`Can you tell me the reason why I feel so stupidly happy? I mean, I just have to look at this wonderful girl by my side and I feel like I want to hold her safely in my arms forever after, kiss her full lips every two minutes and watch that innocent smile lighten up her face.' Draco thought, as he watched Ginny sleep by his side, the next morning.
Smiling, he ran his fingers along her face, feeling her soft skin, the curve of her cute nose and cheeks, the luxurious parted lips… As he caressed her eyebrows, two beautiful chocolate brown eyes looked at him and a wide smile appeared on her lips.
"Good morning, what are you doing?" she asked, snuggling closer to him.
"Just feeling you…" he replied, smiling back at her. "So, what do you want to do today? It's Sunday and we have the whole day to ourselves…"
"I have homework to do, Draco…" she sighed sadly. "Right now, I must go to my dorm, have a nice bath and change clothes. We'll meet for breakfast at the Great Hall, ok?"
"Will you stay at my table?" he asked, kissing her forehead.
"Why don't you join mine, today?" she asked, with an evil smile.
"NO BLOODY WAY!"
"But, I've stayed at your table so many times… Why can't you stay at my table just for breakfast?" she asked, sad with his reaction.
"It's different, Gin. We'll keep on staying with the Slytherins…" he replied, coldly, not giving her time to complain, as he left the bed and went to his private bathroom.
"Fine, have it your way." she whispered and pulled on her dress, before she left his room, towards the Gryffindor Tower.
Luckily it was still early and no one was on the school corridors. As soon as she arrived to her dorm, Ginny took a long bath, put on a pair of jeans and a black turtle neck sweater, with her cloak on top of it. Even after the bath, she was still mad at Draco… She had accepted him, even if he belonged to Slytherin… Why couldn't he do the same about her?
Around 9:30 a.m. the entire school was having breakfast at the Great Hall, when Ginny, Hermione, Harry and Ron walked in the room and went to their usual seats at the Gryffindor table. On the other side of the room, at the Slytherin table, Draco Malfoy watched Ginevra Weasley with anger.
`Why is she over there? We always eat here, together…' he thought, pushing his plate away, without touching the food. `Look at me, Ginevra Weasley.'
As if she had heard him, Ginny looked at him and dropped her eyes, immediately.
"Gin, what's going on? You look sad…" Angel whispered, as she sat on Ginny's lap.
"Oh, it's just a little fight, sweetie. He's being thick headed, that's all." Ginny replied, smiling to her little friend.
"Gin, you know you two must remain in peace with each other…" Angel said, licking Ginny's hand.
Ginny sighed, and left her seat, walking out of the Great Hall with Angel in her arms.
"Gin, you must eat… You haven't been eating properly and you're getting weak." Angel said, worried.
"Angel, you're starting to sound like my mother." Ginny laughed. "Don't worry, I'm fine…"
"Ginny." Draco's voice called her, down the corridor, but she didn't stop. She just kept walking to her common room, where she stayed all day long, doing her homework and studying.
"Gin, won't you talk with Draco? He's looking so miserable…" Angel said, as she walked around Ginny's empty dorm.
"Serves him right. Why do I have to accept his true nature and he can't accept mine?" Ginny complained, sitting on her bed. "How bad is he?"
"He didn't leave his room all day, where he lay in bed without even looking at his homework…" Angel replied, rolling up on Ginny's pillow.
"Great." Ginny said, although she felt extremely sad to know he was hurt.
A whole week went by and the couple was still not talking to each other. Draco didn't try to talk to her after that day and he avoided eye contact at all costs. It looked like he hated Ginny… again.
Ginny was extremely weak, and sometimes it took all her energy to go to classes. She had tried to eat, but she always ended up throwing up… The fact that Draco seemed to hate her, only made things worse… She couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, she felt like fainting the whole time and her heart was broken. What a wonderful life…
"Ginevra Weasley, if you don't go talk to him, right now, I'll kill you…" Hermione warned her, as they ate dinner at the Great Hall.
"Hermione, I'm not feeling ok right now, so, please drop it." Ginny warned her, placing her hands on her head, as her vision started to go all blurry.
"But, Ginny, you are both looking miserable and Dumbledore said you had to be at least one our together each day…" Hermione kept talking, making Ginny furious.
Ginny got up from her seat and held the table to keep her balance.
"I will not apologize for loving my house and my friends. I'm not the guilty party in this entire situation…" she yelled, making the entire hall stop to listen and look at her. "Just leave me alone."
Ginny took a few steps away from the table and then fainted in the middle of the Great Hall.
"If she keeps up like this, she won't survive until the end of the month, Albus." Madame Pomfrey said, sounding worried.
"Poppy, do what you can to make her stronger… We need her at the top of her powers." Dumbledore said, before a door closed and Ginny opened her eyes.
`Wow, am I that bad?' Ginny thought to herself, before Madame Pomfrey appeared by her side.
"Hello Miss Weasley, how are you feeling?" she asked, gently.
"I'm feeling a little dizzy, but that's all…" Ginny replied.
Madame Pomfrey held a bottle and gave it for Ginny to drink. It was a Millie's Potion of Complete Meals, rich in nutrients, to make her body stronger.
"Your friends are outside the Infirmary, wanting to see you… Do you want to see them?" the healer asked.
"Fine…"
In a few moments, Ron, Harry, Hermione and Cathy were by her bedside, smiling worriedly at her.
"Hey little sister, how are you feeling?" Ron asked, hugging her.
"I'll survive Ron… I'm sorry if I got you all worried." Ginny replied, smiling to her friends.
"We'll always worry about you, Gin, you're everyone's little sister…" Harry joked. "Well, we better go now or we'll get caught in the corridors after curfew."
"I'll see you all tomorrow…" Ginny smiled, watching them go, except for Hermione, who looked ready to cry. "Mione, what is it?"
"I'm sorry I've made you faint. I shouldn't have pressured you…" Hermione sobbed, sitting on Ginny's bed.
"I didn't faint because of you, Mione… I'm just weak and heartbroken, that's all." Ginny smiled, reassuringly. "Now, get those thoughts out of your head and go join the others."
"Ok, Ginny, just one more thing: Draco went crazy when you fainted. He jumped over all the tables in record time to get to you and brought you in his arms to the Infirmary…" Hermione said, seriously. "He loves you and you love him. Please, have a conversation with him and restore the peace."
When Ginny didn't reply, Hermione left the Infirmary, hoping that her friend would get some sense into that thick head of hers.
"Gin, she's telling you the truth, you know…" a familiar voice whispered. Sitting on the windowsill, Angel looked at Ginny with her sweet pink eyes. "Draco's truly worried about you."
"Where is he?"
"Ever since he brought you here, he has been sitting outside those doors, trying to find the courage to face you… He's blaming himself for what happened today." Angel explained. "Draco thought you were going to die because you haven't been together for the last week…"
"Why is everyone feeling guilty of my condition? I'm the one who doesn't eat or sleep, not them…" Ginny sighed, sitting against the bed's headboard. "Please, can you tell him to come in?"
Angel left the Infirmary and came back a few moments later, with a pale looking Draco Malfoy following her.
`Merlin, he's so pale and, has he lost weight? Dark circles under his gorgeous eyes… Oh Merlin, I'm making both of us suffer.' Ginny thought sadly.
"Hi…" he said, softly, as he sat on a chair next to her bed.
"Hello Draco, how are you?" she smiled sadly.
"I'm fine… Granger told me you were ok, but needing rest and food." he replied while he played with her bed sheet, not looking at her in the eye.
"Draco, I don't want to fight with you… I miss you." she sighed, hoping he would look at her, and he did.
"I've missed you, as well… I can't eat or sleep properly, since that day and I hate to be away from you." he smiled softly, sitting on her bed. "I shouldn't have told you all those things, I was wrong. If you accept my house, then I will accept yours…"
"It's about time you realised that." she chuckled, placing her arms around his neck, pulling him closer to kiss her. "I love you, Ferret."
"I love you too, Weasel."
After a whole week without kissing or being in each other's arms, now that they were together, it seemed like their souls were resurrecting inside of them. It was as if they had been dead while they were apart… But, right now, everything was ok again and they could only hope that nothing would come between them.
Finally the month reached its end and the couple was still happy together. Sometimes Ginny ate at the Slytherin table and sometimes Draco ate at the Gryffindor table, getting angry stares from everyone in the Great Hall.
Ron had learned to accept that Malfoy would be a part of his sister's life forever after, so he abstained from making comments. Hermione and Harry would spend the meals wrapped up in their own world, smiling at each other and occasionally kissing. Those two were a really cute couple.
Right now, they were all at the Gryffindor table, having lunch, except for Harry and Hermione who were kissing, as usual.
"Harry, `Mione, do you have to spend all the meal times doing that? It's gross!" Ron complained, going beet-red.
"Oh, shut it, you're only jealous because you and Luna aren't an item." Hermione replied, rolling her eyes at him.
"Yet!" he yelled, feeling embarrassed.
Draco and Ginny looked at each other, trying hard not to laugh at Ron's furious face.
"What do you think of us doing something along those lines, later?" Draco whispered in her ear, kissing it softly. "You haven't slept in my room for the last two days…"
"Do you want us to snog and go to sleep, or do you want us to snog and shag all night?" she asked with an innocent smile.
Draco's eyes got huge and his mouth hanged open in shock.
"Wait a minute! Are you teasing me?" he asked, suspicious.
"That's for me to know and for you to find out…" she whispered in his ear, kissing his neck and leaving there a lover's bite.
"Ginny, you're killing me with these games." he groaned, holding her waist and pulling her closer to him.
"Hey, both of you stop that right now and do it somewhere I don't see." Ron complained, still eating his lunch.
"GIN! GIN!" a voice screamed atop everyone's voices in the Great Hall.
"Angel?" Ginny whispered, recognizing the voice and running towards it, right next to the Great Hall's main doors. "Angel, what is it?"
"It's time, Gin, prepare yourself…" Angel said and in that same moment every single person in the room had to cover their eyes, due to the strong white light surrounding Ginevra Weasley.
As soon as the light was gone, Draco ran to her side, but he never reached her, because thousands of little fairies appeared around Ginny, lifting her off the ground, while singing some sort of enchantment.
Ginny's eyes were closed and apparently she had fainted, as the Fairies flew around her, high in the ceiling.
A few minutes had passed and everyone was still staring at the amazing occurrence, trying to understand what was going on, but only Dumbledore, the teachers, Draco, Ron, Hermione, Harry and Cathy, knew the truth.
Right then, there was a huge explosion of light and Ginny was covered in a white silk dress, rimmed in silver on the hems, with long wings on her back, her hair flying around her beautiful face and her ears became pointy… She was a human fairy.
As soon as Ginny opened her brown eyes, a silver crown appeared on her head and her wings started to flap as she slowly came back on the ground.
"The King must step forward." a little fairy said, although her voice was strong enough to be heard in the entire Great Hall.
Draco walked quickly to stand in front of his Queen and smiled at her.
"You look wonderful, Ginny." he whispered, for her ears only.
"A new curse is being set on you. Follow the light of your hearts and never lose it from sight. For the king to be crowned, the true love must find its way out… If the King isn't crowned within two hours, the Queen shall rule alone and with half a heart… By the end of her 20th birthday, she shall find death, for she needs a King to be whole." Twinkle said in a soft whisper. "Please, go and try to solve the riddle to stop the curse."
The Fairies disappeared and everyone started to talk about what had just happened.
"Children, please go to your classes." Dumbledore ordered, as he approached the couple. "Mr. Malfoy and Miss Weasley, I think you'd better spend the day together and try to solve this problem… Don't forget the ultimate proof of love and good luck."
Whispering a few words, Ginny came back to her normal appearance and they left towards Draco's quarters.
"Are you ok?" he asked, as they sat on his couch.
"I feel like I'm full of energy and new magic. I've never felt better, Draco." she smiled happily. "But now we must make you a King…"
"I think they gave us some leads: `The true love must find its way out', and Dumbledore said not to forget the `Ultimate Proof of Love'…" Draco sighed, holding her in his arms. "What do I have to do? Kill myself for you?"
"No, that way you wouldn't become a king." Ginny laughed.
They sat there talking about what had happened and trying to solve the riddle. Now, they only had 40 minutes until the final of the curse.
"Hey, I've remembered something… My mother used to tell me this every time I asked her about the meaning of love: `The Ultimate Proof of Love is when you give yourself to the man you love, Ginny. Keep this in mind and save yourself for the one you love. You'll know when the time is right…' That's why Dumbledore wanted me to take that Birth Control Potion." Ginny said, pacing the room in front of the fireplace.
"What?" he asked, confused.
"We have to join our body and soul in love making. Not sex… love." Ginny explained in a soft whisper.
"And, are you ok with that?" he asked, worried. "You weren't ready, before…"
"Yes, I was, I just wanted to wait a little longer… But now, the time is right." she smiled, pulling him up to his feet. "Are you ready?"
"I was born ready, love." he smiled evilly, before he picked her up in his arms and took her to his bed, laying her gently on the bedcover.
After the gentle and passionate love making, they both fell asleep in each other's arms.
When Draco woke up, the sun was setting and a wonderfully naked Ginevra Weasley slept in his arms, with a smile on her lips. He still couldn't believe they had made love and that doing it with her felt so damn right…
`That's because you didn't love those other girls, you git…' he thought to himself while he caressed her hair. `But I'm not feeling any different. What if this wasn't the ultimate proof of love?'
"Draco, what is it? You look worried." she whispered, watching his face.
"I don't feel different, Ginny… What if we didn't find the answer to the riddle?" he asked, kissing her soft lips.
"I'm sure we did, Draco…" she smiled, hugging his waist with her arms. "I can feel it inside of me… It's like a spark of electricity running through my blood."
"That's the remaining effect of your orgasm…" he joked.
"No, it's not, Ferret." she laughed. "Show some faith in my Fairy instincts…"
Together they had an interesting bath and got dressed, leaving Draco's room towards the Great Hall, where everyone looked at them with curiosity and admiration.
"Draco, where were you today? You didn't attend our classes." Pansy whined, as the couple sat at the Slytherin table.
"That's none of your business, Pansy." he frowned, holding Ginny in his arms. "I'm hungry…"
"Me too…" Ginny blushed, starting to fill both their plates with their favourite foods.
"You both look like you've just… OH NO!" Pansy screamed, surprising everyone. "You've slept with that fairies' freak? How could you?"
"Pansy Parkinson, if you don't shut that filthy mouth of yours right now, you'll be sorry." Draco menaced in a low growl. "You are no one to order me or to know what's going on in my life… Leave my girlfriend and me out of your filthy stories."
"But, you two… It's not right!" she screamed. "And look at that, you're both wearing rings as if you were married…"
Only then, did Draco and Ginny notice the gold bands on their left hands, engraved with little diamond fairies.
"It worked, Draco, I knew it!" Ginny gasped with happiness, hugging her king and kissing him passionately.
"So, these rings mean we're married, or something?" he asked, surprised.
"It sure looks like it! Hello my king…" she laughed.
"Hello, my queen." he replied, kissing once again.
"Oh, that's so cute…" a little voice said.
"Hello, Angel! We did it… Draco's the King." Ginny told her little Pulga.
"Yes, I know… I felt it as soon as he became a king, 7 hours ago." Angel said with an amused tone of voice. "You've found the solution on time didn't you?"
"Angel, if your face could show emotions, I think that right now you would have an evil smile on your face…" Draco laughed. "Well, everything's ok, now."
"It sure is…" a male voice said behind them.
"Headmaster…." The couple said at the same time.
"I would like to see the three of you in my office after dinner." he said with a happy smile. "I'll be expecting you…"
The couple and Angel talked through dinner, surprising everyone, as they didn't know that Angel could talk. Pansy kept on looking at them, her eyes full of rage and jealousy, but she kept her mouth shut in a firm line.
"Ginny, are you ok?" Ron asked, when the couple stopped at the Gryffindor table to say hello.
"Yes, Ron, I'm feeling wonderful. The curse is complete, now…" she explained with a smile.
"You're the Queen of Fairies now… Good luck, both of you." Hermione said, hugging Ginny. "By the way, now that you are the Queen of the Animals from the Light, could you try to change the laws about House elves?"
"Hermione, I thought you had given up on that." Harry complained, kissing her neck.
"I promise I'll see what I can do, don't worry." Ginny laughed at Hermione's excited face.
"You look really happy…" Harry commented, watching the couple's happy faces.
"We are… I could never imagine I would be married at the age of 17, but I'm extremely happy." Draco replied, kissing Ginny's forehead gently.
"Married? But… I thought you only had to remain in love, not marry!" Ron exploded in fury.
"Weasley, your sister and me will remain together until the end of our days. The Fairies decided to marry us, it was not our decision, so, stick to it…" Draco smircked, placing an arm around Ginny's waist. "Now we must go, Ginny. Goodbye, Brother-in-Law, dearest…"
"Goodbye, everyone." Ginny chuckled, as the three of them left the Great Hall.
Surprisingly, Angel knew the Password when they arrived in front of the Gargoyles and they climbed the stairs to the Headmaster's office.
"Hello, please come in and have a seat…" Dumbledore greeted them, pointing at two chairs in front of his desk. "I believe we have a few more secrets to unveil…"
"More secrets… Oh Merlin, I'm starting to hate these secrets." Ginny complained, sitting with Angel on her lap.
"I see that you have solved the riddle…" he said with a knowing smile. "It's time for explanations, once again."
"Please, tell us what's going to happen this time so that we can stop coming here every time something new takes place." Draco complained coldly.
"The fairies married both of you to guarantee your security." Dumbledore said, sounding extremely serious. "That means that something bad must be coming your way…"
"Great… Just what I had expected." Ginny mumbled, a little scared.
"How do the Fairies know that we are in danger? Are they Seers?" Draco joked.
"Don't mock your people, Draco…" Angel hissed angrily. "The Fairies are wonderful creatures, and you should know that by now."
"Why are you so upset, Angel?" Draco asked, surprised. "It's not as if you know them personally…"
"I do know them personally, Draco. I'm their messenger… I tell Dumbledore everything he needs to know and I'm the one to talk with the Fairies when he needs anything from them." Angel explained, jumping on top of Dumbledore's desk.
"But… Why?" Ginny asked, smiling at her little friend.
"The Fairies control the creatures of the Light, like Unicorns, Phoenixes, Pulgas, Kneazels…" Angel explained. "The Fairies gave me orders to protect Ginny, as soon as they found out I was yours and to make sure that I helped you to find the perfect someone for you…"
"So, is that why you always ran to Draco's arms?" Ginny asked, surprised.
"He has a beautiful aura, Gin… He looked perfect for you, so I've done my best to bring both of you together." Angel said. "The worst was that you were always fighting with the other and I thought I was going to fail my mission. Are you mad at me?"
"No, Angel, I'm not… I'm just surprised, that's all." Ginny ran a hand over Angel's furry back.
"Well, Angel told me that the Fairies would marry you and I can assure you both that there's no stronger bond than the Fairies' Wedding." Dumbledore smiled gently at the couple. "From this moment on, you'll start learning about everything you need to know, while you are sleeping… That way you won't have to stop your studies."
"How can we learn while we sleep? And what are we going to learn?" Draco asked, confused.
"Dreams are a wonderful way to visit people, did you know? The Fairies will teach you their language, their past, the way they live, what they want to improve and what is going on with their people right now…" Dumbledore explained. "Soon, you'll have to face a great danger, and if you destroy your enemy, you'll be able to speak for the Fairies and make them a part of the Wizarding World once again."
"So many responsibilities…" Ginny sighed, running a hand through her hair, trying to absorb all the new information. "So, this marriage is considered real by the Ministry of Magic?"
"Yes, Ginevra, it is." Dumbledore smiled. "After Christmas holidays you'll both have a new room. Until then, you can share Draco's room or sleep separated. It's your choice to make…"
"Gin, won't you two get married in front of your families?" Angel asked, excitedly. "We could make the party here, at Hogwarts!"
"We still haven't received Mr. Malfoy's reply to Draco's letter and I'm sure that when he finds out about the real situation, he won't be very pleased… A marriage with both our families present would be a disaster, for sure." Ginny replied sadly, gently holding Draco's hand in hers.
"Oh, that's a pity… I really wanted to see you getting married in a beautiful dress, with a lot of people smiling at you." Angel whined.
"Oh Angel, sometimes you're so girlish. I think you've been spending way too much time with Lavender and Parvati…" Ginny laughed. "Well, we're going to Draco's quarters. Are you coming, Angel?"
"No, I'll stay with Professor Snape…"
"What's going on between you and Snape?" Draco asked, suspicious.
"Well, that's something you'll have to find out." Angel laughed, jumping off the desk and running out of Dumbledore's office.
"This is so weird…" Draco mumbled.
"Good night, Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy, and please, I want both of you to be extra careful and to remain together. Your unity is your strength…" Dumbledore warned them as the couple left his office.
"Mrs. Malfoy… I like the way it sounds." Draco whispered in her ear, as they walked to his room.
"Oh, you do?" she laughed, kissing the tip of his nose. "Well, I don't know if I want to be Mrs. Malfoy. I like being a Weasley…"
"You don't like the fact that we're married?" he pouted, sounding sad.
"Draco Malfoy, the all-mighty is pouting? Unbelievable! I wish Colin was here to photograph this unique moment…" Ginny laughed.
"Well, can you answer my question?" he asked, coldly.
"Hey, don't go all Slytherin on me." she complained, starting to walk again, not waiting for him. "Yes, I love the fact that we're married, but I'm not sure if I want to be called Mrs. Malfoy… It sounds as if I'm an old woman, when I'm just 16 years old."
"But you do want to be married with me, don't you?" he asked, once again.
"Yes… I LOVE DRACO MALFOY AND I DON'T GIVE A DAMN TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK!" she yelled in the middle of the hallway, for everyone in the school to hear. "Now, can we go back to our bedroom and have some fun, my dear husband?"
"Sure we can, darling…" he said, mockingly. "If I had known that my wife was the kind of crazy, attention seeker, lunatic woman, I would have never married her."
"As if you had a choice…" she laughed, before she kissed him passionately.
Almost running, they returned to Draco's room, where Ginny's trunk was already placed against his bed, next to his own trunk. That's how they were now… Equals, side by side, fighting for the same goals and loving each other, until the end of time.
Or so they hoped…
As the weeks went by, the entire school found out about the marriage between the Slytherin Prince and the Gryffindors' youngest Weasley. Everyone was quite shocked, to say the least, but when they saw the couple together, they understood that Draco and Ginny were truly in love with each other.
Things weren't that easy for Draco and Ginny… During day they had classes and they could only be together during the meals. At night, they would both do their homework and only then, would they have some time together to relax and enjoy each other. During their sleep, Twinkle came to their dreams and told them everything about the Fairies culture, their history and the things they needed in order to survive… It was like History of Magic classes, but not that bad, because this information was really important to them.
Apparently, the Fairies were very ancient creatures that lived in special trees in the middle of big forests. They fed on flowers nectar which was brought to them by the bees. According to Twinkle, the bees were creatures of the Light, as well, which surprised Ginny whom had never been fond of them.
Muggles and the Wizards, alike, were destroying a big part of the forests, all over the world, and the Fairies were dying. Their houses were being destroyed which caused their Mothers' (the Fairies in charge of giving birth) deaths.
They needed Ginny and Draco to talk with the Wizarding Community and the Muggle Community to make them stop the destruction, or soon, the Fairies' communities would disappear from the face of the Earth.
So, besides studying and trying to be with Draco, Ginny also spent her days thinking about solutions and ways of helping her people.
"Gin, you look worried." Angel said, sitting on Ginny's lap.
"I am worried, love… I don't know what to do to help my people." Ginny whispered, finally releasing the tears of frustration that she had been holding back for the last days. "What should I do, Angel? Should I have a meeting with the Minister, or should I talk with the Department of the Forests, at the Ministry of Magic, or should I do something else?"
"I think you should talk with the Minister and the Department of Forests, Gin… Demand that they stop the destruction. You have the power to make them bow at your feet, so, just talk with them firmly and they'll know you are giving them an order." Angel replied, caressing Ginny's face with her little paw.
"Ok, I'll try and do that. And how are you? I've noticed that you don't sleep in our room, anymore…" Ginny asked with a gentle smile.
"I've been staying with Severus. He's so sweet…" Angel sighed.
"Angel, if you weren't a Pulga, I would say you are in love with Professor Snape…" Ginny laughed.
"Ginny, what if I wasn't a Pulga? What if I was human? Do you think I would be able to be with him and love him freely?" Angel asked, sounding serious.
"I know that he cares a lot for you, Angel, but you know that you are not human… If you were, I think anyone could fall in love with a girl as sweet as you are, but these are a lot of ifs." Ginny replied, kissing Angel's head. "Do you love Snape?"
"I… I love you and Draco, but I love Severus in a different way. I just can't explain it, Gin." Angel said in a weak voice.
"Oh, Angel, you fell in love with Snape…" Ginny sighed sadly, knowing that her little friend was probably suffering a lot.
"I'll never be able to let him know that..." Angel whispered.
"I know, but at least you'll be able to be close to him and be a part of his life… Don't worry, you're a strong girl and you'll be ok." Ginny hugged Angel and together they fell asleep on the Library's comfy chair.
Later that night, while Ginny and Draco lay together on their bed, Ginny told Draco what was going on with Angel.
"She's what? That's insane, Ginny!" Draco said, surprised. "She's an animal…"
"You are an animal as well, Draco…" Ginny corrected and watched as Draco's face became incredibly angry.
"Well, thanks a lot for the name calling…" he yelled, getting out of the bed and putting on his clothes.
"Draco, humans are a rational animal… I wasn't bad mouthing you." Ginny explained, surprised that he had become so upset. They used to say worst things to each other and he never became so nervous…
"Whatever…" he mumbled, putting on his shoes.
"Where are you going, Draco? It's late…" Ginny complained, placing a hand on his arm.
"I need to think…" he sneered, removing his arm from her grip rather rudely and left the bedroom.
"What the hell is wrong with him?" Ginny asked herself, staring at the closed door, with a worried face.
Ginny waited all night long for Draco to come back to their bedroom, but he never came and she was becoming extremely nervous. It was nearly 6 a.m. when she finally heard the door opening and closing.
"Draco?" she called in the darkness. "Draco, is that you?"
"Yes…" he replied, coldly.
"What's going on, Draco? Why are you so upset because of an innocent comment?" Ginny asked, sitting up in bed against the headboard.
He didn't answer and went to the bathroom to take a shower. Ginny followed him and saw that he was under the running water.
"Draco, I asked what's wrong… I think I have the right to know if I made you upset." Ginny asked again, sitting on the edge of the bathtub.
"Listen Weasel, just let me be, ok? That's all I ask… A little time away from you and your stupid whining." he yelled furiously.
"Draco…"
"Leave me alone." he yelled and turning to face her, he smacked her.
"Fine, be that way…" she mumbled as she ran to their bedroom and started to put on her clothes, although her teary eyes made that task harder.
In two minutes, Ginny was running across the castle's corridors, towards the Gryffindor Tower.
As soon as she entered the common room, Ginny threw herself on one of the couches and started crying really hard.
"Gin, what's going on?" a voice whispered in her ear, a few minutes later.
"Angel, what are you doing here?" Ginny sobbed, trying to control her tears.
"I felt that you were upset and I came to help you… What happened?" Angel explained, licking Ginny's hands, trying to make her friend calm down.
"Draco is back to his Malfoy days…" Ginny whispered, sobbing loudly, but trying hard not to cry. "I don't want to see him anytime soon."
"But, what happened?" Angel asked, worried.
"First he got mad at something innocent I've said, then he left our room and only came back 20 minutes ago, then I asked what was going on and all he did was take a shower. I insisted that he should tell me what was going on and he yelled at me saying that he needed time away from me and my stupid whining and then he slapped me… How do you think I should react to this, uh?" Ginny explained nervously, the tears coming back to her eyes.
Her throat ached because of her sobs, her eyes burned because of the tears, her body and mind were tired from the night awake waiting for Draco to come back, her cheek hurt because of his slap and her heart ached because Draco had broken it…
She was a mess and right now all she wanted to do was to sleep for a thousand years. And so she did fall asleep, but not for a thousand years. She woke up later that day, in her old bed.
"Hello, I see you're awake…" Hermione said, caressing Ginny's face gently, as if she was a little baby. "How are you feeling now?"
"Awful…" Ginny replied.
"Angel told me what happened and I had to put a Full Body Bind curse on Ron, to stop him from beating Malfoy to a pulp… Then I had to stop Harry from doing the same with a simple menace." Hermione said, with an evil smile.
"What did you menace him with?" Ginny asked with a small smile.
"I told him that if he came near Draco Malfoy, or did anything to him, he would have no sex until next summer… You should have seen his face go pale." Hermione giggled, remembering her boyfriend's stricken face, when he heard her menace.
"Thank you, Hermione, but this time I wanted them to kick Draco's ass. That bloody git…" Ginny hissed, angrily. "I've dried all my tears this morning, and now there's only anger left."
"Ginny, what are you going to do now?" Hermione asked, sadly.
"I'm going back to my single person's life… I've tried to talk with him, I've tried to solve the tension, but he refused to let me help him and now, if he wants me back, he'll have to apologise and I'm not sure if that will be enough for me to forgive him." Ginny said, getting out of her bed.
"Ginny, you must stay together… Remember Dumbledore's words: your love is your strength." Hermione warned her, watching Ginny put on her clothes again.
"I know Hermione, I know… Right now, I just want to eat something and ask the house elves to bring my trunk back to this dormitory." Ginny replied as she combed her hair. "Are you coming down to dinner?"
"Of course…"
As both girls walked down to the Great Hall, Hermione watched Ginny's sad face and realised how strong her friend was. If she was the one on her friend's shoes, Hermione didn't know if she would react so well to everything…
Ginny and Hermione walked in the Great Hall and sat at the Gryffindor table in front of Ron and Harry, with their backs to the Slytherin table.
"Gin-Gin, how are you?" Ron asked, concerned with her.
"I'm fine, Ron, thank you for asking." Ginny replied, trying to hide the trembling from her voice.
"Ok, if you need me, I'm right by your side, ok, little sister?" he asked, holding her hand.
"Ok, Ron…" she smiled weakly.
"Me too, Ginny… You know you are like a sister to me and all I want is to see you happy." Harry said, leaning over the table to give her a quick hug.
"Thank you, to both of you… I love you two as well." Ginny laughed half-heartedly, before she started to eat her dinner.
Trough the entire meal, she felt shivers' running through her body, as if someone was watching her… And in fact, someone was watching her.
Draco Malfoy sat at the Slytherin table, looking at Ginny's back, wishing he could go to the Gryffindor table and hug her and kiss her… How could he have done that to her? He shouldn't have lost control.
Would she ever forgive him? Would she ever look him in the face, again?
He should have told her what was happening when she had asked, but he had felt so angry with himself that he had released all his anger on her, the only person who loved him and that he loved back.
Draco had a lot of explaining to do and he could only hope that Ginny would give him a chance to do it.
But, all of his hopes went down the drain as soon as he got to his bedroom. Her trunk was nowhere in sight, her clothes and books were gone and her wedding band was on top of his night table.
Holding the small ring Draco lay on his bed, with his face buried in Ginny's pillow, feeling her scent and then he cried… Cried like he hadn't cried in many years, until he finally fell asleep.
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"Gin, please, go talk with him…" Angel pleaded, watching her friend do her homework in the Library, two weeks later.
"No, Angel, he's the one who has a lot to explain. I didn't do anything aside of caring deeply for him." Ginny replied, finishing her essay for Potions. "I love him and I know he loves me as well, but something is very wrong and he doesn't seem to trust in me. There can't be a happy relationship if both parts don't trust in each other…"
"I know, but you are both looking so miserable. I haven't seen either of you at meal times, for the last few weeks… Soon you'll become sick and I don't want to lose you both, Gin." Angel insisted.
"Listen, Angel, go to Draco, tell him that I'm willing to hear his explanation and that if he still wants some time away from our relationship, I'll give it to him." Ginny replied while she packed her things in her school bag. "Tell him that I might hear his explanation but that doesn't mean I'll forgive him…"
"Yes you will, Gin. You love him, just like you said a few moments ago." Angel replied, running away from the Library.
The last two weeks had been awful. Her appetite was gone, she couldn't sleep at night, her body ached making her feel tired all the time, and her heart literally ached… Something was missing in her and that thing was Draco's proximity.
She had observed him a couple of times, when they passed by each other in the corridors and he had looked as sad as she was.
`Serves him right, for doing this to us.' she usually thought. `But I hate to see him like that…'
How can you hate someone you love? You can't… All you can do is try to pretend you hate him.
Ginny really wanted to hear Draco's explanation but did he want to explain anything?
About 10 minutes later, Ginny was taking a long walk around the lake, enjoying the white snow that covered the school grounds. She loved to spend the Christmas' holidays at Hogwarts…
Ginny was leaning against a tree watching the giant squid breaking the ice on top of the lake, when she heard footsteps on the snow.
"Hello…" a voice, she knew very well, whispered softly.
"I'm listening…" Ginny replied, not moving her body or eyes towards the boy she loved so much. If she did so, probably she would start crying her eyes out.
"I was upset, and all those things came out of my mouth… Sorry." Draco lied, waiting for her reaction.
"I suppose you think I'm stupid, don't you, Draco? Of course, let's lie to the stupid Weasel and have a little more fun…" she replied, sarcastically, her eyes showing how furious she was at him.
"What do you mean?" he asked, although he knew exactly what she meant.
"Have you forgotten what Twinkle said? She said that I would be able to feel what other people felt; she said that my bond with you would be so strong that I would always feel what was happening with you… I've stopped feeling you from the moment you said you didn't want to be with me anymore." Ginny explained furiously. "But right now, I can see right through you, Draco Malfoy, and you're lying!"
Draco didn't reply. He just stood there, watching her face, wishing he could tell her the truth.
"I see you won't tell me the truth. Why did I even bother loving you?" she sighed, sadly. "Ok, so be it… Last week I had a meeting with some people from the Ministry of Magic and with Dumbledore. We have an agreement: all the Fairies will be coming to the Forbidden Forest, to live here and soon the Ministry of Magic will give us a big forest, in Ireland, to be the home of other Fairies. Soon there won't be anything to place them in danger."
"That's great…" he replied with a blank face.
"Yes, it is." Ginny concluded. "Well, that's all I had to say. Just one more thing, make sure you eat something, because if you starve to death I'll probably die as well."
With that said, Ginny ran to the castle, where she finally released her tears. Why couldn't he tell her the truth? Was the truth that horrible?
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