Ginny had the Dark Mark on her arm—and Ron looked like he was going to murder the first person to annoy him. Ginny sat on the floor, crying; Hermione was being Hermione—she had her head in a book looking for a way to get rid of the Mark; and Harry was walking aimlessly about the Burrow.

"Ron, we have to tell your mum. She has a right to know her little girl's become a Death Eater overnight," Harry told his friend as he emerged from the living room.

Ginny, who had heard this, began to feel more and more angry, until she eventually shouted at Harry.

"I'm not a little girl any more, Harry. About time you realised that fact. I know you've been through more than me—but grow up, Harry." Ginny was practically screaming by now.

Harry looked taken aback—it was the first time Ginny had ever shouted at him like that. Ron seemed to have listened to Harry, however, and had his head stuck in the fireplace, fire-calling his mother.

"Hi, Fleur. Can I speak to my mum?" came Ron's muffled voice. A startled female voice could faintly be heard from the other end.

"Mum, come home quickly," Ron shouted. "Ginny's a Death Eater!"

"She what? Oh, my—Ron, whatever do you—are you sure? What makes you—what did she—oh, how could she do that to the family—especially when Percy has—" Mrs Weasley broke off, making distressed noises as she tried to gather her jumbled thoughts. "Are you sure she isn't under the Imperius curse? This just doesn't sound like Ginny at all. Merlin—my baby, a Death Eater! I'll be right home," were Molly's last words.

Mrs Weasley suddenly erupted out of the fireplace, looked frantically around the room, and leaped to Ginny's side. She began to shake Ginny, as if she could shake answers out of her.

Harry had seen enough; Ginny was crying. He and Hermione gently but firmly pulled Mrs Weasley off her daughter and forcibly sat her down into a chair. Harry began to tell Mrs Weasley what they knew. Every now and again she would gasp and cover her mouth, and when Harry had finally told her everything—save the part about him being anywhere near a half-dressed Ginny...or the dare game—Mrs Weasley went to Ginny and pulled her into a hug.

"Show me the scratch," she managed to whisper in her daughter's ear.

Ginny stood up and pulled her shirt over her head.

"Ginny—not here, darling, Harry and Ron are here!" exclaimed a scandalised Mrs Weasley.

"It's okay, Harry was the one who told me about it," Ginny told her, whilst Harry coloured up and found something interesting to look at on the floor.

Mrs Weasley looked rather as if she would have liked to conduct further investigations into how Harry came to see a scratch that would have been covered up—or should have been covered up, at least. She examined the scratch and gasped, as had everyone else who had seen it except for Harry. Once again she pulled Ginny into a hug much like the one Hermione had given her, when Harry had been sure he heard Ginny's bones cracking; a wince of pain crossed Ginny's face in spite of herself.

"What are we going to do?" Mrs Weasley cried.

"Well, I've been looking around in books and I found something about marks being magically burnt into skin. It seems they will only disappear once You-Know-Who is dead," Hermione whispered, her voice barely audible.

Harry's mind was made up—he was going to tell Ginny about the prophecy and the Horcruxes, as long as she promised to tell no one else. There was even a possibility that what had at first seemed like a disaster could be useful. When Voldemort Summoned his Death Eaters, she could go also, hiding in plain sight, as it were, and listen in on his plans, then report back to Harry and the Order.

Mrs Weasley was still hugging Ginny; Ginny, however was beginning to turn a bit purple, so Harry and Ron assisted once again with the removal of Mrs Weasley safely to her chair.

Harry told Ron and Hermione about his pla, and they agreed. Ron was a bit reluctant to let Ginny go to the Death Eaters' meeting; but Hermione told him that if she didn't answer his Summons, Voldemort would be suspicious of her loyalty and might decide to kill her to keep control and discipline among his followers.

Now all Harry had to do was get Ginny by herself.