I know that this chapter goes a bit slow but I gotta get in gear!
Thank you to my lovely beta Killer-the-cat you were a tremendous help! And to my other awesome reviewers!
Rosielady- thanks a bunch for your input and Harry choose to go into Gryffindor he has a little Slytherin in him!
SickGirl42- I am sorry that I couldn't wait for your revised copy of chapter 3. But thanks for reading.
Disclaimer: the plot is totally mine the rest is ..... JK Rowling's. Hats off to you!
Chap 3: The Farewell
Ginny got up September 1st and had to remind herself that she wasn't going to Hogwarts
today, but to the airport. She remembered the meeting she had with Dumbledore three
days after she received her letter.
Ginny and her mother flooed to the Leaky Caldron and waited for Dumbledore at a table.
Ginny couldn't stop fidgeting, she was strangely very nervous. They had already waited
for 15 minutes. She thought that maybe it was a joke, but before she could think more on
it Dumbledore showed up.
"Terribly sorry that I am late, some nasty business with the thestrals." He said as
he pulled up a chair across from Ginny. "How are you Molly? And how is Arthur?"
"Very well, thank you." Mrs. Weasley said politely.
They chatted for a couple of minutes before Dumbledore said, "Well let's get down to business", with a twinkle in his eye.
'Finally', Ginny thought.
"Ginny is to go to an American muggel school in L.A. California. She is to stay
there the entire year with a house family." Dumbledore paused to look at Ginny, "She is
part of a group of magical students that are to go and study at a muggel school for a year.
There are 4 other people from different magical schools going to this certain school.
Ginny is to leave on September 1st on an airplane to California. When you reach L.A.
there will be a taxi to pick you up, which will then drive you to the house you will live
in."
Mrs. Weasley blurted out, "How are we to afford all of this?"
Ginny was suddenly struck with shock. Money, of course that would be a problem!
"That won't be a problem."
Hope was back. Then Dumbledore said "All the expenses will be paid for by Hogwarts.
She will also be given $5,000, muggel money, to use as she wishes." Mrs. Weasley and
Ginny were both shocked into utter speechlessness. Dumbledore smiled and reached into
the pocket of his robes and handed her two tickets.
"Here are your tickets; this one is your train ticket to get from London to Paris,
He said pointing to the smaller ticket. "And this one is for the plane ride from Paris to
California. Now, we were not able to get you a ticket straight from Paris to L.A. You are
to step over in Detroit, Michigan. There will be no problem with you graduating
Hogwarts; you already have. Your diploma will be sent in the mail." And with that he turned to leave,
but before he could Ginny said, "Professor?"
He turned around.
"I was wondering why..," but Ginny didn't get to finish her sentence because
Dumbledore did.
"Why were you chosen to go to America? Ahh yes, I thought you might ask me that,"
and he paused to look at her over his spectacles. "You are an excellent student both in
muggel studies and in the rest of your courses. But you have never been able to do the
things you wanted."
Ginny was going to protest but Dumbledore got to it first. "Don't tell that you've done
everything that you've wanted to do? This is a great opportunity for you to do
something," and on that he left, leaving a puzzled Ginny behind.
Today was the day. She was leaving for Paris and then California! She was so excited
that she had hardly slept at all last night. She had never traveled by herself before. She
had never had the chance since her brothers were always so overprotective of her, and
they always needed to go with her.
Ginny had already packed everything she needed, which wasn't very much because most
of her clothing was robes and she wasn't allowed to wear them. She was just bringing
one suitcase (trunks weren't suggested) and one carry on bag with a CD player (she had
gotten into muggel music after her 2nd year).
That morning Ginny had woken up at 5:00 am because she was so excited for the trip and
the meeting of her house family in California. Usually her mother woke up at 9:00 am
and the rest of her family got up later (much later in the twin's case). Today was no
different. She got out of bed about 5:30 and went for an hour run. When she came back,
she went to go take a shower. After she took a shower and gotten dressed she dried her
hair with a drying spell (She was allowed to perform magic because she had already
graduated).
Her hair fell in red waves; she had decided to make her hair up into slightly wavy curls.
She was wearing her most comfortable jeans and a white stretchy long sleeved shirt.
Although this showed some of her flat tanned tummy, this was the most muggel thing she
had. She also took a green sweatshirt with her.
After breakfast Ginny went upstairs and brought her suitcase and her bag downstairs into
the living room. She needed to leave at 10:30 for the train station. Her train left at 12:00
but London was an hour away. Ginny was ready by 9:00 when her mother came
downstairs to make breakfast. Mrs. Weasley saw Ginny in the living room reading a
book.
"Ginny dear, what time did you get up?" She asked as if she already new the answer.
"Oh, just 5:00." Ginny said without looking away from her book.
"Ginny," her mother said as she walked into the kitchen to start the food making.
"I thought that it might be fun if Ron, Hermione and Harry-"
But right after Mrs. Weasley had said Harry's name Ginny blurted out, "NO!"
Mrs. Weasley looked puzzled.
"Why not dear?"
Ginny didn't know what to tell her. She was not about to tell her mother what had
happened with Harry. So before she could think about it she said, "I thought it might be
nicer if the whole family came to London." She grinned innocently at her mother.
"That is a good a good idea. Fred and George did need to go there. Why Ginny
that will be nice, the whole family together." Mrs. Weasley then yelled up the stairs
,
"BREAKFAST IS READY!"
Within a minute Ginny heard the running of footsteps down the stairs. One by one the
whole family plus two came down to the table all passing Ginny.
Once they were all seated, Ginny listened to the conversation from the living room. She
could hear her mother tell them that they were all going to London to drop off Ginny at
the train station. Ginny wondered to herself why she had suggested such a dumb
plan. Whenever the whole family was together in one place for more that two minutes
there was always a bad situation.
By the time the whole family was in the car, it was already 11:00 and they had to drive
very fast to get there on time. Ginny sat by the window and watched the scenery go bye.
She wasn't at all surprised to every so often hear a loud bang coming from where the
twins sat. Every once in a while she would catch Harry looking at her. He would look
away immediately.
Since it was summer and the car did not have air conditioning, it was extremely hot
inside. Upon arrival to the train station, all the squished passengers scrambled to get out
of the car.
They had arrived at 11:50 and Ginny had only 10 minutes to catch her train to Paris. She
got her suitcase and bag and left the parking lot with the rest of the family. When they
found her train, the conductor was already calling all aboard.
"Ginny you better write every day," said Fred.
"Ok." Ginny said smiling. She then gave a hug to each brother and to Hermione.
Ginny skipped Harry but no one seemed to notice. She said good bye to her father and
hugged him. By the time Ginny reached Mrs. Weasley, she was already crying.
"Oh mum, don't cry I am only away for a year. Just like Hogwarts"
"Oh, but it is different than Hogwarts." She then gave Ginny a huge hug.
"Bye mum, I love you." And Ginny turned around onto the train with her suit case
and bag.
"Bye dear, I love you too. Make sure to write." She said with a hoarse voice.
As Ginny sat down she felt the train move and she looked out the window to her whole
family waving goodbye. Ginny waved back and then turned around. She was finally off!
She was going to California!
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Thank you for reading my fic! Please review and please no flamers but if you must flame
by all means flame!
Love you all!
Until next time!
Thank you to my lovely beta Killer-the-cat you were a tremendous help! And to my other awesome reviewers!
Rosielady- thanks a bunch for your input and Harry choose to go into Gryffindor he has a little Slytherin in him!
SickGirl42- I am sorry that I couldn't wait for your revised copy of chapter 3. But thanks for reading.
Disclaimer: the plot is totally mine the rest is ..... JK Rowling's. Hats off to you!
Chap 3: The Farewell
Ginny got up September 1st and had to remind herself that she wasn't going to Hogwarts
today, but to the airport. She remembered the meeting she had with Dumbledore three
days after she received her letter.
Ginny and her mother flooed to the Leaky Caldron and waited for Dumbledore at a table.
Ginny couldn't stop fidgeting, she was strangely very nervous. They had already waited
for 15 minutes. She thought that maybe it was a joke, but before she could think more on
it Dumbledore showed up.
"Terribly sorry that I am late, some nasty business with the thestrals." He said as
he pulled up a chair across from Ginny. "How are you Molly? And how is Arthur?"
"Very well, thank you." Mrs. Weasley said politely.
They chatted for a couple of minutes before Dumbledore said, "Well let's get down to business", with a twinkle in his eye.
'Finally', Ginny thought.
"Ginny is to go to an American muggel school in L.A. California. She is to stay
there the entire year with a house family." Dumbledore paused to look at Ginny, "She is
part of a group of magical students that are to go and study at a muggel school for a year.
There are 4 other people from different magical schools going to this certain school.
Ginny is to leave on September 1st on an airplane to California. When you reach L.A.
there will be a taxi to pick you up, which will then drive you to the house you will live
in."
Mrs. Weasley blurted out, "How are we to afford all of this?"
Ginny was suddenly struck with shock. Money, of course that would be a problem!
"That won't be a problem."
Hope was back. Then Dumbledore said "All the expenses will be paid for by Hogwarts.
She will also be given $5,000, muggel money, to use as she wishes." Mrs. Weasley and
Ginny were both shocked into utter speechlessness. Dumbledore smiled and reached into
the pocket of his robes and handed her two tickets.
"Here are your tickets; this one is your train ticket to get from London to Paris,
He said pointing to the smaller ticket. "And this one is for the plane ride from Paris to
California. Now, we were not able to get you a ticket straight from Paris to L.A. You are
to step over in Detroit, Michigan. There will be no problem with you graduating
Hogwarts; you already have. Your diploma will be sent in the mail." And with that he turned to leave,
but before he could Ginny said, "Professor?"
He turned around.
"I was wondering why..," but Ginny didn't get to finish her sentence because
Dumbledore did.
"Why were you chosen to go to America? Ahh yes, I thought you might ask me that,"
and he paused to look at her over his spectacles. "You are an excellent student both in
muggel studies and in the rest of your courses. But you have never been able to do the
things you wanted."
Ginny was going to protest but Dumbledore got to it first. "Don't tell that you've done
everything that you've wanted to do? This is a great opportunity for you to do
something," and on that he left, leaving a puzzled Ginny behind.
Today was the day. She was leaving for Paris and then California! She was so excited
that she had hardly slept at all last night. She had never traveled by herself before. She
had never had the chance since her brothers were always so overprotective of her, and
they always needed to go with her.
Ginny had already packed everything she needed, which wasn't very much because most
of her clothing was robes and she wasn't allowed to wear them. She was just bringing
one suitcase (trunks weren't suggested) and one carry on bag with a CD player (she had
gotten into muggel music after her 2nd year).
That morning Ginny had woken up at 5:00 am because she was so excited for the trip and
the meeting of her house family in California. Usually her mother woke up at 9:00 am
and the rest of her family got up later (much later in the twin's case). Today was no
different. She got out of bed about 5:30 and went for an hour run. When she came back,
she went to go take a shower. After she took a shower and gotten dressed she dried her
hair with a drying spell (She was allowed to perform magic because she had already
graduated).
Her hair fell in red waves; she had decided to make her hair up into slightly wavy curls.
She was wearing her most comfortable jeans and a white stretchy long sleeved shirt.
Although this showed some of her flat tanned tummy, this was the most muggel thing she
had. She also took a green sweatshirt with her.
After breakfast Ginny went upstairs and brought her suitcase and her bag downstairs into
the living room. She needed to leave at 10:30 for the train station. Her train left at 12:00
but London was an hour away. Ginny was ready by 9:00 when her mother came
downstairs to make breakfast. Mrs. Weasley saw Ginny in the living room reading a
book.
"Ginny dear, what time did you get up?" She asked as if she already new the answer.
"Oh, just 5:00." Ginny said without looking away from her book.
"Ginny," her mother said as she walked into the kitchen to start the food making.
"I thought that it might be fun if Ron, Hermione and Harry-"
But right after Mrs. Weasley had said Harry's name Ginny blurted out, "NO!"
Mrs. Weasley looked puzzled.
"Why not dear?"
Ginny didn't know what to tell her. She was not about to tell her mother what had
happened with Harry. So before she could think about it she said, "I thought it might be
nicer if the whole family came to London." She grinned innocently at her mother.
"That is a good a good idea. Fred and George did need to go there. Why Ginny
that will be nice, the whole family together." Mrs. Weasley then yelled up the stairs
,
"BREAKFAST IS READY!"
Within a minute Ginny heard the running of footsteps down the stairs. One by one the
whole family plus two came down to the table all passing Ginny.
Once they were all seated, Ginny listened to the conversation from the living room. She
could hear her mother tell them that they were all going to London to drop off Ginny at
the train station. Ginny wondered to herself why she had suggested such a dumb
plan. Whenever the whole family was together in one place for more that two minutes
there was always a bad situation.
By the time the whole family was in the car, it was already 11:00 and they had to drive
very fast to get there on time. Ginny sat by the window and watched the scenery go bye.
She wasn't at all surprised to every so often hear a loud bang coming from where the
twins sat. Every once in a while she would catch Harry looking at her. He would look
away immediately.
Since it was summer and the car did not have air conditioning, it was extremely hot
inside. Upon arrival to the train station, all the squished passengers scrambled to get out
of the car.
They had arrived at 11:50 and Ginny had only 10 minutes to catch her train to Paris. She
got her suitcase and bag and left the parking lot with the rest of the family. When they
found her train, the conductor was already calling all aboard.
"Ginny you better write every day," said Fred.
"Ok." Ginny said smiling. She then gave a hug to each brother and to Hermione.
Ginny skipped Harry but no one seemed to notice. She said good bye to her father and
hugged him. By the time Ginny reached Mrs. Weasley, she was already crying.
"Oh mum, don't cry I am only away for a year. Just like Hogwarts"
"Oh, but it is different than Hogwarts." She then gave Ginny a huge hug.
"Bye mum, I love you." And Ginny turned around onto the train with her suit case
and bag.
"Bye dear, I love you too. Make sure to write." She said with a hoarse voice.
As Ginny sat down she felt the train move and she looked out the window to her whole
family waving goodbye. Ginny waved back and then turned around. She was finally off!
She was going to California!
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Thank you for reading my fic! Please review and please no flamers but if you must flame
by all means flame!
Love you all!
Until next time!