Ginny finished her treacle tart and began to walk up to the fat lady. She walked morosely, feeling alone without the golden trio by her side. She said a quick hello to the portrait and said "Pigfarts" the new password. The fat lady drunkenly laughed as she swung open.
Ginny gave a sweet smile at the first years. Their eyes widened and they ran away. Ginny sighed sadly and walked up to her dormitory. Her other four room mates were already there, no doubt gossiping about something stupid. "Ginny!" squealed Audrey. Ginny smiled happily at her and gave her a hug.
Audrey had blonde hair and was very pale. Out of all her roommates she was closest to Audrey. Audrey was a great listener and advice giver. After hugging Audrey, she was pulled into a tight and fierce hug from Luisa. Luisa had frizzy brown hair and was very tough. You do not mess with Luisa under any circumstances.
Paisley was studying Ginny's hair and her face was set in a scowl. "We need to fix your hair before any one sees you." Ginny frowned at her and rolled her eyes. Nevertheless the two girls hugged each other softly. Paisley was a fashion freak with beautiful blonde hair.
Ginny looked over at her last, quiet roommate. "Hey Darcie!" Ginny said. Darcie looked up and gave a slight smile and a quiet "Hello." Darcie had straight black hair that went to her shoulders. She was shy and all the girls could not figure out how she ended up in Gryffindor.
The five girls all sat on their beds talking about their summers. Ginny stayed quiet during most of the conversation not wanting to bring attention to her three friends that were not at Hogwarts this year. She felt like she had successfully avoided any awkward conversations for the night…until Paisley asked
"So, like, do you know where the golden trio are?" Ginny resisted hitting her head on the wall as the four other girls stared intently at her. Audrey looked sort of guilty feeling so interested in it, and Luisa glared at Paisley for asking the question.
Ginny looked away from the curious stares and said "No, I have absolutely no idea where they are." And before they could ask her any more questions, she ran down out of the dormitory angrily and sat down in the common room. She glared at the wall and sent a scowl to a remaining 4th year. The boy's eyes widened and he ran upstairs.
Ginny continued to sit there and stare at the dying fire. She knew that she shouldn't have gotten so upset about them asking, but she just felt weird not knowing where her best friends were. She felt hurt that Harry didn't include her in helping destroy Voldemort. "Overprotective little git." She said out loud.
Not wanting to sit around on the couch any longer, and not wanting to go back upstairs, Ginny walked to the portrait hole and made her escape out of the common room. The fat lady gave her a glare and Ginny said "I promise I wont do anything stupid."
She walked down the corridors not really sure where she was going. She realized how stupid she was being, walking around the corridors with no invisibility cloak or Marauders map like Harry had. At the moment she didn't really care.
She walked down to the kitchens hoping that perhaps some food would cheer her up. She walked into the corridor where the portrait of the fruit bowl was visible. It was moments like these she was thankful she had Fred and George as brothers. She reached up to the pear to tickle it when she felt her ankle grabbed.
She was pulled down and right as she was about to scream when a hand clamped over her mouth and she was pulled behind a statue. She clamped her teeth on the skin of the hand and bit as hard as he could. She heard a hiss of breath and some swear words. "Damn! That hurt Ginger!" The familiar voice said.
Ginny's eyes widened as she took in the shadowed form of Blaise Zabini. He was sucking on his hand which was bleeding. Ginny smirked and then glared at him. "Why are you holding me hostage." She demanded. He put a finger on her mouth and whispered "Listen!"
They both sat quietly listening. Sure enough, coming down the stairs were the echoes of footsteps. Ginny felt her stomach lurch as she heard voices. "Argus, did you say you thought you heard some kids down here?" said a cruel woman voice. A cold man's voice could be heard laughing and he said "Maybe it's a mudblood." Ginny cringed at the deplorable tone in his voice.
Though the two hiding teens could not see Argus they knew he would be grinning like a child locked in Disney world overnight. Ginny looked like she was about to pass out and Blaise was starting to freak out. He had come down to the kitchens after taking his limited supply of Pansy stalking him. As he was leaving he heard someone coming down and he hid. When he saw Ginny he grinned and was about to talk to her until he heard more footsteps upstairs.
His first instinct was to grab her and hide her…until she bit him. He was ready to throw her out into the horrors of whoever was coming downstairs, but then when she realized someone was coming downstairs and he saw her panicked expression, he decided to keep them both safe.
When he heard the voices of the two carrow siblings he freaked out. If they saw Ginny here they would do some bad things. He knew them because when he spent a few weeks with the Malfoy's he had the pleasure (Horror) to meet them. Thankfully they seemed to take a liking to him so Zabini did the first thing he could think of.
He whispered in Ginny's ear "Trust me." Ginny stared at him and minutely nodded her head. Blaise thanked her with his eyes and he began to act without thinking. He pushed Ginny into the crevice of the wall. Then he stood up and smiled cockily at the Carrows.
They whipped out their wands and pointed them at him. Blaise put his hands in the air and said "Hello Professors Carrow." The two sibling looked down at him and then Amycus Carrow grinned maliciously at the boy.
"Ah. Mr. Zabini." He walked over and slapped the boys back. Blaise tried to keep his cool as he said "I'm sorry I'm out so late. One of my peers were giving me a headache so I came down here for some food. I didn't realize the time."
Amycus and his sister Alecto stared at him before Alecto finally said "Ah well since it is the first night we'll let you off for being such a fine Slytherin." Zabini thanked them and sighed in relief.
Amycus ginned evilly at his sister as he said "We'll even give you five points for Slytherin for being to sneaky and cunning." Then the siblings walked him to the Slytherin common room. Argus Filch picked up his cat Mrs. Norris grumbling about something idiotic.
Meanwhile Ginny Weasley sat in a complete shock as for what just happened. Blaise Zabini just saved her from what was sure to be a terrible punishment. She shook her head and practically ran to the Gryffindor common room.
She walked quietly into her dorm and thanked her lucky stars everyone was still asleep. She laid down in bed and wondered why in the world Blaise Zabini would risk himself for her: A blood traitor.