Ginger Malfoy

Waking up the Gryffindors

When Ginger woke up and remembered the events of the night before, she immediately decided that she should tell Rose. Even though her and Rose had become somewhat distant lately and she was still scared by the Rose that had taunted her in her dream the night before, Rose was still her cousin and she trusted her with her life.

She left the Slytherin dorms and made her way up several staircases until she made it to the Gryffindor commons. She knocked on the portrait hole and was let in by a grumbling older student who she heard complain, "Bloody first years never remember the password."

He raised an eyebrow at the sight of the young Slytherin, but Ginger pushed passed him and ran up to the girl's dorms. She burst into the girls' room, where Nara Longbottom was rubbing her eyes and yawning. Sierra Finnigan sat up and cocked an eyebrow, looking a lot like the boy who had greeted Ginger at the entrance.

"What are you doin' 'ere, Malfoy?" Sierra asked tiredly with her small Irish accent, her green eyes bright but her skin dull and pale.

"I'm here for Rose," Ginger whispered, not wanting to wake up anyone else.

"Rosie," Sierra whispered, lifting up the covers of the bed in between her and Nara, "wake up, love."

Rose stirred and then started groaning. "What do you want? Did I sleep through class?"

"No, stupid," Nara laughed. "Malfoy's here to see you."

"Hello, Ginger," Rose said, looking much more cheerful and happy to see her cousin than she had looked in several weeks.

"I need to tell you something important," Ginger said, her grey eyes shifting in the morning light.

Rose nodded. "Go on."

Ginger began spitting out words quickly, "I found this book last night when I was in the library. I was reading it, it was like all factual and all about our parent's adventures, and in the back there was this glossary, it had your name in it and stuff. But the parents were all messed up. It said that Mum married Harry and that Luna married some guy called something Scamander. And Dad.. it said he married some Astoria woman and they had kids named Scorpius and Asa. Then, when I fell asleep, I dreamed that all that was real and I didn't exist and it was just a big mess. Then when I woke up, the book had changed and all the parents were right. And-"

"Wait, slow down," Nara said. "I have no idea what you're even saying."

But Rose had understood at least some of it, because she was sitting on her bed lost in thought. "Did the book have an author on it?" she asked.

"It just had initials. H.J.W."

Rose's eyes popped. "And you don't know who that is?"

"No?" Ginger said, feeling stupid.

"Hermione Jean Weasley. Honestly woman, you call yourself her niece."

Ginger did a double take. "Aunt Mione wrote the book! Then how did the book change covers and subject with a blink? And why did she make up that stuff about the messed up parents?"

"I'm not sure," Rose said, her brow scrunched up in the frustration of not knowing something. "I'll owl her."

"Alright," Ginger said. "Thank you."

"Also.. I'm sorry," Rose said, looking down at her toes. "I've been avoiding you lately and I've been telling Albus to too. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. It's just that I've been hearing things about you from the older kids and.. I just didn't know what to believe. I didn't mean it, honestly."

"It's okay," Ginger said quietly. "You're my cousin. I'll love you no matter what."

"I love you too, Gin. Now let's talk to Mum."

As the girls pulled out their parchment and began to furiously scribble down Ginger's story, the two girls felt internally joyful at the thought of having each other again. Ginger had truly missed her company. She didn't worry, not for a moment, about the fact that people were talking about her.

She had her best friend back, and that was all that mattered.

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A/N: UGh those little Gryff girls have to be too cute cause Neville and Seamus are YUM>>.  When I write them, all i think about is how much I love their daddies.  Hahaha i'm a freak..

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