So anything you recognize isn't mine. The plot actually isn't either. My friend, Brunettes do it better, didn't have time for this story. She asked me to take it over. I've kept it generally the same, but changed up some of the wording. Hope you like it.

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"Ron, I am a big girl now. I can bloody well take care of myself! I'm coming with and you can't stop me. It makes more sense to travel with four people so that we can pair off if necessary. Then everybody will always have somebody watching their back!" Ginny yelled. "I'm sick of having this conversation Ronald. It's not going to make a difference; I'm going either way."

"Ginny, it's too dangerous. You need to go back to Hogwarts. You haven't even finished six years of school. You aren't ready to fight highly skilled Death Eaters that are trained to kill. Is it really worth your life just to have an adventure with us?" Ron asked calmly. Normally he would have gotten angry at Ginny for arguing with him, but he had matured a lot this summer. He had finally realized that to fight groups of Death Eaters he needed to be mature.

"He's right you know. Ginny, it's not that we don't want you to come with us, we just value your life more than your companionship." Hermione intervened. "As much as we'd all like for you to come along, it's just too dangerous. Harry, Ron, and I have had some time to research spells, and learn them. We don't even know if we're ready for this, so we know you aren't. You need to go back to school so that when you are finally allowed to battle with us, you'll be ready."

Ginny shook her head and walked out of the room. 'Merlin, I'm not a child anymore. Why does everyone keep treating me like one? I'm sick of it. I was at the Department of Mysteries with them. I was in the D.A. with them also. So why don't they believe that I can help them?'

"Gin, your mum asked me to tell you that dinner will be done in a few minute." Harry said quietly. He had been really quiet around her lately. Ginny had overheard him telling Ron and Hermione that he was worried that she was still upset about the break-up. He thought she might start crying if he talked to her.

"I'll be down in a few minutes." Ginny told him. 'I'm so sick of everybody expecting me to fall apart if he talks to me. He saw how strong I was about it. Why would I cry now?'

Ginny sat on her bed thinking about the many things that had been going on lately. She was brought out of her thoughts by a tapping on her window. She looked over and there was a tawny barn owl. She realized that it must be the Daily Prophet. She walked over to the window, opened it, and let the owl in. She placed a few Knuts in the pouch on the owl's leg. She stood and watched as it flew away. Looking at the paper, she thought to herself, 'I don't even know why I buy this. It's just a waste of money.'

Lucius Malfoy Found Innocent!

"What?!"

'Lucius Malfoy was found innocent of the accusations of being a death eater. These accusations were placed on May 28, 1997. This reporter attended the trial of said accuse, after being put under both a truth serum and a truth spell Mr. Malfoy was found innocent of the accusations. I spoke briefly with Mr. Malfoy after his trial, and when asked about his feelings on the accusations, her responded, "I am appalled that I would be accused of such things. I am a governor for the Minister; I hold a very high rank in the ministry. I would never lower myself to bow down to anybody, I'm better than that."

"How could he have gotten out of this one? The Auroras saw him. They saw the Death Eaters, and his Death Eater robes. Why would they have even trialed him? He should have gone straight to Azkaban, and stayed there. Somebody needs to teach him that he isn't better than everybody, no matter what he thinks.'

"Ginny, dinner's ready." Molly yelled up the stairs.

"I'm coming mum." Ginny called back as she descended the stairs. Ginny remained quiet throughout dinner, all the while she was wondering how Lucius could have lied under both a truth serum and a truth spell. 'That man is amazing. If he would have been raised for the light side, or even just shown the light side, he could have done so much good for us. He has a lot of power and his knowledge of the dark arts is extensive. As much as I hate to admit it, even just to myself, Lucius could really be an advantage to the light side."

Ginny's thoughts stayed much the same as she walked out to the living room with the kids. "Ginny? Are you ok?" Hermione asked, snapping Ginny out of her train of thought. She realized that everyone was looking at her.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking, but really, I'm fine." Ginny answered.

"Ok, well if you're sure… But if it's not too much to ask, what are you thinking about?"

"I'm just thinking about what the repercussions of Lucius' innocence are going to be." Ginny replied as if it was obvious.

"HE WHAT?" Came the voices of both Ron and Harry.

"Do you people even read the Daily Prophet?"

"Nope, it's just a waste of money." Ron said.

"Well obviously not." Ginny said while shaking her head. "It's on the front page. My copy is on the counter if you want details. I'm going to get ready for bed. Goodnight everybody."

"G' night Ginny." Chorused the room.

As Ginny walked up the stairs to her room she shook her head and thought 'They really aren't ready for this. They need to get on top of things, if they don't even know that one of the most dangerous Death Eaters is free again, they won't stand a chance.' She walked into her room and over to her dresser. She grabbed some pajamas out of her top drawer, then her diary out of the back of her bottom drawer. She hid the diary underneath her pillow then walked out of her room across the hall to the bathroom. She shut the door, and started undressing. She turned on the shower and got in. When she got done, she dressed, brushed her teeth, and walked back to her room. Luckily for her, Hermione wasn't in there yet; she wanted some time to write in her diary.

She slowly sat down, grabbed her diary and a ball point pen off of her night stand. She quickly started writing.

Dear Diary,

I don't know what's happening to the world. If Lucius Malfoy is on the dark side and he can lie under a truth serum and truth spell, what else can he do? I hate him, but I admire him at the same time. Is that even possible? Does it make any sense? I guess I kind of knew that he had a lot of power and would stop at nothing to make his side win. I mean he gave an eleven year old girl a horcux. I wish I could change him.. Make him see the light you know? Make him understand that he really isn't better than everybody, or make him see that bowing down to a half blood doesn't make him powerful, it makes him stupid. I don't even know if the Death Eater know that Lord Voldemort is a half blood, if they did, I wonder if they would still bow down to him. Things would be so different if he had been shown the light when he was young. He wouldn't want to be on the dark side if he could see how much better he would be if he were with the light side. Humph… If I could have shown him that, then things would be different, I'm positive of that…

Ginny locked and re-warded her diary, got up, and put it back in the drawer. (A/N Ginny can do magic inside the burrow in this story.)She got back in bed, and pulled the covers up. She laid there thinking about Lucius, and what the outcome of the war would be, as she fell into a deep sleep.

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I hope its good so far guys. xoxo