Ginny had made the decision to go to the Malfoy Manor and face drunken Astoria. She quickly grabbed her wand and apparated to the manor. Since there were wards on the manor that prevented any outsiders from apparating within them, she wound up outside the orchards that surrounded the manor. She, now, had to walk to the manor on foot.

When she finally got to the door she decided knocking wouldn't be the best option for her. She quickly began walking around the manor trying to find a side door of some sort. She came around the back of the manor and instantly spotted a back door. She gave a silent "whoop" of triumph and walked quickly toward it. It was locked as expected.

"Alohomora" she whispered as she tapped her wand to the door knob.

A part of her expected the door to remain locked, expecting the Malfoy's to be smarter than that but to her luck the lock clicked indicating it was open. Ginny silently slipped inside and realized she was in a parlor of some sort. She made her way through it and walked out into the hallways. She felt her jaw dropped as she looked at the labyrinth before her.

Suddenly, she heard fierce shouting coming from her right. She began to follow the voice and as it became clearer she realized it was Astoria scolding someone. She sounded ready to kill someone. Ginny held on to the hope that she was scolding a house elf until she heard a little girl scream out in pain and a loud thud as a body hit the ground. Ginny was no longer walking now she was jogging toward the voice. She made a quick turn down the hallways and the sight before her made her stomach turn. Astoria was standing over Carina with her wand pointed at her menacingly. The fear in Carina's eyes made Ginny want to cry.

"What did I tell you about talking back?" Astoria screamed shrilly.

Ginny watched as Astoria lowered her wand closer to Carina's face.

"I'm sorry!" Carina said, tears streaming down her face.

"That's not good enough!" Astoria yelled, "Cru-"

"Expelliarmus!"

Astoria's wand was ripped from her hand and flew down the hallway. Astoria whipped around quickly to see Ginny with her wand raised glaring at her.

Astoria began laughing vindictively, "Ah, so nice to see you Ms. Weasley."

Ginny quickly placed herself between Astoria and Carina while Astoria was distracted.

Ginny pointed her wand at Astoria, glaring at her all the while.

"Going to hex me are you? While I'm wandless? Not very Gryffindor of you, is it?

Ginny's eyes narrowed at Astoria, "Petrificus Totalus"

Astoria's body tensed and she fell over.

"Good to see you too, Mrs. Malfoy." Ginny said as she scooped Carina up. She began walking towards the parlor she had originally been in but decided it was hopeless to try to find it again.

"Carina, where is the nearest room with a fireplace?" Ginny asked.

"Right there." Carina responded, pointing to a room on the left.

Ginny walked into the room and quickly grabbed the floo powder on the mantle. Ginny put Carina down and pointed her wand at the fire place.

"Incendio" Ginny whispered and a beautiful fire began crackling inside, Ginny instantly threw the floo powder in the fire, grabbed Carina's hand, and walked into it while yelled her flat's address.

Ginny never thought there would come a day she wished Luna wasn't home but today she was thankful for Luna's absence. Ginny led Carina into Luna's bedroom and sat her down on the bed.

"Are you alright?" Ginny asked while checking Carina's body for any obvious wounds.

"I'm okay." Carina replied, softly.

"What happened?" Ginny asked while grabbing a pair of Luna's shirts to transfigure into a pajama dress for Carina.

"Mommy asked me why I wouldn't come down to dinner and I said because she was drunk then she starting yelling going crazy." Carina answered.

"Did she hit you?" Ginny asked.

"Yes, she smacked me and pushed me onto the ground."

"That's it?"

"Yes."

Ginny sighed somewhat relieved she hadn't done any further damage. She helped Carina into the pajamas she transfigured for her and tucked her into Luna bed.

"My room is right down the hall, come get me if you need anything." Ginny said, softly stroking Carina's hair.

Carina nodded and yawned, "Goodnight, Ginny."

"Goodnight Carina."