Author's Notes: Hello again. This story has grown with me over these past NINE years and though it has been shifted to the back of my mind again and again as life has taken over, it has never been truly forgotten. This is going to be another hiatus while I revise leading up to the posting of a new chapter. From there, we will see if I can make this the last break till the finale. Expect a lot of changes. There are so many things that I wrote as they came to me and as fun and freeing that sort of writing can be, it takes more than that to write a complete "good" story. I'll hopefully be fixing plot holes and issues that I fixed using good old "author's privilege" so bear with me and I hope you take the ride with me again. Thank you everyone for sticking with me. I hope my creation lives up to your expectations. Laterz...Lilguji

Disclaimer: I don't own it, never did and never will.

The Secret of the Chamber of Secrets

September 1st

Dear Diary,

How ironic isn't it? Me, Ginny Weasley, writing in a diary again even after all the things that had happened to me last year. But this past summer has been excruciating since my family has not let me out of their sight. Constantly being watched for any signs of "trouble" or "oddness". As if I'll suddenly go back to being possessed again. I swear Ron even tried to hide parchment from me in case I felt the need to start writing again and it was a chore just to complete my summer assignments. No matter what I did, someone was constantly following me, asking if I was "all right" or if I needed anything. And while it was touching that my family cared about me and wanted to support me in my time of need, they need to get a clue as to when a girl just wants to be left alone. Honestly though, at times when I was feeling frustrated with their clinginess, it was hard not to ask them where their care was while I was at school. It's only the fact that they really do care for me that's allowed me to hold my tongue. And if they're overcompensating because of their guilt, well, I can forgive their faults since they've so readily forgiven mine.

It's probably ungrateful of me to vent like this when their overbearing-ness has helped so much in getting over the trauma and embarrassment from last year's events. While the nightmares have almost stopped, the lingering embarrassment at my own stupidity still remains. It's better now, after all, most things get better with time, and hopefully, it'll be even easier at school where only a few people know the exact truth of the events from the Chamber. I'll be able to forget, or at least, push the memories from my mind. The helplessness of being unable to control your own body, the feeling of despair as I tried to fix the problem only for the diary to fall into someone else's hands, the guilt knowing that you are responsible for attacks on other students and the dread that the next attack could leave someone dead. All these emotions have haunted my dreams and tainted my memories of what should have been one of the best years of my life. Away from home, away from the constant support and comfort that kept these feelings fresh, maybe now I'll be able to truly forget. Hogwart's is big school after all, how hard can it be to avoid all the places that remind me of my wrongs? Wait, don't answer that.

Hah! You can't answer though can you, diary? You were a gift from Collin to replace last year's diary when it became full. Of course he didn't know that it would never happen but here you are, useful after all. A simple and blessedly normal diary that doesn't write back; just a place to vent and gather my thoughts. A place where there's only me and no one else can intrude. I've shared my body with the soul of an evil boy, now all I want is solitude and that is exactly what you are going to give me.

Collin's younger brother Dennis is starting this year. He and a bunch of other firsties are sitting with us and making a racket. He's an excitable fellow and if he gets sorted into Gryffindor then I know I'm going to have a noisy year. You'll be my savior then won't you Diary? I'm surprised though that Ron and his friends haven't checked on me yet. It's been almost half an hour and Ron kept insisting in front of Mum that he would. Oh well, not sure why I'm surprised that they forgot all about me the moment we left home. I knew it would happen but after the way Ron acted all summer, I hoped - expected them to check up on me.

I should get back to Collin now, he wanted to take a walk around and a break from the noise is sounding pretty welcome right now. I'll write later.

Ginny Weasley