Ginny sat next to her window and watched Starr practice a levitation charm. A stone rose up to eye level and spun around till it slowly landed back on the ground. Starr sat down next to it and put her chin on her knees as she looked out at nothing at all. Ginny knew there was something going on with her. Something had happened to her the night before. Something that had caused the girl to become distant. Molly walked into Ginny's room and stood behind her. She watched Starr for a second then handed something to Ginny.

"I believe this is what's wrong with her." Molly said. "Found it laying on George's bed."

Ginny took the parchment from her mother and knew right away the handwriting upon it belonged to George.

Starr,

Please stay out of my dreams.

George

Ginny sighed heavily and handed the parchment back to her mother. "I should have known she'd try it eventually."

"Try what dear?" Molly asked confused.

Ginny went back to watching her friend again. "Starr can enter a person's dreams. But she hates doing it. Says it feels like invading a person's mind except when they are dreaming she has a say in what they see. She must have entered George's dreams so she could see him."

Molly shook her head. "I have never seen her so upset. Not even when she lost her father."

Ginny looked back at her mother knowing she knew nothing about Starr. "She gave everything to be with George. She betrayed her family for him. She'd risk her life for him. Now look what he's doing to her."

Molly watched out the window as Starr laid down in the grass and it rained over her. It was a soft rain. Almost mournful. It seemed to cry just as Starr cried.

"He's broken her." Ginny said and looked back out the window. But Starr was no where to be seen. "Where did she go?"

Molly shrugged. "She's been doing that all morning. She'll be back in a couple of minutes."

Sure enough Starr returned a few minutes later.

"What is she doing?" Hermione asked walking into Ginny's room. "She's starting to scare me. Where is she going?"

Ginny shrugged. "My guess is Diagon Alley. Trying to get a peek at George."

"Well I wish she would stop." Hermione said with a heavy sigh.

Starr turned and looked up at the window where her friends were watching. She smiled up at them and turned back towards the house. Her long black hair didn't even seem touched by the wind. It stayed in place at her back and only seemed to move when she herself flipped it back over her shoulders.

Her friends met her on the steps. Hermione with her arms crossed and a stern look on her face. Ginny looking worried.

"Are you alright?" Ginny asked. Starr smiled at her and nodded.

"I'm ok now. Just... Every thing seemed to hit me at once." Starr replied. "But I'm good now."

"Where did you keep going?" Hermione demanded.

Starr smirked. "Tried to find my mom. She has a block on me for some reason. I figured if any one could help me figure out how to stop the dream it would be her. "

"So did you find her?" Molly asked concerned. Starr shook her head.

"She doesn't want me to find her." Starr replied. "If she did, she wouldn't have me blocked. I was starting to give up hope then I saw you three watching me. That's when I realized I didn't need my mother. I shouldn't be sitting around sulking. I should be hanging out with my friends."

Ginny put a comforting arm around her friend. "That's right. We're all you need. Now just remember that when you get all upset again."

Starr giggled. "Will do."

A door behind them opened and Starr turned to see a very beautiful blonde girl walk in. "You must be Starr!"

The girl took Starr out of Ginny's arms and gave her a hug. The girls had a thick accent that Starr guessed was French.

"I 'ave heard so much about you!" she said happily.

"Starr the woman hugging you would be Bill's fiancée Fleur." Molly said rolling her eyes. "She will be staying with us."

Starr raised an eyebrow at Molly then lightly pushed Fleur away from her. "Nice to meet you Fleur."

Fleur smiled and took Starr's arm as she lead the girl into the kitchen as she talked about how she was so happy to have such a beautiful new friend and how wonderful they would look standing next to each other at her wedding.

Starr looked over her shoulder at her friends for help. They just smiled and waved. They had to put up with her. Now it was Starr's turn.

Xoxoxoxoxoxoxox

Ron walked into the kitchen about an hour later. Starr looked up at him and smiled. "You ready to go then?"

Starr looked at her confused. Ron sent her a small wink and Starr finally got it. He had come to save her from Fleur. "Oh yes. I'm very ready to go."

Starr stood and took Ron's arm. Over her shoulder she told Fleur a quick goodbye and followed Ron. When she was safely upstairs with the rest of her friends. She sat down next to Ginny and smacked her arm.

"You left me with her for an hour!" Starr demanded Ginny giggled and held her arm.

"Sorry Starr, but we all have to take turns." Ginny replied.

"Take turns listening to how she can't wait for her wedding and how she just knows in a years time we will be the best of friends and I'll be her maid of honor!" Starr demanded. Her friends had trouble not laughing. "It's not funny! I don't even know this girl!"

"We aren't laughing because of that." Hermione replied. "We're laughing because she thinks she'll still be here in a year."

Starr looked at her friends funny. "What do you mean?"

"Well, mom sort of hates her." Ginny replied. "Doesn't think she is good enough for Bill."

Starr bowed her head and looked down at her hands. "She thought the same thing of me last year."

The room fell silent. None of them thought of that. Last year on Christmas holiday, Molly had caught George and Starr together. She kept a close watch on the both of them for the rest of the Holiday break. She never really thought to highly of Starr till George wanted nothing to do with her.

"That's because I thought you were just young and boy crazy." Molly said from the door. Starr lifted her head slightly but couldn't bring herself to look at her. Molly walked up to Starr and lifted the girls chin so she made eye contact with her. "But I see know I was wrong. I've seen the pain my son has been causing you. And if he was still living under this roof, I'd box his ears. Starr, I'd be proud to call you my daughter. Do not think I do not care for you. You are as much my child as Harry or Hermione. Who I'd also claim in a heart beat. You are a wonderful girl Starr."

Starr smiled. "Thank you Mrs. Weasley. I needed that."

"Your welcome deary." Molly said smiling back at the girl. "Now who's ready for supper? And no you all can't eat in your rooms. I'm not putting up with her by myself."

All for kids groaned and got to their feet. They followed Molly down stairs to find Bill, Fleur and Mr. Weasley already at the table ready to eat. Fleur smiled when she saw Starr and patted the chair next to her."

"I saved you a seat." Fleur said. Starr smiled back and sat down next to Fleur as Ginny sat across from her. Bill reached around Fleur and held his hand out to Starr.

"Nice to finally meet you Starr." Bill said as Starr took his hand and shook it. "I have heard a lot about you. Fred thinks the world of you. Says your quite the prankster."

Starr giggled. "Well I did learn from the best."

Starr looked down at her plate and sighed heavily. It felt wrong to be eating with the Weasleys with out Fred filling her plate and George emptying it. As if Ginny knew what she was thinking she dropped a roll on her plate. Starr smiled and took a bite of the roll.

"Thanks Gin. I needed that."

Xoxoxoxoxox

Later that night Starr sat in Ginny's room watching Ginny write a letter to Dean. Starr sighed and went to sit by Ginny. The girl looked up at her confused.

"Do you think I should start talking to other guys?" Starr asked hugging her legs and placing her chin on her knees. "I mean I get letters from guys all the time. Well mostly Seamus and Neville."

Ginny smiled sadly up at her friend. "It's up to you. But it could be good for you. Branch out a little."

Starr thought on her friends words for a bit. "Maybe your right. It could be good for me. Can I barrow some parchment? I left mine with Harry."

Ginny smiled and handed her some parchment. Starr smiled and went to sit on her bed. She tapped her quill on her chin a couple of times then started to write. She knew neither boy could compare to what she and George had. But simply strengthening her friendship with them really could do her some good. She couldn't sit around and wait for George to come back to her. She would just have to let fate do its handy work.

Xoxoxoxoxoxox

The next day Ginny and Starr slipped out to the back and hid as best they could from Fleur. She was bound and determined to get their measurements for the wedding. They would have grabbed Hermione and Ron, but they were upstairs and going up there would only get them caught by Fleur.

"Do you think they'll be mad at us?" Starr asked and Ginny giggled.

"Oh yeah. They'll be mad." Ginny replied. She looked at Starr and smiled mischievously. "So who did you end up writing to last night?"

"Seamus and Neville." Starr replied. "Seamus sent a letter every so often asking how my summer was going. So I decided to answer. And as for Neville, he just sent one last week asking how I was doing."

Ginny's smile widened. "So what did you tell them?"

Starr rolled her eyes. "Are we playing 20 questions? Well I told Seamus that I was offly busy this summer and just found the time to finally write since my summer finally calmed down. And as for Nevill just told him my summer was going well."

Ginny looked down at her hands a moment then back up at Starr. "Would it be wrong of me to say we should double date on Hogsmede weekends?"

Starr's eyes brightened at the thought. "Ginny! That would be a brilliant idea!"

"So since you brought up the game, I'm going to keep asking till we get a better idea." Ginny said with another giggle. "Were you and Draco close?"

Starr smiled back at her. "Yes, and we still were last I checked. But we can't exactly keep in contact over the summer considering his father is a Death Eater and mine was a member of the Order."

Ginny nodded and flipped her long red hair over her shoulder.

"Harry said your power is getting stronger. Is he right?"

Starr shrugged. "Not sure. But I can also do a lot more than I used to."

"Like entering a person's dreams." Ginny asked raising an eyebrow at her.

Starr looked down at her hands and nodded. "I think I always knew I could. Just never tried it. Did George tell you?"

Ginny shook her head sadly. "No. Mom found the letter from George. She's not to happy with him you know. What she said last night was true."

"There you two are!" Ron said in annoyance when he and Hermione finally found them. "We've been looking everywhere. Mom is about to go nuts!"

"Sorry, we were avoiding Fleur." Ginny replied.

"Then make room." Ron said as he started to sit. Hermione smacked him across the back of the head.

"Ron! Your mother is worried sick about them!" Hermione demanded.

"Sorry Ron." Starr said getting to her feet. "Maybe next time we'll invite you."

They all four walked back to the house to find Molly waiting on them. "Where have you two been?"

Starr and Ginny hung their head. Molly scolded them all the way back to the house and threatened them with house cleaning, with no magic, for scaring her. But ten minutes later the girls were back in the yard with Hermione and Ron.

Hermione gave Starr a stern look. Starr at once put her hands in the air. "I didn't use my eyes against her. I swear. She just let us go."

Ginny laughed and put her arm around Starr. "I wish you would have. We would have been out of their much faster."

Starr smiled and rolled her eyes. "Any chance you three are up for a two to two match of quidditch?"

"I'm in!" Ron replied at once. I'll go get my broom."

"No need." Starr said with a smirk. "I'm of age remember."

Starr summoned all four brooms and they split up into teams. Hermione and Ron on one team then Starr and Ginny on the other. They didn't really keep score. They were just having fun playing that they almost missed Molly calling them in for supper.

Molly watched all four kids grudgingly land and walk side by side to the house. They'd playfully bump into each other or try and snatch the others broom. Molly smiled knowing that even for a little while, they forgot all about the troubles going on. They got to be kids once more. Even if it was just for a couple hours.