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All Who Wander

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Description: AU Ginny just wanted to play with the band and get her family back together. Can a simple tour in Europe make things worse then they already are? She wanders, but is she really lost?

Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bee doesn't know that and goes on flying any way. - Mary Kay Ash

I didn't know what I was missing out on being a social outcast, and then I found out. Friday nights seemed lonelier and family time less fun. I wished I could go back to my blissful ignorance, but that's not possible. Nothing I want is ever possible.

******Hallway******

Ginny had found out the hard way Gryffindors and Slytherins were not friends. Apparently Gryffindors worshiped the ground Harry Potter walked on and any other celebrity was just coming to steal his fame. That was the reason her Defense Against the Dark Arts book was saturated with scarlet ink, permanent non charm away-able scarlet ink.

Following Amelia and Sophia Ginny glided down the entrance stairway. Her Defense teachers said nothing about her outfit, but Professor Black and Professor Lupin were paying way to much attention to other Slytherins to notice her. She hadn't seen them at the feast yesterday….

The potions classroom was dark and dank. She set her supplies up next to a reluctant Gryffindor girl. In a mental note, Ginny told herself to find a Slytherin partner.

Fawn Everson was scrawled across the top of her spiral.

Great she was paired up with a deer.

The professor entered the room 5 minuets late. Not a good impression.

"This class will be a review of truth potions," The teacher said flicking his wand towards board where small scratchy script began o appear.

Pulling out her potion supplies Ginny heard Fawn let out a frustrated moan.

"What?" Ginny asked turning to her partner who was now hitting her head with a potions book.

"I hate this class," The girl ground out, looking up to where the potions master sat behind his desk smirking at the struggling students.

"Is he really that mean?" Ginny asked suddenly worried as she began the potion.

"Not to Slytherins," The girl said stirring the potion in the wrong direction.

"No, this way," Ginny said grabbing the girls hand and twisting it in the other direction.

"Thanks," The girl replied looking Ginny in the face.

"You're Skullie from AC?" The girl asked questioningly.

"Yea," Ginny said suddenly uncomfortable. She liked it better when people didn't know she was famous.

"That's cool," The girl replied pushing up her robe sleeves. On the inside of her left arm the letters D.M. + F.E. were outlined in a heart.

"Who's D.M.?" Ginny asked placing her finger on the heart.

"Oh, that," The girl, Fawn, said drawing her sleeve down to cover the drawing.

"It's my boyfriend, Draco Malfoy," She whispered so that Ginny had to pay close attention.

"What house is he in?" Ginny asked corking the potion vial.

"Slytherin a year above us. I really don't know why I'm telling you this. We were going to keep it a secret," Fawn said her voice trailing off.

" I make people feel at home, my Mom made people feel like that too…" Ginny silently walked the potion up to the teacher's desk. Her mind kept screaming the word `no'. She wasn't supposed to tell any one how she felt.

"He's in the hospital wing right now," Fawn said as soon as Ginny sat down.

"Who?" Ginny asked startled by her comment.

"Draco, someone broke his nose," Fawn said beginning to pack up her bag. Realization drew across Ginny's face. She was dating the preppy bastard.

"My brother broke his nose," Ginny said causing Fawn to turn and look at her. Fawn just nodded her head before leaving the classroom. Looking around for Sophia and Amelia Ginny swore under her breath seeing their station was clean and their things gone.

"Who wants to take me to transfiguration?" Ginny asked in a loud voice standing in the center of the classroom. Heads shot up to look at the cause of commotion. A Gryffindor boy she knew as Colin Creevey flagged her over.

"Give me a couple of seconds and we can go," The boy said casting a cleansing charm on the cauldron. Picking up his books, he ushered her to the doorway.

"Did your lab partner, Fawn, say anything about her mystery boyfriend?" Colin asked walking up the dungeon steps.

"Yes," Ginny replied following up the grand staircase.

"And…" The boy asked a little irritated at Ginny's unwillingness to talk about it.

"Oh I can't say," Ginny said putting on her fake innocent face. "I was sworn to secrecy," Ginny whispered giving Colin a mock salute. "Scout's honor!" Ginny let out a little giggle as Colin began to grumble about `bloody Slytherins.'

What kind of insult was bloody?

"This is the room," Colin said with a little wave of his hand.

"Aren't you going in?" Ginny asked skeptical that it was really the classroom.

"In a few minuets, I'm going to try to find out if anyone knows who her bloody boyfriend is," Colin said as he began to stalk off.

"I know who it is," Ginny shouted after him. She was greeted with a very polite hand gesture before she turned and entered the room.

******Transfiguration Classroom******

Fawn had taken a seat towards the front of the classroom. Upon seeing her Ginny walked up the rows and placed her books on the joint table.

"Hi," said Fawn looking up from a sketch she was doing.

"Can I sit here?" Ginny asked gesturing to the empty seat. Fawn gave a noncommittal shrug as Ginny placed her books down.

"So, what is this teacher like?" Ginny asked to Fawn's turned back.

Fawn turned to face Ginny abandoning her half finished sketch of a pair of hands.

"She is strict but fair," She said toying around with the pencil in her hands.

"Are you upset that my brother broke Draco's nose?" Ginny asked seriously hoping Fawn wasn't. She was the first person that didn't talk to her only because she is famous.

"No, I'm not upset. He can be a real prat sometimes," Dawn said getting a small smile about the mere thought of Draco.

"Some guy, Colin, asked me about you," Ginny stated digging through her bag. Where was that transfiguration book?

"Really?" Fawn asked looking suddenly interested.

"Yeah, he wanted to know about your new boy friend," Ginny trailed off carefully watching her facial expressions. After being in the backdrop for so long, she had picked up useless skills. Reading palms, card tricks, picking locks, reading faces.

Judging by the look Fawn got while they were talking about Colin, Ginny could tell she had some match making to do.

The teacher chose that exact moment to walk in, and she found Ginny's outfit completely inappropriate.

"Ms. Weasley, Just because you are famous does not mean you can dress like a scarlet woman in my classroom," The professor stated giving Ginny a glare for good measure. Ginny just shrugged before pulling out loose leaf and a gel pen.

She had decided this morning that she would continue to use American supplies till a teacher complained, after that…fuck them.

The teacher, Professor McGonagall droned on about in a lecture unlikely to end any time soon. Ginny was in her head her fingers, almost invisibly, moving to different cord on her bass. The lyrics blaring in her thoughts..

all these games you play, you're messin' with my head (messin with my head)
I don't know why I stay, I should leave instead (I should leave instead),
When I speak from my heart, you laugh like it's a game (this ain't no game)
Yeah we'd make great friends, but it just isn't the same...

This has gone on way too long...
And I'm tired of movin' on,

The teacher handed Ginny a water goblet as she was snapped back to reality. Having no clue what the lesson was about she crumpled her abandoned loose-leaf note and placed them in the cup. Pulling out her wand she instantly had a nice glass of butter beer. Passing it to Fawn the two girls began to giggle at Ginny's short attention span.

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If only I would have kept to myself and left Fawn alone…

AN: SORRY FOR WAITING SO LONG TO UPDATE. I HAD A PERSONAL MATTER TO ATTEND TO. THIS CHAPTER MAY NOT SEEM IMPORTANT BUT BE AWARE…IT IS!!!!! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!