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bonnieginnyfan1 
It seem that Ginny had made Courtney cry a little bit. She didn't know what she had done but she had to find out. Maybe it was something to do with being an Orphan. Was she one? Ginny never made anyone cry but she had to ask the question this time she wanted to ask. "Are you an orphan?", she asked her quietly. Ginny looked up at her. "So you don't like your parents at all? Why are they so mean to you? They don't deserve to treat you like that", she told Courtney.
Ginny had a packet of small tissues which she hadn't use and pulled them out from her pocket and gave them to Courtney. "I'll ask, and you do the same for me", she smiled at her.
Ginny was feeling alirght now, more confident of what Courtney had jsut told her. She would have to ask something if she wanted to know about it. She was a Gryffindor so it was a basic thing to do if you have the courage. "That's not that many that aren't proud of you. Your other side of your family is", she said. Courtney started to cry again. Without thinking, Ginny had sat down with Courtney and hugged her. "I know you do, I miss him a lot as well", she repiled. She was the oldest so she had to take care of Courtney and she was willing to do that, what so ever. She looked at the ground, Courtney was doing some sort of magic that Ginny had never seen before. "Court, what's that magic your doing?", she asked pointing to the ground.
Courtney allowed the tear drops to hit her trouser leg. She didn't care right now. She looked up at Ginny when she asked the question. She closed her eyes and more tears fell. Then she opened them again. The truth was about to come out. She nodded slightly.
"What a lot of poeple don't have a clue about is that I don't live a life like a normal 11 year old. My parents died in a car accident. I live in an orphanage in central London called Parker Manor. Don't ask why it's names after my family 'cos I have no idea but that's where I live" she explained.
She half-smiled very faintly as she took the tissues from Ginny.
"Thank you" she murmered. She nodded.
Deal"
Ok, the whole concept of people being proud of her was horrible. Nobody was ever proud of her. Mayber her parents were. They were looking down at her from above. But she had no parents on Earth to guide her at all. Instead she had an extremely strict mistress who was extremely mean to her and every other child that was living with her and never treated her like anyone else. Discriminated her. Segregated her. Everything to torture and destroy her. She wasn't a happy child anymore and Hogwart sort of felt like another orphanage at the start. Living in a dorm with 100s of other girls and going to classes with other students. But it was nicer now.
"No Ginny. That's just a few of them. There's only a few who are proud of me and two of them are in heaven" she cried. She somehow managed a smile when Ginny hugged her. It was comforting.
"He'd be proud of us for staying strong though" she said. Or at least they were trying to stay strong anyway. She looked at the message that was in the heart of tears and smiled. It must've been from her parents, and most likely Bradin too. It read 'We're all proud of you, Courtney. Stay strong. The three of us love you xxx'. It was sweet. She looked up at Ginny.
"It's not me"