Title: At the End of the Day
Summary: After the death of someone that Ginny held dear she becomes reclusive. Many people try to get her to open up but it isn't working. The Dark Lord is going to be attacking soon and Ginny is essential to both sides, but what side will she choose?
Rated: R, language, and some sexual scenes
Chapter 2
The carriage pulled to a stop, right outside the castle doors. Ginny let Luna get out of the carriage first, afraid that because Luna was oblivious to everything the girl wouldn't notice anyone in front of her and they would collide.
When Ginny did get out of the carriage she looked around, like she did every year. She saw the lake, and the Whomping Willow. She saw the Forbidden Forest, and then she saw the castle. The big stone walled castle sparkled as if it were made out of hundreds of gems. Ginny placed a hand on the door, wanting to feel like she was home, she wanted to feel the warmth that Ron had always talked about, but it wasn't there. She tried harder, tears forming in her eyes but the warmth never came, only a cold nothingness. A single tear slipped out of her eye and rolled down her cheek, she wiped it away with her hand.
"Open the door" a voice in back of her called out.
Ginny shook her head, trying to clear it, and shoved open the door. She walked inside, and followed everyone else into the Great Hall.
She sat down in her usual seat, next to the Golden Trio. Ginny sighed and waited patiently as Professor McGonagall brought out the Sorting Hat.
The Hat cleared its throat and began its song.
Welcome to Hogwarts my friends
Here the fun never ends.
Ginny tuned the rest of the song out; she really didn't care what the hat was singing. She pushed a curly red lock of hair behind her ear.
When the song was over Dumbledore stood up and clapped his hands.
"Filch has asked me to remind you all, the Forbidden Forest is, as it was and always will be off limits. The fourth floor second wing is now also off limits. Anyone who trespasses either of these thing will be severely punished." Dumbledore said, looking directly at Harry.
"Now that that is over with, a few things have been added to the banned at Hogwarts list if anyone wishes to see that list come to me or Filch. Now I'm hungry and you all are probably to so Shizznat" Dumbledore cried out, scaring a few first years, and the food appeared.
Ron started heaping all the food onto his plate. Ginny gave him a dirty look before she took a piece of chicken and some mashed potatoes. She finished her meal quickly, because she didn't eat anything, and got her schedule from Professor McGonagall.
She didn't even bother opening it. She walked to Gryffindor Tower, and stopped outside the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Bill Weasley" she muttered, and stormed through the hole.
"Don't be so sad, dear" the portrait called in after her as it swung shut.
Ginny muttered something under her breath and went upstairs to her dormitory.
She slowly took her schedule out of her envelope and threw it on her bed. She flopped ungracefully down next to it. She picked it up and stared at it.
Ginevra Weasley
8 A.M… Breakfast
9 A.M... NEWT Transfiguration (Ravenclaw)
10 A.M… Double NEWT potions (Slytherin)
12 P.M… Lunch
1 P.M… NEWT Herbology (Hufflepuff)
2 P.M…NEWT History of Magic (Only Gryffindor)
3 P.M… Double NEWT DADA (Only Gryffindor)
5 P.M…NEWT Charms
6 P.M…NEWT Divination (With Firenze, Only Gryffindor)
7 P.M…Dinner
8 P.M onwards…Free
Ginny sighed as she looked at her schedule, they did say fifth year was one of the hardest years, she told herself sternly, and nine hours of class was definitely hard.
Well one good thing was that she only had one class with the Slytherins, it wasn't so much she disliked the Slytherins, it was that they disliked her and so she had no other choice but to hate them back.
Ginny personally thought that the whole fight between the two houses was a little over dramatic and stupid. The fight between Godric and Salazar happened over 300 years ago, and it was over a school, or so she (and most other people) thought.
She placed her schedule on the nightstand next to her bed. She closed her eyes, and thought of Bill. It was what she did every night. She started crying again. She knew her tears were getting old, but she couldn't help them. She missed her brother terribly, and so crying and missing she fell asleep.
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At seven the next morning Ginny's alarm clock rang. She stretched and got up out of bed, grabbed her shampoo and conditioner and went to shower. When she came out she felt refreshed. She grabbed her uniform and put it on; she looked in the mirror and let out a frustrated growl. Her shirt was a little too tight, and her skirt was a little too short, it wasn't that much inappropriate, but it was noticeable.
She placed her robe on top of her clothing. The robe was too big on her; it was George's old one. She left her hair as it was, and placed her sneakers on her feet. She grabbed her bag and headed out the door.
Ginny walked down to breakfast by herself, as she did most mornings before this. She walked quietly into the Great Hall, and sat down at the end of the table by herself.
She put some eggs on her plate, took a bite and then pushed the plate away from her feeling sick, not noticing a pair of silver eyes that were focused on her. She sat where she was for a while before finally getting up and going to her first class, she would be early, but then she would be able to pick her seat
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Draco Malfoy was sitting eating his breakfast when he looked up and saw the little Weasley girl walk into the Great Hall. He stared at her all through breakfast; there was something…intriguing about her. He watched her place the eggs on her plate and then eat a small bite. He raised his eyebrow at this.
Did the littlest Weasley not eat? Wasn't there some Muggle disorder where you didn't eat because you thought you were fat? Was it's called? Anorexia that was it! I wonder if Weasley is anorexic, Draco thought to himself. Why should I care, he quickly caught himself. But Draco Malfoy the boy with a heart of ice found that he did care, and he really wasn't sure why.
Draco got up, a couple minutes after the little Weasley got up, he really needed to find out her name.
Draco slowly walked to his first class, potions with the Gryffindors.
He shook his head, he hated the Gryffindors, and he had to share his favorite subject with them. He got to the classroom, and took a seat next to Blaise. Snape walked in about a minute later, with The Golden Trio at his heels.
"30 points from Gryffindor, for being late" Snape barked at them.
Harry opened his mouth, wanting to say something to the Professor, but Hermione elbowed him and so he wisely closed his mouth. All three sat down, Harry and Ron next to each other, and Hermione next to Neville.
"This as all of you well know is your seventh year potions class, and so I expect more from you then I did before. I want to test your true ability for potion making. I want every person to brew me an Amortentia potion. I will give you two weeks to complete your task, but first can anyone tell me what this potion is? Snape asked the class, ignoring Hermione's frantic hand.
"Yes, Mister Malfoy?"
"Amortentia is the most powerful love potion in the world, it is recognizable by its mother-of-pearl sheen, and its steam rises in spirals. The potion smells differently to different people, it all depends on what attracts them."
"Very good, Mister Malfoy, 20 points to Slytherin for going above and beyond expectations!" Snape smirked at the Gryffindors. "Now get to work" he concluded.
Neville looked around confused, and slowly put his hand up.
"What is it Longbottom?" Snape snarled at the boy.
"Um, sir, what are the ingredients?" Neville was able to stammer out.
Snape glared at him "It's your assignment Longbottom, figure it out!"
Neville nodded, happy that at least Gryffindor didn't lose any points for that.
Draco shook his head, and rolled his eyes towards Blaise, who just smirked. He opened his book trying to find anything about the Amortentia potion, but found nothing.
Figures, he thought to himself, the ingredients would only be found in the restricted section of the library.
After class he would ask Professor Snape for a pass for now he would do something else.
He flipped through his potions book, and on page 458 he stopped. He quickly read the potion, and to be sure he was right, he read it again.
"Felix Felicis" he murmured to himself. He grabbed Blaise's book and turned to the same page, but all that was there was a blood replenishing potion.
Draco gave Blaise back his book, and smirked. This year was going to be one lucky year.
He started to read all about the potion. It was highly toxic if it was taken in large quantities, and if used to much you would be dangerously overconfident, giddy, and reckless.
Draco looked around, and made sure that no one was looking; he ripped the page out of his textbook and placed it into his pocket.
The bell rang and he walked over to Snape.
"Professor?" he asked him.
Snape looked up "What is it?"
"I need a pass for the restricted section to get all of the ingredients" Draco told him.
Snape smirked "at least someone realized that that is where the ingredients would be found."
Snape quickly jotted something down on a piece of paper. "Here you go, Mister Malfoy."
Draco took the sheet of paper and walked on to herbology.
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Ginny was sitting in transfiguration, twirling her wand between her fingers, as Professor McGonagall spoke about what they would be doing this semester. It wasn't all that interesting.
When the bell rang Ginny got up and followed the class to potions. She sat down in her seat, and took out her potions book.
"Today class" Snape started off the lesson "you will each be brewing me a bottle of veritaserum. I expect you to have it done by the end of this class, anyone who is able to make this potion correctly will be rewarded, anyone who doesn't…" he trailed off smiling sinisterly at the Gryffindors.
"You may begin now" he stated.
Ginny flipped open to her book to the page with veritaserum ingredients, and started.
She went to the front of the class and took all the ingredients that she needed.
"Shredded Boomslang skin, root of asphodel, four drops of dragon's blood, and jobberknoll feathers" Ginny said making sure that she had everything she needed.
She placed the boomslang in, and stirred for 10 minutes. Next she chopped up the root of asphodel; she put the four drops of dragon's blood on the root, and dumped it (the root) in. She stirred counterclockwise for another twenty minutes, before she dipped the jobberknoll feathers in twenty seven times. After she did that she put the feathers in, and switched off stirring clockwise and counterclockwise for the next 45 minutes. At exactly three minutes and forty nine seconds she had to switch the way she was stirring.
When she was finished the class was almost over, and Snape was coming around to look at all of the potions.
"Very good, Miss Weasley" he told her "please stay after class."
He walked around the class and told one more person, a Slytherin, to stay after class.
The bell rang and while everyone packed up and went to lunch, Ginny and the other girl went to Professor.
"Serena Zabini, and Ginevra Weasley" he said, motioning for them to sit down, which they did. "You two were the only ones who were able to concoct this potion, out of a class of thirty-three students. Not only that you are two of five students to ever have been able to make this potion in their sixth year, the third as you may or may not have guessed was Draco Malfoy, myself, and Lily Evans or Potter" he told them.
The girls both nodded at the same time, not sure of what to say.
"Because you were able to make this potion I will have to talk to Dumbledore immediately but I think that it would be best if the two of you were partners, and helped us make a certain potion."
Both girls were very confused at what he was saying, a potion? What potion did they have to make? They were going to be partners-
"Of course" Snape said interrupting all of their thought "you'll be working on it with Mister Malfoy as well."
Ginny wanted to let out a groan, but knew that if she did she would have lost so many points for Gryffindor, but she couldn't help it. The groan escaped her lips anyway.
Snape smirked "you are lucky Miss Weasley that you are a favorite of mine, dismissed."
The two girls left the room together, outside the door Serena held out her hand towards Ginny.
"Serena Zabini" she told Ginny. Ginny took the other girls hand "Ginny Weasley" she replied. They both walked to lunch in silence, but not an uncomfortable one. When they got there Serena went to sit at the Slytherin table, and Ginny went to sit at the Gryffindor table.
She sat at the end, by herself again, she didn't want to sit next to the Dream Team anymore, and it wasn't as if they noticed her missing anyway.
She took some bread and took a bite of it before she was full. Again she didn't feel the silver eyes staring at her. She checked her watch she had 45 minutes before her next class she sighed and went up to her common room. She decided to take a nap. She lay down on the couch and fell asleep. She woke up around a half an hour later. She stretched her arms and walked to the greenhouses. Herbology was the most boring subject in the world Ginny thought to herself.
This was torture she could barely sit through it without killing her or Professor Sprout. An hour later it was over and Ginny sighed with relief. She walked onto Charms, and then DADA. Before long it was time for divination, and she was very lucky she didn't have Trelawney. She walked into the classroom (Trelawney was in the tower) and took a seat near the front. About two minutes later the rest of the class was there, because there were only five students in the whole class.
Firenze came in and stood at the front of the room.
"Hello" he nodded at all of them. "Today we will begin learning about seers, can anyone tell me what a seer is?" he asked.
Everyone raised their hand.
"Yes, Miss Phillips?" he called on the girl sitting next to Ginny.
"A person who tells future events?" she was an up talker.
"Correct, today true seers are very hard, and near impossible to find. A true seer can always see the future; they get this ability when they become of age, which is at age seventeen. If they are trained then they are able to block out future events. In every generation there are two Seers. So far in your generation we know of none. Many seers who have not had the proper training go mad because they can't block out the future, and so they see pictures in their mind that have not happened, they hear voices and so they start to go crazy." He explained to them.
The bell rang, and Firenze nodded at them, signaling that they were dismissed. Ginny got up and gathered her stuff, she walked down to dinner.
You'd be proud of me Bill she thought. I did well in potions today, I know it was your favorite subject, I think it's mine now too! She told him, hoping against hope that he would talk back, he didn't. She sighed and went into the Great Hall, and again she didn't feel the silver eyes on her when she at a bite of the roast beef before she pushed it away.
There was a bang from the other side of the room, and Ginny's head snapped up.
"Don't you ever" she heard a calm, but deadly sounding Draco Malfoy "touch me again Pansy!" The whole hall heard it, it was hard not to. Draco glared at everyone in the Great Hall, and snarled, before walking out his cloak billowing behind him.
Ginny smirked as the conversation around her continued.
"It's the first day back, and Parkinson was already turned down" she heard Dean yelling across the Hall, which erupted into laughter as Pansy tried to do the same thing as Draco but tripped on her way out making the students laugh even harder than they already were.
Ginny sighed looked around her, people were finishing their dinners and leaving, she decided to leave with them. She walked into the common room and sat down to do her homework, one foot of parchment on seers due tomorrow for divination. She started working immediately. When she was done she rolled up the parchment and went upstairs to her room.
She got out of her clothing and dropped down onto her bed, she was exhausted. She closed her eyes and fell into a deep, but restless sleep.
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