The Weird Little Shy Girl Chapter 1, a harry potter fanfic

A new beginning.

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Let me explain about the name. Ginnie. Yes, well, I thought about her character and her friends and I decided that I really liked them so I want to use them in more stories. However, The name is actually Ginny, as it is in my Air Gear story, but since Ron's sister's name is Ginny I needed to spell it differently yet still have it be a short version of Virginia (you'll understand later).

Ugh. I actually spent a lot of time deciding on the name. Whether to spell it differently or just to change the name entirely. But I wanted to keep the name so I just spelled it differently.

Please tell me if it's a bit confusing. I swear I'm not trying to make it confusing but seriously tell me if it is. Ron's sister, Ginny, might not show up all that much.

Any suggestions? Review and tell me. M'kay? AWESOME!

The ceremony couldn't have lasted more than an hour or two yet it seemed far longer to the teenage girl in the long black gown. Tears streamed down her face as Ginnie tried to remain silent by biting her lip. She held her hair which rested over her right shoulder and she tried to keep her head held high.

Both of her brothers were beside her. Both were also crying but more openly. She was far better at hiding her emotions and feelings from the public.

Once it was over she and her older brothers left for home.

The house was dreary and depressing. She would be alone for most of the time. Her eldest brother, Peter, lived in another state so he would be leaving soon, and the middle child (still her older brother though) would be off to college next year.

Ginnie loved to be alone yet hated the feeling of loneliness. Weird, huh? Well she changed into normal clothes and left for the outside. She sat in her favorite tree to climb, especially when she was sad, and began singing.

Unsure why, but she sang Once Upon a December from the movie Anastasia.

Dancing bears,
Painted wings,
Things I almost remember,
And a song someone sings,
Once upon a December

Someone holds me safe and warm,
Horses prance through a silver storm,
Figures dancing gracefully across my memory...

Far away, long ago
Glowing dim as an ember,
Things my heart used to know,
Things it yearns to remember.

And a song someone sings,
Once upon a December

Suddenly a letter dropped into her lap. She looked up and saw a gray owl. "A barn owl? Maybe. Who knows. I have no idea how to tell the difference between owl species. Anyway, what's this letter?" She opened the envelope and looked at the paper.

Dear Ginnie,

We are pleased to inform, blah blah blah, accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Witchcraft and Wizardry? What the hell? Right, well let's see…a list of what I need…..hey I can take a pet….cool. I could take the dog…no way. This is a school and even though he's a poodle he would cause way too much trouble. Besides, according to this I can bring a cat, owl, or toad. Gee, great options. I'll go with the cat.

WAIT!

I'm not magic. What's the deal? Hey wait, there's another sheet of paper. More reading. Fun. Anyway…

You are probably very confused as to your sudden acceptance into the school so allow me to explain.

Freakin' mind readers.

As a young child you showed the gift of magic though your parents believed magic was very unsuitable for a girl who lives in America, thus they sealed your magic within you. Their sudden death ended the spell and thus you are free to use magic.

I'm magic……..AWESOME!

So that you may learn to use this gift properly, we insist you come to Hogwarts as soon as you gain this letter.

Well that's just great. How am I supposed to get there?

Our gatekeeper should arrive soon to help you gather your supplies and he shall explain in more detail. We hope to see you at Hogwarts in the near future.

Headmistress

Minerva McGonagall

That was certainly an interesting letter. Gatekeeper, eh? Should be interesting. Ginnie showed the letter to Robert and Peter (her brothers) and while they found it kind of strange they agreed to wait with her for the gatekeeper to show and find out what's happening.

They heard a motorcycle outside. The three of them ran outside to see said motorcycle flying and coming into the driveway with a large man on it. Once he stopped, the man got off and walked over to them, towering over even Peter.

"'ello there," he said.

"Um….hello. Are you the gatekeeper?" Ginnie asked.

"Yes. Name's Rubeus Hagrid," Hagrid said. "Now which one o' you am I s'posed to be pickin' up?"

Ginnie stepped forward. "Me. So how are we getting there? And where exactly are we going?"

"We're gonna fly, o'course. We need to go ter Diagon Alley first," he replied. Ginnie, Robert, and Peter's jaw opened. Fly?

"First, can you explain more about what's happening? According to the letter this school doesn't start for several more months. Why leave now?" Peter asked. Hagrid grunted (but not unfriendly like.)

"Well ya see, normally kids start once they turn 11 but this girl couldn't come since her magic was sealed. Now we need to try and get her caught up, so I'm ter take her to get her supplies and show her around the school. Also, she needs ter study mostly everything she woulda learned in the past three years. Don't worry though, I'm s'posed to bring her back before the new term," Hagrid explained.

"So you're saying that I have a few months to learn what others did in 3 years?" Ginnie asked, unbelievingly.

"Well, yeah. And then yer gonna have to take an exam to see if you managed. If you can, then the headmaster knows you're ready to enter the 4th year. The exam is split up into 3 parts, for each grade level. The first one you fail is the grade you'll be put in."

"No pressure of course," Ginnie said, sarcastically.

After saying goodbyes, Ginnie and Hagrid were flying off on the motorcycle. Ginnie was trying to keep from screaming her heart out. Instead she contented herself by silently thinking, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die. For some reason it helped.

After a bit, actually a while went by since they were going to a different continent, they landed in London. Hagrid said they were right outside Diagon Alley but all Ginnie saw was a normal alley with a black door on one side and a brick wall on the other. However, after Hagrid tapped a series of individual bricks with a strange pink umbrella, the wall moved around and became a doorway.

"Oh my God." In front of them were now crowds of people, many with pointed hats, and large shops.

Hagrid mostly had to keep a hold on Ginnie so she wouldn't run off everywhere. Unknown to Ginnie, her family seemed to have some wizard money. Apparently no one in her family had truly approved of learning magic so the coins were never used and rested in a vault underground. Cool.

After the money was picked up, Ginnie and Hagrid first picked up every book Ginnie should have had. Basically, that's a lot of books. Ginnie insisted on carrying at least some of them but Hagrid replied that she still needed more things and she'd be busy carrying those. Ginnie sighed but agreed while she and Hagrid went to pick up a cauldron and gloves.

Hagrid placed the books and gloves into the cauldron as the two of them went to get Ginnie her robes.

"Black, nice," she commented as her measurements were taken. While the seamstress was gone Ginnie pondered what the students were like at Hogwarts. I wonder if any of them like anime. Nah. Probably not. Stupid British people. But wait. If the school's in Scotland, are they Scottish? Or are they still British? I'm confused. Oh well, hey the robe seller lady person is back.

"Here's your robe, dear," the lady said. "Oh, thank you." Ginnie gathered up the robe and left with the half-giant.

"So, what's next?" she asked and then got extremely excited when Hagrid said she needed a wand.

Ollivander's was a nice little store. It looked like a shoe store, but whatever. Ollivander himself was a very nice man. Polite…and he didn't get visibly angry when Ginnie accidently caused an explosion with the second wand she tried. The first wand only made a small fire.

The third wand made her feel warm inside as it glowed. Ollivander said that meant that is was her wand, then started talking about how the wand chooses the wizard but Ginnie was too focused on the stick in her hand.

13 ¾ inch willow wood with the core of powdered dragon scales. Sweetness. The wood was such a dark brown it was almost black.

After overcoming some inner dilemma, Ginnie asked Hagrid about animals. When he said that is was perfectly okay they found the pet store place. Well, it was like a pet store only it was much, much, MUCH, cooler.

Ginnie searched and found the most adorable cat ever. It had large amber eyes, small fangs, and its sleek black fur had a green sheen to it. He sat with his tail curled around his feet as he gazed up at her, almost smirking up at her. That was it. She was definitely getting this cat.

"Now to name you…let's see. I got it. I'm going to name you Kisshu." Ginnie almost let out a girlish squeal at the name of her favorite alien on Tokyo Mew Mew (actual anime. Little girly but still awesome.)

She later found out how….appropriate the name was for the young cat. He seemed to have the same personality as the cocky, perverted alien. He wouldn't hang around males, preferring to hiss at them, and yet he acted completely calm and gentle around females. Also when Ginnie tried to get him to eat cat food he looked at her and she could imagine him raising an eyebrow and saying "You have got to be kidding me."

Stupid independence. Oh well. She loved him.

The day was over quickly by the time Ginnie and Hagrid were at the inn. Ginnie fell asleep almost instantly when she lay down to sleep.

However, her sleep didn't seem to last long, even though it did, when Hagrid woke her up telling her that they needed to get going to get to Hogwarts. "Oh yeah."

Flying to Hogwarts was interesting now that Ginnie's got the hang of flying. Now she can handle looking at the scenery without thinking she's about to die any second. Eventually they came to a large stone castle by a large black lake. To be honest, the place kind of creeped her out.

The inside though, well, the inside was still a bit eerie but maybe that was because it was dark outside. Anyway, Hagrid took Ginnie to a golden gargoyle statue, said lemondrops and told her to walk up the stairs. Doing as he said, Ginnie left and then came to a large door. She knocked when an elderly man opened it.

He really just explained what Ginnie needed to go over in her books and how the school worked, after introducing himself as Dumbledore of course.

I am not going into how the school works because if you're reading this story than you should know at least that much.

"So are there no wizarding schools in America?" she asked.

"No," Dumbledore replied, "I'm afraid there isn't any. That is why you needed to come here."

"Oh, okay."

The meeting with Headmaster Dumbledore didn't last long because soon Ginnie was walking around the school with Hagrid. He was only giving her a small tour since he'd need to get her back to the states soon.

"Such a fascinating school," Ginnie commented as she and Hagrid began leaving the school.

"Sure is. Best school there is, I think." They just reached the large front door when a voice stopped them.

"Hagrid. Why don't you allow me to take her back? Certainly no need for you to go all that way." Ginnie turned and saw a tall woman with a very pointy hat.

"Well hello there. Ginnie, this is Professor McGonagall. She'll be teachin' ya Transfiguration," Hagrid said. Ginnie shook hands with the teacher. "Pleasure to meet you."

"Indeed," the elderly woman replied.

"So are ya sure it's not a problem if you take her, Proffesor?" Hagrid asked.

"Certainly not. It will be far quicker as well if I simply apparate her home." Hagrid nodded, said goodbye, and left. The McGonagall woman told Ginnie to hold on tight to her arm as they apparated away.

I can't remember what it felt like to Harry to apparate. Sorry.

Before Ginnie knew it she was in front of her house. After waiting a second to wait for her head to stop spinning, she looked around for Professor McGonagall only to see that she had already left.

Ginnie snorted but walked into her house. Sort of. It took a while to get in because it was dark and Ginnie had to drag her supplies in since they were so heavy.

I can't believe I'm saying this - well, thinking - but I can't wait to start studying.

Well, that's it for the first chapter.

I know it kind of sucked.

I think I rushed through it, but I'll do better on the next one. Trust me.

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