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Chapter Five

Ginny woke up and for a moment she had no idea where she was. Seeing that the past Headmaster portraits were around her, and that Fawkes was beside her, Ginny realised that the room was Dumbledore's office. The events from the night before flooded back into her mind and she had to stop herself from being sick again.

Come, little Mistress... A voice said in her mind. Ginny looked around for a moment then Fawkes nudged her hand with his beak.

Was that you, Fawkes? She asked in surprise.

Of course... Do you see anyone else in the room? Fawkes asked sounding amused.

No. I apologise. I should have realised that you would have this ability... Ginny said sounding apologetic.

Yes, you should have. Now, follow me, little Mistress. You will have to become one like myself, Fawkes said. Ginny changed into a phoenix without a second thought and even though he didn't show or say anything, Fawkes was impressed. Now, put your wing across mine and we will leave. Ginny put a wing on Fawkes' wing then they disappeared into thin air.

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Where are we, Fawkes? Ginny asked not recognising their surroundings. They were inside and there were candles lit, but as they had not seen anything of the outside, Ginny couldn't determine how far from Hogwarts Fawkes had taken her.

Hush, little Mistress... You will see soon enough, Fawkes said to her quietly.

"There you are Fawkes. I see you brought her with you," a voice said from nearby. "Follow me, please," the voice said. Ginny frowned when she realised that she didn't recognise the voice. Fawkes flew in the direction of the voice and Ginny followed him reluctantly. When they entered a room with sufficient light, Ginny looked at the person who had led them there and recognised him as Maverick, her ancestor!

"Ah, Fawkes... Thank you for bringing her to me... You are such a wonderful phoenix," a female voice said silkily. Ginny recognised that voice!

It was my pleasure, Virginia... Fawkes said sounding hopelessly in love. Ginny shook her head and changed into her human form. She wanted to see first-hand if her relative was the 'most beautiful woman in the world'...

Ginny looked at the red-headed, silver-eyed lady before her. She was beautiful, Ginny wouldn't deny that... But Virginia's beauty was a cold one that any man would try to melt, even though they all knew it was fruitless to try and do so.

"Good morning, my Lady Virginia," Ginny said politely and bowed low to her.

"The same to you, my daughter," Virginia said. "There is no need to bow to me, my daughter..." Virginia said silkily. "Please, look at me," she said.

Hearing her ancestor's thoughts, Ginny was very reluctant to do as she said. Virginia was going to try and seduce her already! She hadn't even done anything and she was considered a threat!

Ginny looked at Virginia who smiled evilly, and in a split second she was smiling again as if she was the most innocent woman on earth.

"Thank you, my daughter... I do apologise for bringing you to meet me under these circumstances, but Xavier was most... persistent that I did not meet you yet. That, of course, sparked my curiosity... If a Council Elder would not allow another Elder to see you, then... He must feel threatened, do you not think so?" Virginia asked smiling at Ginny the entire time.

"I do not know... I sincerely doubt that my Lord Xavier feels threatened," Ginny replied coolly. She really did not like this woman.

Virginia laughed; a high tinkling sound that managed to hurt Ginny's ears rather than sooth it as it had many others.

"Do you not think he could feel threatened by me, my daughter? Is not my beauty a threat to him?" Virginia asked and looked at Ginny seriously.

"I do not think that my Lord Xavier would feel threatened by such a trivial outer quality, when you could not possibly match his inner qualities, for all the beauty you possess..." Ginny replied coldly. Virginia's face went pale then red quickly. She glared at Ginny, who just acted as if she did not see her. "If you do not mind, I would wish to return to Hogwarts," Ginny said and bowed to Virginia again.

"Yes, of course... One thing, before you go, my daughter," Virginia said. "May I look into your eyes? They are such beautiful eyes, I could not resist asking this boon of you," she said acting as angelic as possible. Careful to guard her disgusted thoughts, Ginny nodded.

"Of course, my Lady Virginia..." Ginny said and looked her relative in the eyes. A bright glimmer passed through Virginia's eyes and she smiled, her fangs showing in clear view.

"Now, sit beside me," she demanded.

"I must decline, my Lady Virginia. You only asked the one boon of me, and as I have done as you requested, I would like to return to Hogwarts," Ginny said. Virginia paled and looked at Ginny in shock and fear. "Are you all right, my Lady Virginia?" Ginny asked her, sounding like she couldn't care less.

"VIRGINIA WEASLEY!" A voice boomed from outside the doors. Ginny smirked inwardly when she recognised it as Xavier's voice. The doors burst open and Xavier walked in, looking extremely angry. When he saw that Ginny was in the room, he turned on Virginia angrily. "You dared to defy my orders?" He asked in a dangerous tone.

"I just had to see her, my Lord... I wanted to see what you were keeping from me," Virginia said, slightly scared.

"My Lord? I apologise for interrupting so rudely, but I must return with Fawkes to Hogwarts... I can not afford to miss my schooling," Ginny interrupted and bowed to him.

She attempted to seduce me with her Veela side. I am immune to it, however, as are you, I see... Ginny said to Xavier quietly. Xavier looked at her in shock then nodded.

"Of course, my daughter... Take Miss Weasley back to the school, Fawkes. Right now," Xavier said. In fear, Fawkes laid a wing on Ginny and they disappeared.

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"There you are... What happened?" Dumbledore asked. Ginny looked to Fawkes angrily.

"Your beloved phoenix decided to take me to meet Virginia Weasley," Ginny said. "It is lucky that I am immune to Veela powers, or else I wouldn't have returned... Fawkes, however, is not immune. Get Oscar to give him a spell bag," Ginny said in an authoritative tone. Dumbledore nodded, not really surprised at her change from a schoolgirl to a leader.

"Of course, Ginevra... Now, before you leave my office, I would like to discuss the event that happened during your Transfiguration lesson yesterday," Albus said. "Apparently, you turned every quill in the room into a tree with one incantation... Is that correct?" Ginny nodded.

"Yes, Professor. That's correct... I don't know how I did it," she said before he could ask. Albus smiled knowingly.

"Very well... I believe that you just have too much power at your disposal. You are putting most of your power into simple incantations that you could do whether you used the correct wrist movements or not..."

"I'll try to control how much energy I use. Is that a suitable answer for your problem?" Ginny asked.

"Yes, thank you, Ginevra. As it is only six o'clock, I would suggest that you go get some more sleep. Try to get up with your alarm this time," Albus said smiling gently. Ginny rolled her eyes then left his office. Albus turned to Fawkes angrily. He took him by the tail and they disappeared to Mr. Ollivander's shop.

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Ginny found that she was hungry from the lack of food yesterday and made her way down to the fruit portrait. She tickled the pear and walked in.

"Miss Ginny!" Dobby called out and rushed over to her. "What can Dobby get for Miss Ginny?"

"Just some food, please Dobby. I missed out on dinner last night," she said and yawned, her fangs showing. Dobby whimpered and backed away from her quickly.

"Miss Ginny must leave now... Before the others see! Leave Miss Ginny!" He said and pushed her out of the kitchen. Making sure none of the other house-elves had seen her he quickly went out after her.

"What's going on Dobby?" Ginny asked when they were outside. "Did I say something to offend you?" She asked. Dobby shook his head, his ears trembling.

"No, Miss Ginny did not... Miss Ginny is a Vampiress... House-elves can not serve Miss Ginny's kind. It is against house-elf laws," Dobby said and with one more frightened glance at Ginny, he rushed back into the kitchen.

Ginny shook her head, so shocked that she was speechless. She went to her room and opened her Vampire book, skipping straight to the part with house-elves. It was surprisingly short.

Vampires and house-elves have always had a bad relationship... Both species are immortal and neither forgets...

The first Vampires treated the house-elves with such disrespect that it is forbidden for house-elves to serve them.

After the House-Elf Uprise in 1802, no house-elf has served a Vampire.

If a house-elf does serve a Vampire, it is considered treason and the house-elf is then put to death.

If a Vampire is seen helping, conversing or having anything to do with a house-elf, then that Vampire may be put on trial. If a Vampire does not know of the laws until after they talk with a house-elf, then there is no trial needed and the Vampire is only sent a reminder notice...

An owl tapped at Ginny's window. She opened it and let the owl fly inside. It dropped a letter on her desk then flew away immediately. Ginny opened the letter and read it, grinning.

Miss Ginevra Weasley,

You are not to converse, help or do anything with house-elves. This is simply a reminder. If you do it again, then you will be put on trial.

The Vampire Council.

Ginny shook her head and looked back at the book, but there was no other information on house-elves and Vampires.

Making a decision, Ginny reorganised her rooms quickly, due to her vampire strength. She looked around her old bedroom, satisfied, then took the creases out of her clothes and looked at the time. It was almost seven o'clock... Deciding to take a walk, Ginny left her room and walked to the swamp the twins had made.

Looking at the small boat that was still being used she smiled and shook her head. Ginny said a quietly muttered spell and the swamp parted, revealing a trapdoor. She went down into the trapdoor and walked along the dark corridor beneath Hogwarts.

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Ginny reached the end of the corridor and opened the trapdoor above her. She climbed out of the hole and brushed the dirt from her robes.

"Who's there?" Fred and George called out and they both came out, wands drawn. Seeing Ginny standing there, they both grinned and put their wands away.

"Ginevra, dearest sister of ours!" George said and gave her a hug.

"Well, only sister, but you get our meaning!" Fred said with a wink and hugged her too. Ginny smiled and shook her head at them.

"So, what's wrong? You said you wouldn't use the tunnel unless it was an emergency," George said and kicked the trapdoor shut. They led her to their lab where Ginny just looked at them for a moment.

"You're not angry with me about being a Vampiress?" She asked and raised an eyebrow at them.

"Of course not! Ronnie-kins told us that you were told about it an hour before we were..." Fred said.

"We didn't really care to start off with, but it did help us come to terms with everything," George said shrugging.

"So, is anything wrong, or you just wanted to come see your favourite brothers?" Fred asked Ginny, grinning at her.

"I think I just needed to see some friendly faces... I had a really bad day yesterday," Ginny said and shook her head.

"Tell us about it..." Fred and George said and sat her down on a chair, both of them sitting on a table in front of her. With a sigh, Ginny told her brothers the events of the day before, visions included. When she finished telling them what Hermione had done to Neville they stopped her in shock and anger.

"Hermione really did that?" George asked.

"She hit Neville? Just because..." Fred continued.

"Of a stupid score for Potions?" They finished in unison.

"Yes... That wasn't the least of it though..." Ginny said and told them how Hermione had told everyone in the Common Room about her being a Vampire. When she'd finished, both boys looked speechless. "Are you okay?" She asked them worried.

"We're fine..." George said.

"But Granger won't be..." Fred said acidly and the twins shared an evil look before going over to a different table filled with open boxes.

"Ton Tongue?" George muttered.

"Not enough... Melting Malts?" Fred suggested. George shook his head.

"Too good for what she did... How about this one then?" He asked and grinned at his twin.

"Oh, she'd flip..." Fred said grinning back. Ginny wanted to know what they were talking about, but both of them had natural mind blocks and not even she could hear their thoughts.

"Let's do it," they said and grabbed a nearby owl. Tying the small box on its leg, they wrote a tag reading 'Hermione Granger, Head Girl' and watched as it flew away.

"Now, tell us about this vision," Fred said as he and George sat back on the table.

Ginny told them in a strangled whisper of her last vision and refused to look at them until she'd finished.

"Well... The way we see it," George said.

"If Lavender and that boy did something that bad as to make you do it to them, then..."

"They deserved it... You've never punished someone if they didn't deserve it," George said and Fred nodded in agreement. "Which reminds us..."

"How is Ronnie-kins jaw?" Fred asked grinning.

"Sore probably," Ginny replied. "I better get going... It's almost eight. I can't be late again, McGonagall will kill me," she said. "Oh, wait... It's Wednesday. Charms up first," she said but didn't sound too annoyed. Fred and George's faces lit up as they led her back to the room with the trapdoor.

"Say hello to the old boy for us!" George said hugging his sister tightly.

"Yeah... We loved that little guy..." Fred said wiping an imaginary tear from his eye. He grinned at Ginny then hugged her tightly. "Oh, before you go, Ginevra..."

"We love you!" They called out in unison grinning broadly. Ginny smiled at them.

"I love you too..." She said and hugged them once more before climbing down the trapdoor.

"Take a Blood Pop!" George called and flew one to her. She laughed and shook her head before walking back up to Hogwarts in a much happier mood than she'd been in for days.

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Ginny opened the trapdoor and made the swamp part before climbing out. Brushing herself off, she moved out of the way before the swamp would return to its former glory and made her way down to her room to get her bag.

Checking her hair in the mirror, images pulled at Ginny's eyes and she relented with a small sigh, recognising Fred and George in the vision.

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Ginny looked at her brothers sternly.

"I love you, but if you embarrass me in here, I will be forced to hurt you. Is that understood?" She asked. Fred and George grinned but answered her seriously.

"We understand. Don't worry Ginevra! We wouldn't dare to embarrass you in front of an Elder..." They said together.

"Yeah, he'd probably kill us if we did anyway!" Fred said.

"Lighten up, dearest sister of ours! We won't be that bad," George said. Ginny smiled at them then knocked on the doors loudly. The wooden doors opened and the butler bowed as he ushered them inside.

"Miss Ginevra Weasley. Welcome... Are these two with you?" The butler asked, looking at Fred and George.

"Yes, they are my brothers, Fred and George Weasley. My Lord Xavier is expecting us, thank you, Miles," Ginny said. The butler bowed again and left. Xavier returned with Miles almost instantly.

"My Lord," Ginny said bowing.

"Ginevra. A pleasure to see you again," Xavier said smiling.

"Allow me to introduce my brothers, Fred and George Weasley," Ginny said. Xavier looked at the two boys standing behind Ginny and smiled at them warmly.

"A pleasure to meet you both. Please, follow me to more private quarters," Xavier said and led them to a room. Agnes was sitting on a chair and rose when they entered the room.

"My Lady Agnes," Ginny said bowing to her. Agnes smiled and hugged Ginny affectionately.

"My daughter... It seems too long since I have seen you," she said smiling.

"It has barely been three days!" Ginny said.

"Oh, I know that. Still... Who are your friends, Ginevra?" Agnes asked seeing the two boys behind her.

"Two of my brothers, my Lady. Fred is the one on the left, George is on the right," Ginny said smiling at them.

"Very well... If you wouldn't mind, could you please close the doors? It is quite draughty," Agnes said. With a bow, Fred and George quickly did as she said. "Thank you... Please, come closer so I may see you properly," Agnes said smiling at them. "I won't hurt you," she said laughing lightly. Both boys faltered for a moment, then walked to her.

"Good afternoon, my Lady," Fred said bowing to her. George did the same and they waited.

"You taught them well in such a short amount of time, Ginevra. I am most impressed... Come boys, join us in some tea," Agnes said and led them to a table.

All three of the men waited for Agnes and Ginny to be seated before taking their own seats, Fred and George waiting until after Xavier had sat. They drank their tea respectively, not overly talking and answering when they were spoken to. Ginny smiled at them, proud that they'd had enough sense to respect the two Elders and actually do as she'd instructed them.

"Now that the formalities are over, I will allow my husband to talk with the boys," Agnes said. "You did an excellent job, Ginevra. I am very proud of you," she said smiling at her.

"I thank you, Agnes... I was wary to bring them. If they had met Virginia, I don't think this evening would have gone quite as well," Ginny said shaking her head.

"You don't trust in them?" Agnes asked.

"Oh, I trust them... I am just not sure if they are immune to her as I am. If not, then I wouldn't trust them around her," Ginny said and looked at her brothers.

"... We own a joke shop on Diagon Alley, called Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes," Fred said proudly.

"Oh, I am sorry I haven't heard of it. I am quite fond of jokes," Xavier said grinning. "I have not been into the wizarding community during the day since 1563. I must admit that I have not been out during the night too often either..." He said with a shake of his head.

"We doubt that you're missing out on much..." George said with a shrug.

"A few wars, people getting killed..." Fred said shrugging also.

"People living, falling in love..." George said looking over at Ginny with a knowing grin.

"Same old, same old," Fred said grinning. Xavier laughed.

"Yes, it does sound the same... I say, do you house illegal ingredients for your pranks?" He asked. Fred and George looked at each other, then to Xavier, then back to each other again. Coming to a decision, they answered him.

"Yes... Only because the Minister of Magic won't allow them to be bought. People grow them in their backyard unknowingly, but it can't be bought in the public market! Most of them can be used to help sick people too..." They said in unison.

"There is no need to justify yourselves. Everyone has an illegal ingredient at least once in his or her life... Vampires are no different, except for the simple fact that we go through more lifetimes, so it's more than likely we have illegal ingredients more than once," Xavier said with a wink. Fred and George grinned at him.

"So you're not going to turn us in, then?" They asked. Xavier laughed softly.

"Not at all... We would not like the Ministry to be here as much as you don't want them to be. You are not the only ones who house illegal ingredients for potions," Xavier said. "There are some in this room, in fact... Would you like to try to find them?" Xavier asked and looked at Agnes and Ginny. "You may join in the hunt too, if you wish, Ginevra," he said.

"Thank you, Xavier," she said and joined her brothers in the hunt around the room. After about ten minutes when none of them could find a thing that even looked remotely illegal, magic or otherwise, they looked at Xavier.

"You are very close, but if you would wish for me to show you where they are instead of you looking for any longer, I will," Xavier said.

"Yes, please," Fred and George said, eager to know. Xavier looked at Ginny.

"Yes, please, my Lord Xavier," she said with a smile.

Videor!" Xavier said and the room shimmered for a moment before it filled with shelves, boxes and other assortments. All were full of illegal ingredients, plants and materials. Fred and George's eyes widened with shocked joy as they looked around. (Appear.)

"Where did you get this?" Fred asked looking at a Shrake's spiny skin.

"We've been trying to get one of those for months!" George exclaimed looking at the filled box.

"No one ever seems to have them though..." Fred said shaking his head.

"You may take one, two if you wish," Xavier said. The twins stared at him in shock.

"Really? You'll let us just take one?" They asked. Xavier nodded, amused at them.

"Of course... You have shown me a great deal of respect and have been wonderful guests to entertain. I wish I could give you more to show you our hospitality..." Xavier said but they both stopped him by giving him a huge hug.

"You don't need to give us anything! We're the guests, we should be giving you something, for the Gods sakes!" Fred and George said happily. Agnes laughed to herself at her husband's slightly shocked and amused face.

"You're welcome... Now come, I will teach the three of you how to perform this spell..." Xavier said smiling at them.

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Ginny wrenched her eyes away from the vision, hearing that someone was knocking at her door.

"Miss Weasley!" Albus called. Ginny opened the door after checking the time. It was half past eight already! "Hello! Sorry for getting you up, Ginevra... May I come in?" He asked her. Ginny nodded.

"Of course, I apologise," she said and let him inside.

"You may know what I am here to discuss," he said. Ginny shook her head.

"No, sir, I don't actually," she said. Albus looked at her.

"Miss Granger has been the victim of an unfortunate event and is currently in the hospital wing. She is, as far as I can tell, only able to speak Latin. Do you know what may have been the cause of this?"

"Oh, I know what was the cause... But that does not mean I know of the remedy," Ginny said. "Who knows how my brothers minds work?" She asked.

"You mean to tell me that Ron did this?" Albus asked. Ginny gave a short laugh.

"He couldn't do this overnight... It was Fred and George. I told them what she did to me and they decided to punish her... As you said, I am not allowed to hurt anyone unless I wish to risk expulsion. No, I did not make Fred and George do it! How could I? They have the same mind block as I do... They don't like people who gossip about their friends behind their backs, Granger is no exception to that," Ginny said.

"Very well, Miss Weasley. Calm down, then you may escort me to the hospital wing, as you know Latin," Albus said. "You can translate for Hermione until you find a remedy," he said. Ginny glared at him then grabbed her bag and robes and followed him down to the hospital wing reluctantly.

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When Hermione saw Ginny following Ginny, she started shouting in Latin glaring at the younger girl.

"Non vos! Vos did is!" She yelled at Ginny. (Not you! You did this!)

"Haud, meus frater did is," Ginny said. (No, my brothers caused this.)

"Vestri frater?" Hermione asked her in shock. (Your brothers?)

"Etiam. Sino suum ira... You better watch what you say, Granger... Every pureborn and even most of the half-bloods are taught Latin from birth," Ginny said angrily and turned to leave. (Yes. Suffer their wrath.)

"Quo vadis?" Hermione asked sounding scared. (Where are you going?)

"A vos," Ginny said. (Away from you.)

"Subsisto!" Hermione said desperately. "Commodo?" (Stay! Please?)

"Ego mos subsisto," Ginny replied with a sigh. (I will stay.)

"Gratias ago vos!" Hermione said happily. (Thank you!)

"You were a real bitch to do that, Granger..." Ginny said.

"Ego teneo..." Hermione replied sadly. (I know...)

"Did vos reputo procul totus?" (Did you think at all?)

"Forsit non. I'm rumex," she said briefly and started to cry. (Probably not. I'm sorry.)

"Stop your tears! They will solve nothing!" Ginny hissed at her and Hermione stopped crying to look at her. "I'll take the spell off," Ginny said reluctantly.

"Quanti?" She asked. (At what price?)

"You apologise to Neville and stop telling people my information... Agnosco?" She asked. Hermione nodded. (Understood?)

"Ego congruo... Ego agnosco," Granger said and shook Ginny's hand. (Suitable or agreeable... I understand.)

Ginny took the spell off of her reluctantly. Hermione started speaking English and sighed in relief.

"Thank you so much, Ginny!" She said happily.

"You're welcome... If you do anything like that ever again, whether it's hitting someone, or talking about them behind their back, then it will be worse than a simple language difficulty," Ginny snarled at her, then left to the Great Hall.

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Ginny walked into the Great Hall and the entire Gryffindor table went silent as she walked over and sat down.

"Hey, Ginny! How are you? Have you seen Hermione? You look angry... What's wrong?" Ron asked her.

"Hermione is in the hospital wing. She is the reason I'm angry and if you don't know why by now, then ask all of the people that are currently avoiding me," she said hissing at the surrounding pale Gryffindors.

"Ginny! There you are!" Colin said, coming over with Neville.

"Haven't you eaten anything yet?" Neville asked looking at his watch. Grabbing some toast and an apple, Ginny stood up.

"I'm leaving, ok, Ron? I'll see you in Charms," she said and left with Neville and Colin. "That was annoying..." Ginny said shaking her head. "Looks like I'll be eating in my rooms from now on... I can't even get food from the house-elves now," she muttered.

"Why not?" Neville asked her frowning.

"They don't serve my kind. There was an uprise or something... I'm going to do some research on it at lunch to see if I can find a loophole or something," Ginny said.

"You could just ask Hermione... She knows everything about house-elves," Colin chimed in.

"I'd rather not talk to her right now... I'm still slightly angry about what she did last night," Ginny said.

"You could tell everyone about my secret, if that would make you feel better," Neville said quietly. Ginny looked at him and shook her head, smiling.

"As nice a offer as that is, it wouldn't make me feel any better... It's your information to tell, and if I told then I'd be a hypocrite. Thank you for the lovely offer though, Neville," Ginny said and hugged him. Neville grinned happily.

"What secret?" Colin asked looking at them suspiciously.

"Nothing," Neville muttered.

"So when did you want me to have that photo taken, Colin?" Ginny asked smiling at him.

"Today at recess, if you want... That would be the best time," Colin said.

"All right then... We're taking it inside, I presume?" She asked. Colin nodded.

"Yes... I think I know a good place," he thought out loud. A bell rang startling him and he looked at his timetable. "I've got Potions! Oh, sorry guys! I'm on the wrong bloody side of the castle!" Colin yelled over his shoulder as he ran the opposite way. Neville shook his head and grinned at Ginny.

"Thanks for changing the subject, Ginny," he said.

"No worries," she said with a wink. "Let's go learn, shall we?" She asked and they went into the Charms classroom. They sat down next each other and waited for the other students to come into the class.

"Good morning, Miss Weasley, Mr Longbottom... A lovely day, is it not?" Professor Flitwick asked when he saw them sitting there, things already out.

"Good morning, Professor. Fred and George say hello and that they miss your teaching," Ginny said smiling at him.

"Oh, those two! How are they nowadays?" Flitwick asked happily.

"They're good... Business is booming. Apparently in more ways than one," Ginny said grinning. Flitwick laughed brightly.

"I shouldn't expect any less! I will call in on them on the next Hogsmeade weekend," he said and went to his tall desk.

The students eventually turned up and after they'd sat down, Flitwick took the attendance. The fact that most of the Gryffindors tried to stay away from Ginny didn't escape his notice...

"Ah, Seamus... I do hope that you've stopped attempting to make water into rum," he asked looking at the boy. Seamus went a bright shade of red, enhancing the fact that his eyebrows had blown off, yet again. "Obviously not... Where is Mr Malfoy? Does anyone know?" Flitwick asked, looking around the classroom. Blaise, Pansy, Gregory and Vincent all shrugged in response. "Will someone please volunteer to go find him?" Flitwick asked. "Miss Weasley, you can go," he said, thinking that he was helping her escape from the other Gryffindors stares. Ginny paled slightly.

"I don't know the password to the Slytherin Common Room, sir," she said thankful that she'd thought of an excuse.

"Mr Zabini, you go with her, please," Flitwick said.

"But... Yes, sir," Blaise said through gritted teeth. With reluctance, both Blaise and Ginny left the classroom. "Don't know why he's sending us to find him... If he wants to sleep in and miss out on class it's his own fucking fault!" Blaise muttered. Ginny grinned at him.

"I know... We shouldn't have to pay for other's mistakes," she said. Blaise looked at her in surprise then glared.

"Don't talk to me, Gryffindor," he hissed.

"Lovely conversation skills you have there, Blaise! I've never heard that one before..." Ginny drawled and rolled her eyes. Blaise just looked at Ginny in shock. "What are you staring at?" Ginny asked.

"A Weasley with a backbone," Blaise replied. Ginny laughed.

"You don't remember Fred and George then, do you?" She asked him, shaking her head. "They've got more backbone than a dragon!" Ginny said grinning.

"How could anyone forget those two? They're the gods damn reason I have to travel in a leaky boat every day to get to Arithmacy!" Blaise said shaking his head. Ginny smirked at him.

"What are you doing, Zabini?" A voice hissed from further up in the hallway. Ginny looked and could see blonde hair. Draco... "Conversing with a Gryffindor? And with a Weasley, no less," Draco sneered. "Leave us," he said. With an almost apologetic look at Ginny, Blaise left quickly.

"Morsus mihi," Ginny drawled at Draco. He came out and looked at her, smirking. (Bite me.)

"But, it should be the other way around, shouldn't it? I mean... If my little spies are correct, then... You're a Vampiress," Draco said. Ginny just looked at him, determined not to back down.

"Really? Well, I doubt that you're paying your little spies enough... Paying people to give you the wrong information, Malfoy? I pity you," she said and left him standing there.

"Come back here, Weasley!" Draco yelled at her. "I could just check, you know! Vampires are immune to my kind, we both know that!" He called after her. Ginny turned around and jumped at him, landing directly in front of Draco.

"You dare to threaten me?" She hissed.

"Of course not... I am not as naive or thick headed as your brother..." Draco said smirking triumphantly. "May I suggest that you find a way to control your emotions, Vampire?" He sneered and walked past her. Ginny glared at him, then caught up to him quickly smirking triumphantly.

"Thank you for helping me last night, Draco," she said. Draco looked at her angrily.

"I did not help you because I wanted to, Weasley," he hissed.

"Sure, you keep telling yourself that," Ginny said with a smirk then entered the Charms classroom.

"Ah, glad to see that you found him, Miss Weasley. Next time try to stay with Mr Zabini," Flitwick said. Ginny just nodded and sat at her seat. "Mr Malfoy... Care to discuss as to why you were so late that I had to send another student after you?" Flitwick asked sternly, his small frame against Draco's tall one making the scene before the other students comical.

"I slept in. I apologise for being late," Draco said. Flitwick looked at him, determining whether he was telling the truth or not.

"That is fine, Mr Malfoy. Next time I will not accept such an excuse. Ten points from Slytherin for being late," Flitwick said and with a curt nod, Draco sat at his desk. "Today we will be learning the Volaticus spell. Who can tell me what this means?"

"It means 'winged' or 'flighty'," Draco drawled. A few people looked at him in shock as Draco Malfoy never answered a question unless forced to by a teacher.

"Very good. Ten points to Slytherin," Professor Flitwick said happily. "Now, everyone... Flick your wand to the right and say the incantation on your feather," he said and feathers appeared in front of everyone.

Ginny did the spell and her feather shot up into the air. It flew around the room with a small flick of her wrist and tickled Flitwick then flew around again.

"Excellent work, Miss Weasley! Fifteen points to Gryffindor!" Flitwick said. From the other side of the room, Draco glared at her. She just smiled and her feather went in front of him. He stared at it for a moment, allowing Ginny to whisper a spell under her breath.

"Speculum," she said quietly. (Mirror.)

Ginny smirked and stuck her tongue out. The feather in front of Draco poked its tongue out at him. A few people nearby hid their sniggers behind their hands and watched eagerly. Draco smirked at her. She waved, the feather moving in the same way. Draco's feather shot up from the table and flew around the room to stop in front of her.

"Lamia, stop this nonsense," the feather hissed quietly. (Witch or Vampire.)

"Morsus mihi," Ginny's feather replied and they smirked at each other. (Bite me.)

"Very good work, Miss Weasley and Mr Malfoy! Everyone, see how they have done it!" Flitwick said and everyone looked at them. Ginny and Draco's feathers went lifeless and flew back to their respective owners quickly.

"Hey, Ginny. Can you show me how to do that?" Neville asked. Ginny nodded and smiled at him.

"Sure. Let me see how you're doing it..." Ginny said turning to him. "Wait. Sorry... Has Hermione apologised to you?" She asked Neville. He looked at her for a moment.

"I was wondering why she apologised. She kept looking over her shoulder for the three seconds it took for her to mumble sorry then run away. How did you threaten her?" Neville asked grinning.

"Tell you later... Now, show me," Ginny said smirking.

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"Come on, Ginny! We've got to get to Potions! Everyone's already left," Neville said and they ran down the hallway. Ginny stopped and grabbed Neville's hand.

"Hold on tight, and whatever you do, do not let go," she said. Neville paled and gripped Ginny's hand tightly. Ginny lifted him off the floor and ran with extra fast speed. Ginny stopped as soon as she saw the other students causing Neville to almost fall over. She grinned and dislodged her hand from his. "Come on. You don't want to be late, now do you?" Ginny said and they entered the Potions dungeons with the rest of the class.

"What... How?" Neville said then shook his head.

"I'll tell you later, ok?" Ginny asked. Neville just nodded and looked to the front.

"Once you have received your results from yesterday's potions, open your books to page 35. Now!" Snape said. Everyone went to the front quickly. When he was sure no one would see, Draco reached out and grabbed Ginny's arm. She looked at him.

"What do you want?" She asked quietly.

"Meet me in the library at lunch time," he said. Ginny didn't reply and just moved closer to the front. She would have to think about why his hand print felt like it was burning into her arm later...

"Miss Weasley and Mr Longbottom," Snape called. They went forward. "Your potion was the best in the entire class. 99 per cent," he said. Neville could have been knocked over by a feather in was in that much shock. "Move along now," Snape instructed. Ginny smirked at him, knowing from his guarded thoughts that he'd actually graded them down. She moved Neville along and they went back to their seats.

"Can you believe that? Ninety-nine per cent!" Neville said in shock. "He said highest in the class... Remind me not to go anywhere near Hermione today," he said glancing over at her. Hermione was pale and tried not to look in their direction. "Wow... She's really scared. You have to tell me what the hell you did!" Neville said with a grin. Ginny shook her head and opened her book to page 35, Neville following suit, glad that she hadn't forgotten.

"I hope that none of you are experiencing memory failures, because I am almost positive that I said open you books to page 35!" Snape called out when everyone was seated. The class quickly did as he said before he would have a change of heart and take House points off. "Write from page 35 to page 40. I want to see it done before any of you leave!" Snape said. A few people muttered to themselves, but started quickly.

Ginny looked at her book and seeing the minute writing, knew that no one would be leaving before recess was over. With an inward sigh, she began to write. About five minutes later, she felt something brushing her thigh and looked down. An origami crane was nudging her leg. Indiscreetly, she opened the piece of paper and read it.

Weasel,

Come to the library alone at lunch time... Don't bring your boyfriends, understood?

I want this to be a private talk.

Malfoy.

"Miss Weasley. Perhaps you could share with the class what is so important that it could not wait until after the lesson has finished?" Snape drawled beside her.

Mutandis, Ginny thought, smiling at Snape all the while. The words changed on the piece of paper quickly. (Alter to fit a new set of circumstances.)

"Why, of course, sir! I was just reading a note from Professor Dumbledore. He requires that I meet him at lunch. I understand that if this is to happen, then I should get on with my work, don't you agree, sir?" Ginny asked still smiling sweetly. Snape glared at her.

"Let me see that," he hissed and grabbing her arm, wrenched it up before taking the paper from her.

"It would do you good not to manhandle me again, Severus. Next time I will not allow it and the results will definitely not be in your favour," Ginny hissed at him quietly so no one would hear. Snape looked at her for a moment, wrestling with his fear. He looked down at the paper, and seeing that it was as she had said glared at her for a moment.

"Agreed, Miss Weasley. Now get on with your work," he said and gave the paper back to her. Ginny sat down and did her work. Draco looked at her in surprise, shocked that Snape hadn't even taken points for reading notes in class, then continued to do his work too.

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"I can't believe I just had to work through most of recess!" Ginny said shaking her head.

"I know... Totally sucks. It was good that McGonagall came and told Snape off though. That was hilarious!" Neville said laughing to himself.

"Well, I think it was slightly obvious when half of the seventh year didn't turn up to eat," Ginny said with a smirk.

"We better get something before you have to go meet Colin," Neville said and they went into the Great Hall. After taking some food, they left with Colin. He led them outside to an older part of the castle. Opening a hidden door, Colin brushed away the cobwebs and they went inside. Ginny and Neville sat on the windowsill warily.

"All right... Finish your food while I see the best way this will work," Colin said authoritatively and started to organise his camera. Ginny finished her food and watched as Colin set up a black sheet nearby.

"Do you need any help, Colin?" She asked. Colin looked at her for a moment.

"I doubt you could lift that box. It's almost one hundred kilo's!" He said. Ginny smirked and shook her head.

"Before you make any assumptions, I think it would be best if you learn what I can or can not do for yourself," she said and lifted the box he'd indicated to with ease. "Where do you want it?" She asked. Colin tried not to stare at her in shock, then told her. Ginny put the box where he'd said and went over to him. "You ready now?" She asked.

"Yes, I think so," he said and looked around then nodded. "Yes, I'm ready. Now, can you stand on the box? I need to get a few shots to see whether the lighting will work," Colin said. Ginny stood on the box. For the next few minutes, various lights controlled by magic were shone on her until Colin found one that he was happy with. "Now, do that Vampiress thing that you did yesterday," Colin said with a grin.

Sighing softly, Ginny made her teeth extend, her nails grew longer and her hair began to crack with lightning. Suddenly hearing something, she leapt off the box and grabbed the person. Neville and Colin stared as she ripped the Invisibility Cloak off the intruder.

"Malfoy... Quis es vos effectus?" She snarled at him, her nails grazing his throat. (What are you doing?)

"Just wanted to see..." He whispered to her, struggling for breath. Ginny didn't let go of her hold and glared at him.

"What did he say?" Colin asked. Neville looked from Draco to Ginny then to Colin.

"I think we should do this another time, Colin..." Neville said and they left, both boys giving Malfoy a pitying look.

"What do you want, Malfoy?" She hissed once they were gone.

"Need... to... breathe..." He managed to say softly. Ginny let go of him abruptly and Draco dropped to the floor, clutching his throat.

"Now, tell me what you were doing before I really hurt you," Ginny said quietly in a dangerous tone that Snape would have killed for.

"I wanted to see where you were going... Catching three Gryffindors in an out of bounds area... Would have been a loss of major House points for you, then Creevey brings out his freaking camera... Knew I couldn't take any points off then... He's got special permission from Dumbledore to go around photographing various parts of the castle, people and out of bounds areas included..." Draco breathed out, sounding annoyed that Colin had been given that much leeway just because of a Muggle camera.

"That still doesn't explain what you were doing in here, Malfoy," Ginny said glaring down at him.

"I wanted to see if my spies were telling the truth... Those Gryffindors were scared beyond reckoning when they told me about it... It took me five calming spells on each of them to actually get it out of them," Draco said shaking his head. "I can see why... Scared the hell out of me, that's for sure," he said and looked her over. Ginny glared at him and kicked him slightly harder than necessary.

"Do not look at me like I was one of your whores, Malfoy!" She snarled.

"You wish, Weasley!" He retorted sneering at her. Ginny glared and her nails began to grow at an alarming pace as she stalked over to him. Draco paled and tried to back away from her.

"You dare to insult me, again? Twice in one day will not be tolerated, Malfoy..." She hissed and slashed her nails at him. Cuts appeared on Draco's face and blood started to seep out of the five marks. "You are lucky I have learnt to control my power, else you would be dead," Ginny hissed and left.

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"Miss Weasley... Come with me straight away," Dumbledore said sternly, coming up behind her just as the bell rang. "Hagrid has already been told of your absence. Follow me," he added. Neville and Colin looked at her in pity then ran off quickly. Ginny looked at Dumbledore briefly.

"This is about Malfoy, I presume?" She drawled. Albus nodded not looking his usual happy self. Ginny followed him to the hospital wing for the second time that day.

"I don't care if you don't think it will help! Put it on and stop the bleeding, for the Gods sakes!" Draco yelled.

"Mr Malfoy..." Albus said and opened the curtains.

Madam Pomfrey was standing beside a bed occupied by Draco Malfoy. His face was covered in blood and the cuts that Ginny had caused were still repelling all of the healing spells that Madam Pomfrey had used, which were more than many witches or wizards know in a lifetime.

"Heal the cuts before he bleeds to death, Ginevra," Albus said. Draco paled when he said this.

"Te nequam meretrix! Heal me!" He all but yelled. Ginny glared at him evilly. Albus coughed and quickly intervened before Ginny could hurt Draco further. (You worthless whore.)

"Mr Malfoy. I suggest that you refrain in calling Miss Weasley such names as she is the only one who possesses the ability to heal you," Albus said quietly, trying his hardest not to cuff the stupid boy over the head.

"Leave us for a moment..." Ginny demanded. Poppy left quickly but Albus just looked at Ginny. "I will not hurt him, unless he provokes me... Is that good enough for you, Albus?" She asked.

With a nod Albus stepped back and the curtains were drawn around them. Ginny looked at Draco.

"Once you apologise I will heal you. You have to mean it, Malfoy, or else I will not be able to heal you. That is the condition of hurting for my kind... If the person does not mean their apology, then no one will be able to heal them," Ginny said looking Draco in the eye. She really had no idea if it was true, but it seemed like common sense.

"I... I will not apologise unless one is given in return. Your kind and my own are not allowed to hurt each other, according to the treaty signed by both of our leaders," Draco said sounding smug. Ginny just smirked at him.

"Oh, I am sure that the treaty does say something like that..." She said off-handedly. "But neither yourself, nor I are full fledged beings. Therefore, the impact of the treaty does not affect us. So apologise Malfoy, or you'll end up bleeding to death!" Ginny snarled at him. "Do you want to know what it feels like to have every last drop of blood in your body draining from you? Because if you do not apologise sincerely, then you will feel exactly that," she whispered in his ear. Draco paled again. Ginny hid a smirk and pulled back the curtains then started to walk to the door.

"Weasley! Wait!" Draco called. Ginny turned to face him, but he didn't say anything.

"If you'll hurry up, I do have a lesson to get to," she drawled, looking at her watch. Draco motioned her back over to the bed and she walked to him reluctantly.

"I... I'm sorry for saying those things about you and looking at you the way I did," he said. Ginny just looked at him.

"It's funny how a threat of death will make people's attitudes change..." She said almost to herself. With a lazy flick of her wrist, the cuts on Draco's face healed and the blood disappeared. "Now, if you do not mind, I have a lesson to attend," Ginny said then stalked out of the room.

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Ginny rushed out of the building and down to Hagrid's hut.

"Sorry I'm late, Professor," she said smiling at Hagrid. He just nodded and indicated for her to sit down.

"As I was saying... Today's lesson will be cut in ter two parts... First, yer will all finish reading the information on unicorns, then we will go to see them... You will only be allowed ter see them after yer've finished reading, so hurry up and start," Hagrid said. Everyone did so quickly, eager to see the beautiful animals again, Slytherins included. "Ginny, come up 'ere," Hagrid said quietly. Ginny got up and went over to Hagrid. He took her by the arm and led her to a more private dwelling, where the other students wouldn't hear her.

"What's wrong, Hagrid?" She asked quietly.

"When we go ter see the unicorns, yer not allowed ter go near them... I'm sorry, Ginny, I really am. It's jus' that Albus tol' me that yer weren't allowed, because if the same thing happens... It's jus' not good for ev'ryone else to have to wait," Hagrid said. Ginny smiled at him and patted his arm.

"It's all right, Hagrid... I won't go near the unicorns, ok?" She said. Hagrid nodded and hugged her tightly. Ginny winced, hoping that the crack she'd heard wasn't one of her ribs. "Ok, Hagrid... I can't breathe," she said after a while. Hagrid put her down and smiled at her apologetically.

"Sorry..." He said and they went back to the class. "Mr Malfoy... Good to see that yer back."

Malfoy just glared at Ginny and Hagrid before going back to his book.

"Has any of yer finished now?" Hagrid asked. Half of the class raised their hands. "How long do the rest of yer got then?" He asked. Two to four paragraphs were the main reply and Hagrid encouraged them to keep reading. In twenty minutes, everyone had finished reading and Hagrid led them into the Forbidden Forest.

"I can't wait until we see the unicorns again! They were so beautiful!" Neville said excitedly. Ginny just nodded, frowning slightly.

"I'll be back in a minute, ok?" She said. Not waiting for Neville to reply, Ginny went further up to see Hagrid. "Do you hear that, Hagrid?" She asked him.

"Ev'ryone stop for a moment," Hagrid said and everyone did so quickly, but impatiently. "What can yer hear?" He asked Ginny quietly so no one else could hear.

"It sounds like... a Lethifold," Ginny said in confusion. She'd never heard, nor seen one before, but the gliding sound was the only thing it could be. "Get everyone into a clearing, now!" She hissed.

"Ev'ryone follow me," Hagrid called and he quickly led them into a nearby clearing.

Grabbing her wand, Ginny went in the direction of the gliding sound, which was coming towards the noises of her other classmates at an alarming rate.

Lethifolds were supposed to be found only in tropical climates, but the Forbidden Forest had a range of climates and Ginny was almost positive there were rainforest trees further along the path.

A cracking noise was heard beneath Ginny's foot and she cursed the twig silently as the gliding started to come towards her quickly. A black shadow came out from the nearby trees.

Ginny tried to think of something happy, but her mind failed her. Then a picture of herself in two years with Malfoy flashed up. With a sigh, she thought it was better than nothing and cast the patronus spell.

"Expecto patronum!" She yelled, her wand pointing at the black cloak-like shadow. A bright white light burst from the tip of her wand and five animal figures attacked the Lethifold eagerly. The Lethifold was destroyed in a few seconds.

Ginny stared at her Patronus in wonder. She'd never heard of a person having more than one animal for a Patronus before. Almost as if they'd heard her thoughts, the five animals turned to look at her.

A unicorn, a bat, a dragon, a wolf and a manticore... All were silver and glowing.

They surrounded her, nudging and comforting her. Ginevra smiled as she relaxed and then almost as if in a dream, she mounted the unicorn, the bat, dragon, wolf and manticore following them protectively as the unicorn headed to the clearing.

When the students saw them, they stared for a moment. They looked at Ginevra as if she was a queen. The pure blood and half-blood wizards fell to their knees, the other students following suit quickly. It didn't look like the Ginny they all knew. The person on the unicorn before them looked far more majestic, powerful, and knowing... It was almost as scary as it was amazing.

Hagrid stared at Ginevra then walked over to her in shock. Ginevra dismounted the unicorn gracefully and smiled at him.

"Are they all yer Patronus?" He asked looking at the five beasts surrounding Ginevra's form protectively.

"Yes, they're mine..." Ginevra replied, her voice soft and musical.

"Right. All of yer stay here... I've got ter get Albus," Hagrid said and left the clearing immediately.

"Please, get up," Ginevra said to the students. Slowly and reluctantly, they all stood, still staring at her in wonder. "You may ask one question of me each. Neville, you may begin," she said smiling at him brightly.

"Who are you, really?" He asked, his voice a whisper.

"I am Ginevra Molly Weasley, daughter of the four great bloodlines; Torleni, Weasley, Prewett and Malfoy. I am the future wife of Draconius Lucius Malfoy and the world's greatest treasure," she said. A few people stared at her in shock when she mentioned Draco's name and the fact that she was going to be married to him.

"All right... What are you?" Blaise asked looking from his friend to Ginevra. Ginevra looked calm, but Draco was pale in shock.

"I am human. My blood is that of my ancestors and my knowledge is that of the world. I am a Vampiress and the future Council Highness. I am love and life," she said.

"What do we need to do?" Pansy asked. Ginevra turned her face to the older girl and smiled.

"Needs are not necessary, my friend. What you want to do in regards to me is of your own choice... I will warn you now and only once; do not attempt to harm or insult me," Ginevra said.

"What about the other students?" Dean asked staring at her.

"They will be told on our arrival at the Great Hall," Ginevra replied.

"Why do you have five Patronus'?" Seamus asked.

"I have five to represent myself as a person. The bat indicates my Vampire blood. The unicorn shows my power and beauty. The wolf my strength; the dragon my love... The manticore shows my servant and protector, Leo-Bestia-Famulus," Ginevra replied. The dragon went closer to her and whispered something supposedly incoherent in her ear. Ginevra nodded, smiling at the dragon lovingly. "We have time for one more question only... Draconius," she said looking at him.

Draco looked at Ginevra, considering his question. She smiled at him knowingly.

"What gives you the idea that I would willingly marry you?" He asked in shock. Ginevra laughed lightly, sounding unnervingly musical in doing so.

"The idea simply came from the knowledge... After all, it is you who proposed to me, therefore, I think it most acceptable that you would be willing to marry me," she replied smiling.

"I wouldn't marry you if my life depended on it, Weasley!" Draco hissed at her. Ginevra just smiled at him then turned around. Three people walked in the clearing. Two were Albus and Hagrid, but the third was unknown to everyone but Ginny. She smiled at Xavier and bowed slightly.

"Albus, my Lord Xavier... A pleasure. Come, my lovely ones," Ginevra said looking at her Patronus'. The five animals made an almost purring sound then followed her out of the clearing, the students standing there, still in shock.

"You wouldn't marry her? Didn't you just see who she was? Who she is? Fuck, Malfoy... If you don't, I sure as hell will!" Blaise said shaking his head at him and trying to look out the clearing at Ginny again.

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Ginevra looked at the two men before her, smiling. She called her unicorn back from Xavier's side silently. The unicorn padded over then nudged her softly. Ginny look down at it, smiling lovingly.

"Yes, the five are my own Patronus'," Ginevra said. "And yes, I did ride the unicorn, as my Patronus tells you," she said looking to Xavier.

"You know what this means then, Ginevra?" Xavier asked. She nodded smiling still.

"Of course, my Lord... I am not as naive as I look," Ginevra said with a light laugh. "Come, my dears... You must return," she said turning to the five glowing beasts.

One by one, the animals reluctantly returned to Ginny's wand. When the last beast had disappeared Ginny slumped to the ground.

"Well, that was fun..." Ginny said looking around for a moment. "There was a Lethifold, that's why I did the Patronus," Ginny said when she heard Albus' questioning thoughts. "My Lord?" She said looking at Xavier.

"Yes, Ginevra?" He asked smiling at her.

"When we meet on Friday could I bring someone to meet you?" She asked. "Well, they're actually two people... But they're so close they might as well be counted as one," Ginny said with a grin. Getting her meaning, Albus went over to her quickly.

"Are you sure that is wise, Ginevra?" He asked quietly. She smiled at him.

"It is an insult to speak softly when an Elder is nearby, Albus... Surely you already knew that though?" She asked.

"Of course... I was just wondering whether you think it wise to invite them..." Albus said in a clearer tone.

"That is my decision to make, Albus," Xavier said suddenly. Albus bowed.

"Of course," he said apologetically.

"You may invite these two that are one," Xavier said smiling at Ginny.

"Thank you, my Lord. I suggest that you return before the shadow spell wears off, my Lord," Ginny said. She got up then bowed to Xavier.

"Thank you for your suggestion, my daughter... I will bid farewell of you now," Xavier said and brought Ginny's wrist to his lips. She smiled and bowed once more.

Albus instructed Ginny to return to her class and tell them that there was to be a meeting in the Great Hall immediately. Xavier shook Albus' hand then they left together.

Ginny walked back into the clearing smiling. A few people looked at her, unsure of what to do around her now.

"There's no need to treat me any differently," Ginny said grinning at them.

"But... You're... You're practically a Goddess, Gin! How can we not treat you differently?" Neville stammered in shock.

"She is not a Goddess," Draco hissed at Neville. Unexpectedly, Neville didn't back down. He glared at Draco.

"You saw who she was! You know the legend! You tell me to my face that she's not as close to a Goddess as any one of us will ever be!" Neville said. Ginny shook her head.

"Gentlemen... There is no need to fight over who or what I am. Now, please, calm yourselves so we may return to the school. I am sure that Parvati is almost bursting with the need to tell Lavender everything you just witnessed," Ginny said looking at Parvati with a small smile.

"What? I have to tell her! We're the school informants!" Parvati said looking both happy and annoyed at being referred to in such a way.

"All right. Come on, the lot of yer," Hagrid said and led them out of the Forbidden Forest.

They walked to the Great Hall quickly, led by Patil. Everyone in the group kept looking at Ginny then away whenever she caught them staring. A few corridors away from the Great Hall, Patil started running in her eagerness to get there first and spread the news.

"Neville, would you calm yourself down? You don't have to do anything, all right?" She said seriously. Neville nodded.

"I know I don't have to do anything, but I want to help you," Neville said. Ginny smiled and shook her head slightly.

"And I appreciate that, I really do, Neville... But let me ask you one thing; what do you think you could you help me with? I don't mean to sound rude, or anything," she added quickly. "But, honestly, Neville... There's only one thing I can think of that you could help me with," she said grinning at him.

"What?" Neville asked.

"You could help me by being my friend... Trusting me, supporting me, but most of all, I need you to believe in me. I seriously doubt that anyone will want to be my friend after all this. And I sincerely doubt that anyone will believe me after I start going out with Malfoy... Can't wait for that to happen," she said sarcastically. Neville laughed then looked at her.

"Of course I'll be your friend, Ginny... Can I ask you something?" He asked. Ginny nodded.

By his thoughts, she already knew what he was going to ask, but decided it would be best for him to say it first...

"If you're really going to start dating Malfoy and marry him sometime in the future, why don't you sound happy about it?" Neville asked. She grinned slightly.

"Oh, I'll sound a lot happier when the time comes, but for now I'm just going to whinge and complain about it. I think it's the best solution for all parties involved, my brother included... And speaking of my brother, here he comes," Ginny said grinning as she saw Ron approaching. When she saw the red-purple colour of his face Ginny sighed slightly. "You know what I said about you being my friend and all that, Neville?" She asked quickly. Neville nodded. "Well, I think now would be the time for you to run for your life. Ron's probably going to try and hex me and it's not going to be very pretty," Ginny said. Neville shook his head.

"I'm not going to leave you now, Ginny..." Neville said in determination. He got his wand out and stood in front of Ginny as Ron came steadily closer.

"I think the Weasel King's about to pop a vein," Theodore Nott said jeeringly as Ron passed him. Without warning, Ron turned and punched Theodore out cold then kept walking towards Ginny.

"Hmm... This is going to be worse than I thought," Ginny said with a small shake of her head. "Neville, I suggest that you move out of my way. Right now," Ginny said in a commanding tone. Neville turned and saw Ginny start to take on her Vampiress form. He wisely moved out of her way.

"Ginevra Molly Weasley! How dare you tell everyone! Do you have any idea what you've done to yourself?" Ron yelled at her. Ginny smirked and looked at her brother. Theodore groaned and got off the floor looking very angry at Ron.

"Do you have any idea what you've done to yourself by hitting Theodore? He did nothing to you and you take it upon yourself to hit him! You should be ashamed of yourself, Ronald!" Ginny yelled.

By then all of the school was outside of the Great Hall watching the display before them with interest.

"Don't talk to me about shame, lamia!" Ron yelled. "You just bloody announced to the entire school that you're going to marry the Great Ferret!" Ron yelled, his face turning from red to purple in quick consecutive motions. "Do you have any idea what shame you brought to the family on saying that, Ginevra?" He yelled, moving closer to Ginny.

"You touch me and you won't live to regret it, Ronald," she hissed. Ron stopped moving but didn't stop yelling.

"Mum and Dad are going to die when they hear what you've done! Look at yourself! You're becoming a monster!" Ron yelled. Ginny looked down at her brother sadly.

"You think I am a monster? Who was it that froze me out for six months after my first year, when I needed them the most? Who was it that didn't speak to me after I found out about this? Who was it that thought about killing me every fucking night for three weeks?" Ginny asked her voice raising. "And you think I'm the monster? Look at yourself in the bloody mirror," she hissed then retreated back to her normal form.

"You thought about killing her? Your own sister?" Hermione asked looking at Ron.

"It's not like I actually did it!" Ron protested. Everyone started talking immediately.

"SILENCE!" Dumbledore bellowed. Everyone shut up quickly and looked at him. "Please go into the Great Hall so we may discuss the current events. I expect everyone to be there," Albus said quietly and everyone went into the Great Hall.

Before Ginny could go in, Albus pulled her aside.

"I am sorry about this, Ginevra... But the students need to be told. It is becoming too much of a risk to leave them in the dark about what is happening. Would you like to tell them, or would you like me to?" Albus asked.

"You can, if you like... I don't really care... I just like the idea of getting out of a lesson," Ginny said with a grin. Albus smiled briefly then they went into the Great Hall.

Every single student was inside. Ginny had never seen the Great Hall so full at a time that wasn't the Sorting Feast! Even with dinner, some students didn't arrive until later, and by then most of the people had already left...

Ginny sat next to Neville and vaguely listened as Albus made a lovely speech of how every person was an individual. Then he told everyone that Ginny was a Vampiress. He told them of the encounter in the Forest, omitting the fact that she said she was going to marry Draco Malfoy. He also told them that she wouldn't be drinking their blood and the students relaxed considerably.

Ginny wondered briefly how he knew all that she'd said in the Forbidden Forest, then she remembered the knowing look on Albus' face and realised that he must have Seen it...

"You are to treat Miss Weasley no different. Excepting on the condition that you do not insult nor provoke her in any way whatsoever. I have warned you and now there is no excuse for you not to know... I hope you have all understood what I have said! If you wish to alert your parents, I understand. However, you are in no danger of being hurt by Miss Weasley, so it is hardly necessary..." Dumbledore said. "You may all have an early lunch! I apologise to both students and the professors for taking away your lesson before lunch," Albus said.

Cheers went all around the Great Hall and everyone started eating happily. Looking around, Ginny saw that no one really cared what she was as long as she didn't hurt them. They all accepted Lupin being a werewolf and to them a Vampire was nothing compared to that!

"Hey, Ginny! Can you show us your fangs?" Dean asked, Seamus agreeing eagerly.

"Sorry, but I'd rather just eat my lunch," Ginny replied, tired. Whatever had happened in the Forbidden Forest had drained her energy and she felt really lethargic.

"Are you all right, Ginny?" Neville asked. Ginny nodded with a slight yawn.

"Yeah, I'm fine... I'm just going to rest for a bit. Wake me up in ten minutes, ok? I've got to go to the library," Ginny said with a yawn and rested her head on the table.

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"Ginevra!" Draco yelled desperately.

Ginny just watched his face as she fell from her broom. Without really thinking, she began to change her body into a bat. She finished changing in a few seconds, barely hearing her broom crash and splinter on the ground below her. She flew in the direction of the Owlery quickly, wanting to get out of the sun before it hurt her eyes any further.

As she landed, she turned back into her human form and sank to the floor in shock. She felt her body to make sure she wasn't hurt then just continued to sit there. Millions of 'what ifs' ran through her mind and she shook her head violently to rid herself of those thoughts.

Draco flew in the window and landed beside her, still dressed in his Quidditch uniform.

"Ginevra? Are you all right?" He asked softly. Ginny just looked at him for a moment before answering.

"I'm alive, that is enough at the moment... Did the game end already?" She asked. Draco shook his head.

"Hooch put it on hold for everyone to find you. No one really saw you turn into a bat. All of the spectators just thought that you managed to find a way to disappear out of thin air. Weasel and I were the only ones who saw you change," Draco said.

"All right... Help me up, carus," she said. Draco just looked at her for a moment before walking over. (Dear or beloved.)

"So you know of it too?" He asked as he helped her up. Ginny nodded softly.

"Ginny! Are you in there?" Ron called out as he opened the door. "What the fuck is going on?" He asked, seeing Ginny in the arms of his enemy. It looked like they were about to, or had just, the gods forbid, kiss... He grabbed Ginny and roughly pulled her away from Draco. "You leave her alone," Ron hissed at Draco. Ginny pulled her arm away from Ron.

"I have told you not to touch me, Ronald! Do not make me do something drastic," Ginny hissed at him. Ron paled in fear.

"I'm sorry, Ginny! It's just that... I saw you two... And it looked like... Well, it looked like..." He said stammering.

"Spit it out, Ronald before I punch it out of you," Ginny snarled. Ron paled even further.

"It looked like you were kissing him!" He yelled. Ginny just looked at her brother for a moment.

"Your point being? Who cares if I kiss him?" She asked. Ron's face turned red rapidly and his eyes started to bulge.

"There you are, Ginny! Come on! We've got a game to finish!" Harry's voice called from the bottom of the stairs of the Owlery. "Is Ron up there?" He called.

"Yes, he is. We're coming down now! Where's my broom?" Ginny called as she walked down the stairs. "Ron, don't make me come up there and get you!" She yelled. Ron rushed downstairs quickly.

"Your broom's currently all over the Quidditch Pitch in a million pieces," Harry said with an apologetic grin. "You're going to have to ride a Cleansweep 60... Sorry Ginny," he said. Ginny sighed.

"Oh well... Come on," she said and they went back to the Quidditch Pitch.

Draco landed a few metres away and Ginny glanced at him for a moment before turning back to Madam Hooch.

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"Ginny," Neville whispered shaking her. "Come on, wake up... It's been fifteen minutes," Neville said shaking her again. Ginny opened her eyes reluctantly.

"All right... I'm awake... You want to come to the library with me?" She asked as she rubbed her eyes.

"No, I can't. I promised Colin I'd let him photograph me," Neville said with a small blush. Ginny grinned at him.

"All right then. I'll see you after lunch, ok?" Neville nodded and they went their separate ways.

Ginny walked in to the library and found a book on house-elves. Sitting at a table she started to read about the House-Elf Uprise in 1802. Not even a sentence into the first paragraph, someone came up to Ginny.

"What would you like, Malfoy?" She asked not looking away from the book.

"I would like to talk with you... In private, if you don't mind," he added uncertainly. Ginny looked around the almost-empty library then at him. "Come on, Weasley... Humour me," Draco said with a smirk.

"You want me to humour you, Malfoy? All right... Fine. I'll humour you. You've got ten minutes, then I'm leaving. Understood?" Ginny said. Draco nodded. She shut her book then followed him out of the library.

Draco checked that a nearby room was empty, then opened the door for her. Raising an eyebrow, Ginny went inside, Draco following. He silenced the room and locked the door.

"What are you doing?" Ginny asked. Draco looked at her.

"Your brother and Potter always seem to find me. If they see I'm in here with you then they'll get the wrong idea and you'll probably get into trouble or something," Draco said with a shrug.

"I think that's the nicest thing you've done in the five years I've known you, Draco Malfoy," Ginny said smirking. Draco looked surprised, but then sat on the table opposite her and didn't reply to her statement.

"I was just wondering... How do you know that you're going to marry me? Is there any way that you could be wrong?" He asked sounding slightly desperate.

"I'm not sure whether to take that as an insult or not..." Ginny said raising an eyebrow at him. "I know it because I've Seen it, and no there is no way that it could be wrong. I've Seen it far too many times for it not to be right," she said. "Did you want to ask me about something else? You wanted to talk to me this morning..."

"Oh, no... I found out what I wanted to know already concerning that... The whole school found out actually," he said with a smirk. Ginny grinned.

"All right... Any more questions, or is that it?" She asked.

"What did you say last night? When you were crying... I thought I heard you say something but I didn't get all of it... What did you say?" Draco asked looking at her.

"Nothing of importance... I was just... thinking out loud, that's all," Ginny said with a smile. "Of interest, what did you hear me say?" She asked.

"I heard you say 'How could I... much... hurt... me'," Draco quoted. "How could you what?" He asked looking at her.

"Nothing..." Ginny said and got off the table. "I've answered your questions... Please let me go now," she said looking at him. Draco walked over to her.

"Why were you sick last night? What happened? One minute you were happy, confident and scaring the hell out of Snape, the next you were pale, shaking and sick. What happened?" Draco asked cornering her against the wall. Ginny looked at him for a moment before replying.

"It was something that I don't want to relive. Now, if you don't mind, I would like to leave," she said her voice quiet. He reluctantly moved back and opened the door for her. Ginny left quickly, Draco watching after her.

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Deciding that she didn't want to go back to the library, Ginny went to find Hermione instead. It would be a lot quicker to just ask her, no matter how angry she was about the day before.

Ginny found Hermione in the Gryffindor Common Room, studying her Runes book.

"Hi Hermione," Ginny said. "Is this seat taken?" She asked. Hermione looked at her warily. "You did as I asked, so you're forgiven. I'm not playing any tricks on you, honest... I just need to ask you a question about house-elves," Ginny said.

"Oh, all right then... No, the seat's not taken," Hermione said smiling as Ginny sat down. "So, what do you need to know?" She asked.

"What do you know about the House-Elf Uprise in 1802?" Ginny asked.

"You mean how and why it started, what happened, that kind of thing?" Ginny nodded. "Well, it started because the Vampires were treating the house-elves cruelly..."

"I know that... How were they treating them cruelly?" Ginny asked.

"I read one account of a house-elf being made to capture and kill Muggles. The house-elf was then forced to drain their blood, and bury the Muggles. There was another account of a house-elf having to lick his Master's feet... Actually, I don't think that had anything to do with Vampires..." Hermione said with a frown. "No, it doesn't. Sorry. I always seem to get sidetracked when I'm talking about this," Hermione said grinning.

"It's all right... Go on," Ginny said.

"The other account was pretty vague on the details. Apparently, one of the Vampires threatened to drink a house-elf's blood if the other house-elves didn't comply with her demands," Hermione said shaking her head.

"Her?" Ginny questioned. Hermione nodded. "What year did that happen?" Ginny asked.

"I think it was about 1725... Somewhere around there... I know it was in the 1720's though, because I was almost positive I saw the name Weasley in the account," Hermione said. "I hope that helps... You know how it ended, I presume?" Hermione asked. Ginny nodded.

"Yes, I do... Thanks for helping me, Hermione," Ginny said and left the Gryffindor Common Room.

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Ginny finished her Runes homework, thankful that the lesson had been cancelled then got her things for Defence Against the Dark Arts ready. A few minutes later, the bell went and Ginny went down the corridor, stopping at a door that was close to the classroom.

Ginny walked in to the room, surprised to see Professor Moody and Lupin already there.

"Afternoon, Miss Weasley," Lupin said smiling at her.

"Good afternoon, Professor," Ginny replied. "Professor Moody? Would you mind meeting me in the Room of Requirement at eight o'clock tonight?" She asked. Moody nodded. "Thank you," Ginny said and sat at her desk then began to read her Vampire book.

Some Vampires can read emotions through a touch of skin. It is an extremely rare ability, however and has not been recorded since Count Vladimir II died in 1732.

When a Vampire or a Vampiress falls in love, it is forever, and can often have dangerous consequences. If the Vampire falls in love with a person, then they will do anything to protect them, even against a loved family member.

Often, the spouse of a Vampire will offer to have their blood drunk. If they, in turn, drink the Vampire's blood, then they will become immortal. Most mortal-Vampire couples choose this method rather than reincarnation as a way of staying together for the rest of their prolonged lives.

A Vampire will know who their love is simply through a touch of their skin. If their love touches, for instance, their arm, then the Vampire's arm will have a burning and tingling sensation...

Ginny remembered how her arm had felt earlier that day when Malfoy had grabbed her arm and rubbed it subconsciously.

"Are you all right, Miss Weasley?" Moody asked, his magical eye on her.

"Yes, I'm fine..." Ginny replied and put her book away as students started to enter the classroom.

"Today you will be learning some basic healing spells," Lupin announced. A few people looked at him, confused. "It is not enough that you learn how to fight or defend yourself, for that will not always work. In battle you will be hurt, that is a guarantee, so you need to learn how to heal yourself before you can continue on fighting or defending," Lupin said.

"Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss," Moody said more to himself than the class.

"I didn't know you've read The Count of Monte Cristo, sir," Hermione said in surprise. Moody glared at her with both of his eyes.

"There a lot of things you don't know, Miss Granger, so keep your mouth shut!" He said angrily. Hermione paled and nodded her head.

"Right... The first healing spell is not a powerful one and should only be used for minor cuts. Most of you should know it already," Lupin said. "It is the spell sano... Point your wand at the wound, then say 'sano', and it will be healed. Does anyone have a wound?" Lupin asked looking around the class. A few people raised their hands and one boy was called to the front. "Now, where is the wound?" Lupin asked a boy. He went a bright red. (Heal.)

"Doesn't matter..." He mumbled and sat back down again.

"Ok, if you have a wound that everyone can see, then you can come out here," Lupin said grinning. Two people raised their hands. "Neville, you can come out here," Lupin said. "Where's the wound?" He asked.

"It's on my arm," Neville said and rolled up his sleeve. A small cut was there, the result of a biting plant.

"Now, watch carefully," Lupin said. He pointed his wand directly at the cut and said the spell. In a few seconds the wound had disappeared. "The longer it takes for a wound to heal either means the extremity of it, or how long it has been there. The few seconds it took for Neville's wound to heal means that it has been there for about a day or two, is that correct?" Lupin asked. Neville nodded.

"Yes... I got it yesterday," Neville said and sat down next to Ginny again after thanking Lupin.

"If you have a cold, then a different spell is used," Lupin said. Someone near the back of the classroom blew their nose as if in agreement. "Who was that? Pansy, please come out to the front," he said. Pansy went out to the front looking annoyed that she'd had to leave her seat and tissue box. "How long have you had this cold?" Lupin asked.

"A few days," she said with a shrug.

"All right... I can tell that this type of cold is a head cold, so if you will please close your eyes, Pansy..." Lupin said. Pansy eyed him warily, then closed her eyes. "Salveo," Lupin said and a white light covered Pansy's face. "You may open your eyes now. How do you feel?" Lupin asked her. (To be well or be in good health.)

"I feel better... Thanks," Pansy said reluctantly and went back to her seat.

"You're welcome. Has anyone got a broken bone?" Lupin asked. No one raised their hand. "Well, that's lucky, because I never was good at doing this spell anyway... As with the other two spells, you need to point your wand directly at the thing that is broken. This spell is called 'restituo' and should only be used by experienced healers. Unless of course you are in battle, then you can use it. But be warned, you must make sure you set the broken bone properly or else you'll just put yourself in more pain than you were originally in..." (Restore or repair.)

"Why can only experienced healers use it?" Dean asked.

"If the spell is used by someone who is not an experienced healer, then the spell will only last for a few hours. The maximum amount of time that the spell will retain the broken bone is for ten hours, then the spell will wear off and the bone will break again," Lupin explained.

Moving back to his desk, he took out a branch the same size as his arm. He snapped it in half with a crack and set it on his desk.

"Point your wand directly at the break. You may need two people if it's your own bone. Someone will need to hold your broken limb straight to ensure that the bone is going to set correctly. It won't do you any good if your arm's set upside down," Lupin said with a grin. "Now, once you're certain that the bone is straight, say the incantation, restituo," he said. A thin wisp of white light flew out of his wand and wrapped around the two pieces of wood, binding them together. "Now, as you can see, this spell will set the bones, but only for a set amount of time until it is possible for you to get to a proper healer..." Lupin said.

"Can we try it now?" Seamus asked eagerly. Lupin raised an eyebrow at him.

"I hardly think it appropriate for you to go around breaking each other's arms, Seamus," he said.

"Oh, I know that... Can we try it on the branch?" Seamus asked.

"Very well... Single file everyone," Lupin said and everyone rushed to make a line in front of his desk. Not surprising anyone, Hermione was at the front of the line. Lupin took his spell away, making the branch break again.

"Restituo!" Hermione said, pointing her wand at the two pieces of wood. The branch binded together and she grinned smugly. However, as soon as Hermione went to walk away the branch broke in half again. A few people sniggered as her face fell, Slytherins and Gryffindors alike.

"I don't expect many of you to get it right the first time anyway," Lupin said. "Next person, please," he said.

Twelve people attempted the spell before it got to Ginny. Out of the twelve, only two people had managed to get the branch to be binded, but it always fell apart. Some of the people hadn't even managed to get a wisp out of their wand...

"Ginny, your turn," Lupin said. Ginny stepped up to the table and pointed her wand down at the branch. "Wait," he went to say, but Ginny had already said the spell...

"Restituo!" A red-silver wisp flew out of her wand and wrapped itself around the branch. One branch turned around slightly and the wisp disappeared as the two pieces of wood melded together.

"The branch wasn't correctly aligned," Lupin said in shock. "But... You just... The entire thing turned," Lupin said going green as he imagined a bone doing that.

"All right... I'll take over. I think you need to sit down," Moody said looking at Lupin's green face. Remus simply nodded and sat down on Moody's chair. "Who's next?" Moody asked as he tried to break the branch.

Moody tried to break the branch with both magic and his own bare hands, which should have been easy, given the thickness of the branch, but it didn't break. He used a stronger spell, but instead of breaking the branch, he managed to break Lupin's table in half.

"Do you have another branch somewhere?" Moody asked Lupin.

"No. Just use the desk," Lupin said still feeling sick.

"All right..." Moody said and shook his head slightly. The rest of the students attempted to meld the desk together, but only one person came close, Draco Malfoy. His wispy light managed to hold the desk together for about two minutes before it fell apart again.

The bell rang and Ginny was asked to stay behind for a moment.

"Ginny... Do you have any idea what you just did?" Lupin asked.

"I... did the spell..." Ginny said uncertainly. Lupin shook his head.

"That's just it! Not even an experienced healer could do what you just did! You turned the entire bone, branch, whatever you want to refer to it as! It's almost medically and magically impossible for a healer to do what you just did!" Remus said. Ginny looked at him, then at the branch that still hadn't broken after thirty minutes.

"Oh... Is that a good thing?" She asked.

"Well, yes... I think... Yes, it's good," Lupin said adamantly.

"I'll take your word on it, Remus... I need to get to Astronomy, so I'll just fix your desk then go," Ginny said. With a sigh, Moody got up to hold the two pieces of the desk again. "Oh, don't worry. I want to see if I can do it without it being together," Ginny said. She pointed her wand at the desk and took a deep breath. "Restituo!" She said and the desk righted itself, then melded together as her red-white wisp melted into the desk.

"That's impossible," Lupin breathed in shock.

"Well, not impossible... Improbable for any other people perhaps, but definitely not impossible," Ginny said with a grin then left the room.

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"Malfoy, what are you doing here? Waiting for me again? And you decided to keep some company too," Ginny said with a smirk, seeing the group of Slytherins standing near the door. They'd seen what Ginny had done to the desk, she'd made sure of that.

"We wanted to talk to you," Pansy announced and nudged Draco forward.

"Then I am sure you can do it later, I have a lesson to attend," Ginny said and headed to the Astronomy Tower.

"Weasley! Wait!" Draco called going after her, the rest of the Slytherins in tow. Ginny stopped and turned to face them, a broad smirk on her face.

"What is it, Malfoy?" She drawled.

"We just wanted to give you a proposition," Draco said, standing taller. Ginny just looked up at him.

"Fine... I will be in the library at five o'clock. I will take you all to somewhere private, if that is what you need, and you will have half an hour to tell me your proposition. For now, let me get to lesson," Ginny said and walked to the Astronomy Tower.

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"Welcome to your first Astronomy lesson," Professor Rion said smiling around the room. "For the first few weeks we will be learning about cosmology and cosmogony," she announced, only to met by blank stares from over half the class.

"What's that?" Dean questioned. Professor Rion looked down at him.

"Obviously, you didn't do any studying in the holidays..." Olivia Rion said.

"I read some," Dean mumbled.

"The explanation for those two words is in the first paragraph, Mr Thomas," Olivia said with a glare.

"Smart one, dumb one," someone muttered at Dean who went a bright red.

"Enough," Professor Rion said sternly and everyone went quiet. "Cosmology is the study of theories about the universe as a whole, including the universe's origin, evolution, large-scale structure, and future of the universe. Cosmogony is the more specific study of the origin of the universe and of astronomical systems," Professor Rion said. "Open your book, The Magical World and the Cosmos, to page 10," she instructed. "Read the first two chapters. If you finish that by the end of the lesson, then complete the first three exercises on page 40," Professor Rion said and everyone started to read.

In about twenty minutes, Ginny had finished reading and the exercises. She sat idly, wondering whether to ask Rion what she could do or not. With a small sigh, she got up and went over to Professor Rion's desk.

"Professor?" Ginny asked when she didn't look up. Olivia looked up reluctantly.

"What is it, Miss Weasley?" She asked irritably.

"I've finished. What do I have to do now?" Ginny asked. Olivia raised an eyebrow.

"You have finished reading and the exercises?" She questioned in disbelief.

"Yes..." Ginny said not happy that she didn't believe her.

"What is the second chapter about?" Olivia asked, wanting to prove that she was right and that Ginny hadn't really finished.

"You're testing me?" Ginny asked. Olivia just smirked and raised an eyebrow at her. "Fine... The second chapter is about how the wizards have helped Muggles by increasing their knowledge of the universe through appearing to them as various gods or visions. Ergo the Helpful was also attributed to making sudden winds appear in some Muggle scientist homes and rearranging the papers so it showed what they were trying to find. For example, in 1917 when the famous Muggle, Albert Einstein made a model of the universe based on his new theory of general relativity, Ergo the Helpful actually convinced Einstein that time was a fourth dimension and showed him that gravitation was equivalent to a curvature of the resulting four-dimensional space-time... Need I go on?" Ginny asked. Professor Rion was staring at Ginny in shock, as were most of the students.

"She just said that all word for word!" Hermione whispered loudly to Harry and Ron. A few other students turned to the next chapter and found where Ginny had quoted from, and saw that she had indeed, said that word for word.

"What would you like me to do now?" Ginny asked.

"Now, you can read the next three chapters and finish the rest of the exercises..." Rion said. "Oh, and Miss Weasley? Ten points from Gryffindor. You will be serving detention tonight at eight thirty," she said smiling at Ginny evilly.

"I beg your pardon?" Ginny said in shock. "You are giving me detention and taking points off because I have finished the work that you set? Or was it because you were wrong?" Ginny asked her. Olivia stood up to her full height and glared at Ginny.

"You will not speak to me thus!" Olivia said angrily.

"I want an explanation! You can't give me detention because I've finished! If you did do that then Hermione would be getting detention every fucking day!" Ginny said. Then she heard her Professor's thoughts and stared at her in unabashed anger. "You're giving me detention because I'm a Vampire?" Ginny stated in shock and anger.

"I don't have to justify myself to you, lamia!" Professor Rion hissed.

"Wow... Another one who knows Latin! I've never heard that one before... First my brothers, then my teachers! Will this ever fucking end?" Ginny said, more to herself than the teacher.

"Miss Weasley! Sit down, right now! You are to serve detention tonight and you will be losing an extra thirty points for your back chatting!" Professor Rion said. Ginny turned to her and smiled frostily.

"Why, of course, Professor Rion... I deserve to lose forty House points for finishing my work!" Ginny said and grabbed her books then left the classroom. Neville stood up and glared at his teacher.

"Well, if that's the way you acted to Ginny, then I suppose you're going to take House points from me because I'm gay, right?" Neville asked then left the room.

A few others followed him, while others stayed out of pure shock. In five minutes, not one student was left in the Astronomy Tower.

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"Ginny! Wait up!" Neville called. Ginny turned and waited for him, then saw that practically all of the Astronomy class was following him. Well, actually, all of the Astronomy class was following him, Slytherins included.

"Did she kick everyone out, or all you all out here of your own accord?" Ginny asked them.

"Own accord," Neville said looking at everyone with a huge grin on his face.

"What she did was low, even for us," Pansy said with a smirk. A few people laughed.

"I heard what you said, Neville... You didn't have to, you know," Ginny said. Neville nodded going red.

"I know... She really pissed me off though... Kind of just slipped out," he said with a shrug. Ginny laughed and hugged him.

"So, we've all got about half an hour before end of class. I'm too pissed to do any homework, so I'm going for a fly... Care to join me?" Ginny asked everyone.

The Slytherins looked at Draco, who just shrugged.

"Why not? We get out of class and we'll kick the Gryffindors arses in a game of Quidditch," he said with a smirk. An argument broke out and they all headed down to the Quidditch Pitch to prove that each side was right.

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"Choose your players!" Ginny called out. Immediately, seven people from Slytherin stepped out.

"Before we do anything... How are we actually meant to play? We don't have any of the equipment," Seamus said. Ginny smirked at him.

"Ever heard of a little thing called magic? Get four round rocks, and four sticks. I'll take care of the rest... Slytherin, I trust that you can organise the brooms for everyone?" Ginny asked looking at them. Draco gave a minute nod and Crabbe and Goyle headed over to the Slytherin Quidditch room.

"I got the rocks and sticks, Ginny," Seamus said. He set them in front of her.

"Everyone stand back," Ginny instructed. "First, tie down those two black rocks. They'll be the Bludgers," she said.

Hermione stepped forward and made the two rocks tie down to the ground. Ginny pointed her wand at the four rocks and sticks, then silently hoped the spell would work.

"Mutatio!" She said. The rocks began to grow larger and rounder, as the four sticks became more club-like. Soon, one Quaffle, two Bludgers and a Snitch were sitting beside four Beater's clubs. (Change, alteration, transformation.)

Gregory and Vincent came back with fifteen brooms.

"Thank you, boys..." Ginny said, smiling at them. "Gryffindors! Have you chosen the players yet, or not?" By their looks, Ginny could tell that they hadn't. "Fine. Seamus, Dean and myself will be Chasers. Ron, you're the Keeper. You two can be Beaters," Ginny said to two boys who looked like the Gryffindor version of Crabbe and Goyle.

"I'm James, that's Terry," James said.

"Thanks. You up to being Beaters?" Ginny asked. Both Terry and James nodded, then grabbed their clubs.

"What about the Seeker?" Dean asked with a frown.

"Harry is Seeker, as per usual," Ginny said with a grin. Harry gave her a boyish grin and took a broom from Crabbe and Goyle. "Neville you can be the commentator if you please," she said. Neville nodded, looking nervous. "You'll do fine," she said with a wink.

"Yes, Malfoy. Don't worry about the precious brooms. We won't destroy them," Ginny said. "As you see most weekends, we do know how to fly..." She drawled. "Pansy, you can be the referee. If you want to, of course," Ginny said smiling. Pansy just nodded and took a broom.

"I'd say I want a nice clean game, but I'm sure you're all still mad with what's-her-face, so let it all out," Pansy said with a grin. Ginny took her broom then they all flew in to the air.

Pansy pointed her wand down at the four balls and with a spell they flew in to the air and the game began.

"Padma Patil has caught the Quaffle. Now Dean's got it from her!" Neville said.

His voice was fairly quiet, but as the game continued, Neville's enthusiasm increased, as did the volume of his voice.

Ginny could see that Harry and Draco were searching for the Snitch almost intensely as if it were a real game. In fact, both 'teams' were treating it as if it was a proper game...

Dean threw the Quaffle to Ginny, jerking her out of her thoughts and she raced towards their goal. Manoeuvring around the Slytherin Keeper, Ginny managed to score a goal.

"Thirty to Slytherin! Twenty to Gryffindor! A Bludger almost hit Ginny! Be careful!" Neville yelled.

James hit the Bludger away from Ginny and towards one of the Slytherin Chasers, just as Seamus scored another goal.

"Thirty all! Foul to Gryffindor for cruelty! You said it didn't have to be a clean game, Parkinson!" Neville called.

"I'm the referee! I have the right to change my mind!" Pansy called back, grinning.

"STUDENTS!" Albus yelled. "Get down here, right now!" He yelled. They all flew down reluctantly. "What is going on here? First, you all leave your lesson and now you're out here playing Quidditch? Whose idea was it?"

"It was my right to leave the classroom and my idea to play a game of Quidditch, as the entire class followed me," Ginny said before any one could say anything.

"Your right, Miss Weasley? Why is that?" Albus asked.

"Discrimination, detention and a loss of House points simply because I am a Vampire," Ginny said. "Apparently, Professor Rion doesn't like things that are different, if I remember her thoughts correctly..." Ginny mused.

"So you leave the class, due to the fact that you thought you were being discriminated against?" Albus asked.

"But she was, sir!" A few people called out, others agreeing with them.

"Silence!" Albus said and they all shut up. "Slytherins... May one or two of you please verify this? Tell me what happened. In your own words," Albus said, looking at them. Crabbe and Goyle stepped forward.

"Well, Weasley just asked Rion what she was supposed to do, because she'd finished the work already. Rion didn't believe her because she had finished fairly quickly..." Crabbe said. Goyle nodded.

"Then, Rion tested Weasley. She got it right, even said some of it word for word... Rion got angry, then told Weasley what to do," Goyle said.

"Then she took off House points and gave Weasley detention," Pansy added. The Slytherins nodded. "We all thought that was bad, but didn't say anything, because of the House rivalry..." Pansy said.

"Then what happened?" Albus asked. Theodore Nott stepped forward.

"Then, Weasley must have heard something, because she asked Rion if she was taking points off because she was a Vampire. Rion got pissed, excuse my language, sir, and said that she didn't have to justify herself to a lamia. Weasley got sarcastic... What did you say, exactly?" Theodore asked Ginny.

"Another one that knows Latin. I've never heard that one before... Something to that effect," Ginny answered with a shrug.

"I see... Then what happened?" Albus asked looking at the Slytherins still.

"Then Rion took off thirty more House points because Weasley 'back chatted'," Theodore said.

"That's when I left the classroom," Ginny said.

"Then Neville stood up and said that if Rion did that to Ginny, then she'd take points off from him because he was gay and left the room too... We all followed them out in agreement, and of our own free will," Blaise said looking at Albus. Dumbledore nodded.

"Very well... I will have a talk to Miss Rion. If anything else like this does happen, please come to me first..." Albus said. "What's the score?" He asked, smiling at them with a bright twinkle in his eye.

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"Thanks for the game, Slytherins," Ginny said with a smirk as she handed the brooms back to Crabbe and Goyle. "And thanks for telling Dumbledore the truth, too... If I didn't know better, I would say it was nice of you," she said winking.

"Yeah, well we decided that we didn't want a teacher who thought that Vampires were bad... Imagine what she'd do to us! Not one person in our House doesn't have at least some type of being's blood in them. Rion would have a bloody field day with us! Besides, we dislike detention and loss of House points as much as the next student," Pansy said with a grin.

"Yeah... I'm sure Goyle has got some troll blood in him," Crabbe said with a smirk at his friend.

"Well, your mother is a troll," Goyle retorted. Crabbe just laughed.

"Fine, I'll tell her that you said that..." He said. Goyle blanched with fear.

"Oh, come on! You know I was only joking..." Gregory muttered.

"All right, boys... Enough of the fighting. Your mummies and daddies wouldn't be very happy with you! Imagine what they'll say when I tell them that their prized heirs have been fighting!" Pansy said and dragged them away laughing evilly. Ginny shook her head with a grin.

"We've got to go study now, Ginny... You know how Hermione gets if she doesn't get us into her daily doses of torture," Ron said with a wink. "Good game," he said.

"Yeah, you too... Go on, have a lovely torture session," Ginny said waving him off. Neville came up beside Ginny and grinned at her.

"That was fun. Thanks for letting me commentate, Ginny," he said and hugged her. She smiled.

"No problem. You did great!" Ginny said. "So I'll meet you in the Gryffindor Common Room at eight?" Ginny asked. Neville nodded.

"All right. Thanks again for teaching me, Ginny..." Neville said smiling.

"That's all right... You better go to the Common Room now. I've got to go to the library," Ginny said. Neville nodded and caught up with Seamus and Dean.

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Ginny went down to the library and started to study. Not long after, the same group of Slytherins that had waited for her after Defence Against the Dark Arts, came up to her. Draco sat beside her.

"I trust that you have not forgotten our meeting?" He said quietly. Ginny stopped writing and turned to him.

"I am here, am I not?" She asked with a smirk. "You want to go somewhere private, I presume?" Ginny asked them.

"That would be preferred. Even if we go to the Room of Requirement, I am sure that your brother and Potter will find out," Draco said. Ginny just smirked and put her bag on her shoulder.

"Most likely... But I know of a place that not even they can find us. Follow me," Ginny said and left the library. The Slytherins followed her out, shocked when she stopped at a tapestry in an abandoned corridor.

"What joke are you playing on us, Weasley? That's a plain old tapestry," Pansy said and crossed her arms, insulted. Ginny smiled at her.

"Pansy, my dear! I am quite aware that none of you are fools, so do be patient..." Ginny said, then opened the door behind the tapestry with a word. "You will have to jump, there are no stairs installed yet. Should really get that done," Ginny said to herself shaking her head, then she jumped into the corridor. "Would you hurry up before someone comes around and sees you all standing there?" Ginny's voice called up to them.

She lit her wand, even though it wasn't necessary for her and waited patiently. One by one, the Slytherins dropped down into the corridor.

"Thank the Gods you decided before your half hour was up..." Ginny drawled then led them down the corridor. The door closed after them and Pansy jumped. "Calm yourself, Pansy. There's nothing down here that could hurt you. Well, excepting myself and maybe Draco, but I have no reason to hurt you, now do I?" Ginny asked smirking back at her. Pansy shook her head.

They eventually came to the door in Ginny's wardrobe and she walked through the empty closet and into a changed room.

"You changed it around," Draco stated. The small circular room was no longer filled with a bed or a book-filled desk. Instead, there was a table with chairs in the middle of the room.

"Well, I didn't think it acceptable for people to be walking into my bedroom and through closet..." Ginny said with a shrug.

"How do you know what it looked like to start with?" Pansy asked looking at Draco.

"He thought I was wandering around at night and followed me down here," Ginny said. "Now, I'll give you half an hour, so please, sit down so we can get this done," she said. "What's this proposition you have for me?" Ginny asked once the other seven students were seated.

The people seated before her were Draco Malfoy, Gregory Goyle, Vincent Crabbe, Theodore Nott, Blaise Zabini, Pansy Parkinson and Millicent Bullstrode. It was funny that these famed seven Slytherins wanted something from Ginny, a Gryffindor and a Weasley...

"I'll take it that you're wondering where we are?" Ginny asked.

"Slightly curious, which is understandable, I hope," Draco said. Ginny grinned.

"Of course. Curiosity is a natural thing," she said. "We are in the oldest part of Hogwarts. Apparently, the founders used to occupy this part of the castle... But that theory hasn't been verified, so it could just be a myth," Ginny said. "I'll take it that you've all discussed what your proposal is already?" She asked looking around the table. They nodded. "Very well... Would any of you like a drink?" Ginny asked.

"No, thank you..." Draco said. Crabbe and Goyle looked slightly disappointed, but didn't say anything.

"Fine. Now, may you please start talking or should I just read your minds to get the information?" Ginny asked with an annoyed sigh. She heard Pansy kick Draco under the table and grinned.

"We wanted to discuss the... extremity of your power as a Vampire," Draco announced. Ginny raised an eyebrow at him.

"And?" She said, knowing that there was something else.

"And how we could use it to our advantage..." Draco added reluctantly. "We also wanted to discuss the laws of our own kinds... As Pansy said today, not one person in our House does not have some type of being blood in them, and we just wanted to make sure that we are all aware of who is what..." Draco said.

"That is understandable... Please, continue," Ginny said and waited.

"The seven of us represent one particular being. I am, as you already know, a Veela. Gregory, not surprisingly, has troll blood. Vincent is part giant. Theodore has elf blood, while Blaise has centaur descendants. Pansy has merpeople ancestors and Millicent has werewolf ones," Draco said, going through each person in turn.

"Interesting combinations... I take it that I am the only Vampire in the school then?" Ginny asked. Draco looked at her for a moment then nodded.

"Well, the only known one at the moment. We haven't heard of a Vampire being here since before my great-grandfather's time," Draco said, the others nodding their agreement.

"Very well... What would you like to discuss now?" Ginny asked.

"Just how powerful are you?" Pansy asked looking at Ginny.

"I'm more advanced than I am supposed to be. That's all I know at the moment. I'm being re-tested on Friday... Oh, shit!" Ginny cursed. The Slytherins looked at her with amused wariness. "It's nothing. I just realised that I've got to take my brothers to meet someone..." Ginny muttered.

"Pardon?" Pansy asked in confusion. Ginny sighed.

"You all know what Seeing is, right?" She asked. They all nodded. "Well, two of mine combined with each other and I realised that I am meant to take Fred and George to meet my... mentor," Ginny said.

"In what way and how much do you See?" Blaise asked.

"I See through dreams, water and through reflections. I usually See in full blocks. For example, if I look into my bowl, then I will See one particular vision until I will it to change," Ginny said.

"You will it to change?" Blaise asked. Ginny nodded.

"Of course. If I don't want to See something, then I just will it to change and it does..." Ginny said with a shrug.

"Do you mind if I try?" Blaise asked, indicating to her bowl that was on the shelf.

"Go ahead. Bathroom's on the door to your left," Ginny said.

"Thank you," he said and with a slight bow, he took the bowl and headed to the bathroom. Ginny looked around the table and waited for someone else to speak again.

"We know that you can read minds and that you have the ability to retain information, but what else can you do?" Millicent asked.

"I feel like you're all trying to get this information so you can use it against me..." Ginny said. "But, I can tell by your thoughts that you haven't even thought of this, so I will continue to tell you..." She said grinning slightly. "I have strength, speed, hearing, sight. I can change my form, as some of you saw during Runes and Care of Magical Creatures," she added with a small grin. "If you'll excuse me a moment..." Ginny said and went into the bathroom. With a quick glance at each other, the Slytherins followed.

Blaise was sitting on the floor, looking pale and slightly sickened. Ginny was holding him, caressing his face and whispering in his ear. He looked at Ginny, his eyes still unfocused.

"Angelus of diligo..." He whispered. (Angel of love.)

"Haud... It is all right, carus. Just try to breathe..." She whispered in his ear. Blaise looked like he was hanging off her every word as if his life depended on it. (No.) (Dear or beloved.)

"What did you See?" Pansy asked worried for him. She'd never seen the dark boy so pale before!

"I Saw... The Forbidden Forest. Ginevra... Red wave... Manticore... Draco... Lightning..." Blaise whispered as he shuddered. Ginny looked at him for a moment.

"I will take it away, if you wish," she said seriously. Blaise shook his head.

"No. I will keep it... It was my own fault and I take full responsibility for it," he said, still looking pale and sick.

"What exactly did you See? That made no sense to us," Theodore said confused.

"If you will leave us for a moment, I wish to speak to Blaise in private," Ginny said and pushed them out of the room. Draco stayed, looking between Blaise and Ginny.

"He Saw whatever made you like you were last night, didn't he?" He asked. Ginny just looked at him, then pushed Draco out of the bathroom too.

"Are you positive you don't want it taken, Blaise?" She asked.

"I am positive... Do you know why you did that, Ginevra?" Blaise asked her. Ginny shook her head.

"No, I don't know why I did that to them. I was really angry and hurt though, so they must have done something to make me that way. I usually don't get that angry without a reason," she said. "Should I just let everyone in? They're standing at the door anyway..." Ginny said and opened the door. Pansy almost fell into the bathroom. She straightened herself and had the decency to look slightly embarrassed. "Don't bother apologising, Pansy. Your half an hour is over. We will finish discussing everything tomorrow," Ginny said.

"We'll meet you in the library again at the same time," Draco said. Ginny nodded.

"Very well... Go through the corridor and out of the third tapestry on your right. You will come out near the statue of the one-eyed witch. You can find your way from there, I presume?" She asked. The Slytherins nodded.

"Thank you, Ginevra," Blaise said as he walked out of the bathroom.

"You're welcome, carus. Before you go Blaise... You should tell him what you really feel. It will help both of you," she said smiling at him. Blaise looked shocked for a moment, then he nodded and followed his Housemates through Ginny's empty wardrobe. (Dear or beloved.)

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Ginny finished studying at seven thirty and decided to go to the Gryffindor Common Room. She walked in and saw Neville sitting at a table with Dean, Seamus, Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

"Hey, Neville. Ready to go?" Ginny asked him. Neville looked up gratefully.

"He hasn't finished his Herbology homework yet," Hermione interjected.

"When's it due?" Ginny asked him.

"Friday," Neville mumbled.

"Then you've got loads of time. We need to start this today, or else I'm not going to be able to help you," Ginny said. Neville nodded and got up, ignoring Hermione's look. "Harry, you've hardly started the essay for Potions!" Ginny said shaking her head. Harry went red and tried to pull the parchment out of Hermione's reach, but she was too quick for him. Harry glared at Ginny but she just smiled and left with Neville.

"Thanks for getting me out of there, Ginny... I thought she'd never let me leave," Neville said. Ginny grinned at him.

"Oh, she would have eventually... Just as soon as every piece of homework for the next three months was finished," she said laughing.

"Were you telling the truth before? When you said that you couldn't help me if we didn't do it today?" Neville asked her.

"It was a half lie... If we didn't start this today then I would end up making excuses not to do it and Hermione would keep you to do homework, so then we'd both ignore the entire thing and then we would never get around to it," Ginny said with a shrug. They arrived at the Room of Requirement and went inside.

Professor Moody was inside already, as Ginny had asked him. Neville looked at Ginny.

"What's he doing here?" He asked in surprise.

"Well, I don't have all of the necessary skills to teach you everything. I can teach you about a quarter of what Moody can. So I thought it would be best if he taught both of us. Professor, I hope you don't mind," Ginny said looking at Moody.

"It's fine. He could do with the help," Moody said gruffly. "You know what to do, Ginevra," he said. Ginny nodded and gave him a mocking bow before starting her exercises.

She finished them quickly and watched as Moody instructed Neville how to punch and kick properly.

"No, don't lean back so far on one foot. You'll fall over if you try to lean back any more," Moody said when Neville was almost horizontal. Neville fell over then stood up, slightly embarrassed. "Ginny, show him how to kick. Get the cut out of the guy with the wand," Moody said.

Ginny nodded. She went over to the said cut out and stood a few paces back, then kicked the cut out's head off.

"See, she didn't lean back so far and she made enough damage to give this guy one hell of a headache," Moody said and fixed the head. "You need to keep your back fairly straight too. Unless you're going to try and kick someone while you're ducking, of course," Moody said. Neville nodded. "Now, you try to kick this guy," Moody said. Neville waited until he'd moved back then kicked the cut out in the stomach. "That was good for a first attempt... I saw you dancing at the Yule Ball last year. Do you still remember the moves?" Alastar asked.

"Some of them," Neville said blushing brightly.

"Do you remember the girl's part as well?" Moody asked. Neville nodded, going brighter still. "You know how the guy had to grab the woman by one leg and spin her for a half turn?"

"Yeah, that killed my leg for the rest of the week," Ginny grumbled under her breath.

"Well, the woman had to kick her leg up so the guy could grab it. You obviously remember how to do the kick, Ginevra?" Moody asked. Ginny rolled her eyes then did a high kick to the side. "That's it... Can you do that, Neville?" Neville nodded and kicked in the same way Ginny had. "Very good. If you like, you could think of fighting as a dance. Someone goes to hit you, you step back three. To the left one, punch with the left... Try it. I'll go slower for you, all right?" Moody said. Neville nodded. "Fists up, always. They protect your face and give you a better opportunity to hit someone," Moody instructed. Neville put his fists up quickly. "Good, now be prepared. Always stay vigilant and try to look around. Most people willing to fight will make sure that there is another two or three to help them, so you have to keep a look out for those people too," Moody said. Neville nodded.

Without warning, Alastar went to hit Neville, but slowly. Neville moved back three steps, then moved to the left. Moody went to hit with his left fist, but Neville's connected with his stomach before he could do anything.

"Good. Again three more times, then we will try a different sequence," Moody said. "Ginny, you go against Lupin, when he gets here," he said. Just as he finished saying that, Remus opened the door and walked inside. "Finally... Remus, you're against Ginny. First fight sequence," he said. Lupin nodded and took his robe off. "Ready?" Moody asked Neville who nodded.

"Afternoon, Ginevra... Ready?" Lupin asked. Ginny nodded. Together, Moody and Lupin went to hit Neville and Ginny, both students stepping back three paces, then one to the left and hitting their respective teachers with their left fists.

"Again," Moody said and they continued this routine for another three times. "Now, the second sequence is one side step to the right, punch to the left with your right fist, then back two steps, and kick with your right foot. Try it without us first, then we will do it together," Alastar said. Neville did as he instructed, going slowly to make sure he didn't fall over. "Do it slightly faster now," Moody said and he did so, not doing anything wrong. "Ginny, let me see you do it now," Alastar said. Ginny did the sequence slightly faster, having seen Neville do it. "Good. Remus, go up a notch with her. She's got the speed and the memory to do it fast enough," Alastar said. Lupin nodded.

"Ready?" Both Moody and Lupin asked. Neville and Ginny nodded, and again, both instructors went to hit their students. Ginny and Neville did the sequence, kicking Alastar and Remus lightly.

By nine o'clock, Ginny and Neville had gone through three different fighting sequences and had perfected them to the extent that they could fight each other using different techniques, yet still know how to block or attack.

"All right. Do some cool downs then go get some dinner," Moody said once the clock struck. They did as he said then left the Room of Requirement.

"You did really good in there, Neville," Ginny said grinning at him. Neville went a shade of red.

"Thanks, Gin... You did too," he said.

"Hello, Ginevra," a voice said nearby. Neville yelped and jumped slightly then turned holding his heart to keep it in his chest. Ginny turned to look at Pansy and gave her a smile.

"Hello, Pansy. Going to the Great Hall?" Ginny asked her. Pansy shook her head.

"No, unfortunately... I've only just managed to drag Crabbe and Goyle out of there, I don't want to let them risk temptation," she said with a grin. Neville looked between the two women warily. "Oh, do stop staring, Longbottom! It's not a very becoming look for you," Pansy drawled.

"Please, Pansy? Just ten more minutes?" Goyle begged, looking towards the wooden doors of the Great Hall. Pansy shook her head.

"I said no, so it means no. Understood?" She said. Goyle sighed and nodded.

"All right... You win this time," Goyle said. Pansy smirked in triumph.

"Well, I must go now. Farewell, Ginevra," she said with a wink then pulled Crabbe and Goyle away, both still muttering and complaining about the lack of food.

"What was all that about?" Neville asked looking at Ginny. "Since when have you been on a first name basis with Parkinson? Or any Slytherin, for that matter?" Neville asked. Ginny smirked at him.

"Oh, do listen to yourself, Neville! This from the man who is completely in love with a certain nameless Slytherin? Oh, you're just wishing that you could be on a 'first name basis' with her so you could get closer to him, aren't you?" Ginny teased. Neville went a bright red and clamped his hand over her mouth.

"Be quiet, Ginny! Someone could hear you!" He hissed quietly. Ginny smiled then took his hand off of her mouth.

"It's all right, Neville. Calm down. No one knows anything. Your secret is safe with me," Ginny said and hugged him before they walked into the Great Hall.

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Nothing very eventful had happened at dinner, but after the exercise that she'd had, Ginny was surprised that she'd managed to stay awake long enough to eat even one plate of food!

After the initial elation of fighting and training for an hour wore off, both Neville and Ginny had been yawning widely by ten o'clock. Ginny had been the first to excuse herself and dragged her weary body out of the Great Hall and down to her room.

Almost forgetting that she'd changed the bedroom around, Ginny nearly went to sleep on the table that was occupying the room. She walked into her proper room and fell asleep instantly, not even bothering to attempt to See.

Ginny woke up in the middle of the night and started walking, almost as if in a dream. She walked down her corridor and to the end door. She climbed out and found that she was in the dungeons. Not knowing why, but still curious, Ginny let her feet continue to guide her. She ended up in front of a dragon statue.

"Putus cruor," Ginny said clearly. (Pure blood.)

The dragon statue turned, going down into the ground. She walked down the revealed staircase and into the room. She looked around and saw a desk, fireplace, window, bookcase, a bed with Draco Malfoy in it, a bedside table.

A bed with Draco Malfoy in it! Not good, Ginny thought to herself. She walked over to his bed quietly. Looking down at his pale form, she smiled. He looked so innocent...

Draco woke up and looked around quickly. He saw Ginny standing there, smiling. He fell back onto his bed and shock.

"What are you doing here, Weasley? How'd you get in?" He asked. Ginny didn't reply, she just smiled at him, and Draco thought that he was just dreaming.

Ginny smiled, too shocked to say anything. This was from one of her visions! In one of the first few she'd had, she'd taken Draco's moneybag... He'd told her not to take his things then she said he'd also said that he'd never marry her if his life depended on it. And Draco had said exactly that today!

Draco watched Ginny as she continued to smile at him, not moving, hardly even breathing... After a while, Draco's eyes began to droop and he fell asleep, briefly wondering how he could fall asleep if he was already dreaming.

Ginny stopped smiling and left the room quickly and quietly. Once outside, she shook her head and tried to control her breathing then she went to a tapestry and down into her corridor quickly.

Walking into her new bedroom, Ginny crawled back under the covers and tried to fall asleep, unsuccessfully. She remembered that she was supposed to be taking her brothers to see Lord Xavier in less than two days time and made a large note to remind herself. Finding that she still couldn't sleep, Ginny filled her bowl with water and looked into it.

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Blaise looked from Ginny to Pansy, then grabbed both of their hands. Ginny and Pansy held hands, then the three of them looked down at the puddle of water on the floor. Images swirled at them as they all focused on one thing, then Draco and Ginny appeared.

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He looked at Ginny, smiling broadly. He took her hand then went on one knee beside her.

"Ginevra Molly Weasley, will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?" He asked. Ginny smiled and nodded, hugging him tightly.

"Of course I will, Draco! I love you," she whispered then kissed him. Draco held onto her and kissed her back.

"I love you too, Ginny," he whispered in her ear as he slipped a ring on her finger.

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Ginny pulled away from the images and they stopped. She looked at Pansy and Blaise, who were both extremely pale.

"I did tell you," Ginny said to the two Slytherins.

"We know, Ginevra..." Blaise said reluctantly.

"We just didn't think it would be that serious," Pansy added. Blaise nodded in agreement.

"Everyone thought that it was just a bet or something to get at Potter, but this..." Blaise said shaking his head. "This is beyond what any of us had imagined," he said quietly.

"You think I was happy about this? You think I wanted to marry him? I'm supposed to hate him. My entire family is supposed to hate him. We've hated each other for centuries! I couldn't just let that go in one night," Ginny said.

"And now?" Pansy asked, looking at her. Ginny sighed.

"Now, I don't know... I'm friends with my brother's 'enemy', as he likes to say, and I still haven't told my parents. Dad's going to curse me when he finds out... And if he doesn't, then I'm sure someone in my family would do the honours... So, if you will excuse me, I'm going to go dig my grave," Ginny said and stood up. Pansy grinned and pulled her back down to the floor.

"He won't curse you. He might curse at you, but I seriously doubt that your father would curse you... You're his only daughter, not to mention the fact that you're a Vampiress and would get really annoyed at the fact that someone is trying to kill you," Pansy said grinning. "Besides, if anyone in your family tries to curse you, then we'll be there to curse them right back, won't we, Blaise?" Pansy asked him sweetly.

"Of course we'll be there... Not to mention Neville, Creevey and Lovegood, along with most of the Slytherin House, all of the teaching staff and then some," Blaise added with a wink and grin. Ginny laughed and shook her head.

"All right... Fine! You win, as always, Pansy. Now both of you go to your boyfriends so I can go to bed and have a restless sleepless night," Ginny said and stood up. She helped the two Slytherins up and Pansy hugged her.

"Sleep well, my friend," she said. Blaise hugged Ginny too and gave her a kiss on one cheek, then the other.

"That one was from Neville. He said not to worry about anything and to try and get a good night's sleep, ok?" Blaise asked. Ginny nodded. "Now, I have to say this one thing; Draco's a lucky man to have you, and if I didn't have Neville, then I would definitely fight Draco for you," Blaise said with a wink. Ginny laughed softly and hugged him again.

"I know you would, Blaise... Give Neville a hug and kiss for me, ok?" She asked. Blaise nodded.

"Always," he said with a wink then left with Pansy.

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Ginny stopped Seeing, then yawned widely.

Not wanting to look at the time, she just put the bowl on her bedside table then rolled back under her quilts properly. Ginny was asleep again within minutes.

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