Chapter 3
Chapter 4
That night, Ginny slept like a rose and awoke with thoughts about last night still fresh in her mind. It brought a smile on her face. After she took a shower she put on a new outfit. It was a black pants and a turquoise strapless top. After she'd done her hair, Ginny went downstairs. She walked past her brother without looking at him. Harry (obviously send by Ron) tried talking to her.
"Uhm, Ginny can I talk to you for a moment?"
She looked at him with a blank face and he squirmed under her gaze.
"I have nothing to say to you. Next time, don't let Ron talk you into being peacemaker. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to meet my Slytherin friends for breakfast in 5 minutes" Ginny said, looking pointingly at Ron.
When Ginny arrived at the Great Hall, Pansy, Blaise and Draco were already there.
"Hey!" Pansy said. "good news, next week is a Hogsmeade Weekend, wanna come with us?"
"Sure"
Blaise's stomach growled. "Could you girls discuss this later maybe? Like during breakfast, while I get to eat?"
"God Blaise, you're such a pig when it comes to eating" Pansy said.
"Well, I have to stay in top condition and that could benefit you too, you know" Blaise winked at Pansy.
"You boys always think about one thing..." Pansy walked ahead.
Ginny and Draco looked at each other and smiled knowing smiles. Pansy and Blaise liked each other, they just didn't want to admit it yet.
Breakfast was enjoyable. Pansy and Ginny talked and talked and talked.
"So there's a Halloween Ball coming up, do you know what kind of dress you want?" Pansy asked.
"I don't know, I was thinking about a green one, since it colours so good with my hair"
"yeah I know what you mean, I was thinking about a soft blue myself." She said thoughtfully.
Ginny looked at Pansy. She had strawberry blonde hair and a good body. She was definitely one of the good-looking girls at Hogwarts. Ginny turned her attention towards Draco and Blaise. According to many people, those two were the most handsome boys at Hogwarts. And Ginny?...had to agree with them. Blaise with his shaggy brown hair and boyish smile always had the girls swooning. And Draco, with his muscular body from quidditch, his silver blonde hair and sharp features definitely was the kind of boy who could sweep any girl of their feet.
The week went by fast and in the beginning there were some heads turning to see if their eyes did not deceive them, because once again Ginny Weasley was walking with the three Slytherins. But soon they all accepted and it became a common thing to see her walking with Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini and Pansy Parkinson. All but the Gryffindors didn't like it that Ginny was hanging out with them, worried that she could give too much information about the Gryffindors to the Slytherins (like about quidditch). So they gave her the cold shoulder and glared at her once in a while and even Vider seemed to be backing off. But Ginny ignored them. She was not about to leave her best friends of all time behind just to go back to people who don't see her as a friend.
It was Saturday morning and while they were eating breakfast Ginny's attention was suddenly drawn to the hundreds of owls delivering mail. She always thought of it as a beautiful thing to see. After every owl had done their business, they all left to the Owlery. Just when everybody's attention went back to their food, another owl came swooping down. It landed right in front of Ginny.
She was a bit shocked. Her mother always writes once a week and that letter came yesterday. So who's could this be.
She took the letter of the owl and it flew away. She opened the letter, noticing how her three friends were looking at her.
SoON!
Soon. That was all it said. No signature.
What the...Who had send her this. She looked up and Draco spoke.
"Who send it?"
"Um..My mother, wanted to know...uh...how everything was going"
He looked at her. He saw the flash of confusion shot trough her eyes. Blaise and Pansy bought her story, but he himself wasn't so sure.
Ginny stood up and stuffed the letter in her pocket.
"Well, I'm going to write a letter back. Why don't I see you at the Entrance of the Great Hall in an hour?"
She didn't wait for a reply. She had seen the way Draco looked at her. He notices things other people don't. As quickly as her feet could take her, Ginny went to the headmasters office. Only when she came to the statue (which is the entrance) she remembered that she didn't know the password.
"Frizzy Frogs?...um Cotton Elbies?..Sugar Quills?" it didn't move. She began to grow annoyed and frustrated. "COME ON stupid statue." (a string of words where you can only hear 'PEEP' followed)
"Miss Weasley, do restrain yourself from pronouncing such words. Is there something you wish to discuss?"
Ginny looked at her headmaster. "Yes sorry professor, I've received a letter, but it wasn't signed. She gave him the letter.
Dumbledore took it and read it over. "There are some things I want to speak to you about, why don't you step into my office, Canary Cream!"
The statue moved and Ginny could see the spiral staircase. They entered the office and sat down.
Dumbledore looked at the letter again. It seemed that minutes went by without any spoken words.
"ahum, there was something you wanted to talk about Sir?"
Dumbledore looked up.
"Why yes, We have received information, that Voldemort knows about the Prophecy and is looking everywhere for the identity of the Princess of Fire and the Prince of Ice. It looks now, that Voldemort has discovered what you are.
The eyes of the old man in front of her stood grave. Ginny tried processing this information. He knows? what am I gonna do now?
Before she blurted out the question she wanted to ask so badly. "How did he find out?"
"Well my guess is that the information about the glass breaking in the Great Hall and the changes in you're appearance has caught his attention. After that scene, he has probably been keeping his eye on you and somehow, seeing this letter, my guess is that his suspicions somehow have been confirmed. Any idea how that has happened? Have you told anyone?"
Some day I'm gonna find out how he knows everything that goes on here Ginny thought. She looked down. Ashamed that she had let her professor down.
"Yes I have told some people, but I can vouch for them all. None of them have given away any information to anybody."
"Then I can only assume that somebody has overheard that conversation, but I still want you to be careful with what you say to them or anybody else for that matter, because information can be achieved by using different methods"
Ginny nodded, understanding. Dumbledore continued. "However, there is more" More? "After the night of the Prophecy, I have begun digging through ancient texts, trying to find if there were any mentions of a Fireprincess in ancient times and...I have indeed found a few things"
He waved his wand and muttered something inaudible. A drawer opened and he pulled out a few parchments. They looked old and were a bit wrinkled.
"These texts are written in code, but I have managed to deceiver most of it. In short it says that a Seer had predicted the reincarnation of the Princess of Fire and the Prince of Ice"
Ginny's ears peaked. "But professor...if it is true...the part about the reincarnation...doesn't that mean that this Fireprincess and Iceprince have existed once before?"
Dumbledore looked up at her. "Yes, that is exactly what it implies. After this information, I have searched further and have recovered more. In your History of Magic class, did you discuss the war with Salazar Slytherin?"
"Yes, I know that the four founders have resided peacefully with each other until Salazar got into a fight with the other three founders. He wanted only pureblooded wizards and witches to be allowed in Hogwarts, but the others disagreed. They banned Salazar from the school and Salazar hated them for that and released his anger at Muggleborns and muggles. At The Battle Of The Four Founders they fought and Slytherin lost. But there's not much information of that battle. Just that Slytherin lost"
"All of it is true, but these texts say that the reason that Godric Gryffindor, Helga Huffelpuff and Rowena Ravenclaw won, was because of two unknown persons. The texts are vague, but it described one as a woman of fire with flaming hair, eyes that could pierce you to the ground when directed at you with hate, a woman more powerful then anyone else. There was also a man, hair so silver as ice and with cold eyes, just as powerful as the flaming woman. Elementals they were called. After the battle was won they disappeared. The Seer Cassandra predicted their return. Her prediction has come true."
Ginny was still unconvinced. So maybe it was true that these persons will return eventually. That doesn't mean she's the flaming one. She spoke her thoughts out loud.
The headmaster stood up, walked over to this weird looking closet. He pulled out a little jar, which contained silver powder. He grabbed a handful and threw it in the air and said:
"Cassandra, Seer of the unseen, Goddess of the future, I call upon thee!"
The little silver glitteries began to swirl around, creating a whirlwind-effect. Then FLASH and a woman appeared. Long black hair and Sparkling blue eyes is what Ginny noticed first. She was one of the most beautiful women Ginny had ever seen. She wore a blue dress, made of something Ginny could not identify, but it looked wonderful.
"Ah Albus, how nice to see you again. You know, just a 'Cassandra I call thee' would be enough to get me here"
She then looked at Ginny.
"Ginevra, I've heard about you"
Dumbledore walked to the door. "I shall leave you as you have a lot to discuss"
Ginny was speechless. Is this the Seer that predicted the return of the Elementals?
"I am Cassandra, but you probably already figured that out" Still no words came from Ginny.
She walked around the chair where Ginny sat in. words like 'hmm' and 'that's good' were heard.
Ginny became uneasy with the woman studying her so intensely.
"Umm is there a reason that you are here, talking to me."
Cassandra smiled. "Call me Cassie, I'm here to train you so that your powers will increase assuming of course that you are the Fireprincess"
Ginny jumped up. "Do you have any way to find out for sure that I am what you all think that I am?"
"Yes, sit down on the floor an close your eyes"
Ginny hesitated. what do I actually know about this woman? nothing! But professor Dumbledore seems to trust him.
She did as told and closed her eyes.
"Now concentrate on my voice and relax totally. You know that you are magical. You can feel the magic flowing trough your veins. Try to find the center of your magic"
Ginny tried to relax. Her arms were lay weakly on her lap. her mind became blank and she searched to find her magic. At first she felt nothing. But then she could feel a tinteling. it was weak, but became stronger. In a minute she could feel her whole body, filled with magic. Faintly she heard the voice of Cassie say to find her center.
Focusing all her energy, she found it after a while.
"Now" came Cassie's soothing voice again. " Stretch out your hand to me" Ginny obeyed.
"Every witch or wizard is unique and have their own magical signature. If one focuses enough it can take form. Try to see if you can see the form of your own magic"
All this information was vague about how to do this exactly, but somehow Ginny knew exactly what to do. She could see her magic as if looking at it with her two eyes. It began to change from a colourful fog to something else..
FLAMES! They were everywhere. Ginny began to panic. What if this was dangerous. She could hear Cassie's exited voice clearly now.
"Yes that's it! Concentrate on it and make it flow to the palm of your hand. NOW!
Ginny tried to do as told and tingling shot trough her arm to the palm of her hand.
"Open your eyes Virginia"
Ginny opened her eyes and was shocked.
An Orb made of Flames lay now in the palm of her hand. Floating.
"This is your proof Ginny. This is your magic. You are the Princess of Fire"
