The next few weeks were a whirl wind of practice, class, and homework. Nothing out of the ordinary happened.I was coming out of Herbology with Neville when a boy ran up to me."Dumbledore wants to see you right away. Would you like me to lead you to his office?""No, its alright, I know my way there. Later Luna!" I jogged off toward the castle. I passed by the giggling girls and some rambunctious boys, saying hello to some of my friends that called out to me. I slowed down as I neared the passage to his office."Butterbeer." I said to the gargoyle. It slid aside letting me enter the staircase. I took the stairs three at a time. I stopped in front of his door taking a deep breath to catch my breath. I reached out and knocked lightly."Come in." the soft call came.I opened the door. "Hello Professor. You wanted to see me.""Yes Sammay, come sit." I went and perched lightly on the chair."So... What's up?""Hmm... Odd phrase. At the moment I'd say the ceiling." He said looking at me confused, "Why?"I laughed. "What's up means what did you want to tell me.""Oh, why didn't you just say so?" He said smiling"I did." I laughed."I called you here because there is something I wanted to teach you in your spare time. It is a high level skill, but I think it will be extremely useful to you.""What is it?""It is called Occlumancy. It is the ability to read minds and to block people from reading yours." he explained. I nodded."I've heard of it before I think... Yes, it was in some books I've read.""Yes, I imagine it was." he laughed his eyes sparkling."Alright. We shall do it on the weekends. Now, you better get going, or you will be late for class."I stood and walked toward the door. "Oh, and Sammay, it would be much appreciated if you kept the lessons between the two of us.""Ok. Bye Professor Dumbledore." I sped out of the room and to Transfigurations.
"Hey Ginny." I called, I was on my way to lunch."Ginny? Hello Earth to Ginny?" I called to her, but she ignored me and just walked off toward the bathroom. "Jeez, what's her problem?" I muttered."Hey kiddo" George twins linked their arms through mine."What's up?" Fred said using my term."Nothing out of the ordinary... Why? Oh, and George, I told you not to call me that.""Yeah yeah." George said."Hey, what's up with Ginny?""What do you mean?" They both asked."She just totally blew me off.""Really? She didn't seem to be acting weird to us... She must have just been spacing out." they explained together"Don't worry." Fred said"I guess you two would know best... It was still odd though." I walked a bit ahead of them. They shrugged and followed after me.
I tried to keep an eye on Ginny, but the more I tried to watch her the less I seemed to see of night I was walking out in the hallways after dinner. Luna was with me. That is when we heard the scream. We looked at each other before speeding down the hallways toward the noise. Suddenly a crowd of students were in front of us.... Most were green. I heard Luna gasp. I followed her eyes and saw what had caught her attention. "Oh...My..." my hand flew to my mouth.