As Charley and the twins entered, everyone's head shot up. Fred opened his mouth and closed it again. George spoke up instead, "Ginny left." With that, Mrs Weasley broke down and began sobbing uncontrollably on her husband's shoulder. The rest of the family looked crestfallen.
Charley stood up, "There's something else you should know. We talked to her just before she left," Mrs Weasley looked up, "she... she renounced the family. She said that she was no longer a Weasley."
An audible gasp rang out in the room. Mrs Weasley's grief had attained new levels. She sat stunned for a minute, and then fainted into Bill's arms. Mr Weasley looked furious. As for the rest, they all loked shocked beyond words.
On the plane, Ginny settled herself in. She could only afford an seat on a small plane. There were scarcely forty seats in it. Ten rows of four. The seats were paired, and there was an aisle in the middle.
Lucily, she had managed to obtain a window seat. There was no one seated next to her, so she had room to stretch. Immediately, she propped her purse up as a pillow and went to sleep against the window.
She woke up at ten o'clock. She had been in the air for four hours. They had another four hours to go. She remembered that there was a six hour difference between her time and American time. She would arrive at around eight in the morning, American time. She was thinking about her new job.
She was going to be the potion master at the Salem Academy of Magic. Dumbledore had been asked to send a teacher, since they had no one qualified enough, an Ginny had volunteered. She had always loved potions, despite Professor Snape teaching.
Four hours later, they landed in an aeroport in Boston. Amy was overwhelmed. It was so big.
She gazed around until she saw somone with a sign reading 'VIRGINIA WEASLEY' Amy walked up.
"Hello? My name is Amy Wright. I'm the teacher. Virginia wasn't able to come due to family troubles, but I'm here to replace her." She handed the woman a letter from Dumbledore.
When the woman had finished reading, she smiled, and extended her hand "Hello, I'm Eileen Witham, headmistress of the Salem Academy. It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Wright. I hope you enjoy the year."
Mrs Witham was a tall woman in her forties or fifties with blonde hair and soft hazel eyes.
They took a portkey to the school, landin in the middle of a bright stone courtyard. The school itself was vast. Looking around, Amy thought that it was even bigger than Hogwarts, thought made of brick, whereas Hogwarts was made of stone.
They entered through a small door, and Mrs Witham led her through a maze of corridors to the Entrance Hall. The school was amazingly decorated. It was as fine as Hogwarts, if not finer.
Mrs Witham smiled at Amy's awestruck look, "It was built in the early seventeenth century, around 1610. I'll give you a tour."
There were eight floors to the castle, which was built in a square around the courtyard. The floorplan was simple enough, and it didn't take Amy long to learn her way around There was a great stone staircase in the Entrance Hall, and four other staircases at the corners of the castle, where the towers were. The floorplan for each floor exactly matched the floor below and above it though Amy was sure that there were multiple secret passages.
She was shown to her rooms in the dungeons. Same as at Hogwarts. Potions was in the dungeons. She sighed. At least her room was similar to the rooms upstairs, instead of cold and dark. The room was red and gold. Amy supposed that Dumbledore had told them of her being in Gryffindor. It was nice.
Next to it was her office. It was bare, so that she could decorate it however she wanted. Smiling, she left her bags and walked to the Great Hall. Most of the other teachers were already there.
She was introduced by the headmistress. An elderly Edmond Roth taught Transfiguration. A small woman Amy's age taught Charms, Lynne Jonstone. History of Magic was a middle aged man named Andrew Lin. Herbology was taught by an old woman who looked so much like Professor Sprout. She said her name was Lydia Hathaway. Astronomy was a slender woman Ginny's age named Estella Thacker. Here, they didn't teach Arithmancy, Ancient Runes or Care of Magical Creatures. Muggle Studies was taught by a young man named Christopher James.