A/N: I don't own Ginny Weasly. I apologize for the very long delay of update. I have finally broken my curse of writer's block for this story. Please R&R thank you so much.

~Chapter 6~

When Ginny woke the next morning, after the Sorting Ceremony and Welcome Feast, she was both nervous and anxious. It was the day she would receive her schedule and begin her first official day at Hogwarts. She wasn't sure what her first class was going to be and hoped it wouldn't be Potions. From what her brothers have mentioned reguarding Professor Snape, he could be intimidating.

She took out her diary from beneath her pillow and beagn to write.

"Morning, Tom."

"Good morning, Ginny. Ready for your first day?"

"I'm nervous, but excited. They don't make us do too much the first day, right? I mean its more introducing us to everything."

"Don't worry too much. You will be fine"

A sigh of relief washed over her. She knew that by writing to Tom he would help her relax. Ginny got dressed fairly quickly and proceeded to go down to the Great Hall for breakfast.

Fred and George were already sitting at the Gryffindor table munching on toast and helping themselves to more eggs. A few minutes later Ron arrived with Harry. Hermione was already at the table and not happy with the two of them. Especially not after their grand arrival at Hogwarts the night before. She was reading "Voyages with Vampires" when they sat down next to her. She said "Morning" with an edge to her voice. Neville was talking to Ron about how he was expecting his Grandmother to send him what he left behind when there was a rush of hundreds of wings flying overhead. Owls carrying packages to their owners flitted everywhere and then came a crash into Hermione's milk jug. Errol, our family owl came tumbling down. Enclosed in its beak was a bright red envelope.

"She's...she's sent me a Howler." Ron stamered.

Neville noticed it right away and said, "You'd better open it, Ron. It'll be worse if you don't..."

"What's a Howler?" Harry asked after seeing the look of terror on Ron's face.

But Harry's question went unanswered. The corners of the letter began to smoke at the edges. Ron carefully took the letter from Errol's beak holding it at arms length.

"Open it," Neville urged, "It'll all be over in a few minutes."

Ginny looked at Ron not knowing what to say. He slid the letter open and Neville immediately covered his ears. Harry took notice and looked confused. He wasn't sure what it meant to get a Howler, but then he understood why. It had sounded as if there was an explosion that erupted through the Great Hall.

"- STEALING THE CAR, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SURPRISED IF THEY'D EXPELLED YOU, YOU WAIT TILL I GET HOLD OF YOU. I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU STOPPED TO THINK WHAT YOUR FATHER AND I WENT THROUGH WHEN WE SAW IT WAS GONE-"

Mrs. Weasly's voice was magnified a hundred times louder than it normally was when she was angry. The plates and spoons rattled on the table. Ginny looked at her plate. She couldn't look at her brother. She has seen her Mum get mad, mostly when she yelled at Fred and George, but hearing the screams THIS loud was embarassing. Ginny could just tell that Ron's face was the same color as his hair.

All around people looked to see where it was coming from. Ron just sank in his seat without looking at anyone.

"- LETTER FROM DUMBLEDORE LAST NIGHT, I THOUGHT YOUR FATHER WOULD DIE OF SHAME. WE DIDN'T BRING YOU UP TO BEHAVE LIKE THIS, YOU AND HARRY COULD BOTH HAVE DIED-"

Harry stared at his bowl of porridge pretending to hear the noise.

" ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED - YOUR FATHER'S FACING AN INQUIRY AT WORK AND ITS ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT. AND IF YOU PUT ANOTHER TOE OUT OF LINE WE'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT BACK HOME."

Harry and Ron dared a glance at each other and then turned away just as quickly. Hermione put her book down and looked down at Ron. "Well, I dont' know what you expected, Ron, but you-"

"Don't tell me I deserved it," Ron snapped back at her.

Harry looked guilty, and Ginny felt sorry. Part of her wanted to pull out her diary and tell Tom about it right away, but she thought it would be better to do that later.

A/N : I hope that was worth the wait, and I can promise I will post more chapters sooner. I had to use a lot of reference to the book to get it right. I didn't want to mess up the Howler message. Please R&R, i would really appreciate the feedback.