A/N: I love you, all of my fans.
Ginny is missing.
It's not the bad missing, not yet, but she has skipped class again and her dormmates whisper about fever and vomiting and closed curtains. Of course, when she asks, they only sneer at her and laugh, something about the boyish cut of her hair and the way her eyes look. Or is it because of the protective charm of a used bubble wand sticking out of her back pocket?
Why do people think about such strange things?
She only writes to her father again, and doesn't say anything.
She is very relieved when Ginny finally returns to the Great Hall and to her many brothers, who close around her like there is no change. But Luna couldn't grasp why and, upon further exploration, nor can Ariana.
Ginny is not her friend.
But no one else seems to see the dark circles, the small limp, the hunch of her shoulders.
She waits for her father's letter to come.