Title: Ginevra Weasley and The Battle of Love

Author: Gremlin15

Summary: They say love can conquer all, maybe that's why Ginny was still holding on to Harry and the Trio with such a force. Maybe that was why she was trying so hard to help them win this war. Follow Ginny from the summer before her sixth year, all the way up to the Final Battle. Book 1 of the Painful Loveseries.

Couples: Main: HarryGinny, HermioneRon, MinervaMadEye, and SiriusRemusTonks

Minor: SusanErnie, DracoGinny, HestiaDung, BillFleur, FredAngelina, GeorgeKatie

Author's Note: Well, then, I understand when I'm not loved :sulks in corner:. No, but seriously, I know it takes a while for the reviews to strt coming, so I might as well post the second chapter, yeah? Good.

Still looking for a beta by the way.

-Grem

Two days later, Luna and Ginny were awaken by the knock of two owls on their window. Both owls carried Ministry crests and Ginny knew riht away that they were the OWLs results. Yes, the OWLs had been taken before Dumbledore's death, and so the Ministry decided to send out the grades.

Ginny received ten OWLs, failing only Astronomy, and that class really didn't mean anything to her anyway. She was planning on becoming an Auror and was very happy to find that she had gotten close to perfect grades in all her other subjects.

Luna, too, was smiling. Upon further inspection, Ginny found that Luna had gotten perfect marks in every subject, save History of Magic, in which she received a 'T'. Luna explained that she had put the truth on the paper, not all those lies Binns had told them. Ginny had to laugh at that remark

And then it hit them, these grades wouldn't matter if Hogwarts remained closed. Ginny decided to find out once and for all whether or not the school would open. Running to her desk, she grabbed a parchment and her quill and began to write a letter to McGonagall, keeping it mostly coded.

Dear Minnie-mouse,

I hope this letter finds you I good health. I am writing to find out the conditions of our beloved Warthog. Seeing as I am only 16, mum and dad will tell me nothing of the various birds discussed at the Bird Watcher's Club. So any information would help.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter.

-Nev Sly

Ginny smiled at her wit and sent the letter off with Luna's owl, Apollo. The bird seemed terribly happy to be out in the world again, and Ginny's smile grew. She would finally know how Hogwarts was going to fare, she had great OWL grades, if nothing else, the day started out perfectly.

Ginny and Luna ran down the stairs to show Molly their grades. She hugged both girls and baked them two cakes, double-chocolate for Luna and strawberry short cake for Ginny. The girls wolfed down their cakes and then ran upstairs to find Hermione, Harry, and Ron and inform them of their grades and the letter.

"We sent the letter to McGonagall," Ginny explained a few minutes later, after the excitement of hers and Luna's grades wore off. They were all sitting, Indian style, on Ron's bed. Luna's face was contorted into something that looked serious and if it weren't for the fact that this conversation was serious, Ginny would have laughed.

"Has she replied?" Ron asked. Ginny shook her head impatiently. Of course she hadn't replied, Ginny would have said something if she had replied. It's not like she's the one that hides things-

"Look, there's a Hogwarts owl," Luna stated, serenely, "He looks terribly impatient."

"Yeah, yeah," Hermione snapped, "Open the window, Ron." Ron did as he was told and the owl flew in, landing on Ginny's lap. Ginny untied the letter and gave the bird to Luna so it would be fed.

Dear Miss Sly,

I am terribly happy to inform you that our warthog is in good condition and will still be alive come September. However, no new warthogs will be intorudced and many warthogs have opted not to return.

Included is your book lists. Please write back with your decisions to stay or go.

Unfortunately named,

Minnie-mouse

"Oh thank Merlin," Ginny breathed, passing the letter around. "I supposed that you four will get your letters a bit later then."

Harry was reading the letter, Harry was re-reading the letter, Harry was re-re-reading the letter and Ginny was getting irritated fast. "What are you looking for?" she asked, yelled, pleaded, begged.

Harry was starteled out of his daydream and looked at her. "A hidden message, a note, anything. There aren't going to be any first years," he noted, with a bit of sorrow in his voice, "many students aren't returning…" For a moment, silence reigned, and then, "Gin, I need you to owl everyone in the old DA. I need you to find out who's staying in Hogwarts and who's not. Luna, I need you to write back to McGonagall and ask if she's taking the position of Headmistress. Hermione, contact the Order and ask them everything you can about Hogwarts. Anything you find out will be useful."

"Ron," he turned to his best friend and stated, "We need to get ready to leave tonight."

Ginny rushed into her room and began to make a list. It was hard, remembering everyone in the DA, but soon her list was complete and she began to write everyone letters. Every letter was impersonal, it asked only if the member was staying at Hogwarts. If the member had graduated already, it asked if they were joining the "Bird Watcher's Club," a name only prospective members would understand.

One by one, the letters were written and tied up. She had borrowed Hedwig from Harry and Apollo from Luna and Pigwidgeon from Ron for this job. On each owl's foot she tied a letter and sent them off.

Three hours later, she had received replies from just about every ex-DA member, including Marietta Edgecomb. Very few people were returning, some of them had graduated already, most of them were being kept home by their parents.

And yet, Dean was coming back, as were the Creevey brothers, and Lavender would be there. Neville had written saying he was most definitely returning to Hogwarts and if there was any way he could help, to notify him.

The Patil twins were not returning, but Padma said she wanted to be updated on everything that was happening. Pavarti, however, wanted absolutely nothing to do with the DA or the Order and had ignored the letter completely.

Zacharias Smith was not returning, his mother would not allow it. But Seamus Finnegan, who would never have been allowed back had it been up to his mother, was staying with the Order at Grimmauld Place after running away from home so he could return to the school.

Terry Boot said he would be returning. He promised to help in anyway her could. Roger Davies also offered his assistance, as long as it wasn't anything terribly illegal. He was still hoping to make a Quidditch team after the war had died down. Ever the optimist, that boy.

Ernie MacMillian, Hannah Abbot, and Susan Bones would also be returning, but they were the last of them. Everyone else was staying home or had changed sides, or anything to that affect.

Ginny took the replies up to Ron's room and was greeted by the Trio and Luna. They had been waiting for her for about ten minutes.

"Well?" Hermione asked, "How many?"

"Eleven," was Ginny's reply. She said it calmly, nonchalantly, "But Padma wants to help in any way she can. Do you think we could contact Remus about her?"

"So that's eleven, plus you and Luna, that's thirteen. Luna, what did you find out?" Hermione asked again, having taken control of this meeting. Luna smiled up at her and stated, bluntly, no.

"She's not?" Harry questioned, incredeously. Who else could possibly be taking over the position of Headmaster-mistress-person of Hogwarts? Harry could think of only three possible people, and each was more unlikely than the next. First, there was Slughorn, the most probable, followed by Flitwick, the only teacher who had been there as long as McGonagall and wasn't a ghost, and finally, Hagrid, and that was unlikely seeing as the half-giant didn't even have a fourth year education.

"Did she say who was?" Ron, the first to recover his wits, asked. Luna shook her head.

"She said all would be revealed come September first," was the blonde's answer. Hermione nodded even though it was apparent that Harry and Ron wanted to ask more questions.

"What did you find out, Mione?" Ron asked, looking at her questioningly. Anything about Hogwarts as important right now, anything.

"Fifty well-trained Aurors will be standing guard outside the school. There are nine medi-witches inside its walls. And there are so many charms and curses and jinxes in every entrance that it'll make your head spin," Hermione answered, "Remus's words, not mine. And he told me to say that yes, every entrance in guarded."

Harry and Ron nodded and Harry wrote down the information on a scroll that seemed to get longer and longer as he wrote more and more.

"We leave tonight, at midnight. Gin, Luna, tell the Order, and your parents, and Neville where we are. No one else needs to know. Tell McGonagall to expect us before the start of school. And tell Slughorn I said best of luck," Harry sighed and looked away, "I'll wake you when we leave," he told Ginny and Luna. Then he was gone, having to think things over by himself. Ginny watched him go and felt the tears in her eyes.

She cursed loudly and held them in, now the whole crying thing was getting a bit ridiculous.

"Gin…Ginny…c'mon, Gin, up," she could hear Harry's voice in her ear, but she didn't quite understand that it was real. It wasn't until he hit her in the back of the head that she sat up, rubbing her eyes, and looked at him.

"We're leaving," he whispered in her ear, "Our book lists will be here in the morning. Send them to me at the Leaky Cauldron. I'll contact you once we figure this all out." Ginny nodded and threw her arms around him, knowing it would be the last time in a long time she'd be able to.

It shocked both of them when Harry leaned down and kissed her. It was passionate and needy, but Ginny didn't want it any other way. When they pulled apart, Harry looked into her eyes and whispered, "I love you."

Ginny smiled and watched him go, "Harry?" she called out, just as he was exiting the room. Harry turned and looked at her, tears in both their eyes, "I love you, too."

Ron and Hermione entered the room next while Harry went to say good-bye to Luna. Ron pulled his sister into a tight hug and promised he'd return to her and "I'll bring the midget with glasses back, too, I guess." This earned him a punch in the arm from his little sister, even though she was all but crying.

Hermione smiled at her best friend and hugged her tightly, "I'll write, all the time, and floo when I can. And…we'll be home for Christmas, I think. So, don't worry about us." Ginny smiled at Hermione's babbleing and grasped tighter at her.

"Good luck you guys, and don't get married with out me," this made both of them color brightly as they left.

She heard them walk down stairs and floo to the Leaky Cauldron. She stayed awake the rest of the night, and Luna walked in sometime around two am, crying yet again. Ginny sat up with her and they talked about what they would do when Hogwarts rolled around.

They were both avoiding the fact that, come morning, the whole world would know that Harry Potter and his best friends had disappeared and dropped out of school.

"Ginevra Weasley, where the bloody hell are they?" and that was the first thing Ginny heard the next morning. She must have dosed off around dawn because being woken up like that was the most annoying thing Ginny could think of.

Luna looked at her with fear evident on her face. Ginny smiled, comfortingly, and looked her mother in the eye.

"They've gone in search of the horcruxes," Ginny answered, knowing very well that every Order member knew about the horcruxes. "They've decided not to return to Hogwarts. They said they'll contact you when they get the chance. Mum, you knew they were going to leave. You knew there was nothing you could do about. Please don't be mad at me, mum, if it was my choice they would have never gone." Ginny said this all very quickly, rambling in a sense.

Molly's face was still contorted in anger, but she seemed to calm down a bit, a very small bit, but still a bit. "They left?" she asked, she didn't yell like Ginny had expected, she didn't scream and complain and ask how the bloody hell they were able to slip away with Aurors patrolling every corner of the house. She simply asked the two words that meant the world to everyone in the room.

"Yes," Luna answered, she knew Ginny couldn't. She knew that Ginny was only now realizing that Harry was gone and he wouldn't be back until Christmas, if all went well. "Yes, they're gone."

Molly nodded and sat at the foot of the bed. Holding her arms out to the two girls she embraced them warmly as they melted together. Crying, sobbing, praying, shaking, the three of them were quite a sight.

McGonagall walked in an hour later, looking as far from amused as humanly possible. You could tell she had been crying and concern was etched in her features. She walked over to where Molly was sitting and Ginny and Luna slept.

"They grew up too fast," she whispered to Molly. The red haired woman just nodded and looked at Minerva with tears in her eyes.

"They'll be okay, won't they Minnie?" she asked, looking at her old Head of House expectantly, "they won't get terribly hurt, will they. I don't know what I'd do if any of them di-di-died."

"Shhh," Minerva comforted, "Don't say such things. They'll come back, they've promised they will. Now why don't you come down and have some tea. The rest of the Order's here at the moment, Arthur invited us."

Molly allowed herself to be led down the steps, and Ginny opened an eye to watch her mother leave. Sighing to herself, the red-head turned her face into the pillow and drifted off to sleep, yet again. As she did, she prayed that Harry would write her soon and tell her everything would be okay.