Chapter 1
This is my very first fic, so please review with comments or advice! Thanks!
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"Argh!" Ginny cried in frustration, as her bag split all the way down the seams, ink bottles smashing over the many books crammed in the bag.
"You guys go ahead, just tell Hagrid I might be late."
"Are you sure you don't want help, Ginny?" Hermione said.
"Yeah, it'll only take a minute to fix!"
Why me? And on the first day of the year too, not to mention that that bag was brand new! Why is all my stuff rubbish! She thought, as she picked up her battered copy of The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2.
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After repairing her bag, Ginny sprinted down the lawn, where Hagrid was already enthusiastically showing the rest of the class something.
"Ah! There yeh are Ginny! Jus' been tellin' the res' o' the class 'bout Nifflers." Hagrid said to her as she reached the class.
"Today yeh have to pick a Niffler. Now, as they like sparkly stuff, they'll bring yeh back some gold" Hagrid continued in a louder a voice to the rest of the class, gesturing toward the pumpkin patch, which looked disturbed, as though someone had been digging there.
"I got a prize fer whoever's Niffler gets the most gold, so get ready to let 'em loose!"
She headed over towards the Niffler's crates, joining Harry, Ron and Hermione. Getting to one of the crates, we were surprised, by the small bundles of black fur. As Ginny picked my Niffler up, it pushed it's long snout against her ear.
"Well, Hagrid seems to have gone off fanged creatures since he had to get rid of Norbert!" said Hermione approvingly.
"Mmm, maybe, or maybe he just wanted to show us he does know about animals that lack fangs, wants to show us he's as good as that Grubbly-Plank woman." Ron said.
"Oh well, what ever the reason is, this should be fun!" Ginny said, as she watched the first students put down their Nifflers, "Come on!"
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Harry, Ron, Hermione all sat down, close to the pumpkin patch, let their Nifflers loose, and began to chat.
Ginny stood for a moment watching the way the sun gleamed on Harry's tousled hair, and then moved off, slowly sitting down slightly behind the Golden Trio. Still with her eyes on Harry, Ginny let her Niffler go. Little did she know that her daydreams were soon to be broken by the unexpected movement of her Niffler. Instead of darting quickly towards the pumpkin patch, it was scurrying away in the opposite direction, towards the Forbidden Forest.
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Not wanting to lose one of Hagrid's creatures, she hurried after it. Stupid thing! Why couldn't it have just collected the gold from the patch like the rest of them! But no, even a simple, what would have even been fun, care of magical creatures class has to mess up. Ginny thought to herself while chasing the runaway Niffler. However, as soon as the furry creature stopped, the darted under the braches of a tree, she was overcome with curiosity.
Why on earth would someone have gold or valuables here! I mean, so it is a very private location, who would think to look here! But what is the point of burying something here?
Ginny glanced around guiltily before ducking under the low braches of the tree. She quickly spotted her Niffler, which was waiting for her at the base of the tree. But before she could catch the escapee, it began to dig small tunnels, desperately digging to the treat lying below surface. Ginny sat down, leaning against the tree. As she watched the small, receding tail of the Niffler, Ginny became aware all of a sudden of the forever whistling wind, and the dark outlines of hunched trees.
How is it possible for it to be such a nice day outside, whilst in here, it is so gloomy! she mused.
All of a sudden, for the second time in the day, Ginny's thoughts were interrupted by the reappearance of the Niffler. Finally! Lets get out of here! Ginny thought, relieved at the prospect. The Niffler however, seemed to have other plans, and Ginny swore it was smiling at her.
"Never again!" she said forcefully to the Niffler, as she reluctantly knelt on the ground, and began digging down to the object.
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After what seemed like eternity, and what was after only 1 minute, Ginny's fingers hit something solid. Excited now, she began to scrabble around, desperately trying to pull up the heavy object. Slowly but surely, the thing began to shift, until Ginny managed to heave it above onto the ground.
She stood back to examine it, the old, wooden chest. It looked ancient, and reminded her of pirates, and treasure. She fumbled with the catch, then slowly, ever so gently, the lid creaked open. When Ginny saw what was inside, she let out a small gasp of surprise...
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Well, there it is! The first chapter of my story! Please, please send me a nice lil review by clicking that little purple/bluish button just there! Thanks! I would like any thing! And also, yes I know that Ginny shouldn't be in Harry, Ron, and Hermione's class, but she was sooo smart that Dumbledore put her in a more advanced class!