The News
tick, tick, tick. The time on the clock slowly drones on making the minutes Ron and Hermione had to wait for him even more gruelling. The 2 were sitting in the Gryffindor common room awaiting the return of Harry, from Quiditch so they could tell him the horrible news. "I don't see why we have to make a big deal out of telling him. Ginny is my sister I should be the one to be most worried" Ron said for the thousandth time. "Ron I've already told you, as much as you hate it Harry and Ginny are together and if we don't tell Harry he'll have our heads" Hermione replied just as Harry walked in trailing his broom, and some dirt, in the common room behind him. " What is it?" Harry exclaimed in a soon to be panicked voice "Harry... its Ginny, she didn't have the heart to tell you herself, but her injury is getting worse. She isn't coming to back to Hogwarts this year, she was admitted back into Mungos last night. Hearing the news Harry started to slip into a flashback of the fateful night.
Ginny had ended up taking on Bellatrix Lestrange one on one. Bellatrix was a skilled witch and Ginny was starting to tire. Bellatrix had taken advantage of this and fired a dark spell at Ginny causing her to collapse. 3 days later Ginny was admitted to Mungos for a broken ribcage. Because of her injury Ginny was not able to stand and she became very, very weak. "Harry, Harry are you alright", Hermione asked, he started to slip out of the trance and stated. " I'm leaving the castle". Ron and Hermione exchanged worried looks as they watched Harry acsend upstairs into the boys dormitories to pack his trunk. "He can not leave the castle" Hermione told Ron, "he easily get expelled for that. Ron then got up, and silently walked up the stairs after Harry.