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A/N: Here's the third chapter!!! Forgive me if it's not very good, but hey! I tried! Well, enjoy!

Chapter 3: The Forlorn

It was a sunny warm day in the burrow. The Weasley kids were doing yard work. Fred, George, Ginny, and Ron were degnoming the garden when Percy walked out of the house.

"Hey! When all of you are done, Mother wants to talk to you, so hurry up!" He yelled from across the yard.

"What does she want this time?" asked Ron curiously. He was pulling a gnome off the ground by the foot when he asked.

"Why don't you ask her?" Percy said impatiently.

"I would, Percy, but I'm trying to get rid of these gnomes!" said Ron angrily.

"Hey Perce!" yelled Fred from under a bush in the garden.

"What?" asked Percy, who was getting annoyed.

"Why don't you help us with the yard work? Or are you too afraid of getting dirty?" asked Fred mockingly.

"That's not the reason!" Percy shouted. At that, the two brothers began arguing. Ron looked at them and laughed at Fred's humorous responses while making his way to the front door. Ginny was also laughing at them but then decided to follow Ron to the house. She didn't feel like getting into the argument.

Ron opened the door and they both walked into the house. They saw Molly Weasley sitting at the kitchen table looking at three envelopes.

"Are those our Hogwarts letters mum?" Ron asked. He walked closer to the table.

"Yes, Ronald," Mrs. Weasley said without looking up. "Yours is right there." She pointed at the edge of the table near Ron. Ron picked up the envelope.

"Where's mine?" Ginny asked. Everybody jumped at the sound of Ginny's voice. Ron turned around and Mrs. Weasley looked up at her. "What?"

"Why are you following me, Ginny?" Ron asked angrily.

"I came in for some water. Is there something wrong with that, dear brother?" Ginny said as her temper rose. Mrs. Weasley went back to looking at the envelopes.

"Your letter's right here, Ginny," Mrs. Weasley said handing the letter to her. Ginny took the envelope, ripped it open, and pulled the letter out. She read the list and looked at her mother.

"How are we gonna afford all these?" Ginny asked her frustrated mother. Mrs. Weasley didn't answer but stared at the last envelope. "Whose letter is that?"

"Why do we have Harry's letter? He isn't here, unless..." She looked up at Ron and Ginny with a look of suspicion. "Where are you hiding him Ronald?" Ron looked at her as if she were crazy.

"What are you talking about? How would we get him here?" he asked. Ginny could tell that he was confused. Ginny laughed. Mrs. Weasley's eyes darted to Ginny.

"What? Did you smuggle him here?" Mrs. Weasley asked as she tried to keep her temper. Ginny looked at her and laughed harder. "YOU DID, DIDN'T YOU? HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO T—?"

Mrs. Weasley was stopped short by her husband walking through the door. "I have a surprise for you!" he said happily. Mrs. Weasley sighed.

"Hello, Arthur, dear. What's the surprise? Did you find Harry?" she asked, her face wrinkled with worry. Mr. Weasley looked at her with his smiling fading.

"You ruined the surprise! Harry, you can come in now," he said. Harry walked through the door and stopped next to Mr. Weasley. Ginny was still laughing. Harry looked at her with a look of confusion. Ginny continued to laugh.

"So was he here?" Mrs. Weasley asked her husband. Ginny was laughing so hard now that she fell to the floor laughing and holding her stomach. Everybody was looking at her, until Arthur remembered to answer his wife's question.

"No I went and picked him up," he said. "Ginny are you alright? What's so funny?"

Ginny got up off the floor but had to hold the back of the chair to keep herself from falling again.

"They all forgot! I'm the only one that remembered that you were going to stop by to see if Harry could come over!" She started laughing again. Ron looked at Harry.

"Uhhh... yeah...Oh!" he said. "Do you want to help us degnome the garden?"

"Sure Ron," Harry said smiling. He turned to walk out the door with Ron but was stopped by Mrs. Weasley.

"Here's you Hogwarts letter Harry!" she said quickly. Harry turned around and took the letter from her.

"Thanks," Harry said. He pocketed the letter and walked out the door. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley followed them, leaving Ginny alone in the room.

Ginny was quiet now. She looked around the room and remembered that she came in to get water. She grabbed a glass and filled it to the top with the clear liquid. Ginny sat down.

"I am so glad that I'm over Harry. I can't believe I even liked him! That's just so nasty!" she thought. She took a drink. It was true. Ginny had gotten over Harry. She was also no longer friends with the trio and she could no longer stand people. They were just too immature and stupid, especially the people in her house. All they did was gossip and she hated it. She hated the trio and she hated everyone, even herself. Nobody understood Ginny. She didn't fit in anywhere and had no friends. She hated being different. Ginny was smart, pretty, and exceedingly thin. She was also depressed. Ginny hated her life.

Ginny finished her water and was washing the glass in the kitchen sink. She heard the door slam against the wall and she spun around. Percy stormed through the door with Fred following him closely. They were still arguing. Ginny looked back to the sink.

"Why do you think you're so much better than us, Percy?" Fred shouted angrily to the back of Percy's head. Percy continued to rage through the house.

"Maybe it's because I AM better than you Fred! All YOU do is sit around with George and come up with some crappy jokes that don't make anybody laugh, while I serve the ministry!" Percy shouted. Ginny gawked at Percy. "He didn't just say that, did he?" Ginny thought. She couldn't believe that her "perfect" brother could say such things, even though he'd pulled something quite similar just before her fourth year.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY? SAY THAT AGAIN YOU STUPID GIT!" Fred yelled, while grabbing Percy's shoulder and spinning him around to face him. Percy looked at his brother.

"You aren't worth anything to the family! You're both failures! In fact, this whole family is full of failures!" Percy spat at Fred. He went to turn around and suddenly a fist collided with his jaw.

"VIRGINIA WEASLEY!" a voice bellowed from the doorway. Ginny looked from her fist to Percy holding his face to Fred with his fist raised above his head to her mother who was seething. Ginny and Fred turned around. Ginny saw that her father, Ron, Harry, and George had followed her inside the house. "WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU?"

"Um... I... uh..." Ginny was speechless. She kept looking from her fist to Percy who stood in front of her. He was crying now. Ginny looked at Ron and Harry, who were out of Molly's sight. They were giving her thumbs up.

"YOU GO TO YOUR ROOM NOW!" Molly yelled as she pointed to Ginny. "AND YOU TOO FRED!"

"But mum! I didn't touch him! I--" Fred started to object but his mother glared at him and he shut his mouth and flew up the stairs. Ginny decided to follow Fred up the stairs since her mother told her to and she didn't exactly enjoy being yelled at for hours at a time, but she did have the feeling she was going to hear about it later anyways. Ginny opened her bedroom door and walked into her bedroom. She flopped onto the bed and stared at the ceiling. "Did I actually hit Percy? I don't even remember getting close to him! I was at the sink when he said that shit! I can't be THAT fast! I don't even remember moving!" she thought. She closed her eyes and rolled over on her bed while she listened to her mother and the rest of the crowd cleaning Percy's newly bruised face and Percy crying to "mummy" about how his face was going to fall off from the pain. Ginny rolled to face away from the door and stuffed her head under her pillow. She had a feeling she was going to hate her life even more.

There it is! I hope you liked it! I think it was kinda boring... but whatever... Please review! Please please please! Thanks Nix-Lexus-Octavius for your reviews! I really appreciate it! See you in the next chapter! Au revoir!