AN-Here's the next chapter! YAY! Thanks to my reviewers. Some of you have been saying the characters are a bit OOC, but it is my own twist on what's happening. I think Ron would pass out from all that stuff thrown at him, the twins might not, but I thought it was funny. Ginny has a bit of uncontrolled magic in this part and you'll find out why later.

Anyways, on with the show and the next chapter. What will our two favorite character's be up to now? This chapter is now HBP friendly.

Disclaimer- I own anything that is not J.K. Rowling's. If you want to know what they are look it up in an earlier chapter.

Chapter 6

Ginny laid on her bed at White Manor thinking about the horror she had been through that day. After playing the trick on Fred, Ron, and George, which she happened to enjoy very much, Ginny and Draco had decided to stay at the Burrow for dinner. It was an enjoyable occasion, other than Ron shooting glares at both of them across the table. Then everything began to go downhill. Ginny's mom yelled for her after they ate.

"Ginny, dear, your father and I want to talk to you for a minute." She nodded and followed them into her father's office. It was a cramped space, filled with books, muggle artifacts, and many other items, with barely enough room for a desk and two chairs.

"What is it?" Ginny asked.

"Honey, we need to talk to you about that Malfoy boy. Now, it's okay if your friends with him, if you sing with him, but your father and I will not permit anymore than that. No relationship, no boyfriend and girlfriend, no best friends. He is a Malfoy, and though we agree he should be given a chance to prove he's not like his father, we always feel he could be deceiving and tricking you and everyone else. This could have been the original plan. He could hurt you at any minute, especially when you are in his home, that's why we warned you to be extra careful. We are just worried about you and your safety." Mrs. Weasley explained.

"Mom, how can you say that? You one of the nicest people there is, and you're not even willing to give him a real chance! He's not his father, he's sweet and caring and wonderful! Thank you very much for caring about me, but I will have whatever kind of relationship I want with him! And his name is Draco, not Malfoy." Ginny screamed and stormed out of the room as books began to fly and the house started to shake. It didn't matter that she was in love with Harry. It didn't matter that, though she was attracted to Draco, she would never date him. Ginny believed her parents had no authority to tell her what kind of person Draco was when they didn't ever know him.

"Woah, Cherry, Calm down. Your magic is gonna tear the house down if you're not careful. And I really don't want to be buried alive at the moment." Draco said calmly, as she stomped into the family room. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, my parents are just being stupid. Let's go back to your Manor, I don't know if I can stand any more of this shit from my family." They traveled back to the Manor, and Ginny went to blow off steam. And here she still was, fighting the urge to break something. Her parents were being so...so..prejudice. She had never known them to be like that. They were always accepting of everyone, never leaving anyone out or turning them away. But here they were telling her not to become good friends with Draco, just because they didn't like his father. It reminded Ginny too much of Romeo and Juliet, but she wasn't about to die because of it. She would be friends with whomever she pleased, and she would have a relationship and marry who ever she pleased. Her parents had no say in any of it. It was her life and not their's.

She shook her head, how dare they tell her that. Draco was one of the greatest people she had ever met. Ginny had feelings for Draco, whether they were feelings for a friend or a boyfriend, she didn't know. That was another problem she had. Their kiss this morning had been wonderful and she had started to wonder if her feelings for him were more than what she thought they were. Did she want to be with him? Did she want to be his girlfriend? But what about Harry? What would happen when he came back? Her thoughts were jumbled and confusing, she loved Harry, but her feelings for Draco were becoming stronger and stronger. She didn't know what she wanted, her love for Harry was obvious and everyone wanted her to be with Harry. But what she wanted, she didn't know.

She didn't get to contemplate these thoughts too long, for right then, the grey-eyed fellow she had been thinking about walked through the door, not knocking once again.

"Cherry, a knut for your thoughts or do they cost more than that?" he asked as he plopped down on the bed beside her. She gave him a half forced smile.

"It's nothing," she replied slowly, continuing to stare at the intricate designs on the ceiling. "I'm just thinking."

"Was it something about what your parents needed to talk to you about this afternoon? Or was it about me, the all powerful, sexy, irresistible, Slytherin God?" She glanced at him and shook her head.

"Your so conceited sometimes, you know."

"No, not conceited, just convinced." He gave her his trademark smirk as she started laughing.

"And who convinced you? We may need to find them and have them locked up in St. Mungo's. Either you've cast a spell on them or they must seriously need some help."

"Hey!" He replied then started to tickle her mercilessly.

"Drakie! Gin-Gin! Are you in here?" Sydney asked walking through the door. "Eww, you're acting like Mummy and Remus. Does this mean your gonna get married?" Draco laughed at his little sister, moving from the bed where he was tickling Ginny.
"No, sis. But Mummy and Remus act like this? I must have a talk with them about what they do in front of you."

"Remus?" asked Ginny. "As in Remus Lupin? Narcissa is marrying him?"

"Yeah, they've been dating since a few months after Lucius was put in Azkaban. They dated during Hogwarts, but my Grandfather made mum marry father. Remus is off on, um, business." Draco responded, obviously indicating it had been a full moon.

"Oh. Well, that's interesting. Harry and Ron are going to have a fit when they find out. Remus has been like a father to Harry for the past year, I'm surprised Remus has kept this such a secret from everyone. He's at the Burrow a lot."

"Yeah, they thought it best to lay low for a little while. They've been telling people little by little. I imagine Potter will hear soon and the whole world will know. Your brother has a pretty big mouth." He told her, sitting on a chair next to her bed and allowing Sydney to climb up in his lap.

"Yeah, he does sometimes, but he can keep it shut when it's needed. He's never told anyone about everything that happened to me in my first year..."She drifted off, not really having meant to say that.

"What happened?" He asked, partly concerned, partly intrigued.

"I'll tell you later."

Later that night, after everyone was in bed, Draco led her to the library and they set down on a sofa in the back corner, by a huge window.

"Now were going to talk, undisturbed, and your going to explain some things to me. Like how you knew someone was watching me this morning and what happened to you in your first year and why you have dreams about Voldemort." He stated.

Ginny sighed and began her tale. "It all links together, Dray. In my first year, your father slipped a diary into my cauldron. You remember, the day in Flourish and Blotts? The diary wasn't a regular diary, it belonged to Tom Riddle, and his sixteen year old self was sealed inside it. What a lot of people don't know is that Tom Riddle is the real name of Voldemort." Draco's eyes got wide at this point and he grabbed her hand, urging her to continue.

"The diary was a Horcrux, and a piece of Tom's soul was sealed inside of it. I wrote in the diary and Tom wrote back, I felt he was the only one who could understand me back then. I started waking up with blood and chicken feathers all over me, not knowing where I had been the night before, not knowing that Tom was possessing me. I tried to tell Ron about it, but Percy stopped me and I never got up the courage again. Later that night, I threw the diary in the girl's toilet, not knowing how to get rid of it. I saw Harry with the diary a week or so later and I had to get it back, I was afraid of what Tom might tell Harry. I was reckless when I was digging through Harry's trunk to find it, and I left a horrid mess in the dormitory. But I didn't care, I had it back." Ginny took a deep breath.

"I started writing again, but it was different this time. I started feeling weaker and weaker every time I would talk to Tom. I didn't know he was slowly draining my life force from me into him. He forced me to write my death message on the wall then took me down into the Chamber of Secrets. I was almost dead when Harry came and fought the Basilisk, plunged it's fang through the diary, destroyed Tom, and saved me. He almost died, the Basilisk had bitten him, but Fawkes, Dumbledore's Phoenix saved him with his tears. Ever since then I've had powers I can't explain. Dumbledore said they came from my life force going into Tom. He said Tom gave some of his power's to me, the same as he did to Harry when he was born. I discover new powers all the time. I can talk in Parseltongue, I can tell when someone is trying to locate me or someone I am touching, I can do some wandless magic, and I have seeing powers. Sometimes my magic gets a little out of hand, that's why no one likes to be around me when I'm mad."

"Wow," Draco responded as he looked out the window. "I never expected to hear something like that. I never thought something like that could happen to you." He looked back at her.

"I know, neither did anyone else." She had tears in her eyes, threatening to spill over at any moment.

"I'm so sorry, Cherry." He said and wrapped her up in his strong arms, letting her cry on his shoulder. "I promise as long as I'm around, I will protect you with all that I am."

A few minutes later there was a pop in the room.

"Dinkums in sorry to disturbed you Master Draco, but Master Remus has arrived and wishes to see you."

"Thank you, Dinkums. Could you please tell him that I am in the Main Library?"

"Yes, Master Draco, as you wish." And another pop signaled his departure. Moments later, Remus Lupin walked into the library looking a bit more worse for the wear than he had been when he left.

"Hello Draco, I hope your happy to be home. And who do we have here?" He asked, inquiring about the girl on Draco's shoulder as he sat down in a chair close to them. Ginny lifted her head up so Remus could see her. "Why Ginny! I didn't expect to see you here, nor wrapped up in the arms of my future step son. Oh well, at least Draco has finally got himself a girlfriend worthy of him."

"She's not my..." Draco tried to say, but Remus cut him off.
"Anyway," the man continued as Draco gave Ginny and exasperated look. She just laughed at him. "I just wanted to tell you that I'm back, and that me and your mum are going out tomorrow. Sydney will be at a friend's house. I expect the two of you to behave, and it's late, so get to bed, and not together." He warned and left the room.

The teenagers laughed and started up to their rooms, saying their goodnights.

AN- I know what you all are thinking..'no goodnight kiss?' Don't worry, more D/G interaction will come sometime.