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Summary: These are basically a few missing moments from Half-Blood Prince. The reason I am doing this is because I am incredibly dissatisfied with most of the ones milling about there, featuring a completely obsessed Ginny. If anyone read the now famous interview J.K. shared with Mugglenet creator Emerson and Leaky Cauldron founder Melissa, they would have realized that she basically said that Ginny had to get over Harry for him to notice her. I have decided to keep up that notion in my own ficlet.
This is Ginny Weasley's journal, but I am not dating it, because no one reads the dates anyways. The entry numbers are random, because I am not going to even try and pretend that I entered all of them, I just wanted to insert the ones that I felt showed a change in her relationship with Harry or events that are particularly important to each other.
Now, on with the story
Entry #184
I wrote a reply back to Fred and George. Here is what it said…
Dear Fred and George,
I am glad things are going so well for you. Your shop is fantastic. Thanks for the set of honeydukes' sweets. You guys really are too much. I hope that they don't have any canary creams or fainting fancies hidden within them. I would check, but frequently that ruins the actual sweet, and who in Heaven or Hell would take me for ruining chocolate as fine as that which you have sent me?
I am writing to you in history of magic right now. My God, is it ever boring. I cannot stand this constant torture, at least next year I won't have to bother even taking this class. Right now Professor Binns is talking about giant wars. What a waste of time. We could be studying the war that is going on right now, but I suppose it's not dull enough for him. To think that we could be studying something useful instead of this pointless dribble is beyond him.
Well would you look at that, actually I suppose you can't, so I should describe it. A girl in my dorm, I won't state names because these letters are being read, just got up and walked out. JUST LIKE THAT! She just started packing up her stuff and left. Actually, that's a bloody brilliant idea. I should try it sometime. I won't do it right now though, because I am writing this letter to you.
You know, History of Magic is only boring if you make it so. Like that girl, she decided to make it interesting for the rest of us. Now we will all have something to talk about for the next several minutes. I wonder what this girl left to go do anyways. Almost everyone else is in class also, so I guess she will just wander the halls or go to the library or something. They don't even let us outside of the castle unsupervised anymore, so she can't wander the grounds or take a walk by the lake or anything.
Anyways, I really hope you don't send anything bad to Dean. Yeah, we had a bit of a screwed up relationship, but that's no reason to hurt him. Well, okay I suppose you can hurt him a little if you want to, just don't hurt him really badly or anything. I mean, don't make him suffer immeasurable pain. Okay just don't do anything lethal. In fact, I am just going to pretend I have no idea what you guys mean, "you are going to send him more packages," I never heard that, and if I did, I would automatically assume that you were going to send him particularly harmless sweets. Just make sure I am not involved in any way, please?
Yes, I am in fact dating Harry. And don't worry; you do not have to play overprotective older brothers. Harry is completely harmless. He will not hurt me; you do not have to worry about that. Also, I would prefer if you would not call him "Potter," you have known him for 6 years; he has been one of your good friends for almost that long. He is Harry to you, and he always should be.
I do completely agree with you about one thing, and that is that I have not been pulling nearly enough pranks. I haven't pulled one since I have started studying for OWLs. I know you told me not to use them as an excuse Fred, but that's the truth. So don't fear, I expect to be getting a howler from mum soon enough telling me that if I ever pull a stunt like that again, she will be coming to Hogwarts straight away to take me home and I will not be coming back. And yes, you will find out what the stunt is, you just have to wait your turn and find out.
Oh my God. More people are starting to leave the classroom. This girl has really set quite the trend. It's like they are filing out in droves. There goes Colin Creevey. He even tripped over a desk leg on his way out and Binns didn't notice. I cannot believe this. It's just me and a couple other girls now, so I suppose I should pack up and leave. It's far better to be caught with the masses.
Love,
Ginny
So I suppose you may want to hear about this little prank that I am pulling. Actually, I have no idea yet. Well, I have some ideas, but none of them are really good enough. I want to pull something big, something that is worthy of my time at Hogwarts. Something that is worthy of the Weasley name. I suppose I will have to sleep on it, and see what I come up with.
I am still debating whether or not to ask Ron for his assistance. On the one hand, Ron has prefect privileges that would make the whole thing come off so much easier. For starters, he can be out after curfew, so long as he claims to be on patrol. On the other hand, Ron is a prefect. He really loves his badge, despite what he says, and he wouldn't want to put it in jeopardy. There is one other thing that rests on that hand. Hermione. Hermione would be against the whole thing, and Ron would not want to risk his relationship with Hermione, especially as they only became friends again a few months ago.
Oh well, something to think about.
Entry #185
No, I have not come up with any more ideas for pranking, so don't even ask. Oh, don't give me that look; I can't help it if I am more focused on other things. Actually, as an inanimate object, you can't give me that look but if you were a person, I suppose you would give me a "c'mon now. You need to work on this." Sort of look. I had another diary that turned out to be a person. That was a pretty bad time. So I suppose I should be grateful that my new journal is not giving me looks, because things can only go downhill from there.
Actually Ron and Hermione are once again the topic of this journal entry. I mean, you might think that I am wasting time and space writing about them. But they are truly worth writing about. First of all, they are insane. They keep denying their feelings for one another, even though it's so clear that they were meant to be together. I swear, it's almost as if they were characters from a book or something. Something that would obviously be a best selling novel that has been on the best seller lists for ten weeks. Something that is a worldwide phenomenon. And the author would clearly have been giving anvil sized hints all along as to how much Ron and Hermione are meant to be together. They would have a fan base. There would be people cheering them on. It would be a big deal when they finally got together. Yeah, it's almost like that.
You would think Ron would get that Hermione liked him when she asked him to the Christmas party. He seemed to be hopeful at first, but then he suddenly gets really mad at her. Come to think of it, he seemed to be annoyed with her after I had my big blowout with him when he caught me snogging Dean. Gee, I hope it wasn't anything I said. Well, what's done is done, and I'd rather not bring anything in to light again. So he starts dating Lavender, if you call what they were doing dating. You think it would be obvious to both of them then that they liked each other. Hermione is absolutely furious with Ron for no explainable reason, and Ron is not half as concerned with Lavender as he is with Hermione. Actually Lavender broke up with Ron because of Hermione. Even she caught on to the fact that they really liked each other.
You know, it's funny, because Hermione has been the reason that Harry and Cho broke up, and Ron and Hermione broke up. Cho never seemed to get over the fact that Harry had a female best friend. It drove her WILD. I heard her sobbing in the loos last year. I wasn't much consolation though, because I was a bit more inclined to take Hermione's side than hers. So frequently she ended up yelling at me just as much as she did at Harry. I tried telling her every now and then that Harry and Hermione were just friends, and that no one should have thought of Hermione ever ending up with anyone except Ron, but she seemed to disagree with me. I guess she was just as confused about the whole thing as some other people might be. What Harry considers deep loyalty to his friend Hermione, other people might consider romantic intentions. Nut balls, the lot of them.
Hermione also got in the middle of Ron and Lavender's relationship. When Ron got poisoned, he barely ever thought about Lavender. Ever minute that he was conscious was spent thinking about Hermione. Something that drove Lavender wild. She was completely obsessed with whether or not she had a true relationship with Ron. Of course she didn't and she had all the right in the world to be suspicious. Ron was in love with someone else you weirdo; she should have broken up with him long before she did.
I don't know. I think I am so overwhelmed by the whole thing. I thought I was in love with Harry my first, second, and third years and when I saw him even talking to another girl, except of course for Hermione, I couldn't stand it. For a while, I couldn't even stand to see him talking to Hermione. But Ron and Hermione are experiencing the real thing. If they would just drop their defenses for one minute, maybe they could see how head over heels they are for each other.
Oh well, I need to go plan my prank, whatever it is.
Entry #186
Oh my God! I am so happy I could just scream! I have it! I have the perfect prank.
Oh it's beautiful. It will be a work of art. It will be something worthy of the highest praise.
Actually, how I came across the idea is rather interesting. It all starts with Harry and his weird little Draco obsession.
Harry was working in the common room and I saw him take out the marauders' map. I asked him what he was doing and he just mumbled, "Nothing." Well Harry never does anything without a reason so I made sure to pay careful attention to where his eyes traveled on the page. They started on the bottom part, in the lower left hand corner. Gradually his eyes traveled upwards and across the top half of the page. I made sure to note all of this so that I could see what he was looking for. I paid attention to where his eyes stopped, where he didn't even bother to look at, what seemed to interest him the most. Finally, he gave up and decided to go to bed.
"Harry wait," I said.
"hmm," he said turning.
"Can I borrow the Marauders' map? I might go down to the kitchens later because I am still a little hungry."
"Do you want to go now? I could go with you."
"No thanks. I might not go. But in case I do, I would prefer to avoid Snape and his little cronies."
"All right Gin, here you go. See you in the morning." And then he kissed me and left. That was it. It was so incredibly simple, he didn't even question me. Actually, I feel a little bad betraying his trust, but I want to know what exactly he is up to.
So I finished my homework, which took me about twenty more minutes or so, which was the perfect amount of time. If Harry had been wanting to come back down he would've done so. So I unfold the map and I start looking around the areas where Harry had been observing. Much to my surprise, most of them were boy's bathrooms. The areas where Harry had been skipping had been the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw dormitories, and the girls' bathrooms. At first I was really confused. For a brief moment there I even thought Harry might like guys, buy then I saw what was in the top half of the map that had drawn his concentration. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were hanging out in the hall outside the room of requirement. Harry was clearly still concerned with whatever Malfoy was doing, but at least he hasn't been bringing it up as much. He seems to realize that it's not getting him anywhere so he might as well just keep his suspicions to himself.
Well, I was thinking about the map when I realized that it was written by the marauders'. The marauders' are legend around here at Hogwarts. Some people doubt they ever even existed. The only people who have ever pulled pranks as well as them were my brothers. They were incredible. They went out in a blaze of fire, leaving their mark on Hogwarts forever. They also happened to make a map. It was the map that Harry was using to spy on Malfoy. I also happen to know who the marauders were. Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and James Potter, Harry's own father. They could help me pull the prank I needed. So I pulled out my wand and said, "Can you be of any assistance to me."
That depends on the assistance you need. We are good at almost everything.
Is it something about matters of the heart, I know quite a bit about the matters of the heart? (That had to be Sirius)
Is it about quidditch? (Most definitely James)
Or eating? (Peter the dirty rat)
What is it you wished to seek us out for? You most know something about us in order to know how to use the map?
"Actually," I told the map, "I wanted some ideas for a prank to pull."
Oh ho! Apparently Prank is a keyword in this map. It worked almost like a portkey. Our conversation faded almost immediately and instead was a list of pranks. Some of the pranks even had good commentary to go along with it. I think that they wrote this list awhile before they lost their map, because I have heard that they have pulled some of these pranks before.
Pranks of the Marauders': A Guide List
Charm Snivellus into dancing the Hula
Turn Snivellus into any animal you wish. The smaller and slimier, the easier the transfiguring. ("Well of course, that's barely a transfiguration at all!")
Set off Fireworks during the Halloween feast.
Charm the Slytherins into singing muggle songs. A group known as Abba seems to strike the best results.
Charm the turkeys to swordfight during feasts.
Put itching powder into Robert Clag's robes. ("Why?" "He's a git." "You're just still angry that he managed to steal the quaffle from you once." "Yeah, he's a git." "James, please think about something other than quidditch." "Sorry Moony." "No you're not Prongs." "True.")
Put poison in Snivellus' drink.
Give McGonagall a bad hair day. ("oh, the horror.")
Send up a huge seven tier cake to sit between Dumbledore and McGonagall. Have a banner appear above them wishing them good luck with their unborn baby.
Perform an exorcism for Prof. Binns during history of magic.
Turn the Slytherins green.
Get Evans' to fall in love with me. ("Prongs, please think about something other than Lily." "mmmm. Lily.")
Freak out Moaning Myrtle.
Blow up a bathroom.
Turn the Slytherins into toads.
Release nifflers into the Slytherins' common room.
Remove the roof from the great hall.
Give Duncan Snazle a beating for breaking up with Evans in such a horrible way. ("That was pretty bad, doing it right in the middle of the Great Hall where everyone could see." "Git." "Yes well she seemed to recover.")
Put a love potion in Evans' drink. ("PRONGS! SOMETHING ELSE PLEASE!")
Turn the trophy room into a bowling alley.
Attach all the tables in the Great Hall to the ceiling. Do not put sticking charms on the plates to make the food stay.
Arrange a revolution among the house elves.
Deflate Sirius' ego. ("Hey! That's a low blow Wormtail." "Actually Padfoot, I agree with Wormtail, you could use a bit of a deflating." "You're against me too Moony?" "I guess so." "Well at least I still have Prongs on my side, right Prongs?" "… and her eyes are that beautiful green color that just…" "He's lost" "NO! Don't leave me Prongs! Oh I give up, it's useless.")
Have the house elves send shampoo up to Snivellus instead of food for meals.
Bewitch the broomsticks of the Slytherin quidditch team to beat them over the heads whenever they try to mount them.
Send Evans' six dozen roses for her birthday. ("James, stop obsessing about Lily.")
Color the Great Hall Gryffindor colors.
Wander in the Great Hall with a big black dog that looks strangely like a grim. Watch the student body freak out. When the teachers question you, say he is nothing more than a lovable stray and they couldn't leave him outside to starve.
Stun Snivellus. Revive him in the middle of the forest with no one around.
Beat up Calvin Stunridge. ("What? Why?" "Because he dated Lily for 6 months last year." "Oh God.")
Have Snivellus' cutlery start fighting him.
Give Snivellus warts. ("Eeew. He doesn't need our help in becoming even uglier.")
When McGonagall gives Snivellus a detention, charm him into saying, "you're only angry because it's that time of the month. We should talk about this again in a week or so."
Manage to smuggle a hippogriff into the Slytherin common room.
Well, some of these pranks I can't do. I am going to try and avoid the ones involving Snape, because he will end up taking out his anger on Harry. Fred and George did the fireworks last year, so I can't do that. I certainly can't do the ones involving Harry's mum or students that are now fully fledged adults. Hermione has been trying to arrange the house elves into a revolution for two years now, so I will let her stick with that one and move on to one that is actually possible myself. But Fred and George never sent me a toilet seat back when they were in their third year, so I think I will send one to them. Oh, what a brilliant idea. Thank you marauders.
On another note, when I went up to Harry's dorm to put the map back, he was so cute sleeping I almost broke out squeals. He's so adorable. I wanted to lie down next to him and just sleep. Nothing dirty, get those thoughts out of your head! But I definitely wanted to just be next to him, and stay with him.
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