Characters: Ginny and Seamus Finnigan Date: September 2nd, 1997; just before lunch Location: Room of Requirement Warnings: None? Summary: Ginny is feeling off-balance and nostalgic
Ginny found herself back on the 7th floor hallway, pacing back and forth past the landmark tapestry and keeping the desire to get back to the DA headquarters firmly in mind. She tried to keep in mind all the details from the last time, and to keep out all the other nostalgic thoughts flooding into her mind. This wouldn't exactly work if the Room gave her some odd mix of DA and Hidden Things and the Burrow and the Gryffendor Common Room. She wasn't even sure what something like that would look like, but if the Room responded to someone's needs and she needed all those things, then who was to say it wouldn't try to provide?
Fortunately, after her third pass, the door appeared and she found the DA Headquarters just as it had been two years ago. The bookcases of defense books, the cushions on the floors, the Gryffendor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff hangings, everything. It was comfortable and familiar and just what she needed.
She'd been back at school for only a day, for less than a day really. She had a free period before lunch and had decided to use it to wander the halls, finding herself back here almost by instinct. The changes in Hogwarts weren't terribly obvious, but with Ron and Harry gone, along with all the missing muggleborns, the halls had still seemed strangely empty and unfriendly.
Ginny sat on one of the floor cushions and fell backward, staring at the ceiling and heaving a sigh. It felt good to be back in a place that spoke of familiarity and action when she was so unsure of what the next year would hold.