Year 4|| -1995-
They abandoned the Burrow in favor of Grimmauld place, meaning that she wasn't allowed to tell her friends where she was. She spent most of her time in her room, one that she sadly shared with Hermione. It was nice, a dark green room with Silver accents. It reminded her of her own room at the Burrow and her dorm room. The older girl was always trying pull Ginny into a conversation. She felt weirdly comforted when she had time to herself, weather it was what Molly had said about her being a Black, or the calmness the house seemed to give she wasn't sure.
Ron was being his pigheaded self and Molly kept giving her strange looks. She rarely saw Arthur, or was it okay to keep calling him dad, and the twins were holed up in their room making more joke products. Ginny sometimes sat with them silently, her reading an advanced book and they working on a new potion, or candy, or ear. It was better than talking to Hermione about changing the room colors (which she happened to like).
Harry had a trial for underage magic or something of the sort. She wished him luck the night before seeing as she wasn't going to get up early just to talk to him. She planned to sleep until noon actually. That plan went down hill as Hermione woke her up early to look at her changes. With only one eye open, Ginny was blinded by gold and red, instead of the calming Slytherin colors she fell asleep to, mangy Gryffindor colors that practically screamed in her face was the first thing she saw when she woke up. The second was Hermione's beaming face, which began to fall at Ginny's irate look. The third, and last, thing she saw that morning was the calming green colors of the twins room, where she jumped on the king sized bed and curled up in between her brothers snoring figures.
When Ginny went for breakfast that morning, Molly tried to reprimand her for being rude to Hermione when all she did was 'change a few colors'. Ginny didn't even try to argue, and the table fell into an leery silence as Ginny simply stared at the woman she once called a mother. The usually rowdy and cheerful table remained in an awkward silence as the two engaged in a silent showdown. It only ended when Harry appeared back from his hearing, in which the table realized they had been sat like that for an hour and a half.
Ginny won the second Harry walked into the kitchen, then she stood as everyone watched with a varied amount of confusion or worry as she left the kitchen and headed upstairs. She didn't come out of the twins room that day for lunch or supper. Instead she placed a silencing charm up and read her Advanced books for Hogwarts. Only the twins knew why she acted like that, and when dinner came and everyone except Ginny sat at the table, the two pronounced loudly,
"It really is a shame when a supposed mother takes another child's side in an argument without knowing her own child's story." They left without touching the plates Molly handed out, and Molly herself had to be excused for the fear of breaking down in front of the now shocked and silent table.
Ginny grabbed the Snitch from the air before heading back inside. It was a dangerous thing but she always made sure to spend an hour to wait for Adrian's Snitch. The bouquet he had gotten her the year before were small messengers charmed to only the pair of them. At this moment she never appreciated it more.
She wasn't paying attention to where she was stepping, which was why when she tripped over a pair of boots she reached out with a startled yelp and grabbed the curtain hiding a . Black hadn't yelled at her, only told her to be more careful and watch her step. The worst part was when she nodded dumbly and turned to see Sirius Black standing there with a confused expression that mirrored her own.
"How did you-"
"Well you didn't think i'd yell at my granddaughter did you? I could tell her a mile away even with the glamour placed on her. Do come visit soon dear." with that she closed the curtains herself. Sirius stared at her as Ginny hurried past, tears threatening to spill at the reminder.
She was not a Weasley.
Everyone was leaning on the banner to hear the yelling match in the kitchen. Sirius had kicked everyone except the Weasley matriarch and patriarch. Out, sending them upstairs.
"She is not your daughter, I raised her!"
"YOU DID A LOUSY JOB AT IT FROM WHAT I HEARD!"
"HOW DARE YOU!"
A string of curses followed, both magical and not. She could feel Ron's glare on her neck and Ginny decided to call it a night. She didn't want to be a Weasley, but did that mean she was evil then? She didn't want to find out.
Sirius spoke with her after the fight. Asking if she had any questions. He wouldn't lie to her, but he also wouldn't say anything if she didn't want to know.
"His name?"
"Regulus."
"Was he evil?" Am I..?
"Not an evil bone in his body. Not an evil bone in yours either."
"Did he love me?" it was barley a whisper but in that sentence anyone who heard could tell how broken up she was about it.
"I'd like to think he loved you very much.. But he's long dead and even I can't tell what a dead man feels."
The ride to the castle was uneventful. Ginny sat on Adrian's lap much to the compartment's amusement. Of course she wasn't complaining though. She ended up staring at him for the ride, tuning out what everyone else said. When he noticed he leaned in and whispered worriedly,
"Are you alright love? You've been silent for the ride." Ginny just smiled and leaned up to give him a good snog. After that he let her stare all she wanted.
Umbridge was a total skank. Not that she would willingly say that outside of the common room. She ridiculed the professors constantly and taught them nothing in class.
"First threw third years listen up, you are going to shut up and deal with Umbridge as you would any other Professor. Fourth year and up will be meeting here with the seventh years to expand our knowledge of Defense. Whatever is learned here will stay here." At least Ginny could look forward to that.
Adrian surprised her for Valentines day, took her out on their brooms for a ride above the black lake. She almost cried when he told her to turn around and she felt him hang a necklace around her neck. Not because she didn't get him a gift (she did, he loved it) or because she was sentimental. She opened her eyes and looked down at a beautiful jewel, sparkling in the sunset and bringing tears to her eyes.
"If you don't like it then I can-" she cut him off by jumping off her broom and wrapping her arms around his neck. The ring lay perfectly on the chain, the engraved initials showed by an electrified pulse.
Hermione approached her about the group to learn defense from Harry. She went to the first thing but decided against signing her name. She grabbed Fred and George and made her way to the Slytherin Commons. They stared for a moment, but Ginny glared at anyone who stared too long. She wasn't going to let those two idiots get caught with Umbridge.
'I will not act like a hustler.' Her first detention with Umbridge, all for asking for help. She was seated with her year mate Cyrys Rosier and needed help understanding the chapter. Umbridge (she refused to call her professor) assigned a detention and embarrassed the young Black in front of everyone.
Ginny wanted to go home. Not to the Burrow, not to Grimmauld Place, to her home that was hidden in her room, where the fairy lights were shining and the blankets were stored. Where she could stay in peace and perfection and never leave.
The door in front of her wasn't there before was it?
Come and Go room. It was special, whenever she needed to get away she would go there, cry, scream, sleep, live in quiet. It was her special place, hers.
So when she needed to get away, she ran. Umbridge was calling her family names, degrading them in front of the class. That wasn't what got to her.
'Well the Weasleys aren't your blood now so what could I expect from a Black.'
She didn't tell anyone, not even Adrian so that would mean the Headmaster... A door appeared but Ginny didn't notice that it wasn't the regular door. Faces, tens of them, were staring at her.
"Ron?" He stepped forward hesitantly, ears burning at the looks he was getting.
"Get out of here Ginerva, your'e not supposed to be here." He never called her Ginny anymore. The young girl swallowed before she turned and stored out. He deserved all the teasing he was bound to get. The tears grew the farther away from her special place she got. She didn't know how she was going to do this, she couldn't even sleep a whole night outside of it, how was she supposed to calm down from that terrible urchin-
"Miss Black. Detention tonight at six. Arrive Promptly."
Miss Black
Ginny was going to be sick.
They got caught as she thought they would. She didn't know why, but she knew they were heading into battle. She and Luna hurried to catch up, good thing too or else they would have never made it to the Ministry in time.
"REDUCTO!" she let all her anger at everything out, after this was over she swore she would ask Sirius to tell her everything. She didn't want to die not knowing.
"Sirius!" She saw Bellatrix aiming her wand and she sent the spell flying.
"Confringo!" The fight stopped for a second as Bellatrix was blasted back.
"Crucio!" "Imperio!" "Expilso!" "Avada Kedavra!"
Shield, dodge, shield, duck, "Expeliarmus! Lumos! Locomotor Wibbly! Stupefy!" Slytherin's monthly Duel in the commons had finally paid off. It took another twenty minutes as the death eaters fought valiantly. In all that time only one escaped.
"Where's Malfoy!?" Ron yelled when they rounded everyone up.
"Malfoy? Lucius Malfoy?" Ginny asked with false confusion, "He wasn't here."
"You slimey little-"
"Ronald Weasley don't you dare!"
When she got back that night Draco was waiting. He thanked her and pushed her to her own dorm. It was the first time she slept throughout the night in her own bed.
With Sirius safe, and Umbridge still at Hogwarts for another three weeks, Ginny made a decision to tell her friends the truth. She took them to the Come and Go room, pictured her little home and waited for them to get comfortable. then she talked and talked and talked until it was silent and everyone was staring at her. Then Adrian pulled his hand away from hers, she felt her heart break until he pulled her into a hug. Soon they all joined in, Hester, Hestia, and Flora being the closest to her. This was her home.
Regulus Articulus Black. He was a death eater who realized too late, but still tried to get out. Kinda like Draco. Kreacher worshiped her now, practically kissed the ground she walked on. He always cleaned her room, put a good meal on her plate, and when she asked nicely he put a nice meal on the Twins plates as well.
One day at breakfast he set before her a locket that he claimed to be her father's -it was weird to think of anyone but Arthur her father- but before she could even touch it she jumped back with a strangled scream.
You have nothing to fear Ginny, I doubt they will attack your brothers. Didn't you say enemies of the heir? That must mean mudbloods.
Kreacher didn't know what he did wrong, he began to wring his hands out in a form of punishment.
What's Wrong Ginerva? Did something happen with Ronald?
The twins tried to reach for her, but all she could see, hear, feel, was Tom. It was too descriptive, She could practically smell him if she concentrated, old parchment and leather.
After all I am a Slytherin myself, I haven't been rude to you have I?
Sirius practically hated Slytherins, yet he was nice to her. Perhaps it was the fact that she fed him as Titus?
Tom Marvolo Riddle, Pleased to meet your Acquaintance Giverva.
She didn't want to meet him, she hated him.
Is everything all right Ginerva? You can Trust me.
She was sobbing, backing away, yelling at everyone who touched her, and Sirius picked up the locket before, "Fuck!" and he dropped it, pulling his burnt fingers close to him.
Molly was panicking now, trying to get to Ginny, but Ginny couldn't -Wouldn't- play puppet to Tom again.
Ginerva I can help you with Ronald and those other bullies you've mentioned, all you have to do is let me in. Tell me about it.
She could hear the locket just as she heard the diary. She could hear Tom,
Don't stop writing, don't let them take me away! Ginny! Wear me Ginerva, don't run away from me again! Ginerva! Ginny stop running!"
"Stop, Stop, StopStopStopstopstopstopstopstopstopSTOPSTOPSTOPIT!" Ginny ran, faster than she had before, out the door and past the block ignoring the startled cries. Ginny would never be controlled by Tom. Never again.
Ginny had a lowkey meltdown. i don't blame her honestly. So stay with me on the next chapter cause i'm steering off track and into a whole new ballpark!
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