The Weasley's secret

A.N: This fic is set in the second book (The Chamber of Secrets… No duh!). Anyway, as you might notice, it is quite different from the happenings in the book. For instance, Harry and Ron don't arrive in a flying car in my Fic. And the Chamber of Secrets is not opened by some blood thirsty creep! So to sum it up, it is just set at the time of the Chamber of Secrets.
Oh and none of the Potter characters are from my head… only a few. So there!

It was Ginny's first day at Hogwarts. She didn't think that she would be nervous; not after all those years of wanting and dreaming of the huge castle with its winding staircases and hidden doors, but she was.

She boarded the train, but not before a hysterical Molly was through with her ("Now remember, petal, if anything goes wrong, you just owl Mum and I'll notify Dumbledore right away!") Ginny was still trying to wipe off the lipstick marks.

When Ginny did finally make it to the train, Mrs. Weasley was in tears.

You could tell that Ginny and Ali where almost instant friends, from the moment their eyes met.

"Hi," Ginny said, helping the girl that had just tripped over what appeared to be nothing.
"I'm Ginny."

"Hi" The girl did not seem to be very talkative.

Thinking that the girl might not speak English she said "W-h-a-t i-s -y-o-u-r n-a-m-e" she said, spelling out everything that she said.

The girl thought for a moment and said plainly "Ali… and I do speak the English language,"

"Oh, I'm sorry." Ginny said, going pink

"That's fine," Ali replied, and they both started to laugh as they thought about what had just happened.

"Let's go find someplace to sit," Ginny said. They found an empty compartment and sat down.

"Good start," Ali said back.

When they got seated and started talking they found that they had almost everything in common, including their looks. Although Ginny and Ali didn't take much notice of it, they looked exactly alike.

By the end of the journey they were best friends.

"Firs' years this way!" Hagrid called over the crowd. Ali and Ginny battled to get to where Hagrid was standing. On their way they met Ron and Harry.

"Hey Ginny! You all right over there?" Ron said, making his way over to Ginny and her newly found friend.

"Hi, Ron." Ginny replied. Ali noticed how Ginny blushed slightly as she said, "Oh.. Hi Harry" Ali made a mental note to ask Ginny about that later. Ron then looked over at Ali "Hi there, I'm Ron,"

"And I'm Harry," they said.

Ali, not being one for long introductions, said "Ali"

Ron looked closely at Ali, then at Ginny, and they grew a bit self-conscious.

"Harry, look here! These two are twins!" Ron said jokingly.

"Yes, c'mon Ron, we've got to go. Bye Ginny, bye Ali" Harry said.

"Last call for first years!" Hagrid called.

Ali and Ginny made their way over to Hagrid.

It was a bumpy ride over the lake, the mist was just starting to roll in and it was getting very cold.

When they eventually got to the hall they looked like drowned rats, some idiot called Matthew had managed to sink one of the boats, by standing up in it and waving at Ali.

Ginny felt a huge lurch in stomach as they entered the Great hall. She knew why.

"The sorting," Ali breathed.

"How do you know about the sorting hat? You have no brothers or sisters at Hogwarts, do you?" Ginny asked.

"Just because I come from an orphana- I mean… It's called reading, Ginny, you should try it some time!"

Ginny decided to leave it at that; she didn't want to wreck a friendship.

"Alison, are you coming or not?" Professor McGonagall asked, getting cross. When Ali was walking up the stairs to the sorting hat, she tripped. Ginny thought that Ali must have jinx on her, as she had tripped at least four times that day!

When Ali eventually did get to the sorting hat and put it on she could hear everything that it said: "No doubt about it… you have the makings of a Ravenclaw. But maybe not quite… Therefore you must be a GRYFFINDOR!"

When it was finally Ginny's turn the hat didn't have to think twice. "GRYFFINDOR!" It yelled to the hall. All the Gryffindors were cheering as loudly as they could, Harry included, which made Ginny turn a brilliant shade of pink.

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A/N: Did you like it? Didja didja didja? I did. Actually, this is a Beta-reader's note, since the author isn't writing it, but let's not be picky.