Finding the Forgotten

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or its characters, just borrowing Rowling's world for a bit.

Hey yall. Current title is temporary. This idea just came to me and wouldn't leave me alone. If I get some good feed back I will continue but I'd like to have a good part of the story written before I post anymore, but I will let ya know if I will definitely continue or not. Hope you enjoy.

Prologue

The sun was setting, causing the sky to blush with reds and oranges. The guests were beginning to wander home, tired yet content smiles on their faces as they parted with their dear friends and family to return to their own homes. Ginny stood at the door, shaking and hugging each one as they left, once again accepting their congratulations on her graduation before thanking them in turn from coming and bidding them a safe journey home. Soon the only people left in the Burrow were Molly and Arthur Weasley, the patrons of the family, Ron and Hermione who were cuddling on the couch, and Bill and Fleur who were staying with Bill's parents for the last few weeks leading up to the birth of their twins, and of course, Harry Potter.

Harry Potter, once the boy-who-lived, and now the defeater of the dark, the savior of the wizarding and muggle world alike, and her sweet, kind boyfriend. Ginny smiled as her eyes connected with Harry's bright emerald ones. After Harry had triumphed over Voldemort at the end of his 6th year, Harry had finally allowed himself to live. During that summer he had spent the majority of his time at the Burrow and he and Ginny had created a friendship that blossomed into more and by Christmas, the two were happily dating. Ginny's last year of Hogwarts, while absent of any life changing battles or crushing losses as the majority of her time spent at Hogwarts had been filled with, was the worst year she had ever endured because she was forced to be apart from Harry. Of course he would come down to Hogsmeade when she could visit him there and they saw each other when she was home on break, but an entire school year apart had been hard on Ginny.

But now she didn't need to worry. She wouldn't have to be apart from Harry ever again. She truly and deeply loved Harry Potter, even if she hadn't told him yet, and she knew that she was not alone in her feelings. Her face lit with a smile as Harry sauntered up to her, a mischievous glint in his eyes and he gently grasped her hand and pulled her out the door and into the garden.

Once they were a safe distance from the house, Harry pulled Ginny into his arms and kissed her on top of her head. "Hey, have I told you congrats yet?" He questioned, his voice low and teasing.

Ginny shoved him lightly but didn't pull out of his arms. "Oh shut it." She smiled up at him before laying her head on his shoulder, a contented sigh escaping her lips. "I missed you, Harry"

"I missed you more." He whispered back.

They stood there, happy to just be held by the other, looking into the last dying embers of the sun, the crescent moon already ascending into the sky. Inside they could hear Ron and Hermione joking with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. It wouldn't be long before those two were engaged, you could never pry them apart and they had already been bickering like an old married couple from the moment they had met.

"Hey," Harry said, pulling away slightly to look at Ginny's face. "What do you say we get out of here? We could go to my flat. We could go to Paris! We could go anywhere, lets just get away from here." His smile was so bright.

Ginny laughed at her boyfriend. She couldn't even remember the last time she had been alone with Harry. She nodded and with a soft pop, they were gone.

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Ginny's hand shook slightly as she gripped her muggle money while she waited in line at Heathrow airport. It was noisy, filled to the brim with muggles bustling about, pulling luggage and herding small children along with them as they hurried about to catch their flights. She could just apparate, she thought once again as she anxiously shifted her weight, tired of standing just to get her ticket. But no, she wanted the time to think, to plan, to collect herself.

Taking a deep breath, Ginny tried to calm down. It was only yesterday she had decided to leave. It was only yesterday that her entire world had changed, for the better or worse she didn't know, not yet anyways. She was still in shock but she did know one thing, and that was that she needed to get away. She couldn't stay in England, not even in Europe. She had to get so far away that they couldn't fine her until she knew what to do, what to say.

Placing a small hand on her stomach, a tear rolled down her freckled cheek. She could imagine the hurt and confusion that her Harry would feel when he found her missing. She could see her family worriedly searching all of wizarding Britain for her. But she couldn't bring herself to even leave a few words on a piece of paper to let them know she was al right. All her mind was capable of thinking was that she needed to leave, to escape.

An hour and a half later she was sitting on the plane, staring dully out the window, and 8 hours later she was on the ground, standing alone and small in the Chicago O'Hare airport. And while she didn't know what direction her life was going to go, she knew that she could make it, she had to.

She walked out and, with some difficulty, hailed a cab and asked for the driver to take her to the nearest hotel. Her first glimpse of America flew by out her window as she got lost in her thoughts once more. Ginny wasn't going to give up. No, she was going to see this through, she was going to have the precious baby growing inside her, her and Harry's child. But she knew she couldn't keep the baby, she wasn't ready to be a mother and Harry wasn't ready to be a father. She was not even two months out of school and Harry was in the middle of Auror training. And of course there was the little problem that she had just abandoned Harry and her entire family without so much as a goodbye. But she would have this baby and she would make sure the baby had a good home with parents who loved her child as their own.

Ginny smiled, her eyes cloudy with tears, happy to have decided a course for her life for the moment, sad to be giving up the life inside her that she already loved so much.

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Ginny lay in the hospital bed, trying not to cry. She hadn't even been able to hold her daughter, only a quick glimpse of her sweet face before they whisked her away. They told her it was easier for her to give the child up if she never held her, and Ginny knew they were right, but it still hurt.

"Hey, Ginny. How are ya doing?" a females voice spoke from the doorway. Ginny turned over to see Cindy, they lady she had been working with at the adoption agency to find the perfect place for her baby girl.

"I didn't know it would be this hard." Ginny whispered, holding back her sobs.

Smiling sadly, Cindy entered and sat down on the edge of her bed and placed a comforting hand on her arm. "I know honey, but the Coopers are the best couple you could ask for to raise your baby, they already love her so much. She will be spoiled and loved and cared for with them. You don't need to worry."

"Do you know what they decided to call her?" Ginny asked, pulling at her sheets.

"Oh honey, I don't know if that's something you need to know. I don't want you to keep holding on. And you did agree on a closed adoption…" Cindy trailed off, unsure.

"Trust me, I'm not going to change my mind. I'm happy I can give the Cooper's the child they have wanted for so long, I'm not going to take their joy. I just want to know her name. And I promise it's that last thing I will ever ask about her." Ginny pleaded, looking into Cindy's eyes so she would see the truth in what she spoke.

After a moment's hesitation, Cindy gave in. "Marie. They named her Marie."

A tear finally escaped Ginny's eye as she tucked all her thoughts of Marie Cooper deep into her mind, forcing her self to stop dwelling on her and to pick her life back up, deciding to do her best to forget about the daughter she never even had the chance to hold.

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