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belong to J.K. Rowling and I'm just borrowing them for a bit of fun so
please don't sue me. You wouldn't get much anyway.
A/N: I am going to try to do this without many original characters but it would seem pretty hard without making Ginny seem like a complete loner so there are OC's. Please let me know if they have Mary-Sue tendencies. Oh yeah and the italics didn't work on the last chapter so thoughts are now in ~blah blah blah~
"Remind me again why I am doing this," Remus Lupin said to his best friend as he packed the last of his clothes into his battered suitcase.
"Number one, you enjoy teaching. Number two, you want to. Number three, Dumbledore made you. Finally number four, you had a bad fight with a coin and lost." Sirius replied sarcastically smiling at his friend. "You shouldn't look so miserable; I've seen happier people at funerals."
"Don't kid yourself; they were the ones getting the money. Besides I know I want to do it, I just don't know if it is safe. I mean what will the parents say?"
"I don't know but ignore them if they don't like it. Better still hit them, usually makes me feel better. If they say good things… then they're probably telling the truth." Sirius replied shaking his head at his friend's good sense. As Sirius pushed Remus out of his bedroom and towards the fireplace to get to the school he added, "You know you don't hit the people who say good things right?"
Remus just shook his head slightly as he entered the fire.
At the burrow you would never be able to tell that it was September 1st from the way everyone was acting. Only five of the Weasleys were awake and the house was calm. September 1st had meant a mad dash around the house for school equipment for as long as many of the family could remember. Not this year, Ginny had already packed all of her equipment and had made sure she hadn't forgotten anything ready for the journey to platform 9 ¾ in Kings Cross Station.
"You ready Gin?" Bill shouted through to his sister who was sat in the living room.
"Yeah, are you still dropping me off?" Ginny said walking through to the kitchen.
"You don't mind do you," Bill asked picking up Ginny's trunk. When Ginny shook her head he through some of the floo powder in his hand into the fire. Ginny shouted goodbye to the rest of her family who replied, if they were awake anyway. Then Ginny and Bill stepped into the flames shouted Diagon Alley and they were off.
Less than a minute later the two Weasley's landed in the Leaky Cauldron. Looking around the bar Ginny spotted quite a few Hogwarts students, including a large group of Ravenclaw 4th years around the bar. "You see anyone you know?" Bill asked bending over slightly to his sister. The youngest Weasley was now quite tall for her age; she took after her father in that respect. Her mid-length, flaming red hair nearly always fell loose around her shoulders framing her thin face beautifully.
Ginny shook her head after taking a quick glance around the pub, "We usually all meet on the train." Bill guided Ginny over to the door and they started up the muggle streets of London to the train station.
Three hours later Ginny was sat quite alone on the Hogwarts express. The scarlet train appeared to be making the journey slower than ever to Ginny. She supposed it was because of her impatience to start her final year at Hogwarts. It could have also been because Anne-Marie and Cassandra, Ginny's roommates, had left in search of 'hotties'. They wouldn't listen when Ginny pointed out that it was very unlikely there would be any new students for the girls to find. As usual they hadn't listened.
"Can I sit in here, Ginny?" Colin Creevey asked peering round the door to Ginny's compartment.
"Be my guest," Ginny said pointing at one of the empty seats, "I could use a bit of company." It was then Ginny noticed how much Colin had changed. He was now easily as tall as her and was actually quite cute. ~Anne-Marie and Cassandra should have tried in here. Colin doesn't look too bad~ "Did you have a good summer Colin?" Ginny asked looking at her friend.
"It wasn't too bad overall. The best bit was when Dennis and I went to the Quidditch World Cup final. It was a great game. Did you go this time?" Colin replied.
"Yup we were in the top box again. Harry got us the tickets this time. I think he wanted as many people he knew to see his spectacular victory," Ginny said with a smile on her face.
"I'm not going to forget it anytime soon, he was great wasn't he?" Colin asked. Ginny nodded yet again and the pair soon became so involved in their conversation they didn't notice the sky turning darker and before long the train was pulling up in Hogsmeade station.
Ginny, Anne-Marie and Cassandra walked into the Great Hall. They took their places at Gryffindor table and stopped talking almost immediately because the sorting was about to begin. As the hat began to sing for the sixth time since her own sorting Ginny let her mind wander. It wasn't interesting anymore and she wished it would be over so that the meal could start. Looking up to the front of the room Ginny saw the nervous first years waiting to be sorted, she didn't recognise anyone and she became bored with them. At the staff table Professor Snape was scowling as only he could. Instead of him scowling at the Gryffindors however his glare was directed towards someone on the staff table. It was then Ginny saw who and her heart skipped a beat. Professor Lupin was back at Hogwarts? He had told her at the party that he probably was never going to teach again.
Ginny wasn't bothered about that. She couldn't believe she had forgotten about him earlier. He was still as gorgeous as she remembered from over the summer. His hair was a bit longer than it had been then and it almost hid his blue-grey eyes. As the first of the students were being sorted he looked up and saw Ginny. He smiled at the girl when he noticed her looking at him. She smiled back and hid her face as she began to blush. Cassandra noticed this and threw a questioning glance at her friend. Ginny shook her head and Cassandra went back to watching the sorting.
Lessons began the next day but Ginny, to her dismay, discovered Defence Against the Dark Arts wouldn't be held for another three days. Until then Ginny busied herself with glances of the Professor at meals and whenever she had the chance to walk past his classroom. When Friday finally came Ginny tried to get to class as soon as possible but was stopped by little things such as breakfast and Potions. Ginny didn't remember much about the actual lesson but she did remember that Remus was teaching it and that was enough for her.
After the lesson Anne-Marie caught up with Ginny. "He is cute isn't he?" she asked.
Ginny looked shocked, Anne-Marie knew she liked Remus. ~You don't know that. She could be talking about anyone. Yeah anyone you've been staring at for the last hour~ "Who?" Ginny asked deciding that bluffing was the way out of it.
"Colin," Anne-Marie said as though it was obvious. Ginny had to stop herself from breathing a sigh of relief. "I mean you were staring at him for most of last lesson.
Ginny decided it was best to play along. If that's what Anne-Marie wanted to think Ginny wasn't going to stop her, "I guess. I wasn't that obvious was I?"
"Not really, just that I know you pretty well and I was kind of drifting too." She replied.
It was just after midnight and Ginny was writing another diary entry. Dear Diary, I know I already told you but he's back. I had Defence against the Dark Arts today. He is still as great as I remember. I was going to stay and talk to him but we had to get to Charms. Maybe next lesson I'll get to talk to him.
I almost died when I though Anne-Marie had figured out I liked him. I don't think there's anything wrong with it but they've just stopped teasing me about Harry, I don't need to give them something new to say to me. They think I like Colin. I know he looks really different now but I only like him as a friend. I can't believe they think I could like him anymore than that.
I'd better go to bed now, it's late and I'm not feeling too good. Probably because I'm tired but oh well, a bit of sleep's the best cure for that.
Until Tomorrow
Ginny
With that Ginny put the diary back under her bed. She climbed in and clambered under the covers, falling almost immediately into a deep sleep. When Ginny awoke she looked around her surroundings. Her familiar four- poster bed was gone. She was in the Hogwarts hospital wing.
A/N: I am going to try to do this without many original characters but it would seem pretty hard without making Ginny seem like a complete loner so there are OC's. Please let me know if they have Mary-Sue tendencies. Oh yeah and the italics didn't work on the last chapter so thoughts are now in ~blah blah blah~
"Remind me again why I am doing this," Remus Lupin said to his best friend as he packed the last of his clothes into his battered suitcase.
"Number one, you enjoy teaching. Number two, you want to. Number three, Dumbledore made you. Finally number four, you had a bad fight with a coin and lost." Sirius replied sarcastically smiling at his friend. "You shouldn't look so miserable; I've seen happier people at funerals."
"Don't kid yourself; they were the ones getting the money. Besides I know I want to do it, I just don't know if it is safe. I mean what will the parents say?"
"I don't know but ignore them if they don't like it. Better still hit them, usually makes me feel better. If they say good things… then they're probably telling the truth." Sirius replied shaking his head at his friend's good sense. As Sirius pushed Remus out of his bedroom and towards the fireplace to get to the school he added, "You know you don't hit the people who say good things right?"
Remus just shook his head slightly as he entered the fire.
At the burrow you would never be able to tell that it was September 1st from the way everyone was acting. Only five of the Weasleys were awake and the house was calm. September 1st had meant a mad dash around the house for school equipment for as long as many of the family could remember. Not this year, Ginny had already packed all of her equipment and had made sure she hadn't forgotten anything ready for the journey to platform 9 ¾ in Kings Cross Station.
"You ready Gin?" Bill shouted through to his sister who was sat in the living room.
"Yeah, are you still dropping me off?" Ginny said walking through to the kitchen.
"You don't mind do you," Bill asked picking up Ginny's trunk. When Ginny shook her head he through some of the floo powder in his hand into the fire. Ginny shouted goodbye to the rest of her family who replied, if they were awake anyway. Then Ginny and Bill stepped into the flames shouted Diagon Alley and they were off.
Less than a minute later the two Weasley's landed in the Leaky Cauldron. Looking around the bar Ginny spotted quite a few Hogwarts students, including a large group of Ravenclaw 4th years around the bar. "You see anyone you know?" Bill asked bending over slightly to his sister. The youngest Weasley was now quite tall for her age; she took after her father in that respect. Her mid-length, flaming red hair nearly always fell loose around her shoulders framing her thin face beautifully.
Ginny shook her head after taking a quick glance around the pub, "We usually all meet on the train." Bill guided Ginny over to the door and they started up the muggle streets of London to the train station.
Three hours later Ginny was sat quite alone on the Hogwarts express. The scarlet train appeared to be making the journey slower than ever to Ginny. She supposed it was because of her impatience to start her final year at Hogwarts. It could have also been because Anne-Marie and Cassandra, Ginny's roommates, had left in search of 'hotties'. They wouldn't listen when Ginny pointed out that it was very unlikely there would be any new students for the girls to find. As usual they hadn't listened.
"Can I sit in here, Ginny?" Colin Creevey asked peering round the door to Ginny's compartment.
"Be my guest," Ginny said pointing at one of the empty seats, "I could use a bit of company." It was then Ginny noticed how much Colin had changed. He was now easily as tall as her and was actually quite cute. ~Anne-Marie and Cassandra should have tried in here. Colin doesn't look too bad~ "Did you have a good summer Colin?" Ginny asked looking at her friend.
"It wasn't too bad overall. The best bit was when Dennis and I went to the Quidditch World Cup final. It was a great game. Did you go this time?" Colin replied.
"Yup we were in the top box again. Harry got us the tickets this time. I think he wanted as many people he knew to see his spectacular victory," Ginny said with a smile on her face.
"I'm not going to forget it anytime soon, he was great wasn't he?" Colin asked. Ginny nodded yet again and the pair soon became so involved in their conversation they didn't notice the sky turning darker and before long the train was pulling up in Hogsmeade station.
Ginny, Anne-Marie and Cassandra walked into the Great Hall. They took their places at Gryffindor table and stopped talking almost immediately because the sorting was about to begin. As the hat began to sing for the sixth time since her own sorting Ginny let her mind wander. It wasn't interesting anymore and she wished it would be over so that the meal could start. Looking up to the front of the room Ginny saw the nervous first years waiting to be sorted, she didn't recognise anyone and she became bored with them. At the staff table Professor Snape was scowling as only he could. Instead of him scowling at the Gryffindors however his glare was directed towards someone on the staff table. It was then Ginny saw who and her heart skipped a beat. Professor Lupin was back at Hogwarts? He had told her at the party that he probably was never going to teach again.
Ginny wasn't bothered about that. She couldn't believe she had forgotten about him earlier. He was still as gorgeous as she remembered from over the summer. His hair was a bit longer than it had been then and it almost hid his blue-grey eyes. As the first of the students were being sorted he looked up and saw Ginny. He smiled at the girl when he noticed her looking at him. She smiled back and hid her face as she began to blush. Cassandra noticed this and threw a questioning glance at her friend. Ginny shook her head and Cassandra went back to watching the sorting.
Lessons began the next day but Ginny, to her dismay, discovered Defence Against the Dark Arts wouldn't be held for another three days. Until then Ginny busied herself with glances of the Professor at meals and whenever she had the chance to walk past his classroom. When Friday finally came Ginny tried to get to class as soon as possible but was stopped by little things such as breakfast and Potions. Ginny didn't remember much about the actual lesson but she did remember that Remus was teaching it and that was enough for her.
After the lesson Anne-Marie caught up with Ginny. "He is cute isn't he?" she asked.
Ginny looked shocked, Anne-Marie knew she liked Remus. ~You don't know that. She could be talking about anyone. Yeah anyone you've been staring at for the last hour~ "Who?" Ginny asked deciding that bluffing was the way out of it.
"Colin," Anne-Marie said as though it was obvious. Ginny had to stop herself from breathing a sigh of relief. "I mean you were staring at him for most of last lesson.
Ginny decided it was best to play along. If that's what Anne-Marie wanted to think Ginny wasn't going to stop her, "I guess. I wasn't that obvious was I?"
"Not really, just that I know you pretty well and I was kind of drifting too." She replied.
It was just after midnight and Ginny was writing another diary entry. Dear Diary, I know I already told you but he's back. I had Defence against the Dark Arts today. He is still as great as I remember. I was going to stay and talk to him but we had to get to Charms. Maybe next lesson I'll get to talk to him.
I almost died when I though Anne-Marie had figured out I liked him. I don't think there's anything wrong with it but they've just stopped teasing me about Harry, I don't need to give them something new to say to me. They think I like Colin. I know he looks really different now but I only like him as a friend. I can't believe they think I could like him anymore than that.
I'd better go to bed now, it's late and I'm not feeling too good. Probably because I'm tired but oh well, a bit of sleep's the best cure for that.
Until Tomorrow
Ginny
With that Ginny put the diary back under her bed. She climbed in and clambered under the covers, falling almost immediately into a deep sleep. When Ginny awoke she looked around her surroundings. Her familiar four- poster bed was gone. She was in the Hogwarts hospital wing.