A/N: Sorry this has taken so long I've had this chapter done since the
fourth of July but it's all a matter of sucking it up and typing it plus I
was grounded from computer and I was busy so there's all my excuses and
here's your very, very, very late chapter.
Two weeks passed and Ginny was soon settled into a Hogsmede flat with Luna. The Burrow was now pretty much empty except Bill, his wife Fleur, and Mr. Weasley. Harry and Ron had settled into a flat in Diagon alley and Fred and George were living over their store. Charlie had come home but only briefly, as he couldn't stay away from his beloved dragons too long. And Hermione was still at Hogwarts learning everything she possibly could from Dumbledore.
Ginny was having a lovely dream about flying when, "Beep, Beep, Get up Ginny," Sounded from her alarm. She moaned and rolled over.
"It's five o clock already, Argh." She got up and walked to the small but comfortable kitchen. The flat was very small; it only had two bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a very tiny living room. Luna was already in the living room when Ginny passed through to the kitchen and not only was she up but also dressed and taking apart the couch trying to find her shoes.
"Morning," Luna said throwing cushions everywhere. "Have you seen my shoes I have to find them before I go the...the....um-"
"Office," Ginny finished for her. Luna had inherited the Quibbler from her father and was trying to turn it into a more respectable piece of journalism. However it was such a job that she would spend long hours at the office organizing articles and arranging for covers in months advance. She always seemed to be thinking about this and it made her very preoccupied.
"Right, now have you seen my-"
"Your shoes were in the freezer last I saw them and your purse is on the door handle in the bathroom."
"Why did I put them in the freezer?" She asked pulling them out and dashing to find her purse from the bathroom.
"How would I know? They were just there when I went to get some ice cream last night I thought you put them there for a purpose."
"Have to go," she dashed back into the kitchen and grabbed a cup of coffee, "Your owl brought some letters which I put...somewhere and I made orange juice." Luna quickly apparated out of the house and left Ginny to her thoughts. She poured herself a glass of orange juice and took a sip but immediately spit back out. "Luna," she said exasperated though Luna had already gone. "You put salt in the orange juice again and I should really know better."
An hour later Ginny arrived at the Ministry of Magic Auror Training Center in Oxford. She had learned to apparate from Dumbledore in the midst of the war and he had recently managed to get her a license so she could get from Hogsmede to Oxford, which was very far away form, each other.
The center was shaped like an oval and was three stories high. I had about every muggle repelling charm on it in existence and in addition, it was tucked into a deep wood. Ginny had been here once before to turn in her paperwork in person and Moody had given her a tour. The first floor had a large lobby, which now was full of eager looking students. It also had Moody's office and a large gym where they would do the physical endurance part of their training. According to Moody, all Aurors had to be completely fit in order to serve at the best of their abilities. The second floor had classrooms for first, second and third year trainees. Here they would learn to brew potions as well as spell work and advanced plants they hadn't discussed in Herbology. The third story was a large library full of books on everything they needed to know about being an Auror.
"New trainees, upstairs. Now!" Moody barked coming out of his office. "You're in classroom 1A, now scoot!" Ginny noticed as she headed up the stairs that Moody intimidated all the students, clearly, they had never had him or his impostor as a teacher. Glancing around she noticed she was the only Hogwarts student here except for the blonde mousy looking boy.
"Colin," she exclaimed. "I didn't know you'd be here."
"Hi, Ginny, actually I didn't until yesterday when Moody owled and said he had only one Hogwarts student interested in training this year and said I would make a really great Auror. I guess no one wanted to do it after all that fighting in the war."
Ginny nodded and saw that most of the students were Beuxbatons but a few were Drumstrang. She knew the Ministry almost never took international students but they must have been desperate to have new Aurors. They'd taken Harry and Ron on immediately after the war even though they only had one year worth of scattered training due to having to fight. Most of the candidates in England that Moody considered adequate Aurors were no longer interested in anything to do with fighting the dark arts.
The classroom was ordinary, much like the ones at Hogwarts only this was smaller. In the front was a large blackboard covering one wall, there were several long tables with holes built into them for caldrons. She took a seat next to Colin and watched Professor Moody make his way to the front of the room.
"This is Auror training year one." He bellowed. "If you don't belong here or don't want to be here I suggest you leave here immediately."
No one moved they only stared at the man in front to them. "I am here to teach you lot how to be Aurors worthy of our ministry." He took a sip from his flask and started on a long rant. "I know many of you are international but to be frank we need you desperately. Most of our possible Hogwarts candidates are not interested in training so it's up to you lot. We need each one of you to help us rebuild our world, from our two Hogwarts graduates to those of you from other schools this world needs to be rebuilt to the best of our abilities. This will not be and easy course. I will work you to the ground with difficult spells, long endurance sessions, and complex potions but when I'm done with you, those who can make it through will be the finest Aurors in the world.
"So let us begin with what makes a good Auror. There are several skills that a Ministry Auror needs to know." He went on to describe how a good Auror was quick, agile, observant, strong, and intelligent. Then the rest of class Moody discussed truth potions and handed out a copy of the books they would need by the next day as well as an essay on truth potions due the day after that. "Be ready for physical training tomorrow." Moody called after them as they left. Ginny already felt exhausted after only the first day.
Later that night as she was working on her essay a knock sounded on the door. She got up to find Harry on the front porch.
"Hey Ginny, I know you might be busy but would you like to go out tonight." Ginny smiled and let him in. "Sure just let me change." She led him into the rather messy flat just now noticing how messy it was. The living room floor and couch were both covered in magazines, shoes were thrown where ever she and Luna had flung them off their feet, cotton balls and nail polish were sitting on the end table and there was a bra hanging off one of the doorknobs.
"Um maybe you'll be more comfortable in the kitchen." She led him through the living room and into the kitchen which wasn't a whole lot better. In here magazines lay all over the place as a result of Luna's Cosmowitch obsession, the breakfast dishes still lay in the sink and the freezer door hung open from where Luna had grabbed her shoes that morning. "I'll be back in just one second."
"Fine, is it okay if I have some of this orange juice," he motioned to the juice still sitting on the table.
"NO!" she said quickly and noticed his shocked look, "I mean you don't want that, Luna accidentally put salt in it again." Harry gave the pitcher an appraising look.
"Did you actually drink this?"
"On accident." Ginny turned and raced to her bedroom to find something to wear. All of her clothes where thrown all over the room in addition to several pairs of shoes. She raced around grabbing a skirt off the bed and a top off the dresser before running into the bathroom that joined her room with Luna's. In here make up was scattered all over the counter many of them open and leaking powder, there were towels all over the floor and an open bottle of bubble bath leaking over the side of the tub. She waved her wand at the make up on the counter, which applied itself to her face and raced out the door.
"I'm ready to go, where are we going anyway?"
"There's a new restaurant in Diagon alley I want to try, that okay with you?"
"Sounds good." And they were out the door in no time.
Later that night Ginny returned to the flat and found Luna sitting on the couch with yet another magazine.
"Have a good time?" She asked.
"Yes thanks, we um ran into Draco Malfoy while we where there. It was the strangest thing, he said to tell you the cover is ready and to owl him about it. He was almost civil." She said thoughtfully.
Luna looked puzzled. "The cover...but I thought that was already...oh that cover." Her face gave way to recognition. "I better go do that." She put down her magazine and stalked toward the kitchen.
"I didn't know he worked for the Quibbler." Ginny said causally while flicking her shoes off her feet and across the room.
"Oh yes, he works as a consultant."
"A consultant, that's very um interesting." Luna didn't answer but Ginny didn't expect her to. "I'm going to be I have training early tomorrow. Goodnight."
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Grandma Kate- Promise, why thank you that means a lot to me, I'm sorry this has taken so long.
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Two weeks passed and Ginny was soon settled into a Hogsmede flat with Luna. The Burrow was now pretty much empty except Bill, his wife Fleur, and Mr. Weasley. Harry and Ron had settled into a flat in Diagon alley and Fred and George were living over their store. Charlie had come home but only briefly, as he couldn't stay away from his beloved dragons too long. And Hermione was still at Hogwarts learning everything she possibly could from Dumbledore.
Ginny was having a lovely dream about flying when, "Beep, Beep, Get up Ginny," Sounded from her alarm. She moaned and rolled over.
"It's five o clock already, Argh." She got up and walked to the small but comfortable kitchen. The flat was very small; it only had two bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a very tiny living room. Luna was already in the living room when Ginny passed through to the kitchen and not only was she up but also dressed and taking apart the couch trying to find her shoes.
"Morning," Luna said throwing cushions everywhere. "Have you seen my shoes I have to find them before I go the...the....um-"
"Office," Ginny finished for her. Luna had inherited the Quibbler from her father and was trying to turn it into a more respectable piece of journalism. However it was such a job that she would spend long hours at the office organizing articles and arranging for covers in months advance. She always seemed to be thinking about this and it made her very preoccupied.
"Right, now have you seen my-"
"Your shoes were in the freezer last I saw them and your purse is on the door handle in the bathroom."
"Why did I put them in the freezer?" She asked pulling them out and dashing to find her purse from the bathroom.
"How would I know? They were just there when I went to get some ice cream last night I thought you put them there for a purpose."
"Have to go," she dashed back into the kitchen and grabbed a cup of coffee, "Your owl brought some letters which I put...somewhere and I made orange juice." Luna quickly apparated out of the house and left Ginny to her thoughts. She poured herself a glass of orange juice and took a sip but immediately spit back out. "Luna," she said exasperated though Luna had already gone. "You put salt in the orange juice again and I should really know better."
An hour later Ginny arrived at the Ministry of Magic Auror Training Center in Oxford. She had learned to apparate from Dumbledore in the midst of the war and he had recently managed to get her a license so she could get from Hogsmede to Oxford, which was very far away form, each other.
The center was shaped like an oval and was three stories high. I had about every muggle repelling charm on it in existence and in addition, it was tucked into a deep wood. Ginny had been here once before to turn in her paperwork in person and Moody had given her a tour. The first floor had a large lobby, which now was full of eager looking students. It also had Moody's office and a large gym where they would do the physical endurance part of their training. According to Moody, all Aurors had to be completely fit in order to serve at the best of their abilities. The second floor had classrooms for first, second and third year trainees. Here they would learn to brew potions as well as spell work and advanced plants they hadn't discussed in Herbology. The third story was a large library full of books on everything they needed to know about being an Auror.
"New trainees, upstairs. Now!" Moody barked coming out of his office. "You're in classroom 1A, now scoot!" Ginny noticed as she headed up the stairs that Moody intimidated all the students, clearly, they had never had him or his impostor as a teacher. Glancing around she noticed she was the only Hogwarts student here except for the blonde mousy looking boy.
"Colin," she exclaimed. "I didn't know you'd be here."
"Hi, Ginny, actually I didn't until yesterday when Moody owled and said he had only one Hogwarts student interested in training this year and said I would make a really great Auror. I guess no one wanted to do it after all that fighting in the war."
Ginny nodded and saw that most of the students were Beuxbatons but a few were Drumstrang. She knew the Ministry almost never took international students but they must have been desperate to have new Aurors. They'd taken Harry and Ron on immediately after the war even though they only had one year worth of scattered training due to having to fight. Most of the candidates in England that Moody considered adequate Aurors were no longer interested in anything to do with fighting the dark arts.
The classroom was ordinary, much like the ones at Hogwarts only this was smaller. In the front was a large blackboard covering one wall, there were several long tables with holes built into them for caldrons. She took a seat next to Colin and watched Professor Moody make his way to the front of the room.
"This is Auror training year one." He bellowed. "If you don't belong here or don't want to be here I suggest you leave here immediately."
No one moved they only stared at the man in front to them. "I am here to teach you lot how to be Aurors worthy of our ministry." He took a sip from his flask and started on a long rant. "I know many of you are international but to be frank we need you desperately. Most of our possible Hogwarts candidates are not interested in training so it's up to you lot. We need each one of you to help us rebuild our world, from our two Hogwarts graduates to those of you from other schools this world needs to be rebuilt to the best of our abilities. This will not be and easy course. I will work you to the ground with difficult spells, long endurance sessions, and complex potions but when I'm done with you, those who can make it through will be the finest Aurors in the world.
"So let us begin with what makes a good Auror. There are several skills that a Ministry Auror needs to know." He went on to describe how a good Auror was quick, agile, observant, strong, and intelligent. Then the rest of class Moody discussed truth potions and handed out a copy of the books they would need by the next day as well as an essay on truth potions due the day after that. "Be ready for physical training tomorrow." Moody called after them as they left. Ginny already felt exhausted after only the first day.
Later that night as she was working on her essay a knock sounded on the door. She got up to find Harry on the front porch.
"Hey Ginny, I know you might be busy but would you like to go out tonight." Ginny smiled and let him in. "Sure just let me change." She led him into the rather messy flat just now noticing how messy it was. The living room floor and couch were both covered in magazines, shoes were thrown where ever she and Luna had flung them off their feet, cotton balls and nail polish were sitting on the end table and there was a bra hanging off one of the doorknobs.
"Um maybe you'll be more comfortable in the kitchen." She led him through the living room and into the kitchen which wasn't a whole lot better. In here magazines lay all over the place as a result of Luna's Cosmowitch obsession, the breakfast dishes still lay in the sink and the freezer door hung open from where Luna had grabbed her shoes that morning. "I'll be back in just one second."
"Fine, is it okay if I have some of this orange juice," he motioned to the juice still sitting on the table.
"NO!" she said quickly and noticed his shocked look, "I mean you don't want that, Luna accidentally put salt in it again." Harry gave the pitcher an appraising look.
"Did you actually drink this?"
"On accident." Ginny turned and raced to her bedroom to find something to wear. All of her clothes where thrown all over the room in addition to several pairs of shoes. She raced around grabbing a skirt off the bed and a top off the dresser before running into the bathroom that joined her room with Luna's. In here make up was scattered all over the counter many of them open and leaking powder, there were towels all over the floor and an open bottle of bubble bath leaking over the side of the tub. She waved her wand at the make up on the counter, which applied itself to her face and raced out the door.
"I'm ready to go, where are we going anyway?"
"There's a new restaurant in Diagon alley I want to try, that okay with you?"
"Sounds good." And they were out the door in no time.
Later that night Ginny returned to the flat and found Luna sitting on the couch with yet another magazine.
"Have a good time?" She asked.
"Yes thanks, we um ran into Draco Malfoy while we where there. It was the strangest thing, he said to tell you the cover is ready and to owl him about it. He was almost civil." She said thoughtfully.
Luna looked puzzled. "The cover...but I thought that was already...oh that cover." Her face gave way to recognition. "I better go do that." She put down her magazine and stalked toward the kitchen.
"I didn't know he worked for the Quibbler." Ginny said causally while flicking her shoes off her feet and across the room.
"Oh yes, he works as a consultant."
"A consultant, that's very um interesting." Luna didn't answer but Ginny didn't expect her to. "I'm going to be I have training early tomorrow. Goodnight."
Reviews- I am soooooooooooooo sorry about that last chapter about the review thing. I don't know what happened but when I went to the stats bar to check it, it said no reviews on those two chapters but it does now. I am really sorry about that. Thank you to everyone who reviewed you are all awesome.
Ronniekinsgrl- I put that in because I really didn't want people to stop reading if they though it was a Ginny/Draco fic which it will NOT be.
ilovesmilies=)- You are my most faithful reviewer thank you so much. I know how the whole getting kicked off the computer thing is I have a brother siblings can really suck sometimes.
James Potter's Lily Flowe – I am sorry I haven't posted in over of month I really don't have any very reasonable excueses I'm glad you like this story
Lady Lightning – I know it's a bit different but I try not to make it too cliché.
krissy – I'm glad you like it, it makes me happy
Grandma Kate- Promise, why thank you that means a lot to me, I'm sorry this has taken so long.
cherryblossom08- You did review. I'm glad you liked the last chapter this one is a little bit longer for you. Sorry I haven't updated latley.
Harry Ginny – I'm glad you liked the last chapter and that you find it good work. Thank you