Authors Note: My first critical review came in! And boy it was a doozy, a bit absurd. Franklin since I can't PM you because you're a guest I will address you here. I think it's quite the stretch to call both Lucius and Draco genocide.

Yes Lucius has probably killed people, but to use the word genocide is more than a bit extreme. Luscious is a more than likely a murderer, but not someone who committed genocide, which is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, like Muggles. Voldemort would be better fitted to that term.

As for your statement that Hermione "imprisoned" Rita Skeeter in a jar is a bit of a stretch, especially when you failed to mention that Rita was in her animagus form, a beetle and a jar would be an appropriate place to keep her until appropriate action could be taken. You use such harsh and ridiculous language for some situations which don't call for it.

You're coming off as sounding quite angry and upset! I do agree that Luscious should be in Azkaban, but in canon he is not. He managed to avoid Azkaban by aiding the Ministry then went into hiding. I'm sure he did some soul searching while laying low. I don't see his views of blood purity and muggle-borns and the like changing any time soon if at all. He will always see purebloods as higher up than anyone else, but he has realized that the safety of his family is more important than being with Voldemort.

By forgiving Draco of his past suddenly means they have lost all morals? By the time Draco was branded with the Dark Mark in his sixth year and was told he had to kill Dumbledore he knew he was in way over his head. He agonized all year about having to kill someone, and not just any someone, but Dumbledore. They could tell Draco was a different person when he came back to Hogwarts, even at the final battle Draco saved Harry! He may not ever be as "good" as the Golden Trio, but he certainly isn't all bad either. He has his own morals to work out.

And the fact that Harry and his friends are willing to talk to Draco is a step forward. They will never be best friends, but they can at least be amicable or polite towards each other. Also Draco never committed any genocide, I have no idea why you lumped him in with Lucius.

Sorry for the long note! I just had to respond to Franklin in some detail.

Sorry for the long wait! Work got insanely busy and I didn't have much time to write, but now I do so enjoy!

The Gryffindor Quidditch team was trailing behind by a win, in second place for the House Cup, bested of course by Slytherin. The next match was critical if they wanted to pull ahead of Slytherin and possibly win the house cup. Harry had scheduled extra practices ot make sure everyone would be at the top of their game and win the match quickly. The drawback to having extra practices was that Harry and Ginny didn't get to spend much time together in the quiet of the common room. Not that they had seen each other much in the past few weeks.

Ginny didn't want to do her homework in the common room with rest of them very often, preferring the library and the company of Michael Corner. Harry joined them a few times, but each time he said he would go with Ginny to the library she huffed and puffed at him, saying that she didn't trust him and needed to stop being so jealous. It was the same argument they had been having since she first became friends with Micahel. Harry had tried to explain to her that he wasn't jealous, that she could have guy friends but she seemed not to listen to him. She was becoming a broken record and Harry was getting tired of it, but he wasn't sure what to do. He loved Ginny and didn't want to break up with her, but if she didn't come to see that he wasn't jealous he wasn't sure he could be with her.

They got along perfectly on the Quidditch pitch, coordinating their moves perfectly to make their team as strong as possible. They hopped it would be easy to win against Slytherin, but with the way they enjoyed playing dirty Harry wasn't too sure.

Harry and the team were at breakfast the morning of the match, his stomach in knots at the thought of the upcoming match. He hadn't been able to eat much that morning despite Ginny telling him that he should eat something. Managing a few bites of toast before they had to leave, Harry smiled at Ginny who returned a warm smile of her own. "Don't worry Harry, we've got this. You're the best Seeker we've ever had. We'll win in no time." Ginny said, reassuringly hoping to instill some confidence in her boyfriend. Harry took her hand in his, giving it a squeeze before they went to the Quidditch pitch to get ready for the match.

The match was intense to say the least and had lasted longer than Harry thought it would. The Slytherins weren't going to give up the lead easy and made the Gryffindor team work doubly hard for the win. It didn't help that they played dirtier than normal, Hooch only catching half of the things they did. Harry finally caught the snitch and the packed stands erupted in cheers, jeers from the Slytherins but that didn't matter to Harry. They had won the match, putting them ahead of Slytherin.

Landing near the Gryffindor locker rooms his whole team converged around him patting him on the back and giving him hugs or claps on the shoulder in congratulation. They were more than grateful Harry was able to win the game for them, catching the snitch after over two hours of playing. There had been quite a few stoppages in the game because the Slytherins had played especially dirty trying to get the Gryffindors to fall off their brooms. Harry thought Hooch was about the call the game on account of how dirty the Slytherins had been playing, but it was during that thought process that he spotted the snitch hovering off to his left. He had quickly made his way over to the little golden ball, grapsing it in his outstretched hand before it had a chance to fly off again.

Harry merely nodded and smiled along with his team mates, glad they had won the game, but his mind was on other things. Like the fact that he had barely seen Ginny, and really wanted to spend time with her. He would put his foot down tonight about her spending so much time in the library, instead of the common room. He was beginning to feel like she didn't want to spend time with him and that greatly bothered Harry.

He was brought out of his thoughts by someone he didn't expect to hear. "Nice job Potter." The voice said sincerely, Harry looking over his shoulder eyes widening at who had spoken to him. His teammates had made their way to the changing room, leaving Harry alone with Draco Malfoy. He had expected Malfoy's words to be drenched in sarcasm, but it was the opposite. Harry was at a loss for a moment for words before he stuttered out a "Th-Thanks Malfoy." Draco gave him a small lazy smile. "Looks like the Slytherins gave you quite the hard time." The Slytherin said, his tone changing to something more serious as if he actually felt sympathy for the Gryffindor's in regards to how dirty the Slytherins had played. "Y-Yeah..they did. But nothing we couldn't handle." Harry told him, unsure of how to react to Draco's words, attempting to show Draco a triumphant smile. He wasn't sure if he succeeded but he appreciated Draco's words none the less. Malfoy nodded glancing around a bit wondering what to say next. Wanting to avoid an awkward situation Harry excused himself saying he needed to head to the locker room to change and shower.

The shower was a welcome relief, his worry and thoughts about the day melting along with the dirt and sweat from the match. All that was left to do was relax until dinner then work on some homework.

He hadn't expected to get into possibly the biggest fight him and Ginny had ever had after dinner that night. They had all gone up to the common room to study and work on homework when Ginny announced before they had even sat down that she was going to study in the library with Michael and a few others. Apparently they had formed a study group, which she prefered going to instead of studying with her fellow housemates and boyfriend. Normally Harry would have been fine with it, especially since it promoted the houses intermingling with each other, as long as there weren't any Slytherins in the mix anyways. For once he wanted to study with Ginny, to spend time with her, more so than just meals and a bit of snogging before bed. He wanted to see how she was doing in her classes, what she was learning about especially since they didn't have all the same classes. He wanted to talk about the quidditch game they had won earlier that day.

"Ginny…." Harry started, praying she would be understanding about the fact that he wanted to spend some real quality time with her tonight and not fly off the handle. "Why don't you stay up here with us...with me?" He asked a bit more quietly. "I haven't seen you much lately…" Harry added, watching her face closely for signs that she was getting upset. The red headed girl huffed, arms crossing over her chest. "Harry, I've seen you every day this week at Quidditch practice, and every evening." She started. While that was mostly true, she had seen him at practices, he had only seen his gilfriend for about twenty minutes before going to bed. More often then not he went to bed early, without seeing her until the next morning for he had been too tired from practice and school work to wait up for her. "We haven't studied together in a while." Harry countered knowing it was useless to argue how often they had seen each other for that would cause her to get angrier faster. "You've been at the library a lot lately...with Michael…" He was going to add that she had also been there with the study group as well, but Ginny had cut him off, face turning quite red as anger flushed her face. "Are you kidding me!" She yelled, causing everyone in the common room to go quiet. "Are you accusing me of cheating on you Harry Potter?" She fumed. "Because I spend a lot of time in the library with a male friend? Someone who's been helping me with potions because I've been having trouble?" Ginny continued, Harry's own temper rising. "No Ginny! God of course not!" There was no doubt in his mind that Ginny would cheat on him. She had been madly in love with him since she was ten years old for Merlin's sake. It was fine that she had male friends, he felt no jealousy whatsoever. She seemed fine with him having female friends as well. "I don't know why you would think I would accuse you of such a thing!" Harry exclaimed, voice rising. "Because you're a jealous gnit!" Ginny shouted, her eyes going a bit wide and Harry was quite taken aback by her words, and quite hurt. True he had been jealous in the beginning, but that had been before they had even gotten together when he was still figuring out his feelings for the young Weasley.

Harry found the comment uncalled for and told her as such. "Ginny...when have I ever acted jealous? I've never had a problem with you having guy friends." He truthfully told her, hoping to get through to her.

She didn't answer him, instead exclaiming, "Harry...I can't..I need a break.." She said as all the anger seemed to drain from her, confusing clouding over Harry's face, his stomach feeling as if it hit the floor, heart read accelerating. He didn't understand what she meant that she needed a break, he thought things were mostly ok besides the fact that they hadn't been able to spend much time together.

"What….Ginn...I don't…." Without listening to another word of what Harry had to say she fled the common room, ascending to the girls dormitory.

Everyone was shocked to say the least, but it was Hermione who had recovered first. "Harry...it's gonna be alright. You know how her temper gets the best of her." Hermione softly told him, hoping she would be able to ease the pain of her best friend just a bit. "I can talk to her if you'd like." She offered, to which Harry only nodded. He was at a loss for words, Ron standing next to him, suggesting that they go sit by the fire, to which Harry numbly agreed to do.

With that, Hermione made her way to the girls dormitory to see what in the world Ginny was thinking.