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"Gin, would you come here for a sec?"

"You make me sound like a bottle of vodka."

"Well come here anyway, then."

Ginny ducked and dodged her way past various wizards and whizzing memos (she had received enough papercuts to learn to get out of their general direction) to her superior's desk.

"What is it?" Ginny asked Kingsley as she finally made it to his cubicle. "We've got someone reporting Dark activity here in England. Somewhere in the North. It'd be nice if you could check that out for us, we're up to our ears with the new Voldemort sightings...just find out if the rumor is true, don't bother looking for anybody just yet."

"Sure," replied Ginny, returning Kingsley's wink as he passed her a small blue Gobstone. "I'll get on it right away." "You do that," the wizard called after her as she exited his officespace and swam back to her own cubicle in the Auror headquarters, Ministry of Magic, London.

It had been a little over a year since Ginevra Weasley had graduated from Hogwarts, straight into a six-month-training for Dark wizard catchers. The after-school education had been minimized because of Voldemort's new and definite return. No one wanted to waste three years that could be spent on Voldemort. The result was, however, that the newbies were treated almost as though they hadn't left school yet – and it ended up being so that the young Aurors were either given amazingly simple jobs of no importance, or brought along only to give bulk to a raiding party, or something. But being an Auror – even a green one – had its benefits for both Ginny and the Order of the Phoenix. Ginny quickly joined the queue to the Disapparation platform, and arrived at her medium-sized flat with a sharp pop.

Quickly pulling off her work robes and slipping into a more comfortable set, Ginny quickly put the Gobstone on her kitchen table and tapped it twice with her wand. The Gobstone glowed blue for a few seconds as the spell took hold of it, then it slowly revolved and split, like a flower unfolding, and then a voice started speaking, quiet enough so that Ginny could just hear it – certainly no one looking in could.

"Ginny, we'd like you to try and investigate Mr. Malfoy, Draco Malfoy. He's up to something, but Severus hasn't gotten any news of him on a job for Voldemort, so we're all in the dark. This is a real one, Ginny, do your best." The Gobstone re-sealed with a soft sound, and the light went out. Ginny picked up the Gobstone and threw it into Gobstone basket. Once the spell was completed, it was only a normal stone to play with.

Ginny sank into her favorite chair, curling up with a puffed pillow on her lap as she always did. She had always acted somewhat cat-like; that was probably the reason why her Animagus transformation was a cat. She had the characteristics.

But cats were not what were on Ginny's mind at the moment. She was thinking about her first assignment. She had received minor assignments before, having joined the Order since she left school, but never a serious solo. Draco Malfoy, of all people to be assigned to...Ginny growled inwardly. Oh well, best get started on a plan...

Boiokey, there's my 'prologue.' Tell me if it sounds cheesed or not - I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE TO KNOW. Don't all authors on here say that? But anyway...

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Okeydokey, Mr. Latin is yelling over my shoulder "Five more minutes! FIVE MORE MINUTES!!" So I gotta go. R&R, plz...I'll love you to death and give you imaginary kutos if you do...