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Off-Limits by Blue Lady

I don't own Harry Potter, but I do own this plot, crappy as it is and anyone who tries to steal it will find themselves in a dark stinking pit along with 312 biting tarantulas (I'm so nice, aren't I?). Anyways, the gang's in 6th year while Luna, Natalie and Ginny are in 5th. This follows off from PoA so it doesn't follow the events in GoF and OotP in any way, except my inclusion of Luna in here so Ron wouldn't feel left out. ^.~ I would also like to thank everyone that has reviewed so far - I really appreciate it!! For all the FF.net readers, this is going to be H/Hr, D/G and a bit of R/Lu. For those of your @ Portkey, this should be fairly obvious by now.

P.S. Ginny's going to be blushing quite a bit for now, but no flames about that, please!

Chapter 2: Snowday

Hermione opened her eyes slowly as her alarm clock went off. Yawning, she sat up on the side of her bed and stretched before reaching for her school robes. Minutes later, she was walking down the stairs to the common room where she spotted Ginny.

"Morning," she said sleepily.

"Good morning," yawned Ginny, "The boys aren't up yet, are they?"

"Apparently not. Let's go get some breakfast. I'm really hungry." Hermione said as her stomach let out a growl.

Walking out of the Gryffindor common room and down to the Great Hall, she let out another involuntary yawn.

"Did you skip dinner too last night-" Ginny shrieked as a hand clapped itself down on left shoulder.

"Where were you two last night? Harry and I were looking all over for you!" demanded a new voice.

"Good morning to you too, Natalie." said Hermione amusingly.

"DO YOU REALIZE YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK ONE OF THESE DAYS?!" yelled Ginny angrily, turning around to face their friend.

Natalie just ignored this as she repeated again, "So where were you two?"

"Astronomy Tower."

"So you gave up Harry-staring to go star-gazing."

Hermione flushed. "I do not stare at Harry!"

"No more than Ginny here is avoiding Draco." replied the other girl breezily.

The redhead rolled her eyes in exasperation, "I am not!"

However, her thoughts soon drifted towards the blond Slytherin. One particular incident stood out in her thoughts...

Last year had been a year of surprises. First there was the arrival of Natalie, who, surprisingly, turned out to be the daughter of Slytherin's Head of House.

When Harry had been kidnapped in a trap laid by Lucius Malfoy and Lord Voldemort, Natalie, Hermione, Ron and Ginny had rushed off to the rescue, not knowing that Harry had already worked out a plan with Draco. In the end, Draco had saved them by betraying his own father and almost losing his own life in the process. He had been in coma for two weeks already at that time.

During those two weeks, Ginny was often by his bedside as were the rest of the gang. Ginny had cried herself to sleep those nights, telling herself that it would be her fault if Malfoy had died. Afterall, Lucius Malfoy had aimed that curse at her, not him. She also remembered how relieved she was when she'd heard that he had finally awoken. After everyone had left, she had creep in quietly, in case he was sleeping again.

"What is it, Weasley?" he had asked, only this time it was without his usual sneer.

"I want to thank you for sa-sav-saving my life, wh-when you didn't have to and you know..." she had stammered.

"You're welcome," he said gruffly.

Boy, was she surprised. That had certainly not been the reaction she had been expecting. Noticing that she was staring, Ginny flushed. She started to walk around the bed to the door, when she paused and came back.

To Draco's amazement, she leant down and placed a soft kiss on his left cheek. "Thank you." she said softly and then she left.

If she had looked back, she would have seen that the usually unfazed Draco Malfoy had been staring at her, dazed, one hand on the spot on his cheek where she had kissed him.

Of course, she hadn't been counting on receiving more visions/fantasies on what would happen if Malfoy actually had some feelings for her. She cursed inwardly as she felt her face heat up again at the memory of some of the more recent visions she had received. Why couldn't she have normal visions like a normal seer?!

"Hmm...Ginny's face seems to be turning an interesting shade of red," commented Natalie, scrutinizing the redhead's face. "Maybe Draco can help..." she added mischievously.

Ginny froze for a moment before she turned around slowly. "You have a death wish - and I will be happy to grant you that wish." she said with a evil smile.

The grin faded rapidly from Natalie's face as she gulped at the expression on Ginny's face - and ran.

"Oh no you don't!"

Hermione simply shook her head before she followed them at a more normal pace.

Up ahead, Natalie was just looking back to see where Ginny was when she smacked right into someone.

Half a second later, Ginny rammed into them and the three of them went tumbling onto the ground.

Ginny placed a head on her head as she opened her eyes - and then she closed them when she saw just who they had collided with. "Oh no." she moaned, "Not you."

"Thanks. I feel so loved, Weasley." a familiar voice replied sarcastically.

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"Geez, I know you girls just love making advances at great-looking guys like me," Draco drawled, "but don't you think you could have waited until after breakfast?!" He scowled at the two girls currently sprawled on top of him.

Ginny opened her mouth to retort, but Natalie beat her to it. "I thought you were used to girls falling at your feet," she said sarcastically as she got up and dusted herself off, "You know, the daily routine of being a great-looking guy such as yourself. Ginny, are you planning on getting off him anytime soon?" She said the last part with a tinge of amusement in her voice.

Ginny fought the blush that was straining to appear and tried moving when a hand suddenly pressed itself tightly against her waist.

"Watch where you put that leg of yours, Weasley." said Draco in an oddly strained voice.

She looked down and wished that she hadn't - her knee was currently digging against a particularly sensitive part of his body at the moment. That wasn't good.

"Sorry," she mumbled as she scrambled off of him and dusted herself off, throwing a glare at the girl beside her. "I know what you're thinking." she said darkly.

Natalie tried to look innocent. "Do you now?"

"Yes, and I do NOT feel that way about...you know what."

"Hey, you're the one with the erotic dreams, not me."

"They are VISIONS and they are NOT erotic!" Ginny hissed.

"I believe you. That's why you're going out of your way to avoid Mr. Mal-" Ginny clamped her hand tightly over Natalie's mouth and dragged her over to the doors leading to the Great Hall.

Meanwhile, Draco just raised an eyebrow as he was left standing alone in the hallway. "What was that all about?" he wondered out loud.

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Once they were inside, Natalie jerked away from Ginny's grasp and hurried over to Professor Snape, who was currently making his way towards the Staff table.

"Mind if I sit with you today?" she asked innocently.

Severus gazed at his daughter with a hint of amusement in his eyes. "Students aren't allowed at the staff table."

She grabbed onto his arm. "I'm going to be hexed, cursed or poisoned if you don't. How can you do this to me?!" Natalie finished this on a slight wail.

"I'm sure you can take care of yourself perfectly fine." he said briskly, "Malfoy looks as though he could use some company though."

Natalie brightened. "That's a great idea! Thanks, Professor!"

At the Gryffindor table, Ginny stared darkly at the other girl. "Remind me to owl the twins later."

Hermione reached for a piece of toast. "What for?"

"To tell them that I've found a guinea pig for them to test their new products on."

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"Aren't you a bit old to be playing tag?" Draco sneered as he leaned back in his seat.

"Hey, it's not my fault someone can take a joke."

"Interesting scenario out there, Malfoy." Draco started as a voice sounded in his head.

He growled, "What is it now, Potter?"

Nobody knew about it, but the events leading up to the final battle and defeat of Voldemort had contributed to the mind bond that Draco and Harry now shared, both of which used it to annoy the heck out of the other. Especially during exams, when Draco would be taunting Harry about his dismal potions mark which the latter retaliated by mentally singing the song Draco detested the most all through his exam in History of Magic. It was a win-win situation in a certain sense.

"Amusing, that scene back there in the hallway."

"Well, unlike some people who have trouble finding a girlfriend, woman literally throw themselves at me." replied Draco breezily.

"Must be all that cuddly ferret charm of yours."

"Go shag Granger already and leave me the hell alone."

He smirked when he saw Potter spit out the pumpkin juice he had just been drinking before throwing him a glare.

"Harry, are you alright?" Hermione asked, her eyes filled with concern.

"I'm fine. Really, I am." He added as she raised an eyebrow. "Are you implying something, Malfoy?" He thought back angrily, "Because that is the-"

"So you're not getting laid. That's not my problem now, is it."

Harry placed his hand over his eyes in exasperation. "Is that all you ever think about, Malfoy?"

"No, which is why my grades are so much better than yours. For example, your marks in Potions are simply pathetic while-"

"Shut up, Malfoy."

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After breakfast, the four of them wandered out onto the snow-covered grounds, Luna having joined them for breakfast a bit later after the incident out in the Great Hall earlier that morning.

Hermione smiled, "I've always liked the sight of fresh snow." she said to Harry. "It seems so peaceful..."

"Let's have a snowball fight!" said Ginny gleefully.

"Or not."

"C'mon, it'll be fun! Luna and I can go against you and Hermione and we can pelt Ron when he finally gets his butt out here!" The redhead grinned at them.

"Mm hmm." replied the blond absentmindedly, her eyes focused onto the distance.

Ginny bent over and picked up some snow. Packing it into a snowball, she tossed it up and down as she cast an eye over the grounds. Suddenly, a mischievous grin appeared on her face as she spotted her target. "On second thought, hold that snowball fight for a minute. I have some revenge to dish out!" Draco and Natalie had just came out on of the side doors of the castle.

Harry raised an eyebrow and gave Hermione a slightly uneasy look, "I don't think I like the sound of that."

"Oh, c'mon. At least I'm not doing anything the twins wouldn't do."

"Which is not much."

Suddenly, Harry had an idea. "Hey Malfoy."

"What is it this time, Potter?" asked Draco irritably.

"Move two steps to the left and don't look behind you."

"And why the bloody hell should I listen to you Potter?"

"Just do it!"

However, Draco was curious enough that he did the exact opposite - putting him right in the path of Ginny's magically enchanted pile of snowballs.

Harry just sighed as Draco was hit by about eight snowballs in a row, pelting him and his cloak white. "You just never listen, do you?"

"Shut up Potter." snarled Draco, angrily brushing some of the snow from his face as Ginny came running up to him.

She watched nervously as he continued brushing off the snow from his clothes and hair. "Are you okay?" she asked timidly.

"Great going Gin!" Natalie cheered.

"You're not helping!" hissed Ginny.

Meanwhile, Draco's silver-gray eyes narrowed as they fastened onto the redhead. "You are going to pay dearly for that little stunt of yours, Weasley." he said coldly.

"Look, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to-"

"Even so, nobody pelts me with snowballs and gets away with it!" growled Draco.

"I already said I was sorry. What else do you want me to do?!"

By this time, the two of them were standing so close to each other that Draco could see the light freckles on Ginny's nose.

"What do I want you to do?" drawled Draco, as he realized that things weren't going anywhere at this rate. Time for Plan B. "I want a kiss, Weasley." he said silkily.

Ginny just looked at him as though he had grown another head. "You're kidding."

"No, I don't believe I am." he edged closer.

She pressed her hands against his chest. "No, I will not. What is wrong with you today, Malfoy?"

"So that means I'm not getting my kiss?"

"Go jump off a cliff."

"Well, if you want to be difficult..." Draco shrugged, but then in one quick movement, he wrapped his arms around her legs and tossed her over his shoulder.

"Malfoy! LET GO OF ME!" yelled Ginny, kicking and beating him on the back with her fists.

"Temper, temper, my dear Weasley."

"Malfoy!" Hermione shouted, running after him as he made his way to the castle. "What do you think you're doing?"

"Weasley here owes me a kiss," he drawled, "Now if you'll excuse us..."

Hermione opened her mouth to retort, but she was stopped by Natalie's hand on her arm. "Let them go." she said softly.

"But..."

"She's been avoiding him for quite a while now...and I think there are some things they need to sort out."

"Well," Hermione was doubtful, but then she recalled last night's conversation, "Alright."

"No! Don't leave me with him!!" howled Ginny. However, the blond ignored her protests as he gave the others a lazy salute before he disappeared into the entrance way.

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"Ginny doesn't look too pleased," mused Luna.

"Of course! But she'll thank us for this later." Natalie gave the three of them an evil grin, "It's about time those two got together!"

Hermione raised an eyebrow at this statement.

"Don't look so skeptical Hermione! It's about time Ginny did something about those visions of hers."

It was Harry's turn to look surprised. "What visions?"

"Nothing!" said Natalie quickly before continuing, "But this way she can see once and for all if her you-know-whats with you-know-who is actually true or not!"

"I'm pretty sure the you-know-what is true." Hermione crossed her arms. "It's the you-know-who I'm concerned about, especially when her family finds about this."

Natalie waved it off carelessly, "We'll cross that bridge when we, uh, they get there."

Harry closed his eyes. "And I don't get a single word of what you're saying."

"It's alright, Harry." Luna patted his arm, "It's called girl-talk for a reason."

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"Hey, let's go back inside." suggested Hermione, "My hands are starting to get numb."

She was surprised when Harry took her hands in his. "Better?"

"And she saids she doesn't like him." muttered a voice behind them, which Hemione ignored. He was just being a friend. That was all. Then why was she suddenly feel so...happy?

Unknown to Hermione, Harry, Luna and Natalie, three pairs of eyes stared after them from under an invisibility cloak...

"And you think my parents are bad..."

"Hey, at least my dad's not carrying my mom over his shoulder like some sort of caveman!"

"So what do you think your parents are doing now?" added a new voice.

"Chances are they're making out," commented the second voice before he was elbowed sharply in the ribs by the person beside him.

"Ow! What was that for?!"

"I want to be born, but not five whole years earlier, lizard-brains!"

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"Put me down, Malfoy!"

"You know, you would enjoy it more if you just stopped making everything so difficult."

"Enjoy what?! This?!" Ginny was furious.

"You'll see what I mean in a second," he drawled.

"And your face will be meeting my fist once I get down," she muttered darkly.

Finally, after what seemed like hours, Draco finally stopped in front of an empty classroom on the third floor. Walking in, he kicked the door shut behind him. Ginny's eyes widened as she heard the sound of a lock turning into place.

"Malfoy..."

Draco placed her down on her feet, but then his fingers rapidly closed around her wrists as she tried to punch him.

"What is your problem?" she hissed at him. To hell with her visions! There was no way in hell she was marrying this man.

He looked at her hungrily, "You don't know how long I've been waiting for a chance to get you alone." he said silkily.

She was prevented from speaking as his lips closed in onto hers hungrily.

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Ginny didn't know how long they spent like that, but an involuntary noise of protest came out when Draco finally broke their kiss off. With one arm still tightly around her waist, he untangled his other arm from her hair and gently stroked her cheek with his long fingers.

However, she simply stared into his eyes, which, normally so cold and mocking, were now kind of glazed over with wonder and an emotion she couldn't decipher.

Seconds later, he lowered his head once more and she closed her eyes as she felt his lips on hers. Unlike the first time, this was a much more gentle kiss than before.

"I wonder if this is what it feels like to be kissed for real..." she thought to herself faintly, "Because if it is, I don't want him to stop..."

Seconds later though, Draco abruptly creased his exploration of her mouth and released his tight hold on her waist. His eyes met hers for a moment before he spun around sharply and stalked out of the room.

From behind him, Ginny just gazed at his retreating back, feeling very confused inside.

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Out on the school grounds, a arm suddenly appeared in mid-air and jerked the cloak off.

"Thank you," gasped the girl, "I was practically suffocating in there."

"We definitely need to get a bigger cloak." remarked the black-haired boy.

"If somebody hadn't forgotten his..." said Nina, eyeing the blond.

"You try packing your supplies in five minutes while your house is overrun with Death Eaters if you're so smart!" said Shawn irritably.

"Excuses, excuses."

"Besides, let's not forget whose saintly dad got us into this mess in the first place," sneered the blond.

Nina's eyes narrowed, "Leave my dad out of this, Shawn. At least my grandfather wasn't a bloody head Death Eater."

Meanwhile, Benjamin rolled her eyes impatiently. He sighed as his eyes travelled from his sister to his best friend. When one of these arguments occurred, he had found out that it was best to stay neutral.

Absentmindedly, he bent down and started packing snow into a snowball. It seemed like only a few days ago when the only things he had to worry about were the Winter exams and thinking of which WWW products he had to restock. These were the drawbacks of having Harry Potter for a father - not that he minded though.

"-all your dad did was take down one little dark wizard, big deal." Shawn was saying.

"Yeah, but I seem to remember hearing that your dad almost fainted dead away from the shock when he first saw that little dark wizard." Nina shot back.

Shawn narrowed his eyes, "My dad can kick your dad's butt all the way across the English Chan-"

"Oh really," thought Benjamin idly. Making sure his snowballs were in position, he took out his wand and pointed at them, muttering a useful spell his father had taught him.

Shawn yelped as he was suddenly pelted with snowballs.

Nina took the opportunity of grabbing a handful of snow and shoving it down his collar.
Brother and sister both laughed as Shawn gave off a string of colorful curses while trying to dry his clothes.

"That was uncalled for," snarled Shawn.

"That'll teach you to insult my dad." she replied with a satisfied smirk.

Shawn glared at her, "I'll wipe that smirk off your face, you little-"

"Little?!?! You're only a year older!"

"Well, it has been a long time since we've had a snowball fight," mused Benjamin, packing a snowball. He gave an evil grin, "Well, Shawn?"

Shawn ducked as the snowball missed the top of his head by a few inches. "Give it your best shot, Potter."

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Meanwhile, Draco was in the process of pacing around his room. He also felt an intense urge to ram his head against the wall for some reason he couldn't figure out, but after a moment of reflection, he decided that the wall-ramming option might ruin his good looks, not to mention causing potential brain damage, so that was ruled out.

Originally his plan for revenge had involved seducing....well, kind of, and ditching her once she got herself infatuated. However, that hadn't worked out exactly as planned. Who would've thought that he would enjoy it so much as well?

And to add to the fun, her family just happened to be mortal enemies with the Malfoy clan (at least when Lucius was still there), the fact that she could barely stand the sight of him and conveniently, also had six brothers and Boy Wonder to beat him senseless if they ever found out that he was thinking that way about their precious baby sister.

At least his father was no longer here to give him his opinion on the matter.

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On the other side of the castle, Harry, Hermione, Ron and Natalie were currently lounging around the warm fire in the Gryffindor common room. Hermione, as usual, had her head stuck in a book. She had her back against Harry, who was playing wizard chess against Natalie while Ron was pleading with Hermione to let him see her essay.

"Please, Mione?" he whined, "I only need another two inches."

Hermione looked at him over the top of her book, "Then you should have no problem, since it's only two inches."

"Hey, Ginny, long time no see." said Natalie conversationally, moving her knight away from Harry's queen. "So what happened?"

Ginny threw a warning glance at her, indicating that Ron was in the room. "He won." was all she said.

Natalie's eyes noted the bruise on Ginny's neck. "By a whole lot too, I'd say." she thought to herself. "Ah...interesting, uh, mark you have there on your neck."

Ginny's hands immediately flew up to her neck. When did that happen?

She threw her head back as Draco's lips fastened onto her neck. Letting out a moan, she tightened her arms around his neck, her fingers weaving through his hair as his mouth travelled upwards, lavishing attention to her lips once more.

"Damn." was the only thought that came to mind as Ron turned his gaze towards her.

"Who is it?" he growled.

"What makes you think that's it somebody?"

"Honestly Ron, Ginny's old enough to take care of herself," said Hermione, "Calm down."

"Calm down?! Some perverted freak is after my sister and you're telling me to CALM DOWN?!?!" Ron was incredulous.

"Calm down, Ron. I ran myself into a wall, okay?" said Ginny irritably.

"That or it came into contact with a certain blond-" muttered Natalie. Ginny gave her a sharp nudge.

"Ow!"

"What was that?!"

"Checkmate."

Natalie's eyes widened, "WHAT?!"

"Checkmate." repeated Harry.

Natalie looked at the board before settling her gaze on Ron. "This is your fault."

"What do I have to do with it?" asked Ron indignantly.

"You must have been helping Harry! I know it!" she growled.

Ron held his hands in front of him, backing away as he tried to reason with her.

"There they go again," Harry whispered, rolling his eyes. Hermione hid a smile.

Ron ran behind the couch where Harry and Hermione sat. "Help me out here," he whispered.

"Don't do anything...rash," said Ginny, as she noted Natalie's flexing fingers.

"No, I was thinking of requesting Professor Snape to double his Potions homework." said Natalie with an evil smile. "Or maybe a detention or two..."

Ron groaned. "Just beat me up. It's more merciful that way