Sarah was standing before Ginny and the others now. She must have been about 18, maybe 19 years old now.
"It's deathly cold out..."Ginny muttered to herself, rubbing her arms to try and warm them up. She came around a corner and paused, seeing a girl about a year or so younger than her. Didn't she know that girl? Oh yeah, from the Hospital Wing. Her name was...Sarah. Sarah Jones? The girl was sitting huddled on the floor, crying into her hands….
Ginny gently shook herself from the memory, and smiled tightly at Sarah, “Hello Sarah…” She gently played with Cody’s hair, doing so absently. Sarah smiled at Ginny and knelt down to Cody’s level.
“Who’s this fellow?” She asked, looking at Ginny, “I’ve never met him.” She was quiet for a moment, then spoke softly, ‘I’m sorry about the way I acted when you left. I had no reason.”
"Ginny you can't leave. I mean none of us are ready to fight. If you leave the school will be doomed. I need a good reason why you are leaving.” Sarah stood, yelling at Ginny, who stood a few steps up.
"I'm afraid I don't have to explain myself to students." Ginny shot back, her voice stiff and cold.
"Oh I see. You can train us but when stuff starts to get hard you can leave without telling your friends what’s the matter.” Sarah began to cry.
"I thought we were friends."
“What are you doing here? I thought you didn’t work here anymore?” Sarah asked Ginny. Cody leaned heavily on Ginny’s leg and she was pulled back to the present once again.
“I don’t work here anymore…I came to get Cody.”
“Why was Cody here?” Sarah clapped her hands over her mouth, standing up now, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have asked.”
Ginny didn’t answer, but she needed have anyway, since Cody piped up, “That mean lady wanted my powers. But then she didn’t ‘cause I’m half a person.”
Ginny’s heart did a flip and she bit her lip. She looked down at her son and gently touched his hair, “You are not a half person, angel baby. You are a full person.” Cody’s wings were invisible at the moment, possibly because of what had happened in Umbridges’s office.
Once again, Ginny felt an intense hate towards the woman, but was pulled out of it as she accepted Sarah’s invitation to get something to eat. The three of them went to a restaurant, then Ginny invited Sarah and Albus (who had caught up by that time) to the Burrow. She knew Sarah was full of questions, and Ginny felt now was a good time to answer them. She led them all to a portkey and they appeared in front of the tall, homely looking building known as the Burrow.
Cody immediately ran inside, where Molly could be seen finishing the dishes. Ginny stood in the yard, running her fingers through her hair and looking at her two past students.
“Ginny…don’t lie to me. You haven’t been sleeping well, have you?” Sarah folded her arms, looking worried.
“I sleep fine. It’s just,” Ginny sighed, “You weren’t supposed o find out about Cody this way.”
“Don’t be sad. To tell the truth, I wish I was you sometimes. I mean, you have a kid.” Sarah looked at Ginny surprised.
Ginny frowned, turning and glaring at Sarah, “A child with no father. A child who is half human, half…I don’t even know for sure! A child who has more power than most adult wizards…” She shook her head slowly, then started for the house.