GW

I sat down to dinner, smiling for what felt like the first time in a really long time. I was going to leave behind the life where I never felt truly welcome by everyone. Only Fred and George were the ones who were nice to me, and then they left me alone with Mother. Half-way through dinner I notice Weasel stand up and make his way towards the Slytherin table. I nudge Ash's and Draco's knee under the table, motioning with a small motion of my head at the git. Ash lays a reassuring hand on my arm.

"Ginny. A word. In private," he bites out.

I look at the other two, and they look at me like it's up to me. I was about to step out of the Great Hall when Draco made a minor commotion, bringing attention to him, and no one but me noticed that Ash disappeared where she sat. I felt a glimmer courage knowing that I wouldn't be alone in the hall with him.

"Ginny, Mother is devastated. What did you say to her?" he asks coldly.

"Only what she started. The howler that she sent me for breakfast was enough to show that I am no longer welcome in the Weasley household, and I wouldn't be surprised if she removed my hand from the clock," I retort.

"You betrayed us and she was hurt, what else did you expect," he snarls, his face turning red.

"No, you were the ones who betrayed me. All of you abandoned me when I needed you the most, Fred and George were the only ones who paid the slightest whit of attention to me."

"Oh boo hoo, Ginny needed attention. What about Harry?"

"Yes, Harry Bloody Potter and his wonderfulness. I wonder what the hell I saw in him in the first place, I must have been bonkers to go out with him."

"What's insanity is you hanging out with the prince of the snakes and his whore."

"You don't know anything do you! So blind and conceited, I find myself glad that when this week is through I will no longer call you family."

"What the hell are you talking about? I'm always going to be your brother, that's not something that you can escape."

"Yes, it is."

He backs me farther into the hall, farther away from the doors to the Great Hall.

"Now!" he yells.



Harry whips off his invisibility cloak, his wand at the ready and a spell on his lips. Before it could connect, I was encased in black feathers, a minute whimpering sounding from right behind me. The wings open again, and Ash shoves me behind her, her wand out.

"Don't you guys ever bleeding learn," she snarls at them.

I step off to the side of her, letting her see me out of the corner of her eye. She was pissed. Her black eyes were merciless as she stared the two of them down.

Behind you! I scream in my mind at her.

She moves, barely dodging the net that Hermione had cast to imprison her.

"I never thought that one of you would dare take on a form better than your own," Hermione snarls, her voice snobbish.

"And I would never have pegged you for an idiot," Ash responds, "but with all of those books smarts, not one whit of common sense."

I heard the doors open and I saw Blaise walking out of the Great Hall. He stops short at the scene before him, and shuts the doors behind him quickly. He paces forward slowly his wand drawn.

The trio, seeing that they were outnumbered took the minor distraction to beat it. Going under the invisibility cloak.

"Blaise, I can explain," I start.

"I'm not the only one," he whispers, his dark skin lighter than normal.

Ash holds out her hand to him, and he reaches out and takes it. His eyes close as the power passes through him, green wings bursting from his back.

"Angel of Earth, it is a pleasure to meet you," Ash mutters.

"Angel of Death I presume," he whispers.

There was a soft commotion from behind the closed doors. Ash pulls us both to her shutting the wings over us as the pressure changes. We were in the land of the dead again. She waited and then the pressure changes again before opening her wings and letting us free. Blaise's wings have vanished. He looks at us curiously.

"Go to Dumbledore, and tell only him what you are and that you're coming with us. Pack for a week's trip and meet us by the front doors within the hour," Ash says quickly, turning and going down the stairs to the dungeons.

I follow her quickly, and see her slumped against the wall at the bottom of the stairs.



"Too much, too soon," she mutters, "give me a moment and I'll get my strength back."

I heard footsteps on the stairs, and Draco comes to the bottom. He leans down and lifts Ash into his arms, "no place to take a break Death. Weakness is never meant to be shown."

We rush the rest of the way to the Slytherin Common Room, knowing that most of them will still be at dinner. Draco sets Ash down and she is a bit unsteady on her feet before nodding that she is fine.

"Go pack, we'll do the same. We're meeting Blaise before we leave," she says quickly.

"Blaise?" Draco questions.

"Earth," I reply for her.

He nods, then disappears up the stairs. I motion for Ash to go ahead of me, silently muttering a prayer to be able to catch her if she fell. She makes it to the bed and sits down. I go to my wardrobe and open it, looking inside. There was nothing in there that wasn't attached to a memory of the Weasley family.

"Step back from that damned thing," Ash mutters.

I go over and join her on the bed, looking at her curiously. She waves her wand and clothes from both wardrobes fly into their respective trunks. I notice that while quite a few outfits flew from her trunk, my entire wardrobe was emptied and all my clothes had been packed.

"I have the feeling that you're going to want to set fire to that," she says, looking at me.

"Then I'll have nothing to wear," I tell her.

She just stares at me.

"Once you become a part of my family, you're not going to want for anything. Tomorrow, after everything is done, we're going to take you shopping," she says calmly, "Ginerva Twilight."