Chapter 134: Ginny’s gift

Chapter 134: Ginny’s gift

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"Dialogue"

'Thoughts'

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Chapter 134: Ginny's gift

"Maybe I should open it in our room," said Ginny.

"No, open it here," Luna demanded. After all, she could not go into the Gryffindor common room.

"I can't wait that long, Ginny! Come on!" exclaimed Lyra.

"Okay, fine! Stop shaking me!" Ginny complained to her friend.

She undid the package, revealing an elegant black box with intricate gold designs.

"So pretty!" Lyra stared at the box in awe.

"It is..." Ginny was surprised. Even if this box turned out to be empty, it would still be the fanciest present she had ever received in her life.

"There is a letter on top...N? That seems familiar," Luna pointed at the top part of the box.

Lyra and Ginny observed it up close and immediately recognized that symbol.

"It can't be the same one, right?" Lyra asked. She had seen a symbol just like that one very recently.

"Nimbus?..." Ginny concluded. It was the same "N" that she saw on that box that Harry received.

"It seems like a small box for a broom though," Luna commented.

"Don't be silly, it can't be a broom. Maybe they also make other things," Lyra said.

"Let's see..." Ginny opened the fancy box with care. Her hands were shaking with excitement, wondering what could be inside.

"Whoa!" The three girls said in unison.

The sight did not disappoint them.

Ginny stared at the single word marked with a rectangle. "Engorgio..."

As soon as Ginny said the word, the small broom in her hand made a cracking noise and instantly grew in size, knocking several of the cups they had on the table.

"What!" The girls became startled.

"This is a real broom! It must have some sort of enchantment to make it small," Lyra realized.

Ginny stared at the broom in her hands. There was something written on the side of it. "Nimbus 2001...for Ginny..."

"Your name is engraved and everything; that's very impressive," Luna said. "But if I remember correctly, first-years are not allowed to have a broom in school."

Lyra gasped. "She is right, you need to hide it! If a professor sees it, they will take it away."

Ginny hurried to hide the broom under the table and glanced around the hall to see if anyone had noticed.

Luckily for them, the few groups in the hall were too busy in their own conversations to pay attention to what was going on elsewhere.

Ginny sighed in relief. "No one saw us...but how are we going to take it to our room? This is too big to hide!"

"Let me see that paper again." Lyra took the paper and read it again. "Here it is! There is a way to make it small again."

"How?" Ginny said with urgency.

Lyra showed her the paper and pointed at the lowest part. Another magical word had been marked with a rectangle.

"Reducio." As the words came out of Ginny's lips, the broom seemed to disappear for a moment.

"It worked!" Ginny said with excitement as she raised her palm up and showed them the miniature broom, still attached to the gold chain.

"That's amazing!" Lyra said.

"This is the best thing ever!" Ginny exclaimed with joy.

"A very useful gift...I wish we knew who sent it," Luna said. "The note doesn't say anything else?"

Ginny placed the broom back in its box and went back to examine the note. Other than the instruction to enlarge and reduce the broom, there was nothing there. But then, Ginny turned the paper around.

"There is something written on the back."

The girls leaned in to see the text.

"An easy-to-hide broom for a sneaky witch."