Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I do own the plot and the original characters (the characters that are not in the HP series).

On My Own

Chapter One

Ginny gripped the hem of her flowery summer dress. Her chest rose rapidly as her breath came out short and quick. Her heart was beating several times faster than normal. She blinked numerous times, her eyelashes brushing over her cinnamon brown eyes, before she peered cautiously over the corner.

Ginny's eyes traveled around the room. The room was bigger than the Great Hall with even higher ceilings. The architecture was practically the same with arches supporting the roof. The walls were a earthly toned marble on the bottom and the top half was a sleek, rich wood. Ginny had a suspicion that the bottom half concealed hidden doors. Every once in a while, a suit of armor accented the warm, golden room. However, the focal point of the room was an incredibly large, and heavy, oval oak table. The sides of the oval seated about 15 people each. At the farthest end of the table, the seat of honor, sat an elderly woman in a high backed leather chair.

" Aglaia, ve all know why ve 're here," a thickly French accented voice snapped. A silvery blond witch stood up and crossed her arms over her chest. " Linh and Haukea were arrested two nights ago. Fudge and 'is 'intelligence'" her arms left their previous position to form quotation marks in the air, " squad 're charging 'em with treazon!"

Her little speech was followed by voices of disbelief and anger. Aglaia, the woman at the head of the table, leaned forward on her dark mahogany scepter. The staff was carved with mythical creatures and there was a crystalline black translucent stone at the top.

" Alphonsine," Aglaia whispered softly. The French witch, presumably Alphonsine, ignored her.

" Like I zad before, Fudge must be removed!" Alphonsine snapped, pounding the table with every word.

" Alphonsine has a point," an all too familiar voice chimed in. Ginny stared wide eyed at her father. He stood up and leaned on the table. " Fudge has been nothing but a burden. He will not see the danger Voldemort poses over the our survival. I can order a Sniper to take him out. But, I think it's, unanimous that Fudge's death will benefit our society. We'll get rid off that annoying pompous and replace him with a worthier candidate."

Ginny shook with horror. This wasn't her father. Her father wasn't violent and he rarely ever spoke ill of anyone, even Malfoy. Her father wouldn't even remove the gnomes in the garden or kill off the chickens in the front yard. However, he was purposing to assassinate the Minister of Magic!

" Arthur, Alphonsine. Calm down. We're here to devise a plan to rescue Linh and Haukea. I'm sending Marvin and Gregory to infiltrate Azkaban. Which won't be too hard. Just watch out. Fudge is dead set on taking out the Order so he has Adelmar Garrah, German's top Hit Wizard, to guard their cell. Make sure you stun him several times. Rumors have it that it takes more than one spell to put him to sleep."

Aglaia nodded towards to men with broad shoulders. One had short and spiky gray hair. He wore an open cloak tied over on shoulder. The other had a crew cut with thin glasses.

" Marvin," Aglaia said with sudden realization," can I ask you something? "

Marvin, the man with the gray hair, nodded.

" It has come to my attention that, without my consent or Albus's, you planted Magick Mines under the Ministry, Gringotts, Azkaban and ,worse of all, Hogwarts. Do you know how sensitive those are? The forger is not the only one who is able to detonate it! You can cost thousands of lives! Have you no shame? Or conscious?"

Marvin looked quite taken back, as if he didn't expect Aglaia to find out. Ginny gasped and swallowed. She learned about Magick Mines in Defense against the Darks with Moody. They were large flat discs, with a short rod through the center. Once the rod is screwed in and the spell is placed, the mine is active. The disc is usually forged because then the forger can set the time for the mine to set off. Even though they were extremely complex and intricate, they were very sensitive so anyone can set it off.

Aglaia looked up, her face etched with surprise, and stared at the door. " Who would have thought it?"

" Thought what?" Marvin asked, quite relieved her attention was momentarily distracted.

Ginny stared at Aglaia and wasn't at all surprise to see Aglaia's hazel green eyes staring right back at hers. Ginny backed slowly away and this movement alerted the other people. Several started moving forward, their wands drawn. Her breath suddenly stopped flowing and her blood froze.

She turned on her heels and began running down the hallway she came. She was barely aware of the different colored jets streaking past her. She almost reached the door, to rescue and freedom, but she started slowing down. She began stumbling till she completely stopped. Everything was beginning to tilt and wobble in her eyes. There was this slow, painful compressing at her temples. She barely registered that there were snake like tendrils wrapping themselves around her wrists and ankles. She saw black closing in from the edges of her vision and she fell into oblivion.

~*~

"Let me go!" Arthur Weasley roared as he twisted in his chair. His arms were tied to the arms rests and his legs were bonded to the chairs legs. " Let me go!"

" Ve can't!" Alphonsine sighed in exasperation. It was obvious she had told him this many times.

" Let me go!" he screamed. He hobbled forward, his chair screeching against the hardwood floor. " She's my daughter! I will not let you kill her!"

" You know it's not up to us! Only Aglaia has the authority to carry out executions!" Marvin snapped. He placed a firm grip on Arthur's shoulder. " She was listening to things she wasn't suppose to. If somehow, someone found out she knew something, information from an actual Order meeting, they're want to get to her. Whether they're against Voldemort or not, that will get us in trouble. If the Ministry found out, we'll all be arrest, like Linh and Haukea. If our opposition found out, they'll use it against us. They can set off the Mines."

Arthur shook his head, " She won't tell. Please let her go! Please!" Arthur begged.

" You know we never change our laws for anyone."

" Just because you were able to hand your daughter over-" Arthur spat venomously. Marvin's nostrils flared and he clenched his hand over Arthur's throat. The others protested and attempted to pulled Marvin off Arthur.

" I sense a lot of hostility in this room," a light, carefree voice rang from behind them. Marvin let go of Arthur, who sputtered a few times.

Aglaia walked in, her left hand leaning on Ginny's shoulder. Ginny, now wide awake, was still shaking. She spotted her father and rushed forward. Marvin whipped out his wand and halted Ginny in her tracks. She glared at him and pushed his arm away.

"Dad!" she cried. She hugged her bonded father.

" Ginny!" Arthur gasped in surprise and relief.

" Why isn't she dead?" Marvin asked.

" It will be such a shame to kill of such a pretty face," Aglaia laughed heartily as she walk towards Ginny. Ginny straightened up and waited patiently at Aglaia's side. Aglaia chucked her affectionately under the chin. " She reminds me of my younger days!"

" Aglaia, I think your memory is disappearing on you. All unwelcome persons who obtain secret information on the Order's missions, agendas, etc, would be executed to prevent espionage," Marvin said. It sounded as if he was reciting it from a manual.

" Ah! Unwelcome! She won't be unwelcome if she was part of the Order, would she?" Aglaia announced as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

The members stared wide eyed at Aglaia. " Aglaia! You must be joking! Do you know how long it takes to join the Order?"

Aglaia nodded, smoothing Ginny's auburn hair. " My hair was awful! Just a plain dark brown. Just brown. But you hair is beautiful. And you have the most adorable nose!" Aglaia gushed. Everybody stared wide eyed at Aglaia. She was acting as if Ginny was her granddaughter and there was nothing wrong.

" You must be kidding… she needs at least 7 Armars credits before she can even submit a form for admission to Towerman's Island. That takes at least 6 months! And besides, how will she go?" Marvin asked frustrated. " We can't send her home to ask her mother! I say we just get rid of her!"

" No!" Arthur screamed.

" Arthur you know very vell that if ze child has a parent who refuses to let their child go, the child can't step foot with in Neptune's Crown!" Alphonsine shouted. Ginny stared in bemusement around her. Neptune's Crown? What are they talking about?

" She'll have Arthur's approval," Aglaia said pointedly at Arthur. He nodded mutely for he had no choice.

" What about her muther?" Alphonsine asked.

" She can't give permission to a dead daughter, " Aglaia explained. She turned Ginny to face her.

" If you don't try out for the Order, we have to execute you since it's the law. But if you are part of the Order then it makes no difference whether you heard it or not. However, I know Molly Weasley and she won't let her baby girl go to fight the Dark Lord. But if… you are assumed dead, she can't give her refusal to anything you do. Then, you can go get your training with your father's consent. "

There was a heavy silence in the air. The gears in Ginny's head began turning and something clicked in her head. " So this is an ultimatum? Either die or pretend to die and join the Order?"

" It's a tough choice… if you can't decide, then you must be executed. We'll give you a few last days to spend to the fullest. If you choice to join the Order, then we'll do the same thing… except when you leave, you'll know that outside of the training and fighting, is your life and you'll be homesick…"

Ginny looked quietly at Aglaia, " I… give me one month. I'll tell you in one month. I'll spend the rest of the summer with my family, go o Hogwarts, then I'll get back to you with my decision."

Notes: I been working on this for a few months now and I been working several hours to make the first chapter just right. Then, my stupid computer froze and the whole thing got deleted. I hoped you really liked it and any type of review is welcomed.