Authors note: Hey guys, since last chapter was so short, I'm going to make up with this one :P...please review!
Chapter 4
They raced around the entire field, before they noticed the three dots coming towards them. They recognized them immediately by the tall one's flaming red hair. So they flew down to meet them.
"Hey Gin, you wanna play a little two on two?" Asked Ron, who acted as if yesterday's scene didn't happen at all.
"Well what about Hermione? Don't you want to play?" Asked Ginny.
"Oh Heavens no! I hate flying, it makes me nauseous, and I'm studying for my exams. Which you four should be doing, but no one ever listens to me!" She said with a dramatic wave of her hands. She then proceeded to walk over to the side benches.
"Okay, so let's make the teams! Gin, you can be on my team, and Colin, you can be on Ron's. We don't have even close to enough players, so we will be playing just with the quaffle, okay?" Harry explained. Then once the collected agreements were heard, they kicked off the ground. Harry gave first ball to Ron, who then past to Colin. Colin tried to pass around Ginny to Ron, but she caught it and sped off in the other direction. She passed the ball right in front of the net, then Harry came up and kicked it in. The game went on until dinner that evening, the score being Harry and Ginny won, 120 to 100. After the came inside, Harry and Ron split up with the rest of the three because they had to bring their brooms up to the tower. The rest of them went down for dinner. The hall was unexpectedly empty, there was only a few students from each house, the three figured it was because they had the day off, and most of them must have lost the time. But as Ginny looked around, she saw that there was only one Slytherin at the entire table. Draco Malfoy. Ginny remembered their little encounter this morning, and so she decided to take a seat facing that table. She was getting a little unnerved by the empty ness. But as she looked around, more and more students were coming in to the hall. They were all laughing and were rosy cheeked. Ginny sighed and turned her head back to her plate. She really needed to get a good night of sleep tonight or her paranoia would soon get the better of her.
"GIN! Can you pass the corn!" Yelled her brother across the table. Ginny shook her head and smiled then gave him the food. She went back to picking at hers.
"Gin? The cow is already dead Hun, you don't have to skewer it some more with your fork." Smiled Colin sweetly.
"Ew, I really do not like sitting beside you while eating anything! Nah, it's just I'm not all that hungry right now." She said with a little smile. "Actually I'm not even feeling that good, I think I'm going to go for a rest, I'll probably be up in an hour or so." She said, then grabbed all her books and things from this morning and headed up towards the Gryffindor tower. What she didn't notice was that a certain Slytherin(A.N.NOT DRACO MUHAHAHA...back with the story:)get up and leave at the exact same time. Once Ginny had walked out of the hall and up one of the stair cases, she heard the sound of footsteps a few yards behind her. Since her paranoia was still on high, she got her want out and had it in her hand before she heard another student yell out.
"ZABINI! Not this one!" There was no reply and the footsteps stopped. She didn't even bother to look behind her, she just ran all the way up to the portrait, said the password and ran up to her dorm then flung herself across her bed. She drifted into a light sleep until a loud clicking noise awoke her.
She looked around to find the source of it, and looked at the window and saw her family owl standing on the window cell, clicking his beak against the glass. She opened the window and the owl flew in happily. She untied the letter from its leg and began to read:
Dear Ginny,
I have missed my little sister already and it's only your third day at school. I have written to you to tell you amazing news. Penelope and I are engaged! We are going to get married over the Christmas holidays, because I want you and Ron to be there! Your can even invite your friend Colin. And of course Harry and Hermione need to be there! I can't wait to see you again! Tell Ron that I say hello, and please write me a letter! Oh yes, Fred and George said that you and Ron should go visit their joke shop in Hogsmede as soon as you can. Remember, write me! I'm lonely!
Your favorite brother,
Percy.
Ginny was so happy for the two of them that she was almost in tears, she ran down the stairs into the common room to find Ron and everyone else. When she spotted him, she ran over and gave him the good news.
"RON! PENELOPE AND PERCY ARE GETTING MARRIED! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?" Ginny yelled while jumping around. Practically tackling Ron to the ground.
"Really? Oh that's wonderful Gin, when are they getting married?" Asked Hermione.
They're doing it this Christmas holiday, and all you guys are invited! Oooh I'm so excited! They're finally getting married! Mum must be so thrilled!" She said while jumping off Ron.
"I always knew they would hook up, I just didn't expect it to be this soon, I mean they have only been dating for what? Five months?" Asked Ron.
"Ron, knucklehead, they have been dating for two years! God, you really aren't perceptive are you?" She said, while still laughing.
"Ginny, that's great news! Well does anyone want to have a game of exploding snap?" Asked Harry. Everyone agreed, even Colin who was sitting on the other side of the room with a book and a fire, decided to come on over and join in. After a few more games, and a few burnt off eyebrows, they all agreed to get some sleep. Ginny was so happy, that she slept the entire night through.
Ginny woke up on time, for once, so she went and had a shower then got dressed, grabbed her books and headed down to he common room to see if anyone else was up. When she got downstairs, she met up with Colin, who was starving and would not let Ginny wait for anyone else. Colin dragged Ginny all the way down to the Great hall, where he sat down and started shoveling food onto his plate. She laughed and soon followed. Then the post came and while Ginny was eating, a large owl of gold and silver feathers came and landed right in front of her. It was such a beautiful creature, that Ginny couldn't help but stare at, until it raised its leg up and showed her and rough edged piece of parchment that looked as if it were tied with a long piece of grass. She slowly undid the tie, and opened the crisp paper. It said only one small phrase in the center of the page.
The Choice Is yours
All of a sudden, her head was full of all the things that happened that night and her head filled with all the things that could happen and things that wouldn't. Suddenly she knew her choice. She didn't know how she came to this decision, or why. She hadn't even thought about it, but she figured it was in the magic of the Goddess.
Ginny quickly asked Colin for a quill and ink, and he handed it over without question, because he was still in awe at this magnificent creature. Ginny quickly wrote down the simple word "yes", then sent the bird off. She automatically turned towards the Slytherin table where she saw another one of the beautiful golden and silver owls fly up and out the window. She quickly gave Colin his quill back, then she got up and ran outside.
Today the clouds covered the sky and there was a light drizzle, Ginny loved the rain. When she was little, her brother Charlie would always tell her the story of the rain whenever she would cry. He said whenever you were feeling sad, the Gods above would shed their own tears to was away your sorrow, and then their tears would bring light and joy and life to the things around them. Ginny thought of this while she ran. She felt like sitting down in some dark place where no one could find her, where she could be alone with her thoughts. She ran halfway around the lake, when she found her favorite tree, with the branch over looking the water. She climbed up it and lay down. Ginny felt so lost in despair because she was scared. The Clywynn person said she was the Goddess of Life, and that in Ginny's blood flowed the blood of this strange being. Not to mention that the same blood flows through Malfoy's veins. Ginny was confused, she wanted to tell Colin, but she didn't think she could. She didn't even know why she was so confused, all this being wanted, was to give her extraordinary gifts, she didn't even know what they were yet.
Ginny never got to sort out her thoughts because the rain had made the branch so wet, that she slipped right off the side and fell straight into the lake. Ginny never was that great of a swimmer, and she was wearing all her clothes. She struggled to get above the surface of the water, but kept getting pulled back under, every time she would reach the surface, she would attempt to get a breath full of air, only to result in swallowing even more water. Her arms were getting tired and her head was getting clogged. Then suddenly she was above the surface of the water, and was being pulled up onto the side of the lake. She lay there coughing up water for a good few minutes, until her head cleared and she was able to sit up.
When she looked up, she looked into the silver eyes of her rescuer, who was currently looking at her with concern.
"Are you alright?" He asked with his calm and cool voice.
"Malfoy?" Ginny said, while still trying to breathe properly. Then suddenly, she grabbed her stomach, and bent over in pain. Then as soon as it begun it was over, and it finished with her lunch all over his shirt.
"Bloody Hell, I save your life and this is how you repay me? Very Weasley like. Come on, I'll take you up to the hospital wing." He said with a friendly sort of smirk, which did not look normal on his face to Ginny's point of view. He then muttered the cleaning spell and put his arm underneath hers, to hold her for support. The walked up to the castle in silence and luckily the Great hall was still full for lunch and no one saw this strange pair walking up to the hospital wing.
"When they finally opened the hospital wing door, they were met with the scorning of Madam Pomfrey.
"What is it now Mr. Malfoy, did you scrap your knee?" She said in annoyance.
Draco glared at her with loathing and replied. "No, I didn't. Now if you don't have anything better to do, she needs help!" He said while gesturing the semi-conscious Ginny that he was now fully supporting. "She fell into the lake and swallowed a lot of water, she nearly drowned. Now what can you do for her?"
"Well put her on the bed, and we will have to pump the water out of her lungs. So you wait here with her, and I will get the potion." She quickly hurried off into her office, than came back seconds later carrying a small vial full of purple liquid. "This will probably burn a bit going down your throat, but it will remove any unwanted water from the lungs. Here, tilt her head back and open her mouth." Then she poured the purple liquid down the girl's throat.
Ginny cried out in pain, and opened her eyes as wide as they could go. She started coughing violently, but Madam Pomfrey just stood by and watched, so Draco figured this was all supposed to happen.
When she finally stopped coughing, Madam Pomfrey poured another potion down her throat.
"It's to stop the burning." She said.
Ginny's eyes went back into focus as she sat up and looked at Draco.
"Thank you for pulling me out, and I'm sorry to have thrown up all over you."
"Don't worry about it Weasel, I have quite enough money to not worry about one shirt." He replied. In earlier times, she would have taken offence to his comments about his money or her last name, but under recent circumstances, she really didn't care. At least there was some piece of normalcy. She sighed and flopped back onto her pillow. Today was definitely not going as well as she would have hoped.
"Well Miss Weasley, it seems that in the past three days, you have been in here twice. Now, what I am wondering is, is it all coincidence? Or are you just accident prone I wonder?"
"HEY! I'm not accident prone! And the last time I was in here, I can't be blamed for that! Crystal balls aren't supposed to turn black! And I fell into a lake! Gods, why are people so freaking judgmental? Guh, today has not been my day." she said while rubbing her fingers on her temples.
It seems that whatever she said caught Draco's attention. He gazed at her suspiciously, the looked a Madam Pomfrey. "Well I really should be going know, I am already late for class, so if you don't mind writing me a note, I would appreciate it." He said. Then he got his note, and left.
Despite Madam Pomfrey's many protests, Ginny finally got to leave. But not before eating a chunk of chocolate. She had double potions right now, and the first one was already half over. With her clothes now dried and her books retrieved, she opened the door and walked in. Ever head in the room turned to her, no one walked into potions class without a good excuse.
"Now, what could be the reason that you had to disrupt my class this time Miss Weasley?" Asked the harsh voice of Professor Snape.
"I-uh, I had to go to the hospital wing, here is my note." She said while walking over to him and handing out the parchment. He scanned it quickly, than looked her over to make sure she wasn't lying, then he told her to take her seat and begin the assignment. He quickly walked to his desk and wrote something down on a piece of parchment. He then gave it to the owl that had a small perch on his desk. She looked around to try and find Colin, but he was sitting with another Gryffindor boy, he looked up at her and gave her a little apologetic smile, before he put his head back down and began to work. She then looked around for another seat, and found the only empty one left was at the very back of the class.
She took out her text book and began writing the answers for the assigned questions. Then when the bell rang to signify the end of first period, the handed in their work and began to complete the potion written on the board. At the end of class, Ginny handed in her vial and while she was walking back to her desk, the boy's cauldron who she was working beside, collapsed, and its contents spilled all over Ginny's hands and arms. Her arms began to blister from the heat, and her fingers were peeling. By now she was screaming in pain.
Professor Snape came glidding over, he held Ginny by the shoulder and yelled for the class to move out of the way as he led her to the front of the class. He went into his cupboard and pulled out a vial full of something clear. He put a drop of it on all the major wounds, Ginny watched as they began to heal instantly and the pain left. The only evidence left of an injury was the red tinge to her newly healed skin. The bell rang and all the students shuffled out of the class.
"Phoenix tears." He said, while looking into her eyes. Ginny remembered in her fourth year when Harry told her about Snape's ability to read minds. She was always nervous about that, so she muttered her thanks and grabbed her books. She practically knocked Colin to the floor when she rushed out of class. She didn't think he would be waiting for her outside the door. She smiled at him through teary eyes, and they walked to lunch in silence.
Authors note: I hope you like this chapter, it took me all day to write! I was sort of running out of ideas. Next chapter will reveal more about the Goddess, Clywynn. Hope you enjoy! PLEASE REVIEW!