Authors note: hi. I know I said this would be a one-shot, but the bunnies attacked. I really don't know where it's going, just that it is. And just because I forgot- if I owned the characters I wouldn't be posting here and Dumbledore wouldn't have died. So enjoy and review.
"If you want help, this is the only place you'll be able to find it."
Sparks flickered around Ginny as her temper rose. "Are you going to help me or not?"
"If you want my help, you have to earn it. Sit down and show some manners." Draco replied.
"Be careful, Draco. She might start a fire if you anger her anymore."
"I don't need your help, Blaise. So, Weaslette, how did you get yourself in so much trouble?"
Sitting gently on the edge of the bed, Ginny began to speak, "It started off innocently enough, I was just hanging out with Nicholas."
"I don't want the Disney version, I just need the facts. How did you manage to piss off one of the strongest werewolf families in Europe?"
"I refused Senach's proposal."
"You refused to marry the son of the most powerful werewolf in six generations?"
"It wasn't marriage that he was proposing." She stared at the wall behind Draco's head.
"Women may not have many rights in their communities, but to refuse his bed wouldn't have angered his family to any degree to be worried about." Blaise said.
"He has a point. What did you do that angered them so?"
"He was a bit forceful with his proposal. I broke his arm and stunned his body guards. Then I destroyed his wand and stole his broom." She looked Draco in the eye. "His father has decided to give me a chance to plead my case and possibly bargain my way out of it at the next Full Moon Counsel."
"Only men can speak at the Counsel."
"That's why I need your help." The sparks had died. Ginny looked pleadingly at Draco.
"Why not have Dumbledore or one of the golden trio do it for you? Why come to Draco?"
"Because she was in Forbidden territory consorting with dangerous and criminal people after curfew which is punishable by expulsion." Draco said. "And I'm one of the only people who can keep her secret and get her out of this. And because she doesn't have any friends she can trust."
"Are you going to help me or not? I didn't go through this little maze of secret letters and sneak down into the deepest dungeon in Hogwarts past Filch and monsters alike just to be mocked."
Draco leaned in close to Ginny, making her lean back with her hands braced on the mattress for support. "Oh, I'll help you. But what do you have to offer me as payment that I can't get somewhere else?"