AN: Hey guys. It's been like what? A week or so. So anyways, I was checking up on my reviews (10 might I add, you have no idea how happy this makes Me.) and I came across possibly the longest review of all my ffDOTnet life. Now when I say this you probably think: Wow, I like this story but the longest review ever? Either she's crazy or she has never actually seen a review. I can tell you that neither of those is true. Of course there isn't a single nice 4 consecutive words, in the entire review. Now one would think I am insulted by this, if you go to my review section you could see why I am not. It's about a page worth of intelligent insults, meaning that whomever my anonymous flame was from, she (since this person states that I flamed her, and I have only ever sent 1 unkind word and that person was a girl) put a lot of effort into trying to hurt my feelings. I'm sorry to say that I am quite pleased that someone would put such effort into hating me. So thank you much!
Now for your reading pleasure, the fourth chapter to Ginny Oblivious.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter
Ginny Oblivious
What to do about that girl
The Hogwarts beginning of the year ceremony. The initiation of the first years. The first time that the second years got to welcome other poor unsuspecting children into their own houses. Where seventh years looked at everything disdainfully because this was their last year and soon they would be their ownwizard or witch. The great hall was abuzz with excited gossip about the new DADA teacher, who sat glowering at Severus Snape.
The young woman had mousy brown hair and glasses that absorbed half her face. The only thought on the students mind was 'Thankfully it isn't any Umbridge clone'. Snape glanced at the woman and looked like he was about to snort, but then got a disgusted look on his face and turned away again.
All around Ginny people were talking about the exchange between the two professors excitedly. Ginny sighed and decided to strike up a conversation with Tom. 'So what do you think?' Ginny waited but Tom's voice didn't answer back. All she heard in her own head was labored breathing. 'Tom?' there was a grunt and maniacal laughter. Ginny then got a picture of a dying Harry Potter with a wand poking out of his eye.
"TOM! That is sick!" The entire left side of the great hall stopped to stare at Ginny. Ginny looked around and blushed and attempted to melt away into her seat. There was a snicker from… the Ravenclaw table! Ginny looked up to see Luna chuckling with a group of girls, the previous year were constantly making fun of the two girls. Then the muttering started, the quiet rumble of people tlaking about her. She looked to the Dream Team for help but they were pretending like she wasn't even there. Hermione was kind enough to send her a pitying glance.
Then with a gasp, the people who were just sitting next to her were shoved aside. Millicent plunked herself down beside the younger Weasley girl and glared at the rest of the students, as if daring them to say anything. No one did, I mean who wants to get beat up by the biggest female thug in the school? Not a single soul.
And without further ado, in came the first years. Some of them still looked like they wanted to cry but held back. As they made there way forward, Hagrid placed the stool with the sorting hat on it down in front of the entire school. And thus the Hat's song began. Something about pickled eyes of a child and the white snake eater and such but no one ever really listens to the deranged hat's song, so who care's anyway?
So began the process of sorting. The first three bawlers were made into Hufflepuff's and the next 2 snivelers into Ravenclaw. A young boy with mousy blond hair and watery blue eyes was called next "Creevey, Cameron" The entire Gryffindor table let out a small groan. Of course, another camera happy Creevey, just what the needed. Ginny's table got ready to clap, Denise and Collin being the most excited were all sadly disappointed when the Hat called "SLYTHERIN!"
There was sort of a stunned silence. The Creevey brothers were about as well known in Gryffindor as the Weasley's. How in the name of all things magical did this Cameron kid end up in Slytherin if he was a mudblood?
The poor boy looked like he was going to cry now. McGonagall attempted to gently push the poor boy towards his new table but the kid held fast. He was now hysterical "There must be a mistake! I've been a good boy, I think nice thoughts, and I help around the house!" Minerva attempted to calm him down, it didn't work. "But you don't understand I've only bought red and gold things! My new camera is red and gold! I can't be a Slytherin!"
When McGonagall finally got him in a seat next in his own house she continued down the list. No one could say they had ever seen such an eventful sorting as that. Oh what a sad day it was for Denise and Collin, who kept sending their brother dismayed looks. Seamus and Dean gave each other high fives. No one was more pleased than them to not have their pictures constantly taken. Ginny sent them scathing looks how could they be so cruel?
And then started Dumbledore's spiels about house unity, dangerous things, don't go into the forbidden forest, yada yada yada. Then he began the more interesting part of the speech. He was introducing the new teacher. "And I would like everyone to welcome Ms. Hayden Tayger. She will be our new Defense Against the Dark Art's teacher this year." There was a round of polite applause and Ms. Tayger bowed for the crowd.
And just like that Dumbledore turned his back on his students, to go and talk with Hayden Tayger. No feast or anything, just talking to the new teacher. A lot of students were outraged.
Ginny had other things in mind though. She turned to Millicent and asked "Could you please please please, look after Cameron for me? I mean look at him, he'll probably snap like a twig with the likes of Pansy Parkinson and her cronies!" Millicent just grunted and cocked her head towards her own table. There was Cameron sitting beside Draco Malfoy having what looked like a pleasant chat about who knows what. Draco then proceeded to point at her and whispered something to Cameron. The two boys then giggled.
Ginny blinked. Millicent scratched a scab on her arm. Tom howled in anguish, he needed sustenance. The headmaster answered his pleas with a bashful smile. "I believe I have forgotten the most important part of the feast…. The food" With a wave of his wand the food appeared on the tables. There were many cries of joy from around the room and everyone dug in.
Ginny filled her plate, ate the food and then filled it again. Millicent was doing the same, up until the fourth plate, where she decided she was full. Ginny was going at it like she was an army of rabid squirrels deprived of nourishment for two weeks.
Ginny looked up from a mouthful of fruit salad and looked around at the people staring at her. "'Ut arf ooo ooking ah?" She then swallowed and annunciated her words more properly. "It's not like it's my fault I have ravenous other I have to eat for" The people around Ginny all gasped. She was eating for two! This of course could only mean one thing. Ginny Weasley was PREGNANT.
Millicent glanced down at the red head who was braiding and unbraiding her hair now. Millicent just rolled her eyes and stated "You are very self-destructive, you know that?" Ginny wasn't listening though; she was now wrapping hair around her fingers tightly in an attempt to curl it.
"What do you think Millicent? Should I start magically curling my hair? My aunt Gerillda has curly hair and she looks quite lovely. Do you think I should try?" Millicent only put her head in her hands and let out a disgruntled sigh. Poor Millicent, she had no idea what she got herself into when she decided to befriend the youngest Weasley for therest of theyear.
Millicent never got a chance to say anything because the Prefects were up and ordering all the students back to their dorms. So the entire population of people in the great hall under 18 began to shuffle out in droves towards their dorms.
Millicent turned and grabbed Ginny by the shoulders and gave her a little shakes. "Ginny, if anyone says anything you find particularly rude to you, tell me." Ginny nodded like that was the simplest task ever and was going to turn to go but Millicent held fast. "And I don't count a girl calling your hair crap as something particularly rude" With that Millicent hefted herself out of the great hall with the rest of the Slytherin's.
Ginny stood where Millicent had left her befuddled. "Well what does she count as 'particularly rude' if someone insulting my hair isn't?" she asked no one in particular. Then began making her way out of the great hall and up the stairs towards her common room.
Tom didn't even bother to grace that question with an answer.
AN: Alright! Chapter four is done with. I gotta say, I'm surprised I made it this far. I'm pretty proud of myself. Another not so great chapter but I am learning. Maybe in later chapters it might even resemble something literary.
Anyways, next chapter will involve a lot more Draco, don't worry. And I'm to sure if I'm going to have Ginny face Luna in that chapter but hey, I'm kinda going with the flow. And yes I apologize for the lack of Tom again in this chapter, but I'll make I up to you by having a Tom contemplative chapter sooner or latter, kay?
Till next week (If I don't end up dying in a freak accident….)
MEOW-ZA
Mo
(PS: This chapter was a lot longer then the rest, excluding my rant at the top, so you'd better be happy!)
