Author's note: Hello all! This is my first story. In addition, this is the first story in my series "The Twisted Fate". The Twisted Fate is a series of stories that picks single moments in the lives of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley, twist them, and continue the story from there on. Hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I'm going to say this once, Harry Potter and other characters and/or places belong to J.K. Rowling. The plot and original characters if any are mine.

Chapter 1

A Journey from Platform Nine and Three-quarters

Harry heard the little girl's voice.

"Oh, Mum, can I go on the train and see him, Mum, oh please…"

"You've already seen him, Ginny, and the poor boy isn't some thing you goggle at in a zoo. Is he really, Fred? How do you know?"

"Asked him. Saw his scar. It's really there — like lightning."

"Poor dear — no wonder he was alone, I wondered. He was ever so polite when he asked how to get onto the platform."

"Never mind that, do you think he remembers what You-Know-Who looks like?"

Their mother suddenly became very stern.

"I forbid you to ask him, Fred. No, don't you dare. As though he needs reminding of that on his first day at school."

"All right, keep your hair on."

A whistle sounded.

"Hurry up!" their mother said, and the three boys clambered onto the train. They leaned out of the window for her to kiss them good-bye, and their younger sister began to cry.

"Don't, Ginny, we'll send you loads of owls."

"We'll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat."

"George!"

"Only joking, Mum."

The train began to move. Harry saw the boys' mother waving and their sister, half laughing, half crying, running to keep up with the train until it gathered too much speed, and then she fell back and waved.

Harry watched the girl and her mother disappear as the train rounded the corner. Houses flashed passed the window. Harry felt a great leap of excitement. He didn't know what he was heading towards — but it had to be better than what he was leaving behind.

The door of the compartment slid open and the youngest red headed boy came in.

"Anyone sitting there?" he asked, pointing at the seat opposite Harry. "Everywhere else is full."

Harry shook his head and the boy sat down. He glanced at Harry and then looked quickly out of the window, pretending he hadn't looked. Harry saw he still had a black mark on his nose.

"Hey Ron."

The twins were back.

"Listen, we're going down the middle of the train — Lee Jordan's got a giant tarantula down there."

"Right," mumbled Ron.

Before the twins could leave, they all heard a soft pop and the cute red-haired girl from the platform appeared before them.

It took several moments before anyone found their voices.

"G…Ginny! What are you doing here?" said Fred, still shocked.

Mr. Weasley was sitting alone in his office, finishing a report on some Muggles' appliances when a flash of green light shone into the room. He looked up in time to watch Mrs. Weasley stepped out off the fireplace. Her expression told him right away that something bad was happening.

"What's wrong, Molly?" he asked worriedly.

"Ginny," she said in a low voice. "She's…she's…she's gone," she finished in almost a whisper, starting to sob uncontrollably and fell into the closest chair to her by the fireplace.

"What do you mean, gone? Did she just disappear?" asked Mr. Weasley as he walked over to comfort his wife.

"W–Well, I was walking h–her out from King's Cross when I heard a pop and then...then she's g–gone," replied Mrs. Weasley, sobbing harder. "I have already been s–searching around for a while but I couldn't f–find her. I didn't know what to do so I c–came here to see you."

"Oh...let me think…" said Mr. Weasley seriously, patting her back. "Did you notice anything strange?"

"N–no, nothing strange, all I heard was just a pop and a second later she's gone," she replied. Her voice rose — as if she was starting to go mad — but she was still sobbing.

"Well, well, Mollywobbles, do you think she have just Apparated herself?" he asked calmly.

"W–what? She didn't even have a wand! How could that be possible!" shouted Mrs. Weasley, looking nearly insane. She could not understand why her husband was so calm.

"It's possible," he replied in the voice he knew would calm her down. "It's called 'Accidental Apparition'. Despite how rare it happens, it's just a kind of accidental magic. It usually only occurs in powerful underage wizards or witches. The last record on this is when Harry Potter Apparated himself to his school's kitchen's roof. Haven't I told you about this already? This was once a very popular topic in the Ministry. It hadn't been recorded for at least a couple of centuries previously."

"No, I don't think you have," Mrs. Weasley replied. She was calmed down by now. "So where do you think she went?"

"Did you meet anyone at the platform or was she talking about someone or something?" said Mr. Weasley.

"Yes, we met the famous Harry Potter on the platform," answered Mrs. Weasley. "I didn't know who he was at first. The boy came to me and asked how to get to the platform, and I answered him. When the twins found out that it was actually him, Ginny couldn't stop talking about him."

"Well, I'm quite sure now that what happened was an accidental Apparition. When an underage witch or wizard wants to be somewhere desperately and they are powerful and talented enough, they can Apparate themselves to that place. Now if I get this correctly, Ginny was talking about Harry all the time. Did you forbid her to go to see him?"

"Yes, she asked me if she could get on the train to see him. And yes, I told her not to. She then never stopped talking about him. Oh…" she went speechless, looking suddenly relieved, when she finally realised what was really happening. "But do you think she's powerful enough?"

"Who knows?" replied Mr. Weasley, "but we have seen her do exceptional accidental magic often, haven't we?"

"So," she continued, "Ginny did really accidentally Apparate herself to Harry, didn't she?"

"I think so. Why don't we go over to the Department of Magical Transport to check this out?" replied Mr. Weasley, taking wife's hands in his and heading towards the door.

"So," Fred began, "how did you get here, and why?"

"The answer's still the same, I DON'T KNOW!" screamed Ginny after being asked the same question by her brothers at least 20 times already.

"So if your answer's still the same, Gin-Gin —" said Fred.

"DON'T EVER CALL ME THAT," interrupted Ginny. Harry seemed to be forgotten by all the Weasleys there.

"Uh oh…our little Gin-Gin doesn't want the famous Harry Potter to see her like that," Fred teased, remind his siblings that Harry was there also.

Ginny blushed.

"Why don't you sit so we can talk about what was happening and what we are going to do?" said Ron, obviously trying to change the topic.

Just then, they all heard a knock from the window; there was a brown owl carrying a letter. "It might be a letter from mum, she must know that Ginny's here," Ron said as he let the owl in before removing the letter and reading it aloud.

Dear Ron, and Fred and George, if you are there too,

Ginny did some accidental magic and Apparated herself into the train. Find her if you haven't already; she should be at Harry's compartment. Dad is currently arranging for her to stay at Hogwarts for a while, at least until we have time to go and take her home.

Ginny, don't be afraid, you aren't in trouble. We are going to get you home as soon as possible.

Please tell Harry about the situation and apologize to him for me.

Love,
Mum

"Ok, so we now know what's happening, don't we?" said Fred, "I think we should send her a reply. Look, owl's waiting!"

Harry was sitting in a compartment with Ron, Ginny, Fred and George, who seemed to forget that they wanted to see Lee Jordan and his giant tarantula. They were currently having a big lunch that Harry had bought.

"What are these?" Harry asked Fred, "They're not really frogs, are they?"

"No," it is Ron who replied, "But see what card is in it, I'm missing Agrippa."

"What?"

"Ronnie, don't talk to the famous Harry Potter like that!" Fred teased. "Basically, Harry, Chocolate Frogs have cards inside them, you know, to collect — famous witches and wizards. Ron's got about five hundred, no wonder why. He's been sneaking into my room and stealing any cards I got —"

"Hey! I never did that," Ron protested.

"— but he hasn't got Agrippa or Ptolemy yet" Fred finished.

"Ginny, what's wrong?" George asked.

Ginny was sitting quietly in the corner, not looking at anyone. Even if you had not known her before, you can easily tell that something was wrong.

Ginny looked up before saying shyly, "Nothing…err…just have been thinking, what am I going to do now? I mean, yes, I have been waiting impatiently to go to Hogwarts, but not like this." Her eyes met Harry's for a nanosecond before she looked at the floor again. She had been trying to conceal the fact the she had finally met the real Harry Potter.

"Come in," came a voice.

McGonagall slowly opened the door before she went in. She then closed the door and turned to face the headmaster.

"Now If I'm correct, you've come here about Miss Weasley," Professor Dumbledore said.

"Yes," replied Professor McGonagall as she took a seat in front of his desk. "Mrs. Weasley owled me this morning that her youngest daughter, Miss Ginevra Weasley, has accidentally Apparated herself to the Hogwarts Express. She said that she's going to come and get her tomorrow."

"Interesting, from what I've seen on the records of an accidental magic, she's quite powerful. Do you know what accidental Apparition really is?"

Professor McGonagall shook her head.

"Well, only talented and powerful witches and wizards can do that. It seems that she isn't quite ordinary."

"Then what should we do?" Professor McGonagall asked, "I don't think she will follow her mother home. Even if she went home with her mother, she'll probably be able come right back."

"I think it is a time to look at some old curriculum for students under the age of eleven," concluded Professor Dumbledore.

"We should change, we will reach Hogwarts soon," said Fred. "Ginny, can you wait outside please?"

"Okay," mumbled Ginny. She then went out to the corridor to wait.

After Ginny left, they pulled off their jackets and pulled on their long black robes. Harry looked around; the Weasleys robes were not as new as his were. In fact, Ron's were a little short for him, which should not happen in newly brought robes.

"All right, Ginny, you can come in now," said Ron as he open the door of their compartment, only to find Ginny talking to a girl, who he had a bossy sort of voice, lots of bushy brown hair, and rather large front teeth.

"What's the—" said Ron.

Both girls turned to him.

"I have to go, see you later Ginny," said the brown-haired girl before she left.

"Who's that?" George asked.

"Hermione Granger, she's another first year," answered Ginny.

Author's note: This is my first fic so please be nice. Review please! Any ideas will be appreciated.

Disclaimer: The first several paragraphs are from the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 6 – The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. The accidental Apparition idea is taken from "The Greatest Gift" by Breanie, a one-shot about time travel. I was looking for a way to get Ginny on the train and a little idea from that story fits perfectly.