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Chapter Nine

Sometime between Sunday, Sept. 8 and Monday, Sept. 9

Ginny woke up feeling disorientated. She looked over at her door and saw Malfoy standing there. He looked paler than usual and she knew immediately that he'd Seen The Vision.

"He will pay for hurting you," Draco said quietly. He left abruptly, leaving Ginny confused as to how he'd actually come to See The Vision. Pondering this, she fell asleep.

Bexley watched as she slept and shook his head as he remembered what had happened mere minutes before that she had forgotten so quickly.

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Flashback

Bexley woke up as Ginevra made a sudden movement. With a sigh he realised that she was sleepwalking again and was slightly thankful that Draco was nearby so she wouldn't have to traipse all over the cold castle again. He watched as Ginevra smiled at Draco, who had woken up as soon as she appeared in the doorway.

Bexley looked down, wondering why no one else had woken up from the waterbed's movement. Ginevra was somehow floating above the waterbed! Shaking his head, Bexley watched as Ginevra continued to smile at Draco until he fell asleep. The Boggart waited for Ginevra to return to her warm bed, but was surprised when she moved closer to Draco and gently rested a hand on his forehead.

"Awaken the ability the Dragon has forgotten... Make him See," Ginevra whispered softly.

A red light covered Draco's forehead and he began to frown as he Saw Ginevra running through the Forbidden Forest in her wolf form...

Ginevra turned around and made her way back to her bed silently, again without disturbing the water-bed. As she climbed into her bed she fell asleep promptly and in a few minutes, Draco appeared in her doorway, waking Ginevra up.

End flashback

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Monday, Sept. 9

Ginny woke up yawning widely. She stretched lazily then looked at her clock. Seeing that it was only six thirty she groaned, but still got out of bed. She made her way to the bathroom and had a quick shower.

Once she had finished Ginny got changed and went to the meeting room to see if anyone else was up. Millicent smirked at Ginny and Luna gave a small wave, smiling happily.

"Why are you two up so early?" Ginny asked softly. It was then that she noticed the popcorn in Millicent's hand and the popcorn surrounding Pansy.

"We've been trying to get it in her mouth to wake her up," Millicent said smirking evilly.

"Why do you want to wake her up?" Ginny asked.

"I want to remind her of the things she did and confessed to last night," she replied with an evil laugh.

"So you managed to get her to play Truth and Dare, huh?" Ginny said smirking.

"Millicent got everyone to play..." Luna said with a smile. "I can show you if you like," she offered, holding out her hand.

"I don't want to wake everyone up by walking over to you, Luna," Ginny said.

"You could just levitate yourself over," Millicent said with a shrug as she tried to throw more popcorn at Pansy. Ginny used her wand to float herself over then landed very gently beside them. She took Luna's hand and closed her eyes as images played in her mind.

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Millicent looked at everyone, smirking broadly.

"Anyone up for Truth or dare then? Ginevra should be back by the time anything really bad comes out," she added once everyone shook his or her heads.

"I'll play," Luna said smiling. She decided that she wouldn't tell Millicent that Ginny wouldn't be back for hours; Luna didn't want to spoil her fun.

"Oh, all right..." Colin said after a few nudges from Luna. "I'll play if Neville does," he said with a grin.

"That's not very Gryffindor-like," Blaise said with a smirk. "But I completely agree... I'll play if you do," he said with a wink at Neville. Neville went red and nodded reluctantly.

"We'll play," Padma and Parvati said grinning at them. Fred and George looked at each other with a grin.

"We're in!" They said eagerly.

"All right... What about the rest of you?" Millicent asked the other five.

"It's a stupid game," Pansy drawled. Gregory looked disappointed and Vincent gave a small cough.

"I'll play," he muttered. Pansy and Gregory looked at him in surprise.

"Me too," Gregory said with an apologetic smile at Pansy.

"If Draco doesn't play, then I'm not going to either," Pansy said crossing her arms. She did not want to play!

"Well then, I guess you had better get your jaw ready... I'm playing," Draco said smirking at her evilly.

"Jerk," Pansy muttered with a huff.

"So who wants to go first?" Millicent asked grinning at them.

"I will," Luna said. Millicent nodded gratefully.

"Truth or dare?" Millicent asked her.

"Truth," Luna said. The Slytherin girl thought for a moment then smirked at her.

"Do you like Colin more than a friend?" Millicent asked.

"Yes," Luna said simply. Colin grinned at her and she gave his hand a squeeze. "Pansy, truth or dare?" Luna asked her. Pansy glared at Draco for getting her into this stupid game, then sighed reluctantly.

"Dare," she said.

"I dare you to go to the Great Hall in your pyjamas tommorow morning," Luna said grinning.

"That is not going to happen! I have a reputation to uphold, I'll have you know!" Pansy said. Millicent snorted loudly and Pansy glared at her.

"Well, if you do not do it, then I will have to give you the punishment, as per the wizarding rules of Truth or dare," Luna said with a simple shrug. Pansy paled and shook her head.

"You are not going anywhere near my hair, thank you very much! I'll do your stupid dare," Pansy muttered. She glared at Millicent, who was now laughing loudly. "Millicent, truth or dare?" She asked smirking at her.

Millicent stopped laughing and thought about it. If she chose dare, then Pansy would make her do something embarrassing, but if she chose truth...

"Dare," Millicent said. Pansy's face turned evil and Millicent surppressed a shudder.

"I dare you to snog Theodore," Pansy said smirking at her. Millicent and Theodore both went bright red. "Do you accept the dare, or do I have to punish you?" Pansy asked sounding positively evil.

"I... accept," Millicent said quietly, her face burning.

"Well then, go ahead..." Pansy said sitting back and smirking at her.

"You didn't say when I had to," Millicent retorted. "As long as I do before the end of the night, then you can't punish me," she said quickly. As Millicent wasn't looking at him, she didn't notice that Theodore looked slightly disappointed.

"Oh, just go ahead and kiss him now," Blaise said grinning at her, having seen Theodore's look.

He gave Millicent a slight push in Theodore's direction and she fell towards him. Theodore caught her and Millicent blushed.

"Well, go on then," Pansy said.

Millicent went to glare at her but the look Theodore gave her stopped her. He was smiling at her lovingly... She'd never seen him look at her that way before! With a smirk, Pansy gave Millicent's behind a small kick, forcing Millicent's face to go even closer to Theodore. Even though she would have normally yelled at Pansy for doing that, at this moment Millicent was glad because she doubted that she would have had the courage to actually kiss him without help. She kissed him, watching him for a reaction. Theodore's eyes closed and he kissed her back. Even at their awkward angle, Theodore managed to put his arms around Millicent and pull her closer.

"Finally!" Pansy sighed shaking her head. "I've been waiting for them two to get together for years!" She muttered. "All right, Millicent... Time to break it up! You've been snogging for ages," Pansy muttered, kicking at Millicent with her foot.

"Fine..." Millicent said reluctantly. Theodore was grinning broadly and didn't protest when she took his hand in her own. "Fred or George, whichever one you are," she said pointing at Fred.

"Fred," he supplied with a grin.

"Truth or dare?" Millicent asked, knowing that she probably would never get them right.

"Truth," Fred said after a moment's consideration.

"Were you supposed to be in Slytherin? You're both too evil not to be," Millicent said with a smirk.

"Yeah, we were... The Hat decided to put us in Gryffindor when he realised that we'd both gone up to the stool at the same time, instead of me first, then George," Fred said grinning.

"You both went up there? How did the Hat manage to fit on your heads?" Parvati asked in confusion.

"It didn't," George said with a grin.

"Right... Draco," Fred said smirking at him. "You know the drill: truth or dare?" He asked with a wink.

"Dare," Draco drawled. He didn't like the way Fred and George smirked evilly at each other before looking at him...

"I dare you to curse Ron tomorrow morning before breakfast," Fred said. At Draco's confused look, Fred just gave a smirk. "We have our reasons... You also have to use a very specific curse... Ever heard of the Stultus Curse?"

"The foolish curse?" Draco asked with a frown. Fred and George nodded.

"That's it... Do that on him," they said venomously.

"What did he do to you that made you want to curse him? He's your brother..." Parvati said.

"Exactly. We promised Ginevra that we wouldn't hurt the... our little brother, but others can," Fred and George said with a decisive nod. "And it wasn't something that Ron did to us, rather something he will do in the future to someone we love..." they said vaguely. Blaise and Neville looked at them with frowns on their faces.

"What do you mean? Isn't it supposed to be that kid, Tom?" Blaise asked, Neville nodding in agreement. Draco watched them, his anger growing.

"We Saw it again this afternoon... It had changed from that boy to Ron. Unfortunately we promised Ginevra that we wouldn't kill or hurt him, but we did manage to get a deal out of her. If she disowns Ron, then we can too," they said with grins.

"We'll be right back... Ginevra's bowl is on the mantelpiece there, can you pass it to us?" Blaise said pulling Neville to his feet.

George passed the bowl to them and everyone watched as the two boys walked out of the room, muttering to each other in soft tones.

In about ten minutes, they returned looking angry, disgusted and quite sick at what they had Seen. Everyone waited for them to speak, but they didn't seem very willing to talk about it. Blaise and Neville sat down. Seeing how upset Neville was, Blaise pulled him into a hug to comfort him.

"I can't believe it was him... I've known him for years, but... Never have I seen Ron act like that..." Neville said shuddering as he shook his head in disgust.

"I'm going to do more than a fucking foolish spell on him," Draco muttered.

"You can't. Ginevra doesn't want us to do anything to him in case it gives Ron reason to do that later... We only know that you can because you can make him insult you and retaliate with that or something... Don't hurt him without Ginevra's permission, or else she'll never forgive you..." Fred and George said.

"Just like Dad in that respect..." George said to his twin.

"And Mum... They know how to hold a grudge and enforce it," Fred said with a shudder.

"Talking of Ginevra... She should have been back by now..." Draco muttered looking at the clock on the wall.

"She's only been gone for... an hour... Wow, how did that happen?" Colin asked shaking his head.

"We'll go find her," Fred and George said. Draco shook his head.

"It's all right... You two stay. I'll go," he said.

"If you're sure..." The twins said. Draco nodded. He grabbed his Invisibility Cloak and left the water bed awkwardly, listening as the others continued the game.

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Luna's memory stopped and Ginny looked around to see that others were awake around her. Blaise and Neville were awake, as was Fred, George and Theodore. Millicent and Theodore kept looking at each other every so often and Ginny smirked at them. Colin woke up and rubbed his eyes blearily.

"What's the time?" He asked with a yawn.

"About seven o'clock," Ginny replied.

"So where did you end up last night, Ginevra?" Fred and George asked.

"I went to the library, then I woke up outside this morning..." Ginny said shaking her head.

"Outside?" Fred and George repeated in surprise. "Did you sleepwalk again?" They asked grinning at her.

"I must have... I don't remember anything after me leaving the library," Ginny said with a shrug.

"Why can't we curse him?" Blaise asked suddenly.

"You can't curse Ron, because if you do, then that will give him a reason to do what ever he's going to do later," Ginny said, knowing exactly who he was talking about.

"You never said anything about not cursing Lavender though," Parvati said suddenly. "Sorry... I didn't want to interrupt you and Luna earlier so I just stayed here," she said with a shrug.

"That's right... You never said anything about Brown," Blaise said with a nod. Ginny sighed and didn't reply.

"If we can't curse her, can I at least stab her with my wand?" Neville asked. Ginny and the others looked at him in surprise. "What? I have a sudden urge to stab that little bitch... If I can't hex Ron, then I'll have to settle with her," he said venomously. The others' surprise didn't fade anytime soon after he'd finished speaking...

"Never heard you sound so evil before," Blaise whispered in Neville's ear huskily. Neville grinned and blushed slightly.

"No, you can not stab her with your wand. You can not curse her. You can, however, test some of Fred and George's products on Lavender, by all means... I mean, I don't control what she eats or drinks, now do I?" Ginny asked smirking.

"Excellent! Bugger the Valentine's basket, we're going for a secret admirer... She'll scoff them in seconds," Fred and George said laughing evilly. "We'll be back in time for breakfast," they said with smirks as they left the room, still clad in their pyjamas.

"Where are they going?" Pansy asked drowsily, the motion of the bed waking her up.

"They're going to get a basket ready for Lavender sent by a secret admirer," Ginny said laughing.

"Sounds like fun... So, are we staying here for breakfast?" Pansy asked hopefully.

"You're not getting out of the dare that easily, Pansy," Padma drawled smirking at her.

"I don't want to go to the Great Hall in my pyjamas..." Pansy said with a huff.

"I'll go with you," Ginny said with a grin.

"You'll willingly go to the Great Hall in your pyjamas? In front of everyone?" Millicent asked in shock. Parvati nodded in agreement, too shocked to say the words.

"Why not? There's nothing wrong with my pyjamas and they're comfortable," Ginny said with a shrug.

"So what exactly do you wear to bed?" Blaise asked smirking at her. Ginny raised an eyebrow at him then hit him with a pillow.

"Don't be perverted, you're scaring the children," Ginny drawled rolling her eyes at him. Blaise just laughed and pulled Neville closer to him.

"How long do you think it'll take Fred and George to get everything ready?" Pansy asked after a few minutes.

"What are those two getting ready?" Gregory asked curiously.

"A basket for Lavender," Blaise said smirking at him.

"Would you all shut it? I am trying to sleep!" Draco grumbled as he rolled over and put his pillow over his head.

"Who cares if you're trying to sleep? We're awake, so you can be awake too," Ginny said glaring at his back.

"Shove off, Weasley... And stop glaring at me," Draco added.

"How did he know she was glaring at him?" Parvati whispered to her sister. Padma shrugged, just as amazed.

"Don't tell me to shove off in my own room, Malfoy! Go sleep in your own room if we're bothering you," Ginny retorted angrily. Draco just gave a huff and sat up slightly, glaring at her.

"You're all up? Except for Crabbe, of course... How on Earth did he manage to sleep through all of your noise?" Draco muttered, kicking Vincent with his foot slightly.

"Don't kick Vincent just because he's asleep," Ginny said angrily.

"Oh, so you agree with me then? If you're awake, it doesn't mean I have to be?" Draco said smirking at her.

"Oh, shut up and go to sleep if that's what you want to do," Ginny replied glaring at him.

"I don't want to anymore... I'm awake now," Draco retorted smirking at her in triumph.

"Would you two stop arguing so much before breakfast?" Pansy asked glaring at them.

"What's wrong?" Vincent asked, having just woken up due to the noise and seen Pansy's look.

"Nothing's wrong... Draco and Ginevra are just arguing, as usual," Gregory said with a smirk.

A noise from the rafters made them all look up and Lyra soared down to them. She blew a ring of smoke at Ginny, then one at Draco and with a flap of her leathery wings, the two rings of smoke connected with each other.

"She's telling them to shut up and make peace," Colin said with a smirk. Draco just rolled his eyes and flopped back onto the mattress.

"That reminds me... I found the book with your mother in it. I'm not sure if you're going to like what it says though," Ginny said as she went out of the room to get the photo album.

Colin looked at Luna to see if she could shed any light on what that meant exactly, but she was just smiling and holding his hand comfortingly.

There was movement beneath one of the blankets near Theodore, making them look over to it. Muffled high pitched noises came from it and the blankets were tangled up further as the creature tried to untangle itself.

"Hold on a minute, Relo... I'll get you out," Theodore said and the movement's stopped. He untangled the blankets and Relo jumped out eagerly, hugging him tightly.

"Thank you elf-boy! That beastly entrapment wasn't nice!" Relo said glaring at the blanket.

"Found it. Pince will be glad I had enough sense to put this under my robe before I went outside..." Ginny said smiling.

"Why exactly won't I like this?" Colin asked as she handed the photo album to him.

"The date," Luna said. Colin looked at her in surprise, as she hadn't even looked at the book yet, but then he looked at the year on the side of the album.

"1758? Did you get the wrong book or something, Gin?" Colin asked with a grin.

"Turn to page 152," Ginny replied in a flat tone. Colin's grin faded as he saw her face and he quickly opened the album.

"This can't be right..." Colin muttered frowning. "How... Why didn't he tell us?" He looked down at the page angrily, his mother's face smiling and waving back at him. Colin shut the album with an angry thud and threw it a few metres away from him, scowling at the fallen book.

The corner of the album hit the water bed and a hissing sound was heard. Water began to spurt out of the hole, drenching everyone in the room. Ginny quickly grabbed the album and slid it out of the room so it wouldn't get wet.

Relo began to laugh as water covered his bright blue body and Lyra roared from up in the rafters as she got wet too. Parvati laughed as Padma got drenched by a particularly large amount of water. Neville and Blaise just smirked at everyone. Millicent and Theodore were too busy kissing to realise that they were getting wet. Pansy grinned as the room began to fill with water and started to change her body, splashing everyone with more water at every chance she had. Luna was just sitting in the water calmly, smiling at everyone broadly. Colin started taking pictures, refusing to even look at the album. Gregory and Vincent helped Pansy splash everyone with their wands and when Ginny was completely drenched after one shot, she glared at them and began to fight back. Surprising both of them, Draco was by her side in an instant, blasting both of the boys and Pansy with water jets from his wand.

"Does anyone know how to fix this?!" Padma yelled over everyone's laughter. After a few more minutes everyone stopped mucking around and looked at the small incision in the mattress that was causing the problem.

"I think the main problem is that we're sinking into the floor," Ginny noted, seeing that the door was slightly further up than the bed.

"How high did the twins make this mattress?" Parvati asked as they began to sink into the floor quickly.

Suddenly, small red balls appeared in front of Parvati, Padma, Colin and Luna. Before anyone could do anything, the red balls hit certain parts of the four. A red ball hit Parvati's bracelet, Padma's anklet, Colin's watch and Luna's toe-ring.

Relo yelped and held onto Ginny tightly. Lyra flew down onto Colin's shoulder quickly.

"Uhh... What was that?" Padma asked after a while.

No one had the chance to reply as a red light surrounded everyone's amulets and they disappeared. In seconds, they appeared on the other side of the room, no longer sinking into the floor. Everyone looked at Ginny in expectance.

"I think I know what it was, but I didn't do the spell so it couldn't have been..." Ginny muttered more to herself than anyone else.

"What do you think it was?" Pansy asked after returning to her human form.

"Tutis," Ginny said. "Flitwick taught us the incantation and my magic protected all of your amulets, not just my own, remember?" She asked. They nodded in surprise. "The same thing just happened but I didn't do anything... My magic just took it upon itself to do it itself and get us all out of there," Ginny said frowning.

"You think that your magic can do that?" Parvati asked in shock.

"Why not? If wizards can do wandless magic, why can't magic do the same thing without a wizard or witch?" Ginny asked with a shrug.

"I see your point," Padma said smirking.

"So does this mean I can't go to breakfast in my pyjamas now?" Pansy asked looking down at her wet clothes to hide her smirk. Luna shook her head with a wistful smile.

"My friend, do not think that I forget warming and drying spells so easily," she said, casting the two spells on Pansy. In a second, Pansy's clothes were dry and she was warm again. Everyone followed suit and were soon warm and dry again.

"Darn it..." Pansy muttered. Ginny laughed at her expression.

"Come on, Pansy... Don't be such a scaredy cat!" She said mockingly.

"I'm not scared... I just don't want to humiliate myself in front of everyone at this ruddy school," Pansy said scowling.

"Humiliate yourself? Now how could you do that when you look like that?" Gregory asked smirking at her.

"On second thoughts, maybe we shouldn't let you go to the Great Hall in that," Vincent said seriously to Greg, who nodded. Pansy flushed slightly.

"Gods... I woke up for this?" Draco muttered and rolled his eyes.

"Shove off Draco," Pansy said glaring at him. Draco just smirked at her then sauntered over to a table and sat down.

"The table is used for eating from, not for sitting on Malfoy," Ginny scolded. When Draco didn't move or reply, Ginny pointed her wand at him and before he could do anything, the table beneath him disappeared. Draco fell to the ground with a loud thump and got up glaring at Ginny as he rubbed his sore backside.

"All right! I'll go in my pyjamas too... Would you stop hassling me about it?" Millicent growled at Pansy who just smirked at her gratefully.

"I will go too," Luna announced with a smile.

"You are?" Colin asked her in shock.

"Of course," she said smiling at him.

"Well, we're not going to let you four go and make us look like the odd ones out," Parvati and Padma said.

"Let me get this straight... All of you girls are going to the Great Hall in your pyjamas?" Blaise asked.

"Yes," Ginny replied with a smirk.

"Right, well I'm in then," Blaise said smirking at them.

"What?! You're going to the Great Hall in your pyjamas? In front of the entire school?" Draco asked in shock.

"Why not? I don't want the girls to get all of the attention," Blaise said still smirking broadly.

"We'll do it too," Gregory said for himself and Vincent.

"I'm not sure I should let you," Pansy said with a wink at them. Draco rolled his eyes and shook his head.

"I'll do it too," Neville said grinning.

"Me too," Colin said happily.

"All right... I'll do it! If only to save my ribs," Theodore muttered as Millicent had proceeded to nudge him with her elbow.

"You're all wrapped around their little fingers, you know that?" Draco asked the other guys in disbelief.

"I know it all right," Blaise whispered in Neville's ear who went red.

"Who cares if they are or not? If they want to go to the Great Hall in their pyjamas with the rest of us, that's their own choice... It's not like we ganged up on them to do it," Ginny said shaking her head at him.

"I never said you did, Weasley," Draco sneered at her.

"Just shut up and go in your pyjamas too!" Pansy said shaking her head at Draco. "We all know that you want to go in your pyjamas so stop complaining about it," she drawled. Draco shook his head but didn't say anything.

"We should go in our being forms next Monday," Blaise said suddenly.

"Could you imagine Rion's face if you did that? It would be hilarious!" Colin said laughing at the thought.

"What do you mean if you did that? You're going as your being too," Ginny said smirking at him.

"Sorry to disappoint, but I'm not a being Ginny," Colin said as if he was stating the obvious.

"Yes, you are," Luna said suddenly. "No one here is not a being," she said with an eerie smile.

"We're not anything," Padma said indicating to her twin, who nodded in agreement. Luna just smiled at them.

"You are the same as Fred and George," she said.

"So what am I then?" Colin asked Luna.

"A dragon," Luna said simply.

"What? How? I can't be a dragon!" Colin said in shock.

"Sorry for interrupting, but my stomach is protesting about the lack of food so can we hurry this up please?" Millicent asked, her stomach rumbling in agreement.

"Well, we wouldn't want to upset your stomach, now would we?" Pansy drawled.

"You should change into your pyjamas now," Luna said to Ginny.

"All right... I'll be back in a minute and then we can go," Ginny said and went down to her bedroom. In a few minutes, she returned wearing her pyjamas.

"Can we go now?" Vincent asked when Ginny arrived.

"Yes, come on," Ginny said and led them down the corridor.

She stopped a corridor or two away from the Great Hall and they all climbed out from behind the tapestry when the coast was clear. They walked past other students, all of whom did a double take when they saw what they were wearing. Wolf whistles accompanied them all into the Great Hall and they all sat at the Slytherin table, almost daring anyone to say anything about what they were wearing. Soon enough, most of the people stopped whispering, but that didn't stop the students from looking and appreciating them in their nightwear.

Fred and George came into the Great Hall grinning. When they saw what the others were wearing they looked at each other, their grins growing larger.

"To think of all of the times that we got dressed especially for breakfast," George said shaking his head.

"When we could have just arrived in our pyjamas," Fred said also shaking his head.

As one they both took off their outer robes to show that they were wearing pyjamas underneath. They sat next to Padma and Parvati and started to eat oblivious to people's stares and whispers.

"Our owls will be in shortly," Fred and George said quietly to Ginny.

She smirked and finished her food quickly. As Ginny pushed her knife and fork away four owls flew into the Great Hall, carrying a large basket hamper between them. Everyone looked up in interest to see who would receive the package.

Lavender squealed happily as the package was dropped in front of her. Lots of people rolled their eyes in irritation and a few turned away in disappointment. Lavender picked up the card on the basket and read it out loud enough for everyone to hear, whether they wanted to or not.

"To my dearest Lavender... I hope you enjoy these gifts as much as I did picking them for you! From your secret admirer! Ohh, I wonder who it is!" Lavender said looking around the Great Hall grinning broadly.

She turned back to the package and opened the lid of the basket quickly and noisily, making sure to get everyone's attention. She pulled out a package of chocolates and placed them in front of her with extravagance so that no one would miss what she'd received. Lavender then took a tin of wrapped sweets from the basket and finally pulled out a box of what looked like Fizzing Whizzbees. Lavender placed all three items next to one another then looked around the Great Hall to see who her secret admirer could be.

"You better eat them before someone else does!" An anonymous person called out who sounded suspiciously like Fred.

Lavender looked in the direction of the voice but didn't see Fred and George who were laughing their heads off. Ginny had quickly put a spell on them to make them look like any other Slytherin, as well as a silencing spell, when she saw that Lavender was looking around the Great Hall.

With a small shrug to herself, Lavender opened the box of "Fizzing Whizzbees" and popped one in her mouth. The sweet as finished quickly and she put more in her mouth. Lavender didn't notice that wings had started to sprout from the top of her head. In fact, Lavender didn't notice anything until she started flying out of her seat. Fred and George were now back to normal and laughed uncontrollably as Lavender flew around the Great Hall, screaming loudly.

"I don't think you need to do that spell on Ronnie-kins anymore, Draco... Looks like he's already an idiot on his own," Fred and George commented glaring over at their brother, who was bright red and storming over to them.

"What did you do to Lavender?" Ron yelled at Ginny.

"I didn't do one single thing to your precious Lavender..." Ginny drawled.

"You did something! Why else would she be flying?" Ron yelled, his face turning red then purple.

"I didn't do anything to her," Ginny repeated.

Ron raised his hand to hit her but it was stopped from making any contact by Fred and George, who had both stopped laughing and were looking even more serious than Percy could.

"You will not hit our sister... In fact, if you ever hit any woman so long as you live, you will pay for it," Fred and George said venomously and they pointed their wands at him.

A bright crimson light hit Ron and he slumped in their arms. George and Fred dragged Ron back to his seat and dropped him unceremoniously onto it. Lavender had continued to scream loudly as she flew around.

"Would you mind looking after that terrible noise, Forge? My ears are starting to thump," George asked Fred.

"Of course, Gred... My head feels the same," Fred said with a small bow. Pointing his wand upwards, he muttered, "Silencio," and the screams suddenly stopped.

The occasional whoosh could be heard as Lavender flew past people, but no one did anything to help her down as they were just grateful that she had stopped screaming.

"Mr. Weasley and Mr. Weasley... Would you mind coming up here, please?" Dumbledore asked them looking at them over his glasses. Fred and George linked arms then skipped up to the teacher's table.

"You called?" They asked grinning at him.

"Indeed... I would appreciate it if you would let Lavender down from the roof. She is causing the ceiling to get angry..." He added looking up at the now stormy sky. Thunder rolled in agreement and the twins sighed reluctantly.

"Since you asked so nicely..." They said and with a single spell, Lavender was dumped next to Ron.

She fainted but no one seemed very eager to help her. The storm clouds left the ceiling and the sun shone brightly onto the four House tables.

"Can we finish our breakfast now?" Fred and George asked Albus, who nodded.

"Before you go, may you please send your sister and Mr. Malfoy up here?" He asked.

"Don't finish our schooling..." George muttered.

"And we become owls!" Fred muttered shaking his head. They went down to the Slytherin table and told Ginny and Draco to go see Albus.

Ginny and Draco walked up to the teacher's table, wondering what was going on. If they were going to get into trouble for wearing their pyjamas, surely Albus would want to see all of them?

"Lord Xavier has requested to see both of you tomorrow night. I just thought it best to warn you beforehand as he did not seem very happy when he asked to meet you both," Albus said quietly.

"You mean that Lord Xavier's angry with us?" Ginny asked frowning. Albus gave a brief nod. "Why? We haven't done anything..." She said in confusion.

"Xavier did not tell me why he wanted to see you. Return to your breakfast and do not worry about it," Albus said kindly.

"Easy for you to say, you don't have an Vampire Elder angry with you," Ginny muttered then went back to the table, frowning. "I'm going to go get ready for class, all right? I'll see you in Transfiguration," she said then left the Great Hall.

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Ginny thought of anything that she could have done wrong as she walked back to her room. After a good five minutes, she still had no idea what she had done wrong, nor what Draco had to do with it.

Frowning, Ginny sat on her bed trying to come up with an answer or a clue to what she could have done. As she thought over everything she had done while in Xavier's presence her mind came to a blank as to what she had done wrong.

Shaking her head, Ginny changed into her school clothes and brought her knees up to her chest. Her eyes closed unwillingly and a vision played in her mind.

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Ginny took off her shirt and turned her head to look at her back properly in the mirror. The zodiac sign of Scorpio was tattooed on her shoulder blade. Further down on the small of her back, a scorpion was resting, its tail curled.

The door opened and Ginny looked up to see Draco standing there. He leant against the door frame and smirked at her.

"I must say, that outfit suits you..." He drawled looking her up and down.

"I don't remember you knocking, Draco," Ginny drawled, glaring at him.

"That's because I didn't," Draco said as he pushed off the door frame and walked over to her. "Turn around for a moment," he said. "I just want to see something," Draco said when she looked at him suspiciously.

Ginny reluctantly turned around and she watched in the mirror as Draco's hands travelled along her neck, his fingers gently touching the zodiac sign on her shoulder blade. She shivered as his fingers trailed down her spine to the scorpion. As Draco's fingers came closer to the scorpion Ginny felt something move around her waist and stop on her belly. She looked down and saw the scorpion curled around her belly button.

"How did it get there?" Ginny asked in surprise.

"It moved," Draco replied simply. "I think they can move on their own. I didn't even touch it and it was if it sensed me and moved away quickly," he said. "My one is on my upper arm at the moment," Draco said.

He pulled up the sleeve of his shirt to show Ginny an ice-blue dragon. Instead of breathing fire, this dragon was instead blowing water out of its mouth. Draco then moved the collar of his shirt to show his zodiac sign just above his collarbone.

"Ginevra? I'm sorry! I didn't mean to interrupt!" Parvati said at the door, turning around quickly.

"There was nothing to interrupt Parvati... I was just showing Ginevra two zodiac tattoos I recently acquired and she did likewise," Draco said smoothly. "You can turn around," he said a smirk forming on his lips.

Parvati turned around slowly, her face bright red.

"You've got the zodiac tattoos too?" She asked as Draco's words sunk into her mind properly. "My second one doesn't seem finished, but the Gemini zodiac one is done..." Parvati said with a frown. She went to lift her skirt then quickly let it drop back down, going red.

"Would you mind getting the others, please Draco? We need to see if it happened to all of us," Ginevra said quickly covering up for Parvati. Draco nodded then left quickly, closing the door after him.

"I wasn't interrupting anything, was I?" Parvati asked looking at her, still red.

"No, it was just as Draco said," Ginevra said with a small smile. "Now, where is your tattoo?" She asked.

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Ginny's eyes opened and she frowned again. Well that didn't help her at all! She gave a start of surprise at the time and grabbed her bag before rushing down the corridor.

Ginny arrived in the Transfiguration classroom a minute before the bell sounded. She sat in between Neville and Blaise and waited for McGonagall to give them instructions.

"For today's lesson you will all be instructed on the benefits and downfalls of being an Animagus," McGonagall said.

Excited and confused whispers echoed through the room and Minerva cleared her throat to get their attention again.

"Thank you... You will all be learning this due to the fact that the Ministry encourages people to go through them to become an Animagus instead of using... other means," McGonagall said. "Yes Mr. Finnigan?" Seamus put his hand down.

"When will we be able to register to become an Animagus?" He asked eagerly.

"At the end of this term you will be allowed to put your name down on the Ministry list. If you are chosen then you may continue with the registration and at the end of the third term, then you can become an Animagus," McGonagall said.

"What do you mean chosen?!"

"That's a load of crap!"

"THAT IS ENOUGH! You will not use that language in my classroom!" McGonagall yelled glaring at them. She sighed and rubbed her temples. "I knew I shouldn't have told them this early in the morning," Minerva muttered to herself. "By chosen I mean that the Ministry has introduced a law which lets them refuse the privilege of becoming an Animagus to who ever they wish..." She explained.

"Well, there goes any chance for our House," Pansy muttered out loud. McGonagall heard her but didn't reprimand her, her thoughts actually thinking along the same lines.

"Professor? Since the Ministry is being so kind as to let us do this through the school... If they're just going to choose who ever they want, won't this just increase the sale of Animagus Potion on the black market instead of diminish it, as I'm sure they're trying to do?" Ginny asked sarcasm dripping from every word.

"What's wrong with the Ministry doing this through the school?" Hermione asked Ginny frowning.

"Who ever they choose for the Animagus ability, then they're going to use that against the person to make them fight Voldemort..." Ginny said. People paled, a few stared at her in shock and one person actually fainted.

"Miss Weasley, you should know better than to use You-Know-Who's name whilst in a classroom with children," McGonagall reprimanded lightly.

"We're not children!" Dean protested angrily.

"Then stop acting it! Fear of a name increases fear of the object! Honestly, the lot of you going wimp at the word Voldemort shows that you're children! How on Earth are you lot going to be able to fight the arsehole if you can't even say his name!?" Draco growled at them. "And to think that your House is prided on bravery!" He scoffed.

"Mr. Malfoy... That will be enough," McGonagall scolded lightly. "I will have to take 3 points from Slytherin for you use of a curseword even after I had just told the rest of the class off," she said even though she didn't want to, actually agreeing with the use of the word in reference to Voldemort. Draco just gave her a curt nod.

"You're not going to dock points for slandering our House, Professor?" Dean asked incredulously.

"Not when he's right, she's not!" Neville muttered shaking his head at the rest of his Housemates.

"You agree with him?" Dean asked glaring at Neville.

"Yes, as a matter of fact, I do!" Neville said angrily. "He's right! If you can't handle even hearing the name 'Voldemort' then how do you expect to fight against him?!" He asked shaking his head.

"Enough! I already have a headache and I do not wish your bickering to increase it further..." McGonagall sighed shaking her head.

Dean refrained from one last retort and with one more glare at Neville, turned back to face the front.

"Thank you... Now, the first benefit of being an Animagus is that you are able to hide as any animal in the Muggle animal kingdom. This makes it harder for predators and people that are after you to actually find you," McGonagall said. "What is it, Miss Perks?" She asked with an irritated sigh.

"Why can't we hide as a magical animal?" Sally-Anne Perks asked.

"It is not very wise to hide as a magical animal whilst in the Muggle world, Miss Perks. That, and it is very rare when for a wizard to be able to change into a magical animal," McGonagall said. "Now are there any more questions, or may I continue with the class?" She asked. No one raised their hand, so she continued to talk to the students.

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The students left the Transfiguration classroom once the bell rang and it didn't escape Ginny's notice all of the glares that Neville was receiving from their fellow House mates. She glared at the other Gryffindor students who backed off quickly, then turned to Neville.

"I think you should stay with me tonight, Nev. They're not happy about that and I know them well enough to know that they're going to hold it against you. You should stay with me until they cool off," Ginny said quietly. Neville shook his head adamantly.

"I'll be fine... They won't do anything too bad," he said. Ginny raised an eyebrow at him then shook her head in disbelief.

"Fine. But if they try to do one thing to you, I want you to come straight to my rooms, understood?" Ginny asked. Neville nodded rolling his eyes.

"All right... Can we hurry it up? I would like to get there before the lesson ends..."

"Since when have you been this eager to get to Divination?" Ginny asked. Neville just shook his head and they hurried to the Divination Tower.

"Honestly! You two just want me to go into being mode so I can keep up with you, don't you?" Blaise muttered as he caught up with them.

"Sorry, Blaise..." Ginny said with an apologetic grin.

"It's all right," he said with a wink.

Draco rolled his eyes at them then pushed past them into the room. Blaise sat next to him, Ginny and Neville sitting with them too. Though Blaise and Ginny talked, Neville didn't say a thing; in fact he didn't even look at Blaise for the entire time they waited for Firenze to arrive.

Blaise took hold of Neville's hand, but soon let go when Neville didn't even respond to his touch. He looked at Neville for a moment and when he didn't look back at him, Blaise's face filled with sadness for a split second before a blank mask replaced his normally cheerful face.

"Good morning class... If you will all follow me we will start our lesson in the Room of Requirement," Firenze said then left the room, the students following obediently.

"What's wrong with you Neville?" Ginny whispered as they left too.

"Nothing," Neville said shaking his head.

"If nothing's wrong with you then I'm Umbridge's number one fan," Ginny retorted glaring at him. "What's wrong? Why aren't you talking to Blaise?" She asked.

"Why would I talk to Zabini?" Neville asked in a louder tone. "I'll talk to you later, Ginny... Just not now, all right?"

"All right, but you better have a bloody good explanation," Ginny muttered. Neville just nodded and they walked the rest of the way in silence.

Firenze opened the door for the Room of Requirement and they all filed inside quickly.

"As our lessons have been reduced by one day, we must now finish last week's lesson today. This means that you will have to work harder during the week so we do not fall behind," Firenze said. "I apologise for putting so much strain on you so soon, but I am afraid it can not be helped... Now, if you will all lie on a chair we can begin," Firenze said.

Once everyone was lying on a chair Firenze looked around the room. The ceiling changed to show the solar system and everyone focused their attention on the stars above them.

"Now you must all remember this: not one star can only mean one thing... In one instance a star can be a protector and yet, in others, the star can be the destroyer. In life there is a balance between good and evil and so, the stars must too have this balance," Firenze said.

"What if there is no good or evil? Why is it all so black and white? Why can't there be a grey area?" Ginny asked.

"Very interesting question..." Firenze said. The star-filled ceiling disappeared as Firenze thought deeply about her question. "There is a grey area, as you put it... However, both black and white invade that area so often that the grey is often simply a mix between good and evil, not a lack of good or evil," Firenze said.

"How so?" Ginny asked. Most of the other students were confused by Firenze's response, but still listened, feeling that something important was being said.

"I will give you an example so that you shall all understand... If you had the choice to help someone do something good, say help an injured foal, and you did help them, then you would be in the white area. If you adamantly refused to help, then you would be in the black area... Is this making sense so far?" Firenze asked.

They all nodded so he continued.

"If you were indecisive for a prolonged period of time then you would think that you were in the grey area... However you are not. If your indecisiveness caused the injured foal to become worse, that would make you partially in the black area. However, if by being indecisive you let the foal heal naturally, then you would be in the white area. Or you would be in the white area at least partially, for being indecisive is not good nor bad, unless the outcome is good or bad," Firenze said.

"What if you were only indecisive for a short period of time? What would that do?" Harry asked.

"There is no such thing as a short period of time... No matter how you look at time, it is never short. Any hesitation, even a small one, can affect the outcome considerably," Firenze said. "Any action can change an outcome."

"Any action? How can our actions affect a bigger outcome? We're just..." Dean began to say.

"Children?" Ginny finished raising her eyebrow at him. Dean went red but he didn't say anything to correct her.

"Even children's actions can affect larger outcomes, you should all know that. Now, if we can continue with the lesson," Firenze said and everyone looked up at the star-filled ceiling again. "As a star may have more than one meaning, what does it mean if the constellation Draco was glowing red while it was trying to get to Virgo?" Firenze asked.

"It could mean that Draco is a danger to Virgo," Ginny answered when no one else said anything.

"Correct... Five points to Gryffindor," Firenze said with an incline of his head. "Now, Draco has stopped trying to get to Virgo, but it is still glowing red. What can this mean?" Firenze asked.

Ginny frowned and looked up at the ceiling properly. Indeed, Etamin was still glowing red. That must mean that Draco was never a danger to Virgo... It meant... Ginny paled as the realisation hit her hard.

Are you serious, Firenze? Does this mean what I think it means? Ginny asked.

Tell everyone what you think it means... Firenze instructed softly.

"It means... It means that Draco was not a danger to Virgo. Draco was... is in danger," Ginny said quietly.

"That is correct, Ginevra. Ten points to Gryffindor," Firenze said. "As the bell will sound soon, I would like you all to read pages 20 to 30 in your Divination books about the solar system for homework," the centaur said. The bell rang loudly. "Draco, stay behind please. The rest of you may leave," Firenze said.

Everyone packed up and left quickly. Ginny packed up slowly, wondering whether she should wait.

"Go on, Ginevra... I will wait for him," Blaise said quietly. Ginny nodded then left with Neville.

"What's wrong with you Neville? Why were you acting like that to Blaise?" Ginny hissed at him when they were alone. "You really hurt him by doing that..." She said frowning at him.

"I... I didn't mean to hurt him," Neville said quietly, looking down at his feet. "I heard Dean talking to Seamus before... They're going to try to do something to hurt me... I don't want Blaise to get hurt because of me," Neville said softly.

"I don't think you have to worry about Dean and Seamus hurting him, Neville... You did that well enough on your own," Ginny said shaking her head at him. "I want you to go back to the Room of Requirement and talk to Blaise... Sort everything out with him, all right?" Ginny said wrapping an arm around Neville. He gave a nod. "And tell him that he's not allowed to hex Dean or Seamus, ok?" She said with a grin. Neville nodded and wiped his eyes with a sniff.

"All right... See you later, Gin," he said then left quickly.

Ginny shook her head then went down to the Great Hall. Parvati and Padma waved her over at the Gryffindor table and she sat next to them.

"Hey Ginny," Parvati said grinning at her. Lavender threw them a dirty look but Ginny ignored her.

"Hi Parvati... You're already reading the work Firenze set?" Ginny asked in surprise.

"It's really interesting," Parvati replied with a shrug.

"I know it is... I just didn't think you would be so keen to do your homework in the Great Hall," Ginny said with a shrug. "There's more comfortable places to work, that's all," she said grinning.

"Parvati knows that too... She's just sticking it up Lavender because Brown always said it was undignified to work while other people can see you. She just didn't want to look like Granger," Padma said in disgust.

"Where is Hermione?" Colin asked as he sat next to them. "She's always here with Ron and Harry," he said looking around.

He saw Ron halfway down the table sitting with Lavender in his lap. Harry was sitting near them looking positively ill and embarrassed.

"Gods, no wonder she's not here!" Colin said shaking his head in disgust.

"Is that Lavender in Ron's lap?" Ginny asked feeling her stomach lurch.

"That is disgusting! I thought she didn't want to look undignified?" Padma asked her twin in shock.

"She's obviously gotten over that phase..." Parvati said going green.

Blaise walked in the Great Hall with Draco and walked over to the Gryffindor table immediately.

"Hello Ginevra," Blaise said smirking at her.

"Blaise... You're looking happier. Did you and Neville have a good talk?" Ginny asked.

"What do you mean? I haven't seen him since he left Divination," Blaise said frowning at her. Ginny paled and quickly scanned the Gryffindor table.

"Fuck!" She cursed loudly. A few people looked over at her but Ginny didn't bother saying anything else. She ran out of the Great Hall quickly, Blaise following.

"What's wrong?" Blaise asked as they were running to the Gryffindor Tower.

"He was supposed to go back to you and talk. Dean and Seamus were planning on hurting him and Neville didn't want you to get hurt because of him," Ginny explained. "Mimbletonia!" She said quickly.

The Fat Lady portrait flung open and Ginny ran upstairs to the boys dormitory. She opened the door to an empty room and cursed again, running back downstairs. Thinking quickly, Ginny put her wand to Blaise's amulet.

"Invenio amor!" Ginny said urgently. (Find love.)

Blaise was literally pulled out of the room and Ginny ran after him. They stopped at the Room of Requirement. The door was black and Blaise stared at it for a moment before something in him snapped.

"How the fuck are we supposed to get in?" Blaise asked. "They're probably hurting him in there and we're fucking stuck out here!" He yelled thumping the door with his fist. "Open the fucking door!" Blaise yelled. He began to thump the door loudly, his fist becoming raw as it connected with solid wood.

"Blaise move behind me. Right now," Ginny demanded. Blaise quickly did so, staring as Ginny's body began to pulsate and emit a red colour. "Please let this work," Ginny whispered and closed her eyes.

The red colour flew in and out of her body at a tremendous speed and with one quick movement it all sucked back into her then after half a second, flew straight back out at the door. As the red wave hit, the black door turned into a pile of splinters and flew into the room. Ginny fell to the ground.

Blaise looked from her to the black room, wondering what he should do first- help Ginevra and risk them getting away or hurting Neville further, or help Neville and risk something bad happening to Ginevra?

"What the fuck?" Blaise heard Dean's voice say in shock.

The decision was made for him... Ginevra's amulet glowed red and a barrier formed around her. Neville screamed out in pain and Blaise glared then stepped over Ginevra into the Room of Requirement...

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Ginny woke up and her eyes were overwhelmed with white. White came at her from every direction and she groaned softly. She tried to sit up but her body refused to move.

"Ginevra, you're awake..." A worried voice said in relief.

"Where am I?" She muttered closing her eyes.

"You're in the hospital wing, dear... You, Mr. Longbottom should be in your own bed resting," Madam Pomfrey's voice said sternly.

Ginny slowly opened her eyes again to see Neville and Blaise beside her bed, Madam Pomfrey frowning at them.

"I just wanted to make sure that she was all right," Neville said quietly. Blaise took his hand in his own. Poppy's face softened and she smiled at him kindly.

"I know you did, dear. You need to rest so your injuries can heal, and I am sure that Miss Weasley is tired from her ordeal as well..." Poppy said looking down at Ginny.

"It's all right, Madam Pomfrey... I am sure that Blaise will make sure Neville goes back to his bed once they're certain I am well," Ginny said. "Do I need to have any medicine?" She asked.

"I'm afraid all I can give you is a replenishing potion. The spell you used depleted your magic and made you very weak," Poppy said. She handed Ginny a goblet filled with the potion. "It will make you drowsy, so it would be best for you to take it once you have finished showing them that you are well," Poppy said with a small smile.

"Yes, Madam Pomfrey," Ginny said placing the goblet on the table beside her.

"I will leave them in your care, Theodore... Make sure that Miss Weasley drinks her potion," Poppy said placing a hand on Theodore's shoulder. He nodded and she left.

"Hi Theodore... How are you?" Ginny asked grinning at him.

"Fine. You should get some rest," Theodore said.

"I know... You assured that I'm all right now Neville?" Ginny asked with a small grin.

"Yes. Don't worry about Madam Pomfrey... She was just annoyed with the others," Neville said with a grin.

"How so?" Ginny asked with a frown of confusion.

"We got to the Room of Requirement after you passed out because of the amulets. Pansy... Well, actually, all of us were slightly mad at Dean and Seamus and I guess the spells got out of hand," Theodore began with a shrug.

"Theodore was the one who suggested that we take them to the hospital wing before anyone came or we got into trouble for manslaughter... Not that we cared," Blaise muttered under his breath with a snarl.

"Madam Pomfrey was just upset that they made her work harder. They all put about five to ten spells on them each and all of those combined spells on both of them makes it harder to remove them without causing some damage," Neville said with a shrug.

"If they live then we can get them properly later," Ginny said shrugging slightly.

"That's what Draco said," Blaise said with a wink. Ginny rolled her eyes at him.

"How did you open the door? Everyone's been very vague about it," Theodore said curiously.

"I just used some of my Vampiress magic on it... Although the door opened fairly easily... I think it wanted to be opened as much as I wanted to open it," Ginny said.

"Sorry for making you do that," Neville said quietly.

"You didn't make me do anything, Neville... What did they do to you?" She asked him softly. Neville looked away for a moment and he took a deep breath.

"I'll tell you later, all right?" He said. Ginny nodded.

"All right... Go back to bed now," she said with a smile.

Neville nodded and gave her a brief hug before letting Blaise take him back to his bed. As they left Ginny could see Dean and Seamus on beds across the room. She scowled at them but before she could do anything, Theodore stepped in front of her, blocking her view and aim.

"You should drink this now..." He said.

Ginny sighed and took the goblet from him then drank all of the potion quickly. The goblet dropped from her fingers as sleep took over and Ginny fell into darkness.

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Ginny stood beside Colin ready to fight if anything should happen...

She had warned him! Why did he not listen?

Colin looked at the boy in front him, growing angrier with every second that passed.

"I told you to give me my camera back!" He snarled at him.

"What are you going to do about it, Creevey? You going to dob me in like the little telltale you are?" Dean sneered at him.

A sigh from Ginny grabbed his attention and Dean turned to her quickly. When he saw that she was backing away Dean grinned broadly, thinking that he was triumphant.

"You should return his camera before something happens to you," Ginny warned him.

"As if Creevey could hurt me! I was in the DA too, you know!" Dean said glaring at her.

Ginny just shook her head at him and moved back further.

"You can't do anything, Creevey! Your only friend is leaving you, you little piece of shit!" Dean said with a laugh.

"Only for her own protection," Colin said.

The change in his voice caught Dean's attention and he turned to see Colin already over halfway through changing his form. Scales seemed to push out from underneath Colin's skin and an angry red dragon turned to Dean.

Compared to other 'normal' dragons, Colin was fairly small in size, but that didn't make him look any less impressive or seem any less dangerous...

"Give me back my camera!" Colin snarled in a very angry and raspy voice.

Dean stared at Colin but in his shock he didn't let go of the camera. Colin moved closer to Dean angrily. Ginny discreetly whispered a spell then continued to watch.

"Give. It. Back!" He yelled and fire seemed to pour out from his mouth.

Dean fell to the ground, the trees around him falling to the ground as ash, while others were burning and on fire.

Ginny let out a small sigh of relief as no scars or burns appeared on Dean's skin. She silently thanked her vision for giving her the idea to put a fire resistant spell on him. This way, no one would know it was Colin who did anything and he wouldn't get into trouble.

Stepping forward, Ginny placed a hand on Colin's tail gently. He turned around awkwardly.

"You should turn back now. Someone will be here soon. The fires won't go unseen," she said reasonably.

In a few minutes, Colin had returned to his normal form. He went red when he realised that his clothes had torn when he'd changed. Ginny turned around and floated his robe over to him without a word.

"All right, you can turn back now," he said quietly.

She turned to face him again with a grin. He looked at Ginny suspiciously.

"What are you so happy about?" Colin asked frowning at her.

"Two things... One, you just turned into a dragon, for the Gods sakes! The second reason is something you'll be more happy about though," Ginny said still grinning.

Colin raised an eyebrow at her and waited for her to continue.

"Voila!" Ginny said and produced his camera from behind her back. "I made sure that you wouldn't torch it along with Dean," she said with a wink. Colin grinned happily and took his camera from her, hugging Ginny tightly.

"Thank you," he said genuinely.

"No problem... Hello Hagrid," Ginny said turning to look at the half-giant. Colin was shocked to see Hagrid there; he hadn't even heard him!

"Ginevra... Do I even wan' ter know wha' happen'd 'ere?" He asked with a sigh.

"It was my fault. Dean stole my camera from me and I kind of got angry at him..." Colin began. "I turned into a dragon," he said shaking his head in disbelief.

Hagrid stared at him in shock, then in joy.

"Really? Now tha' woulda been som'thin' ter see!" He said grinning.

"I guess," Colin said with a shrug.

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"No... Don't! Leave him alone!" Neville's cries woke Ginny up and she looked over to his bed.

Neville's face was pale and he looked in complete anguish and despair. Ginny looked around for Madam Pomfrey to help him but she was nowhere to be seen.

"Leave Blaise! Take me!" Neville screamed loudly, thrashing in his bed. The blanket was thrown to the floor and soon afterwards the sheet followed suit. "LEAVE HIM!" Neville yelled and after he thrashed some more he went limp and completely still in his bed.

The hospital wing door opened and Poppy rushed in with Dumbledore and Minerva behind her. They stopped at Neville's bed and Poppy looked at Albus in disbelief.

"I don't understand it... He was screaming for them to 'leave him alone' for a good ten minutes! Nothing I had could calm him down, not even the Sedative Potion!" She said in shock.

Poppy looked at Neville again then gave a start of surprise and moved back from the bed slightly. She looked at Minerva for an explanation but she looked as amazed as Poppy felt.

"What's happening to him?" Poppy asked Dumbledore anxiously.

"I am not too sure, Poppy... Minerva, would you mind getting Pomona, please?" Albus asked.

Ginny got out of bed and walked over to Neville's bed, trying to ignore how weak her body felt and the strain it took to simply walk those few metres.

"Miss Weasley! You should not be out of bed!" Poppy admonished.

"I'm not going to twiddle my thumbs in bed while something's happening to my best friend!" Ginny said adamantly.

Poppy looked slightly shocked but moved back to let Ginny pass. Despite her determination it took Ginny a while to move next to Neville's bed and see what had shocked them. Vines and plants were covering Neville's body and cocooning him protectively.

"You're worried about this?" Ginny asked Albus.

"You know what it is?" Albus asked raising his eyebrow slightly.

"Neville is just healing... He's changing into a full blooded nymph. I think that whole ordeal sent him into overdrive to become whole again," Ginny mused softly.

Albus regarded her for a moment then nodded.

"Very well..." He began to say then Professor Sprout burst through the doors with McGonagall at her heels.

"What's happened? Is Neville... Is he all right?" She asked looking from Albus to Poppy worriedly.

"He is fine, Pomona. Apparently, he his simply using these plants to heal," Albus said.

Pomona Sprout looked at the bluish and purplish flowers spiked together on the plants that were continuing to cover Neville's body and gave a nod.

"Of course he is... What else would the self-heal plant be used for?" She asked as if stating the obvious. "I'm surprised you didn't know what it was, Poppy," Pomona said.

"Yes... Well, they started growing after I'd arrived here with Albus and Minerva. I didn't have time to assess the plants," Poppy said defensively.

"Now that's all been sorted out, I am sure that you would all to get back to your classes," Albus said.

"Of course," Minerva said then left the hospital wing quickly. Pomona nodded then followed her out.

"You should return to your bed. You need to rest to get your strength back," Albus said to Ginny, smiling at her kindly.

Ginny nodded then let Madam Pomfrey walk her back over to the bed.

"Professor? Can you tell Blaise what's happening to Neville?" Ginny asked Albus.

"Of course," Albus said still smiling.

Poppy gave Ginny a replenishing potion then closed the curtains around the bed and Albus's smile faded. He sighed softly.

"Can you get Mr. Zabini for me, please Poppy? He will be in lesson with Remus and Alastar," Albus said.

Poppy looked at her patients for a moment, then nodded and left. Soon enough Blaise burst through the doors of the hospital wing. He walked over to Neville's bed and slumped onto a seat, seemingly oblivious to Albus' presence.

"Mr. Zabini..." He said softly. Blaise looked up wearily.

"Honestly! You could have let me finish talking, Mr. Zabini! If I could have finished you would have known that Mr. Longbottom is simply healing himself!" Poppy said crossly as she arrived in the hospital wing, puffing.

"Poppy... Would you mind getting some tea, please? I'm sure Mr. Zabini could use something warm right now," Albus said smiling at Poppy. She looked shocked and slightly annoyed at her rant being interrupted, but nodded.

"Of course," Poppy said then went over to her office. Albus locked the door after her then turned to Blaise.

"We do not have much time, Blaise, so I will be quick... What did Seamus and Dean do to Neville that caused him to go this far into shock? Aparently Neville was screaming for them to 'leave him alone' before this happened. I presume you are 'him'?" Albus asked.

Blaise nodded briefly. He looked over to Dean and Seamus' beds glaring full heartedly.

"They were threatening to torture and kill me in front of Neville. When he protested, they said that they would torture and kill him in front of me instead... He must have agreed to that option because he was under the Cruciatus Curse when Ginevra blew open the door," Blaise said quietly.

"How do you know what they threatened to do to Neville if you weren't there?" Albus asked after a moment of silence.

"We... persuaded Dean and Seamus to tell us," Blaise said. "The Room of Requirement helped us too. Any time they lied, the walls would close around them," he said.

"By 'we' I presume you mean yourself and the others in your... group?" Albus asked trying to find the right words.

"Besides Ginevra, yes. Fred and George were really pissed off. They put about ten different spells on each of them before the others could even start..." Blaise said.

"And yourself? Did you use any spells on them?" Albus asked looking at Blaise over his glasses.

"No, sir. I used a different method of hurting them," Blaise said without any regret in his voice at all. "Those scars on them that Pomfrey couldn't get off? They're my handiwork..." He said glaring at the two boys again.

A rattle caught Albus' attention and he quietly unlocked the office door. The door opened and Poppy walked in with a pot of tea and three mugs.

"Thank you, Poppy... Mr. Longbottom should be out of his cocoon within five days at the latest. I won't take up any more of your time, Mr. Zabini... Can you please get Miss Weasley's work for her? I will organise to get Mr. Longbottom's work for him," Albus said.

"Yes, Professor," Blaise said. He took this as his dismissal then left the hospital wing with one more look at Neville.

"After the time I took to make the tea, he's not even going to have any?" Poppy muttered in disbelief.

"Then I guess I will have to have his share..." Dumbledore said happily and poured the tea.

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Ginny woke up and Madam Pomfrey immediately came over to her.

"Good afternoon, Miss Weasley... The replenishing potions should have worked by now so you should have enough energy to get up and walk around. But before you do that, you should have something to eat. You missed out on lunch," she said offering a tray of sandwiches to her.

"Thank you," Ginny said.

Poppy just nodded and went to check on the other patients. Ginny ate the sandwiches, thankful that she didn't feel as tired as before.

She looked over to Neville's bed and saw that the plant cocoon had completely covered him and the blue-purple flowers were blossoming around him. Looking closer, Ginny saw that some of the flowers at his feet had turned black. The flowers had withered and died...

"He's all right... Apparently all of the flowers are supposed to do that before he finishes healing," Poppy said, seeing where Ginny had been looking.

Ginny nodded. "Thank you for the sandwiches, Madam Pomfrey... Do you know what lesson I have?" Ginny asked, not able to see the clock through Poppy.

"It is quarter past three, so I believe that you would have Potions," Poppy said.

"Is it all right for me to leave, then?" Ginny asked.

"Yes, you can leave now... You know where your robe is, as always?" Poppy asked. Ginny nodded with a grin. "Good. I will close the curtains for you," Pomfrey said shutting the curtains with a flick of her wand.

Ginny stood on the cool floor and opened the small cupboard beside the bed, taking out her robe, jumper and socks and shoes. She changed into them quickly then took her wand out of the drawer and grabbed her bag. She left the hospital wing after thanking Madam Pomfrey for her medical assistance.

Ginny hurried down to the dungeons and entered the classroom. Snape indicated for her to sit down at her seat without stopping his lecture to the rest of the class.

Ginny sat next to Pansy and Blaise and copied their notes into her book.

"Today's meeting is cancelled," Ginny whispered when Snape turned to the board. "Can you tell the others please?" Pansy and Blaise gave minute nods then began to tell the others in their group.

"Now get into pairs and start your work. Miss Weasley, come here," Snape said.

Pansy and Blaise moved out of her way and Ginny walked up to his desk.

"Are you all right?" He asked quietly.

"Yes, Professor... Neville won't be in class for this week and I hope to the Gods that Dean and Seamus aren't either," Ginny muttered.

"And why may that be?" Snape asked.

"I'm sure you don't want two students murdered in your classroom, sir..." Ginny drawled.

"Speaking of murdering students... Mr. Weasley and Miss Brown! You are to detach yourselves from each other's faces immediately! Unless there is a spell that is keeping you like that then there is no reason for you two to be upsetting the rest of the class with your disgusting display!" Snape bellowed at them.

Ron and Lavender stopped kissing, Lavender muttering something along the lines of 'he's just jealous because he can't get any...'. Snape glared at them.

"Thirty points from Gryffindor for that comment, Miss Brown," Snape drawled. "Now get back to work!"

"Told you so," Lavender muttered to Ron with a grin.

Severus glared at them again, but seemed to be having little affect on Lavender's theatrically muttered comments.

"May I be of assistance?" Ginny asked quietly.

Severus looked at her with an intrigued look on his face. Bexley floated out in front of Ginny so no other students could see and grinned at Severus. After a small nod of approval from Severus, Bexley curled around Ginny and seemed to slither down to the ground as a snake would from a tree.

"It is good to see that you are well, Miss Weasley... You will be working with Mr. Malfoy as everyone else seems to already be in pairs," Snape drawled.

Ginny smirked at him then went to the back of the classroom to where Draco was sitting. He glared at her, but she didn't bother saying anything, too eager to watch Bexley's display. Draco looked to where she was watching and saw Bexley slithering along the floor.

"Is it for Brown or your prick of a brother?" Draco whispered glaring at the two people he'd mentioned.

"That's for Bexley to decide..." Ginny replied quietly with a shrug.

She watched Bexley slither across the floor, changing his shape as he did so. No one noticed, or at least, they didn't say anything if they did. Ginny saw Hermione's eyes flicker to the snake-like mist on the ground and was afraid that she would say something, but then Hermione looked back to her potion, a small grin on her lips.

Suddenly the snake broke in two and a spider was scuttling beside the snake, growing larger as it moved. So intent on each other or their potion (Ginny wasn't sure which one) neither Ron nor Lavender saw the two animals move beneath their table. The two animals moved up onto their legs and nothing happened for a moment. Ron was the first to react.

"SPIDER! GET IT OFF OF ME!" He yelled loudly. Lavender screamed and pushed her chair away from Ron, then she saw the snake.

"SNAKE!" She screamed and began to try to hit it off of her.

Harry went to move forward to get the snake off of Lavender, but Hermione held him back. He looked at her in surprise and she shook her head minutely. With a small nod, Harry sat down the looked at Lavender.

"What are you two going on about? I can't see a thing... Sure you don't need glasses?" Harry asked shaking his head at them, then turned back to the potion.

"If you're seeing things, I think you should book yourselves into St. Mungo's," Hermione drawled then, like her potion partner, turned back to the potion too.

"What is going on here?" Snape drawled walking over to the two screaming and hysterical students.

"There's a snake on me! And a spider on Ron!" Lavender screamed.

"There is nothing on either on you, Miss Brown... All I see is two students who are disrupting my class," Snape sneered.

"Professor? Can you please get them to be quiet? I am trying to concentrate on my potion. I don't want their hallucinations to cause me to fail," Pansy drawled, smiling at Snape sweetly.

"Indeed not... Silencio," Snape said and Lavender and Ron immediately went quiet. "Take yourselves to the hospital wing and give Madam Pomfrey this note. If you do not go straight to the hospital wing, I will know of it, is that understood?" Severus asked glaring at them.

Lavender and Ron nodded then with an angry glare at Snape, Lavender snatched the note away from him and left the dungeon with Ron, who was still trying to hit the spider off of him.

"Thank you for that Miss Weasley. Now, I hope this distraction has not caused any of you to fail your potion..." Snape drawled then swept around the room looking at everyone's potions. "Oh, and Miss Granger and Mr. Potter... Three points each for your performance," Snape said smirking at them.

Harry and Hermione's jaws dropped then they grinned at each other and continued to work.

"Bexley," Ginny called softly. In a few seconds, Bexley floated into the room and back over to Ginny.

"It is done, Ginevra... They are both in the hospital wing. On opposite sides of the room in fact," he said with a smirk.

"You're tired, Bexley. Return now," Ginny said kindly. Bexley gave a grateful bow then floated inside of her.

"How do you know he's tired?" Draco asked after a moment.

"He was paler than usual, and I would love to see you split into two then be put back together and not be tired," Ginny drawled at Draco. "And why do you..." Ginny began to ask.

"What's wrong?" Draco asked when she didn't finish talking and had gone pale.

"I'm going to kill that little bitch!" Ginny yelled suddenly.

"Miss Weasley! What is wrong?" Snape asked, immediately striding over to them.

"Lavender is going to try to hurt Neville while he's Changing..." Ginny said still slightly shocked.

"She's going to what?" Blaise asked, his face hardening.

"That cow is going to have to get through us before she does anything to Neville," Parvati said angrily.

"All of you calm down," Snape said looking at the ten of them in turn. "Unless you can actually prove that Miss Brown is going to do anything to Neville, you can not do anything to her, no matter how much she may deserve it," Severus said calmly. "That, and you still have to finish your potions. I doubt Miss Brown will be awake anytime soon if Madam Pomfrey followed my instructions," he said smirking broadly.

"Your instructions, Professor?" Hermione asked curiously.

"Not that it is any of your business, Miss Granger, but I told Madam Pomfrey to give them two doses of a medium strength sleeping potion so they won't wake up until an hour before dinner," Snape drawled. "Now if you all would get on with your potions, you might not have to stay here after class," he said looking at them all sternly.

"Hold this. I'll be back in a minute," Ginny told Draco.

He glared and reluctantly took the ingredients she had been holding then watched as she walked up to Snape's desk.

"Yes, Miss Weasley?" Snape asked.

"You wanted proof," Ginny said and put her hand out. Warily, Snape took her hand and Ginny pointed her wand at him, muttering a spell.

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Snape looked around then to Ginny.

"Where are we?" He asked. Ginny put a finger to her lips.

We are in what I Heard. This is Lavender's mind. She pointed outwards and Snape looked.

"Drink this right now," Madam Pomfrey said, giving Ron a goblet full of something that didn't smell nice at all.

"What is that?" A voice asked in disgust.

The voice seemed to come out of nowhere, but then Severus realised that they were seeing what Lavender was seeing, and therefore speaking what she was saying... Ginevra grinned and nodded to confirm.

"It is a potion for your hallucinations," Madam Pomfrey said. "Drink yours," Poppy said handing a goblet to her.

Lavender looked down into the goblet and her stomach turned as the potion moved inside of the goblet. The disgusting smell drifted upwards and she winced. Looking away, she saw plants covering a bed nearby.

"What is that? It isn't very healthy to keep plants overgrown like that, you know," Lavender said frowning at Poppy.

"Do not tell me how to do my job, Miss Brown," Poppy said icily. "Mr. Longbottom is in there undergoing treatment," she said. Poppy took the goblet from Lavender and poured it into Lavender's mouth quickly. Poppy held Lavender's mouth closed until she saw the potion go down her throat.

Lavender glared at the old woman then looked over to the plants as her eyes began to close. Neville was the easiest way to get to Ginny without putting herself in danger. Fires happen all the time and one more wouldn't cause suspicion, especially in the hospital wing. Accidents happen and the plants around Neville looked like they would burn easily...

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Ginny and Severus appeared back in the classroom and saw everyone looking at them.

"Where did you go?" Hermione asked, the first to recover from her shock. "How did you disappear like that?"

"Magic," Ginny replied with a shrug. "So is that enough proof, Professor?" She asked Severus.

He composed himself then looked at her and gave a very solemn nod.

"Quite enough, Miss Weasley... Finish your potion and I will discuss it with you after class," Severus said.

Ginny gave a nod, then went back to where Draco was sitting.

"What did you just do?" Draco asked as she sat down.

"It's none of your business, Malfoy," Ginevra replied.

"Yes it is... Neville is dating my best friend. What happens to Blaise affects me and this is happening to Blaise too, not just yourself, Weasley," Draco said. Ginny sighed and nodded.

"You're right... I apologise. I showed Severus proof of Lavender's intentions with a spell that allowed him to see my memory," Ginny replied.

"Does that spell work on everyone?" Draco asked.

"Yes, but it takes a lot of energy for the first time because you need to concentrate for the entire time you are doing the spell. As you do it more often, then it becomes easier to concentrate and you don't need quite as much effort for it," Ginny said. "Did you put in the powdered bezeor yet?"

"Yes... Teach me the spell," Draco said quietly.

"Is that a request or a demand, Malfoy?" Ginny asked raising her eyebrow at him. She turned away at his scathing look and stirred the potion then put in some mint leaves.

"Why are you putting in that?" Draco hissed. "The potion doesn't need it," he said.

"Do you really think I would screw up a potion that I am being graded on, Malfoy?" Ginny asked shaking her head. "It just gives the potion a different smell. Instead of smelling like sewer water, the potion takes on the quality of the mint leaves and so, makes it smell better," Ginny said.

"Is there a problem here?" Snape asked sweeping over to them.

"Weasley just added mint leaves to the potion, sir... I want no part of her grading if it's affected the potion," Draco said immediately. Ginny rolled her eyes.

"Is that all? I thought we had an agreement, Miss Weasley?" Snape asked turning to her. Ginny sighed.

"It doesn't do anything to the potion! I went through this with you last year and you know it does nothing to the potion! No matter how many times I prove myself, you still don't trust me over something so small as what a potion tastes like?" Ginny muttered shaking her head.

"It is not a question of trust, Miss Weasley... I made it quite clear to you last year that you should not change the potion whilst in front of other students. It intimidates them and they have a tendency to overreact at something that they do not know of," Snape said.

"It's Malfoy though, sir! I thought he would have had slightly more brains than that... He's just a textbook, isn't he?" Ginny asked shaking her head in disappointment.

"Whether he is a textbook or not, you still made an agreement," Snape said reluctantly.

"Yes, sir..." Ginny muttered. "So what is it to be? Detention or a letter home to my parents?" She asked sarcastically.

"Neither, Miss Weasley," Snape said. "Both of you can stay behind to receive your punishment," he said.

Draco went to protest but the bell rang and Snape went to the front of the class.

"Bottle your potions and pack your things up right now," he said.

Everyone quickly did as he said and in less than five minutes, they had all left. Ginny walked over to Snape's desk.

"Your punishment, Miss Weasley is to teach Mr. Malfoy how not to be a textbook..." Snape drawled.

"What do you mean by 'textbook'?" Draco asked.

"Textbook is the name for someone who just reads what it is in front of them and doesn't try to change anything. They only ever do what the textbook says and never uses their own initiative," Snape drawled.

"And you think I am a textbook then?" Draco asked Snape in shock.

"Weasley just added mint leaves to the potion, sir... Does that ring any bells?" Snape drawled at Draco.

"I can't teach Malfoy, for the Gods sakes!" Ginny said.

"I see that you're using that word again, Ginevra," Snape drawled.

Ginevra sighed with a glare then rephrased her words.

"Fine... What can I teach him that you aren't able to?" Ginny asked.

"It is not that I am not able to teach Draco, it is just that he will not listen to me and I have neither the time nor the patience to attempt to," Snape said.

"All right! I will do it for one week... By then I will be able to know if he's any good or if he's just a textbook," Ginny said.

"Agreed," Snape said. "You can discuss with Ginevra later as to where the most suitable place is to begin learning," Snape said to Draco. "Ginevra, stay behind for a moment; Draco, you can leave now," Severus said.

"I get no say in this at all?" Draco asked in shock.

"No, you do not get a say in this. You were the one who caused a scene in front of the class when Ginevra knows what she is doing," Severus said. "Now go," he said.

With a scowl, Draco left the dungeon. Severus turned to Ginny and sighed.

"Why must you make my job harder than it already is, Ginevra?" He asked.

"Sorry, sir... It's just... I forgot myself, that's all," Ginny said looking down.

"About Miss Brown... I suggest that you take care of her in a different way rather than violence," Severus said.

Ginny looked up at him curiously.

"If Mr. Longbottom is not in the hospital wing, then she can not try to hurt him," Severus said.

"Just how do you propose that I get Neville out of there with Pomfrey on watch every hour of the day?" Ginny asked.

"Ask Albus to look after Mr. Longbottom in your own rooms... That way Mr. Zabini can stay with you and they are not taking up space in Madam Pomfrey's hospital wing..." Severus suggested with a sly smirk at her.

"All right... Thank you Severus," Ginny said. He just gave a curt nod and watched as she left the classroom.

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Ginny left the dungeons and went straight to the gryffin statue.

"Blood Pops," she said clearly.

The statue rose up and Ginny stepped onto the first stair, waiting patiently as the staircase brought her closer to Dumbledore's office. She knocked on his door and waited for a response.

"Come in," Albus' voice said.

Ginny walked inside and sat down on the indicated chair. Albus looked at her over his glasses.

"Are you all right, Miss Weasley? You look... very determined," Albus said with a smile.

"I am fine, thank you, Professor..."

"Very well. Now, what may I help you with?" He asked.

"I would like Neville to stay in my rooms... It would mean that he doesn't take up so much of Madam Pomfrey's space or time and it would also give Blaise a place to stay to look after Neville without fear of him waking up when he's not nearby," Ginny said.

"Indeed, it would... I will talk to Madam Pomfrey and if she agrees, then we will organise for Mr. Longbottom to be moved to your quarters tomorrow morning," Albus said.

"Can Neville please be moved tonight? It's just... I think that if Neville is in the hospital wing overnight, then Blaise will find away to get in and see him and it wouldn't be good for Madam Pomfrey's other patients to be disturbed at such a late hour," Ginny said quickly.

"All right, Miss Weasley... I will not ask what is bothering you as to ask this, as I doubt that you would tell me," Albus said, Ginny replying with a nod. "If you will accompany me to the hospital wing, then we can move Mr. Longbottom straight away," Albus said.

"Thank you, sir," Ginny said gratefully.

Albus just nodded then rose from his chair and left, Ginny following him quickly. They walked to the hospital wing in silence and went inside in the same manner. Albus went over to Poppy's office and knocked on her door lightly. Poppy opened the door and moved across for Albus and Ginny to enter.

"Thank you Poppy... I have come with Miss Weasley regarding Mr. Longbottom," Albus said.

"What about Mr. Longbottom?" Poppy asked after a moment. Albus looked at Ginny to explain.

"I would like him to be in my rooms while this is happening to him please," Ginny said. "It would give you more space in the hospital wing, and considering what is happening this weekend, I am sure you will need it," she added.

"What is happening this weekend?" Poppy questioned.

"Quidditch tryouts," Ginny said.

"Yes, I probably will... Is that all you would like to say, or is there more?" Pomfrey asked.

"Well, as I am sure you know, Blaise and Neville are dating one another... If Neville is here overnight, then Blaise will find a way to get to him and that will disturb your other patients," Ginny said, finishing her argument.

"You think that Mr. Zabini will try to get past my wards?" Poppy asked raising an eyebrow at Ginny.

"No, I do not think Blaise will try... I know he will get in," Ginevra replied.

"Really now? Well, then I think it would be best if you took Mr. Longbottom to your rooms," Poppy said briskly as if the entire thing was her idea to start off with.

"Thank you, Madam Pomfrey," Ginny said. Poppy just gave her a nod in response.

"Do you think that you will need help taking him there?" Madam Pomfrey asked Albus.

"I think we can handle it, thank you Poppy," Albus said.

He stood up and went over to Neville's bed, Ginevra following him behind quickly.

"Would you like to do the honours while I inform Mr. Zabini of what is happening?" Albus asked her quietly.

"Yes, please Professor..." Ginevra replied quietly.

Albus nodded then left the hospital wing. Ginny waited until she knew that he was further up the corridor, then went over to Lavender's bed, her eyes full of hate.

"You wish to hurt those who have done nothing to you, and so you shall pay for it..." Ginevra hissed and put a hand over Lavender's forehead. "Malus somnio," she said. (Bad dream.)

A red glow hovered between the hand and forehead then it was seemingly pulled into Lavender's mind. Ginevra quickly moved over to Neville's bed and Madam Pomfrey came out of her office.

"Are you sure you will be fine, dear?" Poppy asked smiling at Ginevra.

"I am sure, thank you," she replied, no trace of the previous hatred on her face. "Wingardium Leviosa," Ginny said softly.

Silently and effortlessly, Neville's cocoon rose into the air and out of the open hospital door. Ginevra followed the large plant-covered cocoon and opened one of the doors behind a tapestry, gently floating it through the door. Not bothering to light any torches, Ginevra made her way down the corridor behind Neville's cocoon. The wardrobe door opened and explanded so that Neville could fit through it with ease. Walking into her rooms, Ginevra didn't even look in the direction of her own bedroom, instead taking Neville the opposite way and down the corridor into one of the many spare bedrooms. She gently levitated the cocoon onto the bed then conjured up another bed next to it.

"Miss Weasley?" Albus' voice called from her front door.

Ginevra ran to the door and opened it for Albus and Blaise.

"You made it here all right?" Albus asked.

"Of course I did, Albus!" Ginevra said with a glare.

"No offence was intended, Miss Weasley... Are we able to see Mr. Longbottom?" Albus asked.

Ginevra nodded and led them down to where she had placed Neville.

"I will leave you two here with Mr. Longbottom... I have some business to attend to," Albus said. "Miss Weasley, Mr. Zabini," Albus said with a slight bow, then left, closing the front door after him.

"The other bed is for you to sleep on... I know that you won't want to leave Neville alone," Ginevra said.

"Thank you, Ginevra," Blaise said and hugged her tightly.

"I know you'd do the same for me," Ginevra replied smiling at him. "Do you want me to go to the Slytherin Common Room and get you clothes?" She asked.

"No, it's all right... I shouldn't let you into the snake pit..." Blaise said with a reluctant smirk, looking between Ginevra and Neville's cocooned body.

"Blaise, look at me. I will go there and get your things for you. I can take care of myself, is that understood?" Ginevra said sharply. Blaise sighed and nodded.

"Fine... The password is putus creuntus," Blaise said.

"Pure blood... Very fitting," Ginevra said smirking at him.

"Pansy can help you pick out my clothes... She knows my wardrobe better than I do, I think," Blaise said shaking his head with a rueful smirk.

"All right... See you in three hours then," Ginevra said then left with a light laugh.

Blaise turned to Neville and looked at the black flowers on his feet. Five days was going to seem like a lifetime...

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Ginevra made her way to the dungeons quickly. She stopped at the portrait of Salazar.

"Thou name and password," Salazar demanded.

"My name is Ginevra... The password is putus creuntus," she said clearly.

"Thou title is not included in thy name, Ginevra?" Salazar asked raising his eyebrow at her. Ginny tried not to sigh then gave a small bow.

"Of course, Salazar, I apologise... 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," Ginevra said.

"Thou art the daughter of the four bloodlines?" Salazar asked in shock. "And the world's greatest treasure?"

"Yes Lord, I am... Is there a problem with this?" Ginevra asked.

"Not at all! It is a great honour to meet thee, Ginevra Molly Weasley... The envy I hold for thy future husband is great," Salazar said with a low bow. "Draconius is to be honoured with such a blessing as thee," Salazar said.

"I do not think he sees it that way, Lord... Nor do I, for the fear of my family's hatred," Ginevra said reluctantly.

"And he? Draconius does not see thou as an honour due to what fear?" Salazar asked.

"I am not sure, Lord... Perhaps it is fear of who he will be while he is in my company," Ginevra suggested.

"Perhaps... It may be that he fears who will know who he becomes whilst in thou company," Salazar added. "Let me apologise fully, Ginevra Molly Weasley... Thou hast given the password and still I refuse thou entry... Thou will be welcome any time you choose, whether thou hast the password or not," Salazar said. "Thou title will be all that is necessary," he added with a bow, then swung open for Ginevra to enter.

"Thank you, Lord... It is much appreciated," Ginny said as she climbed into the hole.

"Thou art welcome, Ginevra Molly Weasley," Salazar's voice responded from the other side of the portrait.

As Ginny walked down to the Slytherin Common Room, she heard Salazar muttering something about a portrait in Draconius' room and talking sense into the thick headed boy...

Muttering a small spell, Ginevra pointed her wand at the trim of her robes. The trim changed from red to black and Ginevra felt better than she would have; walking into the Slytherin Common Room with Gryffindor colours on... Not that her House deserved her loyalty, she thought savagely, Neville coming to mind...

As Ginevra entered the Slytherin Common Room, all of the noises faded as all eyes fell upon her. Ginevra almost cursed herself... Her hair! She'd been worried about her robes while her hair was simply screaming 'I'm a Gryffindor'!

She looked around the Common Room, not noticing many differences between this one and the Gryffindor Common Room. Despite the green, grey and black colours, the atmosphere seemed to be very relaxed and welcoming, though the 'welcoming' part of that wasn't directed to her at the moment... She gave a small sigh and her hair changed colour and size as her head moved. By the time she'd looked once around the Common Room, Ginevra had short black hair.

"Ginevra? Is that you?" Pansy asked in shock.

Ginny gave a small grin and walked over to where Pansy, Gregory and Vincent were sitting together with their arms wrapped around each other.

"Hello Pansy... Do you mind if I sit down?" Ginevra asked.

"No... How did you get in here?" Pansy asked, shocked to see her.

Noise began again and the Gryffindor was momentarily forgotten.

"Blaise gave me the password... He wants me to get clothes for this week for him. Neville's staying in my rooms now. I don't want him in the hospital wing while Dean, Seamus, Ron and Lavender are all there. They are just about as trustworthy as Acromantulas," Ginevra said shaking her head.

"Good idea... So Blaise wants to stay by Neville then?" Pansy asked.

"I figured he'd want to, so I conjured up a bed for him next to Neville's," Ginevra replied with a nod.

Pansy, Gregory and Vincent looked at each other, then turned to Ginevra.

"We want to stay with you too," Pansy said.

"Pansy! Have you heard about the Gryffindor? Apparently there's one in here," Millicent said coming over with Theodore.

"Now don't you two look like a lovely couple?" Ginevra drawled smirking at them.

"Ginevra? You're the Gryffindor? Damn it... I was looking for some fun," Millicent grumbled. "Learn the difference between an actual Gryffindor and a Slytherin-Gryffindor next time, you bloody idiot!" She yelled at the fifth year.

It was the same boy who had complained about Ginevra, Neville and Luna sitting at their table. As Ginny looked at him, the boy went bright red and left quickly.

"You can change back, you know," Theodore said, referring to Ginevra's hair.

"This is more fun," Ginevra replied with a shrug. "So, can you help me get Blaise's clothes then?" She asked Pansy.

"If we can stay with you too, then yes," Pansy replied.

"You're staying with Ginevra?" Padma asked, coming over. Pansy looked at Ginevra for confirmation.

"All right, you can stay over... Let me guess, you want to stay over too?" Ginevra asked smirking at them.

"It's scary how well she does that," Theodore commented raising an eyebrow at the others.

"What, smirk or read minds?" Padma asked smirking at him.

"Both," Millicent and Theodore said in unison.

"Oh, look! You're even talking at the same time... How cute," Ginevra said in a sickeningly sweet voice, making the couple blush and grin.

"Ginevra?" A surprised voice said from behind them.

"Draconius," Ginevra stated as she turned around.

"I... What did you do to your hair? I mean... What are you doing here, Weasley?" Draco sneered, realising where he was.

"Magic happened to my hair," Ginevra said smirking. "What does it look like I'm doing here, Draconius?" Ginevra asked raising an eyebrow at him.

"Ginevra?" Pansy said trying to get her attention. "We've come to a decision... We'll all stay with you," she said, the others nodding in agreement. Draco's jaw dropped.

"You're what?" He asked in shock.

"They are staying with me until Neville gets better," Ginevra said slowly, as if explaining to a child. Draco glared at her.

"I wasn't talking to you, Weasley..." He sneered.

"Oh, would you stop calling Ginevra by her last name? It's pissing me off!" Pansy muttered shaking her head at her friend as she pushed past him. "Come on, Ginevra. Blaise's room is this way," she said.

"Why are you going to Blaise's room?" Draco demanded.

"Blaise is staying with me. I offered to get clothes for him so he doesn't have to leave Neville, all right?" Ginevra said, then followed Pansy down a corridor. Everyone quickly followed, their rooms situated down the same way.

"We'll get our stuff then we'll wait out in the Common Room for you, all right Ginevra?" Padma asked.

"Thank you," Ginevra replied with a grin.

"Well, hurry up then... If we're going to Ginevra's then you might as well get out of my way so I can pack my things too," Draco drawled.

"Who said you're coming, Draconius?" Ginevra asked smirking at him.

Draco was going to retort with an angry response, then saw her smirk and realised she was teasing him.

"Like Pansy said... If you're going to marry me, you might as well get to know me," Draco said with a wink, then pushed past the others to go to his room.

"Never seen him so... flirtatious," Pansy commented in surprise, then pulled Ginevra into Blaise's room. "Isn't it great?"

Ginny looked around and could only agree. It looked like they were in a forest. The walls were trees and the carpet was velvety green grass. His king size bed had a large green canopy on it and the sheets looked like pure green silk. The ceiling was an exact replica of the night sky and for a moment, Ginevra forgot that she was inside a building.

"Come on, Ginevra... Clothes are in here," Pansy said, opening one of the tree trunks. It led into a room just as big as the bedroom and Ginevra was amazed at the amount of clothes Blaise had.

"By the Gods! Does he wear all of these?" Ginny asked in shock.

"Not at the same time, of course, but otherwise, then I would think that he does... A few items of clothing he doesn't wear, but on a whole, this is a very largely used wardrobe," Pansy said grinning.

"No wonder he thought I'd need your help... I wouldn't know where to start!" Ginny said with a rueful grin.

"Of course you wouldn't! Not even Blaise knows where to start..." Pansy said laughing. "Right, now down to business. He wore this last week, so that's no good," Pansy muttered, pushing away a green turtleneck.

Ginny suggested a few things, but in the end she just let Pansy take care of things as she seemed to know exactly what she was doing...

"I'm going to see the others, all right Pansy?" Ginevra called down to the back of the wardrobe.

"All right!" Pansy called back and Ginny left the large overwhelming rooms, making her way down the corridor to see the others packing, or in Millicent and Theodore's case, kissing.

"You two finished packing already?" Ginevra drawled smirking as they pulled apart quickly.

"Ginevra... Wait until you and Draco get together! I'm going to knock on your window every time you two go to kiss," Millicent grumbled, throwing a pillow at Ginny. She caught it and threw it back at Millicent, who moved in time for the pillow to hit Theodore instead.

"That's against the rules!" Theodore protested and was met with blank looks. "You know the rules, surely? No pillow fights are allowed unless you're in lingerie!" Theodore said laughing as they hit him with pillows.

"I'm sure I heard the words 'pillow fight' and 'lingerie' in the same sentence... Who are we talking about?" Gregory asked smirking as he entered Millicent's room. "Darn and I thought that Pansy was going to be in here," he muttered winking at Theodore.

"You said my name?" Pansy asked entering the room.

"I heard pillow fight and lingerie in the same sentence, so I thought you might be here," Gregory said smirking as he kissed her. Pansy pulled away and hit him on the shoulder.

"Don't be mean or I won't wear it..." She said smirking evilly.

"Won't wear what?" Vincent asked as he came into the room. Ginevra shook her head then left the room, walking further down the corridor.

"Ginevra," Padma called as she passed. Ginny stopped and went in to her. "I was wondering if I could invite Parvati over too. She's been worried about Neville, and I don't trust her room mates... They were talking about her while I was in the library for lunch," Padma said sounding worried. "I'm not scared for her, because she can take care of herself, but the odds of three against one and while she's asleep... It's just not right..." She said shaking her head.

"I understand... Yeah, you can invite her... Would you be able to get Colin and Luna too please?" Ginevra asked.

"Ok, I'll try to find them," Padma said.

"Thanks Padma... Do you want me to get Fred and George to stay over too? They'll be worried about... Neville too," Ginny said with a smirk.

"It's all right... I'm sure they're busy," Padma said as her face flushed a light shade of red.

"I don't think they'd mind... They finish work at five thirty on weekdays, and like they always say, they never turn down free food," Ginevra said laughing.

"Well, all right... They're your brothers and I am sure that they're worried about Neville," Padma said her face flushing further still.

"Do you know where Draco's room is? I want to scare him," Ginny said smirking evilly.

"It's right at the end of the corridor," Padma said grinning.

Ginevra left and walked down the corridor quietly so as not to alert Draco to her presence. She opened the door and let out a shocked yell then slammed the door shut. The others came out of their rooms quickly, worried that something had happened to Ginevra.

"By the Gods, Ginevra! You could have knocked!" Draco yelled at her through the door.

"He wasn't... Was he?" Padma asked between unsuppressed laughs.

"Bugger off Padma," Ginny muttered, her face completely red.

"You caught him getting changed, didn't you?" Pansy asked grinning at Ginny's embarrassed face.

"Oh bugger off, the lot of you," Ginny said glaring at them through her embarrassment.

"It's all right, Ginevra... Be thankful it was you and not us!" Millicent said laughing.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Draco drawled as he opened his door, glaring at Millicent.

"Well, I wouldn't want Ginevra to be jealous because I saw you getting changed! The Gods know what that woman would do to me!" Millicent said raising an eyebrow at Draco and Ginny.

"Yeah, well you're about to see what this woman will do to you if you don't shut your mouth right now," Ginny muttered.

Millicent just laughed and went to finish packing. Smirking at Ginevra, the others went too so it was only her and Draco left in the corridor.

"I suppose you haven't seen a man's body before," Draco drawled smirking at Ginevra.

"When I do I'll be sure to let you know," Ginevra replied then left, smirking in triumph.

"Little wench," Draco muttered shaking his head.

"I heard that Draconius!" Ginevra called from Millicent's room.

"Doesn't change the fact that it's true," Draco called back smirking.

Ginevra appeared in front of him, the movement of the tapestry on the wall the only thing to show that she had moved rather than Apparated.

"Don't push me, Draconius," she hissed at him.

"Or what?" Draco teased.

"Or I tell everyone what you're thinking about me right now," Ginevra said smirking at him. "And I am sure you wouldn't want that to happen, now would you?" She asked taunting him.

"Wench," Draco breathed.

He looked at Ginevra's teasing eyes and watched as they began to shine red brightly. Almost as if her eyes were pulling him in, Draco kissed her. A memory of a different kiss flooded his mind and he began to wonder where it had come from when Ginevra kissed him back.

"Aww... Look at the little lovebirds!" Pansy cooed sarcastically.

Draco and Ginny pulled away from each other to see Pansy smirking at them broadly.

"Come on, lovelies... Blaise is probably worried sick," she said.

Ginevra passed by Pansy, a small flush spreading along her cheeks. Draco just smirked at Pansy and followed her out, his belongings in his pocket.

Ginevra had contained herself and had stopped blushing by the time she'd walked into the Slytherin Common Room. A brunette boy in one of the corners grinned to his friends then walked over to her.

"Hey... What's your name?" He asked silkily, smirking at her.

"My name is none of your business and I'm taken," Ginevra drawled, patting the boy on his head with a smile.

"Is he bothering you?" Draco asked coming up behind her, wrapping an arm around her waist.

"M... Malfoy? Sorry! I didn't know you were with him!" The boy stammered then went back over to his friends quickly.

Padma and Millicent laughed as Ginevra blushed, her hair returning to its natural colour as she did so.

"Smooth one, Draco... Now move your arses out of my way, I want to go see if Neville's all right," Pansy said, pushing them both lightly.

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Blaise looked at them all as they crowded into the room.

"You all helped pick out my clothes?" He asked in shock, raising an eyebrow at them.

"No... They're staying too. Separate rooms people! I do not want any of you fucking in my rooms!"

"Well, there goes your plans Draco," Pansy drawled, smirking at him. Then before either Draco or Ginevra could do anything, she quickly went further down the corridor in search for a room.

"Your clothes are in here... You can blame Pansy if you don't like them," Ginevra said with a smirk handing him a miniature bag. "I've got to go to the Owlery... Come with me, Padma?" She asked.

"All right..." She said then followed Ginevra out through the corridor once she'd put her bags in an empty room. "Didn't we just go past the door for the Owlery?" Padma asked after a while.

"Yes... By Owlery I meant going to Fred and George's shop. By coming with me you can get your sister, Luna and Colin before anything happens to Parvati," Ginevra said reasonably.

"Why didn't you just say that then?" Padma asked.

"Because Draco wants to talk to me, and I don't want to talk to him," Ginevra replied with a shrug.

"Why not?"

"No real reason at the moment... I'm just not in the mood for the questions I know he's going to ask," she replied.

"Like what?" Padma asked curiously.

"I'll tell you later... This is your stop. Glare at Lavender for me," Ginevra said smirking.

"If she's done anything to Parvati I'll do more than glare at her," Padma muttered as she climbed out of the door.

Ginevra shook her head and continued down the corridor. She climbed out of a door and left the tapestry, trying to keep her school skirt on properly.

"Caught you!" Filch said proudly, grabbing Ginevra's robes in his fist. "Miss!" He said in shock.

"If you would be so kind as to let go of me Argus..." Ginevra said and he quickly let go.

"But... Miss... What..." Filch stammered, still in shock.

Draco came out from behind the tapestry smirking broadly.

"Thought you could outrun me, did you?" He said to Ginevra, completely oblivious to Filch.

"M... Miss? M... Malfoy?" Filch stammered, going pale.

"Gods, Draco... You think that you could have waited for Argus to leave? He's going to have a heart attack!" Ginevra said shaking her head.

"I'm sure you have to have a heart for that to happen," Ginevra head Draco mutter under his breath. She shook her head and ignored him.

"Argus, look at me," she said and the caretaker looked at her. "Go to your room, have a cup of tea and calm down, all right? Mrs. Norris will be waiting for you..." She instructed quietly and guided him away.

"How do you know what Mrs. Norris is going to do?" Draco asked frowning at her.

"Because I'm going to tell her... Next time I'm not getting out in such a public corridor when you're following me..." Ginny muttered shaking her head.

She walked to an empty room, Draco following behind her.

"I wouldn't watch this if I were you, Draco," Ginevra warned him.

Draco ignored her and watched as she began to change. Her body began to shrink and fur began to sprout from different places. Ginevra's eyes changed shape as her ears grew longer. With a loud meow, she landed on four paws as a tabby cat.

After curling herself around Draco's legs twice, Ginevra ran out of the room and followed her nose in the direction of Mrs. Norris. Running past and around students, she kept going, jumping on the moving staircase quickly. She landed on the barrister easily and sat there, waiting for the stairs to stop moving. Once it had stopped, she leapt off and continued running downstairs. Stopping in a corridor, Ginevra saw Mrs. Norris prowling further down and 'called' out to her.

"What are you doing here, youngling?" Mrs. Norris asked as she approached Ginevra.

"I came to tell you that Argus needs your company... He saw something that has sent him into shock," Ginevra replied.

"What can that be? Master Argus has not been shocked since your brothers created the swamp," Mrs. Norris said.

Ginevra showed Mrs. Norris what Filch had seen and his presumptions.

"Ah... That is understandable... I will go to him... Thank you for finding me, young queen," Mrs. Norris said with a bow then she left quickly.

Ginny made her way into an empty corridor nearby and changed back, feeling tired. She couldn't even get up! Moving in that strenuous way so soon after changing and with no real practise in cat form; the movements had worn her out.

"There you are, Ginevra... You keep trying to outrun me, don't you?" Draco asked smirking as he looked down at her on the ground.

"You keep trying to follow me... What do you want?" Ginevra asked.

"To talk to you... But as from that conversation in the corridor, I know you don't want to..." Draco said.

"Then why do you keep following me?" She asked.

"Well, someone's got to help Your Majesty off of the floor," he said with a smirk, offering a hand down to her.

Ginny looked at him, then took his offered hand. Electrical shocks ran up her arm, making her blood pump faster and it became harder to breathe properly.

"Are you all right, Ginevra?" Draco asked in concern. Her eyes had turned red again and again, he felt like he had to kiss her, or else he'd die of want....

Ginevra kissed him hungrily, wrapping her arms around him. Draco responded quickly, his arms snaking around her waist and pulling her closer to him. Ginevra felt her fangs starting to extend as Draco began to kiss her neck and she pushed him away.

"Ginevra..." Draco said, trying to pull her back to him.

She wanted to oblige him... She wanted to kiss him, bite him, Drink him... His blood pumped faster, tempting her, teasing her. Kiss, bite, Drink...

"No!" Ginny said, pushing the thoughts and Draco away from her. "I don't want to bite you Draco..."

"I don't mind..." Draco said moving towards her.

"Yes, you do! I don't want to Drink from you!" Ginevra said, then ducked under his arm and ran.

Ginevra ran quickly to the swamp island and moved it aside, jumping into the corridor and slamming the trapdoor after her. She ran all the way to Fred and George's shop, not stopping once.

By the time she arrived at their shop, Ginny had calmed down and she wasn't thinking of the blood she had just turned down. Ginevra opened the trapdoor and climbed out closing the trapdoor behind her. George popped his head into the room and grinned when he saw her.

"Hey, Ginevra... Long time no see!" He said with a wink. "Hey, Forge! Ginevra's here!" George yelled.

"Hey, Ginevra! Hurry up would you, Gred? This thing isn't going to make itself!" Fred yelled back.

George and Ginevra went down the corridor to the work room.

"Ginevra... What's up?" Fred asked grinning at her.

"I wanted to know if you two wanted to stay with me for a few nights... Neville's Changing into his nymph self and everyone's already invited themselves over to make sure that he's ok, so I thought I'd invite you both too," Ginevra said. "And by everyone, I mean everyone in our group, Parvati and Padma included..." She said smirking at them. "I hope Padma's going to be all right getting Parvati though," Ginny said more to herself than her brothers.

"What do you mean? What's wrong?" Fred and George asked instantly.

"Padma's worried about Parvati because Parvati's roommates were in the library at lunch discussing what to do to her... She knows that Parvati can take care of herself, but she doesn't like the odds of three against one..." Ginevra replied.

"We'll come with you now," the twins said instantly.

"What about your work?" Ginevra asked looking at the boiling potion inside the cauldron.

Fred and George doused the fire with their wands then made the potion disappear. They went down to their rooms wordlessly and began to pack their things. Ginny followed, watching them in amazement. She'd never seen them pack up so quickly! Not even when Molly threatened them did they pack this quickly! Sure, their clothes were all messy and just thrown into their bags, but the mere fact that they were doing it at this speed was shocking. In minutes they had finished and were standing in front of Ginevra, bags in their pockets.

"We need a holiday..." Fred and George said decisively.

"All right then... How long is this holiday going to be?" Ginevra asked as she led them back to the trapdoor.

"Until Neville gets better," they replied.

Ginevra opened the trapdoor for them and jumped in after Fred and George. They all walked down the corridor in silence and after a few minuts, Ginny frowned, looking ahead into the darkness.

"What is it?" George asked looking ahead too.

Ginevra glared and her Vampiress form appeared on her as she sprung forward, grabbing someone by the throat. Tingles ran up her arm, as if sensing who it was before her eyes could adjust to see the person. Ginevra let go when she saw who it was.

"What are you doing here, Draco?"

"We need to talk..." Draco demanded.

"How did you get in here?" Ginny asked.

"I managed to get to the trapdoor before the island went over it... I just took a bit longer to walk down here than you did. You can run really fast when you're distressed, Ginevra," Draco said.

"Distressed?" Fred said, narrowing his eyes at Draco.

"What did you do to Ginevra?" George asked advancing on him angrily.

"Leave him alone... It was me that did something, all right?" Ginevra said then kept walking.

Draco dodged the twins' glares and caught up with her quickly.

"So will you talk to me at least?" He asked.

"What do you call this?" Ginevra drawled at him.

"Will you talk to me about what happened then?" Draco rephrased his question, trying hard not to be annoyed at her.

"Would you two hurry up? I want to know if Parvati's all right," Ginevra yelled back at the twins.

They walked up to Ginevra and Draco quickly and clapped them both on the back.

"We're going to go ahead and find them, ok? Have a good talk..." The twins said with a smirk and then ran towards the Hogwarts trapdoor quickly.

"Traitors," Ginny muttered.

"Do you know that your eyes turn red when you want to kiss me?" Draco asked, ignoring her comment.

"Pardon?" Ginny asked in shock.

"In my room, your eyes turned red just before we kissed and it happened again then in the corridor," Draco replied.

That might explain why she wanted to Drink from Draco... She hadn't had enough time to think when they'd kissed in his room before Pansy interrupted them...

"Was it all of my eyes or just the irises?" Ginevra asked.

"I'm not sure... I wasn't really focusing on your eyes," Draco said smirking at her.

"Fine... Keep your eyes open this time," Ginevra said and before he could say anything, she was pressing her lips to his.

Fighting the urge to shut his eyes, Draco kept them open and stared into Ginevra's red ones. Her eyes drooped and he pulled her closer, determined not to let her go this time, even if it meant her drinking his blood.

Ginny closed her eyes when she knew that there'd been enough time for him to look. Part of her wanted to push him away before anything could happen, but another part encouraged her to kiss him... She gave in, not wanting to think about the look in his eyes... Want, lust and love lingered there and almost as if she was deciphering his eyes, Ginevra knew that he wanted her to Drink from him if it meant he could kiss her for a longer time. It was nice, in a disturbed and slightly twisted way...

The sound of blood pumping filled Ginevra's ears and she whimpered as it increased in both sound and speed. Longing filled her mind as she thought of the amount of blood flowing within Draco's veins. He was her own and by rights, the blood that ran through him belonged to her... His blood was hers!

Ginevra pushed Draco up against the wall and pulled away from Draco's lips, her fangs piercing into his neck. He cried out in pain and pleasure as she began to kiss, lick and suck his neck, blood seeping from the two small wounds.

"Gods, Ginevra... Don't stop..." Draco moaned.

It was unlike anything he'd ever experienced before! What Ginevra was doing to him was filled with both desperation and passion. It felt so... wild and he had a sense of freedom that Draco had never thought was being suppressed. He felt his head loll back with pleasure as she bit into the other side of his neck; the original wounds already healed.

"Don't... stop," Draco murmured, trying to catch the breath he hadn't known he'd lost.

Ginevra pulled away from Draco and kissed him, the taste of blood filling his mouth. He had an overwhelming sense of wanting to bite her, to give her the same pleasure and freedom she'd given to him that his mouth had subconsciously moved to her neck. Ginevra pulled just out of his reach and he whimpered in protest. She smirked at him, the smeared blood on her lips making them seem impossibly red and her teeth blindingly white.

"Please, Ginevra," Draco begged trying to reach out to her.

If his father could see him now... Begging and being a drinking toy for a Weasley... Oh, who cared? His father wasn't here, Ginevra was and she was all that mattered to Draco...

Ginevra bit her wrist and offered it to Draco. He grabbed it and sucked greedily, staring at her the entire time. Licking the wounds he watched as Ginevra's red eyes glazed over and he was positive that she was feeling the same as he had. He was surprised to find that he didn't mind the taste of Ginevra's blood... It was like swallowing thick pumpkin juice, though with a different taste, of course... It tasted sweet, and as he licked from the two puncture wounds, Draco tried to determine exactly what it tasted like...

"Draco... Stop," Ginevra breathed.

He reluctantly pulled away to look at her. Ginevra smirked at the red blood on his lips and kissed him, tasting her own blood mixed with the blood that she'd just Drank from him.

"Gods, you taste so good," she murmured, trying to kiss every bit of the blood from his lips.

"You taste even better," Draco replied, his tongue licking hers.

"We should stop now..." Ginevra said quietly. "If we keep going I won't be able to stop..."

"Is there anything wrong with that?" Draco asked smirking as he kissed her neck.

"Yes... And no..." She replied with a small smirk. "Come on, everyone will be worrying about us," Ginevra said.

Draco kissed her lips one more time and they moved away from the wall. Part of it crumbled and fell to their feet. Ginny just looked at it in shock.

"If that's what happened to the wall, imagine what happened to your back," she said shaking her head. "Let me see your back," she said.

Draco smirked and turned around, taking off his tattered robes. He bit his lip as Ginevra pulled his shirt off and tried to restrain his urge to do the same to her...

"There's nothing there... But... How?" Ginevra asked in shock.

"Vampire's aren't the only ones who heal quickly, Ginevra..." Draco said smirking at her.

"You knew?" Ginevra asked, her eyes narrowing. "You knew and didn't tell me?"

"I didn't see the point, and it's not like you gave me a chance to say anything anyway... Besides, I got you to take off my shirt," Draco said, still smirking.

"And now you can put it on yourself," Ginevra said with a smirk as she left him standing there.

A red glow appeared on Draco's amulet and he looked down the corridor to see Ginevra's amulet glowing too.

"It's the twins. Hurry up!" Ginevra yelled, running down the corridor. Draco threw on his ruined shirt and ran after her.

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Fred and George went straight to the Gryffindor Tower and into the Common Room. When they saw what was happening, they both grew very angry.

"LET GO OF THEM!" Fred and George yelled in unison.

Frightened, the three girls let go of Parvati and Padma. However neither of them moved as they both had a Full-Body-Bind spell on them.

"Take the spells off right now!" Fred and George said glaring at them.

Quickly, the three girls took the spells off of Parvati and Padma, but before they could get away, a rope had surrounded the three of them.

"Let us go!" One of the braver girls cried.

"It's not us doing it... That's courtesy of a Boggart... If you hurt our friend, then we will not be happy," Fred and George said glaring at the three girls.

"You can't do anything to us! You probably don't even know them!" The girl bursted out angrily.

"They are our girlfriends and if you touch them again, you will pay," Fred and George threatened glaring at the three girls, who all paled dramatically.

Before anyone could say anything, a red ball floated over each of Fred and George's amulets. As the red balls floated into them, Parvati and Padma were pulled over to them and a red barrier flew up around them. A spell hit the barrier and flew out again quickly. The four of them looked to where it had come from.

"Well, well, well..." Lavender drawled, walking over to them.

"Is a hole in the ground. What the fuck do you want Brown?" Fred and George asked, moving Padma and Parvati behind them in case she tried anything or the barrier went down.

"I want your sister," Lavender said evilly.

"Sorry, she's straight... And even if she wasn't we doubt she'd date you," Fred and George said smirking at her.

"You idiots! I don't want her in that way! I want her so I can get revenge!"

"Revenge?" George asked.

"What do you want that for?" Fred asked frowning.

"She's taken away my only friend! And she's been a bitch to me ever since I was kind enough to point out that she was eating a lot of food!" Was the response.

"You think pointing that out is kind?" Fred asked in shock.

"Are you delusional?" George asked staring at her in shock.

"Shut up! The bitch will be coming soon and she will pay..." Lavender muttered looking at the entrance to the Common Room.

"You realise that she won't be able to know that we're in here with you while we're not hurt?" Fred and George said casually.

"Is that so?" Lavender asked smirking as she threw a spell at them.

It hit the barrier and flew straight back at her. Lavender quickly ducked down so she wouldn't get hit and a hole appeared in the wall behind her. She stood up and glared at them. Raising her wand, she began to say a spell, but something caught her attention before she finished saying anything.

"What is that?" Lavender asked looking at their robes. Fred and George looked at their chests and saw a red glow coming from their necklace amulets. They turned to see Padma and Parvati's bracelet and anklet glowing too.

"Casso!" Lavender yelled, a black beam of light bursting out of her wand. (Destroy or make void.)

It hit the barrier but instead of dissolving it, as it was supposed to, the barrier seemed to gain power from the spell. The black beam swirled within the red barrier and slowly began to change colour. In the end, there was only red, not one trace of black left in the barrier at all.

"Vulnero!" Lavender yelled and another black beam flew out from her wand.

Again, the same thing happened and once there was no more black inside of it, the barrier started to pulse and a black whirlpool started to form in the middle of it.

"My Lords! You have to direct the power!" Bexley called, still holding the three girls captive.

"Direct it?" George and Fred said looking at each other.

"Hands or wands?" Padma asked Bexley.

"Both!" He called back.

"Put your wand hands in the black hole," Parvati said to Fred and George quickly.

With a shrug to each other, Fred and George thrust their left and right hand into the black void, their wands in their hands, as instructed. An invisible force seemed to point the tips of their wands together and the black whirlpool began to focus itself at the connecting wands. As the wand tips connected, they recognised each other as brother wands with the same cores and began to fight each other, red electricity waves flowing around them.

Just as Fred and George were forced to pull away from each other, the black hole had completely focused and flew at Lavender. It hit her full force and blew her back into the wall behind her, making the hole that was already there even larger still.

Ginny and Draco ran into the Common Room just in time to see Lavender be thrown across the room, the barrier around both sets of twins disappear and one of three tied-up girls faint.

"Do I want to know what happened here?" Ginny asked looking around shaking her head.

"I think the question is, what happened to Draco's robes?" Padma drawled smirking at her.

"That's completely off-topic, Padma... Now, by the Gods tell me what happened!" Ginevra said sternly.

"All right! No need to get your Royal knickers in a twist, Ginevra!" Fred and George said grinning at her. "We'll tell you somewhere more private, if you don't mind," they said seriously.

"Fine... Padma, Parvati, come with me... You need to get settled into my rooms. You're sure not staying here," Ginevra said looking at the red and gold room in distaste. "Draco, can you help Fred and George please?" Ginevra asked.

"Of course, my Queen," he said with a smirk.

"Ah, bite me!" Ginevra said, a smirk playing on her lips.

Ginevra left with Padma and Parvati before he could reply. Fred and George walked over to Draco and smirking, wrapped an arm around his shoulders.

"Have a nice talk with our sister?" They asked smirking broadly.

"Excuse me? My King? My Lords?" Bexley called. "What would you like me to do with these three?"

Fred and George looked over to where Bexley was and walked over with Draco. They woke up the girl who had fainted then guided the three girls to the lounge.

"Do you promise not to hurt Padma or Parvati ever again?" Fred and George asked them seriously.

"We promise we won't hurt them!" The three girls said immediately.

"Would you swear on it? Make an Unbreakable Vow on it?" Fred and George asked looking completely serious.

The three girls paled and slowly nodded.

"Good... We're not going to make you do that, but we will put a different spell on you... If you ever hurt our girlfriends again without reason, or anyone else for that matter, we will know about it!" Fred and George said.

Before the girls could say anything, they pointed their wands at them and an orange mist surrounded their faces. The mist sunk into the three girls and Fred and George moved their wands away.

"Now, go to Dumbledore's office and bring him here immediately. Tell him what happened only after Lavender is in the hospital wing, or St. Mungo's," Fred and George added under their breath.

"We're sorry about Padma and Parvati..." One of the girls said, the other two nodding quickly in agreement.

"We're sure you are, but that doesn't make what you did any better," Fred and George replied sternly.

Sniffing, the three girls left the Common Room quickly.

"I shall make sure that Miss Lavender Brown does not leave before Albus Dumbledore arrives," Bexley announced, floating over to her.

"Thanks Bexley... We'll see you in Ginevra's rooms," Fred and George said.

"So... Padma and Parvati are your girlfriends, are they?" Draco asked smirking at them as they left with him.

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"I've never seen Fred and George look so angry before!" Ginevra said in shock after the Patil twins had Shown her what had happened. "They must really love you to be like that... They weren't even that angry with Ron when he was being an arsehole," she said shaking her head in amazement.

"What do you mean by 'when he was'? He's always been one and always will be," Padma drawled.

"Don't be mean to Ron, Padma... It's not his fault that he's scared," Parvati said. "He's Fred and George's brother after all, so how bad can he be?"

"Very, very bad... Actually, bad doesn't describe that little fuck... Percy's bad because he's an ambitious little prick, but Ron? He's almost as evil as Brown and that's saying something, the psychotic little bitch," Fred and George said venomously, as they came into the room.

Draco put his hands up immediately.

"I haven't said one word about the Weasel!" He said.

"Oh, I know... That's their own opinion... It has been since they Saw The Vision," Ginevra drawled glaring at Fred and George. "Try to be a little more compassionate, it might snap Ron out of it," she said.

"Yeah, just like adding sugar to a toffee cream might make the teeth-rotting ability less," George grumbled.

"Or like adding more fire powder to a cracker won't increase the firepower!" Fred added.

"And putting more pages in a book won't make it heavier," George said.

"Oh, Gods... They're going to be like this for hours on end now," Ginny muttered shaking her head.

"Well, I better take Parvati to our room now... Thanks for helping us Fred and George," Padma said smiling at them.

Fred and George turned to them grinning.

"No problem... You can show us where our room is," Fred and George said, leaving with them.

"I've never seen them shut up so quickly either!" Ginevra said, then shook her head with a grin when she heard them start up again.

Draco sat next to her and she looked at him for a moment.

"So, irises or pupils?" She asked with a hint of a smirk.

"I think it was your irises, but I should check again, just to be sure," Draco said leaning towards her.

"No... I don't want to bite you... again," Ginevra said.

"Ok, then don't," Draco said.

"I can't help it... When you do... that," she said with a shiver as he started kissing her neck. "I just want to Drink you dry," Ginevra murmured.

"Did it look like I really cared, Ginevra?" Draco drawled as he continued to kiss her.

"No, but I do..." Ginevra said pushing him away. "Please, Draco... Don't make me lose control over myself like that again," she said quietly.

Draco ran a hand through his hair, then kissed Ginevra's lips once.

"All right... Promise you'll tell me first when you've got it under control?" He asked with a smirk.

"Definitely," Ginevra replied with a grin. He got up to leave, but she grabbed his hand to stop him. "Thank you, Draco," she said quietly.

"You're always welcome, Ginevra," Draco said then left the room.

Bexley floated in as he left and looked at Ginevra for a moment before saying anything.

"Ginevra? Albus Dumbledore is with Lavender and the three girls in the hospital wing... Ronald woke up before Lavender did and he has been with Harry on the Quidditch pitch practising for all of this time," Bexley informed Ginevra.

"Thank you, Bexley... Do you know where Relo is?" Ginevra asked.

"I believe that he is with Theodore and Millicent at the moment, Ginevra," Bexley replied. "Do you mind if I return now?" He asked.

"Be my guest," Ginevra said.

With a bow Bexley floated into Ginevra's body and she left the room, going down the corridor to Millicent and Theodore's room. Opening the door she saw Relo talking rapidly to Theodore. Millicent looked amused, bordering on annoyed and Ginevra smirked broadly.

"I'm sure I said that you weren't allowed to fuck in my rooms," she said crossing her arms.

"Hey, just because we're in the same room it doesn't mean we're going to fuck each other!" Millicent protested.

"Sure, sure..." Ginevra drawled smirking.

"If you're worried about us, your worry scale should be going over the top with Pansy, Greg and Vincent all in the same room," Theodore drawled smirking back at Ginevra.

"It's fine... As long as none of you get pregnant and you're not forcing anyone then I guess it's ok..." Ginevra said reluctantly. "Come on Relo... Leave Theo in peace for a while," Ginevra said and Millicent gave her a grateful smile.

"But Ginevra! I is having fun with Theodore!" Relo protested.

"I'm sure you are, but I haven't seen you all day and I was in the hospital wing... Don't I get some of your attention?" Ginny asked, feigning hurt. Relo's eyes widened.

"Ginevra was in the hospital wing?" Relo asked and he ran over to her, hugging her legs tightly. "Is Ginevra all right now?" Relo asked, his eyes brimming with tears.

"I'm fine... But Neville isn't, that's why everyone's staying in my rooms," Ginny replied, leading Relo away from Millicent and Theodore's room. Relo didn't even hear when the door closed behind them.

"What happened to Neville?" Relo asked, his eyes widening further. Ginny wondered if they could go even larger than the saucer-like size they were at that moment.

"Some mean people hurt him and he's healing himself in a cocoon of the self-heal plant," Ginevra replied.

"Can I go see him?" Relo asked in a whisper.

"Of course," Ginevra said and led him down to where Neville and Blaise were staying.

She opened the door quietly and Relo tiptoed inside. He waved to Blaise on the other bed, then went over to the large plant cocoon. Relo tried to jump to see properly but then Ginevra lifted him onto her shoulder.

"That is supposed to be going that quickly?" Relo asked with a frown.

"Pardon?" Ginevra asked quietly in confusion.

Relo pointed to the black flowers which were now up to Neville's knees.

"I has seen other nymphs and after a few hours they is still only up to their ankles... Neville is up to his knees already... He is going to be out by lunch time on Wednesday earliest, dinner by the latest," Relo said with a decisive nod.

"What? Is it good that he's going this quick or what?" Blaise asked immediately.

"Good... A nymph is usually more powerful the quicker it goes," Relo said.

"What's wrong? What's going on?" Pansy asked, arriving at the door looking worried. Everyone was behind her, the same expression on their faces.

"Neville should be out by Wednesday lunch time now... Apparently he's progressing faster than expected, but it's a good thing, so don't worry," Ginevra added and they all looked relieved.

"Well, I'm still staying until Saturday," Pansy said with a smirk then left with Crabbe and Goyle.

The others agreed with Pansy and all left before Ginevra could protest.

"Does Ginevra mind if I goes to have a sleep? I is tired from talking with the elf-boy for so long," Relo said with a smile.

"It's fine, Relo... You can go have a sleep," Ginevra said smiling at him.

Relo yawned and scampered off to Ginny's room.

"Do you have any dreamless potions, Ginevra?" Luna asked.

"Luna? When did you get in here?" Ginevra asked with a frown.

"I told you that I would be here on Monday with Colin, did I not?" Luna asked with a small smirk. Colin grinned at Ginny.

"Yeah, you did... I've got the potions in my room. Why do you need them?" Ginny asked.

"Can I take some photo's of Neville?" Colin asked before Luna could say anything.

"Ask Blaise, not me," Ginny said with a shrug.

"If you want..." Blaise said to Colin with a nod.

"Thanks!" Colin said with a grin.

"So what do you need the potions for?" Ginny asked Luna as she went to her room.

"The spell that you put on Lavender was not nice and it will make The Vision happen before its due time if you do not stop the bad dreams," Luna said.

"You expect me to just take the spell off of her after the way she's been acting?" Ginevra asked incredulous.

"No, I do not expect you to do that... It is within your right to defend your friend with the smallest amount of violence possible. It is within my right to make events of the future go according to Plan though..." Luna said reasonably.

"Fine..." Ginevra said with a sigh. "I don't know why you can't just get them from Madam Pomfrey..." Ginevra muttered. She quietly opened her door so as not to wake Relo then opened her trunk. Taking out the case of vials, she went back over to Luna, closing the door behind her.

"To attain a dreamless potion from Madam Pomfrey, you have to be able to prove that you have not been sleeping, have been having nightmares, or you have to have permission from Albus... As I have none of these, I can not just get the potions from Madam Pomfrey... You can get more though as you have permission," Luna said.

"All right... Can't you just let her have bad dreams for one more night?" Ginevra asked. Luna shook her head.

"You know the answer to that, so I will not respond... Thank you, Ginevra," Luna said with a smile and hugged her friend. "Hello, Draconius," Luna said as she left.

"Luna..." Draco said in response with a nod of his head.

"What are you doing here, Draconius?" Ginny asked, trying to hide the fact that she was happy to see him.

"I thought that you might be more willing to talk to me now," Draco said with a smirk.

"You're not going to relent until I agree, are you? Fine... We have to use your room though, because Relo's sleeping," Ginny said. Draco nodded and indicated for her to lead the way.

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Draco nodded and indicated for her to lead the way. With a smirk, Ginevra went down the corridor and opened the door.

"Ah, I trust that you are in better spirits now, my dear," a raspy voice said from a chair.

"Of course, Tom... Nothing a quick shag couldn't fix," Ginevra replied sarcastically.

"Excellent, I shall keep that in mind for the future," Voldemort rasped. "I am sure I forbade you use my Muggle father's name," he hissed.

"Oh yes, just as I am sure that I told you that I'm not going to marry you, you slimy git," Ginevra replied glaring at him.

Voldemort laughed, a deep death-ridden laugh. Ginevra wished that he would die mid-laugh.

"Such a fiery spirit! You will be fun to break..." Voldemort whispered, walking towards her. He grabbed her chin and made her look at him.

"Not as fun as it will be to break you, Riddle," Ginevra hissed then kicked him in the groin.

"You bitch!" He hissed as he fell to the ground. Lucius was by his side in an instant, helping him up then putting his wand to Ginevra's throat.

"Oh, please, go ahead! I would gladly do it myself if I had my own fucking wand!" Ginevra hissed at him.

Lucius looked at her, shocked. It was probably the first time someone had really wanted to be killed without being tortured to that point first!

"Lucius... Do not give my pet what she wishes by giving her death... That will come to her when she's old and grey, long after I have broken her spirit," Voldemort drawled.

"Not after I break your balls, you Muggle-born bastard!" Ginevra said to him angrily. Lucius pressed his wand to her throat and she moved her head forward so it dug into her neck. "Do it... I fucking dare you, you spineless piece of shit!" Ginevra hissed at him, glaring straight into his cold grey eyes.

"My Dark Lord has instructed me not to kill you," Lucius said, pulling back his wand under the angry gaze of his master.

"You are a spineless shit! And you know what? That woman you love, Virginia? She's married and is fucking every man on the planet, except you! She hates you and you can't even see that! You're a blind spineless piece of shit!" Ginevra said mockingly.

Lucius hated people who taunted him. He clutched his wand tightly.

"Crucio!" He yelled.

The beam hit Ginevra with such a force that she moved back a few steps. Her hands twitched but there was nothing else to show her pain and agony.

His spell faded and Ginevra smirked at him. She cupped her hands in front of her chest.

"Thank you, my dear Lucius... Crucio!" Ginevra said and a red beam shot out of her hands straight towards him.

Lucius fell to the ground, twitching and screaming his agony out loud for the world to her. Blood began to flow from his eyes as he tried to gouge the pain out of his head.

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Ginny threw up before she even woke up.

"Ginevra, what happened?" Draco's voice filtered to her.

Ginevra sat up slowly and tried not to throw up again. She cleaned the mess that she'd made and stood up shakily. Draco put an arm around her to help her stay upright, then opened her bedroom door.

"Come on, you're going to bed," Draco muttered then helped her walk into her room.

Ginevra couldn't get Lucius' screams out of her head. The way he screamed as he tried to gouge out his own eyes... She'd done that to him!

"You're shaking like a leaf... What happened? Did you See something?" Draco asked.

Pale and still shocked, Ginny managed a small nod.

"Give her this... She needs it almost as bad as Lavender does," Luna said from the doorway. She handed Draco a vial of dreamless sleep potion and looked down to Ginevra. "You will have enough reason to act that way when the time comes... Now you can't fathom it, even after all he's done to you, because you are still too pure," Luna said softly.

"What did Ginevra See?" Draco asked Luna as he gave the potion to Ginevra.

Ginevra shook her head at Luna and gladly drank all of the potion, not even minding the taste of it. Her head hit the pillow before she'd even thanked them and the bliss of darkness filled her mind.

"What happened to Ginevra?" Blaise asked from the doorway.

"She Saw something that made her ill," Draco said. "And Luna isn't telling me what it is," he added glowering at her.

"If you really want to know, then you can See it for yourself," Luna replied smiling at him.

"Draco can't See, everyone knows that," Blaise said but Luna shook her head.

"You Saw The Vision last night... That caused your Seer ability to awaken. You have to will to See it, just like Ginevra does," Luna instructed.

Draco nodded, then immediately went to the meeting room and grabbed Ginevra's bowl. He filled it with water and sat in front of it, willing to See what she had Seen.

Blaise and Luna watched as Draco paled. Frowning, Blaise walked over to him and Watched the vision over his shoulder. His dark face paled and he shuddered as it finished.

Draco didn't say anything, he just looked at the bowl of water in shock. Blaise put a hand on his shoulder and Draco shrugged it off, then went to leave. Luna put a hand on his arm and he glared at her. She just smiled at him, unphazed and handed him a bowl that she hadn't had in her hands before.

"I did not say that it would be good, nor did I say that you would agree with what you Saw..." Draco went to say something in response, but Luna continued, ignoring him. "If you do not practise, you will not be able to See what effects Ginevra so much each day. You are not Ginevra, and she is not you, but you will both See the same things and be affected in both similar and different ways. Talk with her of the visions, it will help both of you," Luna said.

Draco just grabbed the bowl from her and went to his room.

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Ginevra woke up and saw that she was in a forest. Or at least, it looked like a forest. It didn't smell like one though...

"Finally! You're awake... It took you long enough," Blaise said smirking at her.

"Where am I?" Ginny asked him as she sat up.

"You're in you rooms still, don't worry... I just got homesick and decorated this room the same as my one... Apparently that potion makes you snore because Relo was getting very annoyed at you," Blaise said with a smirk. "I didn't think Neville would mind if you snored," Blaise said, then looked over at his cocooned love and sighed.

"Oh... Thanks," Ginevra said haltingly. "Where is everyone?" She asked, not hearing anyone in the surrounding rooms.

"Dinner... Well, apart from Draco. He's still in his room sulking. I haven't seen him since he Saw that vision... I'm surprised you did that to Lucius and not to Voldemort," Blaise said.

Ginevra looked away from him and Blaise gave a small sigh.

"Sorry, Ginevra... I didn't mean to upset you..." He said hugging her tightly.

"I know... I'm starving! Are you coming to dinner?" Ginevra asked him. Blaise shook his head and looked over at Neville.

"No... I'm staying here," Blaise said.

"You're not going to help him by starving yourself, Blaise... When he comes out of that cocoon, he's going to be strong and very energetic. You don't want to be weak and lethargic for him, do you?" Ginevra asked. Blaise sighed and shook his head.

"I just don't want him to wake up and find that no one's here," Blaise said.

"He's not going to wake up until Wednesday, according to Relo, so I am sure that won't happen," Ginevra said. "Come on, you have to eat something at least!" Ginevra said.

"Fine... But as soon as I've finished eating, then I'm coming straight back here," Blaise said.

"Deal," Ginny said smiling at him.

"Can you get Draco to come to dinner too? He won't listen to me, but he might listen to you," Blaise said.

"All right," Ginevra said with a sigh. She was really hungry!

"Well, I'm off... See you in the Great Hall," Blaise said with a smirk and left before Ginevra could protest.

Ginny rolled her eyes then went down to Draco's room. She knocked this time and waited for a response.

"Draco," Ginevra called when nothing was said from inside the room. "Draco?"

Silence.

"Well, I'm coming in so you had better be decent this time!" Ginny said and opened the door a bit, just in case.

When nothing happened and no screaming ensued, Ginny opened the door with a frown, wondering why he wasn't saying something. She looked inside warily and saw Draco sitting at his desk, staring into a bowl filled with water. Ginny knew it wasn't her own as it was a different colour and wondered where he'd gotten it from. She walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"All you all right, Draco?" Ginevra asked.

Still silence.

"Draco? You can't sit here all night Seeing... You have to eat," Ginevra said, but he didn't move.

She hoped that he was Seeing, rather than something else. She couldn't smell blood and she could still hear his heart beating, so there shouldn't be anything wrong, but still...

"Look at me, Draco," Ginevra demanded.

Draco looked at her, his eyes focusing properly. He glared at her half-heartedly.

"What did you do that for? I was busy!" Draco growled at her.

"I am aware of that, Draco," Ginny said coldly. "Just because you are busy does not mean that you don't have time to eat... Now come on," Ginevra said glaring at him.

Draco sighed and rubbed his eyes, shaking his head.

"Fine..." He said with another sigh. "Look... Ginevra... I didn't mean to snap at you like that, all right?"

As Ginevra figured this was as close as she was going to get for an apology from him, she nodded.

"I know... Thank you, Draco... Ready for dinner? I think the twins are going to hold you to putting that spell on Ron now... It's going to be interesting to see if anything actually happens to the git," Ginevra drawled, her eyes dancing with laughter as she smirked at him.

"Well, as I am positive that a brain is required for the spell to take effect, I doubt anything will happen," Draco replied, smirking back at her.

Ginny's stomach rumbled and she grinned.

"Well, I agree with my stomach... Food and entertainment are required," Ginevra said as she left, Draco following quickly.

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"Glad you could join us!" Fred said sarcastically, though he grinned at them.

"Where have you two been?" Padma asked.

"We've been waiting for you for ages!" George said.

"Although not waiting as in waiting," Parvati said smirking at her sister.

"It's scary how long they practised that..." Millicent said raising her eyesbrow at Ginevra.

"Personally, I think the fact that Parvati is smirking is scarier... How long did it take for you to learn how to do it?" Ginevra asked her, smirking.

"One hour overall," Parvati drawled.

"And drawling? Very nice..." Ginny drawled. Pansy burst out laughing.

"You should see Draco's face!" She said between laughs.

"There is nothing wrong with my face, Pansy..." Draco drawled, glaring at her.

"Probably not, but you do look funny," Pansy said smirking at him.

"Oh, don't pick on him... He's going to do that spell on Ron," Ginevra said quietly as she sat down.

They all smirked at Draco, Slytherins, Gryffindors and Ravenclaw alike... It was disturbing, and Draco would be the first to admit it.

With a shake of his head, he strolled over to the Gryffindor table to where it seemed that Ron and Lavender were attempting to eat each other's faces... They looked to be succeeding so far, Draco noted with a disgusted shudder.

"Hey, Weasel!"

"Fuck off, Malfoy..." Ron muttered, still trying to devour Lavender's face.

Draco could only think of one retort to that and grudgingly said it, mentally kicking himself for even considering it...

"Your sister already helped me with that," Draco drawled, getting his wand ready in case Ron decided to use his fists straight away.

Ron pulled away from Lavender immediately and glared at Draco, his face turning as red as his hair.

"What. Did. You. Say?" Ron asked angrily, a vein at his temple throbbing, alternating with the one that was pulsing at his neck.

"You heard me, you stultus idiot," Draco said, incorporating the spell into his sentence. (Foolish.)

Ron jerked back as if hit by something then glared at Draco, who smirked and sauntered back to the Slytherin table, sitting next to Ginevra and looking back at Ron triumphantly.

"Nice retort," Ginevra said looking at Draco for a moment.

"It was the only thing I could think of," Draco said.

"Really, now?" Ginevra drawled smirking at him.

Draco realised what the other interpretation of his words meant and his cheeks went pink.

"Are you blushing?" Blaise asked Draco in shock.

Mid bite, Pansy looked up and her fork clattered to her plate, echoing her shocked silence.

"Well, I see that I finally got Pansy speechless," Draco drawled, his face turning pale again.

"Gods, I wasn't sure if it would work..." George muttered to Fred, who nodded.

"I know... It seems that the spell really diminishes what intelligence you had..." Fred replied in amazement.

Ginny followed their line of sight and saw Ron trying to get over the stool to get to Draco, yet managing to fail each and every time he attempted to lift his leg over the stool. Hermione was smothering laughs into her hands and even Harry looked amused at his friend's clumsiness. Lavender looked mortified and tried to help Ron over. They eventually got him over the stool but Ron fell over at once and couldn't get up again.

"I wonder how long until it wears off?" Fred asked George, who shrugged.

"We'll have to monitor him until it does," George replied.

"You may not know when it wears off though... I mean, he doesn't seem any different to me," Padma said smirking.

"Apart from the fact that he keeps falling over and being a klutz, which he can be even without the spell, the only thing that I can recognise that is different about Ron, is his eyes... They're glazed over and blurry..." Parvati added.

Fred and George looked closer at Ron and saw that Parvati was right.

"Genius! Pure and brilliant genius!" George said grinning at her.

"I agree with Padma... Apart from the eyes, he doesn't seem any different," Fred said grinning.

The Patil twins blushed and grinned at each other.

"What do you think would happen if we tied his shoelaces together?" Padma asked Fred smirking evilly.

"A witch after my own heart, you are!" Fred said grinning at her. Padma blushed brightly and Ginevra hid a smirk.

"Ginevra, I think your brother's coming to talk to you," Millicent indicating behind her. Ron was slowly making his way to the Slytherin table, glaring at either Ginny or Draco.

"I don't know... He might want to talk to Draco," Ginevra replied with a frown.

"I'm shaking in my robes," Draco drawled sarcastically.

"I think we might finish dinner by the time he gets here anyway," Pansy commented as Ron fell over yet again. Gregory and Vincent's faces fell.

"But Pansy... We haven't even got to our dessert yet!" Vincent complained, the only one out of the two who didn't have his mouth full.

"That's because you've eaten three plates of the main course! And have I said one word about it?" Pansy asked, raising an eyebrow at her boyfriends. Their faces fell further and they shook their heads reluctantly.

"Well, now that's sorted out, can we leave? I finished my dinner and I want to get back to Neville," Blaise said.

"I'm ready," Ginny said, grabbing a piece of cake and standing. Draco stood up beside her.

"We'll stay here," Fred and George said together.

"Three Galleons that he will fall over twice before they even get out of the door," George said to Fred, who smirked.

"Five that he'll fall over three times trying to run after them," Fred betted.

"You should all leave before he actually does make it up here," they said looking down to Ron, who fell over. "Not counted," they said to each other with a grin.

"All right... Come on people, you heard them," Draco drawled smirking at Fred and George.

The eight of them stood, Gregory and Vincent very reluctantly, and went to leave.

"Don't think I didn't see you two grab that cake," Pansy muttered glaring at them.

They both flushed guiltily but didn't do anything.

"Come on, Colin..." Ginevra said when she saw that he was still sitting down. He shook his head.

"I can't... Dennis and I are going to talk with our father about our... mother," he grounded out. "Besides, I want to get pictures of Ron falling on his backside," Colin said with a grin.

"All right... You coming, Luna?" Ginevra asked her.

"I am going with Colin," Luna announced. Colin looked at her in surprise, then smiled and took her hand in his.

"Thank you," he said quietly.

"Ginevra, would you hurry up?!" Theodore called. "Greg and Vince are annoying me," he muttered, glaring at the two pining boys nearby.

"I'm coming, hold on to your broomstick," Ginevra muttered going over to them.

"Ginny!" She heard Ron yell behind her. Thump.

"Once," the twins whispered grinning broadly.

Ginny kept walking and she heard Ron get up and try to call out to her again, the spell still affecting him. Thump.

"Twice," the twins whispered.

"Ginny! I want to talk to you!" Ron managed to call out.

With a sigh, Ginny stopped walking and turned around.

"Remove!" She said pointing her wand at him.

The spell that was on Ron dissolved and he stood up shakily, afraid that he wouldn't stay upright.

"Interference!" The twins called out angrily. "That's not fair, Ginevra! Now we have to do it on someone else to see how long it takes to wear off..." Fred and George muttered.

"We'll be in your rooms, Ginevra," Blaise called, leaving quickly.

The others left with him, except for Draco. He looked at Ginevra for a moment.

"I'll be fine," Ginevra said quietly, indicating for him to leave. With a curt nod, Draco left.

"Thanks Gin," Ron breathed smiling at her.

"Do not call me Gin... My name is Ginevra, or Ginny, but it is not Gin, Ronald... You have five minutes to talk to me," Ginevra said coldly then left the Great Hall, Ron having to run to catch up with her.

"Ginny, would you wait!" Ron panted, grabbing her arm.

Ginevra spun around and pulled his hand off of her arm, glaring at her brother.

"Do not touch me," she said, then turned around and continued to walk.

Ginny was shaken. As soon as his hand had connected with her arm, tingles of supressed hate, annoyance and fear had flowed through her. The tingles were the same as when Draco touched her arm, but it was all completely different... No hate or fear had been transported to her when Draco touched her...

Opening a nearby door, Ginny strode in, still trying to shake the disgusting feelings away.

"Ginny, I'm sorry... I just wanted to talk to you, that's all... And then that stupid arse went and put that spell on me," Ron said angrily.

"Do not talk about Draco like that," Ginevra said glaring at him.

"You're defending him? He put the spell on me and I didn't even provoke him into it!" Ron said incredulous.

"You were going to pull your wand on him, Ronald... Now, is this all you wanted to talk to me about, or can you address the real problem?" Ginevra drawled.

"I was only going to because of what he said about you!" Ron protested.

"I know exactly what Draco said about me, thank you Ronald... It's not like I couldn't hear you two talking," Ginevra pointed out with a small shake of her head. "Now, what did you want to talk about?" She asked again.

It seemed that Ron couldn't let go of it however, as he continued to talk.

"You know what he said and you're not angry about it?! I was defending your honour and you're still defending him?!" Ron cried incredulously.

"I have already said this, Ronald... I do not like to repeat myself," Ginevra said through a clenched jaw. "I will say it one more time and you had better listen! Yes, I know what he said, and no I am not angry about it. You were not defending my honour, thank you very much and I will continue to defend Draco when I think that he is in the right!" Ginevra said.

"How was I not defending your honour?" Ron asked angrily, his face turning red.

"You were defending your own reputation and trying to save face in front of Lavender... You don't want people knowing that Draco and I are together, even though everyone excepting yourself and Brown, do not care," Ginevra said glaring at him. "Now I will ask you one more time before I am leaving... What did you want to talk to me about?"

"I wanted to apologise for what I said at Hagrid's the other day..." Ron said through gritted teeth.

"Very well... When you can apologise with genuine sincerity then I will forgive you, Ronald... Mum always says, if you can't apologise properly then don't even bother trying," Ginevra quoted then left the room, closing the door behind her. "You can come out now," she said with a sigh.

Draco stepped out from behind a statue and looked at her.

"Fred, George, you too," Ginevra added and grumbling, the twins stepped out from behind a different statue. "What are you three doing here?" She asked looking at them.

"We wanted to put that spell on Ron again," George said.

"We also wanted to make sure that he didn't hit you again," Fred added hastily at Ginny's face, George quickly nodding in agreement.

"Your spell should stop him from doing that, I'm sure," Ginevra drawled looking at them.

"We just wanted to be sure of it," they said shrugging.

"And what's your reason for being here?" Ginny asked Draco.

"I wanted to make sure that you were all right," Draco said. "And I need to talk to you," he added.

"What's he doing here?" Ron said angrily from behind Ginny.

"Hello to you too, dear brother," Fred and George said sarcastically.

"What do you want?" Ron asked Draco, ignoring his brothers.

"Ronald... Why Draco is here is none of your business, now run along off to your girlfriend," Ginny drawled, pushing him down the corridor lightly.

Ron muttered obscenities under his breath as he left them.

"Well, we're off!" Fred and George said cheerfully, going after Ron quietly.

Ginevra and Draco went into the room and sat across from each other.

"All right... What do you want to talk about?" Ginevra asked with a sigh.

"I wanted to talk to you about The Vision," Draco said. "But before that, what did you say to Salazar? He was lecturing me for five minutes before I made some excuse to see if you were in the Common Room," Draco said.

"I didn't say much... He asked who I was, and when he said that he envied you and that you should be honoured, I told him that you didn't seem to see it like that," Ginevra said with a shrug.

"How do you know? What if I see it exactly like that?" Draco asked, closing in on her.

"If you saw marrying me as an honour then you wouldn't have asked me if I could be wrong," Ginny said.

"I only asked you that for your own protection, Ginevra... If anyone found out then your life could be in danger," Draco said quietly.

Ginevra surprised him by starting to laugh.

"What is so funny?" He asked frowning at her.

"You think that I would be in danger because we get married?" She asked laughing.

Draco looked at her indignantly, folding his arms.

"I didn't mean it like that, Draco... It's just..." Ginevra stopped laughing and calmed herself. "I am in danger whether I marry you or not," she said with a simple shrug.

"Because of Voldemort?" Draco asked.

"Well, yes, him... Personally, I'm more worried about what Lavender is going to do to me rather than Riddle... He'll probably just try and kill me, but Brown... She's going to try and break me," Ginevra said.

"Do you know what she does to make The Vision happen?" Draco asked.

"No... But it involves you, or else I wouldn't have hurt you," Ginevra said.

"Somehow, that's not comforting me," Draco drawled smirking at her.

"You're the one who wanted to talk about this, remember?" Ginevra pointed out.

"I know... Do you want to go somewhere more comfortable?" Draco asked.

"All right," Ginny said and they went down to her rooms. "Comfortable now?" She asked with a smirk as he sat on the chair across from her.

"Yes..." Draco said then looked at her seriously. "So why do you think that Voldemort is going to try and kill you?"

"I know too much about him... It takes a lot to get my trust, as he found out during my first year. He told me everything about his childhood and how he hated the orphanage before I would even tell him who my crush was," Ginevra said smirking at him. "When he found out that it was Harry Potter who defeated him when he was older, well then he did anything and everything to gain my trust so I could get information for him... He'd been planning to kill me ever since his first words about himself had left the page, I guess... Riddle thinks that giving people information about him will ruin his image," Ginevra said with a smirk. "That and I am a danger to him because of everything I know about him," she added.

"Have you told Dumbledore anything about him?" Draco asked.

"He hasn't asked," Ginny said with a shrug.

"Do you trust me without knowing much about me?" Draco asked after a moment's silence.

"Yes," Ginevra replied simply.

"Ginevra! Forge is pulling my hair like a girl!" George called.

"Yet you're the one who's complaining about it like a girl!" Ginevra called back smirking.

George opened the door, Fred following him, smirking.

"Look! He's practically pulling it up by the roots!" George said, pouting.

"Can't you get someone else to deal with it? Curse him or something," Ginny said. "By the way... Where did you two get a body-swap potion?" She asked looking at them sternly.

"Oh... That's not fair," Fred muttered to George who nodded.

"What do you mean?" Draco asked in confusion.

"Fred is currently George and George is currently Fred," Ginny said with a shrug. Draco looked at them properly then nodded, seeing that they weren't themselves.

"How'd you know?" Fred and George asked.

"No idea... Different aura's?" Ginny supplied with a shrug.

"Ginevra! Have you seen... Oh, there you two are," Padma said grinning at Fred and George. "Why do you look different?" Padma asked Fred, cocking her head to the side. "Did you take Polyjuice potion to look like your own identical twin?" She asked him in disbelief.

"No, they used a body-swap potion, which they are about to tell me where from," Ginevra said sternly, glaring at her brothers. Fred and George flushed guiltily and looked away from their sister, Fred quickly turning his attention to Padma.

"So, you wanted us for something?" He asked hastily.

"Nothing important... Where did you get the potion from?" Padma asked him.

"Yes, do tell," Ginevra added, still glaring at them.

"Uh... Our supplier?" Fred and George suggested.

"Ginevra, I'm going to bed now, ok? Oh... Why is everyone in your room?" Blaise asked in confusion. Then he saw Fred and George. "Oh... Well I'll just leave you to dismember them, shall I? Body-swap potion, was it?" He asked the twins, who both nodded reluctantly. "Night, see you in the morning," Blaise said to Ginevra, Draco and Padma. "Enjoy the rest of your lives, and I'll get your graves done in the morning," he said to Fred and George, then left the room quickly, laughing to himself.

"You're a sick human being, Blaise!" Padma called after him.

"Do I have to hex the answer out of you?" Ginevra asked Fred and George, gripping her wand. "Or would you like me to beat it out of you?" Ginevra threatened sweetly.

"Fine! We'll tell!" Fred and George said, remembering how Ginevra had picked up their couch while they were on it. "We have a specific supplier in Knockturn Alley and when he told us that he had that potion in stock... Well, we paid a fair bit for it," Fred and George said.

"Who is your supplier?" Ginny asked curiously. She had a fair idea who it was, but she still wanted to be sure...

"Isaac," Draco said before George or Fred could reply.

The three Weasley's looked at him in surprise, then Fred and George nodded.

"How did you know?" They asked.

"Don't worry... Padma, you wanted the twins for something?" Ginevra prompted.

"Right... Well, it's actually about Ron," she said, leading the twins away from the room.

"Make sure the potion wears off before anyone else notices!" Ginny called after them, shaking her head. "So did you just will to See everything I've Seen, or are you Looking under your own will?" Ginevra asked Draco bluntly.

"Under my own at the beginning, then I willed to See everything you've Seen..." Draco admitted. "Some of it has already come true, hasn't it?" He asked.

"Yes..." Ginny replied with a nod.

"Thought so... Why did you choose to See so far into the future? Why not just a few months, or something?" Draco asked her in confusion.

"At that time I just wanted to See what I'd be like in two years..." Ginevra said with a shrug. "A few months is nothing really, anything could happen after that, so I guess it's just easier to look further ahead and see what happens after those few months have finished," Ginny said with a shrug.

"That makes sense, I guess. That butterfly vision, did you..." He began to say, then shook his head and stopped talking.

"What about it?" Ginevra asked, remembering the vision he was talking about.

"Do you know when that will happen?" Draco asked.

Ginny knew that he wasn't going to ask her that, and pondered whether she should bring it up or not.

"Probably during spring, I don't know to be honest... And, yes I think it looks like fun," she added, answering his unasked question with a smirk.

"Telepathic witch," Draco muttered.

"Thank you," Ginevra said smirking at him again.

"Come on everyone! Bed time!" Pansy called from her room.

"But it's only eleven o'clock!" George whined.

"Are you our mother?" Fred added smirking at Pansy.

Pansy narrowed her eyes at them, then grabbed them by their ears.

"Yes, now you children have to go to bed," Pansy said smirking.

"Oww! She may not be our mother," Fred said.

"But she's sure got her grip!" George completed with a frown.

"Good night everyone!" They called, then closed their bedroom door with a thud.

"Sweet dreams," Millicent called back sarcastically in a sickening sweet tone. Theodore laughed and called out good night before she shut the door.

In ten minutes, nearly all of the doors were shut and Ginevra tried to cover her laughs as Pansy walked down the corridor to make sure that they were all in, or getting ready for bed.

"Colin and Luna aren't back yet... Should I leave the front unlocked for them?" Pansy asked Ginevra, frowning back at their room.

"Yes, thanks Pansy..." Ginevra replied.

"You get to bed before I pull you down there by the ear too," Pansy warned Draco.

"All right, I'll go to bed," Draco said, closing the door in Pansy's face.

Ginny burst out laughing and Pansy opened the door, glaring at Draco.

"Oh, come on Pansy! You know I was joking," Draco tried to say, but she was too quick.

"Petrificus Totalus!" She said and Draco fell to the ground, frozen. "Good night, Ginevra... Moblicorpus," Pansy said then levitated Draco out of the room. "Show you who's joking next time," Pansy muttered, levitating him down the corridor.

She took the spell off Draco, then shut his door and went to her room, locking the door behind her in case he was angry at her. Ginny, who had stopped laughing by this time, looked out into the corridor. Draco opened his door calmly and walked over to Pansy, Gregory and Vincent's room.

"Pansy..." Draco crooned, his Veelan side coming out.

"No! Don't do that, Draco!" Pansy cried and Ginny could hear her trying to block her ears with some silencing spells.

"Come on, Pansy... Open the door," Draco cajoled. "You know you want to open the door for me," he said.

Ginny walked over to him and smirking, whispered Alohomora. The lock clicked, and the door swung open slowly.

"Thank you, Ginevra..." Draco said with a grin.

"How did you do that? Alohomora shouldn't be able to open my sp..." Pansy said, then her gaze was adverted to Draco, a lovesick expression forming on her face.

Draco seemed to be glowing and he was smiling at Pansy encouragingly. Ginny looked to Vincent and Gregory, wondering why they weren't doing anything to stop him, then saw the same expressions on their faces too.

"You realise that Pansy is going to be pissed off at you for doing this to her before she has to go to bed, Draconius," Ginevra said practically.

"She put a Full Body Bind on me," Draco retorted.

"And you sound exactly your age when you say that, don't you?" Ginevra said with a smirk then left the room, shaking her head.

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Ginny put her pillow on her head and groaned for the fifth time that night. When the noises didn't stop, she reluctantly got out of her nice warm bed and went over to her door. Walking down the corridor, she thumped on the door loudly.

"By the Gods, would you learn how to do silencing spells properly? And if you can't do that, then bloody well keep your hands to yourself! All three of you!" Ginevra yelled. "This is the fifth time tonight!"

"Yeah, we're trying to get some sleep over here!" Millicent called.

"Don't even get me started on you two, Millicent!" Ginny yelled and Millicent shut her door abruptly, grinning broadly.

Pansy opened the door, covered in a sheet, smirking at Ginevra.

"Just because Draco's not giving you any doesn't mean that you should be jealous of me," Pansy said with a grin. "We did do silencing spells, thank you very much... They've worked for the past three years; it's not my fault that you have super sonic hearing," Pansy said smirking at her. "Do the spell yourself, then go get some sleep, all right? You don't look too good," she said worriedly.

"Thanks, Pansy..." Ginevra drawled sarcastically. "Fine, I'll do the spell," she muttered shaking her head.

"There's a good girl... Now do the spell and go put on some proper clothes before dear Draco decides to eat you," Pansy said smirking as she shut the door.

Ginny turned around and saw Draco staring at her. She cursed herself for not having enough sense to put a bathrobe on before walking out in her pyjamas. Well, what she called her pyjamas weren't 'pyjamas' per say, just a shirt that was three sizes too big for her and little else.

Blushing to her roots, Ginny quickly did the spell then made her way to her room, feeling Draco staring after her.

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Tuesday, Sept. 10

Ginny got up a few minutes before her alarm sounded and groaned in annoyance. After the bad start to the night where no one in her rooms could seem to keep their hands to themselves, she'd spent the rest of it dreaming about catching Draco getting dressed, always half-naked... And her dreams had taken her to places that were nowhere near Draco's room. It was annoying and left her feeling very frustrated...

Remembering the embarrassing situation from the night before, Ginny pulled her bathrobe on and made her way along the corridors to the shower. Opening the door, Ginny had made her way to the shower before realising something was wrong. Steam was already rising from behind the shower screen.

Oh, Gods... I'll take one bet at who's in there, Ginny thought. After her night, it could only be him!

"Who's there?" Draco's voice called from the other side of the shower.

"Sorry, I didn't know you were in here!" Ginny said then went to leave.

"As long as you don't curse me, I think I'll be fine..." Draco drawled. "Isn't this like the Room of Requirement? Can't you just 'require' another shower or something?" Draco asked and Ginny wanted to smack herself on the forehead.

"Yes, it is," Ginny said trying to regain some of her emotions.

Another shower cubicle appeared and Ginny quickly went into it, blushing wildly.

Gods, why can't I just knock myself out to save from embarrassment? Ginny thought to herself, her words echoing Neville's ones eerily.

She showered quickly and dried herself with even more speed, eager to get out before Draco could. Getting dressed became a small problem when Ginny attempted to put her stockings on. She managed to get one leg in before attempting to hop into the other leg. She lost her balance and fell out of the cubicle. Seeing Draco standing in the bathroom just topped off her wonderful morning and the only thing she could be thankful was that she'd had enough sense to put her shirt and skirt on before she put on her stockings.

"Are you all right down there?" Draco asked smirking at her.

"Fine, just peachy," Ginny muttered sarcastically and tried to stand up, but failed as her stockings had twisted together.

Ripping the stupid stockings off in one motion she threw them in the cubicle, glaring at them.

"Was that really necessary?" Draco asked, raising an eyebrow at the hated stockings.

"Yes, it was! Oh, this is a crap day already and it's not even eight o'clock!" Ginny muttered.

She stood up with as much dignity as she could, then went back into the cubicle, slamming the door shut.

Yes, I should have definitely just knocked myself out... Ginny muttered shaking her head.

"I'll wait for you, all right Ginevra? You might need help getting out of the bathroom," Draco said before she could protest, smirking broadly.

"Oh, bugger off," Ginny muttered half-heartedly.

"So, do you have any idea why Lord Xavier wants to see us tonight?" Draco asked conversationally.

"No, I don't know, and at the moment I don't particularly care!" Ginny added under her breath.

"I don't think your Lord would like hearing that," Draco said with a smirk.

"Draco, just leave!" Ginevra said angrily, quite fed up with everything already.

"No, I don't think I will... Your will power thing isn't going to work, Ginevra, so you might as well not waste your energy," Draco said, as if stating the obvious.

"I wouldn't bet on it... I really don't want you to be here," Ginevra replied cheerfully.

"Yet I really, really want to be here," Draco said.

Ginevra could tell by the closeness of his voice that he was standing right outside the shower. Ginny smirked evilly and thought of something.

"That's cheating, Ginevra!" Draco called as a wall pushed him right to the door.

"Maybe, but I feel better," Ginny said as she left the cubicle, her school uniform now on properly, sans stockings.

"You want to cheat, fine..." Draco muttered and the solid wall he was against turned clear and disappeared.

He stalked over to Ginevra angrily, and grabbed her by the shoulders.

"You want me to get out, then tell it to my face," he said angrily.

"How about you just leave?!" Ginny said glaring at him.

"Wench," Draco muttered at her.

"Prick," Ginny muttered back.

They glared at each other for a moment, then suddenly were wrapped in each others arms, kissing hungrily.

Neither of them had the time nor the proper state of mind to wonder exactly how it happened.

Ginny kissed Draco hungrily, swearing at him under her breath.

"You are such a conceited jerk. I hate you," she breathed. He smirked, kissing her neck.

"Right back at you, bloodsucker," he sneered then kissed her again.

"Veelan," she retorted smirking, then ripped his shirt open.

Draco couldn't formulate a reply, his mind (and hands) too busy on removing her robes. He finally got the stupid concealing robes off her and groaned as her light hands made their way down his chest.

"Draco? Is Ginevra in there with you?" Pansy asked knocking on the door.

If Draco's mind hadn't been so fogged, he would have answered her with not so very polite words, but as it was he had trouble breathing, let alone speaking. Ginevra's mind, unfortunately for him, didn't seem to be so blocked, as she moved away from Draco quickly and buttoned her robes again.

"Yes... I'll be out in a minute," Ginevra called.

She gave Draco an apologetic grin then a solid barrier formed around him.

"Sorry about your shirt," Ginevra said giving Draco a light kiss before leaving the bathroom, firmly shutting the door behind her.

"Are you all right, Ginevra? You're all flushed... I wasn't... interrupting anything, was I?" Pansy asked, realisation dawning on her face. "Oh, Gods... I did, didn't I?" Pansy blushed lightly and shook her head. "I'm sorry, Ginevra... I didn't even think of it, really!"

"It's fine, Pansy... After the night you had I'm surprised you can think," Ginevra said grinning mischievously.

"Is that a compliment?" Vincent asked smirking at Ginevra.

"Not at all," Ginevra drawled smirking back.

"Would you please hurry up!? I am starving and my stomach isn't happy about it!" Millicent called.

"She gets like that after a good romp, don't you Mill?" Gregory called laughing.

"Fuck off Gregory before I cut Pansy's play toy off and make you eat it!" Millicent growled, hitting him hard on the shoulder. Theodore just blushed slightly and didn't say anything.

"Are Luna and Colin back yet?" Ginevra asked looking around.

Pansy shrugged in response.

"Due to your lovely spell last night we didn't hear a thing, so they could be back already..." Pansy said grinning.

"We'll go check," Padma and Parvati said together.

"Try to get Fred and George up at the same, would you?" Ginevra called after them.

"We'll get them up all right," Padma muttered to her twin who laughed and blushed.

"I heard that Padma!" Ginevra called wincing. "I'll go see if Blaise is coming to breakfast," she said, heading down to Neville and Blaise's room.

"Just a minute," Blaise called softly when Ginevra knocked on the door.

He opened the door, pulling his shirt on at the same time.

"Morning Blaise... You coming to breakfast with us?" Ginevra asked him.

"Yeah... Just let me say bye to Neville," Blaise said as he buttoned up his robes.

Ginny watched as a sad expression formed on Blaise's features as he walked over to the cocoon. He lightly kissed the cocoon exactly where Neville's mouth would have been.

"I'll be back soon... Don't come out without me, love," Blaise whispered quietly.

Looking at the cocoon, Ginevra saw that the flowers had now withered and died up to Neville's waist, almost up to his belly button. She went beside Blaise and kissed Neville's 'forehead' then left with Blaise, after whispering that she'd see him before the day was out.

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"Colin and Luna weren't there," Padma and Parvati said. Fred and George followed them into the wardrobe reluctantly.

"Why don't you love us?" Fred and George complained, yawning widely as they rubbed their tired eyes.

"I do, but love has nothing to do with you getting out of bed for breakfast, now does it?" Ginevra said smirking at them.

"But why did you have to tempt us with a much better offer than breakfast, only to have them disappear before our very eyes?" Fred and George whinged, looking at Padma and Parvati.

"It's not our fault that you two wouldn't get out of bed without some tempting," Padma and Parvati said smirking at them broadly.

"Gods... It is too early in the morning to hear about my brothers love lives!" Ginevra muttered shaking her head as she left through the corridor quickly.

"Hey, we have to hear about yours!" George said indignantly, Fred echoing in agreement.

"Michael and Dean do not count as my love life,' Ginny said with a disgusted shudder.

"Who said we were talking about them?" Fred and George said smirking.

"Bite me," Ginevra drawled, climbing out of the corridor after checking that there was no one around.

"So, talking of love life's... Where is Draco?" George asked coming up beside Ginny.

"Yes, indeed... Where is Mr. Ice, Prince of Slytherin?" Fred said smirking as they linked their arms with Ginevra's own.

"Right behind you and if you two do not let go of Ginevra then I have every right to hex you," Draco drawled.

Fred and George just laughed, then with extravagant bows, offered Ginevra's hand to Draco, who took it without battering an eyelid and continued to walk down the hallway to the Great Hall.

Ginevra bristled at her brothers nerves and had half the mind to hex them herself, but decided not to as Draco's hand was far too comfortable to let go of at that moment...

"I apologise for my behaviour this morning," Draco said quietly.

"Why?" Ginevra asked in surprise. "You did nothing wrong," she said.

"No, but I could have... If Pansy did not interrupt, then things may have gotten out of hand and I doubt that you would have wanted your first time to be on the bathroom floor," Draco drawled, still so quiet that no one else could hear.

"I doubt we would have made it to the floor, Dracnoius," Ginevra drawled back, smirking at him.

He gave a serious nod, then smirked at her, the corners of his mouth turning into a smile.

"Gods, now he's smiling! I think we need to admit him into St. Mungo's," Millicent drawled smirking at Ginevra and Draco, who just glared at her.

"Nice one to spoil their little 'moment', Millicent! You just made everyone miss out on some full-on snogging!" Pansy said with a disappointed pout.

"Yet you're the one who interrupted their big 'moment' this morning and made them miss out on some very much needed shagging!" Millicent retorted laughing.

"What?!" Fred and George said in shock. "We agree... It's wrong to hear about your sibling's love lives..." They said, turning a pale shade of green.

"Shut up, you two..." Ginevra growled at them.

"Ginny!" A voice called from behind them.

Ginny stopped, mostly in shock as she was so used to being called 'Ginevra' this morning.

"What is it, Granger?" Draco drawled smirking at Hermione and Harry.

Harry glared at him, his hand in his robe pocket immediately.

"Draco, play nice..." Ginevra drawled then moved in front of him, blocking both of their aims.

"It's all right, Harry. I'll be fine," Hermione said smiling at Harry encouragingly.

"All right, Hermione," Harry said with a nod. He moved away a few metres, still not leaving her alone with them.

"Sorry... It's nothing personal. He's more worried about what Lavender and Ron are going to do, rather than any of you... Harry has hardly let me out of his sight since Sunday night..." Hermione said quietly.

"It's fine. No one is taking anything that Harry says personally," Ginevra said, nudging Draco to stop him from saying something sarcastic. "Did you need to talk to me in private, or is it all right if everyone hears it?" Ginevra asked.

"It's probably better if everyone hears it. Harry heard Ron talking to... Lavender last night. He's going to hex and curse you if you go in there with Draco and the others. Apparently, since Fred and George put that spell on him, he can't hit you, so he's going to curse you instead. He's going to try and do it while your back is turned, I think... He's too much of a wimp to challenge you," Hermione spat out in disgust.

"Thanks for telling me, Hermione... Make sure you're nowhere near Ron or Brown, ok?" Ginevra asked.

"Gladly," Hermione muttered then with a friendly grin, went into the Great Hall with Harry.

"Looks like Saint Potter has got himself a crush..." Draco drawled smirking after them.

"So now you care about Potter, do you?" Pansy asked smirking at him.

"I care about Potter as much as I care about Granger," Draco drawled in response.

"Can we get off the topic of Hermione and Harry, if you please?" Ginevra asked. "Well, since Ron's going to hit me from behind, I say that we give him a good target... Are any of you up for sitting at the Gryffindor table this early in the morning?" Ginevra asked them grinning.

"Not really," Fred and George said before anyone could interject.

"Fine... You can sit at the Ravenclaw table with Luna if she's in there... If not, then still sit there. Get as close to Ron as possible without being overwhelming," Ginevra said.

Fred and George gave her mock salutes, grinning at her.

"We'll sit with them," Pansy said for herself, Gregory and Vincent.

"All right... Draco, Blaise, you're sitting with me. Parvati, how would you like to sit next to Lavender for breakfast?" Ginevra asked her grinning.

"I would rather sit next to a Blast Ended Skrewt, thank you very much, but I'll still do it," Parvati said with a sigh.

"I'll sit with you," Padma said smiling at her sister, holding her hand comfortingly.

"We'll sit behind you," Millicent said for herself and Theodore.

"Not directly behind me, because I am going to duck when he tried to hex me... Make sure there's no one behind me, all right?" Ginevra asked them, Millicent and Theodore nodding in agreement. "Thanks... Ok, now we're going to be the last group in, so we might as well make an impression... Draco, if you will please grab me by the waist..." Ginevra said smirking as he did so quickly.

"Gladly, my Queen," he whispered in her ear.

"Blaise, who do you want to hold? Me or Draco?" She asked grinning at him.

"Always you, lovely," Blaise said with a wink, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.

"Everyone ready?" Ginevra asked smirking back at them, being met with nods.

The Great Hall doors quite literally burst open and Ginevra and Draco strode in, arms around each others waist; Blaise's arm wrapped around Ginevra's shoulders casually. George and Parvati were next to Fred and Padma following the first couple. Pansy, Gregory and Vincent followed them, with Millicent and Theodore following them.

As one, they all left in different directions; George, Parvati, Fred and Padma off to the left side of the Gryffindor table, Pansy, Gregory and Vincent following; and Millicent and Theodore went to the Slytherin table, clearing a wide space from where Blaise, Draco and Ginevra were sitting at the Gryffindor table with Colin.

Fred and George seated their girlfriends, then sat close by at the Ravenclaw table with Luna. Gregory and Vincent pulled a chair out for Pansy, who gracefully sat down, before sitting on either side of her.

Everything went silent, and only Ron's pained breaths could be heard. Slowly, everything returned to normal, excepting Ron, who was turning red in disbelief and anger.

Draco, Ginevra and Blaise ignored him easily, even though his breathing seemed to get worse with each passing second.

"Hi Colin... How did everything go last night?" Ginevra asked him with a smile.

"Fine, until I met her," Colin replied, stabbing his sausage with slightly more force than was necessary.

"You didn't like her?" Ginevra asked.

Ron's breaths were now shorter in between and Lavender began hitting him on the back to try and get him to start breathing again.

"Oh, no... I liked her fine... When she was my mysterious dead mother," Colin added glaring at his sausage.

"Did you at least get to talk to her about everything?" Ginevra asked.

A large vein began to pulse at Ron's temple, his face turning a brighter shade of red still.

"Yes, I talked to her... As did Dennis. He doesn't have the same gene as I do; apparently it's only the eldest son who gets it... Lucky, lucky me," Colin drawled sarcastically.

"Did you only get back this morning?" Blaise asked him, steering the topic of conversation to a presumably safer area.

"No, we got back last night. Dennis decided to stay but I couldn't wait to get out of there," Colin said.

"Why didn't you come back to Ginevra's rooms then?" Draco asked, cutting up a piece of fruit calmly, ignoring Ron.

Due to the lack of oxygen to his body and brain, Ron had now turned purple, three veins now throbbing at his neck and head alternatively.

"Please, I barely made it out of Dumbledore's office... I wasn't up to facing all of your questions anyway, so Luna and I went to the Room of Requirement," Colin replied with a shrug.

"How nice," Ginevra said absent-mindedly, as Ron has the expression on his face that indicated he was concentrating on a spell. "Ready?" She muttered to Draco and Blaise.

"Ready for what?" Colin whispered, realising that something was going on.

"To duck," Ginevra said quietly with a small nod at Ron.

"Again?" Colin sighed softly shaking his head.

"He's attempting a thought spell," Ginevra muttered in surprise. "That can't be good... Especially if he's so sure that he can do it while in front of so many teachers," she murmured her thoughts.

"Do you think that he might try to do it under the table?" Colin asked suddenly. "I mean, if he's so sure that it will work, then he knows you'll have a difficult time proving that it was him who did it," he added with a frown.

"True... Perhaps it's time that we leave," Ginevra said standing up, Blaise, Draco and Colin standing beside her.

However, Ron's spell must have worked as a barrier formed around them. Black slowly drifted up to their eyesight and Ginevra looked at Ron and Lavender. The latter was looking triumphant, though Ron was looking devastated.

"Thank you for that, Ron-Ron," Lavender said clearly, smiling at him as if he'd done her the world's largest favour.

In a way, Ginevra thought, he had... Ron had done the spell, would be taking the blame, and now Lavender knew that my magic will protect me without me having to do anything...

"Miss Brown, Mr. Weasley and Miss Weasley, please follow me... You three can come as well, as it doesn't look like you will be getting out of there any time soon," McGonagall drawled looking at Blaise, Draco and Colin, then led the six out of the Great Hall swiftly.

As soon as they were out of the earshot and eyesight of the other students, Minerva looked at Ginevra and gave a nod. The barrier disappeared and with another nod, Minerva continued walking, taking them to her classroom.

"You three can stay or leave, take your pick," she said to the three boys.

"Staying," Colin said, Draco and Blaise nodding in agreement.

"Can we attend this meeting too, Professor?" Pansy asked from the door, everyone else behind her.

Minerva raised her eyebrows at the large group, then sighed and nodded, wishing this hadn't happened before she'd had her coffee...

Ginny conjured a cup of coffee out of this air then passed it to Minerva.

"Nothing's in it, I presume?" She asked raising her eyebrow at her.

"Besides coffee and hot water, nothing else is in it," Ginny replied. "It wouldn't do good for anyone if anything happened to you, now would it?" Ginevra asked with a small smirk.

"Indeed..." Minerva replied then sipped at the coffee.

She sat at her seat, finishing the coffee very quickly, needing the caffeine more than she'd thought.

"Very well... Mr. Weasley..." She said, then seeing that Fred and George were there, sighed and rephrased her statement. "Ronald... I hope that you have a very good explanation for what you just did back there," she said looking at him sternly.

"Uh... I... I didn't..." Ron stammered, going red under her scrutinising look.

"You didn't what, Ronald? You didn't mean to try and hex your sister under the table? You didn't want to try and hex her? You didn't think of the consequences?" Minerva asked, still looking at him sternly.

"I... I..." Ron stammered again.

"I am waiting, Ronald... Please explain why you just attempted to hex your sister, or else I will have to give you three month's detention with Professor Snape," Minerva said.

"Why should I be the one to put up with him? He is your student, Minerva," Snape drawled as he entered her classroom.

"I am well aware of that, thank you Severus... Are you here to see about your students or just to criticise my judgement?" Minerva asked glaring at him.

"My students mainly, but I will also criticise if I see fit to do so," Severus drawled in reply.

"Professors... If you will kindly desist in your verbal sparring, then perhaps I can explain everything?" Ginevra suggested. When they didn't say anything, just glared at her, Ginevra continued talking. "Your students are here of their own free will," Ginevra said to Severus, the Slytherins all nodding in agreement. "Luna is also here of her own free will, if Professor Flitwick is going to come into the classroom any time soon," Ginevra said with a smirk as Flitwick made his way into the Transfiguration classroom. "Ron tried to hex me because Lavender convinced him to, probably with the bribe of sexual acts, which I do not want to repeat in reference to my brother ever again," Ginevra said with a shudder.

"You... You bitch!" Lavender screeched.

She slapped Ginevra hard before anyone could do anything, the sound echoing off the stone walls. Ginevra just let her, knowing that it would most likely get Lavender a detention and anyway, it didn't hurt.

"You know what, Lavender? I've seen owls that could slap better than you," Ginevra drawled smirking at her.

"Girls!" Minerva said loudly, making both of them look at her. "I will not tolerate such violence in my classroom," Minerva said glaring at them.

"Of course, Professor... Do you mind if I put a barrier around Lavender? It is not that I think she will hurt me, it is just that she still has access to her wand and even then I doubt I could activate my barrier before anything hit me," Ginevra drawled with a smirk.

Lavender went red not only at the smoothly delivered insult, but also at the fact that Ginevra had said that she had to activate her barrier. It was not her magic that did it...

"I will take care of that," Severus drawled. With one flick of his wrist, every wand, barring Flitwick and McGonagall's, appeared in his waiting hand.

"Thank you... Professors, would you mind taking the students out of the room for a moment? I would like to talk to Ronald and Ginevra alone," Minerva said.

"Of course, of course," Flitwick said smiling. "Come along, everyone!" He said and ushered them out of the room quite quickly for someone so small. "Now, boys... How is your shop going?" Ginevra heard him ask Fred and George as Severus closed the door.

"Thank the Gods that I have some peace and quiet... Can't you two just stop this unneccessary fighting? You are causing me quite the headache, you know!" Minerva grumbled.

"Willingly, Professor... There would be no fighting if it were not for my brother's thick-headedness," Ginevra said.

"Ginevra! It is not in your favour to blame all of this on someone else... Even if you may think that it is true, it takes two for a fight to occur, remember that," Minerva warned with a glare.

"Of course, Professor... I apologise," Ginevra said with a small bow.

"Would you look at yourself?! You've turned into Hermione, for the Gods sakes! You're just agreeing with everything that she says so you won't get into trouble!" Ron exploded glaring at her.

"Not at all, Ronald... When Professor McGonagall says something that is unreasonable or something I disagree with, then I will not agree with her... I do not care to be in trouble, as I am sure that will involve a letter to Mum and Dad, but if I am to get detention then I will go, even if a little grudgingly... It does not bother me," Ginevra replied with a shrug.

"Malfoy's brainwashed you, hasn't he?" Ron asked, staring into Ginny's eyes as if to prove that his statement was true just through sight alone.

"That is nonsense, Ronald, and you know it! If anyone has been brainwashed here, it's you! Brown's just got you wrapped around her little finger, doesn't she?" Ginny sneered at him.

"She does not!" Ron said hotly.

"Sedo!" Minerva said, her wand shooting out a small beam of light. It split into two, hitting both Weasley siblings head on. "Honestly! You two couldn't treat each other with even some respect if you'd been bound to do so by a Blood Oath!" She said incredulously. (To settle or calm.)

"That's not true, Professor... I do treat him with respect! I haven't cursed him to the Otherworld yet, have I?" Ginny said smirking at her brother. "Although, if I were to treat him with the same respect he has treated me, then he would be in the Otherworld," Ginevra said coldly. "Besides, it is not Ronald who I do not respect, although the respect I had for him lowered when he started going out with Brown... I do not respect Brown, nor do I respect Ronald while he is around her," Ginny stated matter-of-factly and Ron glared at her wohle heartedly.

"I do not care, Ginevra... Ronald, you are to go outside and send Miss Brown in," Minerva said.

Ron nodded, then went over to the door, just as the bell for lessons rang.

"Send everyone in actually," Minerva said.

Ron opened the door and nearly everyone fell in through the doorway.

"None of you thought that I have not spelled my classroom with silencing spells?" Minerva asked them exasperatedly.

"Of course we did!" Fred and George said indignantly.

"Extendable Ears, I presume?" Minerva drawled.

"Might be..." They muttered.

"Put them away... Unfortunately, I can not take them from you as you are not students here," she said with a sigh.

Fred and George quickly stuffed something into their pockets and tried not to look too happy about it.

"Now... As you are going to make others late for this lesson, I would like to inform you that you will all be required to come here at six thirty to serve detention. End of discussion," Minerva said glaring at them.

"Does that include us as well, Professor?" Pansy asked genuinely.

"Yes it does, Miss Parkinson... As you obviously had something to do with it, then you too will serve detention," Minerva said sternly, as if challenging her to say something about it. "All of you leave the classroom for a moment while I speak to Miss Weasley in private," she said.

Everyone left quickly, Ginny's friends shooting glares at Ron and Lavender. They closed the door and waited for Minerva and Ginny to finish talking so that they could go back inside for their Transfiguration lesson.

"Now, Ginevra... Firstly, I would like to say that I was quite proud when you did not hex your brother, or Miss Brown even after they tried to hex you and hit you," she said, giving Ginevra a nod. "However secondly, I would like to bring it to your attention that even though you may not approve of your brother's relationship with Miss Brown, that does not give you leave to judge him for it," Minerva said.

"I understand your view on that, Professor, but I must disagree with it as you do not understand what Lavender has been doing to Ron. She is simply using him to hurt me... She is succeeding so far, but even if she does completely succeed, that does not mean that she will win, for even without her suggestions and influence, Ron would still be like that to me... I do not judge him for his poor taste, or for the fact that he is listening to such influential ideas; I judge Ronald for the simple fact that I know what he would have done, even if Lavender was not there... He would have continued along this path and I doubt that I could have withstood him on his own," Ginevra said.

"How do you mean?" Minerva asked curiously. She could hear over half of her students waiting outside, talking loudly, but didn't do anything yet, wanting to hear what Ginevra was trying to say.

"How would you feel if your brother was attempting to hurt you just because of what you are, or who you are dating?" Ginevra asked McGonagall bluntly.

Minevra looked at Ginevra, her expression softening, then nodded for her to continue.

"Now put that in my perspective, where some of Ronald's actions are influenced by his girlfriend. I can blame Lavender for some of it and try to convince myself each time he does something that it is not his fault... It's not his fault; he didn't want to hit me, he didn't want to curse me... I can put some of it against Lavender. Now, if Lavender wasn't there, I would have no one else to blame. It is his fault; he does want to hit me, he does want to curse me... You must understand that I would rather put his faults against someone else rather than find out that my own brother hates me," Ginevra said, trying to hold back her unbidden tears.

"I understand, Ginevra... I have to let the class in now, but if you feel that you can not stay here, then you can leave," Minerva said to her kindly.

"Thank you, Professor... I will be fine," Ginevra replied, wiping her tears away.

She put a Glamour on her face as Minerva opened the door and let everyone into the classroom.

"Mr. and Mr. Weasley... I do hope that you will not distract my class while you are in here," Minerva asked, looking at them sternly.

"Of course not, Professor! We would never distract a class full of students who are so eager to learn what you have to teach!" Fred and George said indignantly, the very picture of innocence.

With an unbelieving nod from Minerva, Draco, Pansy, Millicent, Blaise, Theodore, Padma, Parvati, Fred, George, Gregory and Vincent quickly went over to Ginevra, eager to see if she was all right.

"Are you all right?" They asked, surrounding her protectively.

"I am fine..." Ginny said, not convincing them one bit.

"Liar... We heard you, Ginevra," Pansy said showing her the Extendable Ear that Fred and George had given her.

"Then you will know that I do not wish to talk of it in front of everyone," Ginevra said.

"Fine... You're talking to all of us at recess, understood?" Millicent said, leaving no room for argument.

"Understood... Now can we please sit down?" Ginny asked grinning at them.

They all nodded and went to their seats, Fred and George sitting next to Padma and Parvati, while Blaise and Draco sat on either side of Ginevra. Pansy sat with her boyfriends and Millicent and Theodore sat next to each other.

"Did Luna and Colin already go?" Ginevra asked Blaise and Draco quietly as McGonagall called out attendance.

"Yes, Severus and Flitwick left with them, telling them that they couldn't be late for lesson," Blaise replied.

"Are you all right, Draco?" Ginevra asked him worriedly, as he hadn't said a thing so far.

"Yes, I am all right," Draco replied.

"You look paler than usual," Pansy noted frowning at him.

"Maybe you should go to the hospital wing," Parvati suggested, but Draco shook his head.

"No... I am staying here. I'll just rest for a bit," Draco murmured as he put his head on the desk.

"Do you think he'll be all right?" Ginevra asked the others frowning.

"I don't know... I haven't seen him like this before," Blaise said frowning. He put a hand on his friend's forehead then shook his head. "He doesn't have a fever..."

"Should we take him to the hospital wing anyway?" Padma asked Ginevra.

"Just let him rest until McGonagall notices something, then if he's not better we'll take him down there," Ginevra replied.

Gregory and Vincent nodded then silently swapped seats with Theodore and Millicent to provide adequate cover for Draco from McGonagall.

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Draco looked around for Ginevra, cursing when he couldn't see her anywhere. Clutching his amulet, he closed his eyes and said the spell, hoping it would work.

"Find her..." He murmured and had the feeling of being wrenched away from where he stood.

Draco opened his eyes and saw Ginevra on the edge of a cliff. He moved forward to grab her, but Ginevra turned and shook her head at him, making him stop. He weighed his options carefully. Stunning her was too risky as she could fall backwards, not forwards towards him... In fact, raising his wand to do any incantation or spell would most likely give Ginevra reason to jump... The Gods know that she already had the courage; stupid Gryffindor brave foolishness!

"Ginevra... Come here... Please don't do it," Draco begged, holding his hands out to her.

"I have nothing anymore, Draco... I have no power left, I have nothing! I don't even have you!" Ginevra said shaking as she sobbed her words. "I am tired of living. I am just tired of everything... Do not try to stop me," she said then turned around again.

Time seemed to slow down and everything happened in slow motion in front of Draco's eyes. Ginevra took a deep breath. He could hear her close her eyes and was still frozen to the spot as she began to fall off the cliff...

His voice yelled as Ginevra fell and Draco found himself running to the edge of the cliff trying desperately to grab her before she fell away from him forever. He reached out and his fingers grabbed her robes. Ginevra slipped from his weak grasp...

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"Ginevra!" Draco yelled as he woke up with a start.

"Will you keep it down?" Ginevra hissed at him, giving McGonagall an innocent smile as she frowned over at them. "Sorry Professor, I accidentally kicked Draco," she lied with another smile.

"Three points from Slytherin and Gryffindor for disturbing the class," McGonagall said.

"What's wrong?" Ginevra asked after McGonagall had turned to the blackboard again.

"I... You..." Draco said, then shook his head and sighed, running a hand through his hair wearily.

"You want to talk about it?" Ginevra asked, realising that he'd Seen something.

Draco gave her a small nod, still in shock.

"Excuse me, Professor? I apologise for interrupting your lecture on the dangers of being an Animagus, but I think that Draco is sick. He's got a fever and he looks paler than usual," Ginevra announced, looking at him in worry.

"Very well, Miss Weasley. Please take Mr. Malfoy to the hospital wing, then return here straight away," McGonagall said.

"Yes, Professor," Ginevra said then helped Draco out of the classroom. "Come on... We've got about fifteen minutes to talk before I have to go back inside... Twenty if I can use the stairs as an excuse," Ginevra said with a grin.

"I might as well go to the hospital wing... I need to get some potions from Pomfrey," Draco said with a small shrug.

"All right... So what did you See?" Ginevra asked as they started to walk.

"I... I Saw you..." Draco began to say, but then stopped. He tried to form words, but nothing came out.

"You Saw me..." Ginevra prompted waiting for him to continue.

"You... I..." Draco tried to say again. "I can't tell you," he said finally, words forming properly now.

"Oh... All right then," Ginevra said.

"It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I can't," Draco added.

"I said it's all right, Draco," Ginevra said with a grin. "So do you want me to give you a virus or do you just want a fever?" She asked him.

"What? Why?" Draco asked.

"McGonagall always checks with Madam Pomfrey to see if her students actually turn up when they say they're sick... As it is, I'm sure that she thinks we're snogging in the hallways and has sent someone else to find us," Ginevra said smirking.

"I'll take the fever, my Queen," Draco said with a smirk.

"Shut up, or else I'll put the Bat Bogey Hex on you," Ginevra warned, then pointed her wand at him.

Draco felt his body temperature rising quickly and his forehead began to burn. He fought the sense of nausea and leant against the wall weakly, trying to get some support from it.

"Come on, Draco... Arm around me," Ginevra said, putting an arm around his waist and propping him up.

Draco weakly put an arm around her and Ginevra practically carried Draco through the rest of the corridors to the hospital wing. She kicked the door open and dragged him in, calling for Madam Pomfrey.

"She's not here," a voice said from a nearby bed.

Ginevra glared at Seamus.

"What right do you have to talk to me?! After what you did to Neville, you should be lucky that I haven't slit your throat already," Ginevra hissed at him.

"I know... I... This might not mean much, but I didn't think things would get so out of hand and I... I'm sorry," Seamus said softly, looking genuine.

Ginevra put Draco on a bed and looked at Seamus sternly.

"You're a fucking shit, you know that Seamus?" He nodded. "Would you agree to being put under the Cruciatus Curse, just like you put Neville under it?" Ginevra asked.

Seamus paled, but nodded.

"Oh, you're awake..." Poppy said to Seamus as she entered the hospital wing. "Miss Weasley... What is wrong with Mr. Malfoy?" She asked looking at him in concern.

"He's got a fever and isn't feeling well," Ginevra replied.

"Right... I'll have him fixed up in a minute, but it's probably best to keep him here until lunch, just to be sure..." Poppy said, grabbing a potion from a nearby shelf and making Draco drink it. Grabbing another one, she went over to Seamus. "Drink this," she said.

"Aye, ma'am," he said softly and drank the potion quickly, his head falling onto the pillow as soon as he'd swallowed it.

"Thanks Madam Pomfrey... I have to get back to class now," Ginevra said then left the hospital wing, making her way to the Transfiguration classroom quickly.

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"Is Draco going to be all right?" Pansy asked as they left the classroom.

"He'll be fine... I just had to put a spell on him to make sure that Pomfrey wouldn't get suspicious. She said he'll be out by lunch... I'm surprised you two were so quiet in there," Ginevra said grinning at Fred and George.

"Well, it was interesting," Fred said.

"Besides, every time we went to do something..." George continued.

"McGonagall glared at us!" Fred finished.

"She's got eyes in the back of her head," they said together shaking their heads.

"Are you coming to Divination with us, or are you going back to the rooms to see Neville?" Ginevra asked them.

"We'll go back to your rooms... We're not too eager to see Trewlaney," George and Fred said with a shudder.

"We've got Firenze... You can go to see if Neville's all right, then meet us there later, ok?" Ginevra said, well aware of Blaise's emotions and relief when she said that.

"Righty-oh!" Fred and George said, then with salutes and bows, they went to a tapestry and down into the corridor.

"Come on, the quicker we get there, the quicker recess will come!" Vincent said, his stomach already grumbling.

"Yeah, making us miss out on dessert last night was just mean, Pans," Gregory said with a pout.

"Yet I let you have that cake you stole and didn't I let you go to the kitchens later?" Pansy asked raising her eyebrows at them.

"But that doesn't count!" Vincent whined.

"And we do not want to know why it doesn't count... I agree with Vincent, I think we should get to the Divination Tower quickly," Ginevra said with a wince.

"Agreed," Padma and Parvati seconded, their steps quickening.

Everyone hurried to the Divination Tower, managing to arrive before the other students.

"Well, this is fun..." Millicent drawled sarcastically, looking around the empty room.

"Who's up for a bet?" Padma asked smirking at them.

"What on?" Blaise asked curiously.

"I think that we're going to go to the Room of Requirement for this lesson," Padma said.

"And I think that Firenze will teach us here," Parvati said smirking at her twin.

"Any takers?" They asked, identical smirks on their faces.

"Five Galleons that we're here," Blaise said.

"Seven that we're in the Room of Requirement," Pansy said smirking.

"Three that we're here," Millicent said.

"Two on here," Theodore said with a nod.

"We'll bet ten together that we're in the Room of Requirement," Vincent said for himself and Gregory.

"Ginevra?" Parvati and Padma asked looking at her.

"I'm going for both here and in the Room of Requirement... Two Galleons and three Sickles," Ginevra said grinning.

"Can you do that? Can she do that?" Millicent and Pansy asked.

"Can who do what?" Fred and George asked as they came into the classroom. "Where is everyone?" They asked looking around.

"Yes I can do that, we're placing bets, and no idea," Ginevra said smirking.

"Bets, huh? Well, that's one thing we're good at!" Fred and George said, sitting next to their girlfriends. "What are the odds?" They asked.

"Ten Galleons that we're in here for the lesson, seventeen that we're in the Room of Requirement. Two Galleons and three Sickles that we're in both," Parvati said.

"Right... Thinking just like a Weasley, Ginevra," Fred and George said winking at her. "Fifteen Galleons and twenty three Sickles," Fred and George said, then dropped their voices to a quieter tone as people had started filing in. "That we're in both," they said grinning at them.

"Okay, that makes it eighteen Galleons for both, seventeen for Room of Requirement and ten for here," Padma said, finalising the deal.

"Good morning class..." Firenze said as he entered the room. "You will all be learning today's lesson outside, so if you will follow me..." Firenze said going back out the door.

"So what happens now?" Parvati asked in confusion.

"We all get to keep our money," Ginevra said with a shrug.

"Didn't think of that as an option..." Fred and George said to each other shaking their heads.

"What are you two doing here? You don't go to Hogwarts anymore! Why are you in class?" Ron hissed at them.

"We're here because of Neville and our girlfriends," Fred and George replied glaring at Ron. "Why we're in class... Well, we just want to make sure that our baby brother," they said, cooing the last two words. "Is getting the right education and not eating his girlfriend's face during lesson!" Fred and George said brightly, clapping Ron on the back so hard that he stumbled. "Now run off to your girlfriend, Ronnie-kins!" They said waving him off.

"Quickly, students," Firenze called from further up ahead.

"Seamus is awake," Ginevra said quietly as they all walked faster.

Blaise stopped dead in his tracks, paling even as he clenched his fists in anger.

"What?" He asked softly, yet dangerously, as a few of the other students took one glance at him and rushed ahead, adverting their gazes.

"Seamus is awake... I talked to him when I took Draco in. He agreed to be put under the same spell that he put Neville under," Ginevra continued. "His apology seemed genuine... He didn't want to do it, even his thoughts and feelings agreed with him on that," she said then looked at Blaise. "What should we do?" She asked.

"It's not up to me, Ginevra... We'll get Neville to decide when he wakes up tomorrow," Blaise said with a decisive nod.

"Very well... We'd better hurry up before Firenze gets angry," Ginevra said then they hurried to catch up with the rest of the class.

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"What can you see?" Firenze asked them when they were all outside.

Most of the students looked to each other in confusion, wondering what exactly Firenze meant by his question.

"The Forbidden Forest," Parvati and Padma said.

"Good. What else?" Firenze asked, looking at them all.

"The castle," Lavender said quickly.

"The Quidditch Pitch," Ron said.

"The sky," Blaise said.

"The lake and giant squid," Pansy said with a sigh, wishing she was there instead of just looking at it.

"Grass and dirt," Gregory said looking down.

"The sun," Vincent said wincing as he looked directly at it.

"Good, good... Anything else?" Firenze asked smiling at everyone.

"Birds," Millicent said.

"Hagrid's hut," Harry said.

"The Owlery," Tom said.

"Anything else?" Firenze asked looking directly at Ginevra.

"Each other," she said quietly.

"Good... Now, who can tell me why this was the last answer?"

"Because you didn't ask for any more after Ginny answered?" Lavender asked, giggling.

"Not at all, Miss Brown... Besides the things on each other; clothes, bags, books, and the such, there is little else left for you to see. Now, why was this last?" Firenze asked looking at everyone.

"We see things before people," Ginevra said simply.

"That doesn't make sense... Of course we see things before people!" Sally-Anne said.

"It does make sense... You're just too dense and materialistic to see past it," Pansy retorted glaring at her.

"In your own ways, you are both right..." Firenze's voice cut in before they could continue arguing. "Miss Perks is correct in her confusion to think that we see things and material possessions before people. After all, the first thing you see in the morning is most likely something in your room, not another person, isn't that right?" Firenze asked, looking at Pansy.

"Well, it depends on the night before," Pansy muttered with a barely concealed smirk.

"Indeed," Firenze said raising his eyebrow at her and Pansy flushed slightly. "Most of the time, we wake up and see a thing before a person, so in that aspect you are correct, Miss Perks. However, Miss Parkinson can also be correct in saying that a person could be materialistic due to the fact that the first thing they see when surrounded by people is a thing," Firenze said.

"So what you're saying is that Ginny is perfect because she saw us before the things?" Lavender asked scornfully.

"Not at all... Miss Weasley was only the first to say that, it does not mean that she saw everyone rather than things, Miss Brown," Firenze replied, getting slightly annoyed at her. "If you look at each other now, what do you see?"

"Gryffindors and Slytherins?" Ron suggested.

"So you are all defined by your House?" Firenze asked him. "What else can you see?" He asked the class.

"Girls and boys," one girl said.

"Boyfriends and girlfriends," a boy said.

"Enemies," Lavender said.

"Friends," Fred and George said grinning at each other.

"Siblings," Padma and Parvati said.

"Individuals," Harry said.

"Very good narrowing down, all of you... Are you sure that you can not see anything else?" Firenze asked. "Mr. Zabini, Miss Weasley, can you see anything else?" He asked looking at them.

"Sons and daughters," Blaise said after a moment.

"Emotions wrapped up in flesh, blood and bones," Ginevra suggested.

"Nothing else?" Firenze asked looking at everyone. "I see people with different backgrounds, different pasts, different status' and different futures..." He said.

"Sorry sir, but what does this have to do with Divination?" Lavender asked frowning.

"I did not say that I would be teaching Divination today, Miss Brown... This lesson will help you learn your true nature and in turn, help you in becoming part of Divination," Firenze said.

"Becoming part of divination? What do you mean by that?" Harry asked frowning.

"If you wish to See visions and Read the teacups, then you must first become a part of the divination. You do not take something without giving in return, do you?" Firenze asked.

"I know people who do," Harry said, thinking of his cousin and family.

"And are they here?" Firenze asked.

"No, sir," Harry said shaking his head.

"Then they do not take part in that statement," Firenze said. "Now if I may continue with the lesson... All of you close your eyes," Firenze said.

A few people did so, then opened them immediately after to see if anyone else had closed their eyes too.

"All of you close your eyes now," Firenze repeated and the class quickly closed their eyes. "You two can close them too, if you wish to be in the class," Firenze said to Fred and George.

With mocking salutes, they closed their eyes grinning at Firenze's amused face.

"When I touch your shoulder, tell me what you hear... Only one answer, mind you..." He added with a smile. "You may repeat someone else's answer if that is truly all you can hear," Firenze said.

Ginevra breathed in and out in sync with her heartbeat so that the noise wouldn't block everything, then listened past the pulsing blood of the other students and really listened to everything around her. She was listening so intently that Ginevra didn't hear the other students answering as their shoulders were touched. A warm hand touched her shoulder, startling Ginevra out of her trance-like state. She opened her eyes and looked at Firenze.

"The trees are talking," Ginevra said, the words surprising her.

Firenze just smiled and nodded as if not expecting anything less, then continued on to the next student.

Ginevra watched as he continued walking around the rest of the students, their words still not registering, her shock still too sudden. With a small frown, Ginevra walked the small distance to the start of the Forest's tree line. She gently touched a tree trunk, putting her ear on the bark. Wind blew around her, welcoming the Queen and helping her to interpret the trees words.

Growth, life, wither, death, rebirth, war, love, hate, Time, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, centuries, animals, large, small, wind, noise, cold, warm, beings, creatures, Neville, nymph, Gods, growth, life, wither, death, rebirth, war, love, hate, Time, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, animals, large, small, wind, noise, cold, warm, beings, creatures, Neville, nymph, Gods... The words repeated themselves over and over, chanting and imprinting themselves in Ginevra's mind.

As she listened to the words, life around her seemed to multiply and grow at a tremendous rate. The grass grew taller; bugs and ants crawled around and on her. The sun moved across the sky and shadows changed shape as the days passed by quickly. Wind blew through her hair and she watched as trees in the Forbidden Forest swayed with the wind. Young trees sprouted from the ground, growing taller. Rain poured all around though not one drop fell on Ginevra. The rain stopped, the sky grew darker and snow began to fall. Smaller animals scurried away as the snow became heavier and filled the ground. The trees shivered in the cold and the snow became a blanket, covering everything around them.

"Ginevra," Firenze's calm soft voice called softly.

The world fell away and Ginevra blinked in the bright daylight, the snow and dark sky no longer there.

"It is time for you to return to the school, Ginevra," he said softly.

"Thank you, Firenze," Ginevra said with a smile and went over to her waiting friends.

"What did you hear?" Pansy asked them all as they walked back.

"The centaurs," Blaise replied.

"Lupin in his wolf form," Millicent said.

"The pixies," Fred, George, Padma and Parvati said together grinning.

"The elves in the Forbidden Forest," Theodore replied.

"Grawp, Hagrid and Madam Olympe," Vincent said.

"I could hear that troll that lives in the Forest," Gregory said with a shrug.

"What did you hear?" Ginevra asked Pansy.

"The merpeople, of course," Pansy said with a smirk. "What about you? You didn't say anything," Pansy said.

"I heard... The trees were talking," Ginevra said.

"Really? The trees are apparently really wise because they've lived for so long. I've never been able to hear them though... Did they tell you anything?" Theodore asked excitedly.

"They didn't tell me anything... But they showed me a lot," Ginevra replied.

"That's great! What did..." Theodore began to ask, but then the clock struck eleven and he paled. "Pomfrey's waiting for me! I'm supposed to be doing the recess block!" He said with a yelp.

"I'll come with you... Draco's in there with Seamus and Dean. I hate to see what he's done to them," Ginevra said.

"We'll come too," Millicent said darkly, the others nodding their agreement.

"Well, I should be able to take half of you..." Ginevra said, judging everyone's weight. "I have no idea how much I can lift, so this should be a good enough test," she said in response to their thoughts. "Gregory, Vincent, can you hold onto Pansy, Millicent and Theodore please?" She asked.

With nods, they did as she asked, Millicent and Pansy protesting immediately. Ginevra smirked and shook her head before grabbing Gregory and Vincent's arms, lifting them up with ease.

"Now there's just the problem of seeing where you're going," Padma drawled smirking at her.

"Not at all," Bexley said coming out of Ginevra. "I can see quite easily for her," he said with a shrug.

"You five coming or you want to go see Neville?" Ginevra asked her brothers, the Patil twins and Blaise.

"We'll walk there, thanks," Fred and George said.

"I'm going to see Neville," Blaise said.

"Can we please hurry it up? Pomfrey's going to be pissed off at me as it is!" Theodore said.

"Right... See you later," Ginevra said with a grin then she started to run, Bexley flying after her quickly.

"Left, Ginevra!" He yelled.

Fred and George shook their heads.

"And Mum thinks we're dangerous!" They said grinning.

"I'm sure you're not that bad..." Parvati said smirking at them.

"That's just because you haven't seen our bad side yet," they replied winking.

"Turn right," Bexley said in Ginevra's ear. "Two students to the left," he instructed.

Ginevra followed his instructions to the letter, making sure to turn right and not hit the two students. It was extremely odd running like this while carrying such a load and without being able to see. Ginevra found that she could hear things, even as Bexley told her of them. The two students had actually been behind a tapestry, snogging.

"Stop, Ginevra," Bexley said.

Ginevra stopped in front of the hospital wing quickly and gently put everyone down. Pansy, Theodore and Millicent all burst away from Gregory and Vincent, gasping for breath.

"You could have made sure that our lungs had room!" Pansy breathed, hitting them.

"Sorry Pansy. We didn't want to drop you," Vincent said.

"I'm late!" Theodore said rushing inside.

"You're welcome!" Ginevra called after him, sinking to the ground trying to catch her breath.

"Why are you always on the floor, Ginevra?" Draco asked crouching beside her.

"How did you get out here?" She asked him in surprise.

"I walked," he drawled smirking at her. "So why are you on the floor?"

"I ran carrying those five," Ginevra replied, waving in the general direction of Pansy, Gregory, Vincent and Millicent.

"Well then... That would explain it... Would you like me to help you into the hospital wing, my Queen?" Draco asked.

"In a moment... Just let me catch the rest of my breath," Ginevra replied. "Bexley... You can return now," she said.

"Thank you, Ginevra," Bexley said with a bow, floating back into her body.

"Whatever did you do to Finnigan and Thomas to get Pomfrey to throw you out here?" Pansy asked with a smirk as she walked over to them.

"Nothing much," Draco replied with a shrug.

"Yeah, right! And I'm going to go live with the Muggles!" Pansy said sarcastically.

"All I did was hex them into oblivion," Draco said smirking at her. "Come on... You can at least get a replenishing potion from Pomfrey," he said to Ginevra, picking her up bride-style.

"Should you be scared that he can do that so well?" Millicent asked raising an eyebrow.

"Until I learn how he knew how to do it so well I should be fine," Ginevra replied smirking at her. "You don't have to carry me you know, Draco... I can walk," she said grinning.

"What if I want to carry you?" He asked quietly so the others wouldn't hear.

"Then I guess I'd let you..." She replied with a smile.

"You should do this at dinner tonight. Ronnie-kins would probably pop a vein," Pansy drawled smirking.

"You can put her down now, Mr. Malfoy," Pomfrey said impatiently. "I don't know how you got through my wards, but you can go straight back out. I will not have you disturbing and hexing my patients," she said angrily.

"Of course not. I won't do anything while they're in your care," Draco said giving her a charming smile.

"You promise? Very well then... Theodore, look after the patients and make sure Mr. Malfoy does not go near Mr. Finnigan or Mr. Thomas," Poppy instructed, then left the hospital wing quickly.

"She must have a very important meeting to not see through that," Theodore mused shaking his head.

"Theodore, can I please have a replenishing potion?" Ginevra asked him.

"Wait, it's all right... Don't worry about it," Draco said suddenly.

"Why not?" Theodore and Ginevra asked at the same time.

"I think Finnigan's waking up," Draco said nodding over to Seamus' bed.

"Right... You could just tell me to go away you know," Theodore muttered as he went over to Seamus.

"Yeah, but we all know that if he did then you wouldn't," Millicent said smirking, following him over.

"You three go away too," Draco said.

"Since you're the Prince of Slytherin we just have to obey, is that right?" Pansy asked indignantly, her hands on her hips.

"No... You have to obey or I'll make you," Draco said with a smirk as he closed the curtains and put spells on them to keep them shut and silent.

"So why can't I get a replenishing potion?" Ginevra asked watching him with amusement.

"You don't need one when you've got this," Draco said showing her his hand, blood flowing from the palm.

"Why did you do that for?! A potion would have done just fine, Draco!" Ginevra protested.

"That's why you're eyes are red..." He drawled smirking at her. "They don't just go red when you want to kiss me... Both your irises and pupils go red when you want to Drink..." Draco said.

"I don't want to Drink," Ginevra protested weakly.

Draco's blood was calling her; it was igniting every one of her senses. She could her his blood cells rushing to fix the wound, smell every drop of blood that was in the small red pool on his hand; she could practically taste it... Her body tingled at the prospect of a Drink and she pulled him to her just as the first drop of blood fell from his open palm.

Ginevra lapped at the pool of blood on his hand eagerly. Her tongue travelled along the cut in his hand and she felt him shiver. Licking at more of the flowing blood, Ginevra whimpered in protest as the wound closed all too soon.

"Feel any better?" Draco asked smirking as he reclaimed his hand.

Ginevra responded by kissing him hungrily. She felt him smirking beneath her lips and pulled him closer by the rim of his robes. One of his hands snaked around her waist and the other cupped the back of her head.

"Gods..." Ginevra moaned.

Draco managed to get in front of her on the bed and they fumbled to remove their clothes quickly.

Madam Pomfrey opened the hospital wing door and saw that the closed curtains around Ginevra's bed were rattling. She looked for Theodore so she could tell him off, but as he was over at Dean and Seamus' beds, seemingly having not noticed what was happening, she strode over to the rattling bed.

"You two open the curtains, right now!" Poppy demanded when she found that she couldn't open them with magic.

Ginevra stopped Draco from taking her shirt off reluctantly and quickly rebuttoned it, putting her robes on with ease. Draco sighed and looked around for his shirt. It was in shreds beside the bed.

"What is it with you and ripping my shirts?" Draco muttered smirking at her.

"I don't think I did that this time, Draco," Ginevra drawled as she repaired it with her wand.

"I wouldn't be so sure of that," he replied, putting his shirt and robes on quickly.

"Open. The. Curtains!" Poppy said angrily.

"Just open them before she rips them to shreds," Ginevra said shaking her head.

"As you wish, my Queen," Draco said smirking as he bowed to her.

He opened the curtains to reveal a very angry Madam Pomfrey.

"Good morning, Madam Pomfrey..." He said innocently.

"Don't you 'good morning' me, Mr. Malfoy! I saw the curtains and I know what you were doing!" She said glaring at him.

"Sorry, Madam Pomfrey... That was my fault," Ginevra said blushing innocently.

"It was?" She asked in disbelief.

"Yes... I didn't want to have a replenishing potion and as Seamus and Dean were waking up, Mr. Malfoy offered to convince me so I wouldn't take up Mr. Nott's time from his other patients," Ginevra said with a smile.

"Then why were the curtains closed?" Poppy asked her, still unconvinced.

"I kept kicking and it wouldn't have been very appropriate for Dean and Seamus to wake up and see my knickers, now would it?" Ginevra asked still smiling at her.

"Indeed not... Perhaps you should wear stockings then, Miss Weasley," Poppy drawled.

"Yes, Madam Pomfrey," Ginevra said trying not to laugh at what had happened to her stockings that morning.

"Well then, how are the patients doing?" Madam Pomfrey asked, bustling over to Theodore.

Millicent, Pansy, Gregory and Vincent walked over to Ginevra in awe and amazement.

"How on earth did you manage that?" Pansy asked, her voice filled with awe. "We all know what was going on, but the way you pulled it off... You made me believe you!" She said in shock.

"And that is a hard feat to achieve," Millicent said seriously. "She is one of the most suspicious people in all of Slytherin!"

"Yes, well before I tell you, I think we should all get out of here before Madam Pomfrey decides to check the potion cabinet," Ginevra said quietly smirking at them. "Thank you for your help, Madam Pomfrey. We're going to the Great Hall for recess now," she called to her. "See you in lesson, Theodore," she added, quickly leaving after he gave them a nod of acknowledgement.

"When did you learn to do that? And how?" Pansy asked once they were a good way from the hospital wing.

"I already told you... Fred and George taught me. I learnt it when I was old enough to understand that Mum didn't like me playing rough games with the boys... How I learnt it was by watching Fred and George get out of nearly every thing they would have gotten into trouble for. When they saw that I was watching them, they taught me how to make my expressions as innocent or dangerous I wanted; smiles, smirks and glares included," Ginevra said smirking.

"Really? Are they still doing lessons?" Pansy asked grinning.

"Only for a very hefty fee," Fred and George said as they came up behind them, Padma and Parvati next to them.

"How did you come up behind us like that?!" Pansy asked after jumping at their sudden appearance.

"We walked quietly," they replied grinning; Ginevra snorting in disbelief. "Since you're our friends we can teach you all for just the small price of 2 Sickles per lesson," Fred and George said grinning at them.

"You don't really expect us to pay you?" Millicent asked in disbelief.

"Expect you to, no..." George said.

"Encourage it, yes," Fred said smirking.

"You can pay after the lessons are finished... Then you decide how much you pay as to how much you feel you've learnt," they said together.

"Deal," Pansy said immediately.

Ginevra shook her head, sighing.

"You don't even want to know how stern they are? Or the huge amounts of homework they set?" She asked.

"No... I want to learn how to get out of detentions when I don't do homework," Pansy said smirking.

"I'm up for it," Draco said to the Weasley twins.

"Excellent! Any more takers?" They asked eagerly.

"I'll do it," Millicent said with a sigh.

"Fine! We'll do it," Gregory and Vincent said as Pansy had quite literally poked them into submission.

Fred and George laughed evilly all the way to the Great Hall.

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The bell rang loudly, signally the end of recess and the start of another lesson.

Ginevra and Draco left the Great Hall with the others and were heading to Defence Against the Dark Arts when Dumbledore called them over.

"Ginevra, Draco... I would just like to remind you that you have a meeting with Lord Xavier tonight after your detention and dinner at nine o'clock," Albus said.

"Thank you, Professor," Ginevra replied.

"You're welcome... Enjoy your lesson," he said with a smile as they left.

"What did he mean by that?" Ginevra asked Draco who shrugged.

"No idea," he replied.

They went to the lesson quickly and arrived with the last few stragglers.

"Now that you are all here, you will be putting your fighting skills to the test. Both Muggle and wizard fighting is to be incorporated to show what you have learnt," Lupin announced. "Get into two teams, remembering House Unity," he added before they could move.

"Well, what are you waiting for?" Moody growled and they all rushed to get into groups.

"Looks like three groups have formed..." Lupin drawled smiling at them. "Harry and Hermione, would you please go with Ginevra's group. Ron you can go with Lavender's group to even it out," he said.

Both parties did so quickly and gratefully. Draco glared at Harry and Hermione.

"Why can't they be in the other group?" He muttered.

"It's either them or Ronnie-kins, take your pick," Ginevra drawled smirking at him.

"Fred and George... Lovely to see you two again... Would you like to join Alastar and myself as judges?" Lupin invited.

"Gladly!" They said with grins, going over to them quickly.

Alastar waved his wand gruffly and the tables, stage and chairs all disappeared. A rough terrain appeared beneath them, consisting of mud, grass and what looked suspiciously like blood. The putrid smell of decaying bodies filled their nostrils and a few students gagged in disgust, holding their noses.

"Oh, stop your whining, all of you!" Mad-Eye Moody barked at them. "This is one of the easier terrains you will work with, for the Gods sakes! Unless you'd like the dead bodies to be littered around you?" He asked, but not one student replied.

"Excellent... Now, when I say three," Lupin began to say, but Moody cut him off.

"Don't be stupid, Lupin! In the real battlefield they're not going to wait! Start fighting!" He yelled at them.

The following forty minutes was complete chaos, even considering the fact that it wasn't a real war or battle...

Ginevra's group was the first to recover from Moody's shouted order and the other group barely had enough time to put up barriers from the curses being yelled. Lavender had a personal vendetta against Ginevra, shouting every curse and hex she knew at the red headed woman. Hermione took to cursing Ronald, who was unconscious within the first ten minutes of the fight, flocks of birds pecking at his face. Vincent and Gregory refused to stop blocking any curses thrown at Pansy until they were both put under Full Body Binds from her. Padma and Parvati were back to back in the middle of the fighting, right next to Draco and Ginevra. Blaise was fighting with no reserve, his hooves knocking opponents to the ground and his arrows flying in every direction, hitting every target he aimed at. Draco used his Veelan powers only once to make three people stop cursing Blaise's flanks, then got back to fighting with his wand and fists instead.

Millicent and Theodore were the healers, Millicent getting their injured even from the front line to bring them back to Theodore. She was only hexed once, and as the person who had done it fell to the ground by just one curse from Theodore, no one else attempted to hex Millicent again.

Ginevra was positive that Fred and George were just watching their girlfriends instead of the actual fight, but didn't really have time to tell them off for it as everyone seemed to hone in on them. She punched, kicked, threw curses and put up barriers as quick as the attacks were coming. Lavender's hexes were getting more dangerous with each second that passed and Ginevra could tell that her barrier would fade soon if it was hit by something stronger than Petrificus Totalus...

"Be right back," she yelled to Draco and the Patil twins, stepping out of the barrier.

"Ginevra! Get back here!" Draco yelled at her.

Ginevra ignored him then walked further away, drawing Lavender's wand away from them. Lavender face turned into an ugly sneer and she stalked Ginevra's every move.

"Come on, Brown... This is your big chance to bring me down!" Ginevra hissed at her. "I don't even have my wand," she added and Lavender's eyes lit up with greed and triumph.

"Vulnero!" Lavender yelled and Ginevra just grinned as a few wounds appeared on her body. (Wound.)

The spell seemed to just wound the person it was directed at, yet there was one small fault with it that not many people knew about. The spell actually sent out a beam that was able to meld in with everything around it. Yet, if it was seen at a particular angle, the background would seem distorted.

"Vulnus Magis!" Lavender yelled again. (Wound more.)

Ginevra's dagger appeared in her hand and the spell was deflected on the flat of the blade, going straight back at Lavender, who was wondering why Ginevra was holding a dagger like that and why she hadn't been wounded more...

Wounds began to appear on Lavender's body and she screamed out in pain as her skin started to welt, split and bleed.

"End of the game," Lupin's voice called and the classroom returned.

Everyone who had been hurt healed and Ron woke up. Lavender's cuts disappeared and she glared at Ginevra.

"Most of your fighting skills are good... Though I'm disappointed that some of you couldn't even handle a flock of birds," Alastar growled, looking at them with both of his eyes and Ron blushed brightly.

Once the birds had tired of Ron, they had spread out to attack the opposition until Lavender had put an immobilisation spell on them.

"Does anyone know what the moral of that exercise was?" Lupin asked.

"Yeah, get on the side who has the better fighters," one person muttered. He had been one of the ones who Draco had convinced to stop hexing Blaise.

"Never think like that!" Moody yelled, making everyone jump. "If you think like that then you are just weak! If you only ever go to the side with the better fighters then you are nothing and show that because you have no loyalty to who you are fighting with, as long as they win!" Moody yelled. "That is the worst attitude you can take onto a battlefield!" He snarled angrily. The pale boy nodded quickly.

"Yes, Professor," he said.

"The morale of that exercise was to show you that not everything can go according to plan. I heard you both make plans and strategies to defeat the other team, yet neither of your plans went accordingly... Why was that?" Lupin asked, redirecting the conversation.

"We respond to different things differently," Hermione said.

"Very good... Your use of your own powers was good as it demonstrates that not only wizards and witches fight in wars; it is also magical creatures and beings," Lupin said with a nod at Blaise and Draco.

"Some of you need to work on your punches and kicks more," Moody said gruffly as the bell went.

"That's your homework," Lupin said loudly as they left the classroom quickly.

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"'Ello to all of yer... Now, before we start yer lesson, I have ter tell yer that yer've got a big assignment ter do... The assignment is an essay on an animal or creature of yer own choice... Yer'll have to talk with me 'fore yer start though, cos yer aren't allowed to do the same as som'one else," Hagrid said. "Any questions?" He asked.

No one said anything, so he continued talking.

"Fer today's lesson we're goin' ter be in the Forest, so follow me," Hagrid said as soon as they had arrived and led them into the Forbidden Forest.

"What are we going to see, Professor?" Parvati asked Hagrid curiously.

"If yer lucky yer will be goin' ter see the Gytrash," Hagrid said quietly.

"The what?" Sally-Anne asked frowning.

"The Gytrash is a large spectral hound or horse that lives in forests. On rare occasions, the Gytrash can be seen as a horse with a large dog. It also haunts deserted roads to mislead or direct travellers, depending on their personality and attitude towards them," Ginevra drawled. "Surely you've read the first chapter of the Book of Monsters?" She asked.

"Yes, I have! I just don't remember all of it!" Sally-Anne said defensively.

"The word 'monster' is the wrong term for the Gytrash anyway... Just because something doesn't look human they immediately label it as a 'monster'," Pansy said.

"So why isn't the book called Lavender Brown then?" Fred snickered quietly to Padma who stiffled a laugh.

"Now, now... There's ter be no pokin' fun at other people while in my class," Hagrid said.

"Of course not, Professor," George said smirking as he nudged Fred, who nodded quickly in agreement.

"No poking fun at others, got it," he said giving him a mock salute.

"All of yer quieten down now," Hagrid said softly and the chatter died down immediately. "One at a time, look through those trees ter see the Gytrash," he instructed quietly. "Ginevra, yer to go last," he added.

"Yes, Professor," Ginevra said nodding to show that she understood why.

Ginevra knew that if she saw the Gytrash first, then it would most likely draw her out or only pay attention to her, making the rest of the lesson spoilt for the rest of the class.

In pairs, sometimes in three, the rest of the class looked through the trees to see the Gytrash. Eventually it was Blaise, Ginevra and Draco's turn and they went to the edge of the clearing quietly. Looking inside, they saw a black horse eating grass. Nearby was a large black dog sleeping on the ground. A dark grey mist outlined the two animals, enhancing the affect of their bright blue eyes.

"They're beautiful," Ginevra breathed quietly in appreciation.

At her voice, the dog woke up and snarled in their direction and the horse stopped eating, rising on its hindquarters, neighing loudly.

"I better go calm them down before they hurt the others," Ginevra muttered then stepped into the clearing before they could protest.

On seeing Ginevra, both animals quietened and stood perfectly still as she walked over to them. She rubbed the horse's nose tentatively and scratched the large dog behind the ears. Surprisingly, they were both solid.

"You're both beauties, aren't you?" She asked softly.

The dog gave a whimpered bark, while the horse neighed softly in agreement. Ginevra stopped patting them as a sound from Hagrid caught her attention. The dog licked her hand and the horse nudged her lightly and she looked back to them smiling.

"Are you named?" She asked them, resuming her activities.

Maden, the dog's voice said in her mind.

Ryder, the horse replied in the same manner.

"It is very nice to meet you Maden and Ryder... May I bring my own to meet you?" Ginevra asked.

If he can scratch behind the ears as good as you can, then you may, Maden said, his tongue lolling out as Ginevra scratched him again.

"Draconius," Ginevra called.

Blaise pushed Draco out into the clearing smirking as Draco glared back at him.

Draco walked over to Ginevra and the two animals. He bowed to Ginevra, then to the animals.

"Ryder, Maden, this is my own, Draconius Malfoy. Draco, Ryder is this beautiful horse and Maden is this beautiful dog," Ginevra announced.

Scratch now, talk later, Maden said, nudging Draco's hand with his nose then licking it.

Ginevra smirked at Draco, who looked perplexed before scratching Maden's ears tentatively.

Maden likes to be scratched hard, Draconius, Ryder informed him and Draco nodded, scratching the dog with more confidence now.

"Do you enjoy living in the Forest, Ryder?" Ginevra asked.

At times it is peaceful, yet at other times it is not peaceful enough, Ryder said with a shrug. I have not had a human ride me for so long, I fear I am becoming unfit, he said sighing.

"Would you like me to ride you?" Ginevra asked him.

It would be an honour, Ryder said neighing.

"Draco, I'm going to go for a ride on Ryder... I'll be back in a minute. Tell Hagrid not to worry," Ginevra said.

"Are you sure that is wise, my Queen?" Draco asked hesitantly.

I promise not to let you get hurt, Ryder added quickly.

"I'm sure, Draco," Ginevra responded firmly, climbing onto Ryder's back gracefully.

I can take you on my back with your own, if you would like, Maden said to Draco. We won't let you get hurt...

"Yes, I think that would be for the best," Draco said with a nod, climbing onto the large dog's back.

Before Ginevra or Draco could do anything, the two animals leapt out of the clearing, Hagrid running after them, yelling for Ginevra and Draco to come back.

"What's wrong Hagrid? They should be fine, they are with Ginevra after all," Pansy said with a small smirk to reassure him.

"Th' Gytrash aint th' ones I'm worried 'bout... Th' Gytrash are going ter try ter charm Draco and Ginevra... I'm not sure if even her magic can counter it," Hagrid said concerned. "Blaise and Pansy, yer ter take the class back ter me hut while I try ter find Ginevra and Draco. Is tha' understood?" He asked.

Blaise and Pansy nodded, concern for their friends also on their faces. With a reassuring nod, Hagrid ran out of the clearing quickly.

"Greg, Vince, you two go at the end and make sure that everyone follows us and doesn't wander," Blaise instructed.

Gregory and Vincent nodded quickly.

"Everyone get into pairs and follow Pansy and I... You don't want to wander in the Forest and get lost for all of eternity, do you?" Blaise asked when a few of them groaned in complaint. "Didn't think so... Now, follow us," he instructed and changed into a centaur as he led them down the concealed pathway back to Hogwarts.

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Hagrid followed the two beasts as quickly as he could, but the further he travelled, the less he saw of their path. Eventually it disappeared and Hagrid was forced to admit that he was lost.

"Gods darn it! Where are they?!" He muttered angrily.

Hearing a noise to his left, Hagrid quickly went in that direction.

Ginevra and Draco sat on the animals backs, holding on as they went faster.

We must hurry if we are to lose the other one, Maden's voice said suddenly.

That snapped Ginevra out of her dream-like state and she looked over at the dog travelling beside her.

"What do you mean?" She asked with a glare.

Do not worry, my Queen... It does not concern you, Ryder said with a worried glance at Maden.

"Do not call me that!" Ginevra said angrily and Ryder faltered before stopping completely.

Maden halted suddenly, Draco flying off of his back at the abrupt stop. Ginevra watched as Draco flew into the tree. He slammed into it and Ginevra heard a loud crunching sound. Draco didn't get up. Ginevra quickly climbed off of Ryder and went over to him.

"Draco?" She said softly, putting her fingers on his neck to feel for a pulse, listening intently.

A very faint pulse sounded, even for Ginevra's ears, and her breath stopped as the faint pulses slowed further. Draco whispered her name and she held him, kissing his lips to give him back his life, hoping that would help him...

It didn't help. There was nothing she could do but take revenge for her love's death. Ginevra turned on the Gytrash angrily, her eyes red...

Hagrid heard loud yelps and frantic neighs from a nearby clearing and ran in to see the Gytrash huddling in a corner, looking as scared as any animal he'd ever seen before. Ginevra was advancing on them, angry and red pulsed waves flowing in and out of her body. Hagrid saw that Draco was slumped against a nearby tree. It didn't look like he was moving either...

"You dare to hurt my love?" Ginevra hissed angrily. "Even after you promised that you would not let us get hurt?" She hissed again, the red waves moving in and out faster as her anger increased. "And you were going to take our power against our will?" Ginevra added, hearing Hagrid's thoughts.

A red glow from the tree caught Hagrid's attention, yet Ginevra seemed oblivious to it. The Gytrash were now screaming in their respective animal sounds as the red waves came closer to them, hitting them then withdrawing before returning to hit them again. The mist that had surrounded them had long disappeared and now their skin was beginning to burn with each red wave that hit them. Their screams turned to pained whimpers.

My Qu... Ginevra! We did not mean for your own to be hurt! And as for what we were going to do to you... We know of nothing else! We cannot change what we were Made for! We are the ones who lure witches and wizards and use their power against them! If we do not know of anything else then how can we be or do anything else?! Maden and Ryder protested.

The red waves stopped for a moment and Ginevra's eyes returned to their natural brown colour. She looked at the Gytrash, deeply considering their words. Movement from the tree caught her attention and she turned to see Draco opening his eyes with a pained groan.

"Draco!" She exclaimed and rushed over to him immediately. "Are you all right?" Ginevra asked in worry.

"I just got thrown from the back of a bloody dog, do you think I'm all right?" He muttered with a glare.

"Don't you two move!" Ginevra said angrily, glaring at the Gytrash as they tried to leave inconspicuously.

"Ginevra... Let me take 'im back ter Hogwarts and yer can deal with these two," Hagrid offered, moving forward.

"I can walk," Draco said angrily, yet he fell down as he tried to stand up.

"Be careful with him, please Hagrid," Ginevra said.

"O' course I'll be careful! Yer think I want yer to do that ter me?" He said indicating to the scared Gytrash.

With an easy yet gentle motion, Hagrid picked up Draco, who was still protesting, and carried him out of the clearing, and back to Hogwarts.

Ginevra turned to the Gytrash and walked over to them. Maden moved backwards, whimpering loudly and Ryder turned to his side in a fearful attempt to escape.

"Both of you stop acting like that," Ginevra demanded glaring at them, and the Gytrash did so immediately. "I will not hurt you for what you were going to do... I understand what you mean by saying that you cannot do anything but what you were Made for. Yet," she added when the Gytrash looked far too relieved for her liking. "Yet, I can still punish you for going back on your promise to not hurt myself and Draco. Even had Draco not fallen from your back, you still would have hurt us by attempting to use our powers against us," Ginevra said in a tone that left no room for argument.

We understand, Ginevra... The Gytrash said with a sigh, bowing their heads to accept their punishment.

"Look me in the eyes, Gytrash," she demanded steely, making both animals look up at her quickly. "My punishment is as follows... I am giving you knowledge. This will not only help you see that what you did was wrong, but also it will help you change what you are. If you can be nothing besides what you know, then I give you knowledge to become whatever you want to be," Ginevra said and two large red lights flew at the Gytrash.

The Gytrash crumpled to the floor, but by their breathing, Ginevra could tell that they were only sleeping and were not worried for them. She left the clearing and saw a lone centaur nearby. It was not Firenze, nor was it Bane.

"Hello, Ginevra Weasley, Queen of All... I am Ronan, a lowly centaur and your faithful follower," Ronan said bowing to her, his voice filled with awe.

"Hello, Ronan... I doubt very much that you are a lowly centaur... I do not believe there is such a thing," Ginevra replied with a smile. "You are not worried of what your herd will say when they find out you've been to see me?" She asked.

"My herd do not know of my seeing you, nor of my acknowledgement of you being Queen, Ginevra," Ronan replied, scuffing the ground with one hoof as he blushed.

"That is all very well, but what will you do if your herd is attacking me, Ronan?" Ginevra asked.

"I would assist you with discretion," Ronan said truthfully.

"Thank you for your truth... Do you think that what I did to the Gytrash was right? Or did I do them wrong?" Ginevra asked as she walked along the path to Hogwarts.

"I think that you were more than fair," Ronan said. "Perhaps you were too lenient on them," he added.

"Once I calmed down I realised that what had happened was an accident, and that the Gytrash was right... If they know nothing more than what they have always done, then they do not know that it was wrong," Ginevra said. "Was I too lenient in not giving them a harsher punishment?" She asked.

"Perhaps... What concerns me is the actual punishment you gave them... What would you do now if the Gytrash used the knowledge they give them to do more evil than good?" Ronan asked. "You could not blame it on them not knowing it was wrong, because then they would know that it was, yet they still chose to do it..."

"Exactly... They chose to do it, even though they knew it was wrong... By giving them knowledge, they then accept the responsibility of all their future actions, and hence they accept the consequences. Since they did not know that what they were doing was wrong, I could not punish them for it... Now, if they do it again, then I can punish them properly."

"That is... very wise reasoning, Ginevra," Ronan admitted after a moment's consideration.

"Thank you, Ronan... You should return now before your herd discover that you are gone," Ginevra said smiling at the young centaur. "Thank you for your company and viewpoints," she said bowing to him.

"It was my pleasure, Ginevra..." Ronan said with a bow, then he galloped away quickly.

Ginevra waited a moment, then let Bexley out. He floated out in front of her, worry on his face.

"I apologise for not coming out sooner, Ginevra... The Gytrash have restrictive powers for those against them," he said. "I think your punishment was adequate," he added.

"Thank you, Bexley... Are you still tired, or would you like to accompany me the rest of the way?" Ginevra asked him.

"It would be a pleasure to accompany you, Ginevra," Bexley said bowing again. "Would you like a calming spell? You were shocked very bad when Draco hit that tree," he said frowning.

"As long as Draco is alive and breathing, I will be fine," Ginevra said.

The statement was said with such determination that it shocked Ginevra further... Had her own life and well-being already come to depend on Draco's so much that she only lived for him?

"That is all well and good, Ginevra... But how are you?" Bexley asked her.

"Shocked," Ginevra replied.

"Would you like a calming spell then?" Bexley asked.

Ginevra shook her head to calm her nerves then gave him a reassuring smile.

"No, I'm all right now... How can you do a calming spell if you're a Boggart?" Ginevra asked curiously.

"By using your wand," Bexley replied simply. "We are nearly there... I fear that I cannot go with you any more... I am still quite tired from my recent activities and the light will not help in my recovery," he said apologetically.

"Very well then, Bexley... Thank you for your company," Ginevra said.

Bexley bowed and floated back into her. Ginevra waited until he was completely gone before going out into the sunlight and even then she hurried over to Hagrid's hut, her skin tingling and feeling hot. Over at the hut, Ginevra's friends were crowded around Hagrid and Draco in worry. Besides Parvati, Fred and George, not one of the Gryffindors were there.

"I am all right... I have already said that!" Draco muttered with a half-hearted glare. "Ginevra! Would you tell them that I am fine?" He asked shaking his head at their friends.

"You might be fine, but you're still going to the hospital wing to get checked with Madam Pomfrey..." Ginevra said adamantly.

"I do not need to see her! I only just got out of that infernal place!" Draco protested.

"Thanks, Hagrid... We'll take care of him from here," Ginevra said smirking at him.

"All right, Ginevra... Nex' time don't get on the Gytrash," Hagrid said before leaving.

Ginevra walked over to Draco and picked him up bride-style. The others crowded around them so they wouldn't be noticed by any wandering students.

"I'm not sure who we should worry about anymore... They can both do that so easily," Millicent muttered to Theodore shaking her head with a smirk.

"Shove off, Millicent!" Draco said angrily. "I can walk, you know," he said to Ginevra.

"I'm sure I've heard that before," Ginevra drawled smirking at him.

"You're lucky there's no Gryffindors around... They'd never let me live this down," Draco complained.

"We won't either," Blaise said smirking at him.

"It's your own fault for being stubborn and not going to the hospital wing when we said so!" Theodore said.

Draco muttered at them under his breath and Ginevra smirked.

"Do we have to go to the hospital wing?" Draco whispered in Ginerva's ear, his tone making it clear what he would rather do.

"Yes we do... And then I'm going to go eat lunch," Ginevra said smirking at him.

"I know what I'd like to eat..." Draco muttered. "Do you know how hard it is to be pressed up against you like this and not do something in front of everyone?" He whispered.

"I know that something's hard," Ginevra replied smirking at him.

"Would you two stop looking at each other like you're lovesick puppies? It's making me nauseous," Pansy commented.

"And the way you look at Greg and Vince is any different?" Ginevra asked smirking at her.

"Yes, it is... We got over the lovesick stage within a week... Since then it's been everything else," Pansy said winking at her boyfriends.

"Yet you only started going out with both of them this week?" Ginevra retorted.

"Not the point... I can look at one of them when the other isn't looking," Pansy said smirking.

"We're here, would you two stop discussing this now?" Blaise asked shaking his head.

He opened the door to the hospital wing and they all went in. Ginevra put Draco on a bed but before she could do anything, he had pulled her down to him for a kiss.

"Somehow, I doubt that he's not feeling well," Pansy drawled smirking at them.

"I've been saying that this entire time," Draco said as they pulled away.

"What's the problem here?" Poppy asked as she came out of her office. Seeing Draco, her eyes narrowed and with a flick of her wand, the curtains around Dean and Seamus closed firmly.

"Draco hurt himself during Care of Magical Creatures," Ginevra answered.

"And I am fine... I do not need to be here," Draco said, standing up. He swayed for a moment before falling back onto the bed. "All right, a replenishing potion then," he muttered.

"I will decide what you need, Mr. Malfoy," Poppy said with a frown as she waved her wand over him. "What animal attacked you?" She asked when nothing happened.

"An animal wasn't what hurt me... I was riding the Gytrash and it stopped... I flew into the tree and then... I don't know what happened then... Ginevra does though," Draco said looking at her.

"You were riding a Gytrash and survived?" Poppy asked in shock. "That's never been heard of! Are you positive it was the Gytrash?" She asked.

"Yes, I'm positive it was the Gytrash... What actually happened? All I remember is hitting the tree and then when I woke up you were... What were you doing to the Gytrash?" Draco asked.

"I... I'll tell you later," Ginevra muttered.

"I need to know what happened, Miss Weasley, so that I can heal him," Poppy said.

"You know what, Draco? You're right... You don't need to be here," Ginevra said and pointed her wand at him. "Sano," she said and a red mist covered all of Draco's body. (To heal.)

Draco stood up and walked to the door experimentally, smirking at Pomfrey.

"Thank you and good bye," Draco said smirking as he left the hospital wing with Ginevra, the others running after them quickly, ignoring Poppy's shouts of indignation.

"What just happened? What happened to Draco in the Forest?" Blaise asked Ginevra immediately.

"What did you do to the Gytrash?" Draco added.

"Come on, you guys... Leave Ginevra alone for a bit. Can't you see she's upset?" Fred and George said, standing on either side of their sister to block her from their questions.

Ginevra stopped and looked at Draco seriously.

"What just happened in the hospital wing was to avoid Pomfrey's awkward questions... Death is what happened to Draco in the Forbidden Forest, all right? He died in my fucking arms!" Ginevra said, her voice raising hysterically. "And what happened to the Gytrash?! I made sure that they wouldn't do the same thing again! Are you happy now? Does that answer your questions?!"

Bexley flew out of Ginevra quickly and took her wand, hitting her with a combined stunning and calming spell. Ginevra fell to the floor in a crumpled heap. They all stared at her unconscious body in shock.

"Gregory, Vincent, carry Ginevra to her rooms. Draco you go with them too," Pansy instructed, recovering from her shock the quickest. "Theodore, see if you can help Ginevra. Give her a dreamless potion... Blaise, you go with them to see to Neville. Millicent and I will get food from the kitchens with the twins for you all," Pansy said.

"Colin and I already have the food, thank you, Pansy," Luna said coming up to them. "We should take Ginevra back before any other students come wandering down the corridor," Luna said softly.

Bexley wearily floated back into Ginevra, her wand dropping to the floor. With a nod from Pansy, Gregory and Vincent lifted Ginevra and carried her to a nearby tapestry. Blaise opened the door for them, going inside quickly. Draco picked up Ginevra's wand, in a state of shock himself. Pansy looked at him in worry, nudging Theodore before following them. Millicent followed Pansy, as did Luna and the four twins. Theodore went over to Draco.

"You all right?" He asked.

Draco just nodded dumbly, looking at the wand in his hands.

"I just thought... If I had died do you think that Ginevra would have been the only one who cared? She would have been the only one to cry or turn up because I had died..." Draco said quietly. He shook his head, then went into the corridor without waiting for a response from Theodore.

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Ginevra woke up and anguish flowed through her mind. Draco! Scrambling out of her bed, she ran down to Draco's room, oblivious to the others who came out of their rooms to see who was making all of the noise.

"I think they need to be together for a while, Pansy... Let them be," Luna said quietly before she could follow Ginevra.

Pansy nodded and went back into her room. The others went back to their rooms slowly, wondering why they all felt so depressed...

"Draco?" Ginevra said softly.

He was lying on his bed, tears streaming down his face. Draco didn't move or even acknowledge Ginevra's presence. She walked over to his bed and sat next to him. Again, nothing happened.

"Draco? What's wrong? Why are you so upset?" She asked quietly, tears threatening to spill from her own eyes as his words flowed into her mind. "That's not true, Draco... Everyone in my rooms would be sad if you died. And more, besides! Your family would be upset... Snape and Dumbledore would be upset. I'm sure your Veelan mentors would be upset too," Ginevra said softly.

Draco turned his head and looked at her. Drawn to him and acting on a surprising urge to comfort Draco, Ginevra hugged him to her body tightly, whispering words of consolation in his ear. After a while, Ginevra stopped talking and Draco stopped crying.

"Thank you Ginevra," he said quietly.

"You're welcome..." Ginevra replied. "Do you think this is odd?" She asked.

"What? Me crying?" Draco asked in confusion.

"No... The fact that we haven't liked each other for years, and now... Now my happiness depends on you and your well-being. And that you've been crying," Ginevra added smirking at him. "Although, I could probably forgive you for it if..."

"If what?" Draco asked when she trailed off.

"If you kiss me again," she said grinning.

"You've got your Thirst under control?" Draco asked.

"No, but you need a stronger show of affection right now and if you do all of the kissing, then maybe it won't happen," Ginevra said with a shrug.

Draco smirked then kissed her passionately. Moving Ginevra onto his lap, he wound his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. Despite her intentions, Ginevra kissed Draco back and she could feel the instinct to Drink him rising in the back of her throat. She pulled away quickly.

"We're going to ask Lord Xavier about that tonight," Draco grumbled.

"Glad to see your back to your normal self," Ginevra said smirking. "I'm hungry," she muttered.

"And you're back to your normal self too," Draco commented, raising an eyebrow at her.

"My stomach isn't the only one complaining, thank you very much!" Ginevra replied as Draco's stomach grumbled loudly. "One thing before we go out there, Draco," she said, her voice serious again. "If you die on me like that again, I am not going to be happy!" She added fiercely.

"If I die... again... I won't be happy either," Draco muttered.

"Shut up, Draco... I mean it! That was such a horrible thing to see and... I couldn't handle it if you died again," Ginevra added softly, a tear running down her cheek.

"Well, once I'm a full blooded Veelan, then I can promise I won't die intentionally... Does that make you feel any better?" He asked smirking at her.

"In a twisted way, it does... You up for lunch now? I'm starving!" Ginevra said grinning as she headed to the door. "We've only got about ten minutes before Runes starts, so you might want to clean your face too," she added smirking.

"Why don't you look in the mirror?!" Draco called as she left down the corridor laughing.

"They're back to normal, thank the Gods!" Pansy said to Blaise, who smirked and nodded.

"You're welcome," he said winking. "You going to tell Ginevra that lunch is in her kitchen, or do you want me to do it?" Blaise asked Pansy, who looked in the room to see Neville's cocoon before answering his question.

"I'll do it... You stay with Neville," she said with a smile, then went down to Ginevra's room. "Ginevra? We got lunch for you... It's in your kitchen," Pansy said through the door.

"Thank you, Pansy," Ginevra said opening her door with a new shirt on. "Have Fred and George touched any of it?" She asked warily as she made her way to the kitchen.

"Colin and Luna got the food, but I think Parvati and Padma went near the cream biscuits," Pansy said smirking.

"No, we didn't! Well, not at the same time," Padma and Parvati said smirking at each other.

"I don't care if you went at five minute intervals! I'm not going near those biscuits," Ginevra muttered.

"You're not even going to eat one? What if they're not Canary Creams and you just think that they are?" Parvati asked.

"I don't think that they are, I bloody well know it! I heard the spell you put on them, which I happened to give to Fred and George! And do I get the recognition for it? No... The swamp was my idea and spell! Again, no recognition! I would be rich if I even got 5 per cent of the money they bring in using my ideas!" Ginevra grumbled.

"You said you wouldn't tell!" Fred and George said as they came into the room. "Besides, not all of them are your ideas..." They added with a glare.

"I never said that they were all my ideas... Besides, I'm going to tell all of Hogwarts who really made the spells and jokes up if you try to hex my food again," Ginevra threatened. "And getting others to hex my food, or hexing others that are eating my food is out of the question too," she added.

"Fine! We won't do anything to your food again! Nor will we let anyone else do anything, or do it to someone who's eating your food..." They added at her stern look.

"Good... Now take the spell off the cream biscuits before I make you eat them," Ginevra growled.

George and Fred gave her salutes and obediently did so. Ginevra glared at them.

"The other spells too."

"Oh, you're no fun, Ginevra!" Fred grumbled.

"What my dearest brother means to say is that... you're fun, just not when it comes to playing with food," George commented quickly as he kicked Fred's shin, smiling at Ginevra innocently.

"Yeah, exactly..." Fred nodded quickly, seeing Ginevra giving him the look that Molly quite often used on them.

"You know, just shutting up and taking the spells off the food would probably be better," Parvati whispered to them.

"Excellent idea," George said and quickly took the spells off the food, then dragged his twin out of the kitchen before Ginevra could hex them.

"We better go check on them," Padma said, Parvati nodding her agreement before they both left quickly.

"Wow... That was impressive. You could scare Voldemort with a look like that!" Pansy said smirking at her.

"I plan to do more than scare that prick," Ginevra muttered, checking the sandwiches for spells before eating one.

"Which prick are we talking about?" Draco asked as he came into the kitchen. "There's far too many to know which one you're talking about," he said smirking. Pansy rolled her eyes at him.

"We're talking about The prick... And no, it's not Potter," she added.

"Oh, so you mean Ronnie-kins then?" Draco asked smirking.

"No, we were talking about Voldemort," Ginevra said, passing a sandwich to him. "You took your time in the shower, so you've got just enough time to eat that before we're all late for Runes," she drawled.

"I better go get everyone or we will be late," Pansy muttered, then went along the corridor banging on the doors loudly. "Stop your snogging and get your books ready for class!"

"Is Pansy the one who usually gets everyone ready?" Ginevra asked, watching as everyone came out of their rooms with bags almost immediately.

"Without Pansy, we'd always be late or just never turn up to class... Her theory is that if she has to go to class, then all of us do," Draco said smirking.

"It's a good theory and it works, so leave it alone!" Pansy called from her bedroom. "Gregory and Vincent, if I have to pull you out by the ears again, then by the Gods, I swear I will!"

"We're coming! Our ears only just recovered from last time!" Vincent grumbled.

"Then you should have stopped snogging without me and just come to class willingly," Pansy drawled smirking at them.

"We were more than willing to let you join in," Gregory said smirking at her.

"Would you three hurry up?" Ginevra called, waiting at the wardrobe for them.

"We're coming!" Pansy called back and dragged her boyfriends out of the room by their ears.

"Come on Pansy, let go!" Gregory and Vincent yelped as she pulled them down the corridor.

"Ok, we're ready now," Pansy announced, only letting go of their ears once they were inside the corridor.

"That's great, but now you're going to have to run," Ginevra said smirking as she bolted down the corridor, the others running behind her.

"I hate running," Pansy muttered then took off after them all.

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"Hurry up Pansy!" Ginevra called down into the corridor, all of them still waiting for her.

"For the Gods sakes! I'm not cut out for all of this running," Pansy muttered as she climbed out of the corridor wearily. "We better be Gods damned close to the Runes classroom, or else someone's going to be carrying me," she muttered.

"You're so skinny though," Parvati said.

"Just because I'm skinny it does not mean I'm fit!" Pansy grumbled as they made their way to the Runes classroom.

"Come on, Pans... We'll carry you," Gregory said, Vincent nodding in agreement.

"No way! You almost broke my ribs carrying me before!" Pansy protested.

"We won't carry you that way," Vincent said smirking.

"Then how..." She began to ask, but the answer was in front of her. Vincent and Gregory crossed their arms, grabbing onto each other's hands, creating a seat with their hands for her.

"You just sit on our hands and put your arms around our necks," Gregory said smirking at her.

"You promise not to drop me?" She asked suspiciously.

"Of course not!" They said.

With a warning glare, Pansy sat on their hands, wrapping her arms around their necks. She let out a small shriek as they lifted her from the ground, then relaxed and let them carry her up the rest of the stairs. The others followed them quickly.

"You're all late," Yepir said as they entered the classroom.

"And after all the time I took to get these two out of our room," Pansy said shaking her head as her boyfriends let her down gently.

"Three points from Slytherin for your tardiness. Try to be on time next lesson," Yepir said.

"I was late too, Professor," Parvati added.

"Me too," Ginevra added.

"Sorry, I didn't see you two in there... Three points from Gryffindor for tardiness," Yepir said. "Any Ravenclaws or Hufflepuffs I missed out on?" She joked looking at all of them, just in case.

"No, Professor, just us," Ginevra replied as they all went to the empty seats left.

"Very well... Now, as I was saying, rune divination, also known as rune casting, is not a way to predict the future, as the name divination suggests. Rune divination gives a person a means of analysing the path that they are on and a likely outcome. If the person does not like the outcome, then they can always change the path they are on... This tells us what, Tom?" Yepir asked.

"It tells us that... the future isn't set?" He asked.

"Very good... 5 points to Gryffindor. Now, what besides divination have runes been used for in ancient times?" Yepir asked looking around the classroom.

"Magic and writing," Millicent said, getting an affirmative nod from Yepir.

"Correct. 5 points to Slytherin," she said. "Does anyone know what the word rune actually means?" Yepir asked.

"The word rune means mystery, secret or whisper," Ginevra replied.

"Very good... Now, we are going to do a pop quiz," Yepir said and most of the class groaned. "Stop your groaning... It's only ten questions!" She added but a few continued to complain. "However, this quiz is going to be different," Yepir added, now ignoring them. "For each answer that you get right, you will gain a point for your House... All of you get out a sheet of parchment and put your name at the top. Quickly now!" She added when a few went to their bags slowly. "I will mark the quiz once you have finished doing and I will announce which House won at the end of the lesson..."

Everyone quickly did as they were told, most of their thoughts full of worry and despair; the students wishing they had actually done some work the night before...

"The first question is to finish the following sentence: each rune has what meanings and properties associated with it?"

Ginevra finished writing her name and blocked everyone's thoughts from her mind.

Each rune has esoteric meanings and properties associated with it.

"Second question... Where did runic alphabets first appear?" Yepir asked.

In German tribes in central and eastern Europe.

"Third. What alphabets are rune symbols most likely acquired from?"

Greek, Etruscan and early Roman.

"Fourth question: why were runes made up of straight lines?" Yepir asked.

So that the characters were more suitable for cutting into wood or stone.

"When do the Muggles believe that the first runic inscriptions were made?"

The 3rd century AD... Though some of them think runes had been used for centuries beforehand, which is true.

"What is Gebo reversed?" Yepir asked and Ginevra smirked, knowing it was a trick question.

Gebo cannot be reversed, it can only lie in opposition... Gebo Merkstave, however, means greed, loneliness, dependence, over-sacrifice, obligation, toll, privation and bribery, Ginevra wrote quickly, so she wouldn't get confused if Yepir continued on without waiting.

"Seventh question... What does Vanaheim mean? You should all know this one," Yepir added under her breath, smirking.

By the happy and mischievous looks on the others faces, Ginevra knew that she was right, then turned back to her parchment to write the answer.

Vanaheim promotes growth. It also means erotic relationships, persons of the opposite sex, balancing influences, forces of continuity, structure and well being. It is a feeling rune associated with water.

"Question eight. Which rune means the deepest part of the shadow in the unconscious?"

Niflheim. Although, it literally means 'fog world'.

"The destructive male urge is which rune? Also give the direction," Yepir said and a few students went completely blank.

Austr, east.

"This last question is worth three points if you get it right..." Yepir said and a few more students started to get into a panic. "Aspects are determined in essentially three ways. Give the three ways," she said then watched the class.

One, the position a runelot falls in a casting. This can be face up or down, and also includes the second example, which is inside or outside of a certain field. The third way aspects are determined is by the angle at which one runelot is juxtaposed to another, Ginevra wrote, then checked her answers before waiting for the rest of the class to finish.

Hermione's head was practically on her parchment and Ginevra could barely see any spaces between her words or lines as she wrote her essay-long answer in miniscule writing.

"Please stop writing and hand up your quizzes," Yepir announced and Hermione paled dramatically, trying to finish off what she was writing quickly. "I said, stop writing... Now!" Yepir said angrily and all of the students who were still writing had their quill fly to the front of the classroom into her hand. "Thank you... Now, please hand up your quizzes," she said calmly and with pale looks, all of the parchments were handed up. "Now, you are to read the first two chapters in runes and runecasting... If I say your name, then come and see me immediately," Yepir said, then sat at her desk to start marking their pop quiz.

Ginevra got her book out without much enthusiasm, having already read the first three chapters of the book... With a sigh, she started to re-read, hoping Yepir would call her name out early on... Halfway through chapter two, Ginevra's name was called and she went up to Yepir's desk quickly.

"Ginevra... You scored full marks, congratulations," Yepir said.

Ginevra only nodded, sensing a 'but' or 'however' coming...

"However, as you have the ability to read minds, I will take two points off your total score. Does this seem fair to you?"

"Not really, but then I'm not the teacher, am I?" Ginevra asked.

"No, you are not... But you are the student, and I am the teacher, and I am asking for your opinion," Yepir said. "Why do you think it is unfair? You think it unfair for me to take two points from you for something that you cannot prove?"

"I do not think that is unfair... I would agree to it in a heart beat, however... You did not ask if I could prove that I had not read anyone's mind, and that, Professor Yepir, is unfair," Ginevra replied.

"If you have the means to prove it, then by all means, go ahead," Yepir said with a nod.

"Thank you, Professor... If I may have your hand?" Ginevra asked, then took Yepir's hand and with a silent spell, they disappeared into her memory.

Students stared in shock at the empty space before them, their books and reading immediately forgotten when neither Ginevra nor Yepir returned immediately. After a few minutes of staring at the same spot in shocked silence, Ginevra and Yepir appeared in the same position again.

"Well... Thank you for your proof, Miss Weasley... I will not be taking the two points from you," Yepir said trying to calm her shocked nerves. "Have you all finished reading already?" Yepir asked raising her eyebrow at the students, who were still staring at them with shocked expressions. As there was no answer, Yepir shook her head. "Finish reading everyone. You are not allowed to leave until you have finished reading the first two chapters," she said.

"I have finished reading them already... Can I go now?" Ginevra asked Yepir.

"Yes, you can go now. Your quiz, Miss Weasley," Yepir said handing the parchment to her.

"Thank you, Professor," Ginevra replied then left the classroom.

Seeing that there was still ten minutes left before Potions, Ginevra made her way down to her rooms to see Neville, as she had promised him. Ginevra opened his door and walked over to his bed. She saw that the flowers had now died up to his shoulders and sighed heavily.

Neville was her best friend and it wasn't the same without him around... She hadn't even done her exercises last night because he wasn't there to practise with her. She sat by his bed, wishing that she could hold his hand or at least hug him to get some comfort, but the flowers were still wrapped tightly.

"Ginevra? Is that you? Or is it Blaise?" Fred and George asked looking into the room. "Ginevra... Come on, lovely. You're going to be late if you don't leave soon," they said quietly, walking over to her.

"I know... I miss Neville," Ginevra said quietly, looking down at the flowers again.

Fred and George hugged her comfortingly and lifted her off the bed, carrying her out to her corridor easily.

"Come on... We'll go to class with you," they said smiling at her. "We'll make sure that you're not going to get all depressed and upset like you did last time," Fred and George said.

"All right... Just don't make Snape too angry, ok? You may be out of school, but he's still got to mark my work!" Ginerva said looking at them.

"You've got Potions? Oh... Fine, if he lets us in, then we'll stay with you," the twins said with a sigh.

"Surely you mean Parvati and Padma?" Ginevra teased as they went down the corridor.

"Well... We can stay with you for half of the lesson to make sure that you're ok and then sit with them for the other half," Fred and George said brightly.

"Good luck getting Snape to agree to that," Ginevra drawled smirking at them.

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Ginevra walked in to the Potions classroom with Fred and George and saw that they weren't the only ones running late. The Runes class still weren't there, Hermione included. In fact, they were the first ones to arrive.

"I hope that you have completed your essay, Miss Weasley," Snape drawled.

"Of course," Ginevra said and handed the completed essay to him.

"Good, then perhaps you can tell me where the rest of your classmates are?" Snape asked.

"Well, I know where my Runes classmates are, but as to the rest of them..." Ginevra replied with a shrug. "Well, I could tell you actually, but I doubt you want to know what half of them are doing," she added smirking.

"Your Runes classmates are where exactly?"

"Still in Runes... We had a pop quiz and Professor Yepir is announcing which House won at the end of class... They're either still waiting for her to announce the winners, celebrating their victory or trying to kill the other House," Ginevra said with a shrug. "Have any of the House points gone up yet?" She asked.

"You expect me to tell you that while I am in the dungeons, and the House point board is in the Great Hall?" Snape drawled in response.

"I'm surprised that you don't have a mirror charmed to show you," Ginevra drawled back.

"Albus forbade myself and Minerva to have one," Snape said, his face turning a light shade of red.

"Well, that's understandable..." Ginevra said then went to her seat at the back, Fred and George following.

"What are you two doing here? Surely Miss Weasley is not in so much danger that she requires bodyguards, even in class?" Snape drawled.

"We're not Ginevra's bodyguards, you dolt! We're just staying with her to ensure her happiness while in class with our brother, the prat," Fred and George said.

Ginevra wanted to hit them over the head for calling Snape a dolt, but refrained just in case, by the slightest chance, he hadn't heard that particular part of their response.

"You are calling your own brother a prat?" Snape asked, a smirk forming on his disbelieving face.

"We said we wouldn't get Ginevra into trouble, and so we are refraining from calling him other words while in the presence of her Professor," George and Fred admitted. "Percy is a prat, but Ronald..." They said, shaking their heads, "Now he's something else all together," they muttered in distaste.

"Really? And why would that be exactly?" Snape asked, shocking Ginevra when he gave them a smile.

"He hit Ginevra and made her unhappy..." The twins snarled in response.

"He did what?" Severus asked in shock. "He hit a woman?" His jaw dropped when they nodded, affirming his statement.

"Your students are coming, Professor... Perhaps you should pick your jaw up off the floor before they notice," Ginevra drawled, warning him.

In seconds, he was recomposed in his cold manner, Fred and George were sitting beside Ginevra and the first group of students came into the dungeon. Ginevra knew exactly who had won as soon as the first person from her Runes class came in. Padma was smirking broadly, Parvati looking slightly crestfallen beside her, but still looking happy for her sister.

"One hundred and eighteen points!" Padma cried; the Slytherins yelling their enthusiasm and pride with her.

"A very good effort indeed. Now go to your seats so I can begin," Snape said, barely hiding the pride in his voice.

All smirking broadly, they went to their seats, Draco and Blaise sitting up the back with the three Weasley siblings.

The Gryffindors came into the classroom, their heads held up bravely, but Hermione's distraught expression was enough to show all of their pain at losing. Harry was by her side, looking upset too, though his thoughts showed that he was upset at Hermione's pain, rather than upset at losing.

Snape went around the room collecting everyone's essay's, tsking at the short amount of writing Ron and Lavender had done, and trying not to groan in annoyance as Hermione handed him yet another over-the-specified-amount essay...

"So how much did we actually get?" Ginevra asked Parvati who was sitting in front of her with Padma.

"We got one hundred and ten," Parvati replied, shaking her head. "Poor Hermione... She was ready to start crying."

"Eight points, huh? That's not bad," George said nodding.

"Not bad at all," Fred agreed. "Congratulations, Padma," he whispered with a wink.

"Mr. and Mr. Weasley... Do not interrupt my students, or else you will be thrown out of the classroom," Snape warned.

"Yes, sir!" They said, saluting him immediately.

"Everyone turn to page 39... Today you will be making the Risum potion. Who can tell me what it means?" He asked.

As shocked and distraught as she was, Hermione didn't actually raise her hand to answer his question. Ginevra raised her hand slowly, amazed that Hermione's hand didn't automatically spring up.

"Miss Weasley," Snape said.

"It means laugh," Ginevra supplied.

"Three points to Gryffindor," Snape said reluctantly. "Mr. Weasley and Miss Brown, if you do not desist immediately, I will give you three months of detention seven nights a week and send a letter home to your parents," Snape said sternly, glaring at them in disgust.

"Excuse us, Professor?" Fred and George called hesitantly, so as to not get Ginevra into trouble. "Perhaps we could help your problem?" They asked, mischievous grins forming on their faces.

"What do you propose?" Severus asked, his curiosity getting the better of him.

"Permanent seating arrangements to... promote House unity," Fred and George replied.

"That's a load of... cripe and you know it!" Ron's outraged cry came, though he had enough sense not to swear in front of Snape.

"Mr. Weasley! Sit down this instant!" Snape bellowed and Ron fell back onto his chair. "I think it is an excellent idea. If you can organise it in less than ten minutes, then you can arrange it," Snape said. "I am positive that I said for you to open to page 39," Snape said glaring at most of the class, who quickly opened their Potions books. "You are to copy down the Risum potion to make sure that you know it before you even attempt to make it. I will not have you wasting my precious resources due to your naivety and clumsiness," he drawled sternly and everyone started writing, being sure to check their potion books carefully. "Mr. and Mr. Weasley, come to my desk," Snape said.

Fred and George quickly made their way to Snape's desk and waited for him to continue.

"Everyone is to be seated in groups of four. This allows two Slytherins and two Gryffindors to be together... Choose wisely and I would not suggest that you put your brother with Miss Brown, unless you want your parents involved... Or two murders on my hands," he added under his breath.

"We would provide the alibi if it did happen, Professor," Fred and George said together with evil looks. "Perhaps Ronald would be better with Sally-Anne as a partner," they said. "If Parvati and Padma agree, then perhaps they could pair with them too," the Weasley twins added.

Despite Severus' initial instructions, the three of them spent a good fifteen minutes discussing and working out the new seating arrangement that would take place in lesson the next day. By the time Fred, George and Severus finished all of the students had finished reading and copying the potion into their books and were waiting patiently, trying to hear their name in the discussion for an indication of whom they were going to be stuck with for the rest of the school year.

"Get into groups, collect your ingredients and start making the potion," Snape instructed.

One person from every group went up and collected the ingredients they needed, quickly returning to their seats. Ginevra put the ingredients on the table and pulled on her gloves before starting to measure the dark purple dragon's blood in a pure silver bowl.

"You two just going to sit there like you've been Petrified, or are you going to help?" Ginevra drawled smirking at Blaise and Draco.

"Right," Blaise said shaking his head as he started the fire beneath the cauldron.

Draco measured the dried Billywig stings and handed it to Ginevra who mixed it in with the dragon's blood, quickly putting the silver bowl on the desk. As the Billywig stings sunk beneath the surface of the thick blood, the liquid turned from dark purple to lilac. A small cloud of smoke rose from the bowl as the two ingredients fused together, causing a very minor, yet loud, explosion. Mixing these two specific ingredients caused the floating side effect of the Billywig sting to be cancelled. Although the main side effect had been cancelled, the dragon's blood actually increased the less-known side effects of the Billywig sting, happiness and giddiness.

"Have you put the grounded teeth in yet?" Ginevra asked Blaise.

"One minute... It's got to finish boiling first," Blaise muttered and the cauldron boiled over. He added the grounded teeth, thankful (yet slightly curious) that he didn't know what the teeth came from...

"Stir three times to the right and then once to the left," Draco read from the book.

"Do twice to the right and twice to the left," Ginevra said before he did anything.

"Are you sure?" Draco asked hesitantly. Ginevra glared at him, so he just shut up and did as she said.

"What does that do?" Blaise asked her.

"Instead of making it lumpy because of the teeth, stirring twice each way balances the potion and makes it easier for the dragon's blood to be mixed in," Ginevra replied. "See, Draco? That is the kind of question you should be asking, not 'are you sure?'," Ginevra said smirking.

"Yes, my Queen," Draco replied, smirking back at her.

"Shut up and stir this three times to the left and then three to the right," Ginevra said passing the silver bowl to him. "Move back quickly once you've stirred it though," she warned.

Draco nodded and did as she said, moving back as soon as he'd finished stirring. Not even half a second after he'd moved back, the dragon's blood, dried Billywig stings, and teeth finished fusing together and exploded loudly, making more than half of the class jump in shock.

"Miss Weasley... Would you care to explain what you just did to cause an explosion like that and most likely spoiling the rest of the ingredients for the others?" Snape asked sternly, swooping over to them immediately.

"The explosion wasn't that big!" Fred and George said, but quickly went quiet with warning glares from both Severus and Ginevra.

"I used a different stirring method to increase the fusion of the ingredients... Instead of the small cloud of smoke it was supposed to produce, like Harry and Hermione currently have," Ginevra said indicating over to the cloud hovering above Harry and Hermione's cauldron, "The ingredients fused faster, creating a relatively small explosion. That means that instructions four and five can be skipped and we can get out of here earlier," Ginevra said with a smile.

Snape looked into the cauldron and saw that it was now a dark lilac colour, as it was supposed to be by instruction number five. He moved back, in case the ingredients still had some fusing to do, and nodded briefly.

"Very well... Next time tell the class when you are going to make something explode, or better yet, put a silencing spell on your cauldron," Snape drawled, then continued to look over the other potions.

Smirking, Ginevra put a silencing spell on her cauldron and stirred the potion two more times before getting Blaise to add in the powdered Fritillary bulb carefully.

"Sprinkle it in... If you just dump it all in there, then the cauldron will most likely melt, if you're lucky," Ginevra said.

"What is the worst that can happen then?" He asked in shock.

"When I experimented with it in our backyard last year I ended up making a crater and going to St. Mungo's for a week," Ginevra said shrugging. "That was with a smaller amount of everything so I wouldn't like to be on the receiving end of this one!" She said grinning.

Blaise paled and made sure to sprinkle it very lightly. Fred and George looked at Ginevra in shock.

"You told Mum that an asteroid hit, for the Gods sakes! And we believed you!" They said still in shock.

"Well, then... If you two believed me I think I've finished my training," Ginevra said smirking at them. "There was nothing left of the cauldron and with the burns I got, the only thing plausible enough was something that you couldn't argue against... I mean, an asteroid hits me, there's a huge crater in our backyard, I'm practically dead and you didn't find me until dinner... The asteroid might have burned up by then, and even if you had looked, the rest of the cauldron would have looked like an asteroid," Ginevra said with a shrug.

"But... The first thing you said was an asteroid! You didn't change your story once! By the Gods, you didn't even blink when you lied to Mum straight-faced!" They said, grins forming. "We're so proud of you!" Fred and George exclaimed, hugging her tightly.

"Thank you... Now, you should go spend some time with your girlfriends, I'll be fine," Ginevra said pushing them away and turning back to the cauldron.

"Well, it looks like we're not wanted," George said with a sigh.

"But Ginevra does have a point," Fred added and they went over to Parvati and Padma quickly.

"You lied to your own mother?" Draco asked in shock.

"Of course... She would have killed me if she'd found out what I was doing! It's not respectable for young ladies to be dabbling in things that have nothing to do with them..." Ginevra mimicked sarcastically.

"Your mother is like that?" Blaise asked, surprised.

"Not in every sense... Most of the time though. I wasn't allowed to play with the boys when I was younger, I had to learn all of the house-keeping duties... I can clean and cook to Mum's perfection, which is extremely hard to achieve, I might add... She has become more relaxed in the last few years because she knows that I am my own person and not just her little girl," Ginevra said shrugging. "But besides from the fact that Mum doesn't like me dabbling in potions, I'm not allowed to do magic outside of school and the things I did... Well, they weren't completely legal," Ginevra said, smirking at them.

"You did magic outside of school? How is that possible?" Draco asked.

"The Ministry of Magic has got those Underage Use of Magic letters set to automatically send out if a student uses magic... However if there are more people over the required age than there are underage wizards, then the letters just assume that it was the parent using the magic near the child and nothing is sent out," Ginevra said shrugging. "Mum, Dad, Charlie, Bill and Fleur and the twins were at home. Ron and Harry were there as well as me, so that's seven adults against three kids... Therefore, I was perfectly fine against those letters and Mum's wrath... Besides, if anyone had asked, then I could immediately say that I was doing it as self defence against the asteroid and they were lucky that I wasn't a corpse," Ginevra said smirking. "Stir the potion three half turns starting from left to right," she instructed Draco, who nodded and did so.

"So if we've got more adults in the house than kids, we can use magic any time we want?" Blaise asked in disbelief.

"Not at the same time, mind you... If you have three kids and five adults, then your power would overtake their power if they weren't using magic at that moment and then you're all in trouble... I had to watch Mum and Dad's routines for weeks before I could do anything. Before I did that though, I studied nearly every Ministry paper they had about Underage wizardry... That took two weeks all together. I convinced Mum and Dad that I wanted to go to the Ministry to see Percy and that I wanted to see around my Daddy's work place," Ginevra said batting her eyelashes innocently.

"You're evil, do you know that?" Blaise asked smirking at her. "You definitely got Sorted into the wrong House, love!"

"Thank you for that lovely and thoughtful comment, Blaise... I will remember it forever," Ginevra drawled sarcastically, smirking at him. "Stir this in twice clockwise and we can leave," Ginevra said handing a small thimble-like bowl to Draco.

He looked and saw a pinkish-red paste inside of it. The scent drifted upwards and he looked at Ginevra in amazement as he recognised the smell.

"Strawberries?" Draco asked.

"Yes... The strawberries minimise the taste of the dragon's blood, but they also make the potion thicker and not so watery," Ginevra explained to him.

Draco gave an understanding nod and stirred the paste into the cauldron as instructed. Ginevra handed the vials to Blaise, who bottled the potion and labelled them.

"Right, you want to tidy all this mess up while I give the potions to Snape?" Ginevra asked them.

"I'll take them," Draco offered with a smirk.

Ginevra rolled her eyes and gave the three vials to him before quickly cleaning up the bench and their tools.

"He could have just said that he doesn't like cleaning," she muttered, shaking her head.

"Draco doesn't like to admit his dislikes openly, especially when he's with the person he likes," Blaise said with a wink.

Ginevra just shook her head again and continued to clean. Draco returned just as they finished cleaning and helped them put back the extra ingredients.

"Can we go now?" Ginevra asked Snape.

"Yes, get out of here, by all means... At least some of us can," he muttered, then went to see if Ron and Lavender had finally stopped devouring each other...

Ginevra heard him bellowing at them all the way to her rooms.

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"What are you going to do?" Draco asked Ginevra when Blaise went into his room to see Neville.

"I'm going to do my homework before we all have to go to detention... Then after detention with McGonagall, you've got your detention with me," Ginevra said smirking at him. "Then I've got do my exercises and after dinner we're going to see Lord Xavier... That sums it up, I think," she said with another smirk.

"I believe so..." Draco drawled. "Any time for us to talk in private?" He asked.

"What about?" Ginevra asked in surprise.

"About us," Draco replied.

"Well, I've got time now," she said, leading him down to her room.

Opening her door, Relo scampered out quickly.

"What's wrong Relo?" Ginevra asked seeing his distressed look.

"I just had bad dreams," Relo said with a sob. "I is just going to see Neville... He makes me feel better," Relo said wiping away his tears and going down to Neville and Blaise's room.

Ginny looked after him feeling helpless, then sighed and went into her room, Draco following.

"So what did you want to talk about exactly?" Ginevra asked him as they sat down.

"I wanted to talk about us... What we are to each other," Draco said. "I'm sure the girl is supposed to ask these questions..." He muttered shaking his head.

"It's fine... You just thought of it first," Ginevra said with a shrug. "We can be anything you want," Ginevra said. "If you want to be friends, I would agree and then make sure that you didn't even look at another woman..." She said with a smirk, yet completely serious tone. "If you want to start dating then I would agree whole heartedly and make sure to go to the Great Hall every morning hand in hand with you just to annoy Ronald," Ginevra said laughing. "If you want something more, then you're going to have to be specific and tell me what it is you want exactly," she said.

"How about option one and two together?" Draco asked smirking at her.

"I guess I can deal with that," Ginevra drawled. "Do you want to stay here with me or do your homework in your room?" She asked.

"You're really going to do your homework?" He asked.

"Yes... The faster I get it done, the more time I have for other things," Ginevra replied with a shrug. "I've been working that way since my second year so it's force of habit now, I guess," she said shrugging again.

"I'll stay here with you," Draco said putting his bag down.

Someone knocked on Ginevra's door and she turned to see Padma and Parvati there.

"Come in... What can I do for you?" Ginevra asked as they entered her room.

"We were just wondering... Have you started thinking about your Care of Magical Creatures assignment yet? We have no idea what to do ours on," they said frowning.

"I would have thought the answer to that would have been obvious," Ginevra said in surprise. "Pixies, of course."

"We thought of that," Padma said.

"But we can't both do it," Parvati finished.

"All right... How about we go to the meeting room first? There's more room to be comfortable and work," Ginevra said.

Once they were all seated, Draco sitting beside Ginevra and Parvati and Padma on either side of them, Ginevra continued her explanation.

"In a way you can both do it... You just need to ask Hagrid for a joint assignment... One of you will do the assignment on pixies, the other on imps, or fairies even. Then you compare the similarities and differences between the two creatures. Would you consider that?" Ginevra asked.

"It is an interesting concept... So many people, wizards as well as Muggles, confuse imps and pixies a lot," they replied.

"Do you want to work with us here?" Ginevra offered.

"All right... We'll go get our things," the twins said then left quickly, discussing their assignment.

"What creature are you going to do? Vampires?" Draco asked.

"No... Vampires are beings, not beasts or animals," Ginevra said. "I was thinking of doing my project on the Gytrash actually... I could make a good argument of the way they are feared because of the things they do, yet they don't know any better," Ginevra said.

"Will you tell me what you actually did to the Gytrash?" Draco asked.

"I gave the Gytrash knowledge so they wouldn't repeat the same mistake without being responsible for their actions..." Ginevra replied. "Do you think that was too nice? They did kill you after all," she said.

"Yes, they did... I think that you were just and fair... If I had really died and they had known it was wrong, then I would have come back from the dead to tell you to kill their miserable arses, but," he added when Ginevra looked at him with one eyebrow raised. "But, as they didn't know it was wrong and I lived, then I think it was right for you to do so," he said. "Did that sound all right? My opinion, funnily enough, is usually not asked for," he drawled smirking at her.

"It was fine, thank you Draco... Where are you up to with those questions for McGonagall? I am up to question three about the dangers of becoming one of the Muggle's endangered species," Ginevra said. "I can only think of one answer and that is you'll most likely get captured and put into one of their zoological parks and forced to mate with one of the other captured species... Not nice," she added with a shudder.

"What's not nice?" Pansy asked looking in the meeting room.

"Ginevra's answer to question three of McGonagall's Animagus questions," Draco replied.

"You're already up to question three?" Padma asked as she came in with Parvati, their arms full of homework and books.

"Well, I've been looking at it for a while... I can't seem to think of anything else," Ginevra said shaking her head.

"Wait for us, we'll be there in a minute," Pansy called, going to her room with Gregory and Vincent.

"What's going on?" Blaise asked seeing everyone inside.

"We're all studying together," Draco replied.

Blaise's jaw dropped and he walked over to Draco, putting a hand on his forehead.

"Well, you don't have a fever, so you can't be sick... You're really doing homework?" Blaise asked in shock.

"Yes... The quicker I do it, the more time I've got for other things," Draco said quoting Ginevra's earlier words.

"Understandable... Wait for me, ok? I'll get the others and we'll be back in a second," Blaise said leaving quickly.

In five minutes, they were all sitting around the table doing homework and trying to figure out more answers to the third question on McGonagall's Animagus questions. Fred and George joined in, thinking of some ridiculous, as well as some serious answers.

"What if you turned into an endangered animal near poachers? You'd be killed for your skin or something," they said. "You could turn into an endangered animal near someone who is allergic to the particular animal you just turned into... Then they'd start sneezing all over you... That's dangerous!" Fred and George said with straight faces.

"The likelihood of that actually happening is so rare not even Bagman would bet on it!" Theodore said shaking his head.

"I don't know..." Fred said darkly.

"He'll bet on anything and everything," George finished, sounding just as dark.

"What if you turn into an animal that someone's scared of? They might try to kill you... I mean, I'm sure that numbats are nice creatures, whatever in the Gods names they are," Parvati said squinting at the small list of endangered species on the parchment. "But I'm sure that if a person actually saw one up close, they would probably try to kill it, thinking it was a rat," Parvati said.

"That's a good one... So we've got three answers and the question is out of three, so what's next?" Ginevra asked grinning at them.

"Question four is, you have just turned into a spider inside of a Muggle supermarket. What are some of the dangers you will face in trying to get out safely?" Luna read off the parchment. "I've finished my work," she added before they could ask.

"Travelling down the bug spray section's probably not a good idea..." Fred and George drawled. "Or any place with people or heavy objects that can fall on you," they said.

"Going underneath the shelves would be better so you aren't seen and squished," Colin added. "Travelling on the roof would be good too, but it would take a while to get all the way up there," Colin said.

"All right, let me write all of this down," Ginevra muttered writing quickly...

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"We should pack up and get going now, or we'll be late for our detention," Ginevra said at quarter past six.

"I can't believe we actually finished two assignments in... two hours," Parvati said in amazement.

"I always found that it helped when I studied with others. That way I could suggest something and find out if they thought it was good or needed changing in some way," Ginevra said with a shrug.

"I'm amazed that Draco worked so much and contributed to the discussion!" Pansy said laughing.

"Do you know if we have to spend the entire time with Ronald and Lavender?" Blaise asked. "I don't think they'll survive it if we do," he muttered.

"McGonagall will separate us and give us each a different chore," Luna said.

They all finished putting their things away then left for the Transfiguration classroom. They arrived two minutes early to a very surprised McGonagall. Not one student had ever turned up early before, let alone fourteen students at one time!

"As you have arrived early, you will be allowed to leave earlier, depending on the amount of work you get done," she said trying to be reasonable. "Mr. and Mr. Weasley, you do not have to be here as I cannot punish you while you are not students," McGonagall said.

"We're staying," Fred and George said adamantly.

"Very well then... You two can help Miss and Miss Patil to clean the windows. No magic," McGonagall said, producing four buckets filled with soapy water and four sponges.

The four twins took them and went over to the furthest windows to start cleaning.

"Miss Parkinson, Mr. Goyle and Mr. Crabbe. You will scrub every desk until the most recent spots of ink and pieces of chewing gum are gone, is that understood?" She asked, producing three more buckets for them.

"Yes, Professor, that's understood," Pansy said, going over to the last desk with her bucket.

"Mr. Creevey and Miss Lovegood you are to..." McGonagall went to say.

"Dust all of the cabinets, we know," Luna said with a dreamy smile.

McGonagall frowned at her for a moment, wondering whether it was possible to punish someone for already knowing their original punishment, then just shook her head and produced feather dusters for them.

"Mr. Nott and Miss Bullstrode, you are to mop the floors," she instructed, giving them two Muggle mops and another two buckets, before turning to Blaise and Draco. "You two are to file the pile of papers sitting on my desk," she said.

"Yes, Professor," Draco and Blaise said then went to her desk grudgingly.

"You, Miss Weasley, are to change into a cat and stay that way, confined only to this room, for the entire duration," McGonagall said.

Ginevra sighed... An entire hour of staying in one form and with nothing to do meant that she was going to be lethargic as well as cranky for Lord Xavier...

"Yes, Professor," Ginevra said then changed into a cat.

Ron and Lavender walked into the room and saw all of the others already there and working, sans Ginny.

"So Ginny's decided to skive off, has she?" Ron sneered.

"She should get an extra detention for that!" Lavender added.

Everyone glared at them, but they didn't do anything as McGonagall was still in the room. Blaise had a hard time convincing Draco to put his wand down though...

"Miss Weasley is already serving her detention, and it would not do you well to judge what I should or should not do... You two are to serve your detention with Filch. He is waiting for you at the entrance," she said stiffly.

"How come everyone else gets to work in here?" Lavender protested.

"You would have been working in here had you come on time, as the others did, Miss Brown," McGonagall replied glaring at her.

Ginevra hissed at them on the way out and barely had time to dodge Lavender's foot as she kicked at her angrily.

"Stupid cat," Lavender muttered then left before McGonagall could deduct House points.

"Give you a stupid cat you stupid..." Ginevra hissed after her.

"Ginevra! No swearing in my classroom!" Minerva said, cutting her off quickly.

Ginevra meowed a small apology, then walked around the room, feeling restless.

"Can't I even have a piece of string to play with? This is so boring," Ginevra whined.

"It may be boring, Ginevra, but you will have to put up with it," Minerva replied.

"So no string then?" Ginevra asked.

"No, no string," Minerva said firmly.

"How about mice then?" Ginevra asked.

"If you find one, then by all means... You are not to leave this room to pursue it though, is that understood?" Minerva asked Ginevra sternly.

"Fine..." Ginevra said then went over to the walls, pawing at any cracks she could see.

The fun of that wore out after ten minutes and Ginevra gracefully leapt up onto a cabinet that Colin had just finished dusting. She purred and did a few turns before deciding it was a good enough spot then curled up to sleep.

"Ginevra... I did not say that you could sleep either," Minerva's voice called.

Ginevra sighed and walked off the tall cabinet calmly, landing on all four paws.

"Is Ginevra allowed to help us, Professor? This chewing gum isn't coming off and she's got strong claws," Pansy said.

"Yes, let me help them! Please?" Ginevra asked.

"Very well... Just try not to get the chewing gum on your fur. It's extremely hard to remove once it's there," McGonagall warned her.

"Thank you!" Ginevra said and leapt over to where Pansy was scrubbing at a table.

She rubbed her cheek against Pansy's arm in thanks before letting her claws out and started to scratch at the chewing gum. As she scratched, Ginevra tried not to think of who's it had been... The chewing gum came off the table in a few minutes and Pansy scrubbed off the remaining parts.

"Using water to take chewing gum off a table probably isn't the best thing to do, you know," Ginevra commented.

"And why would that be, Miss Weasley?" Minerva asked.

"Well, saliva increases the size of chewing gum and makes it chewy... Water would most likely just increase the size of the chewing gum," Ginevra replied.

"Then what would you suggest?" Minerva asked walking over to her.

"There's something that Dad uses all the time... He said that the Muggles called it sandpaper. It's very rough so he has to use a piece of wood to fold it so he doesn't hurt his fingers when it goes down," Ginevra said with an un-catlike shrug.

"Yes, I know what sandpaper is... Very well then," Minerva said and the buckets and sponges disappeared. In their place was three pieces of sandpaper and wooden blocks the size of their palms. "Use those instead... It will create a lot of dust, so be careful," she said.

"How do we use them, Professor?" Pansy asked looking at the foreign and new small piece of rough paper.

McGonagall demonstrated how then left them to it, Ginevra following her now that she didn't have anything to do. She went over to where Blaise and Draco were filing and curled around their legs before going over to the twins who had nearly finished cleaning all of the windows.

Ginevra watched them work, her head cocked to the side in interest. Each window had four glass panels. Fred and George were cleaning two panels on one window, Padma and Parvati cleaning the other window in the same way. It saved time as then they didn't all spend a long time on just one window when they could do two in the same amount of time instead.

She carefully padded over the wet floor to where Theodore and Millicent were mopping the floor behind each table that Pansy, Gregory and Vincent sanded. They had already finished the other side of the classroom and once they had finished cleaning all of the dust created from the sanding then they would be finished.

Ginevra went over to Colin and Luna to see how far they had progressed and sneezed when some dust fell on her. She pawed at her nose, sneezing one more time before the dust disappeared.

"Sorry Ginevra..." Luna said kindly and patted her softly.

Ginevra purred happily, arching her back into Luna's hand encouragingly. Luna smiled then stopped patting her and continued to dust. Ginevra left in disappointment wondering where to go next. The door opened and she looked over to see Ron and Lavender trudge inside.

"Gods damn it! I just finished cleaning that!" Millicent yelled at them as they both trailed mud onto the clean floor.

"Mr. Weasley and Miss Brown. Stop walking right this instant," Minerva said and they both grudgingly did so.

Professor McGonagall walked over to them and with a quick spell their feet were now mud-free. She looked at the rest of the students who were just finishing the last of their assigned chores.

"Once you have all finished, you can leave," she announced and they all worked with extra fervour. "Miss Bullstrode and Mr. Nott you are to give your mops to Miss Brown and Mr. Weasley, who are going to clean up the mess they just created," Minerva said.

"That's not fair! We just finished our punishment with Filch!" Lavender protested.

"I am aware of that, Miss Brown... However, as Miss Bullstrode and Mr. Nott had just finished their punishment when you came in and defeated an hour of their hard work, then you should be the one to clean it up... You would demand the same if you had been in their position, would you not?" Minerva asked her sternly.

With a glare at Millicent, Lavender snatched the mop from her and cleaned the floor. Ron took the mop from Theodore, looking around the room.

"Where's Ginny? What was her punishment?" He asked.

"Her punishment is none of your business, Mr. Weasley... Have you all finished now?" Minerva asked looking around the room at the students.

They all nodded and their cleaning equipment disappeared immediately.

"You can go now," Minerva said kindly and they left.

Ginevra rubbed herself against Minerva's legs, then ran out of the room with her friends.

"Gods, I'm tired..." Padma muttered yawning.

"Same... At least we got out early though," Parvati said, Padma nodding in agreement.

"Are you all right, Ginevra?" Draco asked the cat who was padding alongside him.

She jumped up onto his shoulder nimbly and rubbed her face against his cheek, licking him lightly.

"We'll take that as a yes..." Pansy drawled smirking at her.

Ginevra jumped off of Draco's shoulder and ran ahead, turning into a side corridor. The others followed quickly, arriving just in time to see the cat eyes and ears disappear from Ginevra's face.

"Why didn't you wait? That would have been an excellent picture," Colin said with a grin.

"Sorry Colin... I'll wait for you next time," Ginevra said, closing her eyes tiredly.

"Do you want us carry you to your room?" Vincent asked.

"I'll just sleep here," Ginevra murmured, curling her weary body into a ball, changing back into a cat as she did so.

"I'll take her," Draco said shaking his head and went over to her.

Ginevra hissed and clawed at him as he tried to pick her up. He moved back quickly, narrowly missing her sharp claws.

"Let me try," Luna said, moving forward.

She crouched beside Ginevra quietly and began to pat her back. Ginevra purred in her sleep and Luna moved a small way away from Ginevra.

"Come on, kitten, this way," she cooed softly.

Ginevra padded after her slowly, still tired. Every few metres, Luna would stop and pat her again, then draw her further down the corridor, eventually arriving at a tapestry.

"Will you let me carry you? I'll pat you," Luna added.

Ginevra leapt into her open arms and snuggled into her warm body, purring as Luna resumed to pat her gently. She was asleep by the time they passed the next tapestry door.

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Ginevra woke up, yawning and stretching lazily as she got out of bed.

"Oh, good... You're back to normal," Luna said with a smile.

"What?" Ginevra asked in confusion, then she remembered her detention and what happened afterwards. "Oh, Gods... I didn't hurt anyone, did I?" She asked cringing.

"No, everyone's fine. Physically at least... Draconius took quite an emotional blow when you didn't let him pick you up," Luna said with a smile. "Funny isn't it?" She asked, cocking her head to the side. "A week ago he wouldn't have cared one bit if you hadn't let him pick you up. Now, however..." She trailed off then shook her head and smiled at her again. "It's ten to eight... You've got enough time to talk to Draco before you have to do your exercises," Luna said.

"Thank you, Luna..." Ginevra said, hugging her friend.

"You're welcome, Ginevra," Luna said then left to find Colin.

Ginevra changed into her fighting outfit then went down to Draco's room, stopping to say hello to everyone along the way. She knocked on his door quietly and waited for him to allow her entry.

"Pansy, if that's you again I am going to curse you," Draco muttered as he opened the door.

"That's a nice greeting, Draco," Ginevra drawled smirking at him.

"I thought it was Pansy again," he muttered, stepping back and allowing her to enter his room. "Are you all right now?" Draco asked as she sat down.

"I'm not tired anymore, if that's what you meant..." Ginevra asked grinning at him. "I'm sorry about trying to scratch you... You just scared me," Ginevra said.

"How?" Draco asked.

"You imagine trying to get to sleep and then opening your eyes to see two hands coming towards you," Ginevra drawled raising an eyebrow at him. "You scared me..." She said shaking her head.

"I apologise," Draco said. "What are you doing now? More homework?" Draco asked.

"No. I've got to do my exercises," Ginevra said. "It's not the same without someone else," she sighed thinking of Neville.

"I can join in, if you'd like," Draco offered.

"Thanks, Draco," Ginevra said smiling at him.

They went to one of empty rooms and Draco watched as Ginevra did her warm-up exercises, repeating the same actions. Pansy saw what they were doing and stopped in the doorway to watch.

"Do you want to join in too?" Ginevra offered.

"Thanks," Pansy said, then walked in and did the exercises too.

As she finished her exercises, Ginevra and Draco started fighting. Pansy watched them in amazement as Ginevra ducked Draco's oncoming fist and went to kick at his legs, Draco narrowly missing it by jumping into the air. He kicked at Ginevra mid-air and she grabbed his foot, making him land on the ground with a thump.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Colin said beside her, his camera clicking away at them. "Almost as good as Ginevra with Neville... They looked like they'd been fighting each other since birth," he added with a grin, taking a photo of Ginevra punching Draco in the stomach.

"Yeah, I'd hate to be fighting on the opposite side of them..." Pansy muttered, shaking her head.

"You going to join in Pansy?" Ginevra called as she floored Draco, using her knees to pin him to the ground.

"I don't think I should... Might spoil Draco's fun," Pansy drawled smirking at them.

"Me not breathing and getting my arse kicked is your idea of fun?" Draco panted from beneath Ginevra.

"Well, if that's the case, then I should definitely help her," Pansy said going over to them. "I still haven't got you back for going Veelan on me last night," she said smirking at him.

"Oh, shit..." Draco groaned.

Ginevra got up and stood beside Pansy. Draco quickly got off the floor and immediately put his fists up to defend himself. Pansy went to kick him in the stomach just as Ginevra went to hit his face. Draco barely managed to block them both before they launched another assault on him.

"This isn't fair, you know!" Draco said, ducking both of their fists.

"Nothing in this world is fair, Draco... You should know that by now," Pansy said smirking at him.

"That's not the point," Draco growled, kicking at her.

Pansy smirked at him and blocked his foot before punching him. Ginevra feigned a kick at Draco, then turned and punched Pansy instead.

"Now that's not fair!" Pansy cried as they both started kicking and punching at her.

"You'll live," Ginevra said with a smirk, her fist connecting with Pansy's arm.

"I might, but that doesn't mean I'll be happy about it," she grumbled. "The amount of bruises I'm going to get from this..." Pansy muttered as she blocked a punch from Draco.

"Are you coming to dinner?" Fred and George asked from the doorway.

"We'll be there in a minute," Ginevra called, pulling back from the other two.

Draco and Pansy stopped fighting, Pansy panting for breath as she rubbed her shoulder.

"Are you all right?" Ginevra asked her in concern.

"I'll be fine, like you said," Pansy said with a smirk.

"If you're sure," Ginevra said and Pansy nodded. "All right then... I'm going to go get changed. I'll meet you at dinner," Ginevra said then left the room.

"That was amazing... I should learn how to fight," Colin said wistfully grinning at Pansy and Draco.

"No, you shouldn't," Pansy said wincing as she rubbed her shoulder again. She put her wand to it, muttering a spell and sighed as she flexed her shoulder, the pain now gone. "That's better..." She sighed gratefully.

"How much for a photo?" Draco asked looking at the strewn photographs on the floor.

"That all depends on how many you want," Colin said with a grin.

"Talk about it on the way, would you? I'm starving and I'm sure that Gregory and Vincent are going to eat themselves sick until Pansy arrives," Ginevra said pulling on a jumper and her robe.

"True... I'll just get my robe, then we can go," Pansy said, going down to her room.

They all left through the corridor quickly, Ginevra and Pansy talking about wand tactics, while Draco was talking with Colin about the photographs. They walked into the Great Hall and sat down at the Slytherin table, Pansy immediately stopping Gregory and Vincent from eating anymore.

"How many plates have they had?" She asked Blaise.

"Four each," Blaise replied smirking as he ate his sausages.

"Four each? Gods, you two are just begging to get sick, aren't you?" Pansy muttered. "Every time you eat more than three plates I'm the one who has to look after you when you're sick!" She said shaking her head. "And now you're on your fifth plate! Well, you're definitely not getting any dessert!" She said putting a spell on their plates.

"Oh, come on Pans! We haven't had four plates each in ages!" Vincent complained.

"I know that, Vincent... You shouldn't have had four plates tonight either," Pansy drawled coldly.

"We willingly ate our vegetables though," Gregory said.

"Corn, pumpkin, beans and carrots," Vincent said with a nod.

"And I had broccoli too," Gregory added.

Pansy raised an eyebrow at them, then looked to Blaise for confirmation.

"Half a plate worth," he confirmed nodding.

"What was on your other plates then?" Pansy asked, folding her arms.

"We've got to hurry, Draco... We're going to be late to meet Lord Xavier, and I do not want to be late when he's already angry," Ginevra muttered, finishing off her chicken and pumpkin before grabbing a piece of cake.

"All right... How are we getting there?" He asked eating his cheese-covered cauliflower.

"I've got no idea actually... I'll go ask Albus," Ginevra said standing as she finished her cake and walked over to the teacher's table.

"How can I help you, Miss Weasley?" Albus asked smiling at her.

"How will Draco and I be travelling to meet Lord Xavier?" Ginerva asked.

"Due to the very kind offer of Madam Maxime, you will be riding in her carriage," Albus said, giving the Beauxbaton Headmistress a grateful nod. "The palomino's know where to go already... You will be travelling alone, so I trust that you will act responsibly," he added sternly.

"Of course, Professor... Thank you for the use of your carriage, Madam Maxime," Ginevra said with a bow.

"You are veree welcome, Ginevra," Olympe replied smiling at her.

"You and Draco should leave now if you are to arrive on time," Albus said. "The carriage is at the entrance," he added.

"Thank you Professor," Ginevra said then went back to the Slytherin table. "We've got to leave now," she said to Draco, who nodded and stood up beside her. "See you all later," Ginevra said leaving the Great Hall with Draco.

"So how are we getting there?" Draco asked as they hurried to the entrance.

"Madam Maxime's letting us use her carriage," Ginevra replied, opening the front doors to reveal the large blue carriage awaiting them.

They climbed inside and put on the satin seatbelts, holding on tightly as the carriage rose up into the night sky. The twelve palominos flew quickly, not slowing their speed until they were over halfway there. Ginevra looked at her watch and saw that it was five minutes to nine and tried not to fret about being late.

"Don't worry, Ginevra... The horses will get us there on time," Draco said. "I can take your mind off it if you want," he added with a suggestive smirk.

"By all means," Ginevra drawled.

He raised an eyebrow in surprise, then went over to her, kissing her hotly. He struggled to take off her belt and pulled her to him when it was finally undone. Ginevra kissed him back and heard his pulse increase as blood pumped through him faster, simply encouraging her to Drink him. Her fangs grew longer as his tongue ran across her teeth and she shivered in his arms. Pulling away, her teeth sank into his neck and Draco groaned as she Drank from him eagerly. Ginevra licked at the flowing blood, sucking the wound slowly, tormenting him.

The winged horses neighed loudly and Ginevra pulled away from Draco quickly, crossing back to her seat and putting her belt on before the palominos could land. Draco frowned in disappointment.

"I'm going to make those ruddy horses go at a slower pace on the way back," he muttered.

Ginevra licked the access blood from her lips, smirking as Draco stared.

"You better hold on," she said and Draco held onto the belt tightly as the palominos started to descend.

The palominos landed in front of the mansion and the carriage door opened to reveal Miles.

"Miss Ginevra Weasley, welcome," Miles said, offering his hand to help her out of the carriage.

"Thank you, Miles," Ginevra said, stepping out of the carriage.

When she was on the ground, he bowed to her, then turned back to the carriage.

"Mr. Draconius Malfoy, welcome," he said.

Draco stepped out of the carriage, standing next to Ginevra.

"Thank you, Miles," Draco said returning his bow.

"Lord Xavier and Lady Agnes are waiting for you... If you will follow me," Miles said, leading them up to the mansion and inside quickly.

He led them through the foyer and down to Agnes and Xavier's private room, where Fred and George had first met them. Bowing them inside, Miles shut the door after they had entered.

"Ginevra, welcome," Agnes said smiling at her, kissing her wrists.

"Welcome," Xavier said, kissing her wrists too.

"Thank you, Lady Agnes and Lord Xavier," Ginevra said politely with a bow. "May I present my own, Draconius Malfoy," she introduced.

"Lady Agnes," Draco said kissing her hand with a bow. "Lord Xavier. It is a pleasure to meet you both," he said.

"Thank you, Draconius... Please, sit down," Agnes said, indicating to the chairs.

Ginevra and Draco sat down next to each other, facing the Lord and Lady. Ginevra took Draco's hand, the only indication of how nervous she was. Agnes smiled at them kindly as she poured the tea.

"Do you know why we requested to meet with you, Ginevra and Draconius?" Xavier asked as he sipped at his tea.

"No, we do not, my Lord Xavier," Ginevra replied, drinking the tea to calm herself down.

"You are positive you do not know?" Xavier asked.

"Yes, Lord Xavier, we are positive of this," Ginevra said with a small frown.

"Xavier, leave them for a moment... Draconius, do you have the ability to See?" Agnes asked him smiling.

"Yes, Lady Agnes. I acquired the ability not that long ago," Draco responded.

"Will you read my tea leaves for me, then?" Agnes asked smiling at him again.

"It would be an honour, Lady Agnes," Draco said, taking the offered cup from her. He looked at the tea leaves for a moment before looking back at her. "It says to let your own continue..." He said in surprise.

"May I see?" Xavier asked taking the offered cup then looking into it. "Indeed, it does... That is very odd," he stated. "Ginevra, will you read the rest of the teacups please?" Xavier asked and Ginevra took his teacup.

"Yes, my Lord," Ginevra said looking at the tea leaves. She frowned, looking back at Xavier. "It says for you not to tell us," Ginevra said.

"Very well... Draconius' cup?" He asked.

Draco handed his cup to her and Ginevra looked into it.

"Do not over react," she quoted looking up at him.

Draco gave a shrug, having no idea to the meaning either.

"My tea cup says... I have to erase everyone's memory about my relationship with Draco," Ginevra said. She found something familiar about it, but dismissed it as fear ran through her body. "Why do I have to do that? What's wrong about our relationship?" She asked.

"Calm down, Ginevra..." Xavier said soothingly. "The tea leaves only suggest a certain route to take... Although, these ones do seem rather persistent and straightforward," he added with a frown. "However, if you do want to do the spell again, then you can, by all means," Xavier finished.

"What do you mean, again?" Ginevra asked frowning.

Agnes glared at Xavier with a shake of her head. Xavier nodded, sighing as he held out a hand for Ginevra, who took it warily. They disappeared from the room and Agnes turned to Draco.

"When did you get the ability to See, exactly, Draconius?"

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Ginevra looked around and saw a large four poster bed in the room that Agnes and Xavier were sleeping peacefully on. A red ball of light flying towards the window caught Ginevra's attention and she frowned, recognising it as a result of her own magic.

The red ball flew into the room and straight at Xavier, who moved with lightning fast speed to get out of its way, taking Agnes with him. He grabbed a small net hanging from the bed's canopy and caught the red ball as it flew at him again.

"What is it this time, love?" Agnes asked with a yawn, looking at the red ball inside the spelled net.

"A spell to erase memories... It is very powerful and there is more than one," Xavier said, reading the colours of the net as they changed.

"Are they coming here?" Agnes asked, looking alert and awake now.

"No, they're being used on other people who have the same memory," Xavier read.

"Do you know who sent it?" She asked looking at the colours.

"Ginevra?" He said in shock. "What over?" He asked, shaking the ball in the net.

The colours changed colour again and he shook his head, then read the colours again.

"Her relationship with Draconius is progressing and she doesn't want anyone to know?" He asked.

The net changed colours again, looking fierce.

"She's erasing her own memory as well?"

The net responded with a lighter colour.

"Why?" Xavier asked, the net changing colour yet again. "All of this is over instructions from tea leaves?" He asked in disbelief, walking over to the fireplace. He threw in some Floo Powder and stuck his head in. "Albus Dumbledore!" He called angrily.

Albus's head appeared, looking tired but still smiling.

"Good night to you, Lord Xavier..." He said.

"Do not act harsh with Albus, Xavier," Agnes' voice said softly.

"Is something the matter, Xavier?" Albus asked, frowning.

"I want to see Ginevra and Draconius as soon as possible," Xavier said angrily.

Agnes shook her head and pulled her husband out of the fireplace, quickly putting her head in the green flames.

"Sorry about Xavier, Albus... He was woken up abruptly and you know how grumpy he can be... Can we please see Ginevra and Draconius on Tuesday night? Perhaps that will be sufficient time for my husband to calm himself down," Agnes said with a smile.

"Very well... Do I want to know what they have done to anger you so?" He asked.

"Probably not, Albus... Go back to bed, dear," Agnes said smiling as she turned the connection off. She turned to her husband with a glare. "You will not be rude to them, Xavier... They will not know of anything you are going to be so angry with them about," Agnes said. "The net changed colour," she added, going back to their bed.

"What question did I ask last?" Xavier asked with a yawn.

"You said 'all of this is over instructions from tea leaves?'..." Agnes responded, then they both looked to the net quickly.

Ginevra heard Xavier mutter a spell and they both appeared in front of Agnes and Draco again.

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"I am so sorry, Lord Xavier and Lady Agnes! I... I don't know what I was thinking," Ginevra said in shock. Had she really done that?!

"Your apology is not needed, Ginevra... You can not apologise for something that you do not remember," Xavier said.

"Besides, something good came of it," Agnes added giving her a smile. "It awoke the ability to See in Draconius," she said to Ginevra's confused look.

"How is that good?" Draco muttered, remembering his earlier vision of Ginevra jumping off the cliff.

"And your relationship still continued down the same path," Agnes continued, choosing to ignore Draco's comment.

"Why is the ability to See not good?" Xavier asked him.

"I can not say why in Ginevra's presence," Draco replied.

"Very well, we will go to the adjoining room," Xavier said with a nod, leading Draco there, shutting the door after them.

"I don't have to do what it says then?" Ginevra asked Agnes.

"You can choose not to... Whatever you choose, it would be best to discuss it with Draconius first, as he is ultimately involved," Agnes advised.

"Yes, Lady Agnes... I apologise for interrupting your sleep with my magic," Ginevra said, still shocked at what she had done.

"It is all right, Ginevra. As old as I am, I am quite used to being woken up at different times of the morning," Agnes said smiling at Ginevra comfortingly.

Draco and Xavier returned then. Draco was not looking too happy, Ginevra noted.

"I hope that helps you, Draconius," Xavier said.

"Yes, thank you, Lord Xavier," Draco said with a bow.

Agnes looked at Xavier curiously, but as he said nothing, she turned back to Ginevra.

"How are your lovely brothers?" She asked smiling.

"Fred and George are well and as mischievous as ever," Ginevra responded with a grin.

"Should I ask what they did?" Agnes asked raising her eyebrow in amusement.

"They made Lavender fly around the Great Hall and put a spell on my other brother Ron," Ginevra replied trying to hide her grin.

"You are happy that they cursed your brother?" Agnes asked.

"They did it so he wouldn't hit her," Draco said.

"Your own brother was going to hit you?" Xavier asked in shock.

"Yes... He has done so before as well," Ginevra said quietly.

"And you let him?" Agnes asked, as shocked as her husband.

"I did not expect him to hit me," Ginevra responded.

"What reason did he have to hit you?" Xavier asked.

"He found out that I kissed Draco," Ginevra admitted.

"Do you think that maybe the tea leaves are encouraging you to erase everyone's memories for your own protection then?" Agnes asked.

"I'm not sure, to be honest... I would like to think that they are, but as Lord Xavier said, they are very persistent in telling me to erase everyone's memories, and are quite blunt, which is unusual for tea leaves, as they are renown for giving people cryptic answers," Ginevra said with a sigh.

"Can something be directing what the tea leaves are meant to say?" Draco asked curiously.

"It is not an impossible feat to achieve..." Xavier said, carefully choosing his words. "Yet it does take a lot of skill, time and energy... That being said, do you know of anyone who would do that just to make you erase everyone's memories of you kissing your own?" Xavier asked Ginevra.

"I do not think that a person would see it that way, personally... Someone who wants to confuse me and mess with my mind would definitely use their time, skill and energy to do that to me," Ginevra said sighing.

"You know of someone then?" Agnes asked.

"Voldemort perhaps... It is too smart for Ron or Lavender to think of," Ginevra muttered.

She didn't say Virginia's name just in case they called for her, or if she turned out to be wrong. It would not be good for her to be accusing a Vampiress Elder of something that she didn't do...

"Dear me, is that the time?! You have lessons tomorrow and we have kept you here past 11 o'clock!" Agnes exclaimed. "I apologise for keeping you out this late, Ginevra and Draconius. I did not realise the time!" She said shaking her head.

"It is fine, thank you Agnes... We did not realise the time either, so it is not your fault," Ginevra said with a bow.

"We shall escort you to your carriage," Xavier said, taking his wife's arm and leading Ginevra and Draco outside.

"Thank you for inviting us, Lord Xavier and Lady Agnes," Ginevra said with a bow.

"You are welcome," Agnes said, kissing Ginevra's wrist, Xavier doing the same.

"It was a pleasure to meet you, Lord Xavier and Lady Agnes," Draco said bowing to them.

"Likewise, Draconius... Before you leave Ginevra, do make sure to give as well as take... It would not be fair for you to have all of the fun," Agnes said with a smile, having noticed the wounds on Draco's neck earlier.

"Yes, Lady Agnes," Ginevra said grinning as Draco helped her into the carriage. "Enjoy the rest of your night," Ginevra called as Draco climbed in.

"You too, Ginevra," Agnes replied cheerfully.

Agnes and her husband watched as the palominos took off from the ground, the carriage speeding off into the night sky.

Ginevra undid her seatbelt and went over to Draco, who had been smirking the entire time.

"So, should I be fair and let you take?" She asked grinning at him.

"If you think its fair," Draco said, pulling her down to him.

"Nothing in the world is fair, Draconius," Ginevra purred, biting his neck.

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"We're going to land soon... We should really stop and get our belts on," Ginevra murmured as Draco licked the wounds on her wrist playfully.

"We should, shouldn't we?" He muttered not relenting.

The winged horses neighed loudly as if to confirm their comments and Ginevra pulled away reluctantly, putting a belt on.

"I think they went faster," Draco grumbled.

"Time always goes fast when you're having fun..." Ginevra drawled smirking at him.

"Well, then I'm surprised we're not in the future," Draco said raising an eyebrow at her.

Ginevra laughed at his pick up line then shook her head and held on as the carriage started to descend quickly.

When the carriage stopped moving and it felt like they were on solid land again, Draco and Ginevra took off their belts to start kissing again when the carriage door opened.

Albus smiled at them knowingly and hurried them out. They saw that Hagrid was also there and Ginevra got to say a quick goodnight to him before Hagrid climbed inside the carriage. The palominos flew over to the stables quickly, tired from their long journey.

"I apologise for getting you out of the warm carriage so quickly, but the matter is urgent... Draco, Lord Garion wants to see you immediately," Albus said. "Go via the Floo network in Snape's office," he said.

"Yes, Professor..." Draco said and he reluctantly let go of Ginevra.

"You should say goodnight to Draco now, Ginevra... He will not be back until the early hours of the morning," Albus said. "Go straight to your rooms when you have said goodnight... You still have class in the morning," he added.

"Yes, Professor. Thank you," Ginevra said then went to Draco.

"Does that mean I don't have class tomorrow?" Draco asked.

"You will be excused from Charms, that is all," Albus said.

Draco nodded and after saying goodnight to them both, Albus went up to the castle.

"Goodnight, Draco..." Ginevra said, kissing his lips lightly.

"I'll just pretend I didn't hear that... He said that you had to go to bed after you said goodnight to me," Draco said with a smirk.

"Well, as unbelievable as it may be, I'm not the only one who wants you at this moment, so you better go see Lord Garion," Ginevra said smirking as she pulled away from him.

"Fine... Goodnight kiss then," Draco said, pulling her back and kissing her hotly.

Ginevra practically purred in his arms and Draco was reluctant to stop. A cold breeze woke both of them out of their blissful trances and he sighed.

"See you in the morning then," he said smirking as he went up to the castle.

Ginevra sighed and went to her rooms. She changed into warm pyjamas quickly and sat at her desk, determined to stay awake by reading. Ginevra managed to read the first few words before her eyes closed and she promptly fell asleep.

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(a/n: If you want any information on lessons, people, creatures, etc. that I mention in this fic, most of it is real and I can give you the links if you want.

I hope you all enjoyed the chapter!)