Kreature bowed, and lit the candles before going to the foyer. Ginny made Draco change in to casual but nice clothing, as she herself had, and they went downstairs to find the entire Order barricaded into the Foyer by a forcefield. Kreature, who was trying to explain something to the loud group, turned and bowed when Draco and Ginny entered the room. "Mistress, Master! They refuse to go to the ballroom. They want to go to the kitchen!"
Dumbledore, Sirius, Snape, and Mrs. Weasley were at the front, all saying different things. Sirius was bellowing orders at the elf to let them go, Snape was calmly chanting incantations trying to remove the forcefield, Dumbledore was trying to reason with Kreature, and Molly was screaming about how she had to cook a dinner for fifty and still listen to the meeting. Ginny amplified her voice, and said, "Hello, please follow me to the ballroom. Tables and food have been prepared." Taking the spell away, Ginny turned to Kreature, "Change the shield so that it levitates them to the ballroom, then bring the food up all at once. You won't need to serve us. Once you're done, make sure there are plenty of drinks ready in serving containers, and if we need them, I'll summon them up. You can go clean the attic, fix the broken and squeaking things in the house and retire once that's done."
The Order of the Phoenix was levitated into the ballroom, the food appeared, and Kreature disappeared to clean out the attic. All fifty people crowded together in shock at the elegant room before them. The candles lit the room to the ideal relaxing point, the pure white tablecloths were beneath perfect glasses, plates, and silverware. The food looked and smelled delicious, and Mrs. Black had cordially greeted them as they walked into her home. This was not the way Grimmauld Place had been just five days ago...
In the center of the room, Ginny stood, and projected her voice, "Welcome to Number 13 Grimmauld Place. Please, take any seat you like. The platters will be floated around shortly."
As the shock wore off, several people took seats and soon the only people left standing were Sirius, Snape, Dumbledore, and Mrs. Weasley. Draco and Ginny had seated themselves at one of the two seaters, accustomed to eating with just each other already. When they noticed the group still standing, Ginny went over. Dumbledore asked, "What happened?"
Smirking, Ginny replied, "Well, after everybody left, I went downstairs and spoke with Aunty Black. She took a liking to me after I introduced myself as a pure blood, and Draco appeared on the stairs, and she said we were welcome to her home. I offered to restore the house, if I could borrow her house elf, and she gave him to me and Draco. We set him to work on the place, first having him sanitize what a pure blood would need to live properly in, and of course, clean everything around Aunty Black's portrait. She asked me to call her Aunty Black, and I just had Kreature do as a pure blood would have ordered with guests coming. To the destined room, or a stay in the foyer."
Sirius asked, "So why does he listen to you, and why didn't he take down the shield after I ordered him to?"
Kreature suddenly appeared at Ginny's side and bowed, "Mistress, Kreature went to the attic, and in the back Kreature found Thing. Mistress, Thing kept the attic clean, and Thing wants to meet Mistress. Should Thing come and see Mistress?"
Ginny replied, "Yes, Kreature, bring me Thing."
Moments later, to elves appeared, but one was a younger girl elf. "Thing sees Mistress! Mistress please forgive Thing for staying in attic! Master Regulus told Thing to stays in the attic. Thing is sorry for not coming to Mistress. Bad Thing! Bad Thing!"
The girl elf began banging her head on the floor, and Ginny let it for a moment before saying, "Very well, Thing. For your punishment, I believe that you can not work for a week. Then you shall only be given one chore at a time until you are a trusted elf of the Noble House of Black again."
Thing bowed low, though nearly in tears, "Yes Mistress."
Kreature and Thing disappeared, and Ginny remarked, "Well, now we have two. That will make life easier. This earned stares from the four she had been talking to, and Ginny shrugged, "Now, please have a seat. This is where we shall be holding all large gathering. The dining room only seats ten. Mother, you won't be cooking here, and I'm afraid that the elves obey myself, Draco, and Aunty Black only, Sirius."
After walking the group to four empty seats, Ginny waved her hand at the food table, and the soups glided around the tables, pausing at each person to give them a chance to take something. Wine, butter beer, and water also floated around, and soon the novelty had worn off, and the hall was filled with chattering. All Ginny had was a glass of water while the rest of the room ate. Halfway through the main course, Kreature forcefully brought in Harry, Ron and Hermione. Ginny came over instantly, and said, "You may release them, Kreature. That will be all." The elf bowed and vanished.
Hermione instantly berated Ginny for treating Kreature so harshly, and Ron tried to hold Harry back as he tried to go after the elf. Harry finally got loose, and Ginny reacted purely out of instinct. The knives she had hidden in her sleeves flew through the air, and wedged in the door jams. With them there, neither of the double doors would open. "I will have to ask you to sit down, and not try to murder my house elf, Potter." Malfoy had also risen and come to settle the room down. The adults were transfixed, watching the scene.
"Your house elf?" Questioned Harry.
Ginny sensed the coming fight, but before she could do anything, the Golden Trio's wands were out. Hermione and Ron flanked Harry against Draco, and the room seemed to hold its breath. The Trio had nearly a month's horcrux hunting in experience, and they had correctly judged Draco's ability to fight as not much. What they weren't counting on, however, was Ginny flanking Draco. Daggers slid into her hands from seemingly no where, and she flashed them through the air in a strange motion. When she let go, they flew to opposite sides, and created a dome around them so that nothing got hurt outside of it. The dome shimmered a green and blue swirled pattern, and Draco drew his wand.
Ron hissed, "Ginny, what are you doing? Get over here, and let us protect you! You'll only get hurt in the crossfire, even if those pre-enchanted daggers were a good idea to have on you."
Within Ginny, something snapped, and it was her patience. "Ronald, darling, do you know how long I've been alive?" Ginny suddenly asked. "Thirty six years, I have spent training and learning to fight. You say that you will protect me? I was possessed by Voldemort for a year, and came back from the dead four times and you will protect me? I don't have the time, the patience, or the will at the moment to deal with your blunt pigheadedness. I don't have the patience to deal with Hermione or my mother's condescending talk of 'when you're older dear.' And the final straw is really Harry's damn heroics ruining everything I ever wanted." By the time she was done, though the people outside the dome couldn't hear what she was saying, everyone saw her glow. It had started as a spark playing around her hands and had engulfed her entire body. Raw magic consumed body, mind and soul, and suddenly, Ginny vanished.
Moments later, a pinprick of light swirled into existence where she had been moments before, and Ginny reappeared, but not the same as she had been. As she had grown more skilled and powerful, her body could no longer contain every thing. Her magic had given her a new body, one taken from the very appearance of her soul. When Ginny reappeared, Thing and Kreature apparated into the dome and removed the spell from the daggers. They cast spell's over Ginny's body, and when she awoke, she stood. The room collectively gasped.
Two meters tall in height, thin, pale, and dressed in black with a staff. Ginny seemed to charge the air itself with her magic, and her hair hung to the floor, black and blood red streaked twisted into a braid and tied at the end with a jade ring. It was pulled back away from her pointed elf ears. The staff Ginny held came up to her shoulder, it was Rowan wood, with runes etched into it. The etchings were filled with gold, and a silver and emerald scaled snake circled the staff to end with its head as the top, mouth wide, and fangs set so that were the floating diamond be lowered, they would hold the jewel in place.
The only thing more striking than Ginny's new look, was her new voice. It was light, but rich and powerful, "Everyone sit. Enjoy your meals and soon we shall come to the business for which we gathered." Everyone sat, and everyone enjoyed their meal. The house elves stayed with Ginny and Draco as they went back to their own corner. "Draco, would you do me a favor?" Ginny asked.
Without hesitation, Draco answered, "Sure."
"Call me Ginny. I have a feeling we are going to have to do a lot of work together shortly."