays.
"It's gonna be so exciting!" Flora exclaimed that night as they sat around in their dorm.
"I don't see how, they're just students." Hestia replied as Hester nodded along with her.
"Not just students," Ginny added, "Draco said Victor Krum will be there! Told me and my brothers at the feast." she said smugly.
"Hrmp, We'll see then."
Victor Krum was in fact joining them at Hogwarts, even better he and the other Dumstrang students joined them at the Slytherin table. He sat next to Draco and Ginny took the liberty of asking how he accomplished his Wronski Feint, and Viktor actually looked impressed! She shot a smug look at Ron as she introduced Viktor to Fred and George the next morning.
Harry's name came out of the Goblet!
"I would have thought he would want a quiet year considering.." The girls mused at the thought as they sat in their shared dorm.
"Unless.." Ginny started as she sent a glance to Hester.
"Someone else put it in without telling him."
The usually light dorm was silent as they went to sleep that night. Strangely Ginny wasn't scared for Harry, she didn't hold a silly crush as she had the year before and it seemed to make a difference.
'Support Cedric Diggory' sat proudly on her left breast as she marched over to the Hufflepuff table and sat next to Cedric without warning. She might have believed Harry, but she knew Cedric since she was in diapers
"Have you grown a pair of bollocks and asked Cho out yet?" was the first thing she asked, which got many looks from some students. Cedric just chuckled and put an arm around her protectively before continuing his conversation with his keeper. Then he turned to Ginny and the two discussed his plan to ask her out for the Yule Ball.
"Dragons!" Ginny yelled to Adrian as they watched Cedric walk into the ring, "Which gormless knob had this grand idea?"
Adrian looked mildly surprised at her sudden use of swears, before he chuckled. "Dunno love, but i'd think they were a nutter, don't you?"
"Hmm. Dumbledore then." Ginny grinned at him before cheering for Cedric as he got his egg. The task was long over before she realized Adrian called her love.
She spent a week fussing over dresses with Hestia before Flora was asked by a Dumstrang student to attend the ball with her. The other three third years remained quiet until Flora agreed with rosy cheeks, then they pulled her closer and began to giggle softly. The giggles grew louder as another Dumstrang student, they were brothers it seemed, asked Hestia. She agreed happily and Hester made a deal with Ginny. If they weren't asked they were going together.
Molly sent her a nice new mint green dress with a nice pink bow around the middle. She was planning to wear it with Hester as her date but plans changed two weeks before the ball. It started when Ginny woke up really, the other girls were giggling loudly and giving her smiles and sneaking glances. The halls weren't much better, she could hear the Slytherin house bouncing with excitement. She didn't truly know anything until she walked into the great hall and saw Julia Fawcett and Emmy Travers smirking widely at her.
The rest of the table, Hestia and Flora included, took their seats, yet the two older girls held her back. She could hear sudden gasps and cheers before Emmy motioned for her to turn around and Julia gave her an excited squeal.
Adrian Pucey stood with the entire Slytherin Team. He stood in front with a bouquet of -were those snitches?- while the rest of the team rode their brooms, holding a large banner.
I know i'm not a Seeker, so i'll start by saying iv'e been Chasing you since last year, could you help me find my Keeper and be my Golden Snitch at the Yule Ball?"
Ginny Never smiled so large, or said yes so quickly, in her life. Then came the next problem. Adrian was two years above her, she couldn't go to the ball with him in a mint dress, it was simply too childish!
"It's cute enough Gin," Hestia commented as she, Ginny, and Flora made their way to the common room. Ginny swirled on her heel to point at the girl,
"Exactly, Cute! I need something less cute and more- more- Stunning!"
"I can help there!" Flora exclaimed as she grabbed Ginny's wrist and pulled her towards the secret tunnel to Honeydukes. "Meet you in the Dorm room!"
Hours later Ginny would still be thanking Flora for her help while Hester would pout in the corner.
The night of the Yule Ball was hectic. Luna, having been asked by Neville, was joining the Slytherin girls in their dorm to get ready. Hestia was wearing a nice short lime dress, Flora wearing a blue flower patterned one. Hester was wearing Ginny's mint and pink dress, deciding someone should wear it and it looked better on her anyway. Luna was wearing a beautiful purple dress that had three different shades.
Ginny had Julia do her make up, simple small winged liner and a little shaping her eyebrows. Emmy applied a little Mascara five minutes later but it made a small difference. She slipped on the mid thigh length dress before standing in the mirror to admire the stunningly navy dress. It was accented with silver and gold on the breast and upper back, and lined with the two colors on the bottom. Deciding on a ponytail for the Ball she placed her loose curls into a loose ponytail, before slipping on her rose gold heels and grabbing her purse, once again navy with a silver chain that she could place on her shoulder so the purse could hand at her thigh.
Once they were ready, the five of them made their way to the Slytherin Commons where four girls were meeting their dates. Adrian had simple, yet elegant dress robes, also accented with a blend of silver and gold. His only navy accessory was his tie, but Ginny supposed she had enough navy for the pair. After stunning Adrian and the other boys for a good few minutes, the group headed to the main staircase where they would meet Neville.
Ginny could tell that this would be a night to remember.
"Ron ruined everything!" Ginny cried later that night in Draco's dorm. After she was forced to retire early she met with Daphne and Pansy who were going to chat wit Draco and Blaise. they quickly brought the clearly distraught Ginny along.
"What did he do?" Daphne asked in concern.
"He yelled at me about wasting money in front of Adrian, and when Adrian went to defend me he lied!"
"What?"
"He said I shouldn't have said yes out of pity like I told him I had, but I never said that!" Ginny exclaimed as she let out another sob. Blaise and Daphne grimaced as Pansy put an arm around Ginny comfortingly. Draco simply thought of ways to make Ron's life miserable.
Ginny got a letter from Molly three days later stating she was very disappointed that Ginny let her mother spend money on a dress that Ginny didn't even wear. Ginny wrote back one sentence: 'Next time don't bother'. Ginny and Adrian hadn't spoken since the ball, thanks to Ron mostly, but also because Ginny gets tears in her eyes almost every time Adrian is around [The only real exception being quidditch practice]. Finally on the fourth day Adrian corners Ginny in the library and asks for her side of the story, which she hurriedly gives. He nods, thinks for a moment, and then plops himself in the seat next to Ginny, "Your brother is a blooming bellend" and she barks out a laugh because it was so simple that she missed it.
The Second Task was a quiet affair, Ginny spent the hour leaned against Adrian who was chatting with Fred and George. She was curled up in her seat, and held her hands in his pockets to stay warm, meaning she was practically in his lap as well. After the first thirty minutes went by and Fleur coming back empty handed , Ginny fell asleep. Later she would wake up in the Slytherin Common room, not caring how she got there because she was still with Adrian.
She and Adrian spent more time together in between classes. During meals they sat together, free periods they spent in the library studying for upcoming exams, and if they timed some classes just right, like History of Magic and Divination, the teachers never noticed if a student was not in class the whole periods. Slowly but surely, Ginny was falling hard for Adrian, just as he had for her the year before.
The Third Task. Ginny learned well enough from the second one, she went in her nightwear and brought blankets and her pillow. She fell asleep once again curled up on Adrian, but this time it did not end peacefully. She woke to the roar of the crowd, and barley had time to wake up before the first scream came. Cedric was.. oh no, she moved forwards, tripping over the sheets as she stumbled down the steps before strong arms wrapped around her and pulled her back. she fought them, but once she saw the blank expression on Cedric's face she knew.
Vaguely she was aware of the shouts and the crying, but she couldn't hear them over her own.
Im slowly making the Quartet into a thing like the Marauders, except this time no one betrays the group you know?
Q&A:
IWishYouCouldGoAway: This actually killed me to write Cedric dead
Mia Tia: I'm glad you liked it! Hope you liked this one too!