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Chapter One, A trip to Diagon Alley

Ginny shut her journal quietly and slowly tucked it beneath her mattress, ignoring the screeches from her mother to hurry up. She gradually made her way down the stairs, contemplating how much she really didn't want to go to Diagon Alley with Harry, Ron and Hermione. Ron was fine, great even sometimes to be around when he wasn't with them. The few times she and her brother have had to hang out have been great; she really had begun to miss the days with her brother before he had gone to Hogwarts. Ginny couldn't help but wonder if Hermione wouldn't be so hard to handle in large doses, if Ron would just snog Hermione already. As fake as Hermione seemed to be to her, Ginny couldn't help but admit sometimes she was good company, but that was usually right after one of there long talks, in which Ginny would convince her book-obsessed, sister-in-law-to-be, that Ron really did love her and was just taking her time. God, how Ginny hated those talks.

Ginny saw the messy raven-haired head of the third member of the trio hurrying down the steps before her. Harry. Though she was completely over her long-term embarrassing crush, or so she told anyone that asked, she tried her best not to think about Harry that much. She tried to convince herself that Harry really played an insignificant role in her life, but she couldn't help but blush when she thought about him too long, or get a funny feeling in her gut whenever she looked at him. Not that she was just using Michael or Dean. She had genuinely cared for Michael; he was sweet, and really the first boy to notice her as something other than a friend. Dean was very attractive, and she liked spending time with him. Hermione's theories about Ginny using either boy to get over Harry were wrong. If she wanted to be truthful, Ginny thought to herself, the boys were really just to make life more interesting until Harry got his head out of his cute, little arse. Ginny stopped, unknowingly right in front of the kitchen table.

Ginny had shocked herself, mentally. There was no way in hell that she still liked Harry. When she had been younger, she was convinced they were meant to be because Harry had been her 'knight in shining armor', but about two years ago, just before her first creepy dream actually, she had begun to see things a little more realistically, or, as Luna put it, she was just becoming cynical.

Harry looked up as Ginny stopped directly in front of the kitchen table. Her eyes weren't really focused on anything, and he got the impression that she was thinking about something important, from the way her head as tilted slightly to the side, and her teeth were biting gently down on her smooth lips. Harry shook his head quickly, pushing thoughts away of his best friend's baby sister and her lovely, red lips.

"Ginny?" Hermione asked, "Are you ready to go?"

"I'm ready." Ginny answered automatically, pushing her thoughts away with a shake of her head. She let out a breath before sitting down beside Harry, whose gaze had since wavered from her.

After a short breakfast, and a disgruntling floo trip, Mrs. Weasley, Ron, Hermione, Harry and Ginny found themselves at Flourish and Blotts. After being assured that the students were capable of both finding and buying their own books, Mrs. Weasley left to see Fred and George at WWW which wasn't far. They were going to meet up there afterwards, and 'not to even think about going anywhere else'. Ginny left for the fifth year section, she had decided on Arithmancy and Divination- however much she loved Hagrid, she was really much more interested in those subjects, and had promised herself that she would visit him often. A few shelves away from her Divination books, she noticed a dirty, old, red book. It was in a corner on the bottom, with dust all around it and the books next to it.

It was a rather dull shade of red, really, and Ginny wondered how exactly it had caught her eye. Leaning down to pick up the ancient book, she was momentarily paralyzed by the words etched into the red cover. Morgana read the title, beneath it, between the skin. 'No!' Ginny thought wildly 'It was green skin! It's always been green skin!' Which was true, since her first nightmare that was more haunting and creepy than any normal one, she had a mention of dirty, ancient skin. Not always, but on her first nightmare, the night of her thirteenth birthday, she had first been told of it. It had been barely mentioned, until lately, when the dreams had become much more frequent.

Even though it wasn't the right color 'skin', Ginny couldn't bring herself to put it down. She opened the book to a page in the middle and her eyes widened. She had opened to a large picture of a stunningly gorgeous woman, though not classically beautiful. She had honey golden eyes that seemed to captivate you, though shared nothing of what she was really like. She had no freckles on her face, and had thick, blood red hair, falling in waves. This woman looked almost exactly like Ginny. Except for the few freckles, that, to be honest with herself, Ginny had to admit were fading over the years. The eyes, though, Ginny had always thought her eyes were her best assets; Honey, warm and captivating. This woman's eyes were not warm at all. They were hard, and unforgiving, though still as beautiful. The biggest difference, though, between herself and the picture of Morgana in the book was the expression on her face. Morgana looked regal, cold, and powerful. She was the kind of girl no one would ignore, and you could tell that she demanded attention and respect. She could see Ron, Harry and Hermione around the corner, so she unwillingly put the bag back on the shelf, and headed towards them.

The rest of the day was not filled with excitement. They walked pleasantly around, Ginny being all too well aware of the fact that she was not part of their little friendship trio. It did give her time to think, though, being constantly left out. Ginny hoped that there was something on Morgana in the library back at Grimmauld Place. It was a huge library, and Hermione had practically wet herself when she saw it. This was a quality of Hermione's that Ginny detested. Hermione seemed to learn for the sake of learning, and not for knowing things of interest to her, like Ginny did. When Hermione had gotten passionate at SPEW, was when Ginny had begun to genuinely like Hermione, a little bit, anyways. Hermione had found something that she cared about, and while she agreed with the rest of the world, that House elves were simply not interested in being treated equally, she agreed with the message behind it, and was glad Hermione did seem to have other passions besides School work, Ron, and being nosy. Ginny was pulled away from her thoughts when Harry asked

"Do you really find Balsnorg's Cauldron Residue Remover that interesting?" Ginny flushed, he always seemed to catch her doing extremely embarrassing things. Why couldn't Harry just see her as the cool, calm, and collected young woman that more than one TeenWitch quiz assured her that she was?

Later that night, Ginny was surprised to find a dirty, ancient red book, titled Morgana, between the skin in her bag.

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