Year1

Chapter1- back from Australia

It was the day before Ginny's seventeenth birthday. Since she was the first daughter to be born into the Wesley family in a long time, she was having a birthday party to celebrate her coming of age. It was also a party to celebrate the downfall of Voldemort.

"Ginny" said Hermione as she knocked on her upstairs bedroom door.

"Hermione!" said Ginny throwing the door open and hugging her best friend. "I missed you so much when you went to Australia for three weeks to get your parents memories back. How did it go? You didn't say really anything in your letters."

"It went just great." Replied Hermione "I couldn't really write anything in my letters in case they were intercepted. Even now that Voldemort is dead some of his death eaters are still out there. Anyway, did I miss anything while I was gone?"

"Ron and Harry got into the Auror training." Said Ginny "and harry and I are dating again. It took him a week and a half to finally convince me that he wasn't going to leave me for some stupid noble reason again."

"I am so happy for you!" said Hermione hugging her again. You guys were your happiest together."

"Yeah" said Ginny in a daze as she sat down on her bed. And Hermione sat down beside her. "Looks like we are the only ones who don't have a job. What do you want to do?"

"I know for sure that I want to go back for my final year at Hogwarts to finish my schooling. After that I think that I might continue with S.P.E.W." said Hermione "I really want to help those elves."

"Hermione I know for a fact that people have told you this before." Said Ginny "they like to work without pay. They enjoy no brakes. They don't want to be represented."

"I guess that you are right." Said Hermione "what do you want to do?"

"I guess that I want to do something with that has to do with quidditch." Said Ginny

"That could be really fun." Said Hermione shifting a little bit. She didn't know that much about quidditch. "Do you think we should start getting ready for your birthday party?"

"Do you think that you could help me pick out a dress for the party tonight?" asked Ginny smiling

"Sure" said Hermione as she walked to her closet door. "Are you sure that you want to wear a dress it's not really your style. I always thought of you as a rebellious, colorful, mini skirt or jeans type of girl."

"Well I really want to show every one that I have a sophisticated and classy side as well as my rebellious side. And to show that I'm not such a little girl anymore." Replied Ginny

"Well in that case I think that you should defiantly wear this one." Said Hermione taking the dress off of the of its hanger and handed it to Ginny. "Will you help me pick one out for myself?"

"Sure." said Ginny they walked across the hall to Hermione's closet. She was sharing a room with Ginny but Ginny didn't have two closets. So she was using the one in Percy's old bedroom. He has an apartment in muggle London that he shares with his fiances Audrey. Her father owns the apartments. "So what should I wear?"

"What is this supposed to be?" asked Ginny taking a dress off of its hanger.

"It's a dress." Said Hermione taking the dress from Ginny and holding it up to herself. It was pink, blue, green and red in horizontal stripes.

"Hermione you are just like the sister that I never had. But this is not a dress. It's a crime against fashion. Then added "No offense."

"None taken. It was a gift." Said Hermione Ginny gave her a look that clearly said. 'Who would want to give you such a horrid gift?' "Ron gave it to me the moment I came out of the fireplace like twenty minutes ago. I didn't want to hurt his feelings."

"Good thinking." Said Ginny "Ron is a lot more sensitive than he lets on. After you left he locked in his room for four day crying. Harry had to sleep in Bill's old room."

"Wow I wonder how he is going to take it when we go back to Hogwarts?" asked Hermione

"I don't know. But we will cross that bridge when we come to it." Said Ginny she took a dress off of its hanger. "I think that you should defiantly wear this one." She handed the dress to her.

"I forgot that I even had this dress." Said Hermione smiling to herself. "I forgot that I even had this dress."