Ginny Weasley stepped out of the cool and comfortable taxi in which she rode up in and out into the brilliant sunlight. After too many years she was here now, there was no turning back. The red head who once had had long wavy locks now wore her hair cut pixie style and stood a striking 5'10. Dressed in pale blue Capri's and a simple white cotton t shirt she suddenly felt as if she needed to be dressed up. After all she had left them all to become a model, the least she could do was dress like one. She took a deep breath and looked around the cul-de-sac. It had been years since she'd been in surroundings like this one. The neighborhood was remarkably muggle looking. All of the grass on the lawn was green and cut, the hedges were all perfectly cut and most of the houses had either a British flag or a flag of what house they were in raised high. To a muggle nothing would look out of order at all, but Ginny spotted the differences instantly. She could see that the little girls sitting in the shade playing with their dolls weren't using their hands to do so. She also saw that a group of boys were taking turns riding a hippogriff around the backyard of a neighboring house. She spied the windows of another house self cleaning, a broom sweeping up a porch un-accompanied of another and a house elf taking a break in the shade in between two houses with a glass of pumpkin juice. Yes, this place was normal . . With a twist.
"I couldn't imagine them living anywhere else" Ginny chuckled to herself as she hiked her bag up onto her shoulder and started up the stone walkway to 731 Godrics Gateway. The red brick house looked more than inviting but as she drew neared and nearer she slowed down, time had passed . . . a lot of time. What would they say when she knocked? They'd let her in, of course. But she wasn't skilled at Legimency, What would they think? What would she think? That's when she stopped walking even though she was within arms length of the door whose knocker was in the shape of a golden snitch, its wings spread wide. She looked at it but couldn't bring herself to knock. A million 'what if's' zoomed around in her mind.
"You'll never get anywhere if you keep second guessing yourself. You've done it before, so just hope for the best and do it"
And with a deep breath . . . she did.