Ginny Weasley

Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Ginevra "Ginny" Molly Potter (née Weasley) was born on August 11, 1981. She is the youngest of Arthur Weasley and Molly Weasley's seven children, and the first female to be born into the Weasley line for several generations. According to her brothers Fred and George, she is a deceptively talented witch in spite of her small size, and is noted for her skill with the Bat-Bogey Hex. She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1992 to 1999. During her first year, she was possessed by Tom Riddle's sixteen-year-old self, and was forced to re-open the Chamber of Secrets, endangering the lives of many students including her own. Since that ordeal, Ginny grew into a confident young woman, becoming one of the main members of Dumbledore's Army, fighting in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, and the Battle of Hogwarts. She was also an accomplished Quidditch player, playing Chaser and Seeker at different times for the Gryffindor House team, and later playing professionally for the Holyhead Harpies. She married Harry Potter at some point between 1998 and 2017, and they had three children: James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna. Upon retiring from the Harpies, she became the senior Quidditch correspondent for the Daily Prophet.

After seeing Harry at King's Cross, Ginny developed a crush on him, and talked about him all summer. When Harry arrived at The Burrow after being rescued from the Dursleys by Ron, Fred and George Weasley, she became extremely shy in his presence. On their first meeting, she came down to breakfast to find him sitting at the table. Startled, she retreated back to her room, and stared at Harry as he passed her bedroom on his way to Ron's. Ginny became extremely clumsy around Harry, and had a habit of knocking things over when he entered a room. On the day their Hogwarts letters arrived, she knocked over a porridge bowl with a loud clatter, and put her elbow in the butter dish when Harry asked her if she was starting at Hogwarts.

Ginny travelled to Diagon Alley with her family to buy her school supplies, and her excitement of finally going to Hogwarts was tempered by the fact that, due to the Weasley's financial situation, she would have to make do with a lot of second hand products, including her robes and books. In Flourish and Blotts, however, she became the owner of a brand new set of Gilderoy Lockhart's collected works. Harry, having been given them by Lockhart as a publicity stunt, gave them to her since he could afford a set of his own. With this act of kindness and recognition, Ginny finally spoke in front of Harry, standing up to Draco Malfoy when he started to insult him.