It all started in my sixth year. When I got to Ron's house in July, Ron was distant, like something was up. Ginny was not there. I figured that she was just at Luna Lovegood's house. However, when I asked about her, Ron just blew me off. "Ron, where's Ginny?" I asked, "Ginny! I mean er- mums calling us I think." So Ron had avoided my question. Well I did not take no for an answer. Instead, I asked Mrs. Weasley where Ginny was. "Mrs. Weasley, where's Ginny?" When I asked her this, she looked like she was going to faint, but then she said, "Ron hasn't told you dear?" "Told me what?" I asked "Told you that Ginny is at the Malfoys for awhile." She said, "Why is she there?" "Well, we needed the money and-" Mrs. Weasley's voice caught and she wiped her eyes, "And Lucious Malfoy, he made us an offer. If we let Ginny go over there for the rest of the summer then he would give us twenty Galleons a week! We couldn't resist, and Ginny was a dear, she said that if we wanted her to go she would go." I was shocked. The Malfoy's could have been doing anything to poor Ginny. But as I later found out, nothing happened to her, she was perfectly fine the whole time. (A/N: This will be a separate story, eventually I promise!) The month passed quickly, but it was the end of the month that was weirdest. I was looking in the trash for a letter from my mum when I came across a letter from Percy, that's odd I thought didn't Ron say that Percy wouldn't even write? I unfolded it and read it it looked like this:

Dear Mum & Dad,

How are you? The ruse is working. Soon you will

be rich. Don't worry my part is working very well.

I haven't told anyone, my lips are sealed. I haven't

even told my girlfriend. Fudge, that annoying bloke

came close to finding the papers from Gringotts. I

Must go, love,

Percy

I stared at the paper, not even daring to breathe. I heard someone coming and I put the paper in my pocket quickly and replaced everything else. I turned toward the table, pretending that I was looking at a book. Mrs. Weasley came into the kitchen, "Oh hi dear, what are you doing up so late?" "Oh, I was just going over my homework, I like to triple check it you know." Mrs. Weasley eyed me suspiciously, "Well its well after midnight, you should head up to bed dear. You don't want to be tired when we go to Diagon Alley tomorrow." I went up the room I was staying in, weird, I thought we went to Diagon Alley the day before yesterday. Hmm. Why would Mrs. Weasley say that? She knows that, she went with us. I worked on that all night. When morning came Ron told me that Percy and Mrs. Weasley had another Row and we shouldn't bother Mrs. Weasley. Mrs. Weasley avoided me all day. When she did look at me, she gave Icy stares, as if she thought that I was someone who once was up on her favorites list, but had been kicked off of it. Soon it was September 1 and we all set off for Kings Cross Station, I still had the letter from Percy, and Mrs. Weasley attitude towards me was still cool. When we were on the train Ron turned to me and said "Hermione, what was up? Mum acted like you had row or something." "We didn't have a row. I found this letter though." I handed him the letter; he read it quickly and looked at me. "Where did you get this?" "In the trash." "What were you doing in the trash?" he asked "Looking for something I dropped in there." I said, "I don't believe you would go digging through our trash! Of all the nerve!" I gaped at Ron. All of the sudden Neville came running up, "Ron," he panted "Ron you have got to see this!" He turned Ron around, "Ginny Weasley, what are you doing?" I saw Ginny holding Draco's hand