Sorry I haven't updated for ages. I've been a bit ill so haven't had a chance to get to the computer… Another chapter that I'm not too happy with, but I'm blaming that on having slightly messed up brains at the moment! Hopefully I can get back to some better writing soon.

Thanks for any reviews, sorry if I didn't reply… I think I did for most but got a bit confused towards the end of the weekend!

Harry held out his hand. "Can we start over? I'm Harry Potter."
Ginny laughed as she spun round the dance floor. Draco was quite the dancer. It seemed he had many hidden talents; if Ginny didn't want to kiss him so much she would probably have been sickeningly jealous of his abilities.

"Stop, stop!" She gasped as Draco twirled her round yet again. "I need to get a drink, I'm parched."

They walked towards the drinks table chatting about how they had each learned to dance. Ginny stopped suddenly; shocked at the sight she saw before her. Two black haired figures were sitting on the floor surrounded with glasses and bottles giggling and throwing bits of grass and flowers at each other.

"Harry?" - "Pansy?" questioned Ginny and Draco simultaneously.

"Gin!" Harry cried jovially, attempting to raise a glass to her and falling on his back.

Pansy tried to pull him up but just managed to fall over herself. "No gin…" She muttered. "I'll stick to the firewhisky - gin reminds me too much of my mother…" She looked at Harry and they both burst into another fit of laughter.

Draco grabbed a bottle of wine and pulled a gawping Ginny away from the drunken couple. "Looks like they're in for a fun night." Draco muttered. He walked Ginny to a pair of stone benches slightly covered by the branches of a large willow tree; it was as close as he could get to hiding them away from the few stragglers still partying.

"What do you mean by that?" Ginny asked a little forcefully.

"What's wrong?" Draco asked. "Isn't it good that he's not still pining over you? It certainly puts my mind at rest that Pansy's set her sights on him. Means he won't try anything on and I won't have to break his nose again."

Ginny frowned a little at his brutal talk, he grinned slightly and muttered joke quietly. "What makes you think she wants him?" Ginny asked.

"I can just tell." Draco stated. "I can see it in her eyes. She hardly ever gets drunk, so either she feels comfortable enough with him to let go of her inhibitions or else… she's pretending to get drunk so his guard is down and she can have her wicked way with him."

Ginny looked shocked. "Wicked way? She can't do that he's a Vir…" Ginny pressed her lips tightly together and looked away wishing she hadn't had the last drink which had obviously loosened her tongue.

Draco chuckled. "I see… So little Potter is an innocent. How sweet. Pansy will love that."

Ginny whacked him with one of her wings. "Don't be so horrible. Your first time should be beautiful and memorable. A special occasion, not a drunken grope that you won't even remember in the morning."

Draco looked around quickly to make sure no one was looking and then pulled her in for a passionate kiss. He left her breathless and gasping for more. "I take it from that little speech that you haven't…?" He left the sentence open.

Ginny blushed but didn't shy away from the question. "Of course not. I've literally just turned 16. Do you think I'm easy?"

Draco pulled her towards him and stroked her face gently. "No, quite the opposite. One of the reasons you're so special. I bet half the girls in school didn't think twice about waiting. They were all too busy trying to be popular and keep up with the other girls. You aren't an air-brained, open-legged bimbo like they are." Ginny bit her tongue and managed not to make a nasty remark about the fact that most of the girls trying to be popular were doing so to get into his bed. It made her very self conscious though; she started getting a bit concerned about what he was expecting from her and what she was willing to give.

It wasn't as if she was completely clueless. She'd had a few boyfriends in the last few years at school and things had gotten a little out of hand a couple of times. But she'd always stopped things when they had reached a certain point - which was in fact the reason for one of her break-ups. For once Draco couldn't seem to sense her nervousness, possibly because he was happy with the way things were going at the moment. He had spent a good while thinking that she just wanted to be friends so now that it had turned into more he was happy to just see how things went. After all he'd been through in the last year or so, having someone that he could trust and talk to seemed a minor miracle in itself.

Eventually the evening came to an end and Arthur and Molly's arms were aching from shaking so many hands. Ron and Hermione had spent a little time looking for Harry but decided he must have gone home early. Draco accidentally forgot to tell them what he had seen earlier and Ginny had already fallen asleep exhausted, so no mention was made of Pansy.

Once home Arthur left Molly to get Ginny into bed and asked Draco to have a quick chat with him down stairs. Draco assumed that Arthur had noticed his closeness to Ginny and wanted to give him a fatherly warning. However Arthur had other things on his mind.

"Draco, I know you were there when Ginny let loose what seems to be a novel form of magic. I wanted to have a word with you in the hopes that you can help me out…

Once in every seven generations a female Weasley has been born. As I was one of three brothers we knew one of us was very likely to have a daughter; it turned out to be me... Now every female Weasley so far has been blessed, or cursed some may say, with an unusual power. Franny, our last female ancestor was one of the most powerful seers to have lived and left behind some very mysterious prophesies. Every time she touched someone she would have visions of their deaths flash through her mind so towards the end she just avoided contact with anyone. It was a sad tale really." Arthur paused pensively. Draco stayed silent, waiting for him to continue.

"Before her there was Madelyn Weasley who would go into another kind of trance - she could control her mind so it would float free from her body and she could see and hear things that were going on elsewhere without being detected. Kind of like having a fool proof invisibility cloak really. Nothing bad happened to her though; she was a spy in the Southern Wars and was quite highly thought of amongst her peers… It goes back like that throughout history. Some of the women were more powerful than others but all of them were exceptional witches."

Arthur suddenly shifted his position, leaning forward and staring deeply at Draco.

"Ginny is the first female Weasley in history to be a seventh child. You may well know that the number seven holds much significance in the wizarding world and we think this is no exception. Ginny may have an extraordinary power, one that she may not even be able to control. I'm not sure if Ginny told you, but Albus was aware of her type of gift. He mentioned being blessed with it to a much smaller extent himself. But he never went into details with any of us. He always maintained that Ginny should be the first to find out what she was capable of and he would help her control it. Then it would be up to her to disclose any information to us."

Draco decided to ask the question that had been playing on his mind. "Sorry to sound rude, but what does this have to do with me? Why aren't you explaining all this to Ginny?"

Arthur smiled. "I think she knows already what our family history is like... The reason I'm talking to you is that Molly and I are going to have to leave her for a while. Mad-Eye has brought some information to the Order's attention and we have to take action.

I want to know that you will look after my Ginny. I can tell you two trust each other and you have certainly proved yourself to be a sensible, intelligent and powerful wizard. I am however worried about what may happen if her powers start to become more apparent. If things had gone to plan then this time next month she would have been starting extra lessons with Dumbledore and if necessary would know how to control herself. Now we are at a loss to know what to do. Minerva is looking through all of Albus's books and parchments to see if she can find anything but there is so much that it may well take months of searching and she is needed for Order business…"

Arthur stood up, walked to a cupboard and pulled out a large pile of books. "We are bringing a lot of Dumbledore's belongings here. I want you and Ginny to read through as much as you can to see if you can find anything useful. I know it's not the most exciting job in the world."

Just then Molly walked in. "Arthur let the boy get some sleep - it's late. Go on Draco, we won't be leaving until we've said good-bye to Ginny tomorrow so if anything else needs to be said we can talk about it then."

Draco walked to bed slowly, running things through his mind. So he and Ginny were being asked to read through a huge amount of possibly useless literature; that sounded dull. On the other hand they would be alone in the house and he could think of a lot more exciting things to do with their time…