Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters! I am merely borrowing them from the brilliant J.K Rowling as well as a few elements from Kristen Britain.

Note: Ok, due to a fabulous review from Kerichi, I'm going through my fic and spacing the dialogue better and am also using italics to represent her thoughts. I hope that this format makes it easier to read! Chapter four will be up in the next couple of days. I'm in summer school right now and am in class from 8am-5:30, Mon. through Thurs. I apologize for the long wait!

Chapter 1

Ginny Weasley awoke to the sounds of birds chirping and sunlight pushing into her closed eyes. 'Did I forget to close the curtain around my bed? The sun is never this bright in the morning!' she thought before she slowly cracked open her eyelids.

"Bloody hell!" she exclaimed upon realizing that she was sleeping outside on the hard ground, hidden amongst the surrounding trees, sticks and rocks prodding the small of her back.

"No wonder I feel like I've been hit by the damn Hogwarts Express!" she thought wryly as she stood up and began stretching, hoping to relieve the aches in her back. The sun reflected off of her fiery, crimson hair as she twisted her body around. Freckles gently dotted her nose and cheeks, looking like sprinkled cinnamon. As she began to straighten herself up, her big, chocolaty brown eyes took in her surroundings.

"Why am I here?" she pondered aloud.

As soon as the words left her mouth, the day's previous events came flooding back into her memory like a tidal wave. Vivid pictures of her arguing with her brothers and parents made her grimace, while the memory of breaking Ron's nose made a small smile creep across her face.

"Why do they think that I am still 12 years old! I'm 16 for goodness sakes!" she exclaimed. Her temper began to flare as she sifted through everything that had passed between herself and her family.

"Ginny! I forbid you to go to France with Janessa! You are much too young!" her mother had exclaimed. Her father agreed "Your mother is right Gin dear. What would we ever do if you were to get hurt and we weren't there to help you? We don't want relive your first year again, do we?"

Would they never me live down my first year? She was now in her sixth year but of course they hadn't noticed. They never noticed her! Not unless she was in trouble, or Ron was yelling at her. That's all Ron ever does is yell. No, "Morning Gin! How are you?" or "How did you do on your Potions final?" He was too busy mooning over his girlfriend Hermione Granger and his best friend Harry Potter.

"Stupid idiots!" she spit out. They never included her in anything.

"Gin! Ginny get over here!" Ron yelled out as he stormed across the backyard. "Is it true? Are you really dating Dean Thomas!" he asked. "What did I tell you? You're not allowed to date! You're too young to have a boyfriend! Guys only want one thing you know! You're a girl Gin. You'll never be able to defend yourself if he got the idea to try and shag you!"

That was when she slammed her fist forward into Ron's face, shattering his nose and splattering blood onto the kitchen floor. She wasn't really dating Dean, but that was beside the point.

"The nerve of him implying that I can't take care of myself! What if I wanted a good shag! It's ridiculous! Him and Hermione are constantly snogging all over the damn place!" She began giggling to herself at the thought of them together. "They do more then that of course."This thought made her sick to her stomach as a mental picture popped into her head. She needed to think of something else.

After she broke Ron's nose, she ran upstairs, threw her things into her Never-ending bag and ran out the door. She was determined to go to France with her best friend, with or without her parents' permission. The only problem was that she didn't know how to apparate and wasn't allowed to do magic due to the underage wizarding laws so she was forced to physically trek across London to get to Janessa's house. 'I could always floo, but that would mean having to go back home and there is no way in Hades that I am going back there!' she exclaimed in her head.

"Well, better get a move on!" she thought to herself. "Don't want to waste the day reminiscing on the past!"

She pulled her brush out of her bag and quickly ran it through her hair before throwing her tangled red tresses up into a messy bun. She also pulled out a bagel and began munching on it as she packed up camp and set off on her way.

As she walked, she began to reflect on how exactly she was going to get to Janessa's house. She had been there a couple times and remembered the address, but had always flooed in. She had no clue how to physically get there.

"All right. I just need to make it into the next town and then I can ask for directions" she thought to herself. "This will be easy!"

The "pop" of someone apparating went off behind her and she was startled out of her thoughts. She quickly whipped her head around and let out a bloodcurdling scream when she saw the person behind her.

Thanks for reading my first fic! I would love to find a BETA reader if anyone is interested. Should I continue with my story? Please review and tell me what you think!