Draco was suddenly soaked to the skin by a mighty splash from inside the pond. "Hey!" He thought it was the giant squid, but the little object that bounded out of the pond and landed on him was red-haired and had no tentacles, thank goodness.

"Hi Draco!" Ginny chirped.

"Hey, you're sopping!" He gave her a toss and she went flying back into the pond again. Only he lost his balance on the slippery grass and slid in after her, robes and all. He surfaced again, sputtering. His white-blond hair was plastered to his face and he looked quite undignified.

Ginny giggled and splashed him. "Gotcha!"

"At least you're wearing a bathing suit! You planned on going in the water. I didn't!"

"Aww…are you going to punish me now?"

"Do you want me to?" He grinned and touched his nose against hers. Mmm...bliss.

She laughed and pushed him over into the water again. Soon, they were involved in an all out splashing war.

Draco and Ginny were suddenly overshadowed by something large…and mad. They stopped their war and gazed up at the owner of the shadow. Head of Slytherin House Professor Snape was standing by the edge of the pool, dripping wet and not very pleased, needless to say. Ginny was usually scared to death of him, being a Gryffindor, and although Draco was in his favor, splashing the slimy bloke couldn't be good.

At any rate, Snape decided to address the two mischief-makers. "Well, if it isn't Mr. Malfoy with little Miss Weasley. I saw a commotion from the window out here in the pond and thought someone was drowning. Imagine my delight to discover it was only a couple of students…frolicking, or whatnot." He smiled coldly at them as a drip of water fell from his long nose. "Since I was dragged all the way out here from three floors up, not to mention all the way across the main grounds to pull you out of the water, some form of compensation is required. Malfoy, Weasley, I would be honored to see you both in my classroom tomorrow evening for detention. I will see you both at seven-o'clock."

He started to walk away, but stopped to squeeze water out of his robe sleeve. "Oh yes…take ten points from Gryffindor." He smiled triumphantly at Ginny and stalked away.

Once he was out of earshot, Ginny howled, "Ten points from Gryffindor?! Why did he have to do that?"

Draco pulled himself out of the water and started ringing water out of his own robe. "I think it was because we splashed him."

"Lucky thing he likes you so much." Ginny pouted.

"Hey, he still gave me detention too." It was Draco's turn to pout. He never got detention from Snape! Why was he so moody anyway? Something had to be done about this. "Come on, Ginny. I've got a wicked idea." He reached down and with a tug, pulled Ginny clear out of the pond. "Here, put this on before you freeze." He pulled off his damp robe and wrapped it around her pale, slender arms.

"But, Draco, it's a Saturday! Who ever heard of having detention on a Saturday!" She looked as if she wanted to cry.

"Don't worry, it'll be fun. Come with me." He took her by the arm and started dragging her back towards Hogwarts.