Sorry bout the bad spelling. I haven't got a beta yet. thank you Noelle for a nice review. ) On with the story!

Ginny woke up the next morning and rolled over. She felt the burning of her arm and lifted up her shirtsleeve. It was still there, but now it looked like some ugly infected thing. Unlike the fresh one she saw last night. She pulled it back down, and thanked Merlin she had long sleeve shirts.

She got dressed and went down to see Harry, Ron and Hermione eating. 'She must have gotten here early this morning.'

Ginny found a spot next to Hermione and poured herself some OJ. Hermione finished the food she was eating and laid her hand on the spot where Ginny cut herself. Ginny cringed at this, but luckily Hermione didn't notice. "How's it going Gin?"

"Umm, fine." She lied quickly, looking at Harry who soon turned away.

"You want me to go grab you the bacon, I think the pan is almost done making it."

"No, I'm fine thank you."

"No really, ill go get some." Hermione leaned a little bit harder on her shoulder, this hurt even worse. Still, she held in her pain. 'Pain' she thought to herself. I guessed it surfaced in the blood. I...I think I like this." She smiled when Hermione got back with the pan. Feeling a little bit better about the situation.

"Thanks a bunch Hermione."

"No problem."

"Ginny, mum is coming to pick us up to go shopping for new books and supplies. She said to wear something that wouldn't make you hot under your robes."

Ginny felt a little worried again. ' I cant wear a T-shirt, it could easily ride up. Ill just say I had nothing to wear.'

"Oh, alright Ron."

The rest of them ate and went upstairs there separate ways. Hermione to Percy's old room, Ron to his room, Harry to the bathroom, and Ginny to her room.

Ginny left the long sleeve shirt she was wearing, and just pulled it up to her elbows. She knew her mom didn't have much money, and that she might not get new robes this year, but she couldn't take any chances. She couldn't get caught just yet.

Ginny put her hair up and slipped on her robes and went down stairs with the rest of them. 'Why am I always the last one to get here?' she thought to herself.

"Come on Ginny, your after Hermione. Harry, your after that." Harry nodded as Hermione stepped into the fireplace and said "Diagon Alley" Ginny stepped into the fire and did the same.

She walked over to stay with Hermione and wait for the others. It was going to be a long day.

Ginny stayed with Hermione while Ron went with Harry. Harry was talking very fast and pointed at Ginny. She figured he was telling Ron that she knew about the private conversation they had. She giggled and once again, felt that devilish smile spread across her face. She looked over and saw Fred and George's shop. 'Weasley's Wizard Wheezes'. Shed only been in there once, and maybe she could get something new from there.

"Hermione, ill be right back, ermm, hold this for me."

"Ok come back soon! This stuff is kind of heavy."

Ginny ran across the street and into her brothers joke shop. She heard weird music being played by what she thought was a rubber duck or horn. She went in and her brother, George, by whom she could tell by the scar on his hand. He had gotten it by being the test dummy on a new kind of pop rocks. The kind that can pop open anything.

"Hey Gin, you here to look around? Or did mum send ya in?"

"I was wondering, do you still have any of that Skin Coloring juice?"

"Sure do, what color, red, blue, purple?"

"No, the original skin color..."

"Skin color? Why that?"

"Ermm, I'm planning on turning the carpet in our dorm into what looks like skin, you know?"

Fred had came out and looked kind of puzzled. "Well, a joke is a joke, and since this is your first time."

POOF Fred was holding it in his hand. "You get it for free."

"Thanks so much!"

"No problem!"

"Tell your friends about who you were sponsored by!"

"Sure will" Ginny said bolting out the door.

'This will defiantly cover it up. I just hope it lasts me.

The days went by until it was time to go back to Hogwarts. She carefully placed the vile of Skin Coloring potion in her trunk, and the knife was carefully placed in a fake silk cloth and put down next to it. She brought her stuff down and off they went.

The time to get there was quick. She saw all the old face, all the new ones. She could tell by the height and panic-stricken faces of the first years. She told her mom goodbye and stepped onto the train. She walked into the compartment with Harry, Ron and Hermione, always as usual. She felt like such a follower. 'I would have sat next to Luna, but I didn't see her anywhere. I'm not in the mood to go looking. I just want to get this over with.'

Harry begun feeling around in his robes.

"Hey Ron?"

"Yea?"

"Do you think I left the knife at your house? Its not in my robes."

" I didn't see it anywhere. It must have fallen out."

Ginny felt a little bit of a sick feeling come over her. She was not used to being the quote on quote ' bad girl '. She was used to being the one who had to be saved, the one who couldn't brave it out. But now, she had to learn. Ginny told herself repeatedly that he deserved it, and the sick feeling slowly faded away. Ginny did admit to herself that the rush to her brain made her feel more alive, and that maybe if she got used to it, her other senses would increase, be more precise and daring.

She slowly fell asleep. She dreamed she was at Hogwarts in a battle with Harry. She had cuts all over her arm, and every time she hit him, a cut would split open. Ginny moaned every time this happened. She actually liked the feeling. They both stopped and Harry noticed what was on her arm. He went over and kissed her, making her bleed even more. She did not like this feeling. She pushed him away; she was bleeding more then ever. More people gathered around her and noticed her cuts. They were pointing and staring. Then, everything about her glowed black and red. She screamed at the top of her lungs and everyone disappeared. She woke up as Ron shook her awake. "Come on, we're going to be the last ones off. I've been trying to get you up for hours!"

"Let go," she said in a mean way.

She got up and got off the train and went walking toward the carriages.

'Another year, another life, another beginning.' She said to herself, as she had said every year since 2nd year.

A/N ok, again I'll try to get up another chapter soon, please review! Thanks!