~*I do not own any characters that you recognize from Harry Potter. All of those characters belong to JK Rowling. The only character that I own as of now is Jacqueline Smith, Ginny's best friend. Please don't sue me!*~

Well, it's pretty late right now and I can't sleep because I had a bad day. I'm going to try and make this a long chapter and I hope you like it! Please read and review!

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"Now, you should all have your essays on Animagi done by now. I will call up students to read their essays," Professor McGonagall told her sixth year class. They had been studying Animagi for the past few weeks and had to write an essay on it. Among the class was Virginia Weasley and Jacqueline Smith. Those two were best friends and exchanged nervous glances towards each other.

"Oh, I hope I don't have to go first!" Virginia, more commonly known as Ginny, whispered to Jacqueline. "I mean, I did all the research and everything, but I hate going first, you know?"

Jacqueline whispered back, "Yeah, I know what you mean. You always have so much pressure on you and you want to do a good job and everything."

"Virginia Weasley, please come up and read your essay to the class," Professor McGonagall announced. Ginny groaned.

Figures. Ginny thought to herself. She slowly walked up to the front of the class and gulped.

She started to read, "One of the most famous Animagi known is Godric Gryffindor, himself. As you can rightly guess, his animagus form was a lion. Godric used his animagus form many times to escape from—" Ginny was cut off by the door opening.

In walked Harry Potter who saw Ginny and winked. She smiled at him. "Um, I'm supposed to bring down Ginny to Professor Dumbledore's office. It's an emergency," Harry said to the professor.

"All right. Turn in your essay now and you can present it to the class tomorrow. Take your stuff and leave. Colin Creevey, you're up next."

After she turned in her essay she walked back to her desk, gave Jacqueline a puzzled look, grabbed her stuff and walked out of the classroom with Harry.

"Why do I need to go to Dumbledore's office, Harry?" Ginny asked him.

"I'm not too sure. But Hermione and Ron had to go down, too. They sent me to go fetch you. Can't be a smart thing since Ron's going," Harry joked.

She laughed. Ever since she had gotten over her crush on Harry in fourth year she and him had grown close. He was like another older brother to her, not that she needed any more.

They walked down the winding halls and chatted about various things. Suddenly, Harry stopped in front of a stone gargoyle and Ginny almost ran into him.

"Earwax Every Flavor Bean." Harry said clearly and Ginny suspected that was the password. Her suspicions were correct because a second later the gargoyle moved and a large entrance appeared.

"Earwax Every Flavor Bean?" she questioned.

"Don't ask. Dumbledore has an odd thing about candies…" he said as they started walking up the winding staircase.

They stopped at a handsome mahogany door and Harry knocked. The door opened and Professor Dumbledore's cheery face appeared.

"Welcome, welcome. I see you have Virginia. Thank you, Harry. You two may be seated," Dumbledore told them.

Ginny looked around the beautiful circular room in awe. A phoenix sat on a perch in the corner and there were many portraits of the old Headmasters. The phoenix screeched and flew off its perch and landed on Ginny's shoulder.

"Wow…you have a phoenix? That's so awesome…" Ginny said.

"Yes, his name is Fawkes. He seems to have taken a liking to you," Dumbledore smiled.

She saw Hermione and Ron sitting in a comfy looking couch in the far corner and Harry in a chair by the fire. She moved over to the other vacant couch and sat down.

Wow. These are really comfy.

She stroked Fawkes's feathers as all three looked at Dumbledore.

"Ah, you are all anxious to see why I have brought you all here. We shall begin soon, we are just waiting for another student," As soon as he said that there was another knock on the door.

All four students looked to see who was there as Dumbledore went to open it.

"Ah, Mr. Malfoy, I see you have finally arrived. Please take a seat and we may begin," Dumbledore stepped aside and Ginny saw the tall form of Draco Malfoy in the doorframe.

Wow, he certainly has grown up…

Malfoy no longer slicked back his platinum blonde hair. Instead, it hung over his cloudy eyes. He was about six feet tall now and had a muscled body. All those years of Quidditch had paid off. The only thing that was the same about him was the sneer on his face as he surveyed the room.

His face took on a look of disgust as he saw Harry, Hermione, and Ron. When he saw the only empty seat was by Ginny he sneered at her. "I would rather stand, if you don't mind."

Ginny glared at him. She wondered what all this was about and why Malfoy, of all people, was here, too.

"Suit yourself," Dumbledore's blue eyes twinkled as he sat down behind his desk.

"Well, now that everyone is here, we shall begin. All four of you students have had an exceptionally high grade in most of your classes," Here he looked at the three Gryffindors and they knew he was talking about their Potions grades. "Anyways, we have decided that as an award for you, you will be going on a 'field trip' to the Caribbean Seas. There, you will study the various plants, animals, and inhabitants that live there."

Everyone had a look of surprise on their face. A field trip? When? How long would it be? Would it be dangerous? Would we have partners?

All students seemed to be thinking of those questions and Hermione finally broke the silence, "Um, sir, wouldn't this be dangerous? I mean, there have been rumors of Pirates in those seas and the diseases there…"

"Aw, is the Mudblood afraid of a rumor about Pirates?" Malfoy sneered. Hermione shot him a glare.

Dumbledore cleared his throat. "Ah, yes, you bring up an excellent point, Ms. Granger. Yes, it would be very dangerous going there. That is why we have found a guide for you. He shall tell you about everything and will protect you. Now, any more questions? We have not yet decided on a permanent date, but we shall notify you once everything is set in stone."

Everyone seemed to have questions, but kept them in. They each pondered on this for a while until Dumbledore broke the silence. "Well, now that you know what is going on, you may leave. I suggest that you get your things ready for your next class, seeing as how the bell will be ringing shortly. Goodbye."

Everyone got up to leave, but Ginny stayed behind for a minute. "Um, Professor? Could I talk to you about something?"

"Certainly."

"Well, you see, I'm not sure if my parents will allow me to go. They've been very overprotective of me since…um…" She swallowed. "Since Percy died. They've been afraid that something will happen to me and uh…Well, I really do want to go on this field trip! It sounds very interesting!"

"Ah, don't worry, Ms. Weasley. We have already talked to your parents and have everything planned out. You and your brother are allowed to go, as long as you both stick together and don't get in trouble, but I doubt that will be a problem." He smiled at her.

"OK, thanks, Professor. Bye, Fawkes," She whispered to the phoenix as he flew back to his perch.

She walked out the beautiful room full of questions and thinking about the field trip.

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