Disclaimer: All songs I include are either referenced when used or at the
bottom. All characters belong to JKR except Amber, Candy, and Ginderan.
A/N UI would like to apologize for misspelling GroovelilyÕs name it is G R O O V E L I L Y not G R O O V E L I L L Y. They do have a sit that is Groovelily.com.
Chapter Three The Changes
Ginny woke up. It was late, around 10:00. Candy was over in the corner eating some sugary cereal out of a somewhat dirty and cracked bowl.
"Finally up Gin? You want some breakfast?" Ginny nodded eagerly and hungrily. She last ate at lunch the last day so as not to fall asleep at dinner. "You want Frosted Flakes or Trix?"
"Frosted Flakes. Thanks Candy. You don't know how helpful this is." she got up and changed into the only other outfit she had brought: her favorite.
It was a short sleeved green polo tee in lime with blue stripes and a tiny blue plaid skirt. Also long pink and white striped socks and platform black sneakers. Then she put on her liquid lip glo 'Luv Struck' lip gloss. After that she added her silvery white orange-vanilla scented nail polish. The only time she got cosmetics was from Hermione on her 14th birthday.
She sat down at Candy's small table and started to eat her cereal. "So," said Ginny, "My schedule is to start at Gringotts and remove my money from my 'private savings account' and put it into a new account under a new name. Any ideas?"
"How about Marissa? Or Lanya, or Sarah, or Carry, or Melody, or Melany?"
"Woah!" said Ginny quickly before Candy could continue. "Sloooow, Dooown. What were the first five?"
"Marissa?" Said Candy putting up one finger.
"Nope. I don't feel like a Marissa."
"uh..." said Candy, trying to remember her list. "Sarah?"
"NO! Too many Sarahs in the world already."
"How about Melody?"
"Nope. Too, I don't know, young."
"Um.. I think I said... Lanya? You could always go by something shorter."
"Maybe. How about Lani? I like it."
"Sounds good." said Candy, nodding. "It seems jumpy. Like you. It fits perfectly. But you have to remember it was MY idea first." She smirked her trademark Slytherin smirk.
Candy had been in Slytherin until she dropped out in her fourth year. That was one of the reasons her parents didn't like her. Another was her 'grotesque appearance'. But Ginny, or LANI liked Candy any way.
"I need to change my name legally though."
"I know how. I changed mine from Caroline." she did the lame sign on her tongue.
"Yeah. You don't really seem like a 'Caroline'. Anyway, then I have to drop out from Hogwarts as Ginny and try to rejoin as 'Lanya'."
"K. I can help you with some of that too. I recently heard from a friend that Hogwarts was letting in new kids who didn't join in first year because they are trying to be 'fair'."
"Great. I can also be resorted. I was only put in Gryffindor because I was too paranoid from the rest of my family. But I was a dork then and I am a woman now."
"You?" Candy said skeptically, "A 'woman'? HA!" she started laughing and 'Lani' joined in. She was still the little immature girl she had always been. Just much more risky and wise.
"Anyway, gotta start out soon." Ginny (A/N: yes, she hasn't legally changed her name yet folks) said as she checked her muggle watch (A/N: I am making it so muggle things work in Diagon Alley, I think they do anyway). She stood up.
"Wait girl!" Candy said quickly. "We just got a new shipment from an old muggle store that went out of business. You want to check them out?" she had that twinkle in her eye and Ginny knew exactly what she was planning.
"Okay." she smiled mischievously.
They headed down to the shop. "You know the deal." said Candy to Ginny. When Ginny looked blank she continued, smiling. "You get a shopping bag and you can fill it up for 2 sickles. No time limit." she handed Ginny the small shopping bag. Ginny smiled.
Ginny went around to every bin. Shoes, she took 20 pairs and shrunk them into her bag. Tops, she took 70 and shrunk them. You probably know what happened.
"Thank you, Candy! I needed to free myself from all of those nerdy hand-me- downs. And that makes 275 items for 2 sickles. She handed the money over the counter
"Sorry Ginny, but as you almost emptied our inventory I have to hitch it up to 2 sickles and 5 knuts."
Ginny handed over the extra money. She went up stairs with her new wardrobe and dumped all of the shrunken items into her Hogwarts trunk. Then she headed back down.
"I thought I could take a day off work to guide your into your new life 'Lanya'." Candy said, winking.
"Oh, please." she said, "It's Lani."
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They walked down to Gringotts wizarding bank. Ginny walked in and up to the goblin at the counter.
"Yes." it grunted, not taking it's eyes off of the parchment it was scribbling on.
Ginny cleared her throat, goblins were sort of scary. "I would like to remove my savings." she said, handing him the polished golden key.
"Ma'am, please follow Ginderan to your vault. Don't forget your key." he said, still not looking up but ringing a small bell on the desk.
Another goblin came towards them grunting, "Follow me please." they both followed him down into the banks caves and all the way to Ginny's vault.
They opened the door and Ginny saw a medium sized pile of coins in the far corner. In all they were only 17 galleons, 41 sickles and 52 knuts. All of her life savings, only 110 coins. She said to the goblin; "Can you change the name on this vault to Lanya." she waited as the goblin stared at her and then added the first good-sounding name to her new first name. "Lanya Phillips please."
"All right miss." He said and ushered them back outside and magically changed the name on the door to 'Lanya Phillips'. Ginny smiled happily as she got back into the cart. This was the beginning of her new life. As soon as she changed her name.
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Candy instructed her: "Now go to ministryomagic.mgk" Ginny was on Candy's laptop computer and on the wizard web. As she typed in what Candy said a little screen popped up saying: 'Please put in your full name.' she typed in: Virginia Belladonna Weasley.
The site that opened said in big letters: 'WELCOME TOP THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC ON THE WIZIWEB!' she scrolled down till she got to 'Ask us a question, now with magi-mayhem speed!' she clicked and it took her to a site that said quite clearly: Please enter a question or comment you would like to ask the ministry. We guarantee it will be sent back within 8 hours!
Inside the little box Ginny typed: 'I would like to change my name from Virginia Belladonna Weasley to Lanya Marie Phillips. Thank you.' and pressed send.
*********************
A few hours later she and Candy were chatting it up and a little ding came from the computer. Ginny turned eagerly towards the screen and saw the message. 'Your request has been fulfilled. Thank you Lanya.'
Lanya screamed. So did Candy. "I can't believe it only took," Ginny checked her watch, "4 hours!"
"Mine took a week!" said Candy. "Now lets buy your new stuff Lani!" She grinned, showing her new rhinestone tongue ring.
"Let's go!" they ran outside and down the street. "Where to start?"
"Anywhere you like. You can use some of my money too." Candy had been stealing her parents money since they disowned her.
They walked over to Eyelops Owl Emporium. Gin- Lani ran over to a cage with a small red-brown owl inside. "She's so beautiful!" Lani awed.
"Do you want it? She is only 2 galleons." said the shop owner.
"We'll take her." said Candy before Lani could protest. Candy took out her WiziPlastic (A/N: It is my version of a wizard credit card) and told the woman; "Charge it please."
They left the shop with Lani grinning widely at her new owl. "I think I'll call her Amber. That is what color she is anyway." She rubbed Amber's neck lovingly.
They went to Madame Malkins for some new robes. "Aren't you a little early for new school robes?"
Ginny just shrugged and got up on a stool for fittings.
As they left with some new robes Candy said. "Don't you want to change your look? I know just the place."
Candy led Lani into a street of of Diagon Alley. The sign said 'Apparent Alley' (A/N: Ha ha. Apparently! Like diagonally or nocturnally! Yeah, not so great).
She took Lani to a shop called 'Natural Beauty'. The woman in the front waved at Candy. "Hey Candy! You have another case for us?"
"This is Lani." said Candy lightly. "She wants to change her look. Lani," she said to Lani, "This is Erica. She works hear and helps people to remake themselves. She was the one who did my stuff for that party at Marcus'. She is going to bring out your natural beauty. And since I am a frequent buyer I am pretty sure I get a discount, right?" She looked pleadingly at Erica.
"Okay, Candy. But only 20%, K?" They both smiled and Candy led Lani to the back of the shop. "Ok Lani, I need you to sit here and just tell me yes or no about my styles and questions."
"Okay." said Lani happily.
First Erica asked some questions. "Do you want to dye your hair?"
"No. Just get it a bit darker."
"Good. Your natural color is a bit darker, like a more red auburn color."
"Okay."
"Do you want a new style?"
"Yes. I want it wavy. Like, do you know Debra Messing on Will & Grace? Like that."
"Yes. I know what you mean. Let's start. I was thinking to do the lemon juice treatment to bring your hair to a darker color..."
In the end Lani had long, dark auburn, wavy hair that came down to her bellybutton. Erica had also sent her away with a full 200 piece set of cosmetics. Her new look was perfect. No one could recognize her as Ginny. Nope. She was the new Lani Phillips.
A/N I hope you all like it! I would like to thank the ONLY PERSON WHO REVIEWED!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you merlinsmagic.
EVERYONE ELSE JUST PUSH THE LITTLE BLUE BUTTON FOR SUGGESTIONS OR JUST WRITE I LIKE IT! THAT IS THE ONLY WAY I WILL UPDATE!! HA HA I AM EVIL!!!! I WANT AT LEAST FIVE MORE REVIEWS!!!!!!
Thank you for listening to my raving.
A/N UI would like to apologize for misspelling GroovelilyÕs name it is G R O O V E L I L Y not G R O O V E L I L L Y. They do have a sit that is Groovelily.com.
Chapter Three The Changes
Ginny woke up. It was late, around 10:00. Candy was over in the corner eating some sugary cereal out of a somewhat dirty and cracked bowl.
"Finally up Gin? You want some breakfast?" Ginny nodded eagerly and hungrily. She last ate at lunch the last day so as not to fall asleep at dinner. "You want Frosted Flakes or Trix?"
"Frosted Flakes. Thanks Candy. You don't know how helpful this is." she got up and changed into the only other outfit she had brought: her favorite.
It was a short sleeved green polo tee in lime with blue stripes and a tiny blue plaid skirt. Also long pink and white striped socks and platform black sneakers. Then she put on her liquid lip glo 'Luv Struck' lip gloss. After that she added her silvery white orange-vanilla scented nail polish. The only time she got cosmetics was from Hermione on her 14th birthday.
She sat down at Candy's small table and started to eat her cereal. "So," said Ginny, "My schedule is to start at Gringotts and remove my money from my 'private savings account' and put it into a new account under a new name. Any ideas?"
"How about Marissa? Or Lanya, or Sarah, or Carry, or Melody, or Melany?"
"Woah!" said Ginny quickly before Candy could continue. "Sloooow, Dooown. What were the first five?"
"Marissa?" Said Candy putting up one finger.
"Nope. I don't feel like a Marissa."
"uh..." said Candy, trying to remember her list. "Sarah?"
"NO! Too many Sarahs in the world already."
"How about Melody?"
"Nope. Too, I don't know, young."
"Um.. I think I said... Lanya? You could always go by something shorter."
"Maybe. How about Lani? I like it."
"Sounds good." said Candy, nodding. "It seems jumpy. Like you. It fits perfectly. But you have to remember it was MY idea first." She smirked her trademark Slytherin smirk.
Candy had been in Slytherin until she dropped out in her fourth year. That was one of the reasons her parents didn't like her. Another was her 'grotesque appearance'. But Ginny, or LANI liked Candy any way.
"I need to change my name legally though."
"I know how. I changed mine from Caroline." she did the lame sign on her tongue.
"Yeah. You don't really seem like a 'Caroline'. Anyway, then I have to drop out from Hogwarts as Ginny and try to rejoin as 'Lanya'."
"K. I can help you with some of that too. I recently heard from a friend that Hogwarts was letting in new kids who didn't join in first year because they are trying to be 'fair'."
"Great. I can also be resorted. I was only put in Gryffindor because I was too paranoid from the rest of my family. But I was a dork then and I am a woman now."
"You?" Candy said skeptically, "A 'woman'? HA!" she started laughing and 'Lani' joined in. She was still the little immature girl she had always been. Just much more risky and wise.
"Anyway, gotta start out soon." Ginny (A/N: yes, she hasn't legally changed her name yet folks) said as she checked her muggle watch (A/N: I am making it so muggle things work in Diagon Alley, I think they do anyway). She stood up.
"Wait girl!" Candy said quickly. "We just got a new shipment from an old muggle store that went out of business. You want to check them out?" she had that twinkle in her eye and Ginny knew exactly what she was planning.
"Okay." she smiled mischievously.
They headed down to the shop. "You know the deal." said Candy to Ginny. When Ginny looked blank she continued, smiling. "You get a shopping bag and you can fill it up for 2 sickles. No time limit." she handed Ginny the small shopping bag. Ginny smiled.
Ginny went around to every bin. Shoes, she took 20 pairs and shrunk them into her bag. Tops, she took 70 and shrunk them. You probably know what happened.
"Thank you, Candy! I needed to free myself from all of those nerdy hand-me- downs. And that makes 275 items for 2 sickles. She handed the money over the counter
"Sorry Ginny, but as you almost emptied our inventory I have to hitch it up to 2 sickles and 5 knuts."
Ginny handed over the extra money. She went up stairs with her new wardrobe and dumped all of the shrunken items into her Hogwarts trunk. Then she headed back down.
"I thought I could take a day off work to guide your into your new life 'Lanya'." Candy said, winking.
"Oh, please." she said, "It's Lani."
********************
They walked down to Gringotts wizarding bank. Ginny walked in and up to the goblin at the counter.
"Yes." it grunted, not taking it's eyes off of the parchment it was scribbling on.
Ginny cleared her throat, goblins were sort of scary. "I would like to remove my savings." she said, handing him the polished golden key.
"Ma'am, please follow Ginderan to your vault. Don't forget your key." he said, still not looking up but ringing a small bell on the desk.
Another goblin came towards them grunting, "Follow me please." they both followed him down into the banks caves and all the way to Ginny's vault.
They opened the door and Ginny saw a medium sized pile of coins in the far corner. In all they were only 17 galleons, 41 sickles and 52 knuts. All of her life savings, only 110 coins. She said to the goblin; "Can you change the name on this vault to Lanya." she waited as the goblin stared at her and then added the first good-sounding name to her new first name. "Lanya Phillips please."
"All right miss." He said and ushered them back outside and magically changed the name on the door to 'Lanya Phillips'. Ginny smiled happily as she got back into the cart. This was the beginning of her new life. As soon as she changed her name.
********************
Candy instructed her: "Now go to ministryomagic.mgk" Ginny was on Candy's laptop computer and on the wizard web. As she typed in what Candy said a little screen popped up saying: 'Please put in your full name.' she typed in: Virginia Belladonna Weasley.
The site that opened said in big letters: 'WELCOME TOP THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC ON THE WIZIWEB!' she scrolled down till she got to 'Ask us a question, now with magi-mayhem speed!' she clicked and it took her to a site that said quite clearly: Please enter a question or comment you would like to ask the ministry. We guarantee it will be sent back within 8 hours!
Inside the little box Ginny typed: 'I would like to change my name from Virginia Belladonna Weasley to Lanya Marie Phillips. Thank you.' and pressed send.
*********************
A few hours later she and Candy were chatting it up and a little ding came from the computer. Ginny turned eagerly towards the screen and saw the message. 'Your request has been fulfilled. Thank you Lanya.'
Lanya screamed. So did Candy. "I can't believe it only took," Ginny checked her watch, "4 hours!"
"Mine took a week!" said Candy. "Now lets buy your new stuff Lani!" She grinned, showing her new rhinestone tongue ring.
"Let's go!" they ran outside and down the street. "Where to start?"
"Anywhere you like. You can use some of my money too." Candy had been stealing her parents money since they disowned her.
They walked over to Eyelops Owl Emporium. Gin- Lani ran over to a cage with a small red-brown owl inside. "She's so beautiful!" Lani awed.
"Do you want it? She is only 2 galleons." said the shop owner.
"We'll take her." said Candy before Lani could protest. Candy took out her WiziPlastic (A/N: It is my version of a wizard credit card) and told the woman; "Charge it please."
They left the shop with Lani grinning widely at her new owl. "I think I'll call her Amber. That is what color she is anyway." She rubbed Amber's neck lovingly.
They went to Madame Malkins for some new robes. "Aren't you a little early for new school robes?"
Ginny just shrugged and got up on a stool for fittings.
As they left with some new robes Candy said. "Don't you want to change your look? I know just the place."
Candy led Lani into a street of of Diagon Alley. The sign said 'Apparent Alley' (A/N: Ha ha. Apparently! Like diagonally or nocturnally! Yeah, not so great).
She took Lani to a shop called 'Natural Beauty'. The woman in the front waved at Candy. "Hey Candy! You have another case for us?"
"This is Lani." said Candy lightly. "She wants to change her look. Lani," she said to Lani, "This is Erica. She works hear and helps people to remake themselves. She was the one who did my stuff for that party at Marcus'. She is going to bring out your natural beauty. And since I am a frequent buyer I am pretty sure I get a discount, right?" She looked pleadingly at Erica.
"Okay, Candy. But only 20%, K?" They both smiled and Candy led Lani to the back of the shop. "Ok Lani, I need you to sit here and just tell me yes or no about my styles and questions."
"Okay." said Lani happily.
First Erica asked some questions. "Do you want to dye your hair?"
"No. Just get it a bit darker."
"Good. Your natural color is a bit darker, like a more red auburn color."
"Okay."
"Do you want a new style?"
"Yes. I want it wavy. Like, do you know Debra Messing on Will & Grace? Like that."
"Yes. I know what you mean. Let's start. I was thinking to do the lemon juice treatment to bring your hair to a darker color..."
In the end Lani had long, dark auburn, wavy hair that came down to her bellybutton. Erica had also sent her away with a full 200 piece set of cosmetics. Her new look was perfect. No one could recognize her as Ginny. Nope. She was the new Lani Phillips.
A/N I hope you all like it! I would like to thank the ONLY PERSON WHO REVIEWED!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you merlinsmagic.
EVERYONE ELSE JUST PUSH THE LITTLE BLUE BUTTON FOR SUGGESTIONS OR JUST WRITE I LIKE IT! THAT IS THE ONLY WAY I WILL UPDATE!! HA HA I AM EVIL!!!! I WANT AT LEAST FIVE MORE REVIEWS!!!!!!
Thank you for listening to my raving.