Butterbeer, Broomsticks & Nargles

Banned. all aspects of Fun.

*** Katie Bell ***

Katie,

I don't know if I can make it to Hogsmeade again, security is pretty tight and my family have been taken in for questioning with the ministry, I don't know who will read this but I just want you to know I am going to fight. 

I don't think this is the right time for us to be together, not like we can't ever be together. It's just easier this way if we aren't together. 

Please stay safe, stay happy 

Oliver 

I sighed and wiped my face with my sleeve, trust me to get so wrapped up in a guy who didn't really see a future in us being together. Hogwarts with Snape as Head was like how you imagined hell to be. No laughter, no fun, no quidditch, no running, no talking and curses shot at you for stepping out of line. The pain of those curses was staggeringly bad --

I'd recieved the letter from Oliver, not long after they banned Quidditch at Hogwarts and just before Snape Banned all students from recieving letters from friends and family during term time. In fact it was like i'd lost everyone I loved in my life most within the space of a few days and if it hadn't been for Dumbledore's army I would have given up hope completley. 

"BELL" Ginny yelled "Oh Hi." I stammered pushing the letter into my bag and standing up awkwardly. "You shouldn't be in here.. its pretty unstable." She muttered glancing up at the hoops above our heads. 

"I know.. I just miss it, in all of this misery and uncertainity i always had Quidditch and I always had O-" I shut up wanting to be brave in front of Ginny and not cry again, her hand on my shoulder unsettles me slightly, I've always been used to a Shouty feisty Ginny not a comforting one. "i Know it sucks about the Quidditch and especially about Oliver.. he shouldn't have bumped you by letter, but I think he's just trying to protect you." She smiled. 

"How did you?.. look never mind, he always treated me like a little kid anyway and he's just so wrapped up in his own issues, no one even cares that my mum's been locked up by the ministry and my dad is being tourtured. i hate it here, Harry said Hogwarts would continue to be our home, but this isn't a home Ginny it's a prison." I let the tears slide down my face and glare up at the abadoned quidditch stands. 

Emptiness is all that is left. 

*** Ginny Weasley** 

Harry. 

How come the name still stung in her mouth, like a sour taste. He ended it just like Oliver did with Katie, with little regard for her feelings and all to protect her?

She would show him that she didn't need his help to make a difference. She would turn Hogwarts back into a home again and challenge the staff who made the castle into a eternal prison for its students.