Heal Me

Summary: It's been seven years since the war ended and three since Harry's death. Ginny is alone and trying to live strongly on her own. Draco is out of Azkaban and he wants to start a new life. Please read and review.

Disclaimer: All the characters belong to JKR, so does the places, so does everything related to Harry Potter. I am just having a little fun with them.

Chapter 1: The Blond meets the Red-Head

It was just another day for Draco Malfoy or at least that's what he thought until he saw the little boy. Draco was sitting in a corner table of Flourish and Blotts reading today's newspaper when the messy jet black hair caught his attention … they were unmistakable. May be it was an illusion … after all 7 years in Azkaban makes people go almost mad. Thankfully there were no dementors to make it worse anymore … but being in a prison for 7 years and going through stupid classes of 'Self-Improvement' hardly counts for fun. And add tasteless food and charming company of other ex-death eaters to that, it makes your life just beautiful in the hell-hole.

So Draco thought of giving his addled mind a benefit of doubt and kept watching the boy. He almost hoped it to be a trick of light … but unfortunately the boy or his black hair didn't disappear. His curiosity piqued and he got up to meet him. He sat up behind the boy on his knees and put his hand on the boy's shoulder. The boy turned and looked at him with his bright green almond shaped eyes.

"Harry Potter", the name just escaped from Draco's mouth.

Now Draco was a handsome boy during his school days … but imagine living under Voldemort's constant threat, and then loosing your parents, and then living in Azkaban for seven years with eating food that does absolutely nothing to build your body or improve your skin color. What do you get? A ghostly pale face with ragged clothes on a emaciated body … so obviously one can't blame a little boy of four to get scared when a ghostly faced person grabs him on the shoulder, turns him and screams 'Harry Potter' at him.

The little boy screamed 'Mommy' so loud that Draco lost his balance and fell on his back. He saw a flash of red coming between him and the boy.

"What's wrong James?" the red-headed lady said. Then she turned and saw the Blond. Even with seven years of gap and all the physical changes one goes through during that time … some faces are just hard to forget. The recognition in both pair of eyes was instant.

"Malfoy? … What did you do to my son?" Ginny asked Draco in a rage.

The obvious clicked into Draco's mind as he stood on his feet. He realized how much Azkaban has made his mind slow. Although somewhere in back of his mind looking at Ginny he also realized that beauty matures with time.

"I didn't do anything to your son, Weasley … or should I say Mrs. Potter?" Draco smirked. Ginny froze on the spot; an unmistakable sadness came over her face. Something hit Draco's mind like a bludger; a newspaper headline:

'The Savior of World Rests in Peace Now'

And before he could stop himself (and trust me he wanted to but we know that old habits die hard) he said, "My mistake; I forgot 'The Boy Who Lived' is dead now".

In a blink of an eye, a wand was pointing right between his two eyes.

"How I would love to hex you right now, Malfoy" Ginny said in a strained calm voice. "Don't make me forget that you saved Harry's life once and don't forget that I am the best 'Bat-Boogey' hexer you had the pleasure to meet before."

Draco knew having the first-hand experience that Ginny's hexing capabilities are not to be tested with. A group of people had now gathered around … mostly in hope to see some action. It had been rather quiet after the Dark Lord's defeat. Ginny slowly lowered her wand; she took the boy's hand and started to leave. Another thought clicked Draco's mind.

"Weasley wait", Draco called.

Ginny turned, her face still showing anger.

"I need to talk to you about something … can we sit somewhere … please!!!" He added the last word on the chance that it will make Ginny stop. Now if you had known Draco to be the person he was in his school days, you would know that words like 'Please' or 'Thank you' are not easy to come from his mouth. Ginny became intrigued.

Author's Notes: There it is … the first chapter. I always like to pair the opposites … I love the idea of a Malfoy and a Weasley getting together. If there had been a Malfoy girl, I would have loved to pair her up with a Weasley boy (one of the twins perhaps) but alas. So here is a Weasley girl and a Malfoy boy and not to upset H/G shippers, Harry and Ginny got married after the war … its just that Harry didn't survive long after that. I have not decided on the details on how Draco saved Harry's life but work with me for now and believe in it.