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McFudge (Part 1 of .X)

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The train ride passed smoothly. Luna and her father had spent the summer looking for a whole host of magical creatures that Ginny was fairly certain did not exist. They enjoyed their conversation, but it was cut short by the train's arrival at the Hogsmeade Station.

They disembarked from the train and got on the carriages headed up to the school. Both Hermione and Ginny were shocked by the appearance of the thestrals as they had never seen them before. They were severely weirded out the whole carriage ride up to the castle, but Luna was attempting to calm them.

They exited the carriages, staring at the thestrals as they exited the carriages and walked up to the castle. Even though Ginny wasn't looking forward to spending the year without Harry, she never failed to be amazed by the sheer magnificence of the castle. She and Hermione entered the castle at the start of term for the last time. They shuffled into the Great Hall and sat down at the Gryffindor table and watched the sorting with minimal interest. After dinner they headed off their dormitories. Ginny had a hard time falling asleep without Harry. She got up the next morning, exhausted, having not slept much the past night.

Hermione and Ginny got their class schedules after breakfast and settled into their new routine. Along with Hermione, Neville, Hannah Abbot, Ernie MacMillian and Dean Thomas had returned to Hogwarts to repeat their 7th year. They had simply been mixed into Ginny's year.

Hermione and Ginny had many similar classes and Ginny was very glad of that. Since she had missed everything after Easter break, she was quite behind. Hermione was an excellent tutor, but there was still a lot to catch up on. September passed in a crazy blur and Ginny spent a large amount of time studying late into the night. By the time September ended, she was finally caught up in all of her classes. Quidditch season started in October, and Ginny had been made captain of the Gryffindor team. She was incredibly grateful that she was able to catch up on her school work before then.

The first of October dawned bright and clear and Ginny was itching to take off flying again. She hadn't had much of a chance to fly lately and she couldn't wait to take to the sky again. That morning she and Hermione were running late to breakfast. She had just been feeling so exhausted lately. Ginny figured it was simply because she had been staying up late working on her classes.

They went into the great hall and Ginny went through her day, not really paying attention to her classes. She was itching to get back on the quidditch pitch and fly again. Today she had to run trials and she hoped to put together a top notch team. Ginny would probably be playing chaser, but if she couldn't find a decent seeker she would take the position that Harry had held for the past 6 years.

Finally, her day was over and she went to change into her quidditch robes. They were more snug than usual and her boots had difficulties fitting around her ankles. Ginny shrugged and figured she'd simply grown since the last time she had worn them. She cast a simple engorgement spell to get the boots on and headed down to the pitch.

Ginny was quite early getting to tryouts so she took off and spent some time flying as fast as she could and doing fantastic tricks. She had missed the wonderful rush she got from being on her broom. As she turned another trick she heard cheers and saw a small crowd of people standing on the ground. It looked like she had lost track of time and people had started showing up for trials.

Ginny easily touched down and addressed the people standing before her.

"Alright guys! Thanks for coming to trials! It looks like we have a bit more time so we'll wait a bit, but in the meantime, does everyone here have a broom?"

Some of the younger students did not so Ginny summoned some of the school brooms for the students to use. A few more people trickled in and Ginny went to get started.

"Hello everybody! Welcome to try-outs for the Gryffindor quidditch team. I'm Ginny Weasley and I'll be your captain this year. I hope we can get a great team together and win the house cup! First off, none of you are first years, right?" A few shamefaced first-years giggled and left the pitch and Ginny continued on, "Well with that settled. Why don't you all get on a broom and let me see how you guys can fly."

Ginny hovered in the middle of the pitch and watched as the group of Gryffindors soared around the pitch. Some of the younger students could barely stay above ground. Ginny flew over to those students and helped them get to the ground. She didn't like telling kids they didn't make the team, but she had to have good flyers on her team. Eventually she had weeded out all of the horrid flyers and the people left were pretty good.

"Alright guys. Can I have potential chasers line up by the middle of the pitch, beaters by the stands over there, keepers by the goal hoops and seekers stay here. " All the students moved and when everyone finally found their spot, Ginny started to organize them and they started with tryouts for chaser. Ginny was happy to see that Demelza had returned to tryout. She wanted to play chaser, but she'd be happy as seeker. After seeing to lot of them fly, there were a few clear winners. Demelza definitely was among the best. Ginny also had two satisfactory chasers; Dennis Creevy and a 6th year named Natalie McDonald. Demelza and Dennis would definitely be on the team. Natalie would either be the other chaser or the backup chaser. An added benefit was that the three of them worked well together and seemed to be a good match. It was starting to look more likely that she would be a seeker.

Demelza, Dennis, and Natalie stayed, while the rest of the hopeful chasers returned to the castle. The beater try outs went rather quickly and Ginny was glad to see that no one got hurt, though there were some close calls. Jimmy Peakes and Richie Coote once again won the two beater's positions. Ginny was pleased that she had worked with the two of them before and she knew that they worked well together.

By the time keeper try outs rolled around, very few people remained, and it was starting to get late. The keepers were decent, but not up to usual standards. Ginny figured she'd just have to deal with it. Geoffery Hooper ended up getting the position, and finally they moved on to the seeker try outs.

The bunch of kids that tried out was not overly impressive. It took one of them a whole 45 minutes to find the snitch, and the fastest person took 15 minutes without any other distractions. By the time she reached the last person to try out, Ginny had made up her mind. She would be the seeker.

Finally, after nearly 3 hours, they had a team. Ginny sent her new team to bed, warning them of a long hard practice season to come, beginning the next day.

Exhausted and sweaty, Ginny returned to the dormitories. Hermione was working on something by the fireplace and she looked up when Ginny entered. The two girls headed up to their dormitory, and Ginny headed straight for the showers.

She walked out of the shower wrapped in a fluffy towel. As she got dressed, Ginny couldn't help but notice that her belly and chest were a bit bigger than usual and that her usually loose PJs were a bit tighter than normal. Ginny just shoved the thought to the back of her mind, blaming it on the lack of quidditch. She tip-toed into the dormitory, careful not to wake the other girls, curled up under her covers and fell asleep in less than a minute.