A/N: Ok, I feel the need to explain Danu to all. She was the head of the
Celtic 'pantheon' of gods. I liked the idea of a WOMAN being in charge of a
whole bunch of other gods so I used her name. Not many religions have a
woman at the top of the spiritual ladder. Anywho, that's where she comes
from, I just changed her into an actual person, instead of a god. Hence the
line in the last chapter about muggles thinking she was a god ( Aren't I
cleaver? DO NOT answer that!!! Oh, and the phrase on the wand is Latin and
it does mean remnants of an ancient flame. Ok, lesson over, on to things
that really matter. like Ginny!!! ~GodessAthena
"Miss Weasely, Ms Weasely?"
Ginny heard a soft male voice in her ear and a hand entangled in hers. She opened her eyes slightly and saw light blue eyes twinkling over small rimmed reading glasses.
"Why, there we go. How are you Miss Weasely? You had quit an ordeal. Miss. Granger just got done relating what happened to me. And I must assure you that the whole school does indeed know that you passed out."
Ginny groaned and looked over to see the dream team on her right. Harry looked worried, but smiled and she smiled back, then she saw Hermione and gave her an icy glare. Ron noticed and tried to smile at her but Ginny couldn't take it. All she wanted was to be eating dinner and that stupid little book worm couldn't leave her be. Dumbledore saw the anger in Ginny's eyes and dismissed the trio.
"Miss. Weasely is fine and we will both be at dinner shortly."
They all nodded in unison and walked out the door. Ginny glared at the swinging doors until the headmaster cleared his throat. Ginny jumped, barely remembering he was there.
"Please do not be angry with Miss. Granger. Her heart is in the right place, but sometimes she can be a bit too nosey." Ginny smiled. She couldn't believe Professor Dumbledore just said that. "Now, I must say she did tell me about the wand and I know, for a fact, that this is Danu's wand. Because I have talked to Ollivander in the past about it."
Ginny just stared at him. His eyes began to dance and she smiled as he did the same.
"Now Miss Weasely, I am quite sure you do not understand the importance of this wand being in your possession, but I will leave that for you to figure out. I would, however, like to know why you passed out on the train."
Ginny swallowed and she was sure he could tell she was nervous. She couldn't lie, for she was sure he would know, but she didn't want anyone to know.
"Well," she started as she looked around a bit on edge, and stared at the nurse.
"Madam Pomfrey, would you kindly leave us so we can have a moment alone." Madam Pomfrey frowned but nodded her head and went back to her office closing the doors behind her. "There now we are alone Miss Weasely, so whatever you wish to tell me will be in complete secrecy."
"Complete?" Ginny heard herself ask the kind old man next to her.
"Of course my dear! I promise on my wizard's honor." Ginny looked away nervous still.
"Well," she started again, "I fainted because Hermione said that Danu could do magic without a wand and all and I don't know why, I just got all dizzy and upset, and well, I don't know." She felt defeated.
Dumbledore looked at her seriously, but still with the twinkle in his eyes, "Virginia, can you do magic like that?" She gulped. She was getting really hot and she knew her face was all red. Why couldn't she maintain myself control.
"Well, you know, like many people can, it's just I don't know." she mumbled, turning towards her hands.
"Virginia, it is quite ok if you can, it would be quite normal." Ginny looked at him suddenly, directly into his eyes trying to understand what he wanted and if he really did think it was normal. He smiled at her again.
"I always thought it wasn't normal, I asked my brother, you know, Percy, when I was younger and he said it wasn't and I must be imagining it and I knew I wasn't and I tried to convince myself I was and then all those bad things happened in my first year here and I knew I wasn't going to let myself go through it again, and I decided to, you know, learn and love magic and my ability to control it so well, but I didn't want to tell anyone because I'm already an outcast and I don't want people thinking, 'oh she's definitely a freak'."
She stopped suddenly because she realized she was rambling. She looked down to her shaking hands.
'Damn it! Why am I so out of control?' She decided to say a calming spell under her breath, and then looked up at Dumbledore who was looking her over with an understanding eye that reminded her of a grandfather.
"Miss. Weasely, you really should have told someone sooner. Not everyone has to know about you powers, but you could be training to grasp them better."
Ginny sighed, "I have been. I've read countless books on spells, and I know them all by heart. All I have to do is read about a spell and I can do it."
Dumbledore gave the hand he had been holding a squeeze, "Well Miss Weasely, it is definitely normal for who you are, but I must say that no one on this earth has near the power you have, Not even Harry potter. or the late Voldemort."
Ginny looked shocked, but somehow, in her heart, she new this. She nodded slightly and decided to tell him more. "When I was in Ollivander's and I picked up the wand, I had a vision of me." Dumbledore raised his eyebrow at her. "I mean, it was a woman who looked like me and I asked her who she was and she told me I already knew, so I just figured it was me." Dumbledore looked her over for a minute. Ginny had the sudden urge to tug at his beard to get him to say something.
"I believe the woman in your vision was Danu. I am quite sure you are a reincarnation of her." He paused a moment to let the information sink in.
Ginny decided she wasn't hungry at all. She felt light again, like on the train, and in the shop, but she was determined to keep her wits about her.
Dumbedore continued, "Before Danu died, she said she would return and with that, had a wand created out of hair and left it with a wand craftsmen named Ollivander, who later opened up a store in Diagon Alley. The wand has been waiting there ever since for her to return and reclaim it."
Ginny was sure she was going to throw up. It was all too much. She had been trying to figure everything out and now it was all answered and it was all too unreal. The headmaster barely gave her time to grasp the situation when he continued.
"If you wish, I could help you to begin to better understand your powers; however I can only take you so far since your powers far succeed mine." Ginny felt as though someone had hit her with a freezing spell. She couldn't deal with it all. More powerful than her Headmaster? Somehow she had always seen him as invincible, even more so than Harry. "Well, I think we should get to dinner, I'm hungry, how bout you?" He smiled at her and Ginny felt her heart pounding against her chest, despite her calming spell.
They waked down to the great hall in silence.
'I'm surely going to have a heart attack.'
As they came to the doors she decided it best to say another calming spell before she went ahead. Dumbledore heard her whispers and smiled at her as he reached for the door. She reached out and grabbed his, causing him to look mildly shocked. She just grinned at him as she thought of a charm, causing the doors to open for them. Dumbledore smiled at her warmly and they walked forward together.
'Maybe this year I will be more than just a wall flower'.
Thanks for all the reviews!!! Keep 'em coming!!!! ~GodessAthena
"Miss Weasely, Ms Weasely?"
Ginny heard a soft male voice in her ear and a hand entangled in hers. She opened her eyes slightly and saw light blue eyes twinkling over small rimmed reading glasses.
"Why, there we go. How are you Miss Weasely? You had quit an ordeal. Miss. Granger just got done relating what happened to me. And I must assure you that the whole school does indeed know that you passed out."
Ginny groaned and looked over to see the dream team on her right. Harry looked worried, but smiled and she smiled back, then she saw Hermione and gave her an icy glare. Ron noticed and tried to smile at her but Ginny couldn't take it. All she wanted was to be eating dinner and that stupid little book worm couldn't leave her be. Dumbledore saw the anger in Ginny's eyes and dismissed the trio.
"Miss. Weasely is fine and we will both be at dinner shortly."
They all nodded in unison and walked out the door. Ginny glared at the swinging doors until the headmaster cleared his throat. Ginny jumped, barely remembering he was there.
"Please do not be angry with Miss. Granger. Her heart is in the right place, but sometimes she can be a bit too nosey." Ginny smiled. She couldn't believe Professor Dumbledore just said that. "Now, I must say she did tell me about the wand and I know, for a fact, that this is Danu's wand. Because I have talked to Ollivander in the past about it."
Ginny just stared at him. His eyes began to dance and she smiled as he did the same.
"Now Miss Weasely, I am quite sure you do not understand the importance of this wand being in your possession, but I will leave that for you to figure out. I would, however, like to know why you passed out on the train."
Ginny swallowed and she was sure he could tell she was nervous. She couldn't lie, for she was sure he would know, but she didn't want anyone to know.
"Well," she started as she looked around a bit on edge, and stared at the nurse.
"Madam Pomfrey, would you kindly leave us so we can have a moment alone." Madam Pomfrey frowned but nodded her head and went back to her office closing the doors behind her. "There now we are alone Miss Weasely, so whatever you wish to tell me will be in complete secrecy."
"Complete?" Ginny heard herself ask the kind old man next to her.
"Of course my dear! I promise on my wizard's honor." Ginny looked away nervous still.
"Well," she started again, "I fainted because Hermione said that Danu could do magic without a wand and all and I don't know why, I just got all dizzy and upset, and well, I don't know." She felt defeated.
Dumbledore looked at her seriously, but still with the twinkle in his eyes, "Virginia, can you do magic like that?" She gulped. She was getting really hot and she knew her face was all red. Why couldn't she maintain myself control.
"Well, you know, like many people can, it's just I don't know." she mumbled, turning towards her hands.
"Virginia, it is quite ok if you can, it would be quite normal." Ginny looked at him suddenly, directly into his eyes trying to understand what he wanted and if he really did think it was normal. He smiled at her again.
"I always thought it wasn't normal, I asked my brother, you know, Percy, when I was younger and he said it wasn't and I must be imagining it and I knew I wasn't and I tried to convince myself I was and then all those bad things happened in my first year here and I knew I wasn't going to let myself go through it again, and I decided to, you know, learn and love magic and my ability to control it so well, but I didn't want to tell anyone because I'm already an outcast and I don't want people thinking, 'oh she's definitely a freak'."
She stopped suddenly because she realized she was rambling. She looked down to her shaking hands.
'Damn it! Why am I so out of control?' She decided to say a calming spell under her breath, and then looked up at Dumbledore who was looking her over with an understanding eye that reminded her of a grandfather.
"Miss. Weasely, you really should have told someone sooner. Not everyone has to know about you powers, but you could be training to grasp them better."
Ginny sighed, "I have been. I've read countless books on spells, and I know them all by heart. All I have to do is read about a spell and I can do it."
Dumbledore gave the hand he had been holding a squeeze, "Well Miss Weasely, it is definitely normal for who you are, but I must say that no one on this earth has near the power you have, Not even Harry potter. or the late Voldemort."
Ginny looked shocked, but somehow, in her heart, she new this. She nodded slightly and decided to tell him more. "When I was in Ollivander's and I picked up the wand, I had a vision of me." Dumbledore raised his eyebrow at her. "I mean, it was a woman who looked like me and I asked her who she was and she told me I already knew, so I just figured it was me." Dumbledore looked her over for a minute. Ginny had the sudden urge to tug at his beard to get him to say something.
"I believe the woman in your vision was Danu. I am quite sure you are a reincarnation of her." He paused a moment to let the information sink in.
Ginny decided she wasn't hungry at all. She felt light again, like on the train, and in the shop, but she was determined to keep her wits about her.
Dumbedore continued, "Before Danu died, she said she would return and with that, had a wand created out of hair and left it with a wand craftsmen named Ollivander, who later opened up a store in Diagon Alley. The wand has been waiting there ever since for her to return and reclaim it."
Ginny was sure she was going to throw up. It was all too much. She had been trying to figure everything out and now it was all answered and it was all too unreal. The headmaster barely gave her time to grasp the situation when he continued.
"If you wish, I could help you to begin to better understand your powers; however I can only take you so far since your powers far succeed mine." Ginny felt as though someone had hit her with a freezing spell. She couldn't deal with it all. More powerful than her Headmaster? Somehow she had always seen him as invincible, even more so than Harry. "Well, I think we should get to dinner, I'm hungry, how bout you?" He smiled at her and Ginny felt her heart pounding against her chest, despite her calming spell.
They waked down to the great hall in silence.
'I'm surely going to have a heart attack.'
As they came to the doors she decided it best to say another calming spell before she went ahead. Dumbledore heard her whispers and smiled at her as he reached for the door. She reached out and grabbed his, causing him to look mildly shocked. She just grinned at him as she thought of a charm, causing the doors to open for them. Dumbledore smiled at her warmly and they walked forward together.
'Maybe this year I will be more than just a wall flower'.
Thanks for all the reviews!!! Keep 'em coming!!!! ~GodessAthena