Disclaimer: runs onstage I DON'T OWN ANYTHING BESIDES LIZ AND THE PLOT! J.K. OWNS THE REST! There, I admitted it...runs offstagecrying

Luckily, Harry had just finished talking to Lupin and had hidden the mirror.
"Harry, it's 11:57. You should go to bed." Ginny said.
"Is it really? Well, I'll be there in a second." Harry smiled, and Ginny realized that she was blushing. 'Why the hell am I blushing? I don't like him. I've known him for almost eight years….I CAN'T like him.' She turned to go to bed, still wondering why she had blushed.

Seeing Liz watching Draco with love on her face, and Hermione and Ron holding hands in their sleep, she felt that old feeling, the one she had felt as the trio's tag-a-long. But then Isabel had taken Ginny under her wing.

flashback
"You're new here, aren't you?" said a girl Ginny had never seen before. The thing that struck her was her accent…Definitely not British.
"Yes."
"Need someone to help you around?"
"Sure. I'm trying to find Charms?"
"My head-of-house's class. Follow me. I'm Isabel, by the way."
"You're a Ravenclaw…Wow! I'm Ginny Weasley."
"Yeah, I'm a Ravenclaw. No need to tell me what house you're in, I've met your brothers."
end flashback

They had hit off instantly. Ginny learned that Isabel was a Chaser, top of her DADA class, though not better than Harry, and very well aware of the muggle world.

flashback
"My mum and dad took me to America when I was two. We lived there till I was ten, when we moved back to England. I thought I was a muggle, you know. I still talk like an American muggle. Coming here, I was as good as a muggle-born. Made friend with a boy named Malfoy, but he's a bit busy nowadays."
end flashback

But what Isabel didn't tell Ginny was that Draco was still a good friend, only they hid their friendship from the world for Isabel's parent's sake. But then that fateful day had come, September 1st, 1996.

flashback
"Hey, Hermy, have you seen Isabel?" Ginny asked, stepping into the train compartment.
"No, can't say that I have. And DON'T call me that." Just then, Ron and Harry burst into the compartment.
"Have you guys seen the new girl?" They asked.
"No…" Ginny and Hermione glanced at each other.
"You've got to see her!" Harry said.
"It's scary!" Ron said loudly.
"Um….." Neither of the girls thought this wise.
"Come on!" said Harry, dragging Ginny down the train, with Ron doing the same with Hermione. They stopped in front of a nearly empty compartment. Ginny stealthily peeked inside. A small gasp escaped her lips. Draco Malfoy, Ferret Boy, was laughing. And it was a genuine laugh too, completely wholehearted, unlike the cold, mirthless laugh she so often heard. Sitting across from him was, unmistakably, the new girl.

She had shoulder-length chestnut hair with a blue streak in it, a scared look in her hazel eyes, and she was wearing a cross pendant made of horseshoe nails on a black leather choker. She was wearing a simple silver bracelet and silver glasses. Hermione also peeked in, startled by what she saw. As they stumbled back to their seats, Hermione said, "Who was that?"
Ginny, just as confused as Hermione, said "Was Ferret-Boy laughing?"
"Is that even possible?" Hermione replied.
"Can we stop speaking in questions?" Harry wondered aloud.
"Why?" Ginny said. Ron looked exasperated. The girls just laughed.
"You know what? I'm going to go find out who she is." Ginny said.
"You are not going in there, alone, with Malfoy!" Ron shouted, his face tinted red.
"Ronald Weasley, I am only a year younger than you, I am more mature than you, and I think I can handle Ferret." Ginny said haughtily.

"She has a point, you know." Hermione said, as Ron glared at the two of them. Ginny ran back down the train, slowing to a walk as she neared the compartment. She stood in the doorway, watching Malfoy write something while the new girl stared at him. Ginny got the impression that the new girl was daydreaming. 'I recognize that necklace. Where have I seen it before?' She thought.
"Liz, don't look now, but we have company." Malfoy said. The girl, Liz, turned to see Ginny.
"Ginny, come in! I was just catching up with an old friend." Liz said, smiling at Ginny. Ginny gasped as she saw Liz's face, which had been turned away from her before.

"Isabel?" Ginny queried, not believing her eyes.
"She's not Isabel anymore." Malfoy said, motioning for her to sit down. Ginny accepted this and sat down nervously by Liz.
"I spent most of the summer in America and the last week with Draco's family. You see, while I was visiting friends in America, my parents were killed by You-Know-Who. So when I arrived home, I had no where to stay. My first thought was your place, but Dumbledore intervened, saying Draco's family had kindly offered to take me until school started."
"So you spent the last week with Ferret-boy..." At this Ginny was interrupted by Draco.
"You get turned into a Ferret once, they never leave you alone. I do have a name you know."
"Really, what's that? Oh, I remember filthy, loathsome, evil..."

"No, actually, it's Draco." Ginny blinked. Had Sir Ferret just asked her to call him Draco? And now that she had thought about it, he hadn't called her Weaselette at all….
"Yeah, Draconis Lucius Malfoy!" Liz said. They heard a giggle from the door.
"Hermione!" Ginny and Liz shouted.
"I'm sorry, Ron sent me to kill Malfoy if he 'tried' anything." Hermione looked embarrassed. Ginny's face was quite red.
"Why should your brother care if I 'tried' something?" Draco said, having one of his odd moments.
"Because he's a batárd!" Ginny replied, teeth clenched, hands in fists.
"Ginny, do you need the Fuzzi-Wuzzi?" (AN: When you see the word Fuzzi-Wuzzi, you must realize that the I's are dotted with hearts…) Liz and Hermione asked.

"Yes, I need the Fuzzi-Wuzzi." Ginny said, Draco slowly getting more confused. Liz reached into her suitcase and pulled out a stuffed black bear that Hermione had put a Cheering Charm on back in third year when she had missed that lesson. Ginny grabbed it, staring into its purple eyes. Her face instantly lost its angry look, her hands unclenching. She was grinning as she put the bear away.
"It wasn't that strong last year. What did you do?" Hermione asked Liz.
"I put another Cheering Charm on it, and a Permanence Charm as well" Liz replied, looking pleased with herself.
"Clever. Why didn't I think of that?" Hermione asked.
"Because I've had the Fuzzi-Wuzzi in my keeping for two years."
"Good point." Hermione looked sheepish.
end flashback

After that, Ginny, Hermione, Liz, and Draco met secretly in the Room of Requirement, which had transformed into a room of bean bag chairs, thanks to Liz and her American ways. It also contained the fluffiest carpet money could buy, thanks to Draco, and the smell of fresh-baked cookies wafted through it at all hours, from Ginny. It was very sensible, and warned them if someone was coming, or if there were only a few minutes left until class. They would meet there at least twice a week, if only for a few minutes to say Hi and check in.

Harry and Ron did not learn of the friendship until the fateful year when Voldemort was overthrown. They never learned of the Fuzzi-Wuzzi, in fact Draco is the only person outside of Hermione, Ginny, and Liz who knew.

Spyder-Um...Okay...

Hermy-The bus is magical. It expands to fit everyone. Ask Tonks how she got the group on the bus in OotP. I was writing that part the grey lady at midnight, 'kay? Lupin's girlfriend...I don't know...Some random girl...Probably Hufflepuff. And as for Draco...I really can't answer that, now can I? You'll just have to wait.

A/N: Eeeeeeeeeeek! I finished HBP in seven hours! And I still want to rant and rave about stuff...But I won't...

Oh! "Can we stop speaking in questions?" – A tribute to one of my many favorite fanfics, http/