A Battle of Power

madeli

Rating: NC17
Genres: Romance, Humor
Relationships: Draco & Ginny
Book: Draco & Ginny, Books 1 - 4
Published: 29/05/2004
Last Updated: 29/05/2004
Status: in_progress

Yeah, so I know the title is fairly cheesy but I can't seem to keep from doing that. But if you move past the title you will find a story in which Draco is challenged by someone he never expected. Someone he had never even noticed before. Someone who soon took control of the battle and won his heart.

Chapters

1. AND THE BATTLE BEGINS

2. A UNFORGETTABLE TRAIN RIDE

3. ANOTHER CLOSE CALL

1. AND THE BATTLE BEGINS

She let out a heavy sigh as she sat looking out the window. Summer was rolling by and Ginny was beginning to get nervous about the upcoming year at Hogwarts. She didn’t know why either. It wasn’t like it was her first year, she was going into her fourth, but still there was some uneasy feeling she got in the pit of her stomach when thinking of school.

‘Maybe I’m just nervous because of Harry,’ she thought. ‘But that couldn’t be it. Of course, last year things were actually happening between us but the summer break seems to have cooled things off between me and Harry.’

Not only had the relationship cooled off but also so had Ginny’s feelings for Harry. She used to feel queasy whenever talking to him or even thinking of him but not anymore. He wasn’t the famous, handsome, charming Harry anymore, now he was just Harry (and a scrawny Harry at that.) Ginny had always had this secret fantasy of being swept away by some strange and new guy while at Hogwarts but nothing had ever happened like that. Maybe this year would be different.

‘I do look a lot different, maybe people won’t accept me or maybe that will start a new fiery relationship with someone else,’ she thought.

She was just starting to replay the romance when her brother called up to her.

“Ginny, hurry up, will ya?” yelled Ron, “We’re meeting Harry and Hermione at Diagon Alley.”

Ginny smiled. She knew that Ron secretly was more excited about seeing Hermione then Harry. And at the moment she felt the same. Their dad, Mr. Weasley, was starting the car and she ran down with her school list and jumped in the back seat with her brothers.

“Hoping to see your lover, Ginny?” Fred said.
Ginny turned a deep color scarlet from sheer embarrassment and from anger at her brothers mentioning Harry.
“Yeah, you love birds are just so cute! Ahhh, it seems love is on the air.” Chimed in George.
“No George, I think that’s just your body odor.” Retorted Fred.
That made them all laugh… except George.

When they had finally made their way to The Leaky Cauldron, Ginny was at last feeling better about the year to come. Her parents had left and she was now just with her brothers. She saw all the shops and things she wanted in the windows and finally felt a little better. At least she did, until she saw Draco Malfoy walk by. The Weasley family had never gotten along with the Malfoys but Draco had always seemed to have it out for the red head kids. But for once, he didn’t stop to torment them. He simply glared at Fred, George, and especially Ron. But when his eyes stopped on Ginny, there wasn’t a glare but a look of sheer shock and that hatred seemed to dissolve.

“Man, I hate that Malfoy.” Said Ron, “I think the reason he didn’t say anything was because he knew that I would beat him up if he said anything to me. I am not going to take his crap this year. I won’t!”
“Yeah right Ron” George and Fred both rolled their eyes.

Ron looked to his right and saw that Ginny was kind of gazing forward with a very confused look upon her face. “What’s wrong Gin?” he said. She jumped from the sudden words and broke out of her trance. “ Oh nothing, just thinking about my classes next year, that’s all,” she said coolly and nonchalantly.

But was actually puzzling her was that look she had just gotten from Malfoy. They had never shown each other kindness and all of a sudden she saw the weirdest thing in him, something she had definitely never seen before. She was still thinking all this over when she practically ran into Harry in front of her.

Her face went beat red and tried to apologize as quickly as possible. She heard George say to Fred behind her, “There’s that Weasley charm that we know and love so much.” That made her go two shades darker. Harry had the same reaction. They both stood there awkwardly, not knowing quite what to do.

It’s not that Ginny still adored Harry. She only had a trickle of feelings still for him. It’s just that she didn’t know how to act around him any longer and it was just so uncomfortable to stand there.

“Sorry Ginny!”
“Oh no, it’s all my fault, all my fault!”
“No it was most certainly my fault. You have never been the clumsy one. Are you hurt, are you okay, do you need to sit do...”
Ginny interrupted saying, “HARRY! I’m fine!”
Harry looked at his shoes “Well okay.”

Ginny couldn’t handle the tension anymore. She all of a sudden blurted out, “Well, me and Hermione are going to go look around so you boys have fun.” So Ginny quickly left practically dragging Hermione along with her. The last thing the boys saw was Ginny’s back quickly disappearing and Hermione with a look of bewilderment upon her face as she was pulled down the street.

The boys just stood there for a moment with all different looks upon their faces. Harry with a look of shock, Ron with a look of sadness at Hermione leaving, and George and Fred were just confused.

‘That couldn’t have possibly been the little Weasley, Ginny, could it?’ Draco thought. ‘It couldn’t have been. Last year she was just another red head! She was skinny, immature, with uncontrollable red hair. Now she seems so much more… DIFFERENT. She was taller, her hair was actually straight, controlled, and, and, …pretty! She seemed to have a LOT more curves and she looks so much more developed.’ Draco suddenly snapped out of it and considered what he was actually thinking. He was thinking that one of the Weasleys was actually attractive. He realized he must be insane and dismissed the thought completely. But not before he actually felt something that he had without doubt never felt before. He instantly had the need to just be by her or to even just look at her. He changed thoughts and didn’t think about her until an event later that day.

Back with the Ron, Fred, George, and Harry…
“What was that all about?!?” Harry said.
“Don’t know, don’t care,” said Ron.

And he really didn’t care considering it was his sister and it’s just gross to think of her like Harry does. Ron knew that there was a little something there between Harry and Ginny but he just didn’t know how much was there.

“Your sister looks really good!” said Harry, “I mean she’s got curves and beautiful hair and even brea…
“Harry! I don’t want to hear this about my own sister. Gees, talk to Hermione about it but not me okay!” Ron was getting a little angry and so Harry decided to change the subject. “Hey, let’s go get our supplies, alright?” So they left and for the moment Ginny was on no one’s mind.

Ginny and Hermione were walking the Alley now out of sight from the people she ran away from. She was now just walking normally like the incident a few moments earlier had never happened. Hermione looked out her and for once she seemed perplexed.

“WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?” yelled Hermione. “What? Oh that, nothing, I just wanted a little girl time.” She intended to sound like she was careless and casual but she didn’t pull it off. But Hermione just left the subject alone as they walked down the witchcraft streets of London.

They stopped into a bookstore that Hermione wanted to go into to get a little light reading (in other words, a few 1000 paged books) Hermione was at the other side of the store looking up something about the “Age of Dragons” and something else about “Witchcraft Discoveries in the 18th Century” so Ginny wandered over to a section on potions. There were hundreds of books about potions, ranging from revenge, to practical jokes (Fred and George had been there frequently), to invisibility and other disguises, to love. Of course, Ginny being the romantic sap she is, wanders over to the love section that happened to be in the next aisle over.

As she turned into the aisle, she stopped where she was and looked shockingly upon the person reading a book about love potions.

SO TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK YOU GUYS…

2. A UNFORGETTABLE TRAIN RIDE

Why on earth was Draco Malfoy reading a love potion book entitled “Love Potions: How To Win That Special Person Over”? When he saw her, he quickly slammed the book shut and stood to look at her. It seemed that she wasn’t the only one to change over the summer. He was different, but definitely in a good way. Definitely! She was surprised that she hadn’t noticed it earlier.

‘Maybe I was just confused about that look he gave me.’ she thought.

He had grown and his pale skin was now noticeably tanner from the summer months. He had much more muscle on his body, too. Overall, he was gorgeous. It was nice to know that she wasn’t the only one who would go to school looking different. Of course, Pansy Parkinson will be hanging on him even more this coming school year, that brit! Was she actually getting jealous of Pansy for being close to Draco? No, that couldn’t be it! That is totally out of the question!

“Well, can I help you Weasley?” Malfoy certainly didn’t say it with kindness but it certainly wasn’t hate or anger either.
“What are you doing here?” Ginny blurted out.
“What do you think I am doing in a bookstore, I’m looking at books.”
“No, I mean what are you doing in the Love Potion section?” She was now starting to get annoyed with his attitude. But what did she expect, it had been the way he had treated her for years. What made her think that that was going to change now?
All of a sudden is attitude changed from defensive and mean to somewhat embarrassed. “Oh, this is the love potion section? I must have gotten lost. I meant to be in the Dark Arts section.”

He got up to leave and started walking quickly, trying to get past Ginny. But Ginny got in his way.

He got up to leave and started walking quickly, trying to get past Ginny. But Ginny got in his way. She looked up at him with anger in her eyes but that look quickly changed when she saw the look she got back. Draco was just standing there, staring at her. It was the same kind of look that he gave her when he first saw her in the street but without the shock. And there was something else mixed into it that she had never seen. But it felt good to see it and she knew she was looking at him the same way. She went red and moved her eyes to her shoes. Draco could smell her and he just stood there breathing her in. Draco was still looking at her when Hermione came around the corner.

Hermione stopped in her tracks and looked at the two people standing in front of her. Neither of them seemed to even realize that she was there. Ginny was blushing as she looked at the ground and Draco was gazing at her in an almost … caring way. They had to have been only a few inches apart.

“Ahem.” Hermione’s cough seemed to bring them back to reality and they both turned to look at her.
“Hi Ginny, Hey Malfoy. What’s going on here?”
Ginny quickly tried to explain herself. “Well I was… I was just looking at these potion books here when I saw Dra, I mean Malfoy standing here.”
“And I was just leaving.” Said Malfoy as he quickly left the scene, leaving the bookstore.

Ginny’s eyes followed him out the door and down the street while Hermione’s remained on her. Hermione felt uneasy about what was going on but she figured that if something were going on, Ginny would most likely tell her. Or would she? There was another uncomfortable pause and Ginny spoke.

“Why don’t we go and meet up with the guys?”
All Hermione could say was, “Alright.”

The Weasleys, Harry, and Hermione all met up again at the Leaky Cauldron and the subject of Draco wasn’t brought up again. The night passed without any events and Ginny went home that same night. She was exhausted and as soon as her head hit the pillow she fell into a slumber full of dreams. She had the same fantasy that night where she was swept off her feet by some handsome, mystery man. This part was no different. She often had this dream and the events were the usual. But there was a small difference. Always in her dreams in the past the mystery man never had a face and it was covered it dark light. That is what made him somewhat mysterious. But now the face was changing; a light was growing. No longer was it in the shadows, but she saw the face. The features were blurry but she knew that that was an actual person under there.

All of a sudden, she woke up and was greeted by the sun shining through her window. Today was different because already she felt different. She knew what the upcoming year held for her. It held what she wanted for a long time. Something that Harry, unfortunately, had never been able to give her. She knew that her fantasy would come true one way or another. But who it would be with she was still a little unclear about. She did have an idea however about whom it could be.

Her brother calling her down to breakfast again interrupted her enlightened thoughts.

The next few weeks passed by quickly and before she knew it, she was on her way to Platform Nine and Three Quarters. Fred and George found some of their other friends and took a compartment with them. Ginny went with Ron into a compartment where Ron impatiently waited for Hermione… and Harry. She was not looking forward to another incident like they had had a few weeks ago.

“Hey Ron, Hi Ginny!” Harry said as he popped his head into the compartment door. Hermione followed saying, “Well hello you two. Is everyone excited for this year?” Everyone could see that Hermione was having trouble bottling up her excitement for the new school year.

Harry and Hermione walked in. Harry immediately sat next to Ginny and she hardly noticed. Hermione looked at the seat next to Ron hesitantly and forced herself down. Ron was so overjoyed at this event that he didn’t notice the look Hermione had on her face right before she sat down. Hermione left soon after saying she wanted to catch up with some other friends and Ron followed like a lost puppy.

So Harry and Ginny were left alone. Ginny was busy reading a book on Potions (love potions!) and Harry was sitting there very nervous.

All of a sudden he says, “You know that I still really like you right?”
Ginny doesn’t even look up from her book. “Oh, I wondered if you did.”
“Well… I DO.” Harry was gathering courage while Ginny kept reading. It was obvious Harry was expecting a response from Ginny but none came.
“Soooooo!” said Harry
“So.”
“Well, do you still like me or not?” Harry was becoming nervous and hoping for the correct response.
“Nope! Not to seem harsh but over the summer you kind of lost that luster you always had before. Sorry Harry!
Harry tried to let it roll off and act cool. “Oh it’s no problem. You’re right, there’s no chemistry any longer.” But he was hurt and he was barely able to hold back the tears.

This awkward moment was stretching on when Draco Malfoy strolled into their compartment.

He walked in and immediately Ginny looked up from her book and looked him in the eye. He looked right back and another moment was forming before Harry interrupted them.

“What are you doing here, Malfoy!”
“Oh, just checking up on all the compartments, saying hi and making small talk.”
“Well we don’t want your small talk, do we Ginny?” He looked over at Ginny and she was still just staring at Draco.
“You’d better leave, Malfoy!” Harry tried to sound tough but Ginny’s earlier comments were still having their effect on him.
“Well alright then! I better go back to my compartment!” He then turned to Ginny and said “Yeap, better be getting back to my compartment, Compartment #7.” He looked her right in the eye and then left.

As if she had been sitting up for years, she slouched down into her seat and let out a big sigh. Harry looked at her oddly and then started muttering curses about Malfoy and his pureblood family, and his little posse, and his rich snobby attitude. Then, Ginny turned to him suddenly and said, “Harry, shut up.”

He looked stunned and hurt but he did shut up. Ginny got up from her seat and straightened her clothes and fixed her hair.

“I’m going to go visit some of my other friends. See you later!” With that she left Harry all alone in their compartment and headed straight down the hall to Compartment #7.

She walks into the little compartment but no one was there. Then she heard the door slowly closing behind her. She was a little scared but doesn’t move from her spot. All of a sudden she felt hands on her hips and a shiver ran down her back. She was still a bit nervous but felt so secure in his arms. He leans in a gently starts kissing her neck. It’s like she was in a trance and she felt so good… but then she wondered what was really going on and she quickly jerked around. Of course, there’s Draco looking down at her.

“So were you planning on keeping me turned around the entire time? That could really limit the kissing.” He chuckled and put his arms around her hips once more. Another shiver went down her back and he felt it. He chuckled again.
She was a little angry that he had kept so quiet and continued to laugh. “Why are you laughing at me Malfoy?”
“I thought we were past the Malfoy stage. Draco’s my actual name, you know? I am laughing because I am actually happy around you. Is that a crime?”
Ginny turned her head thoughtfully and said, “No, I guess not.”

Draco took her chin and turned her face towards his. He looked her in the eye and leaned in for the first kiss, when…

“Draco, did you put a love curse on me or something?” She still seemed a little frustrated.
He smiled, “Not that I know of.”
“Are you planning on giving me a love potion like one that you learned about it that book I caught you reading.”
He leaned down to her and whispered, “Not unless I need to.” She gave a small smile.

He then kissed her for a few seconds and he could feel her legs fall from underneath her. He caught her, chuckled again, and whispered in her ear, “And I’m pretty sure I won’t need to.”

3. ANOTHER CLOSE CALL

When Harry saw Ginny walk into the compartment about 30 minutes after she had left, he was a little confused and stunned with what he saw. Ginny’s hair was all over the place, her lip-gloss had been seriously smeared, and the two of the buttons on her shirt were mysteriously gone like the shirt had been torn open by frustrated hands. And along with all that, she had this broad smile on her face that never seemed to go away.

“What happened to you?” cried Harry.
“Hummm? Oh nothing. I just, uh, I just… I fell! Yeap, that’s what happened! I fell.”
Harry looked at her oddly and uttered, “OOOOOOOOOOkay! Whatever!”

A few moments later Hermione walked in followed by Ron. Hermione told them that the train would soon be arriving at Hogwarts and that they needed to change into their robes. They all left to change and a few minutes later they had arrived at the school. They got out of the train and started down to the carriages. Harry noticed out of the corner of his eye that Malfoy was standing unusually close to him and Ginny. He felt a sudden pang of jealousy.

“But why?” he thought, “There’s nothing going on between Ginny and Malfoy.”

“What am I doing?!?” was all he could think. “What am I doing?!?”

He was sitting at the Syltherin House table on the night of the first feast and all he could think about was Ginny. How did she do that to him? How did she make it so that she was the only thing that he could think of? He started replaying all the moments he had ever spent with her from the moment he first met her at the beginning of second year, to the moment in the bookstore, to the 30 minutes of kissing and other games that had gone on that afternoon (he had a wry smile on his face from this thought alone. Why were buttons so much harder to undo on her clothes then on his own?). He couldn’t help stare at her constantly throughout the meal and occasionally he caught her eye. That alone made him queasy inside.

“I can not be doing these kinds of things with a Gryffindor, much less a Weasley. What will my family say, what will my friends say, what will the school say?”

With that thought he became frantic, got up and ran out of the great hall.

AT THE GRYFINDOR TABLE…
“I wonder what’s up with him,” said Ron
“I don’t know, I think he is just being the jerk Malfoy that he is and trying to get attention,” replied Harry
Ginny just watched as he ran out not saying a word. She then made up some excuse about having to use the bathroom and left looking for Draco.

The moment she left the noise of the Great Hall, she could hear his hard footsteps up above. She walked quickly up the staircases and found him pacing on a staircase landing by the third floor. When he turned around and saw her, nothing seemed to happen but a long pause as their eyes met each other’s. He then quickly turned around from sheer frustration.

“What’s wrong?” asked Ginny concerned
“What’s wrong is you!” snapped Draco
Ginny looked hurt and he could tell that that was not thing to have said at that exact moment. “I don’t mean that you are wrong I just know that you and me, us, is wrong!” That seemed to make her even more upset and angry. Then she suddenly turned around and started walking back down to the feast.

“Weasley, don’t do this!” cried Draco.

All of a sudden she turned around and her face was as red as her hair and she started storming towards Draco. Draco started slowly backing up not knowing what the infuriated Ginny was going to do.

“Now you listen here Malfoy! For four years you have tormented my family and me and I have had enough of it. All of sudden because I am prettier this year, you think that you can get me to be yours and you can have me all to yourself. And I let you sweep me up and don’t protest. Now after you have gotten me you act like this is my entire fault and that there is something wrong with me instead of you. I am sick and tired of it Malfoy!”

By now Draco had backed up so much that he had fallen onto the stairs and Ginny was on top of him. He smiled up at her.

“WHAT ARE YOU SMILING AT MALFOY?!?” She was really angry and her face showed it.
“My name is Draco, Weasley, not Malfoy.”

Then, taking her by surprise pulled her down and passionately kissed her for what seemed like hours. They were lying on those stairs, kissing, for about five minutes when he pulled away.

When he looked at her, her eyes were still closed and she was motionless just rubbing her lips together. She fell onto his chest breathing heavily. ‘Where did he learn to do that?’ was all that was going through her mind. She looked up at him and spoke,

“There aren’t any buttons to break on this, so you won’t need to get so frustrated.” She slowly took off her cloak and Draco smiled.
“Yeah, I know,” said Draco. “I was in such a hurry last time because I didn’t know if you would all of a sudden change your mind and leave. And now I know that you are mine. And I didn’t know when else I would have a chance to do that.”

Ginny smiled and bent down whispering, “You have another chance right now!”
He looked at her with a shocked look on his face and she suddenly blushed. “You’re right. We’re moving way to fast. Why don’t we just go outside or to my common room and just talk? We can get to know each other bet…”
“NO! I mean I don’t think we are moving to fast. Why don’t we just go to your room and give each other a few pecks on the cheek. We are sure to get to know each other better then.”
She giggled, took his hand, and rushed him up to her dormitory room. Ginny’s new wild side took Draco aback. His eyes were huge at the thought of Ginny actually breaking the rules. Ginny was still a careful and safe girl and she was nothing like Pansy Parkinson, who flung herself at anyone of the opposite sex. Of course, he knew that Ginny would never let him take advantage of her and half of him told himself that he didn’t really need to. But that didn’t mean he didn’t want to.

Harry and Ron came into the common room with a few other Gryffindors and hung around the common room for a few minutes.

“Where did Ginny go, she has been in the bathroom for ages.” Harry was concerned about her and wondered if Malfoy had upset her in some way when she was going to the bathroom.
“I’m going to go check up in her room and see if everything is alright,” said Harry
“But be careful, she may have a guy up there with here! HAHA. Wouldn’t that be funny Harry?” asked Ron.
“Yeah I guess. I’ll go check”

UP IN GINNY’S DORM ROOM
Draco was kissing Ginny’s neck while Ginny giggled when they heard a knock at the door. They both instantly stopped and Ginny simply said (a little out of breath), “Who is it?”
“Ginny, it’s me Harry. Are you all right? Are you alone?” A frantic tone was entering Harry’s voice at the possibility of her not being by herself.
“I’m fine Harry and I’m alone. Just wait one second and you can come in.” Ginny then whispered to Draco, “Hide underneath the bed and I tell you when it’s okay to come out.” Draco gave her a gentle kiss and she forgot where she was for a moment.
“Come on in Harry! I was just getting dressed.”

Harry came in slowly shielding his eyes in case she wasn’t yet decent. Of course, he wouldn’t mind getting a glimpse but he wanted to be a gentleman in front of the girl he desperately liked. When he finally looked at her, she looked flush and once again her lip-gloss was smeared and her hair a little or a lot out of order. And to top it off, she was wearing the same clothes as before and it was obvious she wasn’t changing. Harry knew something was up.