Chapter Four:
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The mirror reflected back a girl that Ginny didn't want to be anymore. She was tired of being the timid little girl. The tag-along of the Dream Team. She especially was tired of being thought of the love sick puppy who trailed after Harry Potter. She had thought about it for quite some time and she knew it had never been love. Her girlhood crush seemed more like a stupid obsession rather than the love of her life. It simply required a swift kick from reality to make her see that. Stupid git for taking up her time. Yet people would never respect the change, would never believe that she had changed. They would go on thinking what they had always had. That she was a nobody and not worth a knut.
"God, look at me. There has to be something more than what everyone sees. I'm not just some pure, perfect virgin." She said to her reflection, trying desperately to convince herself. Her eyes hardened. "Ginny, you have to start again. Make everyone see the real you." She answered herself. She held her head high, her chin jutting out confidently. With a hand that shook slightly she reached into the drawer of her vanity. She pulled out a pair of scissors. She pulled her hair forward took a deep breath and began to slowly and methodically chop it off. When it was to her shoulders, she pulled out her wand a muttered and incantation. Her hair evened out and formed into a spunky, audacious look. Ginny grinned. "Good bye Ginny and hello Virginia."
Her high heels clicked on the stone as Virginia Weasley walked down the hall, all heads turning to watch her. Her skirt was extremely short and showed off her long creamy legs. Her short red-gold hair flipped out perfectly. Her smoky eye make-up made her beautiful eyes lose their innocence and flattered her delicate features perfectly. Her school jumper was tighter than it had ever been and showed off her slender yet curvy form. She sauntered into the Great Hall staring straight ahead, as if there was no one else in the room but her. Draco smiled appreciatively. His smile grew when he looked over and saw the faces of the Inseparable Three. Weasley looked ready to go ballistic, Granger looked beyond stunned and Potter was gawking. Yes, the famous Harry Potter was gawking at his best friend's sister who had recently bitten his head off. Then again, most of the male population was doing the same thing as Potter. Draco had no idea what had happened to the old Ginny Weasley but he approved of this one. He most definitely approved of this one.
"Whoa! Is that the Weasley girl?" Some Slytherin said, his voice filled with awe and lust. Draco stood up; it looked like he needed to talk to her soon.
Ginny sat down beside Colin who stared at her, his eyes bulging. She raised her eyebrows at him.
"Wow. You…changed your look." Colin said. Ginny rolled her eyes and grabbed an apple.
"Understatement of a lifetime." She muttered. Colin didn't hear or else he ignored her. Ginny was willing to bet on the first one. Suddenly she felt a tap on her shoulder and she looked up into Harry Potter's bright green eyes.
"You…" Ginny said in a low voice. She had decided last night that she had never truly liked Harry Potter. It had been more like a fascination or an obsession. Harry smiled her.
"You look good." He said sincerely. She sighed and glanced away. "Look about yesterday, I'm really sorry…" He began but Ginny stood up abruptly, making him back up uneasily. She'd had enough of this.
"Leaving now." She said sweetly. She turned and started to walk away. Harry grabbed her arm and she whirled around.
"Get off me." She hissed. He looked startled but immediately let go of her arm. She smirked and stalked away. Outside of the Great Hall, she saw Draco Malfoy. He was leaning on a large column, looking perfectly calm and at ease, his arms folded across his broad, muscular chest. The smirk he must have perfected for years tugging at the corners of his pale lips.
"Hello Ginny." He said silkily. She was startled that he knew her name but she didn't let her face betray anything. Or that is, she thought it didn't. She'd never done it before. "Don't look so startled, I believe everyone in the sixth year Care of Magical Creatures class now knows your name is Ginny." Obviously, she needed some practice.
"It's Virginia."
"Hmm…Virginia." He purred. She liked how he said her name, it made it sound elegant and sophisticated. Ginny slapped herself mentally, what was she thinking?
"What do you want, Malfoy?" She snapped. Well that had come out just like she wanted it to. She smiled inwardly.
"Oh, Virginia, I want a lot of things…" He cooed and she shivered at his tone of voice. He pushed himself off the column gracefully and walked toward her. "But right now? Right now I have a proposition to make to you."
"Oh really?" She said contemptuously. He laughed and she felt her old fear rising up but she quelled it. She would not let Ginny the Mouse back in.
"You want to get back at those 'friends' of yours don't you? Want to show them that you're a different person now?" He said and she nodded slowly. "Well, I can help you. I can show you how it's done." He murmured. She glared at him.
"I don't need you help, Malfoy. So sod off." She snarled then turned and walked away, enjoying the rhythmic click-clack of her heels.