Chapter 3

"Ginny, oh my baby. I've missed you so much. I was so worried, but you are alright," Mrs. Weasley said has she held her daughter in her arms. It had been three long years, but now her youngest was back home. She looked up at Draco, "Thank you for bringing her home to me, thank you."

"Mommy, can you make him leave? Please?" Ginny whimpered to her mother. Now that she was home she dissolved back into a child. She was confused and she didn't want to deal with the fact that someone who broke her heart was now a close family friend. Mrs. Weasley looked stunned but nodded and gave Draco a pointed look. He took the hint and disappareted leaving Ginny and her mother.

"Now, Ginny dear, let me look at you," Mrs. Weasley clucked her tongue at what she saw. "You need to eat more! You are skinnier than a pole, did you forget how to eat in the past three years. Into the kitchen now!" Ginny smiled slightly at the fact that her mother hadn't changed one bit.

Ginny sat at the table eating the food that her mother set down for her. Even after she was full her mother continued to cook everything that was in the house. Ginny could tell her mother was nervous and all the stress of missing a child was sliding off of her. Mrs. Weasley was simply trying to calm down.

"I didn't want to leave you. But, I had to mom. There was so much…" Ginny trailed off at her attempt to start a conversation.

"Ginny, I know! I knew there had to be a reason you were gone. Something had to have been very wrong. I just wish… that you could have trusted someone."

"Mom! No, it wasn't that I didn't trust anyone… I was scared. I didn't want anyone else to get hurt. Not after George, and then there was so much else…"

"Ginny! You know it wasn't your fault George got hurt. You were so lucky he was there or else you may not be sitting here today. And he is fine. Married now, with his own set of twins. Fred too. Both of their sets were born within a week," Mrs. Weasley rambled on about the boys and their children for a while.

POP! POP!

Ginny and Mrs. Weasley turned to see two tall identical red heads running into the kitchen. Ginny stood up as Fred and George tackled her into a hug.

"Harry had said"

"And we just had to make sure"

"He wasn't lying because we would have"

"Killed the prat if he had. Making us believe"

"That our baby sister was back."

"But he was right, you are okay"

"Don't ever think of running off again"

"Or I will personally beat the living sh-"

"Fred Weasley! I will not have that kind of language in my house! Especially not directed towards your sister when she's just come home!" Mrs. Weasley angrily demanded. Both boys bowed their heads and mumbled 'yes mum' under their breath. Ginny went up to each of them and gave them each separate hugs this time. She noticed that both of them looked years older, more so than they should. And as she looked Fred in the eyes she noticed that the spark that was once there was gone.

It didn't take much longer for the rest of the Weasley clan to show up and give Ginny smoldering hugs. Ginny smiled as her family came around her. Though she did notice the feeling of sadness that hung over the family. It didn't seem right that there were only four children in the house.

"How long ago did it happen?" Ginny asked in a moment of silence. No one in the family needed clarification as to what she was talking about.

"Percy was just after you left. There was an attack on the ministry. Bill and Fleur happened about a year after that. They were in Ireland, on vacation because Fleur was expecting," Charlie's voice cracked as he talked. He took a moment to compose himself, "and they wanted one more chance alone together. There was an attack on the hotel. It was muggle so they tried to defend the people. The saved so many lives, but lost their own."

Ginny sat silently for a few moments. Her brother and his wife died as heroes. She felt proud at the same time as the sadness came over her once again. She did manage to whisper out however, "and Ron?"

"Just a month ago," Everyone looked up to see Harry standing in the doorway with a very pregnant Hermione. "During the final battle. I was dueling with Voldemort and a death eater came up from behind. He was going to stun me so Voldemort could get in the final kill. Ron dueled with him. He bought me enough time to finish off Voldemort but he couldn't best the death eater. He was killed with the killing curse just seconds before I killed Voldemort. After I did the death eater went into such pain because of the dark mark burning off that he was left useless. I was too slow…"

"Harry, it's not your fault," Mrs. Weasley said. "I've told you that a million times over. I wish you would believe me."

"She's right, Harry." Hermione told him before waddling over to where Ginny was standing. She gave her a long hug and when they pulled apart she had tears streaming down her face. "Ginny, meet your niece, Olivia Gin Weasley." Ginny put her hand on Hermione's stomach and let her feel the baby kick. Ginny smiled softly.

"Gin?"

"Ron wanted to name her after you but still be an individual. So we decided to abbreviate your name as her middle name. He would be so happy to know that you are okay. So happy," Hermione started to cry softly again, and Harry came over and put a protective arm around her. After a few moments, Ginny got up the nerve to ask the question that had been on her mind for a while.

"Why do you trust Draco Malfoy?"

"Because he is a good guy, always has been," Harry replied. Ginny looked at him questioningly and he was about to explain when the fire started glowing and a man Ginny had never seen before popped his head in.

"Harry, George, Fred you are needed. There has been another muggle attack. We thought that they would end, but this is swarmed with dark magic." With that the man disappeared and instants later so did her brothers.

"They are all aurors. They've been dealing mostly with muggle attacks. This is the first one since he was defeated." Mrs. Weasley told Ginny without her having to ask. The names on the clock went to grave danger. "And now its time to wait."

"Ginny, I know that you don't want to talk about it right now, but when you are ready, I'm here okay?" Hermione told the younger girl. Ginny nodded and hugged Hermione again thanking her lucky stars that she was so understanding.

AN: Yes I know this took forever to get out… but here it is now. Chapter shouldn't take as long from now on… last two weeks have been really busy with prom and our major play and myself being sleep deprived because of the two. Hope you enjoyed it.

Thank you so much to BlackDragon-20-2005 and to Natalie for reviewing.