Chapter 16:

Alive

Voldemort was dead. Summer was here and already a month and a half in. Trials for all the people with Dark marks had already begun. Every day they held about five to ten trials proving people innocent or guilty. Everyone could leave their homes and feel safe; people were celebrating the fall of Voldemort.

Ginny wasn't celebrating. School was going to start in about a month and a half and she was going to go alone. Only her roommates would know of the amazing love Kalya and she had. She wouldn't get to flaunt her love for the Slytherin girl. She would be alone at the school, her friends looking at her in pity.

Anger built in her chest and her hand clasped shut against the locket. It wasn't fair. Kalya was young, just barely fifteen and she was gone. She was gone! She slammed her hand down hard against her desk. Tears filled her eyes, she had been denying them and with the added pain in her hand she couldn't hold them back.

She wanted to hide or to run away and never come back. She was stronger than that. She was going to face this head up, but it wouldn't stop the pain of missing the only girl for her. She smiled softly when she thought of their first year anniversary.

They had made love to each other and enjoyed each other's body to the fullest. She was glad she had shared that with her. She had been so nervous she had almost called it off, but she wanted her and let Kalya have her. She felt the pain clinch at her heart.

Setting the locket down in the middle of her desk she turned from her room and walked down the stairs. She sat out on the bench in the garden. She didn't want to be around anyone, but she didn't want her mum to become concerned with her not leaving her room.

She could feel her mum's eyes on her from the kitchen window. Her dad was due home from work at any time now and they would be expecting her to join them for dinner. A frown developed on her face. Harry, Ron, George and Hermione were here for now and they all looked at her with sadness and pity. Even though George who was mourning the loss of his brother.

A crack sounded in the house, telling everyone that Arthur was home as did his voice that boomed loudly in a yell, "Ginny I need to speak with you."

She sighed and stood up, moving into the dining room where everyone had already huddled. She smiled lightly at Sirius, he was a free man now and he came here every now and again to speak with Ginny about Kalya who he missed dearly.

"She isn't dead," Arthur said as soon as Ginny sat down.

"What are you talking about," Ginny asked.

"Kalya, she isn't dead," he repeated.

"What," Everyone in the whole room suddenly shot from their seats, look of shock on their face.

"She survived whatever it was that happened. I only know this because today I was sitting in on the trails and they held hers and she was there, alive and well. She was found not guilty. Ginny, she is alive and a free woman."

Ginny began to cry tears of relief and joy. Kalya wasn't dead. She was still alive and she was healthy.

"But, where is she," Sirius asked.

"She spoke with me shortly, saying if we wanted to visit, she was going to be staying with Draco Malfoy for the summer."

Seconds pasted before they all disapparated with a pop. They appeared a little ways away from the Malfoy Manor and they walked the long road to the door. Ginny knocked nervously. A butler answered with a smile.

"We have been expecting you, if you would come with me," he led them into a large seating room.

"It's good to see you all," Draco smiled as he walked into the room, the feeling of being a free man left him very happy.

"How are you, Malfoy," Harry nodded his head in greeting.

"Doing quite well. Got myself an unexpected visitor this afternoon and the joys have been far greater than before," Draco laughed.

"Don't mind him; his girlfriend has been here a lot lately. He has just been a in a really good mood lately," Blaise snickered, entering the room.

"Luna also lifts my mood," Draco nodded.

"Does more than that," Blaise poked fun at his friend.

Draco narrowed his eyes for a moment, "Shut up Blaise."

"How the heck did you two boys stay friend without me," Kalya's voice called from the hall.

"It was a very hard and tiring experience," Blaise smirked.

Her laughter was heard as she rounded the corner, twirling she asked, "What do you think?"

Draco had bought her a dress when she showed up at his doorstep in odd muggle American clothes. It was a beautiful baby blue, it was an a line top and it hugged her upper body, showing off her large breasts and skinny waist and the bottom flared out nicely coming to the top of her knees.

"You look much better in this than those weird clothes you had on," Draco scrunched up his nose.

Placing her hands on her hips she frowned, "What was so wrong with my muggle clothes?"

"They looked odd."

"They were American top brand. One of these days I'm going to have to drag you to America and let you see for yourself."

"I don't do muggle."

"Baby."

"Excuse you?"

"You heard me."

"Enough," Blaise snipped, "You know these people here thought you were dead for the last two months or so."

Kalya bit her lip nervously and walked over to Ginny, who had stood up when she walked in, and wrapped her arms around her. Ginny couldn't believe that this was real. She was here and smiling, alive and still so beautiful.

"I missed you, so much Ginny," Kalya whispered.

Ginny could feel cool spots appearing on her shirt. Kalya was crying and so was she. Kalya pulled back smiling at her and kissed her cheek. They sat down next to each other and the questions started.

"What happened," Sirius asked the biggest question.

"Ginny happened," Kalya sighed, "There was a spell on the locket. Lucius tried to hit me with a killing spell. The locket detected the spell coming and the next thing I knew, I woke up in America. I was near my old school. I was so confused and lost I couldn't understand what had happened."

"It sent you back to where you came from," Ginny gasped.

"I was in so much pain, there were cuts and bruises all over my body and I was told it was because nothing is suppose to be able to teleport someone that far. Portkeys are the only things that are able to send someone completely around the world. I was sent to the hospital to heal. After I healed, I tried to send messages, but I was branded a Death Eater and I wasn't allowed to send mail. I stayed with some of my old witch and wizard friends, saying they would only accept me back here when my trail date came up. Finally today came and I couldn't wait to come back."

"You saved so many peoples' lives, people are praising your name," Severus nodded.

"It was one of the main reasons I was allowed to go free," Kalya smiled at Ginny, "but they watched my memories and knew I wasn't bad. One of the biggest things that appealed to them was my love for Ginny."

Ginny smiled happily at her, "Are you going to finish school?"

"Yes, we have one more year and so many memories to finish gathering together," Kalya smiled back.

"They have already come out with a cure for the dark mark," Hermione stated pointing to the dark marks on Draco and Kalya's arm.

"I have ordered two of the potions that will rid us of these horrible marks," Draco smiled, "It will be a great way to put the past behind us."

"Voldemort is dead, Death Eaters are going to Azkaban and I'm a free woman. It looks like a happy time, but the loss also dampers the appeal," Kalya sighed gently.

"We will honor their death by enjoying a happy life that they would have wanted us to live," George said firmly.

Ginny waved goodbye to her family after they had spent hours talking about everything that had happened during and after the war. She was going to stay here with Kalya, Blaise and Draco. Now that she knew that her girlfriend was alive, she wasn't going to leave her side.

"Dinner, what should we do about it," Blaise sighed thoughtfully.

"Floo your girlfriends boys, we are going on a triple date tonight," Kalya laughed happily.

"Sounds like fun," Draco nodded before walking off to contact Luna.

"I'm sure Stephine will be willing to come," Blaise nodded.

"Kalya, I'm not dressed for dinner out at a place I'm sure your thinking of," Ginny pointed out.

"Want to try on some of Draco's clothes, I'm sure they will fit you," Kalya offered, showing Ginny to Draco's room.

Ginny stood in her knickers as she stared at Draco's wardrobe in the closet. Pulling out a nice black button down shirt she slid the soft silk fabric onto her body. Buttoning it up leaving the top two and bottom two undone. She pulled out a pair of light black pants. She slid them up her legs and frowned when they were to loose.

Kalya laughed and waved her hand; the pants suddenly shrunk and hugged her hips, leaving her pant legs loose. Her shirt also tightened just a bit.

"I knew because you are five foot eight now that you could use his clothes. He is six foot though, but I was sure with a little magical encouragement they would fit perfect," Kalya smiled.

"Underage magic is illegal," Ginny looked concerned.

"Only when they have a wand to trace the magic back to," Kalya pointed out.

"Where is your wand?"

"Strapped to my tight, want to see," Kalya smirked in a seductive way.

Ginny smiled and moved toward Kalya who was sitting on the bed, she placed her hands behind the back of Kalya's head and kissed her. She loved the feel of Kalya's hands on her lower back. The door opening caused them to look up at a shocked Draco.

"Okay, her wearing my clothes is fine, but making out on my bed is not acceptable," Draco huffed.

The girls giggled, the look on his face was priceless. They removed themselves from his room.

"I'm thinking either muggle London or Diagonally," Kalya stated as they got ready to leave.

"I would rather stay somewhere I can use magic," Draco stated.

"Side-long Apparation then," Luna asked.

"Yeah," Blaise nodded.

Stephine and Blaise apparated first, with a loud pop. Draco and Lune apparated second with a loud crack.

"But we can't apparate," Ginny looked around confused.

"Grab my arm, it'll be okay," Kalya stated.

Ginny nervously placed her arm over Kalya's. Suddenly and silently they apparated. Ginny felt like she was going to be sick. It wasn't the first time she had been through apparation, but she was nervous about getting caught.

"Merlin," Stephine jumped, "it was like you two just appeared. I never knew someone who can apparate without making some sort of noise."

"Didn't mean to scare you there, I don't know ever since I got my license last year, I have never made a noise apparating," Kalya blushed.

"I didn't know you had your license," Ginny said.

"I am not supposed to have it, but Dumbledore said I needed it early to be able to move around easily," Kalya nodded toward Draco who had walked off with Luna, "He got his at the same time too."

"We all are going to meet up at the place of choice at around seven, I have one errand to run that I haven't been able to, so if you want to meet me at the bank at six thirty," Kalya asked Ginny.

"Sure," Ginny nodded.

Once Kalya left she didn't know what to do for almost an hour. She walked around almost aimlessly. Passing building after building. She felt content. Kalya was here and healthy. She was getting to spend the summer with her and she was going to go to school with her next year.

The only thing she could hope for is Kalya saying yes to a bonding ceremony. She wanted to marry Kalya, to have a wedding and to know that she will always be with her. Bondings were just like weddings but with magic instead of just a priest and rings like in the muggle world. Even magical weddings had magical binding rings.

Divorce wasn't unheard of, and the spell is easily reversed on a normal wedding. Bondings were difficult to reverse if ever a divorce was asked for. Bondings were two people that were gay or lesbian as a different type of spell is required to bond them.

With her mind on bonding she caught eye of a jewelry shop. Kalya loved muggle things, she wondered if she would like a muggle engagement ring. Walking inside she saw all kinds of different and beautiful rings, necklaces and much more. A smile on her face she concentrated on finding a ring that reminded her of the Slytherin girl.

"Can I help you," a girl walked over with a smile on her face.

"Actually, I'm looking for an engagement like ring, kind of like what muggles use."

"For you or a special someone," the girl asked excitedly as she moved to show Ginny where they were.

"My girlfriend," Ginny offered the information.

"Does she like muggles?"

"She loves them. She lived as one for eight years."

"So she is older then you?"

"No, she is younger, just by a year and a couple months. I'm about to turn seventeen and she is fifteen about to turn sixteen."

"How long have you two been together?"

"A year and a half."

"Congrats."

"How about you," Ginny asked politely as she stared at the rings.

"My boyfriend, well we have been together for almost three years, and it doesn't look like he will be proposing anytime soon," she smiled softly.

"Sometimes, it takes a little push," Ginny pointed out, "I thought I lost Kalya in the war. I guess coming so close to losing her, made me realize just how much I want her by my side."

"Were you there," her voice was a whisper, "I heard she was a spy playing as a Death Eater."

"You heard right. I was there. I was at school and so was she when the whole fight happened. I tried to help her through being a double agent."

"Wow, that's so scary. I'm glad your both alive."

"We are too," Ginny laughed, "I really like this one, could I see it?"

"Of course," She reached in and pulled out the ring Ginny had pointed to.

It was perfect. A beautiful silver band set with a large princess cut blue sapphire; on both sides of the sapphire were three circle shaped small diamonds in a triangle. She smiled knowing she had money from working in her brother's shop. She didn't care if it took all of her money.

Having bought the ring, the smile stayed on her lips as she stood outside the bank. Kalya was running a little late but she saw her walking toward her with someone beside her. They were talking and laughing. She had a feeling she had seen this girl before.

She had brown hair and blue eyes. Her hair was short only falling to her ears. Her face was round and her cheek bones were high, her nose was small and her lips thin. She was taller than Kalya but not taller than Ginny. She had a small bust, a thin waist and almost no hips.

"Ginny, this is Emily," Kalya smiled, "Emily this is Ginny."

"Hello," Emily smiled.

"Hi," Ginny nodded toward her.

"It was nice seeing you," Emily smiled hugging Kalya, "I'll catch up with you sometime."

"Bye Emily," Kalya waved.

Ginny felt tense as they walked into the nice restaurant that Draco had obviously chosen. She sat down next to Kalya at their table. They were in a booth and Kalya and Ginny sat on the left side, Blaise and Stephine on the left and Draco and Luna at the back.

"What kept you so long then," Blaise asked.

"I was running my errand and I ran into Emily," Kalya stated simply, sipping her peach tea.

"Emily, as in your ex-girlfriend," Draco asked.

"Yeah, apparently she has been living in England for a while now, having moved from the all girl school. She is going to be coming to Hogwarts this year."

Ginny felt the blood drain from her face. Kalya's ex-girlfriend of two years was going to come to their school. She felt the ring in her pocket and wondered if she should even ask. She just got her girlfriend back and now she might be losing her to her ex.

"So, have you two been intimate yet," Blaise asked.

Stephine smacked him, "This isn't a place to ask something like that."

"Don't worry, Stephine, I'm used to him being so blunt," Kalya laughed.

"Yeah, we have," Ginny admitted without hesitation.

"How long ago was that," Draco asked.

"New Years," Ginny replied.

The talk stayed on them only for a short while before they began talking about everything from the war, to each relationship. Ginny couldn't stop the worry in the back of her mind about everything that was going to happen this year. She smiled and laughed, joining in on the fun and tried to enjoy herself.