Ginny was currently daydreaming about fluffy clouds and happy bunnies. This wouldn't be a problem, if she wasn't also currently in the middle of a Transfiguration class.
The saucer she was 'supposedly' turning into a mushroom (although why anyone would want to do that to a perfectly good saucer was beyond her.) was instead a small blue rabbit. The rabbit twitched his nose inquisitively and she squealed loudly. This startled the poor thing and it leapt from her desk to dash across three desks to come to a panting halt in front of Hermione (who was serving as Professor's Aid).
She flicked her wand at it angrily and turned it into an extremely ugly black mushroom. Ginny glared at her and summoned it back. She was about to turn it back into a bunny, when the classroom door was blasted from its hinges.
Ginny (as well as everyone else in the class) ran for the door. She was first out and glanced down the hall way to find her boyfriend in a heated duel with none other than Harry Potter and her idiotic brother. There was a large circle of students around the duel on three sides, the fourth being made up of those coming out of the classroom behind her.
Ginny watched in horror as Draco was hit, not by a spell (those had seemingly been abandoned in the first half of the fight) but by Ron's fist. She started forward indignantly, pushing her way through the assembled Gryffindors. She was startled to see the assembled Ravenclaws cheering as Draco hit his knees. She very thoroughly noted down who cheered and who did not, then continued on her way. She was very surprised indeed to note that Luna was decidedly not cheering for her supposed boyfriend, instead standing stiffly with the other Ravenclaws who were looking on with distaste. She finally arrived within fifteen feet of the three brawling boys and raised her wand. The Ravenclaws who had not cheered raised theirs as well and they all shouted, "Stupefy!"
Instantly the three stopped, Harry's fist still raised to hit Draco, Ron hunched over his solar plexus. Ginny rushed to Draco, counter cursing him and wrapping her arms around him. She was crying, her tears mixing with the blood from his split cheekbone. She pulled back to order one of the Ravenclaws to find a teacher, she didn't care who, and bring them here.
"Don't cry love, I'm alright…." Draco whispered closing his eyes tiredly.
By now the other Ravenclaws, those she had marked as disloyal, were sneaking away. The Gryffindors seemed to form a threatening mass around the remaining Ravenclaws, who stubbornly made a protective wall around Ginny and Draco.
She heard what sounded like three people running down the corridor and eased Draco against her shoulder.
"Get out of my way you bloody wankers!" She grinned, that was Blaise, no doubt furious at the delay in reaching his Prince.
The Gryffindors looked like they were going to disobey when there was a guttural sounding curse and a pained yelp. Then they fell all over themselves to make a path for the three.
Blaise didn't run, but he walked very quickly with Alex and Damien fast on his heels. Alex nodded to the remaining Ravenclaws and they bowed to her before sweeping away down the corridor. Luna remained, coming swiftly to Alex and reporting to her in whispers.
Blaise dropped to his knees beside Draco's still form and touched him delicately. "Draco? Come on mate, are you alright?"
Alex moved to stand behind him silently, a hand on his shoulder. The blinding white of her bandage stood out in marked contrast to the tan skin of her face. "Blaise, Snape's coming. He's bringing Madame Pomfrey. He'll be okay."
Blaise glanced over at the still frozen forms of Potter and Weasley. "For their sake he'd better be."
Five hours later found Ginny, Blaise, Pansy, Millicent, Vincent, and Gregory surrounding a bed in the hospital wing. They were all discussing the nerve of Potter's attack, and what should be done about it.
"I still think we should castrate him," Ginny snarled, running her hand through Draco's mussed hair.
The rest of them (the boys at least) took a step back from her warily. Pansy burst into wild laughter, Millicent got a devious expression on her face.
"Why Gin-and-Tonic, I think you're on to something! I know just the spell to do it too…" Pansy had to stop for another round of giggles.
Draco stirred sluggishly and cracked open one eye. "Hey, who died?"
"Draco!" Ginny bent her head and kissed him fervently. When she broke off he looked up out of slightly glazed eyes.
"Mmmm…..That was nice pet. To what do I owe the honor?" He was smile was honest, content for the moment that he was in the company of friends.
"Draco, how many times do I have to beat it into you to take your guard everywhere! We didn't sign up for the same damn classes on accident!" Blaise was shaking in his relieved fury. "And further more you caused enough damage to the corridor that it took us ages to get it cleaned up and I broke my foot and had to swallow that vile potion…."
Pansy stupefied him. "Hey lookie there, he does has an off switch!"
When Alex arrived Draco had been conscious for thirty minutes. She stormed in with Luna close to her side, the poor girl looking harassed out of her wits. She scanned the room, finding Blaise (who Pansy had lifted the curse from) and crossing to him. She turned at the last moment to make a bow to the Serpent Seigneur and his Bride, "If I may Serpent Seigneur I need to take your Deuxième Serpent with me."
Draco examined her face for a moment before asking, "And why is that, Envolé?"
"I have no enforcers of my own, other than Miss Lovegood. I thought I could ask you this favor, seeing as how my people risked their own safety for you earlier." Alex was through being nice, and Blaise knew she was about to invoke his status as Aile Guard, so he smoothly cut in.
"Draco, you don't need me here right now. And her people did do as she said, I'll be back shortly," Blaise eyed his distraught Envolé, "She needs me more than you do right now."
Draco nodded, releasing his Deuxième Serpent into her care, "I expect him back in one piece Miss DeLoche."
"Of course Mr. Malfoy, I don't break other people's toys. If you do then you don't get invited to play again," Alex replied. She turned to nod to Draco and Ginny, and then strode out of the Hospital Wing with Luna and Blaise hot on her heels.