Chapter Six: Secrets Revealed

Ginny led the way to the seventh floor and began pacing back and forth in front of the tapestry of Barnabas the Balmy getting rather frustrated in his attempts to teach the trolls ballet. Okay, I need a room I can share my secret, somewhere comfy, just a normal room.

Draco looked at her as if she'd gone slightly mad but gasped in surprise when a door suddenly appeared. She grinned at him and they all followed her in. She plopped down on one of the overstuffed couches and pulled Draco down beside her. Her brothers, Harry, and Hermione all sat down on the other couches and looked at her expectantly.

Ginny sighed. "You all realize I'm about to betray the likes of youngest siblings everywhere."

Harry smiled. "You forget, Ginny, none of us are the youngest siblings here. You'll get no sympathy from us on that matter. In fact, Hermione, Draco and I are all only children."

Ginny rolled her eyes at Draco, who was laughing softly at her. "Hey, no help here, love. You're on your own in this."

"Well fine then." She pulled the earpiece from her ears and turned to her audience. "Here is the secret to our random acts of snogging you two have been tormented by these past two days," shooting the twins a mischievous grin. She held out the earpiece to them and they snatched it up.

"What is it?" Fred asked.

"Hey, isn't this one of Dad's muggle toys?" George commented.

Ginny nodded. "Of a fashion. I swiped it a few years back and-" she waved her hand at the earpiece proudly. "Adapted it, shall we say. So basically, it's a combination between muggle technology and a bit of my own magic."

Fred, George, Ron, Harry, and Hermione were all staring at her in awe.

"You can do that?" squeaked Ron. "Combine magic with muggle stuff?"

Ginny nodded. "It's quite simple, really. At least when you have plenty of free time like I've had these past few years."

"Don't be modest, Ginny," Fred piped up.

"Yeah, it's bloody genius, that's what it is!" agreed George.

She blushed slightly but waved it off.

"It is brilliant, Ginny. I agree with that," Hermione commented. "But what does it actually do?"

"That," Ginny held up a finger, "Is the real trick. That's where being the youngest sibling comes into play. When I got bored over the years I spent my time inventing new ways to eavesdrop on all my brothers. This one is by far my best invention yet."

Fred, George, and Ron all looked like they'd swallowed a toad.

"You what?" They all asked in disbelief.

Ginny and those who were not members of the Weasley family burst out laughing. "You should see your faces!" Ginny declared between giggles.

All three of the Weasley boys turned bright red and continued to stare at her in shock. Finally she had pity on them.

"Basically what it does is this. Each of you have a tracking device that I put on your skin a few years back while you all were sleeping."

At this they all began searching every inch of their exposed skin for the tracking device. She laughed at their efforts.

"It won't work, guys. There's a notice-me-not charm on all of them." They all sat back on the couch in defeat and she continued her explanation. "These trackers feed your locations at any given moment into my earpiece there. So finding you guys is always easy."

"So how did you pop around all over the place?" George asked when he found his voice.

She grinned. "That's the second bit." She pulled a small piece of metal roughly the size of a sickle out of her pocket and held it out to them. "This thing lets me transport myself instantly to within twenty feet of where you are. It can also take me back to a pre-set location so I don't get caught."

A look of understanding dawned on Hermione's face. "So that's how you— but you can't apparate at Hogwarts!"

"It's not technically apparating, Hermione. Just," She paused to think of how to describe it. "Moving me where I want to go very quickly. That's not regulated by the Hogwarts wards."

Looks of fresh awe passed over their faces again and Ginny couldn't help but laughing at them. Finally they all snapped out of it and Fred asked another question.

"So you've been using that for how long?"

"Going on three years now." Then the impish look crossed her face again. "And man, do I have some fantastic blackmail on all my lovely brothers."

They all turned beet red again and began protesting loudly.

"Don't worry, I won't be telling anyone what I know so long as you all don't tell anyone-- especially Mum— about these inventions of mine."

They all nodded in quick, enthusiastic agreement, making Ginny and the non-Weasleys laugh again till tears were streaming down their cheeks, causing Ron and the twins to protest loudly again.

Finally the laughing and protests died down and George voiced what everyone was thinking on the subject. "Ginny, you're bloody brilliant and we have severely underestimated you."

Fred nodded and added, "And as such we would like to name you a member of the new generation of Marauders--"

"--and we would like to express our profound apologies--"

"--and say that we never want to get on your bad side again."

"Exactly." They said in unison.

Ginny held out her hand for her earpiece and the coin. "Good. See that you don't."

THE END!!

a/n: gah!! sorry, guys!! sorry that took so crazy long to get out!! now I've probably lost all my loyal fans. sigh. again, my apologies. I hope you all enjoyed these stories though. They were just random moments of boredom written down purely for my own amusement. But still. I hope you people enjoyed this small glimpse into the insanity that is me! much love all!! toodles!