Title: There was once - Family.
Disclaimer: I really, really, REALLY wish that it is not true, that I DID own it, so that I'd get, like, a million and zillion fans who'd be ready to fall at my feet and tell me LOADS of good things and - ok, FINE. I don't own it. Happy?
A/N: Er - my first EVER fan-fiction (yay!), and so constructive criticisms would be greatly appreciated.
Prologue
A big, brown pair of eyes followed the speck of white as it battled against the furious wind of winter. Red brows knitted together, her smooth forehead now looked too much of a ... well, it didn't look like Ginny's forehead any more.
Hermione sighed.
"I know," said Ginny curtly, "I just, well, wish, that she would hurry up -"
"Ginny, whatever she is, it's a mile away. I'm not even sure that it is Hedwig...it could be any big, white thing which you can see right now. And personally, I don't think that even James would be so stupid to send Hedwig in this snowstorm."
Ginny opened her mouth, her brain rushing through sentences which would make a proper retort - it is Hedwig, I know it - nah, too stubborn - how about - nah -
"Ginny."
Avoiding her eyes, the former strained hers across the snow grazed sky once more, her heart in her ears as she fought to keep the hope alive, fought to believe that -
The door banged open.
Through the chilling gusts, which thundered in and made their long manes of hair whip cruelly against their faces, Hermione and Ginny gasped as they stared at the tall, lanky figure of -
"Ron!"
A/N: I swear to have this story more intriguing than this zero level of intriguing-ness and the chapters will get longer and more things will happen instead of just people gazing at owls and figures bursting through doorways...only if you want me to! So please, REVIEW!! :D
