A tearful Mrs. Weasley, followed by her husband, was ushered into the Gryffindor common room by Mrs. McGonnagal, and she gasped at the sight of her daughter sitting by the fire with her three best friends, alive and well.
"Ginny!" She ran to hold her daughter. Ginny was quickly flanked on either side by her parents' loving embraces. After a few moments, Mrs. Weasley was satisfied that Ginny was unharmed, and promptly lit into her.
"GINERVA WEASLEY, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? YOU KNOW BETTER THAN TO PLAY A PRANK LIKE THAT! WHY, YOU HAD YOUR FATHER AND I WORRIED HALF TO DEATH! HOW WERE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT THIS WAS ALL SOME JOKE?"
"Mum", Ron said quietly.
"NOW, THANKS TO THE TWINS'S PRANK SHOP I'VE COME TO TERMS WITH THE IDEA OF A HARMLESS JOKE, BUT FAKING SUICIDE IS BY NO MEANS HARMLESS HARMLESS!"
"Mum", Ron again tried to cut her off.
"AND NOT EXPLAINING TO YOUR FRIENDS THAT IT IS A JOKE IS EVEN WORSE, AND LEAVING THAT NOTE WHERE THEY CAN FIND IT!"
"MUM!" Ron roared.
"FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, RON, WHAT IS IT!?" Molly turned on him, her glowering stare threatening murder.
"Mum, it wasn't a joke." Ron said quietly. "She jumped off the tower. Malfoy saved her." Mr. Weasley gave a surprised start at this.
"Lucius' boy? I rather thought he took after his father. Aren't you always complaining about how rotten he is?"
"He is not!" Ginny said. "He stopped my fall in midair and levitated me back up to the tower. And then he made me realize that I need to keep going, not just give up and die. Anyhow, he's not who we thought he was!" Mrs. Weasley, who learned to find a moral in everything from raising so many kids, said," Well, this proves that you can't judge people on a first impression."
"Well, our 'first impression' of him stayed pretty accurate for about seven years." Ron muttered. Mrs. Weasley ignored him and put her arm around Ginny again.
"Well, dear, do you want to talk about all this?"
Ginny shook her head, saying, "I just talked for about four hours straight. There is nothing I want less than to talk about it. I'm really tired right now, and I think I might actually get some decent sleep."
Mrs. Weasley started to protest, but Harry and Hermione, knowing about Ginny's sleeping patterns (or lack thereof ) ushered her upstairs. Ron alleviated his mother's protests saying,
"Mum, she's been through a lot. Let her talk about it tomorrow."
"But what if she sneaks off again in the middle of the night?" Ginny, halfway up the stairs, heard this and called back,
"Mum, I'm fine! I'm not going to go sneaking off!" and then she added a moment later, "I love you!"
Mr. Weasley took his wife's arm and started to lead her out of the common room against her protests. Mrs. McGonnagal cut in and said,
"You two can sleep in an empty dorm room if that would make Molly feel better."
"Thank you", said Mr. Weasley. He took his wife's hand and led her upstairs.
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