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Prologue:
"Now, now, Ginny dear." said a very fussy Mossy Weasley as she smoothed out Ginny's dress at Platform 9 3/4. It was going to be Ginny's first year at Hogwarts and Molly was being rather protective over her only daughter.
"Mom, I will be fine, don't worry and stop that! Ron and the others are already on the train." said Ginny angrily as she pushed Molly's hands away.
Molly sighed, "I know that you will be fine, dear. Now go and make me proud. My Gryffindor to be." She gave Ginny a little push forward and motioned towards the train.
Ginny rolled her eyes. "I'm NOT a Gryffindor yet!" she yelled and climbed into the train before her mother could say anything.
Ginny was annoyed. She didn't want to be a Gryffindor. The girl walked down the isle only looking at the floor. She entered the first compartment, put her things in the rack above the seats and sat down, not looking at the other people. Someone cleared their throaght. Ginny looked up suddenly to stare into the eyes of Pansy Parkinson whom she was sitting next to.
Ginny dared to look at the other people in the room which were Gregory Goyle, Blaise Zabini and Draco Malfoy. Ginny knew who the platinum blonde was the minute she saw him. Her brother didn't stop talking about the Slytherin Blonde. Ginny looked around the room once again and ended again with Malfoy.
"Shit." she said, her eyes still on Malfoy.
"You can say that again." said the smirking Parkinson girl from beside Ginny. "But nevermind repeating. You must be a Weasley." said Pansy, her eyes fixed on Ginny's hair. The red-head nodded.
Ginny finaly got over the fact that she was sitting with her brother's enemies, and swallowed nervously. "Yes, you must be Parkinson, or Pansy." said Ginny as she held her hand to the other girl.
"Parkinson to you. And I don't shake hands with Gryffindors either." replied Pansy.
"Who says I'm going to be a Gryffindor?" asked Ginny angrily.
"All Weasleys are in Gryffindor. Isn't it obvious? I mean, your whole family is in Gryffindor." said Blaise with a matter-of-fact voice.
"Well, I am NOT LIKE my family. And I HATE brave, loyal GITS!" yelled Ginny and she stood up and was about to leave the compartment when she was caught by the arm.
"No need for leaving." smirked Draco and let the girl go. When Ginny didn't do anything, he continued, "If you hate brave, loyal... gits, then what house do you want to be in, Weasley?"
Ginny looked at him blankly. She hadn't actually thought about it in that way before. After a moments silence, she replied "Slytherin." She smirked. 'Wow,' she thought, 'Smirking is contagious.'
Everyone in the compartment was silent until Blaise spoke up, "Good show, Weasley. I must say, for a Weasley you certainly have good taste. Unlike your brothers."
"Well, thank you." said Ginny, actualy liking the small hint of a compliment.
Ginny turned around to face Pansy and held her hand out again. Pansy hesitated, but then she smiled and took Ginny's hand. The red-head smirked again. 'Gee, this smirk is almost becoming a habit.'
"Anything from the trolly?!" came the yell of the candy lady.
All the people in the compartment except for Ginny jumped up to get money from their bags. Ginny sighed unhappily. She only had a small amount of money which was only to be used for Hogsmeade weekends.
"Don't you have money, Weasley?" asked Draco when he saw the girl. Ginny shook her head, but didn't look up. She expected him to laugh or make fun of her, which he always did to her brother, but instead he tossed a small bag of coins into her lap. Ginny stared at it. She picked up the bag and almost gasped at its weight.
She shook her head and started speaking, "No, it's fine. This is your-"
"Just take it, Weasley. Anyway, I've got much more of those bags." said Draco almost annoyed at the fact that she was going to give it back.
Ginny nodded dumbly and took out a coin. She craftilly concieled astonishment at the gallion in her hand. 'A whole gallion.' She searched for a Knut in the bag, but found none. 'The entire bag is gallions!'
The candy lady came to the door and had a hard time getting enough change for everyone, as they were all handing her gallions.
The young Weasley felt so content with these people. She knew that they were her brothers enemies, but that was just because Malfoy enjoyed teasing him. But still, they were kind to her, and they had accepted her. All she was concerned about now was getting into Slytherin.
When they arrived at Hogwarts, they had to part due to Ginny being a first year, and she had to go in the boats.
"Well, we'll see you at the Slytherin table soon." said Pansy happily as she left Ginny.
Ginny smiled at her friend's retreating back. She was so glad that they were posotive of her being in that House. Ginny climbed into a boat with the rest of the first years and was most put off by them talking about the Gryffindor house as if it were some type of god.
She decided to ignore the rest of the first years and to just admire the scenery of Hogwarts. Even though it was dark, the castle was lit up with torches that were on the walls. It was a magnificent sight. Ginny smiled inwardly. This was going to be a wonderful year.
Once they got out at the other side of the lake, Rubious Hagrid, the half breed giant of Hogwarts made some announcements of where they should gather outside the Great Hall. When everyone was assembled, Professor McGonagall stood in front of them and gave a thin smile.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, children. When you enter the Great Hall, you will be called up by name to be sorted into your Houses. Now, I shall place the Sorting Hat on your head and he will read your personality, and your thoughts and your wants and will place you into your House. Now let us wait, silently and orderly until we are called to enter. When this is done, you will follow me to the first years table. Once you have your House you will sit down at the Houses table which is marked with the House's colours. I trust you know them?" asked McGonagall sternly. She recieved nervous nodds from the students.
"Very well. Let us wait." she said.
After what seemed like hours to Ginny, the Great Hall's doors were opened and the first years walked in, following McGonagall. Ginny passed Ron, and who she assumed to be Harry and Hermione whom she had not met yet.
She sat down at the table and searched the Hall for Pansy, whom she found was looking at her and giving the thumbs-up sign along with Draco and Blaise. Ginny smiled and nodded.
After a few announcements were made, the first students were called up to be sorted. Most of which were Gryffindors and Ravenclaws. After about half an hour, Ginny's name was called out by professor McGonagall. Ginny walked to the front of the Hall confidently and sat on the chair, folding her hands.
She saw Draco and Pansy proudly watching her. Ginny was quite surprised with confidence of herself, although she had never really been in front of so many people in her life, so she never knew how she would react. The Hat was placed on her head and it immediately started whispering to her.
"Ms. Weasley, the first in her family to have these results. Hhmm, yes, well, indeed. I think you will do well in... SLYTHERIN!!" the hat yelled out.
The entire Gryffindor table broke out in uproar. Ron and Harry were shouting at the Hat and saying there was a mistake. The Slytherin table however was clapping proudly. Ginny smiled as she went to sit down beside Pansy who was beaming.
"Well done, Weasl- Ginny!!" she said and gave the younger girl a side hug. Ginny didn't look at the Gryffindor table, avoiding Ron's gaze and shouts. No, she smiled contentidly and awaited the sorting of the next students...
A/N: Hey guyz! Hope you liked the prologue. I just put it in so you could sort of find out what type of person Ginny is. I know this story is going to be a bit different to most Ginny stories, but I hope you enjoyed the beginning anyway. Tell me what you think. R&R. P.S: This is my first fanfic, so I'll need all the support I can get. Bye!