Chapter 10: Arriving
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Author's Note: I m so sorry for the long wait. My keyboard malfunctioned and I had to wait to get a new one. I already finished writing the story, there is only one more chapter left after this one. I lost the inspiration to go on. Anyways, if you like Draco and Ginny stories check out "I Should Tell You" by emeraldfishy. It is a fic I am writing with my best friend greendoggy. Anyways I hope your Holidays are as joyous as mine have been so far! Don't forget to review.
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She couldn't believe she was finally here. Her journey had been quite troublesome but she made it alive.
After she left her mother at Madam Malkins, she ran to the flooin section. She got into the closest fireplace available after waiting for nearly an hour. She flooed to the Knight Bus station and asked to be taken to her destination. Her bed was placed next to a guy that snored, drooled, and sang in his sleep. He was rather a weird man. His smell was a combination of new tires and flowers. His robes were a deep purple with sparkles and stars. His hair was orange with green streaks. He looked like a Halloween candy bar. She stared at him for awhile, containing the need to laugh out loud and wake the man up.
She decided to stand up and look through the window. Bad Idea. The minute she stood up the bus gave a jolt that sent her flying across the vehicle. She banged her head pretty hard and was surprised she was still conscious. As she was patting her head tenderly while lying on the floor, the driver took a curve that made Ginny slide toward his seat at the other end of the bus. They stopped suddenly and she was forced to slide backwards. The situation would have been funny had she not been terrified for her life. Using the little time she had left while the bus remained unmoving to pick and drop passengers, she rushed towards her bed and sat down Indian style. She noticed the beds were nailed to the floor. Gee, I wonder why? She thought sarcastically. The rest of the trip was uneventful mainly due to the fact that she had not been paying attention in an attempt to preserve her life.
When they finally arrived at her stop, she got out of the bus as quickly as if Voldemort himself had decided to make use of this method of transportation. The weird man next to her never woke up. She thought, for some reason, it was for the best. She walked towards a street sign. It clearly read Godric's Hollow. "This is it," she reassured herself somehow by saying it out loud.
All of a sudden a thought came to mind. A very important thought. While she knew that the trio was at Godric's Hollow she did not know which house they were in. She knew it was the house of Harry's parents but there were so many it was impossible to tell which one it was. She decided to sit down and to wait for someone to indicate the way. She was sure that many wizards had to come this way daily. Someone was bound to turn up soon. Well, she had been wrong. She sat there below the sign for nearly two hours. She had come a long way and she would not turn back no matter how long she had to wait.
She must have dozed off for a few moments. But suddenly she became aware of a very white speck flying towards her direction. "Hedwig!" she shouted almost crying from happiness. The owl recognized her and landed in her outstretched hand. It let herself be caressed by Ginny's gentle touch.
"Hedwig, you don't know how happy I am to see you!" The owl hooted in acknowledgement.
"Can you take me to Harry and the others?" Hedwig took flight immediately after Ginny asked her question. Ginny had to walk fast so she wouldn't lose track until they got near to the middle of the street. Hedwig landed on a blue mailbox belonging to a simple but beautiful white house with a black rooftop. Ginny held her breath as she walked towards the door and softly knocked at it. The owl watched her intensely as it sat perched on the mailbox. The door slowly opened and Ginny found herself with a shocked pair of green eyes looking intently at her, the pair of green eyes that she loved the most in the world.