Disclaimer - Harry Potter or anyting to do with it is not mine, it's JKR's. The song Caledonia aint mine either, but I wish it was. ;) This story is also slightly biased about Scotland due to the fact that I live there... :0)
This story was inspired by Frankie Miller's version of Caledonia and the Scotland Highlands. The lyrics are in italic.
I don't know if you can see
The changes that have come over me
In these last few days I've been afraid
That I might drift away
Ginny Weasley sat on the rocks and let her gaze wander over the stunning view of the Scottish Highlands. She had arrived in Inverness two days ago after cutting short her trip around the world. She had bypassed Italy and France and headed straight to Scotland after a sudden unexplainable urge forced her to pack her bags and leave Berlin.
She was staying in Inverness, a muggle city, due to it's closeness to Hogsmeade. She hadn't wanted to step foot in that little village but she felt she needed to be close to it. Too many memories lay forgotten there and she didn't want to remind herself of the intimate times they had together, she was scared she would hear his voice. The voice she used to love whispering in her ear, making sweet promises. Promises that he broke.
She had been young and foolish then, only sixteen. She had been gullible and he had played a wicked game with her feelings. She was still slowly mending her broken heart.
Once Ginny had finished her last year at Hogwarts she left England. Her mother had been hysterical when she told her but Ginny had stayed firm. She had to leave, she needed to explore the world and she needed to find herself again and make new memories to help forget the past.
But there had been a slight problem with Ginny's anouncement and her name was Caledonia Weasley-Malfoy.
Her parents had been shocked at the news that their baby was going to have a baby of her own. She had explained what happened and told them the father of her child was Draco Malfoy, who didn't want a single thing to do with any of them, he had left her in tears one afternoon in Hogsmeade after revealing she was just part of a bet to see if he could have sex with her before the school term was over. He had laughed in her crying face as he called her 'easy'. Arthur and Molly Weasley could truly tell that their only daughter had been besotted with the young Malfoy heir and their own hearts ached at the defeated look in Ginny's face as she told them about the promises he made to her. Her parents vowed to not get involved or have contact with any Malfoy concerning Caledonia and this promise they were determined not to break of the sake of their child and granddaughter.
Her brothers had fussed and cursed Malfoy to hell and back. They threatened to cut various parts of his anatomy, making sure he wouldn't be able to hurt another girl like he hurt their sister. Ron had taken the news badly and had to be restrained by Bill and Charlie as their mother shoved a calming potion down his throat so they could get him to listen to reason. Harry had remained quiet throughout the whole fiasco, their relationship had been over long ago and he was now dating Cho Chang but for some reason he blamed himself for it and said he would always be there for her and the baby. Hermione had been shocked when the father was revealed but had squealed with delight along with Ginny and her mother as they went to St Mungos to see the scan of her baby which was illuminated in a small silver ball over her little bump. Ginny was glad they were all on her side and she had needed the support, especially since school was a nightmare.
She had gone back to school for her seventh year with a small and delicate bump which nobody noticed under her school robes until one day she had fainted from the heat in a stuffy potions class. Professor Snape had removed her robe to find the buttons of her shirt stretched tight across her protruding abdomen. Everyone in the class had been in shock and the gossip spread around the castle like wildfire. After a week in the Hospital Wing being berated by Madam Pomfrey for not telling her about the pregnancy sooner she had been given the all clear to attend classes again.
Her first term of school had been terrible after that fateful potions class. Everyone had given her sneering looks and called her disgusting names behind her back once her pregnancy was revealed. The Gryffindors, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs ignored her in the corridors and no one would speak to her. Even her former friends acted like she didn't exist, she really did try to explain and apologize but the damage had been done and she had lied and betrayed them all. Her only friend had been Luna Lovegood who had been subjected to bullying not because she was a Looney but because she was friends with a "whore". Luna had once admitted it was a nice change not being bullied for being different, they didn't hide her shoes anymore. The Slytherins were almost unbearable, they would shout abusive names to her in the corridors as she passed and threatened to push her down the stairs on more than one occasion, she had been terrified for her unborn baby.
She had been sent home on the 1st Novemeber on strict bed rest due to complications with her weight, Madam Pomfrey had advised her to rest and take things slowly as there was a major risk she would have the baby prematurely. Ginny had given birth to a gorgeous little girl on the 5th of November after being shocked into labour by her brothers' slightly dangerous fireworks display held in the garden of the Burrow. She had given birth four weeks early but her little girl was a strong and healthy 6.2lbs with her baby blue eyes and tufts of blonde hair, she had looked so much like her father much to Ron's disgust but even he couldn't resist cooing to her and wiggling his finger in Caledonia's face.
The young mother returned to Hogwarts after the Christmas holidays. She was a stranger of her former self. Her body had changed from flat and skinny to soft motherly curves which the boys of Hogwarts blatantly ogled at, even the Slytherins. Her hair had been cut shorter, her long waterfall of hair was replaced with shoulder length russet curls bouncing as she walked. Ginny had claimed to her mother it was more practical for her to have shorter hair when she was around Caledonia so it wouldn't get in the way. The two month old Caledonia had changed so much, her hair was steadily turning into a sweet strawberry blonde and Ginny hoped it would continue to turn into a darker red just like hers. She enjoyed seeing her daughters gummy smiles and waving arms every weekend, she had found it difficult to leave her at home. She wanted to be with her all the time and watch her development knew skills.
Slowly one by one her friends came up to her timidly asking how the baby was and if everything was okay. Ginny had smiled pleasantly at them, she needed friends and it was her fault they hadn't wanted anything to do with her for the past year, she had pushed them away in the hope that Draco Malfoy would love her more. She had sat down one night with them all discussing her wonderful daughter, showing pictures and telling them what really happened, they were in awe of what had happened to her.
Her mother agreed to look after Caledonia on the condition that Ginny would floo to see her daughter every week so she would remember who her mummy was. Ginny was extremely grateful her mother let her go. The world was now hers to explore.
After just four months of travelling Ginny had ended up in Berlin, she roamed the streets taking in all the pubs and shops, nothing had felt right, she felt almost lost, she wanted to go home. With just one night in Germany she packed her backs and went to the nearest apparation point in which was in Hanover and apparated herself right on the Burrow's doorstep. The door was flung open by a joyful Molly Weasley and dragged into her family home to receive hugs and kisses from all the family members which was when she realised it was Sunday. Weasley's always had a family dinner on a Sunday.
Ginny cried when Ron handed over little Caledonia, she was much bigger now, almost a year old, her birthday was in three weeks time. Caledonia's hair was darker now, the exact same shade as Ginny's. Little chubby hands pulled on her copper curls and her daughter gurgled happily showing her mummy a gummy smile. She was perfect.
Ginny still felt restless and after two days at the Burrow she announced she would be visiting Scotland with Caledonia. She had loved the magical place where she practically grew up, it was an old magic that surrounded the Highlands which framed Hogwarts and the little village of Hogsmeade and it had always fascinated her. Ginny had done many researching on the history of Scotland and found it all to be enchanting, the Scots were such a proud nation and they knew where they belonged. Her obsession with Scotland was the reason she named her daughter Caledonia as it meant "from Scotland" which technically she was, considering that's where she was conceived and she wanted to show her daughter Scotland, although the possibility of Caledonia remembering her first visit the Highlands would be non-existant.
As soon as she stepped foot in Scotland she felt different, she was more relaxed, she felt stronger than ever. She smiled as Caledonia wriggled in her arms, looking in the direction of the hills with her arms waving about excitedly. Ginny stared out at the snow capped hills of the Scottish Highlands and knew she was home.
