The Cruel Plan

A.N: Sorry it took so long for me to post this chapter but during the week of 2/18-22/02, I was sick, and most of the time had no access to a computer. Hope everyone likes this chapter. Aubrey Shelton, is mentioned later in the story, and she is modeled after one of my best friends at school.

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Chapter 3: Vintorians Plan

When Draco arrived at his common room, it looked as though he was the only seventh year there. Lucille Ventorian looked up when he walked through the entranceway, got up and came over to greet him. "Hey, Draco, how are you feeling?" she asked sympathetically.

"Fine. I just got back from Dumbledore's office. He seems to think that someone performed a Krefead spell. We haven't studied sleeping spells that advanced yet."

"Oh, do you think he's right?" Lucille asked.

Draco smiled; he could always count on Lucille to cheer him up. Unlike, Pansy, who always fawned over him, and Crabbe and Goyle, who were too retarded to understand him, Lucille actually knew exactly what to say, and knew when to say it. Crabbe and Goyle may be his friends, but to him they seemed more like bodyguards, or even lap dogs for all it mattered. Both were dimwitted, and well, there was no other word for it but pathetically stupid. "I believe he may be right, the old beanbag. My father's told me all about sleeping spells. He mentioned the Krefead spell once. Its very unpredictable and world records of longest and shortest sleeping times."

"How can that be?" Lucille asked completely confused.

That was another thing that Draco liked about Lucille, despite how horribly snide she was to others, she was always a wonderful audience for Draco. "I guess its one of those spells, where you only know that the person will sleep, but it was an erratic outcome, even when its performed correctly. Some people sleep for seconds, some can sleep for months on end."

"Oh," Lucille said," Well I'm glad that you won't be sleeping for months on end then." Lucille had been inching forward throughout the whole conversation, and was now standing directly in front of Draco. She gently grabbed the front of Draco's robes and pulled him down so that she could gently kiss him on the lips. Lucille wasn't at all surprised to find that Draco kissed her back just as gently. As Draco continued to kiss her, Lucille whispered in his ear, "We need to talk...."

Draco whispered back, "Okay, come on." Draco took Lucille's hand and led her to the dungeon that they always talked in, because they had never been interrupted while they were in there. It was furnished with green and silver chairs. Draco whispered a spell, "Incendio," and flames appeared in the fireplace. He and Lucille sat down in two of the chairs that faced each other. "So what did you want to talk about, Luc?"

"Well," Lucille began uneasily," if we're going to carry out my plan properly then we have to, err..."

"We have to what, Lucille?" Draco asked, suddenly very serious.

"We have to break up. Everyone knows that you're faithful to me, so it wouldn't work if we made it look like you cheated on me. You've never even looked at another girl when you were dating. You didn't even know I existed until you broke up with you last girlfriend."

"That's true," Draco said, pondering. He sighed, then asked, "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"I'm positive."

"Give me one reason why you want to do this, mind you, it has to be a plausible reason."

"I want to do this, because nobody has the right to say that that Weasley girl is better looking than me for any reason. Slytherins are always prettier than Gryffindors, except for Pansy."

Smiling Draco said," That's true, but unfortunately for you I need a better reason. That can't be the only reason why you hate this Weasley girl, can it?"

Looking at the floor, Lucille answered," No. You're right there's more to it than that. That only adds to the reasons why I hate her."

"Are you going to tell me why?"

"Yes..."Lucille began hesitantly, looking up," Well you see, when we were little we used to go the same magi-preschool, and Weasley and her little gang of friends always used to pick on me. A lot. They all knew that I was different from them. They were naturally sweet. They didn't have to pretend. I always had to pretend. So I gathered my friends around me and we began to pick on Weasley's group. I guess it's just a childhood rivalry that hasn't died yet."

"Now that's a good reason." Sighing, he added, "Fine, I'll do this, but I'm only doing this for you and to peeve off Potter and Weasley."

"Fine with me," Lucille answered, and Draco leaned forward and kissed her.

When he pulled away, Draco said," We have to make this look real, you know."

"Yeah, I know. And I already have a plan. You're going to break up with me in the Great Hall on Monday, because tomorrow's Sunday, and everyone sleeps in on Sundays. I'll be extremely clingy tomorrow and Monday, and you'll act really annoyed and then just lose it at breakfast."

"Sounds good."

"And here's where I come in, I'll pretend to get upset, and run out of the Hall and into the girls' bathroom."

"Now, that's believable.."

"It'll be perfect. When two Slytherins plan something that'll hurt others it's always perfect," Lucille answered mischievously.

"I know, we'd better get back to the common room, before we're missed," Draco replied, standing up.

When they reached their common room, they strolled in and Lucille had both her arms wrapped around Draco's waist and had her head pressed up against his chest with his arm around her. They both were convincing actors, because a few people turned their heads and began to whisper. Lucille rarely displayed her emotions when other was around. They sat down on a couch in front of the fireplace, and Lucille cuddled up to Draco while he stared into the fire. Over the years their common room underwent quite a few changes, which gave it a more welcoming look.

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On the other side of the castle, Ginny and her best friend, Aubrey Shelton, were talking. Although they weren't related, they were as close as Fred and George. Today they were discussing boys. Specifically, Lance Walker, who was a Ravenclaw.

"Do you think he likes me?" Aubrey asked, pulling her knees up to her chest and playing with her shoulder-length blonde hair.

"I'm positive," Ginny answered smiling innocently, "I believe I saw a certain red-head someone staring at you avidly in Professor Binns class yesterday."

Aubrey practically fell off of her chair, and practically screamed," You're joking right?"

"No," Ginny answered seriously," He almost fell out of his seat when the bell rang."

Aubrey giggled, and Ginny barely made out the words, "An-anyways, y-you want- ...wanted to talk a-a-about so-som-something?"

"Madam Pomfrey has put up a bulletin stating that she would like to recuperate some medi-witches and medi-wizards, for the war that's starting. And, I, err, I..."

"That's great, Ginny!" Aubrey exclaimed, suddenly now serious," I know that you've always wanted to be a healer."

Ginny smiled," I knew you'd agree with me that its a good idea. Do you think that maybe you'd be interested in trying this with me?"

"I don't know..."

"Oh, come on," Ginny pleaded," I know that you've always wanted to help others. You should at least give it a chance."

"I know, and you're right. I do want to help people, but I'm not sure that I'd be a good medi-witch."

"Quit that. You're always down grading yourself like that. You and I know both that you'd be a terrific medi-witch. At least give it a chance.If you don't like it then you can always go into one of the other programs that the teachers are offering. Like McGonagall Auror training that Lupin and Flitwick are helping with.

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The next morning, Ginny and Aubrey were sitting in the Great Hall. Both were glad that it was Sunday; otherwise they would have had to go to classes. They were involved in a conversation about their favorite topic. Boys. They were still talking about guys when Malfoy and Lucille Ventorian walked in.

"Strange," Aubrey commented.

"What?" Ginny asked. She had her back to Malfoy and Ventorian so she couldn't see them.

"Ventorian usually doesn't display any emotion at all, but she's clinging to Malfoy as if the world will stop turning at any minute. Malfoy looks like he's barely tolerating it." Aubrey obviously wasn't the only one to notice. Others were glancing at Malfoy and Ventorian and whispering too.

"Really?" Ginny asked as she turned around to get a better look. She shrugged and said," Must be because of yesterday."

"Yeah." Aubrey replied as she finished her breakfast," Hey, since we have nothing else planned for the day do you want to go talk to Madam Pomfrey?"

"Sure. Do you think that the war while still be going on when we graduate?"

"I hope not, but its better to go in and say that we want to be in the medical field instead of being drafted in to do the fighting."

"Yeah, you're right. Plus, even if the war is over, which I hope it is, we can still get a career in the medical field."

Getting up Ginny asked, "So shall we go up to Madam Pomfrey's office?"

"Yeah, the sooner we get this over with the better." Aubrey said, following suit.

On the way to the nurse's office Aubrey brought up their homework for the weekend. "I can't believe Snape wants three whole feet on, err... what was that potion again?"

"Um..." Ginny answered, "wasn't it that invisibility potion?"

"Yeah! That's it. Wouldn't it be neat to drink it?" Aubrey grinned mischievously.

"It sure would!" Ginny grinned back at her shy yet, mischievous friend.

Ginny and Aubrey were soon standing outside of the Hospital Wing. Ginny opened the door and motioned for Aubrey to follow. She knocked on Madam Pomfrey's office door saying, "Um, Madam Pomfrey, a friend and I would like to sign up for those Magic Medical Classes that you're, err, offering."

Madam Pomfrey appeared in her door way and answered, "At least I can count on you two try this; no body else has come around to sign up yet. It's not very easy and I'll need to come up with a schedule for the both of you that won't interfere with your schoolwork. Anyway, come in to my office and I'll make up a schedule for your new classes."

"Ok," Ginny answered as she and Aubrey followed Madam Pomfrey into her office.

"Sit down," she instructed. Handing them each a piece of paper she said, "Here, write out your current schedule."

When they had finished, they handed their schedules to Madam Pomfrey, who looked at both of them. When she was done, she said, "Alright, ladies, I'm going to have you taking classes every Sunday from 1:00 p.m. till 3 p.m., every other Wednesday night from 6 p.m. till 7 p.m., and on the second Saturday of every month unless there's a Hogsmeade trip, then it will switch to the third Saturday. Any questions?"

"Yes, ma'am," Aubrey said," What will we need, and is there anything else that we should know?"

"Yes, you'll need to bring quills and parchment. Every so often I'll have you write a paper on the different cures to the diseases that we're going over. You won't have end -of-the-year tests like your other classes, but you will be tested as a review every so often. And you'll get hands on care. For example, if there is a student that has an ailment that you're studying then if I see it fit I'll allow you to perform the cure. That should be enough to keep you busy."

"Um, err. Yeah, so we'll see you this Wednesday or next Wednesday?" Ginny asked.

"This Wednesday. The sooner we start your training the better."

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At the same time, Lucille and Draco were in one of the dungeons talking.

Lucille asked, "Do you think they who is everyone who saw us bought the act?"

"Probably," Draco answered," I saw tons of people whispering and looking at us."

Lucille smiled mischievously,"I love destroying other people's lives, Draco."

"Me too," Draco smirked back, as he pulled Lucille into a kiss.

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A.N:I figure it'd be nice if I explained something's. It's in the beginning the year, late September/early October. Voldemort has just recently been returned to his full power, or at least nearly full power. The Light Realm Alliances are preparing to send there best up against Voldemort. That's why Madam Pomfrey and several other teachers, though we only heard about Madam Pomfrey, are offering extra classes. For example, medical classes that Ginny's going to enroll in. Somehow soon I'm going to find away to get Draco and Ginny together. Grins mischievously at self. Anyways, it's about time I get back to the story. From the first chapter all but two students have woken up, although I'm not sure whom I'm going to make them. Oh, yes and Lupin is back! Any suggestions? Anyways, Please continue reading. I know I haven't gotten Ginny and Draco together yet, and I apologize to those people who would like to see them together already. They should be together or at least close within 3 chapters, and hopefully a kiss between them within 5 chapter's or hopefully soon. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, and if you haven't already then, I'm begging you to please review. I think I explained everything there is to know in my previous little A.N. things. So all that's left is the thank yous.

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