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[7thborn]

[ accidental voice ]

Mum.

[The voice is faint, as if far away from the recording device, but the urgency and tightly controlled panic is clear.]

Dad, they're coming. They know we've broken the wards-hurry!

[Fumbling, a rush of static. Voices, mostly indistinct, but there's a woman's and several other men, a series of harsh cracks signaling

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voice;

[wholivedagain]

Ginny!

voice;

[7thborn]

[And Ginny starts at the sound of her name, shoes grinding on the ground as she spins with her wand aloft. No one. But that sounded like...]

Harry?

voice;

[wholivedagain]

Well, yes, you are back in the City.

voice;

[7thborn]

City?

[Bewilderment. London? No, not that. Her mind is buzzing, still half in England but with memories of this world trying to rush back into place.]

What are you-where the hell are you?

so meet me by the roadside

[worthtwelve]

[He was already outside, tending to the gardens, but the loud crack and the yelling caused him to rip off his dragon-skin gloves and head immediately out to the forest, to the source of the noise. He's got dirt on his nose and the knees of his pants are dusty as well, but he looks thrilled - if a little bit confused when he sees her]

Ginny?

so meet me by the roadside

[7thborn]

[The redheaded witch has a rucksack slung over her shoulder, a wand tight in one hand as she spins, half-expecting her family though her mind does register the familiar voice before her eyes do. Neville? It can't be. Ginny had seen him on the Platform before they left for their respective Easter breaks.]

Neville?

[The darkness obscures her injuries, many of them looking worse than they are, left over from her latest detention at Hogwarts, but those are the least of her concerns now. What's going on?]

I thought-

We weren't meant to Apparate to your Gran's!

so meet me by the roadside

[worthtwelve]

[his eyes flick over her injuries, but he doesn't linger because he knows that she wouldn't want him to. It's the same with him. Complaining about them doesn't make it any better.]

This isn't my Gran's, Ginny. You're -

[He looks around. There's been some strange things happening in the City today]

But first, you'd better come in.

so meet me by the roadside

[7thborn]

[Ginny swallows roughly, jaw tightening. These aren't the answers she wants. Her other hand is clutching a communicator, and through that she had learned that she's back in the City. The City. The memories are foggy, but they're coming slowly. Harry's here. Neville, Remus, Luna. There's more, she knows it.]

Explain, Neville. "Coming in" is the last thing I want to do right now. I'm meant to be with my family, and Godric knows where they've buggered off to!

[Because saying it like that means they haven't been captured, right?]

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[suncolors]

Oh, you did come back.

[suncolors]

audio; sob....might disappear trying to meet a hw deadline and tag w/peter >.>

[suncolors]

Have you gotten your bearings again yet?

audio; aww bb it's okay WE CAN BACKDATE FOREVER

[7thborn]

Luna?

[The relief in her voice is so strong, it's ragged at the edges.]

voice;

[remarkablycalm]

Ginny Weasley! You aren't at home anymore. Get ahold of yourself now, girl, something is going on here and you must be careful.

voice;

[7thborn]

Remus? Thank Merlin.

[The barrage of voices and information combined with the disorientation of an Apparation that has clearly gone horribly wrong has Ginny on edge and snappish now.]

Of course not. We've left, I thought you knew the plan. Dad always said it'd be any day now, largest blood traitor family and all, but I didn't think-

I can't find them, Remus. Any of them.

voice;

[remarkablycalm]

Yes, it is Remus.

[ he heaves a long sigh at the snappish tone in her voice, and reconsiders his next statement. ]

I am not a part of any plan. The last thing that I remember doing at home is receiving messages from Sirius Black. Neither one of us is at home, and I am going to let you settle down and situate yourself before anything else.

voice;

[7thborn]

Sirius?

[Thankfully, Ginny doesn't elaborate on why this is so shocking to her. The headache has something to do with that.]

This is ridiculous.

voice;

[altinnin]

Excellent timing, Weasley.

[but it lacks the usual bite]

voice;

[7thborn]

You.

voice;

[altinnin]

Tell me, what's the worst thing you've ever done?

voice;

[7thborn]

As if I'd answer a slimy git like you, Malfoy.