Hermione's Problem, Ginny's Addiction Part I

Disclaimer: Hermione and Ginny are not mine. I only own the characters that aren't in the books.

A/N: These are serious issues!!!!!!!!! For more info go to Face the Issue (search Google for Face the Issue) They have two sections specifically targeting Ginny's and Hermione's problems, along with many many many more. Be sure to click the links. I really don't care if you flame me, as long as you read it all.

I had to re-load the story. I decided to change the rating, so now I can talk to some of these reviewers. -

Thrillsuspence: Oops....I didn't mean to portray Hermione badly... Yes, I don't like her much as a character, but I didn't realize this was being reflected in my writing (if you read another of my stories Hermione dies)....I'll work on that. As for using any characters, I suppose I could've. I'll try to incorperate more Harry Potter stuff...

PhoenixJay27: Thanks. Eating Disorders have always kinda freaked me out. Drugs not so much, but it was a better choice than Self Injury (which is very psychological and is a big spread, and still a bit of a mystery) or Abuse. The second choice was Alcoholism.

IBeTyOuKnOW: Thanks. I'll be sure to keep up the writing.

LF1: Thanks.

This story is dedicated to the families of those that've died from an eating disorder or drugs, and to those that've beaten them.

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Hermione
June, 1996. A girl with somewhat bushy brown hair stands before her closet. This is Hermione. She has just finished unpacking a trunk full of clothes and is now looking for something else to wear. She takes out a pair of denim capris and a white tanktop. She slips the tanktop over her head. It's a bit tight around the stomach. She pulls on the capris. They barely fit over her thighs. She tries to button them. It doesn't quite make it. The girl lays down on her bed and sucks in her belly and finally gets the capris buttoned and zipped. They're tight. The girl looks herself over in the mirror. She hates what she sees. The button on her capris pops off. She puts on a pair of baggy sweatpants instead.

Ginny
July, 1996. A small girl with vibrant flame-red hair was barely home from boarding school, when she had to unpack school clothes and repack summer clothes in her old beat up trunk to go to Bristol to live with muggles. This is Ginny. She's been in Bristol for about a month. The muggle family isn't as wholesome as was thought. All four children, born consecutively aged 14-17, are ravers. This is where they are now. And Ginny is with them. Land of glowsticks, brighlights, and a drugs. Ginny finds glowsticks amazing. She is wearing glowstick jewlery all over. As anklets, bracelets, necklaces, headbands, earings, everywhere. And all sorts of colors. Glowing in pink, blue, green, orange, purple. Ginny dances to a techno beat with a boy about as tall as her brother's friend. The boy gets closer to her with every beat. Closer and closer until you couldn't slide a dime between them without it touching either her neon pink tee, or his neon green one. The boy and Ginny go to the bar in another part of the old warehouse. They both get a drink. No one checks to see if they're old enough. The boy takes Ginny to a table. He takes out a small ziplock bag. It has some pebble like things in it. The boy takes out one of the pebbles and crushes it into a line on the table. He does this again with another pebble and takes out two straws, offering one to Ginny. She accepts the straw.

Hermione
June, 1996. Dark. Hermione waits until her parents are sound asleep, and then sneaks down to the kitchen and takes all the sugarfree candy she can get. She sneaks it back up to her room and eats it all, then goes to the bathroom across the hall and turns on the faucet. There she sticks a finger down her throat, and purges into the toilet. This is the begining of Hermione's problem.

Ginny
July, 1996. Ginny accepts the straw. Using it she snorts the powdered cocaine. She and the boy continue to party. All the colors, the lights, the people, the music, it's all better than it was before. This is a high Ginny has never felt before. This is one of the best nights of her life. The next night Ginny and the muggles go to another rave. Ginny wants more cocaine. She needs more. And she gets it. This is the begining of Ginny's addiction.