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Assignment #12 Survival Studies - Task #2: Emergency Fire Starter Kit: Write about someone becoming explosively angry suddenly.

Word Count: 683

Ginny threw the star chart across the room causing Hermione to look up from her own work.

"This is so stupid! I know some people believe in all this nonsense, that some people are meant to be together, that it's written in the stars, but all this is showing is that I have no one!" Ginny yelled, reaching out and picking up the parchment.

"Let me see, maybe I can make something that resembles sense?" Hermione offered.

"Fine, this stupid assignment is making agree with you about divination," Ginny grumbled, handing Hermione the sheet of parchment and the book that she'd been using to map things. Hermione studied it for a moment.

The girls had become roommates after the war, when Hermione had come back to complete her education. Ginny had come for her last year of school. There were only a handful of students repeating their last year of school, including Draco Malfoy and Theo Nott. Hermione had been the only one of the trio to return. Harry and Ron had both been offered auror positions.

Hermione furrowed her brow as she tried to replicate Ginny's calculations.

"Ginny, where did you learn to do maths?" she asked, after a moment. Ginny flushed slightly.

"Um, well, Mum homeschooled all of us on the basics and... it's not my fault the numbers get all mixed up. I mean, threes look Es and fives like an S and then it's a huge jumble of nonsense, and none of the usual tricks are working."

"Ginny, have you told anyone that this happens?"

"No. I mean, it's stupid. I can read alright, I can make the words make sense for classes. Luna usually helps me with the maths part of things. She reads them out loud and then it makes sense."

"Where is Luna? I haven't seen her this evening."

"Probably snogging Theo," Ginny muttered. "That's why this is sooo important! If there really is someone for me, and it's really in these star charts, I'll never figure it out."

"Ginny, it's nonsense, all this predicting the future stuff. It's just... nonsense."

"We saw the prophesy."

"We did, but who knows what would have happened if it hadn't been overheard. I mean, think about it. The only reason it came to pass is because Professor Snape overheard it and told Him. If he hadn't done that... See, it's just a bunch of wooly nonsense, Ginny. Now, let's focus on the actual reason you're throwing your books across the room. You're jealous of Luna for finding someone she likes."

"What? No! I would never, I mean, she deserves to be happy and if Theo makes her happy..."

Hermione blinked. She'd thought Ginny was just jealous because she wanted someone to love her like Theo seemed to love Luna. Apparently, she'd misread something.

"Ginny, are you trying to say that you wanted to be the one dating Luna?"

"Yes, no, it doesn't matter, Hermione. I mean, me and her... we're best friends and I can't control the way I feel but she loves Theo, not me, and even if she knew how I felt..." Ginny burst out in tears. Slowly Hermione handed her a tissue. Ginny took it.

"Ginny, if you really care that much about Luna, you need to tell her."

"I can't."

"You can! Where's that Gryffindor courage?" Hermione joked. Ginny snorted back a laugh.

"I can face Death Eaters, my mum, dementors, a bloody war, and the thought of telling Luna how I feel... it stops me cold. I have no idea what to even say," Ginny admitted. Hermione's eyes gazed down at the complicated looking maths problem Ginny had been trying to figure out. Slowly, a smile crossed her face.

"Written in the stars," she whispered. "Ginny, what if you used the star chart as a way to start the conversation? Ask Luna if she's completed hers yet?"

"I could, I could ask her to read the problem to me, the numbers... oh! I could make it say that we're a match," she realized. Grabbing the papers, she fled from the dorm looking for Luna.