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Author's Notes: This is my very first fan fiction so please go easy on me! Hope you guys like it! Please read and review!

Chapter 1: The Bracelet

It was a cold night in November. Found inside the warm Gryffindor Common Room was a girl sitting by the fire. A navy blue book could be found lying on her lap. At the cover, the initials G.M.W. were printed in black bold letters. With a quill on her hand, she opened the book and began to write.

Dear Diary,

I just finished writing the essay Snape gave us. It took me forever to finish it! Next time, I'll do it right away. I still couldn't believe that Snape placed me in Potions Honors together with the Seventh Years since he obviously hated Gryffindors. Anyway, Harry wanted to go to Hogsmeade this weekend. He said he needed to load up more of the sweet stuff in his stack and buy dragon hide gloves because they were ruined during the accident with Neville. Oh! by the way, Harry said something odd this morning while we were walking to Potions. He said that Malfoy was staring at me the entire time during breakfast. I told him that maybe he was just counting off my freckles. He said he had seen him do that for a week now during meal times. He actually found it amusing. And you know what else he said?! He said that Malfoy maybe kind of like me! Being his usual self, he teased me all day. If he wasn't the savior of the wizarding world and my best bud, I would have cursed him from here to America! Well... I had to go! I got prefect duties tonight with Colin. We were assigned to patrol the area near the library.

I hope we catch some filthy Slytherins lurking about!

Yours,

Ginevra Molly Weasley

After Ginny finished, she walked up to the Sixth Years Girl's dormitory and deposited her book inside her trunk. She waved goodbye to her roommates, Michele and Ryniel who were still finishing up their Transfiguration homework. She climbed back down the stairs and spotted Colin sitting on the couch still watching the game of chess between Harry and Ron. It wasn't surprising to find Ron being on the upper hand. Sitting not far from the three was Hermione buried in one of her books. Ginny could see her sneaking glances at the red headed boy when she thought nobody notices. This placed a smile on Ginny's lips as she sneaked towards the older girl.

"Enjoying the view?" Ginny said with a grin plastered on her lips.

"What are you talking about? I was just... just reading my book," she stuttered turning bright red. She held up a book entitled Forgotten Legends.

"Oh yeah? Does the book happen to have a picture of a red haired boy with a lot of freckles? That's the only reason I'd believe that you weren't staring at Ronniekins, Hermione."

The older girl turned, if possible, even redder than before. She replied, "Ginny, I was just looking to see if they are finished with their game. I have patrol duties with him tonight!"

"Why do I even bother playing with you, Ron? You always win anyway!" The girls heard a voice from among the three. A tired and annoyed expression was being displayed on Harry's face. Ron, on the other hand, was wearing his famous triumphant look. Colin was gaping at the chess set amazed by Ron's final move.

"Because you're still telling yourself that you can," Ron replied arrogantly.

"Shut it, Ron," he told him annoyed. When he noticed that Ginny returned from the dormitory, he grinned and asked, "Hey Gin! Going to patrol the halls?"

She returned his smile with one of her own. "Yes. Ready, Colin?"

"Oh! Almost forgot about that. Let's go!" Colin joined her and they proceeded to depart the Common Room. Before they could close the portrait hole, they could hear another argument brewing between Ron and Hermione as Hermione complained about him moving too slow.

The Ginny and Colin were on their way to the library where they were suppose to start their patrols. The two were caught up in a heated discussion about the first Quidditch match as they pass through a corridor on the second floor. It has been quite sometime since they played a real game of Quidditch. Ginny played a practice game over the summer but only with Harry, Ron and the twins. Ron's balled up shirt served as a temporary Quaffle.

"The game with the Slytherins should be exciting!" Colin said excitedly. In his opinion, nothing could be more exhilarating than hitting the Bludger to any of the Slytherin players especially Malfoy.

"Yes and we're sure to beat them! Our team was never been in such a great shape. We have Ron as our Captain and Keeper. He's great in making tactical moves in the game just like what he does in chess. We have the great Harry Potter as a seeker. We got you and Dennis as awesome beaters."

"Let's not forget that we have the best chasers: You, Dean and Seamus! Nobody can steal the Quaffle off-" He stopped dead in his tracks. His eyes stared at the old classroom ahead of them. It was clearly after curfew and nobody was allowed to be roaming the halls except for the prefects patrolling.

Ginny stared at him oddly and asked, "Colin, what's wrong?"

"Come on! I think I saw somebody!" Colin said as he ran up to catch a glimpse of who it could be. Ginny was close behind.

As they got closer to the old classroom, they both saw a shadow of somebody running towards the stairs. They took their wands out and ran trying to catch up. The person was already on the third floor when they arrived at the foot of the stairs. They quickly climbed up but the staircase began to move.

"Oh Great!" Ginny said.

"We can still catch the person. Come on!" Colin said as they arrived in the third floor minutes later. "I saw him enter that hallway." He pointed at the dark hallway at their right.

"Lumos!" both muttered the spell to make them see through the dark. They found themselves in an empty hallway except for a portrait of a house and an armor statue beside it. At the end of the empty hallway was yet another staircase. They found no sign to where the person disappeared to. Ginny advanced in the direction of the staircase and looked if someone was climbing up or down.

"I see nobody here, Gin. We might as well go back to our post. We'll just tell McGonagall what happened." Colin suggested.

She nodded in agreement. As they departed the dark hallway, Ginny saw something flickered on the floor just below the painting. She picked it up and, not bothering to see what it was, placed it in her pocket. Then, she began to walk up to Colin.

When they were gone, the armor released a loud sigh. The person inside removed himself from the piece of armory and look at the painting. At the painting, an image of a man with blonde hair appeared and smiled at him.

"Thanks for the help, Pernecious." the dark figure said.

"No problem. Next time, don't go take a walk during curfew hours. Where did you go off to anyway?" the painting replied.

"To the Astronomy tower. I just needed a breath of fresh air and a time alone to think. Something's occupying my mind lately."

"Something or someone?" Pernecious said with a smirk.

He ignored his comment and said, "Well, I'm off to bed. Thanks again."

"Ginny! Wait up!" Ginny spun around and saw Harry rushing towards her.

"Look who decided to join me for breakfast." She said glaring at him. She had been waiting for nearly twenty minutes in the Common Room for him.

"Sorry Gin! I kinda overslept."

"Yeah. I figured." she rolled her eyes.

The two walked into the Great Hall and settled themselves in their usual spot at the Gryffindor table. Harry grabbed some toast and placed them on both his plate and Ginny's. Then, he filled their goblets with pumpkin juice. Ginny, at the same time was taking the eggs and placing them in her plate and Harry's. This was a regular routine for them during the morning. Each would fill each others plate since they knew what the other one liked to eat for breakfast.

"Good Morning, Harry and Ginny!" Hermione sat across from them.

"Good Morning, Hermione!" both said at the same time.

"Where's Ron?" Hermione asked looking around for a glimpse of his red hair.

"He said that he'll meet us here before I came down." Harry replied.

"Oh! okay." she said with a hint of disappointment. Ginny gave her a sympathetic smile as she handed her some eggs.

After a few minutes, they proceeded to go to their classes. They went out of the great hall with still no sign of Ron. They made their separate ways because Ginny has Transfiguration with McGonagall while Harry and Hermione have History of Magic.

"See you later, Gin." Harry gave her a peck on the cheek and a hug.

"Okay, Harry." she hugged him back and then went her way to the opposite hallway.

Ginny sat on her bed. She was tired. This night had been one of those nights that they were chasing somebody. They caught Seamus with this Ravenclaw girl near the Astronomy tower. Ginny shivered at the thought of what they might be doing there before their capture. This night was like the night before. Unfortunately, the person the night before was too fast for Colin and her.

She opened her diary to write down today's events. She went in search of her quill in her pocket but she found no quill. Instead, a metal object came in contact with her hand. It was a bracelet.

'Whose is this? This is not mine,' she said to herself. Then, realization dawned upon her. 'This was the thing I picked up!'

The bracelet was made of gold. A dragon was engraved in it. Sapphire stones were placed as its eyes. She searched for any indication as to whom it belongs. What she found shocked her most. A name was carved beside the dragon. The name was...

Ginevra