I still don't own any of it.

But I do doubt that Luna will ever come out of the closet, though Ginny is a fine candidate for the 'I really did try not to be gay' crowd.


It was an OWL year, so there were some exceptions being made for students. So when Ginny was left alone in the common room, reading three different school books as the night grew later, no one thought anything of it.

No one actually checked to see that they were actually school books. If any one actually paid a little more attention, they would have easily noticed that one book, for all she was touching it, was never even opened. The dark black leather cover seemed to absorb light, little faux lizard skin wrinkles sparkling in the light. And though there were no obvious locks on the tomb, the little book was still shut impossibly tight.

The second book, which remained open on the table, was open to a page of diagrams that any fourth or fifth year student could attempt with minimal chance of a dangerous backlash. Curse breaking for the Common Adventurer, Volume 2: Charms and Cantrips, if any one cared to look it up. Lines and diagrams were smeared with yellow highlighting pen, which really made no sense without the third book.

The book she kept in her hands at all times, was very simple. Just blank brown pages, covered with swirling pen marks and chicken scratch. The incomplete notes of Bill Weasley. The entire thing no bigger then a Reader's Digest, but filled with corollaries and corrections to the larger, and more official looking text book.

And why all this excess? Normally Ginny would be hard pressed to open more then one book at a time. With Quiddich practice, multiple classes, and the occasional date, she should already have too much to do for a little detour over in a class of magic considered too complex for standard education.

Of course, Ginny never liked turning down a challenge though. So when a strange, obviously hexed book was left just sitting on her bed, mere hours after talking with Luna about how much fun curse breaking would be, Ginny knew exactly what was going on! Luna in her infinite kindness had given her a book to practice on.

There was probably a candy center or something, to keep her attention on the job at hand. But the strange seals on the book would make a good challenge for her brother Bill, so if she could get it open, she would have a huge advantage even on him.


No, it wasn't in the library.

Not in the Owlery.

Not in the Main Hall.

Not in the Observatory.

Checked the Owlery again. Mrs. White didn't have it.

She looked at the Owl again, "You sure?" the owl just bobbing her head up and down again.

Hedwig was such a silly name for an owl. Mrs. White was fifty... No, sixty eight times better then Hedwig. Wizards could be so silly some times. Especially when they started naming familiars all sorts of goofy names.

Mrs. White in the Owlery, with the candlestick. Now that was funny.

Maybe it was in the Library again, like the last time. Sure it was a little hard to break into at this time of night, but everyone expected Ravenclaws to break in. It's just what they do.

She definitely had it just before Potions started at least. Snape had been yelling at her for reading it in class, and she had to stuff it into her bag pretty quickly. But it was definitely there at the time.