A/N Thanks again for the WONDERFUL reviews!!
Disclaimer: All the characters belong to J.K. Rowling except for a few such as Ginny's friends.
Harry was happily walking down the streets of Diagon Alley with his best friends Ron and Hermione. They had finally pulled Hermione out of the book store, Flourish and Blotts and now were heading for ice cream.
"Harry! Ron! Hermione!"
Harry turned around to see Ginny and three other girls waving at them. He stopped as they approached. For a second, Harry just stared at Ginny. She had grown up a lot over the summer. Her red hair glinted in the sun and curls cascaded down her back. Her freckles were still all over her face, but Harry found himself thinking of how cute they were. Her bright green eyes were staring at Harry questionably and Harry came back to earth when he realized he was staring at her. For the first time ever, Harry was blushing when Ginny wasn't.
"Hey Ginny," Harry said, trying to muster a bit of dignity.
"Hey," Ginny said, her eyes showing her amusement.
"Hi Ron!" a short girl shouted right in his face.
"Er..hi," Ron replied, confused.
"Ron, this is Catriona McDonald. Just call her Cat. She's probably screaming at your face because she somehow has a crush on you," Ginny said, laughing.
Harry found himself staring at Ginny again. He quickly looked away, thinking "She's Ron's sister!"
Cat's face showed no trace of embarrassment. "Maybe I do, Ginny. Now why don't you introduce us."
"Oh, yea. This is Cat, over there is Madam Froklin, and that is Arianna Finnigan," Ginny said.
Harry looked at each of them in turn. Cat was fairly short with long, straight, black hair, and green - blue eyes. She may have been small, but she gave off this powerful almost soulful aura. For some reason, Harry could always sense these things.
Next he looked at Arianna. She was pretty tall, about the same height as Harry. She had wavy, dark blond hair and big blue eyes. She looked kind of intense compared to Cat.
Arianna and Cat were both very pretty, but he couldn't say the same about Madam. What kind of name was that anyway? She was even shorter than Cat and she had small eyes and big lips outlined in some green makeup. She had a fair few freckles, but they didn't shout cute like Ginny's did. A few moles were sported on her face.
"You can call me Ari," Arianna said, pleasantly.
"And call me Ma," Madam shouted.
Ron snorted. Ma glared at him.
"What?" she whined.
"Er ... nothing. I didn't say anything."
"But, but you ... never mind. Let's all go to get an ice cream!" she said, changing the subject so quickly, Ron looked confused.
"Er ... all right then," Ron said, still looking puzzled.
They all walked to Florean Fortescue's Ice-Cream Parlour, Madam skipping.
"So are you related to Seamus?" Hermione asked Ari.
"Cousins," Ari replied.
"I have a cousin who goes here too!" Madam shouted.
"Oh really?" said Harry. "Who?"
"Colin and Dennis Creevy!"
"Figures," Ron muttered.
"What, hon?" asked Cat.
"Hon?" asked Ron.
"So are you feeling better, Ginny?" Harry asked, changing the subject.
"Kind of. I just must have had the flu."
"The flu doesn't last all summer, Gin," said Ron, seriously.
Ginny shot him a quick glare then continued walking. "I'm fine. Really."
Harry could tell she was lying, but for the peace of the group, he changed the subject again.
"Who wants to get the ice cream?" Harry asked.
"I will," Ron said blushing, spotting a pretty girl at the counter.
"Me too!" Cat giggled. She hooked her arm around Ron's and pulled him toward the store.
Ron looked at Harry, Ginny, and Hermione, pleading for help. Hermione glared at him while Ginny and Harry were stifling laughs.
"Let's go get a table," Ginny suggested.
Harry smiled at her. "Good idea."
Ginny jokingly held out her arm to Harry and Harry played long and hooked his through hers. Everyone laughed, but Arianna. She was staring at a wall, pale and her leg was twitching.
"Are you all right, Ari?" Hermione asked.
Ari didn't respond.
"Ari?"
Ari turned and shook her head a few times. Then she nodded. "Huh? Fine. I need to go to the library."
"Ari? We're in Diagon Alley," Harry said slowly.
"Right. Then let's get ice cream."
"Yea. That was the plan," said Hermione, looking at Ari strangely.
"All right! Then let's go!" she said, voice squeaking a bit.
Ginny, Harry, and Hermione exchanged glances and followed after her.
A/N Another part done! Please review! Thanks! Also, my little sister also just registered in fan fiction so if you want to check her stories out, they are under Hogwarts Princess. Please review them. She's just starting out!