Hinny, A Beginning (BOOK 1 OF HINNY THROUGH THE YEARS)

The Ball

I don't own any of the characters. All credit goes to the Epic J.K. Rowling of course and always.

Harry

I was a bit worried as I walked to the lake, glistening under the rising moon. It was a full moon. I worried for Lupin but was happy that he had Sirius. It was nearing night and I could spot Ginny standing with her bag by the brim.

"Hey." I smiled.

"Hi." She gulped, turning to me.

"Where are we going?"

"Nowhere. I want you to see something." She pulled off her robe and dropped it on a rock. Then she took off her sweater vest. I looked at her awkwardly with a cocked brow, "Get off it, dirty mind." She chuckled. She took off her shoes and parked all those things on a rock. She pulled out a large grey cloak and forwarded it to me.

"What..."

"You'll know." She walked to the water.

"Are you going for a dip?" I chuckled as she stared at the peaking moon. She walked and stood a few feet away from me. An unnatural distance.

"Get under your invisibility cloak Harry. Hide... now." She grumbled. And then her body twisted as soon as I put the cloak on myself. She grunted falling to the floor.

No. She couldn't be. She whailed in pain and fell on her four on the ground. Soon her clothes ripped and what stood in front me was a bowed head, pale skinned, tall limped and bony figured werewolf. She moaned with crouched knees, staring at her toes.

She told me not to come out. I still wanted to. I wanted to see if she was okay. Just as I was about to step out, she howled. I went back in.

I decided to step out once again. Keeping the cloak around me this time. I just walked to her and showed my face. Her face raised and instead of attacking me, she jumped back, on her claws, staring at me. Then she took a step ahead and raised a claw. I was scared, I couldnt let her scratch me.

She whimpered and then she ran off into the forest. I wondered if I should follow her. I couldnt. I would when the moon would descend and she would be whole again. I sat on the rock beside her clothes, digesting the idea that Ginny Weasley was a werewolf. Ginny was a werewolf! Merlin! I held my head.

I didn't realize when I fell asleep near the rock. Some shuffling woke me up and I looked up to find a staggering werewolf coming my way. It fell on its knees and laid on the floor. Beside the rock. When I sat up, I heard crunching and I grimaced and hissed at the thought of every bone in her body adjusting herself. When the sound stopped, I looked back to find two long legs laying behind the rock. I picked up the robe she gave me and caught a glimpse of hair sprawled on her face and arm that covered her top. I threw the cloak on her and then watched her. She was snoring. She seemed so carelessly tired.

Ginny was a werewolf.

She moaned awake after thirty minutes. The sun was spotting a light in the sky. The streaks of purple, blue and a hint of orange stripped in a merge in the sky. She held the cloak around her as she sat up. I threw my invisibility cloak on her body so her head and bare shoulder showed.

"Thank you." She hissed sitting up. There was a scar running from her collar bone.

"You're a werewolf?"

"Look away. I want to wear my uniform." She sighed. I threw her clothes at her and turned away. I heard rustling, groaning and then a sigh. My cloak laid back on my knee and Ginny fixed her hair, sitting beside me. She dropped her head on my shoulder.