The sun shone through the windows of Gryffindor Tower waking Ginny up. Stretching lithely, she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and admired her new ring for a second. Her revelry was soon interrupted as Luna lazily wandered into the room. Ginny quickly twisted the ring on her finger so the diamond was out of sight. "Good morning Luna," She called out around a yawn.
"Ginny Weasely, you lazy bum, what are you still doing in bed?" Luna questioned, her wide eyes traveling around the room, finally landing on Ginny.
"I had quite a long night if you must know," Ginny smiled, recalling her night with Draco. "I'll be ready in a few minutes, make yourself at home," She called over her shoulder as she disappeared into the bathroom.
A half hour later, as Ginny and Luna descended the stairs to the main entrance, Ginny saw Draco leaning elegantly against a far pillar. As Ginny passed, he gave a discreet nod, and without any assistance, the Main Doors swung open with a creak. Ginny smiled to herself and turning her head saw Draco give her a playful wink. Luna continued on her way as if it was perfectly normal for doors to be opening by themselves, and Ginny followed her down the path towards Hogsmeade.
The morning was spent going in and out of various stores, any packages bought by the two young witches were sent up to the castle by owl. Finally as the sun approached its zenith, Ginny and Luna finished their shopping. "I'm done," Luna sighed as she signed her name to one last package waiting to be delivered. "I'm off to the Three Broomsticks for a Butterbeer."
"Sounds like a plan," Ginny said stuffing some stray knuts into her money purse. "I have a lunch date to meet anyway."
"Lunch date, but I thought you were meeting Ron for some more shopping?" Luna questioned.
"Bloody hell," Ginny groaned, holding her head in her hands. "I forgot all about my promising to meet him. Uh, ok Luna, you go on without me. I have to track my git of a brother down."
Waving goodbye to Luna, Ginny turned down a side alley. The sooner she got to Zonko's the sooner she could get away from Ron and meet Draco. Ginny was nearing the end of the alleyway when a slight popping noise came from the shadows behind her. Turning to investigate, she saw three figures covered in black robes, with hoods obscuring their faces.
'This doesn't look good,' Ginny thought to herself, as more popping noises were heard. Three more robed men appeared out of thin air. 'This is definitely not good.'
"Virginia Weasely?" One of the hooded figures asked.
"Who wants to know?" She asked right back, her head rising in defiance.
"It's her, the master said she would be difficult," two of them leaped forward to grab her as the speaker finished talking.
"Tell your master he can shove his wand up his arse," Ginny hissed as she struggled against her assailants.
"Speaking of wands," one of her captures spoke in a gruff voice. "You won't be needing this." Reaching into her robe pocket, he pulled her wand out and tossed it to the far end of the alley.
"Funny you should say that," Ginny almost smiled. "Because I don't need it."
Draco was waiting in the Three Broomsticks impatiently. 'What in the bloody hell is taking that woman so long?' He kept asking himself. The bell above the door chimed, and Draco turned his head to see who had entered, as he had done every time the door had opened since he had arrived. In walked Luna Lovegood, her distant eyes scanning the room looking for an empty table. 'Loony's here, so where the hell is Ginny?' Draco wondered.
Having about enough of sitting around waiting, Draco decided to act. Rising gracefully, he walked across the room and right up to Luna. "May I help you?" She asked the tall Slytherin.
Scratching the back of his head nervously Draco looked around the room. All eyes were trained on him, waiting to see what he would say to the strange little Ravenclaw girl. "Is it alright if we talk outside for a minute?" Draco asked, gesturing to the door.
Without answering him, Luna turned on her heel and strode out the door. Following close behind her, Draco waited until they were around the buildings corner before talking.
"I noticed you were walking around with Ginny Weasely earlier. I was just wondering if you knew where she is." Draco knew it had looked unusual for him to leave with Luna, but he needed to know where Ginny was and he needed to know now.
Luna's eye wandered around, never meeting Draco's gaze, and for a minute, he thought he would have to repeat his statement. "She said something about coming to meet a boy for lunch when she remembered she had promised to meet her brother at the joke shop. The last time I saw her, she was heading down a back alley, taking the shortcut to Zonko's."
Before Luna had even finished her explanation Draco had taken off at a dead run. He knew Hogsmeade was a nice, safe wizarding community but he still didn't like the thought of Ginny wandering down back alleys alone. 'Even if she can kick my arse from here to Timbuktu,' He thought sullenly.
A/N: I know, I'm evil, I made it another cliffy, but just because I want to make sure ya'll come back to read more, and I decided instead of making it, two big chapters, I could break it up, and make it a few chapters longer, and I thought that this was a nice suspenseful place to end this chapter, I'm going to go start on the next section now, so hopefully it will be up soon!! Later Gators!!