Ginny found her way to the portrait of the Fat Lady, but there was one problem. Dumbeldore had forgotten to give her the password. She stood outside the portrait hole waiting for someone maybe to come. She sat down in a corner and hugged her knees.
"Um… excuse me?" someone said. Ginny looked up. A short pale boy with blonde hair was standing in front of the Fat Lady. "Do you need some help? Are you lost?"
"Yes, kind of," Ginny said sheepishly. "I just transferred here from another school and I don't know the password. I am a Gryffindor, see?" She pointed to her repined patch. The boy smiled. "My name is Whinny Geasley." She extended her hand toward him.
The boy shook her hand while saying, "I'm Peter Pettigrew. Nice to--"
As soon as Ginny heard him say who he was she withdrew her hand. Peter Pettigrew. He looked completely honest though.
"Pickled Pistachios," he said and the portrait swung open. They entered the common room and Ginny realized it hadn't changed much.
"This is the common room," Peter explained. "Kinda cozy, huh?" Ginny nodded, eyeing every one of Peter's moves. "Nobody is really down here because it is so late. The girls' Dormitory is that way," Peter said pointing to a spiral staircase.
"Uh… Thanks," Ginny replied and quickly ran up the stairs.
After Ginny had left, Peter stood there for a moment and shook his head. He felt as if that Whinny girl had seen right through him. He felt like she could read his thoughts. He felt like she knew. But she couldn't have known. He then made his way up to his dormitory.
Ginny had entered a quiet dormitory room. There was one empty bed. She noticed that there was no personal belongings on the bedside table, so she figured it belonged to no one. Without changing, Ginny fell flat on her. She stared back up at the ceiling and thought for a while. I hope this is just a dream, she thought yawning and soon drifted up to a deep sleep.
As each of the other girls woke-up they noticed a sleeping mysterious someone who was resting in the empty bed. Ginny finally woke up. She rolled over, groaning.
"Hi! I am Lily Evans. Who are you?" A face popped up in front of hers. Lily Evans? No! It couldn't be. Ginny rolled backward and fell right off the bed onto the cold floor.
"L-Lily E-Evans?" Ginny stuttered goofily. Pulling the covers off of her face.
"Yup. Are you ok? That looked like a pretty painful fall."
"Y-y-y-yes." Ginny stood up quickly and felt all the blood rush to her brain. She sat back down on her bed.
"So who are you?"
"I am W-W-Whinny Geasley."
Lily looked at this girl. She had the same color hair as her and it was about the same length. Lily thought maybe she had a stuttering problem, but she knew better than to ask.
"You might want to hurry up Whinny, then. Breakfast is almost over."
Ginny nodded and started to the bathroom. She stopped when she got to her closet.
"Are all these m-mine?" Ginny asked. She had forgotten about clothes!
"Yes," Lily said, smoothing out Ginny's bed. "The house-elves brought them up."
"Oh. Right." In the lavatory Ginny showered and brushed her teeth and hair.
When she was out Lily explained to Ginny explained that today was the day that everyone was leaving for their Christmas Holiday. Ginny already knew this, of course. Lily also explained that she was going home for the holidays also. When they were in the common room she saw James and Peter talking with two other boys. One had light brown hair and was a little scrawny, while the other was tall and handsome with straight black hair and beautiful brown eyes. As Lily and Ginny walked past them, the handsome boy with black hair acknowledged Lily.
"Evans," he said nodding his head.
"Black," Lily replied and walked right past him, her head held high. The two girls walked right out of the common room.
"Does Lily have a sister?" Sirius Black asked his friends after she left.
"No," Peter began in a matter-of-factly way. "That's the new girl. Her name is Whinny."
"How do you know her?" James asked.
"I ran into her last night. She didn't know the password, so I gave it to her," Peter stated.
"What were you doing out last night?" Remus Lupin asked as he tousled his light brown hair.
"Oh nothing," Peter said trying to close the subject.
"Peter," Sirius said, eyeing him, "what's that on your lip?" Sirius went up close to him to examine his face. "Hah! Peter is growing some fuzz on his top lip and it's about time too!" James and Remus smiled.
"Really?" Peter asked hopefully, rubbing his finger over his lip.
"Naw," Sirius said laughing at Peter.
"You. I'll get you," Peter threatened jokingly and chased Sirius out of the room. James and Remus followed closely behind.
As James entered the Great Hall, he saw Lily sitting with that new girl. He had just discovered he still had feelings for Lily a few weeks ago, but this new girl had something about her too. He hoped she was staying for Christmas.
Ginny quickly looked back at her plate after seeing James enter the hall. No Ginny, she thought. This was how you blew it last time. So she looked up at James who was still watching her and winked at him. She saw him turn red and look at the floor.
"James," Lily began, "he sometimes is kinda shy. We were together last year. I don't know what happened. I broke it off with him. But now I think I liked someone else," Lily said a little shyly.
"Who?" Ginny asked, curiously.
Lily smiled and said, "Sirius Black. He's the tall one with brown eyes."
Ginny giggled. Sirius Black! Of course had could she have forgotten him? And the short boy with light brown hair must be Remus Lupin! She wondered whom else she would run into. Sirius Black sat down next to Lily.
"Hello Evans," he said. "Have a nice sleep?"
"As a matter of fact," Lily said, "I did Black."
"No wonder you look so beautiful today," Sirius said.
"I'm not staying for Christmas though," Lily said, sadly.
"What?" Just then James, Remus, and Peter came over to the table. Peter sat down next to Ginny. Her eyes widened. She swallowed hard. He was sitting awfully close to her. She scooted over a bit. He scooted back next to her.
"I'm leaving, today," Lily told Sirius. Both Sirius and Lily were eyeing Ginny and Peter as they spoke.
"That'll be too bad," Sirius said, "We have lots pranks up our sleeves." Ginny scooted far over, and sure enough Peter was right there next to her. Ginny finally gave up. She got up and sat in the empty space between James and Remus. Peter went back to his original seat.
"Malfoy is staying," Remus began, "So are Crabbe and Goyle." Ginny had completely forgotten about them, Lucious Malfoy, and Crabbe and Goyle's father. Shouldn't Snape be here too? Ginny thought. Maybe he wasn't staying or maybe they weren't friends. Ginny laughed at the thought of Severus Snape as a child.
"So," Ginny began turning towards James, "what kind of pranks are you guys going to play?"
James smiled at her.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. J.K. Rowling owns the characters, and I did not make up the plot. It's been done like a thousand times before.
A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! I have 6 now! Don't worry Babyjayy I won't make Ginny Harry's mom. That is just weird.