Chapter 3: Memories

Before dinner I went to my room. I was going to have a bath and wash off the dirt from all the traveling I had done today. Once I got out of the bath I walked into my closet to find something to wear. I didnt have to look far. It looked like Kat had laid out my clothes for the evening. I just loved it. I was to wear a short tight fitting dark green dress with a nice high pair of silver heels. I could just see the look on Ron's face if I walked into a room were this. I also put on my Malfoy family crest pendent. It was on a short piece of silver silk. My hair was pulled up into a messy bun with tendrals of hair falling out all over the place. It just made the whole outfit work.

I walked out of my room and headed towards the dining room. I had just gotten to the bottom of the stairs when I felt the pressure of the gate wards warning us that someone had arrived I knew that it was Harry and Ginny here for dinner. So I waited at the bottom of the stairs. When the door was opened I knew that Ginny had seen me standing there. She had a look of shock on her face. In all the time I had been at Hogwarts Ginny had never seen me dressed like this before.

Ginny had to give Harry a sharp jab in the ribs when he saw me for the first time. He had never seen me look so stunning I guess would be the word that you would use. Ginny had to remind him to close his mouth.

'It's not polite to stare Potter.' Draco said walking past Harry. 'She may be older than me but that doesn't mean that I wont watch out for her. Besides you have Ginny any way.'

'Malfoy.' Harry said in a strange tone. 'I wasn't trying to hit on her. Its just that I have never seen Hermione sorry I mean Mia dressed in anything but boring muggle clothing.'

'I guess I can let you get away with it this time.' Draco said with a smile. 'I also think that I should apolagise for the way that I have treated you over the past six years. You do understand that it was only cause I had to be nasty right. That first day that I saw you on the train and knew who you were I wanted to try and be your friend but of course you where the one who had bought about the down fall of my father's so called master and therefore had to maintain this image that I was better than you and that because of your past I hated you.'

'Trust me Draco I think I get it.' Harry replied offering his hand for Draco to shake. 'Let's put the past behind us. Friends.'

If I hadn't seen it for myself I don't think I would have believed that with in the space of a minute Dray and Harry had gone from being enimies to friends. I wouldn't say best friends but it was a start and I guess that was all I could as for. Harry and Ginny then followed Dray and I into the lounge room where mother and father where waiting for us. It just seemed to me that it would be better if I called them that from now. I would never stop calling Mr and Mrs Granger mum and dad.

Dinner went well that night and everyone was well behaved which was more than I could ask for. By the time dessert was served Harry, Dray and father where all talking about quidditch and father was inviting Harry to come along to the next game. Mother and Ginny where talking about fashion and what they each thought of the lastest fashions both in the wizarding world and the muggle. I could just tell that mother was planing on bring Ginny along on our next shopping trip which had been planned for the end of the week. I couldn't wait. I knew that like me Ginny had a hard time with what she could and could not by. I knew that Ginny wanted to keep up with all the lastest fashions but due to money wasn't able to. That was going to change if I could help it. I was going to put aside a small amount of my weekly spending money for her so that if there was some new must have item then she would have it. I knew that mother wouldnt mind and something was telling me that it wouldnt be long before Ginny had her own account within the Malfoy vault.

After dinner the boys went outside to use the last of the light to get in some flying practise. While Ginny joined me upstairs in my room. I knew that she would go straight to my walk-in-closet and I wasnt dissapointed.

'Mia you have so many clothes.' Ginny said with a sigh. 'I wish I had that kind of money. I know that Mrs Malfoy said that she would take me with you on your next shopping trip and that I need not bring money with me, but to be able to buy what ever I wanted when ever I wanted would just be the best.'

'I am sure Ginny that within a couple of years you will have plenty of money to do with what ever you want.' I replied. 'I think I remember Harry saying something about setting up an account for you at Gringotts that he was putting half the interest in from his parents account. I think I remember him saying that you couldn't touch it till you came of age though so I don't know how much is in there. Just don't tell him that I told you this. Please I dont want to get my head bitten off if he found out that you had found out before he wanted you to.'

Not long before Ginny and Harry where due to go home I had a brilliant idea. I rushed down stairs to where mother and father where sitting in the study and asked if both Harry and Ginny could stay the night. I knew that Dray wouldn't mind sharing his room with Harry and there was enough room in my bed for me, Ginny and Pansy that is if Pansy wanted to come over for an improptue sleep over. Mother thought this was a good idea and went to fire call Pansy to see if she would like to come over and to let Molly know that Harry and Ginny would be staying the night and wouldnt be home till later the next day as Ginny was going to be spending the day with me and Harry was going to be going to a quidditch match.

'Hey Ginny guess what.' I said as I walked back into my room. 'You, me and Pansy are having a sleep over and mother has agreed to bring the shopping trip forward to tomorrow.'

'Your kidding.' Ginny said jumping on to my bed. 'But wont Pansy be a little be mean. I mean I am a Gryffindor and I know that she doesnt really like me all that much.'

"Miss Weasley.' Said Pansy from my door. 'If you are willing to put aside the past and start afresh then so am I.'

'Hello my name is Ginny Weasley.' Ginny said with a smile. 'Nice to meet you.'

'Nice to meet you Ginny.' Pansy replied. 'My name is Pansy Parkenson. I just know that we are going to be the best of friends.'

The night was a blast. I couldn't have imagined a better night if I tried. I introduced the girls to the muggle consept of a sleep over. We stayed up late watching movies, eating a lot of junk food and doing each others nails. When we did finaly crash it was not on the bed but on all the pillows and quilts that where spread all over the floor.

When I put the first movie on Pansy was shocked. She had only ever seen something like it once before and that was at the movie thearter. I had to explain to her twice what a DVD was. I had already had the conversation with Ginny. Although I had never had a muggle sleepover with Ginny I had had sleepovers at her house.

When we finaly woke we found that the boys had already left for their game. Only mother was waiting for us.

'I never thought I would have to put a silencing charm around your room but after last night I don't think I will ever say never again.' mother said. 'You girls made so much noies that by mid-night your father and I had to place the silencing charm over your room. We had to do that same with Draco and Harry although we placed it over them much earlier. It seems Harry has introduced Draco to goth rock.'

'Oh no not that stuff.' I said with a smile. 'Harry tried to get Ron into it a couple of years ago and it just didn't work. Ron seems to think that anything muggle is just plain stupid.'

'He really resents that dad is so interested in muggle's and muggle artifacts.' Ginny said with a sigh. 'Its like hes becoming a minny Percy what with all his talk about how we are much more advanced than them. If you ask me we are stuck in our ways and really need a wake up call. The muggel world has been able to make so many advances with out the use of magic and yet we still act like its the dark ages or something. I am pretty sure that if we slowly tried to intergrate magic back into the muggle world it wouldn't be like the dark ages. We need to really give these muggle's the respect that they deserve.'

'Miss Weasley I think you might be right.' Mother said. 'I have never heard someone say anything like that in a long time and the way you just said it makes me think that you have done a lot of thinking on this subject. Your right muggles arent stupid and I am sure that there are some out there who have noticed a lot of weird goings on.'

'Are we going to keep talking about this or are we going shopping?' I asked. 'It's not that I don't find this interesting it's just we are loosing day light in New York.'

We took a portkey to New York as floo travel between countries was a little triky just as apparition was. We arrived in the hall way of what looked like a pub. Only something wasnt quite right, and then I realised. It looked just like the Leaky Cauldron back at home. The only difference was that it was a female behind the bar not a guy. We stopped and had a quick bite to eat as we were all hungry and need our strength for the shopping that was to come. We the hit the shopping district. The New York Wizarding Shopping District was huge. I had never seen anything like it before. There where so many clothing stores. We went nuts. We had decided at lunch that we were going to try and go to as many clothes shops as we could in an hour. We were going to make a little compation out of it.

Ginny and I were one team and mother and Pansy were the other. We also had a list of things to get. On that list was not only clothing and things for us girls but stuff for Draco and father. Mum was the only one who had underwear for dad and Draco on her list.

We split up and went about our shopping. Ginny and I managed to get everything we needed and headed back to the pub where we were going to be meeting the others. We had arrived frist. About thirty seconds after we had walked in mum and Pansy walked in.

'So how did you go girls?' mum asked. 'Did you get everything on your lists?'

'Yes.' I replied. 'We got everthing we need plus a little something extra.'

'Oh and what was the little extra thing that you got?' mum asked.

'Well we could tell you but I don't think you would like it to much.' I replied. 'Also you might go and tell Uncle Sev what we are up to.'

"Oh no.' she replied. 'Your not going to be playing pranks are you?'

'Maybe.' Was all I would reply. 'You see at the moment there is something that is telling me that we shouldn't trust Dumbledore and I want to see how he reacts to Ginny, Harry, Draco and I pulling pranks. If I am right in what I suspect then I will tell Uncle Sev but until then I would really like to keep this to myself.'

At that mum dropped the subject and we headed home. The boys were already back and Pansy had to leave so Ginny, Harry Dray and I went up to my room to talk.

'What were you saying while we where out?' Ginny asked.

'Ok.' I replied. 'I think that there are two things going on. First Harry I have a feeling that your parents are still alive and so is Sirius. Second I don't think this war is over by a long shot. I think that the only reason Moldypants was able to get strong was because Dumbledore was behind it all. From what I have been able to get my hands on in the last couple of days just proves to me that Moldypants isn't who we think he is. I was reading about Tom last night and even though everything points to him being evil I was able to find something that goes against this.'

I looked around the room and everyone had a look of shock on there face. There was complet silence for a good solid five minutes. I wasnt sure how to proceed.