author's note: it's now been over a year since I finished the 28th chapter of this, and looking back I realize that each chapter is more of a little snippet of a scene than an actual chapter. I suppose the upside of this mislabeling is that each 'chapter' is in reality a lot shorter than I anticipated, so that the idea of 28 chapters should be a lot less daunting.
Because this story is so old (at least to me) I would greatly appreciate comments, both critical and (dare I ask?) congratulatory if you like this story. I'm looking to go back and revise it, or perhaps rewrite the entire thing and republish, once I've finished publishing what I have as of now
Enjoy
lnpr
Chapter 6 Starched Sheets"Ginny, Ginny dear, will you be wanting any breakfast this morning?" a young woman with a glowing face and happy demeanor was making her rounds and came into Ginny's view.
"What? Where am I?" Ginny asked, startled from her half slumber and half wakeful contemplation.
The last thing she could remember was Neville's dead body on the cold hard marble. Who had really won? Had Ginny been captured by the enemy? Ginny sat bolt upright very quickly and the world spun around her. She blinked and it went back into its proper place.
"Ginny, darling, what's the hurry? You're at St. Mungo's Hospital for Witches and Wizards," the nurse explained, "you've been asleep for about a day and a half now. It was ample time for all your banes to heal. You're the first of the Survivors to wake. Well, the first of the children, in any case. I believe Mrs. Weasly is awake too. She's in a bit of a state though, your father… Well, if you decide you'd like to get out of bed and walk around, please do so slowly. We're not quite sure how the shock has affected your young bodies. You may get dizzy very easily. Here's breakfast. I'll leave you to your own devices."
The nurse put down a tray on Ginny's bed. Breakfast at the hospital apparently consisted of dry toast, stale coffee and runny eggs that Ginny daren't touch, much less eat. One would think that after saving the entire Wizarding World the hospital the survivors were recuperating at would at least provide proper nourishment. Well, if one thought that, one would be wrong. Since Ginny hadn't been particularly hungry in the first place, and the served meal looked truly unappetizing, Ginny resolved that she ought to look around and see what… condition… her friends were in.