Chapter: 4

They were just entering the Great Hall, which was as splendid as ever, when Neville Longbottom came running up to Ginny. He was a stout kind of boy. He had a wide face that was warm and he always had an easy smile on his face, except when he was in potions class. He did however have a lack of confidence for being such a sweet person.

"Hey Ginny!" He said with a big smile on his face.

"Hi Neville. How was your summer?"

"Good! You?"

"Fine. Thanks." She turned to head towards her seat at the table when Neville grabbed her arm.

"You.er. Dropped this necklace thing." He said in a squeak.

"Oh thanks I didn't even realize it." She said taking a thin gold chain from Neville. She looked down and saw on the gold chain was a pyramid with rubies on it. "

That's pretty Ginny were did you get that?" Ron asked. Who had just came in behind her, closely followed by Hermione, Harry, and Luna.

"It was mum's" she said putting it on her neck and hiding it in her robes.

"Hmm, and mum just gave it to you? Like she did those cloaks and those dressing robes? Well?" he asked.

Luna said good bye to everyone and lightly kissed Harry. Then she left towards the Ravenclaw table.

"Yeah! Kind of. See I found them up in the attic and mum said I could have them."

"Right!" he said then rolled his eyes, as they all sat down at the Gryffindor table. Professor McGonagall had brought out the stool and the sorting hat. Then she called out all the first years and one by one their names were called and they sat down on the stool and were sorted into one of the four houses.

After all the names were called the feast began. When the feast was finished Ginny and a bunch of other Gryffindors headed up to their dormitories. All of whom seemed to be tired and went to bed.

Ginny however waited till they all were gone. She made sure that none was left in the common room, and then she pulled out her necklace.

There was something about it. Every time she went to pass it up or forgot about it the necklace would some how remind her of it. She looked at the rubies they seemed real. "How could these rubies be real? If mum had something this pretty and expensive she would not have put it let alone leave it up in the attic it must be fake. It's still shiny too." Ginny thought to her self.

"It must be over 20 some years old and yet it looks brand new." There was a noise behind her she turned around and saw Harry had not gone up to bed but had been sitting in the corner watching her.

"So Miss. Virginia Weasley, please share with the class and tell me about your lovely necklace." He said with a smirk on his face.

Ginny smiled too. "Well I just don't know, but it is something. Isn't it?"

"Yeah it is." He said in a whisper.

"Maybe you should talk to Professor McGonagall." He said looking up at her.

For some reason Harry didn't feel the same around Ginny. It was odd. It was definitely not how he felt when with Luna whom he was going out with since the summer and their adventure to the ministry that lead to Sirius's Death. Or the way he felt when he was with Hermione.

When he was with Hermione he felt like that was one of his best friends and they could do anything and in the end it all would be ok. But when he looked in Ginny's eyes he felt for the first time in a long time like he was safe, that as long as Ginny was there he would be ok. As if she were watching after him like a mother hen looks after her chick. He smiled at that thought.

"Well I'm off to bed. Good luck with that thing." And he was gone. As odd as the necklace was that feeling Ginny got when Harry looked at her was even odder. It wasn't the feeling she thought she would get being that close to Harry but more of a mother like feeling like she wanted to protect him maybe even needed to protect him.

"What is wrong with me? I need sleep!" and with that Ginny slipped the necklace back under her robes and walked up the stairs to bed.

Sitting in a corner in a chair covered in shadow was a very old wizard with a long white beard with a small smile on his face thinking to himself about the girl named Ginny Weasley and that necklace which had many secrets that Miss. Weasley and Mr. Potter could not even begin to fathom.