Cast Away
~* I'm wondering, since I answer reviews at the bottom, is it necessary to put a note at the start and finish of a chapter? I don't think I will! Just one thing, sorry for not posting on this story for a while, I haven't done much writing lately. *~
Chapter 3 ~ Grimmauld Place
Ginny tumbled out of the fire place at Grimmauld Place in a heap. She had crash landed. Ginny had never been good with Floo Transportation, which is why she avoided it so much. She gathered herself before taking a look around the room to see who was there. Tonks was sitting on a small blue lounge chair, looking rather sad. However, when she saw Ginny, she smiled.
'Hi Ginny, it's been a while since I've seen you.' Tonks said, trying to sound cheerful, but failing.
'Hi,' Ginny said in a blank tone, she and Tonks had never really clicked. Ginny disapproved of Tonks's ridiculous hair styles, this one no better. It was a brilliant shade of mauve, pulled up into a mohawk spike with silver lightning bolts streaked through. Ginny frowned.
'Nymphadora, how lovely to see you!' Molly said, coming from behind Ginny. She had arrived so professionally that Ginny didn't even hear her come out of the fireplace. Tonks stood up and gave Molly a quick hug in welcome.
'Molly dear, how have you been?' Tonks said, somewhat happier that Molly had arrived.
'I'm quite tuckered out, actually. We have just spent the morning changing our house.' Molly explained. Tonks looked shocked.
'You mean the Burrow? What have you done to it? Tell me everything!' The two ladies headed off into the kitchen for a cup of tea and to exchange gossip. Ginny's eyes fell back to the fire place, however, nobody else had arrived. Soon enough, however, Hermione came through the fire place in a flash of green light. She made a graceful entrance, glancing around the room before seeing Ginny.
'Where's Molly?' Hermione asked.
'In the kitchen with Tonks.' Ginny replied.
'Tonks? Really? I've always liked her, I'm just going to go say hello, I may even tell them about Hank.' Hermione said, turning to walk into the kitchen, but remembering something, so she stopped. 'Here's a photo of him.' Hermione pulled a photo out of her pocket, and showed it to Ginny. She did the best to hide her longing to have someone as gorgeous as Hank.
'He's not too bad.' Ginny managed to say.
'Mmm,' Hermione said, and remembered that she was going into the kitchen, so she left Ginny alone once more. Harry was next to come through the fire place.
'Ginny, are they expecting us?' Was the first thing Harry said. Ginny could see that he was trying to hide his emotions. This was the first time they had been in Grimmauld Place before Sirius had passed away, and Ginny could see the torment in Harry's eyes.
'No, I don't think the whole Order is here yet, but Tonks, mum and Hermione are in the kitchen talking.' Ginny informed him.
'Thanks Ginny,' Harry said. 'Aren't you going to come into the kitchen too?' He asked. Ginny shook her head, No, why would I want to?
'No, I'll just wait here for Ron and dad.' Ginny said calmly.
'Okay then, send them in when they get here.' Harry turned and disappeared from sight. Ginny didn't particularly want to wait for Ron and her father, so she headed in the opposite direction to explore the old house once more. As she headed up the stairs, she noticed the black veil covering Sirius's mother. Ginny was glad that she was asleep, Mrs Black always used to taunt Ginny more than usual. You're over shadowed, Mrs Black used to say, among other things which always put Ginny down even more. Ginny shuddered at the memory, but continued on.
'This looks strange,' Ginny said to herself as she entered the main bedroom. It was dank, dark and unfriendly, actually, quite normal for this particular house. the strange part was that all the furniture had gone. Infact, the only piece of furniture Ginny had seen yet was that small blue lounge chair which Tonks had been resting in when they arrived. Her eyes scanned the room, there were no curtains on the windows, no clothes in the closet, nothing. However, there was a small piece of parchment on the floor. It looked disregarded and forgotten. Ginny picked it up.
To Whom It May Concern,
Since the untimely decease of one Mr Sirius Black, all his possessions have been obliviated. Mr Black had, unfortunately, no family and no heirs in which to leave his possessions, therefore they were destroyed. Grimmauld Place has been sold, and you are given one month to evacuate the premises.
Thank-you kindly,regards,
Shannon Noll, Minister for Lost Possessions
Ginny stared blankly into the parchment, not daring to believe what she had just read. She didn't know how long she stood there, but a voice snapped Ginny out of her thoughts.
'Ginny? What are you doing?' A man's voice said. Ginny spun around to face Tonks, Molly and Arthur.
'Why are you crying, dear?' Molly asked, concerned.
'What's that you've got there?' Tonks peered suspiciously at the parchment. Ginny held it up to her parents and Tonks.
'They've destroyed all of Sirius's belongings, and sold Grimmauld Place.' Ginny managed to choke out.
'We know Ginny, but you weren't supposed to know, and neither is Harry, Ron or Hermione, so kindly keep your trap shut.' Tonks said, sounding and looking annoyed.
'Its not my fault I came across this piece of parchment, left lying around like that.' Ginny challenged. Tonks's eyes flared.
'Young girls like you should keep your noses our of business that does not concern you.' Tonks glared at her. Molly and Arthur said nothing, they just looked like they strongly agreed with what Tonks was saying. Ginny tried to hide the tears which welled in her eyes, she pushed past Tonks and her parents, running out of the room and downstairs where she found the door to the basement. Ginny threw the door open and ran down the stairs, where she collapsed onto the cold, hard floor and cried.
Why!? Why me? Why don't they understand me? Why is Tonks so horrible to me? What have I done to deserve all this?
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purfectchild ~ Thank you for your support, yes, Ginny is quite sad and depressed at the moment, she does have a low self esteem, but yes, that will change in later chapters! I agree, Hermione doesn't seem like the type to be with a surfer, that is one of the many twists I will throw in with this story.
HarryzBabe ~ Thanks for the luck, I appreciate it!
Trinka ~ Oh, thanks for pointing that out, I know that Rowling has made out that Ginny is appreciated by her parents, but I want the angle that she's the out shadowed girl/youngest child in the Weasley family. Sorry for the wait on this chapter, I hope you liked it.
Orli-anon ~ Hi, thanks for your review, my high school is in Queensland, where I live! It's good that you're using friends names in your fiction, I do that sometimes too! Well, about the month, I'm not quite sure about that myself… um, the school year will start in the next few chapters though, so it would be august sometime.
AdversaireDAnges ~ Thank you for your nice review, I will be sure to keep it up, and hope that you continue to read and review!
Tylah ~ I'm trying to make Hank out to be hot, lol, I like surfer guys too, they ain't bad hay! Sorry for the wait on this chapter, I hope to get the next one out much sooner.
Only A Handful Of Time ~ Thanks for the review. I'm glad there will be seven girls eventually, lol. I haven't read Morgaine's chapter for a while, I probably did notice Lyla in there, but forgot about her. I hope you update soon, and I'll try to as well!