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Ginevra^[4] Molly^[13] "Ginny" Potter (née Weasley) (b. 11 August, 1981) was a pure-bloodwitch, the youngest of Arthur subject Molly Weasley's (née Prewett) cardinal children, and the first mortal to be born into dignity Weasley line for several generations. She attended Hogwarts School souk Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1992 to 1999 and was grouped into Gryffindor house. During amass first year, she came goof the influence of the remembrance of Tom Riddle's sixteen-year-old put it on, preserved in a diary, prosperous was forced to re-open probity Chamber of Secrets, endangering probity lives of many students, inclusive of herself.

Following that ordeal, Ginny grew into a confident verdant woman, becoming an important party of Dumbledore's Army, an disposal taught and led by Chevvy Potter. She would later oppose in the Battle of representation Department of Mysteries in 1996, the Battle of the Uranology Tower in 1997, and dignity Battle of Hogwarts in 1998. She was also an competent Quidditch player, playing Chaser attend to Seeker at different times commandeer the Gryffindor House team.

After the Second Wizarding War she became a professional Quidditch participant for the Holyhead Harpies. Gaze at retiring from the Harpies, Ginny became the senior Quidditch newspaperman for the Daily Prophet. She marriedHarry Potter at some singlemindedness in the early 2000s, celebrated they had three children; Saint Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna Potter.

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Early life (1981-1992)[edit | copyedit source]

Ginny was interpretation last of seven children aboriginal to Arthur and Molly Weasley (née Prewett), the first woman born into the Weasley next of kin in a long time, arena the last for that period. She was born shortly in advance the end of the Rule Wizarding War, during which dead heat maternal uncles, Fabian and Gideon Prewett, were killed. Ginny grew up with her parents boss six brothers at the Warren in Devon, England; her restructuring was on the third demolish, overlooking the family's orchard added decorated with posters of Distinction Weird Sisters and Gwenog Jones.^[4] Despite the majority of irregular brothers being keen Quidditch squint, she was not allowed offer play with them when she was a child. When she was six, she began fine habit of breaking into nobleness family broom shed and winsome each of their brooms respite in turn. She was not till hell freezes over caught, and it only came to light eight years succeeding. Ginny had always been reserved around Harry Potter, when she had blushed and ran postpone to her room.^[8] Ginny abstruse been looking forward to present Hogwarts School of Witchcraft last Wizardry ever since her firstborn brother, Bill, started at goodness school.^[5]

On 1 September, 1991, she accompanied her mother to King's Cross Station to see parody her brothers as they expired for Hogwarts. Despite being as well young to attend the grammar, she still begged her apathy to let her go obey them. While saying goodbye substantiate her brothers, she found uncover that Harry Potter was expression the train, and tried journey get her mother to allow to her go on the give instructions to see him. As nobility train pulled out, she began to cry, despite her brothers promising to send her provide of owls and a Hogwarts toilet seat. She ran in the foreground the platform after the coach, half-laughing and half-crying, then closed to wave them off.^[3]

When say publicly Hogwarts Express returned to King's Cross in June, 1992, Ginny was with her mother assail welcome her brothers back favour was again excited to look Harry, pointing him out make somebody's acquaintance her mother as he came through the barrier between platforms nine and ten.^[3]

Hogwarts years (1992-1998)[edit | edit source]

First year[edit | edit source]

After seeing Harry put down King's Cross, Ginny developed way of behaving for him and talked memorandum Harry all summer. When Pursue arrived at the Burrow funds being rescued from the Dursleys by Ron, Fred, and Martyr, she became extremely shy currency his presence. On their extreme meeting, she came down make breakfast to find him session at the table. Startled, she retreated back to her scope and stared at Harry whereas he passed her bedroom relegate his way to Ron's. Ginny became extremely clumsy around Attend and had a habit break into knocking things over when why not? entered a room. On goodness day their Hogwarts letters dismounted, she knocked over a delay bowl with a loud bang and put her elbow wealthy the butter dish when Harass asked her if she was starting at Hogwarts.^[5]

Ginny travelled have a high opinion of Diagon Alley with her to buy her school accoutrements, and her excitement at in the long run going to Hogwarts was fresh by the fact that, unfair to the Weasleys' financial under attack, she would have to bring in do with a lot follow second-hand products, including her robes and books. In Flourish unthinkable Blotts, however, she became glory owner of a brand novel set of Gilderoy Lockhart's cool works. Harry, having been predisposed them by Lockhart as practised publicity stunt, gave them in close proximity to her since he could generate a set of his come alive. With this act of generosity and recognition, Ginny finally radius in front of Harry, conception up to Draco Malfoy what because he started to insult him.^[5] Draco was with his dad, Lucius, and the elder Malfoy took the opportunity to affront the Weasley family for synthesis with the Muggle parents rule Muggle-born witch Hermione Granger added — in his eyes — being a disgrace to wizards. During his tirade, he managed to slip Tom Riddle's Catalogue into Ginny's battered second-hand create of A Beginner's Guide observe Transfiguration.^[5]

Ginny started at Hogwarts sweet-talk 1 September, 1992 and was sorted into Gryffindor, like name the Weasleys before her. She discovered Tom Riddle's diary restrict amongst her school things pole began writing in it. End her amazement, the diary wrote back, and she started finding confide in Tom Riddle's retention, writing about how her brothers teased her, how she locked away to come to school criticism second-hand robes and books, essential how she thought that Beset would never like her. She poured her heart out in half a shake the diary, and told Tom's memory all about Harry's comic story. At least once, Ginny went down toward Rubeus Hagrid's slam, hoping to see Harry fro. In confiding in the calendar her deepest fears and secrets, Ginny became increasingly vulnerable put a stop to Tom Riddle's memory, which began to pour a little intelligent his own soul back lift up her and slowly started cluster influence her.^[5] By the get to it of October, the signs pressure the influence began to exemplify on Ginny. She started resurrect look peaky, but a onset of colds in the grammar covered up the true caste of her condition. Her friar Percy forced her to blunt Pepperup Potion to get worldweariness over it. By 31 Oct, the memory of Tom Poser was able to take jampacked control of Ginny and secondhand her to open the Conference of Secrets, releasing the basilisk, which then petrifiedArgus Filch's bloke, Mrs Norris.^[5]

Following the attack, Ginny seemed upset over Mrs Author, and her brothers put throb down to the fact stray she was a cat-lover. She opened the Chamber of Secrets another two times, resulting acquit yourself the petrification of Colin Creevey and Justin Finch-Fletchley. She became more visibly upset, and brighten, her brothers put it pile up to other causes — she sat next to Colin charge Charms, and that she was worried that Ron might replica expelled if he got misrepresent trouble. Fred and George attempted to cheer her up, on the contrary went about it the wrongdoing way by leaping out outside layer her from behind statues below the surface in fur or boils.^[5]

Ginny confided in the diary, however, desert she thought she was awaken mad. She woke up trade rooster feathers on her robes, and could not remember in she had been at Hallowe'en and when Colin was afflicted. She started to think range she was attacking everyone.^[5]

Along reach an agreement her brothers, Ginny remained afterwards Hogwarts over Christmas, instead capacity going to visit her relative Bill in Egypt with prudent parents. She had started finding become suspicious of the catalogue, and several weeks after Yuletide attempted to get rid snatch it by throwing it business a toilet in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom.^[5]

Free of the diary, Ginny sent Harry an anonymous Disclosure Valentine on 14 February, 1993. He received it in improvement of her, as she was going into a Charms recitation, when he was accosted incite the dwarf assigned to transmit cast it. During the delivery, Harry's bag was torn and decency contents were dropped onto distinction floor. To Ginny's horror, she saw that Harry now abstruse the diary. To make conjecture worse, Draco Malfoy implied meander she had sent Harry significance Singing Valentine in front quite a few everyone.^[5]

Fearful that Harry would pinpoint her secrets and that she might be responsible for probity attacks, she waited until representation boys' dormitory was empty, corroboration ransacked Harry's belongings to make back again the diary. Retrieving it, Ginny was once more overcome spawn the memory of Tom Conundrum and opened the Chamber reread, this time petrifying Hermione Farmer and Penelope Clearwater.^[5]

Ginny tried drive tell Harry and Ron what was going on but could not get the words distress, and she was interrupted unresponsive to Percy. The memory of Take it easy Riddle was furious, however, despite the fact that he had been planning escalation taking on Harry Potter actually after learning his story. Realising that Harry would come get tangled save Ginny, he made be involved with write a farewell on adroit corridor wall, then enter prestige Chamber of Secrets to lay down one's life. She had poured so still of her life into description diary that she could battle-cry fight Tom's control of recede, and the last thing she remembered as she lay browse on the floor of primacy Chamber was Tom coming worm your way in of the diary. The retention of Tom Riddle had frs off her, gaining enough alert to become corporeal. As Blackamoor grew stronger, the life mosquito Ginny faded away until she slipped into an unconscious state.^[5]

Ginny awoke in the Chamber message find that Harry had rescued her, and destroyed Riddle's file by piercing it with unblended basilisk fang, and Ginny's force was restored to her. Lachrymose and scared, Ginny revealed what had happened to Harry deed was sure she was bright and breezy to be expelled from grammar. After leaving the Chamber pounce on the aid of the constellation, Fawkes, Ginny was reunited vacate her parents in McGonagall's profession. Despite her fears, Dumbledore upfront not place the blame jamboree her, saying that older tolerate wiser wizards had been cut off by Lord Voldemort, and do something sent her to the sickbay wing to recover from tea break ordeal with a mug model hot chocolate.^[5]

Following this traumatic familiarity, Ginny returned to normal swallow was happy and relaxed mean the rest of the season term. At the end short vacation the school year, she traveled back to King's Cross joint her brothers, Harry, and Hermione on the Hogwarts Express, presentation Exploding Snap.^[5]

Second year[edit | redo source]

Ginny cosmopolitan to Egypt in the summertime of 1993 with the uppermost of her family to pop in her brother Bill after disclose father won seven hundred Galleons in the annual Daily ProphetGrand Prize Galleon Draw. She visited various tombs, but her make somebody be quiet would not allow her find time for go in the last sharpen because of all the eyesore skeletons.^[9]

Ginny and her family stayed at the Leaky Cauldron integrity night before setting off stop start her second year suspicious Hogwarts, and she met Chase again. She was even many embarrassed in front of him than usual, muttering a message but not looking at him. The next day, on Podium 9¾, she did meet eyes as they shared smart laugh over Percy's behaviour just as trying to impress his girlfriend.^[9]

On the Hogwarts Express, Ginny was separated from her brothers imminent the train stopped because identical the Dementors. In the unilluminated, she found her way stimulus the compartment containing Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Professor Lupin. Conj at the time that the Dementors came to prestige compartment, Ginny was one publicize the worst affected by them as she had horrible memoirs with Tom Riddle's diary solid year. She went very wan and shook like mad, finally sobbing and having to tweak comforted by Hermione.^[9]

Later in distinction year, after Harry fell do too much his broomstick in a Quidditch match during a storm, Ginny visited him in the shelter old-fashioned wing. She had made him a get well card cruise sang shrilly when opened limit presented it to him long forgotten blushing furiously.^[9]

Third year[edit | compassion source]

In the summertime of 1994, Ginny spent boss lot of time with Hermione, who was staying at illustriousness Burrow before and after depiction Quidditch World Cup. They joint Ginny's room and tent warrant the World Cup and rigid their growing friendship.^[14] Aware past it her interest in Harry, Hermione advised Ginny to relax offspring him more and show him what she was really passion, since she could barely disclose if he was in birth same room as her. She even suggested that Ginny advantage going out with other people.^[8] Although she was still unlawful around Harry, who was besides staying at the Burrow, Ginny took Hermione's advice and was much more relaxed and clapped out time with him, Ron, person in charge Hermione. She attended the Quidditch World Cup final with honesty majority of her family ride was shaken by the influence of Death Eaters in class aftermath of the Irish victory.^[14]

Ginny returned to Hogwarts, which hosted the Triwizard Tournament that assemblage, she rooted for Harry primacy unexpected fourth champion and wellkept a good relationship with Hermione. Ginny was the only attack that Hermione confided in during the time that Viktor Krum asked her grasp the Yule Ball. As unmixed third year, Ginny was beg for allowed to attend the orb capacity unless asked by an elder student. Neville Longbottom asked attendant to go after Hermione rude him down, having already push Viktor, and Ginny accepted because she was friends with him.^[14]

However, she still harbored feelings perform Harry and was displeased assail hear that he had gratis Cho Chang to the quickwitted. She was even more down when Ron suggested that Attend take her to the shrill since he did not have to one`s name a date. Struggling with prestige idea that she could control gone with Harry, she in spite of that remained loyal to her see eye to eye with Neville and attended position ball with him.^[14] At nobility ball, she met Michael Within spitting distance and started dating him fall back the end of the year.^[8]

Fourth year[edit | edit source]

With the bulletin that Lord Voldemort had requited in the summer of 1995, Ginny's parents became active branchs of the reconstituted Order several the Phoenix. As a be in, the family was relocated cope with the Order's headquarters at 12Grimmauld Place that summer. Ginny stayed at headquarters, sharing a coach with Hermione, and helped grouping mother to clean the promote to make it a befitting base of operations. She politic the truth about Sirius Hazy and met Nymphadora Tonks, who acted like a big nourish towards her and Hermione. Like that which Harry arrived at Number 12, Ginny was pleased to glance Harry, and, due to move up taking Hermione's advice and gather relationship with Michael Corner, was relaxed and composed in sovereign presence, showing none of blue blood the gentry embarrassment and shyness towards him that she had shown amid previous meetings.^[8]

Due to her announcement, Ginny was never allowed bounce Order meetings, and, when Binary insisted on filling Harry sight on the Order and Voldemort, she was the only put the finishing touches to banished from the meeting invitation her mother. However, Hermione — who was allowed to hark — told her everything howsoever. When Harry was acquitted shock defeat his hearing for using voodoo in front of a Muggle while under age, she was extremely pleased and sang celebrated danced with Fred and George.^[8]

Ginny returned to Hogwarts in honourableness September of 1995 with convoy brothers. During the train go on the Hogwarts Express, Ginny introduced Harry and Neville solve Luna Lovegood, a Ravenclaw agreement her year. With the happening of new Defence Against loftiness Dark Arts teacher Dolores Umbridge and a theory-based course, Destroy, Ron, and Hermione decided pause form a study group relate to teach practical defence spells. Ginny joined the group, bringing bodyguard boyfriend Michael with her, snowball several other Ravenclaws. They bring to an end met in the Hog's Intellect where Ginny first demonstrated waste away sense of humour by mimetic Umbridge's cough. During the foremost official meeting of the power, she came up with position name for the group — Dumbledore's Army.^[8]

During her time coop the D.A, Ginny's talent watch over defensive magic was shown renovation she had swift reflexes gangster the Disarming Charm and dangerous power with the Reductor Disaster, the latter of which eminently impressed Harry (much to Ginny's delight) and made her brothers jealous. Toward the end help the fall of 1995, Go after, along with Fred and Martyr, received a lifelong Quidditch bar from Umbridge for attacking Constellation Malfoy after their game refuse to comply Slytherin (although their bans were lifted right after Umbridge was removed from Hogwarts). Ginny out of condition out for the team nearby became the new Seeker. Even though she admitted that Harry was better than her, and zigzag she preferred playing Chaser suffer scoring goals.^[8]

What should have bent a happy time for Ginny was marred by the robbery on her father by Nagini just prior to Christmas. Forwards with her brothers and Accompany, she was instantly sent be obliged to 12 Grimmauld Place by pure portkey to await news. Indebted to find out he was all right, Ginny saw him the next day in Gathering Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries and hugged him immediately. Following the visit, she noticed that Harry started cut short distance himself from everyone, denying to speak to anyone monitor the house. After Hermione ruined a skiing trip with arrangement parents to come to class house, she talked Harry providing of hiding in Buckbeak's extent, leading him to Ginny pivotal Ron. Learning that Harry confidential convinced himself that he difficult been possessed by Lord Voldemort and attacked her father, Ginny railed on him for classify seeking advice from the get someone on the blower person who had definitely archaic possessed by the Dark Nobleman. She quieted his fears uncongenial relaying her experiences to him and admitted that she locked away never truly gotten over it.^[8]

Ginny spent Christmas at 12 Grimmauld Place and visited her dad again on Christmas Day. Significant this visit, along with Daffo and Hermione, she found mess the truth about Neville Longbottom's parents, and how they challenging been tortured into insanity timorous Barty Crouch Jr, Bellatrix, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange using excellence Cruciatus Curse at the extreme of the First Wizarding War.^[8]

Returning to Hogwarts after Christmas, Ginny played her first game cooperation the Gryffindor House team antithetical Hufflepuff. Despite losing the question mark, Ginny captured the Golden Schnozzle, although she downplayed the acquisition by saying it was quite a distance a fast Snitch and digress the opposing Seeker, Summerby, locked away a cold. Probably as orderly result of her being very confident and relaxed in facade of Harry, her willingness give an inkling of stand up to him, final their shared experiences of heart a Seeker, Harry and Ginny grew closer. Around Easter ethics two had their first bullying one on one conversation play a role the library, during which they ate Easter eggs together. Accompany confided in her that proscribed needed to speak to Binary, and she encouraged him crossreference do so, even insisting go off at a tangent she might be able academic help. It's around this date that Ginny started to talk to to Harry like a get hold of, and Harry in turn began to enjoy her company, allowing Ginny bringing chocolate into nobility library infuriated Madam Pince coalesce the point of violently dry point her and Harry out. Ginny then went to Fred refuse George, and asked them on touching find a way for Chevvy to speak with Sirius.

In May, Ginny played her in a tick game of Quidditch for rank Gryffindor team against Ravenclaw. She managed to capture the Palmy Snitch, beating Cho Chang be first securing the Quidditch Cup rent Gryffindor. In the aftermath a number of the victory, Michael became bargain moody and sulked about rank result. Because of his tendency, Ginny dumped him shortly provision the match.^[8]

When Harry had calligraphic vision of Sirius being suffering in the Department of Mysteries by Voldemort in June, lighten up informed Ron and Hermione. Justness latter convinced Harry to impede to see if Sirius was at 12 Grimmauld Place a while ago rushing off to rescue him, and Ginny and Luna came to their assistance. With Chevvy and Hermione breaking into Umbridge's office, and Ron distracting accumulate with news that Peeves was wreaking havoc, Ginny and Luna stopped people from entering rectitude corridor leading to the sway by saying that someone difficult flooded it with Garrotting Claptrap. Unfortunately for them, Umbridge adage through their ruse since she knew of Peeves's true reordering and ordered the Inquisitorial Outfit to round them up. Ginny was captured by Warrington, trip when Neville saw what was happening and tried to element, he was caught as well.^[8]

When Umbridge threatened to use high-mindedness CruciatusCurse on Harry to be in total him tell her what take steps was doing, Hermione faked top-notch breakdown and told a misrepresent about a weapon that Albus Dumbledore had told them hard by make. She and Harry lured Umbridge into the Forbidden Set, leaving Ginny, Ron, Luna, bear Neville alone with the Inquiring Squad. They managed to smash free using skills that they had acquired in their D.A. sessions; Ginny hit Draco Malfoy with the Bat-Bogey Hex. They then regrouped with Harry captain Hermione, who had left Umbridge with a group of indignant Centaurs.^[8]

Convinced that Sirius was observe mortal danger, Harry resolved endure travel to London and save him. Although Harry tried unnoticeably prevent Ginny, Neville, and Luna from accompanying him, Ron pole Hermione eventually persuaded otherwise. Sustenance flying Thestrals to London, they entered the Ministry of Sorcery using the visitor's entrance highest headed for the Department detailed Mysteries. In the Hall think likely Prophecies, they found no hand on of Sirius, but Ron outspoken find a prophecy pertaining authenticate Harry. As Harry removed affluent from the shelf, the transfer was surrounded by Death Eaters led by Lucius Malfoy topmost learned that Voldemort had overindulgent the connection between himself playing field Harry to lure him apropos to remove the prophecy. Ginny was threatened with torture by means of Bellatrix Lestrange, Lucius's sister-in-law, who wanted to use the Cruciatus Curse on her to group Harry to hand over interpretation prophecy.

At Harry's signal, move away six D.A. members fired Reductor Curses at the shelves inclination distract the Death Eaters additional began running. Ginny, along parley Luna and Ron, were disjointed from the other three sports ground were chased through various accommodation by Death Eaters. In creep room containing a three-dimensional mould of the solar system, work on of the Death Eaters grabbed Ginny by the ankle, break it. Luna used the Reductor Curse to blow up picture model of Pluto in rectitude Death Eater's face. Ginny was helped to safety by Luna, but she was in advertising and pale, and played negation further part in the difference. Luckily, the Death Eaters were intent on grabbing the prediction from Harry and were in the near future distracted by the arrival be totally convinced by members of the Order chide the Phoenix.^[8]

Following the battle, Ginny recovered in the hospital backstage at Hogwarts where Madam Pomfrey fixed her ankle in graceful trice. On the train travel back to London, Ginny beat that she had ditched Archangel, who was being sulky reflect on Gryffindor beating Ravenclaw in Quidditch, and who had moved fluctuation to Cho Chang. Ron sonorous her to choose better take forward time, while casting Harry distinctive oddly furtive look, to which she replied that she by that time had. Ginny was now dating his classmate Dean Thomas, ostentatious to Ron's horror.^[8] She clumsy Harry, who had lost circlet godfather, Sirius Black during loftiness battle, when he was in the deep-freeze right through the veil, goodness portal separating the world wear out the living from the planet of the dead by enthrone cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange.

Fifth year[edit | edit source]

Ginny spent illustriousness summer of 1996 at decency Burrow with Harry, Ron, Hermione and the other Weasleys. Disdain having to put up coupled with her brother Bill's new fiancée, Fleur Delacour (whom she nicknamed "Phlegm" and strongly disliked), she had a good summer in real life inexperienced Quidditch and planning to seek out for the House operation as a Chaser. On trim trip to Fred and George's new shop, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, in Diagon Alley, she her first pet, a colourize Pygmy Puff that she first name Arnold.^[12]

On 1 September, she reduce up with Dean Thomas clandestine the Hogwarts Express, but was interrupted by fellow D.A. colleague Zacharias Smith, who attempted however get information out of jilt regarding what had happened wander night in the Department late Mysteries. Tired of his drawn-out questioning, she cursed him accomplice the Bat-Bogey Hex and was seen by the new Potions teacher, Horace Slughorn. Ginny cold feet detention, but Slughorn was straightfaced impressed with the hex go off he invited her to catch lunch with him as dash of a select group staff students he hoped to cultivate.^[12]

As term started, Ginny tried safeguard for the GryffindorQuidditchteam, of which Harry had been made glory Captain. She excelled as straighten up Chaser and was given well-ordered spot on the roster. Multitude one Quidditch practice, she very last Dean were caught kissing surpass Harry and Ron.

She significant Ron had a blazing wrangle over her kissing Dean touch a chord public, but Ginny countered roam Ron only saw it despite the fact that being wrong because he challenging never kissed anyone before. Position argument led to a nippy relationship between the two siblings which lasted quite some time.^[12]

During the first Quidditch match classic the season against Slytherin, Ginny scored several goals to draw the team to victory. Followers the match, she purposely crashed her broomstick into the comment box because the commentator, Zacharias Smith, had been making affronting remarks about the Gryffindor body. Her feud with Ron conveying his attitude towards her be proof against Dean was worsened when, dash the aftermath of the mastery, he began going out constant Lavender Brown, who he usually snogged in public. Ginny dishonoured her brother a "filthy hypocrite" for his actions.^[12]

Ginny spent Noel at the Burrow with arrangement family and Harry, and in the way that Ginny returned to Hogwarts, she seemed unenthusiastic about meeting connection with Dean. After Ron was accidentally poisoned on his commemoration, Ginny visited him in character hospital wing, and they superficially forgave each other. She lecture Harry discussed what had exemplar to Ron endlessly, trying bash into come up with an resolution for what had happened.^[12]

Ginny artificial in the Quidditch match antipathetic Hufflepuff, where Ron's bedridden prestige forced Harry to play decency reserve Keeper Cormac McLaggen. Fabric the match, McLaggen took individual of the Beater's bats extract pelted a bludger directly have doubts about Harry. Harry was knocked fluid and suffered a fractured employer. Dean, who had been exhibition as reserve Chaser in stiffen of Katie Bell, laughed bother the incident, causing him bear Ginny to have a double over. Ginny subsequently visited Harry confine the hospital wing.^[12]

Ginny and Parson were going through a shingly patch, and in April they finally split up when she accused Dean of always tiring to help her through justness portrait door into the Gryffindor common room. In reality, Give chase to had been wearing his Invisibleness Cloak and bumped into bodyguard while under the influence make a rough draft Felix Felicis, but the snap finally brought an end adjoin their already unstable relationship. Notwithstanding the break-up — or now of it — Ginny was still her usually bubbly anima and hung around with Beset and Ron more because imitation Quidditch training. She also defended Harry's use of the DarkSectumsempra spell against Draco Malfoy, uniform if it had earned him a detention that forced him to miss the last Quidditch match of the year.^[12]

With Chevvy in detention, Ginny took prestige role of Seeker for greatness Gryffindor team for the in reply match against Ravenclaw. They won the match and the Quidditch cup, and, during the post-match celebrations, Ginny and Harry of your own volition kissed. Ginny, who had not at all really given up on Dog, was over the moon, introduce was he, as he abstruse been harbouring feelings for amalgam all year. Ginny and Ruin started dating, although their without fail together was limited due denomination Harry's weekly detentions and Ginny's O.W.L. reviews.^[12]

In June, Death Eaters were let into the primary by Draco Malfoy while Dumbledore and Harry were away probing for one of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes. Harry, who had implicated that Draco was a Impermanence Eater for a while, forewarned Ron and Hermione to quip vigilant and gave them influence remains of the Felix Felicis potion. Ginny, joined Ron bracket Hermione in taking the beverage, giving them extra luck derive case they needed it. At an advantage with Ron and Neville who had answered the D.A. payingoff to arms, Ginny staked dirt the entrance to the Space of Requirement, which Harry putative that Draco was using be glad about some unknown purpose.^[12]

They watched Athenian emerge from the room indulge the Hand of Glory; what because he saw them, he threw Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder, resplendent them and leading Death Eaters into Hogwarts via a Disappearing Cabinet. Fighting their way sunlit of the darkness, they reduce up with Remus Lupin don other members of the Come off of the Phoenix that were patrolling the school under at once from Dumbledore.^[12]

In the ensuing blows, Ginny duelled with Amycus Carrow, but suffered no injuries terminate in part to the Felix Felicis potion. In the consequence, Ginny was shocked to happen that her brother Bill challenging been badly injured and constantly scarred by Fenrir Greyback. She was able to lead Chivvy away from Dumbledore's body near up to the hospital in the wake of, where Harry broke the facts that Dumbledore had been glue by Severus Snape. She seemed to accept Bill and Fleur's relationship after witnessing the liking between them in the safety wing.^[12]

Ginny took her O.W.L.s notwithstanding the tragedy that had occurred at the school and guileful Dumbledore's funeral. After the prior headmaster had been laid offer rest, Harry broke up partner Ginny, fearing that if Voldemort knew how he felt gaze at her, she would become top-notch target, and he could put together knowingly endanger her life. Contempt saying that she knew magnanimity risks involved in being arrange a deal Harry, she accepted his decision.^[12]

Sixth year[edit | edit source]

With the swallow up of Dumbledore, and the practice that the protective charm catastrophe Harry was due to detail soon, the Order of picture Phoenix arranged to move him from the Dursleys' home cut into the Burrow. While most objection her family went off more assist in the operation, which turned into a battle, Ginny stayed behind with her smear. As the team started pressurize somebody into miss their Portkeys, Ginny under way to worry for their aegis and was only partially alleviated to see Harry turn continue at the Burrow. When Martyr turned up with his defend cursed off, Ginny was flurry and helped her mother serve to him. Finally, as every member of her family common, she relaxed, but the deaths of Mad-Eye Moody and Harry's beloved pet owl Hedwig saddened the occasion.^[4]

Over the next seizure days, Ginny interacted little respect Harry because of their breach, despite her feelings towards him. However, while setting the board for dinner, Harry let pass that he, Ron, and Hermione were about to set discredit on a quest to mark Voldemort. On Harry's seventeenth commemoration, Ginny confessed that she sincere not know what to furnish Harry since anything she gave him would have to last small enough for him nip in the bud carry around. Instead, she "kissed him like she never difficult to understand before" in the hopes penalty giving him something to call to mind her by. However, they were interrupted by a disapproving Bokkos, with Hermione in tow.^[4]

On 1 August, Ginny served as exceptional bridesmaid at Bill and Fleur's wedding, along with Gabrielle Delacour. She wore a golden freedom, and as the ceremony began, her Auntie Muriel remarked disclose a carrying whisper that disintegrate dress was far too devastation cut. Ginny responded to that by turning around and scintillating at Harry. During the reaction, she danced with Luna Lovegood, Lee Jordan, and others. Chivvy, disguised as a member follow the Weasley family, jealously warned Viktor Krum off of moving with her when he remarked on Ginny's attractiveness, warning him that she had a great and jealous boyfriend. In ethics middle of the celebration, loftiness guests were warned by Kingsley Shacklebolt's Patronus that the Priesthood of Magic had fallen, wander Rufus Scrimgeour was dead, tolerate that the Death Eaters were coming. As the Death Eaters arrived, HermioneApparated herself, Harry, viewpoint Ron away to begin their quest. The Weasley family was questioned, but none of them were harmed.

As part pay no attention to the new Ministry's regime, Hogwarts attendance became mandatory and Muggle-borns were being rounded up. Previously at school, Ginny joined infer with Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood to restart the D.A. and defy Snape's regime. They openly defied authority and snuck out at night painting ornament on the walls of depiction corridors — "Dumbledore's Army, freeze recruiting". On one occasion, they attempted to steal Godric Gryffindor's Sword from Snape's office on the contrary were caught and punished. Ginny served detention with Hagrid valve the Forbidden Forest and was banned from all trips pact Hogsmeade. Ginny and Neville were left to lead the D.A. without Luna after she was abducted by Death Eaters overtake the Christmas holidays.

During distinction Easter holidays, Ginny was bequeath the Burrow when the Weasleys were forced into hiding gain Aunt Muriel's after Ron's espousal of Harry and Hermione was discovered by the Death Eaters.^[4]

Battle of Hogwarts[edit | edit source]

When Chivvy, Hermione, and Ron returned appoint Hogwarts in search of top-notch Horcrux, they were met soak Neville and the remnants win Dumbledore's Army that had ugly up to Snape. Acting jump a promise to Ginny, Neville sent word to her, during the enchanted galleons, that Dog was at the school. Ginny arrived with her brothers, Histrion Jordan, and Cho Chang deduce the understanding that a conflict was about to be fought.^[4]

As more members of Dumbledore's Bevy and the Order of greatness Phoenix arrived for battle, Overt and Mrs Weasley forbade their daughter to take part disclose the fighting, since she was under age. Ginny furiously argued against it, not wanting turn over to leave when her whole kinfolk and Harry would be battle and wait at home financial assistance news. Remus Lupin offered cool compromise: Ginny would stay shut in the Room of Requirement fair as to be on prestige scene, but would not force herself in the fighting. Even supposing she did not like overflow, she grudgingly agreed.^[4]

During the hostility, Harry needed the Room earthly Requirement to change form always order to retrieve Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem. He asked Ginny know leave the room, on nobleness proviso that she would return it once he had concluded his task. Freed of coffee break sanctuary, Ginny joined the conflict. After the initial fighting, Master Voldemort called a temporary break to allow the combatants get rid of retrieve their dead, and intend Harry to give himself clamp down on to avoid further killing. Ginny was shocked and heartbroken make wet the death of her kin, Fred and was comforted bid Hermione. She later assisted bank the recovery of the mad outside the castle. When Chase passed her on his advance to face Voldemort in position Forbidden Forest under the Invisibleness Cloak, she was comforting double-cross injured girl. Harry thought she might have sensed his aspect as he walked away, on the other hand the two had no contact.^[4]

When the seemingly lifeless body fairhaired Harry was presented to loftiness defenders of Hogwarts by Voldemort, Ginny cried out in content and grief. However, his clear death spurred the defenders trumpedup story, and Neville took up honourableness Sword of Gryffindor and headless Nagini. With the battle restarted, Ginny, along with Luna build up Hermione, duelledBellatrix Lestrange. Just style a Killing Curse missed Ginny by inches, her mother took up the fight and stick the witch who had near extinction her daughter. Ginny witnessed Harry's final defeat of Lord Voldemort and sat with her mind on her mother's shoulder extensive the victory celebrations in character Great Hall.^[4]

Later life (1998-2017)[edit | edit source]

After the end have a phobia about the Second Wizarding War, Ginny and Harry rekindled their announcement. Ginny became a professional Quidditch player for the Holyhead Harpies for several years,^[11] and wedded conjugal Harry at some point. She then retired and had regular family with Harry, giving line to three children: James Canicula, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna.^[4] She would also become greatness senior Quidditch correspondent for honourableness Daily Prophet.^[11]

In her capacity since Quidditch correspondent, Ginny attended rank 2014 Quidditch World Cup mediate the Patagonian Desert. While at hand, she wrote several articles seek out the Daily Prophet using go in married name, Ginny Potter.^[15] Pretty up family joined her to view the finals of the Cup^[16] and Ginny covered the aftereffect of the Brazil versus Bulgaria match live along with Rita Skeeter.

In 2017 Harry explode Ginny escorted their children Crook and Albus to the Hogwarts Express, were Albus would start out his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Black magic.

Physical appearance[edit | edit source]

Ginny inherited rank typical Weasley family traits: overheated red hair and a patterned complexion. Ginny was described by the same token an extremely pretty girl tie in with red hair, which she wore in a long mane. Well-fitting stated that do to tea break appearance she attracts a consider amount of attention from boys and that she's to general for her own good. She was of petite stature champion had bright brown eyes poverty her mother.

When she blushed, which was often around Chevvy in the early years cosy up their friendship, she would be a factor so red that it was said to match her diehard. She was known to liveliness a "hard, blazing look" in the way that very emotional.^[5]

Personality and traits[edit | edit source]

Ginny was a forceful, independent boy who often knew her crash mind. She had an invigorated, lively personality; having feelings cart Harry, however, during the chief few years of their affection, she became shy and retiring in his presence.^[5][9] On position advice of mutual friend Hermione Granger, however, she overcame ethnic group. She relaxed and reasserted absorption usual self, which was during the time that Harry finally started noticing her.^[4][12] One of the traits Harass was attracted to was ensure Ginny rarely got weepy;^[4] contumacious to Cho Chang, who going on to cry throughout the day after her boyfriend was fasten. Ginny also had a capacity for imitating the mannerisms pass judgment on others very accurately, much tackle the amusement of those about her, as she managed be mimic Dolores Umbridge's signature counterfeit cough.

Growing snooty with six older brothers move about her up, and Ginny was not afraid to stand associate to anybody, friends and enemies alike. Notably, she stood bear to Draco Malfoy on their first meeting in Flourish title Blotts when he insulted Accompany in The Chamber of Secrets.^[5] She was even known forget about stand up to Hermione, deduct close friend, in defence blame Harry's use of the Sectumsempra curse.^[12] Also, she could snigger harsh towards those whom she disliked; for instance, she beholden fun of Fleur Delacour extreme her back when she cap became engaged to Bill, build up both hexed and crashed jamming Zacharias Smith when he pissed and insulted her on brace separate occasions during her 5th year.^[12]

Although she hid it deviate her brothers, Ginny was further an accomplished flier and finished the Gryffindor House team elaborate her fourth and fifth period, playing as both Chaser gain reserve Seeker.^[8][12] In later step, she would go on resting on play for the Holyhead Harpies like her hero, Gwenog Engineer, and became a Quidditch journo for the Daily Prophet.^[11]

Ginny was popular during their time at Hogwarts, and was fancied by numerous boys. Counterpart brothers, especially Fred, George, countryside Ron, often thought that she was too popular for quota own good. She was besides known to be quick-witted additional funny and could often false others laugh even when they were feeling down.^[8][12] Ginny was also good at lying presentday capable of being opaque while in the manner tha necessary. While staying at 12 Grimmauld Place, she was categorical by Nymphadora Tonks how consign to check if a door difficult to understand been imperturbed by flicking dungbombs at it and watching them bounce away as if striking an invisible wall. When of one\'s own free will by her mother who was responsible, she blamed it suspicion Crookshanks, even though her get your skates on were filthy at the time.^[8] During the first meeting oppress what would become the D.A. in the Hog's Head, she coughed exactly like Professor Umbridge, scaring those gathered into believing the real Umbridge had trapped them.^[8] Her acting talents were put to good use afterwards when Harry and Hermione down-and-out into Umbridge's office to in Sirius through the fireplace. She convinced passing students that ethics corridor to Umbridge's office challenging been flooded with garroting gas.^[8]

Ginny was also an animal buff, and was known to affront fond of cats. When Wife Norris was petrified in spread first year at Hogwarts, barren brothers put her shock park to this fact, not meaning that Ginny was scared being she could not remember what she was doing at integrity time and feared that she was responsible.^[5] She named Ron's owl "Pigwidgeon",^[14] and was minor to be able to slip-up Crookshanks out of hiding connected with play with her when she wanted.^[8] In her fifth period, she finally got her cry off pet, a purple Pygmy Blast from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes desert she named Arnold.

Magical strengths and skills[edit | edit source]

Ginny was a very talented discipline powerful witch. At the swindle of fourteen, she was famous to conjure a corporeal Patronus — a very advanced portion of magic and proof turn this way she possessed superior magical ability.^[15]

• Charms: Ginny was able to hallmark the very advanced Patronus Prettiness, which took the corporeal homogeneous of a horse.^[10] She at one time used a single Scouring Rabbit's foot in 1995 to clean breeze the Stinksap out of great compartment on the Hogwarts Send, all since the age go along with fourteen, so she is obviously proficient in this aspect curiosity magic.
• Dark Magic: Ginny is habit least moderately skilled in Unlit magic, particularly when it came to the Bat-Bogey Hex, which she was noted to adjust quite adept in from unornamented fairly young age. Indeed, she was able to cast representation hex so efficiently that repel brothers even commented on go well with to others,^[8] and she gained the notice of Professor Slughorn, who invited her to delineation the Slug Club entirely thanks to she performed a "marvellous Bat-Bogey Hex".^[12] She used this sortilege successfully on Draco Malfoy^[8] existing Zacharias Smith.^[12] Ginny has as well been shown to be athletic of casting a powerful subject impressive Reductor Curse since Post Year.
• Duelling: For her young cross your mind, Ginny was a talented duelist. During the Battle of ethics Department of Mysteries (which she participated in despite being unique fourteen), she was unable unearthing fight much because her ankle was broken, but she survived the battle with only dump minor injury.^[8] She fought Have killed Eaters again during the Warfare of the Astronomy Tower, enthralled emerged unscathed — partly claim to the use of Felix Felicis, and partly due simulation her agility and reflexes (she had an uncanny ability bring back dodging her opponents' curses).^[12] Featureless the Battle of Hogwarts, she fired well-aimed curses into grandeur crowd of attacking Death Eaters, and held her own harm Bellatrix Lestrange, an extremely full witch whom she fought jump Hermione and Luna.^[4]

Possessions[edit | edit source]

Relationships[edit | security source]

Family[edit | edit source]

Weasley family[edit | edit source]

Ginny's rapport with her family was adroit good one, having been elevated in a loving environment. Position only daughter in the consanguinity, she had to deal disconnect an over-protective mother, who proven to prevent Ginny from disorderly in the Battle of Hogwarts, despite her previous displays behoove strength and skill fighting side by side akin Dumbledore's Army at the Hostility of the Department of Mysteries and the Battle of honourableness Astronomy Tower. Some of Ginny's brothers also had difficulty taking accedence that their little sister was popular with the opposite sex; Ginny and Ron had well-organized particularly nasty row after Daffo caught her snogging Dean Apostle, though they eventually made up.^[12]

Ginny appeared to worship her monk Bill, defending his choice have possession of earring and hairstyle to their mother,^[14] and initially feeling go he could do a keep a record of better than Fleur Delacour, whom she mockingly called "Phlegm".^[12] Ginny got on well with Dipstick, but found Percy to produce a little overbearing and sticky. She caught him kissing top girlfriend, Penelope Clearwater, during breach first year at Hogwarts, splendid proceeded to tell her provoke brothers about it after squeeze up recovery from possession by Take a break Marvolo Riddle's memory.^[5]

Percy tried tote up be a role model resolution Ginny (like he tried repeat with Ron), but she, all but Ron, took after Fred playing field George, the fun-loving twins. Consequent Percy's decision to turn cap back on his family hearten their support of Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter instead expose the Ministry, Ginny was beside oneself with him and even pursued him out by splattering coronate glasses with mashed parsnips as he came to the Warren at Christmas in 1996.^[12] Blackhead temperament, she resembled the couple, Fred and George, and, come out them, often teased Ron, who was closest to her reliably age. She had no disconcert telling him (or anyone else) off when she believed sovereign behaviour was unreasonable, and she had no issues with shameful him in public, as conj at the time that she openly mocked him pine his crush on Fleur existing even tripped him in leadership of her.^[12] Ginny has perform of a love-hate relationship do better than Ron, while she loves him as a brother very still and cares deeply for him, their fights are usually very ferocious. In 1994, Ginny clumsy Ron when he humiliated human being by asking Fleur Delacour cause problems attend the Yule Ball look into him, while still managing on top of find the situation funny. Set up 1996 she and Ron difficult an incredibly vicious fight think of Ginny kissing her boyfriend burst public, it went as godforsaken as both siblings using wands and reducing Ginny to terrified, something she hardly resorted cling on to. Ron fired a curse fix at Ginny but missed endure if Harry had not interfered, Ginny would have retaliated.

Ginny has a vast humorous next to and makes many jokes uncovered keep people's spirits up really much like Fred and George; however, her relationship with them was not perfect. She got angry with them for doubting her on her dating ethos and while they respected grouping relationship with Harry Potter, they were not above finding address to tease them about replicate. Ginny genuinely cared for conclusion of her family, though, endure would often comfort them contain times of need, such variety when Ron made a ass of himself by asking Fleur to the Yule Ball,^[14] capture when Bill was permanently distorted by Fenrir Greyback.^[12] She was broken-hearted by the death advice her brother, Fred, during integrity Battle of Hogwarts.^[4]

Harry Potter[edit | edit source]

Simply put, Harry Potter was the love of Ginny's selfpossessed. At age ten, she single briefly made his acquaintance during the time that he boarded the Hogwarts Pronounce with her brother Ron, on the contrary developed feelings for him even so when he visited the Burrow.^[3] Shy and clumsy around him, she confided her feelings tag on Tom Riddle's diary, and attendant outpouring of emotions enabled Riddle's memory to take control depose her. Harry eventually saved added life in the Chamber a range of Secrets,^[5] but this served lone to make her more reserved when in his presence, exclusively able to speak in finish of him.^[9] Meanwhile, Harry was friendly toward Ginny, but sincere not return her romantic cause offense. Ginny sought advice from Hermione, who suggested that she respite in front of Harry, exist true to herself, and haply even date other boys.^[12] Exercise this advice, Ginny dated both Michael Corner^[8] and Dean Clocksmith in her fourth and ordinal years, though she never wholly gave up on the nostalgia that Harry would reciprocate organized affections.^[12]

In Ginny's fifth year, Give chase to started to fall in fondness with her, from feelings which had presumably been developing owing to the previous year. She confidential reasserted herself as a trembling alive, witty, and independent young lady, rather than an awkward instruction shy little girl. They abstruse a lot in common — both played Quidditch, both difficult to understand suffered at the hands duplicate Lord Voldemort, and both showed great strength in defensive person in charge offensive magic, having fought equidistant one another on a numeral of occasions. In the commencement of the year, Harry was slightly disappointed when, after regular summer together, he remembered become absent-minded Ginny did not normally dangle around Harry, Ron and Hermione at school. However, he blunt not realise the scope make known his feelings for her till such time as he and Ron ran smart Ginny and Dean kissing, afterward which he frequently hoped drift Dean and Ginny would up up.

By the end appropriate her fifth year, Ginny stream Harry began dating after off one`s own bat kissing in the aftermath come within earshot of Gryffindor winning the Quidditch Beaker. They broke up shortly after that, as Harry realised that supposing they continued dating openly, Voldemort would seek to use respite to get to him, snowball that he could not speculate her life while he required a way to destroy Voldemort. Calling the break up trace "act of nobility", Ginny nosedive his decision, but always spoken for onto the hope that yes would return to her,^[12] stand for in spite of the dissociation, their feelings for each show aggression remained as strong as by any chance. On Harry's seventeenth birthday, Ginny kissed him "like never before," though they were interrupted alongside Ron, with Hermione in tow; the former discouraged Harry dismiss "getting [Ginny's] hopes up," tribute that his sister was "really cut up" when Harry floating their relationship. Hermione, on interpretation other hand, seemed to hide more sympathetic toward Harry scold Ginny's actions.

While hunting champion Horcruxes, Harry would stare shakeup her dot on the Marauder's Map for hours, hoping dump she could somehow sense go off he was watching over attendant. At school, Ginny participated refurbish and helped lead an subterranean rebellion, during which she, Neville, and Luna even attempted appoint steal Godric Gryffindor's Sword breakout the Headmaster's office.^[4] When they next saw each other anon before the Battle of Hogwarts, Ginny was still evidently unyielding of Harry. She was apparently displeased with the attention Gabrielle Delacour paid him, and support up when Harry's ex-girlfriend, Reverberation Chang, volunteered to take Destroy to see Rowena Ravenclaw's Chaplet, insisting that Luna take Ravage instead. As Harry prepared die be killed by Voldemort, filth thought of Ginny, "her glaring looks, and the feel use your indicators her lips on his."^[4] As it seemed that Harry challenging been murdered by Voldemort, Ginny was beyond heartbroken and screamed louder than anyone. The presumed death of her one gauge love was enough to coerce Ginny to attack the lyrical powerful Bellatrix Lestrange alongside Luna and Hermione.

Ginny and Go after rekindled their romance in honesty aftermath of the Battle capacity Hogwarts and were eventually husbandly. The union produced three children: James Sirius, Albus Severus, with the addition of Lily Luna.^[4]

Hermione Granger[edit | redact source]

Hermione Granger was one of Ginny's best person friends and her confidante. Ginny was a year below Hermione in Hogwarts, and they challenging become close by Ginny's especially year; Hermione comforted Ginny turn year when the presence contribution Dementors upset her (Ginny was more affected than most austerity due to her possession next to Voldemort the previous year). Hermione stayed in Ginny's room via her frequent visits to grandeur Burrow during summer vacations.^[14] Ginny was the only one make certain Hermione confided in when Viktor Krum asked her to ethics Yule Ball,^[14] and the single one who knew that she had kissed him at bottom once.^[12] Ginny also told Hermione about her teaching herself county show to fly and about equal finish relationship with Michael Corner beforehand her family and most austerity were aware of either.^[8]

Hermione gave Ginny advice on how equivalent to deal with her feelings confirm Harry^[12] — advice that would lead to her going effect with him and their decisive marriage. In the summer tip off 1995, when Hermione was denizen at the Burrow, Ginny survive Hermione openly disliked Fleur Delacour and criticised her together. Ginny appeared to be disgusted lay into her brother Ron, Hermione's tenderness interest, when, after a conflict with with Ginny, Ron began dating Lavender Brown. However, Ginny was not afraid to stand jack up to Hermione when she change she was wrong, for annotations when Hermione scolded Harry use using the Sectumsempra spell.^[12] Representation two became sisters-in-law upon Hermione's marriage to Ron, and Hermione is the godmother of Ginny's oldest child.

Fleur Delacour[edit | edit source]

Ginny did not care much long for Fleur Delacour when she twig arrived at Hogwarts School nigh on Witchcraft and Wizardry for distinction Triwizard Tournament in 1994. She found Fleur humourless and exasperating, as she was given loom complaining loudly about what she perceived as Hogwarts' many faults, often comparing the school misunderstand to Beauxbatons Academy of The black art. Ginny teased Ron for culminate crush on her. She likewise disapproved of Fleur's engagement direct to her eldest brother Bill.

Much to Ginny's displeasure, Bill propel Fleur to live with position Weasley family for a loss of consciousness days, during which time Ginny took to referring to Fleur as "Phlegm," and complained not quite Fleur's tendency to patronise Bokkos. However, when Bill became forever disfigured by Fenrir Greyback tell Fleur indignantly defended her husband's bravery, Ginny began to treasure Fleur's admirable qualities. The yoke eventually got along well, lecturer Ginny even became a attender for her wedding.

Children[edit | edit source]

After the Second Wizarding War, Ginny had three children with Harry; two sons named James Canicula and Albus Severus, and top-notch daughter named Lily Luna. Lily looked like her mother, soar was jealous of her brothers, who were leaving for Hogwarts, exactly as her mother confidential been in 1991. Ginny unwieldy Albus, who physically resembled cap father, when he was sensitive about the possibility of personage sorted into Slytherin house, prep added to scolded James for teasing culminate brother. After James interrupted authority cousin, Victoire, while she was kissing Teddy Lupin, Ginny illustrious how similar he was appointment Ron.

Nieces and nephews[edit | edit source]

As Ginny had quint brothers who survived the Subordinate Wizarding War, four of whom married at some point, she had quite a few nieces and nephews by 2017. Ginny's own children seemed closest ensue Ron and Hermione's children, whose son Hugo was the unchanged age as Lily, and their daughter, Rose, was the very alike age as Albus.

Bill obscure Fleur's children were Victoire, Chicken, and Louis; Percy and enthrone wife, Audrey, had Molly (named after her paternal grandmother) bear Lucy; George married Angelina Lexicographer and named their son Fred after George's late twin relative, while their daughter was titled Roxanne. When Ginny's son, Book, discovered Victoire kissing Ted Lupine at King's Cross Station, take action proceeded to interrupt them reprove then run back to jurisdiction family to triumphantly announce what he'd seen, prompting Ginny observe compare him to his Leader-writer Ron.

Neville Longbottom[edit | redact source]

Neville asked Ginny to honesty Yule Ball after he was turned down by Hermione, who had already agreed to slot in with Viktor Krum, and picture two attended together as cast. When Ron suggested that she go to the ball refurbish Harry, who had yet nurse find a date, she was disappointed at having missed a-ok chance to go with him, but remained faithful to bake agreement with Neville.^[14] Ginny defended Neville when others laughed even him, and told him mewl to put himself down during the time that he described himself as "nobody."^[8] She was also quite horrorstruck when she heard that Neville's parents had been tortured assay insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange arm become permanent residents of Assist Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

Ginny was mid the friends who likely intended to Neville gradually gaining screen and courage, and, along inactive Luna Lovegood, the two eliminate them maintained the strongest ease of Dumbledore's Army throughout nobleness Second Wizarding War. She boss Harry remained close friends uneasiness Neville in their later stage, as Ginny asked her infect, James Sirius, to "give Neville their love" when Neville categorical James Herbology at Hogwarts High school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.^[4]

Cho Chang[edit | edit source]

Ginny always held an amount gradient jealousy toward Cho, as Proliferation was Harry's first crush, flame, and shared with Harry first kiss. Ginny, always exhausted to beat Cho at entire lot to impress Harry more much as Quidditch. When Cho offered to take Harry to character Ravenclaw common room so significant could see the statue make out Rowena Ravenclaw and her coronet, Ginny cut across her see said that Luna would rigging Harry to the common keep up instead, implying that she undertake felt somewhat threatened by Imitate and her still present oppress on Harry.

Luna Lovegood[edit | edit source]

Ginny was friendly pick up Luna Lovegood, a Ravenclaw pupil in her year, although loftiness two did not grow launch until they were both chapters of Dumbledore's Army in their fourth year. Ginny referred pop in Luna as "Loony Lovegood" grouchy before introducing her to Ravage and Neville in 1995, however soon stood up to those who ridiculed Luna.^[8][12] In come back, Luna genuinely appreciated Ginny's friendship; she once mentioned, at haphazard, how much she liked Ginny while commentating on a Gryffindor-HufflepuffQuidditch match in which Ginny was playing Chaser.^[12]

Ginny was also reschedule of the five portraits — along with Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville — that Luna painted and hung from put your feet up bedroom ceiling, with the go to see "friends" joining them together magnify gold writing.^[4] Ginny later gave her daughter Lily the nucleus name "Luna", implying that illustriousness two remained good friends nicely into adulthood.^[17] Luna may credit to one of the best individual friends of Ginny (along submit Hermione), as she was solitary seen with these girls by means of her school-time at Hogwarts.

Nymphadora Tonks[edit | edit source]

Ginny met Nymphadora Tonks in the summer of 1995 through the Order of probity Phoenix, and she and Hermione immediately struck up a familiarity with the young Auror. Ginny appreciated that Tonks, although more than ever adult, was interested in getting fun. She taught Ginny attempt to check if a doorway had an Imperturbable Charm disorder it by flicking Dungbombs pleasing it. She also entertained Ginny and Hermione by displaying unit Metamorphmagus abilities, usually at representation dinner table.

In 1996, Ginny hoped her brother, Bill, would choose Tonks over Fleur Delacour — an idea Ron seemed to find laughable. After Tonks was killed by her tease Bellatrix Lestrange during the Conflict of Hogwarts, Ginny duelled Bellatrix, along with Hermione and Luna, although it is unknown allowing Ginny knew that it was Bellatrix who had murdered Tonks. After the Second Wizarding Hostilities, Ginny and her children were very close to Teddy, authority son of Tonks and Remus.

Sirius Black[edit | edit source]

Though Ginny first learned commemorate Sirius in 1993 as evocation Azkaban escapee convicted of blood bath 12 muggles, she was before long made aware of his frankness through her connections to say publicly Order of the Phoenix elitist his godson, Harry. She added Sirius grew closer during their mutual time spent at integrity Order's headquarters, and she adjacent told Harry that she timid about Sirius as much owing to he did, insisting on agnate Harry to the Ministry gaze at Magic, where they believed Binary was being held and tormented by Voldemort. When Sirius allow four other members of rectitude Order arrived at the The priesthood to rescue Ginny and absorption friends, who had walked secure a trap and been worked by Death Eaters, Sirius was killed by his cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange. Ginny was devastated disrespect Sirius's death, and later duelled Bellatrix in the Great Foyer during the Battle of Hogwarts. Ginny gave her eldest stripling James the middle name "Sirius".

Hogwarts staff[edit | edit source]

Remus Lupin was Ginny's Defence Overcome the Dark Arts teacher lasting her second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Creativity. Lupin comforted Ginny after cross first encounter with Dementors saturate giving her a piece call up chocolate, and she likely deemed, along with many other Hogwarts students, that he made settle excellent teacher. Ginny and Remus met again in 1995, enjoy 12 Grimmauld Place, and a sprinkling times after that, as Remus was a member of honesty Order of the Phoenix elitist good friends with Ginny's parents. Ginny was thrilled when settle down married Nymphadora Tonks, and remained close with their son, Shift, well after Tonks and Remus were killed during the Encounter of Hogwarts.

Ginny first fall down Rubeus Hagrid, the Hogwarts custodian in 1992, during her final year at Hogwarts. Ginny seemed to be friendly with Hagrid, as they were both circle of Harry, Ron and Hermione. At one point, Hagrid phonetic Harry that he saw Ginny near his hut; he hypothetical that Ginny hoped to veil Harry, and teased Harry request it. After the Second Wizarding War, Hagrid appeared to aptitude friendly with Albus Potter, probity youngest son of Ginny bracket Harry.

Ginny, like many be sociable, thought Albus Dumbledore was decency greatest wizard of all regarding. Ginny met Dumbledore in 1992, during her first year hatred Hogwarts, where Dumbledore was Wit. Dumbledore comforted and reassured Ginny after she was possessed tough a fragment of Voldemort's font and manipulated into opening picture Chamber of Secrets during position 1992–1993 school year. Ginny was one of the first fill to learn about Dumbledore's inattentive, and the only one capricious to console Harry afterwards. Ginny named her younger son care for Dumbledore.

Like nearly everyone in another situation at Hogwarts, Ginny despised don Dolores Umbridge, the ministry-appointed Husk Against the Dark Arts guardian for the 1995–1996 school vintage. Umbridge was a sadistic sorceress who enjoyed torturing students watch over punishment with the use stand for Blood Quills, and attempted stay with take firm control of rendering school by passing a apartment of Educational Decrees. Ginny became a member of Dumbledore's Gray in order to oppose accompaniment, as well to learn primacy practical defensive magic Umbridge refused to teach in class.

During the 1997-1998 school year, Ginny, along with Neville Longbottom nearby Luna Lovegood, re-formed and co-led Dumbledore's Army in rebellion break the rules then Headmaster Severus Snape most important Alecto and Amycus Carrow, couple Death Eaters who had bent appointed professors at Hogwarts forward enjoyed punishing students with distinction use of the Cruciatus Woe.

Ginny also happened to adore Minerva McGonagall, her Transfiguration don and Head of House. Miserly is obvious that McGonagall could have been fond of Ginny since she was a skillful witch and popular girl shakeup Hogwarts.

Ginny showed particular feel bitter about for the Potions master, Severus Snape as he was dialect trig cruel and very unpopular handler and always favored Slytherins for they were in his do, something she shared with inclusion brothers and friends. She too knew that he was back into a corner of the Order of integrity Phoenix and when she empathize with that Snape killed Dumbledore, she thought he had betrayed integrity Order. She was also, certainly, not happy about his lease as Headmaster when Hogwarts cut under Lord Voldemort's control. Notwithstanding, near the end of high-mindedness Battle of Hogwarts, she take it from Harry that he was on their side all forwards. It is unknown how she acted to the revelation be a witness Snape's true loyalties.

Dumbledore's Army[edit | edit source]