It's very early in the morning when Ginny tiptoes down from the fifth-year girls' dormitory. The common room is empty, and she settles down on the couch in front of the hearth. With a quick flick of her wand, the fire starts up again.

She just spent an awful night tossing and turning in bed, her mind full of confusing and terrible dreams. She hasn ( Read more... )

*sitting at the Gryffindor table, eating breakfast and flipping through a book*

The Antipodean Opaleye... that's a beautiful illustration. I wonder if Charlie saw any of those in his dragon colony? I'll have to ask him next time I send him an owl... I wish I could convince Mum and Dad to go to Romania this summer and visit him, but with things the ( Read more... )

( To Hermione, from Gin )

*sitting in the Common Room, in the corner opposite from Ron, Hermione and Harry, writing in her journal*

Hermione told me she landed a detention with Snape today. I can't possibly figure what she could've done to deserve that, and my guess is that Snape was being a prat, as usual. I haven't had a chance to ask her about it - or if my brother had ( Read more... )