Title: Diary Of A Not-Quite-Damsel In Distress

Author: Escaped Sanity

Co-author: Bloodybrit (She's my inspiration/everything else/she came up with a title when I was at a loss for words, for once)

Disclaimer: Not mine. Not now, not tomorrow, not yesterday, not ever. Whimpers slightly Why the bloody hell not? (Hey, does anyone even read this?)

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Chapter Five

Of Arguments and Fleeing Sisters

8/1/96

Dear Diary,

I'm up! I'm up! I've been asleep (again) since 3:30 after Harry woke us all up. He was (needless to say) being strange… dancing… singing… screaming? It's been… oh, four days since the potion. Heh heh… Wait 'til he sees his hair afterward.

Ginny, what are you up to this time? It's not bad enough that you made Harry bald, but you-

Hey, I wasn't aiming for Harry, sheesh. Get over it, 'Mione. Besides, you'll definitely enjoy the next stage of the potion because-

Because what? Hmmm? Honestly, Ginny, you've scarred Harry for life- he honestly thought he was going bald! I bet Mum and Dad heard his screams at home! He was-

Now hold it. It wasn't that loud. Anyway, we should probably go for breakfast, now. Mum should be calling our name any-

Ok, she called.

Love always,

Ginevra Molly Weasley

and

Hermione Jane Granger

Looking as bright and fresh as always, the two girls made their way to the kitchen for a spot of breakfast. As soon as they saw Harry, however, they stopped. Unfortunately, Ron was behind them and wasn't paying attention.

"Oomph! Hey, why'd you guys stop?" He asked indignantly, following their gaze. "Harry, mate! What happened to your hair? It's… it's only half growing in. I mean, you're still half bald!" he exclaimed, tripping over his own words.

Harry stopped and looked up. "What?" he asked, confused. "What do you mean it's only half there?"

Ginny gulped; she could feel the angry radiating from his body. "Well, he's right. Only half of it is growing back, Harry. But don't worry, it should all be normal soon enough!" she finished brightly.

His eyes narrowed at her, and she realized that she was in trouble. "It should all be normal soon enough?" he questioned, "Ginevra Molly Weasley, did you happen to have anything to do with this?"

She backed up the stairs into Ron and Hermione (who fell over with a squeak). "NO! I… uh… I just thought, you know, since it was starting to-" She never finished the sentence, instead taking off in a mad dash down the stairs, past Harry, and outside to the broom shed.

"YOU GET BACK HERE, GINNY! I'M NOT THROUGH WITH YOU YET, MISSY!" he hollered while chasing after her. "YOU MADE ME GO BALD ON PURPOSE AND NOW THAT IT'S GROWING BACK YOU HAVE THE BALLS TO TELL ME YOU KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON! THAT'S NOT FAIR. YOU'RE GOING TO PAY!"

"That's not right, Harry!" she yelled from her broom, about 15 meters off the ground. "I didn't do it on purpose! And your hair should be back to normal in about ten days! Please," she pleaded, "don't kill me! I can explain it later, just don't kill me!"

"Hey, mate, go easy on her. After all, she is my sister and Mum will kill me if you kill her. Besides, I'm sure there's a good explanation somewhere for what happened. Why don't we just stay calm?" Ron said. "Ginny, get off that broom and please, tell us why Harry was bald and is now half bald," he coaxed, soundly eerily like Kingsley.

"I think… I think I'm going to wait until Harry calms down, ok?" she asked. "In fact, while Harry is cooling down, I'm going to have a nice visit over to Luna's," she said cheerily as she sped away on her broom.

"I can't believe that Ginny did this," Harry groaned as he touched his hair gingerly, as though he was afraid it would all fall out if he touched it all at once. "If I knew where Luna lived, I'd beat Ginny there, but I suppose I'd better just wait for her to get back."

"Harry," Hermione began hesitantly, "you should have let her explain earlier. Now she's going to be thinking of a way to explain this without upsetting you further. She probably won't be back until dinnertime," she finished as she watched Ginny disappear into the sky.

Author's Note: Oh, wow. So, that took a really, really long time. I'm sorry- I pretty much forgot about the story. :-/ And so I found it and was all "Wow! I should finish that!". So I am. Thanks so much!