How the Brunette defeated the Redhead

AN: I hope that you all enjoy the second chapter. Please Review! This is my first story! I’m looking for a Beta if anyone is interested?

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Ginny stared in what could only be described as absolute shock. She could feel the people around her staring at her and she could feel them laughing at her. No one laughed at Ginny Weasley! She flashed a smile at those around her and sat down. She stared at Hermione but didn’t hear a word of her speech. She couldn’t wait to get her hands on Harry as soon as he got off the stage. She wasn’t angry; she knew that Harry would come back to her as soon as he could be...shown the errors of his ways.

            Harry grabbed Hermione’s hand and squeezed to show her his appreciation not only for helping him with the speech, but for supporting him through everything, and allowing him to announce their engagement in front of everyone at the ministry ball. He knew that she was uncomfortable with the publicity that would surround them, but they both realized that a public announcement was the only way to get through to Ginny. Ron followed the couple behind the curtain at the back of the stage where they ran into Luna Lovegood.

Ron said, “Thanks mate. I wouldn’t want the entire wizarding world, let alone my mum, to find out that I abandoned you guys in the woods.”

Hermione smiled at him, as they had had this conversation numerous times before. “The only thing that matters is that you came back Ron. You know Harry couldn’t have done it without you.”

Luna smiled dreamily at the trio, letting them have their moment before saying, “Well now that you have managed to completely shock the wizarding world, you must face Ginny.”

            “Yea mate,” Ron added, wrapping his arm around his girlfriend, “My sister has the worst temper out of all the Weasley’s and that’s bloody terrible.” Harry winced as he thought of Ginny’s infamous bat-bogey hex. His friends laughed at his scared look, and he gave them a questioning glance. “You defeated you-know-who! You can’t tell me that you’re afraid of my sister after taking down the Dark Lord?”

            Harry shrugged and walked away, muttering something that sounded awfully like “Hell hath no fury...” His friends simply laughed as they watched him walk towards the angry redhead. Hermione was secretly a little nervous, because she knew that Ginny would not simply let Harry go, even though the two had been broken up since the end of his sixth year.

            Luna looked at her best friend and said, “Herms, you realize that Ginny will use everything she has to get him back? She will try to seduce Harry.”

            Keeping her eyes trained on Harry, she said, “Yes, I know. But I trust Harry with my life Luna. He would never think of cheating on me. He’ll only get angry if she tries anything.” Although Hermione said this with complete confidence, and her friends knew it to be the absolute truth, she couldn’t help but wonder if Harry wouldn’t rather be with someone as beautiful as Ginny. With that thought Hermione glanced down at her body with a self-conscience eye. She knew that she wasn’t as thin or sexy as Ginny, but there wasn’t anything extremely wrong with her form either. Even still, the self-conscious thoughts dominated her mind.

            “Herms, you know that Harry thinks you’re the most gorgeous woman in the entire world. Stop thinking that he would rather be Ginny!” Luna said rather forcefully. The anger in her friend’s voice pulled her out of her self-doubting trance. Hermione smiled at her friend, and then looked back at Harry. She saw him take a deep breath, and walk up to the fiery redhead.

            “Hi Gin.” Harry said a little sheepishly as he looked at his ex-girlfriend.

            “Hello Harry,” Ginny absolutely beamed at him, taking her time to turn her back to him and lean down to place her glass on the table. She thought to herself that he would love to see how low her dress cut down in the back, stopping right above her butt. Turning back around, she made a visible effort to squeeze her arms together, making her breasts more prominent in a dress that was already cut to her navel.

“I was just saying to my friends that you played a funny little joke on all of us with that little announcement. As if you would ever go for plain Hermione when you have this,” gesturing down at her body. She laughed a slow and sensuous laugh when she saw Harry swallow hard. Thinking that she had him, she placed her hand on his arm she said, “It’s ok Harry. Leave her and come back to me.”

            Harry looked down at Ginny and couldn’t help all of the thoughts that clouded his brain, but they weren’t thoughts that she would like to hear. Harry couldn’t help himself from appreciating the way Ginny looked in her dress, but he also thought she looked cheap and rather like a knockturn alley whore. His hormones might be racing, but as an 18 year old boy, finally allowed to focus simply on girls, his hormones were always racing, so he didn’t think much of it. But he was mostly thinking about how she was trying way too hard, when she should realize that she had absolutely no chance.

“Gin, I know that you’ve always thought that you were better than Hermione because you got more attention from boys, or you were maybe a little more popular, you were good at quidditch, and you obviously think you’re prettier than her. But Hermione is the most amazing, gorgeous, and smartest woman in the entire world. She has always been there for me, and when your brother abandoned us in the woods, she stood by me. She is my best friend, and I love her. You can either accept that and we can continue to be friends, or if you can’t accept it, then you can get out of my life.”

            Ginny glared at the man she was supposed to be with! She couldn’t imagine why he didn’t want her! Didn’t he see their great future together? He was the hero, and she was the one who would look great next to him in all of the pictures for the balls that would be held in his honor.

They would be the most famous couple in the entire wizarding world. She could already picture herself as the most envied woman! She would grace the covers of countless magazines, and look absolutely amazing on all of them. She would stay home with the children while he played professional quidditch and added to his fame and wealth. He was trying to take that all away from her! Ginny was momentarily stunned.

 She stood there for about 30 seconds just staring at him. Finally, Ginny spotted Hermione walking over to them, probably to make sure Harry hadn’t forgotten about her, or to drag him away. Ginny smiled evilly, grabbed Harry’s jacket, and brought him closer to her before kissing him full on the lips. Suddenly, she was yanked backwards by her hair. A very angry Hermione stood there staring at her.

Ginny picked up her champagne and threw it at the brunette. Hermione screamed and threw her drink at Ginny. Then both girls grabbed the others hair. A huge crowd was forming and it seemed more like a schoolyard brawl than a fight between two witches. Harry tried to jump between him, but when Hermione glared at him he knew it was better to stand back. She had a scarier temper than any of the Weasley’s; it just didn’t come out as much.

            The two women separated and stood glaring at each other. Ginny made a desperate leap at Hermione, fists swinging, but she was knocked backwards by a shield charm she didn’t know was there. She had no idea because she didn’t see Hermione grab her wand or anything. For a second Ginny was confused and then she realized it must’ve been Harry.

Ginny glared at him and Hermione used this second of weakness to pull out her wand. “Avis,” she said softly, glaring at Ginny. A flock of birds flew at Ginny’s face and she screamed in terror. Hermione simply laughed and walked away. When she noticed Harry was trying to help Ginny get rid of the birds, she marched over to them, made the birds disappear, and punched Ginny right in the chin. Ginny fell backwards, and remembered no more.

            The entire hall was silent as they stared at the cat fight in front of them. Everyone stared at the two girls, one lying on the floor and the other standing there looking rather pleased with herself. Hermione pointed her wand at Ginny’s limp form and said, “Rennervate.” Ginny sat up slowly and glared at Hermione. Hermione just smiled, turned around and walked out of the hall. Harry glanced down at Ginny and once he was convinced that she was going to be ok, he followed Hermione out.

            Ginny stood up and screamed, “Harry!” But he was already gone. She glared at everyone around her and stalked out of the hall.