Chapter Five: Randomania

A/N: 2020 - Revised!

2006 - OHMIGOSH! Lol. I have reviews! Thank you so much to the eight reviewers!

Darkmark111: Thanks for the advice..I've been worried that there isn't enough dialogue, and mostly that the dialogue I've used isn't very British. Rather hard...lol..but not too bad for my first fanfic. It's the first time the characters aren't mine, aside from the Scooby Doo thing I wrote years ago, and since I couldn't do dialogue at ALL back then...I'm babbling..sorry.

Loony Loony Loony Luna: It was supposed to be in first person, but I'm not very good at that, so it was all going to be thoughts, but wow, look how well that worked out.

FreakyHOTGeek: Cyber brownies, hun, CYBER brownies.

So, on with the story! (Yay!)

Disclaimer: Only in my wildest dreams have I owned anything Harry Potter.

Ginny's plan had gone off without a hitch. Due in no small part to Luca for that wonderful silencing charm, she thought with a grin.

"So, now that you've got that bloody quill back, are you happy?" Having seen the git to the Hospital Wing, the two girls were biding the time before their next class by enjoying a jubilant walk.

"Rubbish! No, my dear Luca, it's only just begun."

"Right, well, you've got him off your back for a bit, stuck in the Hospital Wing and all," Luca pointed out. "Oh! Come to think of it, he can't patrol tonight either! Blimey, that was brilliant!"

Ginny grinned to herself. And that's not all...

"I'm stocked up for the next round, too." Ginny walked away, leaving her friend to puzzle over what she'd said.

Catching up, Luca asked, "So what is it? Incriminating evidence? Illegal potions? A dragon?!"

Ginny laughed out loud at the last one. "You ninny! Do you really expect a dragon to fit in his bag?!"

Rounding a corner, Luca said, "No I supp-"

Ginny cut her off, dragging her behind a nearby statue. Peering around, they watched a couple snogging a little excessively for so early in the afternoon.

"Come on," Ginny whispered. She crept forward on silent feet, resuming her normal gait only as she drew level with the couple. "Oi, get a bloody room you two!" she hollered, immensely satisfied to see their abject mortification at having been caught. To Luca and Ginny's great amusement, he was a Slytherin and she a Hufflepuff, both fifth years. Merlin, what a pair! Never thought I'd see a bloke like that with a Hufflepuff! Almost worse than Malfoy fawning all over that Ravenclaw! Ugh- why did that part have to get in my head?!

"Come on Gin, stop ogling or we're going to be late for Potions. You don't need to get any farther onto Snape's bad side than you already are, after yesterday." With that, Luca pulled Ginny unceremoniously out of her thoughts and down to the dungeons.

Upon reaching the classroom they found that Professor Snape had not yet arrived, giving them a chance to talk for a few more minutes.

"So if it's not a dragon, what is it?" Luca picked up their conversation from earlier.

"I'm afraid you shall have to be patient, dear friend. I want to be sure it's going to work, first. For now, we wait."

"For what?"

Before Ginny could answer, Professor Snape arrived and ushered them all into the room.

"Bring me your essays," he instructed, his expression even more annoyed than usual. Come off it Gin, that's just Snape on a good day! You're lucky he hasn't deducted any points yet. Grabbing up Luca's roll of parchment as well, she made her way to the front of the room and deposited them both onto his desk.

At the end of class, Professor Snape asked Ginny to stay behind. What does that old grump want now?

Her silent query didn't go unanswered long.

"Miss Weasley," he began, and if Ginny hadn't been looking directly at him, she'd have sworn he was spitting out a rather revolting bit of food. "No matter how much it pains me to inform you, inform you I must. It has been decided that you are… bored in this class." He handed her a slip of parchment, his expression sour. "You will be moving up to the advanced class. Do try to focus on the lesson, rather than on your brother's Potions partner," he sneered.

The resulting heat in Ginny's face was due entirely to her irritation at the insinuation, rather than to any anticipation at sharing a lesson with Harry. The only thing to look forward to in the advanced Potions class was getting to share it with Hermione.

When he saw that she wasn't going to take the bait, he sighed and dismissed her. She got as far as the door before he called out.

"Do not forget, Miss Weasley. You owe me two nights' detention."

Ginny headed up to her dorm after dinner to relax for the fifteen minutes she had before she was due to patrol the corridors. Upon descending to the common room, she saw that Harry and Ron were playing Wizard's Chess by the fire. Harry was doing a good job holding his own against her brother, but both players were clearly getting increasingly agitated as the game wore on. This was due in no small part to Hermione, who kept blurting out tidbits of information she had obviously just read in How to Bash Up Your Opponent's Pieces: A Beginner's Guide to Wizard's Chess.

Slipping through the portrait hole, Ginny began her first ever night on patrol duty. She very quickly came to realize that it wasn't all catching ne'er-do-wells or running into her arch nemesis at every turn. In fact, her rounds were abysmally dull and she had not seen hide nor hair of Malfoy. After two hours of total boredom, she retreated back to Gryffindor tower. Blimey, I'm knackered. Time for a nice, long night of rest. Once in her pajamas, she crawled between the soft sheets and fell asleep immediately.

A/N: 2006 - Sorry for the lame ending, I wasn't sure what else to do. Thanks, Freaky, for help with the chapter. Handmade soap for all reviewers!

2020 - I guess that's the year I made soap with my stepmom.