"What was that?" asked Ginny. She could not believe that they would talk when they were in danger. "Honestly you couldn't keep your mouth shut for a couple minutes? You could've gotten seriously hurt!"
"Come on Ginny"," Neville started but was cut off by her.
"Hogwarts has changed you guys. It isn't the same. Dumbledore isn't here to protect you anymore. That is why we rebuilt the D.a, to protect ourselves from harm. We can't let them do this to us. We have to fight." Ginny said the last couple of words with rage and anger. She was serious about this.
"I'm sorry Ginny," Colin said, "I should be more careful." With that he went up to his bed. Sometimes, it seemed as if Ginny was the mother of Gryffindor. She protected everyone, even the older kids. Ginny is tough, but has something about her that makes you feel safe.
"Thank you Ginny, for standing up for Colin and me. Just, please, don't do it again. I don't want you to get hurt. I would rather it be me." Neville said, "I can be strong." He left for bed too, with something for Ginny to think about.
While Ginny was in her dorm she couldn't stop her brain from running a hundred miles an hour. She kept replaying the scene from lunch in her head. The scowl on the Carrow's face, Neville almost being tortured, Colin looking terrified in his seat, Luna praying, and Snape's strange behavior. She was still confused by it all, but she didn't know why. What was so difficult to understand that The Carrows were about to torture Neville? Was she too worried about him? Did it all just happen to fast? Ginny decided to talk to her friend, Padma.
"Pssttt," Ginny whispered, "Hey, Padma, wake up!" Padma didn't seem to be waking up, so Ginny threw her pillow at her friend.
Padma slowly sat up and said, "What, what do you want?" She was rubbing her eyes, "Where did the prince go?"
"Listen,Padma! There's no prince, its Ginny and I need to talk to you." Ginny whispered while walking over to the bed. She sat down on the edge as Padma sat up.
"What's so important that you had to wake me up in the middle of my fabulous dream about me and the handsome prince?" she asked staring dreamily at the wall.
Ginny clapped her hands in front of Padma to bring her back to reality. "Sorry, Padma , but I've been thinking about all this crazy stuff lately. I was really worried about Neville today during that whole scene at lunch. And, what do you think is happening to Harry? He is trying to defeat the dark Lord, and I'm just really worried." She ended looking at Padma for some advice.
Padma put her hands on Ginny's shoulder's and lifting up her chin so that they were staring into one another's eyes. "Ginny, you are a strong girl. Don't be worried you will be okay. Neville and Harry are strong to and they will make it through the trouble. You have to understand that this is war, and there will be risks. There will be death's, but you have to push through it because in the end it will be resolved. And you and your prince charming can live happily ever after, okay?" Padma released Ginny from her grip and smiled as she said, "Now go back to bed so that I can continue my fairy tale!"
Ginny smiled and went back over to her bed. Padma gave very good advice. Kind of like her mother. Ginny turned on her side imagining her mom and now knowing that she will be fine.