Chapter: 29
There were many different animals in the menagerie. Ginny loved to go there when every she got upset. They had the ordinary dogs and cats but they also had extraordinary dogs and cats too. That is what Ginny loved most about it. Most people would pick out an ordinary cat thinking it was extraordinary because of how big or colorful they were. Ginny spent enough time in the shop to know that the ones that look ordinary were the special ones and the ones that were brightly colored were just pretending to be something more.
Ginny was sitting on the floor petting a brown puppy when James came in. Her eyes were slightly red from crying and her freckles stood out more then every. James sat down next to her and gave her a nudge. She looked up at him.
"Can I help you?" She asked coolly.
"Well, I hope you can." James said seriously, as he pulled a small box out of his pocket. "See I was looking for my friend, she has amazing red hair, these cute little freckles, really pretty green eyes, and she's sort of short." James said as he gave Ginny a hard look.
"You know what?" He asked.
"What?" Ginny asked.
"You look like her. Only thing is the person I'm looking for usually is laugh or smiling."
"I guess I'm not her then."
"I don't know. You could be." James replied. "Well, Can you do me a favor?"
"Sure." She replied as the brown puppy hopped into her lap. James handed her the small blue box.
"If you find my friend can you give this to her?"
"Sure. What is it?"
"I guess you can open it. Just remember to give to my friend when you find her." James said as he got up off the floor. He paused at the door to watch Ginny open up the box. He laughed as he saw Ginny's face. He walked away down the street to his friends.
Ginny opened the box up. Inside was an ancient looking mood ring. She scowled then started laughing her head off. There was a tiny paper inside with the ring. It had a list of colors and there meaning next to them. Black meant that you were agitated and did not want to be bothered. Green meant you were nervous are anxious. Yellow stood for cheerful and hyperactive. Pink meant you were in love or being romantic. Blue stood for calm and content.
She slipped it on her middle finger and watched as the colors changed from black to green to yellow then staying on blue. She picked up the puppy and gave it a hug. Then she put him back in his cage. She waved good-bye to the owner and headed out.
Ginny caught up to her friends as they were heading towards the Pet Menagerie.
"Hey!" Ginny said.
"So you liked the ring?" Sirius asked with a wink.
Ginny was about to yell at him when her face fell.
"Holy Shit!" Ginny grabbed Petunia and turned her around. "Look who it is."
Petunia looked at the crowed of people until she spotted the person Ginny was talking about. "Holy Shit!"
Sirius was laughing at the two. Lily and Tonks turned to try and see who it was. When they found the person, they turned to each other with the same expression of shock and horror.
"Rachelle." Ginny whispered. They girls turned around fast trying to hide their faces.
"Gin I thought you liked her?" Tonks asked with an I-told- you-so expression.
"Well, I do, kinda, but I don't want to talk to her right know." She replied.
"Hey Gin your ring is black." James pointed out. Ginny glared at him.
"I'm gonna hit you if you don't shut up!"
"Right. Don't tease Ginny when her ring is black." Sirius said quietly to himself.
"What the hell are you doing?" Ginny asked.
"Making a mental note so I don't get beat up by a midget with red hair!" Sirius said gleefully.
"Sirius the point of a mental note is that know one knows your doing it and after you make the note your suppose to remember it so you don't do it." James said laughing.
"Oh my gosh!" a voice yelled. "Hey Tonks! Lily! Ginny! Petunia!" All the girls in question cringed.
James pulled Ginny's hair and laughed at her. She hit him and walked over to Rachelle.
