Breathe No More

Written By: WaterLilyFlower

Authors Note: Hello, this story has been edited and fixed of all mistakes! I'm sorry it took me SO long, but lots of things have been keeping me busy.

Summary: The youngest Weasley child is left at an orphanage at a young age of two, being beaten and abused at the orphanage in which she lives. But when she recieves a certain letter inviting her to a certain school, she meets her family, but they don't know who she is. Will they ever accept her? Will anyone accept her?

Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all respective properties and characters belong to J.K. Rowling, other characters that seem unfamiliar to you in any way rightfully belong to me unless otherwise stated.

Breathe No More

Prologue

"Please, please, forgive me,

But I won't be home again,

Maybe someday you'll look out,

And very conscious you'll say to no one,

Isn't something missing?"

"Missing" - Evanescence

Young Ginny Weasley had been abandoned and left in an orphanage at a very young age by her family because they were so poor and couldn't afford to feed 10 mouths. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley could never give up any of their children, but they had no choice in the matter if they were to survive. They picked Ginny, the youngest, who didn't really know her family yet. She had no memories of them whatsoever today. She only knew that her last name was Weasley. She was laughed at most of the time, and she didn't know why. She didn't dare ask, because one rule at the orphanage, the first rule she learned when she set foot there, was to not ask questions about what you don't understand. It's better if you don't know at all.

But, when Ginny turned eleven, that fateful day, she was thinking of what to do, how to get out of there, when the owner of the orphanage, an old batty woman with grey hair and blue eyes, told her to get the mail. She obliged, and when she looked through the letters, she found one addressed to her. Why would she get a letter? Nobody knew her, and if they did, they always bullied her. However, the address was most peculiar.

Ginny Weasley

Room 15, Second Floor

London Orphanage

Ginny hid the letter inside her left pocket in her jeans, for the owner of the orphanage never allowed the children to read any of the letters except the ones they got, if they recieved any, which was a rare thing in an orphanage, because most people forget you by that point.

When she got back to her room, she sat on her bed after locking her door so no one would see what she was currently doing. She then wripped open the letter, carefully of course. She didn't want to ruin the first letter she ever recieved.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL

of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,

Supreme Mugwump, International Confederation of Wizards.)

Dear Miss. Weasley,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31. Due to your special arrangement, a Professor will contact you within the next twenty-four hours to answer any questions you may have and to help you get to Diagon Alley in order to pick up your things.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

She couldn't believe it. Did magic really exist in the world? It was a miracle that she even got this letter, it all seemed to be happening to quickly. The owner of the orphanage never asked her to get the mail, did she know this letter was coming or something? She'd probably never know. Ginny took out a pen and wrote on the back of the parchment.

Dear Professor McGonagall,

I would like to attend Hogwarts this year. Please do send a Professor, because I have many questions I would like to ask.

Ginny Weasley

She looked around wondering where to attach this to and send it, when an owl swooped in and landed on her bed in the orphanage, looking at her expectantly. Did the owl want her to give it the letter…? She reached the letter out to the owl, and it took it, flying off in the sky.

She watched it until it flew away, clearly not believing what she was just witnessing. An owl delivering mail?

……………………………

Mrs Weasley watched her children in the Burrow. She could never say their family was complete. Why? There was one child missing, but her sons didn't know that. Some did, but some didn't.

When she had to detach herself from Ginny and watch her go away to that muggle orphanage, it was one of the saddest things she ever had to do. She never got over it, especially when Ginny's birthday came around, it was one of the hardest days to live. But she would never give up.

Somehow, she knew she would she Ginny again, but right now, she had to help her children get their school supplies in Diagon Alley.

Maybe Fate would do something about this.

……………………………

September 1st finally approached. The day Ginny was to go to Hogwarts. She had all of her stuff. It had been Professor Sprout who accompanied her to Diagon Alley, answering her questions and getting her things. She learned a little bit about her family. She learned they were poor and that was the reason why they had to give her up, even though they didn't want to. She also told Ginny not to not hate them for sending her away.

Ginny thanked Professor Sprout for telling her about her family, when nobody else did.

Professor Sprout had then taken her to Kings Cross station and given her instructions as to how to get onto the platform. When she got there, she saw 7 redheaded boys there with their mother and father, and a black haired boy and bushy brown haired girl heading onto the platform. She walked over quietly hoping she would go on the platform unnoticed, but unfortunately it didn't work out. One of the boys saw her and approached her.

"Hi, my name is Ron Weasley, I'm starting my second year at Hogwarts, what's your name?" he asked.

"Ginny," she replied. She couldn't believe it. This was one of her brothers that Professor Sprout told her about in Diagon Alley. This was too good to be true, she thought.

"Are you beginning your first year?" he asked. Ginny nodded. "Want to join me in a compartment? Harry, Hermione and I are going to get one now before they are all taken."

"Okay, sure," Ginny replied.

Ron and Ginny walked over to the redheaded woman, with Ginny eyeing her cautiously. This was her mother. Would she recognise her when nobody else did?

"Ron, who is this you've met?" Mrs. Weasley asked as the two came back over.

"Mum, this is Ginny," Ron introduced her.

Ginny could see Mrs Weasley's eyes widen and search her carefully, looking for answers. She felt uncomfortable.

"Come on, let's go find a compartment," Ron said, seeing she felt uncomfortable. He placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Okay. Nice meeting you," Ginny said to Mrs. Weasley before walking away with Ron, who was going over to Harry and Hermione.

"Oh, Ron, met a girl all ready?" Harry asked.

Ginny blushed, and Ron laughed. "No, Harry. This is Ginny. She's starting her first year at Hogwarts."

"Hi there, I'm Hermione Granger," the girl greeted, extending her hand. Ginny shook it. Never before had she had any friends. Let alone ones this nice. She was usually abused at the orphanage. Hopefully nobody would notice her scars and bruises from previous beatings.

"I'm Harry Potter," Harry said, extending his hand. Ginny shook it.

"Do you have a last name?" Hermione asked curiously.

"I was raised in an orphanage for 9 years," Ginny half-lied. "I don't know my family, though Professor Sprout told me a little about them in Diagon Alley."

"Professor Sprout took you to Diagon Alley?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah. Is it normal for teachers to take students, well, new students, to Diagon Alley?" Ginny asked.

"Only if their muggleborn, I think," Hermione replied. "But for Harry it was an exception."

Harry rolled his eyes at her, who only grinned.

"Let's find that compartment, huh guys?" Ron asked.

"Oh, yeah."

They found a compartment near the end of the train where it was quiet and empty, just like they had hoped, so they could talk about things in private.

"So Ginny, what house do you think you'll be in?" Hermione asked.

"House?" Ginny asked.

"There are four houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. When you enter the Great Hall you try on a hat and it tells you what house you belong. Gryffindor is for bravery and loyalty, Ravenclaw is for people with knowledge of magic, Hufflepuff is for loyalty and friendship, and Slytherin are cunning, and have a thirst to prove yourself," Hermione said as Harry made a coughing noise.

"Harry, you all right mate?" Ron asked.

"Yeah," Harry replied. "Fine."

"I don't know," Ginny replied half-truthfully. She knew at least half of her was Slytherin, because at the orphanage she was always trying to prove to people that she wasn't just some girl, and the other half of her would probably be Hufflepuff or Gryffindor, because if she had a friend, like those three, she would stick by them until the end. "I think either Hufflepuff or Slytherin."

"Slytherin?" Ron asked. "Why?"

"At the orphanage I was always trying to prove myself to people," Ginny replied, finding it very hard to talk about her past. "People always a-abused me… and I wanted to prove to them that I wasn't a nobody."

"Oh, I'm sorry, Ginny," Hermione said, almost in tears, and hugged her.

"Yeah," Ron said. "We wont let anyone do that to you here."

"Thanks guys," Ginny said, smiling. "Really."

She noticed Harry had been quiet during this conversation, and when she looked at him, he saw he was giving her a sad look as if to say 'I know what you're going through.'

How could anyone possibly know the hell she was going through?

A/N: Okay, not much done to this chapter, just a little re-wording and fixing spelling errors and such. Don't mind me, this should be done! I was just lazy, as you can see. :D Review!